Chapter 221 – Memory of the King

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“Time interference entity extermination protocol life form. It has also appeared in the records of the primitive world, and we have confirmed that it is named ‘The Hound of Tindalos’.”

A blonde man in a toga said so while kneeling in front of the king.

Did he say his name his was ‘Moses’? A scholar from a foreigner with white skin, which is rare in this land, he is now the person in charge of the research facility.

But the throne—the Sun King, who sat wearily upon the new throne of the altar he had made in the tomb, heard his report and waved his hand.

A circlet symbolizing the sun adorned her forehead with her beautiful brown skin and long black hair.

The jewel embedded in the middle is an ancient relic that is the only one in this land that has magical powers.

It was an item that proved the king’s authority, called the jewel of the sun.

“As for the name… I don’t care. Half of the country has already been swallowed up by them, and so many lives have been lost.”

However, even that authority has long since fallen to the ground.

In a situation where the people to rule were dying, all the king and his vassals did was find out that they were weak against heat and that they had a good title.

And in the past – no, they had appeared in the world of the previous human beings that had been destroyed.

However, mankind at the time gave up time interference technology too easily.

A genius scholar had persuaded other humans to stop developing technology.

As long as those who have been researching time technology don’t all disappear, they won’t stop.

Even if the researcher disappears, the monsters that have already appeared will not disappear.

It just doesn’t appear new.

Still, I still needed the heads of those researchers.

Hateful, hateful scholars, but without their knowledge it is impossible to find a means to stop the strange monsters called Tindalos.

The final weapon installed in this graveyard, the ‘Sun Spire’, was also made by them, and without it, the capital would have already been destroyed by those monsters long ago.

It was Horus, the Sun King’s last patience, to forgive them for their life until he found a way to burn them all without leaving a single fragment behind.

Among them, this man named ‘Moses’.

During the time of the King-This stranger brought by his father his was the one who stood out among the scholars and proposed to the King to develop time interference technology to restore the spirit vein of the country.

This man, who served her father even before Horus was born, somehow still retains the youthful appearance of a man in his early twenties, and in his blue eyes his, is an irresponsible researcher to the core who does not feel any responsibility for the crimes they have committed. He was

Horus had never liked this man since he was a child.

A man from a foreign country who controls the fate of this land more than anyone else.

He is a man who made even the previous king his puppet and poured the kingdom’s resources into research.

And maybe even his life his-

“Within the knowledge bestowed by the Father of All, there is also a way to create an invincible legion that can stand against Tindalos.”

And, the god of knowledge called the ‘father of all things’ that this man refers to.

Having lived in this country for a long time, he never believed in any god in this country, and his faith was only in the unknown god called the ‘father of all things’.

No one except Moses knows the details of the god, but the Sun King says.

“Can you answer why the father of all did not give that knowledge a little sooner?”

“That is also the arrangement of the Father of All Things. Had it not been for this situation, His Majesty would not have accepted my proposal.”

The Sun King’s eyebrows twitched at Moses’ answer that was almost absurd.

If he swung his staff, superheated lasers could be fired from the prototypical sun spire mounted on the throne, reducing the man to ashes.

Moses knew, that the Sun King could not kill him yet.

That he still needs his knowledge.

“Damn it bastard…”

As she heard the voice her quell her anger, Moses wiped the smile from her lips and continued her story her.

“The power to grant feats close to magic even to the people of this land who do not have magical powers. What makes that possible is ‘Soul Eater Metal’.”

At his words, Horus looked at his staff his. He was told that this wand he had was also made of Soul Eater Metal.

He heard that people who do not have the ability to control their souls as much as he does will lose their souls just by catching them.

Among the objects Moses created, it is the only one he likes.

“However, the only beings who can handle that power with their bare bodies are those with talents from heaven like Your Majesty. Even that, while in a human body, has its limits.”

“What is the story you want to tell?”

“If you don’t transcend humanity, you can’t win this war.”

So said Moses, and he laid out the blueprints he had brought with him before the king.

Even from the throne, the Sun King’s current affairs could look down on the contents of the blueprint.

There was a moment of silence, and the Sun King slammed his staff down on the ground with such force that he let out a sound like ‘Goong!’

“Your guy has finally revealed his true colors his… Do you intend to play with the lives of my subjects with that shallow desire for knowledge and inquisitive mind?”

What the Sun King saw was to completely absorb a human soul into a black armor made of Soul Eater Metal to create a living ‘automata’ that moves with the power of the soul.

It was a technique that talked about reincarnating as a machine that released the limits by throwing away the shell that could be called a blessing and shackles at the same time as the human body.

“I also have the sensibility to understand the sublimity of life. So, I want you to abandon even that and understand that soldiers can only be created for this land and for you.”

“…”

Horus gritted his teeth at Moses’ words.

Whether he meant it or not, it was true that he had few options left.

In this choice, the lives of his own remaining people are at stake.

“…Is the technology complete?”

“No. It’s still in the experimental stage. To be completed, it also needs a real crafted product. If someone, a volunteer Mezai, is there. It’s definitely possible.”

“…”

His gaze on her turned to the ‘Captain of Mejai’ who guarded her by her Sun King’s side of her.

To that greedy gaze, Anubis himself did not send any response and just kept silent as the king commanded.

Horus became her desperate face and looked back at her.

“You… Are you telling Jim to give you even his only friend as a test subject?”

“The Father of all wants it.”

“Shut up! You bastard!!”

Her furious voice echoed her, and Anubis’s hand her caught her arm her and stopped it just before the staff that controlled the sun spire was swung away.

“Anubis…!”

“…Your Majesty, if you cannot control your own anger and try to kill Moses. You have instructed me to stop it.”

When Anubis said so, Horus had no choice but to let go of his anger and look at Horus.

And, her friend her talks.

“If I can become a rock that can protect you and the kingdom by sacrificing my humble life. I am willing to give up this body.”

“It’s a great resolution. Sir Anubis. I’ll put my father and my honor on the line and make you a ‘hero’ who can save this land.”

“…”

Leaving the despairing face of Horus behind, when Moses spoke, Anubis would bow his head toward him.

“And one more thing. I’ve found a way to create the ‘Holy Sword’ – the light of hope that this land needs. Your Majesty.”

“What…!”

At Moses’ words, Horus jumped up from his seat.

The key to saving the world. A weapon that holds the power of the stars. The sword of protection that selects the ‘hero’.

As a means to overcome this hopeless situation, the Sun King did not stop his efforts to procure the `Holy Sword ‘by all means.

Wait, did this man say ‘how to create’ the holy sword? Not ‘how to find out’?

“There was a core where the Holy Sword was sleeping very close by. Using that core, we will be able to forge a new Holy Sword.”

Horus could see where Moses’ eyes were headed.

That is, the royal circlet that replaces the crown on one’s head.

It was the jewel embedded in it.

“This is the core of the holy sword?”

Horus raised his hand, removed the circlet, and looked at its center.

The jewel, glowing red, contained a blazing flame within it.

“Leave it to me, Your Majesty. I will definitely create both a ‘Holy Sword’ and a ‘Hero’.”

So said Moses, putting his hand over his heart and getting down on one knee.

“Your Majesty, you will become the saint who connects the two.”

“…”

In the end, the Sun King could only nod his head.

She had no choice but to give the treasure of the royal family and her only friend her to that man.

Otherwise, he could not defend this country and the humans living on this land.

What is the king of all people?

He is the incarnation of the unquenchable sun light.

Isn’t this a foolish 17-year-old girl who played everything in someone’s hands?

Moses looked at the sun king and twitched the corners of his mouth.

“All is the glory of this kingdom, and His Majesty the Sun King Horus. And-“

Moses sighed. She paused, then she continued talking.

“Father of all things. For ‘Adam’.”

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Quon sighed heavily, waking from the visions that had overtaken his mind.

He lay quietly on the altar, looking at the beautiful sword floating above him.

The holy sword Galatine was suspended in the sky, and the blade was pointed at Quon like a guillotine.

Then, her gaze she moved to the top of the stairs leading from the side of the altar.

The one who commanded the scarabs to fix themselves on the altar and see visions-

A human sitting on a throne—no, she was beautiful enough to have a very similar appearance to a human. Its essence her is a machine, automata.

I looked at Horus, the Sun King.

“You showed me something like this… What do you plan to do?”

Quon asked her, feeling a little relieved that she still had her mouth, her mouth, and her will her to move it at will.

Horus quietly opens his closed eyes and looks at Quon with an arrogant gaze.

“It’s a synchronization of memories. When my soul is implanted into you, it’s a preliminary work to reduce the backlash. This isn’t the end. Thousands of years worth of memories still remain.”

Horus said so, and as she moved her hand once more to show her her vision of her, Quon opened her mouth.

“…You, why did you become a machine body?”

Trembling, Horus’s hand stopped.

Was it because it was an outrage, or was it just unexpected that she asked it?

A heavy silence ensued for tens of seconds.

“My friends. My servants. They gave up their human bodies for the sake of the kingdom. Then I must do the same.”

“For their sacrifices… The king’s responsibility.”

“Yes. This appearance…Was different from what I ordered. I, too, would have liked to abandon my humanity and be reborn as a machine as a perfect weapon like them.”

‘It must have been Moses’ mockery of me,’ Horus added.

Moses-Quon remembered the last words he had seen in the vision.

The word ‘Adam’ has been heard recently.

The worst blasphemous machine capable of producing humans created by Trismegistos.

And, the existence that twisted the fate of many people, including Cleon, towards misfortune.

Moses was the son of Adam.

“What happened to him? Moses…”

Quon questioned Horus.

I don’t know what Moses’ purpose was, but if everything went according to his plan, it was the creation of the mechanical soldiers and the casting of the holy sword.

It turns out that the catastrophe of strange monsters – the Hounds of Tindalos, arrived in this world for Adam.

“He Purged. Of course. He was the Scarab’s first prey.”

But Horus answered quietly.

As I had first decided upon ascending the throne, I killed him because I had all the means to oppose Tyndalus.

“He was a guy who smiled even when he was disintegrated by scarabs and died. His face his that said he expected everything is still vivid in my memory.”

Quon couldn’t answer her words her.

Because she felt her anger against Moses was justified.

But at the same time, he also had compassion for Horus.

Like Cleon, she was also a person who was affected by the great existence of Adam.

“Once you get a body… What are you planning to do?”

“If I can get my hands on a body that can withstand magical powers and leave this land. I will take my revenge for a long time. To ‘Adam’, the father of all things.”

At her words, Quon opened her eyes wide.

“Do you know that Adam is not God?”

“Yes. After Moses died, he left all his research records and journals, as if asking me to look at them. And in them, it was written about ‘Adam’. What is the father of all things. At best, a mad machine…”

When she raised her voice in anger, the scarabs hovering around her reacted with violent flapping of their wings.

“…I already know where Adam is. I will lead the Scarab and head there. I will destroy Adam and everything he has created.”

She, who lost her country and people by a catastrophe threatening the world, said that she would become a disaster herself and bring ruin to the continent once again.

“You become a vessel for me, and become the center of the wave of destruction.”

Hearing her words to her, Quon quietly closed her eyes.

And Horus let out a low laugh at the sight of her quon her.

“Did you despair? In your own situation. Rest assured. You won’t have time to ponder and feel that despair… You’ll disappear.”

It must be because Quon’s attitude made her feel as if she had given up her resistance to her.

But Quon replied with her eyes closed.

“I don’t feel despair. Cleon will definitely come here.”

“…”

“Even if he can’t save me, if he can stop you. I don’t despair.”

“Do you really think he can kill me in your form?”

Quon was silent for a moment at her question.

A snort of ‘heh…’ Was heard by Horus.

But soon Quon opened her mouth.

“If it’s Cleon, I can do it. I gave my all to him. Just like your servant Anubis did to you.”

“…”

The girl’s determination wiped out the Sun King’s ridicule.

Once again, though, the vision overwrites Quon’s memories of her.

The fact that she didn’t feel her fear her in her, Horus felt her anxiety her somewhere in her mind bound to her mechanical circuitry her.