Tomb Raider King : End Line - Chapter 13

========== CHAPTER 13. MAJESTY OF ANOTHER WORLD (2) ==========

Ju-heon jumped up.

He fired Gungnir, but the Arc de Triomphe didn’t budge.

The reason was simple.

[Blocked by Majesty trait.]

[Awakening of Majesty is required on this side as well.]

Awakening?

At the same time, new letters were being engraved on the Mini Rulebook the book had left behind.

The surface of the proudly appeared Arc de Triomphe had sentences engraved on it.

Records were repeatedly engraved and erased on the surface.

And towards the center of the city-

Kwa-ang!!

The artifact spewed out energy like a giant meteor. At the same time, a massive wind pressure occurred.

And….

“Ah, declaration of conquest.”

A stranger’s voice rang out from the artifact.

“Ah, declaration of conquest. From now on, this world is incorporated into the ruling territory of Majesty Mars O’Connell.”

Ju-heon flinched. Majesty Yoo Jae-ha spoke.

“You’ve heard it from the Rulebook, right? This is a Majesty War.”

Sure enough, a status window appeared in front of Ju-heon.

[Majesty of Conquest has declared a Majesty War.]

[Majesty of another dimension has used their .]

[Special Perk: ‘Release all status ailments’ activated]

[Target: Entire world]

Suddenly, the air and light that had stopped began to flow again.

The frozen flock of pigeons took flight, the signs on high-rise buildings shook, and time came back to life.

The time Ilya had stopped began to unravel.

That wasn’t all.

[This world is now conquered as a ‘Historical Drama’.]

The air surrounding the world changed.

Citizens hesitated and began to spit out lines in a completely different tone.

“Long live the Emperor!”

“The Imperial Army has won another victory today!”

“Rebel spotted! Must go report it!”

“Foreigners cannot enter without permission from the shrine priest~”

People started moving like NPCs following a script.

Their eyes were normal, but their actions were repeated like a fixed routine. Not one person spoke freely.

And at the same time, notification windows popped up one after another.

[Citizens are transforming into NPCs.]

[They will only repeat specific actions.]

[‘Conquest Artifact’ is overwriting the world’s rules.]

[All citizens will begin searching for and looting artifacts according to ‘Imperial Orders’.]

“…Ha, crazy.”

It seemed the Arch of Victory was an artifact capable of changing the world itself for victory. But that wasn’t the important thing right now.

[Stopped time is about to resume.]

Julian hurriedly rode Ilya’s summon and flew high into the sky.

And shouted towards the Arc de Triomphe.

“Are you listening?! The stopped time shouldn’t be released! A massive plane crash could cause a catastrophe right now!”

That was a warning to the Majesty, but….

“Really? That’s actually better.”

“…What?”

“If people die, the contracts of bound artifacts will be released, so I’ll be able to get plenty of bound artifacts.”

This crazy bastard?!

It was troublesome.

‘If it goes on like this, many people will die.’

He had to stop this first.

Of course, originally, he intended to replicate and distribute the translation artifact while time was stopped. But Yoo Jae-ha, who could do that, had become a Cup Noodle.

‘What do I do?’

At that moment, Ju-heon looked at Majesty Yoo Jae-ha.

“You, you can make artifacts, right?”

At those words, Yoo Jae-ha’s eyes curved coldly.

“What are you talking about? My ability is forgery, replication-”

“Don’t bullshit me.”

Ju-heon cut him off firmly.

“You have the creation ability. You’re the one who blocked Gungnir with Gungnir and built the execution set. You’re also the one who changed Jae-ha’s heart into a Majesty’s heart yourself. Do you think a feat of that scale could be done with mere replication?”

Yoo Jae-ha avoided his gaze and sighed.

“…A Majesty who hasn’t even awakened knows a lot of things.”

“Don’t make excuses, answer me.”

Majesty Yoo Jae-ha sighed as if giving up.

“Well, fine. That’s right. My true ability is ‘Artifact Creation’. However, I can only create within the narrative structure I know. There are limits, but I can create anything. So what?”

“Then make the artifact I tell you to.”

“Is this a negotiation as a Majesty? What’s the price?”

Then Ju-heon twisted one corner of his mouth.

“Even so, aren’t you also a Majesty who came to my world to steal artifacts?”

“Are you saying make it if I don’t want to die? Why do you think that?”

Ju-heon laughed menacingly.

“Because you sacrificed Jae-ha, one of my subordinates, of all people. Without that guy, who is a restorer, I can’t use artifacts.”

“Ha, framing an innocent person. Do you have proof?”

“I don’t have proof, but I know your weakness.”

“What?”

“The Rulebook.”

“!”

Ju-heon’s eyes shone.

“That Rulebook that appeared earlier, you made that too, right?”

For a moment, his shameless expression crumbled for the first time. But that was only for a moment; he managed his expression and chuckled.

“What kind of bullshit is that. Do I look like I’d make a psycho book like that?”

“Don’t play dumb. You said it yourself.”

“What.”

“That you could ‘chase’ that Rulebook.”

Silence.

“Someone who isn’t the owner chasing an artifact?”

“…….”

“Then there’s only one answer.”

Ju-heon’s eyes flashed.

“It’s possible because it’s an item you made.”

“…….”

Yoo Jae-ha, who had been running his mouth, was silent for the first time.

Majesty Yoo Jae-ha looked at Ju-heon as if in disgust. His mouth corners went down, and his eyes turned cold.

“Why were you chasing the Rulebook?”

“…….”

“Or-”

Ju-heon smirked.

“Did you spread the Rulebook in the first place?”

“?!”

Yoo Jae-ha bristled and replied.

“…Why would I do that!”

“Otherwise, explain it. You spread the Rulebook and are trying to eat the world by killing the Majesty, aren’t you?”

“…….”

When Yoo Jae-ha couldn’t say anything, Ju-heon sneered.

“In the end, you’re all the same. You’re a thief too.”

Majesty Yoo Jae-ha turned away as if he didn’t even want to answer.

However.

Bang!

Majesty Yoo Jae-ha screamed.

Following Ju-heon’s gesture, the Rope shot out and tied Majesty Yoo Jae-ha up tightly.

“……!”

“You can’t run away.”

Ju-heon said while stepping on Majesty Yoo Jae-ha.

“A manufacturer who made a Rulebook that goes around destroying all kinds of world lines. It would be quite a sight if this fact became known to other Majesties. An Interpol red notice would go out.”

It was then that Majesty Yoo Jae-ha glared fiercely at Ju-heon.

“The Rulebook you made.”

“!”

“To get rid of that, make an artifact.”

Yoo Jae-ha bit his lip.

“……What do I need to make?”

Ju-heon lifted his head and pointed to the sky.

The Arc de Triomphe was still pressing down on the city from above. The symbol of that conquest declaration, which had turned all citizens into NPCs.

“I need an artifact that can smash that.”

Yoo Jae-ha bit his lip hard.

But at that moment-

[Warning: 3 aircraft in the sky off course]

[Collision risk: 397 seconds later]

Tiring!

High in the sky, the trajectory of the passenger planes flying across the city was being disrupted. The precise flight path had been misaligned due to the time stop, and the result was obvious without looking.

“Damn it…”

Ju-heon furrowed his brows. And soon he turned his head and glared at Yoo Jae-ha again.

“…One more thing before that.”

“What?”

“Stop the plane crash first, you bastard. That Arc de Triomphe is the next problem.”

“…….”

“From now on, unify the languages of people all over the world.”

Yoo Jae-ha gritted his teeth.

“Is there such an artifact? Artifact creation has to be in a narrative I know-”

“If it’s that, I’ll tell you exactly.”

Ju-heon approached right in front of his nose.

“The Bible. Genesis 11:1. ‘The whole world had one language.'”

“Huh?”

“It’s the text from the Tower of Babel construction myth. We’re using the curse of Babel in reverse.”

Yoo Jae-ha’s eyes wavered.

“…Are you really going to use that?”

“Yeah. Create an artifact based on that ‘record’.”

“Ha, if the narrative is wrong, it’ll break, but it wouldn’t hurt to try.”

Majesty Yoo Jae-ha raised his hand. The Majesty’s authority shone from his fingertips.

Kwajik!

In the middle of the ground, golden cracks began to form. Yoo Jae-ha muttered like a spell.

“Tablet of Genesis 11.”

Kugugugung…!

Something soared up from the ground like a flame.

A giant stone tablet rose, splitting the sky like a judgment. The tablet looked like a piece of the collapsed Tower of Babel, or someone’s tombstone. Finally, glowing golden sentences began to be engraved on the surface of the tablet.

「The whole world had one language.」

― Genesis 11:1

The moment the tablet was created, Yoo Jae-ha shouted.

“I made it! But you might not be able to use it!”

“What? Why?”

“If it’s a Bible-class myth, it requires tremendous dominance, or aptitude! Can I use it when I’m not even a professional religious person!”

Professional religious person…?

For a moment, the team members’ gazes turned to the former Catholic priest Ilya, but Ilya raised his voice.

“I’m a fallen priest!”

True. He’s a priest bastard who uses demons.

And the person with that kind of dominance among them is…

“It’s only me.”

“It’s impossible for a Majesty who hasn’t even awakened. It’s impossible anyway…”

However, Ju-heon placed his hand on the tablet.

“You’ll know if you try!”

Soon, Ju-heon poured in tremendous dominance.

Majesty Yoo Jae-ha opened his mouth wide in surprise at that tremendous dominance he had never seen before.

The moment he poured in the dominance, a golden shockwave spread in all directions.

Every citizen, every animal, everyone’s eyes shone golden for a moment.

[God-grade artifact activated: Tablet of Genesis 11]

[Synchronizing the language of all creatures into ‘one language’.]

[Target: Humans, artifacts, Majesties, animals, all living things]

The entire city was shaken.

(To be continued in the next episode)