The Regressed Mercenary’s Machinations Chapter 596

Episode 596 I’ll tell you an old story. (1)

“hmm.”

Jiselle thought for a moment.

How does Erenes know that?

I wouldn’t have regressed like you did.

I’ve known for some time that Erenes has been hiding something, but he’s never spoken of the danger so directly as he does now.

Since we’re on the subject, I thought I should ask for more details.

Jiselle moved the people around. He moved to a large conference room and asked.

“Tell me more. Why do dragons attack humans?”

Even in my previous life, I didn’t know the reason. One day, a dragon suddenly appeared and showed great malice towards humans.

The dragon destroyed everything without discrimination. It attacked humans along with the monsters of the continent.

Of course, the Salvation Church did not leave it alone. They indiscriminately attacked the Salvation Church and its cracks.

Perhaps they could have been on the same side, but the dragons had already destroyed several human kingdoms, so the Human Alliance had no choice but to fight the dragons.

I was curious about why the dragon was rampaging, but what I was most curious about now was the timing. In my previous life, the dragon had appeared several years earlier.

‘What future did I change again? It never had anything to do with dragons?’

I knew that because I kept changing the future, the time of the incident was getting earlier and earlier. Wasn’t the Salvation Church’s rise earlier than in my previous life? Thanks to that, I was able to eradicate the Salvation Church before it grew any bigger.

But I’ve never done anything to do with dragons.

After hearing Giselle’s question, Erenes took a moment to collect his thoughts and opened his mouth.

“The dragon wants to kill someone.”

“who?”

“He who is called the King of the Church of Salvation. In the old war, we called him the Adversary.”

“That dragon is trying to kill humans just to kill its current rival?”

“Yes. If the dragon can’t find an opponent, it plans to kill all humans.”

Then Erenes glanced at Yulien.

“hmm…….”

Jiselle crossed her arms and looked thoughtful.

Erenes still seemed suspicious of Yulien. There was something he needed to make clear before asking him.

Jiselle took a moment to collect her thoughts and then asked.

“We don’t know your past. What on earth is the true purpose of the Salvation Church? What kind of king or adversary are they seeking?”

“… … .”

“And what on earth is the Old War? Shouldn’t we know that so we can understand what you’re saying? We don’t know why you and the dragons are so intent on killing their enemies. Is it because you simply want to conquer the world? That doesn’t make sense.”

Everyone knows that Erenes hates the Salvation Church. She suddenly appeared and fought against the Salvation Church while helping Giselle.

At the time, she said, she had been chasing and fighting the Salvation Church for a very long time, but she didn’t say anything more than that.

At the time, I just let it go, but now things are different. I had to have some prior knowledge to understand what she was saying.

That’s what Giselle was telling me to say.

“… … .”

Erenes remained silent for a moment. He didn’t speak up anyway, since humanity was already fighting the Salvation Church.

But for the fight ahead, he had to reveal some of what he knew.

She let out a long sigh and slowly opened her mouth.

“I will tell you about myths and wars long forgotten.”

* * *

Long ago, this land was a prosperous and peaceful world ruled by four goddesses.

Everyone worshipped the goddesses and lived a leisurely life, without any conflict.

A utopian paradise, truly a paradise.

That peace was shattered by an uninvited guest from a very far away place.

The intruder was another god from another world.

He met four goddesses and asked for help.

He said that his world was being destroyed and all creatures were in danger, so he asked for help.

For that, he sacrificed his own divinity and broke through the dimensional wall that was thought to be impossible to break.

The goddesses decided to save them, and so they allowed them to migrate to this world.

Those poor creatures were very similar to the humans here, so I thought they would have no problem living together.

Even though they are people with strong will and desire, it could become another driving force that moves the world.

But there was a problem.

The beings of the other world were unable to overcome the great providence of the universe. They lost their selves as they crossed the dimensional walls, and only their destructive nature remained.

As soon as they came, they turned into hideous monsters and tried to destroy everything.

The goddesses closed the dimensional gates, because they could not allow this world to be ruined.

The god of the other world was furious. Although they had become hideous, they were his creations and children.

He thought the goddesses had broken their promise and forcibly opened the dimensional gate again.

Countless otherworlders came to this world. The inhabitants of this world fought them and suffered.

The people of the world gave new names to these otherworldly gods.

Drank.

The god of the other world soon came to be called the Demon God.

The lesser gods and inhabitants of the other world continued to pour into this world, and the goddesses had to stop them.

And so the war began.

The army led by the demon and the army led by the goddesses clashed.

It was a war that brought the world to its knees. Countless creatures died. It seemed as if the war would never end.

But the long war eventually ended in the victory of the goddesses, for the world was filled with their divinity.

The dimensional gate closed again, and all otherworldly beings that had invaded this world were destroyed.

However, it could not be said to be a complete victory.

The demon was powerful. The goddesses eventually lost their bodies in the fight against the demon and lost the power to directly interfere with this world.

So only the will remained to look after the world. Only a few special people were able to become priests who could barely communicate with that will.

A world where the care of the goddesses has disappeared.

And so paradise collapsed.

Now those who remained had to fight for their survival.

Their life was not easy.

The corpse of the demon collapsed on the ground, and its soul disappeared into the providence of the universe.

But as it was divine, its corpse was not ordinary.

The energy and thoughts emitted by the corpse gradually changed the world. Many animals and plants were affected and became beings called monsters.

The human race of this world had to fight them and suffer again.

But even that was a small problem.

The thoughts left behind by Masin were filled with the desire to take over this world and save his people.

And as time passed, some human beings eventually began to become obsessed with that idea.

They attempted to open the dimensional gate again, perform a ritual to save the inhabitants of other places, and revive the god.

That was the beginning of the ‘Salvation Church’.

The beings they were trying to save were not the people of this world.

They were people from another world who had been trapped in a dimensional rift and suffered for eons.

The first place where the Salvation Church was established was the land where the corpse of the demon lay.

No one could approach that land, which was filled with malice and anger. So the people of the world called it the Demon Realm.

Those who believed in the Salvation Church were safe in the Demon Realm, but they could not come out into the world rashly.

This was because the dragons, the most powerful life forms created by the goddesses to deal with the lesser gods of the other world, were watching over the place.

Of course, dragons couldn’t just enter the magic realm. The energy there was too much for them to handle.

For many years, the people of the Church of Salvation have been looking for ways to harness the power of the Demon God.

They were eventually able to use some of that power, and were even able to open small dimensional gates.

The war has started again.

It would be no exaggeration to say that the history of mankind is filled with battles against demons.

However, it is not only the Salvation Church that has developed by utilizing the power of the demon.

The elves flourished the forests and the dwarves created a vast underground world.

Humans established empires across vast lands and developed brilliant civilizations.

They pondered over how to seal the land of the demon and eradicate the Salvation Church.

The Salvation Church also pondered how to resurrect the devil and take over this world.

They have been at odds for thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of years.

That is, until the war broke out a thousand years ago.

* * *

“… … .”

Everyone who heard Erenes’ story had a blank expression on their face.

It was such a ridiculous and absurd story. It sounded plausible, but it was unrealistic to believe.

Erenes nodded as if he knew their feelings.

“It’s just a myth that tells us why the world is like this. Of course, it’s not logical and there may be some distorted parts. I just told you this myth because you need to know it to understand the purpose of the Salvation Church.”

After taking a moment to catch her breath, she continued.

“I know that the myth of the Salvation Church is a little different. They claim that this world was originally theirs and that we drove them out. However, their purpose is the same as that stated in this myth.”

People nodded. That’s usually how myths are. They couldn’t believe it outright. They just assumed it was like that and moved on.

To ordinary people, it was just an interesting story, a basis for understanding the principles of the Salvation Church’s actions.

But for some people, that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Everyone’s eyes were focused on one place. There was a figure pouring out anger along with a huge energy.

It was Parniel.

“How dare you… … bring up such a ridiculous myth in front of me?”

Kuung!

She, a devoted servant of the Goddess and called a saint, was truly angry.

What is a myth? It is the origin of religion and the foundation of scriptures for serving God.

It should not be arbitrarily created or distorted by others. It would be a challenge to divinity and a denial of the religious order.

Parniel had never heard of such a myth. An elf could create a myth that even the saints of the church had not heard of!

“You… … are a heretic.”

Then Erenes answered with a laugh.

“It was a common myth that everyone knew a thousand years ago. The religious order deliberately deleted and hid the records.”

“Where did you get such nonsense!”

Kwaaaaang!

Parniel’s huge mace fell towards Erenes, but Erenes did not even blink.

Kwaaaaang!

Jiselle pulled out her sword and blocked it, but her body staggered and she bent down to her knees.

‘crazy?’

It was a power that was incomparably stronger than usual. It seemed like he was really angry.

First, you have to appease him. If the two of you fight here, you won’t be able to hear what you’re really curious about.

“Parniel, just a moment.”

“Get out of the way.”

“Let’s hear the rest of the story first. We haven’t even talked about the enemy yet, right?”

“… … Phew.”

Parniel glared at Erenes for a long time before putting away his mace.

The people of Fenris covered their mouths and smiled while looking at the distraught Jiselle.

‘Do you understand our feelings?’

‘It’s hard for the person who originally tried to stop it.’

‘Oh my, it’s fun to watch.’

The only person who could coordinate the external powers was Jisel. That’s why this situation happened.

Jiselle twitched her lips as she saw the people laughing. It was obvious what they were thinking without even looking.

Giselle, who was glaring at the people, asked Erenes, saying,

“If that myth is true, then the Cracked Ones are inhabitants of another world?”

“Yes. And the light that creates mutants is their souls that were trapped in the dimensional rift.”

“They keep coming over because they want to live in this world?”

“Yes. They think this world is their promised land, their paradise.”

“Ha, this place is also a tiring place to live. I guess I made a big mistake. Well, other people’s things just seem better.”

“… … .”

“Let’s say it’s a myth. Then what about the war with the adversary a thousand years ago?”

Erenes was silent for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth.

“Humanity, which has been at war with the devil for a long time, has encountered a new enemy. A genius greater than anyone in history has appeared in the Church of Salvation.”

The story of Erenes begins again.

This is the story of an adversary who was stronger than anyone else a thousand years ago.