6. will come find me
“Director. Did you call?”
“Ah, Sir Monted. Come in.”
“Yes.”
Monted bowed to Bishop Heint, the vicar of Straun parish, and went inside.
“Sit down. Sit down. Sit down.”
With perfectly white hair and a benevolent face, Bishop Heint welcomed Monted.
“Yes. Now the official appointment ceremony is over, but the selection of adjutants was completed well?”
“It’s still in progress. Andrew’s sudden intervention dragged things down a bit.”
“That friend, too.”
“Did the parish headmaster… tell me?”
Monted asked cautiously.
Andrew hadn’t mentioned anything about Rohan yet.
I didn’t have time for that.
However, looking at the fact that it appeared so precisely, there were only a few cases.
The Bishop of Heint did not particularly deny it.
“Shouldn’t that kid know too? You have to see it for yourself, because he’s the type to agree. And it seems to me that he was trying to find out anyway?”
“……”
“Lord Monted, please don’t be too harsh. Isn’t that a child you took in and raised by Lord? You can’t treat them equally, but aren’t you too harsh? Even when you speak with respect.”
“That child has been outstanding since before. Especially in terms of swordsmanship, he is at the level of building his own.”
“I know. So, you entered the Seven Knights, didn’t you?”
“I think it’s a problem because I think I need to feel the wall just once to learn how to keep my head down.”
Looking at Monted, Bishop Heint laughed.
“Our Lord Monted has too many worries.”
“I just hope it’s Ki-woo.”
“Is that why you recommended Diaz as Lord Rohan’s lieutenant? If it were Diaz, Andrew would step up and run into Lord Rohan.”
Monted thought for a moment and then shook his head.
“What’s the use of lying in front of the vicar? Of course that’s not all. But it’s not like I didn’t have that idea at all. I figured that Lord Rohan would be able to show Andrew a wall too.”
“I guess. It has to be. According to the report, he cut down Kalarim with a single sword.”
“To be honest, it wasn’t even that level. It felt like I had already stepped into the realm beyond being alive. Even I didn’t feel alive at all.”
“Sir Monted praised this much. It’s surprising. Sir Monted’s skills are not inferior even to seven knights.”
“no.”
Monted shook his head.
What Bishop Hana Heint said was all true.
“Should I say it right? I just listened to it because I wanted to remain as a paladin of the Order rather than a knight of the Seven Knights, and I wanted to become Gauron-nim’s lieutenant. In terms of skills, I’m not inferior to the other seven knights.”
“It’s an undeserved compliment.”
“Haha. If it’s uncomfortable, let’s do this. The story was a little long. So, even in the eyes of our Sir Montede, Sir Rohan seemed like a certain talent?”
“Yes. So, isn’t Gauron-nim asking for help from him as well? Lord Rohan said he would join the Seven Knights first, but in my eyes, it seemed that Gauron-nim had asked for help. And Lord Rohan accepted it. I gave it.”
“This is so… it’s hard to believe it easily even after hearing it. But I’ve seen it too.”
“Yes?”
Monted tilted his head.
Of course, there was no contact between Bishop Heint and Rohan other than the appointment ceremony.
At that, Bishop Heint smiled lightly.
“I’m talking about what I saw at the appointment ceremony.”
Bishop Heint accurately saw through Monted’s expression and replied.
He was such a person who could read people’s hearts fiercely and grasp them.
A person who was originally born with that kind of talent, not authority.
“At the appointment ceremony, three powers were shown in front of him.
“Yes. Isn’t everyone like that. Except for the case of lack of Power Stones, it’s customary to show three and give a choice. It means to take responsibility for your choice. So be careful.”
“That’s right. Once an ability is taken, it cannot be taken off again, nor can it be changed.”
“But what did you see there?”
Bishop Heint replied with his eyes shining.
“Sir Rohan reached out without hesitation.”
“Is that strange? You don’t know what kind of power it is until you choose it anyway. Maybe you chose it after realizing that it’s useless to worry about it.”
“Hmm. There are cases like that, but in Lord Rohan’s case it was a little different. How to say. He was sure… Haha. Of course, this old man’s feeling.”
Bishop Heint laughed it off.
But Monted couldn’t get past those words easily.
whoever he is
In the past, the parish head of Heint was a heretic inquisitor who could find demons in the crowd at a glance without any authority.
For him to say this much…
‘It sounds like it’s not something to be taken lightly.’
Bishop Heint threw his gaze out the window.
The Stone of Power that Rohan held onto without a shadow of a doubt…was obtained by Gauron himself, not by anyone else.
I don’t know what power it is…
Bishop Heint muttered with a smile.
“It makes me want to test his senses.”
* * *
after the appointment ceremony.
Darkness quickly descended on Straun Monastery, located in the mountains.
I locked myself in my room with a very satisfied smile.
“Cook, cook, cook, coop!”
The laughter that kept leaking out was hard to hide.
If someone had seen this, they would have called me crazy.
Even so, the reason why he had no choice but to laugh was because of his newly acquired unique skill.
[Third Eye]
First, I was really happy to be able to have more than one unique skill.
When the long-awaited predictions came true.
The pleasure was beyond imagination.
And the second was also because of the value of this unique skill itself.
I felt goose bumps when this orange stone came out of the box that Bishop Heint gave me.
That’s why I found out right away.
‘I’m sure we’ll meet here.’
The reason why I chose this stone of power without hesitation.
It was because he had already seen all of the original database.
so i figured it out
That this is the third eye.
The other two unique skills were also recognized through their specific shapes.
Both of them were just such unique skills.
‘I’m not sure if it looks like that. specific animal characteristics. Maybe in terms of color, it was a dog and a chicken.’
It wasn’t all special because it was a unique skill.
A dog’s strong sense of smell and a chicken’s sharp claws.
It was not officially decided by Pao God, but players used to divide their own skill grades.
And those two animal-specific skills were abilities that belonged to the lowest class.
So I could not take the time to decide.
Unlike the previous two unique skills, the third eye ability was a unique skill possessed by a person called Demon, one of the Seven Knights.
He was also a character who was named with this unique skill.
In the original work, it was expressed as a unique skill that uses a very sensitive sense to increase the evasion rate.
But the explanation was a little more grand.
‘Through the third eye, you have a new sixth sense. It was clearly said.’
Demon was a villain who made many gamers suffer because of his vicious evasion rate.
He turned to the side of the devil out of some vengeance and had a hostile relationship with the player.
Because of the evasion rate of the third eye, half of the attacks were missed.
But once I got this unique skill, I understood why.
The first thing that came to my mind was the spider man I saw in the movie.
Possess sharp senses that can react sensitively right before an attack arrives.
In fact, even though it was such a dark night, if I concentrated my nerves, I could hear the sounds of small mountain beasts.
‘If it’s this sensitive, I’m sure the odds of survival will go up a little bit.’
It’s hard to avoid it immediately after seeing it, but if it’s possible to react to some extent before it flies away.
Even with my current reflexes, my evasion rate would go up.
‘If you can’t avoid it, cut it off with a space cut and block it.’
Since then, I have come up with several strategies on my own.
While playing a battle simulation in my head.
It was only then that I felt that as one unique skill increased, the options increased like this.
After that, the thought continued that I should plan for the next unique skill.
‘I’ll have to look at that underground temple first.’
I lay down and stared at the ceiling.
As a result, I fell asleep slowly.
Maybe today, I was pretty tired.
However, it seemed that he would not be able to fall asleep easily today.
The sound of someone’s footsteps stopped in front of the door to my room.
I probably would have missed it if it wasn’t for my third eye.
It was the moment when I unintentionally felt that the performance was certain.
I waited for a while, but the other person continued to waste time by spinning around in front of the door.
While the other person was hesitant to knock, I stepped forward and opened the door.
Diaz was there.
When the door suddenly opened, she stepped back in surprise.
“Hup!”
“How long are you going to stay like that?”
“Oh, did you know?”
“From the time I circled in front of the door.”
“…Hmm, as expected, you’re amazing…”
She blushed slightly, as if embarrassed that her actions had been discovered.
* * *
When I opened the door, a cold wind brushed my cheeks.
Because it was in the mountains, the wind cooled down quickly after the sun went down.
I opened the door and pointed to the room with a wink.
“You seem to have a lot to say, will you come in?”
“Oh, yes. Excuse me for a second.”
Diaz cautiously entered my room.
“Sit in any chair.”
“Yes.”
She chooses a suitable chair and sits down.
I sat down on the bed and looked at her.
“What’s going on?”
In fact, it was roughly expected.
What could she be curious about?
It must be because of the first word I threw out.
“I came because I wanted to ask you something. How do you know me…”
The predictions were correct.
Other than that, there was nothing else to talk about.
I pulled out every memory of Diaz in my head.
It’s been quite a while, so I’ve been thinking about it.
So I tried to drag some time.
“You said you would tell me when you became my lieutenant?”
“……”
After a moment of hesitation, she opened her mouth again.
with determined eyes.
“Adjutant, I will. So please tell me.”
While she was making her decision, I also had my answer ready.
“13 years ago. I came to keep my promise.”
“Thirteen years ago…?”
Diaz’s face grew more and more question marks.
It has to be.
She was young, just turning 20.
Speaking of 13 years ago, I was only 7 years old.
What was the promise at that time?
One I was sure of.
that she remembers the incident.
And I could tell from the color of her face that that conviction was not wrong.
13 years ago.
A small village in the countryside where it always snows.
Sangpet.
There is an incident where demons attack.
The pure white snow turns red with blood.
The villagers literally experience a living hell.
The disastrous slaughter soon made all life wither.
At that time, there was an outsider who arrived in the village holding an axe.
And it was then that I first saw Diaz.
As a player who saved a girl from that village in the demo version.
“Become a strong paladin, and come find me.”
[I will become a strong paladin and go find the old man!]
I recited the lines she had uttered.
Diaz seemed to have superimposed himself on my face at the time.
With trembling lips, she spoke in a choked voice.
“Ser, no way he, then he…”
I saw my face reflected in her eyes.