Subdued the Kingdom (2)
Archmage Genovia had consistently studied Akhtarun’s Aliens and their ‘Guidelines,’ the power of the demon.
Her original purpose wasn’t to steal the divinity for eternal life.
“It was to identify the weaknesses of Omphalos and prevent his invasion.”
She had achieved something.
She succeeded in extracting some of the Guidelines from Aliens.
“She also created the Alien mental manipulation ability, which is the prototype of the current ban.”
Garhan’s Force, Genovia’s Mana, and Hollien’s Prana attributes were combined using Guidelines.
Therefore, Latna’s spiritual skills alone made even something as impossible as the ban possible.
“At first, it was just to make it easier to control them.”
It was a great idea to throw Aliens into Akhtarun in large numbers and earn Spirit Stones from them.
But that wasn’t permanent.
The level of monsters in Akhtarun was around 60 to 100.
It was only in the beginning that they had to stay at the entrance of Akhtarun due to the lack of Aliens’ levels.
However, as time went by, their levels got higher, and the speed of attacking the dungeon increased.
At that rate, there would’ve been a situation where Akhtarun itself would be closed down.
If so, every prison they made would be useless.
“So we banned their free will.”
-Don’t remove the mana nucleus and core artifact in Akhtarun.
That blocked the only way the trapped Aliens could clear Akhtarun.
The Dungeon’s Safe Zone was also no longer allowed to be expanded.
Since the highest level of monsters was only about 100, the Aliens’ highest level was also around that number.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"}) “As the prison became safer, it also prevented the creation of overly powerful Aliens.”
Thanks to that, the Aliens had no choice but to fight without getting old, hunting endlessly for the constantly respawning monsters.
“After stabilizing the situation in such a way, Genovia continued to study the power of the demon.”
Years went by.
After the second blessed by the Goddesses, the third one was born.
The Thunder King and Archmage began to change their thoughts.
They were close to death.
Still young and strong, but they couldn’t avoid death!
And they already had a means of avoiding death.
It was the power of the demon that they had been studied all along.
The Thunder King and Arc Mage had persuaded Hollien and Baotolt.
They found a way to overcome death!
They could be eternal!
Unexpectedly, Baotolt, who had a short life span, refused, and Hollien, whom they had little expectation of because she still had a lot of time left, joined them.
“And we finally created the blessings of Omphalos. Although it was almost complete…”
The reason why they took the power of the demon was to steal the divinity of the Goddess.
It wasn’t specifically to control the Aliens of Akhtarun.
“Still, when we gained the Guidelines, it became much easier for us to control the Aliens.”
Before that, it was all about imprinting only one line of orders.
But it changed after taking the ‘nearly complete blessing of Omphalos’.
It became possible to imprint more diverse orders more clearly.
That was why they had released them into the world and put them in search of the incarnation.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"}) Hollien blinked as if she was sorry.
“… We already had the ability, so there was no reason not to use it.”
* * *
The ban on the New Great Earth was purely due to Hollien’s spiritual art.
She didn’t use the power of the demon-like Aliens of Akhtarun.
It meant that the Thunder King and Archmage weren’t involved.
When the Transcendental lost her power, the effect disappeared completely, and the result was the terrible events happening in front of her at that moment.
“Argh!”
Looking at the screaming Leslie, Ryu Han-bin frowned.
“Oh, my God, you’re freaking me out…”
She had been a slave to Hollien for many years.
Occasionally, she murdered Latnains, sometimes according to the order, but at that time, thanks to the ban, she could avoid the pleasure reward.
The pain was enormous since the ban symptoms, which had been delayed for a long time, were resurfacing all at once.
Looking back at Kibie, Han-bin asked.
“Did all Aliens in Akhtarun live in such pain? Some people have been trapped for decades.”
“I’m told, you managed to appease their thirst by sending the death row of the Three Continental Powers to Akhtarun from time to time.”
“Wow, tough people.”
Ryu Han-bin became curious.
In addition to Leslie, there were New Great Earth members that directly performed under the Top Three.
Then, what happened to them?
“I heard there was a big fuss in the royal family of the three continental powers.”
Kibie shrugged.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"}) “Did some of the secret agents in each royal family suddenly go crazy, killing people?”
And most of them had been summarily executed locally.
The average level of the New Great Earth was around the 60s, and Leslie, a level 73 Spiritualist, was regarded as one of the strongest within the organization.
It wasn’t an overwhelming level like Akhtarun’s Aliens.
Some individuals in the three continental powers were enough to overpower her.
“Of course, some have escaped, but at least she’s the only one who survived as far as we know.”
Meanwhile, Leslie’s scream died down.
She was exhausted and repeating the vicious cycle of healing herself with her spiritual art again.
“What are you going to do?”
Looking at Leslie, Han-bin whispered.
“I think it would be a mercy to kill her…”
Kibie squinted her eyes.
“I want to keep her alive for as long as possible.”
It wasn’t due to an emotional reason such as sympathy or compassion.
“It’s a shame to kill her, knowing that the more Aliens killed, the more Latna’s resources are directed at Omphalos.”
It was a very awkward situation for the Goddesses.
She had given the oracle to kill all Aliens to protect Latna, but the plan of the demon had swayed even hers?
In that regard, it could be said that the Top Three, who had created Akhtarun and locked up Aliens, actually protected Latna.
“Of course, it’s not a big deal now that we have to kill this woman to pump a bucket of water out of the sea…”
Except for that reason, they needed to keep Leslie alive.
There were two versions of Guidelines that Han-bin and his group had.
Latna-style Guidelines, the ‘Blessing the Complete Omphalos’, and Ryu Han-bin’s broken Guidelines.
If they had a control group called Aliens’ normal Guideline, they could dig deeper into the information of Omphalos.
“She would be quite useful if we could bring her back to her senses.”
“Is there a way?”
Of course, there was a way.
It was to allow her to murder.
If they threw a few death row inmates into prison, then she would be kept relatively painless for a while.
But it was just a stopgap measure, and it wouldn’t change that she would be a murderer for pleasure.
“And we can’t kill even the death row like that. Human life shouldn’t be someone’s tool.”
As expected, reviving the ban was the best way.
Kibie continued.
“That’s why Leon Hart is working with Hollien. I don’t know if he’ll succeed or not.”
With a nod, Ryu Han-bin looked at Leslie beyond the bars again.
Seriously, the more he saw her, the more he got goosebumps.
If his Guideline hadn’t broken down and if his level had gone up as normal as that woman…
“I would’ve been a pleasure killer or something like that, right?”
He already knew that, but seeing it with his eyes was a lot more effective.
Gritting his teeth, Han-bin shook his head.
“Oh, I shouldn’t raise my level.”
* * *
Church forces took over most of Allendia quickly.
The Althea Church army led by Sabine Asil took control of the east, and the Sorondi Church army led by Frederick took control of the west.
As the Yessen Church army led by Palmer and the Rhamniana Church army led by Angelica established control of the south and north, only the central kingdom and capital Armorica were left for Roflan, the Fairy King.
Elod Gate, the Central Gate of Allendia.
The Second Corps of the Fairy Kingdom continued its tough battle against the Sword King Army.
“Don’t back off!”
“If we fall, this country will fall!”
The commanders were trying to encourage the soldiers, but it didn’t work.
If the opponent was an army of another country, they might raise the flag of loyalty to the nation and fight with their lives.
But the enemies they faced at that moment were the six Churches they had visited every holiday and prayed for, as well as the regular army of the Fairy Kingdom, which had become a strong ally not long ago.
‘Why would our country collapse when we lose?’
Wouldn’t that just be the Fairy King’s loss?’
‘Allendia will still be fine, won’t it?’
The cause was weak, and the morale didn’t rise.
And when they looked at the giant Valtara warrior who was going wild at the forefront of that army, even their remaining morale evaporated!
“Those who want to live, stand down!”
Ryu Han-bin shouted and swung his Gigant loudly.
The red blade of more than 10 meters hit the enemy’s camp without mercy.
Boom!
Their ranks collapsed in an instant, and countless soldiers flew in all directions like falling leaves.
A desperate scream echoed under the cloudy sky of the battlefield.
“Argh!”
Nevertheless, only a few people died unexpectedly.
At that point, Han-bin didn’t aim for the soldiers with Blade Aura.
He aimed at the land where the enemy camp was located instead.
‘How many people can I kill with this 10-meter sword? It’s better to turn the whole earth upside down instead.’
His skill of digging through the ground and using it in a workshop was a method he had been using since the Rocky Mountain days.
Numerous debris swept through the enemy’s lair, and it could cause damage much more broadly than just cutting.
‘Besides, it could reduce the number of deaths.’
Instead, the number of injuries was overwhelming, but it was a good thing.
If he didn’t kill opponents, he wouldn’t get any experience.
Unlike other Aliens, Ryu Han-bin had no reason to cling to his level.
More precisely, to the level of his Guideline.
His strength had long been separated from it.
It was a hundred times better to ignore his numerical ability that only went up by a little. He had to train himself to be stronger instead.
‘Well, I want the absolute skills a bit, but…’
Without the skill, ‘Lord Throughout Heaven and Earth,’ he would never have gotten rid of Hollien.
He was lucky for having gained that skill.
‘Leon Hart. You always told me not to focus on that, but what could have happened without that skill?’
However, he couldn’t level up casually just to get absolute skills.
What if he got a self-explosion skill?
His Guideline was a fraudulent contract with many hidden traps all over it.
It disguised itself as a game system familiar to modern Earthlings and only changed the words.
‘If I play with it as I do with games, I’ll be screwed up.’
Holding the sword, Ryu Han-bin jumped into the next battlefield.
A red storm broke out again.
“Taaaaaaaa!”
