Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 189



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189

Hiram had to do his best not to back down.

An ominous aura emanating from the class. Perhaps a desire to live.

It meant that even Hiram, the commander of the Celestial Coast Guard, felt threatened by it, as there was no good to be done by getting involved in it.

“Ka, Karlo, ahem… Do you know what that means right now?”

Hiram asked cautiously.

How important must Mateka’s words be for the class to react this way?

What is Calorie?

But Hiram did not get the answer he wanted.

Phew, at the moment Hiram felt a gust of wind blow, all of Ban’s speculation was cleared away.

“No. But it makes me angry. Even though I am an independent adventurer, as an Empire citizen, that guy is still affiliated with the Duchy… I can’t help but hate him without giving him anything in return. And that arrogant personality of his is also a factor.”

He shrugged his shoulders, as usual, in a rather light and jocular manner.

It was obvious enough at Hiram’s level that that wasn’t all.

Still, he didn’t ask any more questions.

Jinseong’s confident voice and dignified attitude as he spoke towards Mateka from afar.

As soon as Hiram saw Jinseong’s appearance, he was able to share the same feelings as Ban.

“I agree with that statement too.”

Hiram said, biting his molars slightly.

Will the anger towards Jinseong eventually spread towards those who have a favorable relationship with Jinseong?

“Even stupid guys like Seven Shaz are like that… If they were adventurers, I wouldn’t know- I don’t know what the hell that darn guy did that you keep taking his side. Is it because he’s a guy who’s just a jerk and takes his place? He doesn’t know how to judge people… ”

In the case of Hiram Clough in particular, there were people who were at that point, including himself.

Seven Shaz.

The most brilliant group of scientists and engineers in the heavens.

Even they were not as good as Hermann, who was praised as the best technician in the heavens and the first Prime…

How would they be perceived by Hiram, Herman’s disciple?

“It’s not that I hate Jinseong, but it’s also the Empire’s position. The one who formed an alliance with the Jiben Empire is our Deros Empire, but the Seven Shaz only take care of adventurers and that damned guy. But that doesn’t mean we can do anything about the smartest people in the Heavens-.”

“Huh, you’re smart. Most of them are just lucky and get the positions despite being less talented. They don’t even know how to read people and just… Rather- Ahem.”

At Van’s complaint, Hiram paused for a moment before uttering a curse.

It wasn’t just because of embarrassment or shame at having insulted Seven Shaz in front of a foreigner.

Ban scratched that part secretly.

“Rather? Come to think of it, I think I heard something about the Captain being the last disciple of a celestial scientist or something like that…….”

The reason Hiram didn’t like Seven Shaz was ultimately simple.

“…It didn’t go into the Seven Shards. It doesn’t fit. Above all, because of the regulations, we can’t do proper experiments or production. They acknowledge the things my master left behind, but they’ll treat me like a mad scientist when I come up with something. I can’t possibly work with people who don’t even know how to measure value.”

Because he thought he was better than Seven Shaz.

Half of them seemed to agree with the idea, and half sympathized with Hiram, as if he were a ‘poor sacrificial lamb’.

“Politics and factions are a problem everywhere. The tendency to reject anyone who is even slightly different from oneself seems to be the same everywhere.”

“I think all the Cartel guys deserve to be torn to pieces, but Giselle’s brains were brilliant. And… the same goes for Friederike Schultz, who never made it into the Seven Shards. She’d be better than Lindsay Rossum, you idiots.”

“I wonder if that comfort momentarily eased his mind,” Hiram muttered.

The corners of Ban’s mouth slowly went up.

“Were there other people like that…? Friederike Schultz? I’d like to introduce you to her sometime. As an Imperial soldier.”

Celestial scientist Friederike Schultz.

A descendant of the Schultz family, a noble family of the heavenly realm.

Hiram thought of her and, as expected, the corners of his mouth rose.

“She’s a woman so radical that she’s been called Mad Ricker… but that’s okay. She might be able to become a bridge between the Imperial Army and… the noble families of the Celestial Realm.”

Its nickname is Mad Ricke.

At this point, Hiram and Van’s thoughts and intentions intersect.

In a situation where the check and balance between the princess and the noble family in the heavens was already continuing, an incident that may have been the last drop of water that would overflow the surface tension had begun.

“Really~~~ Sang~~~~ Niiiiiim!”

Above all, who was the person who ultimately became the trigger?

The truth will never be known.

Without a word, Van and Hiram grabbed their weapons.

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

Then I ran out, deliberately breathing heavily.

* * *

Vivi began to chatter with an expression of immense pride.

“Really, really! Do you know what happened on my route? If I had dealt with them all, what would Jinsang-nim and Chili-unnie have done-.”

“Ms. Vivi, do you know when Hiram disappeared? Since when- and why with Ban…….”

“-yes?”

Vivi, who was expecting to hear some praise from Jinseong, was momentarily taken aback.

Jinseong also cleared his frown.

“No, that’s fine. That’s not what’s important anyway…….”

Vivi couldn’t have controlled everything on her own in the first place, so you can’t blame her.

Above all, if Hiram had heard his conversation about Calosoni and reincarnation, it wouldn’t have been a problem.

‘There’s nothing Hiram can do. To begin with, the people of the celestial world are completely clueless when it comes to science. Before they even understand what I’m talking about… … they’ll be sorted out anyway.’

Jinseong knows.

Hiram Claf is the one who ends up betraying the princess and the Celestial Army in the main scenario, Celestial Chronicles.

He is active in the aristocratic coalition that staged the coup, while also having his own hidden agenda.

And then he dies. Under the leadership of an adventurer.

‘Considering the trouble and abilities Hiram could cause, it won’t be much of a hit. I don’t care what you say. The problem isn’t Hiram.’

Half Walshtedt.

From the time he boarded Behemoth to face Apostle Lotus until now, he has been a character that has not been clearly established in Jinseong’s mind.

‘The class that pretended to know something about … … heard stories about Caloso and reincarnation… … .’

That person heard about Caloso. He heard about what could be called the ultimate goal of .

At first glance, it seemed like a situation that would make one feel anxious, but Jinseong’s mind was actually running in the opposite direction.

‘Maybe this is an opportunity.’

So many questions that have been floating around because we can’t be sure about Van Walstedt until now.

About , about the questionable appearances that seemed beyond what Jinseong himself knew about him.

Couldn’t we use this incident as an opportunity to create a situation and lure them out?

‘Of course, even so, it’s not a problem that needs to be dealt with right away… … Okay. For now, I’ll have to remember it and organize it.’

Jinseong gathered his thoughts.

Above all, there was someone who could read Jinseong’s thoughts right in front of him, so he couldn’t waste time.

“Hahahahahaha! You think I’m evil, but is that really true?”

Mateca laughed as if it was refreshing.

What was Jinseong aiming for in order to solve his own difficulties?

His body glowed brightly for a moment.

“If that is the only way to express my fear, then I will gladly bear that name!”

Kookookookookook… … .

Anton’s outer shell vibrated along with Mateca’s scream.

What appeared as the extremely hard floor exploded was a literal monster.

“Queaaaa …

“Kwaaaa …

Giant monsters with no eyes and only a huge mouth that opens wide.

It’s not just the sharp teeth.

The size of the thorns that grew around its teeth like horns, used to hunt and hold down its prey, was as thick as Jinseong’s waist…

“Mr. Jinsang! You’re a weirdo who doesn’t have a pattern for studying Chinese characters? Just go ahead and do it?”

Vivi asked quickly.

Jinseong also nodded.

The important thing now is to deal with Mateca. And what’s the other thing?

“Hoo, hoo, hoo…….”

“Sister Chili! What are you doing!? Kkiyak! I’ll hold off the weird bugs for now-. !”

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaah-!”

“Queueeeeeeeeeee!”

────, ────, ────!

The second awakening of the female mechanic profession was fired towards three lava insects.

In addition to explosions happening here and there, Tartan hordes are rushing in, and Mateka is starting to move.

“Hahahaha!”

“All of you, stop the Tartan thugs! Give support so that the adventurers can focus on Mateka-.”

“T-That being said, it seems like that guy is, uh, targeting us-.”

“heartbreak!”

“Okay, okay! It reminds me of the Scream Cave!? I wanted to see the true power of the Apostle!”

The Celestial Army and the Imperial Army responded quickly, but it wasn’t enough on their own.

Above all, isn’t Jinseong’s position that ‘it shouldn’t be done’ with their own power?

Van Balstedt’s skills are no ordinary ones.

We must not allow the four Weapon Masters to kill the Almighty Mateka, the brain of Apostle Anton.

In a situation where it is not known what kind of information will be transmitted in the midst of a life-and-death encounter, the mere collision of the two beings is a burden to Jinseong.

In the end, to prevent that, there was one thing that Jinseong had to do.

“Mr. Chili Shrimp.”

Encouraging the chili shrimp to get over the last step.

As a thief, isn’t it your job to wake up the adventurers and have them deal with Mateka?

There was no way Jinseong could have missed the slight trembling of the hand holding the whip.

“You’ve always done this before.”

“Right, right. Right. But if we get past here, we’re really… really going. Are we going? Are we going? Me too?”

The chili shrimp asked.

He was speaking haltingly, but his meaning was clear.

After the subjugation of the Apostle Anton. To the Demon World. And further, to the reality outside of Plain: Arad.

Are you going with him too?

At least for now, I guess we could say she’s like a female wizard in the setting.

A summoner with an anxious expression clearly visible on his young face.

Jinseong’s hand, which had been looking at the shaking red eyes, rose up.

The hand soon reached the head of the red-haired girl.

“We played the truth game too. You can trust us. Don’t be anxious.”

Feeling the caressing hand, Chili Shrimp looked at Jinseong.

Only for a very short time.

“What, why are you- who said you were anxious!? That’s not it-. It’s because the contract, the contract wasn’t written down! What are you anxious about, anyway, just know for sure that a verbal contract is still a contract, for real!”

Soon, her face turned as red as her hair, and she quickly turned her head away, swatting away Jinseong’s hand.

Even though he’s babbling nonsense, do he even know what he’s saying?

“I think the named person will come out again- Chili, unnie! Hurry-.”

“Okay, Vivi. You too. Anyway, Manager Ka! Let’s go, Director!”

Chili Shrimp’s whip split the air as he heard Vivi’s scream while fighting off three lava beetles.

She spoke to the summons blocking her path.

“Let’s finish it. .”

─────────────!

The blood of the 4th Apostle, Mateka, who was no different from the brain of the 7th Apostle, was soaked in the steel of the one who wets steel with blood.

The sight was a rather rare sight even for a real person.

There must be only one reason why Mateka’s breathing was not cut off even after being hit by an attack that would normally be finished in one blow.

‘An apostle cannot kill an apostle… Even his clone, Cassius, seems to be bound by that absolute rule.’

Has it become that I no longer have the power to be wealthy?

Mateka knelt on one knee.

Jinseong met Mateca’s eyes.

Jinseong wasn’t the only one looking at him.

“Director Gal, .”

“.”

The gazes of the summoner and the mechanic, their words, were directed at Mateka.

The brain of Apostle Anton and Apostle Anton himself.

King of the Tartans.

The final boss in the Anton raid content of the game Dungeon & Fighter.

The Almighty Mateca.

“I wonder how your heroic tale will end…hahahaha!”

He laughed as he faced death.

───────────… … !!!!

An explosion occurred at the center of Apostle Anton, the ‘Black Volcano’.

At the same time, the giant body of the Seventh Apostle no longer moved in the sea of ​​twilight.

All of Anton’s functions ceased after he lost his brain.

All that remains is the destruction of the heart, which makes the body turn mechanically.

Jinseong turned around quietly.

Woon Lionel, Naen Seeger, and Hiram Claf.

Van Walstedt, Harts von Kruger.

Because he realized that in addition to them, countless nameless celestial and imperial forces were looking at him.

Jinseong said. It was the word they had been waiting for the most.

“Everyone… we have defeated Apostle Anton.”

The 7th Apostle, Anton the Fire-Eater, was defeated.

────, ────, ────!

Several rays of light enveloped the bodies of Chili Shrimp, Bibi, and Jinseong.