Chapter 290

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‘I ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍knew time flowed differently here.’

What ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍he had not expected was that it flowed faster than he had thought.

Moreover.

[Three ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍more years. If you cannot leave this place within that time, Eurasia will perish.]

The ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍God who held the Authority of Time had prophesied Eurasia's ruin.

At this rate, Eurasia would fall. Those could never be empty words.

‘There is no meaning in reaching 9-Star after Eurasia falls.’

If Eurasia fell, it would be because of the Empire.

Killian alone could not face the Empire.

He wanted to check the situation outside, but this was a God's Mind Image World.

There was little Killian could do.

Grrrk—

As his concentration wavered, the process of accepting Divine Power stalled.

It felt as though reflux could surge at any moment.

Because Edan's end from more than two hundred years ago came to mind.

"Huff……"

Killian exhaled deeply.

That alone completely stopped the process of accepting Silvana and Neptune's power.

The three months of time and the pain he had endured were lost in an instant.

[What a pathetic sight.]

Pantera, who had been watching, snickered.

Since he had failed anyway, he needed to address the matter properly.

"Styx said helping me would benefit you as well."

If Eurasia perished as he wasted time, Killian would have no need to accept Divine Power any longer.

He was forcing himself to reach 9-Star only so Eurasia would not be attacked from both sides by the mountain range and the Empire.

"Yet you are interfering with me accepting Divine Power now."

It was behavior that benefited neither side.

Veritas had said that with ‘his current method,’ he would lose everything.

It sounded as though there was another method.

[If you persisted with your current method, it would take nearly a hundred years merely to merge the two Divine Powers.]

"……"

It was enough time for Eurasia to perish and more.

No, perhaps Eurasia would not be the only thing to perish.

[Sitting still and accepting power does not suit you.]

"Does not suit me?"

[Was your life not a struggle?]

"……"

[If you become capable of cutting down all of us, you will be at the level called 9-Star.]

The Gods here could see through him.

Unlike when they manifested through Divine Objects or Apostles, they had taken forms closer to their godhood.

But he could not see through them in return.

Facing all the Gods in Murus's Mind Image World meant risking his life.

"Right. There was a method like that."

It would not mean merely comparing the superiority of their power.

It could mean enduring the clashing Divine Power.

Or it could mean expanding Hollyheart to a new stage.

"I will try that method."

[You are mad, mutant.]

Merely accepting the power of Silvana and Neptune engraved upon his body made his mind come and go.

If he accepted the other Gods' power as well, he could become a Demigod immediately.

"If I were not mad, I could not have cut you down."

[…...]

"You come first."

Srrrk.

Anima was in his hand.

A blade.

It was a familiar form that had, at some point, come to reassure him merely by holding it.

[At last, you look like the one we knew.]

Veritas said.

Then.

[You are qualified to learn the truth of the world.]

After adding those words, Cronis nodded at Roto.

[Have you all made your decisions?]

Click.

Roto, in the form of a boy, turned a key.

He prevented others from entering Murus's Mind Image World.

At the same time, he blocked the exit.

[Now, there is no turning back.]

Grind—grrrind—

Gears meshed and turned.

Clang—

Behind Killian, scales that chimed like a bell formed.

Ssssss—

A laurel wreath was placed on his head.

[It will help.]

Unlike the others', Veritas's Divine Power flowed in easily.

‘It must be because I inherited Saintess Tatia's blood.’

In a space that could be called a fused Mind Image World created by the Gods.

"Come."

Divine Power surged in Killian's eyes.

***

Simon Eurasia's private seclusion training ground.

"It has been a long time."

Simon welcomed his guest.

Lucy Eurasia.

The kingdom's First Queen and Damian's mother.

"You should not be able to enter here without mana."

As he said that, Simon looked at the ring on Lucy Eurasia's hand.

It was an item that allowed even someone without mana to use magic.

The mana dwelling within it was insignificant, but because it allowed even those unable to forge a Mana Heart to use magic, it must have held astronomical value.

Mana could also be felt from the ornaments around her neck and ears, including a necklace and earrings.

It was conduct fitting for someone exposed to danger through diplomatic activity.

"It is late, but congratulations on reaching 9-Star."

"Thank you."

It was a calm response.

"It reminds me of when Your Majesty visited our family decades ago."

Eurasia, notorious for bloodshed in its succession process for the family headship.

Simon's brothers had been no different.

"Your Majesty's older brother also proposed marriage to me."

The Meyer Family was a family with assured influence on the eastern frontier.

Any family on the eastern frontier desired marriage with a Meyer daughter.

Goebel Eurasia, Simon's older brother and a knight who had already mastered 6-Star at the time.

He was a knight expected to become a Superhuman and, among the brothers, the one closest to becoming the Eurasia Family Head.

The one who overturned that situation was Simon Eurasia, who had been wandering the continent in knightly training.

"After meeting Your Majesty, Father broke off the arranged marriage. Then he said he would make the eastern frontier's greatest knight his son-in-law."

Goebel Eurasia was enraged and challenged Simon to a duel to prove his own worth.

Everyone expected Goebel Eurasia's overwhelming victory.

His conduct during mountain-range subjugation campaigns had been chillingly brutal.

Among his well-known stories was how he wore the skin of a Grand Ogre and exterminated every ogre in the area.

If he was so brutal, people thought he would not hesitate to take the life of his younger brother who had returned after wandering the continent.

The result was miserable.

With the first strike, Goebel Eurasia's arm was cut off. With the second, he lost his remaining arm. With the third, his head was sent flying.

It was a futile end, so much so that the notoriety he had spread through the frontier seemed laughable.

The knights who charged in belatedly to avenge their master were turned into masses of blood by Escardo, who had been moving with Simon.

That was how Lucy Eurasia became Simon Eurasia's woman.

At the old story, a smile played around Simon's lips.

"Decades have passed, but in the end, the Family Head's choice was correct."

Simon became Family Head, conquered the eastern frontier, and ultimately established a kingdom.

Then, after winning successive wars, he had now become the center of the Kingdom Alliance.

None of this would have been possible if Simon had not become a 9-Star knight.

It had taken less than five years to reach 9-Star from 8-Star.

And now he was on the verge of stabilizing 9-Star.

"I did not doubt Your Majesty's success either. But even Your Majesty does not live forever, do you?"

Anyone else who heard it would have called it irreverent.

But Lucy Eurasia's expression was composed.

"Do you want me to pass the throne to Damian?"

"For the kingdom's future, you should do so as well."

Lucy Eurasia spoke with unwavering eyes.

"From the competition for the family headship to the competition for the throne, Damian has never once disappointed Your Majesty."

It was true.

In fact, just before proclaiming the kingdom, Simon had considered declaring Damian his successor.

"Killian, that child cannot become king."

"A blunt statement unlike you. Is that why you leaked the Monster Lord's information to him?"

The Monster Lord dungeon unknown even to the Extermination Squad and Simon himself.

Only after Lucy reported it belatedly did he learn that the Meyer Family possessed information about it.

"Would you like to punish me?"

Simon shook his head at her provocative gaze.

Damian was the one personally conducting the mountain-range subjugation.

She had not used the information to pull her own child to the rear.

Rather, she appeared to be pushing him into a place that could be called deadly.

‘Damian and Killian. She must have judged that those children could hold back the mountain range's Wave.’

It was Simon who stripped Killian of the position of commander of the Extermination Squad and imposed no other punishment.

And Killian had reported that he would leave the kingdom to join the subjugation campaign, then departed on his own.

"Damian will stop the Monster Lord."

"Like that ‘prophecy’?"

"Yes."

The silver-haired knight who would play an active role in the troubled times to come.

She referred to the past prophecy that Simon had told her about.

"He inherited Your Majesty's bloodline, so Damian too must have been born with destiny. Hardship will be a stepping stone for growth."

With those words, Lucy Eurasia left the seclusion wing.

Shortly after, Escardo entered.

"Your Majesty, preparations for war are complete."

He looked at Simon with resolute eyes.

"It is time to test our fate."

“You were born with destiny.”

Words a woman to whom he had given his heart had once spoken to him.

The revelation of a God conveyed along with them.

Since they were spoken by one called the Saintess, they must have been true.

"Were you not the one who carved out fate, Your Majesty?"

At Escardo's joke, the corner of Simon's mouth twitched.

"Sound the horns of war."

Srrrk.

Tetillon was in Simon's hand as he rose from his seat.

"We advance on the Empire."

***

Charles Cornelia was lost in thought alone.

Eurasia had shared information about the danger in the mountain range.

‘Monster Lord.’

The being that had nearly brought down the Empire hundreds of years ago and disrupted the grand plan of the Kingdom Alliance.

For some reason, it did not feel like a coincidence that he had now revived.

The White Knight Order led by Damian Eurasia was making moves in the mountain range.

The White Knight Order was one of Eurasia's elite knight orders.

Charles had heard that Damian had mastered 6-Star, so he should be able to handle an ordinary subjugation without difficulty.

Even if a Superhuman-level monster appeared, he would have made preparations for that much.

After all, he was a man for whom it would not be strange to inherit Eurasia's throne.

And.

‘Killian.’

The face of one man with no interest in Eurasia's throne came to mind.

After he appeared, Eurasia's strength rose rapidly.

Eurasia was not the only one influenced.

Not only had Hegel, who could not cross the wall, become a Superhuman, but Charles had as well.

After inheriting Seed, she was able to unlock many secret tomes stored in the Magic Tower, and thanks to that, Celot had also reached 8-Star.

As if blessed by mana, those associated with Killian experienced rapid growth.

Yet that man's whereabouts had become unknown.

Killian did not know it, but Charles could detect his location.

That was because he had become the guardian of the Violet Magic Tower and she had become the Violet Magic Tower's successor.

‘Sir Killian was certainly in the Holy See.’

Then he suddenly vanished.

It was impossible for someone to vanish this completely.

Killian's presence was essential to the war ahead.

‘King Simon, what are you plotting?’

Along with the unanswered question, a message appeared before her.

[‘Violet Magic Tower’ detects the manifestation of a formula.]

"I permit it."

She permitted the direct descendants of Cornelia to undergo Magic Tower Synchronization.

The views of the direct descendants scattered across the battlefield were shared.

Opposite them were knight orders and mages of the vassal states holding them in check.

Flags symbolizing Imperial knight orders and mage corps could be seen everywhere as well.

"Princess Charles, your command."

The voice of one of the direct descendants on the battlefield sounded as vivid as though it were speaking right beside her.

"I will seize the initiative."

"Creatio."

At her command, magic was manifested through the mages synchronized with the Magic Tower.

"It is time to begin the mages' war."

A battlefield that permitted only blood and death.

Its rules began to change.