Chapter 232 – 232. When to Force Yourself (3)
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A space in a pile of ruins located a short distance from the sanctuary.
Rubble and rubble,
Between the heavy piles, white wild flowers were struggling to squeeze out and bloom green.
The traces of the war between the demon army and the elves in the past still existed. Obviously, this building must have collapsed at the time. Looking at the very unique and difficult building style, it was assumed that the building was built by the Demon King’s Army.
‘The arrow has already left the bowstring.’
Heinkel, who was sitting on a pile of buildings and looking in the direction of the sanctuary, had a heavy expression on his face.
I just watch the arrow fly towards the target.
For Heinkel, the arrow was Gilead, and the target was El Cid.
Can the arrow really hit the target?
It is only left to the arrow that has escaped the bowstring.
‘Greed, as expected, you moved. There’s no way you, who gave in to all the greed in this world, will miss this opportunity.’
The brief moment when El Cid becomes the weakest,
That moment when you let go of the strongest and fall to the weakest.
What the Beast of Lust is aiming for is the ‘Oath of the Elves.’ To be precise, her life. The monster that swallowed all greed was trying to take the life of El Cid, who was in the same class as himself, and was in the path of the pledge.
If the oath of the Elves dies, the Liberia Peninsula will become a communist state. To take the land where the oath’s protection has disappeared. That was one of the things Grid was coveting.
‘If I don’t step up, the grid won’t step forward either.’
The options Heinkel chose were countless.
I.E. Immovable. It is to watch without moving.
Can never move If he moves, the grid will also move, and the Liberia Peninsula, the territory of the elves, will turn into a living hell due to the fight between the two pledgers.
“Rheinhilder… Are you curious?”
“That’s right, the elven warrior chief.”
Heinkel answered the voice from behind her without moving her head.
“I dare to convey the message of the high priest to the proud swordsman.”
The elven warrior commander who approached Heinkel was 2 seats, Miguel La Mancha.
I brought the priest’s transmission.
At that, Heinkel nodded and waited for Miguel to open his mouth.
“Our priest never wants the Sword Saint to step forward.”
“Everything will be a mess.”
“… I hope you will listen to the priest’s request.”
After the fight of the oaths, what remains is ruin and destruction,
Ilayna knew that.
So, she sent Miguel to dissuade the swordsman, Linehilder, from participating in the war.
Since Heinkel had no intention of stepping out from the start, he accepted Ileina’s request. He replied that he would never go into this fight, and Miguel bowed his head in consternation.
“You all came out too. However, the power of the grid gathered in the southern continent is by no means formidable. All of you will have to risk your life to protect the precious things.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
“Furthermore… Under the grid’s shadow, there will be monsters you can’t even imagine, so don’t let your guard down.”
Grid is an oath of greed,
It is a monster that has swallowed black lust.
As a monster that symbolizes greed, he has held everything he wanted for a long time.
Of course, precious treasures and goods,
Even the heroes who proved their strength in the grand history. Grid is not simply limited to the realm of wealth, but has managed to grab all the precious things that exist in this world by any means and methods.
“I am a bystander. I will not intervene no matter what happens.”
“Yes. Please leave it to me.”
After delivering the priest’s message,
Miguel politely bowed his head and turned his back toward the sanctuary.
Elf warriors, as well as numerous elven knights, gathered in the sanctuary.
Hyo-si, announcing a huge battle.
It showed that the battle between elves and monsters would soon unfold around the sanctuary. Heinkel watched countless troops form a garrison, deployed throughout the north, south, east and west of the Sanctuary.
‘I always play the role of a bystander. Last time, I went out for the clumsy disciple, but… , When I move, the grid also moves. In order to prevent the Liberia Peninsula from disappearing from the map, I have no choice but to stick to my role as a bystander.’
Heinkel let out a deep sigh and looked up at the high sky.
It was always the role of a bystander.
He seemed to have a hint of El Cid’s intention to deny the oath’s interference, even by taking extreme measures to sacrifice himself.
The emptiness of not being able to protect precious things even though you have the power to change the world.
A mortal sin called powerlessness,
The guilt you feel for not being able to protect your loved ones with both hands. In other words, it was the bondage of sin. El Cid was unable to overcome the psychological burden and tried to take his own life.
‘Are you going to follow in Lorelai’s footsteps…? . The path of a seeker who sacrifices himself for the sake of all people.
But l
You cannot walk the path of a seeker.’
By your side by now,
Because there will be someone who is more persistent than a leech.
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She was carrying El, who started to tremble with her pale blue complexion in her arms, and her restorative steps did not last long, and she had to stop.
El’s condition was not serious.
Each time she moved away from the World Tree, her complexion got worse.
Yushin, seeing her feeble breathing out of El, realized that her choice to fall from the World Tree could actually act as poison to her, and had no choice but to stop her steps.
‘Are you in sync with the World Tree? Powers and powers, even life force. What kind of sense of purpose did it take to drop oneself from the realm of the oath to face death?’
You can’t kill an oligarch with normal methods.
El was well aware of that.
That’s why he became vulnerable so that he could inflict death on himself by using the medium of the world tree.
However, there was a big loophole in her plan, the biggest problem.
That is the absence of Ardena.
The main character who is the most important person and at the same time responsible for completing the ritual did not appear.
If Ardena does not continue to appear in her sanctuary, El’s plan will naturally end in failure. And that was what Yushin wanted.
“… Mr. Gilead.”
El, who was held in her arms, breathed weakly and spoke to Yushin in a troubled voice.
“Ardena, is… Won’t come You must have been very disappointed in me. A master who ruthlessly forces his pupil to sacrifice. It’s clear that you will despise me like that. In the name of the great cause, in the justification of the peace of her people, she continued to harass that lovely child.”
Having chosen her own death, she now,
She had been on her feet as close as possible to her death.
Did she begin to feel remorse in that situation?
That Ardena would not understand,
That she would never appear in the Sanctuary.
She may have known deep down, she confessed to Yushin.
“You must still hate me. I even declared isolation. It must have been the result of my own hand… Why do I have tears Now that I can’t see you again… , Is that why you’re sad?”
El sent her sneer at him.
On the subject you made it,
What’s the use of regretting now?
It is you who drove a nail into the disciple’s heart, and in the end, you are also the one who drove the relationship to ruin. Are you going to repent for your choice, weeping like a little girl, when you swore that you were prepared to be hated? It’s just pointless hypocrisy.
“Sir El Cid resembles Ardena a lot.”
“Yes?”
“That inflexible and stubborn personality always makes people around her tired. It’s a real headache. Are you naturally like that?”
Seeing Yushin pointing out not only herself but also Ardena, El felt savage.
You’d rather keep blaming me,
Why did she even point out the petty Ardena?
If he had the strength left to raise his arms, he would have strangled this man without mercy.
“… Really, that inflexible temper is enough for one person.”
Arriving near the World Tree again, Yushin put down the El in her arms.
The root of the world tree that appeared on the ground,
As El leaned against the roots of the World Tree, her pale complexion began to blush a little.
“Some of what Sir El Cid said is wrong.”
“Yes?”
Yushin answered L’s question.
“He has an inflexible and stubborn personality, but he is also very stubborn. There is no way Ardena would give up her beloved teacher.”
Who did you come to resemble?
Adhering to her cool-headed judgment, Ardena gradually turned into a staged character.
Growth or change.
She is not the Ardena of three hundred years ago who only turned away saying that she would sacrifice herself instead, but a female knight who had the courage to face the cruel fate that had been inflicted on her.
“Ardena will be coming to Sanctuary soon.”
“…….”
“So sit there and wait for the disciple you love to come.”
Yushin raised his head.
Taking off the carus from his waist, he looked straight at the shadows spinning around the moonlight that emitted brilliant moonlight.
Demons with two wings.
He glared at the wyverns spinning around the sanctuary while flapping their wings. The population was well over three digits.
“Until then, I will protect you.”
Heavy thunder and sharp thunderbolts.
The power of the heat wave began to wriggle.
Yushin, who accepted both the authority and the personification, formed a whirlpool by creating black thunderbolts.
As the horde sent by the beast of lust began to fill the sky with pitch black, the elves who had been stationed around the sanctuary also began to move.
