Chapter 953 – 953.Yggdrasil (7)
“Your Majesty… “It’s a rumor that he joined forces with the celestials to drive out the gods and gain the power of immortality.”
“?”
It was a word that felt a bit different from the words I heard in real life.
‘It’s not the curse of immortality, it’s the power of immortality?’
The 7th successor said that it was definitely a curse of immortality.
If you look at King Baron in real life, he was living a miserable life that could be called a curse.
Even while I was puzzled, the two soldiers continued to talk.
“I heard. But… “Is that real?”
“That immoral person would definitely have done that.”
“You… Please watch your mouth…”
I finally realized it.
‘Those soldiers… ‘They seem to be the first soldiers I met after I invaded the country.’
It seems that the death of King Baron in the first scene by dissolving in his blood did not actually happen.
‘If I hadn’t invaded the dream in the first place, I wouldn’t have had to step on the blood.’
I felt sorry for the soldiers and continued to eavesdrop on them.
“There is a story going around that the reason His Majesty was killed was because he fell for the temptation of a Celestial Man.”
“Stop it. Your Majesty… “He has already passed away.”
“But… !”
“Now you and me… “You have a family to protect, right?”
“…”
The soldiers, who had spoken harshly while talking about King Baron earlier, sounded gloomy as they talked about the former king.
It was a passage that showed how much the soldiers missed their late king.
And at the same time, worries began to arise.
‘Where on earth is he…? .’
If it were an ordinary person’s dream, I wouldn’t have worried much.
But this place is in the dream of the pervert who killed the gravedigger.
This is also where Baron runs amok during his active years.
‘… ‘For now, I’ll just hide and keep looking.’
I thought so and followed the soldiers.
Most of what they said was highly speculative rumor.
King Baron and the Celestial People held hands.
They drove out God.
King Baron gained the power of immortality in return for driving out the gods.
Although the information is clearly from an unclear source…
‘… ‘It’s too detailed for a rumor, isn’t it?’
Strangely enough, I trusted the information.
‘Maybe that’s not what those soldiers actually said. Because it’s in Baron’s dream. It seems like the information you have was reproduced as a dream.’
I assumed so and judged that information to be quite reliable.
As I listened to various information and followed the soldiers…
“I don’t want to go in…”
Arrived at the throne again.
I secretly checked the condition of King Baron, who was sitting on the throne.
He is…
‘… ‘I feel like I’m getting older.’
Compared to before Ragnarok, his energy had decreased.
“Did you call me? Your majesty!”
However, the soldiers did not seem to notice the change in King Baron.
However, despite King Baron’s change in appearance, his personality seemed to remain the same.
“What happened to the treason!”
“All soldiers are working hard day and night to find traitors. Catch it quickly…”
“You useless guys!!”
Bang bang!
King Baron roared his harsh temper with his throat and pounded his handbag with his fist.
“I’ll give you 7 days! “If you don’t deal with the traitors within 7 days, you will die by my hand!”
“… “I will keep this in mind!”
“And!”
“… ?”
The soldiers raised their heads with expressions not wanting to hear King Baron’s next command.
King Baron looked at his soldiers and gave them a simple command.
“Increase my bodyguards!”
“… “I will follow your orders!”
After answering that, the soldiers quickly left the throne room.
And just in time, I heard him quietly grumbling as he left the throne.
“I increased it last time because they told me to increase it, but they increased it again…”
“Strong enough to stand up to God…”
Ssssseu!
At the end of that scene, the dream changed again.
However, even as the dream continued, the scenes that appeared were the same.
‘It’s all similar.’
As King Baron grew older, he continued to give orders to increase his bodyguard.
And in the process, the king did not die thanks to his immortal power, but the soldiers who supported him gradually died.
Some soldiers died at the end of their lives, and others were executed for offending King Baron.
Before I knew it, the soldiers I had first seen had all disappeared…
“I am devastated!”
Everyone had changed into new characters.
And those new soldiers…
“Increase the number of bodyguards!”
“I will follow your orders!”
They began to worship King Baron like a god.
But the time was not infinite.
Even though King Baron had the power of immortality, his body gradually deteriorated…
“Hey, add more bodyguards!! “Protect me from my father!!”
He turned into a dementia king and cried out for his father.
‘It’s an infinite repetition.’
There was virtually no information obtained during the process of King Baron turning into a king with dementia.
And just like the King of Dementia was anxious, I also slowly started to become anxious.
‘Where on earth are they?’
Even though the dream continued for quite some time, I was unable to see the gravedigger.
While he was worried, the Dementia King’s dream continued into the past, when there were five generations of heirs.
As the 7th successor said, the 5th successor…
Whoa! Puck! Puk puk!
“Please die! Your majesty!!”
Hehe!”
They were giving a stick bath to the king of dementia.
There was no charisma like he showed on the throne earlier.
“Hey! “You are indeed an assassin sent by your father!!”
“Shut up and please die!!”
“Hey!”
The Demented King burst out screaming as he was beaten by his descendant.
But there is an irony in that scream…
‘It doesn’t hurt at all.’
It did not contain the pain caused by the club beating.
Just anxiety caused by dementia symptoms…
“Bodyguard!! Where are you!! “The assassin sent by my father is trying to kill me!!”
It was only expressed through a scream filled with complaints.
The 5th successor who was swinging like crazy like that…
“Huh… Huh…”
His own strength ran out first and he collapsed on the spot.
‘… ‘Should I laugh?’
A scene so absurd that you can’t even laugh.
Ssssseu!
In the dream that followed, the sixth generation successor appeared.
“Your majesty! “Are you conscious?”
“Ugh… What, what? “Who is your guy?”
“I am Arkel, the 6th heir.”
“6… 6th successor?”
“Please wait a moment! What are you doing! “Bring the documents!!”
The heir shouted as he piled up a bundle of documents in front of the Dementia King, who had temporarily come to his senses.
“Your majesty! Here comes some backlogged work! “Please give me permission!”
“W-what…”
“Important matters coming! First, give permission!”
From the looks of it, the King of Dementia had not completely regained his memory.
To some extent, I had only slightly regained my cognitive ability.
However, the 6th successor did not miss this opportunity.
And ironically, it was thanks to that opportunity that the Mountain of Darkness was able to be temporarily opened.
However, in the end, even the 6th heir failed to inherit the throne.
This was because the King of Dementia did not die.
And the long-awaited…
“7th successor… “It is an honor to see Your Majesty’s dragon face!”
“This time, you really are an assassin sent by your father!”
“…”
It continued into reality.
There was one thing I felt while watching Baron King’s Dream until the end.
‘I’m reliving something from the past.’
It was true that he remembered everything from the time he killed the previous king to the present.
‘They say I have dementia, but on the other hand, my memories still remain…’
And among them, there was a subject that stimulated my curiosity.
‘They say there was some sort of deal with a celestial person… ‘Can’t you figure that out?’
If he had manipulated the dream, he would have figured it out a long time ago, but at the moment, he did not have the power to manipulate the Dementia King’s dream.
It was a moment of such regret.
Ssssseu!
It started to move to another scene.
‘Huh? Now that I think about it. The scene before was a real situation. Then the next scene is…’
While I was looking forward to it, I had already moved on to the next dream.
I smiled as I looked at the place I had arrived at.
“This is the first place I came to.”
It was the gorgeous palace hallway that I saw when I first entered the Dementia King’s dream.
When I first came in, the gravedigger was right next to me…
“Doesn’t exist.”
This time, unfortunately, there was no sign of the gravedigger.
But I started running at a full sprint, filled with hope rather than regret.
“If you’re not here, you’re sitting on the throne!”
I ran like crazy expecting that.
However, while running at full speed, I encountered people who got in my way.
“Who is that guy!?”
“Stop it!”
“…”
A rebel who blocked the path to the throne.
Previously, with the help of soldiers, we were able to work together to break through, but now it wasn’t easy because we were alone.
Like before, I couldn’t even dare to break through using the Thunder Blade and Heavenly Wind God techniques.
But there was no need to fight them.
Paaaaa!
I used wind attribute magic to bounce towards the ceiling of the hallway and began to fly above their heads.
“Ha, I’m flying in the sky!”
“Catch!! “Shoot your bow!”
Arrows shot up on the way, but luckily I was able to deflect them all with magic.
I arrived at the other side so quickly…
“Phew… Success.”
I ran like crazy to the throne, ignoring the rebels chasing me.
After running hard, I was barely able to reach the throne.
And the being I met as soon as I arrived at the throne was…
“Ho Ho! “You’re here!”
It was a gravedigger sitting on a throne and welcoming me.
‘Thank god. ‘The Baron hasn’t arrived yet.’
I quickly climbed up onto the throne and spoke to the gravedigger.
“Let’s go quickly. “I don’t want to see the same scene again.”
“Hmm? “It’s the same scene?”
“…”
I could be sure by looking at the gravedigger’s puzzled expression.
‘I’m the only one repeating what happened before.’
I roughly explained the current situation to the gravedigger.
The gravedigger who heard my explanation…
“My son… “It means I keep repeating this dream.”
He lowered his head, letting out a sad voice.
I shouted, grabbing his shoulder.
“There is no time. If things continue like this, King Baron will…”
Quaaaaa!!
“Hmm!?”
An earthquake so large that even the gravedigger sitting on his throne had trouble keeping his balance.
When the earthquake stopped, a man started trudging from afar.
“I’m here! Father!!!”
“…”
Haha! Who is next to you? Are you bringing a bodyguard with you because you’re scared of me!?”
I met the worst person I should ever meet.
I grabbed the gravedigger’s shoulder and spoke urgently.
“If you don’t go out, you’ll be in big trouble. Hurry…”
“Sorry.”
“Yes?”
Despite my urgent voice, the gravedigger calmly shook his head and stood up from his throne.
Then, he stared at me with a skeletal expression that was hard to tell and let out a happy voice.
“I am… “I will stay here.”
“… “Why?”
“Yeah…”
The gravedigger stared at King Baron, who was trudging forward, and took out his weapon.
Side.
However, it was a completely different form from the side I usually used while possessing the soul of a gravedigger.
The red side looked like a real Shinigami weapon covered in a lot of blood.
The gravedigger held up a bright red side and hummed as he took a stance.
“Because I have to end my son’s nightmare.”
“…”
This made it clear.
Even if I repeat the dream again, I cannot take the gravedigger out of the dream.
The gravedigger spoke to me while posing like a reaper.
“Go. “There is no reason for you to suffer in my son’s dreams.”
“…”
As the gravedigger said, there is no reason to be in this dream anymore.
Moreover, even if the dream comes back again and again, the gravedigger will say that he will remain here.
I sighed as I looked at the gravedigger’s solemn appearance.
“Ha… “It can’t be helped.”
“I’m sorry for being unreasonable. Then be careful… Huh?”
I didn’t pretend to hear the gravekeeper’s apology and send-off, but took out my sword and took a stance.
“Let’s fight together.”
The gravedigger who saw me shook his head in embarrassment and slapped me.
“It has nothing to do with you! “There’s no need to help me!”
I interrupted the gravedigger’s words and stared at King Baron, who was slowly walking towards me.
“You already lost to that guy once.”
“…”
The gravedigger has lost in the past, and even in his dream earlier.
In other words, in this recurring dream, there is no future in which the gravedigger defeats King Baron.
“And I don’t think I can beat that guy by myself.”
I also wasn’t in a position to be bluffing.
If we had met in real life, we would have tried to find a way to win somehow with the help of the ship and our colleagues.
But this is King Baron’s dream.
I am in a situation where I cannot use superconductor arrows and even use the magic of possession properly.
But…
“If the two of us fight, we definitely have a chance of winning.”
“…”
I thought there was a chance of winning if it was 2 to 1.
And above all…
“I have no hobby of abandoning my colleagues.”
“…”
To me, the gravedigger was already like a colleague.
If I had planned to leave the grave marker behind, I would have escaped from my dream long ago.
The gravedigger blinked as if closing his eyes, then nodded and answered.
“My thoughts were short.”
Then he took a position next to me and laughed.
“I’ve never been with someone before, but… “I think it would be a good fit for you.”
“Haha…”
Since it had been inside my body before, it seemed like it would all fit together, even if it was only in a rough way.
The moment you take that awkward stance…
“… What are you doing? Father?”
King Baron saw us and broke the mood with an irritated voice.
“I don’t know where this guy came from… It looks like you like that guy. “You treated me like an abandoned child!”
“It’s not like that! I want you…”
“I don’t want to hear it!!”
When King Baron exploded the lion’s hooves, a red air current began to flow around his body.
King Baron, who was carrying an ominous air, spread his cloak and shouted with a maniacal laugh.
“This is the guy your father likes, so the taste of his blood must be great! “I will show you the rare scene of sucking the blood of a guy alive!!”
King Baron started charging at us with his roar like that.
