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Chapter 129

129Flower Lionheart(2)

The 63rd year of the reign of Leon Dragonia Lionheart. Summon Malus, a monarch-level demon, to the imperial capital..

In the 62nd year of King Leon, he led the priests and eleven Holy Grail Knights, excluding Zereah, the Holy Grail Knight of Dreams and Death, who was annihilated during the mission to transport the holy relics, to attack the forces of chaos..

King Leon defeated Mallus, the Lord of Chaos, after a war from 62 to 66..

Destroyed 1.33 million Chaotic Demon Legions and 980,000 Demon Followers under the Empire's 13 Elected Emperors..

Manan Ascension, the Holy Grail Knight of the Sea and Waves.

Ascension of Killian, the Holy Grail Knight of Life and Abundance.

14Approximately 3,000 warriors of the Dog Kingdom Knights.

Over 10,000 knights and 270,000 warriors from the kingdom's army..

22.7 million people of the Empire and Kingdom died..

King Leon, winter of 1966.

The second large-scale invasion of the demon army begins.

Karakael, Demon Lord of Wisdom and Exploration.

Dotradon, Demon Lord of Pleasure and Corruption.

Scarblood, Demon Lord of Carnage and Destruction.

13 million subordinate devil troops. Over 5 million demon followers and beast god pagans.

Empire disappears.

Elven Forest Burned Down.

Dwarf Mountains Annihilated.

The destruction of the Eastern Heavenly Kingdom.

Lionheart Kingdom Territory Ten Quarters Desolate.

King Leon's 85th year.

The kingdom was facing destruction.

* * * *

Pantheon, the city where the Allied forces were stationed, was busy wherever they went..

Soldiers were constantly on guard around the military camp, and commoner light cavalry frequently went on reconnaissance missions and set off flares to summon the kingdom's knights in places where military intervention was necessary..

The priests used their own sacred methods to grow crops or make weapons, and the refugees also helped with whatever was needed..

Build trenches, cultivate mounds, and receive soldier training..

20In the war against the devil that lasted for over a year, they were united in unity and continued the war..

"His Majesty went south to join the remaining troops. He'll be back soon so I'll be waiting for you."

Gillingham, the Holy Grail Knight, temporarily assigned Beatrice and her group to a military camp and left to find their mission..

In the meantime, everyone in the group found something to do..

Beatrice visited the wise men of the forest to find out about Gunlar's seedlings, which was her original goal, and Yapi also began moving around in her minimal-sized body for information reconnaissance..

What remains are Ha-ri, Jae-hyuk, Su-ho and So-yeon..

The four knights were confused for a while and then decided to help with the chores in the military camp..

"She is the goddess of the sea and waves.?"

"I also serve the God of War and Flame.!"

The soldier commander is surprised by Hari’s words. Looking at Hari's exotic outfit, he guessed that he was from one of the outskirts of the kingdom..

"Then, I would like you to go to the temple and take care of the believers.."

"Ah, old times! But I… I specialize in combat.……."

"Is that so? Well, belonging to a temple is not under our jurisdiction. First of all, please meet Director Isabel or St. Agnak and tell them.."

Hari also had nothing to do right away, so he headed to the place designated by the commander..

"Well, I said it was a temple.……."

As the name of this place is Pantheon, the location of Pantheon is clearly in the very center of the city..

Hari, who was heading towards a huge landmark visible from anywhere in the city, was overwhelmed by thousands of stairs..

"and… When will this all go up??"

If I had known this would happen, I would have come riding a horse.?

But if you really go up on horseback, you might be branded as profane. From the looks of it, the believers around us also seem to be walking up..

-Grump! Keuungcha!

How much did it go up like that? She was about a third of the way there..

The sound of horses' hooves approaches and the carriage stops in front of Hari, who struggles to climb the stairs..

"Sister, why are you leaving the carriage and walking??"

"Ugh. What?"

The main character whose voice was revealed when the carriage window opened was a brown-haired monk..

Hari was more surprised by the brilliant energy he felt from her than by the sudden call..

'Wow, that’s a lot of holy power… It's comparable to your Majesty.?'

Although the Holy Grail Knights were formidable, her holy power rivaled that of the Lionheart King..

No, maybe more. Of course, it is based on Earth's Leon, but it is a being with such endless sacred power.?

"You were surprised by my sudden call. sorry. If you don't mind, would you like to go with me??"

"Go, thank you."

carriage… It was okay to ride.?!

Then, I saw a carriage going up to the top of the temple. Hari quickly got on the carriage..

"This is a common misunderstanding among brothers who come to the Pantheon for the first time. There is a carriage road for business use, so you can use that from now on.."

"Go, thank you."

Apparently, there was a separate path for priests. As Hari bowed his head, the other person also bowed his head and greeted him..

"Nice to meet you, my name is Aggnac Protesia. Ariana is a lowly woman.."

"Well, nice to meet you. It's Han Hari."

"……."

"……?"

Ah, Hari added an additional comment..

"I am the priestess of Petos and Poma.."

"Hmm?"

The woman identified as Agnak stared at Hari blankly and looked surprised..

"You are a unique person to worship two gods at the same time.."

Agnak showed great interest in Hari. She seemed surprised to sense the divine power of the two powerful gods residing in Hari..

"But that Poma and Petos maiden... She must be having a hard time."

"Ah, you understand.?"

Hari was touched by Agnak who sympathized with me..

Fethos, a fierce warlord, pecks at me more than I have to raise my rank, and Foma often nests in the turtles in the pantheon and sexually harasses them..

Being connected to God is a strange and mysterious experience at first, but that's up to God..

"I know someone who receives the passionate favor of two gods. Well, it seems like our personalities are compatible so we don't have much trouble.……."

"You have the same personality as those two, aren't you a person with a broken personality??"

"Umm… Depending on your perspective. When she captured a smuggling ship, she hung a female pirate on the bow for cheating.……."

"Ah! I never thought there would be another person like that in the world!"

"No way, even a priestess?"

Hari's nodding head contained silent regret..

As I talked with Agnak, I realized that Agnak was a higher person than I thought..

Hari knows people with charisma beyond that of a human being..

Lionheart King Leon and Sorcerer Queen Beatrice.

If Leon is a being of raw violence and authority with sublimity, Beatrice is a being of extremely intense and splendid magic..

Both of them have a strong presence befitting their status as ‘kings’..

Agnak, on the other hand, had a completely opposite mood..

Just infinite love and a warm energy that makes you melt. Although he is not a king, he has a benevolent atmosphere like a religious leader..

And Hari's guess was exactly right..

"Daeseongnyeo, have you come?."

"Dae, Daeseongnyeo?!"

Hari realized that regardless of whether his guess was correct, this woman was a person of great authority..

Hari already feels the end of classism every day while being next to Leon. She bowed down and cried out.

"I am devastated! His Holiness!"

Agnak, a great saint, remains silent for a moment due to Hari's foolish historical drama style of speaking. She laughed and lifted her up..

"Don't do that, sister. Before the gods we are equal."

"Yes, old? note… Your Majesty……."

Hari inadvertently tries to quote what Leon said, but covers his mouth. Agnak tilted his head..

"Have you ever met His Majesty, were you a priestess at a fairly large temple? There was a priestess I didn't know about."

"Oh, no, that’s… By chance. Your Majesty... I remember being a person who valued class.."

"Because he is the lion-hearted king."

A being that transcends the classes of human society. In this world, the Lionheart King is not just a human being..

"How can a demigod who has become a god in a human body be the same as a layman like us?."

"Yeah, I see.."

"By the way, it worked out well, sister. Sister, I sense strong divine power. Can I ask you a favor??"

"uh… If I can do it."

Hari thoughtlessly accepted Agnak's offer..

* * * *

"Daeseongnyeo, have you come?."

"Daeseongnyeo."

"Daeseongnyeo……."

The priests of the temple bow and greet the appearance of Agnak..

'He was also a very high-ranking person..'

As far as Hari knows, the Lion-Hearted King is the pinnacle of the pantheon. I understand that the Holy Grail Knight and the Priest are next in line..

I don't really know what a saint is, but if she were to be called a great saint, she might be on the same level or higher than a Holy Grail Knight or Priestess..

"Where is Director Isabel Shin??"

"You are absorbing the energy of the moon."

"I will prepare for the grand consecration ceremony first, so please tell Director Isabel to come down as well.."

"……!"

The priests were aghast at the words of the great saint. They seemed to have deduced something from the words of the great saint..

"Your Majesty is returning victorious.!"

"You must have been soaked in the blood of evil servants, so you must be mentally exhausted. I'm in a hurry."

your majesty. In other words, it refers to Leon, the lion-hearted king of the time..

Hari realized once again that Leon receives absolute support and respect even here..

No, rather, it would have been an object of worship that could not be compared to the Earth..

"His Majesty Leon……."

Is this really the Majesty Leon he knows? She entered the gate together, but since she disappeared, I thought she might have been separated like she did with Leah..

However, there is a high probability that it is an NPC that embodies Leon from this gate. Even though he knew it would happen, Hari couldn't help but feel excited..

'What kind of person was His Majesty in the past??'

-Kwarung!

It's raining. Hari was not surprised because he had been warned that the heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning was intentionally caused by the Holy Grail Knight. however──

"Lionheart's Majesty enters!"

Inside the bustling temple. As the priest shouts the words, lightning strikes and drowns out the sound..

In a world that shined brightly for a moment, a cold armor appeared..

"……!"

It was an unfamiliar sight even to Hari. A cruel reality that creates a gap between what she imagined..

The sticky black blood did not wash off even in heavy rain, and the eyes glowed beautifully in the visor of the helmet..

The knight in armor, passing through the pouring rain, enters the temple with cold eyes..

His Majesty Leon, who is as authoritative as usual but cheerful, is nowhere to be found, and there is only the smell of blood painted in black... apostle of death.

"Hmm…!"

I block the breath I was trying to take with both hands..

Hari knew it was rude, but he couldn't control himself..

awe. My skin tingles and my heart races in the face of death in human form..

And it was the same for ordinary priests, none of whom could open their mouths..

"You are cruel, Your Majesty. I'll catch the kids."

""……!!""

Everyone was astonished at the irreverence. It may be the Lionheart King they used to know, but who would dare to talk lightly to such a disparate demigod??

"isabel."

A dull voice coming from inside the visor. Where the blue eyes were headed was a black-haired priest who was dressed more openly than the other priests..

"Priest of the Moon... It's a royal bill."

A priest who has difficulty pointing out the blasphemies. But the black-haired priest twitched the corner of his mouth and ignored it..

"When I live, I am the king's executioner, and when I die, I am Dina's first hunter. What's new?."

The priest of Dina, the goddess of the moon and purity, claimed to be omnipotent and continued to commit evil in the face of death..

"Your Majesty, don’t waste your time there and come quickly. Daeseongnyeo is waiting for you."

"go now."

But it seems it worked. The violence felt from the Lionheart King's armor fades away, and the black-haired priest follows him as he walks through the temple..

"Oh, those who will participate in the grand consecration ceremony should follow suit.."

"……."

Hari wondered how many people would dare follow such a fearful being. But surprisingly, the priests follow him without saying a word..

There is absolute trust. They are confident that the Lionheart King, the king of the country and the top of the temple, will never harm them..

Hari hurriedly followed Leon..

* * * *

The place where the great consecration ceremony took place was a huge bathhouse. To be exact, a sacred space filled with holy water..

As soon as Hari entered this place, he was amazed by the holy power that filled the air..

"Welcome, Your Majesty. You are returning after 60 days.."

There, Great Saint Agnak, who was waiting with other priests, welcomes Leon..

"I heard that Lord Loxley and Lord Gildus were with him. What was the result?."

"There was nothing special. I destroyed 300,000 of their army.."

"It's a victory. everyone will be happy."

Leon reacted cynically to Agnak’s words..

"It was just a tactical victory in a local war. It seemed impossible to regain the stolen royal capital.."

"Still, a victory is a victory. Take off your armor. I'll wash you."

Leon took off his helmet. Then, the heat inside the armor briefly evaporates along with the smoke..

The face inside the helmet was full of black stains..

-profit!

The armor that was removed with the help of the priests was even worse. As if he had walked through boiling lava, the black stain was burning the body of the Lionheart King in real time..

"your majesty……."

Daeseongnyeo looked at him with pitiful eyes. However, Lion King Sim says it is not a big deal and he denies it with a wave of his hand..

"It is thanks to tearing the ugly demon of quest alive. Its pain and screams have become a curse on its body, but it does not dare to harm the king.."

"You look so sick, Your Majesty.."

"Director Isabel Shin……."

Agnak gives a quick glance at his disrespect for the king. But Leon didn't care.

"It has been done. The rudeness of the new director of the moon is not something that happened yesterday or today. Above all, it is a great sin to burden the Goddess of Purity.."

"Hehe~ That's right. Come on, I will purify you, so go into the holy water.."

Leon completely took off his armor and soaked his black-stained body in holy water. Then, the bubbling stains chirped..

Although it may be painful, Leon just waits for the touch of the great saintess and the moon priest without even flinching..

"We will clean it up. Director Isabel and Priestess Han Hari also come here.."

"Huh? yes, yes!"

Hari and Isabel entered the holy water filled to the point of submersion and stood in front of Leon..

Even though the opposite sex is right in front of him without a trace, the look in Hari's eyes is not shame, but pity..

I sympathize with the fatigue he is experiencing as he must have fought a battle he could never have imagined..

"These stains are the Great Evil... No, it's a large supply.."

"I never paid much attention to the ranks of the demons I killed, but I was like the Grand Duke of Wisdom or something.."

A curse left behind by the Great Supply Demon as he died. It was also a curse that these three people had to purge from now on..

"Lady Hari, please burn the stain with the sacred flame. I will purify with the power of light."

"I'll give the blessing of chastity to the most impure."

Isabelle grinned and placed her palm on the stain on Leon's back. Chi-ik! Isabel's palms burned, but she didn't care..

"Goddess of the moon and purity. Here comes your pure virgin or first hunter praying."

From the moment Leon entered the competition, her holy power, which had been accumulating the energy of the moon every night, poured out at once..

In order to exercise the power of the goddess of the moon and purity, one must be a pure virgin and have sufficient offerings to offer to her, who is also the goddess of the hunt..

"Since we have destroyed the evil entity that is the most symmetrical to purity, it can be said to be bigger than any other prey.."

Isabel spoke on Leon's behalf by mentioning his accomplishments..

"So, O One who governs the purity of the world. Bless the greatest warrior who protects your virgins.."

The most stained part of Leon was washed away. And the same goes for Daesungnyeo. Agnac's lips touch his forehead as she fills the holy water with both hands and pours it on the top of Leon's head..

"Goddess of Justice, the light that illuminates the world and more courageous than anyone else. Share with this humble body the sufferings of your first knight.."

Director Shin and Daeseongnyeo. The consecration ceremony between the two was so sacred that Hari watched it in fascination..

This is the power of the priests at the peak of Lionheart..

Neither Beatrice nor Yacht Spinner truly possessed the sanctity of faith..

Those two are simply agents of the power of the gods. But the two people in front of me truly had something in common with the gods..

'me too… Will it work??'

If she is a priestess chosen by the gods... Hari might be able to burn this curse with the power of Fethos, the god of war and flame..

'Petos…….'

Search for the gods as usual. Now that Leon, who embraces the pantheon of reality, is gone, who is here to receive her prayers?.

[……Who are you?.]

The voice of the fierce war god I always heard. But the voice is full of questions about Hari..

However, Hari did not hesitate to bring up the connection and blessings given to him by God. Then a strong flame rises and it burns the stain that has stuck to Leon..

"It's okay, it's okay…?!"

Our eyes met.

The blue wall stares piercingly at Hari..

Hari has been told that it is rude to look at the royal family, but she has no idea what to do if Leon stares at her like this..

"who are you──"

Just when Leon's doubts were focused on Hari, a commotion broke out outside..

"dismissal! No way!"

"A grand consecration ceremony is in progress.!"

Someone who breaks into the ceremony hall of the consecration, bypassing the priests who are trying to dissuade them..

It was a woman with intense black.

Hair as black as ebony and blue eyes as blue as aquamarine. A strong-looking woman who looks better in her current blood-stained uniform than in a dress..

"Karina, what happened?."

A woman called Karina approached Leon, who was soaking in holy water, without stopping and bowed with a salute..

"Congratulations on your victory, Lionheart!."

"……Yes, Grand Duke Dragonia. For what purpose did you bring your luggage?."

Grand Duke Carina Dragonia. Current Lionheart King Leon Dragonia Lionheart's successor.

She spoke with an extremely business-like gaze towards her father..

"We, the Northern Army, declare our intention to secede from the Union at this time.."