Episode 1316
A man squatting with his body covered in a rock.
The emotions expressed on his face are anxiety, worry, and fear.
It was Arok, who was immersed in what practitioners commonly call the ‘worldly troubles’. Simon could not be more pleased with this man who felt such uneasy feelings.
“Are you really a secular person? How can a secular person be here without the supervision of the saint’s executors… … Ah! Ah!”
As if he thought he had fallen into some kind of trap, the man’s eyes grew wide and he quickly burst out laughing, “Hahaha!”
“Ah, I’m happy! I’m happy!”
He began to lick the peel of a nearby fruit, waving his arms in an exaggerated manner. Then he quickly threw down the leaves covering his lower body and began rolling around on the floor like a puppy.
Simon turned his head away in embarrassment.
“This cool breeze! This wide sky! Ah, Arok! Be eternal! Hahahaha!”
“I am from Sky Island.”
Simon said, sitting down nearby.
“I came to investigate the situation in Arok under the guise of a relic carrier. I heard that Arok has been in big trouble recently. Do you know anything about it?”
“… … .”
Only then did the man stop moving and look at Simon with a wary expression.
“Are you saying that you weren’t sent by Saint Asperia?”
“sure.”
“Oh my god, goddess.”
He gathered up the leaves he had thrown away earlier and hung them on his waist. Then he put his hand on his chest as if trying to calm himself down for a moment and exhaled deeply.
Still, he is anxious and doubtful.
Simon realized that such emotions are what make people more human.
At the same time, when I saw the normal person, I felt embarrassed as I remembered my own naked appearance.
Simon couldn’t attract attention with his sword, so he covered himself with leaves, and in the meantime, the man raised his voice.
“I, I came to Arok six years ago! But then, at some point, I suddenly stopped feeling happy.”
“Why did it happen like that?”
“Well… … .”
Hahahahahahaha!
Ahahahahahahahahaha!
He glanced at the Arok people who were freely laughing, chatting, and writhing in happiness, then looked back at Simon and said.
“At some point, I started to feel like I was being stupid.”
After the man entered Arok, he spent each day happily like other Arok people.
Then suddenly I felt a certain ‘desire’.
It was the desire for achievement. He wanted to eat the fruit that was located on the highest hill rather than the fruit that was spread out all over the place.
So the man climbed up the cliff to get the fruit and managed to take a bite, but accidentally tripped and fell down.
When he woke up after hitting his head hard and passing out, he was no longer happy, as if everything had fallen into place.
“When I looked absentminded or unhappy, the saint’s enforcers began to look at me with suspicion.”
He trembled and put his head in his hands.
“I felt a sense of crisis when I saw their gaze. That’s how I knew. I would be dragged away like this. I thought that the only way to survive was to blend in with others and look like others.”
“……ah.”
He raised his head, looked at Simon, and let out a long breath.
“It’s refreshing to see the ridiculous Arok people and talk to someone who can understand. My name is Bows Seola.”
“This is Zion Marcantoni… … Oh, by any chance!”
It was a surname I had heard a lot.
“Do you know Arius Ceola?”
“He is my brother!”
He jumped up.
“Where is he! What is he doing in this world now?”
“I am training on the outskirts of Arok. I will soon enter Arok in search of happiness… … .”
“oh my god!”
Bowes’ face turned pale.
“You crazy bastard! This is not a paradise of happiness, but an eternal hell! You must never enter… …!”
“Just a moment!”
Simon quickly covered his mouth and looked away.
As if on a routine patrol, the saint’s enforcers, wearing the light of the extreme and holding spears, were walking around the patrol route.
Simon and Bowes immediately locked eyes and nodded.
[There was a scream from there.]
[Shouting? That can’t be. Are you saying that the Arok people were fighting?]
The saint’s enforcers walked over, and Simon and Bowes began to roll around on the floor laughing. Simon turned his face away so as not to be seen.
“Ahhhh! I’m happy! I’m happy!”
“The wind is so cold! I’m going crazy!”
Hahahahahaha!
The saint’s enforcers, who saw the two people, shrugged their shoulders with a calm expression and returned to their patrol route.
As the two men disappeared, Simon and Bowes quietly got up from their seats and covered themselves with leaves.
“Aren’t all the saint’s executors also Arokians?”
Bowes bit his lip at Simon’s question.
“Yes, Arok. But they are Arok who have the right to serve the saint. In Arok, they say that clothes are shameful, but look at this! They are the only ones who wear clothes like humans!”
“They say it’s not about clothes, it’s about blessings.”
“Damn those bastards! There’s only one reason they’re loyal to Asperia now.”
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Bowes’ eyes turned cold.
“So that they don’t become happy! They don’t want to end up like us!”
“… … It sounds like some kind of philosophical story. Anyway.”
Simon came to his senses and returned to the main topic.
“I want to know what’s happening in Arok and its secrets.”
“secret?”
“I think there is a possibility that the Asperia that reigns over Arok now is fake.”
Bowes’ expression hardened at those words.
“No way. Saint Asperia has been ruling Arok in the same way for over 30 years! How could a fake come in now?”
‘That’s true.’
It’s only been about three years since the so-called “Gyeolsa” really started to show itself.
If Asperia had been a saint and then suddenly fell from grace, then it would be questionable, but if she had always ruled Arok in the same way, then it would be a little more questionable.
“If you are looking for the secret of Arok, then… … .”
“Oh, do you have any idea what that might be?”
“exactly.”
Bowes looked around and then spoke with a serious face.
“Brother, you must know how Arok became one of the four holy places, right?”
“Of course.”
Ruins with ‘traces of something falling from the sky’ discovered by poachers.
So there were many who said that this place was a real paradise. However, due to the pressure from Sky Island, it is now called Arok and not Paradise.
“This Arok is built on top of the ruins that fell from the sky.”
He spread his arms.
“Arok has no residence and is wide open. If Arok is really hiding something as you said, or if the saint is fake and the real saint is locked up somewhere, there is only one location.”
“Inside the ruins that fell from the sky… … .”
Simon felt his heart pounding rapidly.
“I heard that all entrances were blocked to preserve the ruins, but in fact, there is a secret passage leading to the ruins near the Saint’s Palace.”
Simon jumped up as if he had nothing more to worry about.
“Do you know where the secret passage is?”
“I was also consumed by happiness at the time, so the exact location is vague… … .”
“Please help me.”
Simon’s eyes lit up.
“If you do that, I will definitely save Arok.”
“… … I don’t even hope for something like that.”
Bowes took a deep breath.
“If you reveal the secret and get out of here safely, tell my brother Arius. Tell him not to come to Arok no matter what happens. If you promise that, I will help you.”
Simon nodded vigorously.
“Let’s go.”
Arok’s nights are short.
I had to hurry, as day was just beginning to dawn.* * *
Palace of Eternity.
“… … What did you just say?”
Visit.
Asperia, who was enjoying a half-bath on the top of the palace, turned her head to look back. There, two of the saint’s executors were kneeling on the floor, shivering.
“Jailbreak?”
[… … I’m sorry, but I think that’s what happened. The shift changer who brought breakfast found a crumpled prison cell and broken restraints.]
Not only the executors of the two saints reporting as the ones in charge of the prison, but also the executors of the other saints waiting below were in confusion.
They murmured in small voices.
[It is clear that there is a restraint to suppress the divinity, but how… … .]
[There was also an artifact hanging from the ceiling that blocked the flow of mana. It would be a facility that could bind even an Arch Paladin.]
Visit!
Then Asperia rose from the bath.
The saint’s executors all fell silent and bowed their heads, and the two saints’ executors who had been reporting from the front fell face down on the floor with their foreheads pressed against the ground.
Swish.
She came out of the bath, put on the robe that was in the basket, and said.
“Are you sure that the other two carriers, Moa and Hamel, went out of Arok?”
At those words, two of the saint’s executors who were down the stairs hastily replied.
[Yes, Saint. I have confirmed that you have gone outside.]
“Then one thing is certain.”
Her eyes calmed down.
“There is a traitor within Arok. It seems that someone has awakened from happiness.”
As she said that, she looked down.
Two prison wardens are seen lying flat on the floor, shivering.
“Raise your head.”
She slowly lowered her posture and spoke in a gentle voice. The saint’s executors raised their heads.
“What should I do? Judging from your expression, I can tell you are in a lot of pain and suffering.”
[No, that’s not true! I’m so happy to be able to serve you, Saintess!]
She lifted the chin of the executioner of the saint, who had said that she was happy, with her fingertips raised. The executioner of the saint trembled and tears welled up in her eyes as if she was terrified.
“I don’t think so.”
Despair flashed across the face of the saint’s executioner. The other fellow saint’s executioner beside him shouted urgently.
[Ha, just one more chance… …! Trust me and leave it to me! I will catch the escapees and traitors even if it means risking my life!]
“Opportunity? I think you two are missing something important.”
Asperia raised her body.
As soon as she opened her palm, red ash began to rise.
“Arok’s value lies in happiness. I think you two are taking on too much work compared to your abilities. If you are unhappy, miserable, and miserable because of your work, what’s the point?”
[Saint! Please have mercy!]
With the final cry, the red ash swirled around and exploded. The saint’s executors waiting below barely managed to keep their bodies steady in the strong headwind.
And the moment the ashes cleared.
dump.
thud.
The blessings maintained by the saint’s executors were released, and the two people were left naked, rolling around on the floor.
“Ah- thank you! Thank you for making me happy!”
“I love the hard feel of the floor. I’m so happy!”
The expressions on the faces of the executors who watched their colleagues’ changed appearances were filled with fear and horror.
“What are you guys doing?”
Asperia said.
“Bring me the escapee.”
The saint’s executors immediately aroused their divinity and began running out of the palace.
