episode_0202

Washington, the capital of the United States.

The National Defense Ministry, the center of security, is located there.

In that secret area, many high-ranking awakened people representing the eastern United States were gathered there.

Among them, Slayer’s executives.

Chris Noel, who is evaluated as the next boss after Federico, was silently watching the ongoing meeting.

‘Is this the center of the National Defense Ministry?’

The Ministry of National Defense where numerous conspiracy theories existed.

Among them, the conspiracy theory that the U.S. government was leading the creation of artificial awakeners was a very popular and famous conspiracy theory among American citizens.

But Chris Noel was again surprised.

That absurd conspiracy theory was true.

‘The center of the Ministry of National Defense. The roots of the world tree were really growing here.’

American leaders also participated in the current meeting.

Since the Dark Ages, humanity has always been in a wartime system with monsters.

So, the power of the Ministry of National Defense was much stronger than that of the executive branch.

Unlike Korea, which is Song Yu-hwan’s dictatorship, the United States maintains a certain degree of separation of powers.

– This world tree has a very long history.

So, the head of the administration kept the secret from generation to generation.

Before the United States was formed.

Among the immigrants from Europe, there was a priest who had secretly maintained his faith in the World Tree for a long time.

A branch of the World Tree that he hid all the way to the American continent.

The branch corresponded to the original world tree that existed in Northern Europe.

It is also possible that the United States could develop into a powerful country in the future.

The reason the damage from the Dark Ages was minimal was because of the trunk of the World Tree located at the center. Because of its influence.

The great spire in the middle. The trunk of the World Tree stands like an obelisk.

And the walls on all sides were full of its stems and roots.

‘The power of the World Tree. It’s truly amazing.’

Of course, even Washington could not avoid the fog of chaos.

No matter where you walk in America, the air is filled with that sinister, foul smell of chaos.

However, the mana here was extremely pure.

Because of the purifying power of the World Tree.

Even though Chris was the villain.

Without thinking, I was filled with an unconscious sense of awe when I saw the part of the World Tree that had grown like a giant pillar.

But that feeling of awe did not last long.

More than the surprise of encountering the World Tree.

This was because the reality of the world that Unknown announced in front of them was much more shocking.

“Uh, how did you know this?”

Golden Face shouted on behalf of everyone gathered here.

Chris also doesn’t show much emotional change.

I was shocked by the secret video that Lee Jun-woo released a little while ago.

Apostle of Valhalla.

That transnational giant guild was waging massacres all over the world.

After there was no force to check the apostles of Valhalla.

The battle between heroes and villains has become extremely acute.

Now, the power struggle is moving beyond local warfare and is heading toward full-scale war and all-out war, so that alone is not surprising.

However, the problem was the purpose of the massacre.

“Gaaah…

The apostle of Valhalla was indiscriminately massacring those who were even remotely related to the villain.

They arrested them, put them in camps, and murdered them.

And the reason is, from their souls being broken in extreme pain and despair.

Essence of chaos attribute. It was to extract chaotic essence.

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The leaders gathered here could not keep their mouths shut at that shocking scene.

“I was aware of it to some extent through the information collected so far… but I never thought they would even prepare a separate camp like this.”

“I can only say that it is truly the second coming of the Nazis!”

The number of people already massacred was in the tens of millions.

‘no. No matter how much it is, it is not a chaos attribute monster. Being able to steal chaotic essence from humans…’

Another screen followed.

On the screen, Unknown revealed another shocking fact.

Border between Norway and Sweden.

A world tree with deep roots in that restricted access area.

The World Tree, a symbol of purity and life, was becoming a rotten old tree, engulfed in a very ominous dark red energy.

“Uh, what happened!! Oh, Mother World Tree! Oh, Goddess!!!”

Priests of the Goddess Church confirmed that fact.

The secret priests who managed the trunk of the World Tree here collapsed on the spot.

Looking at their reactions, it seemed that the facts announced by Unknown were not lies.

‘The World Tree is all awakened people. Source of mana.’

So everyone had a hunch.

What if that world tree is polluted?

Fundamentally, a force that uses the power of chaos rather than the power of the world.

There is no way to resist the Apostle of Valhalla.

Of course, the same applies to monsters born from the fog of chaos.

‘shit! ‘I haven’t even dated a man yet.’

And Chris, who had finally found a man he liked for the first time in his thirties, was very angry.

Glancing-

Unknown, I glanced at him again.

‘It looks much better in person. Like this… If I had time to stick around a little longer, I would try to seduce her in some way.’

But the atmosphere of this conference room.

No, just looking at the atmosphere outside, filled with the fog of chaos, it was impossible to create a sweet situation at all.

It was very annoying though.

Because I couldn’t help but realize that the apocalyptic crisis that the priests of the Goddess Church were crying out for had really arrived.

It was that moment. Unknown answered Golden Face’s question.

“Because I am the true apostle of the World Tree.”

“Apostle of the World Tree? Unknown you!”

The attendees urgently asked questions.

Unknown still had a calm expression.

Then the American leadership, including Golden Face, urgently looked at the priests in charge of managing the World Tree.

“What happened? Have you ever heard…”

“Apparently, I haven’t heard a response from the World Tree even with high-ranking spells from the Goddess Church recently! However, since the trunk of the World Tree here is still healthy, I never thought that there would be a problem with the main body of the World Tree…”

“And this is the first time that Unknown is said to be an apostle of the World Tree!”

At Golden Face’s words, the priests all looked at Unknown.

However, they too did not yet understand the true meaning of those words.

“The apostles of the World Tree will definitely be descended from the priests of the Goddess Church. But the author is clearly a villain…”

It was the moment a priest muttered.

Kwajijijijijik-

A sudden roar erupted from the center of this place.

Attendees shouted.

“Te, is it terrorism?”

“Nonsense! This is the deepest part of the Ministry of National Defense! The fact that there is terrorism here means that an internal spy…”

“Federico! Could it be that you were a traitor!”

But that couldn’t have been the case at all.

“What bullshit! We will never give up our American pride!”

Chris shouted at the question of his father.

Nevertheless, the atmosphere was unusual.

“Three, the trunks of the world’s trees are being polluted!”

A priest shouted.

After hearing those words, the gathered crowd belatedly realized the situation.

“Fog of Chaos! Three, a fog of chaos is spreading from the World Tree!”

Chris has already deployed his shield using mana.

I’ve been encountering the fog of chaos a lot lately.

I quickly put on the mask I had prepared in advance.

‘shit! What happened?’

But it was strange.

Unlike usual, Chris’ body did not move properly.

Fog of chaos.

The magical energy was so thick that it polluted the trunk of the World Tree, which was a collection of pure mana.

Rather, it is an awakened self with mana.

I felt an instinctive fear from that contaminated mana.

‘This is a place where all the fine roots of the World Tree have already spread. ‘It’s a dilemma!’

In short, the heart of the fog of chaos.

It was like falling into that trap.

“Damn it! Did the Apostle’s little ones plant the seeds of chaos? What happened?”

My father, Federico, also deployed his absolute defensive powers.

Slurrr-

The fog of chaos was dissolving the power itself like a strong acidic liquid.

Chaos spreads in an instant.

But just at that desperate moment, a man shouted.

“There is no need to panic. It’s just the right time. Now is my chance to prove my point.”

Immediately, Chris’ eyes followed the man.

It was unknown.

With a relaxed expression, he took out a mask from his arms and put it on his face.

And he stretched out his hand into the air.

“That…”

Chris whispered.

Unknown has summoned 3 items.

The shape of the item seen from afar is an orb and a dagger. And a hand mirror.

The item began to orbit around Unknown’s hand.

“The World Tree should respond to the call of the Apostle.”

When the battle reached its peak, Lee Jun-woo chanted.

Paaang-

And with a huge explosion sound.

Glass fragments began to fill the space decorated with chaotic fog.

‘A piece of glass? No, that’s a mirror…!!’

The moment the mirror spread.

Surprisingly, the fog of chaos that was preying on everyone present here stopped in place.

“Gaaagh-”

And it seems to have been fixed in place.

It could no longer flow as a fog and began to scream horribly.

“Sa… Did he survive? Did… author Unknown… stop the polluted World Tree?”

Golden Face shouted.

And Unknown turned his head towards him.

“No. I just fixed the chaos for a moment. If I release my power like this, chaos will proliferate… and the contamination of this stem will progress rapidly.”

That moment.

Everyone gathered here felt this intuitively.

That Unknown holds their lifeline.

“So, before I deal with this chaos, I need to be clear.”

Again, three items began to rapidly orbit in his right hand.

Unknown opened his mouth again.

“From now on, the eastern United States will fall under the umbrella of the Crimson Teeth.”