Episode 158. Breakwater.
A knight with Strange’s symbol grabbed Geppetto by his hair and forced him up.
The knights dragged him out roughly as if he were a criminal, and Timeless, who could not see this, jumped in with an angry expression and shouted.
“f*cking Strange!”
But he was so weak.
Instead of dealing with Strange’s knight, they were kicked by the executioner who followed them and flew away.
Pow!
“Where on earth did this goblin come from?”
The executioner grabbed Timeless by the neck.
His size was twice that of a typical goblin, and he had the same body size as a human child. He was sorely lacking in resistance against adults much larger than him.
“Let go!”
“Let go? If you let me go now. “Those knights are going to cut off your head right away. Are you okay with that?”
Timeless turned his head and looked at Strange’s knights. They were holding their swords tightly as if they were about to cut off their heads. What’s the point of cutting down one goblin? Even if we cut down a hundred monsters, no one would argue with them.
“… father.”
Timeless looked at Gepetto with a pitiful expression.
Geppetto raised his blood-stained face and answered him, forcing a smile.
“It’s okay… it’s okay, Timeless. Obviously I haven’t sinned… . I’ll prove it and come back… .”
Gepetto did not sin.
Everyone in the village acknowledged this.
There is only one reason why Strange’s knights came to catch him.
‘I am researching advanced alchemy to blaspheme the god who created this world.’
This was not only a blasphemy against the papacy and priests, but the fact that a single alchemist had power comparable to that of a god was tantamount to a challenge to the imperial family.
Nobles who had already reached high positions and those in power who had reached the same level had no choice but to be cautious.
Strange’s knight pulled the chain around Gepetto’s neck and dragged him away.
The village residents could only sigh sadly as they looked at him and could not help him.
Only Timeless cried out and attacked the knights until the end.
“Let that goblin go.”
A heavy voice was heard.
Strange’s knights were startled and bowed their heads deeply.
Not only that, but the executioner who was transporting the criminal and the soldiers following him also stopped moving.
It rattled.
“Meet Siegfried!”
Where their eyes were directed, there was a man with long red hair down to his waist.
Even if you just stand still, the force is so strong that the residents collapse with foam in their mouths.
Flutter, flutter!
Everyone trembled with frightened expressions.
Even Timeless, who had been aggressively attacking the knight just a moment ago, became so stiff that he could not move.
‘Well, what on earth is that guy?’
Timeless looked blankly at Siegfried.
“Is that the alchemist the emperor spoke of?”
The bailiff answered his question with chattering teeth.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“name is?”
“Jejeje, Geppetto Giuseppe. “He is the last surviving member of the Giuseppe family, who created the once forbidden alchemy.”
“Forbidden alchemy?”
“that… That’s right. “It was something that breathed new life into the body of a dead person.”
Siegfried rested his chin with an interesting expression.
“Is that possible?”
“I was just listening. Hey Gepetto, is such a thing really possible?’
The bailiff looked at Gepetto.
Geppetto answered, blinking his eyes quickly with a frightened expression.
“There’s no way something like that would be possible…” . “Well, we are researchers of alchemy, not warlocks.”
“So you’re saying it’s impossible?”
“Yes, if that were possible, wouldn’t we be gods…?” .”
Siegfried walked in front of Geppetto and looked down at him with cold eyes. When he stopped talking, time seemed to freeze in the entire village and no sound was heard. Even the chirping of birds in the forest and the rustling of leaves on tree branches swaying in the wind stopped.
“It’s a shame, I would have saved your life if possible.”
Geppetto slowly raised his head and looked at Siegfried’s face.
“yes?”
“If it were possible, I would have saved your life. There is a guy I really want to fight with. “He’s already dead so I can’t deal with him.”
“Oh, no, that’s-”
“So, if you could save that guy, I was going to save your life.
It was such an absurd answer.
The emperor tried to spare the life of a criminal who had even ordered execution based on his own judgment. His actions were incomprehensible to everyone gathered in the village. I could see that with just one name, Siegfried, everything would be fine.
“Siegfried, the great swordsman, then… . If only I could save the person you are talking about. “Can you forgive my sins?”
Siegfried smiled broadly at Gepetto.
“If possible.”
“… “Then please give me time.”
“hour?”
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“Yes, I don’t have that ability right now. However, if Siegfried needs the power to bring the dead back to life, I will conduct research and create it somehow.”
The bailiff pointed his finger at Geppetto.
“Where did you make such foolish remarks! “What you just said is blasphemy-”
Siegfried pulled out his sword with a displeased expression and cut him vertically with one single slash.
Flutter!
Blood spurted out in all directions from the executioner’s cut body.
As a result, Geppetto’s body right next to him turned red, and the knights who were watching this scene turned their eyes away and pretended not to notice.
“I’m telling you, right?”
Siegfried let out a long sigh and cut off the chains bound to Geppetto’s hands and feet.
Kaang!
“One week, all I can give you is one week. If successful, not only will I spare your life, but I will also protect you in our Strange territory from threats from other forces.”
“Are you sure?”
“Then will I tell a lie?”
“… … .”
“I’ll come back to you in a week or two, so make sure you have it completed by then. “If we don’t make it by then, not only you but everyone in this village will die.”
Geppetto lowered his upper body.
“yes! “Siegfried!!”
When Siegfried turned his back, the knights lined up and began to leave the village.
When they disappeared, Timeless ran towards Gepetto, hugged him, and cried.
“father!”
“I’m glad, I’m glad… . Thanks to Siegfried!”
“Thanks to Siegfried? “I almost got killed by Strange’s knights that guy brought with me!”
Geppetto answered, covering Timeless’s mouth.
“Be quiet, they only move under orders from the emperor. They have no interest in the lives of people like us. Rather, it was thanks to Siegfried that we were able to survive.”
“… … .”
“Timeless, be thankful to God that we can survive one more day because of this.”
“… … .Yes, father.”
survived.
But the villagers criticized them.
“Those crazy people even sold us out to survive!”
“This is why we didn’t hire an alchemist in the village.”
“Chief, what should you do? “If we raise money and pay tribute to Strange now, how can we avoid harm?”
Some of them found Geppetto and Timeless and beat them up even though Strange’s knight had not arrived. People in the village died because of them, so how can they take responsibility for this? However, Gepetto silently accepted the complaints of the residents. Timeless also calmed down his boiling anger and responded with silence.
If the village people swear at you, you will be heard, and if they hit you, you will be hit.
“I brought this all on myself, Timeless.”
“but-.”
“Don’t blame them. All humans are the same. “If I were to die unfairly, I would react the same way as they did.”
“father.”
“Just make sure to write it down. “That’s all we can do.”
“… “Yes, father.”
The two returned home and studied the power of raising the dead.
Morning and night were completely irrelevant times to them. If we don’t make it as soon as possible, everyone will die. Gepetto and Timeless focused on alchemy, even saving time to eat, let alone sleep. To complete this, they even used everything written in ancient books banned by the Alchemy Guild.
“Ah, father, this is!”
Timeless held up a silver object that looked solid like a solid in a test tube, but flowed like a liquid.
“… “Philosopher’s Stone, we have finally completed the end of alchemy.”
The two have perfected a technology that can bring the dead back to life.
It was identical to the record written in the book of Faust, the devil’s contractor who had succeeded in creating the Philosopher’s Stone in the past.
‘I lived.’
It was exactly one week since Siegfried left.
Now I don’t mind if Siegfried comes to visit.
“Timeless, I will give my Philosopher’s Stone to Siegfried, so please wait at home.”
“uh? “Can’t I go with you?”
“Yes, you should keep a record of this. Please keep a record of why we created the Philosopher’s Stone and how we succeeded. “Weren’t you created to record the true history of this world?”
“iced coffee! Right, I understand. Then, give the Philosopher’s Stone to Siegfried and come back.”
“I get it. “When we return, let’s have a party today to celebrate the completion of the mystery!”
Thus, Geppetto met Siegfried through Strange’s knight stationed in the village.
“Is this the alchemy that brings the dead back to life?”
“Yes, Siegfried.”
“Good job, Geppetto Giuseppe. “I will let you live once I find out whether this item of mine is real or fake.”
“Yes, please do so.”
Up to this point, Gepetto and Timeless were relieved that they had succeeded in creating the Philosopher’s Stone. But their hope soon turned to despair. Siegfried’s request to ‘bring the dead back to life’ meant not simply breathing life into life, but bringing life back to life.
Couuuuuung.
The giant raised using the Philosopher’s Stone came back to life.
However, because it had no soul, it could not move.
And this was not Siegfried’s wish.
“Are you guys really kidding me?”
Gepetto answered with a terrified expression and his hands shaking.
“Oh, no! I definitely brought that giant back to life!”
“But why isn’t it moving?”
“Because it has no soul-.”
“… “Are you trying to play with me now?”
Shock-.
The wind passed under Gepetto’s neck.
His gaze slowly tilted and the world turned upside down.
Then, ‘Boom!’ As the head fell to the ground with a sound, the knights who followed Siegfried set fire to the village and began to mercilessly kill the residents.
However, Timeless did not know about this.
Because he was recording the day’s events deep in the basement under the cabin.
“The reason we created the Philosopher’s Stone… . I made it like this… . My father told Strange’s knight… . “It’s done!”
After finishing recording, Timeless came out of the basement, grinning.
And when he came out of the hut, the sight of the village he encountered was so cruel.
“… … ?!”
A ruined village and black smoke rising into the sky.
No matter where you look, there are dead bodies of people.
Not only that, but at the place I had promised with Siegfried, I came face to face with my father whose head had fallen off.
dump.
Timeless got down on both knees with a vain expression.
“Oh, no. “No way!!!”
He realized this day.
There is no one to trust in this world.
Even distinguishing between good and evil was a luxury.
No matter where you go, humans are all the same.
Whether you have a lot of money or a little money, whether you are young or old.
Everyone he had seen so far was the same.
“… Strange.”
Timeless clutched his father’s head, shedding bloody tears.
Grumble!
At the same time, a burning pillar collapsed and fell on their heads.
bang!
engulfed in flames
However, Timeless accepted death with a nonchalant expression.
‘Father, I’ll be right there.’
Grumbling.
Burning.
My whole body was charred black and my body began to melt.
He wanted to disappear from his father and this world like this.
Timeless closed his eyes and remembered the past days.
‘wait for a sec.’
At that moment, something passed through my mind.
‘My name is Timeless. One who records the history of this world.’
He slowly walked out of the flames and brushed the flames off his father.
“Father, I don’t think I can die like this.”
From that day on, Timeless planned to take revenge on Strange.
“I can’t beat them now.”
then?
“First, let’s be reborn as humans.”
From that day on, he studied alchemy endlessly and discovered a way to be reborn.
Using the ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ that he made with his father in the past, he discovered a way to transfer his memories to another person’s body.
Chii Iik.
Timeless injected silver liquid from a syringe into the newborn baby.
Through this, Timeless was able to put his will into a new body, and was reborn again, giving him multiple bodies that shared his memories.
He is an alchemist and a knight, and a wizard and a monster.
Not only that, he made a name for himself as a merchant and even became the ruler of a small country.
However, he failed every time he faced Strange.
It was only after more than a hundred years had passed that he realized.
‘I guess it’s impossible to do alone.’
So Timeless changed its strategy.
Let’s plan a little longer term and build up enough strength to take revenge.
If you want to catch Strange, you have to mobilize all forces except them.
I hope there comes a moment when the entire continent holds a grudge against Strange and joins forces to take him down.
Several hundred years have passed since then.
Timeless succeeded in hiding not only knights and wizards, but also his alter ego within the Pope’s Office.
And the owner of the tower, who was watching all this, showed interest and sent an apostle.
“Hello, my name is Amon. “Can we talk for a moment?”
Amon came to visit Timeless, who was resting among the roots of the World Tree.
“Apostle Amon?”
“Yes, I want to make a good offer to Timeless.”
“… “Let’s listen.”
There was no contract between Top and Timeless.
However, Amon promised him that he would create a moment for him to take revenge not only on Strange but also on the already dead Siegfried.
“One of Timeless’s bodies must remain in the tower. Instead, even if I don’t become an apostle, I will give you the strength equivalent to that.”
Timeless grinned at Amon.
“Okay, I just want to receive the abilities I want.”
“What is that?”
“… “Give me the ability to control time.”
fantasy,
