The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 361



362 – Omitted

All of Estelle’s colleagues gathered in Modest’s basement. Eunice and Raelan, who found Luna and Ellie next to me, quickly realized that they had received memories and had joined as colleagues, without much explanation.

Everyone except Bella sat down and focused their attention on me. I opened my mouth with a loud cough.

“I think everyone has been contacted by Estelle and knows roughly what the situation is.”

Looking around for confirmation, everyone nodded in agreement. I also nodded and continued.

“I thought about it. “The reason why Roel accelerated the timing even though he knew that Bella would naturally ascend to the throne of emperor over time.”

There were many guesses, but one was the most likely. Roel’s purpose was only blind salvation. If we think backwards from that purpose, we were able to reach the starting point of this work.

“Now that Bella has become emperor, Roel plans to take over the previous emperor’s plan for the Great Forest. We have to stop it.”

Eunice, who was quietly listening to my explanation, added an explanation to what I was saying.

“The emperor’s death will be made public, and a grand funeral will be held. Even the nobles and heads of families scattered across the continent will all gather at the imperial palace to pay their respects. When all of that is over and the emperor’s coronation ceremony takes place… “I think we have ten days left.”

After Eunice finished explaining, Raelan raised one corner of his mouth and said.

“That means that within the ten days given to us, we must kill Ludwig’s ruler, the immortal Roman, to ruin the Great Forest’s plan.”

When everyone was lost in their thoughts with dark faces, Lamine, who had attended on Bella’s behalf, raised his hand.

“… What is the Great Forest’s plan?”

I was taken aback by the sudden question and looked around. Ellie was also looking at me with a curious face.

I later realized that Lamine and Ellie did not receive the memories of the Great Forest because the memories I transferred through the Memorize magic were different for each person.

Since I was planning to go through everything about the Great Forest in detail anyway, I slowly explained what the Great Forest’s plan was.

“Elves live together in the great forest. “Unlike other races that were driven out beyond the northern wall or destroyed, we were able to protect the Great Forest by first bowing to the emperor.”

Elves did not consider it humiliating to kneel to humans. Because elves also had a blind purpose that was more important than anything else.

“The only purpose of the elves is to protect the World Tree. But now there is no such thing as a world tree. So, if the World Tree can take root in this world, be it a human or a demon… “You can join hands with anyone.”

In fact, when the Demon King invaded the human world, the elves betrayed humans and bowed down to the devil to protect the World Tree. However, the Demon King broke his promise and killed all the elves, and the World Tree disappeared again.

“Once the World Tree takes root, it can influence every part of the world from that spot. The elf elder used it to make a contract with the emperor. If you help the World Tree grow, just once… “On the condition that you help us fully utilize the power of the World Tree using the power of the elves.”

Unlike Lamine, who nodded after hearing my explanation and roughly understood what the situation was, Ellie was chewing her lip with a serious expression on her face. Ellie, who has superior magical knowledge than anyone else, seems to have immediately understood the seriousness of the situation.

I continued explaining in a low voice.

“Immortal Roman’s ability is to parasitize on an opponent with magical power, and when he dies, he is immediately resurrected as the parasitized target. With that ability, Roman is taking Ludwig’s citizens hostage.”

There is no villain who cannot be defeated by the Munchkin protagonist. However, a villain who reappears somewhere even after being defeated countless times can give the protagonist a sense of crisis. So the immortal Roman was born.

“The emperor happened to know what abilities the immortal Roman possessed, and made a plan to use those abilities.”

“… Because the World Tree can affect every place in the world.”

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I nodded at Ellie’s words. You hit the point exactly.

“Roman is merely the ruler of Ludwig, but the Emperor is the ruler of the continent. “The Emperor negotiated with the immortal Roman at the top of the World Tree and came up with a plan to turn all living things on the continent into his own planet.”

“… But couldn’t only the immortal Roman betray the emperor?”

Raelan answered Lamine’s question instead of me.

“right. Of course, the immortal Roman did not want to miss the opportunity to live eternal life. “He pretended to cooperate with the Emperor and planned to betray the Emperor by negotiating with the elves behind him.”

Lamine nodded with the same expression as expected. When Ellie urged her to talk with her eyes, Raelan raised the corner of her mouth and said.

“Of course the emperor expected the immortal’s betrayal and pretended not to notice and made a sinister plan. To proceed with the plan, immortal abilities are essential. “It’s an inevitable choice.”

In the novel, Roel, who belatedly learns of the emperor’s crazy plan, rushes to the Great Forest to stop the plan, but the power of the World Tree has already awakened.

At that time, a saint appears from somewhere and while Roel blocks the emperor and the immortals, she uses the saint’s power to bless the entire world, thereby ruining the emperor’s plan for immortality.

However, because the saint used her powers excessively, she was swept away by the energy of the Great Forest, and unable to overcome the influence of the World Tree, she went berserk. In the end, for everyone’s sake, Roel was forced to kill her saint, and thanks to this, the seal on her holy sword was released at the end of [The Great Forest Episode].

After that, the plan fails and the emperor dies shortly after due to a long-term illness, and the immortal Roman, angry at having ruined his plan, fights with Roel and dies.

The immortals endlessly resurrect and torment Roel, but Bella, who becomes emperor, puts an end to the immortals by killing all of Ludwig’s living creatures.

But the story took a twist. Ever since Roel was convinced that he could not defeat the God of Chaos.

“Roel plans to use Bella, who has become emperor, to quickly implement the Great Forest’s plan and absorb all life on the continent into himself.”

That’s why Roel did not wait until Bella became emperor. Because I was planning on absorbing everyone before more people died.

Raelan said with a bitter smile.

“That is why we are trying to kill the immortal. “If the essential conditions disappear, no one’s plan will work.”

“But an immortal who can be resurrected even after death… “How can I kill you?”

In response to Luna’s question, Raelan twisted the corner of his mouth as if laughing.

“I think Bella from another world already showed us that method.”

Silence fell upon Raelan’s words. Estelle, who had not said anything all day, took out a folded piece of paper from her pocket. Then she used her magic power to throw the paper at me. As I grabbed it, Estelle spoke quietly.

“This is information about Ludwig that was researched by Modest. “I think I need it.”

I opened the paper and read the contents out loud for everyone to hear.

“The number of citizens in Ludwig is officially 1.03 million, but if you include the lower class living in the underground sewers, the number is about 1.2 million. Including Ludwig’s travelers, it is expected that about 1.4 million people will be in the city of pleasure.”

Thanks to space expansion magic, the number of people living in cities has exploded. One of the reasons was that the continent’s food problem was solved through the magical power amplification created by Rotten, resulting in an excessive population increase on the continent.

The story about Ludwig continued. I put down the paper with a heavy heart as I read the last line.

“… “I believe it is impossible for the immortal Roman to distinguish between parasitic citizens.”

“It turns out Bella made the right choice.”

When Raelan spoke with a sarcastic laugh, everyone fell silent without answering anything.

“I don’t even need Bella’s help. The power of the North alone would be enough to surround Ludwig and kill all living things in the city. If we use magic stone bombs, our damage can be further minimized. “Hehehe.”

Raelan was sincere. He thought that was the only way to solve the current problem. Eunice, biting her lip, disagreed with Raelan’s opinion.

“1.4 million people who are innocent of any crime… “You can’t kill someone just because he’s a citizen of Ludwig.”

“No, I can kill you. I have to kill him. “Because we don’t have time to relax any more.”

Eunice’s face distorted at Raelan’s firm answer.

“Why?”

As if answering that question, Raelan turned his head to me and twitched one corner of his mouth.

“Our lord would know the reason, right?”

At those words, everyone’s eyes focused on me. I rubbed my face with one hand and muttered with a sigh.

“It was originally two years later that Bella became emperor. However, Roel’s action brought the story forward.”

Eunice was wide awake at my words and muttered to herself.

“So, are we going to ignore everything that was said before and move on? So, if the story has entered the second half of the novel due to this incident, when the Daesulim incident is over… .”

I spoke to everyone in a low voice, looking at Eunice’s anxious eyes that trailed off.

“The denomination will move.”