Episode 183. A doll’s dream.
Alfredo’s castle somewhere in the north.
As he and his men went to the place they were guided to, they saw the back gate of the castle, a huge gate leading to a snow-covered mountain.
And the face of an angry monster with two horns carved into the door. The moment I encountered this, something immediately popped into my mind.
Not only me but others also looked at me in surprise as they figured out this.
This is inevitable, as those who climbed the tower and adventurers who took on the trials of an apostle are bound to encounter this symbol at least once.
“Isn’t this the door that leads to the first trial in the tower?”
Rox was the first to open his mouth.
Alfredo, who guided us, answered without denying it.
“That’s right, I was also surprised to see a door that looked exactly like this in the tower. “I don’t know why there’s a door like that there, but this door here can only be entered by a chosen one called the ‘opener’ who has been handed down in our family for a very long time.”
“The one who opens?”
“Yes, it is said to be an opener and a savior. “It says he is a hero who will bring peace to this world, but-”
Alfredo slowly turned his head and glanced at my face, then turned his gaze elsewhere and continued speaking.
“It’s just an old legend. I guess Verdin is a man who is closer to the word war than peace… .”
“So you think you’re the one who opens Dean.”
“It’s not just a thought, I’m convinced. “I’m sure Dean is the opener we’re looking for.”
“The reason is?”
“It’s written inside. “The only person who can awaken God is a hero who has the power to stand against an angel.”
“You’re going against an angel?”
“… Apostle.”
“Apostle? “Are you saying angels are apostles?”
“Yes, I am sure. The so-called angels recorded in the Pope’s Office are clearly apostles. “You can find the answer by looking at just a little bit of history recorded across the continent.”
As I quietly listened to the story, I agreed with his opinion.
The long history of this continent that I saw from the upper level of the tower, and even in the past so long that it is called ancient times, people who move according to God’s will were recorded as angels. We can see that what those called angels did was no different from that of the apostles. Not only Alfredo, but everyone who climbed the tower must have thought the same thing.
‘but.’
In this situation, if we think about what has happened recently, there is one question.
No apostle I knew could enter the papal office. So they asked me for help and moved together.
‘then.’
There are two hypotheses in this story.
Baphomet, who was moving with me at the time, deceived me to make me move within the papacy. Or maybe they really couldn’t get in for some reason and really needed our help.
I don’t know which of the two is correct, but as I stand in front of this door now, one thing is certain.
“God is here.”
When I said one word, everyone’s eyes gathered.
“I don’t know what kind of god there is, but as Alfredo said, there really is someone called a god.”
Alfredo answered with a bright smile.
“That’s right!”
“But I don’t know if that god is alive or dead.”
“God is a being who takes life and death at the same time. “It is too difficult to discuss whether he lived or died by our human standards.”
“If you are talking about spiritual life and death, I agree with you. “What I’m talking about is whether or not he can move when the seal that binds him is released.”
“… “I don’t know about that either?”
“It has to be that way. “It’s still sealed, so how can we know?”
I also don’t know.
After finishing their conversation, Alfredo and his men approached the huge door. Then, everyone joined forces to push the door, and the door began to move little by little, not with simple force but with some invisible force.
Ki-geek, ki-geek, ki-gi-geek.
Unlike the tower door, which opens automatically when the conditions are met, this was a place that only designated people could open. Everyone in the party except Alfredo tried it to see if others could also open it. Even though I pushed with all my might, it didn’t move, not even dust.
Coogung!
Alfredo opened the door completely and looked at me with a satisfied expression.
It’s like I can do it but you can’t? With a proud look on his face.
“You must guard the entrance. “We have to make sure no one comes in.”
At Alfredo’s command, dozens of soldiers covered in white fur spread out in all directions and took up positions.
“Yes, matriarch!”
“Yes, matriarch!”
Then, a woman named Toby, who appeared to be their commander, took a seat right in front of the door, hid herself in the snow, and spoke as if throwing.
“Alfredo, if you need our help, please give us a signal right away.”
“I get it. Don’t worry, I’ll just ask for a perfect defense here. “If Ordin’s subordinates come here to find us, trouble could arise.”
“I know.”
“It’s only luck that they didn’t come looking for me while Clark and I were away. “His men will come to our castle one day, so make sure to strengthen your guard even more than usual.”
“Yes, matriarch.”
I looked at the two closely.
Even in seemingly insignificant conversations, there can be operational signs that only each other can understand.
* * *
A long wooden bridge leading to the snowy mountain through the back gate of the castle.
I pushed the snowbank with my foot and threw it underneath, but even after a while, the sound did not return.
Something was shining through the white fog, but it was so thick that I couldn’t see the floor, so I couldn’t tell its height. Alfredo spoke to me more frightened than us, who were visiting this place for the first time.
“You should never push, even if it’s just for fun. “Because no one has come back alive after falling from here.”
I asked, looking down the bridge.
“Why not tie a rope around your body and go down?”
“I spent a few days like that when I was young. “After a while, the line broke and it became lighter.”
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“The line was cut?”
“Yes, I don’t know if it was attacked by something or if it was cut by an unknown sharp object under the fog.”
“Have you tried dropping a torch downstairs?”
Alfredo nodded his head loudly.
“I’ve done it over a hundred times. But every time, the moment it came into contact with that fog, the flames went out.”
The moment it touches the fog, the flame goes out.
Brunhild, who had been sleeping quietly with his eyes closed until now, suddenly opened his eyes. She glanced under her legs, furrowed her eyebrows and whispered softly.
“It’s magic.”
“Magic?”
“That’s also a very powerful magic. This is a spell that a normal wizard can never use. “It seems like it was probably created by someone with apostle-level power.”
“It’s magic with the power of an apostle.”
Among the apostles I know, very few people use magic.
No, it was difficult to even call them a very small number of the few apostles.
Because there were only two people.
Moreover, one of them recently became an apostle, so it is safe to assume that there was only one person who created this.
‘what.’
It doesn’t matter who has been here in the past.
The only important thing is whether there is really a being called God waiting for me.
“Let’s go, Verdin.”
Alfredo walked ahead.
We walked slowly on the shaking wooden bridge and looked around.
I could not feel any energy from other living things within the area that I could detect with my power.
If you are serious about it, you can see half of the Blade’s Edge Mountains that can be crossed by riding a horse and running at full speed for a day. So, this means that there is no being that can be called a living being in this entire snowy mountain.
Coo!
A loud noise was heard from somewhere.
It was anticipated that the shaking of the ground would be unusual, so loud that it would be difficult to keep one’s balance.
Before I could ask, Alfredo started explaining.
“Looks like they’re moving.”
“Guys?”
“Moving under Ordin’s orders. “Descendants of those called gods in the past.”
“Are you talking about Rothschild?”
“no.”
“then?”
“… Yeti.”
“Yeti?”
“Yes, Yeti. “I don’t know about you, but they are the ones currently called the masters of the North.”
I’ve never heard of such a name.
In his past life, in this life, and until this name came out of his mouth today.
“I am a descendant of a god created a long time ago to mediate the fight between humans and monsters.”
“Humans and monsters?”
“I don’t know the details either. “It’s part of a story that has been passed down through song in our family for a long time.”
“So you’re saying that Yeti is moving with Ordin right now?”
“yes.”
“Then it seems that the god here has a close relationship with the tower. Otherwise, there is no need for them to help Ordin, who is called an apostle.”
“… Verdin, is there any reason for a child of God to help an angel? “It is simply following the great will of the Holy One.”
Alfredo is right.
Instead, if the God he speaks of is the same as the God here and now.
Coo!
The ground shook once again.
The wooden bridge shook violently, creating a close call, but we were able to reach the end without any problems.
And Alfredo stopped in front of a large ice rock that arrived along the road leading to the snowy mountain. It’s big enough that I have to raise my head to check, but it’s too small to have trapped the giants I’ve seen so far.
I walked up next to him and asked, looking at the ice rock.
“It’s smaller than I thought.”
“Small?”
“Yes, it seems difficult to call it a giant at this size.”
“… Verdin, take a good look.”
“what?”
“The ice wall in front of you right now. “It’s not all of the giants that are trapped here now.”
At Alfredo’s words, everyone gathered in front of the ice wall and began to look around inside. At first glance, it is a round shape that appears to be the head of a giant, but if you look a little closer and look more closely, you can see the reality inside the ice wall.
“?!”
While I was checking with the aura in my eyes, I couldn’t help but be surprised when I confirmed the identity of the guy in the ice wall.
A giant that looked to be five times my height, or rather, a part of the giant’s body inside the ice rock.
‘Nonsense.”
Alfredo grinned with a meaningful smile, then lightly swept the ice wall and said.
“This is one of the fingers, not the giant’s body. “It’s a completely different size from the giants you’ve seen so far.”
Coo!
The ground shook once again.
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