Ch.49Ep.49 Upheaval

“Insight.”

She always wrings her brain, considering every situation to make the best move.

Arsia, the strategist of the Guardian Spirits, demonstrated mental processing that might be mistaken for drawing on her lifespan.

Currently, since Radios took the lead in planning, there weren’t many areas where she particularly stood out.

But Arsia had boasted a brilliant mind even before becoming Artemis’s apostle.

After obtaining her Order on her own and escaping from Artemis’s shadow, she acquired an Order almost identical to that of Olympus’s Athena.

The Order of Insight.

“An Order similar to Athena’s?”

“It’s still my speculation, but I think the specific abilities might be different.”

Athena is simultaneously the goddess of wisdom and war.

This might lead one to think that Athena’s wisdom is limited to military tactics and strategies used in warfare, rather than wisdom in the literal sense.

However, Arsia was different.

With her Order of Insight, she possessed a skill called Foresight, allowing her to not only access wisdom but also explore the very near future.

Thanks to this, she could look further ahead when forming strategies.

As a result, it was no exaggeration to say she could produce results that surpassed Athena’s strategies.

In a broad sense it was wisdom, but in a narrow sense, insight.

If the time ever came to wage war against Olympus, the battle of wits between Arsia and Athena would surely play a significant role.

“My congratulations are late. Congratulations on obtaining your Order.”

“Thank you… Captain.”

Radios smiled gently as he patted Arsia’s head.

Even though they had become lovers, there was still an awkward feeling between them.

Moreover, for Radios, who had always been on the battlefield, it was difficult to properly define the emotion of love.

That’s not to say he didn’t love Arsia—far from it.

He just hadn’t figured out how to behave around her.

Still, since he had realized very late that Arsia had been harboring feelings for him first.

He cautiously predicted that Arsia loved Radios Magnum as a person.

So he didn’t suddenly change his attitude just because they had become lovers.

Just as he was.

He thought it best to treat her as he always had.

He wasn’t sure if it was the right answer, but gradually increasing physical affection like this seemed good.

Arsia also appeared satisfied.

“Well then, shall we start with a practice match?”

“What?”

“Since you’ve obtained your Order, you need to use it. We should fight after such a long time.”

Of course, it seems Radios hasn’t completely understood the female heart.

That’s why he’s suggesting a practice match in this atmosphere.

‘Sigh… what on earth is inside this man’s brain…’

I’m not sure if he’s perceptive or completely clueless.

Arsia sighed, but followed behind Radios.

After all, she too had been wanting to have a match using her Order.

But isn’t it a bit unfair to bring up a practice match in this kind of atmosphere?

‘Still, isn’t it said that the one who falls in love first loses?’

She confessed because she loved even these aspects of him.

While shaking her head as if it couldn’t be helped, Arsia headed to the training ground with a smile on her lips.

***

“What are you doing alone so pathetically?”

“…Father.”

“Have you abandoned your concept? What are you trying to say this time?”

Kraud’s house.

There, Brina with hollow eyes was looking at Kraud.

The always energetic girl was nowhere to be seen.

Instead, a woman exuding negative energy as if all the world’s despair had been gathered and materialized was sitting naked.

In such a situation, one would normally be surprised.

But Kraud knew this was Brina’s true form, so he treated it as nothing unusual.

It was a bit strange to see his daughter’s naked body, but she was such an eccentric character.

In fact, he felt more comfortable now than when she called him “Daddy!”

“Are you bored? Want a cigarette?”

“Give me one. I’m really craving a cigarette.”

At her words, Kraud snapped his fingers, and somehow a cigarette appeared between Brina’s lips.

She skillfully focused her magical power on the cigarette and began to smoke it.

“Phoooooo…”

After exhaling a large cloud of smoke, she hastily put on clothes.

“What’s the matter this time? You usually stick with one concept for at least a few years.”

“Just, I felt like I might lose all the fun things if I continue like this.”

Though her voice seemed indifferent, there was a hint of interest in her tone.

If Radios saw Brina now, he would probably faint from shock.

The once lively and cute little girl was now wearing a chilling smile.

Kraud could only sigh at her smile.

Brina.

Though introduced to Radios as his cute daughter, there was actually a true title by which she was known among the goblin tribe.

Blood Killer Ghost Brina.

The greatest warrior of the goblin tribe after Kraud, and the one most likely to obtain a Divine Order.

She had made countless efforts to obtain a Divine Order.

She had tried sealing all her Orders.

She had tried constantly emitting her Order throughout the seasons.

Trusting in her regenerative abilities, she had even tried tearing off her own head.

What was truly insane was when she went berserk, claiming she would extinguish the universe with her own power…

Fortunately, the goblins stopped her with their numerous clones.

That day, the Demonic Prison almost got completely destroyed.

A monster who could even devour herself for her own purposes.

That’s why Brina earned the name Blood Killer Ghost among the goblin tribe.

The concept she chose this time was regression.

She went back to her childhood to find clues to obtaining a Divine Order.

And the result was a great success.

Radios Magnum was already a raw gem that had completed preparations to obtain a Divine Order.

For countless years, despite all her efforts to get closer to a Divine Order, it remained just out of reach.

Yet Radios Magnum, who hadn’t even lived for 30 years, was getting closer to a Divine Order.

And rapidly at that.

His companion, Arsia Cromwell, had also obtained an Order.

If she were a goblin, she would have essentially obtained a Divine Order already.

At this point, it was as if the world had created them.

When faced with the critical crisis of an invasion by Outer God forces.

Perhaps Kadinant had created adversaries to somehow stop them.

It was a talent that was difficult to explain otherwise.

“Now they need protection. Do you think they can fight against the three major forces just because they’ve obtained Orders?”

“No, they can’t.”

“You should toy with them in moderation. Now is the time for training.”

Brina exhaled cigarette smoke and crushed it under her foot.

It had been a while since she last smoked, but it was hard to forget the taste.

“What do you think, Father?”

“About what?”

“Subduing Dead.”

“…You don’t mean.”

Kraud’s eyes widened at Brina’s words.

Seeing her father’s reaction, Brina burst into uncontrollable laughter.

“Kehehehe… Wouldn’t it be fun? A human with an immortal body, a human with a fatal technique that can kill gods, and… a human who can command those they’ve killed… What if one person had all of these?”

“Brina. That’s not a spell humans can handle. You know that.”

Kraud warned against Brina’s dangerous thoughts.

Subduing Dead was one of the tribe’s forbidden arts that only one goblin—the one who received the position of Grand Elder—could use.

There had been Grand Elders in the past who, caught up in the grudges of the dead, put the tribe in danger.

Even with Kraud’s Divine Order, stopping an immortal army was no easy task.

And now she wanted to pass on this insane spell to Radios?

“That’s not possible, Brina. We can’t lose him.”

“Father. Radios is a crazy bastard. I’ve never seen such a madman in my entire life.”

That tenacity to use the God-killing Bullet while destroying his own body to kill Cthuga.

The desperate resolve filling his eyes.

He was the finest talent Brina had been looking for.

“You know too, Father. Soon, Cronos will take over your body.”

“…”

“So leave everything about Radios to me.”

Brina revealed her fangs with a grin.

Knowing how vicious her personality was, Kraud couldn’t help but worry.

No matter how much he opposed it here, Brina would definitely find a way to pass on Subduing Dead to Radios.

In that case, it might be better to allow it under his watchful eye.

“There’s a condition. I’ll permit you to pass on the spell only within the village.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll train him like crazy inside the village.”

Originally, warriors who reach a certain level turn their focus to training the next generation.

This is because warriors themselves can vaguely estimate their own limits.

But Brina couldn’t freely train successors.

More accurately, it was impossible.

She treated her disciples so demonically that they ran away on their own.

Of course, since they were still within the Demonic Prison, they were beaten to death by Brina.

In any case, the goblins refused to become Brina’s disciples.

And now, in this situation, someone with the greatest talent appears?

She couldn’t resist.

“Then I’ll be going, Daddy!”

“…Alright.”

Having returned to her child Brina concept, she headed towards Radios with a cheerful smile.

Kraud wasn’t worried.

If anything, he was more concerned for Radios.

‘I’m not sure how she’ll teach, but… it’s going to be tough, Radios.’

But if, just if.

In the very unlikely event.

If Radios could fully absorb Brina’s teachings?

“Then… a being who obtains a Divine Order might be born again in this land.”

It sounded absurd, and it had to be.

But somehow, Kraud felt expectant.

Because he truly believed Radios might obtain an Order.