Chapter 152 – Episode 152 (Interlude)- Arwen Drinks Poison for Revenge

“I heard that the elves have failed.”

After returning from work in the North Sea, Seolhwa returns to the island where Arwen is staying.
Returning to the island of Siren, the territory ruled by Arwen, was not the place where the legend now exists.

This is another island. It is a shelter provided by one of her comrades who lost her family to Grid and only goes for a blade of revenge. Hidden on an island out of reach of Desire’s empire, Arwen has been staying here for a while.

Because sirens are no longer safe.

Imperial forces secretly invaded and destroyed the ship manufacturing facility.
If it had not been for the advice of the tale, the fleet that Arwen risked everything would have turned into fish food, and all the engineers he had worked hard to collect would have been lost.

Currently, the fleet and technicians are all hidden on this island.
In a hidden state, Arwen continues to try to make iron wire,

He sacrifices everything in order to gain power equal to Grid.
This is why he is left alone in the cave where the tale came from.

Arwen was sitting in the middle of the wide common.
His entire body was drenched in sweat, as if he had just finished a grueling workout.

“I did it by chance, but it looks like it couldn’t last even a day. Isn’t it just a waste of precious weapons?”
“It’s not a waste.”

Wiping his face with the towel Seolhwa brought, Arwen dismissed it.

“At least it turned my attention elsewhere.”

Encourage the elves to rebel.
Do not succumb to the grid’s oppression and entice you to stand up.
He gives us hope by providing all the supplies needed to start a rebellion.
It gives hope and makes stupid elves make decisions.

To sharpen everything with a dagger. To buy time to complete the dagger that will be thrust into Grid’s heart.
To do so, he uses elves as bait.
For that purpose, Arwen supported the elves’ rebellion behind the scenes.

The rebellion thus supported ended in catastrophic failure.

“That’s right. From what I hear, Grid doesn’t step out of the island because he’s been playing with the elves, but Arwen, I guess you’re right.”

The narrative was so positive, but

“But you failed, right?”

Covered right away

“Shouldn’t this be considered a failure because we wasted our supplies? No matter how well packaged it is, the damage is not insignificant.”
“Hmm…”
“Am I wrong?”

Arwen just lowered his head as if he was at a loss for an answer.

‘Does it make sense to collapse without lasting for a few days?’

3 days. It took only three days for the elves’ rebellion to be suppressed.
The elves couldn’t stand it, even though they gave them the latest iron weapons as well as gunpowder weapons.
Even though it was possible to block the advance of the Imperial army by taking advantage of the forest, it could not be used properly.
It collapsed in vain due to the Empire’s mass offensive.

They had enough numbers and enough weapons, so I thought they would last quite a while, but why did they collapse? Was the command of the chief of the elves so poor? Or, internal divisions? Arwen was genuinely curious as to why the elven rebellion had been suppressed so early.

Arwen and Seolhwa did not notice at all that the cause was in the death knight corps that Advent had put in.

“Rather than that, how did things go in the North Sea? Did you meet the empress you were talking about?”
“Yes, we met.”

Seolhwa immediately answered Arwen’s question.

“He’s such a good man. By the time I arrived, he had already unified more than half of the North Sea. I can’t believe a single person could do this.”

In the North Sea, there is a human named Yeoje.
When Grid established her empire and called herself Emperor, the woman began to adopt the title of her Empress accordingly. Befitting her title of Empress, the woman is single-handedly devouring the North Sea, her crucible of chaos.

As such an empress knew well that she was a worthy opponent to fight against Grid, the narrative headed to the North Sea.

“If she hadn’t been on the grid, the world’s eyes would have gone north. She seemed that woman, her greed.”
“Why, did she, like Grid, show the temperament to be a tyrant?”
“Yes.”

Seolhwa answered without hesitation.

“If I’m wrong, I’ll freeze them all and kill them, right?”
“…”
“Well, don’t worry, he’s not as character-breaker as Greed is. He’s warm to his people.”
“She sounds like a woman who would just throw it all away if she didn’t need it…”

Arwen had heard her gossip about her empress.

It’s cruel like a savage. She is said to be merciful to those who surrender, but merciless to those who resist.
She says that whoever draws her sword to herself is a cold-blooded woman who will drown the entire clan.
Arwen had heard that it was a light year that, like Grid, committed massacres for fun.

The reality was that she had no choice but to reach out her hand to make an alliance even with such a woman.

“So, will you join hands with us?”
“No. They say they don’t.”
“…What?”

Arwen stares at the story with her face asking what kind of nonsense you are talking about. She looked at Arwen and Seolhwa shrugged her shoulders.

“I’ll defeat Grid with my own hands, you guys just think about offering the land in peace. I’ve heard that.”
“…”
“She was such an irritating bitch. If she had been in the company, she would have stepped on her so that she would never appear again in the world…”
“Then isn’t it all meaningless?”

Only the Empress who lives in the North Sea is a match that can stand up to Grid. She must win that rival into an ally. Seolhwa headed to the North Sea to achieve her goal.

I did, but she demanded surrender without hesitation. Does she really understand the seriousness of the situation? If she did something wrong, would the Empress herself become her cattle? Arwen couldn’t understand why she said such bullshit.

No, isn’t she a fool herself for expecting to be in the first place?
The Empress, the female version of the grid, obediently said, ‘Yes, that’s good. There’s no way you can say, ‘let’s make an alliance’?
She just vaguely hoped that since the worst demons had arrived, she would be able to hold her hand, even temporarily.
It is polite for her to hold her hand in the face of a common enemy.

She refuses to hold her hand, so she has to find another way.
There are countries that are in anxiety after hearing Grid’s declaration of war, so if you can convince them well…

“But it wasn’t pointless.”

At that moment, Seolhwa said that and put a gourd in front of Arwen.

“…What’s this?”
“It’s black light.”
“Black light?”
“Yes, it is a purer black ore than the one you made.”

Saying so, Seol-hwa opened the lid of the vial.

“Now, take it. It’s black light, right?”
“Um…”

This terrible and sweet smell that seems to erode even the soul.
A black haze rises from the entrance as if it contains all the evil in the world.

Black light is definitely right.
It was a pure black light that was thicker than what he had created.
Upon smelling it, Arwen concluded that

I wondered why the empress gave me this.

“Why did the Empress give me this? Isn’t this valuable?”
“They said they couldn’t just send a guest away, so they gave it to me as a gift.”
“Come on, a gift? This?”
“He had plenty of them, so he gave me a bottle to drink.”
“…”
“Now, have a drink.”

Seolhwa recommended.

“You have to eat it to gain power equal to Grid. Isn’t that why you’re hiding here?”
“…”
“I can’t stay hidden forever. The moment he finds out, everything you prepared will be for nothing.”
“…”
“I know very well that you are not the kind of person who wants that.”

Seolhwa’s words are right.

‘No one has ever become a monster.’

An experiment was conducted to use black light. Those willing to risk their lives to defeat the evil demon volunteered for the experiment. She proudly took a sip of black light, saying thank you for giving Grid a chance to get revenge.

Ingested, and all died. As soon as she took the black light, her body exploded and died.

Arwen, who took a large dose, was the only one to survive.

She survived, but

‘Neither could I.’

She couldn’t turn into a monster. Even though a black shadow reminiscent of a monster covered the entire cave, it never materialized. Today, I ate black light and challenged myself, but I only sweated profusely.

What the hell is wrong? All ingredients were obtained according to the literature, prepared according to the literature, and consumed by those with intense desire according to the literature. It has all the conditions for success.

I did, but why did it fail? Why does Grid work and not himself? What has played a decisive role in making such a difference? How can I make up for what is lacking?

Since he continues to fail like this, it should be taken for granted that Arwen goes to the vial on his own.

“Now, drink.”

Seolhwa recommended.

“If you drink this, you will surely get what you want.”
“…”
“It’s true, I saw the Empress’s bodyguards turning into monsters after drinking this.”
“…”
“Isn’t it your wish to get revenge even if you have to become a monster?”

As the tale says, Arwen wants revenge.

“You wanted to kill the man who killed her father, killed her mother, and kidnapped her sister.”

She wants to get revenge on Grid for destroying her daily life.

“That’s why you robbed all of your property and gathered iron wires. You also collected your comrades.”

In order to take revenge, he built a fleet of iron ships.
In order to avenge her, he gathered people who shared the same pain as himself.
In order to get her revenge, she has gained the support of the First Princess, and thanks to that support, her support is constantly coming in.

No matter how much Grid has kidnapped her numerous comrades, Arwen has no hesitation in avenging her.
She wanted to somehow drive her fangs into the devil’s heart.

Arwen knows that he lacks the strength to do so.
Even if there are iron wires, there are many comrades, there is a wall that cannot be jumped over, even if there is a strong supporter from behind.

“Shouldn’t we drink for them? You said you’d give anything for revenge.”

In order to jump over that wall, he had to drink this black light.

Even if you don’t know what the gumiho named Seolhwa is up to.

‘What is this guy’s identity?’

She’s a woman with a know-it-all attitude. She herself said that she could not forgive the grid for enslaving her people and her sister, so she reached out her hand first, saying that they would seek revenge together. She is of the same mind, though she held hands,

Can she really be trusted? Arwen thought that this woman was just as dangerous as Grid. Even if it’s a physically intertwined relationship.

I don’t know why. It’s just that the warning that this nine-tailed fox is dangerous keeps sounding in my heart.
Arwen didn’t know why she was ringing.

Still…

‘Let’s think about the story later.’

Now, she has to deal with the catastrophe in front of her eyes. She must take down Grid.
Defeat him and avenge the grudge of his family and everyone who suffered from him.

If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be natural to accept this even if it’s a devil’s trap?

“Oh, that’s right. And…”

Seolhwa delivered other news as well.

“I have good news for you.”
“News?”
“Yes.”

Snowflake opened her mouth,

“That… Is it true?”

Arwen glared at her suspicious gaze,

“Yes, it’s true. If you want to check, go to the island yourself.”

Seolhwa skillfully replied.

“…”

I can’t hesitate any longer. Let’s go check it out. If the grid blocks it, I will use this power to destroy it. Hardening her resolve, Arwen immediately drank from the vial.

‘Huhuhu, drink well.’

Watching this from her side, Seol-hwa smiled.

‘For me.’

“Ah, ah, ah!”

With Arwen’s scream, a huge amount of demonic energy burst out of her body.

Immediately after that,

-Kwagagagagang!

The cave exploded.