Chapter 666
Episode 169. Holy Land of the Enemy (4)
‘knife… … ?’
At first glance, the calluses characteristic of sword wielders were not visible in Veradin’s grip.
-Sogaju is not allowed, Jin Runkandel.
– I wonder what the reason is.
-That child is no longer the Beradin Ziple you knew. now… … It’s almost like a newborn baby.
-god… … born? It would be nice if you could explain it in an easy-to-understand way, Captain Wraith.
– Literally. Currently, Veradin has knowledge, magic, habits, etc., as well as language… … He has lost all his memories.
A conversation I had with Octavia just a while ago, during the first meeting of the temporary alliance.
All of these were verified by Yuria herself as being true. At the time of the first meeting of the temporary alliance, Beradin was really no different from a crippled person.
‘In that short time… … Is there a change in Veradin?’
It was hard to even imagine how he looked like a newborn baby, and Veradin showed a very businesslike and stable attitude.
Even a certain sharpness was felt in the figure from the back as he advanced with a moderate gait, and along with that, a familiar energy was captured.
‘Come on… … .’
It was a very faint level, not even 1 star, but it was definitely an Auror. On the contrary, I felt only a very small amount of mana rather than an aura.
magic swordsman.
The premonition that the biological golem experiments that Ziple had been doing so far might have been to create a magic swordsman had already been brought several years ago.
However, at a moment like this, I didn’t know that I would get a glimpse of the state that might be the result through Beradin.
“Beradin Zipple.”
“Why are you calling me?”
“I heard that you were unable to do anything with all your memories erased until recently, but it seems that your condition has suddenly improved.”
“It took about a week for me to be able to live without the help of others.”
“Have any memories of me and Dante come back?”
Beradin stopped walking and looked back.
Jin was slowly chasing Veradin while holding the sealed Valeria in his arms.
I couldn’t walk fast. During the flight that lasted for five days, Jin maintained the seal of Valeria without a moment’s rest, and it is still the same now.
It wasn’t that he had run out of mana, but the consumption of his mental energy was too great. I was sweating.
“A lot of people have asked me about you and the lord of the Geomwang Castle.”
Veradin stood side by side with Jin and placed his hand on Valeria’s seal.
Then, magical power permeated casually into the complicated seal. It’s not like Jin did anything special.
“I don’t remember anything.”
“is it.”
Thanks to Beradin starting to maintain the seal, Jin was able to move his steps in a much more comfortable state. Jin didn’t ask questions about Beradin’s ability.
“One, I was curious. Why, when so many people tried to find my memories, only talked about you and the lord of the Sword Emperor Castle, not the family members.”
The stride length of the two was becoming equal.
“What were you curious about?”
“Isn’t that a strange thing? The lord of the Sword Emperor may not know, but the families you and I belong to have been enemies for a thousand years. Recently, we had no choice but to form a temporary alliance, but until then, we were ready to destroy each other whenever there was an opportunity.”
“Well, it was strange. Especially your personality.”
“Am I weird?”
Seeing her questioning in shock, I thought that a little bit of her old self remained. It was also the thought that maybe Beradin was playing a joke.
But that’s all, even without Yuria’s verification, the current Veradin wasn’t the person he knew.
“okay. You were strange from the first time we met.”
“I am more curious. Can you elaborate?”
“does not exist.”
When Jin refused at once, Veradin shrugged his shoulders as if he was sorry.
Then, after walking for a few more minutes, he secretly released his hand from Valeria’s seal.
“If you won’t let me know, I feel like I don’t have to do you any favors.”
“What a great favor? It’ll only make it a little uncomfortable, but maintaining the seal without you won’t be a problem.”
“hmm.”
“Furthermore, your actions do not serve the purpose of Ziffle’s opening of the Holy Land. There’s no way I’ll fail to maintain the seal, but there’s only one thing in this world. In that case, I wonder how your family will react.”
“As I’ve heard, you’re using a pretty irritating way of speaking… … .”
Veradin puts his hand on Valeria’s seal again. It might be embarrassing, but his expression didn’t change at all.
Beyond the gate, the road to the Holy Land had a strange scenery.
The ordinary corridor, composed of stones and various metals, became blurry the deeper one went into it.
Like Orgal’s hazy body.
It was not a landscape that can be seen in people’s life.
‘There was no entrance to the subspace, but it feels like the boundaries of the world are beginning to blur at some point.’
As if the paint was washed away, the colors and textures that made up the space left afterimages.
“How much further do I have to go?”
“I cannot tell you.”
“It’s not difficult to measure the time yourself, but is that a secret?”
“no. This is because the time to reach the Holy Land varies from time to time. It depends on how welcoming the three of us are to the Holy Land.”
“Is there something as mysterious as a grandiose name?”
“I heard that it took 15 days the last time I visited. It was before she completely lost her memory.”
“Then it could take 15 days, but there must be a reason why we didn’t prepare food separately.”
“Yes, after all the afterimages in the corridor disappeared… … In the Holy Land, you don’t feel hunger. Rather, the more you walk, the lighter your body becomes.”
As he said, after crossing the ‘boundary’, Jin felt that his physical strength was rapidly recovering. Her mind, which had been dizzy from maintaining her seal, was also in a state of clearness.
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Still, Jin wanted to calculate time by counting steps, but strangely, as his body and mind became fuller, the concept of ‘time’ faded.
Even calculating one second per step has become difficult. No matter how many times he counted, Jin was counting one second again.
‘Is it because there is a gap in time between the holy land and the people, like other subspaces? It’s a strange feeling.’
So, it is unknown how long they walked, but soon the two of them found a ray of green light in the distance.
‘It’s the residual energy.’
It was the same energy that I had glimpsed through Orgal’s steel door. In the dark and blurry landscape like underwater, only the remaining energy was vigorously revealing its brilliance.
“You’re all here.”
The two stood in front of the green aura and put their hands on it at the same time as if they had made a promise.
Then, as if a light was turned on all over the world out of nowhere, in an instant, everywhere was dyed blue.
There was nothing different from the ‘sacred site from a few hundred years ago’ that Orgal showed me.
A sea that glows green, or a desert-like landscape.
“Now unseal Hester. As soon as Heister recovers, we will leave the Holy Land.”
When I reached the holy ground and tried to break the seal, anxiety surged.
What if the remaining energy of the Holy Land had no effect on Valeria? What if there is no way to reseal her?
Just as he was about to become dizzy at such a question, Jin confirmed that Valeria had moved slightly inside the seal.
Valeria began to react to the remaining aura of the Holy Land even before she could unseal it.
The pale seal was already turning green.
“You come all the way here and worry about everything.”
Veradin said as if he saw through Jin’s intentions.
“As you said, since me and your family are mortal enemies.”
“There is a reason why we are trying to save Heister even while opening the Holy Land to the fittest of Runkandel. You know better than anyone, don’t you?”
“It sounds like you’re going to take care of me after restoring Heister right here.”
“There were quite a few people who insisted on doing that.”
“Are they Octavia and Kadun?”
“No, mainly the elders.”
Jin came alone with Valeria, who was injured in the enemy’s deepest part.
-The fact that only I can deal with Rosa makes my shoulders feel a bit heavy. Kingelo still has a variable called Orgal’s recovery, but doesn’t Zipple have any spleen numbers at all?
-… … there is.
-I didn’t expect the enemy to have hidden powers to sound so happy. Please tell me what it is. I guess this is a question that needs to be answered. To face the public enemy.
– It is a manipulation of history. However, it is a means that can never be realized without your ally Hester’s Survivor.
During the first meeting of the Provisional Alliance, Ronil said that Zipple could deal with Rosa through ‘history manipulation’.
So, in fact, it is crazy that Jin came to this place right now. It was a choice she would never have made had it not been for Valeria, or her ally.
There is no way to escape with the help of Red Owl or Mort.
If Ziple doesn’t keep his promise, Jin will inevitably fall into a crisis of desperation.
“But my father was directly against it. Aren’t you curious about the reason?”
“It’s probably because you have to keep using me to deal with Rosa.”
Ziffle and Kingelo. He didn’t want to lose himself, the only one immune to chaos, at this point.
That’s why the top-notch manpower from each faction came directly to Kaldran Snowfield.
As Jin entered the middle of the enemy territory, the only thing he believed in was the fact and his own strength.
“Exactly, and I thought the same thing. It seems that the time we can complete the fabrication of history through Hester is unlikely to be faster than the point at which the chest body fully awakens. At this point, you are definitely more important than Heister to our family.”
I don’t know if it’s a lie or the truth, but Beradin is saying that there’s no reason to hide anything about the fabrication of history.
“I’m the most important player in Zipple, that doesn’t sound pleasant. If the guide had been someone other than you, at least one would have hit me at this point.”
Jin slowly began to unseal Valeria. It wasn’t because he believed all of Veradin’s words. I just decided that it would be best for her to go ahead and recover her according to her plan.
“And, Gene Runcandel.”
“why?”
“Before I lost my memory, I made a promise to you.”
“promise?”
“It was said that even if one day you came to my family without notice, I would spare you once.”
-Be thankful that this is a banquet hall.
– Heck, aren’t you being too harsh? I know, your father had mercy on your uncle. Speaking of which, I promise you one thing. One day, I won’t hurt you even if you come to Ziffle’s banquet without notice.
It was a conversation Jin had at a party on a single bridge right before he became a reserve jockey.
Veradin did not remember the conversation, but was talking about a record in a diary that was not long ago.
“Even if you cause terror within our family, it was written that you would definitely be saved at least once, so I couldn’t help but wonder about your relationship?”
“Didn’t I say that you were a weirdo in the past? When we talked about it, we weren’t particularly close. They weren’t even friends, to be exact.”
“Then it seems that I was the only friend back then. In any case, if I told you that I would keep that promise now, would it ease my guard a little?”
Jin suppressed a bitter expression at those words and replied:
“I don’t trust it very much, but it’s not a bad story to hear.”
