Chapter 463
“…Oh, incredible…”
Cale could only murmur that.
“Eh?”
When Hitellis turned, Cale shook his head.
“No.”
Although he didn’t know the Pope’s usual demeanor, he spoke sternly.
“Yes.”
Hitellis politely bowed her head and took the lead again. There was a reason she hadn’t properly heard Cale’s words.
Whiiiiiiiii-
There was a cave in the direction they were heading. The sound of the wind coming out of the cave was so strong that Cale’s voice didn’t reach her properly.
‘Chaos in the Wind is in there.’
Cale was witnessing, through a dream, the process by which the past Pope obtained Chaos in the Wind, the Sacred Object.
‘I thought it originally belonged to the God of Chaos’ sect.’
Whiiiiiiiii--
The cave, situated in a solitary place on the slope of a steep mountain, didn’t have a single tree around it. Even if there had been any, they would have been destroyed by the wind. Hitellis stopped at a certain distance.
“Pope.”
And the highest-ranking paladin who was in front of the cave approached the Pope.
“Shall I bring it?”
Cale looked at the highest-ranking paladin and then diverted his gaze towards the cave. Entering there would be difficult for most paladins.
“Yes. Bring it.”
“Yes.”
The highest-ranking paladin headed towards the cave with an impassive face.
Whiiiiiiiii-
His hair was waving in the wind, but his body wasn’t moving. Hitellis opened her mouth upon seeing him move away.
“As he’s the highest-ranking paladin, he won’t be affected by the wind containing Chaos, right?”
“Yes.”
Cale simply replied. Hitellis, who glanced at him, showed subtle expectation with a slight smile.
“Now all the Sacred Objects have been gathered.”
Cale’s gaze turned to her. The Pope’s indifferent expression was reflected in his eyes. Hitellis said in a subtle tone:
“Will you go to the Demon Kingdom?”
Ah. After obtaining this Sacred Object, he went to the Demon Kingdom.
“Yes. I must go. I must carry out the grand plan. The Demon Kingdom must be covered by Chaos.”
Covered by Chaos, my foot. That’s not going to happen. But Cale vaguely replied, and Hitellis reacted.
“Jaja. That’s right. The Demon Kingdom and the New World. All places will be covered by Chaos.”
Not even the New World can be covered by Chaos. Because Cale had destroyed the sacred place.
“But, Pope. Will you leave the Celestials like that?”
Eh? What is she saying now? Cale looked at Hitellis with disbelief. Seeing the doubt on his face, Hitellis hurriedly replied, as if she were afraid.
“Of course, the Celestials won’t be able to rebel against the God of Chaos. But, aren’t the Celestials very cunning?”
“Why do you think that?”
Cale indifferently asked.
Celestials.
Those who live in the Celestial Kingdom, one of the three worlds along with the Demon Kingdom and the Divine World. Cale didn’t have much information about them.
‘They said the Celestials had eliminated the ancient powers.’
Aurora, the leader of the Mediating Alliance and the only descendant of the former Demon King, had told him something.
‘His own power. The Celestials called it ‘unique power.’
And when some humans began to possess that power in ancient times…
‘The Celestials thought those powers would threaten them someday. Or that they were invading their territory.’
So they had made a pact with some gods.
‘They made it so humans could no longer possess their own unique power.’
Aurora didn’t know the content of that pact either.
‘As a result, the ancient powers remained, but humans could no longer possess their own unique power.’
But there was a problem with that pact.
‘Choi Han and the Heavenly Demon.’
Two humans had come to possess unique energy.
‘Although Choi Han can’t yet be said to fully possess unique energy.’
Even so, the two humans possessed that power.
“The Celestials, those guys, although they appear to be good, terribly hate their authority collapsing, right? That’s why they dared to ignore the God of Chaos’ orders and proposed a deal.”
A deal? A gleam appeared in Cale’s eyes.
“That’s right. They dared to propose a deal.”
Cale spoke to Hitellis in a subtle tone, as if he were asking her to insult the Celestials more. Hitellis, who understood this well, continued. It seemed she herself quite hated the Celestials.
“After sounding out the situation between the God of Equilibrium and us, they finally joined us. Their behavior is truly arrogant.”
The Celestial Kingdom had joined the God of Chaos? Cale wondered. The God of Death hadn’t said that, right? That’s why Cale casually said it.
“Even so, it’s not a good thing for the God of Equilibrium, right?”
“Yes. That’s true.”
Psik. Hitellis scoffed.
“The God of Equilibrium doesn’t know he’s been betrayed, and is now giving orders to the Celestials and acting recklessly. Doesn’t the God of Equilibrium treat the Celestials almost like servants?”
“That’s why the Celestials secretly joined us.”
“Yes. When the time comes, the God of Equilibrium will be betrayed by the Celestials and lose everything.”
Hitellis couldn’t contain her joy while imagining that future, laughing softly. And Cale, upon hearing this, remembered something.
‘The God of Death.’
He remembered what that damn god had said.
‘I might die.’
That he might disappear in six months. That’s what the God of Death said. Cale thought that simply the hunter family had found a way to destroy a god and had cooperated with the God of Chaos to destroy the God of Death.
‘This might be related to the Celestial Kingdom.’
If the Celestial Kingdom had joined the God of Chaos, while cooperating with the God of Equilibrium on the surface, preparing for a betrayal…
‘This is serious.’
It was highly likely that the gods on that side, led by the God of Chaos and the God of War, would win, and that the gods on the opposing side would suffer great damage.
‘I should tell the God of Death.’
Yes. As he wasn’t going to participate in the fight between the Divine World and the Celestial Kingdom. It seemed it would be good to tell him.
‘Yes! I have no reason to participate in that fight!’
Even if he can’t see the God of Death die. Even if the God of War is the Sky Eating Water’s enemy. That’s not a reason to participate in the gods’ fight!
“Yes. It’s none of my business.”
“Eh?”
Oops. He forgot Hitellis was listening. He had forgotten because he had been reaffirming himself several times.
“…….”
Cale looked at Hitellis, not knowing what to reply, and Hitellis, sensing something in his gaze, energetically said:
“Yes. We simply must continue with the grand plan.”
“Yes. Anyway, the Celestials are truly arrogant.”
“That’s right. Daring to mention a deal. In the end, they also want to destroy the Demon Kingdom. They want to eliminate the Wanderers’ unique energy, but they’re truly ridiculous guys.”
Unique energy. Cale’s gaze turned away from Hitellis at that word. Looking at the cave, he indifferently said:
“Not all Wanderers possess unique energy, but they react sensitively.”
Neither Choi Jung Gun nor Choi Jung Soo possess unique energy. Until now, he had only encountered Wanderers with unique energy in the ‘Purple Blood Family.’ There would surely be more, but he hadn’t found them yet.
“That’s true. But as the Celestials consider their unique energy their great power, they couldn’t allow the Five Colored Blood Family to act with impunity.”
“Yes. So they want to destroy the Five Colored Blood Family through us.”
“That’s right. As we can destroy both the Demon Kingdom and the Five Colored Blood Family, it’s a win-win situation. I understand why they’re worried.”
Hitellis looked at the cave beside Cale and continued:
“They say the pact’s power is weakening.”
Pact. The pact between several gods and the Celestial Kingdom to take away humans’ unique power.
‘It’s weakening?’
A gleam appeared in Cale’s eyes. He understood the reason why Choi Han and the Heavenly Demon had developed unique energy.
“Yes. They say it’s weakening.”
“Well, don’t they say the God of Justice broke the pact’s barrier of possibilities and escaped?”
“Hmm.”
Five ancient gods. Hope. Equilibrium. Chaos. Justice. Injustice. The God of Justice, one of them, disappeared leaving a note.
<The Divine World is full of injustice. I will bring down my hammer of justice.>
Cale realized what the God of Justice had done before leaving that note.
‘He broke the pact and escaped.’
This god is also a suspicious guy.
‘Furthermore, the God of Justice is related to the First Emperor, the first Wanderer, right?’
The first Wanderer is the First Emperor, the head of the Purple Blood Family. Cale had heard through the God of Death that he hadn’t been given the mission to destroy the gods.
‘Anyway, the God of Justice isn’t on anyone’s side.’
Neither on the God of Equilibrium’s side nor on the God of Death’s side. He’s just a guy causing trouble on his own. This guy must be crazy.
‘I shouldn’t get involved.’
Cale decided he shouldn’t get involved with the God of Justice.
“But, Pope.”
Cale was going to respond to Hitellis’ words, but he stopped upon hearing a sound coming from the cave.
Whiiiiiiiii-
The wind intensified…
Kuang!
A thunderous roar echoed.
“It seems the highest-ranking paladin has captured the Sacred Object!”
“I see.”
Cale had a hunch.
‘The moment the Sacred Object falls into my hands, this dream will end.’
So it seemed this dream would end soon. That’s why Cale opened his mouth.
“What did you want to say a while ago?”
Hitellis had called him a while ago.
“Ah. It’s nothing important.”
“Tell me.”
“Yes.”
She looked around and cautiously said:
“But, after the negotiation with the Demon Kingdom, will you leave the seeds as they are?”
Cale’s expression hardened. Seeing that, Hitellis shuddered and said:
“Y-yes! Of course we must leave them as they are. As long as we have the seeds, we can cover the Demon Kingdom with Chaos again.”
She looked around and continued:
“Even so, although it’s a very low probability, sometimes, among the humans in whom the seeds have been planted, those who have good compatibility with Chaos make the seeds germinate on their own and spread Chaos around them, right?”
Wow. Cale couldn’t hide his sigh. In this dream, he had heard something more important than the pact, the Celestials, or the God of Justice.
Seeds. The seeds planted throughout the Demon Kingdom to cover it with the gray disease were inside the demons’ bodies. Even without using Chaos in the Wind, there was a very low probability that they could spread the gray disease on their own.
“Damn it.”
Cale unintentionally said.
“Eh?”
While Hitellis looked at him with disbelief…
Jeobok jeobok.
The highest-ranking paladin was coming out of the cave. In his hands was the sphere of Chaos in the Wind.
“Hey.”
Seeing him, Cale said to Hitellis.
“Eh?”
She was surprised by the Pope’s tone of voice.
“Just one question.”
But as it was a dream that would end soon, Cale asked what interested him most. A lot of information he had heard until now.
The God of Chaos and the Celestial Kingdom had united.
The Celestial Kingdom wanted to destroy the Demon Kingdom and the Purple Blood Family hunters.
The God of Justice had done something to the pact.
Based on this, Cale asked what was most important and that he needed to know.
“What would happen if the Celestials found out that a human possesses unique power?”
When Hitellis couldn’t say anything at the sight of Cale, who was very different from the Pope…
“Tell me.”
At Cale’s firm attitude, she stammered:
“They would kill that human without fail.”
Choi Han and the Heavenly Demon. Beings who possess or will possess unique energy, despite being human.
“Yes.”
Cale only needed to hear that.
“Pope.”
At that moment, the highest-ranking paladin brought the Sacred Object, and Cale naturally extended his hand. The highest-ranking paladin placed the sphere in Cale’s hand without any hesitation.
Kwajik.
At that moment, the sphere began to crack, and Cale felt the world of this dream collapsing. At the same time, he heard a voice.
-I’m full.
It was the Glutton Priestess’s voice.
-I’ve eaten too much Chaos.
In fact, she had still consumed the Chaos water containing 43 rituals from the sacred place, the Primordial Night. She still had more than five months to digest it. In addition to that, she had eaten the Pope’s Chaos and even the Sacred Object that she should only have kept. Cale’s mouth opened.
“Slowly—”
He wanted to say digest it slowly. He wanted to say that, but…
“Heok!”
Cale took a deep breath unintentionally.
‘Heat.’
He was very hot all over his body. As if he had a terrible flu, his entire body was burning, and it was hard for him to breathe.
“Human!”
Raon’s voice was heard.
“Young Master.”
Ron’s, the servant’s, voice was also heard. Cale realized he had opened his eyes. He had returned to reality. But his entire body was burning, and he was dizzy.
“Haa. Haa.”
His breathing unconsciously quickened. Cale tried to get up, but he got dizzy and unintentionally waved his hands in the air.
“Young Master.”
Ron helped him up.
“Cale. First, we must purify you.”
Cale’s vision cleared. He looked at his body. He saw his arms contaminated by Chaos. His shoulders and collarbones would be stained gray. That’s why it hurt. Yes, it hurt.
‘But this isn’t because of that.’
Right now, his entire body was burning, and he was dizzy, it wasn’t because of this Chaos. Cale, Kim Rok Soo, had experienced this before.
‘Record.’
Or ‘Instant.’
When he used Kim Rok Soo’s ability, he felt heat and dizziness. He had an idea of what side effect this situation was.
“…The contamination… isn’t the problem…”
The moment he said that, letting out a sigh…
-Yes.
Super Rock sighed and said:
-It’s indigestion.
“!”
When Cale’s eyes widened, the Glutton Priestess said in a depressed tone:
-I’m full. I feel bloated. I feel oppressive.
The Glutton Priestess had indigestion. But why am I hot and dizzy? Super Rock simply answered his question:
-We can’t know how the Glutton’s indigestion side effect will manifest in you.
Hmm. That’s true.
-And it’s good that it’s only this. Crybaby and I are doing fine.
For Cale, who had exerted himself greatly, it was good news. He had nothing to say in this situation, but he didn’t like being so hot and dizzy.
-Even so, it’s alright. It seems it’s from eating too much, so it will get better in a short time.
Is that good news? When Cale thought that, Raon approached and offered him an apple pie.
“H-human! Eat something! If you eat…”
Raon couldn’t continue. Cale, seeing the bright appearance of the apple pie, felt a bloating in his stomach. It felt so oppressive that he felt nauseous.
“Uuek—”
He looked away from the apple pie and vomited. He couldn’t help it.
Tuk.
Raon dropped the apple pie with a shocked expression.
“O-our human seems very, very sick!”
Nyaaaaaaaaaong!
Raon and Hong’s shocked cries filled the room. Meanwhile, Cale tried to open his mouth, fighting against the dizziness.
Indigestion. So if it was digested, he would be fine. He wanted to say that. But…
Tok tok.
Along with an urgent knock on the door, Aurora, the leader of the Mediating Alliance, entered the room. With a serious expression, the only descendant of the former Demon King said:
“The Demon King requests a meeting.”
Cale had to go meet the Demon King.
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