I Became a Tyrant of the Defense Game - Episode 537
◈ 537. [Side Story] Red Priests (4)
First, we took Hannibal out of the barracks to separate him from the other men..
I squatted down in front of Hannibal and asked, touching my aching forehead..
“You said you were fifteen when I hired you..”
Then Hannibal, who was watching me for a moment, spoke in a quiet voice..
“I lied about my age back then... … Kelly Bay noticed it right away the day he accepted me as an assistant..”
I immediately opened the door and yelled at Kelly Bay inside the barracks..
“Kelly Bay! why didn't you tell me!”
“Ah? You should have filtered out age! hey! And tell me how many times! Dwarves dig burrows since they were babies? It's strange that you want to wait until adulthood!”
Ah, anyway, this savage… … romance… … Anyway, it’s like a fantasy world.!
After pulling my hair out, I sighed and asked Hannibal..
“So how old are you??”
“……I'm only fourteen now. I was thirteen when they hired me..”
Quaguagwang!
I felt like lightning struck my back..
heat… … Three years old? Thirteen Years Old?
I… … Violation of child labor law? Bad boss, no, bad lord?!
“Wow! I am… … I am a mean adult who carelessly drives a child to the front line.……!”
As I rolled on the floor in pain, the men in the barracks turned to face me and spoke one after another..
“No, the only person who cares about such things is the lord.?”
“We grew up stealing, stealing and fighting since we were kids.!”
“Everyone shut up! Children should not fight for their lives! Kids should play as much as they want!”
I got angry and slammed the door..
Hannibal, who was struggling even more, not knowing what to do, looked at me..
“……Anyway, while I was staying at that orphanage. I secretly heard something from the director..”
“which?”
“I am the child of the princess of the Western Mist Kingdom.…….”
Hannibal looked toward the closed door..
“And my father continues to send child support to the orphanage..”
“…….”
“And a few years ago, assassins from the Fog Kingdom came to my orphanage to kill me, and I barely escaped.…….”
What happened after that and ended up here?.
“okay. I get it roughly..”
I put Hannibal in the cafeteria attached to the barracks..
“For now, I'm resting here. I'm going to sort things out with Janice..”
And I ran into the barracks.
In addition to the existing men in the barracks, other men who were curious about what was going on came rushing out and surrounded Zenith in the corner of the hallway. I pressed my throbbing forehead with both hands..
“Okay, Janice… … Let’s start with cross-validation.”
By comparing the name of the orphanage mentioned by Hannibal and Hannibal's age, it was confirmed that the personal information matched that of Zenith's son..
“Hehehe…….”
Zenith let out a sigh and stroked her forehead several times. I asked cautiously.
“I think it's your son?”
“……I don't know where to start talking about this..”
Zenith covered her face with both hands and muttered softly..
“That child is my son, but... … not my son.”
“……?”
There is silence for a moment.
The next moment, the men around started beating Zenith all at once..
“You damn bastard! A child like my father!”
“Now, even with my son right in front of me, I can't make such a fool of myself.!”
“We were wrong… … Zenith! You should be more scolded.!”
“As if putting a child in an orphanage for the rest of his life isn't enough, what now?! Son but not son?!”
“Hey you naughty boy! Hey, hey!”
After beating Zenith until she surrendered,.
I growled fiercely at this man who was making loud noises out of frustration..
“Now, give me a convincing explanation. If I don't, I might not be able to survive from these guys.…….”
“…….”
Janice closed her eyes tightly with a bruised face. And he slowly opened his mouth.
***
17years ago.
Powok!
A fist filled with divine power crushed a man's head like a watermelon..
That head belonged to the knight commander of this small city kingdom. And the place where his head exploded was right inside the king's bedroom..
“Ugh, wow!”
the king screamed.
He was in a panic. This was because this assassin suddenly attacked in the middle of the night and killed all of his guards with just his bare fists..
“Please, please save my life! Just spare my life!”
“…….”
“I'll give you any amount of money! There is a lot of wealth! I'll give anything, anything! therefore…….”
The king begged, but the muscular assassin in front of him remained silent and just looked down at the king..
Sabak, Sabak.
At that time, a female assassin wearing the same outfit approached the muscular assassin with soft footsteps..
“your majesty. How many times haven’t we told you this? I have no interest in wealth or anything like that.…….”
When the female assassin took off the cotton cloth covering her face, a beautiful face familiar to the king was revealed..
It was Saint Rosetta, the priest who was dispatched here to spread the goddess religion..
“Ro, Saint Rosetta!”
The King quickly knelt down under Rosetta..
“Yeah, yeah. But because I executed members of your religion last week? I'll apologize right now. If necessary, I will apologize at the kingdom level. so…….”
“Didn't you think about it carefully from the beginning??”
Rosetta smiled brightly..
“If you had stopped the persecution of our Goddess Church earlier, the situation would not have escalated to this point..”
“I was wrong. I was short-thinking. Even now, I will proclaim freedom of religion. so……!”
“It's late. Your Majesty's cousin promised to convert this kingdom's state religion to the Goddess religion..”
Rosetta slowly untied the whip from her waist and held it..
“so… … There is no need to negotiate with Your Majesty any more. When His Majesty disappears, his cousin will take over this country..”
“That guy... … ! He sold me and the country……!”
Rosetta slowly approached the king. The king crawled backwards on the floor and shouted..
“Aren't you priests of God? Do you think your god will forgive you after doing this?!”
“We are the shadows of the Goddess. In order for his light to shine, he needs people like us who have blood on their hands..”
Only then did the king remember the other names of the opponents in front of him - the heresy interrogators of the Goddess Church..
A bloody executioner who stains his black priest's uniform red with the blood of his opponent..
red priests.
“Yikes! What kind of saint is you! you are a witch!”
“That's something I hear often..”
“you all will go to hell!”
“This is what I hoped for.”
Rosetta whispered, easily overcoming the king's last shriek..
“In that hell, the evil things that disobeyed the word of God... … I can kill you again.”
Immediately after, Rosetta's whip struck the king's body without mercy..
***
After the situation is over, the top of the mountain near the city kingdom.
“…….”
Rosetta was looking down at the city in chaos with a cold face..
The king was assassinated, his cousin ascended to the new throne, and he declared Goddess religion as the new state religion..
In other words - decided to accept the influence of the Everblack Empire..
The empire did not go to war with this small country. Instead, he brought the country into his sphere of influence through relatively 'peaceful' methods, such as assassinating the king and spreading religion..
There were many ways to force a country into its belly without forcing it to be within its borders. This was just one of them.
“……after.”
Rosetta lets out a short sigh.,
“Why are you sighing, sister??”
A muscular young man approached from behind Rosetta, slicking back his hair..
It was the assassin who destroyed the royal palace with Rosetta a little while ago - Inquisitor Zenith..
Zenith adjusted her clothes with a young, cold face..
A cool and cool aura was flowing down the young man's face, one that could not be believed to be an assassin who had been swinging his fists like crazy in the royal palace just moments ago..
Rosetta glanced back at her stepsister and adjusted her glasses..
“Janice, is this the right thing to do??”
“……Are you shaking again? Come to your senses, sister..”
Janice shot her sister a cold gaze..
“Aren't we waging a holy war?.”
“I'm not representing the empire's war.?”
“We just understood each other. Empires expand their influence, and we destroy countries that persecute believers..”
Zenith looked down at the burning city kingdom expressionlessly. However, the young man's eyes were seething with pride and fanaticism that could not be hidden..
“All for the light of the goddess.”
“…….”
Rosetta, who was staring at her younger brother, shook her head..
“I don't know. I didn't become a priest for this..”
“Why do you keep doing this? The best heresy interrogator of the church?”
“How did we, who are the internal purifiers of the church, end up moving around outside the church like this? Did he assassinate a missionary and engage in political manipulation?.”
Rosetta let out a long sigh..
“Instead of killing people and hearing insults, I wanted to heal people and hear gratitude like other saints in the church..”
“The youngest saint that my sister often praises... … Like Margerita?”
“okay.”
Rosetta seemed to be secretly envious of the other saints, and when the words came out, she began to recite them one after another..
“He went around healing people in all kinds of difficult places and slums. They say people are so impressed by that young saint that they are converting to our church themselves..”
Rosetta silently looked down at the city-state where they had replaced the throne..
“This kind of violence isn't the only answer.…….”
Then Zenith snorted..
“Arthur. A snake has a life suited to a snake, and a bird has a life suited to a bird. And we are snakes, sister..”
snake-.
At those words, Rosetta felt the blood in her entire body turn cold. Her vain desire to dream of a different life for a while quickly evaporated and disappeared..
“……okay. You're right, we are shadows. Because they are red priests.”
Rosetta nodded and patted Zenith on the back..
“Zenith, you must not be so shaken from now on, and our Inquisitors… … Remain a pillar of the Knights Templar..”
“Of course it will..”
Zenith slightly lifted the corner of her cold mouth and smiled..
“That way, you won't be shaken..”
“…….”
“What's your next mission, sister??”
“This time it's your solo mission.”
Rosetta took out the next mission order from her pocket and gave it to Zenith..
“It's a place called the Western Mist Kingdom. It's worse than this mission. It is an extremely exclusive country that is wary of not only other religions, but also other races, ethnic groups, and cultures..”
Rosetta spoke to Zenith who opened and read the instructions..
“You will enter the country as a diplomat of the Everblack Empire. Little by little, build a missionary base and create four factions among high-ranking officials. and…….”
“If all goes well, assassinate the leadership like this time.?”
“……okay.”
“It's the same as always. I'll do my best.”
Zenith, carrying the instructions in her arms, nodded and disappeared into the darkness..
“This mission will take time. See you next time, sister..”
“…….”
“All for the light of the goddess.”
“See you again in the shadows, my brother.”
Zenith disappeared into the darkness. Rosetta was quietly looking at the place where the darkness had disappeared..
the two never knew.
I never thought it would take 17 long years until we were reunited again..
***
“……So why am I telling this story??”
today.
The men who were listening to Zenith's recollection of the past booed all at once..
“17To tell you nonsense that a year ago, he was a cold-faced, cold-looking guy.?”
“Hey, who do you think you will believe? Mr. Jesse must have been a man with a bushy beard and a poor body from the beginning.!”
“When will the story of Hannibal come out?!”
“When I asked him why he abandoned his son, he said he wanted to hear about someone doing well when he was doing well.?!”
“I asked this guy to bring me bread and he said he was going to start farming wheat.!”
Woo-woo - Various miscellaneous items poured out to Zenith along with a sound..
“Ah, that story comes right after this! So, just listen carefully! and!”
Zenith gritted her teeth and screamed desperately..
“I can't take care of it now, but it was really okay when I was young.!”
It was truly an old man's remark..
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