Chapter 137 – Attack on the King of Wheels
The place where the King of Fair Wheels defeated the ancient beast was in a forest far from the front lines.
It would take about two days by carriage, but the story was different with the King of Fair Wheels.
She carried the princess in her arms and jumped from mountain to mountain as if flying.
It took less than an hour to reach the forest entrance.
It was a speed that no vehicle could match.
When the King of Fair Wheels put the princess down, he admired it.
“…That’s amazing.”
“Even you are not ordinary. It was possible because you are a noble with exceptional physical abilities and resilience. If you do this with ordinary people, your body will be ruined.”
The King of Fair Wheels said that, but he did not look directly at the princess.
Although he was a little older than before, the strange feeling he felt every time he looked at the princess still did not subside.
I was worried that he might not have heard the sound of his heart beating like crazy while we were hugging.
The King of Parryun started walking towards the depths of the forest with Gongjuin.
While walking side by side through a strange forest left with twisted tracks of beasts.
Surprisingly, it was the princess who broke the unfamiliar but not hateful atmosphere.
“Your Majesty. I think the time has come.”
“When, when?”
“Now that we know each other to some extent, it means that we trust Your Majesty as an ally in the true sense of the word, and want to exchange information.”
‘True trust.’
I wasn’t surprised.
She started out on a rough note, and she didn’t fully trust the princess herself.
‘It was definitely like that until yesterday. Clearly…’
“The Emperor can use miasma. And based on the information obtained so far, it seems that once you set foot on the ecliptic, you are affected by the miasma there. I think that’s why His Majesty’s operatives betrayed one by one.”
The footsteps of the King of Fair Wheels stopped.
But it was very brief.
“I see. When you introduced yourself, you said that you were the only magician in the world who could handle poison. That’s what he meant.”
“Do you take my word for it?”
“Neither you nor Jim are fools. In any case, it is clear that they are enemies of the Emperor. If you lie to Jim, he knows very well that nothing good will happen to you.”
“You are right.”
It was a lie.
She had just believed him before she could think of any reason for it.
Wanted to believe
“There is a journal left by His Majesty the King. There is a record of the Emperor and his aides displaying unrealistic power. There have been many hypotheses, but I didn’t expect it to be poisonous.”
“Is the prophecy that His Majesty told you written in that journal?”
“No. It’s from distant ancestors. Do you want to hear it?”
“No. I’m not interested in that.”
She laughed involuntarily.
It was because even before the princess answered, she had a strange certainty that he would say that.
“It’s not an exchange of information just by listening one-way. Is there something you want to know? The history of the ancient civilization that most people in the empire don’t know about.
“That’s enough. The Emperor has killed my man and is seeking my life as well. That’s enough.”
Aren’t you curious about interest?
In the empire, they would tell you the truth that your life is dangerous just by researching, but the princess quickly dismissed it.
“Just before the emperor’s subordinate, whom I defeated the other day, died, he told me to go find the King of Fair Wheels in order to defeat the emperor.”
“Because Jim is the warrior who will defeat him.
“But I don’t know why the Ratel Kingdom risked their lives against the emperor.
“You’re such a strange man. Do you want to know something as trivial as his motives, setting aside all other facts?”
“It’s not trivial. It’s related to my will…”
As we went deeper into the forest, the shapes of the trees became more and more bizarre.
The Twisted Forest never regained its form even after the ancient beast fell.
Although it is a corpse, they did not even know that the miasma remaining intact was affecting them.
The leaves and branches clumped together and tangled together covered the sunlight like a tent, so even though it was morning, the surroundings were as dark as night.
“Maybe it’s fate.”
The princess raised her eyebrows suspiciously.
“A long time ago, people say that people originally couldn’t use magic.”
“Are you talking about before the ancient civilization?”
“Yes. The ancient civilization that once prospered dazzlingly perished because they discovered magic and overused it.”
“I heard that they destroyed themselves in the war.”
“That’s not wrong either. The weapons they made. The bombs that boiled the seas and shattered the continents hastened their demise.”
Magical power is a force that should not exist in reality.
A certain force moved as a kind of reaction to the abuse of it.
The purpose of that power, which should be called fate, is to eradicate the human species.
The princess said she wasn’t interested, but to answer his question he had to tell me about the prophecy and the disappearing history.
“The power first appeared in the form of a disease. It was a terrible disease in which humans exposed to magical power turned into monsters who lost their bodies and minds. The disease’s name was Beast Disease.”
“There must have been great confusion. Is the war that destroyed the ancient civilization part of that confusion?”
“You understand quickly.”
‘Aren’t you confused? Even though the beasts I’ve hunted so far were once human?’
The princess’ eyes did not waver at all.
The King of Fair Wheels realized that he was a spiritually perfected warrior.
Enemies are just enemies.
There is nothing to be sentimental about a monster that was once a human.
It is to draw a clear line in your heart and separate your own people from others.
It sounds simple, but very few people can actually do it.
A true strongman whose mind and body are unshakable.
He asked the King of Fair Wheels, who quietly gave an evaluation.
“But it’s strange. A thousand years have passed since then, but humans are alive and well, and aren’t they using magic power normally?”
“…That’s right. Humans are more tenacious than we thought. To be precise, only those who survived the beast disease, who did not become beasts even when exposed to magic, survived.”
“Then the Emperor…”
“The first, in the form of a disease, a thousand years ago, failed to annihilate humans. Then, of course, the second would appear. The emperor who suddenly appeared on the day five hundred years after the ancient civilization collapsed. She is Not a mere human, but a tyrant, a dark army… It is the form of destruction embodied as the foolish ruler of humans. It is a far more threatening existence than disease.”
“How can you be sure of that?”
‘Excellent. To be able to calmly ask the grounds after hearing a shocking fact that will overturn common sense.’
The King of Parryun, who complimented the princess in his heart, responded.
“There is an ancestor of Jim who was a famous researcher of ancient civilization. Her unique magic was prophecy. Not a lie floating on the market, but a real prophecy. She looked into the distant future and predicted the appearance of the emperor.”
“So you’re saying you engineered the genes of your descendants for the distant future?”
“That’s right. They say there were terrible things that you couldn’t even imagine, incomparable to breeding racehorses.”
“Ah, that’s the scene I saw last time.”
The princess murmured softly.
The King of Parryun was lost in his thoughts and did not hear the sound.
‘If you put it that way, it’s like dirty blood. It might actually be because of that reaction that Jim talks about being a ‘chosen one’.’
“According to the prophecy, humans will become extinct as soon as the emperor subdues all the ancient beasts and conquers the surrounding kingdoms, making the empire the only nation in the world.”
“But the emperor united human forces and developed civilization. Isn’t that a bit futile on her part?”
“It is as you said. The purpose of the emperor is not to kill all humans. She realized that such a thing will fail anyway. Her purpose is to completely dominate and subjugate the humans under her command. A complete dictatorship. Humans. It loses its individuality and degenerates into a species that exists only for one person. If that is not extinction, what is it?”
“That’s true. It’s as you said. A world like that would be really boring.”
The princess nodded.
She looked like she had heard something very trivial.
From his point of view, living freely in pursuit of his desires, it was understandable.
“And my ancestors also left this prophecy: of a warrior who will defeat her emperor. Like a warrior who defeats her demon lord, a wandering sorceress who gathers power like her emperor will defeat her. More like that.”
“Like an emperor? Is that my story?”
“If you interpret that power as poison, it would be so.”
The King of Fair Wheels acknowledged it openly.
He even surprised himself.
The reason I admitted what I would have cut off at once was because I thought somewhere in my heart that if I were a princess…
She asked right away.
“Isn’t that a very unpleasant story?”
“What do you mean?”
“If all of this is going as planned. What could be more unpleasant than this? It’s like you, Jim, and ants spinning around the ball.”
Haha!!”
The princess laughed.
It was a bright laugh.
I could feel it coming from the depths of my stomach, a heartfelt laugh.
He laughed for a long time in front of the king of charades who frowned at him.
It wasn’t until about five minutes later that he stopped laughing.
“Your Majesty has a surprisingly cute side.”
“What, what?! You, right now…”
“Oh, I’m sorry, but what can I really do about that?”
A shameless voice that doesn’t feel like reflection.
The king of chaos flushed his face with a blush half mixed with shame and joy.
If I had done the same thing yesterday, I would have hit the kyungs right away.
No matter how much it is, the moment when the King of Parryun, who is feverish at the appearance of the princess who continues to hold back her laughter, opens her mouth.
Said the princess.
“Your Majesty, do you like movies?”
“No… I’ve never seen one.”
“I like it. Among them, I often watched war movies.”
The Princess whispered to the King of Fair Wheels who answered while embarrassed.
“The wars of ancient civilizations are usually similar. Fighter bombing turns the battlefield upside down, and then it ends with the introduction of infantry.”
“That’s… Not much different from now.”
“That’s right. Bombers have been replaced by Strategists. It’s equally terrible that war is terrible. Humans haven’t changed.”
“I agree. It always will be.”
‘Poor, stupid, ephemeral life… That’s human. No one can be an exception as long as they are human.’
The King of Parryun, who had been thinking seriously, was taken aback.
Because her princess was looking at her.
His wild eyes were curved in a softness I had never seen before.
It was a gaze that seemed to be looking at something precious.
My heart was beating loudly.
“A new strategy devised by Your Majesty. In fact, it’s not even called a strategy. Where is the king’s army fighting on the front line?”
“You sir…”
“But I understand what that means. A battle between strategic mages usually ends with the annihilation of one of the corps. Your Majesty’s strategy is undoubtedly an innovative way to minimize sacrifices. .”
“…”
“You are a great man, Your Majesty. That is why your army follows you. Not because you are the chosen one.”
Saying that, the princess waved her hand once.
I didn’t know exactly what happened, but I could guess.
Trees and grasses twisted with miasma quickly regained their shape.
The princess sucked in all the miasma left in the forest.
His eyes flashed and shone black.
The King of Fair Wheels realized with his own skin that he was a magician who could handle miasma.
What no one else could do, he did easily.
This was the most beautiful forest in the kingdom until it was twisted by a beast.
As the forest regained its shape, the sunlight began to shine through the dazzling green branches again.
A bright light struck between the princess and the king of charades.
“The human spirit is so weak that it would be crushed if I held it in my hand…”
“What is that?”
“Among such people, whenever I meet those who shine like this, I always think, ‘How lovely is this life?’ I mean…”
The King of Parryun was greatly shocked by the princess’s words.
It felt like my soul was trembling.
I knew at first glance that the princess was a shameless person who liked to lie, but I could tell at a glance that he was telling the truth.
“Your Highness…”
“People just live and die, Your Majesty. Ji-ah, Elroy, Eunseo, Wolfchum, I love all the women I’ve met and been with. Life is so beautiful, but if you’re an ant circling a ball, all of these What if it’s just a puppet show? If anyone is watching, I’ll dance with all my might.”
“Your Highness, Your Highness…”
The words didn’t come out well.
The King of Fair Wheels gasped.
Finally she opened her mouth.
“Do you love Jim too?”
The princess did not answer.
Instead of answering, he strode forward and opened his arms.
Just like in the scene I saw the other day, the princess held the king of charades in her arms.
The King of Fair Wheels rested his forehead on his shoulder without realizing it.
Her splayed shoulders and her hard body gripped her tightly.
Even if I didn’t like it, I could tell that it was a man’s, a male body.
The princess’s hands rested on her back.
The moment he had been waiting for was now.
If she had been the king of charades so far, even if she was the first to feel her pounding heart.
The moment the princess approached her and tried to touch her, she remained alert enough to slit his throat.
It would have been impossible to touch her body, let alone hug her.
His right hand slowly moved up his back, and by the time it reached his shoulder blade…
Said the king of the wheel.
“If you move any further, I will kill you.”
At the chilly warning, the princess’s hand stood tall.
She was still the King of Fair Wheels.
The movement of her hands, which the princess always cared about, was not the one who would not notice that it was his trump card.
If the emperor controls the people of the ecliptic with poisonous air, the princess may be able to do the same.
The target is the head, judging by the movement of the hands and the line of sight.
The King of Fair Wheels breathed life.
-Sue…
The next moment, the princess’s right hand began to move again.
A chill tickled his spine as his hand moved gently around his back and shoulders.
The King of Fair Wheels warned again.
“Your Highness, you said it clearly. If you move…”
“You can kill me if you don’t like it, Your Majesty.”
“…”
Gongju-in, who raised his head and smiled softly, and King Paryun met her eyes.
She realized everything.
“…Ah.”
The princess wasn’t bragging on the premise that even if she died, she would come back to life.
If the King of Fair Wheels wanted to, he could have cut the princess in half even now.
I just don’t have the will to do that at all.
She had no intention of antagonizing a princess she already had.
No matter what you do
Dark eyes that grasp everything and even enjoy the thrill of the unexpected variable.
Seeing this, the King of Parryun powerlessly lowered his head.
To be able to smile in the face of death.
I’m not insane.
I’m not crazy, but…
‘A person like that is worthy of being a warrior who can defeat the emperor, the incarnation of destruction.’
And the moment I felt the princess’s touch on my head.
Her consciousness darkened.
