Game of Divine Thrones

Chapter 213: The Northern Front 2

“Exactly. If you want to challenge the Creator, you must at least possess a divine God position to have any chance of winning. Furthermore, the demon race is the best choice among the possible Gods.”

The power of a demonic God was a necessary component to transform the world. This was because of the fact that the other Gods were not free from the system built by the Creator.

The restrictions inherent in the system was probably the reason why the past rebellion of the Gods failed.

“Then what should I do after I become a demonic God? Should I lead the 72 Demon Kings and attack the heavens?”

“To recover the memories of your previous life, you must go to Urdarbrunn, the lake where the Goddesses of Fate resides. Of course, it won’t be easy to get there, but you knew the road wouldn’t be easy,” Rafael stated.

Basically, only the Gods and the Creator’s inner circle could enter the heavenly world. However, there were exceptions, so Rafael informed Woohyuk of the best option.

“Can you tell me specifically?” Woohyuk asked.

“Find the Nag Hammadi document. If you follow the quests related to that, you can meet the Gods.”

What Rafael stated was a fact that Woohyuk also knew.

In the past, by completing an epic quest, he received a return scroll from the Goddess of Fortune.

Woohyuk felt the need to clarify Raphael’s advice.

“Can I meet the Gods and ask them to send me to heaven? Unless a wish is granted as a reward for the quest, I don’t think they’d be willing to listen to my request.”

“Pina told me how to circumvent this issue. There’s a way to get Ragnarok into the system.”

Ragnarok.

It meant the Twilight of the Gods.

In addition, according to a document he read in the past, if Ragnarok occurred, the Gates of Heaven would forcibly open for a certain period of time.

But the problem was that Woohyuk didn’t know how to bring about Ragnarok.

When Woohyuk tilted his head, Cruella, who had been silent, spoke,

“Andvaranaut. That’s one of the conditions that can cause Ragnarok. I got that information from one of the old documents here.”

“… To sum up, the Nag Hammadi document, the Gods, and Andvaranaut need to be gathered in one place. Alright, I understand.”

He already possessed Andvaranaut. It was an artifact containing the power of the ancient demon, Mammon. He felt that the artifact was special in some way, but he didn’t know it could be used for this specific purpose.

‘It turns out that the ancient devil was originally an angel.’

He also possessed a crystal of the ancient devil, Harpes.

If he passed Harpes’ quest successfully, he would be able to hear what happened in the past.

As Woohyuk was organizing his plans for the future, the imaginary world shook, and the surroundings darkened.

“Wh-What’s happening?”

“… It seems like your abilities have reached a limit.”

In the real world, Cruella was slowly dying after her heart was pierced by Roan’s Ragnor weapon.

Cruella must have tried to buy some time by sinking him into her imaginary world, but it seemed that even that was too difficult for her now.

Woohyuk stared at Cruella.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” she asked.

“Open your eyes to reality, Cruella. After you become a fallen angel, you couldn’t overcome the guilt and trapped your ego here,” he responded.

This was why her body was out of control and went crazy in the real world.

Hearing Woohyuk’s explanation, Cruella nodded with a dark expression and spoke,

“… I know. It’s a hard fact to face, but I need to accept it in order to help you.”

“It’s all in the past, Cruella. Leave everything to this man and close your eyes comfortably. Don’t blame yourself. Rather… I’m sorry,” Rafael said as he gently grabbed Cruella’s hand.

Indeed, Rafael had the largess and inclusiveness qualities to be called an Archangel.

After hearing his encouraging words and actions, Cruella burst into tears. They were tears she had endured through this entire, shocking explanation.

“I’m so sorry! I wasn’t a help to you until the end! If I hadn’t done anything stupid, your plan would have been successful…”

A harsh fate separated the two once more.

Rafael looked at Woohyuk, carefully stroking Cruella who was in his arms.

“My reincarnation. Hopefully, this time, we can achieve our goal so that this tragedy will not repeat anymore…”

A crack broke out in the darkened space, allowing white light to leak in.

After saying his goodbye to the two, Woohyuk swung Verserios toward the crack.

Chwaaaaa!

Cruella’s imaginary world split, revealing a gloomy landscape.

As Woohyuk returned to the real world, his other allies also started regaining their consciousness.

“Lord, Master! Was this a hallucination?”

“Yes. But it wasn’t meaningless.”

In a way, he had found a hidden truth.

As he looked down at Cruella falling down with a peaceful expression on her face, Woohyuk couldn’t help but have a complicated feeling.

The afterimage of his past that made the present him exist.

Existences that seemed to have nothing to do with him were actually mobilized for a planned future as if connected by invisible threads.

‘Is it called Deus Ex Machina?’

It was obvious that the Creator had led him to this point in order to maintain his static system, like maintaining a mechanical device.

In other words, the Creator intended to completely control the power of the abyss by recreating the past to suit his purpose. If he controlled conscious history, he controlled future actions.

However, Woohyuk had no intention of leaving such a deceptive design alone.

It would be much better to break down the system that made everyone’s life difficult.

Koo-Oong!

When the Fallen Angel Cruella collided with the ground, a thick plume of sand dust soared high into the air.

Afterward, Cruella’s body disappeared as it burst into flames.

However, although she was completely erased from this world, the confusion on the battlefield didn’t subside.

This was because all kinds of unsavory beasts and demons had flocked to Cruella’s side while Woohyuk’s party was fighting her.

“Are you able to move, Asura?”

“I’m fine, Ami.”

Some mental damage still remained, but his body had long been recovered by the Power of Resuscitation.

After checking on those who had fought with him, Woohyuk set out to deal with the beings brought in by the first catastrophe/disaster.

Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwa-Kwak!

As Brynhildr chanted a divine spell, a spear of pure white light in the air fell on the heads of the beasts and demons.

Those who saw the appearance of this attack fought more intensely with increased morale.

“Wahhhhhhhhh!”

“Victory is before our eyes!”

The battle was over because the Hero King had saved them from the catastrophe/disaster.

The demonic dragons that breathed fire and death from the air and the Awakener who used purple spells and magic were all dead.

Hildegard made a relieved expression after cutting off the head of a monster with her holy sword.

“We finally won. Though, we didn’t do much.”

“I didn’t know that the Hero King possessed Remegeton. It’ll become a little noisy when we return.”

The Seven Paladins could easily recognize Remegeton and its relationship with the 72 Demon Kings.

While Ishley was contemplating how to feel about this contradiction of partnering with a sworn enemy, Hildegard, who had her back against Ishley’s, grinned.

‘She has no idea what the situation is.’

Woohyuk had already taken control of both the Holy Pope’s Office and the Imperial Palace.

So, even if it turns out that he possessed Remegeton, there was no one who could contend against him anymore.

The Seven Paladins were put in a position where they needed to be careful so that they didn’t stick out in Woohyuk’s eyes.

Hildegard looked at Woohyuk as she cut through the remaining monsters.

He was giving orders to the commander-level members of his party.

“Sieg, you ride Grane and defeat the remaining demonic dragons with Brynhildr. The rest of you, focus on subduing the remaining Awakeners in the designated battlefield areas.”

Before leaving for the Northern Front, there was a need for him to increase his force’s power.

The Northern Front would probably prove to be difficult because of the strategic partnership between Alice the Thorn Queen and the Demon King Alliance.

As Woohyuk continued to create an undead army from the fallen forces,

“Have I come all the way here to deal with these small number of monsters? Suddenly, I feel like I’m bringing on my own suffering,” Ibn Rushd, who was slicing through the monsters next to him, spoke with an unpleasant expression.

Then Helena, who heard his deflated words, curtly replied back,

“Shouldn’t you have just stayed back and help Boetius in researching the old documents? Or you could have gone to the Kingdom of Leoness in the East and bring the Nag Hammadi document like a good boy.”

“… You’re so noisy, you dirty witch. I don’t want to hear such words from you. Furthermore, we already sent someone to retrieve the Nag Hammadi document, so don’t speak with such ignorance.”

As a conversation between siblings, their exchange seemed relatively healthy and affectionate.

Soon, as the battlefield was cleared, Woohyuk approached Maria and expressed his gratitude,

“Thank you. Thanks to you, the first catastrophe/disaster has been prevented. I wouldn’t have known of the location if it wasn’t for you.”

“You’re welcome. I just stated what I saw in my dreams.”

It was actually Mary who felt that her life had been saved.

If Woohyuk hadn’t been with her at the time, she and Hildegard would have been taken away by Amon.

Additionally, since more and more people will be targeting her in the future, Maria decided that she needed to stick close to Woohyuk.

“Now, I have to leave for the Northern Front. Once the Enoa Kingdom is taken care of, the West will regain peace.”

“I see. Your pathing makes sense since it was said that the Owen Kingdom in the south drove out the demons on their own.”

After returning to this world two years ago, he had conquered half the Eeth Continent.

Compared to his past, it was a remarkable achievement.

Of course, the overall difficulty rose tremendously, but that was something he could deal with.

‘I need to do at least this much to reach the Divine Throne.’

If it had been to simply re-capture the Eeth Continent, there would have been no need for him to return.

He had continued until now because he wanted to challenge his human limitations and to end the turmoil that plagued this world.

As a result of his newfound perspective, secrets that were previously unknown were revealed, and a vague unclear future was gradually taking shape.

‘Wait a little longer, Leifina. After this war, I’ll go back to see you.’

Was it because of an old relationship?

He and Leifina had long been strongly connected to each other.

In the past, he thought it was just because of a hidden class called Iron Maiden, but now he knew why fate had intertwined them together.

As someone had inscribed into Hevnia’s tombstone, it was all a test of fate.

Although he didn’t remember, he must have repeated this kind of reunion and parting with Leifina countless times.

So, in this life, he had to go beyond his predestined fate and keep his oath when he accepted the Elixir of Urdarbrunn from Pina.

Even if she didn’t remember anything.

“Lord, the soldiers are all gathered. What do we do now?”

“… We’ll move to the capital, Delpheon. If we want to leave for the Northern Front, we’ll have to do some maintenance there.”

While preventing this catastrophe/disaster, the clans under his command had taken enormous damage.

Therefore, there was a need to gather more vassals from his lands.

After giving Sieg his orders, Woohyuk stared at the land beyond the north.

The Alliance of Thorn Queen Alice and the Demon King Alliance…

Enemies that he’d have to eventually face one day were awaiting him in that direction.