Chapter 618

Ellen returned to the Allied Forces' base camp. She was sitting in the office of the commander-in-chief of the Holy Knights, instead of the headquarters of the Holy Knights. There were five people sitting around her, including Olivia Ranche, who had become the leader of all denominations. Liana de Grants, who was temporarily staying for climate control, the new commander of the Holy Knights, Rowen, and even Harriet. Rowen met Ludwig as per my orders and told me about it. He had put all the heretical factions in the refugee village under his control. Everyone in this place, including me, didn't like Rowen. To be precise, it was impossible to like him. We just used him because he was too valuable. Olivia said that Ludwig couldn't be a threat. Even if he was twisted, how much could he do as an individual? He even lost his arm. The reason why Rowen could do so much even though he was twisted was because the scope of his back work was huge. If Rowen was just a twisted heretical interrogator or a holy knight, he wouldn't have been able to do much. However, Ludwig was a completely powerless individual with no influence. So they let Ludwig go because he was powerless. Everyone might think that was my intention, but it wasn't. "However, if you thought he couldn't be a threat, why did you insist on meeting Ludwig? It could have been left alone." If they didn't treat Ludwig as a variable, there was no reason to send Rowen to meet him. And it was not necessary to explain to Ludwig, who could not be a variable, that he had lost his arm. If he was perceived as a threat, he had to be killed, but if not, there was no need to meet him. Ellen had no reason to care about Ludwig, even though they were classmates. She had no intention of killing anyone unless they posed an immediate threat to her. "We created Death Knights in the tombs of the Saints of the Holy Order in the underground of the Holy War Knights. Rowen began investigating the incident, knowing that neither the heretics nor the demon worshipers could have been responsible for such a large-scale event. Therefore, he conducted minimal investigations and tracked other forces as suspects. Rowen believed that either the Demon King or the Empire was responsible for this incident. While the whereabouts of the Demon King were unknown, the Empire was on the land she was standing on. Meanwhile, Ellen, Ludwig, and Illayon Vilton returned to the Yellow Road. Rowen learned that Ludwig, a Temple Royal Class graduate, had started a new job as a guard for the Allied Forces and intentionally approached Ludwig to build trust and collect information about the Temple. However, a suspension order was issued during the investigation, which Rowen did not obey, and Illayon Vilton attempted to punish him. Since then, Ellen has been following the aftermath of the incident at Ludwig's request. Ultimately, what we did caused other groups and people to move. And it goes around and around. I ended up with the result of Rowen surrendering the sovereignty of the Holy Order of the Holy War Knights, the Odaejusin Church, and the refugee village to me. I never expected it. When we created Death Knights, I couldn't even imagine that things would turn out like this. Now Rowen knows that we are the culprits of the undead incident. Of course, Rowen wasn't surprised at all. There must be a meaning to every incident. The events that have arisen from what happened in the Yellow Road. Is the real ending of this incident swallowing up the Holy Order of the Holy War Knights, the Odaejusin Church, and the refugee village that I have? Is this the real ending? I sent Rowen to find out what Ludwig is thinking now. Ludwig is not a guy who can be ignored because he is small. Rather, only I know that he is a guy who can become the most strange variable. Ludwig. Ludwig, who lost his arm. The four who were chasing the incident eventually learned about what was happening in the Empire. And Ludwig learned that there was collusion, conspiracy, and lies among the leaders and influential people of each group. Isn't that the real ending? Can the original protagonist really not do anything until the end? Is it possible for Ludwig to lose his role? The protagonist must get what he wants. The world is set up to give the protagonist what he wants, no matter what the method. I ended up with Alsvringa, which Ludwig should have gotten. If Ludwig is the protagonist of this world, and if the world really works that way, Ludwig will not deviate from the orbit of the story." "I thought Ludwig was going to be eliminated, but now that it's turned out like this, I feel like Ludwig isn't completely finished as long as he's in my sight. Ludwig cannot escape from the story. If that premise is correct, he must get what he wants. What he wants is undoubtedly revenge. And the means to achieve revenge will undoubtedly be power. Ludwig has become useless and lost his arm. No, from the beginning, should we look at it from a different perspective? Was it not that he lost his arm? I finally realized it. To give something, I had to have something in the first place. Losing his arm was not a loss, but the decisive event that put him on the track. 'What is that?' While I was muttering words I couldn't understand, Herriot was looking at my hand. 'Oh, this.' The object I had been rolling around with my hand throughout the conversation. 'I don't know either.' '...?' I don't know why I picked it up. I don't know what it means. To Ellen, who seemed to have crossed the end of something, it seemed like an object that had lost its meaning, but still, it couldn't be thrown away. I put the round, white talisman in my arms. * * * Nighttime. Even in the dark night when even the researchers were asleep, the deep underground research facility where day and night became meaningless. Even in the isolation laboratory in the deepest part of it. There were four people there. Christina, who was preparing for the operation by arranging the prepared medicines and reagents in order. Anna de Gerna, who was drawing a magic circle. Louis Angkton, who was checking the magic tools and surgical equipment. And. In the center of the magic circle, Ludwig was lying naked. Christina, wearing a mask, checked the tools that could be used for primitive surgery rather than for magicians. 'Think again.' 'I'll ask you again.' 'You said you were going to die. You've said it more than dozens of times.' 'I've thought about it a lot.' Christina narrowed her eyes at Ludwig's words. 'The success rate is high with the arm of a dead person or a person who has recently died. It's not difficult to get one. It's not disgusting or dirty, it's safe and morally unproblematic to get such an arm. Just wait a little.' 'I don't want that anymore, Christina.' '...' Christina confirmed several times that she couldn't change Ludwig's mind. 'Ludwig... Do you really have to do this?' Anna asked, and Ludwig shook his head. 'I want to become stronger.' '...' 'I'm incompetent, and I don't know any other way.' Fortunately, there are not only those who ignore Ludwig as if he is nothing and pass by. There are friends who are not nothing. A surgery with an even higher possibility of death. He even wants to receive the most dangerous surgery there. There are people who can help Ludwig. Anna and Christina now know that it is impossible to persuade Ludwig. However, they cannot perform such a dangerous magic on their friend without proper preparation. Therefore, all three of them thoroughly checked Ludwig's condition and have been taking medication for several days to make him in the best condition possible. Louis Angkton, who checked Ludwig's body condition precisely before starting something, found a very strange part. Ludwig's talent is only stamina, which is a talent that corresponds to the B-class of the Royal class. Ludwig had never thought that his talent was excellent. However, Ludwig is the only one who has a talent named stamina. Louis thinks that Ludwig's talent is closer to vitality than stamina. Ludwig's talent is related to vitality, not stamina. Ludwig has an abnormal amount of stamina. It is not just about physical strength or endurance. It is a function that can be called the source of life. Louis realized that Ludwig had a strange and alien talent. After a while, Anna completed the magic circle and stepped back, and Louis took something out of the prepared port. It was an arm in the shape of a right arm. Ludwig asks what it is as Louis brings the arm. "Can I ask whose arm it is?"

Louis carefully places the arm in the place where Ludwig's right arm should be.

"Larken Simonstate."

"...I see."

Ludwig closes his eyes at the name. It is not an unfamiliar name to him.

Larken Simonstate.

The betrayer of humanity who reached the Grandmaster.

The former of Sabiolin Tana, the strongest human.

His right arm is placed where Ludwig's arm should be.

Louis steps back, and Christina approaches Ludwig wearing gloves and a mask.

No one knows how much will change just by receiving one arm transplant.

But one thing is clear, something that no one expected will happen.

It is a simple transplant, but what is being transplanted is the arm of the one who was once mentioned at the world's strongest level, enhanced by black magic and alchemy.

If successful in transplantation and adaptation, something that no one expected will happen.

With the arm of the betrayer of humanity, will he annihilate humanity's enemies?

"Now that it's come to this, I will definitely succeed, Ludwig."

"Please do."

"Let's take revenge on the world together."

Christina's eyes shine.

"Everyone must pay the price for all of this."

She tried to give up and resign, but she couldn't help but agree with Ludwig in the end.

Looking at Christina's eyes filled with madness and revenge, Ludwig looks up at the ceiling.

"Right...the price."

"I have to pay for that."

"I'm stupid."

"But I won't ask for other people's opinions anymore, or seek affirmation that my judgment is correct."

"I may be wrong, I may be mistaken, but I won't ask others for answers anymore."

"If I'm wrong, then I'm wrong."

"If I'm right, then I'm right."

"I'll go my own way."

"Everyone had their own reasons."

"Something may have happened for a reason, and it may be something that we have to accept."

"But if that's the case."

"I can do that too."

"I can become this kind of person in this world they created."

"It's okay, right?"

"If it was okay for them, then I think it's okay for me too."

"Not revenge..."

"Well, I don't think it's revenge."

"It's just something that can't be helped."

Coincidentally intertwined with inevitability.

Repeated and accumulated words of "it can't be helped."

Another inevitability.

They have reached a destination and a starting point.