Chapter 142 - Devils Plague 3 (1/2)

They were celestial beings who managed the continent under the Creator’s will.

However, they gradually took over the Creator’s position and role, and at some point the Creator disappeared from everyone's minds.

The Creator did not intervene even though the Light Doctrine falsified their scriptures and documents and distorted the truth.

Unlike the seven gods, the Creator had never appeared on the Eeth Continent, and had never given direct help to those who believed in him.

His ultimate intention was unknown.

However, Eteria Rodinus was speculating that it had to do with the nature of the system.

“The Creator is trying to precisely control the power of Demon God Asura. That is the driving force that changes the system.”

As Helena walked along the shoreline where rock crabs were crawling, she spoke in a firm tone.

Karin looked at her with a confused expression.

“Aren't there only seven gods in this world?”

“Gods also exist in different dimensions. It can be said that the Demon God is one of them.”

Gods were the agents of the Creator.

In some ways, they were similar to angels, but they had been given a more active task.

However, the position and role of the Demon God were rather unusual and out of the ordinary, so his identity was unclear compared to other gods.

“That is true. It’s quite weird. The demons are in confrontation with the gods, but their ruler is the Demon God.”

“That's proof that the Demon God wasn’t part of the Creator’s original intentional creation. We don't really know the details though.”

Helena paused for a moment so as not to mention any unnecessary content in the prophetic book.

Woohyuk suddenly stopped walking when she tried to put bring up a new subject.

“Why did you suddenly stop, Lord Woohyuk?”

“There’s a shipwreck over there.”

Woohyuk pointed to the other side of the beach.

As he said, there was a ship with a broken hull by the shore.

The party went towards it to see if there were any survivors.

“Ugh… .”

They heard a man's groan on the deck.

Woohyuk climbed to the deck using the net outside the hull and confirmed the man’s identity.

A surprised look took over his face.

'Allen?'

Archmage Allen, his closest friend in the past.

His innate magical talent was recognized by Great Sage Arcane and became his successor.

He made a name for himself by attacking the Tower of Pride built by the Witch Trivia.

According to the past, he should’ve been in the Croa Principality on the east of the Holy Aperian Empire.

'Why is he here? Did the future change because of me?'

Woohyuk became nervous and impatient because he wanted to become an archmage as before.

“Can you heal this man, Helena?”

“Let’s see… His mind and body are weak, but I don't think his life will be in danger if we take care of him from now on.”.

Afterwards, she cast a magic spell and Allen squirmed awake, vomiting seawater.

“Ugh…”

“Can you hear us?”

“Who, who are you?”

Allen's blue eyes filled with fear looked up at Woohyuk.

Woohyuk took out a blanket and covered Allen with it.

“I am an otherworlder adventurer like you. What happened to you at sea?”

“…We met pirates. They were really dangerous people.”

Shivering with hypothermia, Allen recounted his experiences.

Woohyuk frowned deeply as he listened to the end.

“Your clan members were captured by Edward Teach?”

“Yes, Blackbeard said he needed more slaves. It seems that they are increasing their power on an island in the black sea.”

The black sea was the area to the east of the Eeth Continent.

This name was attributed to it due to the appearances of many deep-sea monsters in the harsh storms, which colored the water black.

Woohyuk did not expect Edward Teach to use such a dangerous zone as a base.

In this situation, it was possible that someone from the demon world was helping him.

“There is a good chance that he subordinated himself to Aleister after being abandoned by the demon kings of Ars Notoria.”

“Aleister… They did mention that name as they took out some unknown purple pill.”

The purple pill Allen was talking about was the Clipport's Fruit.

Woohyuk showed great interest to the story once the pill was mentioned.

“Did the subordinates also take the fruit?”

”Yeah. But, it seems like they have a shortage of it, since they mentioned that only the executives and higher-ups of the pirate group could receive it.”

“I guess the distribution isn’t functioning properly over there. But why did your clan leave the Croa Principality to come here? That country should be a pretty safe place.”

Geographically, the Croa Principality was located in the northeast of the western continent.

The only countries it shared a border with were the Holy Aperian Empire and the Enoa Kingdom, without including the channel to the east.

However, since Alice of the Enoa Kingdom did not manage to get the Blood Queen class, she wouldn’t have been a proper opponent to the Elf Queen Orphelia in the Croa Principality.

Allen's next remarks took Woohyuk completely by surprise.

“I don't know what you mean. It's a complete battlefield. The two queens of different races are at an all-out war against each other since they don’t get along.”

“Two queens?”

“Yes, Alice the Queen of Thorns and Orphelia the Elf Queen. Their personalities and attributes are the complete opposite.”

The Queen of Thorns.

Woohyuk raised his head and looked up at the sky.

Was there a hidden class he wasn’t aware of in the Primordial forest or adventurer's canyon?

Or was there the intervention from another transcendental being?

He didn’t know what had happened, but it was clear that things weren't looking very good for the Croa Principality.

“What are the characteristics of the race that is ruled by the Queen of Thorns?”

“They are some kind of variant. They are called Kazaks. They look like a mix of both monsters and demons, and have red eyes with thin wings.”

According to the description, they were chimeras similar to the shape of a fallen angel.

Woohyuk clicked his tongue when he heard that the country’s army had allied with Elf Queen Orphelia but still struggled a lot against their enemies.

“It would’ve been better if she were the Vampire Queen.”

”Huh? Are there vampires on the Eeth Continent?”

“No, I'll talk about that later. Can you move?”

Time was tight. They had to make a cure for the Ghost disease before sunset and return to the village.

Allen silently nodded and stood up as he grabbed onto Woohyuk’s extended hand.