Episode 999
“mom….”
Evelyn called out to Sella in a voice as breathy as a child’s, due to the blood flowing from the back of her throat.
“Yes. My daughter.”
Cella smiled softly, as if she was happy with that alone.
However, unlike that smile, her complexion was rapidly darkening. A halo. Death was approaching her from behind.
“Evelyn.”
After wiping the blood on her hands onto her sleeve, Cella stroked Evelyn’s purple hair.
“You may not remember, but the first time you used magic, you hurt a child next to you. The shock from that was still in your mind, so you couldn’t use magic.”
She smiled faintly, saying that it was because of her good heart that she could not use magic.
“Even if you can’t use magic, you are Paraza, my daughter.”
Sella held Evelyn in her arms with trembling hands.
“Mom, I’m sorry. I’m so… .”
Evelyn lowered her eyes, blaming herself for all of this.
“It’s not your fault at all. But still….”
Sella shook her head and then raised her finger.
“If you want to marry a good man, you’ll have to act a little faster.”
She poked Evelyn’s cheek with her finger as if she was playfully joking.
“Oh, marriage… .”
“Mom, I have one last request for you. Forget about today. I want you to get away from here, marry a man who loves you, have children, and live a normal, happy life.”
Sella kissed Evelyn’s forehead, asking her to do what she couldn’t do.
“Oh, Mom! Together… Ah.”
She stabbed Evelyn in the back of the neck as she raised her head, knocking her unconscious.
“… … .”
Sella looked lovingly at the sleeping Evelyn, then turned away.
“Rockta.”
She nodded, carefully handing Evelyn over to Lokta.
“I’ll take care of Evelyn.”
Cella took a step back, saying she would take good care of Evelyn.
“your majesty….”
Lokta bit his trembling lip as he saw the death reflected in Sella’s eyes.
“It was an honor to serve you.”
He ran west with Evelyn in his arms.
Kugugugugugu!
Rockta did not back down even when he saw numerous knights blocking his path, but charged straight ahead.
Kuuung!
As Lokta threw away his armor and jumped up, a blue light flickered from his body, revealing the body of a gigantic dragon.
Kookookookookook!
Lokta flew north, breaking through the knights’ encirclement, carrying Evelyn in his true form.
“Stop it!”
“Shoot the black and strong air!”
“Clip the wings!”
The upper-level knights fired their swords and arrows to stop Lokta.
“Where!”
Even while spitting out blood, Cella built a wall of mana to block all the attacks that threatened her daughter.
Kwaaaaaaaah!
Sella let out a helpless laugh as she watched Rockta fly away, pushing the knights away with the tremendous wind pressure.
‘Be happy.’
As she said her final goodbyes to Evelyn, a strange sound of flesh and bone snapping was heard behind her.
Thud thud!
The sage whose face had been smashed by Cella’s brain magic slowly got up. As if time had turned back, his body and face began to return to their original state.
“It was Dragonian.”
The wise man nodded, caressing his face that had returned to its clean state.
“I somehow felt that the flow of mana was strange.”
He smiled faintly, as if he finally understood.
“you….”
Selah gulped as she looked at the wise man.
“What the heck?”
The man known as the Sage was clearly dead. His face had been crushed to the core, so even a troll with great regenerative powers would not have been able to survive.
But the man was restored to his original form, with his shattered flesh and bones restored. I know many magic and sorcery methods, but this is the first time I have seen anything like it.
“I’m just an ordinary person who wants to change the past.”
The wise man shrugged and said that was all.
“Of course, right now all I want to do is save your poor Majesty….”
He took a deep breath, looking at the sky where Evelyn had disappeared.
“absoluteness….”
Sella lifted her heavy arms and clasped her hands together.
“I will never give that child to you!”
She forcibly gathered the mana that was slipping out of her grasp and created a brilliant light.
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“I guess it’s right to accept the last struggle.”
The wise man smiled and raised his finger.
Kuwaaaaaah!
The massive explosion that occurred as the magic of Sella and the Sage clashed head-on spread all the way to the center of the royal capital.
“I can’t go!”
Cella survived the blast and became an absolute wall that held back the sages and knights for over ten minutes.
But eventually, the aftereffects of her injury caused her to stop breathing, and she sank to the cold ground without even closing her eyes.
“I may not be able to find the child as you wish. However….”
The wise man took a quick sip of his drink, looking into Sella’s eyes, who had not lost her fighting spirit even after her breath had stopped.
“Your daughter will find me on her own.”
He nodded his head with conviction and smiled faintly.
***
Evelyn came to her senses after a week of crying, getting angry, crying again, and getting angry again.
“Revenge….”
Evelyn untied the bandage around her neck and clenched her fists.
“I will get revenge.”
He vowed to kill not only the man called the Wise Man, but also the King and Knights of Roser who had ordered all this, and even the citizens who had thrown stones at the people.
“princess.”
Lokta knelt on one knee and met Evelyn’s gaze.
“The path to revenge is too arduous. Whether you succeed or fail, there is only hell left behind.”
He shook his head as if he could not listen to Evelyn’s feelings even though he knew them.
“Do you remember the Queen’s last request?”
Lokta sighed and brought up Sella’s name.
“You haven’t forgotten what I said, that I hope you forget that day and marry a good person and live happily ever after, have you?”
He bowed his head and asked that Sella’s will be heard.
“I know. I remember everything.”
Evelyn nodded, remembering both Sella’s words and her breathing.
“But I can’t. I can’t live like this, with my mother buried in my heart.”
She glared resolutely, saying she absolutely could not stand it.
“If my uncle doesn’t help me, I’ll do it by myself.”
Evelyn gritted her teeth, vowing to take revenge on the Kingdom of Roselle by herself.
“Haaah….”
Rockta let out a long sigh and placed a hand on his forehead.
“This is not the kind of action Your Majesty wanted….”
He shook his head and then looked at Evelyn again.
“Then I would like to hear how you plan to get revenge.”
Rockta sat on the floor, saying that it was important.
“Uncle, there’s something I need to do first.”
Evelyn spoke immediately as if she had been waiting.
“Me?”
“Gather forces from outside that hate the Kingdom of Roser, and unite the monsters. You can do it by using the Dragonian’s abilities.”
She nodded, saying that she knew of Lokta’s abilities.
“It is true that Roser is a powerful nation, so there are many forces that have suffered damage from them, and it is also true that I have the ability to create guardians like dragons. However… .”
Rockta shook his head calmly.
“That will never do. The Kingdom of Roselle is a powerful nation, not just in the South, but across the entire continent.”
He lowered his gaze, saying he couldn’t win.
“Of course, that’s not all.”
Evelyn shook her head calmly.
“I will enter the Kingdom of Roser myself.”
She nodded, saying that she would infiltrate the Kingdom of Roser herself.
“Huh? What is that…?”
“I plan to infiltrate Roser as a new wizard.”
Evelyn let out a heavy breath, telling herself to go in and find a way to get revenge.
“If I enter as a wizard and achieve great things, I will have the opportunity to meet the king and the wise man someday, and I will end everything there.”
She revealed her cold murderous intent, vowing to erase everyone involved in this incident and the name of the Kingdom of Roser.
“It’s dangerous! Your identity will also be questioned!”
“I heard there’s a place that specializes in cleaning your identity. If you give them money, they’ll give you a new life. And…”
Evelyn bit her lip as she looked at the bewildered Lokta.
“Revenge is impossible without taking risks. As my uncle said, Roselle is a powerful nation.”
She revealed an unwavering gaze, saying that this method was all there was to it.
“Haaah, those eyes.”
Lokta let out a long sigh as he looked into Evelyn’s determined eyes.
“It’s just like you, Sella. I told you to find a man and marry him, but I didn’t expect you to take action in this way…”
He held his head in despair.
“You’ll go even if I stop you, right?”
“Yeah. Even if you tie up my limbs, I’ll somehow get through it.”
Evelyn nodded, saying she would do it no matter what.
“…All right.”
Rockta sighed and nodded.
“But you must be well prepared. That wise man has the ability to find Para.”
He raised his hand, saying that he must first stop the spell.
“It’s already over.”
Evelyn nodded and placed her hand on her pupils. The moment a faint light bloomed, the red crosses in her pupils disappeared.
“That monster used Para’s mana flow to find me and my mother. All we have to do is make that strange mana flow the same as humans.”
Evelyn shook her hands, saying it was just simple magic.
“Ah, no… .”
Rockta glared at Evelyn.
“When did you…?”
He let out a gasp as he remembered Evelyn, who had been crying all week.
“I made it just as it came to mind.”
Evelyn created absurd magic and expressed it as simply as eating bread.
“Were you a genius, Princess?”
“I don’t know either.”
Evelyn shook her head blandly.
“Just since that day….”
She raised both hands into the air.
“I can see and feel the flow of mana.”
Evelyn nodded, saying that she had come to read not only magic, but also the phenomena of this world.
“under….”
Rockta blinked his eyes in disbelief.
“You see, it’s dangerous, but you’re not trying to break a rock with an egg.”
Evelyn nodded, saying that it was quite possible.
“As you may have seen, uncle, there aren’t many wizards in the Kingdom of Roselle.”
“Surely most of the people chasing us were knights.”
Rockta nodded as if he had just remembered something.
“I’m young. If I just show some talent, I’m sure I’ll be trusted.”
Evelyn said, pounding her chest with her fist.
“It is possible….”
Rockta let out a short sigh and nodded.
“I’ll admit it, Princess. I think you’ve changed so much.”
He narrowed his eyes and said that he had completely changed as a person.
“I’m still timid. But my mom told me to take action. From now on, I’ll do whatever comes to mind. For revenge.”
Evelyn clenched her fists into a fistful, making a sound as she spoke the word revenge.
“That’s not what I meant….”
Rockta let out a long sigh as if he was tired.
***
The day of my 15th birthday.
Evelyn became a new wizard and headed to the Kingdom of Roser.
As expected, this kingdom was centered around knights, so wizards were quite rare.
“Roser… .”
Evelyn lowered her eyes as she looked at the main gate of the Kingdom of Roser, where she had come from, holding Sella’s hand.
‘This place is hell.’
I guess I have to go anyway.
Before, I was just scared and trembling, but now my heart was pounding in a different way.
“Phew.”
Evelyn let out a heavy breath and entered the kingdom.
“if….”
As soon as he set foot on the royal capital, a young man approached him, intent on conquering the kingdom.
“Are you Merlin?”
“yes.”
Evelyn nodded as she heard the name of Merlin, the ancient archmage who was Sella’s favorite.
“I am Belin, the third-ranking assistant of the Magic Tower. Come this way!”
The man, who introduced himself as Belin, bowed his head and offered to show us the way.
“thank you.”
Evelyn greeted them and followed Belin up the royal road.
‘It’s gone.’
The platform that had been built to execute the townspeople had disappeared, and only the neatly tamped, newly built walls were visible.
“That is the royal palace. Only royal wizards are allowed to enter.”
Belin shook his head, saying that the palace was not a place one could enter carelessly.
“The rooftop is this way.”
“yes.”
Evelyn released the power in her grip and followed Belin to the magic tower.
“The Lord of the Tower will be waiting for you. He is a good person despite his appearance… .”
Belin talked about this and that about the tower and the tower itself, but none of it made any difference to me.
‘Just wait a moment.’
Evelyn chewed her lip as she looked out the window of the tower and down at the palace.
‘I will erase everything you hold dear.’
***
10 years later.
Evelyn emerged from the tower wearing a robe emblazoned with golden lions.
“Merlin, congratulations!”
“You are finally going to the palace.”
“You have ascended to the position of Royal Highness after ten years, a first in history!”
His fellow wizards bowed their heads and congratulated him.
“Thank you. It’s all thanks to you all.”
Evelyn smiled thinly and waved her hand.
“We will definitely participate in tomorrow’s event.”
“Even if you go to the palace, don’t forget us!”
“Please call me later too!”
The wizards waved their hands, saying they would definitely attend the inauguration ceremony tomorrow.
“Of course. I’ll be able to see you often when I go.”
Evelyn greeted the wizards and went into her private quarters near the magic tower.
“ha….”
I sat down on the luxurious bed and let out a suppressed sigh.
’10 years. Has it already been 10 years?’
It has been ten years since I entered the Tower of Roser.
Although he had developed magical skills and achieved many accomplishments, the king and the wise man never once sought him out.
Although the wise man occasionally went out for activities, the king stayed in the audience room and did not meet anyone, so I have never seen him until now.
‘but….’
I guess I have to come out tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the day he leaves his research position at the Magic Tower and becomes the Grand Mage of the Royal Palace.
On this day, even the hidden king will have no choice but to reveal himself.
‘I have to finish everything tomorrow.’
If the King hides in the audience room again, there is no telling when he will come out. Tomorrow, when both he and the wise man show up, this kingdom must be erased.
‘My heart is pounding.’
His current self was definitely stronger. He was able to block even the magic used by the wise man, but his heart kept pounding because he wasn’t sure he would win.
‘But I have no choice but to do it.’
As Evelyn lay on the bed with her hand on her forehead, a small ringing came from her ears.
[princess.]
This is a message from Lokta. He contacted me using the artifact he had given me.
[It’s tomorrow. Are you mentally prepared?]
“okay.”
Evelyn nodded, looking at the blue light.
[This is really your last chance. You can still stop it.]
Rockta asked a heavy question, as if asking if he was really going to do it.
“… … .”
Evelyn didn’t answer right away and just lowered her eyes.
’10 years… .
It was long.
Living in Roselle for 10 years, I have experienced many things.
There are good people and bad people here too. Just like the village he lived in, this place was also a place where ordinary people lived.
There were people who treated me like a human being, people who became my teachers, and I made valuable friends and colleagues.
Every time I think of them, an echo of the question in my heart seems to be, will I really do it?
I feel like giving up and leaving this country, but I also feel like I want to keep living like this.
But that can’t be the case.
The king, the wise men, the knights, and the other high-ranking officials of this country are monsters who committed massacres even though they knew that Para was human.
“I will do it.”
Evelyn nodded after a brief but profound moment of agony.
[…All right.]
Lokta lowered his voice as if to say he would follow, then disappeared.
“I will. No….”
Evelyn chewed her lip, pulling the blanket over her head like she had when she was a child with Sella.
“I have to.”
***
Woohoooooooooooo!
A huge platform is erected in front of the palace, and a curtain covered in brilliant light is lowered over it.
As this was the first time in 20 years that the Grand Mage of the palace had been replaced, the inauguration ceremony was more splendid than ever.
Evelyn chewed her lip as she looked at the platform that rose as high as the castle walls.
‘Death and light… .’
When he saw that the bloody platform where he had insulted and beheaded his own people had become a platform of light welcoming him, he and they both laughed.
“His Majesty the King enters!”
As I waited under the platform, I heard the cries of the knights from inside the castle, shaking the ground.
I raised my head slightly and saw the back of the man climbing up onto the stage.
‘He wasn’t dead.’
I thought he was dead because he didn’t come out for a long time, but the king was alive and well and was climbing the podium.
‘and….’
That guy too.
Evelyn bit her lip as she watched the man climbing the stairs one step behind the King. The monster called the Sage. He too had to be killed today.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been out like this.”
The king stood at the end of the dais and looked at the people standing below him.
‘That face… .’
Evelyn bit her lip as she looked at the king, who looked like a handsome man in his twenties.
‘As expected, they did a human sacrifice.’
I have been in the Kingdom of Roselle for 10 years and have secretly investigated the events of that day, and I am astonished.
The king captured Para under the pretext of colluding with the demons and used their blood to cure his own disease that was causing him to age.
Those shiny skin and clear eyes were covered in the blood and flesh of their compatriots.
“I haven’t been able to show my face lately because I’ve been so busy with work, but I’ll make sure to pay more attention in the future.”
The king waved to the people, saying that they would see them a lot more now.
Woohoo!
Long live His Majesty the Sipileen!
The people had no idea who the man was, and they just cheered.
“Then I guess I should call today’s main character.”
The king nodded, taking a step back.
“Merlin Friares. Come up.”
He looked down and gestured to himself.
“yes.”
Evelyn nodded and climbed the stairs leading to the stage.
Every time I move my legs, I think of the people dying in the burning village, my compatriots who were insulted here, and my mother who smiled even as she lay on the verge of death.
With that hatred and anger in his heart, he went up to the podium and stood before the king.
“Come in.”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
The king and the wise man. The monsters in human form smiled and welcomed him.
“Let’s get started right away without waiting.”
As the king gestured, the wise man came forward.
“In recognition of your achievements such as subduing monsters in the Myuran Mountains, developing the magic of the Heavenly Kingdom, modifying the magic tower system, and improving the magic of the kingdom’s defense, I appoint Merlin Friares as the Royal Archmage of Roselle.”
As he finished speaking, the king came forward, wearing a red cloak and carrying a staff.
“You’ve worked hard.”
The king thanked him for his many achievements and covered his back with his cloak. For a moment, he felt like he was going to break out in hives from disgust, but he barely held it back and sat up.
“Merlin is the name of an ancient great wizard. As befitting that great name, I hope you will continue to exert your power for the kingdom.”
“All right.”
Evelyn forced her lips apart and sat up.
“Yes. Now that you’ve become the royal wizard, I should grant you one wish. Is there anything you wish for?”
The king nodded, saying that since he had become the royal archmage, he could ask for whatever he wanted.
“Your Majesty….”
Evelyn now felt that the time had come for revenge, and slowly closed her eyes and opened them. She twisted her lips as she looked at the King’s clean skin.
“Do you remember what happened 10 years ago?”
“10 years ago?”
The king narrowed his eyes.
“I have so much work to do that I don’t know what to say.”
“The people called Para who lived in the southwest. Do you remember their death?”
“Ah! I remember.”
He nodded calmly.
“They looked like humans, but they were in collusion with the demons!”
The king still treated Pharah as a monster, not a human.
“I see. That’s really fortunate.”
Evelyn smiled and raised her head.
“Because I didn’t give up on revenge.”
The King’s eyes narrowed slightly. Eyes of doubt and uncertainty. This man knew that Para was a human, but he knew clearly that he had killed her in order to survive.
“What is that…?”
The king glared at him as if asking what he was talking about.
“I am the last surviving member of the Para you killed.”
Evelyn stretched out her right hand as she spoke. Her nails dug into her palm, and red blood flowed out.
“What color does this blood look to you? Is it as black as the devil?”
He revealed his teeth by sprinkling the red blood that had gathered in his palm onto the king and the wise man.
“You say you’re a demon because your mana flows differently and you have crosses in your eyes? Your souls are devils!”
Evelyn lashed out, venting all the resentment and anger she had built up over the past ten years.
“Hey, catch this bitch! She’s the devil!”
“Subdue him!”
“Block the road!”
At the king’s shout, the knights and sages stood beside him.
“My mother told me to take action. So I prepared.”
As Evelyn snapped her fingers, the stage and its surroundings erupted in red and blue light.
“This is the path of revenge I have been preparing for for 10 years.”
With those words, the air twisted and colorful magic poured down.
Kuwaaaaaah!
The sky shook, the earth shook, and the gathered knights, sages, and nobles sank to the ground in a pool of blood, leaving not even a corpse behind.
Among the knights were the Master and the Grand Master, but none of them could withstand Evelyn’s magic and melted into chunks of meat.
Car camping.
Evelyn walked to the end of the collapsed platform, stepping through the blood.
“Oh, don’t come!”
The king survived and was screaming in the midst of it all.
“I won’t just kill you.”
Evelyn shaped the blood remaining in her palm into a blade and stabbed it into the king’s chest.
“Ugh! Keuuuuuuuuuu!”
The king began to age, his skin turning black and dry as if the blade had sucked the life out of him.
“Ahhhhhhhh… .”
He crawled on the floor, drooling, as if in utter shock from the excruciating pain.
“this….”
Evelyn lifted the King up to the people below her, revealing her red gaze.
“He is the king of this country.”
She shook her head after recovering all the mana contained in Para’s blood.
“Your ugly king killed us and drank our blood so that he wouldn’t die, and called us devils. Who do you think is the devil?”
Evelyn looked into the shaking eyes of the people and revealed what Para’s death was.
Kkuddududuk.
As she grabbed the king’s leash and pulled, the sage began to come back to life in the blood.
“As expected, he doesn’t die.”
Evelyn gritted her teeth as she looked at the sage who had been revived, looking exactly the same as before.
“ha….”
The wise man laughed again, releasing his raised neck.
“It was you.”
He nodded calmly, as if he was not flustered by this situation.
“I knew you would come back. You have eyes that can only seek revenge.”
The wise man laughed as if he had expected it all.
“Can I conquer all of this alone?”
At his gesture, the knights who had died in the blood began to come back to life, and knights flocked from under the platform.
“I guess everything I prepared has run out.”
The wise man shook his head as if to tell her to give up.
“I am not alone.”
The moment Evelyn shook her head, the kingdom’s walls collapsed and a dragon radiating blue light rose into the sky.
Kuwaaaaaah!
She raised her head amidst the noise that seemed to turn the earth and sky upside down.
“today….”
Evelyn lifted her chin, her eyes fixed on the red cross she had hidden for revenge.
“I erase you and this kingdom.”
