Episode 202. Enemy or friend?
Strange even kicked out the Imperial Army from within the Legion in the name of protecting the continent.
They blocked external attacks with Rox and Philip’s countless minions.
No one came to deal with them. How many people on the current continent have the power to subdue them?
Even if nameless mercenaries or wandering knights on the border joined forces, no one would have the skills to suppress this number.
“Rox, I think the cleaning up of the surrounding area is finished. “I will now build a wall.”
“wall?”
“Yes, just as Master Verdin gave Rox a secret mission that he did not tell others about. “He also asked me to do one more favor.”
“… “Is this a favor you didn’t even tell me?”
“sure. This was not because I did not trust Rox, but to deceive the Tower.”
“You’re fooling the tower’s eyes?”
Philip stroked the head of the tiger-headed troll with a smile on his lips.
“The apostle named Amon, who visited recently, said he was watching us.”
“That guy also has a really strange hobby. Why is he watching us?”
“Perhaps it is to find out what Verdin is planning through us.”
“Through us?”
“Yes, he also seemed to think that it would be difficult to get within Verdin-sama’s range, so he changed his target to us.”
“flea.”
“Anyway, our plans are going smoothly without any problems, so you don’t have to worry.”
Rox gave a small shrug and asked, throwing a coin at the angel statue in the Legion fountain.
“okay. But where are you going to build the wall you mentioned?”
“These are the north, east, and west gates of the Legion.”
“North gate, east gate, west gate?”
“Yes, Verdin said to keep the south side open.”
“I don’t know that either. maybe… . “I think it is to lure the monsters flowing out of the tower to the south.”
Philip, who was talking, flinched for a moment and quickly looked behind him.
He then looked at the man facing him and started to back away with a frightened expression.
“Why are you here-”
Flap!
A wizard wearing a white cloak with large dragon eyes. Edward von Glaser. No, one of the tower’s apostles who now goes by the name ‘Jin’.
He looked at Rox and Philip back and forth with an expressionless face, then lightly opened his palm and asked.
Philip couldn’t answer.
Rox stepped forward, took out his mace, and swung it.
“I’m in hell!”
A dull sound came from Jin’s head. Rox’s mace, which was stuck precisely in the back of the head, was soaked in blood.
It’s not that I couldn’t avoid it, but rather that I did it on purpose. Not only Rox, who hit him directly, but also Philip, who was watching this act, thought so.
‘He is a wizard.’
In that case, the mana surrounding the body should have prevented external attacks. She never thought she could easily be attacked by others like this.
“… “I asked where Dean was, not how strong your mace was.”
When Jin waved his finger in the air with a cold look in his eyes, Rox’s mace rose up and instantly turned into iron powder, scattering in the wind.
Soooo-
“Let me ask you again. “Where is Dean now?”
“Do you think I will answer if you ask me?”
“Answer me or you will die.”
“Kill him if you can. Do you know how strong my body is?”
“Know. And if you don’t tell me now, it’s Dean, not you, who dies.”
“The hourglass began to turn. “If you don’t hurry, he will disappear.”
“An hourglass? “What on earth are you talking about?”
Philip suddenly got down on his knees and spoke to Jin.
“Verdin is in the tower now.”
“In the tower?”
“Yes, I don’t know the exact details. “I heard you said you were going to find the soul of a red dragon.”
“… Then I guess I’m late. “I can’t believe he’s already started moving like that.”
“Edward, no, Mr. Bergin.”
“Do you know my name?”
“Yes, I didn’t tell Dean. I found out about you in my own way. “One of the twins born to Strange in the past.”
“You to Rothschild through the papacy. And we looked into the entire route from Rothschild to Glazer.”
Bergin’s mouth twitched.
“It’s hard for a human being to find out that far. Verdin deserves to have you.”
“… “I accept compliments gratefully.”
“I’m asking just in case. “Have you seen the tower’s records?”
“The tower’s records?”
“Okay, I’m asking if Dean handed it over.”
Philip glanced at Jin’s gaze and answered, lowering his head even further.
“no. “I’ve never seen the tower’s records, but I know something about the hidden history of this continent.”
“Yes, one of the five generals with me. I heard about it through records found by a man named Albus through the Papal Office and the royal capital. No, I saw it.”
“Albus?”
“Yes, he is the one who is moving with me to find out the identity of the tower.”
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Jin continued to ask questions as if his answers were interesting.
This is not simply a strategy to have a conversation, but to arouse Philip’s curiosity, make him ask questions, and prolong the story to take time.
This didn’t last long.
“How did you know about the hourglass?”
One of the following questions made Philip’s lips stiffen.
“Why is there no answer? “I asked him how he knew about the hourglass.”
“… I don’t know what you’re talking about. “An hourglass?”
“You, who had been quiet, reacted when the word ‘hourglass’ came out. “Then it is clear that you know its identity.”
“Ji, Jin, I think there’s a misunderstanding. “I don’t know about hourglasses.”
Jin glanced at him with mana in his eyes, then smiled and answered.
“It seems that the head and heart of your answer to my question is a lie.”
“That’s it!”
“done. “Let’s end the conversation here.”
After exchanging a few words, Jin quickly nodded his head, filled his fingers with mana and placed them on Philip’s chest.
“You have too much information that humans shouldn’t know.”
“… “Are you planning to kill me?”
“Yes, I will praise you for not hiding your true feelings and for holding my feet up even while telling me a secret.”
“It was probably something he did with the risk of death. “Judging by the fact that you told me where Dean is, I think he knows that I can’t enter the tower.”
Jin’s fingers slowly began to dig into Philip’s chest.
“If I were you, you would have let me go quietly. Sacrifice that stupid kid over there and you stay by Dean’s side. “I would have chosen that method.”
“Tsk… .”
“I don’t know why you tried to help that kid. “We can’t let someone who knows about the hourglass live-”
The air vibrated loudly and the space between Jin and Philip split, and Gridori jumped out from within, roaring loudly and throwing Verdin away.
Verdin, who flew through space, quickly read Jin’s location, pulled out a sword from his waist, and swung at him.
Jin blocked his sword with the dagger he pulled out so quickly that it was invisible to the eye, and then asked Dean with a smile on his face.
“Did you see it? “The dragon’s memories.”
“… “Okay, by the way, I can’t believe you came here to meet me in person.”
“Monestier would have told me. “I will be waiting for you here.”
“yes. But I didn’t know it really existed. “I thought that the day I met you again, one of you and I would have to disappear.”
“Because they are something that shouldn’t exist in this world.”
“you? I?”
“… “Both of us.”
After Verdin changed the direction of the blade and deflected Jin’s dagger.
He stretched out his fist filled with aura and struck Jin in the chin.
Jin flew into the fountain with a crumpled face and hit the angel statue.
He falls into the fountain along with the broken angel statue. Dean didn’t stop, he swung his sword and tried to cut him down.
Suddenly, hundreds of chains made of water flew out from under the fountain and wrapped around his body.
Whirling, grasp!
“Stop it, Dean. “Now is not the time for us to be like this.”
“No, we can’t settle the matter now. “The dragon’s hourglass has already begun to move in earnest.”
“… Did you know?”
“The long history between you and me ends here.”
“That’s what Ordin wants. Even if one of you or I disappears, he won’t be able to stop him.”
“Is that why you came all the way here to get me? “I’m afraid that my body will be taken away by these guys.”
“Yes, Baphomet and Ordin. If either of them succeeds in taking you. “This world will eventually be destroyed.”
Verdin opened the aura of his entire body and let it fly in all directions like flames.
At the same time, Vergin’s mana chain was broken and he fell to the bottom of the fountain.
Boom, boom, boom.
“Then what about you? “You too probably want the destruction of this world.”
“It was like that. But not now.”
“Not now?”
“okay. “I don’t know about you now, but I have seen the world after destruction.”
“… Do you know what happens when the hourglass stops?”
“You can’t go back.”
“Yes, I can’t go back to how I was before I died. “It means we can no longer turn back past history.”
Jin raised his finger and pointed to the top of the tower.
“It means that even if I die now, I can’t go back.”
On the 81st floor, the two apostles Baphomet and Monestier collided. This was not a casual way to find out each other’s strengths, but it became a battle so large that it erased existence itself, and had a ripple effect throughout the entire floor of the tower.
“I think Ordin will have to move it himself.”
Amon directly asked Ordin for help. This is because it has become clear that not only are there more than one apostle that he currently has to manage, but some of them have rebelled against Ordin.
“It looks like Baphomet was also aware of the movement of the hourglass.”
“Maybe. Moreover, by touching Monestière, I think I know where God is.”
“… “What about the red dragon?”
“It’s gone.”
“Disappeared?”
“I don’t know where it went. “He and Verdin split the space and ran away.”
“… Yes, the pact with Baphomet has long been broken. Now that the remaining words of God have come to an end, Ordin himself will come down to earth.”
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