Chapter 564 – Episode 563 – The Prophet Sees an Opportunity

“In the end, those two idiots failed.”

An abandoned fortress on the border between the Holy Kingdom and the North Sea.

It is currently used as a place of exile for the leaders of the Crusaders.

You would think that the cries of the leaders who were so drunk with divine power that they were ruined would be heard every day, but that was not the case.

“I did my best to help operate the robot, but it was defeated by the monsters. Usually, it is natural for robots to win in special effects.”

They were asleep.

Long barrels were placed in the fortress, and women without any clothes were trapped in the barrels. The inside was completely cold, and the sleeping women were also frozen.

Until now, the leaders trapped here have been in a long frozen sleep, with no idea when they will wake up.

There was a black-haired nun in the place of exile where they were sleeping.

This nun with grid-like black eyes was currently talking with the crystal ball she held in her right hand.

“As expected, it was a pearl necklace around a pig’s neck. “It might be natural since they were the ones who constantly lost.”

The black-haired nun and prophetess Averis constantly mocked the losers.

The losers she mocked were none other than Mercenary King Raven and Knight King Clemens.

“They were the ones who always lost to Grid, but can they win just because their souls have changed? I was a fool for expecting that.”

-Then can you win?

In response to Averis’s taunts, a woman reflected in her crystal orb asked

-If those guys were idiots, you should have helped them. Why didn’t you do it?

The woman reflected in the crystal ball was sitting on a throne made of ice.

She had light blue hair that reached down to her waist and blue eyes.
A woman dressed in fur and leather, symbolizing the immigrants living in the North Sea, interrogated Averis.

-If you had helped me, I wouldn’t have lost. Why didn’t you do it?

“Why me?”

Averis rather questioned.

“The world’s crusaders collapse miserably in front of monsters. Are you saying I’m crazy and attacking you? Even if you mobilize the entire crusade army, you can’t even win.”

-You sound funny. You’ve already created a unit, right?

The woman pointed out.

-You created a robot army, but why didn’t you give them away?

In fact, even in the Holy Kingdom, there was a robot unit to deal with the monster army.

Since it was a unit that used the crusade as its driving force, Averis boasted that its combat power was unrivaled.

She knew that, so she was pointing out why she didn’t send those troops as reinforcements.

“Why should I let my precious subordinates go?”

Averis asked again.

“I don’t want to lose my robots to idiots.”

Anyway, the fate of these two idiots is certain to be defeated no matter how many times this world repeats itself.

Do you think he’ll send his troops for those guys?

They are nothing more than chess pieces thrown away to buy time, so how can you give such chess pieces high-end units? If you give it away, you will only lose money.

For this selfish reason, Aberys did not send additional reinforcements.

-Ha, why was this guy chosen?

The woman let out a long sigh at Averis’ ridiculous excuse.

-I never thought the guy chosen as Grid’s opponent would be such a coward.

“Yes, I am a coward.”

Even when she criticized herself, Averis was not scared.
Perhaps because of her experience following a senior whom she respected in real life, she is not intimidated even in front of the woman she currently serves.

“Because you’re a coward, that’s how you survive. To survive, you have to take care of yourself first.”

-Do you want to draw? Then…

A slightly annoyed woman waved her finger.

And,

“Ugh?”

Averis got down on her knees. She couldn’t breathe as her heart and lungs froze. Her cold air was flowing out of her wide open mouth.

-You say you save your body first?

The woman laughed when she saw Averis.

-But, it seems to me that he doesn’t buy it. You don’t mind paying that price now, right?

“Well, I was wrong.”

Averis immediately changed her stance.

“I made a mistake. Please forgive me…”

-Hmph.

The woman waved her finger again.
Her frozen heart and lungs returned to normal, and Averis could barely breathe.

“Heo-eok, heo-eok, heo-eok…”

-Now is the time for you to step forward.

The woman warned towards Averis, who was panting heavily.

-We will have to do everything we can to stop him. If you don’t stop it, you will become a slave. I think you know that well.

“Ha, ha, ha…”

-If I fail, I will definitely collect your soul. Do you understand, Ari Kim?

“Yes, I understand.”

-Then, I will be waiting for news of victory in the next communication.

With those words, the communication ended. The woman’s appearance disappeared, and the light disappeared from her crystal sphere.

“I really can’t do this.”

As the woman disappeared, Averis and Ari Kim muttered in an annoyed tone.

“You’re like a damn god. Do you think I’ll be treated like this?”

She is held up as an idol to replace her senior, Han Ju-ri, but she is too selfish.

If you’re a god, shouldn’t you be tolerant of creatures no matter what they do?

You’re punishing me just for making a mistake with my words. This guy is really annoying.

In my heart, I want to write my resignation right away and get out of here.

That was Ari’s true intention, but unfortunately it was impossible.

Because I can’t go back.

‘Do you think I’ll be a sacrifice like this? ‘No way!’

In real life, she died from a blunder, and when she woke up to Averis, she thought her second chance had come.

However, it was not in reality.

-You were destined to be used as a sacrifice to maintain this world.

While he was going to see what her castle was like, the woman appeared before Ari.
Ari was shocked that the woman who was busy unifying the North Sea appeared.
The woman who restrained Ari using abilities she did not show in her original game said

You were one of the sacrifices.

The sacrifice refers to players who played the game 〈Fox’s Grace〉.

Originally, you were going to be used as a sacrifice to maintain this world, not Averis.

All other players have died, and their souls have become sacrifices to maintain this world.

There was only one reason why you, who were destined to become a sacrifice, were allowed to live as Averis. It’s to remove the grid.

-This world must constantly cycle. You are the sacrifice for that. What you call a game is the story of the cycle.

The story in the game 〈Fox’s Grace 〉 is nothing more than a story repeated infinitely by that vicious woman.

In other words, the fate of all characters in the game is fixed. It is an iron rule that cannot be escaped.

The woman said that the grid broke that iron rule.

-Something that couldn’t have happened. I have to make it right.

The reason is unknown, but another soul has taken up residence in Grid’s body.

As a result, Grid, who was destined for destruction, began to struggle for her survival, and that struggle broke the cycle that was repeating infinitely. The woman said that something that should not have happened, with people who should have died surviving.

-I shouldn’t intervene like this, but it can’t be helped. I can’t let that guy be that guy.

The woman declared herself to be a god who rules this world.
The woman says that she destroyed the native gods who ruled this world, and that she took the civilization as her own. When the humans foolishly tried to rebel against her, she used her power to destroy that civilization. She said

Afterward, she said that this world was doomed to an endless cycle of reincarnation so that humans would never oppose God again.

She said she doesn’t mind if it’s repetitive anyway because she doesn’t get bored.
She said that what she had to protect was the dignity of God, and that she created reincarnation to protect that dignity.
Of course, she said, because an enormous amount of power is needed to protect reincarnation, women have used that power by sacrificing souls from other worlds.

The reincarnation that was protected like that stopped. A person called Grid, who may be a descendant of the native god she killed, is destroying everything.

The woman who could not stand by and watch it descended.

She stole the body of the woman called the Empress of the North Sea.

However, the woman said she lacks the strength to fight against the grid.

She said that she had not yet regained her prime strength, and that if she fought Grid now, she would be certain that she would be defeated.
So she chose two of the souls she chose for sacrifice, she said.

Among the villains she enjoyed madly in the original game 〈 Fox’s Grace 〉, she chose the most vicious ones, she said.

-Work with me to subdue Grid. If you don’t follow it, there is only death.

Even though she was weakened, she was still her god and her Ahri had no way to oppose her.
So she had no choice but to follow. As per her orders, she took control of the Pope and secretly plotted to awaken the sleeping monster in the Holy Kingdom. There were crusader leaders who interfered with it, but Ari gave them as food to Grid in the name of reinforcements.

Thanks to this, the disruptors disappeared.

Only the leaders who were loyal to him, or more accurately, were brainwashed, were left.

With no one to stand in her way, Ari was able to accelerate the awakening of the monster.
She also created a robot army to protect the monster.
It will still take some time to wake the monster, but it won’t be a problem. The grid guy must have exhausted all his power fighting the two kingdoms. It takes time to recover, so wake the monster before then. Then he will be able to take down the grid.

And,

‘That woman called God must also be destroyed.’

Once we get rid of the grid, let’s get rid of that woman too.

I feel sorry for the Empress who lost her body, but that’s it.

In order to survive, you have to kill, but isn’t that inevitable?

And, if you kill God and take away his power, you can revive him, so is there any reason to show mercy? After all, it’s a game character, so wouldn’t it be possible to revive it many times?

I’m worried about senior Juri who was taken by that woman, but it won’t matter. Since she is a game character anyway, she can be revived many times.

So, let’s seize the opportunity.

Kim Ari made a firm determination.