Episode 22-Ordeal (2)
‘The enemy.’
A powerful enemy that cannot be compared to any enemy we have encountered so far. As soon as Riena saw this elite monster, she felt her instincts and senses go crazy. A warrior’s instinct that emerges in situations where one’s life is at stake.
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Didn’t something like this happen just this morning? Although it wasn’t as bad as the bug she caught with the villagers, the Soul Devourer that appeared before them was a strong enough enemy in her eyes.
“Fight, you have to fight!”
Nevertheless, she shouted with an urgent look on her face that she had to fight. This is because the black-robed skeleton reached out and sucked the spirit of the hat, which could not resist, into its sleeve.
She couldn’t watch it. Obviously, they are just complete strangers. The world we live in and the races are different. However, he was aroused by the sight of the soul of the mother and child who died in unfortunate circumstances being violated.
At this moment, images of her mother and younger siblings, who had to leave before they could even bury them, flashed through Riena’s mind.
[Opportunity…]
But then. A creepy and cold voice rang out in the tense silence. It is a type of telepathy that is shot directly to the head, rather than through the vocal cords.
Her eyes widened and she shivered involuntarily.
[I will give you a chance. Leave, unknown knights, then I will not chase you.]
The skeleton let out a soul-chilling voice and its red eyes flashed. Riena heard that voice and was frightened by her frozen body.
No matter how much I whined and tried, my frozen body wouldn’t move. Mana was spreading throughout her body from her frantically beating heart, but the mana refused to spread through her body and froze like her body.
‘Oh, why! in action!’
She fell into a panic as she was in this situation for the first time. Still, I couldn’t believe that I, who had lived as a warrior, was so scared that I couldn’t even move my body, let alone my mana.
In fact, she was influenced by fear instillation, one of the passive skills of the elite monster Soul Devourer, but as a warrior who has not yet shed her youthful appearance, this is because she has only fought against demonic beasts of the grasslands or hostile tribes until now.
Since immigrating, I have fought monsters in the game as well as strange beings such as glitches and bugs, but this was the first time I had been encroached upon by a powerful force that I could not resist.
[Are you not listening to the warning?]
“I, I…”
Although it was an expressionless skeleton, in Riena’s eyes, it looked as if it was laughing at her. Even if I tried to force an answer, my teeth were chattering.
Even though the Soul Devourer raised the huge scythe he had summoned in one hand to cut her down, she was completely overwhelmed by the cold and could not raise her sword to block it.
[!!!]
“Unbelievable…”
As a result, the Soul Devourer’s scythe did not hit Riena. This is because someone overcame the aura of fear that was spreading and ran straight ahead, swinging the sword at the soul eater.
Riena looked at that and muttered blankly. Jumping after rolling forward, which he usually likes to do. At the same time, a strong attack that occurs while jumping.
There was not the slightest hesitation in his movements as he attempted to attack the terrifying skeleton. As if fear could not stop him. As a result of the fear instillation, the movement slowed down a bit, but that was all.
[How dare you defy fear against a mere human knight! how!]
The Soul Devourer that was hit by his skill, a strong blow, fell back with a bloodcurdling scream as if its fingernails were scraping metal, taking damage.
But he didn’t stop attacking. Thinking that the panicked Soul Eater’s pause was not momentary fear but stiffness from his own blows, he swung his sword one after another as if he was not afraid of death.
If this is a real game, the Soul Devourer is a difficult enemy to catch with the current specs. Nevertheless, he continued to attack in order to inflict even a little more damage.
[dare!]
The shouting Soul Devourer swung his scythe wide, and he raised his guard with his sword, but was hit and floated in the air before falling to the ground with a thud.
He quickly took out a potion to refill his stamina, but the pattern disappeared and the unrestricted Soul Eater’s subsequent attacks were faster than drinking the potion.
[Know the topic]
The Soul Eater was about to kill him by slashing him with the scythe he swung. He grinned as he looked at the face that was hidden behind the mask. Although he said this without knowing, it was definitely not wrong for him, who was a special being who could only act with certain specifications such as skills, level, and equipment.
[!!!]
But those words only apply to him.
The Soul Devourer, who was distracted by him, realized too late that someone had regained his courage and was kicking the ground and attacking him.
“Die…evil spirit!!”
Riena gritted her teeth to the point of bleeding, broke the ground, leaped a few meters, and swung her light-emitting sword at the head of the man who was reflexively looking at her in great confusion.
HP, which is set as an exact number, does not actually exist in reality. There is no heart box, much less accurate damage calculation done through a program. If you don’t block, you’ll get injured, and if you hit a vital spot, you’ll die instantly.
[not…]
As he was about to say something, his skull was hit by the sword and exploded, literally shattering it. The soul eater, an elite monster that would be active inside the castle, was suppressed in the village by those who had not yet secured basic items.
“Ugh, are you okay?”
Riena fell to the floor and sprained her leg and limped. But I forgot about the pain and quickly ran to him.
He had already stood up and was looking at her. On the outside, it didn’t look like he was hurt at all.
“ah.”
She absentmindedly accepted the HP potion that was offered to her. Then, I immediately understood his will and opened the potion myself and drank it.
A mysterious potion that heals injuries and restores stamina, the principles of which she does not know. Feeling the irresistible warmth spreading through her body, she closed her eyes and accepted it. And then he smiled.
The reason she was able to move after being hit by the opponent’s skill and showing an ugly appearance in fear was thanks to the fighting spirit he showed without saying a word.
He just moved his character and rushed in to save her, but for Riena, that was a more effective medicine than anything else.
‘Where are you going?’
At that time, he passed by Riena and headed somewhere. She followed him and her eyes widened in surprise.
This is because the spirits of the boy who called them here and the woman presumed to be his mother were watching them.
“…Good luck.”
The two bowed their heads to them as if they were grateful, and then they turned into a bright light and completely disappeared together. She smiled faintly at the sight and muttered.
If you think about it, he only cut down one enemy and saved two souls. However, for her now, the fact that she had achieved something herself, despite having struggled against limitations until now, was enough.
“huh?”
But that wasn’t the end. Liena, who was immersed in a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, noticed that he was sitting and standing up at an incredible speed towards her and hurried to his side.
The meaning of this ultra-fast squat, which makes you feel like your thigh muscles will burst if you follow it even for a moment, is an action that is usually used to attract attention or as a positive sign, as you have learned from doing it together for a while.
“What is this?”
Riena was surprised to see what he was pointing at. This is because where the two souls disappeared, two orbs of light remained floating in the air.
[Heavenly Protection/Guardian Light]
She didn’t know the name of this item, which couldn’t appear at this point, so she could only wait for his reaction.
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[Soul Devourer’s first position: 800P]
“How on earth has it been twisted? “Was it wrong from the beginning?”
He took his hand off the mouse for a moment, shook his head, and laughed helplessly.
The bosses in Dark Blood, the game I’m currently playing with Riena, are all demon lords. Then, of course, there is a heavenly power that assists the protagonist.
Heavenly Protection was one of those items. It is not a simple equipment or consumable potion, but a kind of blessing that is equipped on the character and provides permanent help.
Of course, this is an item that does not appear in Chapter 1, which we are currently playing. There are separate quests that can be obtained from Chapter 2, when the game begins in earnest.
I quickly looked it up and found that the ‘in-game’ setting of Heaven’s Divine Protection/Guardian’s Light is divine protection that can only be obtained by those who have overcome true fear for their own light. Of course, the related quest story is also like that.
It is one of the necessary blessings to conquer the game, and the strategy video I was watching also emphasized it. Of course, I don’t know how helpful a strategy video will be.
‘Does this mean that Riena’s actions just now met the conditions? Sub-Quest How on earth did the snowball roll?’
After recalling the image of the Soul Devourer, who was talking about fear and overusing lines that were not in the original game script, I moved the character again and acquired one of the two Heavenly Guardians.
When I looked at Riena, who was embarrassed, she followed my actions and grabbed this small ball of light with her hand.
The protection that is absorbed into her body. Riena looked at me with wide eyes in surprise, touching her hand where the beads had disappeared.
‘Now mental debuffs and attacks will hardly work. The same thing as before won’t happen.’
The effect of the light of the Heavenly Guardian Guardian is to rapidly increase resistance to various debuffs emitted by enemies. It is an appropriate reward for her who actually succeeded in overcoming the skill and overcoming it, not data or anything like that.
‘That’s all for today.’
I got a good reward, but when I captured it with a capture app just in case, her condition wasn’t that good. After confirming that Riena had taken a lot of damage in the unexpectedly fierce previous battle, I just ended the game.
Something happened this morning, and I decided it would be right to just end it here and rest today.
However, unlike Riena, who will now go to the village and rest, I did not rest and immediately opened another game window.
A sandbox game world where residents are working. I also had to pay a little more attention to this place, which I haven’t been able to properly manage since I’ve been concentrating elsewhere for the past few days.
‘He’s just a crazy gamer.’
What would someone think if they saw you putting off doing housework and eating, and staying in your room all day playing games whenever you have time?
No matter how much I thought about it, he looked like someone who was addicted to gaming.
But what should I do? There is a real world inside the monitor!