[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apostle-of-the-goddess-of-war":3,"chapter-apostle-of-the-goddess-of-war-apostle-of-the-goddess-of-war-chapter-118":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Apostle of the Goddess of War",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},394526,657,"Chapter 118","apostle-of-the-goddess-of-war-chapter-118",118,"\u003Cp>Ch.118 Apostle of the Goddess of War\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward as lightly as if taking a stroll. Though his pace was hurried, his gait itself was extraordinary—so much so that he appeared to glide across clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Goddess who had reached the pinnacle of martial arts imbued every physical movement with profound, ineffable principles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hem of his black robe brushed against blades of grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a flower garden adorned with every imaginable beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atop a hill blanketed in profusely blooming white flowers stood a single large tree, its roots anchored serenely into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place gave the impression that, across the entire world, only here could one find true sanctuary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rays of light descended, gently caressing the skin of the Goddess who presided over War. Today, the sunlight was unusually brilliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s been a long time, Sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille quietly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her greeting was directed toward the being seated atop the great tree’s roots, eyes peacefully closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve grown much thinner.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave no response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like someone sunk deep in slumber, lost in a long dream, she merely breathed shallowly and silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there was any difference from an ordinary person, it was that her breath carried a noble divinity, as though teeming with life itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made no difference whatsoever to Achille’s sentiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille clenched her fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They said you weakened—but now you don’t even have the strength to respond to me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille smiled faintly—a sorrowful, desolate smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It brimmed with betrayal, anger, and resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speak. Speak up! You reduced me to that state—and this is the result? What? Self-annihilation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gooooo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pressure, as though silently crushing the very space, descended upon the entire garden of light. It was astonishing that such power could be unleashed within the space where Eru resided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few Goddesses could withstand the spiritual pressure of a Supreme Deity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just what are you doing? Explain everything to me, from beginning to end.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Eru gave no answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she breathed, her silence amounted to utter disregard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuuu—Whoooosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille finally lost control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swinging her arm, all the flowers in the garden collapsed in unison—precisely along the straight line where the displaced air surged outward from her swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That shockwave cleaved through the vast plain, stretching all the way to the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, Achille. The flowers are hurting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Eru part her lips. Her lips were far paler, having lost much of the vivid redness Achille remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They used to be so beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille swallowed her choked sob and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Explain it to me. I came here, didn’t I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. You’ve worked hard. You must have felt terribly wronged.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was my fault. I didn’t feel wronged. Though I did think it was excessive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that so?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Eru permitted conversation, Achille’s boiling rage gradually melted away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry, Achille.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille’s expression crumbled completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why didn’t you say anything?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was born first, possessing powers vastly different from yours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thus, I knew many things. Too many things—including matters I simply couldn’t bring myself to speak of.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eru began explaining gently, soothingly, in the kindest voice imaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t cast you out of the Round Table because I hated you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You may not believe me, but it was to protect you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why on earth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eru slowly rose to her feet. Her body transformed into pure light, and in an instant, she appeared behind Achille, beginning to walk across the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille followed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your power—even by my standards—is dangerous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t spout nonsense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shwaaaa—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind blew across the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was wind conjured by Eru or natural wind, no one could say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, no one knew what or where this space even was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goddess among Goddesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goddess above Goddesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mother and eldest sister of all Goddesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eru’s transcendence was such that, even to fellow Goddesses, her presence resided at an unfathomably distant height.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I had left you as you were, our sisters would have been so terrified they’d have killed you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Is that truly so?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. Tainting your wine with poison would have merely been the beginning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eru sees the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her words could not possibly be false.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future foreseen by the Supreme Deity, Achille would have certainly died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For whatever reason, had you remained at the Round Table, you would have died—whether by your sisters’ hands, by Evil Gods… or even by mine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille pressed her lips tightly shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the words were hard to believe, she found not a single reason to disbelieve them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few Goddesses loved, followed, and trusted Eru as deeply as Achille did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it was Eru’s decision, Achille willingly relinquished her divinity and obediently descended into the mortal realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then, is it no longer the case now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. The dangerous period has passed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the Round Table itself is still dangerous.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eru reached out her hand, gently raising the flowers that had been flattened by Achille.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Everything has a beginning and an end.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even for you, Sister?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, even for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eru revealed no emotion whatsoever. She was always like this—an emotional disposition that drove others to frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille believed she had no emotions at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My era is drawing to a close. That is the principle, the natural order.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can such words apply to an omnipotent Goddess?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eru smiled faintly. Then she turned her body to face Achille.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Achille was crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Achille, my sister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I, too, am ultimately part of this world. Even I, who govern all things, have realms I cannot trespass.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s impossible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille lowered her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never since her birth as a Goddess had she felt such powerlessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, she understood the human heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where there is light, there must be darkness. My existence has become a bane to the world moving forward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. There must be another way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There isn’t.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silently, Eru approached as light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Achille.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I leave the next choice to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I refuse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eru continued speaking as though she hadn’t heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille’ heart ached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Regain your true name. Realize your destiny.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You intend to close the heavenly gate—what do you expect me to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eru smiled warmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wiping Achille’s tear-streaked cheek, she delivered her final words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That, too, is up to your choice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words, Eru lay back down atop the tree roots—instantaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving behind only the remark that her body felt slightly weary, she dismissed her guest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoooosh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind blew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind blew as though sweeping Achille away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flowers blooming across the land trembled gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille wiped her tears and thought—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wind blowing now was surely conjured by Eru.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was late at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn, for the first time in a long while, could attempt sleep in a clean, soft bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was treated not as a criminal, but as a rightful knight of his cult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he should have been exhausted, sleep refused to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind was too full of thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, he could scarcely comprehend how many things had transpired during his brief imprisonment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huuu….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truth of the Goddess of Light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fading grace of the Goddess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The approaching era of humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps, the era of Evil Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The target of revenge—and the child soon to be born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anna.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head throbbed painfully, growing feverishly hot. His mind felt clogged with hazy dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You seem troubled, my Apostle.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille, officially reinstated as of today, made her presence and power felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the true master of the battlefield, even Garfenn had never sensed her like this before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Goddess. Congratulations. It took far too long because of this unworthy apostle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No, my child. You accomplished it all. It is thanks to your sacrifice that we have come this far. I have done nothing.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn sat up. The Goddess sat beside his bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand gently caressed his back. Each touch carried blessings and divinity. Tears flowed naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have suffered. You have endured so much.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn bowed his head deeply. Tears would not cease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Memories of hardship and suffering passed before his closed eyes. Even he himself realized how much he had endured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No ordinary person could have borne it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he was a hero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn was Goddess Achille’s hero alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You deserve happiness. You shall dwell eternally in the garden I created. Now, you may rest.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn laughed through his tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always considered this moment something he could never achieve in his lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that it had finally arrived, it still didn’t feel real. It felt like a dream, unreal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above all—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s still work left to do, isn’t there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille’s expression visibly darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Leave the rest to me. You have sacrificed enough. You deserve peace.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes already burned with resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The final war remains. Should I not burn brightly white before parting from you, Goddess?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…Garfenn.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When the Supreme Deity closes the heavenly gate, I will only be able to see you in death, won’t I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To die on the battlefield is the greatest honor for an Apostle of War.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Not so. It is meaningless sacrifice. This Goddess will not permit it.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please permit it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille furrowed her delicate brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rose from her seat, raising her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Have you no thought for those who remain after you are gone?!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Even if others are one thing—what of your child? Your beloved?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn let out a long sigh—the kind he had never shown before the Goddess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I, too, wish to do so. I wish to be happy, even unto death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Then why?!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My dead wife and daughter—they never leave my mind. They glare at me with hatred.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That is not true.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have nightmares.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Garfenn.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn knelt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears and sweat from his forehead fell together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What should I do? This hatred and thirst for revenge simply will not fade.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Return to Elim. Go, embrace your family.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Will that truly heal my heart?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It may be difficult.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But if you die meaninglessly for revenge, will your family truly welcome you in death?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn drew a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Goddess’s words struck like a blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For whom is this revenge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Already, thirty years had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revenge carried out now would gnaw at Garfenn’s heart and ultimately destroy him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he completed his revenge, there was no guarantee happiness would remain at its end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If you had no choice, I would understand. But now, you do.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haa.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Truly seek happiness. Enjoy even a moment of peace, my pitiful child.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille embraced Garfenn as he knelt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have worn yourself down enough.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn, cradled in the Goddess’s arms, wept endlessly. Even the steel wolf could become a child before the Goddess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long while passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn calmed himself and sat back on the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goddess Achille told him her plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I intend to proceed as planned.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The plan being?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[To pass the apostleship to Sion, that child.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn clenched his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It seems the Goddess of Light had even arranged for Sion.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sion… you mean he was part of the Goddess of Light’s plan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I do not know precisely. But clearly, Eru, too, awaited the strongest sword I sought.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn tasted bitterness in his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it had come to this, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Garfenn, clutching his pounding heart, asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When the heavenly gate closes, and humanity is left alone—will you place everything on Sion, the only human who becomes as strong as a Goddess?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throb. Throb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scale of the story was so vast his head felt ready to burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille reluctantly nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Humanity’s final sword. Perhaps that was his destiny all along.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Schedule: Every mon, wed, fri and sun\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Review at\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>NovelUpdate\u003C\u002Fp>",1953,"2026-05-30T06:48:22.319Z","2026-06-01T04:30:34.110Z",1,"novelbin.me","dd8d041837cc387621bfb56a2e3d58abe3029a5437ada40a2514d555ace97126","apostle-of-the-goddess-of-war-chapter-119","apostle-of-the-goddess-of-war-chapter-117",174,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapostle-of-the-goddess-of-war-cover.jpg"]