My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness - Chapter 133
#133
Continental Summit (1)
“Then I’ll just go to the temple.”
“You must have read the instructions, right?”
“of course. “We will proceed without a hitch.”
“Okay then, go out.”
“yes.”
In response to Mulo’s answer, the middle-aged man bowed politely and quietly left the office with silent steps.
His true identity, who behaves in a completely humble manner so as not to offend others, is Duke Bright, who is known to wield omnipotent power in the Kingdom of Thalia.
He, who was attending this continental summit as a representative of the Kingdom of Thalia, came to give a final report.
And as he left, Heinz, who had been sitting quietly in the chair the whole time, turned his attention to Mulo, who was standing next to him.
“Perhaps the author won’t do anything useless?”
Since the Continental Summit is a place where the highest officials of each country, including the main church, gather, if you say the wrong word there, it can become a hassle.
“Lord, that guy is the one I have been preparing since he was a baby. “You don’t have to worry too much.”
However, Mulo just smiled confidently at Heinz’s words.
Although they did not use obvious mental magic in case they were exposed to the outside world like now, there were many different ways to subjugate people.
Mulo, who had lived for a long time, was well versed in such methods and was a veteran who had never failed for decades due to his accumulated experience.
“Hmm—yeah. In the current situation, if something goes wrong, I won’t have time to worry about this. “The situation on the continent is so messed up.”
The Kingdom of Thalia did not suffer much damage from the madness incident due to thorough control of the Forest of Monsters, which even mobilized the Brokoslag Clan.
Of course, there were no sacrifices as monsters were not the only ones there, but compared to other countries, it was at a very good level.
However, other countries were unable to respond immediately like the Kingdom of Thalia, and various interests and tricks were intertwined, further aggravating the damage.
‘In addition, regions other than the West had to worry about the movements of the undead.’
Also, the main church was in a hectic situation with requests for support pouring in from various places, so even if Duke Bright were to talk carelessly, they wouldn’t have time to do anything about it.
‘Now that I think about it, I think it would be okay for the clan to take the lead in this incident.’
Lower-ranking vampires of the Eupersch Clan were already gathering one by one into the Kingdom of Thalia through the blood gate.
Since two of the three powerful vampire clans had joined forces, they were already capable of exerting the influence of a nation.
Even if we exclude the Kingdom of Thalia.
‘Six Jinhyeolman and two Seonghyeol. The number of purebloods below that number reaches 100… Ha, even if you think about it again, that’s a ridiculous amount of power.’
If Jinhyeol’s blood magic power is converted to Earth standards, it amounts to level 7-8.
If Phrygia before being subordinated to Heinz was level 7, Mulo was level 8.
‘But when I fought in person, Phrygia was much stronger than the betas on Earth. If I were to express it numerically, it would be around level 7.5.’
That was the difference between an awakened person who had grown rapidly with all kinds of growth corrections and unique skills, and a person from another world who had refined themselves over a long period of time.
If the capabilities were similar, there was bound to be a difference in skills.
Of course, the case would have been different if the betas had strengthened their unique skills more, but that was what he experienced firsthand.
‘Besides, that’s the story before Freesia was strengthened with ‘Purified Blood Seal’. ‘I’m sure I’ll be level 8 now.’
However, there are as many as six Jinhyeol of that level.
No, Mulo and Theodore, the leaders of each clan, should be ranked a little higher, so they should be level 8.5.
‘First of all, the Holy Blood should be considered level 9 or higher. ‘I’ve never even heard of it on Earth, so what’s the point?’
In any case, this was enough power to take over the capital of a fairly strong kingdom, not a small, weak country like the Kingdom of Thalia.
As it is a small number of elites, it may be temporary considering the full scale human response that will occur in the future.
Of course, there was no need to do that since one country had already been taken over.
‘By the way, it’s called holy blood…’
Heinz sank deeply into the chair and gently closed his eyes.
Aside from him, there is another Holy Blood Brickie.
In his mind, he was replaying the story he had with her right after the battle with the Eupersch Clan.
About her wishes and final goal.
“Shall we wait a little longer?”
“yes?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
It was as if her fate was already in his hands anyway.
Either catch it or take it under your command.
Everything will happen as you wish.
***
Burning—
A purple flame burned in the darkness.
The flames spread gloom in the middle of the sealed basement and projected the shadows of the figures standing around on the walls in all directions.
Five bizarre shadows swaying frantically as the purple light sways.
And then the unidentified man who was quietly watching them in the dark quietly opened his mouth.
“…I guess Oldman wasn’t there as expected?”
The secret regular meeting of Yeokcheon’s pledge began by checking the current status of the absentees.
[No one can contact him…?]
[Hehehe~ Since when did we care about each other? Actually, the reason is obvious, right? I guess I just lost track of it somewhere!]
On the other hand, there are some people who are unable to understand the trend at all depending on the distance or relationship between the activity area.
[Hmm, the last communication we had was that the trends in the western area were unusual. Small branches are being attacked by someone.]
[Ah—I think I also heard that the church has moved! Could it be that the Heretic Questioner was moving?]
There were some people who sensed something was wrong because there was some interaction.
Composed of branch organizations, they had an advantage in maintaining security, but had a weakness in that information exchange did not occur smoothly.
As it is now, if a problem arises for the branch manager in charge of the branch, it is almost impossible to quickly identify and respond to the situation.
[Hmm~ Well, I have some information about that.]
At that time, a woman’s sticky voice echoed around the area, drawing everyone’s attention to it.
Despite being a grotesquely twisted shadow, she exudes a strange charm and slowly opened her mouth, enjoying the attention being drawn to her.
[It is said that an army of immortals is attacking underground organizations. Strangely enough, it was mainly about the forces under our command.]
There was a momentary silence around the information she released.
Because that was never good news.
[…Why…?]
[I don’t know that, right~?]
They also knew that there was someone specializing in finding out information under her.
I’ve already benefited from it so far, so there’s no need to doubt the reliability of the information.
[Hmm, how could it be that none of the Immortal King’s movements predicted so far are correct. Everything from one to ten is beyond expectations.]
In the first place, it made no sense for the Immortal King, who was encroached by the ‘death’ of the abyss and should have focused only on staining the continent with death, to hide himself for so long and not come to the forefront.
A development I could never have imagined when I first heard the news of the immortal king’s resurrection.
Rather, the news that an underground organization was being attacked was so embarrassing that most of the plans made so far had to be scrapped.
“Then should we say that Oldman was also defeated by the Immortal King?”
[Wouldn’t it be reasonable to think that way? Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been attacked like this without anyone knowing.]
It is unlikely that the Immortal King would regard them as an obstacle to conquering the continent and try to eliminate them.
In this case, it would have been decided to find them useful and use them properly.
However, from their perspective, it was a difficult situation for either side.
[under! Nothing works because of these idiots! Following Marcos and Nurabe, is it Oldman this time?]
In such a serious atmosphere, the large shadow complained as if he was frustrated.
[You’ve been preparing for more than ten years, but you’re turning things into a mess before you can even put those preparations to good use! Same goes for you! Nothing has been accomplished since I opened the abyss and brought out the madness!]
[Phew! Heeheehee~ That’s also true. Phuket…!]
[Shut up! Before I rip out my tongue!]
[Oh, I’m sorry! Puhi—!]
The big guy started to get angry, but the frivolous guy’s laughter didn’t stop.
That was the moment when the atmosphere became increasingly dangerous.
“It’s definitely not wrong. “Recently, I feel like I’ve been sacrificing myself too much by just watching the immortal king’s favor.”
A voice suddenly broke off their argument, bringing all the attention of those around them to one place.
He had been lost in thought since the words “Immortal King” came out, and when he came out again, those who had been talking noisily closed their mouths and focused on his next words.
“Everyone knows about the continental summit that will be held this time, right?”
[of course. There is so much commotion, there is no way they wouldn’t know.]
“The work we were preparing has now ended. “If you prepare right away, the timing will be perfect… It will be while the meeting is being held.”
[hmm? I’m sure that’s… Ah, I see.]
Since each person’s area is different, I don’t know the details, but the rough information was shared while making plans.
However, coordinating the exact time and deciding on the scale and location were entirely up to the parties involved, so not even they knew when and what would happen…
[Hehe! Ah—I’m curious about the expressions on the faces of those gathered to discuss measures! It’s a shame I can’t see it in person! Hehehe!]
[Is there anything we can do to help?]
“Nothing. “It’s something we’ve been working on for a long time.”
He slowly looked around to see that the attention of the strange shadows was focused on him, and then added in a stern voice as if declaring:
“And that will be the starting point for the collapse of the current ruling system.”
And after a while, the whole meeting was finally over.
As the purple flame that illuminated the darkness died out, only thick darkness remained in the space.
Swoosh—
The man who had been standing still in the dark for a while climbed the basement stairs with silent steps.
Even as light began to enter the surrounding space and the room gradually became brighter, his steps did not stop.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
to he finally arrived at the window and opened the curtains blocking the outside.
Bright sunlight pouring in at once and the bustling cityscape.
“…Now this is the last time I see you like this.”
Now that they knew that the Immortal King was targeting them, there was no time to relax like this.
After pouring out everything you have prepared so far, you will have to cut off all contact and go into hiding for a while.
‘Fortunately, Oldman doesn’t have much information about this. There is a ban on this guy, but the immortal king might do something, so it would be a good idea to be prepared just in case. … From now on, I’ll have to be careful with other guys too.’
And after that, he just stared at the scenery outside until the sun set.
The high-ranking executives of Yeokcheon, a branch organization, were all equal on the surface, but there was bound to be an actual leader among them.
And no matter what anyone said, the man was the most influential person within the organization.
To the extent that some executives could even be banned.
The place where he is now is located in the northern part of the empire, surrounded on three sides by the northern mountain ranges, so wars with monsters take place every day.
It was the Duchy of Rohan.
***
Delegates from each power began to arrive one by one at the Great Hall of Roselia.
From high-ranking officials who have been delegated full authority from their respective countries to representatives of organizations including the Magic Tower Alliance and the Mercenary Guild.
It was difficult to coordinate in advance to bring them all together, but once that was resolved, the actual movement itself was done easily and quickly through the temple gate.
Of course, it also included other races from the Enamel Continent, and as agreed with the church, they were able to quickly cross the sea and join through High Elf Lapori’s ‘Forest Path’.
Fortunately, the Elven Kingdom recognized the importance of the matter and we became closer to each other through the previous Cecily incident, so we easily obtained their cooperation.
In this way, the leaders of Outerica in the world gathered in one place.
Right here in the Holy Land, the center of the continent.
If something were to go wrong with those here, there would inevitably be great chaos around the world.
This is because these were powerful figures with great influence in each force.
And that means…
‘Just making a deep impression here means your karma will skyrocket!’
It meant that this place was like a bonanza.