Episode 207. Enemy or friend?
Gunther and Hysteria return to Castle Strange with a strange energy. As soon as the two appeared, the tightly closed castle gate opened and Valentine came out to greet them.
“It’s late. According to expectations, it should have arrived yesterday.”
Yuliana, the silver-haired woman who returned with them, bowed her head deeply and answered.
“sorry. The two of you arrived half a day later than Rox said… .”
“What is Mimir’s knowledge?”
“I brought everything. The chief of Alfheim said, ‘The human body does not possess all knowledge. He said, ‘Give up because your body can’t handle it.’”
Yuliana slowly glanced at Gunther and Hysteria and continued speaking.
“When you entered the spring of Mimir, you were slowly absorbed as if something invisible was helping you.”
“Sam helped you?”
Isn’t Mimir’s Spring a place where very faint streams of water gather at the end of a valley created by the roots of the World Tree?
Is the World Tree helping us?
“Good work. “The goal was achieved within the time limit, so there should be no problem.”
As Valentine lightly gestured toward the air, a divine beast was waiting outside the castle walls.
Fenrir approached and stuck his head inside the wall.
“Krrr!”
With the appearance of the divine beast Fenrir, the castle became tumultuous. His appearance means that the enemy has invaded, or that Valentine himself has begun to move.
This is not an easy problem for the knights here who recently experienced a great war.
“Fenrir, swallow my brothers.”
Valentine gave orders without hesitation. Even though he had already faced his death, he still wanted to let go of the two who were like family to him so easily.
Yuliana, who joined Strange late, did not know the details of the relationship between the three, but she felt one thing for sure.
‘Valentine is different from Verdean.’
This can be seen through a change in facial expression rather than behavior or attitude.
Fenrir swallowed Gunther and Hysteria. The residents of Strange who witnessed this scene were shocked, but did not feel repulsed by her actions.
The people of the South already knew of their deaths, and Valentine was different from the other brothers who had treated them as tools or toys.
‘There is definitely a meaning in the divine beast swallowing those two.’
Everyone thought so and watched Shinsoo. And not long after, Fenrir, who had swallowed Gunther and Hysteria, began to react.
The sound of Fenrir’s heart beating could be heard as loudly as an earthquake. Valentine and the Knights of Strange, who are watching this, have clearly tense expressions on their faces.
“It has begun.”
“How is this happening? Looking at his eyes, it appears that Fenrir has lost consciousness.”
“Fenrir is devouring the knowledge that lies dormant in the bodies of Gunther and Hysteria.”
“Knowledge?”
“Yes, the enemies we will have to deal with in the future are beings with power that cannot be matched by human power.”
“A being that cannot be opposed by human power… .”
“That’s why I’m asking for help from those called divine beasts. It shows the situation this continent is facing right now. “Whether to choose between those who are called gods or humans.”
“Choice?”
“… Okay, now we have to see the tower and the end.”
Yuliana, who was talking, suddenly turned her pupils black and spoke.
“Valentine, I can sense the enemy’s energy at the entrance to Blade’s Edge Canyon.”
“Enemy energy?”
“Yes, it is approaching at a speed that is unidentifiable.”
Yuliana, who possesses extra senses, would not be an ordinary person if we were to say this much.
An enemy could be a human, a monster, or an apostle.
Valentine drew his sword.
At the same time, the adjutants who read her eyes gave orders to their soldiers.
“Close the gates and prepare for defense!”
It took only a moment for them to prepare to face the enemy. Hundreds of knights rushed out of the barracks and took their seats and grabbed their weapons even before the review was over.
As horns sounded loudly on the castle walls, residents began to hide one by one.
Then, as the grand bell on top of Strange Castle rang throughout the south, Rox’s minions guarding the area also became alert to the surroundings.
‘I don’t know who is coming, but if you set foot on this land, you will have to sacrifice your life.’
Valentine looked at the shadow forest outside the castle with determined eyes. As the distance between her and her grew closer, she also felt a powerful sense of life.
It was clear that the enemy was targeting us, so Valentine sensed the enemy’s momentum and at the same time sent Bae Hu-ryeong down and spread out his two wings.
“He is an apostle.”
Yuliana reacted violently to the word apostle and opened her energy.
“Could it be that you discovered our plan?”
“maybe. Before Verdin left, he said that all apostles who come here are our enemies.”
Valentine raised his sword above his head. At the same time, the crows that were filling the forest began to fly up and obscure the clouds in the sky.
“I will make sure I deal with that guy. “You must remain here and guard Fenrir until he comes to his senses.”
“That’s unlikely. “If I fall before Fenrir comes to his senses, you must leave here immediately and find Verdin.”
“Are you talking about me alone?”
“Yes, they can’t stop Fenrir’s rampage anyway. Even if they say I will be defeated and die. “I will win this fight in the end.”
Valentine turned the sword he had raised above his head in the sky once.
-Caw!
He answered while looking at a flock of crows flying towards him.
“Just tell them to take Fenrir to the tower.”
With these words, Valentine flew high. He then encountered the Apostle flying towards Castle Strange between the canyon and the forest.
“It’s been a while, Count Valentine.”
A muscular man wearing a crown, hiding his body behind a shadow.
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“It’s a face I never want to see again. “Apostle Ordin, head of the Rothschild family.”
The two looked at each other with cold eyes. Valentine’s eyes wavered as if he was agitated by his appearance. She, who had only shown eyes as cold as winter frost until now, relaxed her eyes and continued her conversation.
“What brings you here?”
“I came to ask a favor of my daughter.”
“Yeah, I guess it’s that animal over there. “I feel like it will make things difficult for me in the future.”
Ordin pointed his finger toward Castle Strange. The place where it ends is exactly where Fenrir stands after losing her mind.
“Are you saying that the noble apostle came all this way just because of one animal?”
“Yes, because that beast is so threatening. “Ever since you were born, you have prevented me from coming down from Ragnarok.”
Valentine took a deep breath and pointed the tip of his sword at Ordin.
“Please go back. “I don’t want to fight with you.”
“I don’t want to fight with you either. So hand over that beast to me.”
“If I hand it over, what do you plan to do?”
“I have to kill him. “Don’t you know what happens to those who rebel against God?”
“Don’t you remember? “The things I said before sending you to Strange.”
“You’ve done well so far, Valentine. Now, let’s clean up this place and you can return to Ragnarok.”
Ordin reached out and grabbed Valentine’s blade.
Then, with a small smile, he continued speaking.
“Thanks to you, I have the opportunity to finish the terrible Strange and rise to the top. “Now there is nothing that will cause us trouble on our way to becoming masters of this world.”
“You are truly a scary person.”
“Scared? I?”
“Yes, you not only let young me infiltrate enemy territory. “It never came to visit me until this moment came today.”
“As a newborn, he just told me about Rothschild’s goals and what to do about what would happen next.”
Valentine blushed and continued the conversation.
“The time I spent at Rothschild was only two, no, three years. Even then, I thought about seeing each other once or twice a year. “Do you think I will listen to your orders like that?”
“of course. “Haven’t you done well so far?”
“I followed your orders?”
“Yes, do as I asked, become Strange’s sword and take over the west. Not only did they bring Fenrir, who was sleeping there. “I defeated Gunther and Hysteria, who are said to be the future of Strange.”
“that!”
“Valentine, do not refuse my orders. “You are bound to do whatever I tell you anyway.”
“… shut up.”
“You and I have the same blood flowing from the same god, so we cannot separate ourselves even if we try to reject it.”
“I told you to shut up.”
“Hehe, are you being mean to your father who you haven’t seen in a long time?”
Valentine instantly spewed out an explosion of aura and pulled out the sword from Ordin’s hand.
As he put his energy into it, he split it wide from left to right.
However, her attack was blocked by Ordin’s spear. Then, Ordin’s spear emitted a ‘cracking’ sound and mana as if it were filled with light, leading to the sky.
Countless lightning began to rain down. This is a force so powerful that the crows covering the clouds are instantly annihilated.
“Aaaah!”
Valentine shouted as he lunged at Ordin once again.
“I am Strange’s sword!!”
Ordin looked at her, the corners of his mouth twitched, and then shook his head.
“No, you will go through this continent with me. “It is the window of Rothschild.”
As the fight between the two began, the sky poured down rain as if screaming, and the ground let out a roar and fire.
This was a battle so amazing that it could hardly be considered a battle between humans and apostles, and it did not take long for their ideal battle to end.
One of the many lightning bolts falling from the sky hit Valentine directly.
Ordin’s subsequent spear strike hit Valentine’s abdomen.
“My proud daughter, in consideration of the achievements you have made here so far, I will spare your life.”
A huge pirate ship arrived at Verdin’s destination, the northern land.
As soon as the ship anchored at the shore, they hurried to Alfredo’s castle without delay.
We cut down everyone in sight and moved to the secret location we opened earlier.
Arriving at their destination, the iceberg, Verdin met an unexpected person.
“… Verdin, why did it take so long?”
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