Holy Empire Middle East, a prison near the capital.
Cardinal Berit glared coldly inside the prison.
Inside, the bishop, who had been interrogated and tortured by the imperial family, was crying.
When I asked him to take care of Eshua's suckling, he couldn't handle any of it, so he was a bad guy who was hurting the pope.
"He's unhelpful until the end. Even if you were caught in a pod by the emperor, do you help Eshua? You were actually a Qing follower, not Gold?"
"Uh, that's frustrating! Me, I... Boom!"
"Don't tease your mouth."
At the feet of the cardinal, a knight of light soared with a golden light.
An arrogant and serene murder who showed no emotion turned to the bishop.
"If the infant learns Eshua's vision and becomes a saint, it will be worth seeing."
"Oh, no! That child will never be a saint! Because that kid ...!"
"Demon clan?"
Cardinal Berit raised the corners of his mouth lightly.
"Are you going to believe that now?"
His smile was full of contempt as if he were seeing a bug.
Panicked, the bishop desperately grabbed the cardinal's leg.
"You have to believe it! As long as you save me from here, I...!"
"I'm sorry, but the identification of the infant is already done."
"Well then!"
"There can never be a demon tribe in this world who can use divine powers. Don't you really know that your words are blasphemy against God and His Holiness the Pope?"
"He, that... Boom!!"
The bishop was decapitated and fell.
Cardinal Berit turned around, returning the Light Spirit that had struck the bishop's neck.
"Put it away."
The servant nodded, swallowing and glaring at the dead bishop.
Eshua is one of the strongest people who can raise a superman named Saint Woman.
He was the leader of the Five Gates that supported the Holy Empire and was also a duke of the Pope.
The fact that the saint's child would go to Eshua was a big deal in itself.
'That suckling could be our cultivator's greatest enemy.'
The saint had to come out of the pope, Berit. Other than that, it must be removed.
As if reading the anxious insides of the seed, the cardinal turned and said:
"It's okay. The emperor would try to take the suckling away anyway. If the suckling goes to the imperial court, the Holy See has a chance to encounter it, so you can deal with it then."
"Yes, I will make all arrangements near the imperial court."
"You can't let that suckling play any more than this."
"Yes."
If the suckling is disposed of by the demon tribe, it will be mentioned as a saint. Knowing that well, the papal seed twisted inside.
Did I say Isaac?
Dokdo failed, and sent to the goal to the bishop. A sexual method that is not yet possible for an infant.
What the hell is the kid doing?
But that's it, too.
The loyalist smiled.
The moment the child arrives at the imperial court, his life line will be over.
* * *
Around that time.
The Skeleton King was heading to Eshua instead of the imperial family.
Of course, it was never the old, musty reason that it was because of the blood.
It was a few days ago.
He was the Skeleton King who abandoned Eshua to go to the emperor, saying that he could give a boy what he needed most, and had a spirit of honor and fortitude.
'What? Is that kind of money useless?'
Isn't it the best if you can give these crazy bastards, silk and sex and gold bars and land?
Isn't that just it?
The Skeleton King was attached to the emperor and did not fall.
The emperor was very fond of it, and the people of the House of Eshua were very embarrassed.
The uncle was also puzzled as to where the imposing momentum had gone, so he looked alternately at the child and the emperor.
He had read the emperor's mood at once.
Sure enough,
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty. Of course you do, but the child ... I think it's right to give it to a blood relative."
However, the emperor, happily embracing the Skeleton King, who was about to fall, raised the corners of his mouth with a smirk.
"Huh. I want to return them to my family, but I have to respect their wishes. I'm still young, but I want to respect him as a person."
"No... He."
"Could it be that you, a member of the Council of Chairmen of Eshua and the uncle of this child, will dismiss the will of your nephew? I didn't expect you to be that kind of person."
This damn emperor bastard?
He was trembling in front of the emperor, but his uncle's closed mouth was saying so.
But when his uncle did not object, the knights of Döre Eshua bewildered and shouted to his uncle.
"Are you really thinking of sending your nephew to the imperial court?"
"I think it might be better if it's for the sake of the child."
"Yes?"
"I haven't found the culprit who took my brother and sister-in-law. You can even target babies."
"But...."
"And most of all, I have more to give to a child than to the imperial family."
"Mr. Bleed...."
"In the first place, it is a family that only has the corpses of demon tribes and magic cores. It's not a good environment to raise children. The most precious thing I have is the Skeleton King's physical body..."
That was then.
Degurr.
"Huh?"
The Skeleton King, who had been carried by Shi Zhong, rolled over and slipped out of Shi Zhong's arms.
"Oh, baby?!"
And the Skeleton King, who crawled somewhere like a cockroach, grabbed his uncle's leg.
At this sight, the knights of Eshua were thrilled and could not keep their mouths shut.
I thought the youngest Dao would leave for the imperial family like this.
"Mr. Bleed!"
"Are you coming to us!"
But the Skeleton King who had captured them was eyebrowing.
'The Skeleton King's body!'
I should have told you that first, bastards!
It was a whisper, but it was audible enough for the Skeleton King who created the magic core.
And the Skeleton King's body?
!
My body!
My body that I cheat against the helpless young dragons and worked hard to cultivate them by extracting their magic power!
'If you only get your hands on the original body, the tenth rank is nothing.'
The higher the demon tribe, not only the magic core, but also the physical body had magic power.
This was because the deeper the strength of the mana, the more the magic was absorbed in various parts of the body.
Even a single muscle and bone fragment has a lot of magic, but the Demon King's body?
Do you think it would be comparable to bean water or a magic hack rolling around?
Although the inherent limitations of the skeleton existed, it was a body that had subdued all demons for hundreds of years and honed them to the point where they were on a par with the gods.
In short, the finest spirit troupe!
Finding the original power could also be much shorter.
But Eshua has it?
It is doubtful how it ended up flowing into the House of Saints, but it is not strange that something has happened in the 150 years since she was sealed.
So the Skeleton King had decided to go to Eshua, not the imperial family.
Besides, he had a new reason to go to Eshua more than anything else.
Whoops!
This bastard's ⸢survival⸥ origin, which had reacted to the emperor, reacted again.
A value judge that avoids crisis and allows us to take advantage.
I don't know why, but I reacted to my uncle.
Round!
In any case, the reaction is stronger than that of the emperor.
Of course, Eshua tried to ignore the discussion of honor and fortitude, but the ⸢survival⸥ origin even glowed from his uncle's head, as if to look here.
It was a light visible only to himself.
And I thought it was quite a reaction from the emperor alone. My uncle, who was a very handsome man, could just not see his face.
With a flash!
Or even if you give a signal like that, it doesn't go?
With a flash! With a flash!
You don't join the military? Because you don't like it?!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Flash! Flash!
! Knock it off!
This is not the level of the way, but the level of the great blessing of life!
Does this mean choosing Eshua first? The emperor goes to Bozo?
Since the days of the skeleton, the Skeleton King narrowed his brows, as he had never given false information.
Of course, as a result, his eyes were turned when he was told that he had his own body, but if it was a saint family, it was an exorcism family.
'Then there will inevitably be a lot of magic hacks.'
Seeing that there are many corpses of demon tribes, it must mean that there are a lot of things to do with the back of the family.
The magic hack is just rubbish to the clergy, but it is like an elixir to the Skeleton King.
Moreover, the fact that the Origin reacts so strongly is not just due to the body or the magic core.
That's why he chose Eshua because of the growth of the magic core, and the excitement that made him choose Eshua.
When the Skeleton King chose Eshua, the emperor had his attendant bring a box of gold bars, as if he had anticipated it.
"I was originally going to give it to you while I was taking him away. Accountability. Now it's useless, but this time, thanks to that child, neither Jim nor the Crown Prince have been spared, so I will take it in return."
My uncle asked me to take it away right away.
"The child just did what he was supposed to do as a 'man with a mission to protect.' The people of Eshua do not need such material costs..."
The moment the words fell, the Skeleton King rolled over to the emperor.
And when he said he was going to Eshua when he was about to be picked up by the emperor, his uncle said in a panic.
"... Lord, I will save everything you give in front of the child. I am devastated, Your Majesty."
Children. I should.
The Skeleton King then crawled back to the Knights Templar Leader of Eshua, as if satisfied, and hugged him.
The uncle looked at such a skeleton king as if he were looking at a strange creature.
After all, you seem to understand what you are saying...?
Thus the Skeleton King had moved to Eshua.
Anyway, it's good to be driving home in a carriage, but why is things like this?
The Skeleton King saw the knights of Eshua watching him.
"Don't you need anything more?"
"Just talk. We'll take a look at anything."
They also seemed afraid that the Skeleton King would go to the emperor.
It was also because of the lion gold plaque in the Skull King's hand. It was given to him by the Emperor before the Skeleton King left.
- I'll give him this.
Even the uncle, who couldn't know that it was a plaque that allowed him to enter and exit the Imperial Palace freely, narrowed his brows. Then he ripped off his blue-white robe and held it tightly in his other hand.
The Skeleton King, who had even obtained an expensive-looking mineral together, smirked.
'I didn't mean to, but somehow I got to walk a tightrope.'
Now that he has a connection with the imperial family, he can work on it at any time.
The problem wasn't there.
"I'm worried that the papal forces could target this child."
At his words, the knights tilted their heads.
"Why would they target Eshua's boy and not anywhere else?"
"Because he was mentioned as a candidate for sainthood. The saint may be superior to the pope."
At that, the knights could not hide their bewilderment.
"Nevertheless, His Holiness and His Majesty are the supreme head of the Holy Camp. No matter how saintly you are, it's a bit strange that you are superior to him..."
"We haven't made an official announcement yet, but it is said that the gods have given a prophecy. I will make the saint the son of God."
"...!"
The knights were stunned. It had to be.
"If it's the son of God, maybe ..."
"yes. He's the next pope."
The knights' expressions hardened in unison.
There was no way he didn't know what that meant.
The 'Pope' is the supreme clergyman who uses the 10-order holy law. At the same time, he was the king of all the clerical paladins spread across the continent.
At this point when the demon tribe was getting stronger, the pope's breath was not to be ignored by the rest of the world.
In fact, there was an incident in which all the clergy who had been dispatched at the word of the pope's order to convene abandoned their duties and returned to the Holy Empire.
Thanks to this, a small country was unable to stop the invasion of the demon tribes, and the tax was greatly broken and disappeared silently.
It was a famous anecdote that resulted from the king of a country defying the pope's will.
And because the example is so famous, all the powers on the continent cannot ignore the presence of the pope.
But the position of immovable power that has not been shaken for hundreds or thousands of years changes?
Pope or not, everyone on the continent went crazy.
"So you tried to take down a saint like that in Berit? Maybe the position of supreme chieftain will be passed to another family?"
"The saint alone said that when she first appeared, the Holy See tried to kill her with a flag."
"I see.... At least the Holy Lady had a specific purpose: to be a woman and to subjugate the Skull King, so the Pope didn't care too much."
"Nope. I failed to catch the Skeleton King and skewered him, so I ignored him."
"Whoops! Kuluck!"
"Isaac Bleed! Why are you doing that!"
"You have a cold!"
The Skeleton King, who was listening carefully, coughed as if vomiting blood.
, stop stabbing!
Heartbreaking!
By then, the knights of Eshua swallowed hard.
"So, Lilai Do you believe that Isaac is a saint?"
My uncle sneered at that.
"The gods never show favoritism to their children. Could it be that he would have given a saint to the saint's family without equity?"
"Oh, so does he."
The Skeleton King's eyes rose.
Those gods, the bastards without equity.
I don't know how they're wrapping the image, but those bastards are nasty, dirty, petty bastards, you bastards.
"Then who harmed Saint and Duke Xiao?"
"It must be the Skeleton King. I'm going to hold a grudge against God."
The Skeleton King glared at his uncle in chagrin.
It's unfortunate that I fell on my baby's body, but now my uncle turns me into a child who hurt my parents.
"No, the culprit must be the Skeleton King. It must be, and no other culprit can be tolerated."
Hey man!!
The Skeleton King was stunned to see his uncle whose eyes had turned into Jekyll and Hyde.
I don't know who is in Eshua's blood.
I hate the Skeleton King dirty!
I haven't done anything yet, but I'm already making you the culprit!
But even if it came out like that, it didn't matter at all because he wasn't the culprit.
But that was then.
The carriage stopped, and a noise came from outside.
Finally, they had arrived at the Duchy of Eshua.
And the gatekeepers at the beginning of the manor began to check the people who entered.
But something strange happened.
"Can't you even recognize your face and sentence now?"
"!"
The skeleton king smirked at the sound of the shout, and the uncle frowned and opened the window.
"What's going on?"
"That's because these men saw the sentence of Eshua and could not open the gates... Whoops!"
When the guards opened the wagon door, his uncle put his hand on the knife.
The Skeleton King raised one eyebrow right at the familiar Maggie.
'Wait. They are....'
Sure enough, the guards smirked at the skeleton king in the wagon.
"Of course not."
"We must also get rid of that child of the saint's blood!"
"Demon!"
The paladins rolled their eyes, and the uncle raised the corners of his mouth bloodily.
"Look. Didn't I, the culprit must be the demon tribe?"
"After all, if the demon tribe is aiming at you, Isaac has special powers...!"
The Skull King wriggled his eyebrows.
Ha, what yes.
It's the first time I've seen them, but it's good when the demon tribe shows up. The magic hack had appeared on its own.
Anyway, as you say, I think it's true that the culprit is a demon tribe. Anyway, since it has nothing to do with me anymore, let's get along....
"Listen, lower human!"
"Our great King, the
"...."
The Skeleton King chuckled.
Let's start with those unwitting bastards.