Tale of the Fake Hero - Chapter 261



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Season 3: Episode 69

– This guy has already lost his light.

anyway.

Even if I didn’t kill them, these guys were going to do it anyway.

And so, rationalizing his own actions over and over again.

– Yes, I am your brother.

While observing them, I took note of the power of the demon tribes south of and the battle customs and tactics of Uruk.

He learned the language of the demons, modernized their villages, and made them more efficient.

Bagkur started to treat me like his brother from some point on.

Uruk is different from the bloodline.

Even if your status or race is different, if you have outstanding ability, you will be recognized. The principle of survival of the fittest is deeply ingrained in our society.

Uruk serves the old king.

They live to fight, and fight to die.

This is because it is believed that only warriors who die in battle can enter the abyssal paradise, ‘Baladon’.

So, even though they didn’t specifically invade humanity, they fought among themselves as if it were their daily life, killing other demons and stealing their land and property.

For the sake of my status as a warrior.

In the process, I saved Bagkar twice. I also saved his wife from death.

Kadipher… … .

That is, it was when he was assisting Baghkar in the Uruk civil war, when he was eighteen years old, that he met the Prophet.

At first, I thought the warrior had come to save me.

Because he was holding a holy sword in the form of a sacrificial sword, such as the Extreme Sword Fladimarte and Verumpeira.

In addition, he possessed a divine power greater than any divine power I had ever seen in my life, greater than that of Cardinal Hwang Yong, who had ordained me as a priest.

But something was strange.

The abyss was as vicious and powerful as that divine power, no, perhaps even more so. His hair was not white, but the dark blue of the abyss.

He was also incredibly tall.

Bagkar was also one of the largest Uruks in terms of physical size, and he was on the same level as Bagkar.

– The fight between you guys is over. ‘Lehulbra’ will begin soon.

Lehlbra.

The final judgment that the demons believe in.

The demons believed that during the time of Lehlbra, the Absolute of the Abyss would return to this land and bring judgment of darkness upon the rebels who betrayed the darkness and turned to the light.

– You do know that only useful people can participate in ‘Lehulbra’, right? But it really annoys me that you’re killing useful people.

The Prophet was subjugating the High Kun Tarks one by one. That was why the High Kun Tarks did not join in the raid.

However, Bagkar, who had greatly expanded his wealth and fame through human invasion and was on the verge of tribal revival, disobeyed this order.

The Prophet struck down Bagkar in an instant, no, in less than an instant.

– Bak Shi–!

I still… … .

I don’t know what happened then… … .

– –It’s pretty good. But it’s still awkward.

It seemed as if the Prophet had only touched the hilt of his sword when suddenly the ground beneath Bagkar’s feet gave way and collapsed, sending Bagkar to his knees in a cold sweat.

– But what is this guy?

– He’s like my brother.

The Prophet, who had heard what I had done through Bagkar’s mouth, smiled contemptuously.

– Bagkar, your stage is beyond the sea. I will not forgive you if you try to diminish the power of your people again. You are all mongrel creatures, but there is a place for you all, and the time for you to be used is near.

That was the first and last time I saw the Prophet.

Because Bagkar, who was unable to increase his power through fratricide because of the Prophet, prepared for the fourth great expedition the following year.

– Come with me on the next expedition, Aydin. You deserve a chance to go to Baladon. It’s a great expedition with half of High Tarkh participating.

When I was nineteen, my chance finally came. Bagkar invited me to join his expedition.

So I boarded the flagship… … .

By hiding in the volcanic ash summoned by the Uruk shamans, they were able to return to the land of humanity, north of .

Now, revenge had to be taken.

When I was in the south of , I desperately studied the military books that Bagkar had plundered and brought back.

I learned about signal systems.

He cleverly mixed up the signaling system used by humanity and informed Bagkar.

Bagkar wrote it well, and had already won many victories in the civil war.

But it was different when fighting humanity.

He made his strategies and tactics completely visible to the human commanders. He made his strategies and tactics dig their own graves.

The history after that is as we know… … .

In the fierce battle between the newly-developed and trained Unified Army forces led by Cheongseong Mirngardia over the past five years, Bagkar was killed in the battle, the expeditionary force was annihilated, and I was captured.

– Uruk said that this guy was their military master.

– Humans are the scum of Uruk. Let’s kill them right now.

– No, this guy is useful. If he lived under the Demons, he would know everything about them.

At that time, Vinessa Alter Renault said so, but the final decision was with His Excellency the Qing Dynasty.

– I’ll reserve judgment until Nen arrives. Lock him up.

At that time, I wanted to die… … .

The payqueriers each had light in their eyes. To my eyes, there was only darkness.

There was a purer light in His Majesty the King’s eyes, and kneeling before him made me feel as if I had been stripped naked and all my ugliness exposed.

Revenge ended so vainly, and with revenge over, the purpose of life was completely lost.

My body was shaking like crazy… … .

It wasn’t because of the excitement of successfully getting revenge.

Barely surviving like this, in order to take revenge, he killed so many people and drank their blood… … .

Even if it weren’t for me, His Majesty the Cheongseong and the Payqueriers would have been able to defeat Bagkar…

What on earth am I for… … .

Isn’t it just that I’ve been making excuses to myself just to survive, to survive somehow?

– I remember you. Aren’t you the child who was baptized by Elder Yoshar and went to the south?

That’s when I met His Excellency Noehyang.

That was a turning point in my life.

– I can see your broken spirit. How much pain have you been in, from that young age until now… … .

– yes……?

– Thank you for not giving up on life. For not giving up and coming back alive like this.

As he said that, His Majesty Noehyang suddenly took off his old hat, hugged me, and shed tears.

He cried.

For me who couldn’t cry.

At that moment, I felt like I had woken up in the sunlight. I had woken up in that village, in that hut… … I even had the illusion that my usual daily life was beginning.

I cried in his arms… … .

The tears that I had suppressed for 5 years… … .

Your Majesty the Brain has shed light on my soul and helped me rediscover the humanity I thought I had completely lost.

– I am Vinessa Alter Renault. I need people like you. The world is going crazy, and we need crazy people.

Of course, that wasn’t the end.

Now, atonement had to be made.

I had to begin a life of atonement for those I had to kill in order to live.

– Your despair and frustration over the atrocities you have committed will be no atonement for the victims. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Only making your enemies shed the same blood will be true atonement.

I have organized all the information I have learned about the Demons, their habits, traditions, and fighting methods, and have spread it to the frontline units.

– Follow me, Aydin.

As you know, it was thanks to Captain Vinessa’s consideration that I was able to join the Blood Demon Corps and fight against the demons alongside them.

– If you stay by my side, I can make the blood of the demons flow like a river. The choice is yours.

Among the payqueriers who knew my past and identity, His Majesty the Brain Hyang personally defended me and even issued a gag order, so no one pointed a finger at me.

We fought.

We fought and fought again.

In that fight, my priestly robes were already stained with blood, but I don’t have the courage to wash them off.

I felt like this blood was the cross I had to carry for the rest of my life, the shackles of atonement.

This is my past.

This is my true self, without any hiding. This is how I survived, and this is how I live.

Now think again.

After hearing all this, do you still have feelings for me?

I am not worthy of the love of even the most humble person in this world.

“No, Aydin.”

“… … ?”

“They say that everything in this world is born to love and be loved. You survived without dying. I think there must have been a plan for creation there.”

“… … .”

“So don’t always go around with that face that looks like you’re going to cry. Smile. Blink. Then, when you meet the villagers again later, won’t you be able to smile a lot?”

Aydin ran out of the hospital room. He returned to his room, leaning against the door as tears streamed down his face.

– It’s okay, teacher.

-Teacher, please don’t cry.

– Little priest, why are you crying again? Come here and eat some of this mackerel.

Covering those tears is the voice of my hometown that I can no longer hear…

It’s okay, it’s okay… … .

A voice from the hometown of my heart, a place I’ve dreamed of returning to all my life, but where I have nowhere to return to and where I have returned to, there is no one I want to meet…

Echoes of the past, blood on the soul cannot be washed away (2)

The next time I met Ashur was at the place where we last parted ways.

Hall of Warriors.

The hall, freed from the smell of blood, exuded a noble majesty.

In order to honor and remember the sorrow of the dead, all traces of death that had dominated the grounds were collected and collected by Noehyang.

“Sister.”

Aeshir was performing a sword dance in front of the statues of Alcaeus and Kaduel.

“You’re hurt worse than me, and you’re already moving like that?”

It was no ordinary sword dance.

Camilla’s imagination allowed her to figure out who Asher was currently wielding his sword.

“It wasn’t in vain!”

That imaginary opponent was none other than Lucas.

“It wasn’t meaningless!”

At that time, Jin Yong Sa was fighting against the extreme martial arts that had been displayed beyond the limits of mortality, by raising the power of his flesh and holy sword to the limit.

“Master’s fight!”

Cold sweat poured down endlessly.

Countless heavy breaths were exhaled.

Even though it was an imaginary battle, Aeshir was being pushed and crushed.

“Master’s sword!”

As he finished his last dance of sword dance in the midst of the swirling wind pressure, Ashir suddenly burst into laughter.

“Ha, hahaha, ahahaha, hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”

“Sister… … ?”

“I’m fine. It’s just that I find myself funny. Look, Master has blocked Lucael’s power several times with that ordinary sword I used, but I can do it with Renault… … .”

“He was an opponent who didn’t understand common sense… … .”

Asher smiled broadly.

“That’s right. That’s why I’m going to become stronger! So that I can even beat a real person, in a way that defies common sense!”

Whenever Asher was sad, he could smile brightly the next day.

How could that be possible?

I couldn’t do that, all my life.

“So I’ll deny it. That statement that the Master’s death was a dog’s death… … I’ll deny it again and again together with Renault.”

“!”

“Hehe, can you keep up with your sister’s pace? Camilla will be even busier from now on, right?”

After that, I talked to Eshir a little more, but since I was still in a state of confusion, we could not have a fruitful conversation.

So I went to see the teacher.

The hospital room was warmly lit by moonlight, beyond the window, the night sky was full of stars as Vinessa had said… … I told my teacher the whole story of that day.

“… … That’s why Alcaeus and Kaduel were the beginning of the lineage of dog death. We are following in their footsteps.”

The Master exchanged glances with Aydin (Aydin had been nursing the Master and talking to him before Camilla arrived).

The teacher laughed, sadly.

It was a laugh that sounded exactly like crying.

Then he scattered the new grain that had been placed on the table out the window into the yard.

“Kami, not all seeds that are sown will take root and bear fruit. And not all fruits that are sown will produce good fruit.”

“… … ?”

“Is it really right to stop sowing seeds just because not all of them bear fruit?”

Master, the words you said… … how could they all be so beautiful?

The horse also had a fragrance.

The scent was so fragrant… … that I even lost myself. I thought I could never be a teacher like you.

“The ancient people who pursued power became Uruk, and the ancient people who pursued eternal beauty became a bloodline that was beautiful in appearance but had no humanity.”

The priest of Hong, Aydin, said.

“The ancient humans who worshipped sloth became trolls who turned into rocks when exposed to sunlight. In this way, the forms of the six great demons are a mirror of humanity. They are the words of humanity who abandoned being human, having deviated from the providence of creation. That is why there is no good deed among the demons. There is no charity, and there is no love.”

Aydin’s words were always like this.

The truth of creation was explained to me gently and comfortingly, like a mother reading a storybook by the fireplace.

“All the values ??of creation that we consider beautiful were able to be preserved on this earth because the forerunners of courage fought to protect those values ??first, that is, because they passed those values ??on to the next generation through their lives of martyrdom.”

Even though they may have different personalities and appearances, they say that those who have similar hearts meet and get married…

So, that’s what it was.

The reason the Master met Aydin may have been because their hearts were so similar.

“Kami, we must carry on the work of passing on the light we have received to the next era. The light that began from .”

“What light have we received?”

“Yes, light. Because Alcaeus, Carduel, and Senior Vinessa fought that battle first, Kami and I were able to meet there that day, and laugh and chat happily. If this isn’t the light we received, then what is it?”

“light…….”

“I mean, back then, when Kami threw himself at me to save me, do you know how much my heart ached? But on the other hand… … I was so happy. Ah, Kami thinks so highly of me.”

“No, that’s, well, uh, I thought I could beat that guy, so that’s why! It’s not like I was trying to die instead!”

“Yes, of course it was. Regardless of Kami’s intentions, I think each and every one of those things is light. Light that has been passed down from the time of creation to our time….”

? ? ?

“Hey, what’s your father’s name?”

The training of the first pay querier towards his disciples was harsh.

Just like the early days of ‘Black Summer’, he pursued practical training, but his approach was more gentle(?) than that of the previous leader, who would just throw you off a cliff.

It was a one-on-one duel without any mercy. As the White Bone Corps said, it was a time when ‘it was written as training, but read as a time to beat them to their heart’s content.

“What kind of guy did your father do?”

The training method is simple.

The training ends if you successfully attack the unarmed lead qualifier even once.

If the attack is blocked or misses, a sledgehammer that crushes the tree trunk will be slammed into the forehead.

The impact is not a ‘thud’.

Bam, bang, crack… … .

Every time a cracking sound, as if a skull had been broken and the brain had been concussed, the members of the White Bone Corps cheered.

“How many times have you been hit by a bullet now?”

“Room thirteen.”

“Hey, Inma! Fall down now, Kaisen! If you fall now, the money I bet will increase tenfold!”

The purpose of this training was to train the disciples’ ‘imagination’ against strong opponents.

You shouldn’t rush in without thinking.

You have to imagine and anticipate your opponent’s reaction and find the optimal move. In the world of swords, there are no second chances, but in this training, you can be given as many chances as you want.

“Woahhhhhhhhhhh!”

“Wow, the twentieth room!”

“Is that guy’s head made of stone? From now on, we should call stones ‘Kaisen’s head’ or something, you rascal!”

Of course, to a certain extent.

Unless you pass out from a concussion, that is.

‘You always look so happy since Kaisen came, Camilla.’

In that moment when everyone was laughing and chatting, only the lead pay querier had a blank expression.

It seemed that way to everyone.

Only the great wizard of the Snow Flower, a long-time ally, could catch a glimpse of the smile hidden behind the dark expression on his face.

‘How long has it been since I’ve seen you look like this…?’

I don’t know why. I don’t know the reason.

Why has he rejected all the aspiring disciples up until now, but shown such affection towards Kaisen that it borders on favoritism?

But the great wizard was truly grateful. To the providence of creation that had prepared this relationship, and to the being named Kaisen, who had been given that providence.

“You inherited this stone head from your father, right? Right, right?”

Was it anger from his father being insulted, or was it because he was not conscious due to the concussion?

“No… … !”

Kaisen staggered as if he was about to fall over, and shouted in a fading voice.

“My father, my father… … was Aydin the Brainless… … and he was an incredible person, my mother… … .”

He muttered like that and then fell to the grass, losing consciousness. The volume was loud enough for only the nearby First Payquerier to hear.

“Room twenty-seven!”

“Hey, you crazy bastard!”

“Oh my! If you’re going to hold out like that, hold out for three more! No one will get any money! You’ll go back because you’re so wronged!”

In the midst of the cheers, it was an inner trembling that only the first pay querier could hear.

She quickly covered her mouth.

No one should be shown the upward twist of the corners of the mouth, in short, the smile, in the warm, cheering joy.

‘ah.’

Yeah, that’s it… … .

So that’s what happened… … .

‘Aydin, it was you after all.’

I had vaguely expected that the Master and the Hong priest would have similar external features, but it turned out to be true.

‘I know for sure now… … .’

Kaisen, that guy… … .

The boy you two gave birth to, raised, and protected with love is… … .

The ‘light’ you sent me…