Became The Son Of The Final Boss [EN]: Chapter 260

260.

“It’s a trap.”

The priests agreed with Karen’s words.

One of the priests, his eyes gleaming, spoke up.

“We can break through. The Imperial capital isn’t far.”

Listening to his raspy voice, Karen nodded.

“Yes. Let’s break through. And our God has descended upon our sacred land.”

The priests all knelt.

“Oh, God!”

“Truly, God has come to this land for purification!”

“Finally!”

Karen spoke softly.

“The High Priest is unreachable, but there’s no doubt that God has descended. However, it seems the power of evil is too strong in this land, making it difficult for Him to act immediately.”

“We must crush that evil empire!”

“We must rush to assist God immediately!”

As the priests excitedly exclaimed, Karen quietly raised his hand.

“Ah, I too want to rush and see God’s form with my own eyes and prostrate myself in worship, but don’t we have a task given to us? God is waiting for us.”

Everyone nodded.

Karen’s voice grew stronger.

“Now, the evil empire’s capital is not far away. If we break through with all our might, we can occupy the Imperial capital within fifteen days.”

“Yes!”

“Control the barbarians well. We plan to break through in a way that cherishes God’s soldiers. To meet God soon, shouldn’t there be many of God’s soldiers?”

“Understood.”

After the priests retreated, Karen was lost in thought alone in the tent.

‘An enormous energy is felt from the north. It’s not the High Priest’s energy. The energy of the altar has disappeared, and even the High Priest’s energy has vanished.’

Karen was uneasy.

‘Calling the undead God’s soldiers and destroying the empire, is this really the right thing to do?’

It was one of the symptoms that appeared after the High Priest disappeared.

His firm belief wavered hundreds of times a day as he watched the southern barbarians being killed by the undead.

‘Why do God’s soldiers kill humans? They are called barbarians, but they are still all humans…’

Karen shook his head, covering his face, he breathed roughly.

“All the humans in this land are corrupt. They are not humans but a group of evil that must be crushed before the flames of purification. The barbarians are the same. They are only helping in the sacred battle to atone… They are not human.”

Karen trembled, muttering incessantly.

He felt like he would go crazy if he didn’t fight right away.

Gooooooo-!

Mana flowed from Karen’s body.

He was slightly relieved by the power that grew stronger day by day.

A specialness different from others.

Karen believed this power was a blessing bestowed upon him by God.

Because there was no food, his mother and sister sold their bodies, and his father sold him as a serf.

He thought he could at least make a living as a serf of the lord, but all he got after grueling labor was half a potato.

‘Mother… Sister.’

One day, he met his mother and sister in the slave quarters after finishing work.

He was happy they were alive.

But his mother and sister had become the lord’s playthings.

Karen thought it was a good thing. Even if they sold their bodies, they wouldn’t starve if they served the lord.

It only took a day to realize that was a mistake.

The next day, Karen had to dispose of the bodies of his mother and sister with his own hands.

-Take them away. I thought they were useful, so I brought them to the bedroom, but the mother and daughter were both trash.

Karen was speechless as he looked at the bloodied bodies of his mother and sister.

-They couldn’t even withstand a few whippings and died. That’s why slaves are no good. There’s no fun in hitting them.

That night, the ‘System’ found Karen.

Having gained power, Karen decided to kill the lord and change this corrupt world.

And he met the High Priest.

He met God.

God descended upon this land, and as the High Priest said, the Flames of Purification began to gradually purify the world.

“If only evil groups like the Empire disappear, all humans in this land can live happily.”

Karen bit his lip tightly.

Whenever he wavered, he thought of God.

Now, the end of the great journey was not far away.

He would be able to cleanse all the filth of this land with his own hands.

Karen shook his head.

“I can do it.”

It didn’t matter what preparations the Empire had made.

All he had to do was break through, occupy the capital, and take the Emperor’s head.

‘The rest will be taken care of by God Himself. Now that He has descended, all that’s left is to clean up.’

The High Priest had accomplished the descent of God, which he thought was the most difficult task.

Karen left the tent.

In the distance, the castle was densely guarded by Imperial soldiers.

As always, that castle would soon be occupied.

“High Priest!”

Karen straightened his clothes at the voice coming from outside the tent.

He also relaxed his facial muscles. He pressed his temples with his fingers.

Karen opened his mouth.

“Enter.”

It was one of the soldiers who had gone on reconnaissance.

He was originally an Imperial citizen, but his movements were quick and his judgment of situations was sharp, so he was put in charge of the reconnaissance unit.

Of course, he had truly believed in God and was accepted into the Flames of Purification.

His faith was extraordinary compared to other Imperial citizens.

“High Priest, I have roughly grasped the enemy’s strength.”

“How many are there?”

“All the soldiers are on the walls. They seem to have received new supplies, and everyone’s face looked good.”

“That means morale is good.”

“But haven’t they been constantly pushed back by us? There’s no way the army of evil can stop us, the army of God.”

The soldier’s face flushed.

“Moreover, after the High Priest defeated the Emperor, the morale of God’s army is at its peak. We will definitely cross that castle.”

Karen patted the soldier’s shoulder.

“Yes. We will be victorious. There is no defeat for God’s army.”

* * *

After arriving at the Vargen Forest, they waited for the Western lords to retreat.

According to the news brought by the messenger, the Western lords were barely holding on.

James, Olivia, Ken and I started a strategy meeting after coming out of the temporary tent.

“The territory people evacuating from the west must be moved back.”

I nodded at Ken’s words.

“The territory people are not soldiers. Most of the refugees are the elderly, children, or women.”

“Yes. All the soldiers who can fight are fighting, so the lords and soldiers will retreat last.”

“Then we need to prepare to receive the refugees first.”

Duke James added to my words.

“We have enough supplies.”

“We may run short, so let’s request more from the capital. The capital still has a lot of supplies left.”

“His Majesty has declared a state of emergency, and all the lords, nobles, and merchants are giving up the food they have, but we must conserve supplies as much as possible.”

I shook my head.

“We cannot save supplies at the expense of the Westerners who are abandoning their homes. The refugees are ultimately the soldiers’ families. If they are starving, the soldiers’ morale will also drop.”

Duke James groaned.

Olivia agreed with my opinion.

“If the refugees’ faces are full of life after the soldiers and lords retreat last, their morale will greatly increase even after retreating. They are fighting to protect their families.”

Opinions converged.

It was decided to provide sufficient supplies when the refugees flocked in.

“It would be good to organize some troops to guide the refugees’ path this way. If they scatter, the possibility of death increases.”

I immediately acted on Ken’s words.

“Good. Let’s organize cavalry to bring the refugees.”

After discussing various strategies, the night deepened.

Olivia said to me.

“I’m going to meditate for a while.”

“Okay.”

She had been meditating whenever she had time recently, probably an effort to reach a higher level than now.

I also closed my eyes inside the tent.

I can now summon the Wind Spirit King and the Fire Spirit King, but there is no news of the other two highest-level spirits becoming Spirit Kings.

‘Now that the Demon King Belushi has descended, it seems like we can balance things out if we summon all the Spirit Kings of all attributes.’

I realized once again how strong Belushi was.

Even the Spirit Kings, who bring their power directly from the Spirit Realm, cannot handle him.

Perhaps it’s a difference in essence?

The Demon King is an existence for destruction.

At least as far as I know, the beings of the Demon Realm are beings who live based on destruction and greed.

So they are constantly fighting each other and getting stronger.

On the other hand, spirits are beings for balance.

They harmonize with each other, circulate, and create new life.

Objectively, based on ‘strength’, the beings of the Demon Realm had no choice but to be stronger.

‘Lilian and Olivia are here, and so is Father, so I can do it.’

I focused on the Wind Breathing Technique.

In the end, I believed that the only way to become stronger was to practice the Wind Breathing Technique in my mother’s spirit book more deeply.

The spirit stone that Father gave me allowed me to summon the Fire Spirit King, but in order for the other two spirits to become Spirit Kings, my own power needed to become stronger.

‘Completely make the spirit stone, which is still mixed in an alien way, my own.’

Then I could become even stronger.

If I summoned all four Spirit Kings, I would be confident against Karen, whom I would meet in the Western Front as well as in the Southern Front in the future.

‘I estimate that Karen’s current level is similar to or stronger than Olivia’s… The problem is his growth rate.’

Karen, who is growing much faster than Olivia, will he not reach the complete Grand Sword Master by the time he meets me?

He had a high possibility of becoming the first person in human history to truly reach the realm of God.

‘Still, I can handle it.’

It would be nice if Lilian would step in, but she is in charge of monitoring the Demon King Belushi.

If Belushi suddenly moves, she is the only one who can buy even a little time.

She will be searching for books and items from the Reinhardt family in the Imperial Palace to research ways to deal with Belushi, so I trusted her.

“Your Highness.”

I stopped breathing at the voice coming from outside the tent and said.

“Enter.”

It’s Duke James.

I offered him a seat.

“Sit down, Duke.”

We had just had a meeting, so what else could he have to say?

I smiled and asked.

“Aren’t you resting?”

“I rested a lot while I was in the Imperial Palace.”

“Would you like a cup of tea?”

“I would be grateful.”

I asked while brewing tea.

“What’s going on?”

“It’s about Duke Austin.”

“Duke Austin?”

Duke Austin, who was known to have died in battle, died early in the war.

I put the teacup in front of the Duke and said.

“There are too many suspicious things. It is true that the fairies are strong, but Duke Austin died too quickly at the beginning of the war.”

“That’s right. But… if even the body has not been found and is still missing, it is right to assume that he has already died in battle.”

“I’m worried that they are necromancers.”

I drank tea and pondered.

If they resurrected Austin’s body as a lich [a powerful undead creature], it would be a pretty serious problem.

Duke Austin was a very powerful wizard in his lifetime.

“If they resurrected him as a lich, why would they have hidden him until now?”

“I don’t understand why they did that to save their strength. They can’t break through the Western defense, but they are saving their strength?”

The Duke tilted his head.

I agreed.

“Maybe they couldn’t resurrect him as a lich. They don’t turn all the dead soldiers into undead. Duke Austin may have just had his body abandoned and not harmed in any way.”

“Or they may have other intentions.”

“We can’t know anything right now… But I will keep the Duke’s concerns in mind. I will also consider the possibility that Duke Austin will join as a lich when fighting the fairies.”

“Yes.”

Duke James’ eyes sank.

“I just hope that what I’m worried about doesn’t happen.”