Episode 178. A doll’s dream.
The war is over.
And Strange won.
However, for those who survived, a painful time came as if an awl was stabbing deep in their hearts.
The number of people who died in just a few days was tens of thousands. The sadness caused by them only remained with the family and friends who stayed with them for the rest of their lives.
They say the dead are silent, but the living were left to wail day and night.
The rain did not stop in the south for three days after the war ended.
The wandering old fortune-teller said that these were the tears sent from heaven to earth by those who had gone before.
A final letter to family and lovers who can no longer be seen.
I dismissed the fortune teller’s words as nonsense and dismissed them with one ear, but every time the raindrops that fell for three days passed before my eyes, the old woman’s face came to mind.
“Verdin, it’s not too late. “If you give me a chance, I will try to revive those remaining on the battlefield.”
Maria Theresa lightly grabbed my wrist.
I answered quietly as I watched the rain pouring outside the window.
“No, the war is already over and the dead and the living are divided and go their separate ways. “If we come now and raise the dead, it would be against God’s will.”
“At least in this way, we must prevent the disaster unfolding before us. “Didn’t all of this happen by an apostle and not by a human?”
“It doesn’t matter whether the person who created the war is an apostle or a human. “I don’t want to raise the dead, even if it means going against heaven’s will.”
My intention is not to believe in God or not.
I just made this judgment because I think the dead have their own way.
Maybe my choice now is just my own stubbornness.
It’s not a question of right or wrong, it’s just that I didn’t want to break my beliefs and will.
‘and.’
I also had a reason why I didn’t want her to raise the dead in this war.
Compared to the advantage of saving those who have been unfairly sacrificed, the disadvantages that come with exercising her abilities are greater.
The song of blessing used by Maria Theresa does not simply use powerful power, but in proportion to it, she receives a very terrible punishment, almost like a curse.
‘An example is Theresia’s eyes.’
I lost my eyesight because of just one song.
But what would happen if I were to sing a song at a similar level again?
‘I can’t lose her.’
Even if it’s just to climb the tower again and kill the dragon.
‘and.’
According to her, I heard that life restoration magic is not used to distinguish between allies and enemies, but rather to select a designated area and regenerate all those within it. If so, not only Strange’s soldiers but also Rothschild could be saved.
‘In the worst case scenario.’
A misfortune will occur that will cause Asabrag and Dorothy to happen again.
‘If that’s the case.’
We’ll probably go through the same war again.
Then, the same result will be repeated.
When I spoke firmly, Theresa lowered her head deeply with a gloomy expression.
“War is so harsh.”
“I can’t help it. Because we are living in such an era. “In the face of death, everything is in vain.”
“Did God really want this to happen?”
“If the God I know and the God Theresia speaks of are the same. You’re right, he planned it all. “All causality is his will.”
“… … .”
“Furthermore, all this sorrow and suffering is also a trial that he gives us. “I believe Theresia knows more about this than I do.”
Siegfried, who was listening to the story next to him, clicked his tongue and answered.
“You are so cold. “You shouldn’t talk to a woman like that.”
After lightly stroking Theresia’s head, I walked to the window and whispered softly.
“Theresia is not a woman, she is a colleague.”
“It’s a female colleague. “Men don’t wear panties with lace like that.”
“… The only person who can tell the difference between men and women by their panties is Master. And Master, wouldn’t this be the time to call me cold? After cutting down Timeless so mercilessly. “You can’t believe you came here and said that to me.”
“Oh, no, that was his fault-”
“It’s done. “You cut down a guy who has been sharpening his sword for revenge for hundreds of years after letting his guard down with just a few words.”
“Hey man! It’s not that I let down his guard. “I told him the truth about that day that he needed to know!!”
Siegfried jumped in the air and swung his sword at my head. As the surroundings became noisy, Brunhild, who was worse than him, filled his front paw with mana and flew, hitting him hard on the side.
Pow!
“Shut up you perverted old man!”
“Wow.”
“There’s more than one thing Dean needs to worry about right now. “Don’t say weird nonsense and just go and stay in the corner over there.”
“This crazy bitch… .”
“Wow, let’s not lose strength today.” “Anyway, we all have to leave the castle in a little while.”
“Leaving the castle?”
“Yeah, it looks like he came all the way around here.”
“A guy? who?”
Brunhild’s eyes watered and he slowly turned his head to look out the window.
“Who is the real culprit who created this war?”
“The real culprit who created this war?”
“That’s right.”
The real culprit who created this war. I asked, lightly stroking Brunhild’s head.
“Master, did you feel it too?”
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“huh! “You must have felt it too.”
“Yes, I think they came here to sort out this incident, but it’s moving faster than I thought.”
“Do you want me to help you?”
“no. “If Master makes a move, the tower won’t leave me alone.”
“but… .”
Inside the huge white castle, Ordin sat on a high throne, full of anger, and his whole body glowed with an ominous glow.
His anger at losing the war was like a storm with no end in sight.
In his blazing eyes, a flame capable of destroying the world burned, and his face was twisted into an expression of anger and wrath.
“I’m sorry, Ordin. I tried to fight until the end no matter what, but… . “After Asabrag’s defeat, the enemy’s spirit has soared…”
One of the commanders of the Knights of God, a man with short brown hair and a bushy beard, took off his broken helmet. He lowered his head deeply, as if he could not make eye contact with Ordin, who was sitting on the throne.
“Dorothy?”
“… “You got hit.”
“To whom.”
“Well, that…” Hysteria… .”
“Hysteria?”
“Hysteria de Strange, that blue-haired guy suddenly appears… .”
Ordin shrugged his eyebrows with an interesting expression.
“You mean Hysteria was alive?”
“That’s right. I saw it with my own eyes. “The scene where Hysteria suddenly appears from the southern forest and cuts down Dorothy.”
“… … .”
“Not only that, Strange’s eldest son, Gunther, who was known to have died from hysteria, suddenly appeared from the sky and attacked us.”
“You appeared from the sky?”
“that is… .”
The commander looked around with trembling eyes and continued speaking.
“Shortly after the war began, a large coffin fell from the sky. “Gunther came out from inside and started cutting down our knights.”
“Gunther came out of the coffin.”
“Asabrag tried with all his might to deal with them, but it seemed like it wasn’t enough to deal with them all alone… .”
Ordin closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then pulled out a spear from the statue next to him and threw it at the commander.
Flutter!
The spear he threw went right through his head. No, the commander’s appearance became so miserable that it would be more accurate to say that he exploded.
“You idiots.”
Ordin, who killed his own subordinate, did not even blink. Rather, he just looked at the survivors waiting outside the castle and made an unpleasant expression.
“Disappear.”
Ordin slowly raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
Perfect!
Thunder poured down from the sky of Ragnarok.
Quarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm!
He did not forgive the Knights of God who returned from the battlefield defeated. Thunder flashed above the heads of the soldiers waiting in formation, and countless pillars of light poured down.
Quaaaang!
Those called the Knights of God began to die without being able to escape.
They probably already knew this outcome and accepted death without resistance.
Just looking at his expression, he seemed more comfortable than dying on the battlefield. It’s as if he already knows and waits for what will happen when he dies.
Kwarung!
Ordin took a deep breath with an uncomfortable expression, and then spoke in a low voice while looking into space.
“Stop the waves, Baphomet.”
Before he finished speaking, black smoke began to creep up from the floor and take the shape of a human being.
Slurp.
“It’s been a while, Ordin.”
“Forget about greetings. “I’m not in the mood to mess around with you right now.”
“You have a really bad temper. “Why are you so angry about what I did?”
“What did you do? Are you asking because you don’t know that? “All my plans went wrong because of you!”
Baphomet shrugged his shoulders with a mischievous expression.
“Because of me? Oh, that can’t be true. “Isn’t the reason Ordin’s plan went wrong because of Timeless?”
“I know that you are the one who manipulated that Timeless from behind.”
“That’s an overinterpretation. “As the tower’s dog, I took orders from my master to find Timeless and bring it back to the tower?”
“Didn’t you take him away in Asabrag’s body?”
“… “This is an unavoidable problem since Timeless swallowed Asabrag.”
Ordin rose from his throne, drew a sword from one of the statues next to him, and ran towards Baphomet, swinging the sword.
Shock!
Baphomet’s body was cut vertically.
No, rather than saying that his body was cut off, it would actually be more correct to say that the smoke that resembled him was scattered.
Easy profit.
Black smoke dispersed and then gathered again.
“Ordin, please calm down.”
“If you were me, would you calm down?”
“Then why don’t you calm down? “Anyway, all I have to do is convey the words of Imperator.”
“Imperator?”
“Yes, says the Master of the Tower. The only area allowed to Ordin other than the tower is the lower and middle part of the World Tree. “They told me never to move anywhere else.”
“… … .”
“If you go out with a different mindset. “At that time, you said it would take life.”
Ordin’s hand holding the sword trembled, but then he caught his breath and returned to his throne.
dump.
“Why did the Imperator tell you that?”
“He said he couldn’t come here because he was busy.”
“What is he busy doing?”
“I don’t know that either. “He is higher than me.”
“… Damn it.”
Baphomet laughed as he looked at Ordin’s indignant expression.
“Then I will go back first. “Don’t worry, I’ll tell Imperator how to stop the waves.”
“Get out of my sight right now.”
“Yes, yes, by the way, I’m telling you in advance just in case. If you still want to catch Strange and unify the continent. “Look for someone named Maria Theresa.”
“Maria Theresa?”
“… Yes, with His help. You will be able to raise your army once again.”
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