174. keying
“It’s really great.”
Black looked around and said.
The dense forest of trials was reduced to ashes. However, it wasn’t that there was nothing left here.
“That’s what’s really great.”
Oren pointed to ‘that’ that remained in the center. The ordeal is something the forest tried to protect until the end.
“The surroundings have been entrusted to the wizards. We are going to see that.”
“Yes. Heir.”
Black looked at Oren with an expression full of respect.
The guy chattered incessantly while moving all the way inside.
“You are also the heir. To expect everything and come up with this result.”
“I feel like I’ve lost half of my life. My life is divided into before and after meeting the heir.”
“Heir. Do you want to go on a trip together next time? … .”
Respect, admiration, respect… … .
A variety of emotions were mixed on the boy’s face. Contrary to those various emotions, what he was trying to say was really simple.
“As expected, our heir is the best!”
I wasn’t sure what to call this loyalty. It’s just that my limbs shriveled.
“stop. Concentrate.”
“Yep!”
Now, they were ready to believe it even if they were making soybean fermented soybeans.
‘Is it loyalty? Ah, it seems a bit different.’
Oren didn’t know how to describe it.
But there was no need to worry. That wasn’t what mattered now.
“I thought it would be fine, but it’s horrendous beyond my imagination.”
Black wasn’t talking about the forest being burned. That was what he said when he saw the appearance of ‘something’ that remained in the center.
“Don’t empathize unnecessarily.”
“Yes. All right.”
Oren spoke calmly, but in his heart, he was not that different from Black.
As if protecting a child in a fire, it was wrapped in layers of roots. To protect this, the forest is constantly putting roots in and covering it.
‘Looking at it like this, I don’t think I’m a bad guy.’
He purified the dangerous land called forbidden, but seeing what remains, he lovingly guards it.
Of course, such a sensitive and moist thought was fleeting. Really wait.
“Clear the roots.”
“yes! I’m already curious to see what’s in it.”
The black guy also pulled out the roots without hesitation, as if he had never done that. That hand without hesitation.
‘This guy really is out of control.’
That knife-like mind that affection is affection, and achievement is achievement.
“There are unburnt roots inside!”
The outside was burnt to the point of being crumbled, but the roots inside were not.
“Ugh. Hold on?”
Kwaji Jik.
thud! thud!
Black pulled out the root without hesitation. As the roots fall, the hidden things inside begin to show little by little.
[master! I just caught a glimpse!]
Oren couldn’t see it properly, but Bixby seemed to see inside.
‘What do you think?’
[I couldn’t see it properly because of the aura of death. I couldn’t confirm whether it was an object or a living thing.]
This amount of information was enough.
‘Well done!’
Oren immediately opened his mouth.
“The aura of death swirls inside.”
“yes! All right!”
As Black answered, the aura of death was raised.
‘It’s deadly poison to others, but not to us.’
There was nothing to worry about, since he had even prepared for the aura of death.
However, something unexpected started to happen. He saw the aura of death rising from Black’s body.
“uh!? Heir! The roots are moving!”
As if recognizing it as the owner, the roots began to seep into the ground.
Only one thing has changed now.
‘Bixby!’
[Yes! I will activate the path of death!]
Oren did not want to miss this opportunity, so he immediately raised the aura of death.
‘let’s eat together!’
The black guy is the guy who takes care of his talents as long as he doesn’t have them.
He was considerate and there was no need to hold back.
“Heir!”
Oren approached the bewildered Black.
“watching. Don’t panic.”
When Oren put his hand on Black’s shoulder, the boy’s trembling calmed down, as if he had never been embarrassed.
Of course, I didn’t come to calm you down. They came to share the opportunity.
“thank you.”
Black, who had no way of knowing that, only lit up his bright eyes.
“Concentrate.”
“Yep!”
What had been hidden was soon revealed.
I wondered if what the root guarded was a living thing or an object, but neither was it.
“Heir? What is that?”
I wanted to tell you why you asked me that, but I couldn’t.
“Hmm.”
A letter composed of the energy of death was floating in the air.
प्रबंधक
It was the first letter I had seen, but I guessed what it was.
‘It must be the language mentioned in the third prophecy.’
In addition, if you add the notification window that popped up in front of your eyes, you could roughly guess what the text was.
[Urgent mission: Acquire the authority of the key manager.]
‘The key manager… … .’
If so, what the letters mean would be about the manager.
Death aura and key manager.
If you put the two together, you can easily infer what key it means.
‘The key to open hell.’
I wondered if this was something the manager needed, but it was something I could ask.
‘Hey Siri. Operate the PDA and ask Sergeant Yoon.’
[All right.]
Superintendent Yoon’s reply took only a few seconds.
[A reply has arrived.]
‘What did you say?’
Oren didn’t expect much.
If the manager had tremendous authority, the dark side would never have sent Oren.
[The administrator says he can feel it when he uses the key.]
‘Is that the end?’
[That’s right.]
It was just as I thought.
It was a special ability, but it was not an ability with any power.
‘That’s right.’
In this way, the front and back of the story fit together.
＜Special Mission＞
＜Invasion of the deepest part of the Forest of Trials＞
There was a reason why I gave the mission in such a vague way.
If Oren clears the mission, the dark side doesn’t have to worry about this authority being leaked to the outside.
Even if Oren couldn’t clear the mission, the information about the administrator’s authority would not be leaked out.
Whether it failed or succeeded, it was a business that had nothing to lose on the dark side.
‘of course. That’s when I’m on your side.’
It was the best result for Oren.
I put a safety device on the side of the darkness trying to open the gate of hell, and both the side of the darkness and the notification window received the mission and cleared it.
Thanks to this, I was able to receive two of the mission rewards alone.
After roughly tidying up, Oren opened his mouth.
“I do not know.”
“Yes?”
Black’s eyes widened, as if he hadn’t expected the word “I don’t know” to come out of Oren’s mouth.
Of course, I didn’t mean to go to something I really didn’t know.
“He said you shouldn’t know.”
“ah.”
There is a big difference between not knowing and not knowing.
“So don’t even try to know.”
“Is that okay?”
“It should be.”
There was something important in this seemingly insignificant conversation.
Whose will Oren follows?
Who is Killika’s real owner?
He showed it to Black.
“You won’t understand. You may wonder why you have to move like that. But follow me. If you follow it, you will understand.”
“The parish priest… … He is a bit difficult.”
“You have pretty good eyes. He is infinitely gentle, yet difficult. You can only see it because you have the ability.”
“thank you.”
Black grinned at the sudden praise and scratched the back of his head.
It looked infinitely stupid, but you shouldn’t be vigilant.
‘Looks like he sensed that Leon was hiding something.’
Even though I hid it perfectly, I felt something strange. So it must have been difficult.
‘Feeling something like that in a state of fanaticism?’
Black’s talent gave Oren goosebumps.
As I always say, it was fortunate that we were on the same side.
“Then, how can I do this?”
Black pointed to the letter and asked.
“Simple.”
Oren walked away and put his hand on the letter. At that moment, the letters were absorbed into Oren’s palm.
‘uh?! Where is that going!?’
The energy of death that had been holding the letters flew toward Black.
[Gureuk!]
Perhaps reading Oren’s mind, Google tried to move.
‘It’s okay, Google. Stay still.’
Oren stopped Google and opened his mouth.
“Take it. You suffered, so it’s your fault.”
“Huh, heir?!”
“Shut up and focus. I give up and give it to you. Don’t miss this opportunity.”
At Oren’s words, Black’s expression changed to determination. Soon after, the boy accepted the energy of death and fell into a trance.
‘This is the right way to use it.’
Black’s ability could be borrowed through ‘bond of faith’.
If you take advantage of it even if you skip it, what will happen if you push it hard?
[Various energies are colliding inside. The body collapse should occur, but the body is getting harder.]
Something unbelievable was going on in his body.
‘Will it take some time?’
[That’s right. It is changing from the very bottom of the body.]
‘Hey, you can do something like that. Pain is basic and even dangerous… … Well, I guess it’s because they succeeded in doing something like that.’
However, Oren also had a chance.
Although it had a smaller impact than Black’s, Oren thought that this was a chance fit for him.
‘Bixby. Spread the energy of death, hide Black and me around.’
[Yep! I’ll do it right away!]
The aura of death surrounds you.
Oren immediately checked the notification window.
[Urgent mission: Acquire the authority of the key manager.]
[The mission has been cleared.]
[Analyze the mission process.]
[Explore the optimal skill through analysis.]
‘skill?’
I thought that the administrator’s authority was certain, but the skill appeared out of nowhere.
[Retains the authority of the key manager.]
[Skill: Possess the bond of faith.]
[Skill: Possess member registration.]
[Skill: Hogang has it.]
… … .
[Additional rewards for urgent missions will be paid.]
[The reward is enhanced.]
[Special Skill: ‘Key’ has been acquired.]
‘Keyed?’
Something was out of the blue.
The authority of the key manager had no power in the first place. It just makes you feel like using it.
But there was nothing complicated about it.
‘I’ll have to try it out… … Siri, can I use it right away?’
[That’s right.]
‘How do you write it?’
[A target must be specified.]
The only ones here now were Oren and Black.
‘What if I write it? Does black turn into a key?’
[It’s not like that. It’s kind of a classification. It is a skill that can register a person as a key.]
The more I listened, the less I understood.
‘Try using it, then.’
Siri immediately activated the skill.
[Special Skill: Activates Key Transformation.]
[This is a target that can be keyed.]
[Black is registered as a key.]
At the same time that Black is registered as a key.
[The condition for using the key (black) is ‘given’.]
[The key (black) is being used.]
[The power of the key manager is activated.]
‘uh?!’
Sergeant Yoon told me that the key manager said that he could feel the key when it was used.
However, that was an ambiguous expression.
Where the key was used, how it was used, ‘everything’ was felt.
‘crazy… … .’
Right now, Black is experiencing an oddity. I could feel everything black.
The result was simple.
[emergency! emergency! A delay occurs!]
[master! I’ve got a good look at what the black guy is doing! Don’t worry!]
Black’s skill struck Oren’s body.