Emperor of Steel

Chapter 725: End of Baroque Empire 1

Rudolf lost his left arm, but he managed to throw himself into the time travel device.

He laughed at the sight of entering the abyss, which had no ground nor end.

“Kuek! I won! I won!”

And now he had the chance to turn back everything.

No divided empire and not losing his family.

Enemies who drove Rudolf into the corner would have their throats slashed without even being given the reason for their death.

“Haha! I’ll see you Luke de Rakan! And Arsene! I’ll remember every little humiliation that I faced because of you... Uh, Ugh!”

Suddenly, the flow of the abyss accelerated. Rudolf couldn’t stand the storm-like vortex that flew close to him.

While his mind was turning hazy, his body fell from dimension to dimension and onto the marble square in the outer space where countless stars shimmered.

Thud!

“Kuek, this is...?”

Rudolf’s eyes, which was looking at the scene, seemed shocked.

He saw the same scene and surroundings somewhere. He found a strange man standing right in front of him and asked, “Who the hell are you? And tell me how to get back in time!”

At Rudolf’s question, the wizard who had a gold-threaded embroidered robe and golden staff in his hand smiled.

“This is the dimensional gap. A place where time doesn’t mean much.”

“Wh-what was that?”

“Rather than that, this is the second time we meet. You are as great as the first time I met you. The children I was watching seemed to have not stopped you...”

“What the hell are you blabbering about?! A dimensional gap?! So this is not the past?”

Rudolf seemed very annoyed, but the wizard didn’t seem to care and talked very slowly.

“Right, this isn’t the world of the past that you are talking about. However, depending on what I decide, you might or might not achieve what you want.”

Rudolf’s eyes narrowed at the man’s strange answer.

“Your decision? Do I need to get your permission? Who the hell are you?”

“Huhu, me? I am the Watcher.”

“Watcher?”

Rudolf looked at the wizard who was calling himself the Watcher.

For some reason, he didn’t even feel like the man in front of him could be lying.

‘Then, is this not the Imperial Palace from 10 years back? And if he is the Watcher...’

Reminiscent of a scene from a book that documented the ancient myths and legends he read in the Imperial Palace, he seemed shocked.

“El Kassel! You are El Kassel!”

Somehow, from the beginning, he had a feeling that the man in front of him was mysterious.

But for the man to be a God?! That too the giver?!

Rudolf clenched his teeth and raised his right arm.

His broken arm was still in pain as he was only given emergency treatment, but it was possible for him to move it.

When a shining Hyper Aura came out from his hand then went to his sword, he pointed his sword at El Kassel’s neck.

“Hu... Are you doing this even after knowing who I am?”

“Shut up! I don’t care if you are a demon or the giver of a wish! I was...”

“I was abandoned by both god and the devil, right?”

When the man spoke out what Rudolf was trying to say casually, Rudolf was taken aback.

Seeing that, El Kassel continued, “No need to be so surprised. I told you. You had already visited me once. And I said something very similar back then too.”

“Then... What happened? Didn’t you allow me then?”

Rudolf asked with a little hope.

“Of course not. You cannot go against the time with all the karma you have accumulated.”

At the end of El Kassel’s words, numerous window-sized screens appeared around Rudolf, showing all the scenes of what happened in his life.

They were the scene of him exploiting the people because of war. The slaughter of innocent people because of the plague in the capital.

Even his attempt to summon the demons by offering innocent maids as sacrifices to save his own children who were dying from the curse, and the sight of digging the tombs of his predecessor emperors and even the secret poison of the former emperor in Rudolf’s youth.

El Kassel spoke to Rudolf, who was still looking at all the evil things he had done.

“How is it? Even if you think about it, you should know that such actions can’t be allowed, right?”

“Huh! I had no intention of getting your permission in the first place.”

Rudolf yelled and gave El Kassel a cold gaze.

“It doesn’t matter if you give me permission! I had always taken what I wanted with my own hands! This will also be the same!”

“Huh! so you are going to kill me?”

“If that means that I will get the power of time!”

The same moment his words fell, Rudolf swung his sword at El Kassel.

Well, he did try to swing it.

His body stopped the moment he was about to swing his sword.

“Kuek! Wh-what is this...?”

“Tch! You really are a pathetic man.”

Clicking his tongue at Rudolf, El Kassel saw that Rudolf was acting in the same manner as he did in the past and waved his palm.

Thud!

An intangible shock struck Rudolf.

The pain from the shock shook his entire body. It felt like all the bones in his body were shattering at once, something Rudolf had never experienced.

“Kuakk! Ugh! Ughhhh...!”

“Did you really think that you could stand against God, especially when you couldn’t even reflect on your behavior? You didn’t even think about not realizing the reason and how this universe works?”

El Kassel, who severely scolded Rudolf, struck his staff lightly on the floor.

Rudolf’s body began to fade with that.

It didn’t actually fade. It went back to the place where he came from.

“With the karma that you have accumulated, you will never be able to use the power of time. So go back! Go back and pay your karma!”

“Ughhh! This can’t happen! I can’t do it! Nooooo!”

Rudolf yelled all through the time.

“How... How did I get here?! I can’t go back like this! Ughhh!”

Feelings of regret and guilt rushed over Rudolf.

El Kassel was a bit shocked.

It wasn’t because of Rudolf’s ridiculous appearance but because someone else had interfered with him sending back Rudolf.

“What is this?”

“You are so cold. No matter what kind of a person he was, you should have changed...”

Woong!

A soft and gentle voice came from behind.

Rudolf’s gaze caught on who was appearing through the light.

A beauty, with an elf-like appearance, the woman’s body overflowed with radiance and dignity of a noble.

‘The Goddess of Earth, Belize!’

El Kassel’s companion and the mother of all.

Rudolf knew who she was the moment he saw her because there was only one entity who could appear in that situation.

El Kassel spoke softly to the woman who appeared, “There is no reason to listen to him because he is a very bad man.”

“No matter how terrible he is, no matter how much you hate that child. Think of how far he has come, I want to make his wish come true.”

“Ahhh!”

Rudolf was elated.

He seemed to realize why the Goddess of Earth, Belize, was known to be the symbol of mercy.

Even the cold and strict El Kassel seemed to step back, shaking his head knowing he couldn’t win over Belize.

Belize looked at Rudolf and said, “You want to go to the past? I will grant your wish.”

“Oh oh! Thanks... Thank you so much. The mother of all!”

Rudolf began to cry. Belize raised her arms and began to sing in a mellow voice.

A bright light began to fall on Rudolf’s body, and he soon returned to the middle ground.

El Kassel, who silently watched the scene, opened his mouth with a blunt voice.

“Did you know? If I’m cold to someone, it’s because he did something very cruel.”

“Oh my, there is nothing that the Goddess of Mercy can’t provide.”

Belize smiled and looked at El Kassel. El Kassel then swung his staff, and the time that stopped began to flow once again.

“Well, this is the end.”

At his words, Belize asked, “Is the arrangement done?”

“Yes, the arrangement of yours and mine, are done.”

At the words of El Kassel, Belize seemed sad.

“I wanted to see the end. Was I being selfish?”

“Yes, this wasn’t an arrangement that should have been done. And because of that, you and I need to fall asleep for 1,000 years.”

The Watcher’s job was to watch.

However, as they intervened in the affairs of Middle earth, even those who were known as the Gods had to face the punishment for the world that had been changed.

“1,000 years, then, was it 360,000 years in terms of Middle Earth’s time?”

“It might be a moment for us, but it is a very long time for our children.”

Belize, who was regretting it, turned anxious.

“Death is inevitable, but... I am worried that the legacy of the devil will ruin the Middle earth we worked hard for.”

“Of course, there will be a lot of confusion and trials. But I believe that they can get through it.”

People think that El Kassel and the other gods made their world, but that was wrong.

The Gods, including El Kassel and Belize, were only a kind of managers who were chosen by the absolute will to dominate all levels of life.

At first, this so called managers decorated the dimensions very beautifully and abundantly, but after that, all they could do was watch without intervening.

It was the same as parents letting their children grow independently.

It was the devil who was rebelling against it.

He tried everything to intervene on the middle earth and influence the lives of thousands.

The result of that was the war between gods and the devil.

The war ended a long time ago, but the legacy of the devil still remained in a lot of places and caused problems.

Even in Middle earth, in the past, the aftermath of the devil’s intervening in the world caused a mess, and it was vaguely handed down as a myth by the people.

“I wish I could get over it as you said. And if the children who need to appear after us comes...”

“They are already coming. You will surely meet them the moment we wake up again.”

Smile.

Reconciling, El Kassel and Belize smiled and disappeared, leaving behind a faint light.