Chapter 184 - 184. Ludwig's Fate

This story is the story before Zeto reaches the end of death.

The hero Ray and the wise Obert arrived at a place where countless pasts and futures were connected in one line.

A barrier surrounded by layers.

As I stepped into it, I saw a 'village' that I hadn't seen before, along with a forest that created a mysterious atmosphere.

The scenery of the village, which was in perfect harmony with nature, gave the impression that it was like that of an elf, but the village in front of them was no different than the village of the Ludwig clan.

"...It doesn't seem like anything has changed."

Ray, who had entered the village, held the back of his head and spat out a sullen voice.

"As expected... There seems to have been no massacre."

This leads to the evaluation of the wise man Oberth, who was looking around together.

"Well, it doesn't seem to make much of a difference in that there are no survivors."

"But it's not like it doesn't exist at all."

At Oberth's words, Ray nodded lightly.

Eisel Ludwig, presumed to be the last survivor of the Ludwig clan.

And Zeto, who prepared for her death to protect her.

Even though I couldn't help helplessly because I didn't have the power yet...

The warrior was curious.

The causal relationship of these questionable events.

They had reached the village of the Ludwig clan to find out.

It was a simple intuition.

As a warrior, he felt that he would be able to find out something when he arrived here.

It was a thought that could have been made because it was Ray and Oberth, who had some ties to the Ludwig clan in the past and knew their secrets.

Obert followed Ray's opinion without saying anything.

The eyes of the warrior next to him were the same as before.

The hero he knew was a kind-hearted fool with a strong curiosity who was pure and sometimes did stupid things without hesitation.

The hero's intuition was far beyond the understanding of the wise man who had been coveting the knowledge of the world for the rest of his life.

Oberth reasoned that some sort of fate was at work in this.

After all, the little girl in his eyes was a 'hero' with the power to save the world.

Moreover, in this case the evidence was not very weak.

An empty town with no sense of presence.

But there was no battle.

The Ludwig family, who were said to know the past and the future, seemed to have completely disappeared from the world.

At the same time, a girl believed to be the last survivor of her clan appeared above her surface, and Zeto said that she was being hunted by her demons.

As a bonus...

"When I came before, I still felt a little energetic, but..."

Ray looked through a window at a dusty house.

...The hero had memories of his previous life.

It was a matter that could be guessed that the vision of the Ludwig clan, which they knew, was written.

I continued to walk with Ray.

The destination was fixed.

"Obert, do you remember? The huge door we saw then. I tried to open it, but my grandfather, the head of the clan, stopped me."

"That's right. Celis gave me a bruise to stop being a nuisance."

"At that time, there is something that grandfather whispered to me."

"What?"

"It is not yet time."

"Hmm..."

"So I thought it would open when I killed the demon king and came back. I don't know what's inside."

It was Ray who judged that, but unfortunately, the hero never returned after defeating the Demon King.

The warrior could not escape his bondage.

But he did come back.

As Ray, not Leon.

Eventually, they cross over the Lüdwig clan's altar and reach the huge door in the cave.

"...I wonder if that might be now."

Ray's voice, looking at the door, echoes in the cave.

"It's a plausible story. By the way... Someone came and left first."

The crystal ball embedded in the door and the one that acted as a lock were stained with red blood.

"It hasn't been that long."

Oberth looked at the bloodstains left on the crystal ball and said.

Soon, Ray asks.

"Who is it?"

"It's obvious. If there's another human who can come in here..."

"Eisel Ludwig..."

At Ray's voice, Oberth, who was examining the crystal ball, nodded lightly.

"Unfortunately, she must have been unable to open this door."

"Why? If she truly belonged to the Ludwig clan, she should have been able to open the door?"

"She's an old construct, but shows signs of being sealed relatively recently. It looks like she wasn't allowed to."

"Then... Is it my turn to step out?"

After that, Ray approached the door and tried to place her hand on her orb.

"...I'm sorry."

However, the crystal ball was out of her reach. She tried her best, but the little girl's immature height never made it.

"...I guess I didn't expect your current height?"

Oberth held back a laugh and lifted Ray up.

"..."

Lifted up by Aubert, Ray stopped glancing at him and focused on her crystal ball again.

Raising her hand on her crystal orb, Ray converted her mana, which she thought was her strength as a hero, into her light power and blew it into her crystal orb.

ã…¡keying!!

The crystal ball absorbs the pure white light.

ã…¡Coooung!

ã…¡ coo coo coo...

Soon, the cave rumbled loudly, and the crystal ball embedded in the door rotated and the door began to open.

"I wonder if... You gloomy bastards... Didn't you even predict my reincarnation?"

Rey, who landed on the floor, grumbled and brushed her palms.

"I guess so..."

Oberth opened the great door and took in the scene inside.

Huge tombstones were placed in the dark hall where no light came in.

Ray running in a hurry.

"Letter...?"

Inscribed on the tombstone were countless letters through which light leaked out.

"These are records. The beginning and the end of the Ludwig family are written..."

Oberth took a quick look at the tombstone and immediately recognized its contents.

"It's interesting, but looking into the past doesn't seem to make sense right now..."

Soon after, Oberth, who lifted himself up in the air, reads the tombstones, looks at the order, and reads the tombstone at the end.

"Here's our story."

"What is it, what is it?"

Ray's eyes sparkle with curiosity.

"We managed to lead the hero Leon's group to the village where the clan lives... The seeds planted this time will take root deeply... Everything is for the bond..."

"...Hah, we didn't find it...They guided us?"

"For now, yes."

Ray let out a sigh of despair.

Oberth went down at once after reading the sentence that the hero, Leon, died bravely at the end of the decisive battle with the demon king.

It took too much time to read all the records of hundreds of years.

On the way down, one sentence catches Oberthe's eye.

Soon, Obert descended from the air and touched the ground.

"Is this the end..."

The last record of the Ludwig clan was written before his eyes. Since there were no records written after that, it had to be considered the last.

This was a sentence that could be confirmed even at Ray's eye level, so the two read the sentence together.

"...At the end of a period of patience, the fate of the clan has come."

This fate is unavoidable.

It had been foreseen a long time ago.

Death is at hand, and we are powerless against them.

It took a lot of sacrifice, but I found it.

The only way to continue the clan.

We decided to bet everything on the child of the task.

He was a child with a very cruel, indescribably harsh fate. You will have to endure a lot of pain in the future.

However, we will meet at the end.

The one and only being who can break the terrible 'bridle' that makes this world sick, and the 'curse' of the clan.

This is the destiny and task engraved in the letter Ludwig.

To achieve this, the lives of all members of the clan must be sacrificed, but we accepted it.

No one objected

Why did Ludwig exist?

"Now that I know why..."

Ray recited the last sentence in a trembling voice.

"You are the only one who can break the bondage..."

"I think I know who you mean."

"Well, because it's clearly written."

Aside from the bridle, he was the only one with a sentence that said he would break the clan's curse.

"Ummm..."

Ray, who was drooling with her arms crossed, recalled.

Her reincarnation found her... Her blind man with bandages around her eyes who rescued her.

***

As I approached the light, a pure white space opened up.

In that white space that immediately reminded me of the word sacred, there was a table.

Soon, a woman sitting at a table speaks to me.

"Sit down."

A sweet voice that had rang in my head before.

The woman had a beauty beyond description in her words.

A beauty that makes you wonder if it's human.

It didn't seem like there was anything wrong with my eyes.

Because I thought I knew what the identity of this gap was.

I sat down in a chair and asked.

"Are you... A 'God'...?"

The woman smiles lightly at my question.

"...Yes. That's what it's called."

She didn't deny it.

That he is a transcendent being called God.

"Do you have any idea who I am?"

A woman asks as she pours tea into a teacup.

God is God, what is his name?

Well, when I put together the information so far, only one person came to mind.

"Heneris-sama... Is that you?"

The woman smiles at my answer.

"I don't think I remember anything."

"It's a memory... It's the first time I've seen your face..."

It looked different from the statue in the first place.

"...Well, let's postpone the explanation until later."

The woman sets down the teapot and continues her talk.

"Let me formally introduce myself. I am Heneris, the goddess who governs this world."

An encounter with Heneris, one of the goddesses of this world.

Her current position should be seen as the one she prepared for. What did Heneris want to say to me?

I don't know what it is right now, but it bothered me.

"..."

Because Heneris was looking at me with a very bitter smile.