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176 – Paradise Lost #4

Platinum Knight Alter Archibald won the duel against Gold Plate Knight Van Johan.

The difference in skill between the two was clear, and there was a gloomy feeling in the camp of the Queen’s army, which had been rejoicing over Van Johan’s struggles and successive victories just a moment ago.

phut-!

At that moment, someone slammed their cane on the floor.

“If this happens, I have no choice but to step forward.”

He was Thorin, the platinum wizard.

The Blood Crusade had an overwhelming power advantage with an army of 100,000, but-.

The appearance of the platinum wizard made me nervous and excited in many ways.

“The strongest wizard?”

“I don’t know what kind of magic I’ll do.”

In general, the 10,000 baptists who were late for their turn were nervous and afraid.

Of course, the monsters called Single Numbers actually increased their winning spirit.

“My master. Please give me Galatea a chance.”

Sze-.

Galatea bowed her head.

But this time, another man slowly made his way towards the battlefield.

He was dressed in sleek leather clothes and wore a platinum-colored cross around his neck.

“Alter. Good job! Now I will show you. Agiles of Lightning. How did that name come to me?”

He was Aguiles, a former Platinum Knight.

He was the castle lord who protected the fortress of Taeman and was also the highest knight of the old kingdom.

Thorin laughed at his appearance.

“Aguiles. I was wondering where he went, and it seems he ended up stuck there. okay. Have you had enough fun now? From my point of view, it would have been better if I had been more lazy.”

“Sorin. There would be nothing more unsightly than old people like us being tyrannical towards young people. So, I will be your opponent.”

Sereung-.

Agiles pulled the sword from her waist.

Looking at that, Thorin stroked his pale beard and adjusted his wand.

“Wizards and knights. Aura and Mana. It’s always a fight where you can’t win or lose. I thought there would be no time in the future where I would have to compete with you. It’s a new feeling to see you face to face like this.”

“Approximately 40 years. It’s time to put an end to that long fight.”

Ta-da-da-da-da-.

Agiles ran as fast as she could.

His steps were unusually light for an old man and were as light as a feather blowing in the wind.

Sasasak, sasasasak-.

Agiles runs in a zigzag pattern.

Thorin smiled at him.

“If you were a wizard, it would have been difficult to aim your magic, but haven’t you forgotten who the man you are dealing with is? “Seismic waves”!”

bang-.

When Thorin hit the floor with his staff as hard as he could, the ground rumbled.

The scaffolding soon begins to shake violently and collapse.

“Oh my, it’s not like it used to be.”

Agiles lost her balance and tilted, and Thorin aimed his staff at Agiles without missing a beat.

Pababat-!

Sharp ice awls poured out from the tip of Thorin’s staff.

A martial arts spear that is said to be used only by magicians who have reached the highest level.

In Sorin’s case, the power was so strong that ice wedges as thick and thick as the pillars of a castle flew at the speed of cannonballs.

Sooo!

Death in the form of an icicle flying through the air.

Agiles absorbed all the strength in her body and swung her sword.

Crumbling!

Even though it was not fired, the sword was swung quickly and made a thunder-like sound, splitting the icicle exactly in half.

And Agiles begins to approach the wizard, stepping on the crumbling steps here and there.

“Look over there-.”

“Who on earth is that?”

“The battle between the platinum knight and the platinum wizard.”

One by one, people began to turn their eyes away from the fight that will continue to lead to many people’s lifelong drinking binge.

Some people even held their breath.

“It’s boring.”

Sze-.

Someone was standing up and walking towards the front of the crowd.

Just because of that, people’s eyes were taken away, and Thorin and Agiles also stopped their actions and turned their heads.

He was a man in red robes.

His black hair was blowing in the wind, his face was somewhat gloomy, and his skin was as white as snow.

“That man… .”

“That’s it… .”

The queen’s army was beyond agitated and amazed.

I thought the man with the red cross tattooed on his face was the leader of that group.

He was nothing more than an ordinary criminal, incomparable to the person who appeared now.

Beomgol Hans-.

He knelt down.

“Sorry. my master Due to our lack of strength, we were unable to make the enemies, who numbered less than 300, surrender!”

“It’s okay. Thanks to you, I saw a pleasant sight. But honestly, it’s boring now. It’s boring. Honestly, it’s boring to have to watch something trivial on such a beautiful day when flowers are blooming and birds are chirping!”

Tsk-.

The man clicked his tongue.

Seeing that, Platinum Wizard Thorin was shocked.

“You think our fight is trivial? Are you saying it’s boring?”

“Yes! Do you think swords and magic, blades and ice in the air can change the world? At best, it’s nothing more than a residual talent. All of this is just a performance by clowns!”

Thorin.

He was quite proud of himself as a great wizard.

It would have been natural to be angry if someone insulted it.

For some reason, I wasn’t angry at the story of a being who couldn’t be called a king or a priest.

I had a strong thought that I just wanted to hear what they were talking about.

Sze-.

The man spread his arms.

“One sentence is enough to change the world. It is truly a magical word and a true miracle. Come on, all peoples. Open your ears and listen to Hyde’s story!”

Loud roar-.

The man’s voice magically resonated through the earth and sky and passed like an echo through the canyon.

When you are truly filled with tension -.

The man spoke softly.

“Don’t fight, have sex with each other.”

Compared to the loud shout of the first time, the voice was like a whisper.

However, it was clearly heard by the ears of 100,000 and 300 people present.

As if hitting directly into the brain.

“The cries of false people are as loud as thunder, but they are nothing more than an illusion that wanders in the ears. The truth, no matter how small a whisper, splits trees and shatters the ground like lightning. Just like me!”

“Haha!”

There was something funny about Thorin, the platinum wizard.

Then he asked his old friend, Aguiles.

“Aguiles. Is that man the king you were waiting for? Have sex with each other. There is no king anywhere in the world who would tell such a story. It won’t happen in the future.”

“… It’s a funny story, though. Isn’t it better than telling each other to fight to the death? Maybe the world needed someone who would talk about such things seriously and not be embarrassed.”

Thorin and Agileth put down their staffs and swords.

They had realized.

That their fight was truly meaningless.

In a true sense, I realized that no matter who wins here, who loses, and who gets hurt or dies, there will be no change in the world.

The moment he dropped his wand, Thorin’s head seemed to clear up.

“Ah. is it. Right. That’s what it is.”

Thorin suddenly wanted to see his daughter and the rest of his children, who looked like him.

This was because they had only now realized that this was the greatest miracle they had invented and created.

It wasn’t swords and magic that changed the world, it was truly sex.

Newly born children -.

They were truly miracles that changed the world.

“Man. Hyde. Shepherd. Rust! What kind of king are you trying to become?”

Thorin asked.

This confrontation─.

─This war was a war to choose a king.

The reason the queen’s forces camped out in desperate battle and risked death was to protect their queen.

“Try to convince us!”

Thorin shouted again.

Thorin didn’t have any political stance, but he liked the ‘Queen’.

It was simply because it was better to see the leader as a pretty, young woman rather than a dull man.

It was such a trivial yet strange reason.

And for those strange reasons, the 300 members of the Queen’s army followed her until the end.

For a reason that is both trivial and strange, and therefore important.

But I thought that this man, Hyde, might be able to persuade them.

No conflict, no more bloodshed.

but-.

Hyde laughed.

“You idiots! I’m not trying to be a king. You can share the kingly things among yourself or discuss them with each other as you please! Therefore, you and I do not need to fight.”

“You don’t want to be king?”

Thorin couldn’t understand.

It was right then.

Sze-.

Someone got out of the group.

She looked like a new bride wearing a white veil, and her hands were very beautiful with white gloves.

“Saint Milione.”

“Hyde.”

The red man and the white woman looked at each other.

The emotions contained in that gaze were subtle, complex, and meaningful in many ways.

“… … .”

“… … .”

They just looked at each other for about 5 minutes without talking.

The silence was quite boring.

Naturally, people now turned their gaze towards their surroundings rather than looking at the two.

Only then did they realize that the weather today was very nice.

A warm spring day.

Flowers blooming here and there.

It was a great weather to walk hand in hand with family members who love each other or watch small children running around and chatting.

People thought it was a waste to stand there blankly like this on such a nice day and at such a nice time.

I thought I wanted to get out of this place right away.

At that time, Milione spoke first.

“Hyde. It was a lie after all. There was no such thing as Henry.”

“Okay.”

“Actually, there was no such thing as Rust, right?”

“Yes. It was me from the beginning. It was all me, Hyde, from the beginning. Just as there is no way you can become a new person by obtaining something like the Holy Grail. There is no way you can become someone else by wearing a mask.”

Sze-.

The man took out a mask with a red cross drawn on it from his arms.

And dropped it on the floor.

Tuk-.

Soon Milione also took off her veil.

The swirl-shaped mask that replaced the face beneath the white veil sparkled in the sunlight.

“Well, that whirlpool mask is-.”

“No way─.”

When everyone is holding their breath…

Milione said.

“Hyde. I am. I was dead for about 10 minutes. Do you know what I saw then? What did I see while I was dead? So, I don’t want to let you go.”

“… … .”

“I didn’t see anything. I did that for 10 minutes. I was surrounded by terrible nothingness. I saw neither heaven nor hell. And you are moving towards cold nothingness. I don’t want you to do that.”

Milione.

While she was dead, she saw neither heaven nor hell.

Just trapped in a world of nothingness.

After that, for some reason, Milione woke up again and realized something.

Rather than wishing for an afterlife, you should do your best while you are still alive in this world.

However, Hyde just laughed.

“Miglione, heaven and hell definitely exist. And, I will head to Paradise Lost no matter what! Lass!!!”

the man shouted.

Soon, a woman wearing a butterfly mask jumped like a shooting star from a high place.

Paaaang-!

A deeply sinking land.

Before I knew it, two masked women faced each other.

Two Lass.

Soon Las Milione of the Vortex Mask spoke.

“Psyche. You don’t know. What happens when Hyde goes beyond this? If you love Hyde, it’s natural to stop him.”

“Yes. I do not know. But I trust Hyde. That’s my choice. Therefore, Milione. I will knock you down. And I’m not Psyche! Etch!”

“… Psyche, you and I have had the worst chemistry since long ago.”

“I’m sorry, Millie. I liked you.”

Milione and Psyche looked at each other.

Water and oil do not mix.

ice and fire.

heaven and earth.

Mountains and sea.

Their long, long fight will end today -.

“Psyche!!!”

“Milli!!!”

Pot-.

They both lunged at each other at the same time and their fists hit each other in the face.

Paaaang-!

Two masks flew into the air.