episode_0078

“As you might expect, I was the one who led Testarossa’s downfall.”

A cold silence descended on the conference room.

Around Zion, magical currents surged, tick! tick!, causing the air to tremble.

A momentum that speaks louder than words. Anyone can see that it’s about to explode.

Rohan opened his mouth urgently when he saw that.

“Keep talking. I will keep my promise.”

““!””

The Elder and Zion each took Rohan’s words for their own meaning.

As Elder Levin Maxwell first mentioned, it sounded like he was taking full responsibility in Hex’s name.

Zion recalled the promise he had made with Rohan in the dormitory.

“···.”

Zion, who had been glaring at the elder, rolled his eyes and glared.

A sense of stability came over me as I took in Rohan, who had spoken, and Clara, who was sitting next to me.

I exhaled deeply, calming my emotions and the magic that was swaying me.

‘I’m enduring it now. I must endure it.’

If you lose your temper and act rashly here, you may never get a chance to hear an answer.

Zion can only express his gratitude to Rohan for stopping him.

“Of course, the princess will have many doubts. Since some time ago, the princess has been asking us elders a variety of difficult questions.”

“···.”

“Time is limited, so I’ll just give you the big pieces of information that will serve as a connecting point.”

Levin Maxwell looked at Rohan as if asking for agreement as he spoke.

As Rohan nodded, Zion began to reveal parts of his past that he didn’t know about.

“You will want to know why I and the elders who follow me did such a thing, and how we dealt with Weber Testarossa, the ruler of Tigrova before the appearance of the Great Emperor Seolho.”

The elder was ordered by the man who claimed to be the herald of Hex to reveal the truth and show the vessel’s mental power.

The elder spat out sentences using a strong tone and direct words.

Zion clenched his fists and teeth to suppress his emotions that were about to explode at the words that he had openly harmed his father.

“The princess’s father. Weber Testarossa was not ashamed of losing all power due to defeat. He was happy, thinking that if it was the Great Emperor Seolho, he would make Tigrova a powerful nation.”

Let Zion remain silent to cool her seething anger.

The elder took control of the flow and continued speaking.

“Afterwards, he gathered us together and proposed that we work together with the new ruler, Seolho Daeje, to make the country prosperous. He said excitedly that Seolho Daeje had even asked the elves of the coniferous forest not to leave Tigrova and to stay in important positions.”

“What’s the problem?”

Maxwell said this as if it was the most important thing.

Zion was a sentence that I couldn’t understand where the problem was. Even if I lost, it seemed like an ideal flow.

“Princess. Elves cannot be ruled by the water people.”

“Why? What is the reason?”

The elder laughed as he watched Zion questioning Weber Testarossa in the same way.

Up until now, I’ve been choosing my words to the princess in my own way, but thanks to Hex’s messenger, I can reveal my true feelings so transparently, and I’m excited.

“How can you ask that? A noble elf is not a being of intelligence that can be ruled by a lowly beast. Isn’t that obvious?”

“···Elder. Have you gone crazy?”

The anger that Zion had been suppressing with difficulty burst out, filling the conference room with a heavy atmosphere.

The Elder was confident, believing in Hex’s messenger.

“Please refrain from using harsh language while the guests are watching. I am normal. Aren’t there so many elders who agree with me?”

Levin Maxwell remarked, “Look at the elders crawling on the floor.

Although he was beaten by Rohan and was in an abnormal state, no one who was conscious objected.

There was not even a hint of reflection in his eyes.

Rohan quietly watched the elder and Zion.

Levin Maxwell’s character is expressed more explicitly and aggressively than in Abyss City.

‘Crazy old man.’

The closed-minded way of thinking that has developed from living for a long time as an elf with extreme superiority and stubbornness that cannot keep up with the times.

Rohan had known the old man’s values from the beginning, but the recklessness of the snout was extreme even after the shield was created.

The elder is still talking without stopping.

It was disgusting to see Zion happy to tell him everything. Isn’t that disgusting the secret that brought the Counter-Chanmihoe here?

“Since our petition to not be involved with Suin was not accepted, the conflict was actually decided.”

“Then what should my father have done to be right?”

“Instead of resting on our laurels because we have a good ruler, we should have challenged again to regain sovereignty.”

“You’ve never been in a fight before, so you speak very easily.”

“Princess. It is the ruler’s duty, so it doesn’t matter how hard it is.”

Zion realized with certainty.

I can talk to this old man forever and never understand him.

“Look at Tigrova’s strength and the reputation of Seolho Daeje now. Father made the right decision for the situation. The only mistake was not removing the trash and leaving it nearby.”

Even though Zion growled and took on an aggressive tone.

The elder only talked about the truth of the past as if it didn’t matter. He said that if he just poured out this part, he wouldn’t lose the argument.

Zion will be disgusted just by hearing it.

“I’ll tell you later. Even if your physical condition is not good due to the defeat. How can we harm Weber Testarossa?”

“···.”

“Weber Testarossa was truly strong. Even to my eyes, who had no experience with battle, it was hard to believe that he was the same creature. He was a man worthy of the saying, “one man against a thousand men.””

“You guys··· You’ve joined hands with someone.”

“Yes. High-ranking officials from the Countercurrent Praise Society came forward.”

Let me tell you honestly, without any denial.

Zion was a name of a group I had never heard of before, but now I could picture where the Elder thought Rohan was from.

“If that was the case, you should have killed me too. Why did you deceive me and bring me here?”

With a question, the elf girl glared at the elder as if she was going to pierce through him.

Even his voice was lowered, reminiscent of a wild beast trying to bite someone’s neck.

“It’s a simple story. Because the princess was the condition of the deal.”

“Transaction···?”

“Recall what the princess has been educated so far. Hasn’t she worked hard to become the bullet that will bring down the ruler of Tigrova?”

From Zion’s point of view, there was no need to think deeply.

Because there are times that come to mind right away.

“You tried to instill in me the idea that I should kill the Great King Seolho and get back Tigrova, and that I should look down on humans and beastmen, was that also a deal?”

“It’s both a transaction and common sense.”

“Ha···! Elder. Didn’t you choose the wrong background to watch over? They look quite timid.”

Zion’s words had their first effect.

The elder’s wrinkles and eyebrows trembled.

“Princess. Be careful what you say.”

“Look at the situation. It’s just a fact.”

Zion read the general flow.

It was clear that Seolho Daeje was a very irritating figure to the bigwigs in the shadows, and that the group called the Reverse Praise Society had no merit or confidence in directly stepping forward to eliminate Seolho Daeje.

So, this means that we will nurture blades with potential and challenge them endlessly until the day comes when we see results.

I have a feeling that they are definitely doing something else besides this.

‘Because of guys like this, my parents···.’

The image of his parents’ faces was clearer than the realization that his life had been wasted.

When I found out the truth, I was not only angry, I was just dumbfounded.

“Elder. You turned your back on your people, abandoned your wealthy life, and locked yourself in these ruins to train me as a weapon. What did you promise me in return?”

“I was promised a lot. But if I had to pick a representative one, it would be···.”

The elder’s face was filled with rapture just from imagining it.

She lifted the robe that covered her wrists and revealed an unusually elastic arm without a single wrinkle.

“Youth.”

“What?”

Did I mishear?

A voice of absurdity came out of Zion’s mouth.

“Princess. As you know, I am not a warrior. I was born with the longevity species, so compared to humans, I will live a long life. However, compared to those who have trained in martial arts, I will definitely live a short life.”

“···.”

“That’s why it was so sweet and fascinating. It was a chance to become young again.”

“You were fooled by the ridiculous sweet talk. Betraying and selling out your own people to go against providence. Aren’t you ashamed?”

“Hex’s power is not sugar-coated. I believe it because I have experienced it and seen it with my own eyes.”

Levin Maxwell remembers clearly.

The ability of Hex, a member of the Countercurrent Praise Society, who repeatedly made an elf younger and older, toyed with it, and then killed him.

The power that gave me a taste of my youth, even if only for a moment, still remains in me.

“···Elder. You’re crazy. You’re really crazy.”

“The princess doesn’t know this fear. It is not children or young people with boiling blood who fear death the most. It is old people who are on the verge of death.”

Rohan clicked his tongue as he watched the elder muttering, recalling the past when he had encountered the reflux praise meeting.

Because I know the truth.

Hex’s abilities are not very flexible. There are many issues that the parties do not necessarily mention.

“···.”

Zion realized that further dialogue was pointless.

This man in front of you is a madman.

Now that we know the reality and the background group, we only need to know one thing.

“I’ll ask you one last time.”

“Please speak.”

“Where are the compatriots who escaped to other countries?”

Levin Maxwell thought for a moment, as if trying to recall something he had forgotten.

He informed Zion in a very light tone.

“If you dig the ground in Tigrova, you will find a lot of bone fragments.”

I heard everything there was to hear.

Zion was kicked out of his seat by lightning.

grasp!

Zion’s kick.

The elder who was kicked while sitting rolled over the elders who were lying on the floor.

“Ugh!”

If it weren’t for the robe he was wearing, he would have been killed for sure with that one blow.

So confusing.

Was the messenger who promised to protect me late in responding?

“Elder. I feel like I’m hunting monsters instead of beating people right now.”

“!”

Zion is walking closer, step by step.

The elder moved his gaze to Rohan to seek help.

Rohan sat on the chair and looked at himself quietly.