I too waited for her answer and made eye contact.
“······It is embarrassing.”
The hero narrowed his eyes as if judging my intentions with just confused eyes.
It was only natural that this kind of reaction would come back when you suddenly offered help.
I’m not her ally, I don’t belong to Seintea, I’m just an outsider I had no connection to before.
He’s not even an ordinary person, he’s the lord of Calderic. A character who has no reason to help the hero, and is in a more natural position to be hostile.
But I was innocent without a single point of hesitation.
There is no impure intention in my trying to help the hero.
And that was it.
The ability to discriminate between the truth and lies of a statement was the most important link of trust in this situation.
“I swear. I have no impure intentions to help you.”
“Then why would you want to help me?”
“Because you and I have the same purpose. I want peace on the continent, and for that purpose, helping you as a hero is the best means.”
Yes, the best way.
This was the only way to prevent the invasion of demons in the near future.
According to the main story of Rasa as I know it, the resurrection of the Demon King is semi-deterministic.
The only way to stop it was to go to the main base of the demons and destroy the demon king’s resurrection circle, which was close to impossible.
If that were possible, what would the hero do now, wasting time looking for a successor?
Even though the demon king was sealed, the demons were still the most powerful force on the continent.
The reason they are quietly crouching now is to be careful and achieve a perfect victory this time unlike the past.
The hero was just barely balancing that dreadful balance in a state of expired time.
‘If the hero’s physical condition had been normal, the story would have been different…’
In any case, there was no way I could do anything that even a hero could not do.
If possible, he would have made other plans, but no matter how much he thought, this was the only way.
To stop the resurrected demon king, you must have a hero. Only the hero can stop the Demon King.
I didn’t know if my instant killing ability would work with the Demon King.
Even if it was a unique 10-star skill, I wasn’t sure if it would reach the final boss of the world.
And even if it worked, it would be foolish to believe in it and make no preparations.
‘So this is the best.’
I plan to do everything I can to prepare for an opaque and variable future.
That was the first step.
“············”.
The hero still showed a sign that he did not understand.
“What do you wish for peace on the continent?”
“Yes. Is it strange that the Lord of Calderic wants peace?”
I said a little more frankly.
“There is nothing strange to think about. I just decided that when the Demon King is resurrected, only a warrior with the power of the Holy Sword can stop it. If I don’t stop the Demon King, this continent will come to an end. Do you wish for destruction?”
In fact, for me, there was no grand cause like the salvation of the world.
Once this world is safe, shouldn’t my life line be safe as well? So, in order to survive, you have no choice but to work so hard.
“······· Is it like that.”
In any case, although the hero did not completely remove his doubts, he seemed to be convinced to some extent.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t get full trust.
Because the important thing was to form a cooperative relationship with the hero. And in the matter of succession, it was the hero who was more urgent than anyone else.
With mere skepticism, she would never be able to ignore my offer and take it lightly.
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t trust me. As I said, I don’t want a deal, and if you do, I’ll share the information right now.”
“······································································!
“I don’t even know the location of the successor. It will take quite some time to find the heir. Of course, if you help, the time could be reduced even more.”
What I have to say is that this is the end of it.
“Now I want you to give me an answer, hero. Will you cooperate with me to find a successor?”
All that remains is the warrior’s decision.
For the hero, all these stories would be sudden, so he did not readily answer.
I waited patiently for the answer to come back.
she asked me
“Are you saying you’ll accompany me in finding a successor?”
I nodded.
“I have no intention of handing over information and watching from the other side of the river. This is a matter of great earnestness for me.”
“············”.
“If my intervention is unwilling, I cannot yield this much. Working together to find a successor, as the sole condition for providing information.”
Passing only information about the successor to the hero was a little too much anyway.
I’ll have to watch the situation myself and continue making plans for the future.
Of course, there was a reason to increase the credibility of the warrior.
After a long silence, the warrior’s mouth opened.
“······good night.”
She said with complex eyes mixed with many emotions.
“Seven Lords, I will cooperate with you.”
return
Building a cooperative relationship with the hero was somehow successful. The first step is to go.
Right now, even the hero wouldn’t trust me completely, but that didn’t matter. First of all, it’s important to make a relationship.
What we need to do from now on is to find a successor to inherit the Holy Sword with her.
I don’t know the exact place where the Heir is located, but I did know about it.
‘The Ramon Mountains of eastern Saintea.’
Somewhere, very deep in that mountain range.
In the game, that is, from the middle of the story in the future a few years later, by chance, you meet the user and go on an adventure together.
And in the process, I got closer to the heir as a colleague, and naturally learned a lot about her, including stories about her past.
Judging from that information, the heir at this point would be living alone with his father somewhere in the Ramon Great Mountains, away from the world.
Of course, this is only a guess, and even if it is true, if you want to find it, you will have to search the entire mountain range, so you may not know how long it will take.
But I still had to do it.
The fate of this world depends on my future safety and life, is there anything that can be covered up?
Now that you have found the hero, you can take one big step once again to prevent the apocalypse if you find a successor.
Still, I thought if I could get the help of a hero, I might be able to shorten the time rather than finding it myself.
‘Even if we find a successor, the biggest gate remains…’
Come to think of it, we didn’t talk about the conditions for the succession of the Holy Sword with the Hero.
Well, it’s not too late to do it after finding a successor.
“What about injuries?”
Looking up at the sky in the backyard of the monastery, I turned my head at the voice I heard. was a warrior
The wounds suffered by Cargos were healed by the warrior. Even the inner wounds worn by Detrodemyan who stayed in this monastery were cleaned up.
Even compared to Elixir, her healing abilities were on a much higher level than that. It was all the power of the Holy Sword.
“Thanks, everything has been restored.”
After hearing all the stories from me and accepting the offer, the hero said he needed time to organize his thoughts for a while and disappeared somewhere, and then appeared.
The warrior approached me and asked.
“By the way, why are you staying in this monastery? I heard you were already suffering from an injury.”
It seems that other people have heard stories about me.
What the hell was Calderik’s lord doing in a place like this?
“Did you know earlier that that girl named Elika harbored the devil’s seed?”
It was a natural guess, but it wasn’t the right answer.
I was wondering what to do, so I decided to just answer honestly. there’s nothing to hide
“I came to this monastery purely by chance. I learned that Elika is the seed of demons through an attack by primates.”
“What do you mean you got injured?”
“We had a close battle with Detrodemyan the other day.”
“········Detrodemyan?”
“Yeah, it was an injury I got while fighting him. In the process, he was swept away by his spatial abilities and fell here.”
The hero asked again with a slightly startled look.
“Then what happened to Detrodemyan?”
“dead.”
“Right.”
The warrior nodded his head. It seemed that he had no intention of figuring out why he had a fight with Detrodemyan.
“What will this monastery do?”
When asked about the after-treatment, the hero answered meekly.
“First, I will inform the Papal States and ask for assistance. I can’t let you stay here forever.”
Already this monastery was recognized by the demons, and even the original horses.
Those who attacked to steal the Demon Seed immediately were defeated, but it was as if they were already exposed to a fatal danger.
Therefore, it was inevitable for the hero to try to evacuate the people of the monastery.
“What about Elika?”
“The seed that the child was carrying has already been disposed of, but I’ll have to pay more attention to safety just in case.”
I nodded.
“Once all the problems are resolved, we’ll find an heir and leave.”
After that I did not leave right away, but stayed at the monastery further.
It was because he said that the hero would remain here until the troops to protect the people arrived.
If you left prematurely and other demons came to the monastery again, it would be a terrible disaster.
Of course, there would be little chance that other original horses would show up prematurely in the yard where even the third-ranked original horse, Cargos, was attacked.
If they recognized Cargos’s death, there is a very high probability that they would only think that he was attacked by a hero.
However, the hero could never easily overlook that possibility.
There was no reason for me to leave the hero alone and leave first, so I had no choice but to stay at the monastery for more until then.
It had been quite a while before the troops came to take the people of the monastery.
A few knights of brilliance in the 80s and dozens of other high-level paladins.
And it wasn’t just the Pope.
‘Sword Saint Seriod….’
I looked at the middle-aged man who was talking to the hero from the window of the building.
A swordsman, one of the five stars of the Seintea, along with the authority and the fortress. Did he come by himself?
Among the five stars, Geumseong was the only person negative to the imperial family and close to the warrior.
“Then I’ll leave it to you, Prince Seriod. Please do your best, sir.”
“Yes, warrior.”
Not only the denomination’s troops, but also the imperial army in addition to the swordsmanship, an enormous force beyond imagination was gathered at the monastery.
Although it was not surprising that the problem was related to the original horse and the hero would have asked for support directly.
They said that for the time being, they will also conduct investigations and take charge of the protection of the Rosaiel Monastery and nearby villages.
Listening to the conversation, it seemed that the future course of treatment had not yet been decided.
Evacuation was the best option, but it was practically impossible to evacuate so many people blindly.
There were very few people who recognized the attack of the demons in the first place, and they seemed to make a decision while watching the situation in the future.
However, it was decided to transfer Elica to the Papal States under strict escort.
The hero took care of the demon seeds, but she couldn’t be left alone.
Elika also listened to the explanation and decided to leave the monastery obediently.
“Now that this has come to pass, I have decided to become Sir Jerel’s disciple.”
“That’s right. That’s good.”
Before leaving, Elica came to me and told me a story.
In the end, he decided to become a disciple of Jerel, or how the other two friends decided to go to the Papal States together.
“Thank you so much. For protecting me and my friends.”
And finally, thank you.
Elika didn’t ask anything about me, just plain thanks.
Jerel, Elika, her friends, and people who found out about me, I did ask for a hamgu.
Anyway, it was a short relationship, but I prayed that her future would go smoothly without being swept away by this.
After the situation was settled, I immediately left the warrior and the monastery.
The hero looked around the vast plain in front of him once and opened his mouth.
“I said I was going to Enrok first.”
“okay.”
First of all, meeting Achel was the first priority.
I don’t think he’s still left in the place where he fought Detrodemyan.
I couldn’t figure out where she was or what she was doing right now, so it was best to go back to the monarchy for now.
‘I don’t know about anything else, but I wish I didn’t just tell the overlord…’
No, there was also the overlord’s subordinate who was being chased by Matap Master in that place, so even if it’s not Ashel, it’s not much to be known?
It was hoped that the Overlord would find a link so that he would not even understand the affairs of the monastery here. Because it can be annoying.
“The holy sword also had teleport abilities.”
At my question, the hero looked back at me.
The hero knew that with the power of the holy sword, most things that were difficult even with magic were possible. Teleport or polymorph.
“Yes.”
“Can’t we go straight to Enrok from here?”
The warrior shook his head.
“I think that’s going to be difficult. I can’t teleport unless it’s a point I’ve set.”
Well, the Holy Sword’s power seemed to have some limitations like teleport magic.
I got a little confused and had no choice but to bite my tongue inward.
The MC thought that holding back is better than destroying something……