Chapter 48
48angry magician queen beatrice
Beatrice Alighieri Spero, the magician queen of the Kingdom of Spero, was a famous saint..
The kingdom that has flourished since the founding fathers is prosperous and peaceful. It seems like this peaceful era will last forever..
everyone thought so.
Until the demon invasion begins.
The black crowd said to be coming from far away in the west, at first I thought it was a group of barbarians..
However, its notoriety and its power are numerous. The hordes of obscene lust that came from that faraway kingdom destroyed several kingdoms in the blink of an eye..
The closer the black group got, the more the queen realized that the enemy was something unusual through the influx of refugees and eyewitness testimonies..
The momentum of those outrageous things will eventually extend to the Kingdom of Spero..
Of course, honorable knights and loyal soldiers loyal to the queen will stand against the invasion..
They fought against the approaching hordes of evil..
victory. victory. victory.
The magician queen personally led the army and the army went out and achieved glory by repeating victories..
Refugees from a kingdom that was defeated after repeated defeats gained hope when they saw the queen rallying the remnants of the army to repel evil..
It took less than thirty years for that hope to gradually crumble..
They are not a group skilled in war. They are weak, unruly, and have no military discipline. However, morale is strangely high. It's so strangely energetic.
It must be a ragtag group of people who have no faith or cause and only pursue obscene pleasure, and they are violently throwing themselves at it..
The first time I realized that they were beings that would not die even if they died was three years ago, when the great evil that should have been defeated reappeared in good shape..
'This war... There was no chance of winning from the beginning..'
Even if they die, they are resurrected..
They are willing to sacrifice themselves because there is no way they will die..
The population here is steadily being decimated, but they come in endless numbers..
No matter how great the victory, no matter how many demons you kill, it will come back in the end..
What an unreasonable fight this is..
The war continued endlessly.
Even after defeating tens of thousands of demons, hundreds of soldiers are dragged away from the crowded battlefield and are corrupted by terrible torture and pleasure..
Demons wearing human skins and infiltrating the royal castle corrupt the maids and create an orgy..
The cults that filled the streets claimed that the pursuit of infinite pleasure was salvation..
The kingdom is falling apart..
The steel-like knights become corrupted, and the soldiers who protected their country aim their spears at their families..
I can't remember the beautiful and peaceful scenery of my homeland that I once saw..
How long has it been since the citizens on the streets laughed, had fun, and made plans for tomorrow?…….
Doom was coming.
[Queen, make a deal with me.]
The highest ranking archdemon proposed to her..
[If you can plant the essence of corruption and survive for a hundred years, I will stop invading this world and return it to its original state..]
How can you believe that?.
There was no need to even ask questions..
The kingdom has already been destroyed, and all that remains is a castle. In the end, his people, his soldiers, his knights... They will all disappear with destruction.
The Great Devil's proposal would be completely advantageous to them. But Beatrice had no choice but to accept the devil's bargain..
Because this is the only way to protect the people I love.
* * * *
The devil's trap was vicious.
They repeated the destruction of the kingdom for a year..
When the kingdom is destroyed, it returns to the beginning and repeats the destruction process..
If it were just that, the kingdom's citizens and soldiers would have endured. someone would have been with the queen.
However, the demons of pleasure and corruption did not kill the kingdom's citizens easily..
In their coquettish arena of corruption, they endlessly humiliated and tortured them and made them experience the most terrible things a living creature could experience..
Even death could not save. If you kill yourself, you will become a ghost wandering endlessly in the nine heavens..
In the end, there is only one choice given to them.
Degrading oneself and joining the forces of evil.
Promising endless pleasure and immortality, whispers of corruption deceived the proud people of the kingdom..
Alas, I failed..
The choice made to save the kingdom ended up tainting the kingdom's citizens with evil..
The proud queen begins to fall apart.
As I watched the repeated destruction, I felt that I would eventually collapse..
The fact that the Great Devil of Pleasure attempted to corrupt himself by imposing such annoying conditions was not simply entertainment..
An innate coquetry that even scares oneself. That color is corrupting even honorable knights..
If this continues, even my knights will become corrupted by evil..
The queen wanted to save at least the remaining knights. She herself broke her contract and became corrupted, and in return she hoped to save at least the remaining knights..
"Queen. Forgive me for my disloyalty."
Finally, when a knight reached the point where he attacked the queen's bedroom, the general sealed his queen underground. And she took her own life and became an incorruptible ghost..
「I… I made you like this.」
10 years of regret and devastation.
Even though we both know the end, the fate of destruction is bound to repeat itself..
The queen hoped this nightmare would end as soon as possible..
* * * *
[Hidden Quest: Save the Queen and the Kingdom.]
Wangseong returned after killing Androgyne. In the royal castle of the Kingdom of Spero, where the true nature has been revealed, there are no longer any residents who sing of hope..
"Are you saying that everyone has already become corrupted?."
"That's right."
Leon sighed sadly at Ricardo Burns’ affirmation..
He watched countless degenerates. The temptation of the devil is difficult for ordinary criminals to overcome..
Even more so, the terrible death that would be repeated for a hundred years would have encouraged further corruption..
"Among the demons I cut, there must have been people from the kingdom.."
"……."
"We must sympathize with them, but do not forgive them. For the fallen, there is only death. This is immutable justice."
The Death Knights were unable to respond to Leon's callous words. Then there is one more thing to consider..
"We who have fallen to the dead... What are you going to do?."
Death Knight… Undead are not welcome anywhere. It's natural.
The undead who abandon their deserved lives and pursue immortality are evil beings..
If these knights cannot tolerate themselves... Can you resist??
"That's not up to Jim to decide. I guess I should be with the queen first."
Leon headed to the underground cavity where the queen was enshrined with the Death Knights..
Queen Beatrice sealed herself to prevent the progression of corruption as much as possible. She couldn't stop even that.
Leon sighed and looked down at the sleeping queen..
"Please, pls. How about."
In his words, divinity appeared. She is the goddess of dreams and death with purple eyes and purple hair. she looks impressed.
[It is an innate talent. Those filthy malicious things are worthy of coveting. A truly terrifying demon lord was almost born..]
Gyeonggukji color. It was a bad news for the fall of the country that the country was tilted only by appearance and coquetry..
[The essence of corruption was planted and the bad news was further amplified. More than half of the corruption has already occurred..]
"However, it was not corrupted. With the malignancy of lust she wished me the death of knights."
It's not because he hates the knights who imprisoned him. To kill them and at least save their souls..
The queen and the knights did what they least wanted to do to protect each other..
How could a person of royalty or a knight not appreciate this love and loyalty?.
[Leon, engrave the original woman’s pattern on this child. If she can accept my consciousness, she will unleash her divinity that will drive away her corrupting essence..]
"You are the ‘King’ who deserves it, so I will gladly accept it.."
Leon felt a sense of kinship with the queen..
Because he too has been fighting against evil for two hundred years..
That’s why I know it better than anyone else. How sweet are their temptations and whispers.
When Leon touched the queen's body, divinity flowed through him..
From the pantheon in Lionheart, the goddess of dreams and death can be felt entering her..
The next moment, her eyes opened, revealing purple pupils..
"Have you woken up from a dream, Queen Beatrice?."
[You have cleared the hidden quest..]
-The 'pollution resistance' of all participants is strengthened..
-You have obtained the Crown of Longing.
-You have obtained the soul's enlightenment.
* * * *
the battle is over.
Androgyne, the great demon of pleasure, was exterminated, numerous demons were slaughtered, and most demons escaped through the Demon Gate..
There was also damage on Leon's side..
This is because six hunters were killed. The hunters were depressed after losing their comrades with whom they had been through hardships for about a month, but were relieved when they read the message that their souls had headed to paradise..
'Then even if we die... I'm going to heaven?;'
'Hehehe… ! Your Majesty the Lionheart King, I will be loyal.!'
'and… loyalty loyalty.'
Leon and his gods do not hide in the clouds.
He actively expressed his existence and encouraged belief..
You should not try to deal with the divine, but it is something that the divine can do to take care of their believers..
With the guarantee of the Lion-Hearted King, even if it is a machine, a dead ghost, or a person without faith, it is a free pass..
"Your Majesty, here comes the loot.."
Manager Jinsu Kim and the hunters are professional hunters. Of course, if you cleared the gate, you got the loot first..
"Is it the crown and sword that the devil used?."
Crown and Park Do-ra. Since it is an object stained with evil, it must be destroyed immediately.──
-Kikluk!
It was then. Yakt Spinner approached, stepping on the ground with all eight legs, and began tying Bakdo with wire..
"Do you like it?."
-High-strength metal material. useful.
"However, it is an object tainted with evil. That sword is something that traps the soul.."
Leon penetrated the essence of Baekdo left behind by Androgyne..
A sword that traps souls, created to punish even demons. The souls of countless demons are trapped within that path..
-Geeeeeeeek!
-Forgiveness, forgiveness…!
-I curse. I curse you!
Look. Just by being near that bakdo, those thoughts erode the surroundings. Hunters who actually touched the bakdo would have been contaminated long ago if not for the recovery of the Holy Grail..
-This machine can handle it.
"hmm……."
These are words spoken by none other than the Holy Grail Knight Yappy. Leon nodded his head and allowed him to process..
and──
[Lion Heart.]
Fl, the god of dreams and death, appeared before them..
"Uh oh?"
Hunters who are confused by the sudden appearance of a goddess. Leon shouted..
"Get on your knees, you lowly things.!"
"Yes at all!"
The Death Knights had already fallen to their knees. Even the hunters kneel in vain..
Only Lionheart stood proudly before the goddess. Because he can do that.
"Speak, goddess."
[Defeat that evil servant and show the crown you obtained to the main woman..]
"Because it is a stolen item, I am afraid it will stain the eyes of the goddess.."
[It's okay.]
Leon held up the Crown of Longing. The goddess looks at it closely..
"It is a crown with extraordinary inherent power. I was going to destroy it when I regained some strength.."
[It's not that I don't know what you mean. But why not leave this crown to her true wife?.]
When Leon tilts his head in confusion, Fleur smiles..
[This crown, you may not remember, but it is the crown shared by the great demons of pleasure whose heads you cut off..]
"Is that so??"
To Leon, it was just a sin. When you cut off the necks of insects, does it matter what they got on their heads?.
[Those ugly demons of lust deceive children with meaningless illusions. Such power is encapsulated in this crown. If she's the real girl, she might be able to pull something off..]
"It was an evil object that was destined to disappear anyway. If you want it, I'll gladly give it to you.."
Leon handed it over to Fle without much notice..
[Thank you. And you worked hard this time too. The pantheon rejoices and gives thanks for your glory and honor. Say goodbye to war and go..]
[what is greeting.]
It was then. A man with red hair who looks like he's on fire. A male god whose blazing gaze is so intense that it's scary descends next to Fleur..
Fethos, god of war and flame. Hunters and Death Knights felt like their existence was being weighed down by the appearance of the ferocious nova following Fl..
"Ugh, ugh.……."
"K-um…!"
For criminals, the existence of a divinity is like a spiritual body, so it is a pressure like this..
What is it about the Lion-Hearted King that can stand proudly even under such pressure??
"Dreams and War, I have one thing to ask of you.."
[It's been a while since I last saw you, so you're asking me out of the blue?.]
"I'm sorry."
[What is it.]
Leon glanced at the Death Knights. I saw the queen still sleeping among them..
"Please, please accept their souls.."
The gods did not listen to the request of the Lionheart King in vain..
[Do you mean to lead the souls of these little things to paradise? They have abandoned the cycle of life and death.]
[It's hard, war. The power of death is the power of the original woman. It's none of your business..]
[What divinity allows the undead?!]
[That's right.]
Dream and Death looked at the Death Knights. Because by nature, she shouldn't tolerate that existence..
[Knights who defy death are essentially dark beings who must be punished by the true woman. They broke the cycle of death.]
"please… Please forgive me."
At that time, the queen opens her eyes with difficulty. She was barely able to hold on to her sanity as the essence of corruption raged within her body and Fl's divinity tried to drive it away..
"Queen - Her Highness…!"
"Protecting the body... please do."
The Death Knights knelt before the queen. These knights of loyalty were worried about the queen's well-being even at the moment when their disposition was being decided..
Beatrice cannot ignore this noble spirit..
"Alien divinity... The queen of a lowly ruined country risks her shame and asks for a favor.……."
Loyal people who gave up their lives to protect the queen. Knights of Loyalty who protected her Queen for 95 years.
The queen was able to bend any pride for the peace of her knights..
[hmm…….]
Fleur was torn between the pitiful circumstances of the queen and her knights and Lionheart's request..
The undead are profane beings that defy death. Putting them in paradise itself is blasphemy.
[The queen's loyal knights. No one in the pantheon can take your souls to paradise..]
"……Is that so?."
The Death Knights, including Ricardo Burns, had already made up their minds. They only want one thing. Just the queen's comfort.
[However. Your merit covers the fruit. Your loyalty has impressed the gods, and above all, the messenger King Heart has begged for your souls from her true maiden..]
So, Fl offered an alternative..
[I cannot take you to paradise, but I will give you a chance to reincarnate. I will purify that polluted soul and give it a chance to be born again..]
It was a device for souls who did not deserve to enter paradise..
Even if one is a sinner, one has the opportunity to purify one's soul and be reborn. The deeper the sin, the more often it disappears during the purification process..
However, the Death Knights' sins are not heavy, so they will be able to endure them..
[But, queen and knights. In the underworld under the jurisdiction of the original woman, the function of reincarnation is not working. This is due to the lack of divinity in this land..]
Currently, the pantheon and everything related to it are run solely by Leon's lion heart..
However, reincarnation only functions if there is sufficient faith on earth..
[Queen, become your maiden’s priest. She helps the Lion Heart King to spread faith in this land. It is the only way to give rest to the souls of your knights..]
Beatrice bowed her head willingly..
* * * *
"Then, Your Majesty, we will go through the formal formalities for Her Majesty Queen Beatrice.."
In the unprecedented situation of a variable gate, the Hunter Association gathered all the hunters it could mobilize and prepared for the dungeon break..
A week like that. Leon finally cleared the gate and returned..
"and……."
"Another survivor after Yakt Spinner.."
"pretty……."
It is rare for survivors to return from the original gate..
Association President Oh Kang-hyuk registered Beatrice as a survivor at Leon's request and also expressed condolences to the deceased hunters..
"We express our deepest condolences to the hunters for their sacrifice.."
Six hunters died. If it were a normal incident, Leon's graduation ceremony could have been a huge failure..
"However, it was a red gate where even the Great Devil appeared in the variable gate. It's truly a miracle that it ended with this much damage.."
"You must have checked the detailed video through Sir Spinner. I also got to meet the families of the warriors.."
"Do you want to meet in person??"
"He was one of Jim's few soldiers. I have to do that much.."
"……You may end up in a bad situation."
Mourning for the dead is always emotional. The president of the association was worried that the families of the fallen would be harmed if they tried to harm Leon..
"It wasn't so tight that I couldn't understand my dead wife, parents and children. But they will be relieved to hear Jim's story.."
It was a soul that Leon personally blessed and guided. They will be relieved when they think of the treatment they will receive in the paradise of the dead..
Those who have lost their families will be cared for by Leon's pantheon. This is the Lionheart Kingdom's etiquette for the fallen..
"Release the video and summon more hunters. The evil species will eventually invade your world, so soldiers and knights are needed for that time.."
"……."
Association President Oh Kang-hyuk has already confirmed what happened inside the gate through video..
The great devil of pleasure and corruption. They are demons that have been seen appearing in places such as Mexico and South America..
In a South American country where security was already a mess, the city they corrupted was eventually evaporated by nuclear attack..
Oh Kang-hyuk had also seen the acts committed by those obscene demons of lust several times in records..
"Your Majesty, your power is optimal for dealing with demons.?"
"Yes."
"then……."
Oh Kang-hyuk told him about the upcoming schedule at the association level and Leon gladly accepted it..
And the Mansinjeon headquarters building in Naju Plains..
Although the change gate incident and the trainees' graduation ceremony have not yet been completed, Leon urgently found a place to seek 'help'..
A place where people in this world cannot help. A place that can be reached only through the power of faith that has been faithfully accumulated until now..
Leon closes his eyes and puts himself into a coma..
In his spiritual state, he saw a purple goddess staring at him..
[Do you want to hold your hand?.]
Coming into contact with the glorious body of God is something familiar to the Lionheart King. Guided by the goddess, the place he went to was his heart.
The temple of all gods enshrined in the heart of a lion, the only one that generates holy power on its own..
A place reserved only for Leon among mortals since the beginning of the age of the gods..
paradise of the gods.
There were people waiting for him in front of the magnificent temple..
"Welcome, Your Majesty.."
A woman with long brown hair wearing a veil. A divine radiance is with her that cannot be found in an ordinary human being..
"Agnyak."
"A lowly servant of God meets the representative of the gods."
Leon stared at the countless people spread out behind the kneeling saint..
Each and every one of them is a servant of the gods who has reached the pinnacle of human status and is a qualified person who enjoys a feast with the gods in the pantheon..
The previous Lionheart Kings and the great Grail Knights. Sages of the Forest and Champions of the Gods.
""Welcome, greatest guardian of the Holy Grail!.""
A paradise created by the gods for mortals..
In the center of the temple, the heroes and people of Ten Thousand Horses fell down before him..
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