chapter 58
58 – Saint
Kamael, the capital of the Holy Kingdom of Valier.
The castle there.
There were people sitting around a round table.
The air in the room with the round table was heavy.
It was because of the momentum of the people in the room.
The round table, where they hadn’t said anything to each other, was quiet.
Until someone slammed the round table and shouted.
Boom!!!
The round table shook greatly.
“Why are they here! Pope Antonio! I have never heard of such a thing.”
It was a voice from an old man who was occupying a seat at the round table.
The old man was small. His skin was glowing with a copper hue. His beard was long enough to reach the ground.
Dwarf.
The identity of the old man was a dwarf.
“Truly Harbaon. They are the ones who realized that they were wrong and surrendered. Take away your anger.”
Pope Antonio tried to calm Harbaon, but it was of no use to him, who was blinded by anger.
“Do you think you can calm down now? If you knew who they were, everyone would agree with me! Do not dry it.”
The dwarf called Harbaon took out a large hammer from his back and ran out.
Even with Harbaon’s movements, the two who were under his wrath did not move at all.
If you leave Harbaon alone like this, really big things might happen.
It was the moment Harbaon’s hammer was about to attack the two.
“Stop!”
A woman who occupied another seat at the round table. No, the girl said quietly.
It was a small girl’s word, but it became a voice and exerted its power.
Harbaon’s hammer, which seemed to attack the two at any moment, was stopped by the girl’s command.
“Atalante! What are you doing! Release it now.”
The person who stopped Harbaon’s movements with a word was the president of Arsene Academy. It was Atalanta.
As if having a one-sided meeting, Harbaon shouted at Atalanta while talking casually.
Atalante sighed.
“To live to that age and still not know how to control your emotions. Shame on you.”
“That’s none of your business! Release this right now!”
“No. Uncle calm down What time of day are we fighting among ourselves?”
“Then you mean to put up with those who turned my kingdom into a heap of charcoal?”
“They didn’t do it themselves.”
“Their national anthem did it.”
Harbaon did not retract his anger. No, he was burning even more fiercely.
I couldn’t stand Harubaon without tearing the two in front of me.
The body that had stopped due to the language spirit started to move, although it was a little bit.
A situation that won’t be strange even if the spirit is broken at any time.
A woman with pure white hair walked in front of Harbaon.
The Grand Duke of the North who protected the northern part of the empire.
It was Milia Nix.
Seeing her approach, Har Baon frowned at her.
“What? Did you come out on your own to die?”
“How could that be?”
“Then what are you doing here!”
At Harbaon’s spitting cry, Millia watched him quietly before opening her mouth.
“I am not ignorant of your hatred. However, I still have people to protect. I can’t just die for you. If you want to settle your grudge, do it after the war is over. At that time, I will accept it no matter what.”
“Four years…… What are you talking about?”
Harbaon’s momentum suddenly began to intensify.
Koo-gu-gu-gu-gu-goo!
The room with the round table was trembling only with his energy.
“There are people to protect? I have no people to keep.”
The language is gradually breaking down.
“You don’t know my hatred? No, you don’t know my hatred.”
The language is broken.
Harbaon finally completely freed from the restrictions of the spirit of the word.
His hammer swings at Millia’s head.
Kang!!!
Harbaon’s hammer aimed at Milia’s head was blocked by a sword that suddenly appeared.
Milia’s sword wasn’t.
It was the sword of Jade, who had been silently watching everything.
“You are crossing the line.”
“Your empire crossed the line first.”
“We are no longer on the side of the Empire.”
“It was once an empire.”
Harbaon couldn’t speak.
It is not an opponent that can be persuaded.
“I’m sorry you want our heads like that.”
Jade’s sword pushed Harbaon’s hammer away.
The distance between them widened.
Jade took a stance and glared at Harbaon.
“Even we cannot die easily. If you want our necks, take them with skill.”
“A kid!!!”
A situation was created that seemed unlikely to end unless someone died.
There weren’t many people at this round table who would be happy with this situation.
Boom!!!
“Stop! Stop it! What are you doing now?”
The round table rang louder than when Harbaon struck.
At that sound, everyone looked at the culprit of the sound.
Pope Antonio. The lord of the kingdom.
He was angry.
“Harbaon! I called you here to rebel against the Empire, not to stir up infighting! If you’re going to keep coming out like this, go back!”
“Then you tell me to be patient!”
“Yes. If you can’t do that, don’t make a fuss anymore and go home.”
Harbaon couldn’t open his mouth easily.
There were two people I wanted to tear to death right in front of my eyes.
However, a situation came that would lose the chance to fight against an empire even more hated than that.
I couldn’t lose that much.
Thump!
Har Baon put his hammer down on the floor with an expression of disapproval.
Unsatisfied, he spoke in a harsh voice.
“This time, I will step down even to see the pope. But when this war is over, I will come to you and accuse you. Don’t forget that fact.”
Harbaon disarmed.
Jade also put the sword into the scabbard.
“I don’t mind the fight that comes to me. After the war is over, I’ll accept it as much as I want.”
Thanks to the intervention of the Pope, there was no bloodshed.
After the breathless time passed, the meeting began.
Confirmation of the current forces and supplies of the allied forces.
Concerning the dynamics of the empire, etc.
Several stories have come and gone.
Then Atalanta spoke.
“By the way, is Derian-sensei still unconscious?”
At her words, Pope Antonio shook his head lightly from side to side.
“The saint is not yet conscious.”
“Huh. Is that so.”
When Der Ann lost her consciousness, she came to Seongguk, and the Seongguk was surprised and turned upside down.
Decades ago. This is because Pope Antonio appeared with the Holy Land entrusted to Arsene.
The moment he saw Der Ann appearing with her sacred object, the Pope recognized that Der Ann was a saint.
It was unknown at the time why he came with the grand duke of the empire that started the war.
At the time, I didn’t have time to think about such things.
It was because of Deruan’s physical condition.
Deruan’s body, which was properly hit by the Eight Evil Dragon’s final blow, was so damaged that it was difficult to describe it as alive.
Even in such a state, Deruan’s breath was not cut off.
It seemed that he was probably maintaining his life with the power of a divine being.
But he could really die if left unattended.
The pope himself took part in Derahn’s treatment.
Derian’s body, who received direct treatment from the pope for days and days, not to be ashamed of the name of the Pope who is called the most loved by God, noticeably improved.
However, for some reason, he was not conscious.
A year passed just like that.
Deruan still hasn’t woken up.
“Shouldn’t that saint be awakened somehow?”
“Right. The fact that the wicked Empire joined hands with the demons is already known to the world. To deal with such an empire, the power of a saint is absolutely necessary.”
“When the hell does that happen!”
The monarchs of each country sitting at the round table shouted in unison.
No matter how powerful an empire may be, it still lacks the world.
The reason why such an empire was able to lead victories for a year without a single defeat was possible because they all joined hands with the demons.
No one at the round table was unaware of that fact.
A saint chosen by God to light up the world.
In order to deal with the empire that joined forces with the demons, the saint’s help was desperately needed.
So it was only natural that the monarchs did not like the fact that the saint had not yet awakened.
“Everybody calm down. In order to awaken the Holy Son, our Seongguk is doing its best every day to treat the Holy Son. Please wait a little longer.”
“How long will that little bit last!”
“That’s right. It’s already been a year! You mean to hold out like this for another year?”
“There is a limit to defending the castle. He said to wait forever.”
Without the saint, nothing can be done.
In that situation, the monarchs were in fear.
A situation where the meeting is not going well.
Someone opened the door and came in.
“It’s a big deal!”
“What is it? I am in a meeting now. If it’s not urgent, come back later.”
“Well, the enemies are charging towards the gates.”
“What?”
The army of the empire moved.