The Evil God Beyond the Smartphone

＜ 57 : Upheaval (1) ＞

“Once you pass through this canyon, you will be completely out of the Centuries region.”

At the voice of Baron Betenge following him, Count Mayer nodded and looked at him.

Behind Count Meyer, there were numerous guards, including Baron Betenge.

It was because of the invitation from the Marquis, which was sent to the major nobles of the Empire, including Count Meyer.

The superficial reason was that the marquise writer Geum Ok-yeop had a coming-of-age ceremony, but in reality it was an excuse to solidify the unity of the aristocrats.

It was because Count Meyer was forced to accept such an invitation from the Marquis.

Especially now that the authority of the imperial family has fallen sharply due to the problem of Kueberg, unity within the faction was very important.

“Okay. But what does Baron Betenge think about this?”

Is it because the long journey has already become boring?

Count Meyer asked, looking at Baron Betenge, who was moving next to him.

It was because what had happened before he left the city flashed through his mind.

Baron Betenge asked him at the sudden question of Count Meyer.

“Are you talking about the Marquis’ invitation?”

“A story about Rex.”

“Ah… Confucius Rex. You said that you were sent to subdue bandits to gain military experience this time.”

Earl Meyer placed an order for Rex before leaving the city and attached a centipede.

It was an order to subdue the bandits who were staying in the abandoned fortress.

Countess Meyer had suggested it, and he thought it wouldn’t be bad to give his eldest son, Rex, some experience.

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Moreover, the centurion attached to Rex was also a fairly competent person.

Considering the fact that Rex had an escort by his side, it was Count Meyer’s idea that Rex wouldn’t get hurt.

“Yeah. Do you think Rex will succeed without difficulty?”

“Isn’t that fortress broken and out of function?”

“Since the strategic value has faded, there is no need to repair the fortress.”

The fortress occupied by the bandits was built at a time when the empire’s territory was much narrower than it is today.

The purpose was to protect the borders of the empire from foreign enemies.

However, as time passed, the strategic value faded, and now, it is nothing more than a completely ruined complex.

Even if the fortress was repaired now, it was impossible to estimate how much it would cost.

That is why Earl Meyer was able to send Rex out to subdue the bandits.

The baron pondered for a moment at Count Meyer’s words, and then returned his thoughts to the Count.

“The number of thieves is small and even the fortress is damaged, so Confucius would not attack it easily.”

“Do you think so too?”

“Of course. The reported number of bandits will not stand up to the city’s elite.”

“I mean, that’s what you think.”

Baron Bettenge did not stop there, but added a small flattery to the Count.

“Besides, doesn’t Confucius Rex look like the Count? He’s sure to show great abilities just like the Count.”

“I can’t believe it when the best baron in the whole counties said so!”

A happy smile appeared on Count Mayer’s face at the words of the baron confident of the success of Rex’s subjugation.

It was because he was anxious inside, even though he sent his son to the battlefield saying he would give him experience.

No matter how much the Countess Meyer talked about Lex, he was the eldest son of Count Meyer.

As the Count and his escorts marched through the canyon together.

A knight standing at the head of the procession noticed something and shouted in a loud voice.

It was a cry that ordered the procession following to stop.

“Stop! Power stop!”

The rider standing next to the knight fluttered the flag, and the procession of the advancing counts came to a halt.

Count Meyer looked at the knight who had given the order to the knight’s actions to stop the procession.

The knight was looking at a point not far from the party.

The count’s gaze was also directed toward the front of the canyon naturally.

A little further away from the position where the procession of the counts had stopped.

A middle-aged man in a tunic was standing there.

“Who are you! Reveal your identity!”

The knight at the forefront asked the identity of a mysterious person who suddenly appeared.

The eyes of all the guards advancing through the canyon turned to the man in front of them.

It was a man who had not appeared in the canyon until recently.

Besides, the man seemed to have been left alone in this rugged canyon.

There was no one here who wouldn’t be suspicious of the man standing in the procession alone.

In response to the knight’s question about his identity, the man spoke politely in the direction of the Count.

“I am Roan Hebris, Archbishop of the Order.”

“The Church…? What are you talking about now?”

“He is the humblest servant who serves the Great and proclaims his will.”

When Count Meyer heard the name of the Order, he frowned and looked at him.

The man in front of him must have been a pagan worshiping an evil god.

Count Meyer, who was looking at Roan, naturally exclaimed in disdain towards the other person.

“……pagan.”

“You’re a pagan, that’s a very insulting remark.”

“What the hell does a heathen have to do with me?”

Why did such a pagan come to Count Meyer alone?

Count Meyer looked at Roan with such thoughts in mind, and Roan looked at the Earl with a click of his tongue.

In Roan’s gaze looking at the Count, there was a youthful sign of madness.

Roan spoke as he stretched out his hand forward to Count Meyer, who asked about his business.

“I’m not going to worry too much about it, as I’m going to die soon anyway.

“Now what…?”

“I came here to kill you.”

easy profit.

A snake with its head exposed on Roan’s sleeve fluttered its tongue.

What Roan saw was a clear declaration of war.

The soldiers who had been waiting for Roan’s threat to kill the Count raised their weapons in unison.

As long as the opponent clearly expressed hostility, all that was left was to fight.

The knight in the lead pointed his sword at Roan and gave orders to the soldiers.

“Your opponent is heretic! Prepare for battle!”

“All in charge! Annihilate the enemy!”

With a fierce shout, the count’s soldiers began to move.

The knights at the forefront were riding horses and charging towards Roan.

Closely——. Closely——.

The relationship between Roan and the knights began to decrease rapidly.

However, Roan was showing a relaxed attitude to the knights who were aiming for him.

The moment when the knights who drove their horses like that came right in front of Roan.

Roan opened her mouth, looking at the snake with her head sticking out of her sleeve.

“Beta. It’s good to eat now.”

Googooing!

Roan’s shadow widened with the sound of the earth’s shaking.

And the snake’s head appeared in the shadow that grew at a fast rate.

The shape of a giant snake wrapped in darkness.

dark magic water. The subterranean beast that hides in the shadows has appeared on the ground.

The knights who were charging forward pulled the reins in a hurry at the appearance of the beast they had witnessed for the first time in their life.

“What, what!”

“It’s a monster! A monster has appeared!”

“Stop the charge! If we keep going like this, we will collide…!”

It looked huge enough with the naked eye alone.

What would happen if such a being completely raised its head?

As for that fact, anyone in this room could have easily predicted it.

Embarrassed by the sudden appearance of the shadow demon, the knights stopped their horses and tried to avoid a collision.

However, it was faster for the Beta, who had already started moving, to pop out with her mouth wide open.

The shadow that fluttered in the darkness opened its mouth with a gleam of gold eyes.

– Shhh!

Beta’s mouth, which came out of the shadows with a huge mouth like a pit, swallowed the knights.

What appeared from Beta’s wide-open mouth was an abyss without light.

A huge abyss with no end.

An unknown space that cannot even be guessed by the shallow human senses was opened.

Not only people and horses, but also the knights were sucked into the huge space that even a carriage could fit into.

“Uh, uh, uh…?”

“Bae, Count!”

Immediately after the leading knights were completely sucked into Beta’s huge mouth.

Beta, who had opened her mouth toward the air, completely closed her mouth.

Kwajik. Quad Duck.

The knights who were charging forward with an eerie plosive sound disappeared in an instant.

Beta’s tightly closed mouth echoed the screams of people.

“aah——!”

“aah! Save me…!”

Quad Duck. quack.

Having put people in his mouth, Beta purred several more times.

Every time Beta’s mouth moved, a terrifying sound reverberated over and over again.

When Beta’s mouth, which had been busy moving, completely stopped moving.

The screams from Beta’s mouth were no longer there.

The Count looked at Beta with bewildered eyes at the horrific horror that had occurred in an instant.

“I, what the hell is that…”

The count’s loyal knights disappeared into the monster’s stomach in an instant.

The knights that have been nurtured by pouring the count’s funds over the past decade have been reduced to a meal for monsters.

Count Meyer’s hands were trembling at the unbelievable sight that had taken place before his eyes.

The present loss will be a huge blow that cannot be easily recovered for the count.

But what was even more frightening was the fact that the monster in front of him that devoured the knights didn’t show a single wound.

“So, didn’t I tell you? You’re doomed to die soon.”

“Why are you… doing this to me?”

Count Meyer’s voice, looking at Beta, was in a state of less strength than before.

Why are you attacking yourself?

Roan smiled at Count Meyer’s question.

Roan’s eyes with a friendly smile.

And Beta’s golden eyes piercing through the dark shadows.

The two pairs of eyes fell unanimously on Count Mayer.

“Why are you doing this?” I asked.

“Yeah, yes. I am the count. It would be good for the denomination by doing this…”

“Why not? If you die, Prince Rex will inherit the count.”

What came out of Roan’s mouth was unexpectedly a story about Rex.

When the Earl dies, Rex will become the next Earl of Meyer.

Roan was saying that to the Count.

When he said that he would make Rex a count, the count’s face became even more puzzled than before.

“Rex inherits the count, what the heck does that mean?”

“Did you not know? Confucius Rex is already a loyal member of the Order.”

“Rex is a member of the Order?”

“Of course, because when Prince Rex ascended to the throne, he promised to build a temple to the great in the city.”

Only then did all the puzzles fit together in the Count’s head.

close.

Count Meyer, who was talking to Roan, clenched his teeth.

His beloved son was a pagan.

It was a reality that was difficult to accept as a count.

Of course, even while the Count and Roan were having a conversation, there was always someone moving for Count Meyer.

Baron Betenge, who was still attached to the seat next to the Count, grabbed his hand and cried out loudly.

“Count! We don’t have time for this! Hurry up and retreat! I’ll buy the time!”

“baron…….”

“I will never see the city fall into the hands of a heathen like this! Please come back as soon as possible and save the Countess!”

Baron Betenge’s determined eyes looked at Count Meyer.

Baron Betenge had been with Count Meyer since childhood.

At the words of the baron that he would risk his life to save himself, the count’s eyes became hot.

It was because he was grateful for his good fortune being with his loyal subordinate until the end.

“Baron, I…”

“You can’t fight that monster and win with just this number!”

“…I know.”

“You must return to the territory and gather troops as quickly as possible!”

In order to deal with the dark magic beast, you must raise an army of a size suitable for it.

Baron Betenge’s words were nothing short of a theory.

And it was the Earl’s job to raise the army at this point.

It is necessary to return to the territory as quickly as possible.

He thanked Baron Betenge for sacrificing himself as much as he could.

“Baron Vetange! I will make sure you take care of your family!”

“Count! Please come back alive.”

Count Mayer turned around and started running away as soon as he finished saying hello.

Roan, who was watching the scene, said as he looked at the running Count Meyer.

“Count Meyer. Are you really going to run away like this?”

“Evil cultist! As long as I am, you and the monster cannot pass through this place!”

“I have no intention of passing by.”

Roan ignored Baron Betenge, and turned his gaze to the fleeing Count Meyer.

Count Meyer was running in the direction of the counties with some of his escorts.

But Roan did not move even a single step from his seat, far from moving towards the Count.

At that moment, Baron Betenge was puzzled by Roan’s attitude.

Whoops.

A dagger protruded from Roan’s arms.

It was a beautiful looking dagger with an ominous energy.

“Reproach yourself for your folly.”

“Kuh-huh…!”

Kwareung!

At the same time as thunder roared from the sky, Count Meyer fell off his horse.

The horse that was hit by the lightning was instantly killed, and the Count, who was running while holding the reins, was also unharmed.

The Count’s hands and feet trembled as he fell to the floor and hit his head.

In the blurred vision, the count’s gaze looked towards the city.

That was the last scene Count Meyer remembered.