Genius Warlock-Episode 599
599. twisted persuasion (2)
“Make a deal. do. I would like to.”
The unbending knee offered Oliver through the corpse..
Oliver couldn't help but tilt his head to the side at the sudden story..
And I noticed one thing.
“I······. The purpose was to meet you.”
Whether it was because of his life in Landa, or because of several recent incidents, Oliver noticed very quickly..
Maybe it was because the world Oliver sees finally includes Oliver..
I don't know exactly when it started, but until relatively recently, for Oliver, the world was a separate entity from himself..
Anyway, Oliver checked whether his guess was right or not by looking at the new prince candidate's unbending knees, whose entire body was discolored and whose leg had turned into a lump of flesh..
Unfortunately, Oliver's guess turned out to be true..
The unbending knee answered through silence and emotion..
“hmm······.”
Oliver let out a groan without realizing it. So the unbending knee moved his hand..
using sign language.
He wondered if he couldn't speak, but then Oliver remembered that the prince candidate couldn't speak properly..
Oliver apologized and said he didn't know how to use sign language, and his unbending knee again used the ring and corpse to speak for him..
“Unexpected. is it?”
The question of whether it is surprising.
Oliver didn't know what to say, so instead of opening his mouth, he looked at his knees that wouldn't bend..
Is this surprising? To be honest, it was hard to deny it..
It was quite unexpected to meet the red man warlock I met in First Step, a colonial city in the New World across the sea, here in a foreign country in the Old World..
No, I honestly didn't expect that the knee that wouldn't bend would survive before that..
That's right, because all of his tribe lost their lives trying to summon a demon along with Pan..
I still remembered it vividly..
The sight of over a hundred people burning like firewood.
Red people circled around it, beating drums and dancing..
The screams of the red girl giving birth to death.
The burned one born from those countless sacrifices.
The situation was so urgent that he couldn't look closely, but Oliver thought that all the red men would have died at that time, and in fact, many had lost their lives..
However, as if that wasn't all, there was one person in front of Oliver right now..
Although the form was completely unexpected, that of a prince of the Swan Church,.
While I was organizing my thoughts, a long silence suddenly filled the space around me..
Silence was as dense as dirt and did not allow one to easily open one's mouth, but Oliver seemed to be an exception to that rule and was able to easily open his mouth..
“To be honest, I'm surprised. I had no idea that the new prince candidate was Mr. Unbending Knee, and I also had no idea that we would meet him here. More than anything······.”
Oliver took a pause and spoke again..
“······I had no idea you were going to offer me a deal..”
I meant it..
The reason is none other than the emotional state of the knee that does not bend..
He hated Oliver..
Beyond simply facing the enemy in a back alley struggle, he showed specific and deep hatred as if he were an enemy..
Well, the time I met him was short, but Oliver interfered quite a bit, such as when he attacked Vice Admiral Philip and when he summoned a demon..
“······me too. expectation. I couldn't do it. is. but. now. Okay. Yes.”
“What do you mean?”
Oliver asked, concerned about the last part. He didn't hear an answer.
“sorry. but. hour. lack. do.”
My unbending knee said that there wasn't enough time to talk about even the smallest details..
Because the city guard of Vienna City was coming towards this place right now..
Judging by the fact that he had prepared so well before speaking, he wanted to have a private conversation, and Oliver, who also had questions, tried to go with the flow of the conversation without asking..
“What deal do you want to make??”
Oliver asked what was the reason for such a secret and troublesome call..
Maybe it's because I've become more sensitive after going through a lot of things recently, but I was quite concerned, and as if I was making up for it, I got an unexpected answer..
“Us. Hindrance. summer solstice. Roll it up. please give it to me.”
Don't disturb me. It was so broad and vague that I couldn't understand what it meant..
Then he explained it in more detail..
“The work of the Swan Order. Get involved. Roll it up. please give it to me. From now on. quietly. I'll stay. yo. this.”
With a terrible sound like a corpse's vocal cords being squeezed, the will of the only remaining prince candidate came out into the world..
Oliver, who heard that, had a lot of things he wanted to say. chamberlain. Why is he talking to himself like that?.
Oliver also never committed any hostile actions unless he was touched first..
But Oliver asked a more fundamental question..
It is safe to say that the question itself is the answer..
“What do you want me to do, don't disturb me??”
It was like that..
The demand for an unbending knee was extremely contradictory..
I'll stay quiet and don't get involved in the affairs of the Swan Church..
Those words themselves meant that he had no intention of staying quiet. If I stayed quiet, there wouldn't even be a need to say this..
In addition, the current situation of killing another prince candidate to give power to one person was already quite a far cry from keeping quiet..
Even the city guards, led by Mayor Jack, were worried about the security of the city..
Above all, considering the fact that the Swan Church itself is a group that worships the apocalypse and the devil, it was impossible not to care..
‘Also, Mr. Unbending Knee has a record of summoning demons..’
Black magic society thrown into chaos by the death of a finger.
The Swan Church, which had been quiet but suddenly became active.
Unbending knees, etc. that helped summon the devil..
Oliver felt a strange sense of anxiety as he looked at the current situation, where coincidence and inevitability were intertwined like weft and warp, and asked directly:.
“Are you really planning to bring about the end??”
“yes.”
***
yes.
The unbending knee answered the question about ending the world without a moment of hesitation..
The answer came quickly, beyond the level of hesitation and to the level of waiting, which even Oliver was embarrassed by..
It was certainly true that Unbending Knee summoned a demon in First Step and tried to burn the entire city, but even so, the size and meaning of the apocalypse were heaven and earth..
At least it wasn't a matter to answer like this..
“What is the reason? Even though-”
“-the reason is. important. Do?”
The corpse of a former prince-candidate with his finger torn off cut off Oliver's words..
“······Wouldn't it be important? Isn't it the end??”
Oliver mentioned the weight of the apocalypse.
The end. Thanks to the blessing of language, it could be easily uttered as a single word, but in reality, it was a word that could not and should not be uttered so easily..
It was literally the end of everything. To put it more simply, it meant that all humans would die..
It meant the death of men, women, young people, old people, people with physical disabilities, people who are not physically fit, children who do not know what is what, and even the unborn life in the womb..
Without even knowing what happened.
If I were to use my imagination, I could say that I was suddenly putting a bullet in the head of a child walking and eating ice cream in the park..
And that too in front of the parents..
That's kind of what Oliver thought, and that's why he tried to stop the Burned One in First Step..
It's true that First Step is a city built on sin, but isn't it a bit weird that the city suddenly catches fire and even people who know nothing burn to death??
There must even be red people who are victims of that fire.?
It was just destruction. Sure, it was fun, but it was essentially an act of destruction driven by impulse rather than something productive that would make something better..
Personally, I didn't like it.
But is the reason important when you say you're going to cause a much bigger apocalypse? It was a bit much..
“It's called hate. Let's do it.”
As if he had read his mind, the knee that didn't bend even though Oliver didn't say it added an explanation..
“I am. Everything. lost. Yes. Our tribe. blooming. hang up I lost.”
The scene where the Burned Man was summoned flashed through Oliver's mind. The scene of the ceremony where everyone died.
“It's like this. I am. The end. I hope. No reason not to. what. Are there any?”
My unbending knee insisted that I would destroy everything because I had lost everything..
It was a very simple reason, but it was hard to refute it..
Maybe it's because of the emotions he shines through.
A feeling so clear and intense that it even seems beautiful..
It was difficult for Oliver to deny the feeling itself. So I approached it in a different way..
“······I understand what you mean, but why do you think I would receive such an offer??”
“receive it. Tenny. Shall I?.”
Oliver paused at the answer that was more than certainty. Are you going to get it?.
“me too. at first. understanding. I couldn't do it. is. To you. Wolf. Speaking of. persuade. It's going to happen.”
I can't believe I'll be persuaded. It felt like there was someone behind my knees that wouldn't bend..
A puppet appeared in Oliver's mind reflexively..
Because it was he who took away the prince candidate who was fighting with Oliver..
Oliver became curious. Why on earth was Puppet so sure he would receive such a ridiculous offer? And why was he so sure of his knees not bending?.
“directly. Bonnie. Know. It's the same.”
“what does that mean?”
Oliver's shadow stirred..
Oliver commanded the shadow to calm down along with his emotions..
Very, very carefully. At that time, the unbending knee declared.
“I am. Prince. Will be. In eschatology. Coming out. The prince. Become. will.”
“······.”
“To evil. full. This world. With my own hands. Punishment. I will. The world. Before I forget. I. Gates of Hell. open it. Finished. Throw away. I will. diarrhea. authority. Steal. by force. On the body. wrap it around chart. I mean!”
The corpse's voice grew louder, and then cold blood and flesh came out..
What a terrible sight. But Oliver felt a surprise and a strong temptation that struck his brain at that terrible sight..
“eschatology. A prince coming out. Only. one person! I. That prince. Become. It will. If so - oops!!”
The voice gets louder. Vocal cords reaching their limit. When these two factors came together, more blood and flesh than before poured out on the floor, and the former prince candidate's neck was completely destroyed..
to the point where it can no longer be used.
Fortunately, I heard everything about what the knee that wouldn't bend wanted..
As evidence, the unbending knee no longer made any gestures..
No sign language, no new body brought, just looking at Oliver..
Again, heavy and dense silence weighed down the surroundings..
The difference from before is that Oliver also feels its weight and density..
That much to Oliver. No, it was an important suggestion because it was Oliver..
Tick. Tick. tick.
The silence was so intense that, as if he was hallucinating, the sound of the second hand moving rang out, and only after dozens of ticking sounds was Oliver able to open his mouth..
“There are conditions.”
The unbending knee answered in sign language..
[speak.]
***
“how did this happen?”
Vienna City's City Guard Captain Mero.
As per the plan, he used himself as bait to deal with the monsters of the Cursed Land and the fanatics of the Swan Church. He looked at the retreating monsters and fanatics and said,.
Both of them were extremely dangerous, and as proof, they caused considerable damage to this side..
Two of the military vehicles he brought with him were destroyed, and eight of his subordinates were injured, including a member of the Swan Church who served as a guide..
He was horribly murdered, having his entire body cut open with saws, axes, and stakes. It was as if he was punishing a traitor in a horrific manner..
But Mero was not distracted by such things..
There were two questions. The first was why the monsters of the Cursed Land only attacked this side, but the cultists of the Swan Church did not attack..
At first, it was so urgent that no one pointed it out, but it was a strange thing..
The monster of the cursed land attacked both the people of Vienna City and the Swan Church equally. That is why it served as a border line..
However, the monsters did not attack the cultists when they were just attacked..
On the contrary, they even showed signs of cooperation, even if only in a clumsy way..
Facts that may, in some cases, affect the existence of the Vienna City.
That wasn't the only thing that bothered me.
“Still no contact. I think something happened.”
One of the crew members, Jorge, reported while showing a silent communication device..
It was a communication device that matched the frequency with the communication device given to Dave, Randa's troubleshooter, and as Jorge said, it remained silent..
Apparently, I was planning on saying something as soon as I arrived..
If there is a candidate for a prince who applied for asylum, there is one. If not, there is none. But no word came.
I wondered if something had happened, but it didn't seem like it..
I don't think that the warlock who beat up Captain Hook in front of everyone would have been in so much trouble that he couldn't even contact him..
I wondered if he was distracted, but that was also hard to imagine..
Considering Dave's credibility as a problem solver and Jack's excellent eye for people's judgment, which I heard from Randa, he was not a person who would easily throw away work..
It wasn't something I knew from the beginning because I was thinking about it alone, but.
Mero's subordinates asked with their eyes what they were going to do, as if they were thinking the same thing..
I decided that something was wrong. Should I retreat like this?.
Or are you going to take the risk and go check it out?.
The worries didn't last long.
Can't we just go back like this without any results? Especially now that the security of Vienna City is at stake..
Mero was alert to the surroundings, loaded the remaining personnel into the remaining vehicles, and headed to the village ahead, ready to respond immediately..
The engine shook violently due to the rough battle, but fortunately, we were able to arrive safely in front of the village..
Leaving only the minimum number of people who could move immediately, the remaining people entered the village, led by Mero..
A ghost town that doesn't feel popular at all. There, Mero was soon able to find Dave..
He was sitting on a chair next to the corpse and thinking about something..
It could have been my mood, but somehow my expressionless face seemed to smile..
A twisted smile mixed with cowardice and self-rationality.
Just as I was about to ask what happened, Dave raised his hand..
“The prince candidate who requested asylum passed away before I arrived. We are one step late.”
Mero didn't know how to react..
It's hard to accept the fact that I failed so vainly, but because Dave's feelings don't respond at all, I can't tell if it's true or not..
“Instead, I listened to the Swan Church's wishes..”
“?”
“The Swan Church said they have no intention of doing any harm to Vienna City. I promised.”
At that moment, Mero felt like he had caught a glimpse of Dave's insensitive emotions, perhaps due to his mood..
His words were sincere. Twisted sincerity.
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