Book 19 Chapter 25

Chapter 163

“……You might not believe me, but it’s roughly this situation.”

Rista briefly explained the events of the distant future and the circumstances that brought her here.

The Eldia heroes listened attentively to Rista, who was an uninvited guest and a junior, and a gentle dignity could be felt in each of their postures.

Eldia Bete (02), Kaduel, was silent for a moment after Rista's story ended, then opened his mouth.

“A ‘fake’ from the future…… I see. If your words are true, then we ultimately fail.”

If this had really been the past, perhaps she shouldn't have said those words.

Because it might crush the morale of the Eldia heroes. But the Mad Dragon said this was not the real past.

Nevertheless…… Rista felt a gut-wrenching guilt from Kaduel’s sorrowful expression.

“You haven’t failed, Kaduel.”

At that moment, Eldia Alma (01), Alcaeus, spoke.

“Don’t you understand? The very existence of this successor who has come here to meet us means that our mission was valuable.”

“……!”

“We fought a battle to pass the light on to future generations, and we won that battle. It was a ‘battle of faith’ that this light would continue and continue, and truly end the darkness in the era set by the will of creation. Therefore, our struggle was neither in vain nor a failure.”

When Alcaeus finished speaking, Kaduel said, “I see,” acknowledging it with a slight chuckle.

Rista trembled.

It was because of such a being, because he was such a being, that he could become the leader of those Eldia heroes. He is incomparably higher and stronger than someone like me.

“So, don’t call yourself a ‘fake’ again.”

“Yes?”

“You are not a fake. How could there be such a thing as a fake on this path, and how could one belittle it as a fake? You are a proud successor who has taken over our mission.”

Rista listened to that story blankly. To understand the words she had just heard, she had to blink her eyes in a daze.

But……

Why……

Before her brain could even comprehend those words, why was the world shattering transparently? Why were hot tears streaming down her cheeks?

“Thank…… you……”

That was all she could manage to say, her head bowed. Then Kaduel’s voice was heard.

“Captain, an order has come down from His Holiness Shurigan. All fleet commanders are to assemble in one hour.”

“The reason?”

“His Holiness Terbel succeeded in subjugating King Golgong, and requested a video conference for the joint attack operation on Naigalas’s palace, ‘Larien, City of Pillars’.”

Rista fell silent.

Naigalas is the true name of the Lizard Lord.

‘It’s beginning. The subjugation battle of the <Forgotten Kings>, which I, we, dared not even imagine.’

Alcaeus glanced at Rista and spoke.

“Then it wouldn’t be bad to bring His Holiness Shurigan here before that.”

Then Kaduel also nodded with an intelligent smile.

“Ah, that would certainly be the case. We can definitely buy some time.”

Shurigan, Shurigan?

Shurigan, the one among the <Ones Who Came> who wields the crimson sun?

Rista raised her head, unable to understand the flow of the conversation, and Kaduel smiled kindly.

“He will be pleased. If I tell him how this world has changed in a thousand years. His Holiness Shurigan is that kind of person.”