163 – 49. Prophecy Savior (3)
Imperial soldiers brainwashed by John and under mental control.
They were running carrying the sun statue and star fragments.
The body strengthened by black magic escaped Golgotha at full speed.
Then at some point.
The soldier’s neck fell off.
They quickly stopped and got ready for battle.
Someone appeared around me.
They are not those who were by Elijah’s side.
These were people I had never seen before.
The person in the center of the group was wearing a robe.
He was Herald, the bishop of the Moonshin Church.
“Your Majesty the Emperor…. “You will pay the price.”
Herald surprised them with the Holy Knights of the Moon God Church.
The reason is simple and clear.
Emperor John betrayed them first.
After obtaining the sun statue and stealing the star fragment, he murdered Nadab, the Moon God Pope.
He even killed all the Holy Knights of the Moon God Church who helped attack the catacombs.
Fortunately, the Herald was not there.
A warning given by Balak a long time ago on the day of Elijah’s coming of age ceremony.
‘I don’t know what your Majesty promised, but do you really believe that you will honor it as it is? When the hunt is over and it is determined that there is no more hunting to do, the hunting dogs are slaughtered.’
I tried to ignore it because I thought it was just separation, but there was nothing wrong with it just in case.
Afterwards, Herald secretly formed his own faction and held his breath.
He also informed the Pope that he should be careful, but the Pope somehow trusted Emperor John infinitely.
Now I know why.
At some point, Nadab was brainwashed by John’s black magic.
“I will repay his share in full.”
The Holy Knights rushed in.
The brainwashed soldiers fought back.
Each of those soldiers was frighteningly powerful, but fortunately the number of paladins was much greater.
It was a battle where victory could not be guaranteed.
But neither the Herald nor the Paladin retreated.
This place was a cliff.
But at some point, the soldiers suddenly stopped moving and began to flail like corpses.
“Bishop? “The other person’s reaction is strange.”
“This…” . “Has the brainwashing from black magic been lifted?”
That means that Johan and Geist are dead.
I don’t know the circumstances, but it was a welcome situation for the Herald.
It was a short battle, but many Holy Knights died.
I almost lost, but by chance I ended up winning.
The Herald saw the items left on the floor.
A statue of the sun held up.
A piece of a star.
With these two, any miracle can be achieved.
“… ….”
The Herald knelt in front of the sun statue, holding a piece of the gray-white star in both hands.
And I prayed.
I wished and hoped.
“The resurrection of the evil spirit.”
John’s wish is to imperfectly resurrect the evil spirit.
John wanted to become the incarnation and apostle of the imperfect evil god.
Evil spirits are just a means.
A means to show off one’s power and lend a miracle when needed.
The Herald’s wishes were different.
“I hope for the complete resurrection of the evil spirit so that this world can be destroyed….”
Not only Nadab died.
All of the high-ranking priests who were the mainstays of the Moonshin Church were killed.
From the beginning, the emperor had no intention of allowing the Wolshinism to continue.
Wolsinism knows too many truths.
So, the emperor had to kill even the slightest possibility for a new order.
But the Herald survived.
He resented the emperor and, having no reason to live in peace, wished for the end of the world.
That feeling was close to complaining.
Rather than hoping to achieve what he wants and live well, he just complains and curses those who hurt him.
Rather than his own happiness, the Herald desperately hoped and prayed for the misfortune and destruction of others.
“Ah….”
The star fragments were broken.
It turns into powder, scatters, and rises into the air.
The gray sun image shone with soft gold.
The wish came true.
“With all of this….”
A moment when he is thrilled.
“It’s over there!”
A group ran wildly.
They killed the few paladins who stood in the way and then overpowered the Herald.
It was the royal guard and Epona that Elijah sent to track down the sun statue.
Epona shouted as she looked at the shining sun image.
“It’s already too late…” !”
Argon grabbed the Herald by the collar.
“Where do you come from? From the looks of it, it doesn’t look like they are the imperial army. “What did you wish for?”
“Heh, heh…. Even if you find out, it’s already too late! You are all finished!”
Argon shivered as he looked at him smiling grimly.
That moment.
They all felt something eerie.
A sticky fear that seems to be crawling up from a deep abyss, the source of which is difficult to identify.
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Raise your head slowly.
The blue sky was turning dark.
And far away.
The sun shines brightly.
It was being swallowed by some black shimmering motion.
Epona muttered blankly.
“Sun-eating beast….”
The evil spirit of the void was being resurrected.
*
In close range fighting, the difference in length is absolute.
Even if we both have transcendental bodies that can shorten even the greatest distance in a month, the same is true.
This is because, as it has an outstanding body, its reaction speed is also impressive.
Therefore, the difference in armament length is like a wall that is difficult to overcome.
In other words, if you win despite the difference in length, it means that the difference in level is extreme.
For the above reasons, John was embarrassed.
‘How did this happen…’ .’
Shoots out a long spear that kills gods.
Stretch out as hard as you can with both hands, then hold it with one hand and stab it deeply.
The opponent cannot react because the path changes in an instant.
It definitely has to be that way.
But his opponent, Judah, gently avoids it as if he already knew.
The farther the spear is extended, the longer it takes to retrieve it, and the spear pole, which is not a threat to the opponent, is exposed.
Judas approaches, holding on to the spear as if he had been waiting.
The ivory sword is sharply aimed at the neck.
“Pfft!”
The emperor leaned back with a groan.
At the same time, the darkness swarming from my chest exploded and struck my face.
It was the power of black magic.
I was barely able to shake off Judas and retreat.
“Tsk….”
Judah brushed off the black jelly-like substance that stuck to her body as if it were annoying.
‘That’s annoying…’ .’
The emperor is already a strong and sturdy warrior.
His divine power is overwhelming than that of any other priest.
‘The pattern is the same. He should have been killed already….’
But he even learned black magic.
As they counterattack with black magic at every crucial moment, it is difficult to end the spirit fight.
‘It looks like quite a lot of sacrifices were made.’
Meanwhile, John was shocked by Judas’ reaction.
I have heard that he is an unusual person.
But this has gone too far.
Besides, what does that calmness mean?
As the fight goes on, you start to analyze and learn from the other person’s actions.
This is because each person has some kind of habit.
And Judas responded leisurely as if he had already learned everything about John.
If it weren’t for black magic, I would have died several times.
In fact, John saved some of his strength.
Rather than letting down his guard, he was targeting Elijah.
Geist will be a difficult enemy to deal with alone.
However, an unexpected ambush appeared.
Golden eyes rush back like an animal.
Quickly thrust the spear in.
-Key profit!
Again.
It seems like it will reach, but it doesn’t and narrowly misses.
Judah slashed with his sword and then charged at her, rubbing against her spear.
Then a rock rose up from the floor and blocked him.
Immediately afterwards, the floor began to sink rapidly.
“Ugh-!”
Judah slipped and fell due to the sudden tectonic shift.
The quickly dug hole was as deep as where a meteorite had landed.
Red liquid formed in the air.
Lava began pouring towards the pit.
“Mr… !”
Judas was annoyed while also grinning.
It seemed like the emperor had decided to deal with him properly.
Elijah has become safer.
‘I didn’t want to call you because it was dangerous, but….’
The hole is too deep to escape with bare body.
Then.
“Yuel-!”
As soon as he called, something pushed his butt.
Judas skillfully found the reins and grabbed them without even looking.
His body rises into the air.
I flew past the hot lava.
Up above is Geist, who has turned into a centipede, and Elijah fighting him.
Emperor John can be seen below.
‘I have to finish it quickly.’
Judas looked down and aimed his sword.
“Let it fly!”
Yuel twisted his head in the air and used his horn to shoot him downward.
He gained momentum and plummeted towards John like a comet.
John immediately stretched out his spear.
A spear that kills gods.
The true value of the weapon has not yet been revealed.
I don’t know how he knows his actions, but I don’t know how he knows this weapon.
Because it has never revealed its functions in front of people.
The day when the era of peace began.
The six-armed devil was defeated with the power of this spear.
The tip of the spear split into countless blades and grew, just like a tree branch growing quickly.
The emperor gave this name to the technology.
‘Tree of Life.’
The true power of the weapon can be unleashed only by those who have received the divination of the sun.
The tip of the silver spear was split.
A silver branch sticks out like a sprout piercing a seed, and grows in an instant.
White tree branches grow luxuriantly toward the front.
It spreads out here and there, drawing geometric patterns.
Judas was falling in the direction where the spear grew.
Judas in the air cannot change direction.
An enemy caught on the Tree of Life will die with their entire body torn apart.
‘It’s the end.’
A moment of such certainty.
Judah spun in the air and swung his sword.
The ivory sword leaves a soft afterimage.
The round trajectory was like a full moon.
The circular sword energy rushed towards Yohan like a gust of wind.
‘It’s no use…’ .’
The moment I tried to laugh, a shiver ran down my spine.
‘… !’
Tree branches that were brushed by the round black surface crumbled easily like rotten branches that had been hit by a storm.
‘How can something like black energy… !’
Even then, the sword continued to move forward without stopping.
Spear blades grown from tree branches continue to break.
Small fragments fall like white snow.
‘No way, even that weakness!’
The point where the tree of life began.
The root.
It is embedded in the exact center of the spear blade.
-Quad!
The bigger and stronger it is, the more its internal structural flaws are revealed to the outside.
A very small gap defect.
Judas aimed precisely at that place.
-Kuddeuddeuk!
The tree of life collapses with a loud sound.
Judah continued to fall with his shield in front.
It approaches by pushing away tree branches with its shield and defending itself.
The god-killing spear loses its shape and falls apart.
“Not… !”
Okay. I couldn’t continue talking.
-Chi-ik!
Judah’s feet slipped on the ground before he knew it.
Dust rises.
When he finally stopped, turned around and aimed at John, John’s head fell off.
It took longer than expected, but Yohan was eliminated shorter than expected.
Judah had no time to enjoy victory.
He quickly raises his head.
‘What about Elijah?!’
That moment.
Click! And, in the air, a sharper light than ever exploded in all directions.
Several suns rose in the sky.
“Ugh… !”
Judas closed his eyes and covered his vision with his arms.
Beyond the eyelids were pure white.
When he opened his narrowed eyes, the light was fading.
Someone turned away from that light and fell.
Fluttering black hair.
Shiny golden eyes.
“Judas-!”
It was Elijah.
She was falling with her arms outstretched.
I was mesmerized for a moment by that bright smile.
Judas was embarrassed.
“Oh, lady?!”
Do not slow down.
What if it continues to fall like this?
While she was struggling to receive him, Elijah was within a stone’s throw of her.
That moment when it feels like we’re going to collide.
As if gently descending on her wind, Elijah’s speed slowed.
It fell on Judah like a flower petal.
He smiled and hugged Yuda’s shoulder.
Judah also hugged her waist and received it.
“Are you surprised?”
“I was more scared than when I fought the emperor.”
“Hmph.”
She lets out a pleasant snort and buries her face in the crook of Judah’s neck.
Take a deep breath.
“I missed you.”
“… ….”
Judah felt as if she was overflowing with strange emotions.
I was speechless for a moment.
She felt the same way, but she couldn’t bring it out quickly.
I quietly embrace Elijah.
She carefully buries her face close to her neck, just like her.
Instead of avoiding Elijah, she hugged him deeper and accepted him.
It is extremely rude to approach someone’s body and smell their scent.
Elijah allowed that disrespect to himself.
She took in her breath, feeling a strange pleasure.
Her soft skin and her hair had a pleasant scent.
It smelled a little like it had been scorched, but it was erased by Elijah’s body odor.
Buried in scent.
It seems as if the fatigue her entire body felt just now is melting away warmly.
In a dream-like atmosphere, Judah also opened her mouth.
“I miss you too….”
That moment.
“Elijah… !”
Someone’s voice interrupted.
When she turned her head, it was Epona.
Judah and Elijah had a hunch as soon as they saw her expression.
Epona’s voice confirmed that intuition.
“I failed….”
I failed to steal the sun statue and stop the wish.
The image of her sun she brought was a duller gray color than before, and there was a crack in the middle.
This is evidence that it has been used.
“It seems like the Moon God Church, not the Imperial Army, made a wish….”
“Wolshingyo?”
Elijah came down from Judah and looked at the image of the sun.
Judas looked around and realized that all of the imperial army’s brainwashed soldiers had lost their functions.
“I don’t know what your wish is….”
At the time Epona was talking about.
The whole son-in-law became dark.
The light subsides like the evening when the sun sets.
Everyone raised their heads.
The bright blue sky was turning bright navy blue.
And then, in the high sun, something black flickered.
It had horns, was craggy, and had no eyes, but its large front feet had mountain-like claws growing wildly.
It was a beast.
A beast that eats the sun.
The evil god of the void.
Everyone was just blankly watching the resurrection of the evil spirit.
The beast that appeared next to the sun raised its front paw.
Catch the sun with both feet.
The sun is obscured.
In an instant, the darkness around became thicker.
The beast opened its mouth.
A huge gaping darkness.
It slowly swallows the sun inside.
The numerous teeth that protruded like saws seemed as if they could crush the sun.
And finally, I closed my mouth.
There was no noise.
Just quietly, silence and darkness descend.
The sun was swallowed.
Where the sun was, there was only darkness hovering like a haze.
A land that suddenly became night.
The sky was full of stars.
Epona sat down, unable to control her shaking knees.
Dropped her chalice in her hand.
I look up at the sky blankly.
The constellations that appeared in the pitch-black night sky were something that could not be seen during this season.
“Ah….”
Someone sighed.
Soak.
Someone fell.
“Ah, ah… !”
Someone let out a cry that sounded like a scream.
The moon seen from the other side of the land lost its light and disappeared.
Facing the complete descent of the evil spirit, humans were helpless.
Judas gritted his teeth and glared at the spot where the sun was.
‘What should I do?’
This is not the first time we have seen the resurrection of an evil spirit.
But even he never survived this resurrection.
‘It’s a perfect bad ending….’
When the sun disappears and evil spirits descend, all life on earth withers and dies.
It becomes a world where no one can live.
No matter how hard I think, I can’t think of a way out.
Judas was conscious of the warmth in his hands.
Elijah’s small hands.
‘What should I do…? .’
She turned her head, thinking.
I see her.
The whole world was dark, but there it was bright.
Elijah’s eyes sparkled with golden light.
She was looking up at the sky as if possessed.
The place where the sun-eating beast stirs.
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It’s not just the eyes.
Every part of her body was dyed golden.
Gold spreads from her hands that hold her own.
In her deep darkness, she alone was shining with her divine radiance, illuminating her surroundings.
Judas felt some anxiety.
Anxiety that I don’t know the source of, but I feel like I know the reason.
It seems like Elijah will disappear like this.
“… Miss?”
Elijah did not answer.
