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Thirty minutes before the Giant Invasion.

Serran wakes up early in the morning.

I rub my eyes on the bed and look sleepy.

I look at the sleeping twins, making a fool of myself on either side, and I look at the butler who came in through the door.

“Claire?"

An elderly man in his 70s stands at the door.

A butler with a flat waist and a wrinkled, loving impression.

“My lady, the king and Marcus are here. ”

“… What? ”

Serran wakes up on his bed in a hurry, appalled by the words of Chamberlain Claire.

She opens the window and pushes her head out.

Beneath the fortress, a wagon passes through the gates.

King Franz rolls off the wagon, and Marcus picks him up.

After that, Lunan, his mother, came down.

Serran hardened in his appearance.

‘Why...? ’

Why are they here?

Without any notice.

It's been five years.

It's time for the Jotuns to invade.

Movements that are unnecessary may twist fate.

Whatever you do, you have to be careful.

“What the hell were you thinking...! ”

I was angry for no reason.

For a moment, I had an ominous thought.

‘No way...?'

She covers her mouth with both hands, shocked.

“Lady? Clothes...! ”

Despite what Deacon Claire said, Serran quickly took a step in his pajamas.

Fifteen minutes before the Giant Invasion.

I hurried down to the castle entrance and greeted King Franz.

“Why is that? Serran.”

As Serrant sighs harshly, King Franz and Jayner tilt their heads.

Serran says to his questions, with a staff in his right hand and Marcus in his left.

“What brings you here? ”

“I came to ask you something. ”

“Are you asking? ”

King Zeyner frowned and said.

“Serran, think again. I understand your heart. But we must not disobey our fate. We are ready to accept our fate. If you're assisted by the Holy See at the same time. ”

“Wait, what are you talking about? ”

King Franz has spoken.

“The Holy See has led the army across the border without my permission. ”

Serran's face hardens.

“The general commander is Earl Charlotte Heraiz, who is on her way to Duc Ariana with one of the six heavenly forces. There must be a reason your name was mentioned when you crossed the border. ”

Serran frowns.

It was something I didn't even know I had.

Why would Charlotte bring an army here?

That also mentions Serran's name.

Serran falls into chaos.

The army of the Holy See across the border.

King Franz, Marcus and Lunan came to question him.

No way...?

“Claire, Deacon Claire, where are you? ”

Serran hurriedly wandered around the fortress forgetting to show King Franz to his stateroom.

A servant was stunned by her cry and said.

“You were out on the street a while ago. You're going to see the morning market. ”

Then Serran's face turned pale.

The butler, Claire, did such a troublesome thing that she could do to the maids and servants.

His sincerity summoned the wrath of death.

“No. ”

Serran's legs are weak.

I sat down and looked desperate.

Everything fits.

I mean...

“Sis?”

“Sister, what's the matter! ”

Marvel and the Marcel twins rush to her.

“Evacuate the people, evacuate...! ”

Ding-! P-!

Giant Invasion 0 minutes.

Begin.

Kung-!

A huge sound sounds.

There was a small earthquake.

Serran turns his head to a stiff face.

An urban street between the windows of her fortress.

A chunk of rock falls.

Screams and commotion erupt.

Serran shuts up.

started.

Jotun's Invasion.

The Apocalypse!

At that moment, I heard footsteps from the fortress.

Serran turns his head.

I saw her family.

“Oh, my God.”

King Franz looks out, smiling bitterly.

“... started. ”

“Uncle, please run away...! ”

I've long forgotten the formalities.

When Serran reached out to King Zeyner, Serran's mother, Lunan, told the knights.

“Serran, Marvel, Marcel, please. ”

The knights forcibly grasp the arms of three men.

“Mother!"

“You have a weak heart. ”

Lunan shakes his head. Then he approached Serran and hugged him.

“Please, be safe. ”

“Mother! Please... ”

Serran groaned.

The twins shifted back and forth with their distant families, shaking in anxiety.

King Franz sweeps his face and says to Lunan,

“Aren't you afraid? ”

“I think my brother is afraid. ”

“Marcus.”

Marcus looks at Janner.

“Stay out of it, too. ”

Marcus' eyes widen.

“But.”

“Defying your destiny leads to the worst. But that'll be enough for all of us. ”

The knights grip Marcus' arm.

“Your Majesty!"

“Serran, please. ”

Beneath the fortress, Haman waits in the carriage seat.

“Haman!”

The twins call him.

Haman, who used to live in the territory of Ariana, looks at Serran and the twins and says,

“... Hop on. ”

* *

Two hours before the Jotun invasion, a small town.

Lawrence grabs his neck.

When he woke up in the morning, he yawned a long time.

He changes clothes.

I came out and washed my face with yesterday's water.

I feel heavy. I want to rest. But I have to get out of work.

I've become a servant of a nobleman, so I have to work hard.

You can get a butler or a letter of recommendation later because your son is older.

That way, Roy, the adopted son, could even be an apprentice paladin.

‘Yes, Roy is a blessed child. The Holy Father himself has been gracious to us! ’

As he opened the door and entered the house again, he saw a child who was familiar to him.

A boy with black hair and black eyes.

She's about 10 years old.

But the real age was about five years old as far as Lawrence was concerned.

Strangely, I grew faster than children of my age.

The boy folds his hands together and says hello to Lawrence.

“Good night? Father."

“You're up, Roy. ”

Lawrence smiles at his adopted son Roy.

I have breakfast.

“At that time, the Holy Father! ”

Roy smiles awkwardly.

It's the same morning every time.

Father Lawrence kept praising the Holy Father, the Holy Father, who is now missing.

Every time I heard that story, Roy felt overwhelmed.

‘I feel bad. ’

Alone Olfalls, my whole body trembles like a thorn bush just hearing that name.

And I was curious.

You must be amazing. ’

I wondered what kind of a great man Lawrence, his most revered father, was.

It's all fairy tales.

Whenever Roy heard the story, he was overwhelmed.

I hated the name Allen.

For some reason, I had an instinctive refusal.

But as a child, when all children admire you and talk, they come to fear themselves.

Roy and Lawrence spoke with the villagers and headed for the fortress of Ariana.

I entered the streets of the market

... five minutes before the Jotun invasion.

“Why don't you learn swordsmanship from Haman? Roy.”

Lawrence walks down the street holding Roy's hand.

“It's just that. ”

Roy smiles awkwardly and recalls a paladin named Haman.

You said you were an apprentice paladin, working at the Ariana Fortress.

He often showed considerable interest in himself, rather than taking strange pills, rather than looking at Roy and doing swords.

No offense, but it was awkward.

Ding-! P-!

Then the bell rang.

The streets are buzzing.

Lawrence is strangely anxious.

The atmosphere in the castle is unusual these days.

This can't be a real war, can it?

“Dad?"

“Huh? Oh, nothing. ”

Lawrence shakes his head.

And there was a sighted person who pointed to the street.

“Oh, look. ”

Far from the market, there is an elderly man in a butler's uniform in his 70s.

Chamberlain Claire waves.

“Say hello.”

Roy looks at him and bows.

You may not hear a voice even if you're far away, but Roy mutters in a reflexive voice.

“Hello…. ”

Zero minutes before the Giant Invasion.

Begin.

Roy's back is creeped out.

“… here."

When I raise my head.

A giant boulder presses down on Deacon Claire.

Boom!

The stone rolls and smashes the surrounding building.

There was so much blood spreading around.

“Sa, people are trapped! ”

Roy's shaky gaze stared straight ahead.

Deacon Claire? ’

Deacon Claire is in someone's hands.

A paladin surrounded by white armor.

Holding a Musket in his right shoulder.

‘Who...? ’

No, it's not time to question that.

Roy raises his head.

Tons of rocks in the sky.

It seems to fall slowly into his eyes.

“Huff!”

Roy takes a breath.

You take Lawrence's hand and run.

Tons of rocks rush past Roy and Lawrence.

We've got to get out of here! ’

What a disaster...!

“Ah, Goddess Gaia! Holy Father, protect us! ”

Roy looks at his father.

I was running along Roy with a look of despair.

Praying to God at a time like this?

‘Father, no matter how much God saves us in this situation... ’

It was then.

As Lawrence struggles, a wagon stops right in front of him.

Roy looks at the man in the carriage seat, startled.

The apprentice paladin Haman was there.

"Oh, my God, did you really hear his prayer? ’

When Roy grows resilient without even knowing it, Haman shouts.

“Get on, everyone! ”

* *

“This was dangerous. Deacon.”

Chamberlain Claire is frozen, staring at the massive boulder that passed right in front of her.

Then he turns his head, twitching like a broken machine.

The paladin who pulled himself together.

“Who, who? ”

A paladin with a white armor engraved with runes from head to toe.

Claire looks over the paladin.

Behind you.

A Skeleton Horse that feels holy energy.

There are children up there.

Holy Undead? No way…! '

Claire notices the man in the helmet for a while, dumbfounded and cries out.

“Your Holiness! ”

Alen grabs her and raises her to her feet when she tries to lay her head down.

Quickly mount the Skeleton Horse with arms around your waist.

Alan also shouted, riding on a horse.

“Run!”

Skeleton Horse sprints.

A rock falls right behind you.

Claire looks up at the sky.

“What...! ”

As if hail had fallen from the sky, rocks that looked about three to five meters began to fall.

“Evacuate everyone! ”

Soldiers shake hands on the streets.

At the top of the bell tower, the awakened guard is terrified and continues to ring the bell.

The people panicked.

“Your Holiness, how could this happen...! ”

“Talk to Serran about this later. ”

Allen flicks his fingers as he says.

Runic characters are engraved on the ground around you.

Skeletons and Skeletons are summoned as bones rise through the ground.

“Evacuate everyone!"

They raise the people.

The panicked people push and flee the Holy Undead, but soon they are caught.

Skeleton Horses Race

Stones falling like hail from the sky become skeletal horses and even people on board chopped meat.

No matter how hard you try, you can't save everyone.

“This is insane.”

Alan pulls out a Musket.

“I've been praying for a long time, so thank you very much. Goddess."

Alan breathes his breath into the Musket.

At the same time, the skeletons who burn the people draw muskets.

“Gaia.”

Claire, who's riding behind Allen, feels a shadow setting around her.

Claire hurriedly raises her head and screams in cold sweat.

“Your Holiness, a huge rock.... The rock...!"

“Poor lambs-. ”

Rotate the sex force in the barrel.

Children riding a Skeleton Horse bee wrapped around their head.

[Activate the Wonder.]

[Inflicts Shotting Ability.]

[Temporarily advance your equipment.]

[Activate Aztalun. Transitioning.]

“Your strength to protect -. ”

Runes are engraved on skeletons' muskets.

“Address-!”

Allen pulls the trigger toward the rock falling into the sky.

It passes through a long revolving barrel and slashes the wind.

The flying bullet splits in several tens, piercing the rock as it is.

Boom!

An explosion strikes and a small stone falls.

The skeletons lift up their shields and block them.

The Skeleton Horses who burned the people safely plunge into the city.

On the contrary, the Skeleton Horse, who burned Allen and Claire, heads for the fortress.

A boulder flies towards the fortress and knocks it down.

“Ah, the lady and the king are in the fortress...! ”

“I know. Before that, we're in danger. ”

It will come soon.

Ice Giant.

The calamity he's about to cause.

- Freeze them all.

A big voice coming from somewhere.

Alan yells at Claire.

“Hold on -! ”

Immediately, the ground beneath them froze and icebergs soared.