Chapter 35 - EPISODE 35 – FULL MOON (2) (1/2)
The content of the Legend of Heroes series grew in scale for every succeeding work.
In the first episode of the series, there are a total of five playable characters. The stage of the story was also limited to a small country located between the Sälen Kingdom and the Argon Empire.
‘The queen of the Paragon Kingdom was brainwashed by the demon followers, and summons a demon by offering a prince as a sacrifice…’
The summoned demon, Demon Prince Baikazel, kills the king and turns the entire palace into a demon’s den.
The story of Legend of Heroes 1 was about becoming one of the five main characters, and defeating Baikazel, who took over the Paragon Kingdom.
“The story of the second episode takes place in the Sälen Kingdom and Argon Empire…”
“The story of the third episode takes place in a world devastated by Armageddon and is about settling the fight between the angels and demons.”
Inside one of the rattling carriages, Jude and Cordelia were laying side by side on a temporarily made bed as the two carriages headed to the northern viscount’s mansion.
They weren’t lying on the same bed, but on two beds with a low partition in between.
The two carriages were prepared in a hurry by Lucas for their group after they wandered through the witch’s forest.
“Landius of the Red Flame.”
“He is one of the five main characters in the first episode. Landius, along with Sword Noble Kamael, are considered to be the de facto main characters of the episode. He is the son of the Paragon Knights commander, and after defeating Baikazel, he is wandering around the continent looking for the demon followers who were behind everything.”
“Good job, JudeWiki.”
As Cordelia clapped and applauded like an idiot, Jude was somewhat embarrassed but continued his words.
“First of all, depending on which character you played in the first episode, the hero was different…so based on the game’s history, it was either Landius or Kamael who defeated Baikazel.”
“Search ‘Kamael,’ Enter.”
Cordelia spoke, pretending to type in the air, and Jude narrowed his eyes, but soon opened his mouth again.
“Kamael the Sword Noble. He is the illegitimate son of King Paragon who was murdered by Baikazel. He is a main protagonist of the first episode and is the only one who survived and is active in the second episode.”
If the main characters of the first episode, who have already become stronger, played an active part in the second episode, it would be difficult for the main characters of the second episode to stand out. Perhaps because of this, the five main characters of the first episode all met a miserable end in the second episode.
“Umm…Landius was killed by a demonic human, right?”
“Yes, it’s a story that doesn’t actually appear and only exists as a setting…but he was killed by demonic human Duke, the chief executive of the Devil’s Hand.”
In fact, the context of this situation was not perfectly revealed in the series.
It was a guess made by the users because demonic human Duke carried Landius’ sword, the ‘Solar Blade.’
“So you’re saying that he’s not dead yet?”
“Yes, that’s exactly the important thing.”
Landius is not dead yet.
In the original story, Landius meeting with either Jude or Cordelia was something that did not exist.
However, the two had crushed the Devil’s Hand’s kidnapping plot, causing the current situation to happen.
Lucas was not kidnapped, and Count Hræsvelgr asked Landius, who had ties to them, to pick up Lucas from the northern viscount’s place.
Thus, the encounter between the main characters of the first and second episodes, which was not originally possible, was about to be realized.
“Can we…save him?”
Cordelia raised her upper body and turned to Jude, as she asked with expectant eyes.
Save Landius.
Prevent the death of the physically strongest main character in the first episode and make him active in the second episode.
“We can save him. No, we must save him.”
After all, the goal of Jude and Cordelia was to create the ultimate happy ending.
There was also a fact that having a strong man alive like Landius, could be a disaster for the demon followers.
So we must save him.
We had to somehow create the Landius survival route with our upcoming meeting with him.
“Awesome.”
Cordelia spoke quietly as she lied down again and smiled.
“I wanted to save Landius.”
“Do you like him?”
“Yes, he’s my second favorite character among the main characters in the first episode.”
“Who was your most favorite? Lena?”
“Yes, Lena.”
She was the wizard lady and the only woman among the five main characters of the first episode.
Lena was a disciple of the Paragon Kingdom’s Royal Wizard, and she also faced a miserable end in the second episode.
“Can we save Lena too?”
“We can save her. It was relatively clear when and where Lena dies.”
He had not talked to Cordelia about it in detail yet, but Jude already had a rough plan on how to save Lena.
‘Because there’s so much work to be done in the north.’
The Sunflower event for curing his Gueumjulmaek.
The perfect blockage of Jude’s main scenario, ‘The Northern Barbarians’ Great Attack.’
The rescue of Lena, one of the main characters in the first series.
And at this moment, the mission called ‘Saving the life of Landius’ was added.
“Since Landius is strong, just telling him his weaknesses will dramatically increase his chances of survival.”
“That’s highly likely.”
Jude replied and nodded. He then turned to Cordelia in silence and she tilted her head in confusion.
“Why?”
“No, it’s just that your enthusiasm is vastly different from when you were about to meet Lucas.”
“That’s because Landius is cool.”
“Is Lucas not cool?”
“Hmm…how should I say it…he’s a cute one?”
“You don’t seem to hate him anymore.”
“Because he’s cute.”
Should I say that he’s like a puppy?
At Cordelia’s evaluation, Jude wryly smiled, and then turned his gaze back to the ceiling.
But this time, Cordelia sat up again, tilted her head in curiosity as she turned to Jude and asked.
“Erm, well…Jude.”
“Why?”
“Can I ask you a question?”
Cordelia lightly assumed an air of cuteness as she asked, and Jude unwittingly flinched at her suddenly acting cute and charming.
“Wha-what are you going to ask?”
“No, well…it’s not a big deal…”
As the end of her words became a little unclear, Cordelia leaned against the partition and spoke.
“Well, I mean.”
“Uh, you mean what?”
“So…uh…umm…darn it! Hey, what did you do?”
“Huh?”
“What did you do? Outboxer’s job, your previous job. You couldn’t have been a real boxer.”
Cordelia, who had been agonizing over how to say it, gave up thinking and almost shouted.
“Why are you suddenly asking about my job?”
“Something’s weird. No, I’m also curious.”
Cordelia straightened her sitting position as she continued while pointing her finger at him.
“First of all, your memory is ridiculously good.”
“Maybe it’s yours that’s just bad?”
“Hey, grab a hundred people passing by and ask. Whether I’m the one who’s normal or you are.”
Cordelia snorted as she continued pointing her finger.
“You said that the soil has changed while we’re walking, but where can you find a person that notices that the soil has changed, unless you’re paranoid and checked the soil when entering the forest?”
“Here’s that person.”