354 To the Ipozium Mountains.

As I approached the essence of the soul more and more, many lords have assisted me.

The first time it was dusty, it grew beyond the forehead and applied it to a new soul master's skill.

Spear of the Soul.

This technique was used by Icarus, a god of the Temple, when he attacked me. He was more destructive than the Isle of Eternity by focusing numerous souls on a single point.

But this was only a minor development, not my final goal.

In order to save this world from Infinitus, I had to gain the power of chaos and emptiness beyond the control of the soul.

‘Hmm. It's not easy. ’

Today, I woke up from meditation and stopped training and came out.

Now that I was lost and lost in the essence of the soul, I needed a new awareness.

See for yourself the power of chaos and emptiness.

It had to be not chaos and emptiness shaped by magic objects influenced by this world law, but chaos and emptiness that had just crossed dimensional cracks.

I glanced at the illumination.

"In the end, do you mean we have to try that dangerous technique? ’

There are two ways in which I can see pure chaos and the energy of emptiness directly.

One is to go to the dimensional rift where Infinitus is now asleep, and the other is to open the dimensional rift with the urethra.

But electrons are impossible.

I am not yet the opponent of Infinitus.

Then there was only a way to open the dimensional crack through the urethra, which could have been a fairly dangerous attempt.

If the rift in the open dimension is not closed by the urethra, it will be chaotic.

But the dimensional crack is already open. I didn't think it would be a big problem if one more little thing opened.

Moreover, I have to be good at closing dimensional cracks anyway.

Even if we eliminate Infinitus, the age of destruction will not end unless Icarus closes the crack in its open dimension now.

I've asked Degenia before, but Harris said she doesn't have the ability to close dimensional cracks.

‘Well, it was a magic I had to learn anyway. ’

As I stepped into the living room, a chair in front of the table stood up.

She tries to play a healthy dice board with everyone, but the pile of coins on each side seems to open up quite a bit.

Degenia speaks.

“Do you want to do it too? ”

I quietly looked up and down at Degenia and gazed at Hubeo, who was sitting at the table together.

“Hubeo, are you done with class? ”

“Huh."

“So why don't you go, what are you doing now? ”

“Charles asked me to play the Great Desert dice. ”

The Great Desert dice game was one of the typical playground cultures of the Chicago Desert Nation.

Basically a game to battle with the sum of two dice, the rules were so simple that men and women could enjoy it easily.

The problem was that it was very rotatable in a simple way.

“Arthur, this is no place for you to interfere. ”

“What? We're just playing? ”

Hubeo has no idea what this place is.

Gamblers, the goddess of corruption, are the most faithful goddess of all, and Charles is a child who grew up in the Great Desert, even though she is a prince.

Although it was a game of chance, it was basically a bet, a call, and a race system that allowed beginners like Hubeo to step in and be robbed of the rubber band.

“Huh. Really? I'm just going to play. ”

When I sat down, four members were formed.

There was Serra, but she was left in charge of the snack bar.

Soon, Hubeo, who threw a silver coin in the middle of the table, skillfully shook the cup containing two dice and put it on the table.

Soon, Degenia and Charles put down their cups.

However, the two dice were still spinning, giving me a strange tension.

It was unusual.

It's not just a little farce, is it? ’

As everyone's eyes turn quietly, all eyes are on Hubeo.

It seemed that Charles had been worrying between me and Hubeo for a moment, but I was reluctant to look at him intensely.

The appeal has been decided.

Today's appeal was Hubeio.

“Let's get this game over with. ”

Hubeo throws two silver coins and raises the board.

There were originally four silver coins stacked on the table, so it was the maximum bet.

Charles watched over me and placed three silver coins, and I and Degenia finished this bet.

Hubeo looks at me with a shivering smile.

“Son. Let's get this over with. ”

“Let's be gentle for the first time. ”

Hubeio checks the number in the cup and starts the second bet with a burrito smile.

“Let's do the math. Four Leafs.”

Charles then threw 10 silver coins again and made the plate bigger.

Total silver 40 leaf. It was two leafs if hit with gold.

Even though cash value had fallen greatly in the age of destruction, it was a fair amount of money.

I waved the cup and folded the plate without even checking it, and I also gave up the battle in the same way.

Continuing battle between Charles and Hubeio.

I spoke to Degenia using the veil.

“Oh, I have to go out for a while. ”

“Where are you going? ”

“Well, it's not really decided if you go far to train. I need to practice a very dangerous skill, so I need it in a rare place. ”

“When are you coming, then? ”

“It takes a while. It's a very tricky technique. ”

“Well, why don't you stop by there first? ”

“Where?”

“You know, hiding in the Ipozium Mountains. ”

Those living in the Ipozium Mountains were the only people in the high mountains belonging to the Kingdom of Ides and the Kingdom of Robos, or the recently exiled Prosia and many Valkyries following her.

I don't think Degenia meant the former, so I asked you to go see the latter.

“Why?”

“It's a waste of power to mock. ”

Well, it's been a while since Prosia and the Valkyrie followed her.

The majority of the peninsula Valkyries, as well as the majority of the Valkyries who lost their heads to Nemisona-based deaths, are following Prosia.

“It's a pity. But should we go back to our side? ”

“If I give the order, it will be possible. ”

Prosia and Valkyries were hiding in the Ipozium Mountains because they received an eviction order from one of their own, Icarus.

If the same god, Degenia, gave the order, it would be enough to stop living in the countryside and return to the world.

But there was no problem at all.

In the aftermath of the war between humanity and the heavenly city of Kronos, we firmly believed that there was a significant setback for them, and that the age of destruction that was underway was also coming from her.

I had no choice but to question whether mankind would be able to work with the Valkyries properly.

“Even so, will humanity be with them? You said you were gonna fight. ”

“But we have many enemies. ”

Yes, we have many enemies.

Infinitus as well as chaos and emptiness had to be driven out, and even through this adversity, they would eventually have to fight the gods of heaven.

That was my job as a human and the incarnate of Sinus.

“Trouble. ”

“Well, if it's difficult for her and humanity to reconcile, there are ways to use them secretly when you need them. ”

I didn't have to wave my hands.

Humanity had no choice but to embrace the Valkyries, although it was difficult to bring true harmony between mankind and the Valkyries.

Today's enemies are tomorrow's allies, and there's no shortage of fighting for survival.

Reasonably, it was better to have the help of the Valkyries in order for mankind to survive, and the Valkyries needed humanity's help in many ways.

“Then the strategic value is very low. I'm gonna have to put him on the front line and feed him. ”

I looked at Hubeo.

In order to bring Prosia and the Valkyrie that follows her, she needs the help of her place and her life.

“Hoveo?”

“Why?”

Hubeo looked at me with a nervous face.

There was a lot of money and silver on the table right now.

It was quite a lot of money.

I snap one lip up.

“He said," Let's get it over with, and he's about to get it over with. ”

“Don't make me say it. I'm distracted.”

I pulled my tongue out.

The hand in the cup was already decided.

Focus now and the outcome of the battle will not be different.

Not me and degeny, of course.

But it wasn't Charles either.

Obviously, the dice in the cup were 5, 6, and the sum was 1, but when the cup was sharpened, 6 was flipped to 5.

I don't know who that looks like, but it's already yellow.

“I'm five pairs. ”

After Charles' sunny smile, Hubeo bows his head in frustration.

Five pairs were the second highest hand in this board game.

“Do it again! ”

In the game that began again, the degenerate wins.

With me and Charles out of the game, of course, Tegenira won big money.

But he didn't cheat.

Degenia knows that after seeing her defeat with Hubeio, she will win the battle, but doesn't flip the defeat like Charles did.

"Fuveo, you bastard. Where in the world is the goddess of corruption and the fool who gambles in battle? Tsk, tsk, tsk.

* * *

At the far eastern end of the Prosia continent was blocked by a massive mountain range called the Ipozium.

With endless peaks reaching thousands of meters, snow and ice were often covered in the middle of the summer, and it was not a suitable land for humans to live in because it was a continuous mountain range where trees did not grow.

Nevertheless, there were many people living here.

Chaos pieces and by-products are commonly sold on the hunt for narcotics, and people on the Prosia continent have been trading with them since the dawn of civilization for a number of magical materials they lack.

But now these mountain supplies have stopped.

It was because of the abundance of by-products within the Prosia continent during the time of its destruction.

Thanks to this, civilian trade has almost ceased, and they have to find a different way of life.

It was a transformation into a projection.

Recently, the Prosians were building turrets and forts around the Ipozium Mountains to prevent the invasion of flying magic, and the mountainous peoples became soldiers guarding them.

But their lives did not change much.

I used to hunt things for trade, but now I'm getting paid to hunt them.

“This road is restricted. ”

When I arrived at the mountain village of Ipozium, some soldiers stopped me and Degenia.

It looked like a werewolf with long fur between its iron armor, but the pressure from its sturdy figure was considerable.

I came forward.

“We have to go through here. ”

“I'm saying this for you. Beyond this, the never-ending terrain of the mountain tribe is beyond our wilderness. The people on your flatlands will never make it. ”

“I can go. ”

A mountain soldier points to a mountain range unfolding backwards.

“Don't you see the snow mountains and the carved ice walls? If you go, you die."

“I don't know. I can go. ”

“How many times do I have to tell you? I'll never let you go. ”

I literally couldn't tell you how many times I pulled out the toll card.

Hubeo took it directly to the Palace of Ides. With this hand, he could enter anywhere in the Kingdom of Ides.

“Now can we go? ”

The mountain soldier looks very embarrassed.

I knew he was going to die, but I couldn't help but send him to the pass issued by the palace.

“I can't stop you if you say you're going, but I advise you, you'll die. ”

“I'm not dying. Don't worry.”

The mountain soldiers shake their heads.

“Ahoy, I don't know. Just remember one thing. When I suffocate, it is a sign that I am close to death. Don't ever sleep again. He dies.”

“Got it.”

“Very well. Go, then. ”

After leaving the last outpost, Degenia and I started climbing the Sultan Mountains just ahead.

A fairly steep cliff follows, but we make swift progress on light footing.

Degenia asked for it.

“Now that you've cleared the outpost, let's fly. ”

I grinned.

If it was meant to fly, the outpost wouldn't let out a pass.

“Don't scare them now. Right now, the Prosians and the Valkyries are pretty obscured. So it's best to approach slowly. ”

Prosia and the Valkyries were banished from the heavens and, until recently, went to war with humanity and are now threatened by chaos and the existence of the void.

In a situation like this, if a stranger suddenly approached them, they had no choice but to deter them from hostile behavior.

Everyone is the enemy of the Valkyrie now.

So it was best to give them some time to indirectly inform them that I am not the enemy, and to allow them to think deeply and respond to us.

“I see.”

“But there's no need to stall, O time. Let's go quickly.”

“Yes.”

We moved fast.

Although I avoided air travel, I didn't have to go to see the sights around me.

We don't have that kind of time.

We just need to give the Valkyries enough time to think things through.

< To the Ipozium Mountains. > End