Episode 226. Cogwheel.
Ardyn collapsed under Verdin’s cold gaze.
The fight, which was thought to be long, didn’t take as long as expected, and someone who was watching their fight in the audience came down the stairs, clapping their hands so hard that their eardrums tingled.
Clap, clap, clap!
“As expected, Mr. Verdin is different. “I never thought we would achieve this kind of result against Ardyn, but he won much easier than I expected.”
As Verdin slowly looked away and took a deep breath, white breath blew from the corner of his mouth.
“Since when have you been watching, Amon?”
Amon, who had come down to the lowest level of the stands, leaned right in front of the wall leading to the stadium and answered.
“From the beginning.”
“Well, there’s no way you don’t know what’s going on in the Legion. “I’m pretending not to be, but I have my eyes hidden in various places.”
“Haha, please don’t overestimate me. “I was just feeling stuffy in the tower, so I was taking a walk to get some air, and I happened to encounter the fight between you two.”
“… Even the power of an apostle would not be usable here. “You probably didn’t come here because you wanted to die. Would you like to hear why you risked your life to come here?”
Verdin took out the pouch tied to his back and wiped away the dragon’s blood that had stuck to his sword.
Amon chuckled at his actions, raised his hands, took three steps back, and answered.
“The reason I came to watch your fight is simply curiosity. The battle between humans and dragons, what is the level of skill of the one who has reached the realm called the God of Swords? “I was curious about this.”
“It would be easier to understand if you dealt with it in person.”
“If you do that, you’ll end up looking just like Ardyn, who’s lying in front of you right now, right? “The tower proved that I am weaker than you.”
“I could win if I just used magic. But if you use your hidden power, the story will be different.”
“The power I’m hiding?”
“Yes, this is the ability that Bor gave you a long time ago when he selected you as the tower’s secretary. “Even if I don’t remember the guy who lost, I know about him.”
The ability of this guy that contains all the spirits of the adventurers who died in the tower, and even what conditions must be met to use that power.
“I don’t know if what Verdin said is true or not, but I don’t think it’s important enough to change the outcome of our fight going forward.”
“I guess so. Because victory or defeat has already been decided.”
“Do you think you can reach the summit before Ordin?”
Verdin returned the blade to its home and shrugged.
“Then Verdin is also predicting our victory.”
“Not even that.”
“The first to reach the top of the tower is neither you nor I, nor Ordin.”
“Jin, I will send him to the top of the tower first. First, show him what there is in there that you don’t know about. I’m planning to teach you how to become a god… . how is it? “My thoughts.”
Amon smiled brightly at Verdin, then turned his back and began to climb up to the upper level of the arena. He probably thought there was no need for further conversation. I had already talked to him a lot, and there was an unspoken wall that prevented us from narrowing down our differences.
Amon stood in front of the passage leading from the stands to the outside of the arena and shouted, waving his hands above his head.
“The master of this world will be Lord Ordin!”
Verdin twitched the corner of his mouth as he looked at him and raised his middle finger.
“Tell Ordin, next time we meet, I will show him the power of the Sword God.”
Ardyn’s body was hung in the center of Legion Square.
There, flags with cross swords symbolizing Strange and dragon eyes symbolizing Glazer were hung here and there, swaying in the wind. After confirming my victory, the three dragons looked at him with pitiful expressions and gave a small monologue.
I don’t know what they were saying in the dragon’s language, but their actions were no different from human prayers.
“Did you really have to kill Ardyn? “You could have just shown me that you were stronger.”
Howl asked me cautiously.
I answered him with a stern expression.
“Not only Ardyn, but you three will also disappear from this world. Only then can this continent regain its original form.”
“Verdin, I don’t know what your true self is. “We have had friendly relations with humans since ancient times.”
“That’s your opinion.”
“What do we think?”
“Yes, if that were really the case, humans wouldn’t have regarded you as an object of fear and would have tried to coexist with you. “They wouldn’t have waited a long time for a human named Dragon Slayer to be born.”
Howl bit his lip in response to my answer.
Of course, Nori and Yuki did not object too much.
He just watched for a while, probably because he couldn’t accept Ardyn’s death, and then left.
After the two dragons left, Howl, who was left alone, approached me.
He then took off Strange’s cloak that he was wearing and carefully handed it to me.
“I’m just sorry. “I’m sorry I’m a dragon.”
“… “Pity doesn’t work for me.”
“I guess so. I also know what kind of person you are. So I wanted to say I’m sorry. “Because I won’t be able to do it in the future.”
“And this is my last gift.”
Howl stuck out his tongue and took out a human eye. It symbolizes the blood of demons with an emerald color. Where on earth did this come from and give it to me? I asked, handing her her cloak.
“Snow is a gift?”
She rolled the eyeball on her tongue and dropped it on the cloak.
Tuk.
“This was the only way I could help you.”
“What does that mean?”
“You will find out soon. Oh, by the way, I heard there is a fountain in Legion Square that grants wishes. “If you ever need help, please look for it.”
“A fountain that makes wishes come true?”
A feast of unknown stories.
After saying these words, Howl jumped back high, transformed into a red dragon, and flew out of the Legion.
As she flapped her wings, a strong wind blew like a storm, destroying nearby objects and toppling trees. It’s a creature worthy of the word Lord of Calamity, as it causes this much damage even though it just flew up without any malice.
I hung the cloak I received from Howl around my neck, looked into his emerald eyes, and thought for a moment.
‘The dragons’ gifts are eerie.’
How can you think of just taking out the pupils and giving them away like this?
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“wait for a sec.”
I looked closely at the eyes she gave me, and then looked for Rox waiting at the Legion.
It wasn’t until a long time later that I found the owner of the emerald eyes, and it wasn’t until I saw Rox’s miserable body held by the statue of a goddess called the Lucky Angel in front of the entrance of the tower that I understood the situation.
‘… ‘Is that what happened?’
Without realizing it, I hit the ground with my fist.
Because of the aura, the ground cracked greatly and the impact was transmitted to the entrance of the tower. Even the monsters in the tower that were wandering around could sense my presence and couldn’t get close to me.
“Who is it.”
Amon came out of the arena and was watching Ardyn’s fight.
In that case, the person who killed it must have been another person within the Legion.
I remembered the three dragons I encountered earlier.
‘Why did those guys come to the Legion?’
No, you could have come to watch the fight between Ardyn and me.
In that case, shouldn’t all three have come to the arena to watch the battle?
Why did they stay in the city instead of coming to the place where the battle was taking place?
I pictured the conflict between them and Rox in my mind.
This would be a reasonable doubt.
It was Howl who gave me the eyes.
“… Rocks.”
I put him down from where he was hugged by the goddess statue, swept his face full of pain, and helped him close his eyes.
Then, suppressing my emotions as best as I could, I got up and headed to the fountain. This was not in memory of him or because of the words he left me while he was alive.
‘just.’
The eyes that Howl gave me as a gift.
And even though he’s dead, there’s the giant climbing the tower and Rox’s minions wandering around the Legion.
Because it was a place where questions about this could be answered.
When I arrived at the fountain, I smiled at one of the monsters guarding the place.
In a small canyon on the road from the royal capital to the Legion, two warriors hiding there cautiously emerged.
The first person to draw a weapon was a large man fully armed with brass-colored armor.
He, whose face was covered with an iron mask, tapped his palm with the back of the ax and spoke.
“You mean I just have to kill all the guys in that carriage?”
His question was answered by a dwarf who was armed with the same brass-colored armor, but was only about half the height of the large man.
“Okay, number two. They say that if you kill them all, there will be no one to tell the story, so let only one live.”
“Okay, number three. But where is Number One now?”
“They said they would go down first and block those guys from passing. “We were told to ambush them when the carriage stops.”
“Good… . “I will take the strongest one.”
“Do whatever you feel like. “I just need to take the girl.”
“I heard from Number One that the targets this time are all women?”
“okay?! It’s really good. Then, instead of killing them all, let’s take them alive. Let’s have some fun before we go back to the royal capital.”
The large man answered, wiping the drool dripping from under his iron mask.
“Okay, as I said a little while ago, the strongest one is mine. “The more my prey resists, the more pleasure I feel.”
“Okay, okay, anyway, Number One should show up around this time-”
As soon as the dwarf stopped speaking, rocks began to tumble down from the other side of the canyon.
This is enough of a threat to stop the carriage running from the royal capital to the Legion.
A woman wearing a brown robe took the reins of a horse and stopped the carriage.
When her path was blocked by falling rocks, she pulled out the two daggers she had strapped to her back and quickly looked around.
At the same time, the two warriors who were waiting ran down the cliff and down the canyon.
“That bitch is mine, number two!”
“Do whatever you want, Number Three.”
A large man and a dwarf wearing brass-colored armor quickly reached the front of the carriage.
They carried out the operation without a moment’s hesitation. The large man swung his ax sharply at the leather surrounding the carriage.
Sigh!
The dwarf swung the hammer at the woman driving the carriage.
The sound of metal screeching spread sharply.
The woman who blocked the dwarf’s hammer by just a hair held her stance low and shouted.
“Who are you!”
The dwarf’s mouth wiggled at her question.
“Is your name Kangrat?”
“I am a knight of God who came to capture you under the orders of Master Albus.”
“God’s knight?”
“Yes, knight of God. Two sinners and the fallen demon who set them free. Yes, today you will be judged by me.”
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