〈 Episode 326 〉 Turn over the board (4)
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Arcadia, a fallen ancient kingdom.
The old kingdom that led the golden age of human history was destroyed by just one man. No one could have imagined it. A disaster caused by one human being would engulf half the world.
Humans have brought about disaster.
Humans created a false god.
The human being who created a god who should not exist was given the derogatory title “madman.” The first human being to become a madman lost everything.
The stars were angry with him.
Since the stars are like the sky, the madman incurred the wrath of the sky. Heavenly punishment fell on the madman.
The madman lost his name.
Because he lost his name, he lost his form, and because he lost his form, he could not have a body. Because the body is not allowed to the nameless.
A being that cannot be called because it has no name.
A being whose soul was torn apart by the blade wielded by the first hero and whose body was crumbled into small pieces. However, beings who never accepted death lurked in the deepest corners of human history.
He was a prince, a princess, a king, and a traitor who manipulated the king as he pleased.
The madman, who existed everywhere and nowhere, lasted for hundreds of years. It was a dull and boring time, but the madman had one purpose. To achieve that goal, the madman endured a boring life.
And now.
For the first time in hundreds of years, the madman takes his first steps.
“Tap,” he said.
The sound of footsteps echoed through the dark top floor of the Magic Tower. A madman who borrows a human body walks. Every time he walked, his form changed. The madman shrouded in shadows was an old man who was dying, and he was a boy who had just started his life, and he was also a young man.
“That’s ridiculous.”
The madman glances at the body he borrowed.
It is the body of an old man. He firmly believed that the old man would still have time left. However, that is only the old man’s illusion.
It was just entertainment.
The madman wanted to covet the despair that the girl would feel when she realized that her father and teacher had sacrificed himself for none other than herself. She tried to sneak in through the gap between the despairing child and cause him to betray her.
‘But now…’
It won’t work.
It looks like you’ve already made up your mind.
“It’s a shame, it’s a shame.”
Now that the goal cannot be achieved, there is no need to keep the promise. The madman clicked his tongue briefly and started walking.
“I interrupted you, Gray.”
I think now I can understand the feelings of the pitiful skeleton wizard who cries out loud and scratches his skull every day. Thinking of that, the madman burst into laughter.
The newly acquired body is desirable.
An old man waiting for the day of his death, but the heights he achieved during his lifetime are by no means light. The madman devoured the knowledge accumulated by one human being.
“It seems like he really cherishes you?”
The madman throws his head back.
The madman’s eyes were filled with joy as he looked at Resty, the girl bound by the shadows. Resty gritted his teeth and glared at the madman.
“It’s a gaze that sends chills down my spine. Those eyes definitely remind me of that elf. “I guess all those who follow the gray line have eyes like that, right?”
The madman laughed.
Laughing, he grabs Resty’s chin. The shiny eyes of a madman look straight at Resty. Eyes that look like they’re going to get sucked in.
The madness in those eyes whispers.
“The reason I chose this place among so many towers is because of that great sage.”
Damn great sage.
Those disgusting eyes.
The madman continued to speak with his torn mouth.
“In this magic tower he built, with the help of you gray wizards who carry on his will… I will once again achieve reverse heaven.”
He lets go of Resty’s chin.
I turn my back to Resty and walk away.
As he walked, he clasped his hands in the air.
Throw in!
The shadow moves, and something comes out of the shadow. It is a grotesquely distorted human upper body. Even though it looks dry and twisted, it is still alive. Unable to die, he claws his hands into the air.
As if cursing something.
The moment he saw that, Resty’s eyes shook greatly. Something I can’t understand. Something that shouldn’t exist. Just by facing it, blood pours out of Resty’s eyes, nose, and mouth.
Lesti’s mind fades through the patter of blood pouring out. As her vision became blurred, she heard the madman whispering.
“Today, in this place, providence is defeated.”
The table turns over.
Providence collapses.
That’s what the madman was saying.
2.
The top floor of the magic tower bathed in shadow.
At the top of the magic tower named Gray, a madman looks down at the ground through a shattered window. This world in his eyes is so peaceful.
It’s different from ancient times when everyone was afraid.
Compared to the era when countless heroes were born amidst fear, today’s world is extremely boring.
‘Many people shone brightly.’
also.
‘An era that lost all its light.’
A time engulfed in madness.
The madman misses those crazy times.
The madman remembers the times when countless people despaired and screamed.
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The time has come to return to that era.
The madman took the first step for him.
thud.
The madman stamped his foot.
The moment he stamps his foot, the spreading shadow engulfs the Magic Tower. The shadow that descends from the top floor surrounds the Magic Tower as if taking root.
“On the day when the black pillar stands tall in the middle of the royal capital, a guide will appear to lead you.”
The moment has come to carry out the prophecy scattered among countless renegades. cried the madman.
【Rise up.】
The voice spreads.
The seeds scattered by the madman germinate.
Outside the royal capital.
In the basement of the royal capital.
Under a water channel.
Many people respond to the revelation.
Small and small twists and turns that have been hidden in the royal capital for a long time occur all at once. Hundreds of renegades and shamans who had been crying out for the apocalypse rise up.
Boom, boom!
The ground shakes.
Demonic beasts emerge from beneath the ground, and the passage they created through the sacrifice of hundreds of humans opens up in this place. The army of demons pours out.
The royal capital is engulfed in chaos.
It’s fun just to look at the chaos, but it’s not enough. This level cannot bring about the same despair as in ancient times. This is just a trick.
Kwasik.
The madman throws the twisted upper body he was holding on the floor. Then, while stomping on his back, he begins to carve a circuit on the ground.
An ancient circuit is engraved.
The madman muttered happily as he carved the circuit.
“This is the second time.”
Every time a stroke (one?) is added to the circuit, the entire space is distorted. Providence screams. The gushing water overflows like crazy. The overflowing gutter water flows down the outer edge of the magic tower.
From now on, it is a race against time.
While engraving the circuit, the madman looked back.
There is a guest who came from the cracks of the collapsed providence. The madman smiled as he looked at the guest.
“You came on time.”
An ancient wizard who has lived for hundreds of years.
Someone who dreams of the same goal as you.
The madman said as he glanced at the ancient lich, Skebal.
“You know your role, right?”
“Know.”
“Is it possible?”
In response to that question, Skebal flaps his robe in silence. The corner of the madman’s mouth was torn apart as he saw something stuck to his robe made of pharyngeal cloth.
“This guy, Skebal, you came out with gritted teeth.”
Skebal does not respond to the madman’s laughter.
An ancient wizard who has lived for hundreds of years floats outside a broken window. Skebal does not forget the role given to him. He spread his arms in the air.
『Today, in this place.』
Skebal spread his arms.
The demonic beasts that were coming out from under the ground stopped all at once. The knights who ran out into the streets to stop them also stopped and looked at the sky.
Floating in the sky is an ancient lich.
One of the Four Plagues.
Humanity is terrified in the face of a disaster that appears in the center of the capital. The demonic beasts cheer at the appearance of the monarch they will serve. Amid fear and joy, Skebal slowly descends to the ground.
He has a role.
Until the madman completes the spell, remove all obstacles to reaching this place. That is the role that Skebal took upon himself. In order to perform that role, there is someone you must deal with.
Someone who will come running here.
The biggest variable in this operation.
『I kill the gray light.』
To eliminate that variable, Skebal opens his eyes.
The dark blue eyes suddenly flashed.
3.
The royal capital was engulfed in chaos.
The city center is in chaos due to demonic beasts and renegades emerging from all over the place. In addition, there is even a disaster floating in the sky. Skebal is drawing a circuit in the air, but there is no knight here who can stop it.
However, we cannot just sit back and watch.
The gathered knights do what they can. Let’s take the time and minimize the damage until someone comes to solve the disaster and the root of this situation. The knights move for him.
“Stop it!”
Stop the surging demonic beasts and eliminate the magicians and shamans who are making tricks one by one.
“Stop it! “Stay in line!”
“Help the knights!”
There are people who help them.
The wizards of the Black Magic Tower come out to the streets and help the knights. We are slowly suppressing the rampaging army, but there is no end in sight.
It keeps coming out.
The renegades running rampant among them are not something that even knights can easily stop. While several knights rush in and capture one traitor, a victim arises.
The screams echo.
The scent of rampaging demonic beasts wafts through the air.
There is a bloody smell in the air.
The knights grit their teeth and block the demonic beasts, but they are pushed back little by little by the endless force. It was the moment when the ranks were about to become disorganized.
Sarah.
Suddenly, snow begins to fall on the beasts.
There is no chance of snow falling in the middle of summer. While the knights were blinking at this strange phenomenon, a knight with good eyesight pointed at the falling snow and shouted.
“It’s not snow, it’s ash…”
Before the words are finished, the ash scattered above the demonic beasts emits a flash of light. A flash of light strikes the area, followed a beat later by a roar.
Kwaaaaaaaaaa!
The demons caught in the explosion disappeared without a trace.
The heat remains and smoke rises along with a haze. Someone walks in, removing it.
Chin, plod.
The smoke cleared and a woman with flowing gray hair appeared. She says that no knight knows her name.
The descendant of the Gray Wizard.
Guide, Rania Van Trias.
She walks forward.
The knights part ways in silence. Paving the way for her to move forward. She walks along the path opened by the knights. The place where her steps are heading is the gray magic tower.
She walks straight towards disaster.
The knights who were looking at the back raised their spears towards the monsters that were rushing in again. A hero is on the move to prevent disaster. In that case, they too must fulfill their assigned roles.
With the advent of the hero, the knights’ morale rises.
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Raniel walks through the royal capital in chaos.
The incident occurred faster and on a larger scale than expected. In this situation, Raniel’s expression became stiff. Ash flew like crazy with every step she took.
I thought wrong and judged wrong.
I will have to take responsibility for that.
After walking for a while, she stopped in front of the gray magic tower. She stopped and raised her head.
“Ha… really…”
Raniel burst out laughing.
“Is it you again? I’m really going to love you. “And so on.”
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Skebal clap his hands together without saying a word.
Hundreds of circuits emit light in the air. As the circuits built by the ancient lich emit light all at once, Raniel’s expression does not change at all.
Skebal looks down at Raniel.
Gray Wizard.
The abominable gray color that blocked his path again and again and ruined his plans. A wizard who had surrendered himself time and again to subjects who had lived only a handful of years compared to him. Skebal pondered that name.
Raniel van Trias.
Skebal feels angry at the gray wizard.
I feel angry and afraid at the same time.
Skebal is now afraid of that wizard who never falls, dies, or gives up, but achieves victory in the end. Until now, I had not acknowledged that fear…
『I admit it.』
At this moment, Skebal admits fear.
He spread his arms wide.
『I admit it, I will do my best to stop you.』
The ancient lich’s voice echoed.
『I will kill you right here, Gray.』
Raniel wipes the corners of his eyes under Skeval, who shouts as if he were a hero burning his own body.
“Kill me?”
Her voice is shaking.
“you? me?”
Not with fear, but with ridicule.
“Is it okay?”
With a sneer, Raniel took a step forward. Soaring ash enveloped the area.
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