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Chapter 132

132Buddhist scriptures to the moon

War requires a lot of supplies.

From weapons to armor, barding, horseshoe arrows and siege weapons... Needless to say, war consumes endless supplies..

However, the Lionheart Kingdom has been at war for over 20 years..

Of course, all materials are lacking, and there is also a shortage of blacksmiths to forge them..

However, one thing that has become especially prominent recently is the shortage of blacksmiths. The reason was simple.

The number of allied forces has increased too much..

Different races that joined the remnants of the empire. The number of free soldiers increased rapidly, but the number of blacksmiths did not increase..

Strictly speaking, there was a lack of priests who served the deities of iron and blacksmithing..

In the Lionheart Kingdom, which attracts stars every cycle of the comet and processes them into star iron, only the priests of Heto can process star iron..

Therefore, in order to supply high-quality star iron weapons, a large number of skilled Heto priests are needed, but there is a limit when trying to make weapons for the entire Allied Forces..

This was the biggest concern for Antok, the Holy Grail Knight of Heto, the god of iron and blacksmithing, and the reason why he, with his transcendental strength, lived in a blacksmith shop..

"oh oh…!"

"fast!"

The temple forge of Heto, Lord of the Pantheon. The attention of the priests who were busy working with their tops off was focused..

-Kikluk! The bellows begins. Slot 3 placement completed.

-Cutting work begins. Equipped with high-density cutter.

-Polishing completion rate 62%. Multitasking in progress up to issue 14.

fast. And without any hesitation.

No matter how skilled a blacksmith is, he or she tends to be cautious when handling hot iron and hammering, but this new blacksmith continued the process of making weapons without the slightest hesitation..

12 hours of work in progress. Although detailed finishing work remains to be done, Yapi had over a hundred sets of armor piled up..

Ten times the speed and tens of times the amount of work of a skilled blacksmith.!

"That's amazing."

Antok, the head of Heto's temple, was impressed by Yapi's fast and stable work speed..

Aside from the quality of the product itself, its production capacity is far ahead of itself..

"Great job, newbie. It's like watching Leon's training path.."

-Kikluk?

Yappy turns the camera eye when a familiar name is mentioned. But those mechanical arms keep moving..

"Sorry, excuse me. Your Majesty Leon. Do you know His Majesty??"

-Close cooperation with this unit.

"Cooperation target?"

-demon killing partner.

"Oh, I want to be part of that too.."

Antok believed that this extraordinary blacksmith would not lack in military power. If only he weren't himself, the Grail Knight who presides over iron..

"I have been a traveling companion with His Majesty Leon for quite some time. At that time, I was also walking on a spiritual path.."

-With Your Majesty?

"Well then."

Unlike Leon, who had the title of heir to the Grand Duke, Antok took the standard elite course from Knight of Struggle to Knight of the Kingdom..

He is thirty. It was exactly then that I met Leon..

"It was a frontier village that was falling into ruin. There was an urgent request for help from a village being invaded by orcs.."

However, perhaps because it was such a remote area, the people closest to them in the area were Gildus and Antok, who were on a training path..

Coincidentally, I also met Gunlar, a treeman who was on a journey for his own spiritual peace, there..

"It was quite a tough battle. There were more orcs than expected and there were several great warriors. At best, we were surviving through defensive warfare.."

Leon appeared in a desperate situation where he had no choice but to wait for the knights to set out..

"It was amazing. A young knight half my size cut the orc warrior in half in one fell swoop.."

Gildus and Antok were called geniuses of their time and were elites who were training. What about Gunlar, who is said to have a naturally knight-level body??

However, if a genius among geniuses awakens to become a Holy Grail Knight, Leon was above them..

A superman among supermen. A being with an innate power that will go down as a legend in history..

"I can see that kind of talent in you.."

Antok suggested with a grin to Yappy, who was tilting his head..

"How is it? Wouldn't you like to be my disciple??"

-Kikluk?

"I will teach you the magic hammering technique taught to you by God Heto.!"

-…….

Yapi was silent for a while. It's not that I don't understand Antok's words..

This is because we know through big data how to effectively ignore the other person in conversations among organic matter..

A moment of silence. After looking around from head to toe,.

-you?

If Hari had seen it, it was an emoticon that would have protested, asking how he could make an expression of contempt for people with an inorganic camera eye..

"you… don't know who i am?"

-cancer.

"Even though I know?"

- No matter how talented you are, it's organic. It cannot be compared to the efficient production capacity of this machine through its perfect process..

"……."

Antok, who had been silent for a while as if he was dumbfounded by those words, burst into laughter..

"This is such a great boss.!"

He is the Grail Knight of iron and blacksmithing. In other words, except for Shin Heto, he is the world's best craftsman. How could he not step forward when he was so lightly ignored?.

"I'll show you. I know that teaching you is not a waste of time.."

Antok lifted his hammer. Yaffe recorded the movement while still engrossed in his own work. To compare with his own mechanical movements.

-Kyaang!

The hammering begins. Yapi didn't think it was a big deal at first..

Polished, cooled and pounded. Yappy honestly raised his rating as the work continued..

Perfect. From the wrist snap of swinging a hammer to the timing of cooling heated metal. I think I acquired this skill well in a primitive casting room..

But that's it. Yappy is the same when it comes to perfection in movement, timing, and polish. Yappy can keep this going forever..

But what about Antok? After all, as long as we are human, mistakes happen..

-Kyaang!

When striking metal, a slight discordant sound. It was a very fleeting sound that even an experienced blacksmith would not recognize, but for Yapi, it was a huge miss..

Hammering more than necessary will cause internal cracks and reduce the critical finish. In the end, Antok is also human──

-Kikluk?

Yapi sensed a miscalculation as he looked at the beaten piece of metal. Contrary to what one might think, there is no fluctuation in the uniformity of the iron. In fact, it seems to have spread more evenly by 13% than my own polishing.──

"I also like your perfect work. It probably can't be compared to the production volume of a blacksmith.."

Antok said as he continued hammering..

"There was a retired priest of Heto who made a sword for me as a knight-errant. An old man who looks like he doesn't have the strength to use a hammer is able to create a precious sword that is more beautiful than any other sword.."

-Kyaang!

"So I learned it. I think that was probably the opportunity to be chosen by Heto.."

-Kyaang!

-…….

"It's art, my friend. The art of iron created by carving out the soul. I believe there are areas where perfect technique alone cannot do the trick.."

Finished armor. There are still many processes left, and only the framework has been established, but Yapi was able to calculate the armor made in the future with this alone..

0.01%

Leon's armor that has not been completed until now. Because it was not enough to receive the blessings of all gods, Yapi was still continuing the challenge..

-Kikluk!

Yappy was sure. With this man, with this man's skills, he would definitely create 100% perfect armor..

-Since the current big data has not been completed, there is a need to register organic matter technology as part of knowledge..

"I don't know what you're talking about, but the bottom line is that you want to be my student.?"

-ㄴㄴ In order to observe the technological development of organic matter,──

"Follow along, disciple.!"

-Not a disciple. The perfect process production rate of this machine is incomparable to that of organic materials.──

"Lord Antok, Your Majesty has sent a messenger.."

Gillingham, the Holy Grail Knight of Thunder. He came to visit Antok..

* * * *

Beatrice soon joined Hari and his group..

Gunlar, the forest sage, was by her side, and Gunlar once again drew up the plan for the 'Final Holy Grail'..

The plan itself has been discussed once before. You, Leon, denied this..

Because it starts with sacrificing my execution.

"good. I'll do it."

But Isabelle accepted it coolly..

"Director Isabel... It's not something to be taken lightly.."

Gillingham seemed worried and tried to dissuade Isabel. But Isabel shakes her head..

"Hey, driver. Sir, if His Majesty wants you to charge alone against the legions of demons, you can do it.?"

"……If it is His Majesty's order."

Before questioning an order, simply believe it. A word from Leon to the knights. Because that was enough.

"so do i."

"……."

Isabel accepted the judgment not out of chivalry, but because she believed in the judgment of the representative of the pantheon..

"But this isn't something I can just accept.."

"Even the moon goddess must be okay with it.."

"huh. Maybe you will allow it."

Isabelle grinned as she looked at Leon, who had ordered her to ‘die.’.

"your majesty."

"……say, execution."

"The choices His Majesty makes will lead to the future.?"

"Yes."

"That's enough."

"……."

"Tree Grandpa. explain the plan."

"First, we'll shoot the moon and drop the fragments. It's basically like pulling a star.."

The first step is to secure the moon fragment, and the second step is to disassemble and extract it through the iron and blacksmith Grail Knight Antok..

With the moon rock extracted in this way, the wise men of the forest, including Gunra, will complete the essence to be dissolved in the Holy Grail..

To do this, we first need to split part of the moon. Isabel shrugged his shoulders..

"I guess I'll have to put an end to that profanity.."

she is the first victim.

* * * *

The ceremony took place at night..

The center of the pantheon. closest to the moon.

Where the Grail Guardians and Grail Knights wait, the Moon Priest kneels and prays..

The priest of purity prays to the supreme moon. He asks permission and forgiveness for the mortal sins he must commit from now on..

There were two people who heard that voice..

Isabelle, Priestess of Purity and King Lionheart, Representative of All Gods.

Although the Moon Goddess cursed the Lionheart King for breaking the chastity of her priest decades ago, that is now a thing of the past..

[It's okay.]

The moon goddess decided to accept the loss of her divine status..

The Priest of Purity stands up with bare feet on the cold floor. I am grateful to the goddess for her generosity and do not ask for forgiveness for the disrespect I will commit from now on..

What was held in her hand was a bow. A great bow that is taller than the tall moon hunter. She is truly a shrine worthy of shooting for the moon..

"Who would have thought that they would commit such blasphemy?."

The Final Holy Grail Plan. It is a plan drawn up by the wise men of the forest..

A plan to strengthen the Holy Grail, focusing on religious rituals and restoration, to improve its function to suit this great war..

However, Leon refused. This is because so many sacrifices were needed for it..

And among those sacrifices was Isabel, the priestess of the moon..

"But I never thought my brother-in-law would change his mind.."

"sorry."

"No, you don't need to. brother-in-law."

Isabel pulled the bowstring with a bright smile. she knows.

"You may be the bastard who stole my sister's virginity, but as a king, you are not one to err in judgment.."

Strictly speaking, it is hard to say that the reason I met Castile, the moon goddess, was because of emotional issues..

My younger brother was happy. He would have been happy. It was an act of profanity for the goddess, but Isabelle was satisfied with it..

"I guess I'm not the main character in this story.."

White fireworks rise in the night sky.

The bow of the grand palace is stretched to its limit, releasing holy power that blows like the wind..

"therefore… I'll show my best self for this one scene!"

Distance to the moon 385,000 kilometers.

This distance. The feeling of being so far away that I don't even have the energy left to challenge myself as a shooter..

"I'll shoot! Let's commit the greatest act of blasphemy in history.!"

But the greatest shooter of the century has issued a clear challenge to the planet he serves..

-Quaaaaaaa!!

Accompanied by gusts of wind. This is by no means a physical action of the atmosphere..

Inexhaustible divine power contained in a single arrow hung on a string. It creates a storm and a roar, adding momentum to the arrow..

The goddess of the moon and purity is not originally a deity suitable for battle..

However, the goddess gave one power to her followers who had to escape the confines of men and live alone..

hunt.

Archer's talent for shooting.

Director Shin is an archer at his extreme..

"nice…!"

The aim towards the moon wavers. That will happen too.

Even the act of aiming at a being whom one has served is a crime that warrants cutting off one's hand. How unholy is the act of trying to shoot it?.

Even if the goddess is guilty, it is a mortal sin that the believer himself cannot forgive..

I'm not sure if it's because of my disrespect for the moon that I've worshiped my entire life, or if it's just a physiological reaction caused by the storm, but tears form at the corners of my eyes..

But I can't leave it to you until I step back from here. Before she is a priest of purity, she is a person who trusts the Lionheart King..

Okay, I said.

Complete all preparations and release an arrow that sprays holy power..

Tightly closed eyes feel the guilt of not being able to bear to watch that blasphemy..

-Quaaaaaaa!!

The arrow that left the protest. A single arrow rising from the highest point on the ground. It rises like a comet, spraying the flames of sacred power..

Paradoxically, the greatest Buddhist scripture uttered by the goddess became the beautiful Milky Way that decorated the night sky and pierced the moon in the sky..

"Okay, it was successful.."

"Really the moon... I pierced it."

The trace of an arrow that passed through the surface of the moon. The fragments of the moon visible in the night sky reflect the future as calculated..

"Daeseongnyeo…!"

Leon shouted. At that moment, her prayer reaches the sky. Daeseongnyeo's miracle of reading the flow of celestial bodies and attracting him.

It heads not toward the stars, but toward the fragments of the moon, and follows the guidance of the goddess toward the planet..

"It's a success!"

Gillingham was delighted. The same goes for Beatrice, who was watching..

Now all that's left is to safely drop the moon fragment into the pantheon and have Antok, the Grail Knight of the Iron and Blacksmith, extract the star iron from the moon and process it..

"Cough…!"

It was then. Isabel, who performed the miracle of shooting down the moon, vomited blood and collapsed..

"isabel!"

Leon rushed to her, but her injuries were not light..

Isabelle, blood pouring out from every hole in her body. It was natural. She is the priest of the moon and purity. The fact that she damaged the moon by shooting it means that she damaged the deity of the moon itself..

As a saint who represents the moon, it was a Buddhist scripture that gave feedback to herself as well..

"shit… It hurts so bad. still… Dina shared her feedback. Ah, be merciful."

Even as blood poured out of her closed eyes, Isabelle did not stop speaking lightly. Leon held her like that..

"It's okay. really… Good job."

Leon knew this would happen. That's why he stopped the final Holy Grail plan. Because I decided that I would rather die honorably on a battlefield where failure and defeat were decided..

However, if you, yourself, are nothing more than a reproduced record of the past,.

I just decided that it was my duty to leave something for the future..

"Thank you, Isabel. I will carry your share of the burden too.."

Leon waited for the approaching moon fragment. It was the arrow she shot at the risk of her life. Because it can never be done in vain.

but.

"your majesty! The orbit of the fragment... It's changing!"

Someone else was watching what was happening in space..

"exorbitant… horsepower!"

A blue magical power so huge that it lights up the earth flies through the sky..

It is incomprehensible to human common sense, and if the magicians of the empire had witnessed it, they would have gone crazy with its madness..

A magical event on a terrible scale.

"no way… ! closed the gate?"

Beatrice was astonished upon realizing the owner of the magic power..

The man who sensed the crack in the dimension and closed it in an instant was this time pulling a fragment of the moon..

"Ah, ah……!"

Daeseongnyeo's sigh flows. Her role is to pull the moon fragments to the planet..

Dragging the coordinates once entered is the gravitational force that entered the planet's atmosphere..

Therefore, I was helpless against the magic power that changed the trajectory of the fragments..

But who could predict.

Who could imagine that there exists a monster that can pull the fragments of a huge planet that has already entered its orbit using only magical power?.

"The orbit of the fragment... It's completely wrong."

The pulled fragments of the moon fell in the wrong place..