I am the Monarch

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“Phew.”

Ian Philips stood on a patio with a view of the garden and exhaled for a long time.

I've never been so frustrated since I was born.

‘This is not the time…..’

There's a battle going on across the border right now.

Fortunately, thanks to each district commander, Special Forces commander, a number of excellent knights and tacticians, the situation has been booming.

It was a huge propaganda campaign against the countries on the continent.

A situation where you can smile for a while.

But there was a problem that really troubled Ian.

"I don't even know what this symbol is….."

He folds out four palms of paper from his arms.

The paper had detailed maps of the entire Amaranth Kingdom and neighboring borders.

Unlike other ordinary maps, however, the signs of cities, villages, roads, etc. were omitted, but the unknown black dots were written in several places.

The black dot seemed to be drawn in random ways, but when you look closely, it had a strange pattern.

‘A map of mass suicides across the kingdom and across borders.......’

The black dot represents the area where the suicide occurred.

Ian turns the paper around and tries to figure out the meaning of black dots and symbols.

However, I shook my head with a short sigh.

I had already looked at it for a few days, but I couldn't find the answer.

Now there was no chance that the right answer would pop up at all.

"Even the academy professors under the Ministry of Education are not finding answers. ’

Ian did not try to solve the problem alone.

He gave orders, or asked several executive organizations under the administration, to find out the meaning of the pattern after giving the map.

But it's been almost ten days since we gave away the map, and no one has come looking for themselves.

“Phew.”

A long breath came out of my frustrated mind.

Right then.

“General!”

One of your lieutenants leans in hastily.

My face and voice were slightly fluttered.

“What's going on? ”

Ian asked with a cautious look.

The deputy raised his head slightly and quickly replied.

“Someone has finally solved the problem. ”

“Ah.......”

Ian bursts his last momentum.

Problem, I didn't even have to ask what it said.

“Who is he? ”

My voice trembled.

“He's out there right now. ”

Short answer.

Ian couldn't wait.

He quickly shakes his hand off the terrace.

“Tell him to come on in. ”

The deputy quickly ran out of the office.

Ian wandered around without even sitting down.

‘Who found something that even the talented people in the kingdom could not find?' ’

I felt overwhelmed.

At that time, the entrance to the office opened and a young man appeared with the former deputy.

The young man's appearance was very ordinary.

The clothing he was wearing was also wearing a military grade outfit, the most extreme of the bureaucrats.

‘I've never seen him before. ’

Ian takes a deep breath.

‘Is there a talent hidden in our kingdom that I do not know? ’

I just had to admire it.

He clutched the young man's hands together.

“I'm Ian Phillips. ”

He could not have known his name and identity, but it was a courtesy.

The young man nodded in anger.

“I'm Officer Perth of the Education Department. ”

Ian's eyes sparkle and glow.

“Is the Academy an academy, too? ”

The young man shook his head in surprise, as if he didn't deserve it.

“No, I am the librarian of the Amaranth Central Library. ”

“Yes?”

Ian opened his eyes wide to an unexpected answer.

A man who has found the answer to a question no one in the kingdom has ever found.

Of course, I thought I would be a professor or assistant at the Academy.

‘The librarian of the Amaranth Central Library is an officer who manages the collection and payment of books.......’

It was one of the jobs of students who graduated from the Academy and had nowhere else to go.

Usually it was a place where people with so-so skills stayed.

‘No, no, no. You shouldn't think so cohesively. ’

Ian shakes his head.

Judging a person by family, school, and identity was absolutely forbidden.

Ian glanced at Perth with a smile.

“You figured out what the symbols on the map mean? ”

Perth nods, smiling and smiling.

“Yes. I was lucky to find out. ”

Humility.

At least Ian thought Perth was humble.

“It wasn't a matter of luck. No one in the kingdom has ever solved it. with really great education and insights.......”

When Ian's words went on like that.

“No. I was really lucky to find out. ”

Perth shakes his head repeatedly in a genuine panic.

Then Ian felt something was not right.

“Can you elaborate? ”

Careful attitude and voice.

Perth nods and pulls out a chunky book from his chest.

Glug glug.

He quickly handed over the bookshelf, and within a few moments, he opened a section wide and gave it to Ian.

Ian handed over the book with a curious expression.

< The Covenant of Corrupt Shrines and Black Wizards. >

What was written in plain text was surprising.

A few hundred years ago, the story of the corrupt priests and the Black Wizards had been written in subtext.

Ian stood still as if he was possessed by something and explored the contents of the book.

Glub. Glub. Bloop.

The speed at which you move through the bookshelf increases.

And finally.

“Hmm.”

A low roar burst from Ian's mouth.

The finger that had handed over the bookshelf no longer moved.

He was distracted by a picture filled with one page.

The painting was very complex and difficult, but on the one hand it had a very familiar pattern.

Ian takes out a piece of paper with a map drawn in his arms, half-mesmerized.

“Ah.......”

A long sigh came out of Ian's mouth again.

“Equal.......”

A voice-over.

Ian glances at the map and the book alternately.

The engravings on both sides looked the same.

No, the symbols on the map were a little blurry, but they were almost identical in the big frame.

‘This symbol in the book is a jewel of destruction that can bring about a kind of shaman, no magic, no divine, or the end of the world. ’

Ian's face hardened.

‘It wasn't suicide. He was offering a sacrifice. I was drawing the apocalypse with blood! ’

I wanted to scream right away.

Then Perth, who was silent, opens his mouth carefully.

“Cha, General. Hey, but.......”

He points his finger at the map.

Precisely pointed to the southern region of the Amaranth Kingdom.

“On the other side of the map are black dots, like a book symbol, but only there are no dots. ”

Perth doesn't know what the black dots on the map mean.

“Ah.......”

Ian, who was very excited, later realized his actions.

The pattern on the map, as Perth said, was not completely completed.

‘The south side of the kingdom is still empty. ’

I was in a hurry.

“I need to get to the intelligence agency. ”

I had to tell the Confederates what I knew immediately.

As he makes his sudden move, he stops and looks at Perth just before leaving the office.

“Sergeant Perth. They did a really great job. We will reward you as soon as the urgent matter is resolved. ”

In response, Perth smiles bitterly.

“I just happened to find the painting while organizing the book. A really great person knew that painting from the beginning. ”

In a word, the author of the book was great.

Ian smiles bitterly.

He had just read the book, so he already knew who the author was.

Ian looks at Perth and nods slowly.

“I don't know about personality or propensity, but it was definitely the continent's best education and talent. This time.......”

He looks at the book slightly.

“Clay taught me a lesson. ”

Clay.

The author of the Book of Doom, whose cursed symbol was written, was Clay.

‘What a great guy. ’

After Clay's death, a secret archive was discovered containing an enormous amount of books.

Most of them were written and knitted by Clay himself.

I didn't want to admit it, but Clay's books had a huge impact on the foundation and foundation of the Amaranth Kingdom.

There were so many books in so many ways that there were no unassisted workplaces.

The minister, Swift Clark, did not conceal this fact, so Clay, who was already dead, was called Lancefield's new brain among some practitioners.

Ian takes a deep breath.

"Clay, look at the other side. ’

There was something I wanted to say.

‘I'll show you how to use your great talent. ’

He taps the book with his fingertips and then takes another step.

It seemed urgent to walk.

Never be late.

Unfortunately, time was not on Ian's side.

* * *

Ewwwwwww!

A heavy voice erupts.

At the same time.

Kwaaaahhhhhh!

A massive fuselage crashes into the torn mountain waist.

Kuku Ball Bow.

The rocky rocks and cliffs around you fall apart.

The white dust rises.

“Rrrrghhh!”

A frenzied cry erupts from within.

Kugu! Kugu! The larynx!

Black wings emerge from the dust.

The wings were large enough to cover all the hillsides and remain.

Paaaahhhh!

All the dust flew away in one swoop of the wing.

The master of the black wings revealed at the same time.

It was the Black Dragon, Lunak, who burst into frenzied tears, bending his neck.

His huge, round torso was filled with large and small wounds.

The scales of the dragon, which were known to be impenetrable by any sword in the world, were completely shattered.

The dragon Lunak bled red like a human.

“Rrrrghhh!”

Lunak screams, glowing.

Then a very small, unsightly human appeared in front of him.

The young man wearing colorful armor mixed in red and white, he was Roan Lancefield.

Lunak opens his mouth and spreads his wings wide as he finds Ronan.

“I'll kill you! ”

Frenzied eyes and voices.

However, Roan shakes his head with a blurry smile.

“I'm sorry.......”

The white and red lights spread along my hands.

“It's still my turn. ”

At the end of the sentence, Roan's appearance disappears.

At the same time.

Ewwwwwww!

A corner of Lunak's torso recedes with a dull sound.

Roan, who had disappeared, suddenly appeared with a fist.

Caew.

The rigid dragon scales split in half and fell to the ground.

Roan quickly punches the other side.

Pussy!

Compared to the dragon's fuselage, a tiny human fist pierces through the skin.

“Rrrrghhh!”

Lunak screams at the dreadful energy and pain that seeps into his body.

“Die!”

He poured out all the magic he could.

An enormous amount of Mana and energetic attack spells attack Roan.

But...

Pa!

His appearance was long gone.

He quickly shifts to appear under the opposite trunk.

Ewwwwwww!

Once more, Lunak's body recesses with a dull sound.

Again, Roan's fist was twisted in succession.

“Rrrrgh! Damn it! Shit!”

Lunak bursts into tears at the fact that he can't do anything about humans.

“Die! Die! Die!”

He keeps flapping his wings, waving his tail and shivering his torso.

I've poured out all the magic attacks I can at the same time.

However, Roan's fist is still relentless, avoiding all attacks.

Cawing. Cawing. Caew.

Each time, a black scale fell and red blood spilled.

Lunak was beaten to a pulp.

Of course, Lunak was not fatally wounded by Roan's attack.

It was clearly scaly and pierced by the skin, but it was only a very small wound when viewed in full size.

However, if this situation continued, it could break its wings or break its neck.

‘Damn. I, Lunak, am a Human....... Ugh. ’

My heart burst.

But it was not enough to paralyze reason.

He quickly learned of the situation.

"We can't deal with him in our current state. ’

It was a big problem to use up a large amount of Mana with two breasts.

‘Run away, no. Stay back. ’

I didn't want to use the word "run away."

Lunak squeezes his mouth tightly and spills the remaining Mana on two wings.

Shhhhhhhhh!

Suddenly, a huge gust came.

Ronan finds out about Lunak's insides early.

“Where are you going! ”

He leaps lightly into the ground and soars into the air.

Travis' spear suddenly rises from his right hand.

“My turn isn't over yet. ”

Roan speaks slowly, then swings his spear out loud.

“Hmph! Stupid thing! ”

Lunak flaps his wings again, hiding in a hurry.

The wingspan of Dragonheart's Mana was truly enormous.

Roan, who was floating in the air without wings, could not find a balance and was pushed back.

Travis' spear falters from place to place.

Lunak doesn't miss his chance.

“I'll see you around. ”

He flew up into the sky, leaving an awkward greeting.

You shouldn't reveal your identity, but for now, you have to get out of Roan's hands.

A very troublesome escape.

Meanwhile, Roan gently descends above the ground, balancing in the air.

He doesn't have to go after Lunak.

No, actually, I couldn't keep up.

“Grrrgh!"

A low roar erupts from Roan's mouth.

At the same time.

Paaaahhhh!

The splendid armor disappears with a burst of light.

Roan returns to his usual red armor.

“Phew.”

He lowers his head and exhales deeply.

‘Hardly survived. ’

Unknown word.

Roan looks up at the sky.

Lunak's appearance is no longer visible.

‘I'm glad Lunak fooled you. ’

In fact, Roan's condition was not normal.

Of course, that didn't mean that it didn't absorb Phileas' body properly.

Roan shakes his head with a hollow smile.

“I'm hungry.”

Nonsense.

But it was a fact that was not a bit false.

‘It was the same when I woke Philius from his slumber in Travis' spear. ’

Instead of giving blood and waking Phileas, I feel an enormous hunger I can't even imagine.

‘It's getting worse. ’

It was an enormous hunger that wouldn't be strange even if I fell down right now.

But I couldn't fall like this.

‘If you fall here, you will starve to death. ’

The continent's strongest, or perhaps the middleman's strongest, could be in trouble for starvation.

Roan forcefully steps forward with a grip.

There was still power in the body to use the teleportation method.

I thought I wanted to fly to a nearby village or local military headquarters right now, but I still had work to do.

No, I had something to take care of.

“Calian. ”

Roan calls out to Calian, crouching on the boulder.

But he couldn't fight back.

I closed my eyes as if I were dead and didn't even flinch.

Roan reaches out and grabs Calian.

You hold Calian in your arms with extreme hunger.

“Calian. You can't die yet. ”

Roan unleashes a move at the last moment, pulling his power.

“From now on.......”

A white pillar of light rises from beneath your feet.

“It's our turn. ”

A soft voice flows in the wind.

Paaaahhhh!

The pillar of light soon disappeared.

The appearance of Roan and Kalian disappeared as well.

All that was left was the barren earth and the wounded Grains.

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