Chapter 568 – 567. King’s Road (3)
Gawain, he looks at his old comrades and his men standing in front of him.
Looking at his former colleagues, who were stained black and stained by the power of foreign powers, Gawain faced them with the shining holy sword in his hand. And the light of the holy sword was shining even stronger.
Cut down those monsters.
Cut down those who were once your colleagues.
“… Sir Lancelot, Sir Percival, Sir Tristan.”
-… Gawain… Sir- This is something I shouldn’t have seen.
And Percival looks at Gawain. And Gareth and Gaheris, who were behind him, were astonished at Percival’s appearance, as were Lancelot and Tristan.
Galahad opened his mouth.
“… What on earth is that, Sir Lancelot?”
-… Even in this situation, you don’t call me father, Galahad.
“… I haven’t had any intention of calling you father ever since you cheated on me with Guinevere.”
-… I see.
“… Sir Lancelot, please make way.”
And Gawain calls them again.
“Tristan, please open the way to the king.”
-…
And…
“Sir Percival, the king must be stopped.”
Gawain lifted Excalibur.
And, in front of my colleagues who have been affected by the power of foreign media, I appeal to their last sense of reason.
“… This kind of massacre should not have been committed by the king.”
-… As a subject, no matter what path the king takes, Sir Gawain follows.
-Our hands are already dirty.
-… Before the Lord came here, we received the karma of acting according to Guinevere’s will. Really, they were strong warriors, and that too, Geumtaeyang – must have been his work. And… Sir too.
The Excalibur in his hand was also created by Geumtaeyang. What is it?
And, what remains at the end is that they will die anyway.
Why did the 300 men, so anxious to kill them, retreat without any hesitation even though they could have fought more?
And even as the blasphemous whispers of foreign media echoed in their heads and tried to dominate them, they felt that their minds were becoming clearer.
Geumtaeyang, he was truly cruel.
And, it is said that this situation was intended, and while Morgan fighting in the distance and the golden sun approaching the tower were investigating the tower, perhaps…
Here and now, he is giving Gawain a trial.
Or-
This is also part of the plan.
It is said that Geumtaeyang intended to fight against them.
And-
If the light of Excalibur in Gawain’s hand is directed at them, they will probably die. It has become something that melts as soon as you get close to that light. And I could see that the person who endured this light was a monster beyond imagination.
If they start swinging that thing in earnest, they will die.
So-
-… Come, Sir Gawain. Let’s check how much your skills have improved during your journey.
-Just kill us and move on, Sir Gawain.
-… If I die by your hands-
Gawain’s face is distorted.
But-
Nevertheless, I have to go there.
“… Hmm. As expected.”
Nyarlathotep is Nyarlathotep.
After giving rest to the revived Mordred and seeing Nyarlathotep’s [Tower] To save a thousand people with a happy feeling, I was able to come to a conclusion.
Nyarlathotep is in here.
And-
Why did I mention a thousand people?
I was able to come to that conclusion right away. And, on the other hand, he came right near me and was struggling with Morgan. After all, King Arthur is King Arthur. Morgan is not weak. But despite this, looking at the way he was being pushed back, and the way he was being pushed back after coming this far, it seemed like I could understand why the real King Arthur was holding on until Mordred, despite Morgan’s tricks.
Considering that Lancelot is actually called the strongest knight of the Round Table and the strength of his daughter Galahad, it is possible to be called king even in front of the nobleman and walk the king’s path because he is a powerless man.
At least he wouldn’t have been weaker than Lancelot.
“For someone who rushed in with such vigor, it looks like he’s being pushed back quite a bit, Morgan.”
“So we were pushed this way.”
“You can honestly say that I brought you here on purpose. I found out everything here anyway.”
Kaaaaang!!!
The spear held by Morgan collides with Arthur’s Excalibur. Of course, Morgan is pushed out. Well, using magic is also using magic, and if you bring a fairy, those idiots can fight properly.
Moreover, since Morgan almost forced them into submission, it feels like they start fighting roughly as soon as they see that they are being pushed by Arthur, and when Morgan realizes this, he can be seen gritting his teeth while looking at the fairies.
“Help. Golden Sun.”
“Of course. I endured it well.”
“?”
“What is that face? Did you really think I was going to stab you in the back?”
Making him fight Arthur, helping Morgan, and having Morgan subjugate the fairies. And- Arthur asked me to stop him for a moment, and Morgan blocked him for a moment, and since Morgan was pushed back, he asked me to help him, so I helped him too.
Is this really that difficult?
Or maybe it’s because it’s a neighborhood where backstabbing is a daily occurrence.
Tsk.
Well, it’s good.
Kaaaaang!!!
“Keueuuuuu-!”
And then, Morgan comes right next to me, and King Arthur runs right in front of me and stabs Excalibur.
Well, then, let’s try a revenge game that we couldn’t do back then.
Kaaaaang!!!
With the gauntlet in his hand, he parries Excalibur with his left hand.
However, as if his posture didn’t break down just once, I responded by hitting him with my knee.
Armed with already prepared gaiters and gauntlets, he was ready to engage in hand-to-hand combat at any time, and King Arthur, who was pushed back, once again aimed for his neck with a crosscut, and parried it again with his right hand.
Kaang!!!
“…!!”
King Arthur seems to have finally sensed something strange, and he hesitates, but regardless, he unleashes the magic he had prepared in his left hand and grins at him.
I’m going to fall in love!!!
“Kuh?!”
“Metal armor conducts electricity well. Whether it’s enchanted or not. Well, it’s better not to take off the armor, Arthur Pendragon. So you could get seriously injured if your vitals are exposed?”
Morgan, dumbfounded as he saw the thunderbolt magic exploding and King Arthur retreating for the first time, looked at me with wide eyes-
“For a target that has died and then come back to life, the lightning strike mixed with the power of the god of the underworld is more powerful. King Arthur has already died and been resurrected, and is exposed to the wrath of the god of the underworld. For that reason, your son, Mordred, is also resting again. I was able to present it to you.”
“I never raised that as my son.”
“That’s harsh. Well, even Mordred said you were completely disqualified as a lover.”
“If you had that kind of power, wouldn’t you have been able to end Arthur a long time ago?”
That’s right.
In fact, I was able to kill it as soon as I saw it from the beginning.
“Then I can’t do what I want to do.”
“… Is this your plan now?”
“That’s right. Gawain is coming here.”
I watch the holy light explode from afar. Well, he’ll probably come this way after cutting down other Knights of the Round Table as well. And-
“So, I tell you, Nyarlathotep, how long are you going to just sit there and watch? I only have human-level strength right now, but you don’t plan on just watching this duel until the end and losing, do you?”
I already know what this tower is for.
Arthur and Nyarlathotep made contact, and as Nyarlathotep said, Arthur committed a massacre, killing all of them, saying that he would rather take the lives of the rest with his own hands than leave them alive, leaving only 1,000 alive.
I have discovered the truth of this, and Arthur still does not know.
“… Clarke Dawn Bringer. Are you looking for someone else while putting me in front of you?”
Also, I was acting without much interest in Arthur, and Arthur was furious at being ignored…
Instead of answering that, I wrapped black flames around both my fists.
And Arthur flinches back.
He must have instinctively realized that if he touched that point, he would die. Morgan was also shocked and surprised, so this would be a huge fatal blow for her as a fairy. If it is a spirit body, or a person who came back from the dead, then this power is absolute.
“I wish I could have done that from the beginning-“
“Yes, no, no. I told you. It’s my plan. So Nyarlathotep, will you come out quickly?”
I head towards King Arthur. And, if Excalibur touches this place, even Excalibur will melt in the fire, and he will burn himself too, so King Arthur retreats from here now.
Well – it’s only natural.
The reason Nyarlathotep is acting like this in the first place is because of his really nasty temper, and of course what I like the most is that he gets angry when he realizes that he made the wrong choice after doing what a sincere human believed to be right. Because I like it the most, going crazy, breaking down.
Tsk.
Are you still silent?
Then we need to adjust the rhythm a little more.
“Hey, Arthur Pendragon, have you ever wondered why Ny Allathotep said only a thousand people should be spared? Why did he say only a thousand people should be spared?”
“… What you said-“
“No, no, think about it. I can create space in my personal space to accommodate dozens of times that number of people, so why did I talk about a thousand people?”
There is an experiment called the invisible gorilla effect.
Well, in an experiment that asked basketball players whether anyone saw a dancing gorilla passing by while they were passing, dribbling, and passing to each other, no one recognized, saw, or remembered the dancing gorilla.〈 Br〉
In the vision of destruction shown by Nyarlathotep, why would a being with such powerful power ask only a thousand people to be spared?
“If you’re really going to help me, it would be more accurate to say that I can save your life dozens of times more. Right?”
“… Don’t fool me Yog-Sothoth!!!”
“Ah! I know that I am Yog-Sothoth. I can do something similar to that, and… Furthermore, I did something similar to that myself, and as a result, I eliminated all the Kampfs without leaving a single one behind. There, Didn’t Balor tell you about how I toyed with the Ganfs and killed them?”
“… Shut up!!!”
King Arthur’s sword swings.
Well, since I don’t plan on killing him right away, I dodge it lightly, step lightly on both the 3rd and 4th hits to avoid it, and then use Cheolsango to push King Arthur away.
Kwaaang!!
As soon as the breastplate is distorted, it returns to its original state.
And, I recovered at the same time as I vomited out the blood.
Ah, I think I know why Morgan is so angry.
He recovers and repairs no matter what attack he gets hit with, so is there any way he can hit it? Of course, I decided to be more suited to this play here.
Actually, it was Nyarlathotep’s nasty prank.
“Do you know what Nyarlathotep’s other nicknames are? Creeping Chaos… And,
Cloth Mask
Foreign media.
A thousand faces
The person who has And… That mask is symbolic, and is also Nyarlathotep’s alter ego. There are a thousand masks, and there are a thousand of your people.”
Of course, there are many more ways to transform. There is Gao in the foreign media. How can there be only a thousand? Even though he is a direct descendant of Demon Sultan, he can only do so much? Then it would be better to get rid of the foreign media label. It goes without saying, but when he said to save just 1,000 people, he revealed his true identity and intentions.
He shows destruction through illusions and says that only 1,000 people can be saved by selecting them and storing them in his tower.
“So, how did Nyarlathotep say he would save your life… Did you listen properly?”
“…!!”
“No way-“
As Morgan says.
“… So, how does it feel to kill your own people with your own hands and hand over the survivors to the incarnation of Nyarlathotep, King Arthur?”
King Arthur killed all the people who were going to die anyway with his own hands, and killed all but a thousand people. And, if all of those thousand people have become the incarnations of Nyarlathotep, then they are not alive at all.
There will be life.
“Now, the question here is, if you put a bottle of bottled water in seawater… Is it really bottled water or seawater?”
Another question.
“So, if you add a human to Nyarlathotep, is it Nyarlathotep or a human?”
“… Is it Nyarlathotep, or is it your people, one of the thousand you killed and brought back to life with your own hands?”
“… No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
It screams, becomes angry, and swings its sword at me in denial. And I deflect all those swords that are swinging at random.
“It’s a lie!! It’s a lie, what you say, what you, a wizard, say-!!”
“Oh, so you’ve been filtering out half of what Merlin said? But how is this? This is the truth you’ve been turning a blind eye to for so long?”
And, as I grabbed that sword – holding on to Excalibur that burned my hand – I told King Arthur the cruel truth.
“… You sacrificed your people as an incarnation of Nyarlathotep, you idiot.”
-Oh, really. It’s not fun, Yog-Sothoth! You have to does it right at the end and let me know right before you die, this is fun!
The tower door opens.
And, as soon as the door opened, dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of figures wearing identical black masks began walking out.
Each seemed to be composed of men and women of all ages-
King Arthur looked at the scene in shock and dropped his sword.
And with my hand burning, I grabbed the blade of Excalibur, lifted it up, and handed it to King Arthur.
“What are you doing, raise your sword? You’re still fighting me, right?”
-Hey, after destroying people’s mentality like that, we’re going to fight even more here-
“You say I’ll die if I don’t fight?”
“No, no- this, this is not- I, I- I am my people-“
Tsk.
Pushyuk-
And then I raised my fist and pierced King Arthur’s chest.
“It’s ruined.”
If I can’t fight here any longer, and if I look ruined, I don’t need it anymore. At least the scene I envisioned was King Arthur and I are fighting fiercely in front of Gawain and being defeated by my hand.
Or maybe this would be better.
At least, for the final plan, I need something to make Gawain angry at me.
As luck would have it, Gawain also arrived here.
“… Your Majesty!!!”
And, King Arthur’s eyes turn to Gawain-
Accordingly, I burned King Arthur with black flame before he stretched out his hand toward Gawain.
