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As usual, we were having a meaningless conversation while waiting for the stew to boil.
-Ghhhhhhh.
What I heard was a terrible scream that I had never heard before.
“This is… … .”
Dojin’s head turned in the direction where the sound came from.
At the same time, the forest began to shake.
-Ghhhhhh!
The other side seemed to have sensed this side as well and was approaching at high speed, and the howls were gradually coming closer.
The watchman said with a pained look on his face.
“Has even Tegran been completely consumed by the forest’s curse…?”
The watchman had vain hopes that Tegran might still have some sanity left like himself, but Dojin was not one of them.
Dojin, who knew that Tegran was the boss monster of this dungeon, knew from the beginning that he could not avoid combat when they met.
Dojin activated his magic circuit while concentrating on the sound of Tegran approaching.
In response, the rune gauntlet wraps itself around Dojin’s arm.
“You want to fight?”
The watchman who saw Dojin like that asked with trembling eyes.
“It seems like he’s not in a position to have a nice conversation, so we need to subdue him first.”
I don’t know if it will be subdued or exorcised.
The watchman hesitated for a moment, then bit his lips and grabbed his sword.
I decided to help Dojin.
grasp.
At that moment, the bushes in front exploded and something round popped out.
A grotesque, quadrupedal, humanoid monster made of a tangled web of bones, flesh, and tree trunks.
Tegran Begriff.
《Flashlight》
Dojin, who had already prepared the magic, fired the magic he had loaded into the magic circuit.
Flash. Flash. Flash.
There were three flashes, and three light dots struck Tegran’s torso.
However, the opponent is the dungeon’s boss monster.
Even attack magic that was used at maximum output didn’t deal much damage to Tegran.
‘I expected it, but it’s much tougher than I expected… …!’
Dojin, who flew his body while casting magic, was able to avoid Tegran’s rushing attack just in the nick of time.
My heart feels cold as I see the spot I was standing on flip over with a squeak.
“Ughhhhh… …!”
Tegran turns around, his long, deformed tree trunk arms thumping against the ground as he lets out an angry growl.
Red eyes overflowing with hostility were fixed on Dojin.
At that moment.
Phew.
Tegran’s head turned.
Kwang.
Not only that, the Tegran that had risen flew like a shell and crashed into a tree.
“Tegran, come to your senses!”
It all happened with one punch from a watchman.
“Ugh… … !”
Tegran, who was trying to get up in a hurry, stumbled as if the pillar was shaking and fell to the floor with a thud.
“… … .”
Dojin felt at a loss for words when he saw the boss monster’s weak appearance.
‘I thought it was strangely fast from the time I first met it, but it’s also incredibly strong.’
While he was thinking about something else for a moment, Tegran planted tree trunks around him and absorbed the energy.
Tegran, who had recovered from the shock in an instant, jumped and emitted a tree trunk.
‘This is a familiar pattern.’
Dojin created a “rock shield” to avoid avoidable attacks and create a safe zone, thus destroying Tegran’s ranged attacks.
Then, with a casting close to instinct, he shot two “Fire Arrows” at Tegran in the air, laid down a “Pillar of Fire” at the spot where the one who jumped would land, and then neatly shot a “Fireball” in advance to hit it cleanly.
A perfect combination that perfectly calculates your casting speed, the enemy’s hover time, and even the parabolic falling path.
-Geuuuuu!
Just by hearing the slight pain, you could tell that Dojin’s attacks were steadily eating away at Tegran’s life force.
however.
bang.
“Come to your senses! He is not our enemy, but he is the one who will correct our mistakes!”
With just one punch from the watchman, everything would be in tatters, no matter what the combination was.
Tegran attempted a special attack by planting a tree trunk in the ground to defy the watchman.
Pava-ba-bak—and tree trunks rose from the ground like tentacles and attacked the guards.
But the watchman cut them all down with one swing of his sword.
With one swing of the sword, a sword wind, or rather, some kind of tremendous power, surges forth.
The power was as if the claws of a giant beast were clawing their way through space.
“Lord Tegran, we have a duty to correct our mistakes. So you, you must not wander the forest like that, losing your mind.”
As he spoke, the watchman stared at Dojin.
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The eyes that had wavered for a moment soon turned into a firm determination.
‘Sins and mistakes must be corrected.’
If I have to let go of something precious to do that, then so be it.
The watchman, who had regained his composure, struck Tegran again.
Boom, bang, bang, bang.
A bloody crash shakes the forest.
Dojin thought as he looked at the sight.
‘There’s nothing I can do about this.’
Dojin took out the egg while looking at Tegran who was practically completely subdued.
Just to see if there’s any reaction.
Then, the quest window popped up and the quest content was updated.
[Quest]
What Jeongryong left behind
Rating: Hidden
[Tegran Begriff appears to be completely out of his mind at the moment.
Let us destroy the flesh that is stained by the forest curse that is binding his soul.]
Dojin was a little embarrassed when he saw that.
‘Instead of purifying it or anything, just kill it first?’
It’s an ignorant method, but since the quest guide given by the thread of fate tells me to do it, I guess I’ll do it.
Dojin, who had decided on a policy, went to the watchman who was still fighting while Tegran was in a groggy state and stopped her.
The guard, who had been throwing punches as if he had lost his mind, stopped dead in his tracks as soon as Dojin’s hand touched his shoulder.
“… Tegran hasn’t come back. What should I do?”
A phrase spoken with a look and voice that suggests a loose screw.
Dojin said while looking at her like that.
“I took it out to see if it could be purified by the energy it contained, just like you said, but it doesn’t seem to work either… … .”
It’s not something you can just say ‘you have to kill them first’.
Giving probabilities to the actions you want to take was a technique for smooth quest progression.
“If we can’t have a conversation, then there’s nothing we can do. It’s better for this person than leaving him like this.”
Speaking, Dojin prepared his magic.
“Are you trying to kill me?”
The watchman asks, slightly surprised.
“There’s no other way. It’s impossible to free yourself from this situation.”
“…still.”
The watchman grabbed Dojin’s sleeve.
And I look at Tegran, who still hasn’t come to his senses.
A figure with barely any human form left.
As Dojin said, Tegran would not want to live like that and in that state.
No, it’s not even alive.
After a while, the watchman let go of Dojin’s sleeve.
The watchman took two steps back, lowered his head, and placed his fist on his forehead.
It was Hawkes’ salute.
Dojin cast his magic without saying a word.
Magic poured out enough mana to fill the circuit and struck Tegran repeatedly.
Tegran, who had already lost most of his vitality to the Watchman’s attacks, met his end soon after.
The boss monster slaying message was overlapped by the haze created by the blazing pillar of fire.
At that moment, the egg blinked faintly.
As if in response to that, light began to rise from among the remains of the collapsed Tegran, and soon the shape of a person took shape.
[Quest]
What Jeongryong left behind
Rating: Hidden
[The spirit of the liberated Tegran Begrif appears.
Although he is a half-soul who has lost his self due to the effects of a long curse, the recorded information will still remain.
Let’s get the information we need by drawing out the memories stored in our souls through conversation and uncover the secrets of the forest.]
The quest guide telling you what to do was very convenient.
Dojin pondered over his first question as he watched Tegran, who was like a ghost, or rather, a ghost itself, staring blankly into space.
‘Come to think of it… … .’
After thinking about it, I looked up and saw a watchman with his eyes wide open.
Dojin pointed to the watchman and asked Tegran’s spirit.
“Do you know the name of this interest?”
“My… name… … .”
Tegran’s soul looked at the watchman with unfocused eyes.
It was a movement that seemed like a machine inputting information, with no real sense of self.
【… Official name. Parallel Spirit Binding Body No. 782.】
Dojin’s heart cooled down after hearing the answer.
A bad feeling that something is wrong.
“What I asked was your name.”
Tell me another answer.
I blurted out nervous words almost reflexively.
【Part of the Green Noah Hunting Expedition, Parallel Spirit Binding Body No. 782. A test subject raised for the spirit binding plan designed to completely control spirits. Among the test subjects who survived all experiments with a survival rate of less than 30%, he has the best spirit affinity-】
“stop.”
Dojin tried to cut off Tegran.
However, Tegran, who was in a state where he could only spit out memories and information, continued to spit out stored memories like a broken vending machine.
【The spirit binding body is a device that connects multiple people in a parallel circuit to share the burden that occurs when binding a powerful spirit. Number 782 was recognized as the most outstanding and took on the role of the central body of the binding technique. In addition to the training process that included advanced combat training, he also underwent brainwashing to instill absolute loyalty to the royal family… … .】
Dojin pushed the watchman away.
“Don’t listen. I’ll take care of this… Wait somewhere where I can’t hear you.”
The watchman didn’t move an inch.
I pushed with more force, but I couldn’t move the guard.
She spoke, her gaze fixed on Tegran’s pale soul.
“are you okay.”
As the watchman spoke, the spilled stew was cooling down at his feet.
