Episode 127 – Kingdom (7)
The boss of Dark Blood Chapter 4, like the bosses we have defeated so far, was a demon lord who was about to descend on the earth.
However, this guy was a little different from the others. While other guys tried to force their true selves into the world by any means possible, the boss of Chapter 4 tried not to reveal himself from beginning to end.
In the end, what he does and what he aims for is no different from any other human being.
‘Can you call a guy like that a devil? Well, it’s not something I care about.’
Anyway, my goal is to quickly clear the game and get rewards. Riena and I seem to have a slightly different purpose, but in the end, the need to exorcise demons is the same.
“Now this way.”
I took her with me and headed to where the boss was.
Unlike other chapters where the road to get there was difficult, the chapter set in this city of pleasure and pleasure was mainly about quests to find the boss rather than action, so I, who knew all the strategies, was able to quickly find the boss.
“Faces I didn’t want to see came to me. I’ve heard the rumors well. “They all died at your hands.”
The guy disguised as an ordinary merchant was waiting for us in an empty lot, as if he had been waiting for us.
“Are you going to kick me out? “Why are you standing there?”
The guy recited the lines exactly as written in the script. It’s a good thing because it means it wasn’t affected by the bug, but thanks to that, Sechi’s tongue was moving freely.
“I don’t know what others think, but what I want is not to bring down legions of hell and disrupt this world.”
“–, —?”
“Everyone has different priorities. “I am just satisfied with living as an ordinary human being.”
The one who was smirking continued talking while looking at Riena, not me. They seem to have intuitively figured out who is more prone to being swayed.
“Do you know how much work I am doing in this city? There are more than one or two businesses that will collapse if I disappear. Orphanages and nursing homes will collapse. “Think carefully about what is truly good.”
He pressured us to think about what was right and choose. He threatened that if he, who had become a famous merchant here, disappeared, many people would suffer.
He even sarcastically asked if it was God’s will to create such a disaster.
‘What can I do? I’m so busy.’
To me, who had quite a bit to do, it sounded like nonsense. Even in the game, his sophistry is refuted when other top companies that have been competing with him join together to help.
The problem was that Riena might have different thoughts than I did.
“…I actually didn’t believe it.”
But the moment I looked back at her and saw those eyes. I laughed bitterly. Riena is no longer immature enough to fall for the devil’s tongue.
Like the residents who develop their own civilization and culture at the level of a simple village, he is the first Holy Knight who develops his own beliefs based on experience.
The heavenly protection she possesses is proof of her faith.
“Hey, these guys…”
Without hesitation, she pulled out her sword and aimed it at him.
The ensuing boss battle boasts high difficulty with various patterns and various debuffs, but Riena was sufficiently tempered.
She continues to fight against bugs in the game world as well as in real life, becoming stronger and growing to the point where it is difficult for bosses to keep up with her.
“If you can’t understand even if I say it like this, there’s nothing I can do. “I have no choice but to tell these foolish people personally.”
In the end, a battle broke out with the guy struggling. It’s a real boss battle with no patterns or anything like that.
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“It is said that shaking people’s hearts is their basic tactic, but there is a difference in their methods. Thank goodness. “Because you are unwavering.”
“For a warrior, the courage to cut away rotten flesh is essential.”
“Minds and actions are different.”
When the sun fully rose and it was morning. Regner, who brought the carriage, laughed when he saw the ruins with many people buzzing.
The demon lord, who was exorcised last night, was unable to achieve his goal and was cast out back to hell, trying to hold on somehow by revealing his secret identity.
The defenders of the huge city were unable to do anything, so it was the work of only two people. They were the ones who had already driven out four demon lords.
“Have you found the answer to the faith you’ve been worrying about?”
“I’m not sure, but I’m giving it a try.”
“Don’t worry too much. “For future generations will follow the path you have paved.”
Regner nodded as he saw Riena gradually becoming a mature paladin. It wasn’t just verbal praise. As per the original system, there is an opportunity to change jobs to a Paladin in Chapter 4’s hunting mode.
“uh? what is this.”
But there were also changes. While Riena was talking to Regnor, he looked into the Paladin advancement information that had opened up as expected, and was embarrassed when something different from what he knew came out.
“Riena, who do you trust and follow as a paladin? Don’t I believe in someone different from the person I believe in? So, it is natural that the trials of becoming a paladin will also be different.”
The god that Regnor believed in, and the god that appeared in Dark Blood, was not the god that Riena believed in. Because of this, the test to become a Paladin also changed.
Originally, you could change jobs by winning against the traces of a nameless paladin, but the traces turned into someone else.
“Li, Liena.”
He flinched at the screen. It was Riena’s traces that became the test tube to become a paladin.
The traces of a female knight wearing beautiful armor, with flashing eyes, tested the strength and faith of those who wanted to become Holy Knights.
[Achievement Accomplished: Legend of the Saint (1)]
[Select Reward: Tiara of Divinity]
At the same time, achievements also came to mind. It was an achievement created by two people who trusted and followed each other.
“Take this. “It is a gift from someone I trust in recognition of your accomplishments.”
“This…”
Riena accepted the item Regner handed her with trembling hands. The tiara, made of sparkling platinum, shrunk to fit her head.
‘no. Rather, it’s something I like. ‘Because you don’t simply choose the profession of Paladin.’
Variables have arisen, but variables do not necessarily lead to a bad direction. The Paladin’s qualification test has been newly changed to match Riena’s growth.
He decided that this was actually a good thing and began to look through the list of residents.
Nowadays, it is nearly impossible to capture information about tens of thousands of people one by one. However, using a pre-purchased spreadsheet program, he was able to filter out residents with the talents he wanted with a few clicks on the keyboard.
‘Becoming a Holy Knight is not something you are qualified to do simply because you are strong.’
The first thing that popped up in the results window was Shura. A girl who was active as an assassin with a talent for dagger skills. There were several people who emerged next, some of whom had just awakened as warriors and others who had not yet awakened.
“It is the hope of this war. please.”
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After confirming that the enemies led by Luke were continuing to get closer, he hastily assigned selected personnel to Dark Blood and the Paladin qualification test.
It was believed that what abilities they had when they awakened as Paladins and joined the battlefield would be a new variable that would change the course of the battlefield. Because the goal was not just to win the war, but also to minimize damage.
“You’re fighting me? No way.”
“It’s true. “They said that only by defeating Riena-sama can you achieve the qualifications.”
The first person to take on the challenge was Shura.
Shura decided to become a paladin like Riena, but was actually recognized and given armor as a gift, but unlike her, Shura was a half-paladin who could not have the Divine Protection of Heaven.
This time, he acquired the qualifications to become a true Holy Knight. I wanted to succeed, but it wasn’t easy.
This is because the path Riena walked was rough.
It is a fact that no one knows, but Riena’s achievements and skills, who played the game alone with him and defeated numerous enemies and boss demon lords, were at a level that could not be compared to that of an ordinary warrior.
‘It’s an ordeal given by the guardian spirit himself. I have to get over it.’
Shura held two daggers and faced Riena’s traces.
Unlike Riena, who always smiled warmly when she saw him, Shura flinched at Riena’s cold expression as if she was looking at an enemy.
‘I was curious. How much is Riena-sama like?’
Although I have seen it from the side, I have never faced it in person.
It may be an unholy thought, but Shura, who had been in love with Riena from the moment they first met and set a goal of catching up with her, wanted to gauge how his own skills, which had grown in their own way, were compared to Riena’s.
“Ha!”
Shura gritted his teeth and rushed in first.
Shura, who used the assassin’s signature fast movement technique in succession, quickly swung his blades at Riena’s gap, leaving only an afterimage.
“Ugh, ugh!”
The trace’s reaction was slower than Shura’s attack. The problem is that everything except reaction speed is preceded by traces.
Although he allowed the blow, he still had some energy left, so he swung his sword and fired a cross-shaped slash towards Shura.
Shura was immediately pushed away by the strong force and fell to the floor. Even though it was not Riena’s true body, its power was the strongest among the tribe’s warriors, numbering over hundreds.
‘We have to go another way.’
Shura, who realized that he could not win in a head-to-head fight even if he died and woke up, decided to use his organs to destroy his opponent one by one.
Blood flowed from his torn hand after only one attack, but Shura just chewed and swallowed the pain. If you become a paladin, you will have to get used to suffering.
“Cheer up. “If you fall, you’ll be in big trouble.”
Plus, she wasn’t the only one rooting for her. He was watching Shura’s struggle beyond the screen and cheered her on with a nervous look on his face.
It would be helpful for residents, including Shura, to pass the test as much as possible and awaken as Holy Knights.
‘I don’t know why, but I feel like I’m being looked forward to.’
Shura smiled faintly and moved his body.
Fortunately, he used his light movements ahead of his opponent to narrowly avoid the sword and cut his body with his own sword.
Riena’s traces healed her wounds at once with the Paladin’s unique regenerative power. Then Shura gritted his teeth, the only way was to inflict more damage before he could heal.
‘Is it possible?’
The intense agony that comes when you gasp at the opponent’s strong strength and breath rising to your chin.
A feeling of despair came over him that made him want to give up right now and that he couldn’t do it, but Shura suppressed it.
If confronting the trace was a measure of force, this was a matter of faith. This fight can only be continued if you have the faith to risk your life to complete the mission.