Chapter 286

They ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍had identified the traits of those born with destiny and seen his future?

Killian ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍reacted cynically.

For ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍all that, they had taken no particular action until Killian visited the Holy Nation.

Before ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Killian died and he entered Killian's body, no one had taken an interest in him.

If ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍not for Haman, Killian would not even have endured until the age of twenty; he would have died earlier.

Yet ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍now they said Killian was one of those born with destiny and that they had seen his future.

It would be stranger if he did not find it laughable.

"You have reason to be cynical."

Lan spoke calmly.

"It does not seem like a matter to explain vaguely and move past."

"I have no intention of explaining it vaguely. I was merely considering how much I should tell you."

After thinking for a moment, Lan soon opened her mouth.

"His Holiness the Pope received a revelation in his youth. It was close to an oracle."

An oracle of Cronis came with a vision showing the future.

She continued after adding that.

"His Holiness the Pope said that, in the oracle, he saw the Boundary in the north of the continent collapse."

As a result, the Boundary became meaningless, and Radiance swept across the world.

"Radiance devoured everything, and the mountain monsters seized that opening to trample the entire continent."

Just when he thought nothing remained.

"A man appeared amid the chaos. The silver-haired knight raised his sword alone, cut down Radiance, and held back the mountain monsters. The oracle His Holiness the Pope saw ended there."

It was a short but intense oracle.

‘A silver-haired knight stands against a war raised by the Empire.’

Eurasia was not the only place on the continent with people who had silver hair.

Even if the scope was narrowed to knights, it was not enough to reach a conclusion.

But what if it was narrowed to a knight who could cut down Radiance?

"Of course, at the time, the Empire's exploitation was so severe that we did not investigate Radiance in detail."

Lan continued.

"There was a statement in the history books that Anomalies emit Radiance, but it was difficult to connect that with the Curses of Anomaly."

If there was anything that could connect them, it was that Eurasia's ancestor had cut down an Anomaly, and that Eurasia's bloodline had inherited silver hair through the generations.

"His Holiness the Pope seems to have thought the knight was Simon Eurasia."

It was a plausible guess.

Simon, who had truly reached 9-Star, had grown into the knight who was currently the greatest threat to the Empire.

"Then why have you not helped Eurasia until now?"

If Simon had been born with the destiny to save the world, the Holy Nation should have helped Eurasia flourish.

Yet far from doing so, it had even assisted the Empire, suspecting Eurasia might be the cause of its severing its connection with the Gods.

"Well, there are several reasons, but the greatest is that interpretations of oracles are subjective."

"Subjective?"

"From before Simon Eurasia displayed the potential he has now, His Holiness the Pope suspected that he might be the protagonist of the oracle, but he never acknowledged it in the end."

"……?"

"Do you know about the relationship between Saintess Tatia and King Simon?"

"……"

"Judging by your reaction, you seem to know."

"I learned of it only recently myself."

"Is that so?"

Lan accepted that without much concern.

"The reason you were able to forge Hollyheart is probably because you inherited Lady Tatia's blood."

Divine power and mana were originally powers that could not coexist.

Merely forging the artificial heart called a Mana Heart allowed one to reach the realm known as Superhuman.

Then what would happen if two opposing hearts were forged in a human body?

Moreover, what if each heart contained the power of a Superhuman or a High Priest?

"The two hearts colliding would make it unsurprising for you to die immediately. But you did not."

"What are you trying to say?"

"Impetuous one. I say with certainty that it is difficult to define such a being as human any longer."

"Then?"

"A Demigod."

"……"

"Chosen Demigods who have inherited the blood of a God strongly. That is what we call them."

‘I never expected to hear the word Demigod from Lan.’

"A mutant, then."

"So far, we believe there are about five people, including you, who forged Mana Hearts yet can wield divine power."

The current Emperor Krusty Heinrich, White Duke Rastian Arken, and the deceased Isaac Heinrich.

And Hazard, Eurasia's hybrid dragon.

‘She does not know about Serena.’

Though she had not forged a Hollyheart, Silvana's remnant dwelled inside it.

There was no need to mention it deliberately.

"Is simultaneously forging a Mana Heart and Hollyheart a common trait of those born with destiny?"

"No. Then King Simon would not qualify."

"The trait of those born with destiny is 9-Star."

Whether one had reached 9-Star through a Mana Heart or not.

"That is what His Holiness the Pope and I confirmed."

"It is difficult to accept easily."

"It would be. I was the same."

"You said you used an Authority to see my future."

"Yes."

"What is my future?"

"You die."

"……"

Death.

It was not as though he had lived without thinking of such a thing, but it was a future that was somewhat difficult to accept.

‘I need to learn the peculiarities of those born with destiny.’

"As time passed, the nature of Radiance and the identity of the silver-haired knight became clearer."

"I see."

"If there was a starting point, it was Killian Eurasia."

"……"

"Beginning with your appearance, the clock began to move quickly."

He had even appeared in the Pope's future vision and exerted an influence over it.

That was why they thought they should see the future more clearly.

"His Holiness the Pope also saw you using Isaac Heinrich as bait."

‘What a truly troublesome Authority.’

"Then what does it mean that I die?"

"While subjugating mountain monsters, you are attacked by the Emperor in a dungeon."

That must mean he would die there.

"Yes. But I do not possess an Authority like His Holiness the Pope's. I cannot show you exactly what I saw."

The scene she had seen was conveyed in words.

***

The Emperor, who had completed the Red Magic Tower, declared war on the Holy Nation.

The Holy Nation's knights and priests tried to stop him, but Radiance resonating from the three Magic Towers suppressed divine power.

With Radiance blocking the Authorities of Gods, the Holy Knight Order suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Empire's knight orders.

The reinforcements led by High Priests and cardinals lost their lives in an assault by the Empire's mage corps.

The Empire's elite soldiers, their momentum heightened, spread throughout the continent.

Countless lives fell and flames rose wherever the Empire's knights passed.

At that time.

The Kingdom Alliance rose, led by the silver-haired knight identified as Simon Eurasia.

The war expanded as the vassal states entered it.

The Holy Nation designated the vassal states enemies of the Gods, intensifying the conflict.

The elves and dwarves watched the humans' war, preparing for the Monster Wave.

Cornelia's mage corps, resonating with the Violet Magic Tower, resisted the Empire's mage corps.

Knight orders led by a 9-Star knight utterly defeated the Empire's knight orders.

Fierce battles over hegemony of the continent repeated.

The blood humans spilled dyed the ground red.

Around then, an ominous aura began to spread through the mountain range.

Another silver-haired knight wandered the mountain range.

Monsters fell beneath the man's sword.

As the man cut down countless monsters and searched the dungeons, the space around him changed into the Imperial Palace.

It was sudden, but the battle began before he had time to grasp the situation.

The man was strong. But his opponent was the Emperor, who had mastered 9-Star—a peerless being who could wield magic and sword freely.

The man manifested his Mind Image and entered battle, but it was not enough.

“Your rank will be a stepping stone to transcendence.”

After his defeat, he was dragged to a laboratory in the Imperial Palace.

His Mana Heart and Hollyheart were extracted.

A Magic God Stone was inserted into his body.

Evil Energy was infused into him, turning him into an immortal being.

In the hands of the man who had become a complete 9-Star, not an incomplete one like Isaac, Eurasia's knights began to fall.

Cornelia's mages, the elves, and the dwarves fell.

At last, Eurasia's king stepped forward to stop him.

Grey mana, which permitted no immortality, cut down Killian Eurasia.

It was a trap.

“At last, the myth is reenacted.”

The Emperor appeared before the exhausted king.

Hegel Cornelia, who had stepped forward to help, was destroyed by the flame magic in which the Emperor excelled.

Blades pierced the hearts of the Elven Queen and the Guardians who arrived leading reinforcements.

Escardo Schtenberg, who tried to open a path of retreat, had his limbs torn off.

At last, a sword pierced Simon Eurasia's throat.

Only belatedly did the Pope try to turn back time, but.

“The final piece for transcendence.”

The Radiance the Emperor emitted did not permit it.

The Kingdom Alliance fell. Its people died and became fertilizer, while those who served the Gods became slaves treated worse than livestock.

Around then.

A massive Wave rose in the mountain range.

***

"The future His Holiness the Pope and I saw ends there."

Lan ended her account with a reluctant expression.

It was a dreadful future he might face while searching Monster Lord dungeons.

It was the future he would face if he climbed the mountain range before fully reaching 9-Star.

‘I thought I might encounter the Monster Lord, but the Emperor…… Have those two joined hands?’

If there was one saving grace.

"This is ‘one of the futures.’"

That future had not yet occurred.

"That is right."

Killian had not yet climbed the mountain range, and he did not intend to climb it in his current state either.

"You asked what the trait of those born with destiny was."

Their commonality was that they had reached 9-Star and could head toward transcendence at any time.

"Simon Eurasia has already reached it on his own. It will be only a matter of time before you reach 9-Star as well."

"That is too generous an evaluation."

Unlike his words, he was confident of it.

"In His Holiness the Pope's future vision, the Emperor and White Duke Rastian had also reached 9-Star."

Lan's lips twisted.

"Those bastards are fakes."

Anger seeped into her voice.

Those who used Gods as materials and drove the world toward destruction.

"There is no way those bastards are the fate appointed by God Nornir."

‘I heard that the Temple of Fate has maintained only its form because it no longer has anyone receiving revelations, unlike Murus.’

It seemed that, unlike Murus, Nornir was viewed favorably within.

"What do you think? Even after hearing this, do you intend to climb the mountain range immediately?"

Killian had cut down Isaac Heinrich, who was believed to be an incomplete 9-Star.

"You must still be in an unstable state as well, right?"

"That is correct."

"Then stabilizing 9-Star first must be your priority."

‘She speaks of 9-Star as easily as though it were climbing the hill behind one's house.’

Krusty Heinrich and Simon Eurasia.

There were already two humans who had reached 9-Star.

Isaac Heinrich and Rastian Arken. There had also been two who had reached incomplete 9-Star, and Killian had killed one of them.

‘9-Star has certainly become commonplace in this world.’

Lucy Eurasia spoke as though Damian was taking a risk, but it was difficult to take her words at face value.

Damian Eurasia was not foolish enough to continue while taking a risk of that degree.

Originally, Killian had planned to begin training toward 9-Star in Elvenheim, but it seemed he would have to change locations.

"You knew I would come here."

"That is right."

"Then you must have prepared for it as well."

"It is an arrogant thought, but that too is correct."

The corner of Lan's mouth slanted upward.

"I am the Apostle of God Styx."

Before the Emperor took his life and ended the world.

"I intend to guide you to the Boundary and change the future."