< Chapter 99 - Reunion #4 >
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As expected of a powerful boss monster, there were quite a few different types of items left in the place where Raizegang was destroyed.
Half of them were expected, but the other half were not.
“This comes out here.”
Cordelia laughed heartily, and Uther couldn’t hide his smile either.
Because it was truly a pleasant surprise.
‘The essence of the Raize River and the soul of the Demon Prince also appeared in the game.’
The fight with Raizegang in Heroes Chronicle 2 took place between the middle and the end, and the form of the fight was completely different from now.
This was a fight with Raizegang, not a sealed Raizegang, but one that had broken the seal with its own power and been liberated.
‘So that’s why it’s different.’
Because the battle locations are different and the conditions of the Raize River are different.
There were two unexpected items.
One is the sword of the Paladin Garius.
As the champion of Solari, he is said to have wielded two swords: the Solar Blade, the sword of the sun god Solari currently wielded by Landius, and the Demon Bane, the great sword of the Sun God that is currently in front of him.
“Wow, the sacred power still remains intact.”
Cordelia, who had been caressing Demonbane’s blade, opened her eyes wide in admiration.
And Uther was also surprised.
This is because the power felt from Demonbane, which was made entirely of silver and was made of mithril called Jin-eun, was truly great.
‘No, that’s not all.’
A feeling of discomfort that is difficult to explain.
No, familiarity.
Is it because I’ve already seen it several times in games?
But I guess that goes for other items too.
“Yuderya?”
“Oh, yeah. That’s really great. This is Lucas’s.”
“Huh? Yeah… okay.”
Cordelia seemed momentarily taken aback by Uther’s words, but soon nodded obediently.
‘Because Yuder has Sword Origin.’
If it was Sword Origin, which was reborn as the Awakening Myth equipment, there was no way it could be defeated by Demonbane.
And it was a huge waste to let Lucas, who had no dragon factor, use Ascalon.
Lucas’ Holy Cross Sword was originally a martial art that used holy power, so it was more efficient to hand over the holy sword Demonbane and have Uder use Ascalon again.
‘But······.’
Lucas needs to get stronger too, and it’s quite satisfying to see Lucas get stronger too.
But still, Yuder comes first.
We need to give Yuder a lot of items to make him stronger.
“Cordelia?”
“Huh? Yeah, yeah. It’s nothing.”
Cordelia shook her head and changed her mind.
Because everything was in the right place.
And if he was going to become stronger by taking Demonbane, he wouldn’t have handed it over to Lucas in the first place.
“Okay, okay, okay. Let’s give Demonbane to Lucas.”
Uther tried to suppress his laughter as Cordelia nodded again.
Because he could tell what Cordelia was thinking as she wiggled her fingers.
‘You’re cute.’
No, be lovely.
When I get back later, I have to work hard to make it pretty.
If Caesar had heard, Yuder would have thought of crumpling his face again and turned to Lucas and said.
“Prince Lucas, this is Demonbane, the sword of the Paladin Garius. I think it would be good for Prince Lucas to use this.”
Lucas, who was still in the afterglow of defeating the giant, opened his eyes wide in surprise as he spoke in a fairly loud voice.
“Huh? Can I have a sword like that?”
“Of course. Because we defeated Raizegang together. Prince Lucas deserves this sword.”
As Uther spoke again with emphasis and held out Demonbane, Lucas ran towards him like Cordelia and took the sword with trembling hands.
“This is the True Demon Sword, Demonbane… the sword of punishment that destroys evil!”
It felt like a line from the Biltwein Heroes story was mixed in, but it was good because it was good.
Leaving Lucas behind, who was once again immersed in the new afterglow, Uder lifted one of the unexpected items.
“The Eyes of Solari.”
A sacred item of the sun god Solari that can be considered a set with the previously acquired sun necklace.
A golden jewel was set into a round frame made of platinum, emitting a brilliant light.
“I’ll take this.”
“Yeah, yeah, it’ll be good if you combine it with the Sun Necklace. Your yang energy will really grow stronger.”
It was just as Cordelia explained.
I already felt that the Sun Necklace alone wasn’t enough, but if I added the Eye of Solari, I would be able to amplify the power of the Black Sun even more than before.
“Hey, can I have this?”
When I turned my head to the voice, I saw Kaiser holding the chain that had bound Raizegang.
Each one was so thick that one of the chain links was as big as Caesar’s waist, but he seemed to like them very much.
‘It wouldn’t be impossible to handle Caesar’s incredible strength, but······.’
But it was still too big. So Uder made another suggestion.
“I’ll give it to you after reprocessing it in our territory.”
“Reprocessing?”
“It’s too big now. I’ll melt it down and make a new chain for you. The size you usually use will be fine, right?”
“Then it’s better.”
Caesar smiled and hugged the chain tightly, as if he was truly satisfied.
‘It’s a great thing.’
It was a chain that bound none other than the Demon Prince, so it could be considered a great treasure in itself.
“Sister, brother. What is this? It’s pretty.”
Red Wind, who was crouching and looking at the items, raised his hand and asked.
At her feet lay the last, most unexpected item – a celestial genealogy.
It was an object made of a plate made of mithril with gold pictures and letters overlaid on it. As the name suggests, it was a type of sacred relic that allowed one to know the lineage of the heavens.
“That is the genealogy of the heavens. It tells you what kind of angels there are in the heavens and what their positions are.”
Lucas and Kaisha, who had been absorbed in their own items, also raised their heads at Cordelia’s explanation.
“Then do you have a sister too?”
“I’m just getting started, so I’m not…?”
Although the celestial genealogy was quite large, it was only a silver plate about 1 meter wide and 1 meter long, so only angels above a certain level were recorded on it. However, since it was a 5th level, Cordelia was able to find her own name in one corner.
“Wow, was this a real-time recorder?”
In the game, it was just a material item that gave off holy power, nothing more, nothing less.
When Cordelia spoke in surprise, Uther also narrowed his eyebrows and spoke.
“I see, it really is real time. Lena’s name is there too.”
Not far from where Cordelia’s name was written was Lena’s name.
Since they were both angels of the Solari lineage, they could be recognized immediately.
“Sister. Then I wonder what the black letters are.”
“Huh? Uh… They’re probably dead angels, meaning they don’t exist now.”
Cordelia brushed back her flowing hair in response to Red Wind’s question.
It was the first time Cordelia had seen something like this properly, but it was something she could easily infer.
‘First of all, there are seven archangels, three of which are black and four are golden.’
Of the seven archangels who could be said to be the pinnacle of heaven, only four remain today.
Among the blackened letters was the name of Solari, the archangel of the sun who came to the human world and was called the sun god.
“Not everyone… I think only important people’s names remain even when they die.”
Cordelia, who was continuing her slightly uneasy explanation, glanced at Yuder and nodded.
Uder nodded in agreement with her question, no, asking if what she said was true.
“It must be as Cordelia said. If all the angels’ names were really written down, nearly half of the genealogy would have been in black.”
“That’s strange. So there are still four people like Solari left?”
When Caesar crouched down next to the Red Wind and asked to no one in particular, Lucas answered with shining eyes.
“Yes, there are seven archangels in the heavenly realm. Of them, there are three who descended to the human world to lead us. Of the three, Solari was the most radiant, beautiful, wise, and compassionate.”
Lucas seemed to be excited because he liked these types of stories, rather than being a believer in Solari.
Should we call it a kind of setup game?
“According to tradition, Solari was the youngest of the seven archangels. However, in terms of power, he was the strongest.”
“Oh… indeed.”
“The Golden Dragon King is also strong.”
When Lucas’ explanation made Kaisa exclaim in admiration and the red wind made a whistling sound, Cordelia turned to look at Uther.
[what do you think about it?]
That’s what Lucas just said.
When looking at it realistically, beyond the religious dimension.
[Well, I don’t know exactly.]
The world of humanity when Solari descended was completely different from what it is now.
Because part of Hell was connected to the human realm, countless demons appeared on Earth.
There were many different theories about Solari’s death, but the most widely supported theory was that Solari was not murdered, but sacrificed himself.
Destroy the link that connects heaven and hell to the human world, thereby making the human world independent again.
The great summoning that the demon followers desperately longed for was close to restoring that broken connection.
If the human world and hell are connected, it will be possible for demons to cross over to the human world without anything like a gate to hell.
‘The problem is that it can be restored even through a connection with heaven.’
Uther looked again at the four archangels who sat at the top of the celestial hierarchy.
The most notable of these is Auriel, the Archangel of Judgement.
Not only was he the master of the Heavenly Judgement who had been a hidden card several times, but he was also a very important character in the third part of Heroes’ Chronicles, both in-game and in terms of setting.
‘The leader of the heavens. The archangel who announced the beginning of Armageddon by clashing with Asmodeus, the lustful leader of hell.’
One of the reasons why humans were able to survive in Heroes Chronicles 3 was because of her.
Because she was the one who gathered the humans who were virtually annihilated by a series of disasters and brought them together to live in one place.
‘Because among the archangels, he was one of the most popular top two along with Raguel.’
Raguel, Archangel of Justice.
Auriel seems to be the commander-in-chief of the army, so he feels distant to players, whereas Raguel is an archangel who has been appearing since the beginning of Heroes Chronicles 3, providing various help and quests.
He was so friendly and kind that it was impossible for him not to be popular.
[Anyway… right now, neither Heaven nor Hell is connected to the human world. Thanks to that, we are not directly attacked by Hell, which is good, but we are not receiving direct help from Heaven either.]
[Yeah, that’s right. But what I was asking was who was stronger, Solari or Auriel.]
[You don’t lose your point.]
[Hehe. That’s my strong point.]
As Cordelia got excited, Uther chuckled again, shrugged, and sent the message.
[I don’t know who is stronger. Anyway, whether it’s Auriel or Raguel, it’s better to just not meet them and just know that they exist.]
[The same goes for the overlords of hell?]
[That’s right.]
Yuder nodded and looked back at the celestial genealogy chart again.
The four archangels remaining in heaven.
And Cordelia, whose name was included in the heavenly genealogy, albeit at the bottom.
Uther looked at Solari’s name one last time.
A compassionate and great archangel who sacrificed his own life for humans from another world who had nothing to do with him.
It was no longer just a setting.
She clearly existed in this world, and because of her existence, Uther and Cordelia were able to live as they are now.
That’s why Yuder closed his eyes for a moment and prayed.
Now they mourned the god who had disappeared.
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Raguel, the Archangel of Justice, closed his eyes and looked at the human world.
The inheritance that Solari loved.
The world she protected with her life.
That’s why Raguel loved the human world.
I loved humanity and the world as much as I loved Solari.
“Solari······.”
Raguel hugged the celestial genealogy while muttering softly the name of his missing sister. He stretched out his thin, white fingers little by little over the long, black hair that covered it.
Cordelia.
The newly engraved name of the angel.
A child with Solari’s blood in him.
A child who looks very similar to Solari.
“I want to meet you.”
Raguel, who muttered quietly without realizing it, did not open his eyes. He just kept his eyes closed and looked into the human world.
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Auriel, the Archangel of Judgement, stood on high and looked down upon the earth.
I intuitively realized that Asmodeus, the overlord of lust, was looking up at the ground.
He was a long-time rival.
The war between Heaven and Hell had been going on for over ten thousand years, and during that long war, Auriel had faced Asmodeus several times.
But more than a thousand years have already passed since the last war.
This is because the connection between Heaven and Hell was severed in the aftermath of the sudden creation of a connection with the human world.
“Solari.”
The name of the child I loved the most.
The seventh archangel.
The world and the humans she protected by sacrificing everything.
Auriel looked down at the ground.
I stood on a high place and looked out endlessly.
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The witch of the western forest laughed heartily.
It was an empty, fake smile, but Asmodeus, the overlord of lust, liked that kind of smile of the witch.
[It’s always fun to watch. You’re really crazy. You want to borrow my strength, of all people.]
“It’s that important. Shouldn’t I use everything I can? And isn’t that why I’m good?”
Asmodeus smiled again as the witch of the Western Forest shrugged her shoulders. She was indeed a woman worth saving, even at the risk of Belial.
[If there is a price to pay, it is the devil to keep the contract. The same goes for me, the overlord.]
“Pretending to be fair and just? You’re a conman.”
Despite the witch’s accusations, Asmodeus did not lose his smile.
Sitting on the throne of Hell, he spoke to the witch who was watching him through her magical goggles.
[Let me lend you my strength.]
The price will be knowledge.
The witch of the Western Forest agreed with Asmodeus’ words.
I looked into the world through the power of the devil I hate so much.
The identity of the feeling of discomfort and deja vu was confirmed.
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Time passed.
Even as archangels looked down on the earth, witches spied on the world, and the overlords of Hell lusted after the earth with greedy eyes, the dizzyingly fast flow of time did not stop. It continued to flow majestically.
A week after repelling the Raize River.
As Uther and Cordelia were about to begin their journey to the Empire, unexpected news was delivered to them.
< Chapter 99 - Reunion #4 > End
