Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 188



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188

Swish… … .

Jinseong took out .

The that I’ve been using so far would be enough to subdue Mateka, but taking out was also meant as a warning.

‘I told you not to talk. No matter what you do, I can finish you off in 30 seconds. A shield? Learning Chinese characters? You want to try it, me?’

Even if the Anton Raid content and pattern are the same, there is nothing that Jinseong cannot clear.

Above all, considering that it is not about wasting time like controlling a character in a game, but rather in reality, there are parts that can be handled more quickly and reliably.

The 30 seconds Jinseong mentioned was by no means an exaggeration, considering that he borrowed the power of Soldoros, Yang-eol, and Heukgu.

“Caloso… God? An absolute being. A conceptual being. Philosophy. Something like that, I guess?”

The chili shrimp next to Jinseong muttered.

Jinseong nodded and asked back.

“Huh? Oh, that’s right. Mr. Chili Shrimp, you said you didn’t know calories, right?”

“I don’t know. Anyway, that Mateca-. It felt like they were whispering, but it must be something so great that that Mateca would mutter on purpose~?”

And experience was something that could not be ignored.

Mateka and Jinseong, who had only exchanged glances, were actually doing something, and Chili Shrimp was drawing a picture of the situation based on the information he had recently obtained that he could ‘whisper.’

Jinseong felt a little stingy, but Chili Shrimp gave him a warm smile instead.

“And I don’t care what Mateka is? Whether Mateka is a b*tch or not… I don’t care at all, and it really has nothing to do with me… so there’s no need for Mr. Jinseong to worry too much! Well, can I say this? I’m not even a business partner in the first place.”

One of the two people who had been whispering all along suddenly spoke out loud?

In case that would be a disadvantageous situation for Jinseong or that he would be chased, isn’t it that Chili Shrimp reads that part and puts Jinseong at ease in advance?

“……I really can’t ignore age.”

“What does age matter to me?! And if you’re going to do it, experience, you know, there are a lot of good things to say, right? Is Jinseong starting to resemble Vivi?”

“That’s not it, ahem! Anyway, thank you.”

Jinseong spoke in a crawling voice.

Chili Shrimp nodded vigorously and slapped Jinseong on the back.

“Just say that, please. Add something every now and then… Anyway, I won’t mind. You can say it out loud or whisper it, however you want.”

If so, there is nothing more to take.

The fact that he ignored his own warning and kept talking loudly must have been an attempt to shake Jinseong’s heart.

“You heard, Mateka? That’s what happened? Hehe, tell me. The Caloso I want to know isn’t something conceptual. Do you know about Caloso as a person, as an existence?”

Jinseong asked openly.

Mateca did not respond either vocally or mentally.

The real question became more explicit.

“Or reincarnation. How about reincarnation? You are Mateka. King of the Tartans. And you are Anton. An apostle who became Anton’s brain and himself through telepathy with Anton. So… before that?”

Anton of the Ulu tribe from the planet Krancula.

Wasn’t it because of the battle between the artificial god and Caloso on the ancient planet Terra that he was able to become an apostle?

The artificial gods created by processing the evil side of Caloso all vomited out their power and virtually disappeared, and their powers floated throughout the universe and infiltrated bodies fit to possess great power.

Because they were like that, it was a situation where they were ‘attracted to each other’, and by climbing onto the floating fragments and the demon world, they came to be called apostles as if they were one group.

“Did you vaguely read something about calories, Mateca?”

That’s why I wanted to confirm the truth.

Apostle Anton, Mateka.

Does he really know his past life, the time when he was an ‘artificial god’ on the planet Terra?

‘The shell of the artificial god Nabel… … As if the power of the apostle had faded away and the remaining shell began to regain its self and power over time and became the fog god Mu. As if the fog god Mu, who was worshipped as the native god of Arad, had memories of the time when he was the artificial god Nabel.’

Mateka also might have his own name or memories from his previous life as an artificial god.

Jinseong asked, tightening his grip.

As the questions became more specific and the information they were trying to extract from Mateka became more detailed, there was only one reason why they would tighten their grip on .

“……You really don’t know.”

Anyone who can’t answer these questions is out of luck.

Jinseong also heard that there was not even enough time to ask around.

“Really~~~ Sang~~~~ Niiiiiim!”

In addition to Vivi’s screams, several footsteps were hurriedly mixed together.

Jinseong turned his head while keeping Mateka in check.

“Finally, it’s a settlement with the Apostle Anton.”

If Vivi, Un Lionel, Naen Siger, and the Celestial Army escorting them were approaching from the left… … .

“hmm?”

Although they weren’t blatantly far away, there were silhouettes approaching them from a subtle approaching direction.

“You think I just have to take that guy down? Iron Wolf Knights, assemble! Prepare for battle!”

The Iron Wolf Knight Commander roars with a half-joking smile.

Half Walshtedt.

‘That’s right. There’s no way half of it didn’t come. What’s more surprising is that it’s not half of it… … ‘

There was something even more absurd about Jinseong than the figures of the De Los Empire, such as Ban or Hats.

Who is that one person walking out from their side, looking awkward and shameless?

Un Lionel and Vivi shouted at him as if scolding him.

“Captain Hiram. Where have you been?”

“I was so surprised when you suddenly disappeared!”

Coast Guard Captain, Hiram Clough.

The one walking out with the imperial army including Ban was Hiram.

“Lionel, I’m Yang. Everyone is safe. I was lost and in danger, but I met these people and barely made it here.”

As soon as he heard his voice, which was embarrassing to even call acting, Jinseong had to quickly turn his head away.

His eyes were directed to the Apostle Anton himself, who was still floating.

‘… Hiram. That human is with Ban? Could it be that what Mateka was talking about was because of those humans?’

Jinseong noticed the meaning behind his expression, which had a subtle hint of a smile, as to why he had raised his voice.

* * *

“Everyone, get out of here! If we can’t tie that guy up anyway, we’ll have no choice but to beat him up!”

“Are you okay going alone, Adventurer?”

“Of course! I’m just more docile than Jinsang or Chili, but I know how to conquer Anton just as well as they do!”

“Yum, I don’t think that’s yum-.”

“What did you say, Naen-nim?!”

“Oh, no, no. Nothing.”

While virtually leading the celestials, Vivi skillfully navigated the ‘Black Volcano’, one of Anton Reid’s dungeons.

Not only the common Tartan tribe, but also the first named monster, ‘Black Smoke Cress’, remembered the strategy.

As she said, there were no NPCs who could help her with holding-related skills, so she planned to push the NPCs back as much as possible and then face the monsters alone.

“…….”

Un Lionel and Naen Siger had to block the surrounding Tartans from approaching while Vivi and Graphite Cress had a one-on-one duel, so it seemed they were also pressed for time.

So they only noticed it late.

The silver-haired coast guard captain suddenly disappeared. When I realized that Hiram Claff had left the group, I was already dealing with the second named monster.

And Hiram had already encountered it at that point.

“Huh? Coast Guard Captain?”

Van Balshteit looked at Hiram in surprise for a moment.

It was the same with Hiram.

“Commander of the Imperial Knights. Why are you here… alone, and all-.”

Two people in an unlikely place.

For a moment, they hesitated as if they were hiding something from each other, then Ban said.

“The vice-captain and the other members were busy cleaning up the area… so it must have been difficult for them to get here. Unless they moved very, very carefully.”

“……I was just lucky.”

Hiram also answered cautiously, looking into Ban’s sparkling eyes.

The two people’s eyes met for a moment.

“It’s not something that can come by luck. So… Kick, okay. Quietly, would you like to come here and take a look?”

Ban gestured as if he had read something in Hiram’s eyes.

The same was true of Hiram.

He seemed to have read something from Ban’s expression, where only one corner of his mouth was twisted upward, and he walked towards Ban one step at a time.

It’s not easy to get here by breaking through the Iron Wolf Knights.

I half know that it is impossible without a clear purpose and solid skills.

The same goes for Hiram.

Since they had seen the Imperial Army scattered around, focusing only on surveillance and search, rather than escorting or protecting those who had gone ahead, it could be said that the two had read each other’s intentions to some extent.

Kwaaaaaaaang… … !

Hiram stood next to Van, oblivious to the noise coming from afar.

Then I saw it.

Two people who are quite a distance apart.

“Huh!? Mr. Jinseong? Are you laughing?”

“yes.”

“Shouldn’t we do something about it?”

“It’s okay. That’s probably Vivi… and that sound is probably the sound of a tile from the Abyss bursting. Did Vivi fail the pattern? Hehe.”

Hearing their voices, Hiram opened his eyes wide and looked at the class.

Ban’s eyes were also fixed on Jinseong and Chili Shrimp, but there was no way he didn’t sense Hiram’s reaction.

“Isn’t the world so unfair?”

He just muttered half the time, his gaze fixed on her.

Hiram swallowed dryly as he looked at Ban’s profile.

Ban continued speaking.

“An adventurer who doesn’t belong to any organization… Yes, you could say that about him. From the perspective of the heavens, adventurers are probably viewed favorably. It’s true that he played a part in rescuing the princess.”

“What…are you talking about?”

Half shrugged at Hiram’s words.

“No, I’m just talking to myself. From the perspective of someone of high rank in the heavens… I wonder what that human looks like.”

“……Truth.”

“I see you know.”

“How could you not know? Mr. Ban, you, the Commander of the Iron Wolf Knights, have accomplished what you said was impossible.”

Hiram said with a hint of annoyance.

It was natural that he ended up in a situation where he had to apologize to Jinseong after fundamentally believing Ban’s story and going wild.

Ban shook his head slightly as if he had no choice.

“That’s right. I was talking about that part as well. It can’t be done. It’s impossible, that’s it. Right now, in all of Arad, there should be no one who can do that – I don’t like the nickname of the Four Weapon Masters, but from my perspective, it’s normal.”

“……I don’t know much about magic, but I think I understand that opinion.”

How Hiram feels.

How does he view adventurers, or more precisely, Jinseong?

Half said.

“But that’s what happens when that person gets involved. Ridiculous things happen… Secrets that no one was interested in until now, or hidden secrets come to light… Isn’t it strange? Why is that person the only one who’s like that-”

And then there was a voice that seemed to respond to what the other half was saying.

“Caloso is literally the law of the world. He governs life and death, but does not interfere. He is the beginning of everything and the end of everything. He is the last to appear, but the first to walk.”

Mateca said.

It was a word that made Hiram tilt his head for a moment, but the person next to him thought differently.

“-Are you getting special treatment… Tsk.”

Iron Wolf Knight Commander Van Walstedt clicked his tongue.