Tale of the Fake Hero - Chapter 253



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Season 3: Episode 61

, where the temporary headquarters was located, was a small city connecting the inland and the coast.

Apart from the brokerage and money exchange businesses that usually occur at stations where railroads intersect, it originally had no significant source of income.

A small cemetery was built in .

Wherever the Setsunen of Noehyang stayed, a graveyard or a columbarium was always built. Noehyang always paid tribute to the fleeting memories of the dead and comforted the hearts of those left behind.

“I still can’t believe it. Senior Vinesa… … .”

A nameless tombstone appeared in the cemetery.

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Missing.

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A warrior never dies. He just disappears.

Since their life or death was directly linked to the morale of the army, all pay queriers were listed as missing, especially the leading pay queriers.

In front of the graveyard stood six heroines. Each of them had different origins, but they shared the external characteristic of white hair.

“If it weren’t for Senior Vinessa, then not only His Majesty Noehyang, but everyone else left behind would have died… … .”

Mate Alter Volvier, the third-ranking, no, now the second-ranking payquerier, placed a hand on Aeshir’s shoulder and spoke.

“This damn thing… If Senior Vinesa can’t beat that opponent, then who the hell can?”

Mozna Alter Solang said, biting her lip. Floret Alter Solang sighed.

“Senior Vinesa believed that we could do it. Now it’s up to us.”

“I… … Senior, I don’t think I can do it. Someone like me filling Senior Vinessa’s empty spot… … How would that be possible? She’s been in that position for over 20 years, and I, I’m only 20 years old. Someone who’s been active longer than my age, ha, haha, hahaha, even if you ask a child, wouldn’t they say it’s ridiculous?”

Mozuna ran away, feeling nauseous from the pressure, and Floret followed her.

Asher, somewhere, seemed aloof.

Laminea Alter Aradmantel, who had been looking at Ashur with pity, opened her mouth because she looked even sadder at the premiere.

“Who on earth could it be? An opponent that even Senior Vinessa couldn’t defeat… … .”

Mate shook his head and looked at the cast that sealed his left arm.

“I don’t know. But, look, the wounds I received from that guy haven’t completely healed yet. It’s like something, something more fundamental than my physical body, has been torn apart… … .”

“I saw it. The wound on Aunt Nen’s back hasn’t fully healed yet.”

“Aydin, what do you think? Recovery of is impossible, and the 3rd Army and 6th Division have fallen. The front line is too wide, so I don’t know where or how to defend. In this situation, what if the guy who killed Senior Vinessa comes up? Who will stop him? It’s a total defeat.”

The priest of Hong, Aydin, stared blankly at the graveyard for a long time before finally raising his head.

“I saw the Prophet in person when I was in the Demon World, and I knew he was strong, but I didn’t think he would be an opponent even to the Commander… … But it’s strange. I can’t believe that it took a thousand years for someone with that much power to unite the Demon World. No matter how vast the Demon World is.”

“what do you mean?”

“It was the same when you subjugated High Kun Tark. After subjugating a clan, you suddenly disappeared. You hid your identity. Not once or twice, but continuously. Wasn’t there a reason for that?”

Lamine said, raising her left eyebrow.

“If you use up a certain amount of strength, you should go into a dormant state?”

Aydin nodded.

“This is my hypothesis, but like the Payqueriers, or perhaps even more so, they seem to be using their bodies too hard and are subject to limitations. It makes no sense for them to freely control that kind of power with a mortal body.”

Mate’s eyes narrowed.

“You must have used a lot of strength when fighting Senior Vinessa… … Did Senior Vinessa buy us that much time?”

“This is just my hypothesis, and no, it’s more of a wishful observation than a hypothesis.”

“No, no. What can we do now? If we don’t stick to that assumption, it’s impossible to even formulate a strategy.”

Aydin lowered his gaze.

“Even if that assumption holds true, the war has only just begun.”

Lamineia stroked Ashur’s head as if patting him.

“Ashir, you take Renault and return to the Vatican. Go to and return after becoming ‘Alter Renault’, succeeding Senior Vinessa.”

Ashur buried his head in Renault, whom he had been holding so dearly in his arms, so dearly that he seemed ready to break.

“No, I’ll stay here.”

“Ashir… … .”

“I’ve already… … injected the Dragon Spirit Stone into my body three times, and I can use Renault. Right? There’s nothing much to learn from .”

“There’s more to learning there than just swordsmanship… … .”

“The disciple of the Payquerier is supposed to act as the acting commander of the corps in times of emergency, right? Right now, I am… … the commander, the acting commander. And since the commander is currently missing, I have to command the corps on a search mission.”

Because now, I felt like I couldn’t bear it any longer.

In a time that you don’t know.

In a space where there is no confidence.

Finding out that someone whose name you knew, whose face you knew, and whose smile you shared with, has died.

“Look, I… … I can’t even follow the first teaching of the Master… … properly… … Even if I go to … … there’s no way I can become a Payquerier… … There’s no way… … .”

A warrior never sighs, never cries, never despairs, no matter what the situation.

That’s the first teaching.

But Aeshir could not follow the teaching at the moment. He buried his face in Renault and sobbed quietly, and Renault wept bitterly, sympathizing with the sorrow of his agent.

“Ah, Asher… … .”

Aradmantel, the sister sword, wept bitterly, and Volvier also sobbed, spewing out a crimson light from his sword.

The tears dried up in an instant and did not fall to the ground. Perhaps it was because the summer heat was swallowing up the moisture in the mountains and turning them black.

The news of Vinessa Alter Renault’s death was personally delivered to the palace of King Sollond by the Nohyang Setsunen. The king was lying ill and lamentations filled the royal palace.

okay…….

Summer was in full swing all over the world.

The prelude to summer,

The End of Childhood

“Camilla, Yonsuk! You’re alive! Ha, don’t you know how worried we were about you? Do you know, Inma?!”

“Oh my, look how old this guy is! How hard it must have been for him!”

“This isn’t old, this is just a huge growth, you idiot! How old is this guy now!”

The Red Lotus Corps welcomed us back as before, no, just as before.

It was truly heart-warming… … .

The fact that there is a place to return to, people who will welcome you when you return, people with whom you can laugh and cry, reminisce about the past, and share memories.

“What happened to you?”

The John we met again had also matured since two months ago, but it was a mental growth that was evident in his eyes, not a physical growth.

“What is this? I was cursed by the primordial curse… … Somehow, I survived thanks to the injection of dragon’s blood serum.”

“What?”

“Anyway, I came back alive.”

Perhaps, up until that moment, the reality of being back here felt dreamy.

So, it felt like a dream.

What shattered that dream, what turned that unrealistic feeling into reality… was a touch. It was warmth. It was gravity.

My hand is stuck in my armpit… … .

Lifted into the air… … .

For a moment, just a moment, in the silence where it felt like the world had stopped, I just looked at each other and ‘that person’ who had lifted me up like that.

“uh…….”

His eyes were also trembling.

As if I couldn’t believe this situation right now, as if the dream would break if I blinked.

“… … What is it? Your appearance has changed a lot, so you might be wondering… … .”

Could it be that even the syllables of a language can contain the trembling of the heart? As I recited that word, my eyes suddenly filled with tears and my vision became blurry.

“… … That’s right, Master.”

The first one to burst into tears was the teacher. He hugged me tightly as if trying to hide it.

“Ah, our Kami… … The most precious thing in the world… … Thank you, ah, thank you… … .”

I couldn’t open my eyes because of the crying that was welling up from deep within my body.

When I was young… … .

When I came back late at night after playing with the village children at the stream, I suddenly remembered my mother, who had become lost in thought, scolding me fiercely and then hugging me and crying like this…

and…….

I have a teacher who hugs me like this and makes me cry like this, but the reality that Asher no longer has one comes to mind… … .

* * *

“Are you going?”

Balbray, who was brushing his steed’s mane, looked back. Camilla was standing there.

“Regardless of whether they are human or evil, you are the first brat to speak to me so brazenly.”

“Is that a compliment?”

“You’re the first one to make a fuss like that. You’ll be a great vessel. Did you ask if I should go? Yes, I should go. It’s my mission to protect the fire at the end of the world.”

The elven soldiers under Paladin Evesran were also waiting outside, ready to leave the temporary headquarters.

Their military discipline was unrealistic.

They were waiting in line, fully armed, with spears and shields, and backs straight, without a single flaw.

That’s why it’s so strong.

I still can’t forget the thrill I felt when I first saw the Holtrans camp, where the fairy soldiers were fighting as one.

“Were you so sad to see me leave? No wonder your eyes are swollen. Humans tend to worship the beauty of fairies, so all human women were often enchanted by my beauty.”

“That’s not it… … .”

“Then what is it, Samigul girl?”

“I have a question.”

“I will allow you to ask your question.”

“Why did Lady Vinessa fight back then…? I don’t know… … . If I had been in that situation, I don’t think I would have done that… … . And you, Lord Sasa, are going back to the ends of the earth. It’s a place where safety is no longer guaranteed.”

Balbray stepped onto the stirrup and leapt up into the saddle. He looked down at Camilla from his horse’s back and smiled.

“We are the light, Samigl. If the light ceases to shine, how can it be light?”

“Huh? Huh?”

“hmm?”

“No, what is it? Just now, Lady Vinessa said something similar… … .”

“It couldn’t be otherwise. The came first as light and shared their light with us. Those who received light in that way passed that light and that emotion on to the next generation.”

One, one, one, as if passing the fire of the Holy Spirit to the next Holy Spirit… … .

“That is why, throughout history, many people have fought to resemble that life. First, they received it for free, so they passed it on in the same way, knowing the joy of receiving that light. This is called a good influence, or a virtuous cycle. Vinessa was like that too.”

Camilla suddenly remembered.

At that moment, in the darkness of my childhood, the figure of Laminea came to me like a light.

“Now that you have inherited the light from Vinessa, there will come a time when you too will have to pass on that light to someone.”

“I… … am not something like light. Even if I could give you light… … I would only be able to give you a very faint light.”

“Ahahahahahahahaha! What’s wrong with that? There’s a saying that a small fire can burn down a mountain. Who knows if the fire you pass down to future generations when you grow up will completely burn down this never-ending nightmare?”

“What is that… … .”

“Don’t think it’s impossible. Only the providence of creation knows the beginning and the end. Just go out and sow the seeds of light every day, whether you’re happy or sad. The light of creation will nurture and care for those seeds, and on the appointed day, it will bear fruit.”

Instead of driving his horse, Balbray pushed Camilla’s forehead with his index finger, who was absentmindedly mulling over the meaning of those words.

“I will remember your name and look forward to it. Camilla. I will look forward to what kind of person you will become and what kind of light you will nurture and pass on to future generations.”

Who would have known? Not even Balbray, who said so, would have known. Only the Mother of Creation, who knew the beginning and the end, would have known.

Later, the seed that the girl planted with love, raised, and cared for took root, sprouted, grew, and matured under the providence of creation… … and what fruit did it bear?

The book recorded the exact name of the fruit: ‘Kaisen Yere Radonien’, or ‘Divine Knight, Charilion’.

Its fruit brought eternal light to the world.

* * *

“Contact with the 13th Artillery Brigade has been lost.”

November 26, 1674 AD, the fourth year of the ‘Black Summer’. Three years after the incident in the yellow city of .

Mora River front.

General Krausan sat cross-legged on a hill overlooking the battlefield. He was barefoot and sharpening his toenails with a dagger.

“With the Bardrock Clan at the forefront, the enemy Uruk force is en masse crossing the river!”

“Black signal flare from 11 o’clock! Signal for the collapse of the camp!”

“The Red Lotus Corps has already been deployed deep into the battlefield, so how can we stop them?”

While the messengers were hurriedly reporting, Krauzan sniffed the stench of the claw stuck to the dagger, laughed heartily, and held it out to the messengers.

“That smells good. You should try it too. Isn’t this the legal drug that mortals are born with? Even His Majesty the Three Young Dragons didn’t ban it. If they did, there would be a riot.”

Krausan was this kind of man.

Madman.

He also said that because he had been on battlefields since he was young, he no longer felt the thrill or tension of being on the battlefield.

“Go, Your Majesty!”

“This is an emergency!”

Krausan, one of the three marshals of the Unified Armed Forces.

Originally, the Three Marshals System was a system in which three marshals took turns serving their terms, but when the ‘heat wave warning’, or general mobilization order, was issued, all marshals were deployed to the front lines.

By order of Cheongseong Mirngardia, the Payqueria Corps were divided into groups of three and placed under the command of each commander.

“Hey, these days, young people don’t know how to respect the elderly.”

The time for play was short, and the cold glare of a veteran throbbed in Krauzan’s eyes.

“Order the 4th and 7th Infantry Brigades to deploy on both sides of the retreat route and form a valley formation (a U-shaped formation that creates a lure to destroy the enemy).”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

“Hmm, yes, it’s okay to leave the ground dogs alone, but the artillery is important, so we have to protect them. Adjutant, red signal flare at 9 o’clock. Deploy special forces.”

The tremors just before going into battle come.

For four years, in a state of tension she had never been accustomed to, a female prosecutor was sharpening the blade of her attitude.

girl…….

The innocent, immature, and therefore heartbreakingly lovable girl she was four years ago is now gone.

What filled that void was the dignity and poise of a female warrior, mixed with the smell of blood.

“It’s a red flare.”

The inspector was waiting at the special forces’ emplacement, wearing light armor with the advantages of chain and plate.

The pure white uniform fluttering on top of the armor, the red emblem embroidered on the chest of the uniform is Hongryeon (??).

This was the uniform of the Red Lotus Corps, and was a symbol of the highest level of manpower under Laminea Alter Aradmantel. The inspector also had an attitude modeled after the Extreme Sword Aradmantel.

This means that she is the disciple of Hongryeon Laminea.

“It’s our turn, Camilla.”

The young man who had been watching the situation closely next to the inspector put on his glasses.

Beneath the wide robe hood typical of northern wizards, the young man with splendidly flowing blue hair was named Johann Frost.

At the voice of his old friend, the inspector sheathed his sword and stood up with a loud kick.

“Okay, let’s go hard today too!”