Survival Story of a Sword King in a Fantasy World

Oracle of Goddess (4)

Serkaltan, a forbidden city located near the Grand Maze, Kaltan.

Numerous crowds gathered in the central square of Serkaltan.

There were high-level hunters trying to target the palace, gatekeepers guarding the entrance, and ordinary residents flocking to watch the other side of the square.

“Is it true?”

“Yes, the Church of Darkness is finally announcing the truth about the unexpected change of the night…”

“Then what about the mass exodus of Aliens?”

“Did Alien monsters escape from the Dungeon?”

“I don’t know, but wouldn’t it be related?”

Three days ago, a major announcement had been made at the Serkaltan branch of the Church of Darkness.

The church had announced that it would directly explain various unexpected events in Latna.

It was enough to bring together a large crowd.

Soon a man appeared in the square.

He was a handsome young man with colorful blond hair and a white coat.

Hunters soon recognized him.

“Who’s that guy?”

“Isn’t that Leon Hart, the Spiritual Boxer?”

“He is the third Blessed by the Goddesses!”

“Oh, my God, did the Church of Darkness’s Templar Lord come forward himself?”

Leon Hart wasn’t the only one to show up either.

A robust-looking female warrior wearing white armor appeared as well, giving off a cool look.

“Althea’s Sabine Asil!”

A dark-haired beauty and a middle-aged man were standing next to her.

“Lady Angelica! Lord of Rhamniana Templar!”

“There’s Lord Frederick of Sorondi!”

Members of the Fairy race also showed up.

A Dwarf warrior in red armor and a middle-aged Elf in elegant light armor followed.

“Is that Lord Palmer, the flame of Yessen?”

“Isn’t he Lord Merdill of Preleu’s winds?”

Every single one of them was famous.

All six Lords of the Churches were present.

It wasn’t a common sight to see.

People were both surprised and nervous.

‘What the hell’s going on?’

The Templar Lords went up onto the platform.

Leon Hart, who took the lead, raised his voice toward the audience.

“Loyal Latna believers! My fellow servants of the Goddesses!”

He continued.

“I, Leon Hart, the first shadow of Kybriel, shall tell you the truth!”

The use of spirituality spread his voice to the end of the square.

Everyone could hear his words.

“Everyone shall be aware of the unexpected change that happened on a holy night, the reason behind the Alien monsters that were out of common sense, and the Aliens that began to suddenly appear all over the continent!”

The crowd began to roar.

There was no one there who did not know about those events.

“The goddess has given us an oracle!”

The noise subsided swiftly.

The square became surprisingly calm.

“Oracle? Oracle?”

“The goddess answered their prayer herself?”

At that time, the other Templar Lords stepped forward.

As they did so, they also spoke to the audience.

“The will of the fire has been given!”

“The will of the water has been given!”

“The will of the wind has been given!”

“The will of the earth has been given!”

Althea’s Templar Lord opened her arms wide and shouted.

“The will of the light has fallen upon me, and it is the unshakable truth and the unquestionable will of the Goddesses!”

There was a stir all over the square.

It was truly astonishing.

That meant that the six Goddesses of Latna had issued a ‘simultaneous’ oracle.

It was unprecedented even when considering the entire history of Latna.

Leon Hart’s voice rang across the entire place.

“I will now reveal the Goddesses’ oracle to the faithful!”

The Transcendental submitted to the Devil.

“As a result, Latna fell into a frenzy, and she was no longer blessed by the Goddesses. She wasn’t even considered as the Goddesses’ child anymore.”

“Punish her and establish justice.”

“It is the will of the Goddesses and the will of the world!”

* * *

The central square of Serkaltan became chaotic.

“The Transcendental…”

“One of the Four Strongest Beings?”

“Do you mean Hollien, the Incredible?”

Holien was one of the four heroes who had saved Latna and was the Queen loved by the Fairy Kingdom’s people.

He claimed that she had fallen into the power of the Devil.

It was a very difficult story to accept.

Someone raised their voice in the crowd.

“I am Bertil’s Ballance! May I dare ask the Templar Lord of Darkness?”

“Go on, Ballance of Bertil.”

Leon Hart shook his hand to calm the disturbance.

The middle-aged Hunter, called Ballance, followed up with a question.

“Are you the ones who received the oracle? You guys are claiming that the Templar Lords have received the Goddesses’ oracle?”

“Yes, the Goddesses’ will has come to us.”

Ballance shook his head in disbelief at Leon Hart’s answer.

“How could they do that? Wasn’t it the saintess’s duty to deliver the Goddesses’ oracle?”

For generations, the Goddesses’ oracle had been handed down through the saintess.

There was no case that their will came to the Templar Lord, not the saintess.

Sabine Asil nodded gently.

“Your suspicions are reasonable. We also looked back on ourselves carefully.”

And she continued firmly.

“It must have been the will of the Goddesses. She who deserves to be served has spoken to us directly.”

Afterward, another hunter asked a question.

“Then does the Goddesses’ Churches declare the holy war to the Fairy Kingdom?”

At that moment, the faces of the gathered people hardened.

It was hell.

There would be a huge war throughout Latna.

Leon Hart shook his head with an exaggerated sigh.

“It’s profanity, but it’s not.”

As Ballance said, it was unprecedented for the Templar Lords to receive an oracle.

Therefore, each church failed to conclude because it was trying to determine its authenticity.

“But we can’t just keep waiting, can we?”

At that moment, Sabine Asil shouted and held her sword high.

“Every day, people continue to bleeding! We need to move now! That way, we can stop the blood from flowing!”

The cries of the other Templar Lords followed.

“Now that everything is clear, Latna’s faithful!”

“An unexpected change in the night!”

“A great number of Aliens!”

“Dungeon monsters’ strange behavior, too!”

“The Goddesses have informed us that it is all due to the corruption of the Transcendental!”

That was right.

Many people were still dying by the invasion of the Devil.

How could anyone delay it when it’s urgent?

The six Templar Lords spoke with one heart and one will.

“Finally, if the church makes the wrong choice, then we will move according to the Goddesses’ will!”

“The Transcendental has become a corrupted heroine!”

On behalf of everyone’s will, the Darkness Church’s Templar Lord and the third Blessed by the Goddess made a declaration.

“I will uphold Their will and destroy her with the justice of Latna!”

* * *

Another extraordinary event happened in Latna, where all kinds of strange happenings appeared.

Three Heads represented each of the Churches.

Pope, Saintess, and Templar Lord.

The Templar Lords claimed to have received the Goddesses’ trust and left their churches in large numbers.

The same was true of the Templars and priests who followed them.

The breakaway members of the six denominations banded together to form new forces and referred to themselves as…

The Holy Punishers.

The only purpose of the group was to punish the Transcendental following the will of the Goddess.

As a result, the public sentiment of the continent was greatly shaken.

‘What’s going on here?’

‘How dare you fight against the Transcendental?’

‘You’re turning the strongest Spiritist and the strongest woman among the Continental Top Three into an enemy?’

It was a fight that had no chance of winning even with the eyes of a nobody who knew nothing.

They couldn’t have done such a reckless thing without being crazy.

‘But if what they say is true…’

‘If the corruption of the Transcendental caused all this…’

‘Then isn’t justice on their side?’

Just like the four strongest beings, the six Templar Lords had enjoyed fame for a long time, achieved justice, and built many connections.

It also did not make sense to think they were all crazy.

Large-scale chaos began to spread throughout the Fairy Kingdom.

* * *

The following words were Hollien’s first reaction to the whole story.

“Wow, they’ve gone far. If they came from Serkaltan in Scotaskia, won’t it take them more than 15 days?”

Roacell asked back in bewilderment.

“Their time of travel isn’t the main issue here, is it?”

“I’m just surprised.”

It was unexpected.

The six denominations neither declared a holy war nor attempted to assassinate the three strongest men.

Instead, only the Templar Lords came out of their denominations, citing the Goddesses’ oracle?

“What the hell is this about?”

Roacell didn’t understand the situation at all, causing him to tilt his head.

Hollien tapped on the table with her fingertips and complained.

“And I don’t know why I’m their only target. What about Garhan and Genovia?”

They designated only one, the Transcendental, as a sinner of asceticism.

There was no word about the Thunder King and Archmage.

Wouldn’t it be unfair to be treated as a criminal alone when they had an accident together?

“They were the ones who did most of the work!”

Garhan made the comprehensive plan, and Genovia focused on the power of the Devil.

Hollien just stood by and supported them.

“But why are they targetting only me? Do I look like I’m the weakest?”

Roacell smiled wryly inwardly.

‘I’d rather understand that.’

It would never be because Hollien was easy.

The strongest three were absolute beings with incomparable skills, and Hollien’s level was the highest among them.

It was just…

‘The Fairy Kingdom is the most unformidable.’

Although it was tied to the Continental Three Powers, it still lagged behind the Mado Kingdom, Rune, or the Kingdom of the Thousand Years, Kaldris.

Therefore, their goal was to deal with Hollien first and then destroy the Thunder King and the Archmage sequentially.

That was fully understandable to Roacell.

But it would be hard to voice out that hypothesis to the Queen of the Fairy Kingdom.

‘It’s because your husband’s country is the least developed country. I can’t say that can I?’

Roacell changed the topic.

“I don’t understand anyway. What would their advantage be behind their action?”

That was the only way they could split up their internal strife.

They couldn’t stand a chance even if they stuck together, but they were cutting back on their own?

“We’re not really in a civil war, are we?”

“It happens only when the truth is vague. There’s the incarnation of the Darkness.”

“Yes…”

In Roacell’s reply, Hollien looked up at the ceiling of her office, seemingly troubled.

She tried her best to think, but the conclusion was the same.

“Oh, I don’t know. What the hell are they doing?”

* * *

Kibie grinned.

“Hollien hasn’t figured it out yet, has she?”

Ryu Han-bin also smiled from ear to ear.

“I think she doesn’t know about it yet, but…”

As expected, it was better to act first.

Things went much better than he expected.

“With time, she will have no choice but to do her best to figure it out even if she doesn’t want to.”