Monarch of Death

Three people were sitting together around a campfire. Karnak’s party had gone deep into the forest to avoid people’s eyes. Looking up at the night sky, Barros asked.

“How much longer do I have to wait, young master?”

“It’s not yet. It’s most effective when the night is at its peak.”

“Looks like the moon is already high enough…”

“It wasn’t long before.”

Serati made a blank expression. The story she had heard earlier was so shocking that she was still distraught.

‘Oh my god…’

Conquering the world or doing poetry was grandiose, but it was ‘someone else’s story’ to the end. But, this was a situation that was now in reality.

“Is that person the cause of all this?”

It was unlikely that it would be false under the circumstances. If Karnak had no reason to cheat on her, and if he was indeed a god-like being (albeit a death god) and a transcendental figure who even ruled the world, it wouldn’t make much sense to have caused such a situation. It was just unreal how an ordinary human like her got involved in such a thing.

‘In my opinion, I thought I was on a special axis……’

Even the title of a prodigy beauty prosecutor who awakened her fighting spirit in her 20s had become an ordinary person compared to them. It was just a sigh coming out.

“Hahh…….”

A little more time passed like that. Karnak, who was sitting by the campfire, got up.

“It’s about time.”

Serati knew very well what he was going to do from now on. She asked cautiously.

“Are you closing the dark door now?”

When the door of darkness is closed, the darkness of the end will no longer descend, the world will no longer be muddled, and tribulation will cease. Would she be able to sit down? Karnak snorted at her hopeful question.

“You want me to close the door? What kind of power do I have right now to intervene in time and space directly?”

Manipulating time and space itself required tremendous power indeed. He didn’t know when he was the King of the Dead, but he now had no guess. There was no sound.

“Then what is the story of the end?”

“You’re trying to figure out how to close the door.”

Making projectiles unaffected by space-time and exploring them was an area of ​​skill. It was possible even for Karnak today.

“I’m thinking of figuring out a way and secretly handing it over to the Seven Goddess Church.”

He didn’t need to close the door of darkness. No matter who will complete it will do just fine. It was relatively easy to pass on information.

“I got the relevant information by chance while dealing with Straf. It’s annoying to forge old books, so I can pass it on as a manuscript.”

“What if the 7 Goddess Church ignores it?”

“The Goddess Church isn’t that stupid.”

He knew the potential of the Church of the Seven Goddesses because he had dealt with them himself. He was sure they would figure out the truth and realize it was a trick that worked.

“Wouldn’t you like to take care of yourself after that? It will be okay to gather all the strength of the 7 Goddesses and call the three archmages.”

Karnak spread both hands. Black energy rose and began to create strange shapes. It was an object that could cross space and time, the eyes of darkness. Before long, dark eyes began to rise high into the sky. The sky shook. Dark clouds whirled and opened the gates of time and space, vomiting emptiness. Heavy rain poured down, and thunder erupted in all directions!

……Things like that didn’t happen at all.

The dark eyes just floated up silently and disappeared without a sound. Nothing happened to the point of being chilly. Serati, slightly disappointed, murmured.

“How are you quiet?”

“Of course.”

Karnak spoke up.

“Because there is no change in space-time.”

He didn’t open the door of time and space and blow the eyes of darkness. The eyes of darkness itself had the property of going in and out of time and space.

“If you fly a kite in the sky, a storm won’t blow, right?”

“Ah, it’s like that.”

The eyes of darkness safely entered the other side of time and space. Now, it was time for Karnak to concentrate as much as possible.

“I’ll be out of my mind for a while now. I’ll be keeping this up.”

Nervously, Barros and Serati drew their swords.

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

With his eyes closed, Karnak shifted his senses toward the Dark Eye.

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A vast void spread out in front of him. Outside of this world and beyond time and space. There was an infinite realm that was so wide and so far that it was impossible to measure the end. Even the world in front of this void was just a speck of dust.

Mere human cognition did not dare to realize this infinity. Only poor imagination was allowed. The moment someone realizes what infinity is, the mortal soul would go mad. But if he didn’t recognize this void, he couldn’t even explore it. Taking as much as necessary and ignoring as much as needed was indeed a work that required detailed sensory coordination.

‘Now, let’s go.’

Acknowledge and ignore. Recognizing and ignoring. He swam in the void, protecting the soul and individuality through endless neglect and abandonment. Eons of time had passed. It was also a fleeting moment.

In the chaos realm where time lost meaning, he wandered and searched for his goal. At last, he saw a great shape beyond the void. It was a huge tree. No, it was just a tiny, withered bud. Ignoring the contradictory sensations, Karnak approached the tree.

It wasn’t a tree when he got closer. It was a group of gigantic skeletons that were all rotting away, like a tree, with both arms spread out and branches of countless bones stretched out, like a corpse hanging from its neck.

He smiled bitterly. That ugly form was the essence of the authority of the old Death King. Injustice itself, which turned the world into hell, destroyed humankind, destroyed even the boundary between life and death, and eventually mixed reality and fantasy.

‘I was a very strange person too. I don’t know what’s good about wearing something like that.’

Clicking his tongue, Karnak approached the void tree, Astra Schnapp. The huge trunk was covered in blood. Dark air flowed through each branch. The terrible energy of death sprouted and bore fruit. The ripened fruits ripened and fell one by one.

A gap was created in the void each time the space-time was slightly shaken. The fallen fruit disappeared beyond the hole, and the darkness of the end was sown in the world…

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‘Ugh, I need to wake up.’

Instead of looking at the scene as if possessed, Karnak focused his mind. The important thing now was to prevent this from happening.

“Let’s see, so…”

Originally, it was his power. It was the power he cultivated and nurtured. Although it had changed as much as he had changed, the basic flow was the same. Rode the flow and slowly moved the eyes of darkness. He felt the thickest darkness between the storm of darkness.

‘Is it over there?’

As it was, he went inside the authority and stole information. And found a way to stop this corrupted power of the void from interfering with the world any longer. As he continued to approach, Karnak displayed a moment of uncertainty.

‘I hope it works out as planned…….?’

He was confident about it in front of Barros and Serati, but he wasn’t sure about the plan at all. He was confident in searching the void, but there was no guarantee that the search would lead to clues. Even if he caught a clue, it didn’t necessarily mean it would lead to a solution. But why did he have to shout it out loud in front of them?

‘You don’t need to worry in advance. If there is no way, that’s something to think about then.’

Finally, it came close to Astra Schnapp. The eyes of darkness slowly turned in front of the giant tabletop tree reminiscent of the legendary world tree.

“Where should I enter?”

He was looking for a suitable access road. Suddenly a voice was heard.

“Back off, mortals…….”

Karnak was frightened. It was a voice that could never exist in this infinite void.

“What, what is this?”

Sound continued.

“This is a territory that is not permitted to beings destined to disappear.”

Confused, he glanced at the giant tree of darkness that was his power.

“Couldn’t that be talking?”

He asked cautiously, just in case.

“……Who are you?”

“I am death.”

Surprisingly, the answer came back smoothly.

“It is death and darkness, and it is the destiny to destroy.”

It was so out of the blue that there was no answer. At the same time, a strong storm came. An invisible force shook the dark eyes violently like a leaf in a storm.

“Kuh, ugh!”

Karnak was in confusion. It was so powerful that the eyes of darkness could not be controlled.

“Shit! What the hell is this, what the hell!”

What made it even more confusing was that this force pushing him away was the darkness of the end.

‘Something’s wielding my powers?’

A ripple spread from the huge aura tree, Astra Schnapp.

Wow!

The eyes of darkness swept away by the ripples were gradually torn apart. A majestic voice was heard in the blurred consciousness.

“I command thee in the name of Tesnarak.”

That was the last.

“Leave, poor mortal….”

Karnak’s consciousness began to rapidly fall to the ground.

“Ooh, whoa, whoa!”

»»————-　★　————-««
A buzzing sound was heard in the ear.

“……up!”

“……Master Karnak!”

It was the voice of Barros and Serati. Karnak struggled to open his eyes. Little by little, his sight was returning.

“Are you out of your mind? Can you see me?”

“Are you all right?”

Moaning, he barely got himself up. Then he looked around and asked.

“What happened?”

“What’s going on……?

They were guarding Karnak diligently, but suddenly his body trembled and collapsed. Surprised, he quickly laid down, and his arms were numb. He was rubbing his legs. This was Barros’ explanation.

“Is it a bad plan?”

“It doesn’t go well or whatever……”

Clearing his confused mind, Karnak turned to Barros.

“What did the cultists say was the name of the god they believed in? A god of death or something…….”

“Yes? Uh, that’s……”

Barros hesitated. It was such an absurd story that he couldn’t remember it properly either.

Instead, Serati opened her mouth.

“You mean Tesnarak? The god of death and darkness worshiped by the Church of the Black God…….”

“That’s right, Tesnarak.”

He checked again. The voice was calling itself ‘Tesnarak’.

“I met him.”

“Huh? Is it Death?”

“Oh, yes. That.”

Barros blinked his eyes. Did he meet? The tesranak? A god of death and darkness?

“…Could a Tesranak exist?”

Karnak frowned and looked up at the sky.

“No, it can never be.”

It was still an ordinary night sky. But, what happened out there was anything but not ordinary.

“But why does that exist?”

»»————-　★　————-««
A subspace where there is only darkness, no up or down. Three people–two men, and a woman, their faces covered with dark veils, stood in the air—the Pope of Death, the Emperor of Darkness, and the Saint of Destruction.

They were the three saints who led the Church of the Black God and served Tesranak. The world dismissed them as the leaders of cults and evil demons who disturbed the order but to the members of the Black God, they were worse than they were. The man’s voice echoed through the darkness.

“There is something wrong with the Sanctuary.”

“How could that be?”

Another man raised a question.

“A sanctuary is a sanctuary because nothing can violate it.”

“I don’t know. But it happened.”

The woman spoke in a calm voice.

“I’ll have to check.”

The darkness was gone. The shapes of the three men and women also melted into the darkness. The surroundings had changed. The woman woke up in an elegant private room decorated with pure white marble. It was a beautiful woman with blue eyes, brown skin, and rich blonde hair hanging down to her waist.

Rising, she murmured, “The sanctuary was invaded? How peculiar.”

The woman raised the magic bell. Soon after, a young maid ran into the private room. Shivering, the maid lowered her head.

“You called, Miss Eleazar….”

Seeing that, the woman, Eleazar, laughed. She was going to have to call her confidant, but she seemed overly nervous because she was a new maid. Eleazar soothed the maid with a gentle smile.

“You don’t have to be so nervous.”

“I’m sorry!”

Of course, the maid couldn’t relax. On the outside, she looked like a beauty in her early 30s, but she was already over 50. The magical power that far transcended human limits slowed down even the body’s aging, so it just looked younger.

One of the three great wizards who had reached the pinnacle of all magic and the royal mage of the Laceanian Empire. Pursuer of the 10th circle, Eleazar de Reflacion.

How could a mere maid relax against her, one of the strongest people in the world? Seeing the maid still trembling, Eleazar gave an order.

“Can you go and call Hudel for me? Just tell him that I’m looking for him.”

“Yes, Miss Eleazar.”