Episode 38. Old colleague
Cynthia looked down at me with a cold expression.
“What if you don’t like it?”
“If you don’t like it, there is no alliance.”
“Why do you want to take me away?”
The reason could not be disclosed in advance.
If she finds out that she is the only human being who can open the ‘Hidden Piece’, she will try to take the lead in the conversation.
“No questions are asked. “Just answer.”
Cynthia is a woman with strong pride.
Although she may not have revealed her identity to those two yet, she is a person of high rank and position, so much so that she is the head of the Holy Knights under the Holy See.
‘Well, whatever it is.’
Although he is currently one of the adventurers who came to investigate the tower while hiding his identity.
“okay. “Just take those guys with you.”
I looked back and forth between the ponytail glasses and the bald martial artist before answering.
“Okay, I won’t listen to their opinions while I climb the tower.”
“Are you saying you want to be the leader?”
“Interpret it that way.”
Cynthia chuckled and cautiously held out her hand.
“What is your name?”
“Verdin.”
“Verdin, what’s your last name?”
“Strange. Verdin de Strange. “He is the youngest son of the Strange family.”
When Strange’s name came up, the three who had decided to form an alliance were shocked.
They opened their mouths like crucian carp with disbelieving expressions.
As seconds passed, Cynthia asked me in a calm voice.
“Really?”
There was no need for a verbal answer.
He simply lifted his cloak to show Strange’s emblem engraved on his armor.
“That’s amazing. “I never thought I would actually see someone with Strange’s name on it.”
“What’s amazing is that I’m the same person.”
“… “I guess so.”
She swallowed.
I took her hand and shook it lightly, then got up and headed to the church in the center of town.
“Where?”
“The ordeal will begin soon. “I’m going to go first and check on those who are with me.”
As soon as I finished speaking, I heard the white-haired goblin guarding the entrance to the village shouting.
“All adventurers in the village, please gather at the church!”
His voice was so loud that it was hard to believe he was an old man.
As his voice spread, adventurers who had been hiding in various places appeared.
Soon, dozens of adventurers gathered in front of the church.
Not only humans, but also dwarves and elves, races that were difficult to unite gathered in one place to create a rare sight.
“Kkeulkeul, thank you all for your hard work coming here. Everyone will be busy, so let’s skip unnecessary words. “Let’s begin the trial right away.”
The adventurers gathered in front of the church became noisy.
What on earth is a trial and what happens when it starts?
Before I could ask a question about this, the white-haired goblin continued speaking like a player.
“From now on, the story I’m going to show you is… . The past of the ‘Goblin Champion’ who was chosen by God a long time ago and appointed as an apostle of this tower!”
The white-haired goblin raised his staff high and waved it, and the bell on the end made a loud ‘Jingle!’ made a sound
“Let’s go see the past of our master, who is the owner of the 10th floor of the tower and who will be giving you trials.”
Jing!
Once again, the sound of bells echoed throughout the village.
Pure white smoke appeared from nowhere, spread to the floor, and began to surround the surroundings.
Ssaaaa-
“Then, let’s begin the story.”
As I inhaled a puff of smoke, I felt like my body was floating, and soon I felt dizzy and lost consciousness.
In a forest not far from a human village, a deformed goblin was born.
In terms of appearance, it was no different from a regular green goblin, but its size was as big as that of a baby goblin and an adult goblin.
“Mite!”
The goblin elder who was facing the baby showed disapproval.
Although he lived long enough to boast that he was 100 years old, he could not know the identity of the strange goblin born before him.
“Evelyn, what on earth have you been doing?”
Until his mother herself spoke up.
“This child’s father is a warrior who visited the village last time.”
Goblin’s father was special.
My mother was a goblin and my father was a human.
The elder scolded him without even realizing it.
“You crazy bitch, throw the baby out of town right now!”
How can a child come from an enemy monster and a human?
Humans and goblins have been at war for over a hundred years.
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“This child is innocent… . “He doesn’t even know that he has human blood!”
A goblin of this type, his mother struggled not to lose her child. But that night, her efforts were in vain.
Dozens of goblins carrying torches came to the hut and snatched her child.
“no!”
She couldn’t stop the long march of goblins. The baby was placed in a wooden crate and abandoned in a ravine outside her village.
The goblin flowed down the water and arrived near a human village.
“… monster?”
It was heavenly luck.
A merchant passing by happened to pick up a baby goblin. Then he lightly patted the goblin in his box and gently placed it on the seat next to him and prayed.
“The name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit… Bless this goblin!”
The merchant was a rare kind person.
“I will take you away.”
Usually, when young monsters are captured, they are sold on the slave market or passed on as ingredients to alchemists who secretly conduct forbidden research, but they are released without any conditions.
“Mite!”
The merchant treated the goblin as if it were his own baby. The goblin baby also followed him, thinking it was his father.
Five years passed and the baby became a child.
“father!”
The goblin, whose entire body was wrapped in cloth, waved his hands widely. As time passed, there was a big change in him.
The arms and legs became elongated like humans, and the skin changed from green to yellow.
Of course, that doesn’t mean there aren’t traces of a goblin in his appearance. Anyone with an abnormally long nose and torn mouth looked like a goblin.
“Have you checked all the traps? Gregory.”
The merchant with him also changed his job. He ended his aimless life and became a forest hunter.
“Yes, God gave me abundant grace today as well. “It’s small, but there’s a rabbit hanging there!”
Gregory smiled brightly, holding out the rabbit he had hidden behind his back. The two had a happy time sharing a meal with the rabbit they had caught.
“Gregory, when you’re done eating, you should say a prayer of thanks to God.”
“Of course, God… . “Thank you for giving us our daily bread today.”
Although humans and goblins are different races, they were able to share a deep connection through religion.
Goblins consider humans their fathers.
Humans call goblins their sons.
The two call each other family.
‘… It did.’
But of course, their relationship did not last long. A big fire broke out in a village not far from where they lived.
The church pointed out a goblin called the Son of Satan as the culprit, and the residents began hunting down all the goblins near the village.
“Keeeeek!”
And the aftermath was felt by Gregory and the hunter living in the cabin in the forest.
“Hey, this kid is not a monster!”
Villagers came with clubs and torches to catch Gregory.
“Why not? Anyone can see that he’s a goblin!”
“Calm down, everyone. “If Gregory were really a goblin, would he have helped you all this time?”
“… … .”
“When the village was suffering from a poor harvest the year before last, didn’t you find food in the forest and bring it to us?”
“That is that and this is this! The reason that goblin guy helped us back then was just to gain our favor. “Because I don’t want to die being branded a monster.”
“Elder, what do you mean by that!”
As the voices grew louder, a priest in a white robe approached, separating the residents.
“Hunter of the forest, if you lie like that, you will be punished by God.”
“Poetry, God’s punishment… .”
“I saw it clearly. That goblin is setting fire to the church.”
“No, Father! That kid really didn’t set the church on fire!”
“So, are you saying I’m lying to God?”
“Oh, no, that’s not it.”
“It’s noisy, brother. How can you not only raise a goblin, the son of Satan? “Can you call him your son?”
“… … .”
“Can you swear to God that kid isn’t a goblin?”
The hunter was silent.
This has been a sufficient answer for others.
“Look at this. “If I hadn’t come here, the villagers would have said that child was human until the end, right?”
“Father… .”
“With a very shameless face.”
“but… … !”
“stop.”
The priest raised his hands above his head and raised his voice.
“Did you all hear that? “That heretic, along with the son of Satan, has been deceiving us all this time!”
The villagers raised sticks and torches with angry expressions.
Pop! Pak pak pak!
They beat the hunter and Gregory mercilessly and tied them to ropes.
“I am not the son of Satan!”
Gregory tried to complain about the injustice, but he was locked in the basement of the church, and the two spent a long time in a prison without a single ray of light.
“son… . sorry… .”
The hunter spoke with all his remaining strength.
Gregory wanted to reply, but the gag in his mouth prevented him from saying anything.
“Eup, eup!”
The goblin used all his remaining strength to undo the shackles on his arms and legs.
“Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc!”
Although he resisted so desperately that the teeth holding his gag broke, he was unable to escape from the chains cast by the divine spell.
‘father… . Just hold on a little longer… . Soon God will relieve us of our injustice… .’
Gregory prayed earnestly.
And soon after, one of the soldiers guarding the prison let out an annoyed voice.
“huh? No, this guy is dead. hey! “I think this heretic is behind me. Quickly take him to the forest before he rots!”
His colleague answered.
“pagan? Oh, the hunter who lived with the goblin in that forest?”
Gregory’s eyes widened.
‘Oh, your father is dead?’
He couldn’t believe that his father was dead.
“Yeah, it stinks if you leave it there.”
“damn… . Val, why are you behind now? “It’s shift time in a little while.”
“Shut up and take it away quickly!”
“Ah Okay.”
However, the moment he saw the face of the corpse outside the prison, he despaired.
“Ugh!!!”
‘father!!!’
His father, unable to withstand the arduous torture, was dragged outside, drooping.
Gregory looked at his father’s body with a miserable expression. He whimpered, the despair boiling in his chest pouring out into tears.
‘Oh God… . How can you give us such an ordeal? .’
His tears fell down his bloody face and turned into a red liquid.
Again, again, again.
The bloody tears fell through the cracks in the ground and fell on someone buried deep beneath the church.
Easy profit-
Gregory lowered his head.
Although it was only a moment, past events passed quickly in his mind.
Memories from when I was born in a goblin village and was abandoned because I was not a monster, until I was trapped here not long ago because I was not a human.
When he finished thinking about it all, his despair burned little by little and turned into anger.
Then, the growing anger burned loudly and then turned into frustration. Frustration became futile over time.
‘Father, I guess there’s no such thing as God.’
Gregory denied the existence of God, whom he had believed in until now. He laughed as if he had lost his mind with unfocused eyes.
“Kkkkkk… . Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk… !”
God clearly said that he only gives trials that can be overcome. But now that you have lost everything and are on the verge of death, what difference will it make even if you overcome this situation?
‘There is no God.’
Because my existence proves the absence of God. Gregory squeezed his eyes shut at this thought.
Eventually, as time passed and death approached, an unknown energy came over the dungeon.
Easy profit!
Then, black energy began to flow out from the cracks in the floor and surround Gregory’s body.
“Gagging!”
[God exists.]
An extreme pain that he had never felt before presses on Gregory’s body. To the point where I couldn’t even moan other than the first scream.
[It’s just different from the God you know.]
Green onion-!
The dark energy that had swallowed Gregory’s body stirred and released an intense aura.
[Worship, Him on high, who sent me for you, you worthless bastard.]
A dark energy surged within Gregory’s body, the aura was concentrated on his forehead, and a horn protruded.
Kwasik!
[According to God’s will, I grant you the power of an apostle.]
Kwasik, Kwasik!
[You must follow His will and show despair to the humans who came to the tower.]
Kwasik!
[The twelfth apostle who received God’s will, Gregory the Demon.]
Twelfth Apostle.
Demon King Gregory.
‘… Yes, I am an apostle chosen by God.’
You don’t die this easily.
The goblin who abandoned me, a human. Until I exterminate all the humans who killed me, the goblin.
‘I don’t die.’
“Kaaaaaaak!”
When the smoke cleared, all adventurers who participated in the ordeal returned to the ruined village.
‘It’s the same as then.’
It showed how a goblin champion became an apostle. A hint of trials given to adventurers by the owner of the tower.
Those who didn’t figure out how to climb up after looking at the tower’s records a while ago will be trapped here.
‘Just like me in the past.’
Beginners who did not understand the situation became noisy.
“What on earth was that vision a moment ago?!”
Most of the reactions were the same.
Of course, Rox and Cynthia, who were with me, were unfazed and immediately got ready for battle.
‘also.’
Quack, quack, quack.
The surface of the statue is broken one by one.
Realizing that the ordeal had begun, I grabbed the handle of my sword and warned everyone in the village.
“If you want to live, run out of town.”
Sigh.
“Because from now on, a fight that cannot be won will begin.”
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