Chapter 264. Escape (1)
“Merlin, you prophesied Armageddon, didn’t you?”
“Armageddon is a battle between two armies on the surface.”
“The army of the king who rules the earth... and the holy army that serves God.”
“The king who rules the earth is ultimately the ‘Beast’ and the ‘Antichrist’... a false prophet who deceives the world.”
“Who could that be?”
“Couldn’t it be the Nameless King?”
“The Nameless King has deceived countless people and gained tremendous power.”
“If he isn’t a false prophet, then who could possibly be called one?”
“If you look at it that way, it should be obvious which side is God’s army.”
“I inherited Lucifer’s power, but Lucifer was originally an angel who served God.”
“As the one who inherited Lucifer’s power, I will use that power for its original purpose.”
“I will defeat the Nameless King and his army.”
“As one who seeks to become a Constellation, I will wipe away the last remnants of evil from this world and restore peace.”
“This battle...”
“is the Armageddon that Merlin and the other prophets foresaw.”
“And if there are still people who trust the Nameless King...”
“I’ll tell you one more truth.”
“The Nameless King secretly obtained the Holy Grail.”
“The cup made from the jewel once embedded in Lucifer’s forehead.”
“The holy relic that held the blood of the Son of God and possesses overwhelming spiritual energy.”
“He acquired it without telling anyone.”
“Do I really need to explain what his intentions might have been?”
The Dead Sea.
A sea that was not truly a sea, located east of Israel.
Inside an abandoned house nearby, a small group spoke in hushed voices.
“Good. There’s no one around.”
Jason looked out the window and let out a relieved breath.
“Should I use the Mist-Dew Universe Net to disguise this place?”
“No. That might actually make it easier for someone to notice us.”
“It would probably be safer to stay quiet.”
“Understood.”
After speaking with Princess Longji, Jason turned his head.
“Lee Gyu, how is Nameless?”
“He still hasn’t woken up.”
Lee Gyu answered with a grim expression.
On the old bed...
the Nameless King lay unconscious.
“How did things end up like this?”
Jason sighed and sat down on the floor.
“No... I suppose we should be grateful he survived at all.”
“That’s true...”
After revealing that Lucifer’s soul was inside the Nameless King...
Christina had attacked him.
The Nameless King had been struck by her light of death and collapsed on the spot.
The three people here...
Jason, Lee Gyu, and Princess Longji...
had been the ones to carry him away.
“Those disloyal bastards!”
“They all just stood there staring!”
“It couldn’t be helped.”
“Christina was too strong.”
“There was no way anyone could casually interfere.”
“Even Heracles couldn’t do anything.”
After obtaining Lucifer’s power, Christina had gained strength completely beyond the normal scale.
Even Achilles, who possessed one of the greatest defenses among the Constellations, probably couldn’t have blocked her attacks.
“And the Nameless King didn’t explain anything either.”
“They didn’t even give him a chance to explain!”
“Still, it’s true that he froze up like he couldn’t speak.”
“Even Merlin looked startled when he saw his reaction.”
That was how shocking the revelation had been.
The Nameless King...
carried Lucifer’s soul inside him.
“The one fortunate thing is that Christina didn’t chase us.”
“She probably decided she shouldn’t kill the Nameless King right there.”
“Why?”
“Didn’t you hear her earlier?”
“She said her goal was to become a Constellation, and that she would win Armageddon.”
“Then...”
“She probably wants to start a much bigger war and kill the Nameless King during it.”
“That would count as a much greater achievement, wouldn’t it?”
“What bigger war?!”
Lee Gyu slammed the floor angrily.
“There are only three of us left!”
“How are we supposed to fight a war?!”
“In the end...”
“the only ones left beside the Nameless King are the people who cooperated with him from the very beginning.”
Jason.
Lee Gyu.
Princess Longji.
Only those three remained beside the Nameless King.
Not long ago, the greatest Constellations of the Order of the Spirit Realm had sworn loyalty to him.
“Jason, do you really think the Nameless King is Lucifer?”
“No way.”
“I’ve never felt anything like that from him.”
“But... it’s probably true that he contains Lucifer’s soul.”
Princess Longji spoke carefully.
“When we obtained the Holy Grail with Merlin, the Nameless King had an extreme reaction to it.”
“What?”
“He lost consciousness the moment he touched it.”
“Looking back now, that was probably because Lucifer’s soul was already inside him.”
“Then... could it be that the Nameless King didn’t even know Lucifer was inside him?”
“That seems very likely.”
Lee Gyu slammed the floor again after hearing Princess Longji.
“Then he didn’t do anything wrong!”
“He didn’t even know!”
“Lee Gyu, calm down.”
“Yeah, you’re being too loud.”
“How am I supposed to calm down?”
“Damn it, this is infuriating.”
Lee Gyu had always been hot-tempered.
A situation like this was especially difficult for him to endure.
“If you think about it that way...”
“maybe this is also why an ordinary Contractor like the Nameless King became an S-rank Constellation.”
“That’s certainly possible.”
“But then how did it happen?”
“Did the Nameless King have Lucifer’s soul inside him from the very beginning?”
“What do you mean by ‘the beginning’?”
“I mean before he became a Constellation...”
“Ah, this is confusing.”
“My head hurts.”
Jason sighed and leaned back against the wall.
“Do any of you remember what happened after you died?”
“I was enshrined as a god.”
“After that, I continued existing as a divine being.”
“I was born under the influence of the Heavenly Killing Star...”
“So after death, maybe I returned to the Heavenly Killing Star.”
“I don’t remember very clearly.”
Jason crossed his arms after hearing Princess Longji and Lee Gyu.
“I was in Hell.”
“The Hell where the demons lived?”
“A different section.”
“I was in the Hell for humans who deceived other people with words and led them to ruin.”
