Chapter 183-184 (1/2)
Chapter 183 – The Last Fire (1)
It had been several days since Crockta's party entered the great forest with Zakiro The road was long and the terrain steep If Zakiro hadn't been with theotten lost several times There were obstacles scattered all over the map
”This is your cue, Anor”
”Scary… I don't want to look”
”You are the scariest person here dot! Raise your bones!”
”Understood”
Anor used his necromancy to defeat the monsters
In the great forest, they fought monsters several times a day As a result of such hardshi+ps, they were able to find a huge wall standing in the lush forest It was the black barrier which was the symbol of Geherad
They stood at the entrance
”Orc, dark elf, gnouards' eyes widened at the appearance of such unique group The guards themselves were a mixture of humans and dwarves
”Yes, so what did you come for?”
”To look for a per…”
”Pilgrie” Zakiro interrupted Tiyo ”We came to worshi+p the last fire”
”Hoh, I see”
The dwarf guards nodded
”Are you a blacksmith?”
”Yes”
”Do you intend to enter the last forge?”
”If it is possible”
”Good luck”
He chuckled Crockta, Tiyo, and Anor, who didn't knohat the last fire or last forge was, just stood in the rear
”Good luck You can enter”
The passage was clear Just like the walls, Geherad's buildings were made of black soil The entire city looked like it was covered in coal
The scale of the city wasn't that big After all, it would be difficult to reat forest Most of the inhabitants were dwarves and humans, while other species were occasionally seen
However, a large building at the center of the city stood out
”That is the resting place of the last fire”
”What is the last fire dot?”
”Cohed ”The last fire literally means a fire that will re fire in the world?”
”The world's longest lasting fire…”
Tiyo thought about it He rolled his eyes as he tried to think of the answer
”Let’s see…”
”Over there”
Zakiro pointed to the sky The sun that illuhtened as he squinted at it
”The sun dot?”
”That's right Strictly speaking, the sun God”
”It is the first time I've heard of the sun God dot”
”He was originally a great God, but now he is said to be in a deep sleep I don't know the situation of the Gods, but the sun is still burning, so he hasn't completely disappeared”
Geherad's 'last fire' was a re at the center of Geherad was the teinally, the Gods revealed their existence by helping out or passing on divine es However, the sun God didn't do that It was said that the sun God had fallen into a long sleep
”Then what is the last forge?”
Zakiro grinned at Crockta's question
”It is literally the last forge If the sun is the longest fire in the world, then the last forge is the place that will hold it”
”There is a forge like that?”
”That's right Most people come to Geherad for that purpose In the place where the last fire is gathered, I want to borrow the best heat to create a masterpiece It is the holy place of the blacksmiths”
”So, that's why you tried to come here”
Crockta's group came to find Tiyo's father, but Zakiro had such a situation
”Well, I have now arrived Thank you for helping oodbye to them He only accompanied them here, so it was now time to separate
Crockta nodded and extended his fist Zakiro sainst Crockta's It was the first tiesture, but it didn't feel bad
”Bul'tar I am alive”
”Um”
He also said goodbye to Tiyo and Anor Then just before he moved away, Zakiro asked Crockta,
”Warrior I heard your name is Crockta?”
”Yes”
He had learned this fact while accoht was just a skilled warrior, was actually Crockta Zakiro confirain, ”The 'Northern Conqueror,' Crockta”
Crockta grinned ”Correct I am Northern Conqueror Crockta”
Zakiro nodded
”…That's right It was an honor”
Then he turned away
Zakiro headed straight to the temple of the sun God, the place where the last fire was kept In the black temple, a sharp spire stood out that pointed towards the sun
”Northern Conqueror Crockta is using my sword…”
It wasn't a bad feeling Crockta's reputation was great enough that Zakiro had heard it even back when he didn't leave his clan's s He also maintained the faith Not only had he performed various activities on the continent, he had also punished the crazy chieftain and blocked the ambition of the empire
Moreover, it had been done with Zakiro's sword, Ogre Slayer It felt wonderful
”However…”
That wasn't the only reason why Crockta's naraved in his mind Crockta would be in crisis in the near future They were enemies who couldn't be compared to the opponents Crockta had faced previously
”The fickle Gods…”
Despite all the work Crockta had done, the Gods had sent a divineto Crockta's death It said to destroy Crockta and his orc kin The dwarves in Zakiro's hoe which involved the fate of the entire continent
As long as the Gods targeted Crockta, a harsh future would follow To overcore Slayer' wasn't appropriate The ending was obvious
Zakiro worried about it for ait off
”I don't care”
He was a blacksmith, and his mission was to create a weapon Zakiro wasto complete the best work It was none of his business, even if the warrior who held his sould eventually die because of the Gods
Zakiro stood in front of the te out
”Let's see it once, the last fire”
The only thing ie'
After separating from Zakiro, Crockta's party explored the city for traces of Herod They asked if anyone knew a gnome called Hedor, but there were no answers Sonomes but didn't know much about them
In the end, the sun set
”That's it for today” Crockta stated He was hungry and tired
”We should go to the temple of the sun God as our final destination today There ht be a clue there”
”I think so as well dot”
”Okay Let's go quickly”
They headed to the black building at the center of Geherad As Zakiro said, all visitors to Geherad were ai for the temple of the sun God and the last fire Therefore, it was like a bustling tourist destination Hot air blew out as they entered
”Heat dot?”
”Ahh, I guess it is the temple of the sun God…”
”Are you okay dot? Isn't a necro you?”
”No”
The temple contained a place for worshi+p, and at the center, there was an altar which looked like a huge furnace The heat was flowing from there Worshi+ppers bowed their heads towards it and prayed There were various species present There arriors like Crockta, ht They all prayed to the 'last fire' in the altar at the center of the temple
”Isn't it wonderful?”
A voice rang out A dwarf in white clothing was standing beside theently and said,
”The sun God has been gone for a long time He can only be found in the history books The 'last fire' is the only thing left frootten the sun God, so they come here and pray Why?”
He was a priest here
Crockta replied, ”Well… is it because of the last forge?”
”Your answer isn't wrong But my own answer…”
The priest pointed to the ceiling of the temple
”It is the sun God”
”What do you mean?”
”The sun is the highest existence that cares for all things Without the sun's light and heat, this world wouldn't last row and shi+nes light so we can see the world Thanks to that, the sun's grace isn't forgotten”
It was a plausible answer
”Isn't the fact that we live on this earth the gift of the sun God? People feel this instinctively”
”It makes a lot of sense that there is a reason”
Crockta had ment The presence of the sun was the most basic premise for life
After that, the priest gave further explanations
Inside the altar was a piece of the sun God, and it contained a powerful heat that could e, which was beyond the worshi+p rooe could only be used by selected craftsmen, and this was determined by the piece of the sun God in the altar
After his explanation, Crockta opened his s”
”It is nothing It is my job”
”There is one thing I would like to ask Have you ever nome traveler called Hedor?”
”Hedor… I'nome I don't know if he is Hedor or not”
”He looks like this friend” Crockta gestured to Tiyo The priest raised his eyebrows as he saw Tiyo
”Hoh… It seems like he is”
”What did that man come for?”
”He kept asking me about the sun God He was interested in the ancient myths I recall that he asked about why the sun God disappeared”
They shared sonoh the records earnestly As they talked, it was soon time to close the temple
”If you coht be some records in the journal”
”Thank you”
”It is nothing I a the sun God”
They exited the teht Crockta suddenly looked up at the sky
The sun God…
Did he look different fro in the sky? Crockta had heard that there were rains of sand on Earth If so, who created that infinite possibility?
Perhaps one of those distant stars was the Earth he lived on Then at that moment…