Episode 285: After the war (1)
A place whose name is unknown.
In a place bathed in warm sunlight, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Luna looked at Isabelle praying.
It was a sacred sight.
The sunlight illuminated the surroundings as if wrapping around Isabelle’s body, and her flowing blonde hair turned white and revealed divine power.
When the Kingdom of Luna was on the verge of destruction due to the ongoing cold wave. The existence of Isabel, who was born as a result of an oracle, protected the Kingdom of Luna from the cold.
Remembering how people cheered the name ‘Isabel’ that day, Leo, the head of the royal knights of the Kingdom of Luna, did not leave his seat even for a moment.
The prayer is over.
When her blonde hair regained its original color, Isabel stood up and walked outside.
“… … Queen. How about going back to Arcadia? “The oracle demands the queen’s sacrifice every time, but now that the Kronos Empire has declared a truce, there is no reason to remain here.”
“No, you can’t do that.”
Isabel shook her head.
Through prayer, he heard God’s voice and decided on the direction he should take.
“In the process of destroying the capital of Odelia, Alexander used 9th Circle magic, which is a forbidden area. That means that the restrictions have been lifted, and that is probably why we launched a continental war even though we knew that we would go forward. I don’t have time anymore. “The moment they achieve their desired goal through human death, there is no way to prevent the darkness that will come to the continent, even if we borrow the power of God.”
Kronos Empire.
They have suppressed their ambitions all this time.
Although they were wary of Isabel’s presence, they were unable to fully express their powers due to ‘restrictions’ for unknown reasons.
But from the day the cold wave became more severe. The restraining power of restrictions began to weaken, and starting with this continental war, it was proven that restrictions were lifted to some extent.
light and darkness.
Contradictory forces coexisted with each other.
Isabel also gained strength as Alexander became stronger, but the problem was the unknown entity that was giving strength to Alexander.
His arrival had to be prevented.
As Isabel, like Leo said, she wanted to ignore the difficulties of reality, but from the moment she was born, she was destined to not be able to live that way.
suddenly.
Roman Dmitry came to mind.
A being not mentioned in the oracle.
He appeared out of nowhere, caused a stir, and appeared to defeat the existence of darkness without any help from God.
If I had gotten his help, things might have been resolved easily.
However, Roman Dmitry made it clear that he would not fight for humanity, and Isabel, who followed God, had no choice but to separate from him.
Leo said.
“As the leader of the Royal Knights, I will stay by the queen’s side until the end.”
From now on.
Isabel will face a difficult path.
The people welcomed peace through the truce, but for Isabel and her soldiers, the war was not yet over.
Isabel looked at Leo.
Because it is his sword.
The soldiers of the Luna Kingdom, including Leo, shared the weight of the oracle.
“Thank you everyone.”
Don’t even talk about comfort.
It did not guarantee the future.
Just say thank you.
Knowing the difficult future ahead, he did not give false hope to those who would have to accept sacrifices.
That is Isabelle’s reason for existence.
This was the life she lived.
* * *
On the hospital bed.
Henderson’s pale features were visible.
Seeing Roman Dmitri looking down at him, the therapist spoke about what had happened in a cautious voice.
“To treat Henderson, we used one of the highest quality potions every day and invited priests to pray… … . Despite his hard work, there was no sign of improvement. In fact, recovery was impossible from the beginning. “The master’s treatment saved his dying life, but from the moment he was brought to the hospital bed, Henderson was in a state where he could not survive.”
Immediately after the battle.
Henderson was taken away in disgrace.
There was no sound part of his body, and the blood flowing from it soaked the floor wherever it passed.
Normally, it was normal to not be able to last a few days.
However, the therapist invested money and sincerity to barely hold on to his life, and Roman Dmitry instilled innate energy and saved the hope of recovery.
But that’s it.
I couldn’t open my eyes again.
Roman Dmitry’s method showed great resilience, but it could not bring the dead back to life.
“The cause of death was the final attack causing fatal internal injuries. According to Fernando, I heard that Henderson bought just one second to catch his enemy. That’s a direct cause of death. If he had just stopped the enemy attack, Henderson would have definitely survived. But he chose to make a sacrifice to kill his enemy, and by then he had already crossed the irreversible river. “As a therapist, I’m sorry I couldn’t save Henderson.”
Even what the therapist said.
Roman Dmitry reacted calmly.
While listening to him cry, I calmly looked down at Henderson’s face.
1 second.
One second could mean the difference between life and death.
Until he encounters a strong enemy named Sven and vomits blood on the enemy’s sword.
Clearly, Henderson had a way to survive.
If only he had saved himself even a little, if he had not sacrificed himself for Fernando, and even if he had sacrificed himself, if he had not held on for even one second with the sole intention of defeating Sven.
Henderson, who shared the energy of innate energy, would have greeted himself with a lively face.
Every time I made a choice, I chose the direction that was good for everyone, and I willingly accepted the sacrifice even though I knew that I would die.
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For a while like that.
I spent some time with Henderson.
Roman Dmitry suddenly walked away without saying anything and spoke to Chris, who was waiting behind him.
“Prepare the memorial service now.”
“All right.”
Also for Henderson.
There was no action for Henderson either.
However, when he saw Roman Dmitry’s back outside, Chris felt somewhat lonely.
* * *
A memorial service was held.
Since ancient times, cremation was the best way to send the dead away, and they were set on fire in front of Dmitry’s people.
Crack, crack. The fire burned.
Those whose bodies were recovered intact appeared to be engulfed in fire and dying in front of their families and colleagues, not in the cold battlefield.
People held back their tears.
Seeing Roman Dmitry staring at the flames endlessly, they couldn’t bear to vent their sadness first.
Patience did not last long.
Any one person.
Someone started crying.
The crying spread to the surrounding area, and people wailed and cried as if they could not accept such indifferent sadness.
That was the sadness of losing a family member.
A person who must have been precious to someone sacrificed himself for an issue that was in the interest of the nation, and it became a sorrow that their family had to bear.
Beyond the flames.
Roman Dmitry recalled a moment of memory.
Gwangma dies.
The war did not last long.
After the collapse of Shaolin, the war progressed rapidly, and the small and medium-sized factions of the ruling faction, the Murim faction, lost the ability to endure as the old factions declared surrender.
The history of Moorim concluded that unification of Moorim was impossible.
Although all the masters who flew and crawled in the generation before Baek Jung-hyuk, the Heavenly Horse, did not dare to achieve the feat of unification, those who knelt at the feet of Baek Jung-hyuk spoke of the first moment.
unity.
conquered the martial arts
The moment Baek Jung-hyuk achieved what he had hoped for, he remembered the conversation he had with Gwangma.
“Are you satisfied with the life you live for others?”
One day, I asked Gwangma.
He accepted a life of struggle.
He lived a life that could not be lived with someone over his head, and so conquering the martial forest was a natural process of proving the meaning of his existence.
But Gwangma was not like that.
Before meeting her, Gwangma was just an ordinary boy, but after meeting her, she began to live a life she had never intended.
So I asked.
At least for himself, he could not be satisfied with the life of Gwangma.
Gwangma said with a smile.
“Don’t say it’s a stranger. From the moment my lord reached out to me in the abyss of life, he became everything in my life. Each person has their own dream. If my lord wishes for the unification of Wulin, it is my dream to make it happen. That’s why you will never die. “I will survive until the end and watch my master achieve his dream.”
It was a contradictory statement.
He said he would watch from the side and never once hesitated to make sacrifices to make Baek Jung-hyuk’s dream come true.
From the beginning, martial unification was an overwhelming dream for an ordinary boy.
While walking with Baek Jung-hyuk, he faced death in a dream he couldn’t handle, and at the moment he achieved his goal, Gwangma was not by his side.
that day.
Baek Jung-hyuk set off on his way.
I searched around and found someone who was believed to be Gwangma’s family.
“… … “It seems like there was a nephew like that, but what happened?”
Gwangma lost his family at an early age.
The only family left was his uncle, who was consumed by alcohol and gambling, and he had lost the meaning of family to the point where he was not even worried about Gwangma’s disappearance.
He was so ignorant that he couldn’t even recognize Baek Jung-hyuk.
However, due to the unusual momentum, I bowed my head and trembled for fear that something might happen.
To him like that.
Tuk.
“Take it.”
threw something
The man who discovered that there was a gold coin inside looked at Baek Jung-hyuk with a wide face.
“It is the price of that child’s life.”
“Thank you, I really appreciate it!”
The man was happy.
The eyes filled with gold coins sparkled as if he had the whole world and didn’t even care about Gwangma’s sadness.
A man called Uncle.
I knew that I would not mourn Gwangma’s death.
It was clear that he would head straight to the gambling den with the gold coins and waste all his money while having fun.
Even if you are lucky and come to your senses. The existence of Gwangma will be forgotten in a wealthy life.
And yet.
I wanted to visit him and make amends.
There was no special reason.
As if he himself remembers Gwangma.
I just hoped that someone else in the world would remember the existence of Gwangma as a human being.
And then I took a step back.
The era of the Heavenly Demon.
Just like that, the era of Baek Jung-hyuk came to an end.
* * *
It’s been a few days already.
Seeing Roman Dmitri not leaving the burned ashes, Chris approached and spoke with a worried face.
“My lord. Would you like to leave now? Due to the continuous forced march starting from Redford, the main army is also in need of rest. Dmitry’s people will fully understand their lord’s feelings.”
“chris.”
“Please speak.”
“I told you before. “I want you to exist as a commander in my absence.”
I didn’t take my eyes off the ashes.
Roman Dmitry said, looking at the traces of what might have been living life.
“When you live as a commander, you have no choice but to face many deaths. At my word, at my command. People dying is the life of a commander. In the life I lived, I had no time to suffer under the weight of orders, nor did I have that much compassion, but I never for a moment took the deaths of my people for granted. It may be a staged action. “For me, as a commander, to let them go like this is both a process of accepting death and an action for show.”
Those were cold words.
However, Chris felt strangely lonely.
“A commander cannot exist as an ordinary human being. The moment I appeal to their emotions even once, those who follow my orders will recognize that I am a fellow human being and try to close the gap with me. People may wish for such a humane commander. However, if there is a goal you wish to achieve as a commander, you must carefully calculate your words and actions.”
A line was drawn.
Although he showed his sincerity by mourning the deaths of his subordinates, he blocked people from approaching him in a humane way.
Chris followed Roman Dmitry from the beginning.
I had sworn loyalty to Dmitry since the days when he was called a jerk, but even though quite a bit of time had passed, I was still not comfortable with the existence of Roman Dmitry.
That gap.
That was Roman Dmitry’s intention.
With thoroughly calculated words and actions, he did not allow recognition to diminish the gap between subjects and lords.
The life of a predator.
Roman Dmitry lived like that.
Now, even if I didn’t intend to, I instinctively said and did what a commander should do.
Chris wanted to ask.
Isn’t it difficult to live like that?
But I couldn’t say it out loud.
Roman Dmitry, whom he had been watching, knew very well that he had to live like that.
Roman Dmitry said.
“chris. If you want to live as a commander in the future, keep this in mind. In this way, it shows an attitude that does not take people’s deaths lightly, and at the same time, it shows that only clear compensation can compensate for people’s grief.”
It was a firm attitude.
He never turned away those who died for him.
“Assemble Dmitry’s leaders. From now on, we will hold a meeting on compensation for war casualties.”
“I follow your orders.”
The meaning of clear compensation.
People will soon feel its meaning.
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