“Okay, let’s sit down… … .”
The battle of this century, which pitted the Emperor of Fist, the Sword Saint, and dozens of Auror users against each other, ended with only traces of the disappeared Baekwangseong and a new lake left behind.
Chapter 39 Aranan Grad
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Holy Vastalon Empire Ecliptic, Emperor Land.
Sitting on the emperor’s throne, King Rarefall I was frowning. The person standing in front of him was a young military officer with a stern look on his face, Count Agilness, who had come forward to report.
King Rarefall I shouted.
“What absurdity! How could Lord Banatel have been defeated!”
“That is… … .”
Count Agilnes, trembling at the emperor’s wrath, continued the report. King Rarefall I sighed, touching his forehead.
“You’re Emperor Jerad?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“This is incomprehensible. “Why him?”
Count Agilnes strongly agreed with the emperor’s monologue. He who proposed this operation never dreamed that it would fail. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t possibly fail.
With the power of the sword saint Vanatel he knew, he could handle most of the Auror users in the Kingdom of Antares on his own. He also mobilized ten Auror users from various countries, but why did this result come about?
It’s all because of an unexpected intruder, Emperor Gerard! If he hadn’t shown up, he could have won the emperor’s favor as the proponent of the plan!
‘how! Why on earth did that crazy old man do something he never did before?’
No, since when did Jim Unbreakable take on students? Count Agilness gritted his teeth inwardly. Of course, he didn’t show it on the outside. He didn’t want to have his head cut off for daring to do something outrageous in front of the emperor.
However, the Count of Agilness, the proponent of this operation, was a hard sell.
“Whoa… … .”
King Rarefall I sighed and suddenly widened his eyes. He gestured.
“Take him.”
The waiting royal guard came forward and grabbed the left and right arms of Count Agilness. The count was horrified and begged for mercy.
“Your Majesty! Please have mercy!”
Count Agilness was dragged out of the hall. Cries echoed through the halls, but the emperor paid no attention. Taesan was already something I had to worry about.
King Rarefall I groaned as he pressed his temples.
“Umm… … .”
The cost of this incident was terrible. The Empire’s guardian deity, Sword Saint Vanatel, was seriously injured. Sir Ricardo, one of only eleven loyal Aurors to the Empire, was also lost.
In addition, complaints from other countries were also heard. They were Auror users who had been semi-coercively dragged out in the first place by seeking cooperation. Each country’s precious treasures, and since they were killed or injured, there could not be no resistance. Each country sent fierce protests to the empire.
-Didn’t you say nothing would happen?
-They said that since the Sword Master will take care of the dangerous stuff anyway, we just have to deal with him from behind?
-They said they had to keep it a secret, so they made up all kinds of excuses and finally let me go!
-I sent my country’s precious Auror user, but I turned him into a half-asshole and sent him back!
This is not a letter summarized in an old-fashioned way, as usual. The kings and leaders of each country sent letters of protest just as they spoke. It was an example that clearly showed how angry each country was, doing something they would normally not have dared to do out of fear of the empire’s power.
In particular, the anger of the Kingdom of Grind after losing Lord Rcawan was great.
The Kingdom of Grind is one of the small confederations located between Vashtalon and Halain. Grind, a poor small nation that was barely a province of the empire, had one thing to be proud of: Rkawan, the kingdom’s only Auror user.
In a coalition of small nations, a single Auror user can determine national power. At least because of Rkawan, our country also had Auror users and lived in a coalition of small countries, shouting loudly, but they took the precious treasures of the kingdom and smashed them to pieces, not even the bodies could be salvaged.
Even now, the envoy of the Kingdom of Grind was on hunger strike outside the imperial palace, saying, ‘Ask for our country’s Auror users!’ In my heart, I wanted to cut off his head right away, but for the sake of the Empire’s reputation and the sin I had committed, I was just letting it go.
It’s a pain in the ass.
It’s really a pain in the ass.
“Whoa…” … .”
Emperor of the most powerful empire on earth, King Learfall I sighed as if the earth was falling apart. The subjects lined up to the left and right, looking at the anxious countenance of the emperor, simply remained silent.
At that time, an old man who was standing near the emperor stepped forward. He was a handsome old priest with white hair who must have been quite handsome in his younger days.
The old man, wearing a pure white robe with ornate gold leaf patterns embroidered on it, looked straight at the emperor and opened his mouth.
“I dare tell the emperor on earth that Sayre’s first staff is!”
Another emperor who ruled the Vastalon Empire was Pope Taserad, the master of the Papal Pantheon and the head of the Sayre Church.
The subjects looked at the Pope in confusion.
“Yes, Your Majesty?”
The Pope cleared his throat and spoke in a dignified voice.
“Human circumstances are as fleeting as the morning dew when it comes to doing God’s will! How can you worry about Sayer’s teachings? “We must punish them before they incur Sayer’s wrath!”
The servants’ expressions were shaken by Taserad’s shout. There were some who were wary of fanaticism, but most of them looked embarrassed. The emperor, seeing the attitude of his subjects, smiled.
King Rarefall I nodded towards the Pope.
“That is correct, Divine Agent on Earth. He cannot live a life of shame when He is looking down on him.”
The emperor jumped up from his seat. He looked left and right with a forced gaze and gave an abstract command.
“I will punish the heretic of Antares! “Find a way!”
The subjects murmured at the firm tone of voice. It was when one of the subjects cautiously stepped forward to present a counterargument. The Emperor interrupted, turning his body so vigorously that the sound of his clothes could be heard.
“Go away! “We will conclude the regular ceremony!”
It was a completely different attitude from before. It was an expression of the will to act unconditionally and not to give up on his will no matter what the situation of the empire was. The servant who stepped forward, not daring to open his mouth, returned to the line.
The subjects all bowed their heads.
“I will do as you command!”
As he left the hall, the Emperor suddenly looked at Thaserad, the Pope of Sayre, who was standing next to him.
“Divine Agent on Earth, I have something to say to you separately.”
Taserad nodded and followed the emperor.
“I will follow, Emperor of the Earth.”
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After leaving the Hall of Political View, the Emperor and Pope walked down the hallway, shoulder to shoulder. Due to the enraged spirit of the two, the attendants followed them without daring to take a deep breath.
The two people left the central palace and headed to the annex palace. The servants stopped in place. The ‘Pure White Tower’, a separate palace located to the west of the imperial palace, was a place they could not dare to set foot in.
Only the emperor and the pope entered the tower, leaving the attendants behind. Only the two people remained in the ornately decorated hallway, walking side by side.
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After climbing about two floors, a plain iron door appeared. When I entered, there was only one round table in a pure white space.
The emperor placed his hand on the table and muttered softly.
“Summons.”
The Pope made the same move. Light enveloped the two people and their clothing changed color.
Now they were no longer the Emperor of the Vastalon Empire and the Pope of Sayre.
He was one of the 13 Silver Guardians, the successor to a great group that protected humanity.
The emperor who became Vashtal, the guardian of silver, spoke.
“It’s so unexpected, I never thought things would turn out like this.”
The Pope, who had become Tarseral, the guardian of silver, nodded.
“That’s right. “The only thing I gained was that it worsened the relationship between the Kingdom of Basil and the County of Antares.”
The Kingdom of Vasily was understandably angry after losing Lord Walgran, one of only three Auror users. And that anger was directed as much at the County of Antares as it was at the Empire.
Of the eleven Auror users who invaded the Kingdom of Antares, not all of them died. Only Ricardo of the Empire, Rkawan of the Kingdom of Grind, and Walgran of the Kingdom of Vasili were killed.
Other countries did not lose their Auror users. Grime’s Gablick and Halein’s Cameroon may have suffered major injuries, including limbs, but that doesn’t make them useless anymore.
Only those three countries suffered real losses.
Of course, it is absolutely not the case that Reppenhardt or Iniya were killed during that struggle. There was no room for that. All I can say is that it was just unlucky.
However, it is quite unfair for those who suffered losses. No, what’s the point of picking and killing only the Auror users of one’s own country out of so many Auror users?
In particular, the injustice of Basil’s kingdom was even greater.
Emperor Gerard and Emperor Reppenhardt—more precisely, his body, Thesron—were from the Basil Kingdom. Cilan Phil Marsis, one of the major contributors to the County of Antares, is also a priest from Basil. Even though you can’t take care of people from the same neighborhood, you destroy them without leaving even a trace of powder!
If you think about it rationally, it would be really shameless to be angry at the topic that was attacked first, but is it really the human mind that moves so rationally?
Naturally, King Basil was grinding his teeth not only on the empire but also on the County of Antares.
Guardian Taseral clicked his tongue and muttered.
“If things were to turn out like this, it would have been better if the King had killed all the Auror users. “Then things would have been easier.”
If so, it would have been easy to make every country on the continent hostile to the County of Antares. Guardian Vashtal shook his head at Guardian Taseral’s regretful words.
“I think he knew that and sent it to me on purpose. You can’t just look at that person called King Gwon according to the rumors in the world. “Contrary to his appearance, he is quite intelligent.”
“I guess so. “There’s no way a wizard would have a bad mind.”
Through Sayre’s eyes, an artifact used to monitor a wide continent, these two already knew that Reppenhardt was a wizard. In fact, people around me have been secretly saying, ‘Could he be a wizard?’
But no one believed it. That’s because Jim Unbreakable’s notoriety was well known.
“That ignorant, unwritten story has to be ingrained a little deeper, right? “It would have been impossible to tell people this truth until at least an oracle had fallen.”
Guardian Taseral grumbled.
It was while we were talking like that. One side of the pure white table blinked red. Guardian Vashtal summoned Taseral.
“You’re here. “Guardian Rudium and Guardian Serellaine are connected.”
Soon the surroundings were colored with light and turned into a pure white space.
An endless white world and an unrealistic white temple built in the midst of it.
It was the Sayre Temple, an ancient artifact that conveyed information beyond space.
Thanks to this pseudo-space, which projects the user’s consciousness and reproduces the same sensations as reality, the Guardians of Silver were able to communicate with each other at any time, even though they were scattered across the continent.
Four men and women appeared in the main hall of the temple and looked at each other. Guardian Vashtal got angry at one of them, a middle-aged man in his 50s.
“What happened to this, Guardian Rudium? Surely you were supposed to deal with Emperor Gerard?”
Guardian Taseral also joined.
“Why does he appear? Thanks to you, things went awry. “Why on earth is the author still alive?”
Guardian Rudium, a middle-aged man in his 50s, frowned.
“Oh, that’s… … .”
Rudium, who hesitated, answered.
“… … “All the assassins Eun sent were defeated.”
Vashtal and Taseral were surprised at the same time.
“ok? Isn’t he an Auror user? No matter how strong you are, if you don’t have magical powers, how can you not kill him?”
“Weren’t you sent with sufficient preparation?”
Rudium nodded to the two people’s questions in succession.
“Of course I did. “I used the designated equipment according to the established regulations and carefully followed the manual for dealing with Auror users.”
“But why?”
Rudium sighed as he looked at Vashtal frowning.
“Ha, but it doesn’t work.”
