Ch.59Ep.59 It Was Bound to Break

“Poseidon has fled to Kadinant?”

“Yes… It happened in an instant while the Resident was briefly absent… Moreover, she even restored the broken Triaina.”

“You thought I’d be angry?”

“Pardon?”

“No need to be so startled. Normally, I would be the one getting angry in this situation.”

When Yog-Sothoth let out a laugh, the Great Old One prostrating before him couldn’t speak.

Cxaxukluth swallowed hard, unable to utter a word.

Perhaps it was fortunate that Yog-Sothoth appeared to be in a good mood.

“Things are progressing smoothly. This isn’t a game that mere Poseidon can change.”

“…Resident, what do you mean by that?”

“Tomorrow is the day. The preparations are complete, I presume?”

“Yes, yes! All the Great Old Ones have finished their preparations! We can descend upon Kadinant at any moment once you give the order!”

“Excellent.”

As Yog-Sothoth rose from his throne and turned his back,

The countless Great Old Ones, too numerous to count, could barely contain their excitement about descending upon Kadinant.

They muttered incomprehensible words, anticipating the coming massacre.

“How is the breaking of the Underworld barrier progressing?”

“Yes! Soon we should be able to invade the Underworld as well! I hear there’s a great commotion in Tartarus, and Olympus itself is in a state of confusion.”

“Is that so?”

What could possibly happen from chaos in Tartarus?

No matter how deep the conflict between Cronos’s generation and Zeus’s generation might be,

They surely weren’t blockheaded enough to start a civil war right now.

If that were the case, it would make more sense that someone from outside who hates Olympus had invaded.

‘That doesn’t matter anymore.’

From tomorrow, many things would change.

There was only one reason he had gone to meet Radios, even using the power of the fragment.

To understand his potential and what power he had received from the Blind Idiot God.

But Yog-Sothoth could only marvel at Radios.

A talent of historic proportions.

His body had already completed such excellent growth that it could be considered part of the Blind Idiot God.

This meant…

‘If I kill Radios Magnum, a passage to the Blind Idiot God’s deep consciousness will open… and if I annihilate the Blind Idiot God through that passage…’

Yog-Sothoth would finally obtain the ultimate power.

In such a situation, why would he need to be angry about Poseidon’s escape?

“Set the descent location to South Ret.”

“Understood!”

At Yog-Sothoth’s command, Cxaxukluth hastily left the royal presence.

Left alone in the throne room, Yog-Sothoth

Tilted his wine glass while looking at the army of millions of Great Old Ones.

“No matter how strong you might be… you’ll have no answer against sheer numbers.”

At best, it would just be Radios and someone called Kraud or whatever.

Well, someone called Elysse might be able to stand against the Great Old Ones too.

But whether she could properly exert her power against the attacks of so many remains to be seen.

“Ah, did they say Poseidon also headed to Kadinant?”

Beings who control the Divine Order of time and water trying to stop the Great Old Ones.

This might cause a slight hitch in the plan, but it didn’t matter.

The Great Old Ones were expendable anyway.

Causing chaos by having them all descend upon Kadinant at once.

Instilling fear in the Olympians who observe Kadinant.

In a way, it’s nothing short of a declaration of war against Olympus.

He didn’t have high expectations for the Great Old Ones anyway.

In fact, the primary goal was to devastate South Ret through their descent.

“Enjoy what little life you have left, Father. Kukukuk.”

Yog-Sothoth burst into maniacal laughter, pleased with his sinister plan.

But he didn’t know.

That Radios was being taught the absurd skill of Subduing Dead.

He could never imagine what would become of the Great Old Ones who descended upon Kadinant.

***

“Hurrk!”

“You’re awake?”

Radios regained consciousness with a feeling like lightning striking.

The voice welcoming him was Rin’s.

He frantically looked around, but his surroundings were already unfamiliar.

“Where is this? I was clearly— Ugh!”

As Radios floundered, unable to grasp the situation, Rin gave him a knock on the head.

Wondering what was happening, Radios stared at her blankly.

“Stupid kid. Who gave you permission to use Subduing Dead?”

“It, it was an emergency. Even though one stroke was missing from the spell formula, the spell itself seemed perfect…”

“A fool who’s read one book is more foolish than a regular fool. Got it?”

“…I’m sorry.”

He had nothing to say about the Subduing Dead incident.

She had clearly told him the spell wasn’t complete, yet he had ignored her and done it anyway.

Perhaps getting off with just a knock on the head was quite fortunate.

Let’s move past that for now.

“Where is Serena? And… Namgung Ihyun…”

“The traitor who stabbed your heart is locked up in prison. Namgung Ihyun is still not properly subdued.”

“…How did you know about my heart being stabbed?”

Radios had never mentioned Serena.

No, before that, how did she even know who Serena was?

He had never brought up the betrayal to Rin.

“Who do you think I’m married to? I know everything I need to know anyway.”

“Ah… I see. Sorry for interrupting.”

Brina handled it well with a quick response, but she was momentarily terrified.

If the moment came when he discovered that Brina and Rin were the same person.

‘The shame I’d feel wouldn’t be an issue, but he’d be the one most dumbfounded.’

In the worst case, he might feel manipulated.

After all, Brina would have approached Radios as a little kid who hadn’t awakened her Order.

Better not to be discovered if possible.

“Then you decide.”

“Pardon? What decision…”

“There’s a problem with subduing Namgung Ihyun. You know that, right?”

Radios nodded.

It was natural that problems would arise since he had tried to subdue her with an incorrect spell formula from the start.

But he hadn’t expected her to point it out so directly.

When Radios nodded, Brina pointed out the problem.

“The incomplete spell formula has two issues. Absolute command over the dead and protection from the dead’s grudge. Without those two, even if you subdue them, they’ll just turn their blade on you.”

“Excuse me for interrupting, but I think I’ve already accepted all her grudges.”

“What?”

Radios told Brina about his past experiences with Namgung Ihyun.

Given the extreme pain he felt while witnessing those scenes, they couldn’t be anything but the past.

Moreover, hadn’t Yog-Sothoth directly intervened through those scenes?

Even using the Divine Fragment: Intervention, which contained the power of the Blind Idiot God.

“…I see. Then there shouldn’t be much of a problem.”

“Pardon?”

“I can somewhat resolve the issue of absolute command over the dead.”

“R-really?”

“Of course, it’s just a makeshift solution. Originally, Subduing Dead was created by goblins, but my husband placed a seal on goblin souls that prohibits them from using spell formulas.”

Radios thought for a moment.

Goblins who command endlessly regenerating dead?

Would there be any being in the world capable of stopping that?

Anyway, that wasn’t the issue.

“One thing. I can imprint just one absolute command on the dead person’s mind. What would you choose?”

“…”

Radios fell silent at Brina’s words.

He could subdue the willful Namgung Ihyun, but he could only give her one absolute command.

For everything else, she would be able to act according to her own will.

If he were to issue a command like “Obey my words unconditionally,”

She might still stab him in the back for something he didn’t say.

Then he had no choice but to go with something definitive.

“Please give her the command that she will be annihilated if she attacks me or anyone who has friendly feelings toward me.”

“Oh, quite clever, aren’t you?”

He chose to prepare for any possible threats.

Having already been severely backstabbed by Serena,

Radios had learned to avoid choices that might harm himself, even if they didn’t pose a threat to the enemy.

“The spell formula… just needs magical power infused into it. I’ve imprinted one absolute command on Namgung Ihyun, so all that’s left is a deep conversation with her. So… I’ll take my leave.”

After adding a few more strokes to the spell formula, Brina left.

Radios realized it was finally time to welcome Namgung Ihyun as an undead and infused magical power into the spell.

Rumble, rumble, rumble.

Namgung Ihyun, whose only arms had been visible in the spell formula, gradually revealed herself outside the formula.

By the time both her legs had completely emerged from the spell formula,

[Where… am I…]

She opened her eyes and faced Radios.

“Namgung Ihyun. Are you conscious?”

[Radios Magnum? What is this…]

“How much do you remember? Do you remember being tracked by Serena?”

[Serena..? Yes, I was being tracked— No! I died!]

Namgung Ihyun, now fully conscious, clenched her fist and charged at Radios.

But Brina had already implanted the absolute command in her.

The moment Namgung Ihyun charged at Radios,

[Aaaaargh!]

She collapsed on the spot, crying out in pain as if her head was about to burn.

Watching the situation, Radios was grateful that Brina’s intervention had been sufficiently helpful.

“Subduing Dead.”

[..?]

“A forbidden art passed down only among the goblin tribe. I’ve resurrected you as an undead.”

[What..?]

“Unfortunately, the spell was only half successful… Originally, I should have absolute command over you, but the sentence now appearing in your mind is the limit.”

[…I see.]

Now Namgung Ihyun could understand what words were echoing in her mind.

She must never attack her master or his allies. Refusal means death.

[Hahahahaha! How ironic that I can’t escape you even in death.]

If she wanted to die, she could just attack Radios. However, Namgung Ihyun didn’t particularly want to do that.

[Fine. Where should I begin…]

Since she’d already been backstabbed… she wanted to deliver a massive backstab in return.