Chapter 696 – Ritual (Complete)

In a dark room where not a single moonlight shines through.
The time when the king of trees was not yet dead. I freaked out and asked him.

“Are you insane?”
“He is sane.”

The King of the Trees, who didn’t show a change in his expression and spat out calmly, seemed to be looking at an invalid who had lost his mind.

I asked, tapping the desk nervously.

“Okay. Let’s sort it out. The ‘Tower of Time and Dimension’ has two stored powers. One is the power to summon you. And the other, the power to kill me and resurrect King Mokryeong. Right?”
“A little bit different. Not the power to summon me. It’s something to summon an ordeal. I took advantage of that gap.”
“Anyway, you came out.”

It is the law of the world, the unwritten law of the dimension.
It’s not my matter, I just want to point out the core.

“Still, shouldn’t you be sure to point out what to say?”
“… Ah-oh.”

Where does it end up if I go overboard?
As I get older, I seem to have become a kkondae.

The King of Trees remained silent as if to say something more. I glared at the king of trees for a while, then gave up and continued.

“Anyway. In order to find the traitor, I need to suffer to some extent.”
“Okay.”
“You mean take away all my magic power and capture that amazing King Mokryeong?”
“That is correct.”
“Are you crazy?”

I can’t stand the swearing.
This was the reason I asked him if he was sane.

How am I supposed to defeat King Mokryeong, who bulked up when his magical power was stolen?

Even more so, if I had a crown, I would be able to draw out the power and rub it.
Now I was a single body, a vessel without arguments or a crown.

“Then, we must get the crown back.”
“How.”

The king of trees calmly began to unravel the information he knew.

“It’s not easy, but it’s not impossible. Even a king is an imperfect soul. Not enough power I can’t use the power I took from you effectively.”
“That’s easy. Even if it’s called efficiency, you have to tell me how much it is to understand it.”
“Even if you hit him well, he’s undead… It’s like a skeleton soldier.”

A guy who takes down the king who ruled the world as a mere skeleton soldier.
I was dumbfounded and burst out laughing.

No matter how much I say, isn’t it a lot of bluffing?

No. Thinking back, I did. Because the me of the other world who looked down on King Mokryeong was not just a world-class disaster, but a dimensional-level disaster.
So it was easy to spit out the absurd words to capture the king.

But.

Betrayer is something that I have always been reminded of.
I have always acted with risk in mind.
Right now, it is. I gave up my lifeline and was alone with the king of trees.

The king spoke

“It is an imperfect consciousness. The reborn king only has patterns. It means that it is no different from a monster without reason. At first, he will gather strength by slaughtering his subjects without intelligence.”

He made the humans he cared so much for as ritual sacrifices.
It is a story that is quite difficult to interpret because it was the king’s intention.

“Is it difficult to understand?”
“Uh. At least the King Mokryeong I know… I thought he would care more about people than me.”
“In the original ceremony, all the power of the seven towers must be used. But other towers are like that… I had to do it alone. What will happen from now on is the result of the king’s servants distorting the prophecies and accepting them.”

Is it different from the king’s intention?
King Mokryeong tried to deal with it even after he died. He listened to what he said, and it seemed that the end was not so good.

“That distortion caused a lot of waves. Except for Aori, all of the king’s lineage was added to the ceremony. The royal factor made for you… I will become a sacrifice to revive the benevolence of my ancestors.”
“Factor… You mean that kid?”

The story of the kid came out.
The one who left my body with the crown, and should be enjoying himself at the top of the tower by now.

He looked quite young. Still, he was a child with no sympathy.
To the king of trees, there is no problem at all even if he is called Shiva’s enemy.
I too was bewitched by the Son of Man and almost lost my daughter.

At the point where he can’t exert his strength without him, he’s definitely someone to be with. He didn’t like that.

“Whoa…”

I sighed and thought for a while.
As if to think about it further, the king gave me some information as a bonus.

“Before me. They said that all the prophecies left by the king were lies.”
“Why is that?”
“Actually, that may not be the case.”

What else does that mean
The trial is a device to prove and bring out the king’s power from me.
Wasn’t it King Mokryeong’s intention to absorb the power he had developed and come back to the world?

The king of the trees gave his reasoning in a cracking voice.

“It is true that the king contrived to resurrect the king by saving the power of the crown. If only that… Implanting another device in the argument must have been the correct answer.”

There were many things that were difficult to explain. King Mokryeong, an artificial life form, who created a factor that interferes with the human mental world.
Could it be that a guy with that kind of power couldn’t do a trick?

“Trials also increase the power of the crown and promote the user’s growth. The intention of fostering was clearly visible.”
“That’s something I don’t know.”

The king of the tree nodded.

I don’t know the details, but I do know that King Mokryeong isn’t as human as I thought.
He was wise though he ended up as a tyrant.
It was like that when you see that there are still many people in this world who believe in and follow him. Right now, even flowers were an organization that was born under the impression of the king’s thoughts.

“I’m just passing this over.”

The king seems to be turning something around. He put strength into his hand and made it into a fist.

“If it’s King Mokryeong… Even the ritual for his own resurrection is presumed to have been made with various intentions.”

If there are multiple intentions…
I said that I came to mind. The king nodded his head.

“Is the prophecy to nurture future generations half true?”
“Isn’t that perfect? If the ritual fails, at least that many beings will survive.”
“How do you know what I’m going to do?”
“The way to destroy consciousness is not the only way to force it.”

Engaging the people around him and attracting those who loved the king to his side. It is possible that it is an ordeal that includes that tolerance.
Otherwise, there was no problem even if it was solved by force.

The feeling of being tested is quite dirty, but the charisma and power that a person who would become a king should have. Either one was definitely something to prove.

“It’s just speculation. What you need to do doesn’t change. “

Secure the crown To kill the king awakened from consciousness and all the nobles who participated in it.

Okay. It doesn’t matter what the king’s intentions are.
I answered the king.

“… Let’s do it somehow. Before that, it would be to kill you first. “

We don’t know what King Mokryeong intended for the ordeal.
The ‘ritual’ he just talked about might actually be something he decided to do because he wanted to be resurrected.
Or, as predicted by the King of Trees, it could have been to give me a chance to sprout for the next generation, me.

– Kwak.

Raise your hands and make a fist.
The dense wrinkles moved along with the movements of the muscles, and the hard calluses were stained white.

Why is the shoulder heavier, illusion. When you solve something, something else awaits.

The more I get to know you, the more I realize that what I’ve longed for since that day three years ago is farther away than I thought.

How much more power should I polish?
Even so, the faint fear that I won’t be able to achieve it, and the wind towards the distant future. There was a stern noise coming from my heart.

* * * * * * * * * * * *

“Where are you going?”
“It is the tomb of the king. Degrading the princess.”

Rex’s grave words are somewhat cold and scary.

Is it like the faces of many merchants who looked at themselves in the slums that I had seen long ago?
Aori did not feel anxious.

‘Sun. King…’

Each step is shaken with white dresses.
Aori, who was renovated and beautiful and beautiful. Every time she went beyond the bent, she began to fall off.

‘It was a lie… ?’

She didn’t know well, but the sun was like that.
Because the sun and the king say are all true. What these aristocrats say is unbelievable.

Betrothal.
She was looking forward to it and she was stupid.

‘I am… For the king. ‘

She would all be okay if she went, Hero said.
She did not believe it at first, but she said it would be dangerous, so she agreed.

Because he is the king of the king.
In addition, Engaghero waited for the king even before he came.
I don’t believe it. If the king is damaged…
Then I would regret it too much.

“The king’s decline?”

Did the facial expression change be tee? Aori said impulsively at Rex’s question.

“I like you.”

A person like a brother.
I have waited all the time, and I can give my life.

I cover my blanket on a plane where the air conditioner was a bit cold. Stroking. Hug.
I spared no encouragement whenever it was a little hard.

“I came here for such a king.”

So don’t touch it.
Aori’s complete expression, Rex looked into her eyes, narrowed her eyes.

“Is that so.”
“Therefore. What is it? “
“…”

Aori’s poisonous voice flowed from her mouth.

Although her teeth are missing. Samjae (三) has been risen from slums.
The murderous spirit that burst out in an instant overwhelmed the surrounding nobles in an instant.

Even without any power.
Everyone was so nervous that they stopped on the spot.

In Aori’s shadow, the shadow of a wooden demon and several tentacles seemed to sway.

“Only one. If you even harm the king…”
“Degrading the princess. You don’t have to be held captive by such a vulgar man.”
“What?”

Aori’s face contorted with anger.
Just by insulting Lee Si-heon, the energetic Aori scattered her life force even more intensely.

The unprecedented pressure, which once reached the brink of a state, grew as if it would crush even Rex’s body.

“You… !”
“Still.”

Even so, Aori is a doll without limbs, let alone a dantian.
Aori clenched her teeth at the sensation of the blade pointed at her neck.

“When everything is over. Even the princess will know. Whose body is she and what does she exist for?”
“… “
“Royal blood is important. Even more so now. Her preparations for the ceremony would have been more perfect if your mother hadn’t left you out. It doesn’t matter. Please take a look.”

Steal away?

Aori calmed her boiling brain and continued her thoughts.
She is her mother, who left a will long ago to find the next king. Jonathan.

She escaped from the royal family and fled to the human world, sparing nothing to feed Aori in the slums.
The same goes for Aori who grew up watching it.
However, Aori had never heard anything about her royal family from her mother during her childhood.

‘… Ritual preparations.’

A thought passed through Aori’s head.
Could it be that all bloodlines, except for himself, participated in the ritual and died?

“As for the mother of the princess, she would have thought that he would protect you. It doesn’t look like it.”
“… You. How about the King?”
“The corps commander moved to kill him. He can’t be killed, and even if he gets attacked, there’s no problem. The ceremony has already begun, and both will be killed by His Majesty.”

Aori noticed at once that the majesty Rex was talking about was heading elsewhere.

But the thing that dominated my heart before that was regret.
It was her own choice that made her situation go this far.

Aori’s pupils vibrated vigorously.

‘I have to solve…’

-Thud!!

That moment. A huge sound erupted from the altar in the labyrinth far away.
Flowing black magic.
The fog on the floor covered the labyrinth like dry ice, and Aori’s body was drained of strength.

‘… !’

Overwhelmed.
Something was going terribly wrong.

All of my body, not parts, trembled in fear and fear.
The screwed limbs creaked.
Even the knights around Aori stumbled over him as if they were dizzy. Everyone broke their stance.

“Let’s keep moving.”

Rex’s face also turned pale, but they led Aori towards the labyrinth as if possessed by something.

-Jerbuck.

Growing pressure.
I’m short of breath The color of the complexion was gone.

-Jerbuck.

The end of the labyrinth that followed.
The amount of magical power gushing out of the open door… I had a life that I had never felt before.
Aori knelt down on her knees involuntarily and her body trembled.

In the center of the altar, a girl covered in blood lay face down, having been overpowered by a man.

“…”

My whole body is full of bruises and scars. A dark-haired woman whose pupils have lost light.
Looking at her floor, she is covered in blood.

Small body.
Light lost in the pupil.

A small crown protruded from the body of the girl who was barely breathing intermittently.

“Factor.”

Aori, who had heard her appearance before, involuntarily spit out her name.

-Mom…

Mom.

-I worked hard. Mom. Come on, praise me.

What are you looking at?
It seems like they are talking about something. She also seems to vomit resentment.
But that short murmur didn’t last long.

-… Mom?

The Son of Man’s distant eyes were colored pure white. The girl closed her eyes tightly.

-Under… Haha. Black… Whoops.

Tears flow mixed with blood. A frustrated cry burst from her mouth as she clenched her fist.

-… Why.

A shimmering shadow of a woman stretches out her hand toward Son of Man’s heart.
A figure similar to Factor, but a more mature woman.

– Why only me.

Inja, who held her hair in the hands of a middle-aged man, shed tears as she waited for her death.

What is that miserable appearance…
It was a face that had lost even the despair-mixed expectations that had been cherished for over a hundred years.