The Evil God Beyond the Smartphone

＜ 64 : black sky (2) ＞

A tower located in the inner city of the city.

There, Rex was staring blankly at the city.

Even though he became a count, he was in a situation where he did not realize his position.

Next to Rex was the knight Palios, who had been protecting Rex for a long time.

After completing the mission, Evan left, and Palios took his place.

Palios asked, gazing at Rex’s back as he looked at the city.

“Did you really have to do that?”

There was a bit of resentment in the voice of Palios that was delivered to Rex.

At Palios’ words, Rex’s face became complicated.

After Rex became the next Earl of Meyer, Palios swore allegiance to him as promised.

However, he seemed to be displeased with the process.

When Rex became count, Countess Meyer and Max Meyer were executed.

Thanks to that, Rex was able to rally most of his forces, but it was only natural that an unrepressed backlash would erupt.

“Are you resentful of me?”

“…I resent Confucius at that time and myself for not being able to protect the Count.”

“You know it’s unavoidable.”

“Still, if the Count had talked to you… wouldn’t it have been possible to save the two of you?”

“If Max’s power is still there, how am I going to leave the two of them alone?”

Deal with the devil.

This was a deal worthy of that name.

Rex was able to rise to the rank of count thanks to a deal with the Church of the Evil God.

And in return, the denomination took over the whole of the Count’s fortress.

In all places of the inner city, the members of the church are monitoring Rex.

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Moreover, an unknown altar was being built in the basement of the counties.

“You’re being called the Bishop, have you also completely become a follower of the evil spirit?”

“It’s just a fictional story.”

“that…….”

“You must have a reason to bind me.”

“Are you happy, Count, living as their puppet?”

Palios’ sharp question pierced Rex’s ear.

The name puppet wasn’t exactly a misnomer.

Because Rex’s decision unconditionally required the permission of Archbishop Roan.

Even now, he is living a leisurely life as a count without being threatened with his life.

Should I be dissatisfied with this life?

Rex smiled bitterly as he saw himself becoming a full-fledged livestock.

“Lord Palios. I mean…”

The moment Rex was about to tell the story to Palios.

Things started to happen around Rex.

Kugugugugugugugu–.

A deafening roar began to resound in his ears.

Rex immediately covered his ears at the roar that resonated as if his eardrums were about to burst.

However, an unidentified roar echoed in his ear and penetrated through the hand covering his ear.

“The Count! What the hell is that…!”

“ah…….”

Similarly, Palios, who covered his ears, looked at Rex and shouted loudly.

However, Palios’s voice was not delivered properly because it was buried in a huge roar.

Kugugugugung——.

The roar did not stop and continued to reverberate in the sky.

At the same time, the sun that rose in the sky also began to turn black.

repeated roar.

And darkness began to descend.

At the same time, screams of people erupted from the entire interior.

“What, what…!”

“Uh-huh–!”

“This, this, this…”

There were also those who ran away to escape from the falling darkness.

There was also a person who covered his eyes so as not to see the dark sky.

Some of the people covered their ears and cried out to the sky in tears.

“Uhhh… Save me!”

“The sun, the sun is dyeing black!”

Kugugung——.

Kugugugugung——.

The roar that had been resounding irregularly under the screams began to slowly cease.

Rex removed the hand that had covered his ears at the dwindling sound again.

At the sound of the silence, Phalios also lowered his hand covering his ears.

Nevertheless, the darkness that began to fall over the entire city continued to deepen.

The darkening sun picked up the light that was shining toward the ground again.

Rex looked up at the sky with a startled look at the light that had begun to slowly fade away.

“The Black Sun…”

The black sun rises under the black sky.

The moon and stars had completely lost their light, and the vast sky was filled with darkness.

An unprecedented disaster that I encountered for the first time in my life.

The darkness that completely enveloped the world began to spread a thick silence.

In a world where the light was lost under the dark sky, Rex was only aware of the existence of Phalios standing behind him.

“…the Count. Do you know anything about what’s happening now?”

“The black sun. It’s a symbol of evil spirits.”

“The symbol of the evil spirit…?”

“I remember reading it in a book one day.”

The day the sun loses its light.

And the day when the beasts who lost their reason ran wild.

The contents of a book he had read a long time ago flashed through Rex’s mind.

The thick darkness in front of him was a vicious sight that only evil spirits could create.

A huge fear of evil spirits rose in Rex’s chest as he looked up at the sky.

“Sir Palios.”

“…the Count.”

“Kyung-eun, do you think people can fight against such a being?”

A world in the dark where you can’t see ahead.

Only the torches lit by the soldiers could barely see them.

In a world that has lost its light, there are only a few emotions that mere humans can face.

fear and awe.

There is no place for the fighting spirit to intervene.

In the sight filled with darkness, Phalios’ voice resounded toward Rex.

“For me… it’s impossible.”

The shadow of the evil spirit fell over the whole city.

Those who saw the light could not even see right in front of them, and those who spoke had to scream with their voices.

A world ruled by darkness.

The world of humans has become an abyss.

* * * * * *

Holy Land, Crossbridge.

In the conference room located in Seonghwangcheong, Seonghwang looked around with a dark gaze.

It was because there were less people than usual to conduct the meeting.

It was a conference where all the saints, elders, and commanders of the Knights Guard gathered, but for some reason today, two seats were empty.

Serena Etherant, the Saint of Abundance, who represents the Temple of Abundance, the most influential of all temples.

And the deputy knight commander, Ryan Crosst, who will be escorting her.

The two were not present.

Hwang Hyupright II, who was looking around at him, opened his mouth looking at the elders.

“Where did the Lady of Abundance go?”

“……”

The elders, who received the gaze of success, avoided each other’s gaze and appeared silent.

Still, the situation in this case was enough to give me a headache, because I didn’t want to be reprimanded even for the missing saint.

Enduring such a booming gaze, it was the Knights Commander, Rebels Etherant, who stepped forward.

The Black Holy Sword, Rebels Aetherrant.

He looked at the prosperity with a stiff face.

Then, on behalf of everyone, she opened her mouth to explain why the Lady of Abundance disappeared.

“I’ll explain that.”

“You mean Prince Rebels will explain? All right.”

“The Lady of Abundance took one of the relics out of the Holy Land four days ago.”

“Are you saying that the saint went out of the Holy Land by herself?”

“It seems that you were trying to convince Lord Lian to sneak out with the relics.”

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Some of the elders who heard Rivelz clicked their tongues.

It looked like he could not understand the attitude of the saint who was absent in such an emergency.

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Most of the actions were taken to shift the blame for this incident on Rivelz.

Seonghwang then asked Rivelz why she escaped.

“Did the saint sneak out without asking for an escort?”

“I’m guessing from the letter you left, it seems that you received a revelation about the hero and went to pick him up.”

“He’s a hero of abundance…”

“Still, Lord Ryan is with you, so he’ll probably come back to Crossbridge without any problems.”

One of the elders stood up at Rivelz’s story.

The identity of the elder who got up from his seat was the first elder Antonio.

Antonio urged Rebels, who brought up the story of the Saint of Abundance, and talked about it.

“Prince Rebels! Isn’t it too much to cover up the saint just because she’s a daughter? Taking out relics and going out without permission is a serious felony!”

“…Elder Antonio. Bloodline is not very important in handling the affairs of the temple.”

“Gong may think so, but not the people here! Wasn’t it the Holy Knights that gave permission to take out the relics in the first place?”

Irrespective of Rivelz’s denial of his words, Antonio continued the interrogation.

“The relic is for the purpose of strengthening Sir Lian’s escort…”

“Isn’t the Vice Knights Commander also a member of the Holy Knights!”

“that…….”

“Dr Rebels must also be held responsible for this!”

The atmosphere in the conference hall is getting hotter by Antonio’s attitude that raises his voice.

A heavy impact sound resounded in the conference hall several times.

thud. thud. thud. thud.

Seonghwang, who was listening to the story, tapped the doctor’s wand and interrupted the conversation between the two.

Seonghwang’s sharp gaze swept through the Knights Commander and the Elders one at a time.

Antonio, who received the fierce gaze of prosperity, quietly stopped talking and sat down.

“Elder Antonio. Have I called a meeting to hold you accountable now?”

“…I’m so excited.”

“It would be better to be respectful and listen to the story.”

“I understand, Seonghwang.”

Seonghwang’s gaze immediately turned to Rivelz, who was on the opposite side.

The knight commander, who received the eyes of prosperity, had a hard face as before.

To such Rivelz, Seonghwang talked about the conclusion of the saint’s runaway case.

“And Prince Rivelds. The chastisement of the Lady of Abundance will be discussed again when she returns.”

“……All right.”

“Gong, make a search party to find the saint.”

“Yes. Holy Emperor.”

“Then I will finish the agenda for the Saint of Abundance at this point.”

When the story was finished, Rivelz also returned to his seat and sat down.

Then, in the quiet atmosphere, he put down the doctor’s stick he was holding.

Then, I looked again at the sides of the conference room one by one.

One saint was missing from the meeting, but it was not an agenda that could be postponed to the next.

In a quiet atmosphere, Seonghwang spoke to the members of the meeting.

“Now the atmosphere has calmed down. Let’s start the meeting then.”

“Yes.”

“As everyone gathered here knows, the black sun, the symbol of evil spirits, has risen again in the sky.”

“The Black Sun…”

Hearing the story of the Black Sun, all the people in the conference hall became silent.

black sun.

It was a symbol of the evil spirit that only appeared when the evil spirit extended its demonic beasts to the world.

Under the blackened sky, it was impossible to see even an inch ahead without a torch, and even crops showed that they could not grow due to lack of sunlight.

According to old records, the black sun had risen in the sky for as long as two months.

The black sun that engulfed the sky was just as big a problem for the Holy Land.

“As a result of borrowing the eyes of the Goddess, it is estimated that the area where the black sun rose is part of the Empire including the Holy Land.”

“How about the Hegros Kingdom side?”

“When you step inside the border, the black sun completely disappears.”

After hearing the story of the Black Sun, the elders began to talk from all directions.

The black sky that covered the Holy Land and part of the Empire.

If this phenomenon continues for several months, the grains and fruits of the Holy Land will not ripen properly.

A huge food shortage could occur throughout the Holy Land.

Even worse, if the black sun was rising in the granaries of the southern part of the empire, it was highly likely that it would be difficult to get food support from the empire.

It was a matter that could cause many people in the Holy Land to starve.

The opinions of the elders on this matter began to swell here and there.

“We must find out how long the Black Sun will last.”

“How about covering the Holy Land with the Holy Barrier?”

“How are we going to solve the black sun that covered the Empire including the Holy Land by covering only the Holy Land?”

“If it doesn’t work, food aid from the Hegros Kingdom…”

A plan to create a divine barrier that covers the entire Crossbridge.

A way to study the duration of the black sun.

And even a way to receive food support from the kingdom of Hegros, which borders on each other.

All sorts of countermeasures came out of the conference hall of Seonghwangcheong.

Around the time the story that had been flowing like that was leaning towards food aid from other countries.

Rebels, who had been quietly listening to the story, opened his mouth as he looked at the elders.

“It is difficult to get support from the Kingdom of Hegros.”

“Rebels Ball.”

“Even though the food situation in the Hegross Kingdom is aside, under the black sun, the beasts go wild under the black sun.”

Every time a solar eclipse occurs, the beasts become rampant.

The elders who attended this meeting were also familiar with it.

As expected of Rebels’ story, the elder who brought up the story of food aid answered.

“Isn’t that the only thing the elites have to take charge of transporting food even in the Holy Land?”

“It would be difficult to transport enough food to feed the entire Holy Land with such personnel.”

“If even that doesn’t work, what are the Paladins for?”

“The Holy Knights are the force for the defense of the Holy Land. We cannot allocate all personnel to transport operations.”

As before, an argument began to come and go between the Elder and the Knights Commander.

It was the elders and knights who did not get along well enough to be called an antagonist.

It was very common for two organizations to argue over the same agenda.

The elder frowned when he saw Rivels talking about the defense of the Holy Land.

“Every time you talk about the expansion of the Holy Knights, don’t you have enough power yet?”

“There is a limit to the size that can be maintained with the current budget of the Holy Knights. If the core power is lost in the current state, the defense capability of the Holy Land will decrease.”

Rebels shook his head at the elder’s words as he talked about the budget of the Holy Knights.

The longer the conversation, the more the elder’s face grew redder.

A thick vein stood on the neck of the elder who was talking while looking at Rebels.

“Then how are we going to solve this situation?”

“If we don’t find a way to fundamentally fix the Black Sun, we’ll end up with a lot of damage.”

“Does Rebels know how to solve a fundamentally black sun?”

“Isn’t that a question for theologians of the Holy Land to study?”

“If that’s the case, why did the great famine come from the war 200 years ago?”

“It’s been almost 200 years. There are a lot of elders from great theologians, so there will definitely be a lot of good ways.”

It was the Knights Templar and the Presbyterian Association that began to hand over solutions to each other’s problems.

Whoa.

Seonghwang sighed as he saw the two of them fighting in front of his eyes.

High Priest II had seen this image many times, but it was inconvenient to see him fighting like this even in an emergency.

If it wasn’t for their belief in the goddess, they didn’t even know that they were people who could never be united under one name.

Seonghwang’s loud voice resounded through the conference hall.

“Stop! Be quiet.”

“Yes. Holy Emperor.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Terrified to hear the voice of Sung Hwang, the elders and knights who were arguing with each other shut their mouths.

Seonghwang’s eyes looked at the knight commander who was nearby first.

It was for him to come forward and finalize this agenda.

Seonghwang gave a new order to the Knights Commander Rivelz who was facing him.

“Rebels Ball.”

“Yes.”

“You try to prepare troops to transport food.”

“However, for the defense of the Holy Land…”

“It’s an order.”

“……Yes, I understand.”

The gaze of Sung Hwang looked at the elder this time.

The Elder, who was quarreling with Rebels, was a famous theologian who became an elder.

He was facing the succession with eyes wet with anxiety.

Seonghwang also gave orders to such an elder.

“And gather the theologians of the Holy Land and conduct research to solve the Black Sun.”

“…Sunghwang-sama.”

“This is also an order.”

“Oh, I see.”

“Elder Antonio should prepare a special envoy to send to the Kingdom of Hegris.”

“I see. Sunghwang-nim.”

The noisy meeting was ended at once with the story of success.

Seonghwang, who cleared the situation, looked at the elders with a serious face.

As the meeting was called for emergency purposes, there was a mountain of work to be done.

It was impossible to waste time arguing over the same story.

The solemn voice of Sung Hwang resounded in the conference hall.

“Since this is a serious matter, if there is a plausible plan, I will refer to it after the meeting is over.”

“Yes.”

“Then… I’ll have to deal with the next one first.”

Under the rising black sun.

The meeting of Seonghwangcheong continued without stopping.