"Yes, dinal, don't we need that for our total domination technique?"

"Hmm......" The black-clothed sage replied to Lin Yiyan's question with an expression as if he was about to say something troublesome, "Listen up, the Armed Complete Domination Technique is divided into two stages, strengthening and liberation. Enhancement is the awakening of the memory part of a weapon and its transformation into new attack power. And liberation ...... As the word means, it is to awaken the full memory of the weapon and release the explosive power. ”

Explosiveness, is it...... I see. Elderiya's frost scale whip, the enhanced part is to extend the range of the whip and split it, and after liberation, the whip becomes a snake that automatically attacks the enemy......" Cardinal blinked his eyes to affirm Lin Yiyan's words, and then continued to say flatly, "Exactly. But first of all, you can't use the liberation technique now. ”

"For ...... Why? The sage turned to Eugeo, whose eyes widened, and continued to speak in a serious tone, "The old body just said that explosive power. The attack power generated by the liberation of memory cannot be controlled by the swordsman no matter what technique he uses. This is especially true for high-ranking artifacts...... Not only the enemy, but also yourself will be swept up in it, and if you don't do it, you will lose your life. ”

"Ming, understood." Yugeo, who was also an honor student in the academy, nodded honestly. Lin Yiyan had no choice but to move his head up and down, but Cardinal seemed to see through Lin Yiyan's dissatisfaction, and his words were mixed with a little sigh.

"Thou shalt one day be able to use the art of liberation...... It may not be that opportunity anymore. All things will be taught to you by the sword. Well, we'll have to wait until the dust settles. ”

"Hey......" Hearing Lin Yiyan's response, Cardinal showed an expression of "I really can't help it", raised his cane with his right hand and knocked the ground hard. The two pieces of parchment in front of Lin Yiyan and Yougeo rolled up from the edges, shrunk tightly—and then turned into two slender baked cakes.

"If you use your brain too much, you must be hungry. Eat it. ”

"Huh......? Won't the technique you memorize if you eat it......? ”

"How could that happen?"

"Yes, that's right......"

Lin Yiyan and Yougeo exchanged glances and each picked up a baked cake. The simple cake has the texture of wheat flour and the smell of baked sugar from the Santoria Central Market, but the filling has a white chocolate-like feel.

After competing with Ugeo to finish eating in the hallucination, Lin Yiyan took a deep breath and raised his face, staring at Cardinal who was looking at Lin Yiyan serenely. The young sage nodded slowly, then said, "So...... It's almost time to separate. ”

With firm determination in his short voice, Lin Yiyan subconsciously retorted, "After we achieve our goal, won't you be able to leave here?" It's too early to say anything about the difference......

"Well, that's right. If everything goes smoothly......"

"............" Indeed, if Lin Yiyan and the others were killed by the sword of the integration knight in the middle of the battle with the Administrator as the target, Cardinal would have to start a long period of patience in the large library again. I'm afraid that before she finds the next collaborator, the load experiment phase will come, and the human world will be plunged into a sea of blood and fire.

However, even though the front foreshadowed such a tragic ending, Cardinal's smile was still so steady, dinal nodded lightly to Lin Yiyan, who was biting his lip, turned around, and took a step.

"Hurry, there's no time. Follow the old body...... The old man will send you to the door closest to the arsenal on the third floor of the cathedral. ”

From the central hall on the first floor of the large library, the road back to the entrance hall with countless passages that radiated was too short. Yugeo desperately secretly recited the content of the Total Domination Technique, while Lin Yiyan just blindly stared at the back of Cardinal who was walking in front.

I wanted to talk to her more, I wanted to know what she had thought and felt in her 200-year life — no, no, no. Such a desire grabbed Lin Yiyan's heart, but Cardinal's footsteps strode forward as if he did not allow any hesitation, and Lin Yiyan could only follow wordlessly.

After taking the two of them to a room with a large number of passages on three walls he had seen before, Cardinal walked straight into a passage that opened on the right wall, and did not look back for a second, until he walked another dozen meters, and the wall inlaid with a simple wooden door was already close in front of him, and then slowly turned around. The smile on her cherry lips was still peaceful, as if with some kind of satisfaction.

Then, in a clear voice, she spoke, "Eugeo...... and Yi Yan. The fate of the world is in your hands. Will it be burned by the karmic fire of hell, or will it all sink into nothingness, or will it all be in nothingness, or ......"

Cardinal stared at Lin Yiyan's eyes tightly, and continued, "—or can you find a third way?" The old body has told you all he knows, and he has given you everything he can offer. After that, you just have to choose the path you believe in. ”

“…… Thank you very much, Ms. Cardinal. I will definitely go up to the top of the cathedral...... Let Alice be restored. Eugeo's voice was resolute. Although Lin Yiyan wanted to say a lot of things, he didn't know where to start. Realizing this, he bowed his head deeply.

Cardinal nodded, put away his smile, and reached out to grasp the handle with his left hand.

"So...... Go ahead! She turned the doorknob, and the next moment, the wooden door opened. Against the freezing cold wind blowing outside, Lin Yiyan and Yugeo rushed out side by side. After running five or six steps, I heard a small voice behind me. Looking back, the smooth marble walls were already snow-white, and no trace of the door that had previously connected to the large library could be found in any way.

…………

It's been a long walk to get here—

Overhead is a high ceiling, surrounded by white marble columns, and beneath the ground is intricately carved from a variety of stones. At the first glance of the magnificent interior of the Central Cathedral of the Congregational Church, Eugeo could not help but be amazed.

More than two years ago, he was convinced that he would spend his life in a giant tree that could never be cut down with an axe day after day. Every day he immerses himself in the memories of the blonde childhood friend who has been gone for a long time, neither marries nor has children, and gives up his vocation to the next generation when he is unable to do so, and continues to live in the depths of the forest until he returns to dust one day.

But that day, a young man with black hair suddenly appeared in the forest, forcibly breaking the small world that imprisoned Eugeo. Kigascida, who was a huge obstacle to blocking even the road to the central capital, was cut down by him in a way that had never been thought of by the Cutters, forcing Giorgio to make a new choice. Will you continue to live in the village by immersing yourself in the memories of Alice like this, or will you embark on a journey to save Alice?

It would be a lie to say that you are not confused. On the night of the village festival, when the village chief of Gashut handed over the decision of his next vocation to himself, Yugeo's first thought was his family. Prior to that, all of the money earned for his work as Kigascida's scorer was given to his family. Although the family has been growing wheat for generations, the family's land is quite small, and the harvest has been poor in recent years, so the family's income situation is really worrying. Although the parents and brothers don't talk about it, the monthly salary of Yogeo is also quite crucial for them.

After Kigascida was cut down, this salary was naturally gone. However, if Eugeo had made it his next vocation to grow wheat like his father and ancestors, he would have been given priority access to the sunny portion of the newly expanded southward cultivated land. Standing on the altar, in the corner of the circle formed by the noisy villagers, Yugeo was confused and saw the mixed expressions of anticipation and anxiety on the faces of his family.

However, this confusion is only fleeting. When weighing "goodbye to the girl who was a childhood sweetheart" and "being with the family", the balance in Yugeo's heart tilted to one side and then made a declaration. He was going to leave the village and become a swordsman.

Even if you want to become a swordsman, you can stay in the village as a member of the guard team and continue to receive the salary provided by the village. However, to leave the village means to be independent from the family. In that case, the money for the Eugeo family and the new land he might have acquired will all disappear without a trace. The reason why the departure schedule was set in a hurry for the next day was also because I couldn't bear the pent-up disappointment and dissatisfaction of my parents and brothers.

To Yugeo's surprise, after leaving Lulid Village with Yi Yan, he was immediately given another chance to live in accordance with his family's wishes. At the sword tournament held in the town of Zakaria, Yugeo and Yi Yan continued to win and qualified to enter the guards. After a rigorous training, he was able to get a letter of recommendation from the captain of the Northern Santoria Sword Academy after half a year, but the captain also persuaded him to stay here - with the ability of the two of them, if he stayed in the guard team for the second year, he could be promoted, and he could even realize his dream of becoming a captain in the future. If a portion of Zakaria's stable income were sent back to her home in Loulid's village by caravan wagon, life would have changed dramatically.

However, this time Eugeo also rejected the captain's invitation, and instead took the letter of recommendation as scheduled.

During the journey to the central capital, and after finally becoming a student of the Sword Academy, Yugeo often silently admonished himself in a corner of his heart. If you become a representative of the academy in this way, win the unification meeting of the four empires, and then be appointed as a knight of integration, your family will definitely get an honor that no one in the village can imagine. Then, this time, he must wear silver armor, ride on the dragon, and return to his hometown with Alice - in this case, his parents must be extremely proud of their young son.

However, two days ago, in the evening, when he swung his sword at Leos Antinos and Wimbel Gizek, Yugeo betrayed his family for the third time. At the very least, he didn't just give up on becoming a lifelong knight in the already realistic future...... Even his own identity as an ordinary person has been abandoned, and he has chosen the path of becoming a great sinner who violates the taboo.

At that time, Yugeo was overwhelmed by overwhelming impulses, but his mind was clear. If he slashed at Reios here, he would lose everything—and yet, even with that in mind, Yugeo swung his sword. Although this is both to save Tizo and Ronie, who are about to be humiliated in front of them, and to believe in justice, it is not only that. When he wielded the fierce blade, there was indeed a black killing intent in his heart that wanted to release the frenzy in his heart and completely erase Leios and Wembell.

It's really, it's been a long walk to get here.

From a dozen high-level swordsmen in the academy to a rebel against the Congregational Church in the blink of an eye, he has finally stepped on the ground of the holiest place in the world.

Escaping from the longbow-wielding knight of integration and breaking into the marvelous library, the maiden, who claims to be the former high priest of the Congregational Church, tells Yugeo where the book contains all its history is, and he immerses himself in the book. Because, in any case, he wanted to know how many people had fought against the Church in the long history, fought against the Knights of Integration, and on top of that, there were people who had fulfilled their wishes and fled to some remote place to survive.

Unfortunately, there is not a single line of such a description. It is written that only the power of the Church shines on the world, and all the people are subjugated to the majesty of the Knights of Integration, no matter how deep the contradictions, even if they are between empires, can be easily quelled in the name of the Church. And those who drew their swords to attack the church and fight with the integrated knights, no matter how much they looked through the thick history books, could not find a single record.

…… In other words, is he the most sinful human being in the 380 years since the creation of the human world, the god of creation? The moment he closed the book, Yugeo was a little creepy. If he hadn't spoken out to Yi Yan, who had just come back, he would probably have shrunk up and knelt there.

While listening to the teachings of the enigmatic former High Priest with his partner, Yugeo couldn't resist the thought of talking to himself several times. Having abandoned his family, killed others, and chose to fight the church, he could never turn back. Even though his hands were stained with blood and his soul was completely defiled, he could only move forward, just to fulfill his only remaining wish.

Retrieve the Heart Fragment that was taken by the current High Priest, and let the Knight of Integration Alice Brown Synthesis· Thirty transforms back into Alice Bass Belk in Loulid Village and sends her back to her hometown.

And by her side, she no longer needs to be accompanied by her filthy self. The only thing that can be tolerated by the guilty self is to be exiled to the Dark Country, and to live as a monster. Still, that's fine. As long as Alice can live happily in her hometown again, she has nothing else to ask for.

Yugeo secretly made up his mind and looked at the back of Lin Yiyan, who was walking in front.

If I said I was going to the Dark Realm, would you come with me......

Eugeo silently asked his partner a question, then forced himself not to imagine the other person's answer. Now the only dark-haired best friend who stands in the same position as him may one day part ways with him, such a thing is too scary just to think about.

As Cardinal said, the corridor that stretched from the doorway was much shorter than he thought. One second Ugeo was still immersed in his own thoughts as he walked, and the next second the two of them had already walked into the large rectangular room.

In the center of the wall on the right-hand side is a rather impressive staircase, with a ceiling height close to eight mel, and a staircase leading to the middle resting platform with twenty steps. On the left-hand wall is a double-open door surrounded by elaborate winged beast statues.

Lin Yiyan, who was walking in front, waved his right hand to this side, and pressed his body tightly against the wall, and Yugeo also pressed his back against the stone pillar like Lin Yiyan, holding his breath, looking at the slightly dim and wide hall.

According to the former High Priest, behind the door on the left is the weapons vault of the Congregational Church. In such an important place, there was silence in the hall, and there was not even a trace of human breath. Even the light of Sols, which shines in from the decorative windows on both sides of the grand staircase on the right, is gray and lifeless.

“…… There is no one......" whispered behind Lin Yiyan, who was holding his breath beside him, and the other party also nodded.

"I thought that since it was an arsenal, there would be one or two guards...... However, this may be because there will be no thieves who sneak into the Congregational Church to steal......"

"But isn't our intrusion already exposed? Obviously, the other party's attitude is really easy. ”

"Actually, it's quite easy. Perhaps the other side was going to let us go...... In other words, the next time you encounter the integration knight, the number of the other party will definitely be more, and the strength will definitely be stronger. So, at least make good use of the time when the other party is hesitating. ”

Lin Yiyan snorted lightly, interrupted his words, and quickly ran out of the shadows of the wall, and Yugeo followed him, crossing the uninhabited hall in a straight line.

On the surface of the two huge doors of the arsenal, directly opposite the two of them, there are reliefs carved with the goddesses Sauls and Terraria, and there is not even a keyhole on the door. For a moment, Yugeo was a little pessimistic and worried that the door would not be opened no matter whether the treacherous person pushed or pulled, but after Lin Yiyan put his ear to the door panel and listened for a while, he stretched out his hand to hold the doorknob, and pushed it forward, and the door opened to both sides in response, without even the harsh sound of the door shaft turning.