Episode 311
From then on, I continued to chase Verita as long as I had time, but ultimately failed to meet her face to face.
I fully expected it.
From the beginning, Verita is a more expert than me and her senses are much sharper.
It is possible to determine my location in real time with its golden eyes, so if it decides to run away, it will be impossible for me to catch up.
It’s like a game of tag that you can’t win.
In the end, I returned to the cemetery and thought as I watched the sun setting.
What reason does Verita have for avoiding me?
I tried to think back to the last time I met him, but I couldn’t pinpoint anything.
At that time, Verita, who was fighting a bloody battle underground, lost a lot of blood and was unable to use her divine power… … .
As a result, I went alone to the place where Ymir’s heart was and fought.
I felt a sense of shame or guilt that things had turned out that way.
“hmm… … .”
This is quite plausible, but somehow it doesn’t seem to be the right answer.
“oh! “You are here!”
At that time, Annie appeared once again.
What’s different from before is that you’re holding a nice-looking shield in your hand?
Annie looked at me with a flushed face for some reason, and suddenly held out her shield.
“excuse me… … ! “If it’s not rude, could you please sign here?”
“sign?”
“yes!”
“… … .”
I looked at Annie with slightly bewildered eyes.
I wondered if he was teasing me, but seeing his eyes sparkle as if they contained starlight, it didn’t seem like that at all.
“It doesn’t matter, but I don’t have any writing utensils or anything.”
“Aaaah… … .”
Annie looked like her world had collapsed at my words. I was staring at his face and suddenly thought of a joke.
“Can you carve it with a knife?”
“omg! “That way!”
“… … .”
“here! Please take care of me!”
It was a half-joking remark, but Annie actually made a request, even holding out the dagger from her waist.
Words are signatures, and if you carve them with a knife, they would be no better than scratches, but you don’t even care about that.
I’m not kidding, but do you really admire me?
I received the dagger with more discomfort than joy.
“What should I engrave?”
“Golden Fairy Luan Badniker to dear Anion!”
“Let’s leave out the gold fairy. “Anyway, was Anion your real name?”
“yes! Annie is a nickname! “You can call the Gold Fairy Annie!”
“Next time we meet.”
I nodded and moved the dagger.
That drama… … .
If I apply too much force, it may crack, so I carefully engraved the phrase as if I was embossing it with a dagger.
“Oh oh… … .”
Annie, who was watching with bright eyes, was overjoyed when the work was finished.
“Haha! thank you! “I have to brag to my friends!”
“The handwriting is bad, isn’t it?”
“That’s some bad writing!”
“… … .”
“But it’s okay! “It seems like there’s more to this than the correct handwriting at all!”
He was an honest guy in many ways.
At that time, Annie, who was jumping around in joy, gasped in surprise and said to me.
“really! Now that I think about it, I met Sister Lazbeth earlier, and she asked me to give this to her!”
“uh?”
I looked for something and saw that it was a letter.
“Well then, since I delivered the letter, I’ll just go! have a good day!”
“okay. You too, go in carefully.”
“yep!”
Annie left, running across the snowy field, making as much noise as she had when she appeared.
Thinking that he was not suitable for a grave, I looked at the letter I had received from Annie.
I don’t know why they bothered putting a seal on it.
I roughly opened the letter and read what was inside.
[sorry.]
It was over.
I checked the back of the letter, squinted to see what was engraved in small letters, and looked through the letter to see if there was some device I didn’t know about… … .
I turned on my phone to the end and checked the letter again, but I didn’t find anything strange.
“What is this… … .”
I looked around in confusion… … .
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The sun had set and the cemetery was immersed in darkness, and of course I was the only one there.
* * *
“Have you finished your business?”
“Roughly speaking.”
The rough handover has been completed.
Although I was a little concerned that the person was Mir.
The Mir Giant was now a reliable comrade who could have his back in battle, but he was not a person who could be trusted in such office work.
Maybe that’s why I tried to find Verita.
“Then come closer, master. Have you ever used spatial scrolling?”
“It’s my first time. “Are there any precautions?”
“There are a few things. First of all, do not force your body. You may feel like you are falling from the sky or falling into the water, but this is simply an illusion of your brain. Also, it is better to stop breathing, and if you do breathe, only through your nose. “Your mouth should never be opened.”
“okay.”
I nodded and walked over to Kayan… … .
“… “Then let’s leave.”
Keian tore the scroll he had taken out of his arms.
Boouk.
The moment the scroll was torn, a bright light covered the entire area.
And a strange sensation that I had experienced several times in my life permeated my whole body.
The body feels like it’s floating and then sinking, or like swimming in the sea, and then falls, and then floats again… … .
‘oh my. ‘It’s the head.’
I’ve experienced spatial movement a few times, but this time, maybe it’s because the distance was quite far. Or is this what scrolling actually is?
I felt nauseous and dizzy much more than I had experienced in the past.
By the time I felt nauseous, the world had calmed down.
“Fuuu… … .”
I exhaled like someone who had been underwater for a long time. Only then did I realize that I had been holding my breath for quite some time.
“hmm.”
Keian was still standing upright, but the wrinkles between his eyebrows were much deeper than usual. It means you are making an impression.
“Where am I?”
“It’s one of Badknicker’s indoor training centers.”
“okay? “It’s too quiet for a fog machine.”
“It’s probably because it was set as the coordinates of a space movement magic. “We have been warned in advance, so no one will set foot there.”
“no. “I’m here?”
Of course, it wasn’t me who immediately denied Keian’s words.
We looked back in shock, and there was a man sitting there who looked familiar but not particularly welcoming.
Assad the hermit.
One of the seven great wizards of the empire, a man with a significant stake in the Badniker family’s reputation.
He is Sanghyeolgong’s right-hand man and advisor, and in private he is a long-time friend.
“… Mr. Assad.”
Kayan, who was a little surprised, quickly got his emotions together and asked.
“Didn’t Mr. Assad tell me that if you are in a place where space movement occurs, people may overlap and cause a serious accident?”
“Those are people who are ignorant of magic. “If you’re at my level, you can recognize the signs of magic and infer the location of movement, so it doesn’t matter.”
Assad’s voice as he responded was filled with fatigue.
The turquoise hair that hung down like seaweed looked darker than usual, and there was a gloomy look on his face.
It wasn’t always a bright impression, but today it feels especially dark.
While Kayan closed his mouth as if he had nothing to say in response, Assad’s eyes turned to me.
“Anyway, it’s been a while, Luan Badnicker. “Has it been half a year?”
“That’s almost it.”
“okay. “You became a very famous person in that tiny amount of time, right?”
“… … .”
It’s dust… … .
By my standards, half a year is not a short time at all.
For Assad, who lived for at least hundreds of years, it must have been slightly longer than a moment.
“Not to mention Badniker, the Academy also thwarted the devil’s plot. He seemed to be living a bit quietly in Heros, but in the north, he faced the commander of a demonic army again… … . This is the first time in a long time that I have seen someone so deeply entangled with the church. Even the old Delac wasn’t as good as you. “Do you have any dangerous pheromones that attract demons?”
“… “Those are scary words.”
As I listened to the story, I got a little goosebumps.
Because I had no idea that Badniker would know my whereabouts in such detail.
But when I thought about it again, I thought it was strange that I was caught up in a major incident wherever I went and didn’t know anything about it.
“What were you doing here?”
“I was waiting because I thought it would come soon. Let’s talk. So that’s it, Kayan? Please make room for me. “I’ll explain the situation to this guy.”
“All right.”
Keian looked at me, bowed his head, and left the training hall.
Assad said:
“How much did you hear?”
“The head of the family is in serious condition.”
“What did you think when you heard that?”
“… Well, honestly, it was hard to believe.”
In fact, it still is.
Thinking about the aspects that Iron Blood Ball had shown so far, I couldn’t easily believe the news that he was on the brink of death.
“is it. I had similar thoughts… Unfortunately, the news is true. Delac is very dangerous right now.”
“How on earth did that happen?”
“I went to Yeongsan.”
“… … !”
The moment I heard those words, I couldn’t help but be shocked.
“This was Delak’s mission. “Have you heard anything?”
“ah.”
I suddenly remembered the story Sanghyeolgong told me in the drafting.
– Once you enter Heros, the two of you can go on a mission together.
– There is a mission regarding Yeongsan.
– It was a mission registered on the [Heros Bulletin Board] about 100 years ago, but no one has ever completed it.
“… “Did you really go to Yeongsan alone?”
“okay.”
“Isn’t it too dangerous?”
“You’re talking stupid. “Do you think there was any mission Delak has ever undertaken that wasn’t dangerous?”
“… … .”
“Youngsan’s musical instruments are of a terrible standard. So much so that even a first-class hero with resistance to musical instruments would find it difficult to last for several hours. Even if they have such qualifications, there are few talents who can match Delac’s tempo. “He should be at least an S-class hero, but everyone at that level is busy with their own work.”
I closed my mouth.
Then he asked Assad more directly this time.
“… So, did you summon me to at least watch the death of the matriarch?”
“It’s similar, but there’s one more reason I called you. Before I talk about that, I should first tell you what the situation is in Delac right now. “He headed to Yeongsan alone, and probably engaged in combat with the Colorless Demon King there.”
Although this is a development that was vaguely expected ever since the word Yeongsan was mentioned.
When I actually heard it, a chill went down my spine.
Ambassador type and iron blood ball.
The two people who left the biggest mark on my life, and at the same time, two masters who I consider stronger than anyone else.
The words that they fought couldn’t have sounded so unfamiliar.
“… Are you sure? “Isn’t it possible that he may have fought something other than the Demon King?”
“well. I don’t think Delak would have been like that to a demon other than the Demon Lord. “I’m sure you know about the strength of the Iron Blood Ball.”
“… … .”
At that moment, the words of the ambassador suddenly crossed my mind.
Just before entering the stone gate, when I used the divine protection to communicate with the executioners, the executioner suddenly stormed in.
The conversation we had back then.
And just before leaving, a short Q&A with the Ambassador.
– You will become stronger in the future, right?
– … yes. It will happen.
– okay. But, I wish you would stop getting stronger.
– sorry.
I thought it was an unexpected apology given the context, but was this really the reason?
Then the reason Verita is avoiding me… … . I stopped thinking there.
As confusing as the situation is, considering things that are still unclear only makes my head hurt even more.
I said the first question that immediately came to mind.
“How were you able to return to your family when you were so seriously injured?”
“Delac also has a scroll. It’s similar to the one you used when you returned home, but of much better quality. “I guess he must have used his last strength and tore it right before he lost consciousness.”
“ah.”
“It’s still very bad, but at the time, Delac was on the verge of death.”
“What exactly is your condition?”
“I had fractures and bruises all over my body. What should I say… “It was a miserable sight, as if my whole body had been hit by a very large wooden club.”
… Is this a great type of forest greening work?
Since I have the Onmyangdo, I would probably have used the Wooden Blade with the Wooden Blade.
“Somehow the bones were connected and all the external wounds were healed. However, the problem was that my body’s immunity was weakened in a place like Yeongsan. It was a short period of time, but during that time, the instrument penetrated into the entire body. Even in the most important institutions.”
“Is it the heart?”
“okay.”
Assad nodded.
“Currently, Delak’s heart is only beating about 1 to 2 times per minute. If he were an ordinary person, he would have died long ago, but with his strong vitality, he is barely alive… … . But that won’t last long either.”
Assad said:
“There is only one way to save Delac. Completely eliminating the instrument that has penetrated deep into the heart. Honestly, even if you succeed, there is a 50/50 chance of surviving, but there is no other way. And out of all the people I know, there is only one person capable of that level of skill.”
“Who are you?”
“A master of black magic and necromancy. A person familiar with the powers of the Dark Church, including primitive magic, curses, and demonic contracts. “A mage of the Black Heavens with knowledge of magic comparable to that of the Archmage of the Seven Colors.”
I swallowed my sleep and muttered the person’s name.
“… Lycerradigos.”
