Episode 193 〈The border of death. 〉
The magical kingdom of Ayrans has been taken over by the Jotuns.
The green land had disappeared and was filled with only sand and muddy rocks.
It feels like looking at a dry, lifeless planet.
Among them, it goes without saying that the capital of Airans is one.
All the houses were covered with sand and were in an environment where plants could not grow.
In front of the fortress of Airans, the magical giant Urgar smiled.
-If there is anyone among these who can lift a cat, I will spare them all.
Urgar, a 30m tall giant whose entire body was made of mud and tree trunks, looked at the humans in front of him.
They are all incompetent wizards.
They stood frozen.
The wizards, crazy with thirst, looked at the cat with its belly on the floor in front of Murgar.
It seemed to be only 30cm at most.
One of the wizards approached the cat and tried to lift it.
But it didn’t move like a stone.
“Why is it so heavy….”
– Oh, I spoke late. The one who can’t lift…
Urgar smiled.
-You will become my prey.
Murgar lifted his finger and flicked it away.
For a moment, the body of the wizard trying to lift the cat comes to mind.
“What the…what is this…!”
The wizard looked at his hands and body.
It was breaking into pieces of sand and being sucked into Murgar’s mouth.
-Don’t worry, all you have to do is return to Mana’s arms.
“No no…!”
In the end, the wizard disappeared and disappeared.
Only the clothes fell to the floor.
The wizards, tied with ropes like slaves, froze.
-Hehe, I like this place. Because mana is abundant and there is plenty of food. It would be very disappointing to go back to the beginning.
Urgar looked at the other wizards with that thought in mind.
-Listen to the next cat. Then I’ll save you.
While the wizards were scared, the oldest of them approached.
“You liar Jotun, are you trying to deceive us?”
-What are you talking about?
The old man broke into a cold sweat and pointed at the cat with his finger.
“Don’t fool us. “This isn’t just a cat.”
-Ohh!
Urgar let out an exclamation. Mud and wrinkled plants move and make human-like expressions.
-That is correct.
Urgar waved his hand.
In an instant, the cat swells up.
The wizards took a step back.
A snake 5m high and 80m long was lying on its stomach.
This is no ordinary snake.
It was a huge snake made of mud and tree trunks woven together.
The part where the cat was was the snake’s tail.
-You solved the riddle of the jort.”
Yort seemed to refer to a snake.
-Then in return.
Urgar clapped his hands.
-Give me a chance.
At that moment, a warp formation was drawn around the wizards.
-I’ll warp you guys.
Urgar narrowed his eyes.
-If you can survive.
The wizards were split into molecules.
Their vision changed in an instant.
What was visible was land covered with sand.
“here is…?”
When the old man turned his gaze, he saw the capital of Irans.
“It’s outside, tower owner!”
The old wizard was relieved.
I knew that Jotuns were very temperamental, but I never dreamed that they would let him go so easily.
“Run away quickly! I like going to the prosperous kingdom. “I heard His Majesty also headed there…!”
A wizard called the tower owner gave command.
When the wizards were panting through the desert.
The wizards stopped and looked ahead in surprise.
The sand slowly gathers and swirls.
A tornado created by the wind was approaching the wizard.
“…run away too!”
“Where are you going?”
Tapju looked around.
The only place I could go was the Irish capital.
In the end, the wizards returned to the capital with difficulty.
In an instant, their vision was reversed again.
Urgar is in front of you.
-Welcome.
Urgar pointed his finger at the small old man.
-If you wrestle with this old man and win, I will give you your freedom.
The wizards’ faces turned pale.
This is because we know that the old man is actually a giant made of illusion.
It was time for Urgar to play a little prank.
Sand gathers.
The rocks rolled and coalesced to create a 40m tall giant.
-Urgar!
Urgar made a sullen expression.
-Long time no see, Runginir. Is it only for a month?
-How long are you going to keep these people alive?!
Runginir pointed his finger at the humans.
-Kill them all. Aren’t they disgusting bugs!
-…what about it? Even raising bugs is delicious.
-You’re not planning on doing anything else, are you?
-Is that possible?
Murgar shrugged.
-You loved nature.
-What I love is nature. Not humans.
Murgar rebutted Tunginir.
Runginir was about to say something when Urgar stopped.
He raised his hand to stop Runginir.
-Shurt’s energy was cut off for a moment.
-what?
Urgar threw his hands in the air.
The sand swirled and disappeared, creating a lake filled with water.
Urgar looked there.
-…Shurt is dead.
-what are you talking about! Are you senile? I heard that Hrimr died not long ago.
-Oh my God, is there anyone in this world who can oppose us?
-…Are you serious?
Urgar’s eyes wavered.
-It’s powerful. Even more than us!
While Runginir was puzzled, Urgar tilted his head.
-But it’s also weak. That existence is still unstable.
-Who on earth are you talking about?
-That’s it.
Urgar left.
When Runginir looks at the lake, he sees a human being in the lake.
He is lying limp as if he is dead, and those around him are urgently pressing his chest and giving him first aid.
-Is it Jotun?
-no.
-Then a tall human? About 30m?
-It won’t be less than 2m.
Runginir frowned.
-It’s an insignificant bug.
-He’s a bug, but the power he wields is quite special. There is only one person in this world who uses this kind of power. This guy has the power of the gods, the power to control death and life.
Urgar narrowed his eyes.
-It is also a monster that takes away our powers.
-What are you talking about?
-Shurt and Hrimr were eaten by that bastard. If we leave it to recover like this, we will be eaten.
Urgar turned his head and looked at the snake made of mud and plants called Yort.
-Go ahead and eat him!
Yort raised his head, dug into the ground, and crawled in.
-Let us prepare too. Let’s start the advance.
-You are full of motivation.
When the earth giant Runginir looked surprised, the magic giant Urgar spoke.
-If Yort fails, this will be our last chance.
Urgar snapped his fingers.
Sand gathers and water gathers to form mud. Urgar began to shape it.
To create something else.
Urgar looked away while making a clay doll.
-You too, prepare to compete.
Urgar lowered his head and looked at one of the vampires.
-Vampire King.
Vampire King Blandmir grabbed the spear.
**
“I’m in the way, so everyone get out!”
Ellis pushed the others out of the improvised barracks.
When Charlotte hesitated with a worried look on her face, Ellis said to her:
“Trust me.”
Charlotte nodded and went out.
On the contrary, priests wearing bird-beaked masks came in one after another.
They raised their staffs and lowered them to pray.
The holy power extended Allen’s lifeline.
“There I am. …”
Lawrence asks. Roy was next to him.
Inside the tent, Allen was lying on the altar and priests were standing on the left and right.
Only Lawrence and Roy were embarrassed by the awkward atmosphere.
“Roy is anxious. Stay with him. please.”
“I will. But Roy is an ordinary child. There is no way he could do something…”
“No. Your son is very special.”
Ellis didn’t let go of Allen’s hand.
She broke out into a cold sweat as she injected her holy power.
“You say you’re special, I’m just an ordinary servant.”
Roy says.
He wanted to get out of here quickly.
The bird’s beak mask was scary, and even though he met Seonghwang for the first time today, he had an instinctive fear.
Ellis stretched out her other hand and grabbed Roy’s shoulder.
“Roy, please. “We need to bring him back.”
“But how…”
“Roy, did you study magic at church?”
Roy nodded.
His family was poor, but strangely enough, they received support from the Kingdom of Franz and the Holy Emperor.
They received a constant supply of holy water, expensive books with magic knowledge, and even learned swordsmanship from a paladin named Harman.
“But I still don’t know the details . ….”
“I’ll tell you about the principles of necromancy.”
Ellis explained the simple principle step by step.
There was nothing complicated. All you had
to do was bring Allen’s soul.
Also, if you were a vampire, you would unconsciously know how to handle souls. All you had to do
was make them realize it.
“Over there… .. Holy woman, no matter how much my son is a genius, there is no way you could understand me saying something like that…” “
…I understand.”
Lawrence looked at Roy in surprise.
Roy himself was embarrassed.
How do you know such knowledge?
“great. “Then there is only one thing to do from now on.”
Ellis turned his gaze to the priests.
One of the priests took a silver bowl of holy water and offered it to Roy.
It was Allen’s holy water.
It is like a door connected to the heavenly world.
“Please call Allen’s spirit.”
“B-but…”
“I can do it.”
Ellis said firmly.
As Roy’s face hardened, Ellis thought it was a mistake.
She took a deep breath.
“sorry. “I came out emotionally.”
“Oh no.”
Roy shook his head.
He looked at Lawrence.
I heard a story from the past.
He said that the Holy Emperor saved Lawrence from a vampire named Farmer and also saved him from being crippled.
It was thanks to the success that I was able to hold my father’s hand and see my mother’s happy smile like now.
Roy held Lawrence’s hand tightly and spoke as if he had made up his mind.
“I’ll try.”
“thank you.”
Ellis smiled slightly.
Ellis wrapped Allen’s hand and pressed their foreheads together.
‘Please come back.’
**
I looked at my right hand.
I felt like someone was holding my hand, but was it an illusion?
I looked ahead again.
It’s boring because there’s nothing but sand.
“…I like sightseeing, but I never thought I would go on a tour of hell.”
I was sitting on the sandy beach.
Celt was standing next to him.
“Besides, it was a meeting with my dead grandfather.”
…although it is strictly biological.
I quenched my appetite.
The soul has changed, but the appearance is the same.
If it’s fortunate, is it fortunate?
If you make a mistake, there may be friction with Celt.
“All this is God’s will.”
I looked at Celt.
It was a word with no meaning.
Looking closely at Kelt, he seemed to be in fine condition.
“It’s not a skeleton.”
Kelt shrugged.
“Purgatory is nothing but bones. Those who commit sins will have their bodies taken away and become dead, relying only on hunger and instinct. “However,”
Kelt pointed with his finger to the celestial world, a white space outside the border.
“If you go there, you will get a body. The body of the person who was alive or the body of the person who will be reincarnated. That is how life circulates.”
I looked at the heavenly world outside the border.
It is a place overflowing with the energy of life. Holy power also exists.
Occasionally, souls can be seen flying around, but there are no people who have embodied holy power.
Most of them are only souls formed of mana.
“.. “Are there no skeletons in the heavenly world? I summoned such a dead person.”
“That must be something unusual about you. In your case, you summon the dead through the will of your holy power.”
I thought of Tinya, the elf.
Now that I think about it, there was a story she told me after talking with the holy undead.
The souls were not imprisoned.
They were soldiers created by the will of holy power.
“Also, Rahamma Kasim Nasus Michael. “You purify and bring in souls, so in their case, they are bound to you.”
It’s complicated.
While listening to the Celtic story, I looked blankly at the sky.
The brightly shining water was rippling.
It seemed like a strangely nostalgic voice was coming from there.
“Anyway, am I dead?”
“You mean that?”
Kelt shook his head.
“You’re not dead. You’re just standing on the edge of the afterlife.”
“What a creepy story.”
Are you saying that you could get hooked someday?
In fact, considering what you’ve been through so far, it was strange that you didn’t die.
“Yes, you are indeed now…”
Kelt narrowed his eyes and said,
“You’re in a dangerous state.”