Emperor (2)

-No, you were familiar from the beginning.

"Oh, that's because you saw it wrong!"

Seo Mun-yeop pulled it off to the end, but Pietro looked pitiful.

The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked at the two.

-Only you remember. Because you were a menace in the midst of people rushing to die in vain.

"..."

- It's rare. Come to think of it, I have a couple of questions. One is the human who killed me, and the other is a priest who possesses a human body. Why did you have to save me?

"I wanted to ask you something."

Pietro replied.

The emperor's eyes lit up.

-I see. So you saved me Are you curious about the long-ago history that you have lost?

"It's similar."

It wasn't exactly about ancient history, but an unidentified ancient heroic spirit presumed to control the first high-ranking priest.

- Do you ask me again after you erased it yourself?

"The reason we erased history is probably because of you. I came to know about it only when I came here."

-what? What do you mean?

The Emperor expressed his doubts.

Pietro explained.

"I saw the mural when I came here. The incidents of personally suppressing dozens of civil riots and making prisoners of war as residents of this tomb are proudly engraved."

-To make it clear that no one should ever challenge Jim's absolute authority.

The emperor was proud of his actions.

Seo Mun-yeop, who was listening, was sick of the emperor.

The desire for power to the extent that he built and ruled a city like this until his death.

Those who rebelled there and were captured were buried here in Maninreung, where they were ruled until death.

The emperor's malice, who brought back all who had been defeated by him and gave them humiliation and pain to be ruled forever even after death. Seo Mun-yeop, who hates those in power, was swearing at him.

Pietro's explanation continued.

"Because you dragged 10,000 people into the grave, there must have been a huge vacuum in society. No one would have filled your vacancy, so there must have been a great confusion."

- Unfortunately, you are right. There was no one who could replace the burden. They were all chaff.

Far from lamenting and lamenting, on the contrary, he showed a hint of pride.

However, the meaning of what Pietro wanted to say was different.

"Who could have sat on your seat of wrath and loathing? Who could have endured the deep-seated distrust of the people because of you? Who else would have had the violence to quell the people's dissatisfaction like you?"

-·······.

"Even if someone had been born with that quality, you probably would have killed them before they grew up."

The emperor was taken aback.

Pietro did not miss the emperor's reaction.

"The mindset of a madman for power and self-sanctification is obvious. I lament that there is no one to replace me, and I eliminate no one to replace me. To think that there has never been a ruler as great as I am."

The expression on the emperor's face slowly turned to displeasure.

"I can tell. Because I was the same."

- How dare you compare Jim with a loser like you?

"Of course. But it seems to be true that he killed a worthy heir. I see you can't deny that."

-·······.

Pietro smiled coldly.

"Do you want to keep guessing? Aren't the heirs who died to you also in this tomb? you dare not replace me You are just an insignificant being who forever obeys my rule. because you wanted to say that The thoughts of someone with such malice as you are obvious. Am I wrong?"

The emperor was speechless.

He was just shaking with deep anger.

He must have felt humiliated that Pietro had clearly seen through his intentions.

"No one had the political capacity to sort out the chaos because of you, and a religious leader would have emerged instead. The High Priest who was chosen by the light of the beginning. No matter how much you try to kill the priest and dry the seed, in the end the light from the beginning chooses someone to preach."

An explanation followed.

"It must have been a lot of trouble. In order to rectify the hell you created, we had to appease the people with deep-rooted hatred first."

Only then did the emperor realize what Pietro meant.

-Is that the only way to erase history?

"To be precise, it is to erase your very existence from everyone's memory. I would have been able to clear the confusion only if I got rid of the trauma that is you."

-us······.

"Everything you've done will be erased. Because of that, we didn't even know who you were. I just wanted to see Maninling to see that he was crazy about power until he died."

-this person!!

Aaaa!!

Auras began to explode from the emperor.

It was a white, bright aura that did not suit his evil mind.

-I don't need evaluations like you guys! People like you are the same! A cunning heart that forgets virtue and remembers only things to resent.

Seo Mun-yeop also raised an aura and prepared to face it.

-You know? That I was the one who cleaned up the filth your ancestors loved so much!

With those words, the emperor rushed at Seo Mun-yeop.

A greatsword that was suddenly swung straight away without preparation!

Tuoong!

Seo Moon-yeop stably blocked it with his shield.

Even so, I felt the pressure as the heavy collision of auras spread all over my body.

2 hits in a row!

Kwaaang!

"Suck!"

Seo Moon-yeop focused on shield control with spirit.

'As expected, the shell and the original are different.'

The second attack tried to steal the timing with a slight time difference, and at the moment of collision, it slightly changed direction and shook Seomunyeop.

Seo Mun-yeop was able to withstand it by adjusting the center of gravity of the shield immediately.

Advanced techniques were mixed in a simple workshop. It was enough to feel each other's skills.

'It was helpful to fight Nathan.'

Having fought Nathan Bernach, who wielded dual swords irregularly, he was accustomed to dealing with them.

-Ho? Again, that's tricky. I have a skill.

The emperor seemed interested in Seo Mun-yeop's skills, but his anger at Pietro's provocation seemed to have subsided somewhat.

Then Pietro intervened again.

"Absolute power does not come without the support of the people. You must have made great achievements that fascinated everyone in your early days. Possibly related to the powerful army that has kept your seat of power ever since."

The emperor looked at Pietro anew.

-Are you the one who was the leader? Great insight for a guy who has eaten his own people whole.

"Listen. Who did you fight with? What is the problem that our ancestors made? Does it have anything to do with the abandoned world?"

Pietro continued to dig in sharply.

The Emperor smiled.

-Well, why should I tell you that?

Of course, it seemed that he had no intention of cooperating.

-That's strange anyway. You say you're already ruined, so why do you wonder about it? That too, in a human body, with humans. Like the abandoned world, you too make monsters...

After talking that far, the emperor suddenly stared at Pietro.

He seemed to think of something.

-Right! You didn't self-destruct, you were defeated by humans.

The emperor also had great insight.

"It was like self-destruction."

-Yes, many things were strange. Humans, no different from beasts, invaded Jim's resting place using auras. I wondered why humans could use auras that were our foundation and only us could use, and now I know. You coveted the land and invaded. Then I went to the human

it's been done

"Right."

-Puhaha, this is the most pitiful downfall. I am ashamed that you are my descendants, no less than the ancestors of the abandoned world.

"I am ashamed of myself. But that's not what I'm talking about right now."

-Ah, yes. I was curious about Jim's brilliant achievements. But in the meantime, why are you curious? Somehow...

The emperor grinned, but asked with sharp eyes.

-Have you also heard the prophecy?

Pietro maintained a calm expression.

It was the same with Seo Mun-yeop.

At the word prophecy, I tried hard not to reveal my turbulent emotions.

However, he could not deceive the monster emperor who kept the throne to the end in countless challenges.

- That's right.

A sullen laugh rang out.

After all, the emperor was not an easy opponent.

But it wasn't without success.

Rather, it was a great achievement.

'The emperor knows something. He's been through the ordeal with us trying to figure it out, and he's gotten through it.'

And even that the tribulation is the filth piled up by the ancestors of the underground people who are older than the Emperor Maninleung.

-I don't have much affection for descendants. Even more, humans have no desire to help.

"What do you want? I can give you anything."

said Pietro.

It's impossible in real life, but this was a virtual world.

You can create anything you want.

-I just want to continue ruling the people. And it doesn't need your help.

The emperor laughed.

- It was none other than Jim who made this tomb. It's also a burden to have people die. I will summon the spirits of the people again, save them, and complete my country again.

It was.

The one who excelled at dealing with dead spirits and creating the undead was the emperor of the Millennium Lung.

It was a fact that could be known just by looking at the ability to control over 10,000 undead commanders.

but,

"It's impossible without a body."

-what?

The emperor was taken aback.

said Pietro.

"This is a virtual space. In reality, we did not have the capacity to rebuild this great city again. Of course the bodies of your people were never found."

Seo Moon-yeop also nodded and helped.

"Your true tomb was destroyed right after I killed you."

The Emperor looked out the window.

A scene of an empty city.

There were no skeleton remains to be seen in the dreary streets.

Even an emperor could not create an undead without a corpse.

-Then find the body! Aren't corpses wandering somewhere in the time and space where Jim's city was! If you do, I will give you the answer you want.

Finally, the emperor seemed impatient.

The ending that a powerful person hates most is to be left alone.

Being left alone in this huge tomb would have been an ending that the emperor did not want to imagine.

Pietro sighed. It was a rare expression of emotion after he became human.

"It is very difficult to find and rectify the corpses in space and time. Even more so, there is a problem even if the corpse is retrieved. The spirits will not respond to your call."

- Why?

"Because there won't be any spirits who want to be revived."

- Don't be funny. Jim also lost his body and wandered in chaos. The longing for life, the desire to get your body back. Do you think I've never felt it!

"As expected, you don't know how to understand others."

-what?

The emperor frowned.

"No one wants to be humiliated in death. And none of those who were buried with you want to come back to life and be ruled by you."

- What, what!

"I'd rather just hang around as a ghost and be annihilated than be under your control."

-this person······!!

The emperor roared with rage.

"No one wants to have their dignity trampled on. Emperor, you are the great monarch who saved the world from trouble, but you also trampled the world you saved yourself under again."

The emperor was devastated.

After his death, it was only after a long time had passed that he lost his power.