Monarch of Death

Chapter 50 – 13. The King’s Order

A month has passed since he encountered the unidentified being, Tesranak. In the meantime, Karnak made two more attempts to enter the void. The process of creating and opening the eyes of darkness was repeated. It took 15 days to make one, so twice was the limit. But nothing came of it.

At least in the first encounter, he could go to a close distance. But the second time, he couldn’t even get it near, and the third time, he couldn’t locate it. It meant that someone was guarding and blocking his access.

“So I decided not to do any more exploration.”

After calling Barros and Serati, Karnak explained the situation.

“If I did more, my location would be identified. It’s too dangerous.”

It would be foolish to keep handing over this information when he didn’t know the other person’s identity. It was necessary to restrain himself in the proper line.

Barros asked, “Then you didn’t find out anything, young master?”

“It’s not very rare.”

Didn’t he find out that there was something with a will and that it was influencing the ancient powers of Karnak?

“We need to figure out what it is. That way, we can solve the problem of the Darkness of the End or not.”

“It’s certain that it’s related to the Church of the Black God.”

“I guess so. Because it mentioned Tesranak.”

The question was, what was the position of the Church of the Black God in this situation?

“Haven’t I told you before, Barros?”

This situation could be likened to a situation in which Karnak scattered a pile of gold coins, and then a dog or cow picked them up.

“But it turned out that there was a separate tree that grew gold coins. An incredibly tall and huge gold coin tree that ordinary people can’t even see.”

“So what?”

“What if someone could see the tree? So what if that person was beating the tree hard with a pole, knocking the gold coins off? In the meantime, what if someone else approached the tree, brandished a pole, and made a fuss to get it off?”

The question was whether the Church of the Black God were gold pickers or pole wielders. It was not a big deal if they were picking up gold coins that fell without thinking. But what about those guys who were wielding poles?

“The matter gets serious.”

Serati blinked.

“……is that such a serious matter?”

“It doesn’t seem to make sense compared to a pole, Serati. That means the power reaches the other side of space and time.”

“What Master Karnak did was also send the authority to the other side of time and space, right?”

“It’s completely different.”

Karnak’s tactic was only using the dark eye to peer into the void. He couldn’t really influence anything.

“There is a difference between looking at 10 kilometers away from a distance and directly moving an object 10 kilometers away from a distance.”

Expanding the domain of authority to the other side of time and space? Even Karnak, who became Astra Schnapp, could barely do this after decades of failure because that is the technique of space-time regression.

“This is why I said it could never happen.”

To reach out to Karnak’s old authority that existed beyond time and space, he must have absolute power that transcended even Karnak in his days as the Death King.

“If you really have that much power, you don’t have to keep dropping gold coins, right? You can just pull the tree down.”

“Maybe he’s leaving it on purpose because he wants to keep eating gold coins, right?”

“I said trees metaphorically because it really doesn’t mean that the darkness of the end continues to open?”

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t understand the current situation.

“It doesn’t make sense to send influence beyond the void in this world. You don’t have to do such a thing if you have that much power. But if you do this, it’s said there is a separate person called Tesranak in the void, so where on earth did such a guy come out of nowhere?”

Serati, who was watching Karnak muttering, cautiously opened her mouth.

“Hey, how about something like this?”

She knew about a legend and liked heroic stories. She knew little about magic, so she could imagine things that a wizard would never have thought of.

“What if Master Karnak’s authority became a being with a kind of ego in itself?”

Barros snorted.

“Does that make sense? Then Miss Serati’s aura will also wander around as a ghost separately? If you talk to her, she’ll answer.”

Karnak, on the other hand, did not laugh.

“Of course, it’s ridiculous, but the situation itself is so absurd that I can’t ignore it.”

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Aside from the common sense of magic, it was a plausible hypothesis when looking at the phenomenon alone. No one wielded a pole, but the tree itself shed the darkness of the end itself and swung its own branches. If it was blocking the approaching guys, he would hit in the front and back.

Barros frowned, “Doesn’t that sound like overthinking?”

So that aura tree named itself Tesranak? Was it his own will to serve as the god of death while sharing his power with the Church of the Black God? From what was merely energy, the self was born spontaneously, and something was born from nothing?

“If this is the case, it can be said that the boy made a god? Ayy, no matter how great the young master is, at this point, he is just a food fruit……”

Karnak protested, blushing.

“Who made God? That’s because there’s nothing you can do but speculate.”

Yeah, in the end, this was the problem. That he didn’t know anything.

“There’s nothing we can do right now. Until we learn more about that Thesranak.”

And in this world, there was only one way to find out about Tesranak.

“As expected, I should investigate the Church of the Black God…….”

Only they had spoken of that name throughout past lives and in this world. Karnak frowned.

“…What should I do now to investigate them?”

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The era of chaos.

Necromancers were rampant all over the continent, so the 7 Goddesses revived the Inquisitor system and reformed the system to confront it. These specially trained inquisitors hunted and judged necromancers with several allies, so these allies came to be called the Shadow Hunters.

However, there were situations in which this alone could not be dealt with. It was the cult that wielded power throughout the continent, the Church of the Black God. In the beginning, the secular kingdoms didn’t particularly care about the Church of the Black God.

When the world was in chaos, it was inevitable that cultists of all kinds would boil over. They, too, thought it was just a kind of common occurrence.

However, the Church of the Black God was different from the cults Karnak had seen so far. This cult serving the god of death, Tesranak, was expanding its power at an astounding rate.

Its speed was so terrifying that it spread all over the continent before anyone knew it, so it gradually became a threat that not only the Seven Goddess Church, but even the worldly powers could not ignore.

The Church of the Black God belonged to high-ranking nobles, even royalty and great lords. He didn’t know why the people with the position that he didn’t want to regret fell into such a cult, but the important thing was that they were high-ranking people in each country.

The authority to simply hunt individual necromancers could be granted to the Church of the Seven Goddesses. This was the realm of ‘inquisitors’. However, when high-ranking officials with power were entangled in it, it became the realm of ‘politics’ or ‘rebellion’. For the Seven Goddess Church to manage this, their authority must increase accordingly.

High-ranking aristocrats, even royalty, could be dealt with effectively only when they can be punished at will, which was a serious situation in which secular authority was being infringed upon.

So, the Seven Kingdoms Alliance established a separate agency. Non-clerics were given the authority of inspector directly, which made them the face of the organization. The King’s Order was a special agency directly under the royal family that only hunted the Church of the Black God.

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Karnak asked while biting his lip.

“If you want to investigate Tesranak, you’ll have to hold a high-ranking member of the cult, right?”

Giggling, Barros answered, “There’s no way ordinary believers would know important information.”

Karnak continued while savoring the savory flavor of sesame seeds that spread throughout his mouth.

“It must be very difficult for us to hold on to high-ranking positions.”

Licking the sweet sugar cream with his tongue, Barros nodded.

“They’re hiding without even knowing mice or birds, so it’s unreasonable to expect them to get caught by chance while hunting the local necromancer like now. If you do well, you’ll catch a pawn.”

With a serious face, Karnak swallowed the contents of his mouth.

“Are you sure you want to join the King’s Order?”

Barros also replied earnestly, wiping the sugar stains on his lips.

“Is that right?”

“I know you two are having a very important conversation…….”

Serati, who was watching from the side, asked as if she couldn’t understand.

“How do you get sweets in your mouth in such a serious situation?”

The two men protested vehemently.

“Of course, it’s a must!”

“Sure! I even turned back time to eat this!”

“Oh, it’s delicious to eat every time.”

“I mean.”

“Yes.”

No matter how much the fate of the world was shaken and the end approaches, he could not give up an important routine. It was afternoon snack time.

“……”

Serati was just silent. Watching two grown men purr in front of a bowl of cookies like girls, she didn’t know what to say.

“You seem to have a surprisingly pitiful side?”

Karnak rather looked like she didn’t understand.

“Serati, don’t you eat sweets?”

“I don’t like sweets.”

In an instant, the two were in deep shock.

“Omg!”

“Oh my god!”

“How can you not like sweets?”

“I gave up half of my happiness in life.”

With a sigh, Serati put away the tray of cookies.

“If you’ve eaten roughly, let’s discuss it.”

In the meantime, seeing that each of them took a handful of leftover snacks, it seemed that they had no intention of leaving any leftovers. Karnak made a serious expression while holding the snack in his hand.

“Now then, let’s think about how to enter the King’s Order.”

After the establishment of the King’s Order, the Kingdom of Yusteel was also hunting the Church of the Black God, also known as the Dark Church. Karnak knew this much from rumors. Likewise, Barros, who placed colorful candies on his palm the size of a pot lid, made a worried expression.

“From what I hear, even if the walls are high, they aren’t usually high.”

As it was not a simple necromancer hunt, the authority given to the King’s Order was enormous. Even if the opponent was a noble or royal family, they could be immediately arrested and interrogated and even had the right to immediate execution if the evidence was clear.

It was impossible to deal with the Dark Church that secretly moved without giving this much authority. Of course, if abused, it would cause great confusion, so the King’s Order’s selection conditions were extremely demanding and strict.

Loyalty to the royal family, devout faith in the 7 Goddesses, and excellent military and fighting power, as well as abundant experience in dealing with necromancy, were required.

“We also had a reputation as dark hunters in Derat City, but will this be the condition to join?”

“It doesn’t matter if the conditions are right or not.”

Before that, there was no immediate way to cross the threshold of the King’s Order. Because simply having high skills wasn’t everything, the King’s Order was strictly made up of recommendations. Of course, Karnak also had a connection to the Seven Goddesses called Alius, but…….

“The King’s Order is an institution directly under the royal family.”

There was no way that Karnak, who was only a local aristocrat, had connections with the royal family.

“I’d rather just select people based on their skills, but somehow……”

“I know, right. It’s not like there’s some sort of open trial……”

“Did you live too much in the provinces, this?”

“I can’t. Did you know this would happen, where?”

“What should I do? Go blindly to the capital and visit the King’s Order Headquarters right away?”

“Aren’t you being too reckless?”

“There’s no other way, now.”

With serious faces, Karnak and Barros were troubled. Of course, in the meantime, they were eating the sweets and candies they held in their hand. Serati, who had been quietly listening, opened her mouth.

“So, Master Karnak, your goal is to be a part of the King’s Order now?”

“Why? Do you have any acquaintances?”

“It’s not to the extent that there is, but if you want, you can apply to join immediately.”

“Eh?”

“There’s a way?”