Episode 208. Enemy or friend?
It’s not unexpected.
The fact that this guy will block my path.
I slipped out the dagger I had hidden in my sleeve and threw it into the air.
“Is it you again, Baphomet?”
I’m bored.
No matter where I go, Amon and Baphomet try to block my path, so there is no place I can go with peace of mind. I don’t even know where and how far they are watching me.
Baphomet deflected my dagger with his claws and then approached me with a short nod.
“Yes, yes. “I came today again to block your path.”
“Why? You too must be waiting for the guy trapped in this iceberg to come out. “Didn’t you come with Jin to achieve that goal?”
“… Waiting for his seal to be lifted. However, this time the purpose is a little different.”
“The purpose is different?”
“Now, as you know, Verdin, the tower is now wandering like lambs that have lost their owners.”
“Does sheep mean an apostle?”
“I mean not just the apostles, but everyone in the tower.”
In that case, I think it refers to the monsters who are in charge of trials along with the apostles and the humans who live in the upper floors. How can we give them the meaning of wandering their way?
After all, they are stupid guys who just do what the apostles tell them to do.
I slowly looked around and asked Baphomet.
“Do you know that monsters around here also attack your apostles, unlike other places?”
“Well, I had a hard time stopping them last time too. Now, let me ask you the opposite question. Verdin, do you know why they hate us?”
I felt that rather than hating the apostles, they regarded all those who invaded their territory as enemies and attacked them.
This is why I asked him a question. Monsters in other areas get scared and leave even if they only confirm the presence of an apostle.
The monsters here run at you without any fear.
“That’s because the world tree is the owner of the monsters in the north.”
“… “What does that mean?”
“It means that the fundamentals of monsters are different.”
After thinking for a moment, I answered him.
“So you’re saying the monsters that are afraid of you came from the tower?”
“So the monsters created by the World Tree are not afraid of you?”
“That’s correct.”
If so, it means that all those who fought against humans in the Hundred Years’ War came from the tower.
What that means is that TOP tried to conquer this continent using monsters.
At that time, the so-called owner of the tower, that is, there was no Jin or I, so it means that another apostle planned this.
‘Is it Ordin?’
Because other than him, there is no one else in the tower who would do something like this.
There is one guy in the upper class who is weaker than him, but I’m confused because I don’t think that guy who bothers everything would have done something like this to beat Ordin.
“I will ask you directly. Did you come to fight me today? Or are you here to intercept the guy who is currently sleeping here?”
“I’d say it’s both.”
“okay? I don’t understand why you want to confront me now. Even dealing with Ordin would be difficult.”
“I’m here to get you to push them away.”
“… “What does that mean?”
Baphomet grinned and blew out black smoke from his mouth, creating a huge scythe.
Sigh.
“I have to take you today so that the owner of the tower can awaken to his true form.”
“The owner of the tower… . “So you’re saying you want me to be with Jin?”
“I guess the loser would also reject that?”
“It was like that. But not now. “You had a fight with Vergin before you came here, right?”
“Well, you could see it that way.”
Although I fought sincerely.
“Did Jin not want you back then?”
To be honest, I don’t know.
Even if he wants to become one with me and become the owner of the tower again, there is absolutely no reason for me to follow his wishes.
If I think about it calmly, he might want me.
He has most of the memories from when he was the owner of the tower, so who wouldn’t want to go back to the glory days?
The dragon’s hourglass will be activated soon.
Then, this world goes back to the past, my existence disappears, and Jin is left alone to deal with Ordin and other guys.
‘That means he will lose the chance to return to being the owner of the tower again.’
What’s urgent now is Bergin, not me.
Baphomet would also do this to stop Ordin before he reaches the top.
I lightly drew my sword and asked Baphomet.
“I wanted it. “But I didn’t respond.”
“That’s why I came here. “To somehow connect the two of you.”
“What will change when you come? “I said I didn’t want it.”
“I know. Verdin-nim is pretending not to notice, but in fact, you still have some memories of when you were the owner of the tower.”
“Not only that, but right now, three of the four dragons that protect this world are sleeping in your body. Except for the one who controls the hourglass, everyone is with Dean. In some ways, the god of this world can be seen as being closer to Dean rather than Jin-”
A gunshot was heard not far away.
We were having a conversation while keeping Baphomet in check, and the people who came to us were completely hidden, so we couldn’t detect them.
The good news in this situation was that the bullet was aimed at Baphomet’s head, not me.
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The blackened silver bullet hit the top of Baphomet’s head. Of course, it couldn’t penetrate his skin, but it was powerful enough to cause a wound.
Baphomet wiped away the blood dripping from the top of his head with his finger and shrugged his eyebrows. I don’t know who was involved in the conversation, but they looked very displeased.
“Still, I thought I had a deep connection with Alfredo in this life, so I was going to let them live, but they welcomed me like this.”
When he slowly turned his gaze to look at the place where the snow rocks were piled up, the humans wearing the hidden monster skins got scared and started running away.
If they had stayed quiet like dead rats, some of them could have been saved.
Baphomet’s scythe flew through the wind, splitting the bodies of those fleeing in half in an instant, then turning into smoke and engulfing their bodies.
To be able to so easily subdue the northern warriors, who are said to be the strongest on the entire continent.
I asked Baphomet, looking at the red blood soaked in the wide open snow field.
“I will not be defeated that easily.”
“Of course. “Now Verdin is stronger than me, so would something like this happen?”
“Have you found a way to beat me?”
“sure. “If you look at the results, you brought me here, not me.”
“I brought you here?”
“Yes, see. Now behind your back. “Those who are anxious to kill Strange.”
As soon as Baphomet finished speaking, I felt life coming from behind. Just a little while ago, it seemed like no one would attack me.
How did his men approach so quickly? When I looked back with this thought, the people holding the sword were unexpected people.
“… Teach.”
Harald Teach, who guided us to the north, was the pirate who once reigned as the king of the North Strait.
He and his subordinates raised their weapons with red-hot eyes and prepared to attack me.
Moreover, they seemed calm until they came out and climbed the ice boat, but now their appearance was no different from that of animals that had lost their senses in anger.
Are you being controlled by that guy?
“Baphomet, you are doing such a dirty thing.”
“yes? “No, what do I mean?”
“Was it your fault that locked them in the sea?”
“… Ah, those pirates? That’s right. Those sinners who took the lives of innocent people! “I showed mercy so that the Holy One could forgive.”
“In the tower, they call a curse a mercy.”
“It is not a curse, but an opportunity to pay for one’s sins and be reborn is called mercy.”
“A chance to be reborn?”
“you’re right. “If I win my fight with you today, I will take you to the tower and give you a chance to live as one of its people again.”
“What if you lose to me?”
“I wasn’t able to pay for my sins.”
Angels and devils spoken of in the Pope’s Office.
These two beings must both be apostles.
I could clearly see it through Baphomet’s actions.
Through his actions of evil without malice and good without good will.
“Hey, Verdin! done!!”
I turned my head and looked in his direction and gave him a small smile.
“Are you sure.”
“Okay, good job.”
Baphomet, who was listening to the conversation between me and Rox, tilted his head.
“You mean it’s over?”
“It’s literally over. “The purpose of my coming here.”
“… “What does that mean?”
“Do you know that I briefly woke up the guy who was sleeping on this iceberg not long ago?”
“I know. “I was here at that time too.”
“At that time, I was sure. The one sealed here is already dead. A living being that denies the fact that you apostles are gods.”
“He is not God.”
“I guess so, for you guys.”
“To us?”
“okay. Well, I’ll leave the useless talk here. “I’ll show you now what’s done.”
I ended the conversation with him, took a step back, and powerfully swung my sword toward the iceberg.
My sword wind filled with aura began to go deep, splitting the ground beneath my feet.
This is an action that is completely different from the previous method of waking up a god sleeping in an iceberg, but simply reveals the tip of the iceberg hidden under the snow.
The face of a giant called God was revealed from a part of the collapsed iceberg.
This was no different from the appearance of several races called apes. The bushy fur covering the face and the fiercely open brown eyes were reminiscent of familiar animals.
Baphomet looked at the giant’s face with a puzzled expression.
“Are you stealing the body of a sealed giant?!”
At the same time as he asked the question, Rox’s clown Bae Hu-ryeong flew in and laughed, holding his stomach in front of him.
I also put a smile on my face as I looked at Baphomet’s distorted face.
“To be precise, it wasn’t the body of the sealed giant that was brought to me, but the unsealed one that was brought to me.”
“Well, that can’t be true. His seal has not been released yet… .”
Baphomet glanced at Rox’s location, then opened his eyes wide and asked as if he realized something.
“Are you aiming for that one giant finger sticking out from above?”
“Now you’re starting to notice.”
“You underestimated me too much, Baphomet.”
If you are looking ahead.
Because I’m moving at least three moves ahead.
“Now, just a moment, Mr. Verdin. “Talk to me for a moment-”
“No, there will be no more conversation with you. Rocks. Move the giant like this and head towards the Legion.”
A giant called God sleeping in an iceberg.
He breaks through the ice cap surrounding his body and comes out.
He flew towards Baphomet with his huge hand.
fantasy,
