Episode 179. A doll’s dream.
I don’t know since when, but I started thinking this way.
Isn’t the person who claims to be the owner of the tower actually a living being with a similar level of ability, close to the being called ‘God’ we believe in?
If God truly had omnipotent power, the current situation would not have been created.
‘maybe.’
After reflecting on what I have experienced so far for a long time, I came to this conclusion.
The proof is this guy who is talking gibberish in front of me right now. He is one of the apostles guarding the tower and has sworn allegiance to the owner of the tower, who is called God.
Apostle Baphomet.
He asked me as the rain poured down on the battlefield.
“Why are you leaving the bodies like this? “If someone who uses dark spells visits this place, they may experience something unexpected.”
He wanted me to quickly clear the battlefield.
Although there are only a few things on the continent that are worth it, if a necromancer appears and takes advantage of those corpses, an unexpected catastrophe could occur.
‘however.’
I expected that kind of situation to happen and did not fix this now.
Anyway, as long as Theresia and Cynthia are with me, it is almost impossible for those who use black spells to gain strength here.
‘furthermore.’
If I deal with those who are here now, who will benefit the most? If we think about the answer to the question, of course it is the Apostle Ordin, the master of Ragnarok.
No, to be precise, this is the guy who planned the dirty work from the beginning to make this war happen.
“The big problem will be yours, not mine. “The war is not going the way you want.”
“… yes? “What do you mean by that?”
As expected, you pretend not to know.
Even though I know everything.
Brunhild lightly licked the back of his neck as if giving me a signal.
‘I know.’
Because I figured out what Baphomet was planning through the past events you gave me as hints.
“Aren’t you the one who called the Timeless to the Tower a long time ago and made them take revenge on Strange?”
“Oh, it can’t be like that. Who says that? “That’s a really bad guy.”
“Can you really risk everything and say no?”
“… What do you think? “If Verdin said so himself, I think he found something to prove it.”
“There is no such thing. It’s just a heartache. “When I look back on everything that has happened so far, the only person who could have planned all of this is you.”
Baphomet shrugged his shoulders with a mischievous expression.
If he had been in the form of a demon, I wouldn’t have been angry, but seeing him act like that in the form of a human, Judah, makes me angry.
“If you are so serious that you think like that, no matter what I say, you will have a hard time believing it, so I will not refute you. However, just to clarify, I have never brought Timeless to the tower.”
“okay?”
“Yes, I can tell you this with my life. “We can prove who brought him to the tower.”
“So you were the one who planned this incident? “What they did was try to destroy Strange through Timeless.”
“That’s a difficult part for me to explain, so let’s just say it is. “What’s the point of bringing up the past anyway?”
I answered, looking at the countless corpses lying in front of me.
“Tell me where the main body of Timeless is now.”
“The body of Timeless? “Didn’t he die in this war?”
“Stop playing around and tell me where he is. “I have to meet that guy and end the past story so that I can clean up this place too.”
“Why do you want to meet him?”
“I don’t think I need to explain that to you.”
There is no reason to tell the person walking opposite me my purpose.
Baphomet, who had been smiling, hardened his face. He walked around, tilting his head continuously, as if he couldn’t read my intentions.
“If I tell you about him, what will Verdin do for me?”
“Are you saying we should make a deal?”
“Yeah, I guess I’ll have to do that now.”
“Say what you want. “I’ll try to accommodate it.”
“Anything?”
“If there’s anything I can do for you.”
“… Then let’s do it like this. “In exchange for telling you the location of Timeless’ body, I want you to kill the person I point to.”
“person?”
“Yes, he is a very powerful person that Verdin would be interested in.”
Baphomet made a completely unexpected suggestion.
I never thought he would ask me to kill someone so blatantly. This is something that can violate the causality created by one’s master.
I pretended to think about it for a moment and looked away, then looked at him and answered.
“Let’s first hear who you want to kill.”
“Verdin also knows this person.”
“I know too?”
“Yes, his name is…” . “Edward.”
“?!”
“A traitor from the tower who is currently hiding in the north. I want you to find him and kill him.”
* * *
Apostle Ordin was in deep trouble.
Because the words Baphomet said before leaving the castle never left my mind.
“Maria Theresa… .”
Certainly, if she uses her abilities, she will be able to revive all those who died on the battlefield.
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Asabrag, my secret weapon, and Dorothy, the person who can help him realize my dream of unifying the continent.
If we attack Strange again with those two, we will be sure to win this time.
If I hadn’t been interrupted by that Timeless guy, my plan wouldn’t have failed.
“Whoa-”
However, he was unable to bring Maria Theresa from Verdin.
This was because the tower owner had ordered him not to go outside the World Tree, and because he could not control his anger, he killed all of his soldiers who had barely returned alive from the battlefield.
‘There is no one who can move under my command.’
Baphomet must also know this, so why did he say that to me?
There must be a reason why you told me her name. He never says impossible things.
Ordin spent a whole day on the throne thinking about this.
And as day turned into night, then night turned into day again, and the sun rose overhead, I found the answer.
“Yeah, I see. “You mentioned Maria Theresa’s name just to give me a hint.”
Ordin smiled at the corner of his mouth.
He seemed to have found the answer and immediately escaped from Ragnarok and found the tower.
The place he arrived was not the upper floor of the tower he managed, but between the 11th and 20th floors of the tower, where a green forest called the Great Jungle stretched out.
I found and talked to Dead Lord, who was said to be one of the top three strong among the Tower’s apostles.
“Give me Joanna Arc. “I know you have her.”
The dead lord who faced Ordin flatly refused.
He turned his head away, as if he didn’t want to have a conversation, and just gestured for them to leave the area of the trial he was in charge of.
Even if we are apostles serving the same master, there is no reason to do favors to each other.
“If you give her to me, I will take you to a higher floor. “The 50th floor is empty right now, so why not go there?”
“Not required. “No matter what you tell me, I will not give Joanna Arc.”
“… Deadlord, this is not a favor. “It’s an order.”
“Are you in a position to give orders to me? “There is no difference in the fact that you and I are both slaves of the tower.”
“No, unlike you, I am in a position to become a god soon.”
“That’s just your wish. “When you become a true god, then ask me for a favor.”
“At that time, I didn’t even ask for this kind of request. So now I’m telling you, let’s hold hands. “It means let’s go to a high place together.”
Deadlord answered as he moved the wooden knight model on the giant chessboard.
thud.
“Again, I have no intention of going to a high place and I don’t need a suitable position. “I just want to spend the rest of my life here.”
“Deadlord.”
“I cannot give Joanna Arc, so please leave here.”
“You will regret it.”
“regret? What can you do to me? Even the owner of the tower must know that fighting between fellow apostles is not permitted.”
“… That’s right, fellow apostles shouldn’t fight among themselves. But what if someone other than an apostle kills you?”
“The other guy?”
Ordin closed his eyes tightly, flew back, and pointed his finger at the Dead Lord.
“die.”
At the same time, someone came out of the jungle and jumped at the Dead Lord.
A cold-eyed man wearing a white coat and a large snake wrapped around his neck, who scatters mana as sharp as thorns in all directions.
‘Albus.’
He instantly narrowed the distance in front of the Dead Lord, coiled his snake with mana, turned it into a spear, and hurled it like a spear.
Flutter!
It was an instant.
His snake pierced the Dead Lord’s forehead.
“I’m sorry, Dead Lord. “I can’t refuse it since it’s an order from God.”
Deadlord answered, holding the snake stuck in his forehead with both hands.
“… Ordin is not a god.”
“For now. But soon you will become God.”
“Do you believe what he says?”
“Even if you don’t believe it, this is the only way I can survive right now.”
The conversation wasn’t long.
Dead Lord exchanged a few words with Albus and then fell forward.
thud!
* * *
A week has passed since the war between Strange and Rothschild ended.
The waves threatening the continent stopped and the monsters that threatened humans disappeared.
A war between families large enough to devour the world has ended and peace has come.
Everyone thought so.
However, not long after their fight ended, the entire continent was engulfed in chaos.
When the Holy See, the Holy See, collapsed, pagans and cultists, who were treated as evil, became active everywhere.
In the aftermath of the collapse of all armies in the east, south, and west, bandits, pirates, and other evildoers took advantage of the loosened power and plundered the nobles.
Is that all?
In the aftermath of the destruction of Midgard and Ragnarok, adventurers seeking the treasure hidden in the World Tree began to gather.
This means a new world where the balance of power moves to the next era. Those who had hidden their power until now have been revealed.
Nine figures wearing black cloaks with the numbers 1 to 9 engraved on their foreheads.
“Hurry and find Timeless. We have to catch him somehow before Strange.”
fantasy,
