Wizard: Starting With the Knights Breathing Method - Chapter 22: [Saint’s Remains] and the [Seven Knights of the Sky]

The moment Levi yanked the ring out of the skeleton, the knight’s armour that had come to life simply collapsed, leaving a pile of lifeless armour.

Knight Fred breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though he was a qualified knight, there was no way he could subdue an undead foe.

“W-was that an evil spirit?”

“That’s right! An evil spirit, beaten by Knight Fred! Our mentor!”

“O merciful Father, destroy these vicious evil spirits and…”

Knight Fred remained silent upon hearing the cheers and chants of the men behind him. He felt in his heart that his foe was not, in fact, an evil spirit.

Despite this, he couldn’t come up with a better explanation.

Levi trotted back to the field, and his excitement was beyond words.

A childish joy was painted on his face as he skipped back. ‘Who would’ve thought that the answer I’ve been looking for was right behind my own territory? Now, I can at least be a hundred per cent sure that there are wizards and witches that exist in this world!’

However, he profoundly acknowledged that this ring was from eight hundred years ago. He had no idea if this strange Witch was still alive.

Witch Rollins, Witch Gullveig… they’re all witches, he thought to himself. ‘Could it be that all wizards in this world are female?’

Fiddling with the ring in his hand, a thought came to Levi’s mind: ‘Perhaps this armour was what caused the Mellon family to be accused of blasphemy. Associating with the enemy as a great family…’

He couldn’t help but think of the religious fable about the Loving Father he saw some time ago.

It came from the [Codex of Creation], compiled by the third pope of the Holy Church.

“The Loving Father who art in Heaven, selflessly bestows His seven most loyal disciples to share and feast upon the remains of His own Saint in the mortal world…

He who feasts on the legs shall be blessed with blinding speed;

He who quaffs on the ribs shall be bestowed with titanic endurance;

He who devours the heart shall be given a divine spirit;

He who chews on the arms shall be granted godlike power;

He who gnaws on the bones shall be an impenetrable fortress;

He who gnaws on the brains shall be omniscient.

These seven disciples were appointed the Seven Knights of the Sky, and these Seven Knights of the Sky share a Saint’s divine power. Despite this, the Saint retains the remaining power within his remains, hereby known as the [Holy Legacy.

The Loving Father loves the world more than Himself, and the world should love Him like a Father. The Loving Father feeds his children with the flesh and blood of Saints; Knights should lead by example, being loyal to Him, practising His will, and spreading the glory of the Loving Father…”

This was the introductory chapter of the Codex, known as Genesis. The Church also calls it the Holy Legacy.

Of course, the legitimacy of this is unconfirmed, but in a note left by a scholar, the story of the origin of the Knights in the Codex of Creation also mentioned an interesting story that wasn’t recorded within the Codex.

“Among the Seven Knights of the Sky, the Knight who gained omniscience had great ambitions: he and his descendants would use their superior, god-like wisdom to steal the authority of gods with their own mortal bodies, all to obtain the most fundamental thing that makes gods gods—godhood! A Knight who practises this would surely set off the wrath of the Gods themselves…

Many years later, the angels descended upon mortal plains to suppress these blasphemous Knights. It turned out that these Knights, using their superior intellect, had tapped into the inherent magic of the world: Earth, Fire, Luck, Light, Darkness, Thunder, and Lightning. Perhaps the most fearsome one of all is the manipulation of the cycle of life and death that only gods have the authority to yield…

The battle between them spread to entire continents, where the Seven Kingdoms stand proudly amongst the people. Even if the angels have fallen, they have won—the Knights who received the Wisdom of the Loving Father were all extinct.

The ancestor of all wizards, or the one who has tasted the Loving Father’s Wisdom, is known to us as Sauron.

An old pastor told me this legend, and perhaps I do believe him. I feel that wizards still exist in our world, but they choose not to reveal themselves.”

Levi has read it all—from mysteries and legends to scientific accounts of the existence of wizards. Disregarding their authenticity, if you put everything together, something is bound to be true.

And the armour crafted by the Witch Gullveig was his biggest clue.

“If these wizards do exist, then… gods exist too,” Levi trembled. “Perhaps this is why they went into hiding.”

Levi stopped and asked, “Should I really continue to pursue the path of a wizard?”

This question was left unanswered. Only time would tell.

Levi ordered his men to pack the now-dead armour as he fiddled with the ring. He doesn’t know how the ring and the armour are connected, so he can only go back to test it out.

He ordered his men to seal the cave, and the remains of the Great Knight watched as the cave entrance turned dark.

“Do not let this encounter with an evil spirit be known to our people,” Levi announced to his men. “It shall only bring unnecessary panic to our people.”

After knowing of the Church’s attitude towards magic-kind, he felt that he had to be more cautious when researching wizards in the future.

Families as powerful as the Mellons were all destroyed by the Glorious Knights. Ironically, the Church’s destruction will be in its own hands.