161 – 49. Prophecy Savior (1)
“Finally… !”
Epona, the Tower Lord, covered her mouth.
The widened eyes were filled with joy.
Magic Tower Lord’s Room, 32nd floor.
The door on the 33rd floor leading to the top has not been opened even once since this magic tower was built.
The door leading there has just opened.
‘I never thought this would happen!’
Even she could not figure out the detailed reason.
I only knew that there had been a change in the magical powers of Elijah and Judah, and that this was the effect.
Golden magic power trembled like exploding flames.
This belongs to Elijah.
But recently, the magical power suddenly became stable.
Judah’s magic did not even create soot.
Also, Judah’s ivory magic power has become more stable than before.
The cracks and sparkling lights that had been engraved here and there disappeared, and it subsided into silence.
Two magical lights that seem to have been completed.
As a result of combining these and using them in various ways on the door on the 33rd floor, we succeeded in opening the door.
A seemingly ordinary door slowly opens.
Epona clutched her breast and stepped her feet over it.
Because it has not been touched by humans for a long time, dust flies everywhere just by entering.
I climbed the circular stairs with my mouth covered.
And finally, we arrived at the 33rd floor.
The sun’s light poured in through the long, narrow window.
Light coming from all directions illuminated the center of the round room.
A small, circular altar in the center.
What was placed on top of it was a golden cup.
‘The Holy Grail that seals.’
The Holy Grail has been sleeping here ever since the primordial being made of gold sealed away the evil spirit.
It varies from religion to religion, but most religions predict destruction that will come to the world in the future.
Even a savior who will prevent that destruction.
The Holy Grail is also frequently mentioned in prophecy, and is said to be an item that will be used by future saviors.
Epona carefully lifted the Holy Grail.
There was no special sensation or energy.
In fact, she doesn’t know what she can do with this Holy Grail.
The 33rd floor was opened for the first time today.
We need to start researching now what we can do in this place and what the Holy Grail is used for.
‘First, let’s take the Holy Grail and go down.’
After Epona carefully wiped the dust off the Holy Grail, she returned to the 32nd floor.
The moment when I was about to examine the Holy Grail with a trembling heart.
Click! And I heard the sound of something breaking sharply.
Actually, nothing broke around me, nor did it make any noise.
This was the response of the notification magic.
‘This is…’ .’
There is only one location that is set up to send such a strong warning.
The place where the star fragment and prohibition were sealed.
‘Catacombs?! Why?’
Epona quickly used teleportation.
She used to travel three times, but since she interacted with Elijah, she only needed to travel once to get there.
An old and shabby historic site.
The entire ruins were on fire.
There is an entrance leading underground in the center of the ruins.
All the wizards and soldiers guarding the entrance were brutally murdered.
Epona immediately recognized the culprit.
‘Imperial knights and guards? And that thing in the middle…. It’s Emperor John! ‘What are you doing?’
She was indifferent to things outside the Magic Tower and was slower to hear news than others.
‘That thing in John’s hand…. A statue of the sun supporting it?!’
The item that was said to have belonged to Elijah was in the hands of the emperor.
The emperor attacked the catacombs.
In the catacombs, a ban on mental interference and a piece of a star are sealed.
If you have a star fragment, you can exercise the powers of the sun.
‘No way….’
A holy relic that is said to make any miracle come true.
Using that, what is the emperor going to do…? .
“Oh my.”
At that time, a man’s voice came from behind.
“I never thought the precious Magic Tower Lord would come out to see the sights.”
“… !”
Epona turned around, fell, and hit her butt.
A wizard wearing tattered robes.
He was a Geist of the Imperial Wizards.
“Oh, at some point….”
“You’re dull, like a bookworm who only focuses on academics. It’s a shame. I appreciate your knowledge and talent, but….”
Geist glanced down at Epona’s hand.
An old golden goblet.
It was the Holy Grail that sealed the evil spirit.
“After seeing all of this and bringing those items with me, I can’t let you go alive.”
Geist quickly trapped Epona with a magic disruption force field.
Teleport users should never be given a chance.
He was truly sorry and prepared to kill Epona.
But at that moment.
Off! And the translucent force field cracked.
“… Huh?”
It soon collapsed, and Epona’s appearance disappeared.
“… ….”
Geist stood there blankly.
“Breaking the magical disruption force field…” Magic?”
I just interpreted the phenomenon.
It was ridiculous.
It is a magic that destroys and nullifies the magic that prevents the use of magic.
But Epona did it.
‘There is no way something like this is possible…’ . Her. Could it be Elijah’s influence?’
A wizard called the second coming of the mythical era.
Geist is a natural disaster talent whose power is difficult to guess.
Elijah D. Bevel.
He was not the only one who was influenced and grew by that genius.
“Oh my….”
Geist laughed bitterly.
It is unknown where he moved.
This is why I need to get rid of it before I leave.
“I must inform His Majesty that he must hurry up with his plan.”
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“Huh!”
The place where Epona arrived was the main gate of Elijah’s mansion.
Her personal guards guarding her entrance stood guard and blocked her.
She teleported out of nowhere, so she deserved it.
Moreover, Epona, an abandoned person who lives in a magic tower, is not known what she looks like despite her reputation as the lord of the magic tower.
“Who are you?”
“Reveal your identity!”
“Eh, Epona! It’s a magic tower! “I’ve come looking for Elijah!”
“Magic tower lord… ?”
Jerry and Argon, who were guarding the entrance, did not believe that.
“Is it possible for a person named Magic Tower to appear like this? But do you know what the magic tower looks like?”
“You don’t know, right?”
But Epona insisted strongly.
“Call Elijah! Quick! “It’s urgent!”
Epona’s face turned white.
First, the SS decided to convey the desperation.
It is up to Elijah to decide whether to meet or not.
Jerry informed Dylan, and Dylan took Epona after receiving permission.
Epona spoke from the main point without even saying hello.
“Elijah! “We’re in big trouble!”
“… ?”
“The emperor has now attacked the catacombs!”
“Catacombs?”
The place where the gold and star fragments are sealed?
Elijah tilted her head as if checking whether she had heard correctly, and Epona nodded.
“That’s right! And he has a sun statue now!”
“… ….”
“What is the emperor trying to do…?” .”
“… Wait for a sec. Epona. “What is that glass?”
“Uh, huh? This? Ah, this….”
The top of the Magic Tower. The sealed Holy Grail found on the 33rd floor.
Elijah was looking at the golden cup as if fascinated.
Epona tried to explain but stopped.
“Hey, I’ll explain this later!”
It wasn’t an important issue right now.
Elijah also shook her head.
She just couldn’t figure out why she was focusing on that.
“I don’t know what you’re going to do with the sun, but at least it won’t be something normally beneficial.”
No matter what his specific purpose is, the Emperor must be stopped.
Elijah also agreed with that opinion.
The human who tried to activate the solar image after breaking through the catacombs by force cannot have good intentions.
Elijah gave instructions to Dylan.
“Gather the SS.”
“Yes.”
Hermis decided to take charge of guarding the mansion just in case.
Meanwhile, Judah also finished preparing to leave together.
She wore armor and took the pupil of the moon.
Elijah looked up at him with concern.
I want to leave it behind.
If I take him away and he gets hurt again, what should I do?
Judah, who received that gaze, grinned.
“You don’t have to worry.”
The emperor made the move himself.
I didn’t know what their plan was, so I had to take as many elites as possible.
It didn’t seem like Judah would stay even if he was told to stay.
In the end, Elijah decided to go with him.
“… “You have to be careful.”
“Of course.”
Eleven SS members were already gathered outside.
Elijah said resolutely.
“I am going to kill the emperor.”
A weightless statement, as if you were going out for a walk in the mountains behind you.
John’s goal cannot be world peace and equally happy freedom.
Even if I told him to be quiet and not do anything, he wouldn’t listen.
Aside from that, it was difficult to keep alive a human who could threaten Judah and her own peace.
She used her teleportation without even hearing his reply.
11 Members of the SS. Epona.
And Judas and himself.
It was a teleportation involving many people, but it arrived neatly and accurately.
Epona was inwardly shocked.
With this many people, they arrived accurately and without hesitation.
Even though I knew it in my head, I was amazed every time I realized it.
A hill overlooking the catacombs.
Elijah said.
“It looks like they already retrieved the star fragment and ran away.”
The small village-like historic site was burning lonely.
All that remained were corpses.
“Where did it go…? .”
Epona muttered anxiously.
The SS searched the surrounding area for traces or survivors.
In the meantime.
“… ….”
Elijah was alone, looking in a distant direction.
“I think it’s over there.”
“… Yes? “How do you know that?”
“It’s a feeling.”
“… ….”
Epona could not ask any more questions.
When it came to magic, Elijah was never wrong.
After quickly gathering her personal guards again, Elijah cast a large-scale teleportation.
The scenery changed in an instant.
The surrounding area is desolate.
Rugged desert.
In front, there was a hill that rose higher than the surrounding area.
It’s like a small garden.
Elijah knows where this place is.
After the era of mythology came to an end.
A land where all criminals who followed evil spirits were executed.
An area cursed with the blood of sinners, so that no life can live there since.
‘Golgotha….’
On the hill of Golgotha, Emperor John stood.
The sun statue is raised high, as if holding up the sun.
A small number of Imperial Guards, Imperial Knights, and Geists guard the area around it.
And, there were plenty of soldiers with grotesquely distorted faces and muscles.
This was a soldier strengthened with black magic whom Elijah and Judah saw in Judeca.
They all glared at Elijah and her companions.
“… Duke Elijah.”
The emperor slowly turned around.
There was a kind smile on his face.
“Your advancement is something worth celebrating. But, it’s a little late.”
“… “What are you going to do with that thing?”
“We will open a new era.”
Suddenly, the enemy army surrounded him and his group.
The SS reflexively took out their weapons.
Judas also stood by Elijah, holding the pupil of the moon.
“This world has been neglected for too long.”
The emperor looked up at the sky and said.
The green eyes shone as if in a dream.
“It was left to stagnate and rot, and it could no longer be restored. It is impossible to end this long war with human power alone. Demons aren’t the only problem. Humans do not try to self-clean themselves. He sins freely and is forgiven in the name of God. We must live under God, not use Him. But God doesn’t give us any answers.”
He picked up the spear next to him with one hand.
A holy relic that is said to have inflicted a fatal wound by stabbing an evil spirit in its side when sealing it.
“There is no need for such a god in this world. So, on behalf of that god, I will rule the world favorably with a new order.”
Elijah just quietly looked into the emperor’s eyes.
Sparkling eyes.
A face full of joy.
‘You’re crazy.’
I changed my private thoughts into faith and made it my faith.
‘I was obsessed with self-idolization.’
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And the emperor was a powerful figure who had enough influence to instill in others the image of himself that he idolized.
‘There is no leader as scary as a madman.’
The emperor smiled and continued.
“By resurrecting the evil spirit, I become the apostle of the evil spirit and rule this world. “The existing god is dead.”
“Given the emperor’s wishes, you are more petty than I expected.”
“Then did you think he would become a god? Giving up this sense that we can enjoy as humans? It’s useless. “Humans cannot become gods.”
“You were a great hedonist.”
“All remaining humans will be governed by one order and live in unquestioning happiness. “Wouldn’t it be good for you too?”
“Well….”
Elijah glanced at Judah.
Calmly glaring at the surroundings.
I burst into laughter.
A child who was always willing to sacrifice himself for his freedom, even if it meant death.
There is no reason to stop that crazy emperor.
There should not be a world where this child is not free.
“I can’t agree with that.”
As soon as Elijah’s words fell.
Lightning fell from the bright blue sky in broad daylight.
-Boom!
A sound that tears the air.
The golden thunderbolt struck the emperor directly.
But the emperor was neither dead nor injured.
Pitch black light flashed from his body.
Under the black light, a platinum-colored light resembling divine power flickered.
The two conflicting colors mixed together protected John.
“Is this why you turned to black magic? .”
Just as the Empire’s soldiers were brainwashed and strengthened.
The emperor strengthened his body with black magic.
Unlike the soldier whose body was twisted, the emperor’s body was sound.
It appears that the black magic reinforcement has been safely completed.
The emperor was not injured, but fortunately they succeeded in knocking the sun statue off of him.
A round sun statue was stuck on the ground.
“Your abilities are so annoying.”
The emperor pointed his finger at several of his soldiers.
The soldiers began to flee, carrying the sun statue and star fragments.
Since they have been brainwashed, they will fulfill the emperor’s wishes.
Once you send Elijah far enough away to not be disturbed, your wish will come true.
Elijah tried to stop it himself, but stopped.
Geist, leader of the Imperial Wizards.
He was staring at himself persistently.
As if waiting for movement.
‘… ‘Something has changed.’
The atmosphere is much more dangerous and dirty than when we encountered it before.
‘I shouldn’t move carelessly.
Instead, Elijah gave instructions to Lord Matab and her royal guard.
“Go after that. ASAP.”
“Yes… !”
Epona nodded her head.
Dike and Argon followed behind her.
Several soldiers blocked the path, but they disappeared at the gesture of Elijah’s hand.
‘It’s a race against time.’
The sun image is activated.
Catch it before it activates.
Or, the decision will be made here before then.
The emperor said, aiming his spear.
“I guess we have no choice but to stop it.”
There was no longer any red left in Elijah’s eyes.
She shines bright gold.
“If you can, as much as you want.”
Immediately after she spoke, intense heat and light struck the ground.
Everyone raised their heads with frowns.
The sun, which had appeared in the air, was falling.
