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Tegran poured out information.
If you ask one question, it will continuously spit out related information.
The secrets of
In the process of listening to it, Dojin learned that what the Hawkseth Kingdom was trying to do was not simply hunting the Shinrok Noir.
What they wanted was to artificially create a spirit as powerful as the Spirit King and control it.
【We knew very well that the Spirit King was not a being that humans could dare approach. But what if we could make the spirits that were already under our control into kings?】
Tegran was curious, and the king was greedy.
Once the interests of the two were established, a national plan was put into action.
The starting point was to achieve complete dominion over powerful spirits.
【The King wanted perfect restraint and control. However, it was nearly impossible to completely control powerful spirits that had the potential to become the Spirit King, let alone lower-level spirits. The parallel spirit restraint was created to overcome this.】
A plan to raise children with extremely high affinity for spirits from infancy for the sole purpose of binding and exercising control over spirits.
【The synchronization circuit that allows them to share each other’s burdens was very unstable, so the survival rate of the test subjects was low, but this was a problem that could be solved by sending in more test subjects. As a result, we were finally able to completely restrain and control the Great Spirit Dagne.】
Now that you have complete control over the powerful spirit, all that remains is to elevate this spirit to the ranks of the Spirit King.
【In order to create the Spirit King, it was necessary to break the limitations of a spirit and become a being of a higher level. The spirit power that a spirit gradually gathers in order to evolve into a more powerful spirit. We called it a ‘key’. We decided to steal the key of another spirit in order to advance Dagne’s evolution.】
So the target was Nua.
Nua was also a powerful and old spirit that could be called a great spirit, and it was thought that the power she had gathered for evolution would be enormous.
They believed that if they fed Dagne the key that Noua had, that is, the great spirit power, she would be able to get one step closer to the Spirit King, so they set out to hunt for the new green.
【We were on the verge of victory. But something happened. The moment we cornered Noir, Dagne, who was supposed to kill Noir, got out of our control.】
The reason is.
【If we use more force, there is a risk that the center of the restraint, number 782, which bears the greatest burden, will be damaged. The reason is unclear, but it seems that Dagne does not want number 782 to die.】
Then there was Noah’s counterattack.
The expedition’s warriors suffered heavy casualties, and Dagne was mortally wounded.
【As a result, the expedition suffered damage close to destruction, and 113 parallel spirit binding units, including No. 782, were damaged. Dagne, who escaped from the binding, went berserk, and Nua also suffered fatal injuries in the process-】
At this part, Tegran stuttered as if something had gone wrong.
It was a gap in memory that occurred because Tegran also died around this time.
Tegran returned to normal only after going back to his memories of being a wanderer in the forest.
【The grudge of the powerful spirit Nua corrupted the forest. I wandered through the forest, drawn by Nua’s curse. As I continued to hear Nua’s resentful cries, I suffered. Nua is alive. Still in the center of the forest, not forgetting the grudge from that time-】
Tegran convulsed again.
It was as if someone had just remembered something very scary.
How can you be afraid of losing your ego?
It seemed that the cries of Noah, who had been wandering through the forest, were painful.
Tegran, who had been convulsing, was now silent as if he had no more memories to vomit out.
“… … .”
After hearing everything, Dojin felt bitter.
No, bitterness is not enough to express my current feelings.
It felt awkward and uncomfortable, like my mouth was full of sand.
‘Just ordinary and thoughtful… … .’
The image of the watchman whose name I couldn’t recall came to mind.
Is it true that some of your memories are lost when you become undead?
Could it be that he chose oblivion as a self-defense mechanism to forget his situation as an object created solely for the purpose of controlling spirits?
Dojin’s thoughts were largely correct.
“Number 782… All the feelings and loyalty I have for the Hawkess Kingdom that I remember were brainwashed… … .”
The watchman muttered as if shocked.
The image of her holding and eating the hastily made stew as if it were something precious overlapped.
I wonder if we developed some kind of bond after spending several days talking and going through hard times together.
Dojin got angry and started swearing.
‘shit.’
The watchman took off the old shoulder pad.
Her old clothes, worn over the years, have already worn away, revealing her pure white shoulders.
The watchman showed Dojin the back of his shoulder, which was invisible to him.
“… … .”
0782.
Her classification number was written on it.
‘f*cking bastards.’
That too with burn marks made with a hot iron.
“There it is.”
The watchman smiled weakly at Dojin’s reaction.
“I remember now. It’s so vain. I wandered the forest alone, holding on with the thought of Hawkseth and the comrades who fought together in the forest… but it was all an illusion.”
The watchman squeezed my shoulder.
“But that’s okay. Not everything is a lie. The kids who were in the same situation as me. The kids who grew up with me were real.”
The watchman, or rather number 782, was faced with a memory he had turned away from.
In order to forget the miserable reality and to justify my lonely situation, I, a weakling, had hypnotized myself into thinking that I was not Spirit Binding Body 782, but a warrior of the king carrying out the royal orders of Hawkess.
‘Sorry, guys.’
Number 782 apologized.
Forgetting the true comrades who grew up together, suffered together, and died together.
‘I’m sorry, Dagne.’
I also apologized to Dagne.
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At that, number 782 became angry.
How could I forget my sister, my brother, my younger siblings?
And Dagne, who was bound and dominated by humans, yet sympathized with us and loved us until the end.
‘I… I’ll take care of everything.’
Number 782 gritted his teeth.
The disgusting fake role of Hawkess’s proud warrior was over.
But the work that needs to be done hasn’t changed.
I had to end it all, for the sake of the kids and Dagne.
Even at this moment, for the sake of the children who may be wandering the forest feeling wronged.
Number 782 put on his shoulder pads again.
When I thought about it, this wasn’t my thing either.
A beggar who wears someone else’s clothes to imitate a warrior.
Number 782 said while looking at Dojin.
“Thank goodness. I beat you up a lot earlier.”
“…I know.”
There was nothing else to say.
Instead, Dojin tapped her shoulder.
I thought he was a strong and powerful guy, but now I see that his shoulders were very small.
“But that doesn’t change what I have to do. I want to return the forest to how it was before. There might be children who were in the same situation as me wandering around the forest.”
Dojin felt something welling up in his chest.
“I’ll help you.”
Now, hatching eggs and all was good.
Quest reward?
The system will take care of settling the accounts.
From now on, my most important goal is to just relieve this poor glutton’s resentment.
Dojin, who had made up his mind, looked at Tegran, who was silent, and said.
“You said Nua is still alive? She’s crying and crying with resentment.”
Tegran agreed.
“Is there a way to get to where Nua is? A way to the center of the forest.”
【We can hear Noah’s voice as we wander through the forest. We keep running away from that voice. But Noah has no intention of letting us go. The forest keeps changing its appearance, making us wander forever.】
“You’re running away from the sound? That means if you follow the sound you hear, you’ll reach the center of the forest where Nua is.”
【… That’s right.】
The reason
Nua, the master of the forest, was turning the forest into a labyrinth that changed every moment in order to imprison the humans who made him like this forever.
“Then guide us. To where Nua is.”
The moment Dojin asked for it.
The light that came out of the egg enveloped Tegran.
It’s as if she’s controlling him and making him listen to her orders.
[Quest]
What Jeongryong left behind
Rating: Hidden
[I learned of the tragedy of the forest that sings of eternity.
Let’s put an end to this tragedy.
The reason is still unknown, but the egg left behind by the spirit dragon seems to want that too.]
The quest content has also been updated.
But Dojin immediately removed the quest window.
‘Now it doesn’t matter if it’s a quest or anything.’
I do it even though I’m told not to.
Dojin ordered Tegran, who was still struggling and reluctant to approach Nua.
“Lead us to where Nua is.”
Do that, you f*cking crazy old man.
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Dojin and 782 headed towards where Nua was, with Tegran at the forefront.
There were no monsters seen along the way.
All the monsters in
Since those guys would never approach the inside where the sound of Noah was getting stronger, the path they took was bound to be completely empty.
【Ugguguguguguk… …!】
Occasionally, Tegran’s soul would convulse and try to run away in the opposite direction, but each time, the spirit dragon egg that Dojin was holding would exert its power.
After going on and on like that, Dojin and 782 finally arrived at a place where there was no trees, no grass, no anything.
There was only one beast there.
A deer lying face down with serious injuries that expose its neck and ribs.
“… Noah.”
It was a new green leaf.
Noah was roaring, licking the blood flowing down like a waterfall.
But Dojin couldn’t hear that sound.
A desperate scream that is only meant to be heard by the sinners who have tormented him.
But that only ends here.
Nua, who had been raising her head toward the sky, looked at Dojin.
-Grrrrrrr… … !
Nua’s eyes turned red as she let out a boiling sound.
A wounded animal tends to become more fearful and alert.
Noah regarded the stranger who approached his treasure trove and hideout as an enemy.
