The Traveling Hero Won’t Let the Innkeeper’s Son Escape

Zagres is using magic to demonize people - and Geo and the others finally realized that it was when the population was reduced to half.

"Oh no...."

A voice of surprise rises from those who do not know the past. Ruth felt incredible, too.

"Why did Zagres do that? It's hard to use magic, isn't it, Geo?

"Zagres was given as much power as he could. Even if we can do more than we can imagine, it's no wonder."

Geo's ability to exceed our imagination - that's how Ruth can't hide his surprise. Because they have the same power that Alec has all over the world.

Ruth's mind is questioned again.

"Does Zagres mean he's not just a person? And then I said," I was given. "

"I'll answer that."

Suddenly, the voice of a majestic woman echoes in the conference room. Cyrus murmured "Queen," turning his gaze in the opposite direction to Geo. Ruth followed the gaze.

What Cyrus was looking at was a woman with a mirror sitting opposite to Geo. There was a grown-up woman sitting there who didn't seem to have made that majestic voice earlier - but it was through the mirror that the voice sounded again.

"Nice to meet you, Ruth. I am Queen Hildegard of the Underwater tribe. Alec the Brave told me about you."

"Well... it's nice to meet you... Ruth."

Looking at Ruth, Hildegard, the woman in the mirror, greeted her gracefully. She is a prominent, grand woman with blue base and some golden hair. I think she's beautiful, but she's overwhelmed by a strong aura that you can see in the mirror. Exactly like a strong queen.

Why are you talking in the mirror? Because her ability to defend the sea decreases when she goes out on the ground, she is forced to make a call in the mirror by her agent.

"Hildegardo, do you know about Zagres?

Hildegardo nods slowly to the noble man's question.

"Yes, of course. Zagres is what we created."

"Did you create it?

"Zagres is the ultimate artificial life form created by combining the forces of humans, dragons, demons, spirits, undersea, wings - and many others."

"Artificial life form..."

Hildegard's words that the presence that was sleeping on the sealing device was originally created by human beings made the conference room noisy.

"... why did you make such a thing?

Queen Hildegardo, the undersea tribe in the mirror, speaks quietly.

"The original aim was for world peace… People were once at war over food crises, air pollution, and abundant territorial problems. I don't think there was a country without war. Eventually, the struggle eroded the earth, and even the land where people could live was reduced. There are still traces of it everywhere."

There are still many wars left in the world, such as vibrant forests, a distorted sea floor, poisonous swamps, lands that are always locked in darkness, and vast lands where no grass or trees can grow. It is said that it has not been purified for about a thousand years.

"But naturally, the long struggle led to a decline in the population. A lot of people died every day. Some people felt at risk about the situation. I'm one of them."

In this state, the stars themselves may be destroyed, and a world without human beings may be created. Those who were so afraid created the ultimate artificial life form, Zagres, that understood the minds of all species.

"Not to mention that there were no failures, but the artificial creation of life forms has already reached a certain level of realm through research that intersects humans and monsters. The connection between life, which didn't work with monsters, worked well with wonders and people - Zagres."

Success was not an "instrument of war," but also because of the "future of man."

"I have instilled in Zagres a great mission in his spiritual structure to stop the war between nations and to turn people's minds to one purpose. Many wanted to be able to act for peace, not for war. I've given you a lot of power to do that."

Researchers gave a variety of powers to one life, including the power to peek into people's hearts, the ability to whisper to many, and the magic of being able to manipulate the weather. Of course, it does not affect powerful people, and it does not trigger power all the time, but it is still extremely effective for the general public.

(That's a lot of power... is that okay?

Thanks to Zagres, who exerted the given power, people's consciousness changed little by little. Those who were determined to win changed their minds - gradually searching for a way to peace.

It took some time, but eventually the struggle subsided, and the hearts of the people vanished naturally.

"Not everyone followed the power of Zagres, but most of the major countries lost their minds of strife. And then the world grew bigger."

People's lives have changed in hundreds of years. The ship flew over the sky, the earth was driven by horseless cars, and the magic machines worked without people. Short-lived but fertile people increased and the population quickly returned to its original number. It seems that the power relations among countries have also changed significantly.

"Everyone at the time was grateful to Zagres for stopping the war and giving us the opportunity to become rich. Many people responded sensitively to Zagres' every move, offering prayers of gratitude and gathering to hear his voice. This state of affairs was abandoned by us a long time ago due to a struggle -"

"Religion...."

Hildegardo laughed bitterly at Ruth's whisper.

"Yeah, maybe. Until then, we were both happy for Zagres... but at one point a change came to the border."

It was a small thing at first. At the same time that I was able to live a rich life, there was a difference between rich and poor, and as a result, the incidence of crime gradually increased. Soon, it developed into a rivalry between nations, and war-torn nations emerged.

Knowing the situation, Zagres urged people to change their minds in order to fulfill the reason for their birth.

"But even if it was suppressed in the first place, we could not eradicate the consciousness of war. Zagres began to bother his head. They even asked us for advice."

But Hildegardo and the others don't have a clear solution.

I asked Zagres if it could be solved in the same way as during the war, but he said it couldn't be solved as before. People's consciousness was always the same because there were wars all over the world in the past, but people today are probably responsible for the dispersion of problems.

"Zagres grew his strength to solve the problem. He led a research team to create various kinds of magic and to lose a world that once again competed with each other. But still, I couldn't stop people's hearts from getting rough... about a decade after Zagres started researching all sorts of things... suddenly, on one island, people began to melt."

In this era, since the Fusion Demon research had already been completed, the Fusion Demon that had escaped from the laboratory and undergone evolution was called a monster. In other words, a new Fusion Demon has appeared where people and monsters have merged.

"At that time, they were chosen to investigate the status quo: Citrus, Zenobia, Fance and Aristotelian, now known as the Four Gods. Among the young people of the time, the four had an extraordinary mind and magic. I was also a young member of the investigation team on the phenomenon of melting demonization. We couldn't get out of the territory easily. We decided to entrust everything to the younger ones."

Four people said they went to the first island country destroyed by the melting demonization phenomenon to investigate. Seeing the courageous actions at that time, it seems that people called them heroes.

"The results they bring will lead to what Geo said at the beginning."

"In other words, I found out that the reason for the global melting demonization was not because of drugs made in the past, but because the Zagres they relied on was intentionally occurring."

"He was supposed to be studying magic to make the world peaceful... but I think he was studying the magic of melting demons instead."

"But why would Zagres do that? He has the purpose of connecting people's minds....."

Ruth noticed that she was about to say so.

No way...

"That's right. The aim of Zagres was not to spread the demonization of fusion - it was to arouse fear among people by fusion demonization,“ not to create disputes between nations, but to direct people's minds toward one purpose. "In other words, molten demonization was not an end, it was a means."

In fact, due to the increase in the phenomenon of molten demonization, all countries that were about to wage war also embarked on countermeasures. The countries that were fighting each other also joined hands. A terrible number of people have died, and it was no place for war.

"Oh, my God...."

The people who heard this fact for the first time lost their words.

Zagres was born with the mission of turning people's minds toward one purpose. But he did the worst he could to achieve his goal. Just like the administrator used Alec.

"And then, as many of you here already know, we tried to stop Zagres from doing it - but his power was too great and out of hand. Together, we couldn't extinguish it."

Fans raised his hand to talk about Hildegardo.

"Wonok - According to His Excellency, Zagres bears the title of" One who fulfills the wishes of the stars. "In other words, all the brave men of all generations - if they succeeded, they might have had the power of Alec, the fully awake brave man."

The words remind Ruth of what he saw in the underground facility. Even Wonok blew up Alec's power in an instant.

Even Alec lost control. If Zagres had directed so much power at the people on his own volition - that would have been terrible. Rather, it is strange that it could have been sealed.

(Ah, speaking of which, the administrator said “again”....)

"I thought about the stars over and over again. I wondered how I could create a person who would fulfill the wishes of the stars."

A word of obsession that the administrator told Ruth. I didn't hear a clear story, but from that mouth, there must have been someone who had been completely awake before “fulfilling the wishes of the stars”. It is highly probable that it was Zagres.

(Was Zagres also empowered for the administrator...)

I'm sure Geo and the others would have said, "I could only seal it."

Zagres was fully awakened as "the one who fulfills the wishes of the stars." As a result, people were on the verge of extinction. As the manager had told Ruth, it didn't matter if he was really awake.

Hildegardo talks again as Ruth looks reluctant.

"We managed to seal it with the help of four men to stop Zagres' runaway. Many sacrifices were made."

The story of recreating a similar artificial life to confront Zagres seems to have been lifted up, but it was never executed because it did not necessarily make the same mistake. In the first place, Zagres, who suspected that a member of the research team at the time had already died or that his intentions had been discovered, had killed him.

"... after all, we were only able to protect the few who survived."

Hildegardo sighed as if he had finished explaining.

Thereafter, the rough land was purified with various problems up to the seal of Zagres. And when there was no more trouble with the earth, they carried to every place the men that slept in the ark.

However, in relation to the time spent on purification, the original building was almost decaying, so people began by familiarizing themselves with the earth and creating a wooden village.

This was the beginning of Ruth's time.

(Is that why there is a big difference in life technology between the past and the present...)

Those who descended again on the earth did not tell future generations about the tragedy that befell them. History was forgotten because people didn't want to look back.

Cesias, the organization left behind as the only institution to pass on, also changed over the years and no one knew the past, turning Cesiacism into a religion, and the hero who became the pillar became the god of mythology.

Although Geo and the others knew about the changes in people, they dared to observe that this was natural in the course of the times.

"This is everything about Zagres. Can you see what it's like?

Asked by Hildegard, Ruth nodded.

Indeed, when you listen to the story and connect it with Ruth's story, one answer comes out. It turns out that Zagres' hand is responsible for the melting demonization that has occurred many times in a thousand years.

And what Zagres is thinking now...