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Even if we had known about it in advance and prepared for it, it was a powerful attack that would have resulted in a fatal outcome if we had been lucky.
So, of course, he should have died.
But not only did he survive, he was also completely fine.
“…hey.”
It was thanks to Number 782 that he used all his strength to protect Dojin.
Not only the power Dagne left behind, but also the power of Darthkandar that had just been imbued in him, and even the curse of Nua that had revived him as an undead.
She literally gave up everything to protect Dojin.
“thank god.”
782, who opened his eyes with difficulty at Dojin’s call, first checked Dojin’s condition.
On the other hand, cracks are forming in my body that I can’t stop.
Dojin hurriedly grabbed her shoulder.
Because it split open and was about to fall down.
But holding on to it didn’t stop it from breaking.
Her condition had already reached a point of no return.
“…are you okay.”
Number 782 said, looking at the separated shoulders and arms like a plaster statue.
“What! What’s okay!”
Dojin got angry.
Number 782, who saw it, opened his eyes wide in surprise, then soon smiled with a face full of scars.
“Are you getting angry for me? I think this is the first time I’ve ever felt this way.”
Those words, spoken with an innocent smile, became her last will and testament.
A guardian of the forest in death.
The girl who was known only by numbers while alive has closed her eyes.
It was a very comfortable face.
A happy smile remains on his lips.
As if he was so happy that he was able to save Dojin.
That made Dojin even sadder.
“… … .”
Dojin tried to hug the number 782 in his arms tightly.
But her body disintegrated first.
The corpse that had been wandering through the forest without even rotting crumbled to dust in an instant as if it had experienced all the years it had endured in an instant.
Can something like this, no… can this be called rest?
[Quest]
What Jeongryong left behind
Rating: Hidden
[Noir’s… … .]
As soon as the quest guidance message appeared, Dojin threw everything away.
I didn’t want to see anything right now.
Dojin sat up silently and looked around.
I could see Noir and Dagne disappearing in the distance.
Dojin approached those walking towards the end.
Noah’s eyes, hanging long on the floor, are filled with emotion.
I could tell just by looking at his eyes.
That I came to my senses.
“… I know it wasn’t your fault. But did it really have to go this far? It’s natural for sinful humans to suffer, but there was no need for those poor children who were used by worthless humans, and for you to have to endure such a painful time.”
That’s bullshit.
From Noah’s perspective, anything that attacked him would have been an enemy and a foe.
There was no time to distinguish who was the evil one and who was the innocent one who was just being used.
Dojin also knew it well.
This was just a favoritism towards number 782, who I was somewhat close to, ate with, and thus empathized with.
“…I’m sorry, human child.”
Still, Noah apologized.
He moved his painful body and spoke out loud.
I’m sorry.
The words of the spirit in the form of a deer were sincere.
“It’s all my fault for being so consumed by resentment that I lost my sense of reason. If I had just accepted everything and returned to Mother Nature… Everyone would have been less unhappy, just like you said. Me and the poor children.”
Most spirits in the form of animals love young beings.
That’s because they still have the instincts of a past when they were born as an ordinary animal.
That is why this moment, when I realized that Nua, who was born as a deer and became a spirit, had also turned children into corpses wandering in the forest, was so painful.
“The moment I lost my senses, I became unable to stop myself. But that was just an excuse. I should have stopped. I shouldn’t have ignored the cries of those who were trembling in fear.”
Dojin bit his lip as he saw Noah blaming himself.
In the end, the only bad people are greedy adults.
Route 782.
There were other children who were in the same situation as her.
Dagne and Nuado too.
Everyone was a victim.
“ha…….”
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Dojin covers his eyes with his hands and lets out a tired sigh.
Nua blinked her eyes with difficulty and spoke to him.
“I was grateful that you stopped me, even if it was late.”
“… You too, rest comfortably now.”
Noah closed his eyes and answered.
“I must return my hometown, which I ruined, to its original state.”
Grass grew all over Noah’s body.
They grew in long, thick branches and dug into the dry ground.
Little by little, the forest was changing.
As the forest changes, Nua’s body also gradually decays and disappears.
It was literally like going back into the forest.
【You don’t even pay attention to me until the end. You’re like a narrow-minded deer.】
Dojin turned his head.
In the direction of the wolf that was losing its strength and disappearing.
The wolf’s words, which echoed in Noah’s head as much as her voice, had no energy at all.
“From Nua’s perspective, you are also a perpetrator.”
【… That’s true. But I couldn’t do anything about it. I could have thrown off the restraints or whatever, but if I had, the kids would have died instantly.】
They couldn’t let go of control for fear that the children would die. Anyway, they are spirits.
“It seems like you don’t have much time left either. Do you have anything you’d like to say?”
【Not really. It seems like Darth Kandar has already left, so I wish I could meet him at the Cradle of the Spirits. Now that the children who were wandering the forest and suffering will be at peace, I guess I’ve done everything I can.】
“For something like that, your eyes are too foolish.”
Although she pretended to be relieved, Dagne’s eyes seemed filled with regret and longing.
Dagne was lost in thought for a while, wondering if Dojin’s thoughts were right, and then finally spoke.
【… Human, can I ask you a favor?】
Dojin nodded.
【That child loved you so much. He would rather have eternal peace than let you go and be left alone in the forest. So remember. There was a child who closed his eyes in true joy at the fact that he was able to save you.】
“… … .”
【You should have at least one.】
Someone who remembers that there were children, a child who died without a name.
Dojin, who had heard the wolf’s last breath, put his hand on the wolf’s large, translucent head and said.
“I don’t forget anything.”
The wolf, Dagne’s mouth is torn open. Ferocious fangs are revealed.
It was a smile.
【Now… it seems like it’s time to go… … .】
Dagne’s words echoed in my head.
Those were the last words.
By that time, Nua had also passed away.
When the two spirits died, tremendous spirit power was released as the two spirits returned to Mother Nature.
The immense spirit power present in one place acted as an attractive force that attracted all the spirit power spread throughout the forest.
The final destination of the gathered spirits is… … .
“Is this the ending… … .”
It was a spirit dragon’s egg.
As soon as the phenomenon ends, the hidden quest is completed.
A message that comes to mind in a dizzying way.
Experience and gold came in.
The spirit dragon’s egg, which was a dead egg that could not hatch, has been changed into a hatchable ‘spirit egg’.
It was added that it would hatch over time.
There was also an evaluation that the hidden quest progress was perfect.
But Dojin wasn’t happy about all that.
What we lost was too great compared to what we gained.
All that was left was a feeling of emptiness, emptiness, and sadness.
Dojin stood there blankly for a long time, looking at the sky, the forest, and the ground.
Then I walked to the place where number 782 reached its end.
There was nothing that was her.
Because they were scattered by the wind and flew into the forest and the sky.
The only trace was a piece of broken armor.
Dojin carefully trimmed it.
‘We should at least make a grave for him.’
But if you only make one tomb, you’ll be lonely.
He was a guy who was afraid of being left alone and wanted peace instead.
I wanted to make sure you weren’t lonely.
“782… … .”
No, how many children were in the same situation as the watchman?
The young Tegran had been swept away by the torrent of power long ago and was gone, so there was nowhere to go.
Then, there is no choice but to make it moderately.
In the end, building a grave is also a self-satisfaction for the survivors.
Dojin decided to build a grave for the watchman and her friends until the lingering sadness and sense of guilt in his heart were somewhat relieved.
An act that some might consider a meaningless waste of time.
But Dojin knew from many experiences.
If you don’t do something like this, it will be more difficult later.
* * *
A full day had passed since everything was over.
The empty lot that had been the final battlefield for the day had completely changed.
Dojin had made that place into a graveyard for the children who were sacrificed in this forest.
A tomb made by placing crosses carved from wood at an appropriate distance.
Of these tombs, the most elaborate was the Tomb of the Watchman, located in the center.
“My friend who loves warm stew.”
They buried her remains and erected a tombstone that they had painstakingly made.
I didn’t want to write the number 782.
So, after much thought while making the tombstone, I ended up writing ‘My friend’.
Dojin, who had been sitting in front of the tomb for hours after completing it, calming down her emotions, quietly put down the bowl and spoon she had used.
“I’ll come visit you sometimes. So you won’t be too lonely.”
Dojin touched the ‘My Friend’ he had engraved and then got up.
That was when Dojin turned around bitterly.
[The ‘Spirit Egg’ begins hatching.]
Inventory was forced open with a message.
The ‘spirit egg’ that popped out from there.
It was the main reward for the hidden quest obtained when the spirit dragon’s egg became hatchable.
Dojin was a little embarrassed.
‘They hatch in just one day?’
Whether the owner was embarrassed or not, Al did his job.
It shook and cracked, and the spirit energy flowed out.
Crack.
The egg completely shattered and something burst out from inside.
* * *
The girl opened her eyes.
No, I was trying to get it.
But it was so hard to open my eyes.
Maybe I had been walking in the darkness for so long that I had become unfamiliar with light.
Besides, I was so sleepy.
Can’t I just sleep for a bit like this?
When a girl thinks like that.
“It’s a wolf… … ?”
I heard an unforgettable voice.
The girl opened her eyes reflexively.
Someone’s face entered her eyes.
A person who may not look kind, but is clearly kinder than anyone else.
I wanted to meet you again, even if it meant walking down a long, dark road that seemed like it would last forever.
【…jin.】
