Episode 139. The starting point of the waves.
The black liquid that flowed from Edward’s body swirled around his body, forming an oval-like egg-like shape and spraying strong deadly energy around him.
Because of this, all living things near Castle Strange stopped moving as if time had stopped.
Having faced so many strong fighters so far, my body also froze.
‘no way.’
Will this guy also follow the same path as Monestier?
I heard that an apostle is born once every hundred years, so how could two people appear before me at such a close time?
‘furthermore’
Why would T.O.P want to take him in this situation where he was trying to win?
‘Can not be done.’
I can never just let him go.
If I climb the tower again in the future, I will definitely have to fight him again, and before that, I need to clearly understand the difference between him and me.
“Edward, open your eyes. Didn’t you say that? “Let’s compete until one of us finishes today.”
The mouth is moving.
Without stopping, I spoke to Edward, who was soaked in the black liquid.
“If not today, we may not be able to meet again. So then the fight between you and me will end like this. Then, I will settle the matter with my victory, having defeated you twice before.”
“… … .”
“If you don’t like it, open your eyes and come at me. I don’t know how strong the force that surrounds your body right now will make you. “Do whatever it takes to come to your senses and attack me.”
By stepping on you, the wizard who has become my apostle today, I will prove that among those who use magic, there is no one who can oppose me. With this thought, I opened my aura and at the same time, my eyes flashed. Perhaps I knew in advance what would happen.
The birth of a new apostle seemed unfamiliar, but the process of carrying it out was very familiar.
‘Is it just a one-time experience that makes me feel this way?’
I don’t know anything about this other than the incident where Monestier turned into an apostle.
Paaaaat!
‘… … ‘It’s the same as back then.’
Just like the time when everyone thought they had a dream, when they saw Monestier’s past in an unknown space.
* * *
“Edward, is it because this idiot doesn’t have a lover? “How can you not unlock mana even though you have more than five!”
Eight at most. No matter how many it seemed, a fat man who looked to be about ten years old grabbed the hair of a child who was younger than him.
“Brother, I will learn soon, so please forgive me.”
A child with long but neatly slicked-back hair responded by waving both hands.
The child looked sad, but had sharp eyes and a high nose.
‘Is that guy Edward?’
I recognized him immediately the moment I saw him. He’s a lot younger than he is now, but his face looks exactly like Edward’s.
“learn? I think you’re misunderstanding something. This isn’t something you learn, it’s a talent, a talent. And you can’t unlock mana because you don’t have that talent!”
The fat man slapped Edward’s cheek with his thick palm.
slap!
one two three four.
While Edward hit the cheek with a full swing five times without stopping, he just stayed silent.
He contorted his expression in pain or let out a shallow moan, but he did not fight back in anger or try to confront his so-called older brother.
As if he had acknowledged his mistake, he simply fixed his gaze on the ground and repeated that he was sorry.
“I’m sorry, brother.”
“ha… . ha… . ha… . That’s all for today. “If you don’t unlock mana by next week, then you should know that you are truly at my mercy.”
“Yes, brother.”
The fat man left the place.
It wasn’t until he left that Edward sat down and wiped away tears, as his legs seemed to have lost their strength. A torrent of tears poured down my cheeks, perhaps because I was angry at what I had endured earlier.
“Huh… .”
Edward returned to his room, wiping away his non-stop tears. He covered his head with the blanket and moaned incessantly.
Did the nanny who arrived at his room hear the story?
A woman with red ponytail approached carefully and asked as she removed the blanket.
“Master, were you scolded by your brother today as well?”
Edward slowly lowered the blanket and answered, looking tearful.
“Huh, huh… . Yes.”
“Why did you get scolded this time?”
“Mana… . Because I couldn’t unlock mana… .”
“Isn’t mana something that can be used only after the ritual is over? The head of the family said that the ceremony would be held next month. “You just have to wait until then.”
“but… . My brother said he wouldn’t let me go if I couldn’t use mana by next week. Yoni, what should I do now?”
Nanny Yoni rested her chin as if thinking and answered.
“Hmm, then explain it to your brother like this. ‘I guess you’re so stupid that you don’t remember, but mana can only be used after performing a ritual!’ how is it?”
“How dare I say that, I’ll be left behind all day long?”
“Then you should hit me too, Master.”
“If you do that, you will really die. “Your brothers’ mother, Gangrette, won’t leave me alone?”
“Well, that witch treats you like a thorn in her eye!”
Edward got up from his seat and covered Yoni’s mouth with his palm and said.
“Yo, Yoni, please speak quietly. “Even if it’s just a joke, if something like that gets into Gangrette’s ears, something really big will happen!”
Yoni smiled slightly as she looked at him in confusion.
“Have you finally stopped crying now?”
“… okay.”
“Edward, do you know what the late Marquis Serenia last said to me?”
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“mother? No, I don’t know. Because he died not long after I was born… .”
I didn’t know.
Does Edward have a similar past to me? The story goes that he also disappeared when he was too young to remember his mother.
“Serenia told me. I left after seeing my baby, Edward, cry. “He asked me to make sure that I can smile as much as possible during the time I don’t see.”
“… … .”
“But since you’re crying like this, I don’t think I’ll have the honor to see Serenia even if I die.”
“… sorry.”
Yoni lightly hugged Edward.
“There is no need to be sorry. “Wouldn’t it be okay if you show me a smile from now on?”
“yea, I got it. “I will try to smile as much as possible.”
Edward forcibly tore his mouth open with two fingers and smiled.
Yoni didn’t like seeing him like that, so she imitated him.
“Next time, if you guys bully me, don’t cry and say it with a smile. “Young master, you will also be able to use mana if you perform his ritual.”
The Edward I know is a wizard born with Glaser’s greatest talent ever.
But now he looks more like a dullard than a genius.
‘His past is different from the rumors.’
and.
‘That woman was acting like a mother.’
The day suddenly became dark in an instant and then brightened again several times.
Then the space changed quickly and the brothers’ bullying began again.
Three children surround Edward and begin to use violence as a group.
Two girls and one boy grabbed Edward’s arms and punched him in the stomach.
puck! puck! puck!
“Wow!”
Edward looked at the fat kid, drooling.
“Tongue, brother-”
“Did I make it clear? “If you don’t use your mana by this week, they won’t let you go.”
“But I haven’t received the ritual yet, so I can’t use mana-”
“shut up! I won’t listen to excuses. Hey Khalifa. “You go to the warehouse over there and get the guy I scolded yesterday.”
The girl called Khalifa laughed and left the room for a while before returning.
And the person dragged into his hands is none other than Edward’s nanny, Yoni.
“young master… .”
Her face was covered in blood and her clothes were all torn and tattered, as she had been severely harmed by Edward’s brothers.
“Yoni?!”
“I heard that bitch said something stupid to you.”
“Useless words?”
“So, I heard that bitch called me a brainless asshole?”
“Well, I never did that!”
“Don’t lie, I heard it from the guard guarding your room.”
“It was the guard who lied, not me. Yoni was just joking to lighten my mood. “He never called you an asshole!”
“Shut up, Edward! Be glad you didn’t kill that bitch. No? “If you lose that much blood, you’ll die quickly anyway, so that’s not a good thing.”
The fat man huffed and walked up to Yoni’s side, wrapping his fist around mana and striking her side hard.
puck!
Yoni moaned.
“Huh!”
However, she was so weak that she couldn’t open her eyes, so when Edward saw this, he looked at the fat man with murderous eyes.
“Brother, stop it.”
“Are you ordering me now?”
puck!
“Huh… .”
“Even if I were to kill this bitch right now in front of you. “You can’t do anything to me.”
puck!
“Huh-”
“Because you are too weak to protect anyone. If not, why don’t you try something? If you can win against the three of us. Hahaha!”
The fat man looked at his two younger sisters and shrugged his shoulders, then filled his fist with mana and hit Yoni’s eyelid.
grasp!
“Ugh!”
Edward had no choice but to watch.
Anger boiled in my heart like a volcano exploding, but my fear toward the brother who had been tormenting me until now was even greater.
‘Please, please, please!’
Please don’t bother Yoni.
Better hit me.
I’ll do whatever you tell me!
“Gmaaaaan!”
Edward shouted involuntarily. The fat man, startled by that, stopped punching and tilted his head.
“What did you say?”
“… stop.”
“stop?”
“Okay, I told you to stop.”
Edward’s eyes changed.
His eyes, which had been burning with anger, suddenly became as cold as frost and exuded sharp murder.
At this, the three brothers who came to harass him froze at the same time.
Easy profit-
Mana filled Edward’s arms. What happened next was an unimaginably horrendous sight.
He mercilessly slaughtered the brothers who had harassed him, and tore the guard who had lied to death with ice magic.
‘done.’
That’s it.
It doesn’t matter what happens now.
Because we succeeded in saving Yoni.
Edward sat down in his seat with such thoughts. Also, I checked the condition of Yoni, who was being bullied by his brothers.
“Yo, Yoni, are you okay?”
She could not see because of her bulging eyelids.
“do… . “Ryeon?”
“Yes, it’s me. “It’s me, Edward.”
“young master… .”
“I’ll call the doctor right away, so just be patient.”
“No, master… . My condition is… . I know better… .”
“What do you know! “Wait a minute, I’ll soon-”
Pop!
Yoni used the last of her strength to grab Edward’s wrist.
“… “Don’t go, master.”
Edward couldn’t help but listen to her desperate voice. She had no choice but to remain by her side and watch her die.
“Master, you can’t cry even if I’m not there.”
“… … .”
“All humans die someday. Not only Serenia, but also me.”
“… … .”
“So don’t be sad that I’m leaving first, just look ahead and grow up strong and healthy.”
“… … .”
“That is my wish with you, Master, and what Serenia wishes for.”
Edward wiped away his tears.
“Don’t go, Yoni. Yoni, Yoni? Yoni?! “Yoni!!!”
So Yoni left.
And Hagen, who arrived at the scene late, was silent as he looked at his dead children and Edward who killed them.
He didn’t ask whose fault it was.
We simply confirmed who survived this incident and whether Edward was the right person to lead Glazer in the future.
“please… . Please do not forgive Edward, Hagen. “He killed all my children!”
Gangrette earnestly asked Hagen, the head of the Glazer family. He wants Edward punished for killing his son and daughter.
However, Hagen’s answer to this incident was unexpected.
“Edward is the next head of the Glazer family with a natural talent. “That will never happen.”
“yes?! Oh no, how could you say something like that? “He killed all my children!”
“so? “Do you really think that Edward’s blood is the same as that of the four slave children?”
“… “Isn’t he a sinner who killed his brother?”
Hagen shook his head resolutely.
“If you did something that would kill you, you should die. “From what I heard, I heard that Edward suffered a lot from those kids as well.”
“Master Hagen… .”
“Okay, go out and have a look. “Anyway, I have no regrets about those born with lowly blood.”
“… … .”
“Get out of this room right now, Gangret. “I will make sure not to see you from today onwards.”
After saying these words, the surroundings suddenly turned black.
Thanks to this, I was able to clearly figure out what the fragment of memory that was unfolding before my eyes wanted to show.
‘yes.’
Thanks to you, I found it.
How to deal with the new apostle, Archmage Edward.
* * *
Inside the egg made of an unknown black liquid, Edward, curled up like a baby and with his eyes closed, wriggled.
Kurrrrrr.
‘Where am I?’
The moment I thought I was dead, black liquid spurted out of my body.
I don’t remember what happened after that, but when I came to, all I saw was darkness.
When I tried to move my arms and legs, they felt sluggish, as if I was swimming underwater.
‘Is he dead? No, if that were the case, I would be waking up in hell right now.’
Edward was sure.
If you think about what you have done so far, if there really is a being called God and the heavenly world that the Pope’s Office talks about exists.
He said that he would arrive in a place called hell, not heaven.
Edward, who had been swimming in the darkness for a while, stopped moving.
Then, as if lying down, I surrendered myself to the darkness and lost myself in thought.
‘I don’t know where I am.’
But one thing was certain.
The fact that he was defeated by Verdin again.
Edward gritted his teeth as he recalled Verdin’s final blow against him.
Grumbling.
“Damn it.”
I thought I would win this time.
In order to deal with him, not only did I learn the forbidden grimoire, but I also brought all the artifacts that were passed down as Glazer’s treasures.
Moreover, based on my previous experience, I had fought countless battles with the imaginary Verdin.
‘Why can’t I defeat him?’
Edward was furious.
Not only can he never win against someone he considers his rival, but not only that, if he continues like this, not only will he lose all those who believed in him and followed him, but even the survival of his family will be in danger.
I had to get out of here somehow.
You must fight Verdin again and defeat him.
Otherwise, Glazer’s history will fall apart.
Because I have to lead the future of Glazer, not anyone else.
Edward, cornered, prayed to the God he had denied until now.
“Oh God. “If you really exist, I would like to ask you one favor.”
If only you would give me the power to defeat Verdin and take down Strange.
‘I swear I’ll do anything for you.’
Edward confessed to an unknown, awe-inspiring being.
However, he did not look miserable or miserable as he threw the wind at God.
His mind was filled with only anger, and the content of the conversation was closer to a transaction than a request.
[upstart.]
A sharp voice came from the darkness.
‘… ?!’
[If God had not chosen you, he would have taken your life right before me.]
‘Who are you?’
[It doesn’t matter who I am.]
[You must worship my Father in heaven, who sent me just for this moment.]
‘father?’
[The thirteenth apostle who received God’s will, Edward the Demon King.]
[Let Verdin see your power.]
Kwasik!
fantasy,
