I’m Hunting My Enemy - Chapter 88

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88. Limitation (3)

That means by now, news of the war between those two has spread throughout the capital.

Ryuie might be suffering the same harassment from the Duke.

To stop this ridiculous war immediately and return.

Glem replied.

“How would I know about the nobles’ war.”

“I heard that the purpose of dispatching the army wasn’t for war, but as an escort sent to welcome the missing Crown Prince.”

The envoy continued to narrow down his questions.

“Also, I’m very curious why the one called the Empire’s Saintess is with the nobles.”

Indeed, it was impossible to hide the identity of Agasa, the Saintess who never missed official Empire events.

“The Saintess is…”

“I came here to purify the swamp.”

Agasa made an excuse, recalling the records of Ohen’s request from long ago.

“Since it’s another country’s affair, you’ll understand that I can’t tell you the detailed circumstances.”

“I see. I wonder if my assumption that the missing Crown Prince was here wasn’t too excessive.”

No one there was naive enough to show agitation in their expression.

However, everyone present couldn’t shake the thought that they’d been found out.

‘Damn it.’

Glem began pondering how to deal with that overly perceptive envoy.

They lacked cash to buy his silence. Dealing with him through death wasn’t a preferred method. Then, negotiation?

Fortunately, the envoy had no intention of threatening them or taking them hostage.

Rather, he tried to become a kind neighbor.

“You may rest here as you please until the rain stops. If you need supplies, we’ll provide those as well.”

“What?”

“Why would you do that?”

“In return, I’d like you to convey our republic’s request to His Highness the Crown Prince.”

People suppressed their gazes that were about to turn toward Glem once again.

Even if they’d been caught regarding Crown Prince matters, there was no need to reveal exactly who that was.

Glem spoke nonchalantly as if it were someone else’s business.

“Making requests from another country? Why?”

“The only country where divine blood flows in humans and contracts can be made is solely the Glorious Empire. Therefore, there’s something your Emperor must do.”

The envoy continued in a voice devoid of any emotion.

“Please kill the god.”

“!”

Glem’s hair stood on end, even the fine hairs on his nape.

How could it be that just as he resolved to kill a god, the envoy made the exact same request?

It was like destiny.

Though destiny wouldn’t help those trying to kill gods.

Still, it was too exquisite a coincidence.

‘Does the god really see everything?’

While Glem was in shock, the other nobles couldn’t accept it at all and became angry.

“What kind of nonsense is this!”

“Should that wrongly positioned mouth of yours that insults others’ gods be relocated for you to come to your senses?”

“How dare you speak of Rkultu who protects us!”

“No.”

The envoy lightly blocked the angry nobles.

“The god I speak of is not your patron deity.”

“?”

“A god who protects no one and brings endless chaos and destruction to the world. An adversary that feeds on our resistance and fear to grow. The one that humanity has constantly challenged but ultimately causes us to hit our limits.”

Thus becoming the absolute enemy of the republic.

The last sentence wasn’t something to tell Empire citizens, so the envoy swallowed it and spoke that cursed name.

“Agatos.”

Though it was the first time hearing the name, Glem heard a strange ringing in his ears at that moment.

‘What is this?’

It felt like he’d already heard that god’s name not long ago. Like he’d met it.

Though that couldn’t be possible.

With a thump, his heart beat powerfully, and like the pulse of blood spreading out, Ryuie’s phantom strongly flashed through Glem’s mind.

He couldn’t understand why.

Like a beast’s instinct flashing, his unconscious connected the two names.

‘Why?’

Unlike the frozen Glem, the others felt no sense of discord at all.

“I’ve never heard of such a god’s name!”

“A country that abandoned theology speaking of gods – what kind of contradiction is that.”

“Didn’t you make up something fake to deceive us?”

The nobles quickly calmed down once they realized the republic’s target wasn’t Rkultu.

But Agasa was different.

“…How do you know that name?”

Fear was steeped in Agasa’s voice.

At her damp, trembling spider web-like tone, the Republic’s envoy immediately turned his head.

Agasa wore a strange expression he had never seen before.

“That is a name no one should know until the final moment arrives. Never call it again. No, he must have already noticed. What should we do? Lord Rkultu. Ah.”

Agasa, muttering in confusion, looked out of her mind.

The Republic’s envoy was slightly disappointed.

“Saintess, regain your composure. Isn’t this the field you know better than anyone?”

“…What do you know about gods?”

Agasa’s pupils moved as if they would pop out between her fingers.

“Do you think digging up the truth is the only essence?”

The moment Agasa’s appearance overlapped with Rkultu’s eyes that had appeared at the annulment ceremony, the nobles felt a bit queasy.

Glem was feeling particularly more substantial pain. Something slippery was crawling beneath his chest.

‘What is this? This nausea.’

The argument between the envoy and Agasa continued, neither noticing Glem’s pale face and cold sweat.

“Your Empire is the last divine nation remaining in this world.”

It wasn’t a complimentary expression.

It was the words of someone who both yearned for and feared the beautiful, brilliant final generation.

“You may call us a group of humans abandoned by the gods. You may enjoy whatever glory you have with your patron deity.”

The envoy spoke firmly.

“But if your Empire cannot take responsibility to the end for the disaster it has brought upon us, you will remain forever under the name of demons.”

“Why is that the Empire’s fault!”

“Because it followed Rkultu here.”

The envoy said coldly.

“That god intends to use the Crown Prince’s oath to kill Rkultu and rule the world himself.”

Protect Rkultu.

That’s how the envoy’s words sounded to Glem’s ears.

Protect Rkultu.

Don’t even think about breaking Ryuie’s oath.

Every time Glem blinked, blood vessels burst in the whites of his eyes.

‘What lay between us was first the Empire, but now it’s completely.’

“The fate of the world hangs in the balance.”

The envoy concluded his words dramatically.

“Kheuk.”

Glem could no longer endure it and spat out the slimy thing that had been crawling beneath his heart.

Dark green mucus resembling the light of jealousy burst from his throat and fell to the floor.

But its shape looked like writing.

My beloved Ryuie.

I have prepared my body for you.

Rule over me.

A guillotine-like silence instantly fell, severing everyone’s necks.

Anyone with eyes could read the writing. Even the envoy from another country who used different characters. The eeriness burrowed into their heads.

“…What is that.”

“He has found us.”

Agasa whispered with a face drained of color.

“Agatos is coming.”

At that moment, Glem could clearly hear the sound of Ryuie’s gunfire.

* * *

“My weapon.”

Ryuie thought she heard a strange whisper and rubbed her ears vigorously even while running.

Ryuie’s plan was to launch a full attack when she thought no one could cross the swamp due to the rain.

If she waited any longer, the swamp would swell from the rain and she would never be able to reach where Glem was.

The magical tool that hid her body only kept her from being detected. It had neither the ability to make her fly through the sky, secretly meet her lover, nor break oaths.

Magic couldn’t even compare to miracles.

“Don’t let a single one escape, arrest them all!”

Raindrops blown by the wind splattered chaotically on her eyelashes and cheeks.

The disciplined feet of the Knight Order vigorously trampled the spot where Glem’s group had been just moments before.

But there were only traces of hasty departure; neither people nor supplies were visible.

‘Where did they go?’

Suddenly Ryuie felt as if she heard a ringing in her ears through the rain and whipped her head around.

And she changed direction following an attraction she couldn’t understand even to herself.

The knights were greatly alarmed.

“If you go that way, you’ll cross the border! Come back!”

“Miss!”

Ryuie didn’t even pretend to listen and urged her horse forward. Rain, wind, and shadows continued to flutter around her.

‘How dare they anymore.’

Ryuie shot at the signpost marking the border. Sparks flew and briefly drove away the cold of the rain, revealing dozens of footprints that had been made not long ago.

Ryuie’s snow-white teeth were revealed.

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