259. Performance of Contract
The severed head of an ancient dragon is blocking a side road next to a sewer with its tongue hanging out.
The moment I saw the cold corpse of an ancient dragon, several thoughts came to mind.
“How did this happen?!”
When Soho next to him shouts urgently, the sound resonates and extends deep into the sewer.
‘There is someone.’
There was someone else in the sewer besides us. But it was running so fast that I couldn’t even think of chasing it.
In the end, I am weak in this structure.
‘I need to find a way.’
You can’t just watch the enemies running away forever.
“Old Dragon! Elder Dragon!”
If the other party who had just run away had made up their mind, they would have been able to kill Soho.
The young girl, unaware that her life was momentarily in danger, shed tears and hugged the elder dragon’s head.
Although it is called an ancient dragon, it is ultimately a guardian deity and a spiritual being.
The huge corpse was not pushed or sunk in the underground waterway, but was slowly disappearing as a halo of light.
‘For a guardian deity, he must have had quite a lot of power.’
If the original form of the corpse remains, starting from a person who died this easily, the spirit would actually still be maintained.
But he doesn’t say anything.
‘Or are you so focused on something else that you can’t say anything?’
Even though his own death is right around the corner, what is he looking at?
Looking at the ancient dragon’s corpse, I became somewhat curious.
* * *
“You may have thought you were invincible. “It’s not like there are no ways to kill the guardian spirit.”
After returning from the underground waterway, we arrived at Lanran Banjeom again.
Soon the sunrise appeared outside the window, signaling that the day had begun again.
Actually, I couldn’t rest properly and stayed up all night moving around, but because I was a prosthetic body, I wasn’t really tired.
This body couldn’t even sleep. However, if you keep moving too much without resting, mental fatigue builds up and you end up closing your eyes for a few hours.
It could be seen as meditation.
Soho, who came out of the car while listening to me, had hatred in his eyes.
In particular, the dark life felt in the teacup was quite blatant.
She was a girl whose talent as an assassin was not very desirable.
But I am a body.
I didn’t care if the tea was poisoned or not, I drank it and continued talking.
“Guardian god. “Literally, the moment they lose the nest they are protecting, their power is significantly reduced.”
“…… “Does it hurt anywhere?”
“I don’t know what kind of poison they used, but don’t do it next time. Because it ruins the taste.”
“Are you by any chance a good person?”
Soho is dumbfounded that the response is only that level. But I kept my chin up and continued talking.
“But only horses call it a nest, and it is not limited to just a place.”
It was easy to think of the Angel of Setima who stirred up the Academy.
She showed overwhelmingly strong power when acting for the souls of Setima, but she had no power when she actually acted against the souls’ wishes.
“What was the ancient dragon guarding?”
Soho looked dumbfounded at my question and answered honestly.
“No, I don’t know.”
“… ….”
“Well, weren’t you protecting us monsters?! So, you killed them all and lost your power…… !”
“If that were the case, I wouldn’t have sent you to me.”
This is an ancient dragon that tried to cut off the tail of a youkai to prevent sparks from flying on itself.
If his power disappeared because of that, he would have changed his mind to engage in an all-out war with me.
Soho also does not know what the ancient dragon was protecting.
He guessed that this was the land, but seeing as he died without even being able to properly resist, it didn’t seem that way.
Because right now, this land was facing the same day in peace.
No, in the first place.
‘A being that kills guardian spirits.’
It’s really easy to say, but actually putting it into practice is harder than you can imagine.
First of all, it wasn’t there in the original game.
In fact, it can be said to be natural since the Han Empire itself does not appear in the game in the first place.
‘Even so, he did something quite bold.’
The opponent killed the guardian spirit right at my feet and escaped leisurely.
It was a fairly stealthy yet quick movement, so agile that I could barely notice it until I arrived at the sewer.
‘It’s clever.’
Did this happen by chance when I was passing through this city, or did they do it intentionally so that I would notice?
It bothered me in many ways.
“I will also avenge the ancient dragon. “
At that time, Soho declared resolutely next to him. To avenge the monsters, I had to kill myself, and to avenge the ancient dragon, I had to kill the mysterious being.
A girl who dreamed so big that it seemed absurd in a short period of time.
But Soho looked quite serious.
“Now I have nowhere to go, and I don’t have any friendly youkai.”
“… ….”
Somehow, it seemed like a girl who was able to come to her senses amidst the tragedy followed closely behind.
* * *
“What, where are you going?”
Early morning.
Deia leaves the mansion with a bundle filled with various foods.
Finden Ai, who had been burning her cigarettes next to her mansion since morning, secretly spots her and asks.
“Mountain. “I have to go and give an offering.”
Deia offers offerings to the mountains of North Sweden once a month.
In the past, I would have placed flowers on Emily’s tombstone while she was locked in the basement of the mansion, but I didn’t bother to do so because I knew she had already left.
Because the girl who was supposed to accept her has already left for the land of rest.
“Phew, let’s go together.”
Finden Ai follows along with Snow White, who was leaning next to her, draped over her shoulder.
Her attire was not a maid’s uniform, but rather ordinary attire such as a coat and shirt that reminded me of my old days as a scrap metal dealer.
“Why you?”
“That tiger helped me once when I returned from the Republic.”
“Ah… ….”
I clearly remember that it was the end of summer vacation at Lovern Academy last year.
Deius Verdi returned to North Wales for a short time. At that time, he heard that Doberman was calling up the resistance in the Republic, and he wanted to know something, so Finden Ai joined in, and she almost died.
It was her mountain army that had taken care of her rescuers and brought her back from the North Whedon Mountains.
“Now that I think about it, I never had a chance to say thank you.”
“Then don’t smoke until you go. “He doesn’t like strong smells.”
“You look like someone.”
Smiling bitterly, Findenai put out her cigarette and followed after Deia.
Since the last time they drank, the two have become strangely close.
Maybe because I drank alcohol while missing the same person, the distance in my heart became closer in my own way.
But at the same time, Findeneye had a strange question.
After getting closer to the mountain range, she asks with only one hand stuffed into her pocket.
“But you don’t like Deius as a person of the opposite s*x, do you?”
“…… ?!”
A question that came out of nowhere and didn’t fit the mood.
She was suddenly about to say something, but Finden Eye’s blood-red eyes were asking quite seriously.
“No, they are brother and sister. “The way they talk and the atmosphere doesn’t seem that way.”
“Then…” … “How does it look?”
Deia asks somewhat timidly, and Finden Ai answers by gently shaking her white robe over her shoulder up and down.
“Forbidden love?”
“f*ck!”
Deia screams as her face turns red. Her voice echoes long across the mountains and startled birds fly into the sky.
In fact, the Finden child right next to her showed no change in her expression.
“Me? Him? Are you crazy! “Brother and sister, you crazy b*tches!”
“But it’s Kim Shin-woo.”
“No, that’s…” … !”
She tried to scream something, but Finden Eye’s words made her throat close up.
“After all, it is Kim Shin-woo.”
“… ….”
Her mouth slowly closes.
As she was wondering what to explain to her, Deia eventually quickened her steps and ran in front of her.
“What! After all, it’s Deius, you crazy b*tch! Her body is called Deius! Do you think I’ll get horny like you when I see that bastard’s face?!”
“Hmm?”
“That’s my brother! “Even though he looks like a head, he’s my second brother!”
“Well, okay.”
She was a Finden child who blurted out her words, saying that she would not question her further, but Deia seemed to not like her any more and frowned and turned her head.
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“Why isn’t your voice convincing?”
“I understand. “Roughly.”
“Roughly speaking, what is this? Properly…… !”
Raising her voice to the fullest, Deia said she intended to explain until Finden Ai understood.
A chilly wind blows through the trees of the mountain range and hits the two people.
The wind suddenly blew.
A huge white tiger appeared along with it.
The two people were momentarily taken aback by the premature appearance of the mountains.
Once she got to know the day, she unpacked the bundle she had brought.
“This month’s tribute…” ….”
[Deia Verdi.]
Sangun’s voice, which resonated heavily, was still serious, but it contained a strange urgency.
“Yes?”
Also, because it was the first time she had been called directly like this, Deia answered without being able to hide her embarrassment.
[Where is Deius?]
A fairly straightforward question struck the hearts of both Deia and Findenai.
“We don’t know either.”
“He’s missing.”
I understand the question, but the timing was a bit odd.
It has now been three months since Deius disappeared. In fact, if he was going to ask, he should have asked right away.
Sangun lets out a sigh and slowly looks at the two people.
[Do you know how many more guardian gods like me are on this continent?]
“Something like Horua from the Great Forest of Marias?”
Since he was a Finden child who had already experienced it through Daejeon Temple, he answered without difficulty and Sangun nodded his head.
[Yes. And recently. There are people who hunt that guardian spirit.]
“… ….”
The moment she heard it, Deia was so anxious that she thought she shouldn’t get caught up in this matter.
Guys hunting beings of a similar level to the mountain army that is radiating an overwhelming sense of intimidation right now?
Just looking at it, I didn’t want to be involved.
[I don’t know when they will reach me.]
Sangun continues speaking quite firmly but with a bit of desperation.
[I made a deal with Deius. I defeated that woman who was crossing the mountain range the year before last.]
“Ah, Mr.”
Finden Eye swipes his face with his hand for no reason, as if something bad is happening.
For a moment, Finden Eye wondered what it would be like to fight the mountain army now.
[He also protected that woman at the request of Deius Verdi.]
The Sangun made a request, mentioning the anecdote in which Findenai returned safely from the Clark Republic thanks to the Sangun.
[Now that Deius Verdi is gone, the woman who is his flesh and blood. The time has come for her to fulfill her contract.]
“… ….”
[Protect my home.]