Tale of the Fake Hero - Chapter 238



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Season 3: Episode 46

“On June 7, 1671 AD, the primordial curse erupted in , causing the United Human Forces to lose nearly 30% of their forces.”

Because Brain Hyang Setsunen threw away his life and tried to transfer all of the surviving troops, the damage was limited to 30%.

But this is not something to be reassured about.

It’s 30% of the main force.

They were not just a bunch of dummy soldiers gathered from various places, but 30% were veterans with extensive combat experience, including members of the Payquery Corps.

“If you include the casualties during the great offensive of , the loss of troops amounts to 40%. That’s close to 100,000. Also, because the dimensional transfer was carried out so hastily, the soldiers were scattered all over the continent without any system or order.”

The yellow city, , falls to its knees and disappears into the back alleys of history.

The 3rd Army’s 6th defense line also collapsed.

The advantage of defensive warfare was also lost, as there was no way to retrieve the military supplies and logistics that had been stockpiled in the defensive facilities.

“The biggest problem is that even the payqueriers who crossed the dimension were separated from their subordinate units. The only unit whose forces and organization were still intact was the Blood Demon Unit, which was transferred outside as soon as Noehyang headed to the headquarters.”

It is now clear that both the Bloodline and the Necrons have joined the war of aggression.

If the southwestern coast were left as it was, would become a bridgehead for invasion, and the devastation of war would engulf the entire continent.

“That was exactly the situation. The outcome of the war was determined by the performance of the Blood Demon Corps.”

Yeah, it was the Blood Horse Corps.

If the Red Lotus Corps was the one that decorated the end of ‘Black Summer’, then the legendary corps that protected its beginning.

Camilla Alter Aradmantel is caught up in the Great War phenomenon and is temporarily assigned to the Blood Demon Corps.

“The history we will learn from today will begin right here, with the story of the Blood Demon Corps that laid the foundation for humanity’s counterattack during the ‘Black Summer.’”

Second Step, Accompanying the Leading Payquerier (1)

“Car, Camilla!”

As soon as I regained consciousness, I heard an urgent voice.

“Brother Aydin! Camilla, Camilla is awake!”

At that moment, when I regained consciousness, what came over me was an indescribable pain.

The body… … .

My body, it doesn’t feel like my body…

Her whole body was torn apart. There were stitches all over her body, as if the torn parts had been sewn back together.

And something… … .

My limbs were longer than I remembered. Even the images forming in my vision felt clearer, even in this hazy state.

“If you are confused, it will be difficult to calm you down, so I will explain your current situation to you.”

The Red Priest, Aydin… … .

“You were afflicted with the primordial curse. Your life was saved because His Majesty Brain Hyang transferred you before the curse was complete.”

“My life… … .”

“Yes, it was in a state where it wouldn’t have been strange if it had been disconnected at any time.”

Asher sighed in relief and sat down next to the sickbed.

“Do you know how worried I was? If I hadn’t found you then, you would have died.”

“The original curse distorted the entire musculature, so it would be difficult to say that it was resurrected, but fortunately, the curse ended in the section where the musculature grew abnormally. However, the problem remained that the fascia and membranes could not keep up with the growth.”

Aydin pointed to the stitches all over his arms and legs.

“The bone was poking through the skin… … and even miracle healing couldn’t do anything. So I decided to inject the hemolytic serum. It was a gamble with a very low chance of success, but I thought it was better than letting him die.”

“Dragon Blood… … The one the Master used… … .”

“It’s not that I gained super-fast regenerative abilities, but I did promote the healing of the membrane and fascia as a stopgap measure… … As you can see, this is how I ended up like this. The excessive growth of my body left behind stitches. You can’t see it, but my hair has turned completely white at the crown of my head. If you want to see it, I can bring you a mirror.”

“Are you okay… … Master… … .”

“If it’s about the Laminea lord, I can definitely say that he’s safe. Renold and Aradmantel are sister swords, and sister swords share wavelengths so they can know the status of their proxy. Whether he’s alive or dead.”

At that moment, at that last moment.

The face of the teacher whose hand I could not hold in the end still lingers in my mind.

Are you safe? Are you safe?

“Thank goodness… … Then… … What about the Red Lotus Corps… … ?”

Aydin and Eshir exchanged glances cautiously.

“Many are dead. We are still not connected to the entire Blood Demon Corps. So I cannot answer that question right now. Please rest for now. There are thousands of patients I need to see, other than you.”

Then Sharon, as she was about to ask that question, her consciousness began to waver and she fell into the abyss in an instant.

At the bottom of that abyss… …there was Delfred’s grumbling, Johan’s timid muttering, Melene’s annoying yawn, and Grifveron’s commanding voice.

From now on, you are my family… … Amidst the laughter of the members who were like family, the smile of the teacher was enveloped in a distant light.

Tears wet the awards ceremony.

Will we ever meet again… … Again… … To that place… … To that routine… … Into that laughter… … Back… … Again… … Will we ever meet again… … With everyone… … .

* * *

“Did you sleep well, my cute little warrior?”

It was five days later that I met Ashur.

Thanks to Aydin’s healing miracle, his body was recovering at an abnormally fast rate, and he was already able to raise his upper body and lean against the back of his hospital bed.

As Aydin was feeling his pulse and checking the condition of his limbs, Eshir came in.

“Sister Asher.”

“What should I do, what should I do? Camilla used to be cute, but in one day she became a super beauty who was over 8 heads tall. You’d better think about what you’re going to say when people ask you the secret to suddenly becoming so pretty.”

It was very fortunate that it was out of the surgical scope before the primitiveness progressed above the cervical spine.

However, due to that singularity, the size of the head remains the same as when he was fourteen, while the upper and lower body have grown to that of a sixteen or seventeen year old.

Although I didn’t have the energy to laugh, I was so happy to hear Asher’s pun that I smiled with just the corners of my lips.

“I’ll just say that I got plastic surgery in the primitive kingdom style. I’ll say that I got it done at the place my sister introduced me to.”

“Ahaha, yeah, that’s right!”

“How long has it been since I came here?”

“Has it been a little over a month? Sorry, I’ve been so busy that I can’t count the days exactly. I’ve been so busy gathering survivors that I’ve barely had time to open my eyes.”

“Is there any news from the Red Lotus Corps? And the Black Rose Corps too.”

“Nothing yet. The communication line has been reconnected, but the dimensional transfer has spread too far and we can’t even contact His Majesty Brain. He was in the middle of the primordial cursed vortex… … .”

“What on earth is going on?”

“It was a trap. There’s no other way to think about it now. At that time, I killed the ‘Pale Baron’ with my master, and after that death, a light suddenly appeared in the circle… … If it weren’t for His Excellency Noehyang, I would have died there too. No, I would have been annihilated.”

Sharon’s face came to mind.

And an exaggerated, adult-like laughter.

“I see. So then everything that happened back then wasn’t a dream, but reality… … .”

I felt nauseous.

I barely managed to hold it back and started to run out of breath, but Aydin noticed it and gave Eshir a look.

“Please leave now, as I must recite the miraculous scripture for stabilization.”

“I don’t need it… … .”

“Camilla?”

It’s amazing how the Bible can evoke both sympathy and disgust at the same time.

It was truly amazing.

That he himself could be so cynicistic.

“Why, why are you reading such things? Now, now… … I doubt if the providence of creation really exists.”

I always thought that way when I was young, when my mother died and I was raised in the Belchester manor.

Where is God?

God’s justice, righteousness, substitute.

Is God really alive? Is the providence of creation really presiding over us? Is the mother of creation really looking down on us?

this…….

These doubts are… … .

It was only after I met the teacher that things started to calm down little by little… … .

“Haven’t you seen the incident? Those blood slaves who died but couldn’t die, and were bound in chains of blood. I still remember their groans. And when I cut those blood slaves, the red, vivid heat of their blood touched my whole body.”

In the midst of the primordial curse, I remembered the cries of people whose whole bodies were twisted in a tearing scream.

“They say there is a providence behind the creation, but why, why on earth are such tragedies tolerated… … .”

That was more of a groan than a question, wasn’t it?

That was just a soliloquy.

Somewhere, the answer came back as if the depths of my heart were faintly brightening.

“Your heart that is heartbroken and saddened by the deaths of those innocent people is the proof of the existence of the creation.”

It was Aydin.

Aydin’s smile gave off a feeling similar to that of his master after the battle.

“I too had the same doubts as you. That’s what Your Majesty Nohyang said to me when I was about to let everything go.”

It was a pair of eyes that seemed to be surrounded by a wall that the world could not dare to overcome. It seemed like an expression that expressed sadness rather than a smile.

“The Mother of Creation breathed her nature into our souls at the moment of creation. So, your heart that sheds tears and mourns over that tragedy is the proof of the words of Genesis.”

“… … ?”

“If the words of creation were all fiction, and if the Abyss were the Creator of all things as the demons claim, then such thoughts would not have arisen in the minds of creatures. They could not exist.”

“… … !”

“As evidence, the demons belonging to the Abyss despise the weak. Whether it’s Necrons or blood relatives, the weak are nothing more than a means to gain power. Uruk is a clan society, so they value their clans, but they mercilessly kill those who bring dishonor to their clans. That’s because the Abyss worships the law of the jungle, and that’s the order of the universe. No one will object even if they trample, kill, and steal. Because they think that’s natural. But what about you? Don’t you have a longing for good?”

Those were definitely words.

But was it really words? Why did it feel more like a light approaching from afar than words?

In that light, the corpses that had covered the streets of memory were cremated and returned to the embrace of light. It was the dawn of the mind.

“Can I ask you one more question?”

Aeshir chuckled at Camilla’s question, which suddenly came back to life.

“Don’t ask me if I have a lover. You’ve heard it a thousand times already. The answer is a secret.”

Ignoring Eshir’s antics, Aydin nodded, indicating his willingness to be questioned.

“Why don’t you wash the blood off your priest’s robe and just walk around?”

At that moment, the miserable smile that passed Aydin’s eyes… … seemed to cover up all the death he had seen with those eyes until now.

Get hit and die.

Starve to death.

Tortured to death.

The echoes of sorrow, grief, and resentment of all those who died, died, died, and died again were writhing in those eyes.

“You can wash the blood off your clothes, but you can’t wash the blood off your soul… … What is the point of washing the blood off your clothes? What atonement can there be?”

Aydin had answered the question thusly, so it was only after some time had passed that the identity of the corpses was discovered.

“Looking at your condition, I don’t think stabilization is necessary. I’ll come back for the next checkup.”