Heavenly Inquisition Sword - Chapter 1463



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Episode 1463. Anna Ramakrish wants to meet the Count.

Fabian asked, his gaze fixed on the approaching priest.

“Commander, are you serious?”

“what?”

“Something I said to Erica a little while ago.”

Fabian is the only one who knows that Elio’s wife is dead.

He wondered if it was because Count Lagoa could not forget his dead wife, or if there was some other reason.

Because six years ago I said, ‘It’s not my taste.’

“What are you curious about?”

“Is it really because you have someone else in mind? Or… … .”

“Miss Erica is not my type.”

“As expected! But, since Erica is quite a beauty… … I’m surprised that you say it’s not your taste.”

“Miss Erica… … .”

The moment Elio was about to say something, the old priest who had come close to his eyes opened his mouth.

“I am Deftero, the chief priest of the Mana Phtras Church. I have come to see Count Elio Lagoa, commander of the Eschatos Kingdom Army.”

The old priest, Deftero, stared intently at the young man called Commander.

In the past, the Mana Petras Church had been suspicious of Count Lagoa’s ideology and conducted a background investigation.

The priest Almatio of the Great Temple entrusted the investigation of Count Lagoa to the paladin Metatron.

After the investigation, Metatron reported ‘not guilty’, and Count Lagoa was cleared of any charges of heresy.

After that, Count Lagoa continued to say things that could be considered heretical, but the church did not take issue with it any further.

The main reason was that the situation in the empire was too unstable to tolerate Count Lagoa’s heretical ideas.

What kind of heretical thoughts are you talking about in the middle of a war with the kingdom?

The close relationship between Count Lagoa and Archduke Knauf also played a part.

The church knew about Count Lagoa’s heretical ideas but pretended not to know.

Then, the ‘Black Sun’ came to mind.

The world did not immediately perish because of the ‘Black Sun’, but the Mana Phtras cult was destroyed.

Not only did the ‘Blessing of Mana Phtras’ no longer appear, but even the ‘Divine Power’ that the priests had disappeared.

Priests were unable to heal, and paladins lost their powers.

The Mana Phtras cult, which had lost its divine power, gradually declined over the course of five years.

Only old priests are guarding the temple that the believers have turned their backs on.

In the past, it would have been a monk or nun called an alter, rather than a high priest like Deftero, who would have taken action.

The situation of the Mana Phtras sect was so bad that the chief priest of Deftero had to personally lead the old people to the ends of the earth.

Elio asked, looking at the old priest with a sullen face.

“Why, Chief Priest? I’m not very close to the Mana Phratas Order.”

It’s not that I’m not close with you, in fact I’m not even interested.

Originally an atheist, he had been accused of being a heretic so many times that he had fallen from grace.

Despite the blatant rejection, the chief priest Deftero did not blink an eye.

Because, based on my experience over the past five years, that’s nothing.

“Anna Ramakrish, an apostle of our church, would like to meet with you, Count.”

“Anna Ramakrishna?”

Elio showed a little interest.

In the past, Anna Ramakrishna’s assurance helped avoid suspicions that she had received help from black magic.

“Yes, I heard that you received a powerful oracle not long ago. The Imperial Court was turned upside down by it. I believe that the Northern Kingdoms will be contacted soon.”

“What kind of trust is this?”

“It’s about the Black Sun. The Apostle said he would meet Count Lagoa and tell him the specifics.”

“Hmm. I would like to hear it, but… … I can’t leave the North right now.”

“The faster the better,” he said.

Deftero looked at Count Lagoa with longing eyes.

However, he had lost his divine powers and was just an ordinary old man, so he had nothing else to say.

“I don’t know if you’ve heard, but I have a plan to prevent the invasion of the Demons. I’ll go there as soon as that is finished.”

“How long will it take you to finish that?”

“At the earliest, two weeks? At the latest, it won’t be more than a month.”

There would be a way to contact the Demon Lords, so all I had to do was find the Demon Lords in the regions adjacent to the north and it would be over in no time.

“Okay, I understand. This is a matter of world fate, so I would appreciate it if you could come on time.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Elio nodded coolly.

The chief priest of Deftero greeted them with a face full of regret and then quietly turned around.

As the priests of the Mana Phtras sect left, the room became quiet again.

Elio and his group sat down on the road.

Even though the victory celebration performance ended without a hitch, we still had to eat dinner.

Fabian ordered a few more appetizers to go with his meal.

The nobles who once left never returned.

If someone who doesn’t know sees this, they’ll think that Count Lagoa has leased the tavern.

Regardless, Elio ate and drank with his companions.

As the boat was getting full, Howard asked in passing.

“But what oracle did Apostle Anna Ramakrishna receive?”

Then Fabian said as if it was no big deal.

“It’s about the Black Sun. It seems like you heard from the god Mana Phtras how to get rid of the Black Sun.”

“Isn’t the god Mana Phtras dead?”

“Dead? Who said that?”

“They all said they were dead? There probably aren’t any temples operating in the North.”

It has been five years since the blessing of Mana was cut off and the divine power disappeared.

Most people thought that ‘the god Mana Phtras was dead.’

Unlike mana, which can be gathered through training, divine power is a power received directly from gods.

As a result, when God disappeared, divine power also disappeared.

Compared to the priests who lost everything, the situation for mana users was slightly better.

Of course, as the dark ether spread, the mana training of knights and wizards was also blocked.

However, it was only that his growth was blocked, and he did not lose any of the mana he had cultivated during that time.

Unlike the priests who became unemployed due to this, the value of Mana users has skyrocketed.

As the number of mana users decreased due to death in battle, with no more mana users coming out, it naturally became a noble body.

As the risk increases and the number of mana users to deal with it decreases, treatment is bound to improve.

Fabian turned his head to Count Lagoa.

“What do you think, Commander?”

“what?”

“Haven’t you heard what I’ve been saying so far? Mana Phtras. Are you hiding from the evil god Shaitin? Are you dead?”

“It was hidden.”

Fabian, who had been tilting his head, asked again.

“You say it as you saw it?”

“I met him.”

“Really?”

“Is it true?”

Fabian and Howard, who had been looking indifferent, suddenly shouted in surprise.

Elio said it as if it was no big deal.

“Remember that avalanche in the Sierra a few months ago? That canyon in the foothills or something?”

Fabian quickly intervened.

“This is the Valdo Diano Canyon.”

“Yes, Baldo Diano. I met Mana Phtras, who was hiding there.”

“No, are you saying that the Creator God was hiding in the valley? Why couldn’t the evil god Shaitin find him? Even if it’s Count Lagoa’s words, that’s a bit strange.”

“Listen to the end. Who was hiding in the canyon? There was an ancient temple in the canyon. It was the Temple of Onistos, built by the legendary Titans.”

“Huh? A temple of the Titans?”

“Yes, it must be true, since that’s what the Demon Lord who died by my hand said.”

“Ah! Since Mana Phtras has some kind of relationship with the Titans… … . I guess he was hiding there?”

“To be exact, it’s a strangely shaped stone monument that was in the temple. The demons call it the ‘Ladder of Immortality.’”

The monument that Elio was trying to erect on the ice wall was actually an imitation of it.

“Huh? There was a god hiding in the tombstone?”

Fabian’s voice rose slightly, as if it was quite unexpected.

“I think you’re misunderstanding because I said it’s a tombstone… … Correct me. It’s a giant monolith that looks like a tombstone. It looks like it fled there when the black sun rose.”

Elio was about to say, “I hid,” but then said, “I avoided,” thinking of the Creator’s face.

To be honest, I also thought that hiding it was right.

Fabian and Howard nodded.

Meanwhile, Harvey Griff, who had accidentally become Fabian’s squire, was dumbfounded.

It is true that Count Lagoa is great.

But the words coming out of his mouth now were all beyond common sense.

I don’t know how much of what they’re sharing is true.

Count Lagoa speaks of the Creator God – now missing – as if he were a knight next door, and Fabian and Howard accept it without question.

‘Are you bluffing?’

But when I think of the priests of Mana Phtras, something seems to be going on.

Harvey, who had been thinking, smiled bitterly.

Whatever it is, it is none of their business and it has nothing to do with me.

The seed himself would not be able to approach the truth until he died.

Until then, Harvey had no idea that he was about to be involved in this cosmic event.

***

That night.

Hirhera Garrison.

The Kingdom of Fricia’s army camp.

Phoenix Lieutenant Stema Griff looked at his son with a dumbfounded expression.

When I returned from investigating the ice wall, I found that the Kingdom of Fricia’s army had been turned upside down.

My son is in a love triangle with the commander of the Western Army, the strongest knight in the North, and Vardos?

He even says that his son was the one who ruined the victory celebration concert he planned with Allen Boucher.

I looked into what was going on and found out that it was the son’s deception by Assistant Bardos (Tracy Gold).

“So, you decided to become Baron Fabian’s squire? For ten years?”

It is no exaggeration to say that the continent is currently experiencing an era of success for Mana users.

After a few years of toiling on the front lines, his son would also receive a title and a fief.

But he decided to serve as a servant for ten whole years.

The seed, of course, cannot accumulate merit.

Even if by some lucky chance a ball is scored, the credit goes to the knight who owns it.

Count Stema Griff, who knew this fact better than anyone else, could not help but feel moved.

Harvey lowered his head slowly under his father’s angry gaze.

“I think I was lucky, too. When Count Lagoa got angry… … I thought I was going to die.”

In fact, in a world heading towards the end of time, there was nothing to say about killing someone who was that sinful.

“ha!”

A heavy sigh escaped Count Griff’s lips.

right.

Even if Count Lagoa had killed Harvey for that, he would not have been able to protest.

The son changed his future and his life.

Although I felt fortunate to be alive, I was angry when I saw the top of my son’s head.

“Do you know that Tracy Gold was inciting you?”

“I realized it later.”

“You have been supported by me for so long, yet you are forcing me into a dangerous situation. You are truly a wicked woman. Take this incident as a lesson and stay away from women from now on. Don’t even dream of meeting women while you are a servant. Do you understand?”

“……yes.”

“Go and take good care of yourself. The Kingdom of Eschatos is far away, so you don’t have to come back again.”

“I’m sorry. Stay healthy.”

Harvey got up from his seat, said goodbye to his father, and left.

Count Griff, who had been staring blankly into space, ground his teeth.

It doesn’t look like the future will be smooth for Tracy, the assistant bardos.