Episode 80. Muspelheim.
Strange Castle is located at the end of the Noord Coast. When I arrived there, I couldn’t help but be surprised.
‘They’re all dead?’
There is no living person in sight.
The true identity of the gray smoke rising in the sky was that the flames that had bloomed in the previous battle had caught on a tree.
The dull metal sound that came from afar was not a sound made by battle.
It is simply a remnant of the battlefield created by a flagpole swaying in the wind hitting the armament of the fallen.
I held my sword firmly, lowered my posture, and was alert to my surroundings. While entering the castle, numerous corpses were seen.
All of the corpses, both friend and foe, were in poor condition. The wounds of the dead were so deep that they could not be recovered, and most of them were stabbed in vital areas or had their torsos blown off.
‘The fight between the strong.’
And it is the result of the fierce struggle between those who want to increase their achievements.
This is a sight you will see countless times when you become an official knight. After confirming that there was no one alive on the battlefield, I straightened my back and looked around widely.
And there I found the person I was looking for.
“father.”
Doo doo doo doo-
I ran straight and saw my father.
Seven swords stuck in his body, his head dropped helplessly, and his two knees bowed.
However, his will to support the ground with his sword to avoid falling.
The blood stains that spread across the ground and the aura faintly remaining on his forehead showed his condition.
‘He’s still alive.’
It would be absolutely impossible for others, but Theresa was able to hold her breath.
Rox arrived late and ran towards me.
Doo doo doo doo!
“Verdin!”
He glanced at his father, stopped and slowly approached.
“Uh, what happened? “Is he really dead?”
I reached out and pushed his chest.
“Don’t approach me.”
“huh?”
“If you approach your father now, you will die.”
“What does that mean?”
“… … look.”
I picked up a sword lying on the ground and threw it in front of my father.
Kang!
My father’s sword strike, which was so fast that I couldn’t even see it with my eyes, deflected the sword I threw.
“?! “What is this?”
“Sword of Death.”
“Sword of Death?”
“Yes, the sword of death.”
One of the secret secrets passed down within the Strange family.
I don’t know for sure because I haven’t experienced it myself. However, he remembered the scene from his past life when Hysteria went to kill his father and he was unable to get close to his fallen father.
An ability acquired through an oath with the guardian god of Strange’s family, deeply engraved in his father’s body.
‘Surt’s Belief’
The mortally wounded pledge is put into a deep sleep, and a person called the Avatar personally protects the body.
‘but.’
From the moment the ability is demonstrated, the owner of the body changes. I was told that even if I survived the crisis, my sanity would never come back.
‘furthermore.’
Those who targeted my father here were unable to destroy that power. Perhaps they couldn’t do anything and left him in that state.
“Rox, I will be taking care of this place. “You must go outside the castle immediately and bring Theresia.”
Rox looked back at the path he had run and nodded.
“okay. Should we leave those guys here?”
Pierrot, who was controlling dozens of animal soldiers in the air, looked down at me.
“no. Let those guys spread out all over the island and use them as scouts. “There are probably still some who haven’t escaped from here.”
“okay.”
“And when we spot the enemy, we immediately start attacking. “No matter who it is, you don’t have to ask me, so kill them all.”
A faint smile appeared on Rox’s lips.
“You can kill me?”
“Okay, let’s outfit the soldiers with the Knight Strange’s armor here. Show the enemy who we are. “So that you don’t have to think about attacking me again.”
“okay. But what if they are too strong for me to defeat?”
“Then give the signal right away. “You have the flare I gave you, right?”
“huh.”
“Okay, then let’s leave right away.”
* * *
This fight is not about simply defeating the enemy. Who was targeting my father and who is behind them?
We have to find out exactly everything and show them that our Strange is not dead.
‘If anything.’
If we look easy in this situation, Glazer will declare war on us.
They can create as many justifications for war as they want. Until now, Strange must have been waiting for a crack to occur inside him.
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“father.”
I whispered quietly in front of the stunned man. What on earth did he use this ability for? Even though he knew he couldn’t come back anyway.
Easy profit-
My father, Bae Hu-ryeong, appeared. Since I couldn’t talk to him, I asked through Siegfried.
“Could you please ask if there is anything my father left behind?”
Siegfried nodded slightly and had a long conversation with him.
The battle began about half a day ago, and it is said that just before the flame of life went out, he summoned his guardian spirit, saying that he had something to leave to his successor.
‘Is that what happened?’
It seems that my father left behind a skill that only those of the same bloodline can acquire for his successor, who may come here at any time.
‘I know.’
In my previous life, it was Hysteria who took it, not me, but this time it was my turn.
It was such a pity back then.
Even though I became the head of Strange’s family, I did not have a traditional guardian deity.
‘I couldn’t help it.’
At that time, Gunther had hidden Hysteria’s body in a place where it could not be found.
‘I don’t know why.’
How could he who had overcome Hysteria not accepted the family’s guardian deity?
“Father, do you mind if I follow in your footsteps this time?”
In a past life, you chose Gunther as your successor, not me.
‘Because my mother was not a crony.’
However, there was no great antipathy towards this. Anyway, what I wanted was not the position of head of the family, but to be stronger than anyone else and to conquer the tower.
Moreover, Hysteria, who was in a higher position than me until my father passed away, also gave up his position as the head of the family like me.
‘but.’
Now that I’ve lived it again, I think I know for sure why he tried to kill you.
That’s probably because he couldn’t see the top even though he had Strange’s blood, so he tried to struggle to escape his limitations and predetermined fate.
‘I am like that now too.’
Sister Valentine will not take over as head of the family. The three idiot brothers will never let you sit down.
In that case, I should replace my father as Strange’s head.
‘If I were to take your throne now. ‘I won’t be able to go to a higher place because I’m protecting my family.’
So now I’m going to take advantage of you. I force you to rise from the brink of death so that you can be used as a sword to protect me and my family.
I don’t care if everyone criticizes me in the future.
Because now I need you to be there to protect the family.
Da-da-da-da-
Rox came running carrying Theresia. She quickly got off her back and looked at her father three steps behind her, putting her hands together in prayer.
“To be stabbed all over my body with so many swords… . This pain must be beyond words. “I can’t believe I’m still alive after something like this.”
She asked me with red eyes.
“Is this Lord Verdin’s father?”
I put my weapon on the ground and answered her.
“That’s right.”
“… Sir Verdin, I don’t know if you know. He crossed the river of no return. “He already has no soul.”
“I know. But all I want now is his body.”
Theresa hesitated while trying to say something to me. I answered first because I knew what she was thinking.
“The person who leads Strange has a guardian spirit attached to him.”
“Guardian?”
“Yes, they say he was one of the gods who protected this continent for a very long time. “I haven’t met him yet, so I don’t know who he is.”
This is true.
I have never met a guardian deity, and the line of hysteria has cut me off.
We don’t even know what exactly he looks like or what powers he has.
I slowly approached my father and continued talking.
Turf, plod, trudge.
“To protect the family, Strange’s guardian spirit moves his body to annihilate enemies even if the contractor dies.”
“Then the reason you want to restore your father’s body is to get revenge on your enemies?”
“no. This is for protection.”
“Protect it?”
“Yes, if my father were to die here now. “I’m sure the Glazers will declare war on us.”
“At Glazer… .”
“I want to prevent that war from happening. “If war were to break out now, there would be countless casualties, and this is the only way to protect them.”
She looked back and forth between me and my father and then asked the question again.
“Then the reason Lord Verdin wants to save his father is because he wants to protect his precious people. “Do you mind if I understand it this way?”
Of course, he wasn’t the main target.
“yes.”
It wasn’t wrong, and it was a good reason to persuade, so I agreed.
“All right.”
Theresia looked at the ground for a while as if lost in thought, then held her hands together, looked at her father, and chanted a spell.
Her voice felt as clear and clean as the chirping of a bird covered in morning dew.
It feels like even my clouded mind is being purified.
Easy profit-
After praying, she wrapped her hands around the light and spoke.
“Lord Verdin.”
“Please speak.”
“Even if my father comes to his senses after I demonstrate my abilities. “Don’t think that means your father’s spirit has returned.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“On rare occasions, fragments of memory remain in a body that has lost its soul and can speak.”
This is my first time hearing this story.
“Fragments of memories?”
“It is the memory that the soul leaves in the mind before leaving the body that later comes out through the mouth.”
“Is that possible?”
“Yes, it is possible for those who have Bae Hu-ryeong. Of course, there must be a condition that I use this ability.”
“… So, what if there are fragments of memory left in my father’s mind? “Is that voluntary or unintentional?”
“In many cases, it is voluntary. “Most people ask Bae Hu-ryeong to leave behind something they couldn’t say to someone else.”
If the ‘fragments of memory’ that Theresia speaks of really remain, what last words did her father intend to leave behind?
I thought deeply.
If you are facing an inevitable death, and if you can tell it to someone in the future.
‘If it were me, what would I have said?’
I put the sword on my belt down on the ground. He walked right in front of his father and got down on one knee.
‘I’m sorry, father, but I don’t like you.’
but.
‘If someone has to carry on your wishes.’
That should be me.
“Theresia, please begin.”
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