Chapter 735 – The Moon on Earth (1)
A monster that was dropped by Heathroit.
It hit me hard on the back of the head to know that its true identity—even though it was just speculation—was a phantom beast-type monster that had lived recklessly in Azteca.
‘Fuck.’
If I said this, it would be an infighting logic that only likes Azteca, but I had a small share in the cataclysm erupting on this continent where the breath of the wild lives.
‘I could say it’s not my fault if I put a steel plate on my face.’
To be honest, I was just fighting to live.
First, Azteca and Tonashilucal are the problem, and secondly, Chungwangdaegun, who dropped atomic bomb-level monsters in front of other people’s houses as half assholes, is bad.
If someone condemned me for this, I would have had the fucking audacity to object, saying, ‘Then I should have searched for you instead?’
It’s just that if I buy anger or resentment, it’s probably an emotional problem.
Emotions were logic that could not be persuaded by reason.
【… Caught Monsieur Hrellittle’s half body?]
So I closed my eyes and blew the truth.
It would have been nice to have confiscated conscience and slandered him, but he would be betrayed on the day he was caught trying to do so. It would be better for Istetil to try to kill me here, saying, ‘Hey, you fucker!’
Then our relationship will end terribly, but I will also make up my mind to part ways with them. From my point of view, it was a decision that weighed loyalty to Istetil and the safety of her family.
Of course, that’s a stupid conclusion even to me.
Because being good isn’t always right.
However, if I had been wise enough to betray my conscience here, I would not have attained enlightenment as a master and fell into Horsha’s hands.
【… There is no evidence, but in my opinion.]
【… …】
The noise stopped when the young dragonfish passed out. Is the fight over? It’s hard to breathe because of the uncomfortably silence. The sky was so damn bright that I was pissed off.
Istetil, who had her head down without saying anything, said.
【… The reason why the son of a bitch of Azteca came into action was because the balance of power between the Woo Gods had collapsed.]
[If you are going to become stronger by sacrificing another god, now that one is weak, it’s the best opportunity.]
The business conclusion was good. Even in uncomfortable silence, you can just recite the facts.
However, after I fired Judaeng out of the room, I realized that it was an ignorant remark.
Wouldn’t the ending where one Wooshin fell behind and ate the other two was the scene I had seen in a scene where I didn’t know if it was Wisdom or what it was.
Looking at it now, there are parts of the puzzle that fit together.
Why didn’t the gods of war camp in Azteca and go outside?
‘Is it okay for me to live comfortably just eating the sacrifices here?’
I inadvertently thought so, but it wasn’t.
Eating sacrifices is to become strong.
The Woo Gods waited tirelessly to gain strength and eat the other two gods.
And on the day when the competition ended like that, wouldn’t the last surviving one leave this continent as a perfect being?
On the day Wooshin’s struggle for survival ends, mankind, who knew nothing about it, would be attacked by a cataclysmic twist from the Age of Gods.
I was playing Animal Crossing as usual, but suddenly a legendary Pokemon (Human Flesh Maniac) flew by.
The game can be scolded by mass recalls, but it is questionable whether it will even work with a monster that has completed the Evolution Complete Evolution of Land, Sea, and Air Combined Evolution.
【… Let’s go down.]
Istetil said, dragging the young dragonfish whose arms and legs were smashed like a burden.
【I am concerned about the conditions of our citizens who have been arrested.】
【… Yes.】
It’s more uncomfortable not to say anything.
Was it a mistake too? Rather than being proud of myself, I didn’t show it like I did when I hit the rock every time, but after being caught, did I have to say ‘why is it my fault?’?
But archaeologists are a race that seeks forgotten truths.
There are no eternal secrets. This secret was too heavy for me, who had realized the truth more than anyone else. I don’t know if Istetil and his friends had hit the ground or were evil.
I woke up the sleeping sacrifice children and went down from the altar.
【Istetil sister!】
The road leading to the altar was wide. In the sea of blood where all the warriors of Azteca were slaughtered, a girl who looked exactly like Istetil ran out crying.
【Pocasoka! You’re safe!]
【Yes. My brothers and sisters are all right! But… 】
She was a half-human, half-dragon girl who stopped talking while answering. Istetil, who stopped, looked over the people she had saved. She murmured as if stunned.
【With this… Is it all?]
【… Only women and artisan men were captured.]
Skolakiche, barely taking off his youth shirt, answered.
The Skolakiche we rescued were not even half the Aztecan warriors we slain.
【Our warriors left after fighting valiantly not to become slaves or sacrifices.】
【Didn’t you hate being submissive to them rather than being killed? Those guys are the answer.]
【… Sorry.】
【What? No, wrong. I didn’t blame you guys—-
Maybe it was because he noticed that the words were used to blame the survivors without even thinking about it.
After muttering intricately, the embarrassed Istetil was about to speak as she let go of her child, who seemed to be her sister, when a stone flew right at her head.
─Tup! Of course, Istetil snatched it casually.
【Rock? What kind of guy… 】
She bared her teeth at her openly hostile attack and looked in the direction from which her stone had come, then she again hid her fiercely erect teeth under her lips.
The one who threw the stone was an unsightly weeping man.
【Damn you kids! What are you going to do now! The Aztecas will come to retaliate!]
He picked up the broken bricks in the aftermath of the battle and threw them again. The resentment and hostility caused the hateful eyes of some citizens who felt the same way.
【Why did you fight in our city! If you want to hit and fuck those monsters, just do it yourself! It’s fine if you fight on the plains!]
【You damn monsters! If you don’t want to die fighting them, then you should live quietly like us! If you got involved in a fight, you wouldn’t have cared about what would happen to us!]
【Murderers! Because of you, we will all be sacrificed! If that’s the case, kill us yourself! Why do we have to be eaten by monsters because of you!]
When the fight broke out, citizens who were hiding as if they were dead threw stones.
─Puck! I knocked off the stone that flew at Nefertiti. It was because even when she saw the flying stones, she did not show her gesture to stop them.
Nefertiti looked up at me.
“Nord.”
“It is a petty sophistry. There is no way to get them right.”
“… Plain stone. Even if you get hit, you won’t get hurt.”
Isn’t that the problem? I sighed and checked Istetil’s condition.
Stones bouncing at her standing silently like her Nefertiti. Of course, looking at her physical body alone, she has a higher defense than the fully human Nefertiti, and her stones do not do much damage.
If there is any pain caused by being hit by that stone, that pain is not the pain of the body.
[That, stop! Please stop!]
Was it like that? Wanting to share her sister’s pain, which even her scaly body couldn’t stop, her Istetil’s brother stood in her way. A stone struck the forehead of the girl who hadn’t been trained.
【Ah… !】
Red blood flowed between the dragon’s scales.
Their appearance was different from that of ordinary humans, and their blood was red.
The young man is surprised after throwing a stone at the child, and Istetil opens her eyes and tries to step forward. The girl spoke quickly.
【Why does my sister have to be stoned?! My older sister saved the children who were about to be sacrificed today!]
“You can’t mistake the person you want to resent.”
When the girl’s cry spread far, Nefertiti’s words made the citizens who lost their reason in rage shut up at once.
“… What you fear is Azteca. Azteca kills your family and friends and harasses them as well.”
Having stopped the citizens even with her usual muttering, she half-opened her eyes.
Even though the language may not work, her will seems to reach the citizens.
“… Giving oneself to resentment and being comfortable is only a momentary feeling.”
【He says not to misunderstand the person you will resent.】
In the battle below, Kiara, who had a revolutionary feat, did not splatter a single drop of blood.
【And from what I heard from the mouth of the person you feared as an ‘elder’, didn’t you all pretend not to know that the people of Skolakiche were going to be attacked?]
【So what! You want us to die for you?! No one in this city can fight! How many people will die if you go against the mood of the Aztecs!]
【Shut up that mouth?!】
When the young man, pushed by his emotions to the end, got angry, another citizen raised his eyes and slapped him in the face. – Pleasant! A heavy punch knocked the young man down.
He growled, shaking his reddened fists.
【If you had the courage to be that angry, you should have attacked the Aztecas, not them! When my daughter was taken away as a sacrifice, the bastard who was quiet, why are you pretending to be innocent now!]
【That’s right! Is there no one among us who can fight? Don’t bullshit! You and I can fight as much as we want! I gave up because I didn’t want to die, but I can only live with my mouth!]
These were the words of the citizens who were crying as they embraced the children who had been placed on the altar as sacrifices. Clinging to his cheek, the young man wept.
【Fuck… ! Sivaal!! Then why did my brother have to die!! What’s the difference between you and me! If it wasn’t for today, if the positions were reversed, do you think you would have said that?!]
【This son of a bitch to the end!】
【Stop!!!!】
A woman dissuaded the intensifying emotional dispute.
Have you ever had less experience with a loud voice? She coughed and shouted the woman who came running urgently.
【No matter what you say, it’s late. Be it benefactors or enemies, what kind of insolence is this in front of visitors!]
【Mayor! But those guys!]
【Everyone please shut up! What will change if we fight among ourselves!]
Enraged, she ordered people to detain the resentful citizens.
Even without a warrior, were there people who did their own thing? Citizens tied up with ropes were dragged away screaming at the end.
【… I couldn’t see it.]
Said the woman who settled the dispute.
She is quite beautiful, but she was born into a society where that beauty is not an advantage. I can tell just by looking at it that it must have been hard.
Fuckin’ shit about this crazy country is growing. Yeah.
【… Done. Never mind.】
Without even looking at the woman who was said to be her mayor, Istetil examined her injured sister’s forehead.
【Use it. It is a cure.]
She looked at her for a moment and handed out the potion. Istetildo she noticed like me and then received it.
【… Thanks.】
Istetil makes her sister drink a potion. The mayor said after biting the citizens.
【Sorry, Skolakice folks. As you said, no one on earth has the right to criticize you. We——]
【I said yes. Don’t make me say it twice.]
【… All right. After repeatedly being rude, I’m really sorry, but can we talk to you for a moment?]
【Wait. We also need to discuss.]
【Yes.】
The mayor who said he knew and withdrew.
That’s how the conversation seemed to be over there. Istetil pushed her brother on the back and approached Skola Kice’s warriors who tended his wounds.
【Everyone listen! It seems that no one is dead, right?]
【Cancer! I wanted to die, but unfortunately it happened!]
【Because it’s real. If you died here, you wouldn’t have to do anything crazy to tell God, right?]
Even when the warriors burst into laughter with Istetil, their eyes lit up and their teeth were exposed.
Looking at them like that, Kiara asked a question.
【Did you find out anything?】
【Yes. I will explain.]
After quickly conveying Yonggary’s story, she looked at me with her arms crossed.
【… Right now, Monsieur Hrellittle seems to have become a half-asshole for reasons unknown.]
When I opened my eyes, she looked away from me and said.
【The crazy dragon who thinks she is my mother is trying to eat that stupid lizard baby and even eat the baby eel sleeping in the sea.】
【Are you kidding? After growing in size, it must be difficult to get revenge.]
【It’s hard to say that it’s fortunate, but the shaman who will summon Tonashillucatle is still alive.】
【Is there enough room to catch her breath?】
【… Then, are those friends also cooperating?]
The Scholakiche looking at our complexion. Istetil smiles.
【Why? Are you concerned that your share of work will be reduced?]
【… Haha! Yes, no!]
【If you are going home, why don’t you ask my family to take you too!】
Do courage and madness go hand in hand?
An extreme example is the berserkers who took their soaring insanity as their courage. It seemed that the aspects that were felt even in modern soldiers fighting with guns and tanks could be seen in them.
【Well said, cool idiots! Go back! Send my family to a safe place first, then think about what to do next!]
─Bingle! Istetil shouted loudly and patted him on the shoulder as he passed me.
Could the anger of the citizens have served as an opportunity to sort out Istetil’s feelings? Seeing them, it seemed like he controlled his complex mood.
【Thank you, Mr. Istetil.】
【… You really are a bad boy No matter what you choose here, you’re a son of a bitch.]
【In my hometown, it is said that good deeds bring good luck. I hope so.]
【It’s a fucking proverb. Don’t get me wrong though. Even if I resented you, I wouldn’t have set it up against you. We also make that level of discernment.]
【Of course I believe you did.】
It would have been difficult to cooperate just with a resentful heart.
That is why Istetil also did not inform his men of my confession of conscience. I asked her, looking pretty tired, with her apologetic mood.
【Are you okay? Even if you don’t tell me.]
[Is there anything more than scratching and bruising? Maybe I’ll find out later and get beaten up. Tell your girl I almost misunderstood the person I would resent, thank you for stopping me.]
Catching her gaze, Nefertiti twisted her head into a corner. Istetil smiled.
【Let’s go back. Don’t you guys also need time to think about what to do?]
【Of course. Join the rest of the advance party and return to Atlantis. You all too. The next thing is to go and discuss it then.]
As I said that, I repeated myself.
‘Top? No.’
My job is to persuade. Whether the precognitive dream was true or not, it was realistic enough.
Have no choice but to fight
The only problem we had to choose was how to fight.
─Tok tok.
Someone tapped my chest with a finger as I half-opened my eyes. But there is no one in front of me. This sign was a Valkyrie that served as a messenger in the Mithril Medal.
I looked around and wrote a letter in my manaro notebook.
-Dana? It’s hard to talk, can you write me a letter?
It must have come from Dana, who remained in Scolaco. I waited a while and got the letter, and the moment I read it, I noticed how optimistic it was.
—Nor. It’s me, Fran.
A note written in Frank’s handwriting.
—A monster so big you can see it from Atlantis is fighting on the west coast.
As if to prove that her half-dwarf hand was trembling while writing, the handwriting was not straight. I read the note and made an impression.
──It’s probably like the ‘moon that floats on the ground’ and ‘dawn that never clears’ that Nord told me about.
Are you listening Azteca Dragonhead bitch.
I heard that I was cut in the middle of the special meal, damn it.
