< Chapter 17 - Revelation #2 >
&
god.
A transcendent being.
Unlike reality, where there is constant debate over whether or not there is a god, the Pleiades actually had one.
But strictly speaking, the god of the Pleiades was far from the omnipotent god we think of in reality.
Beings that are clearly powerful, but have clear limitations.
Although he is called immortal, he is also capable of extinction.
‘To be completely honest, you could say that he’s an incredibly powerful superpower.’
But still, God was God.
They were objects of faith and possessed greatness that no human could dare approach.
‘There are three main types of gods in the Pleiades.’
One is the creator god Lu, who is called the creator of heaven.
But he or she was closer to a conceptual being whose existence was questionable.
It was not the creator god Lu, but the four archangels who led the heavens.
‘Angels called gods.’
Originally they were angels, not gods, but they were worshipped as gods due to the ignorance of humans.
The most representative being among them was the sun god Solari.
Originally, the archangels of heaven viewed humans as nothing more than livestock that needed to be raised, but the seventh archangel, Solari, was different.
She wanted to guide and care for humans as if they were her own children or younger siblings.
‘Solari was not alone. There were many angels who joined her cause, and when they descended to Earth, they were each worshipped as gods by humans.’
But that was all a thing of the past.
Due to the long war with demons, there were no more gods on Earth.
‘The last one is foreign news.’
Transcendent beings who exist in a third world that is neither heaven nor hell.
But their impact on Earth was minimal.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was limited to the level of just saying that there was such a thing as foreign news.
‘And the wild god.’
Beings that do not belong to any of the three types listed so far.
‘First of all, neither the Kingdom of Seilun nor the Argon Empire acknowledge the existence of the Wild God.’
Although there were political reasons, both countries perceived the wild gods as fictional beings created by the shamanism of barbarians.
‘Even those who acknowledge its existence only think of it as a powerful spirit.’
And Uther thought similarly.
The reason was simple.
‘Because it doesn’t appear in the original.’
These were wild gods who had never directly appeared, only being occasionally mentioned in manuals, setting books, item descriptions, etc.
‘There was also a theory that they all died to Belial of Corruption······.’
Anyway, it’s all a story after the great invasion of the northern barbarians.
At this point in time, it could be said that it was still possible for it to exist.
‘No, is it still alive?’
Because right now, right before my eyes, there was a being calling itself a wild god.
The Great Storm.
A wild god of wind worshipped by the Great Storm Tribe.
“I think you’re thinking of something rude.”
Perhaps because he was in the form of a boy, the Great Storm’s speech was considerably lighter than when he first appeared.
Uther quickly denied it and said,
“No, I was so surprised I couldn’t think of anything.”
Actually, it wasn’t a complete lie.
Because I was really surprised.
Who would have thought that the Great Storm would really appear? And in this way.
“Huh, you speak well.”
The boy, who somehow seemed to react like Cordelia, made a rock rise from the ground with a few points of his finger and sat down on it as he spoke.
“Anyway, I am the Great Storm. I am the being you have been selling your name to.”
He spoke mischievously with his chin held high, and his expression and eyes were just like those of a mischievous, mischievous boy.
‘First of all, it doesn’t seem like he’s really angry.’
If he was really angry, he would have tried to punish him by saying something like, “You’re using the name of God for nothing.”
“Uh… ahem, it is an honor to meet you, Great Storm. My name is Cordelia Chase. This is my fiancé, Uther Bayer.”
While Uther was hesitating what to do, Cordelia stepped forward and spoke.
The great storm smiled in satisfaction at the sight of her polite greeting.
“But the girl knows manners, I like it. If you see a god, don’t just stare blankly, but tell her name first. Right.”
As he finished speaking, he clicked his tongue. It seemed that Cordelia liked it, but Uther didn’t like it.
Instead of being agitated, Uder showed his courtesy and said:
“Great Storm, please listen to our story.”
“say it.”
As expected, the reaction was as expected.
The Great Storm did not appear to punish them.
‘If that’s the case.’
Yuder took a deep breath and steeled his resolve.
From now on, I had to cheat – no, tell white lies – to a wild god who was neither a fairy queen nor a witch.
“Spreading beyond the border-”
“The Wild Land. That’s what we call it. Not the Savage Land.”
After expressing his gratitude for the great storm’s advance warning, Uder continued speaking.
“I heard that there is danger coming to the wild lands.”
“To whom?”
“From the spirits of the Southern Fairy Queen and the witches.”
First of all, as far as Uther knew, there was no connection whatsoever between the Fairy Queens and the Wild Gods.
But just in case, instead of mentioning who it was specifically, I showed them the fairy footsteps and fairy bond I received from the Fairy Queens.
It was a dream, so the clothes had changed, but the two objects on his neck and arms were still there.
“Hmm… Fairy queens are like that, but what about the souls of witches?”
“Yes, the spirit of the great witch who has been fighting against Asmodeus, the great lord of lust, for many years.”
“What did they say?”
“They talked about the threat of demons approaching the Wild Lands. In particular, the Witch’s Soul said that an organization called the Eye of the Demons seemed to have done something to the Red Wind, the chieftain of the Great Storm Tribe.”
The Great Storm’s brow furrowed at Uther’s explanation.
And Uther was sure.
‘It’s coming over.’
As expected, it was a great storm where no one knew who the witch’s spirit was or what it was doing.
But there was some truth in Uther’s words.
The devil’s eyes.
They are causing havoc in the wild land.
Red Whirlwind, dying from an unknown disease.
“That’s what the witch’s soul said.”
“Yes, and my fiancée Cordelia here is the successor of the witch who inherited some of her power from the witch’s spirit… That’s why the witch asked Cordelia and me to go to the wild land and stop the plot of the devil’s followers.”
At Uther’s words, the Great Storm turned to Cordelia, and Cordelia, who had been blinking, quickly nodded.
“yes that’s right.”
Cordelia blushed as she thought she had answered a bit foolishly, but the Great Storm, who felt a sense of trust in her, scratched his chin and said.
“So, to sum it up, is this what it is? The Fairy Queen and the Witch’s Spirit warned me about the dangers of the Wild Lands. The Witch’s Spirit, in particular, told me about my tribe and told me to go and help them.”
“Yes, that’s right. On my way to the Wild Lands, I heard that a girl from the Great Storm Tribe, who had Winter Elf blood, was being held captive in a slave auction house, so I rescued her. She is the Red Wind.”
“Hmm······.”
The Great Storm scratched his chin again, and Uther smiled inwardly.
If you just look at the outline of the story, there really isn’t anything to find fault with.
On the way to meet the Great Storm Tribe, I rescued a girl from the Great Storm Tribe.
What are you nitpicking about here?
After waiting for a moment, Yuder drove the wedge in.
“I used the name of the Great Storm without permission in order to convince the Red Wind, who had become more vigilant due to being captured as a slave. Please forgive me.”
Uther bowed deeply, and Cordelia, who was telepathic, bowed her head at almost the same timing.
The Great Storm groaned and nodded at the two people’s polite apologies.
“Okay, well, I’m a bit of a brash person. Let’s forgive me for now.”
“thank you.”
“Thank you, Great Storm.”
Uther and Cordelia quickly expressed their gratitude, making the Great Storm’s forgiveness a fait accompli.
And Uder went one step further.
“Great Storm, I dare ask you to listen a little more to this feeble man’s story.”
“What is it?”
“I want to repay your grace for forgiving me of my great sin. Please allow Cordelia and I to fight for the Great Storm Tribe. I want to become a warrior of the Great Storm.”
At first glance, it seemed like he was just saying he wanted to volunteer, but the reality was completely different.
‘Self-proclaimed becomes official.’
From the moment the Great Storm permitted this, Uther and Cordelia became true Wild God warriors chosen by the Great Storm.
‘Because we have to work in the wild anyway.’
They were two people who had to stop the Devil’s Eye and the Angry Horn Tribe in order to achieve a happy ending.
In that case, wouldn’t it be better to be an official warrior rather than a self-proclaimed warrior?
If we could get even one proper certification from the Great Storm, our activities in the wild lands would be much easier.
‘And if it’s official, I’ll give you anything.’
Would a god like him just appoint a warrior and wash his mouth?
“Ugh.”
At Yuder’s request, the Great Storm narrowed its eyes and groaned.
Something feels off, and it definitely feels like there’s an ulterior motive, but there’s nothing to find fault with.
‘I don’t think I can just send it back.’
It was true that the devil followers were doing something in the wild lands.
In fact, that was why the Great Storm appeared in front of Uther and Cordelia.
‘Uh-huh, I feel like something is being said.’
But there was no way around it.
The Great Storm nodded after much thought.
“Very well, I will grant your request. From today on, you are my warriors.”
It was the moment the Great Storm declared. A strong light suddenly appeared from the right upper arms of Uther and Cordelia.
What follows is a momentary but intense pain.
In the midst of the pain that felt like being burned by a hot iron, Uther and Cordelia quickly took off their clothes and were soon able to confirm the tattoos on their respective right arms.
A design of a thunderbird coiled around the wind.
It was the emblem of the wild god symbolizing the great storm.
And the moment they confirmed the existence of the sentence, Uther and Cordelia thought it was rotten water.
‘Aren’t there any special effects?’
‘No options?’
Because there was no immediate and noticeable change.
Uther and Cordelia looked at each other, quickly confirmed each other’s sentences, and then realized it again.
‘different?’
‘Somewhere else?’
Uther’s was silver, Cordelia’s was gold.
As the two of them looked back at the Great Storm, he smiled and said.
“This is my emblem. Show it to my tribesmen and they will recognize you as my warriors.”
‘No, that’s important too.’
‘What’s the difference between silver and gold? Gold is better, right?’
Uther and Cordelia spoke with eager eyes, and the Great Storm continued its story, whether it knew or not.
“Now that you have become my warriors, I have something I want to entrust to you.”
The real reason why the Great Storm appeared here.
In terms of games, it’s the moment when a quest is about to begin.
However, Uther and Cordelia were more interested in the crest they had obtained than in the quest they were about to begin.
This was especially true when it was divided into silver and gold.
‘Should I just ask?’
‘I feel like I’m going to get yelled at for cutting off the conversation, but will I?’
The moment we exchanged glances.
The Great Storm, who finally figured out why the two were so impatient, laughed heartily in an uncharacteristic way for a boy and said:
“What, are you curious about the power of sentences?”
“”yes.””
The Great Storm laughed again as Uther and Cordelia answered without hesitation.
“This is a sentence that contains my protection that blows the wind, so from now on, the wind will be on your side.”
‘Are you saying that the wind attribute increases?’
‘Can you control the wind?’
Even as Uther and Cordelia tried their best to interpret it, the Great Storm continued to speak.
“The silver emblem has the protection of the wind barrier. When used, a wind barrier will be deployed to block projectile attacks. The gold emblem has the protection of the wind barrier and the protection of wind control. When using the protection of wind control, you will be able to freely control the winds around you, albeit briefly.”
Even if he is a wild god, he is still a god.
The protection of the wind barrier alone was useful, but the protection of the wind gust was an ability with extremely wide application potential.
“Wow! Thank you so much!”
Cordelia looked at the golden emblem engraved on her arm again and smiled brightly, and the Great Storm also smiled contentedly as if he found Cordelia pretty.
But Uther was different.
‘Why.’
Cordelia is gold, but Uther himself is silver.
Is there a number limit?
In this case, why don’t you just give them both the same thing?
Just as the Winter Fairy Queen bestowed her winter protection fairly.
Yuder’s question was valid, and so the Great Storm could easily guess Yuder’s thoughts. So he smiled and said.
“It’s simple.”
The reason Cordelia was given a golden crest and Uther a silver crest.
“I’m a guy, and I like a pretty, kind, cute, and honest girl much better than a dark, sinister guy.”
Uther blinked at the honest answer, and Cordelia smiled brightly again.
&
“Well, actually, that’s not all.”
As Yuder had guessed, there was a limit to the quantity of both the gold and silver emblems, so it was impossible to give both of them a gold emblem.
“I just seem to get along really well with that girl. Strangely enough.”
‘Is it because they’re both storms?’
The Great Storm and the Yellow Storm.
Cordelia seemed to have had similar thoughts as she nodded repeatedly with a smile.
“That’s right, Great Storm. I think Great Storm and I are a good match.”
“Really? I think so too.”
It was a conversation between Cordelia and the Great Storm, who had become affectionate without realizing it.
Uder swallowed his feeling of alienation and continued the story.
“Great Storm, what do you command us to do?”
“Oh, yeah. That’s what we were talking about.”
The Great Storm clapped its hands together and sat down on the rock, then began to speak again.
“It seems like the devil followers are up to something, just like you said. Strange phenomena are occurring in various sanctuaries in the wild lands.”
“In the sanctuaries?”
“Yes, each of our wild gods has a territory. We call that territory a sanctuary.”
Strictly speaking, they were wild gods similar to Korean mountain spirits.
Choose your own territory, your sanctuary, and grow your power in that sanctuary.
Thanks to this, he can exert powers that could be called god-like within his own domain, but his powers are greatly reduced when he goes outside his domain.
“There is a place nearby that used to be a sanctuary. It was where a wild god called the Great Avalanche lived. Instead of caring for the tribe, he became one with nature. In any case, even after he disappeared, the wild god’s power remained and this place functioned as a sanctuary.”
The barbarians were able to survive in the extreme wilderness thanks to the sanctuary filled with the blessings of the wild gods.
“But something seems strange there. The natural energy is distorted, and recently, even monsters seem to be appearing.”
It was a story that I somehow felt familiar with.
The great storm continued to speak.
“As I said at the beginning, it seems like there are more than one or two sanctuaries that have had problems. In the midst of all this, we couldn’t leave the sanctuaries, so we sent some of our tribesmen to investigate, but the results weren’t good.”
None of the warriors who went to the sanctuary of the violent avalanche returned.
Normally, I would have sent Red Wind, the tribe’s best warrior, but since he had been sick for several years, there was nothing I could do.
“The distortions of the Wrong Sanctuary are beginning to affect my sanctuary. So, children of the South, my warriors, investigate the Sanctuary of the Fierce Avalanche.”
Uther and Cordelia looked at each other.
In Heroes Chronicle 2, the Wild Lands did not appear properly.
There were also no quests involving the wild gods of nature.
Therefore, the events that would occur in the future were likely unknown even to Uther and Cordelia, the rotten waters of the heroic story.
The unknown was terrifying.
The fear was not knowing what would happen.
But even so,
‘It may sound a little weird, but it feels like I’m playing a new expansion pack.’
Cordelia spoke with her eyes, and Uther agreed. His heart also pounded a little.
And indeed, it was expected.
Because Uther and Cordelia’s goal was to destroy the scenario of Hero Chronicles 2.
‘Furthermore… it’s not like there is no information at all.’
Even though the Wild Lands were not featured on the stage, the Demon Eye and the corrupted barbarians clearly appeared in Heroes of the Storm 2.
Information about them was in Uder’s head.
‘There will be compensation, too.’
Even the wild gods are gods.
I was going to give you an appropriate reward, just like I gave you this sentence.
‘It’s simple.’
Since it’s something that has to be done anyway, shouldn’t you do it unconditionally if you can get compensation for it?
‘let’s do it.’
Uther spoke with his eyes, and this time Cordelia agreed.
The two people’s gaze turned towards the great storm.
&
< Chapter 17 - Revelation #2 > End
