Chapter 376: Fact Always Wins (2)
‘How dare you try to win with agitation and fabrication?’
If one were to speak without proof, you would never get out of the level of agitation and fabrication, anyway.
Proper evidence was the most obvious fact.
It was understandable that you wanted to crush my image somehow, but you had met the wrong opponent.
-My contractor, Jin Qing. Your wishes will come true. Come on, unseal this seal! Then you will have more power in your hands!
‘That’s right.’
-Contractor Jin Qing. Don’t you want to have this power? It is the power to achieve whatever you want.
‘Yes, absolutely.’
-Fufufufufu… Hahahaha!
‘Long live the Belial-nim! Screw you!’
Even Ahn Ki-mo and Lee Jihye had no choice but to applaud Belial, who had been acting eagerly. At this, I looked above the sky, feeling proud.
The scene that appeared on the huge screen was now the demon summoner trash selling his soul to the demon. The fact that it also showed him trying to persecute our camp was a bonus.
Perhaps some people on the side of the Republic camp had seen that scene for the first time.
The Republic and the State were completely cut off, to begin with. Even if there was an exchange, there was no way that those sensitive to information control would let us circulate such videos or rumors.
Of course, some people might know, but…
‘They must be seeing this kind of thing for the first time, these bastards.’
They, too, had probably been educated.
‘The Republic’s Jin Qing is innocent, and everything is incitement and fabrication by the State. It’s something that everyone has made up and manipulated. You can never believe it or be agitated. You must never get involved in the tactics of agitation from the State.’
They must’ve said that the State was picking apart to start a war, and it was the State hidden behind the back of God that was in communication with the demon.
They must have been making noise several times a day and throwing tickets to the war.
Most of the troops would know so. However, there was a distinct difference between listening in words and seeing evidence in person.
‘Because humans are suspicious animals.’
It was successful enough just to make the command group question.
Of course, I firmly believed that the aftereffect of this video would not end there. Naturally, I had no choice but to affect the mentality of the soldiers of the Republic directly.
‘To say they’re not as sensitive to black magic as the State or elves?’
“What does that matter? Are you sensitive to this situation right now? Will it get into your eyes not being sensitive? Huh?”
This was about aesthetics.
Seeing Belial being output as a magical hologram made my heart beat. Belial was more demoniac than the image of a demon in general.
His face was like a lightning bolt of fire, and his eyes were like flames burning in the abyss.
His mouth was like a crack in a rock, and his large wings seemed to poke through a crumpled sky.
This appearance alone made us feel alien and evoked a sense of instinctive human fear.
There would be no madman in the world who saw things like that and thought that he was on the side of justice.
‘Yes. Light won’t be light for nothing, and darkness won’t be darkness for nothing.’
Humans who were not affected by this dichotomous way of thinking did not exist, as far as I knew.
Light Kiyoung was surrounded by light, and the demon’s warped camp was so polluted that it produced nausea.
Which side justice was on had already been decided. Galleries that were currently viewing this magical hologram would also know the answer.
I overdid it a little and started putting magic in my eyes. Though the distance was quite far, my attribute’s influence allowed me to see some faces.
‘Bastards. You turned pale. Pale.’
The foreigners looked at least better.
However, the faces of those who appeared to be Republicans were a spectacle.
Their faces were staring blankly at the magic hologram as if they couldn’t believe it was distorted.
Some were already showing anxiety on their faces. Of course, this didn’t mean that being a foreigner was different. Some of them were biting their lips tightly and even sighing.
-You dirty son of bitches of light. This is the power of hell magic. Contractor Jin Qing, what you want will come true!
‘Whew!’
-Thank you! Thank you! Contractor!!
Just in time, the video was now running towards the climax.
There were very few adaptations added, but all of them were actually what had happened and were facts.
There was no such thing as a manipulation discriminator on this continent, but no one could object to this sense of urgency. Now I was sure that the other camp was in a panic.
Seeing the Republic’s commanders running around and fixing the situation was enough to make me laugh.
They were all shouting something. Of course, I couldn’t hear it, but I could already guess what they would be in a fuss about.
They had tried their best to fix the people’s mentality, but it was nothing more than peeing in their pants for warmth in the winter.
It would rather raise the doubts of those who have doubts, making a fuss like that. It was impossible to stay still.
There was no need to explain that the amplified voice had been heard once again.
“S-Should I stop now?”
“No. No. Why stop already? Let’s see it one more time.”
“Okay!”
The most important thing in education was obvious.
‘Repeated learning is important.’
It was important to put it in their heads enough to memorize it.
-Please stop sending the video of the manipulated content right now. All of the videos you are sending are manipulated. It’s nothing more than a self-written play created to fool you. Dear fellows, please do not be fooled by the fabrication and open your eyes to the truth.
-Contractor! Do you want power!
-The Republic has never communicated with the demon, and Jin Qing could not find any signs of black magic. He is innocent.
-Come on, unseal! Jin Qing! You are my contractor.
-They are messing up with the continent. The wicked groups of the State are disturbing the order of the continent.
-I’ll give you the power to swallow the continent, Jin Qing.
‘Whew.’
It felt like the talking magic hologram was hitting them back. They were constantly yelling as if they felt bewildered, but I couldn’t hear it properly.
The Republic’s wizards were rather embarrassed, sending out incitement and fabricated content.
No matter how many times they shouted that what we showed was fake, they couldn’t possibly wake up with the fact unfolding in front of them. It was not about worrying about the misled elves, but about the mental state of their own troops.
Of course, there was no specific way to do so.
-I’ll say it again. I want them to stop sending fabricated footage right now. You are being deceived. All of this is a self-written play made by Honorary Cardinal Lee Kiyoung. It’s just a dirty trick to trap the Republic.
‘Yes, you bastards. Keep being noisy about it.’
-Hyung-nim… Hyung-nim! Hayan! Please be patient. Just a little bit! Just hold on a little!
-Don’t falter. All of this is manipulated. It was not the Republic but the State that summoned the demon.
-These dirty guys! Damn. Damn! Hyung-nim! If you hold on a little more, support will come! Hold on until then. You know you shouldn’t die by overdoing it, right? Don’t overdo it. I warned you. I won’t forgive you if you pass out overdoing yourself. I won’t forgive you!
It was not just directed to the elves, it was also to themselves.
They were all insisting that it was fake, but the desperate appearance of Park Deokgu popping out through the magic hologram was enough to inspire emotion. The same went for Han Sora.
It looked like she would pass out at any moment.
It was a moment when that would make me want to cry again.
Needless to say, the appearance of Jung Hayan and I, who were already being limited whilst being dyed with light.
Surrounded by the divine light, the appearance of the demon summoner’s debris fighting against the summoned Belial was like a hero mentioned in a fairy tale. As it was a real situation, it seemed to me that the video was selected very well.
Surrounded by filthy evil groups, this was a famous scene that we saved the neutral country of Laios from danger.
The elves were also becoming solemn while looking at us in the magic hologram.
“Hayan, activate your voice amplification magic. Put my face on the hologram right now.”
“Yep!”
At this point, it was the right timing for me to pop out. Clearing my throat, I tried my best to refine my voice. It had been a long time since I had done this, so I still felt pretty nervous.
As expected, my mouth didn’t let me down.
‘The frame is important. The frame.’
I had already decided with which frame to choose.
The political conflict between the State and the Republic was out of the question, for now. It was only right to exclude the State and Republic completely from this frame.
This was not about being different. This was about right and wrong, common sense and non-common sense.
To interpret this war only as a conflict between the two countries was stupid in any way. This war was not a fight between the Three Kingdoms Alliance and the anti-State alliance.
‘It’s a fight between justice and evil.’
‘It’s a fight between fact and fabrication.’
‘It’s a fight between light and darkness.’
Slowly, my voice began to be transmitted.
As I spoke calmly, I immediately heard my voice with the voice amplification magic applied loudly.
“Be with the light, everyone.”
-Be with the light, everyone.
‘Good.’
-Please get on board with us on the side of the light. Please hold our hand for the continent. We shouldn’t aim our swords at each other.
‘The sound quality is also good.’
-We are facing a common enemy. Humanity is witnessing an unimaginable enemy together. What you have just seen is the proof, fact, and enemy of all of us.
‘The flow is not bad.’
-The Three Kingdoms Alliance was not launched to disturb the continent, destroy order, or cause war. It’s the opposite. It is to protect all living things on the continent, humanity, heterogeneous races, the land given by the Goddess, and all who live on it. I think you’ve just seen the magic hologram just before. What you’ve seen for yourself is never false or manipulated. It really happened, it’s a nightmare that fell on Laios months ago, and it’s an ordeal that we must overcome together.
‘Yes, that’s right. Absolutely.’
-There were still demonic forces crouching around the continent. People like Jin Qing, who caused the Laios crisis and succeeded in summoning the Demon Lord, are still looking for opportunities everywhere. Of course, our State was no exception. The State remembers. The numerous things that the demon worshipper Ito Souta has caused… the State remembers.
Still, thinking about what happened then made my heart ache.