Ch.46Ep.46 Upheaval

-May your pain be healed and rest finally come to you- Here lies Veichel Breate.

Veichel’s funeral proceeded very quickly.

The funeral was nothing more than the process of cremating her body and burying it in the ground.

Only Radios and Arsia were present as officiants.

It was natural since no one else had even met Veichel.

Also, they didn’t tell Tiaran about Veichel’s corruption and death.

She was already deeply wounded by Jik’s betrayal.

If she found out that Veichel, who had lost her right arm trying to save her, had fallen to corruption…

Even someone like her wouldn’t be able to easily shake off such sorrow.

In an instant, Veichel was buried, and a grave was created.

Radios and Arsia looked at the grave, bowed twice, then stood up.

They opened a bottle of alcohol and poured it over her grave.

It was the alcohol Veichel enjoyed drinking during her lifetime. If only this could provide some comfort.

“Are you happy there, Veichel?”

Next came the final words to her.

Dressed in a black suit, Radios stood alone before Veichel’s grave and spoke to her.

“When I first met you, I thought, what kind of woman is this…”

It’s still ridiculous thinking back on it.

I still don’t understand what she meant about having dark circles that could cross continents.

But one thing is certain: thanks to Veichel making that comment, Radios was able to get close to her easily.

“I’ll take care of things here. Don’t worry about anything and rest easy. You deserve that much.”

Having worked as part of her special unit in the Guardian Spirit, he knew well what hardships she had endured.

Getting involved in internal conflicts within the Guardian Spirit, bearing all the criticism directed at her…

She must have suffered quite a bit mentally. No, it must have been difficult.

For Radios, who had the personality to let such words go in one ear and out the other, being a leader wasn’t difficult.

There were reasons why the group became tighter and smaller than during Veichel’s time, but anyway.

“Rest. Don’t think about anything and rest comfortably.”

That will be the reward for your fierce life.

After patting her grave with his palm, Radios stepped back.

Next was Arsia’s turn.

“I never thought we’d meet again like this… former Captain.”

When she first heard from Radios about Veichel’s betrayal, she felt like the world had gone dark.

Arsia had been active as the central strategist of the Guardian Spirit from the beginning.

She thought she knew Veichel well, if not better than Radios.

But she had betrayed them, or more precisely, abandoned all her beliefs and fallen to corruption.

“To be honest, when I first heard you had fallen, I couldn’t believe it. But… thinking about it, it made sense.”

Arsia still hadn’t heard a single word from Artemis.

How desperate must Veichel have been to choose corruption as a last resort?

“I’m not defending you. But you must have had your own circumstances.”

To find out what those circumstances were, Radios had resolved to go to Athena’s temple.

And Athena’s temple was located right next to Idra’s order.

Going there meant essentially attacking the Dream Witch Order, one of the three major forces of the Outer Gods.

“We’ll keep moving forward as we always have. So you… take a step back and just watch the path we walk… Rest, Veichel.”

No more words were necessary.

Even if Veichel had a change of heart at the end and saved Radios.

She was still a traitor who corrupted her own beliefs and fell.

Even if Olympus had done terrible things, she had done something unforgivable as a Kadinant citizen.

Joining an Outer God order and obtaining the position of Vice Apostle left no room for mitigation.

Nevertheless, the reason they were praying for her peace was solely because she had saved Radios.

After staring at her grave with complicated emotions for a moment, Arsia.

Left the place with a long sigh.

She had hoped to meet again someday, but not like this.

But neither Radios nor Arsia knew.

That Veichel was growing stronger at an incredible pace in the Underworld.

***

“You mean the mass descent of the Great Old Ones?”

[That’s right… We can’t give those damn Olympians any more time.]

“But if we do that…”

[I know. It will take more time to achieve our goal. However, my patience has reached its limit. I will summon all Great Old Ones, including Cthulhu, within a week. Remember that.]

“…Understood.”

When the communication ended, Namgung Ihyun, who had been sweating coldly, gritted her teeth.

‘Damn it… Sending down all the Great Old Ones already?’

Namgung Ihyun had felt Veichel’s signal suddenly cut off not long ago.

This meant that the assassination of Radios Magnum had failed.

Though this unexpected situation piqued Namgung Ihyun’s interest even more.

Not long after, she received a communication from Yog-Sothoth and was shocked.

That Radios Magnum was in a contractual relationship with the Blind Idiot God.

This was nothing short of a disaster for the Outer God order.

If they didn’t kill Radios Magnum right now, the damage would be incalculable.

The problem was Namgung Ihyun’s condition.

“I haven’t even stabilized my Order yet! You want me to move at a time like this?!”

The Order that Yog-Sothoth had bestowed upon her.

It had begun to awaken Namgung Ihyun’s inherent Order.

The Order of Heavenly Killing had started to bloom.

As a result, Namgung Ihyun had grown explosively compared to when she fought against the Guardian Spirit.

The problem was that using this Order felt unstable, perhaps because it had been forcibly awakened.

If she were to lose control, only Fujiwara Ren could stop her.

She was literally like a time bomb that could explode at any moment.

And at a time like this, they wanted her to participate in the Great Old One summoning ritual that required massive amounts of magical power?

‘Even I… even I…’

If it had been the old Namgung Ihyun, she would have followed Yog-Sothoth without question.

Her faith was strong enough for that.

But since awakening her Order, somehow a rebellious feeling had been rising from deep within her heart.

Perhaps this was because obtaining an Order brought one closer to godhood.

But Namgung Ihyun suppressed this rebellious feeling.

Challenging Yog-Sothoth would be nothing more than amusement for it anyway.

One more thing that annoyed her.

‘Those Great Old One bastards are weaker than me, Ren, or Milia now. So why the hell are we summoning them?’

Even Mir alone had skills that would match the upper ranks of the Great Old Ones.

There must be a separate reason why they needed to summon the Great Old Ones to this extent.

She needed to investigate, but Yog-Sothoth’s gaze followed her whenever she tried.

Since becoming an Apostle, Namgung Ihyun was facing her greatest challenge.

If only she could clear her head.

At that moment, news arrived that would only give Namgung Ihyun more of a headache.

“A-Apostle… the goblins…”

“What the fuck?”

Goblins. Goblins. Goblins. Goblins… GOBLINS! FUCK! Good grief!

Already troubled, Namgung Ihyun screamed as if experiencing PTSD the moment she heard about that cursed race.

“AAAAARGH!! What have those damn creatures done now? I could tear them apart and chew them to pieces!”

“The chief and… the entire tribe are advancing toward the Dream Witch Order!”

“…What?”

Namgung Ihyun, who had been acting as if she would destroy the temple at any moment, froze stiff.

Who’s moving now? The goblin chief and the entire tribe are moving?

And their destination is the Dream Witch Order?

“What nonsense is this all of a sudden! Why are those quiet creatures attacking Milia’s side!”

“I think… it might be because of Athena’s temple.”

“Athena? Don’t tell me… because of Veichel?”

Namgung Ihyun didn’t know what circumstances Veichel had.

She only knew that Veichel harbored tremendous vengeance for being used by Athena.

But she didn’t know the process that led to that vengeful heart.

“What forces do we have available right now?”

“None… since we’re focusing on the Great Old One summoning ritual…”

“Damn it! Of all times to make a move!”

If Veichel had faced Radios, he should have been severely injured under normal circumstances.

With her destructive skills that were beyond what a Vice Apostle should have, even Radios shouldn’t have been able to withstand her.

Of course, she knew that the reason for Veichel’s defeat was the Blind Idiot God.

With energy that was fatally effective against Outer Gods, there was no way she could win.

Anyway, it was dangerous that Radios was heading toward Athena’s temple unharmed.

“That Milia… she’s going to do something stupid again because of her arrogance.”

Milia was the only Apostle who had completely embodied her own Order.

In fact, she used both Idra’s Order and her own Order.

She could be considered a woman who had truly reached the realm of gods.

However.

“Ren said that Kraud possesses a Divine Order.”

To face someone with a Divine Order, you need someone who also has a Divine Order.

This means Milia facing Kraud makes no sense.

“…Call Serena Tolos.”

“Pardon?”

“Let’s use up all the Kadinant people in our order while we’re at it.”

Serena is no longer useful to the Outer God order.

The resurgent Guardian Spirit won’t be able to detect whatever she does.

“This time… we must not be defeated. Absolutely not.”

Namgung Ihyun gritted her teeth.

Mir nodded silently and headed toward Serena.

At that same time, in Westret.

“They’ll fall for it, right?”

“With my magic, only someone at the Apostle level would notice something amiss.”

The two directors who had created the false scene were looking at each other and giggling.

They were Radios and Kraud.