Chapter 362 - Episode Nine - The Calm before the Storm (3)
Kudor continued to speak, looking for my reaction.
“There are two possible reasons why the Sky God created Moebius, the founder of the Doom race. The first was to create a race that could thrive under the extreme nature of the High Elves, and the second was to create a powerful special individual to serve as his direct pawn. Since I killed the Sky God early, the details remain unknown.”
A high-ranking demon with an enormous scale will have an extremely low ratio of magic recovery to its overall magic capacity.
This is why the amount of magic power stored is more important than anything else.
Even in the mythological era, there are traces that the four great creator gods used to make up for this shortcoming by selecting superior human beings who had a higher capacity to recover magic power than demons, teaching them magic and giving them blessings, and using them as their own knives.
This was the case with the four great priests of the water god Levi and the Five Grand Masters of the fire god Maharbo.
In fact, Kudur has added me to his ranks as a weapon that he can easily use in times of need.
The sky god must have wanted Moebius to be his messenger as well.
“…… After the death of the Sky God, of course, the High Elves would not accept the existence of another race that made up for their weaknesses. They made up reasons to treat Moebius as a sinner, and dropped her from the sky country to Earth. Later, Moebius had a relationship with Norcs and had many children. However, the descendants of Moebius wore blue magic crystals, unlike the red magic crystals of Moebius himself.”
The founder Moebius …… is the great ancestor of Mea, who was created as an apostle of the sky god.
A red magic crystal, different from normal Doom tribesmen.
Mea told me that the magic crystal on her forehead fell off in an accident before she could remember.
“The girl has the same kind of magic power as the sky god, or even the founder Moebius, although her magic power is unusually low. I can’t believe that such a person was born by chance at this time. Perhaps someone is trying to take advantage of the Doom Tribe, the legacy of the Sky God. I don’t know what use the girl will be, but she is definitely a disturbing presence.”
…… Indeed, when you combine it with the fact that Kudor felt the magic of Moebius, it’s strangely disturbing.
The situation is bizarre and suspicious. Maybe Mea had the same red magic crystal that Moebius had.
It was a long time ago that I heard that Mea had been teased for being stoneless in the Doom tribe.
Someone may have disguised it as an accident by removing Mea’s stone.
Considering that the person who knew more about the founder Moebius and tried to use Mea …… it is easy to imagine that it was Count Julem.
I opened my mouth, hesitated to speak, and put my hand on my head.
Reconsidered a little. But I couldn’t help but ask.
I stared at Kudor and opened my mouth.
“…… Are you saying that the Mea is Count Julem’s trump card against you?”
“I’m just looking at it as a possibility. I weighed the benefits of you against the risks of keeping the girl alive and decided to take the latter. However, you had better be more careful with the girl. If she is kidnapped, she may be used as a sacrifice.”
I stared at Kudor and observed his face.
…… Perhaps killing Mea is still one of Kudor’s options.
“That’s impossible, It’ll fail too much. If Mea was important to Count Julem …… he would never have allowed her to travel from the settlement without an escort, let her run free, and then dangle her in front of the enemy general like now.”
“You are definitely one of the top magicians in the world, and you were with me. That’s why I failed to kill you that time.”
“…… That’s just a coincidence. You’re thinking too much.”
“Are you sure about that? It’s also possible that there were other occasions when a demon, sensing the presence of the sky god, targeted the girl and you protected her. If that’s the case, then you’ve been doing a good job as a guard so far.”
I’m stumped.
I don’t know. Now that I think about it …… I can’t help but feel like there was…
Kudor looked me in the eye.
“Why did you meet that girl? Was there anyone else suspicious at the time? No.”
I looked away from Kudor.
I don’t think …… James is a very suspicious person.
I’m sure that when he was being chased by Garm, a mutant of the dog monster, he was frantically moving his carriage to escape,……
“Why, at a time like this ……?”
I thought of James’ words as he drove the carriage.
…… Why was that man lamenting the bad timing instead of the bad luck of encountering Garm?
Garm is a D-class magic beast, and ordinary people cannot deal with it.
It is one of the most belligerent magic beasts, so it was almost impossible for him to escape.
And yet, the way he said it, it sounded as if he would have been able to deal with it as he pleased if we hadn’t been there.
No, no, I’m thinking too much.
I’m being strangely skeptical because of what Kudor said.
I can’t be sure that James really said that.
And even if he did, he might have just regretted the fact that he had to get me and Mea involved before he lost his own life.
It could have been anything.
“Did he ever take the time to check on you, as if he was inquiring about your condition?”
“There was no one suspicious. And I don’t remember being watched like that …… Please don’t be too involved with other people’s friendships. To be honest, I don’t feel very good about it.”
“…………”
Kudor narrowed his eyes.
Did I say it a little wrong?
But I can’t be at peace when someone digs into my past like they know it all, and assumes that it was all led by some unknown man.
I’ve chosen my words carefully.
“…… But I will definitely protect Mea. So please don’t worry about this matter.”
“Be careful. I am far more intelligent than most people. I am much smarter than most people, because Yohanan made me that way. But apparently, Julem is quite cunning, and to the same extent, cautious, and even more evil than they are. He may already have your weakness in his grasp. Whatever happens, don’t be misled.”
…… I still think you’re overthinking this, that’s all I can say.
If Kudor is right, then Count Julem has been watching and conveniently manipulating me from the beginning of my journey until now.
In addition, he spoke as if Count Julem already knew what I was going to do.
As expected, that is not only unbelievable, but also unacceptable.
“That’s all I have to say. It is true that I may be overthinking things. He’s more dangerous than I thought. I have to be suspicious of him anyway.”
Kudor said and stood up from the Ortem.
He kicked me as I placed my clenched fists on my knees, then turned his back to me and started walking.
He stopped after a few steps and called out to me again.
“…… No matter what happens, do not antagonize me and do not side with Julem. If that should happen, I will do everything in my power to kill you without any compromise. You are truly dangerous.”
He sounded a little sad.
It was as if he saw this as one of the possible futures.
Kudor may be able to see farther into the future than I can.