Chapter 284 – The Frost Throne

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After the death of Trismegistus, Eve, who took over his will her and created a clan of male black horses out of the three Eves that started operating.

The individual observed that the reincarnations of the dark horse family, created by implanting the reincarnation factor, were swallowed up by the factor and went on a rampage in pursuit of power, causing events large and small on the ground.

At the same time, I felt Adam’s runaway.

Something needed to be done.

After losing contact with the underground laboratory, he reconstructed the genetic sequence several times on his own, observed the world and collected information, and sometimes decided to create a terminal object capable of resisting Adam.

I’ve tried combining this and that genetic sample, and sometimes I’ve created hybrids of elves and dwarves.

When things didn’t work out too well, he created a human infused with demonic powers out of anger.

All of them were close to failure, and died without fulfilling their mission due to unstable genes.

As the process continued, Eve gradually found it difficult to justify and rationalize her actions.

All living things are precious.

Trismegistos, his own creator his, has always been a story to tell, so he would not use Adam’s power to create humans unless it was for the purpose of gene therapy.

However, wasn’t what he was doing now blaspheming life to the extent that he could not lose even compared to that Adam?

Eve, thinking that this could not be the case, separated her own self into three.

As before, a personality to manage the facility, but a mechanical ego with no clear self-consciousness.

And, an ego to manage and assist the human beings being created to increase the survival rate.

He was, finally, an ego that he would upload directly into the body he had created.

Instead of sacrificing someone by making them, he decided to change the subject of the sacrifice to himself.

The ego that first entered the body had a clear sense of self.

He knew that he was a separate being from Eve, and he had a clear idea of ​​what he was supposed to do.

Following the will of Trismegistos, stop Adam, and if the dark horse clan goes out of control, stop it.

As a result of trying to fight Adam by intervening in humans, acting more actively than any other life form he had created so far.

She was killed after 3 years of operation.

However, it was fine.

Anyway, her own body was her was a body that could be duplicated as much as she wanted, and her self could only be re-uploaded by returning it to Eve’s server before dying.

Learning from her previous failures of her, she acted more cautiously, changed her appearance from her previous body of her, and went out into the world again.

This time, she was able to survive a little longer than three years, but she lost her life nonetheless.

Eve’s alter ego has intervened in human history for a long time in that way.

When you die, you go to the next body.

Sometimes I changed the gender, and I tried changing the age group and race.

After all, the final adjusted body is asexual close to female. He had gray hair and stabilized with the appearance of an early to mid-teens.

It was the result of placing emphasis on stability by combining the most compatible genetic samples among the genetic samples she possessed.

From then on, she started calling herself ‘Gray’.

Because her hair and eyes were that color.

I have witnessed the rise and fall of many countries.

Starting with the invasion of demons, I also saw the fight between spirit gods and humans.

The war against the evil sorcerer, the establishment of the kingdom.

Gray was also present at the place where the Order of Protection of the Holy Spirit was born.

It was Gray who observed mankind like this and fought after the traces of Adam, but unfortunately, Gray was not a god either.

After dying and coming back to life again and again, there were no side effects.

It was the deterioration of the ego.

As for the administrative personality with a mechanical body, the durability of the body was of course good, but the shock received by the soul when the life activity of the body stopped itself did not exist.

However, Gray—to be precise, the original personality of Gray.

Every time he dies, he uploads that feedback to the server.

As she died several times, her ego her deteriorated and her memory her was worn out.

She was in such a weakened state that she could n’t remember even the fact that she was Eve’s alter ego unless her manager her personality her personality told her.

It was no longer Eve’s alter ego, but an independent entity called Gray.

It’s just that the knowledge of ancient technology is strangely large.

Another thing was that there was a limit to the number of bodies that could be created.

The materials needed to create humans were based on materials created by Tris Megistos, and materials that could only be combined in the primordial world were used.

That’s why, in the successor world, there was no way to supply the material, and there were no facilities left to do so.

I’ve come this far by saving and saving somehow.

The opportunity to step out into the world as Gray and play an active part was really limited.

In order for the soul to last even a little longer, the managing personality deliberately omitted her memories of her and transmitted them several times so that the feedback of death would not be transmitted.

As a result, Gray learned from her life this time, and even the parts of her that grew up were reset.

If she hadn’t done that, her gray personality would have disappeared at any moment.

However, as a result, this time, the body that could be moved was thrown away first.

So, this is really the last time.

Thinking so, the manager personality ordered the facility’s manager self, another separate existence of itself, to thaw the last body and upload the personality.

[Gray…]

The voice from the brass mouse sounded in the dark facility.

“Is this your story?”

And then, a woman’s voice was heard.

When Hermes looked back there, there was the figure of the queen who had imprisoned their souls in an illusion.

After coming out of the frozen state, the naked Gray stood up and looked at the queen while staggering.

This incident itself had happened just a while ago, but that self was Gray, who had been trapped in an illusionary mirror by the previous queen’s magic.

[Looking into the past, I can’t say it’s a good hobby.]

Hermes looked at her queen while saying that, but the queen looked inside the facility they were in.

It was a place that was reproduced based on Hermes’ memories, but there was no such thing as missing memories for Hermes, who was close to a machine.

You can think that everything you see is no different from what you see in reality.

“Your past was interesting. The young princess’s side was the same, too.”

Perhaps talking about Amelia, Gray noticed that her clothes were sticking to her body before she knew it, and walked towards Hermes.

“…What are we going to do. What’s the purpose…!”

His voice His sounded a bit sharp, but it was natural.

It was a part that could be called their secret.

Of course, it was highly unlikely that she would be with Adam.

The fact that you can transfer your soul and live a near-infinite life itself was something that no one should know about.

“You don’t have to worry about that. For me, eternal life has no value.”

However, the Queen shook her head and replied as if she had read Gray’s mind her.

“Eternity is no different from a curse. Just like spring cannot grow crops unless it thaws in the frozen land.”

As the queen spoke, she swung her staff.

Then, it was not the underground research facility where Eve was deployed, but somewhere else.

Seeing that the whole area was covered with black and dark ice, the inside of the ice castle they had been in so far. I knew it was somewhere.

“…?”

After the scenery around her changed like that, Gray turned her head, feeling that she could feel the traces of life a little more than before.

“You asked what your purpose is. I will answer that. Because I know the meaning of your existence.”

When the queen finished talking like that, she thud … Thump … And her ground her rang.

When Gray and Hermes hurriedly turned their heads to the source of vibration-

There, stood a woman who looked to be a good 10m tall.

She had sky blue skin and blue hair, and rather than grotesque, she had a cute impression and clothes.

In terms of body proportions, he was doing that of a girl, but he was a giant to anyone’s eyes.

It was also a frost giant that ate humans.

“…Heeek.”

Unknowingly, Gray let out an unsightly voice.

It was because she was coming closer to them.

Thinking that her big feet were on top of them, Gray involuntarily crouched over her.

Soon, it moved forward through Gray and Hermes as if it were a ghost.

Then he leaned over and looked at what lay on the ground and talked.

“Whistle! Are you still sleeping? Come out quickly! The snow has stopped!”

When Gray took a closer look at it, what was there was a rather shabby, but large box with cute decorations.

Being big was only a story when compared to Gray, and it looked like the size of a small house.

But, of course, for a girl who is a giant, it must have been below her knees her.

Then, the door under the box squeaked open and a plain-dressed girl walked out.

Age, similar to or slightly older than Gray.

She was blonde and had aristocratic features, but her clothes her were plain.

“S-Skadi-sama… Good morning…”

Presumably, she’s the whistle, the badly washed, matted bangs that are so long that they half cover her eyes.

A frost giant girl called Skadi reached out her hand to her to such a whistle.

It was as if I was told to get on top of it.

“Sir, excuse me.”

Her whistle her climbed into her hand her, stuttering her words, as if she were used to it, and her her skadi her lifted her onto his shoulder her, careful not to drop it.

“Huh, you have to hold on tight. Don’t fall like last time. Even in snow, you can get hurt, so hold on to my hair.”

Skadi said that to her whistle and smiled, but whistle only bowed her head, blushing as if apologizing.

So, just as she was about to leave her room, her door opened before her.

And what she revealed was a real giant with a body twice as big as the gigantic girl.

He was also blue-skinned, had a thick beard, and looked down at his daughter while wearing a crown that resembled an eagle.

“Skadi, don’t go outside.”

“Why? Today it stopped snowing for the first time in a month!”

“…They have come. From now on, we will put a protection spell on the castle, so don’t go outside.”

“…They?”

Skadi tilted her head, and seemed unsure of her whistle her.

In the next moment, an earthquake like a huge earthquake swept through the entire castle.

“Kyaaak…!”

“Skadi! Don’t come out of the room, hold on to the pillar!”

After saying that, his father ran out of the room.

Skadi did as his father told him to, and held on to a pole in the room.

Of course, the whistle that was riding on Skadi’s shoulder, which was not flat on the shaky ground, could not withstand the vibration and almost fell to the ground.

“No, whistle!”

A being with a weak body like Whistle would die if it fell from a height of 9m onto the hard ground.

Skadi quickly reaches out and catches the whistle.

Next moment, boom. With the sound of the sound, I feel the sensation that the heavens and the earth are turned upside down.

The castle, as it were, was sucked into somewhere and disappeared.

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The surroundings are completely dark, and only black space spreads out to the end.

Gray and Hermes saw what they had just seen and felt that the vibrations they felt a moment ago were similar to when they were forcibly thrown into the dimensional rift as they felt earlier.

And another one, a girl named Whistle.

Blonde hair and dark hair – and although it was covered, it was a beautiful face.

“…Could it be that the girl named Whistle just now is the Queen?”

When Gray asked the Queen like that, she said the Queen made no reply.

[Silence can be said to be the answer… But how could frost giants and humans live together? Wasn’t the frost giant supposed to eat humans?]

“…In your time, it’s been handed down that way. I think I can figure out who spread it.”

The Queen let out a sigh of her spirit as she spoke.

“The Frost Giant was the lord of the North. Wise, strong. Magical, sage of the snowfields. The Frost Giant lived in cooperation with the Little Human Country of the North. I… She was the leader of that land. Was the daughter of

As the queen said so, she floated a figure made of ice.

It depicts people and frost giants living and helping each other.

“…Thanks to the barren environment in the north, exchanges with the center of the continent were not very active. Our shamans said that something bad was located in the center of the continent, so it was better not to go near it. An arrogant being called ‘Father’ is ruling over humans.”

[The father of everything… Adam.]

As Hermes spoke, the queen nodded her head.

“But that was the problem. They rejected all the envoys from the center of the continent and treated us as barbarians from the north. They led an army and destroyed my hometown. We warned about the father of all, but we did not listen In at the end, I was the only one who survived.”

Her hand her holding the queen’s wand seemed to be getting stronger.

I felt a lot of anger.

“…I survived thanks to the frost giants who came when their armies destroyed my country. I couldn’t help but cry as I watched their king apologize for being late.”

Soon, the illusion of ice that the queen gave her changed her appearance of her.

“King of the Frost Giants – Skadi, the daughter of Tyachi, became my friend and decided to take care of me. I thought that the pain of losing my family and hometown had healed, at least a little bit. It’s been a year since I lived in the land of the frost giants. Years, until they show up and throw us into a dimensional rift.”

As the queen clenched her fist, her ice shattered and the sight now returned to her throne room her.

“Many frost giants have sacrificed their lives to dedicate their magical energy. We have succeeded in creating our own realm in the dimensional rift. But with no prey, only snow and ice. I had no choice but to wait for starvation and death.”

The corpses of frost giants lay in rows.

Among them, there was also the figure of Tyachi, who was Skadi’s father.

“The shamans of the frost giants said that they needed ‘huge magic power and soul’ as a way to get out of here. That’s what was created… The ‘Frost Throne’.”

When the queen pointed her staff at the throne, there sat Skadi, who had become an adult at some point.

The cute impression of her childhood had disappeared, and she had grown into a beautiful woman who seemed to be somewhere cool.

Whistle, on the other hand, was very emaciated.

Sharing Skadi’s magic, she said that she was somehow surviving, but her stockpile of food her was almost exhausted.

And the huge magic crystal behind the Frost Throne.

Two frost giants knelt down in front of Skadi to greet her, then stood up calmly, approached the magic crystal, and stretched out her hand her.

Then, their bodies turned into light on the spot and were absorbed into the magic crystal.

The magic power decision was to become even larger.

“Then… Were all those magic crystals converted the life force of the frost giants into magic…?”

Gray said she seemed a little incredulous, but the queen nodded her head.

“The Frost Throne was a magic tool to maintain and manage the crystal. Those who sat on the throne inherited the throne of the Frost Giants, gathered magical energy and became a pillar to open the door to return to the original world one day.”

After she said that, she moved her gaze.

There, with a trembling whistle, she knelt in front of Skadi.

“…Wait, I can’t-“

Gray said so, but Whistle slowly got up from his seat and headed for the magic crystal where the frost giants who saved them were asleep.

And, the moment I tried to stretch out my hand towards it.

“No, Whistle.”

I heard a voice like that.

Whistle’s body exploded. Her body was placed on a large throne.

“Ugh…!?”

Connected with the magic of the magic crystal, vitality returned to her entire body.

“Skadi…!? What!”

However, that meant Skadi had risen from her throne her.

“You know, Whistle. Even if you pour all the frost giant’s magic, you can’t get out of here. Then… Whistle doesn’t have to lose her life. Now all that’s left of this castle is me and you .”

“Then, Skadi too…!”

Skadi shook his head.

Only one person could sit on the throne.

“If you keep your territory here… There will definitely be people coming from outside. Whistle… You, go back with them.”

Skadi left those words, touched her magic crystal and was absorbed there.

That was the end of the welcome.

Gray and Hermes couldn’t say anything.

“…You’re thinking of absorbing us into a magic crystal…?”

“…”

The Queen said nothing and stamped the ground with her staff.

Then, for a moment, Gray felt an illusion that his mind was clouded.

The next moment, she could see herself lying on her seat and staring at the broken mirror.

Looking to her side of her, she saw Amelia collapsed.

“Take her and go to her bedroom and give her a little rest.”

When the queen raised her hand, a blue light appeared, and she guided her way to Gray.

“…When she wakes up, she will tell you more.”

And, with her eyes closed, she hardened as if she was asleep on the throne.

Gray looked at her with a little uneasiness, then put her Amelia on her back her and followed her her blue light her.

In the throne room, only silence remained once again.