239. A wise mother and good wife
‘In the end, it is not a question of volume.’
It is good to gather the sleeping beings on the continent in one place. In the end, that place had to be on the continent.
A place of another dimension was needed.
So what I was thinking of was a general store.
A place where Learic confidently said that the dimension was distorted and even the gods did not dare to interfere.
In fact, Aria tried to summon her sword, but it did not summon at the general store.
‘Is this a characteristic of a general store?’
Randomness.
I thought this was a unique characteristic that general stores had on this continent.
Except for the first time, encounters with Claire’s General Store are completely random in the game.
A store where you can continue to meet, or not at all.
There was a high possibility that this would act as a variable in the progress of the game, and the same was true here.
‘The reason why Learic got a general store.’
Originally, Claire, a dwarf, was supposed to run the general store, but it was speculated that his general store may have been taken away because it was moved to Learic’s location.
There is a main story on the continent, and there is a story that progresses unconditionally as if the fate of the hero is held in Aria’s hands.
General stores were an exception.
A place that is not included in the grand scenario of the continent.
I was thinking of using this.
“Souls are collected in the general store.”
That was the way I thought about it now. Of course, in order to do that, you will need a huge power source and magic to use it.
It is possible.
I was slowly but surely moving forward toward my fruition that Stella had talked about.
Tap, step, step.
The sound of coming down the stairs echoing in the laboratory. I thought it was almost time, so I organized the materials and papers with formulas on my desk.
“What’s going on so early in the morning?”
“You put a light on it?”
“… ….”
There were three people who came down.
One is Gloria, the commander of the Guard Knights.
She tied her red hair in a tight ponytail, carried her treasured sword, and even wore red armor symbolizing a royal knight.
Anyone can see that he is dressed as if he is about to go into battle.
The other one is Tyrn Ol Bellokus, the Magic Judge, who is wearing thick golden robes, a helmet, and a staff resembling a spear.
Finally, Findenai is wearing a maid’s uniform as usual.
She was also equipped with all the equipment, including snow white and war shoes, but she looked distressed.
It seemed like he hadn’t forgotten the last shame.
“Get ready.”
That’s it.
Now it was time to move my body, not just use a pen on the desk.
* * *
Rometiu Forest.
A forest where spirits and fairies are said to live, a place where people do not visit.
The Spirit King was away due to accompany Erica Bright, so the biggest barrier was gone.
The spirits and fairies were not very anxious. On the contrary, he was happy that the person who had been nagging him every day was gone.
Unspoiled, pure and naive beings who enjoy just walking and flying among the trees with their friends.
Like this again today.
The spirits thought it would be a quiet but exciting day.
aaah!
Huh, it’s a warlock!
Screams bursting from their mouths.
A deep, dark shadow enters the Rometiu Forest. Warlocks wearing black robes walk through the forest and head toward the center.
“Noisy spirit bastards.”
Beklin, Dante’s warlock who calls himself a disease wizard, gets annoyed and chases away the spirits.
I wanted to spread my infectious disease to them right away, but I had no choice but to hold back because I was told not to cause a fuss.
The moment Beclin’s magic is activated, Rometiu Forest will no longer be called a forest.
His infectious disease was not simply limited to humans.
“hahahahaha.”
An old man with a bent back is walking next to him. If he was holding a cane and his curved back was straight, he seemed to be quite tall.
If I were to be specific, it feels similar to a centipede curling up.
Bactus Nikolai, a loyalist, was sitting at the head of the Weapons Development Department of the Clark Republic.
“I really like the forest.”
Insects continue to pour out from the shadow of Bactus. They began to occupy the forest like conquerors.
No! No! No!
Numerous insects clinging to a fairy that was running away. They brought the nymph to Bactus.
Wood!
Without much hesitation, Bakhtus immediately puts his fairy into his mouth and chews it thoroughly.
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aaah!
“hahahaha! “It’s a refreshing experience to hear a woman’s screams coming from your mouth.”
Of course, the screams did not last long.
Baktus, who chewed up the fairy, looks like he doesn’t like it very much.
“Chuck, it tastes worse than a bug.”
Bactus is complaining that he ate for no reason. A woman wearing a hood, who was walking behind him, quietly walks next to Bactus.
“Catch one more fish.”
“Huh? Are you trying to use it?”
“Quickly.”
“Well, I understand.”
A woman’s voice, as if there were sand stuck in her throat. Once again, a bug catches a fairy.
Help me! Help me!
“It’s here.”
When the bugs bring the fairy to the woman, she reaches out her hand and holds the fairy.
As she stretched out her hand, the sleeve of her robe slipped down slightly, and there were stitch marks surrounding her wrist as if they had been joined together.
“Hmm.”
The woman, who looked down at her fairy for a moment in contemplation, eventually broke her fairy’s neck by pressing down with her fingers.
A fairy with its neck bent 180 degrees like a broken toy.
However, as the woman’s mana flows into the fairy, the fairy stands up again on the woman’s palm.
It doesn’t matter if her neck is twisted.
The fairy’s corpse immediately flaps its wings and circles around the woman.
“This is my first time seeing a fairy corpse.”
A grinning smile.
Corpse wizard Yoon began testing various things with the fairy’s corpse to see what he liked so much.
We arrived at the deepest part of Rometiu Forest.
Under the huge tree where the Spirit King should have been lying down.
In place of the Spirit King, who was absent due to signing a contract with Erica, there stood a handsome young man with white hair and a man with short blonde hair who had the look of a soldier.
Dante’s leader.
Heralhazard is called the worst warlock of all time.
Also known as Luanes Luden Griffin.
And the other trustworthy man was Pelestan, a blood mage who came here from the Clark Republic.
“Is it just the three of you?”
As Pelestan asks with a tobacco stick in his mouth, the disease wizard Bequelin points behind him with his thumb.
“It’s coming. “There are some strange leftovers, so I’m just cleaning them up.”
“Hmm.”
Pelestan shrugs his shoulders, unimpressed, puffing out smoke. Since it is the land of griffins, it is not strange no matter where or how enemies come from.
“What is the pattern?”
But the leader, Ruanes, was not like that. With an uncharacteristically tense expression, he asks somewhat urgently.
“There must have been patterns engraved on the shields and armor of those chasing them.”
There is no way he was captured by low-level people who would be embarrassed to call him a village vigilante soldier.
So, he naturally thought that it was a private soldier of a certain noble or a nearby guard.
“Oh, are you asking me to remember them all?”
Becklin scratches the back of his head and grumbles irritably.
“This is my first time setting foot on Griffin’s land in my life. “I didn’t study enough to guess the family name just by looking at the pattern.”
“Red Hawk.”
Character Bactus and Necromancer Yun answered on behalf of Beklin, who was shouting without paying attention with slitted eyes.
“There was a red hawk drawn on the armor and shield. “There was also a magic swordsman who seemed to be quite skilled.”
“There was also a sword of light. “Wizards wearing yellow robes were the main force.”
“What? “It’s a pretty decent amount of power, right?”
Pelestan, who heard the story, said it was interesting, but he was somewhat disappointed that he could not participate.
“Damn it.”
Ruanes brushes his bangs and looks around, thinking that the situation has become complicated.
“Bactus, look for warp markers nearby.”
“hahahaha! Marker for warp? Could it be him?!”
Zira Baktus, who had already experienced it once in the Clark Republic, got excited and immediately struck her bottom with the tip of her staff.
Insects are pouring out from his staff, as if pouring out of an anthill, and spreading throughout the forest.
“Why? “What’s going on?”
“Is it because of the memorial service?”
Pelestan and Yun ask at the same time. Ruanes nodded his head with a nervous expression.
“The red hawk is the Xeronia family, and the sword of light is the Bright family. “Both of them are families that operate under the head of the memorial service.”
Because he had already seen them during the last Romuleus incident, Ruanes could not help but become increasingly anxious.
The fact that the Xeronia family and the Bright family are together means that the relics know that they are here.
“Did you know we were coming here?”
Ruaneth mumbles and gets lost in thought. Dante’s warlocks had never seen their leader this anxious.
“It’s a memorial service.”
When Pelestan first heard the name, he thought it was nothing special. He was seen as a warlock parasitic on the royal family in order to survive in the kingdom.
In fact, he was showing amazing progress even though it had only been about a year since he appeared.
Of course, we subdued the evil spirit of Griffin that was entangled in the Griffin Kingdom.
Of the ten great devils on the continent, five were slaughtered.
Magan, the great devil of gluttony.
Valkyria, the great demon of struggle.
Paerun, the great evil of worship.
Dune, the Great Demon of Pride.
Learic, the great devil of deception.
At this level, he could be called an expert archdemon hunter who surpassed even the saint, and the five archdemons remaining on the continent could not help but swallow their saliva and take note of the memorial master’s actions.
Dante’s warlocks had also seen him through shared vision.
In fact, it was a fighting style that did not make you feel like you would lose if you actually fought.
How can we lose to a necromancer who does not use common sense to deal with souls?
But he has overcome many hardships and adversaries and is still alive to this day.
It was said that it was a being that should not be viewed simply as a concept of magic or common sense.
And because it was so unpredictable, Ruanes was also worried about the memento’s intervention.
“We’re here!”
But it seems that such worries were unfounded.
The remaining warlocks arrived by wading through the trees.
Among them, the largest man with a spear on his shoulder despite being a warlock greeted me with a smile.
Jang Run, a warlock from the Han Empire.
Not only was he covered in blood, but a red-haired man was dragged along.
Poof!
Cheolpudeok!
A handsome man with red hair.
He used to be a professor at Lovern Academy, but due to a family crisis, he quit teaching and is now diligently listening to Deius’ orders.
It was Gideon Geronia.
“hahahahaha, is it a trophy?”
When Bactus asked with a smile, Zhang Lun chuckled and pointed at Yun.
“I brought it for you to use. “Isn’t the best gift for a necromancer a corpse?”
“Your courtship has always been very passionate!”
Bactus and Zhang Lun burst into laughter together. Yoon ignored that and approached Gideon, stepping on his head and asking.
“You’re alive, right?”
“I thought a fresh corpse would be nice!”
“It doesn’t really matter.”
Yoon replied calmly and twisted his left wrist.
“There will be blood.”
Then a thick needle stuck out from inside her palm.
“All warp markers have been removed.”
Bactus looks away from Yun and Gideon and speaks to Ruanes.
“There were about five in total. “The ants ate it all up, so there shouldn’t be any problem.”
“Then.”
Ruaneth finally feels relieved.
Ruanes knew that Deius was staying in Greypond.
From here, Gray Pond is quite far away, so even if you are Deius, you won’t be able to get there.
But then.
Kudang!
Corpse Master Yun falls backwards, hitting her butt. Gideon Zeronia, who had been lying limp just before her, pushed her away with all her might.
“You bastard!”
Thinking that her gift had hurt her, Zhang Lun strode towards her, holding her spear.
“Haaa!”
Park!
A shining stake taken from Gideon’s arms.
It was a warp marker.
“Sigh! hahahaha!”
Gideon, who was bleeding, collapses. It must have been his last strength, and he fell as if he had fainted.
“hahahaha! “There was one more!”
Bactus is laughing, pointing to the warp marker hidden in Gideon’s arms.
Originally, some waiting time was required for operation.
This time was a little different.
The warp marker emitting a pillar of light began to respond immediately.
“But I think only one is coming?”
Pelestan muttered as he crossed his arms and looked up at the pillar of light.
In fact, there was only one person riding the warp.
A very short warp.
Where the pillar of light had turned into powder and disappeared, there stood a somewhat unexpected woman.
“Whoa.”
White shirt and neat dark blue suit.
His long hair was tied up and placed neatly on one of his shoulders.
Blonde hair that goes well with white skin.
The woman with her hands stuffed into the pockets of her suit is a wizard and professor who should not be here in the first place.
It was Erica Bright.
“That…” ….”
“She is the memorial service’s fiancee.”
“What are you talking about?”
Dante’s warlocks each showed similar reactions. Although she was relieved that the memorial service did not come, she had doubts about the woman who suddenly stood there alone.
But Erica looked around at them with her cold gaze, took her hands out of her pockets, and took out her white gloves from her arms.
“You are the warlocks he was looking for. “You’re Dante, right?”
The Xeronia family and the Bright family were chasing Dante at Deius’ request.
Erica, who followed, calmly put on her gloves and asked, and the answer was her Pelestan.
“It’s too foolish to say that I came here for her fiancé. Are you blinded by love?”
“… ….”
“How many warlocks do you think there are here now?”
Including the warlocks who were originally there and the warlocks who came after cleaning up with Jang Run, there were about ten people.
Considering that they were warlocks, it could be said to be a significant number.
Kuddeuk.
Erica snorted that it was not the same and pulled the hem of her gloves to fasten them tightly.
“It’s not like you don’t know where this is.”
“Step back.”
Luanes warned as he watched Erica’s golden mana rise from her toes.
The warlocks who were about to attack her were frightened by the warning of her quick-witted Ruanes.
Immense power surges up from behind Erica.
A huge golden butterfly rising from the grassy ground.
Spirit King of Light.
“This is the first time the Spirit King has been this angry.”
The Spirit King of Light floating above Erica was indeed spewing out fierce hostility towards the warlocks.
For the uninvited guests who came to the spirits’ resting place, even the light emitted by the Spirit King of Light felt like being pricked by a sharp needle.
“Did you make a contract with the spirit?”
“If you are the Spirit King of Light, you should be a little nervous.”
“A very compatible couple got engaged.”
One is a necromancer called Uryeongsa.
One is a contractor of the Spirit King.
Dante’s warlocks made nervous sarcasms.
“Helping behind the scenes without my husband knowing.”
Erica’s eyes, influenced by the Spirit King of Light, turned golden and glared at them.
“It is the knowledge of a wise mother and good wife.”