Episode 1315
Tear-rrrrrrrrr!
Simon’s body was suddenly pushed down by a gust of wind pouring down from the front, with no chance of escape.
It was dangerous to be blown off the high stairs, but Simon spun around and landed gently on the floor again.
“That statement just now.”
Swaaaaaaaaaahh …
Asperia finally rose from the bath with a puff of white steam. Her wet back and naked body were revealed.
“This is a story that cannot be overlooked.”
Kiiiiiiiiing!
Divinity gathered in front of her and ‘Extreme’ was unleashed. From it, a veil of light made of divinity rose and began to wrap around her body.
First, a veil gently wraps around the saint’s entire body, and then the shape of clothing is wrapped around it. The design exposes the shoulders and back, and the skirt, which looks wide, covers the ankles. A veil covers the head, and another veil that wraps around the arms flutters like a fairy’s dress. Then, glass shoes are naturally put on.
This costume, which causes a subtle distortion of light, makes the saint appear to ripple like an illusion.
[iced coffee.]
[Gratula Mi Kibilis!]
All the saints’ executors bowed their heads in unison in worship. Simon also held his breath as he gazed at her majestic appearance.
Pointed ears, thick lips, unusually long arms, a firm yet curved facial line, and high cheekbones gave off a sense of charisma and authority. It was a bit different from typical continental beauty, but that uniqueness made her presence even more beautiful and powerful.
Judging from the fact that she had ruled Arok for the past several decades, she must be quite old, but the saintess did not seem to have aged at all on the outside. She looked to be in her mid-twenties at best.
Knock, knock.
Asperia began to come down the stairs herself.
With each step she took on the white stairs, red ash spurted out, filling the space.
“conveyancer.”
A clear voice filled the room.
“Even though she herself revealed her identity, those words just now sounded like a denial of my honor and the title of saint.”
Hearing those words, Moses and Hamiel opened their eyes wide and looked at Simon.
“Can you explain it properly?”
Sreung!
Win!
As soon as the saint finished asking her question, her executioners rushed in and aimed their spears at Simon.
Dozens of cold spear points were tangled around Simon’s neck, but Simon spoke calmly even though the spear points were right in front of him.
“As the carrier of the sacred relics, I have a duty to deliver the object directly into the hands of the recipient.”
His eyes illuminated Asperia as she came down the stairs.
“I was just doing my duty, and it occurred to me that you might not be Saint Asperia herself.”
[How rude!]
[Saint! Please allow me to tear this impious man to pieces!]
The saint’s executioners shouted in rage. Asperia, who had come down all the stairs, spread out her palm to stop the executioners and said.
“Why did you think that?”
To her question, Simon answered confidently.
“It’s a gut feeling.”
At those words, the air in the room froze. In particular, the saint’s executors looked at Simon with frozen faces. ‘Is he crazy?’, ‘Doesn’t he value his life?’ Such questions were on everyone’s faces, but Moses and Hamiel exchanged meaningful glances.
Especially, the mother was confident.
‘This is the sign of the saint!’
Simon’s denial of Asperia means that he does not feel the ‘essence of a saint’ from Asperia right now.
She’s fake. Even if Simon knew that, it would have been better to just ignore it and explain it later, but he denied it and confronted Asperia head on.
As soon as he thought about it, sparks flew into Moje’s eyes.
‘Does this mean we should turn everything upside down? It’s worth a try. The saint and I can do it… ‘
As if determined, Moze raised the sacred object in his right hand. At that moment, Hamiel ran over and grabbed his wrist.
‘No!’
Although it hadn’t been long since she had seen Simon, Hamiel knew that he was not the type of person to act thoughtlessly and recklessly. She opened her mouth to convey her thoughts.
‘Brother Simon, there must be something going on! He’s not trying to fight!’
‘… … .’
After hearing those words, Moze looked at Simon’s back for a moment, then finally released the strength from his right hand.
“It’s a feeling… … .”
Asperia lowered her eyebrows and closed her eyes as if lost in thought.
“Unfortunately, I personally think that denying the seat of the saints is a serious crime. Put the author in jail.”
[yes!]
She turned her back.
“Have the other two carriers immediately expelled from Arok. Never let them set foot on Arok again.”* * *
Slurp- slurp-
Night has come to Arok.
Simon, locked in prison, was looking outside the iron bars with a calm face.
‘It seems to be quite far from the palace.’
I heard that Arok is a paradise where there is no concept of sin and only happy people live. But there is even a prison here.
Those who wore clothes in a world without clothing, those who built palaces in a world without a home. Simon felt that this place, Arok, was the epitome of contradiction.
‘Okay, then.’
Crunch.
Simon looked down at his body.
‘Should we try to escape?’
There were restraints on both wrists, and a chain on the right foot, which was connected to the wall. Of course, these were not ordinary restraints. They had the effect of blocking divinity.
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‘It’s hard to even spread the magic circle.’
Although mana can be used, it is difficult to gather it to create a ‘form’.
Simon looked up at the ceiling and saw a device that dispersed the waves of mana. Arok was thorough in his own way.
However, Simon learned a lot. Under the belief that there is no harm in learning, he acquired all sorts of miscellaneous skills, including the main areas of black magic and white magic. He was confident that he could handle any situation.
He sat down with a thud and took a deep breath.
“Ah, um. Ahh.”
After clearing his throat a few times, he began to sing.
“Ah- ahhh- ah-”
Simon, who had been strengthening his stomach, repeated the same note.
There are things that can produce magical effects without using a magic circle using runes. One of them is.
Shaaaa-
Shaaaaaaa-
It’s spirit magic.
Spirit magic is an ancient power that existed before the magic system was properly established. Since it can be used without using runes, it is called ‘spirit magic’ rather than ‘spirit magic’.
The spirits living in Arok began to approach, drawn by Simon’s song. The spirits that passed through the prison bars danced around Simon in circles out of curiosity.
‘Song is a medium to call the spirits. This is why Hamiel mainly uses instruments.’
When Simon finally opened his eyes, he saw colorful spirits dancing around him, laughing. Simon spoke to the spirits.
“I want to get out of here, but I’m worried about what other people think. Can you help me?”
When the spirits heard those words, they began to groan and flew around.
Woof!
yes!
The spirits clung to the surrounding walls and bars, then transformed their bodies into mana and spread out like walls.
The spirits themselves began to block the inside and outside of the prison by becoming walls of mana. This was the ‘spirit barrier’, which was the origin of the barriers of white and black magic.
‘As expected, there is no meaningless learning in the world.’
Now there was no need to worry about being caught. Simon smiled and closed his eyes, concentrating.
‘Come out.’
Another thing that was overlooked in Arok is that this prison is meant to hold priests, not necromancers.
‘Pitch black.’
Kugugugugugugugu!
As Simon opens his eyes, the divinity disappears from Simon’s body, his core begins to pulse, and pitch blackness spreads throughout his body.
Before he knew it, black sweat had formed all over Simon’s body. It was ‘Black Body Intensification’, which surpassed Matougi’s secret technique, ‘Black Body Eruption’.
“Put the pressure down!”
Snap!
The restraints shattered with a loud noise and fell to the floor. Simon, whose arms were now free, lightly twisted his wrists and stretched them, then stood up and touched the tattoo at the base of his neck.
This tattoo was also the key to opening the extra-large subspace given by Nephthys.
“It’s time to get to work.”
Woohoo!
The subspace opened, and an ordinary zombie jumped out. Simon took the ring off the zombie’s finger and put it on his own finger.
“Help me, Prince.”
Then activate the ring with Simon’s Darkness and place it on the zombie’s head.
Kwarrrrrrung!
A black lightning bolt flew through the bars and struck the zombie’s body. Soon, the zombie that was lying on the wall changed shape and changed into a young zombie wearing a crown and wearing clothes like a nobleman.
[Hey, what is it?]
The 7th Legion’s agent undead, the zombie prince Prince, scratched his head with an annoyed expression.
It was the first time in history that the undead descended upon the Sanctuary of Arok.
[Hey, Simon! I was just gathering Coral Reach materials, what should I do if you call me out of the blue!]
“Sorry, sorry. Just a few minutes.”
Simon said this and pointed to the iron bars in front and the chains on the legs.
“Can you cut these off for me?”
[It’s nothing more than that.]
Crunch!
Snap!
The Prince easily shattered the iron bars with his bare hands and broke the chains.
However, the barrier was shaking as the spirits were starting to lose their strength. Simon shook hands lightly with the Prince and sent him away, taking back the zombie.
And immediately he turned pitch black and returned to being a priest. With perfect timing, the spirits’ powers fell and the barrier was lifted.
After a brief commotion, what was revealed was a broken prison cell, restraints scattered on the floor, and Simon, now free. Simon finally brought forth his divinity to purify the traces of darkness around him, thus finishing off the cleanup.
‘Okay, let’s go.’
Simon came out, twirling his wrist.
‘To find the real Asperia!’* * *
As Simon expected, the truth about his escape would be revealed the next morning, when dinner was served.
That is, before the next morning, they had to find out Arok’s secret and even find out the real location of Asperia.
Even if I had won the favor of the fake Asperia and stayed in the palace, I wouldn’t have been able to move around freely because of her surveillance. The best decision here would have been to be locked up and then escape.
ha ha ha!
Ohohohoho!
Even at night, Arok was still bustling.
Naked people were constantly laughing as if they were drunk on happiness, lying down on the grass and sleeping or rolling around on the ground. They lived like animals, eating fruit from trees when they were hungry and just sleeping when they were sleepy. People who were just laughing because they were drunk on happiness.
Simon thought it was bizarre.
‘Let’s start by investigating the information.’
Simon approached the closest Arok people. They were naked and talking with bright faces, as if they had no shame.
“Excuse me.”
Simon spoke cautiously. The three Arokians turned their heads when they heard Simon’s words, and then suddenly began to laugh loudly.
“Excuse me? Excuse me! Hahahaha!”
“Ohhohohoho! Your words are so interesting! I’m happy!”
I just said a word and he was holding his stomach and laughing. Simon, sweating profusely, continued.
“if-“
Ahahahahahaha!
“Asperia-”
Hahahahaha!
“Do you know where you are?”
They had no concentration at all.
They couldn’t even respond to Simon’s words and just rolled around on the grass, hugging each other. Some people laughed so hard that they fell asleep with faces filled with happiness.
Rather than being happy people, they seemed like people whose other emotions had been neutralized and only happiness remained.
‘Do you think you’ll still want to come to Arok after seeing this? Arius.’
Simon, feeling that it was becoming more difficult to continue the conversation, turned his head and looked around.
Ahahahahahahahaha!
Arok people could be seen lighting fires and playing noisily everywhere. Everyone was eating fruit, kissing, and laughing with happy faces.
Meaningful exchanges do not occur properly. When the person in front laughs, they laugh along, and when the person next to them lies down, they lie down together and repeat meaningless conversations.
In order to enjoy happiness, the complex emotions and behaviors that humans must engage in have disappeared.
Simon thought that this field investigation might be more difficult than he thought.
‘……uh?’
But while everyone was hanging out together, I noticed a person standing alone in the distance.
He looked to be middle-aged and was crouching with his back against a tree, staring blankly at the night sky.
‘You don’t look happy.’
Unlike the other Arok people, he didn’t look happy. And most of all-
‘I got dressed!’
He had his lower body covered with something like leaves. Simon approached him.
“excuse me.”
The man flinched at Simon’s voice and looked at him with wary eyes. Unlike the other Aroks, he was not just smiling, but for the first time showing a normal reaction to a stranger.
“I would like to ask you something.”
“Ha, hahahaha!”
Suddenly, he burst out laughing loudly.
“Word! Ha, ha! Haha, haha! Ah, I’m happy!”
You can tell the acting tone just by looking at it.
Simon spoke with a gentle smile.
“I am not an Arok person. I come from the world outside Arok.”
“!!!”
In that one word.
The man’s expression changed 180 degrees.
“Really?”
