69 – First Test – 7
“It’s not long now, princess.”
“…..”
“…It’s going to be difficult? You’re talking nonsense. Don’t you think you might lose?”
“hehehehe…You must have been joking.”
Veronica calmed her trembling body as much as possible and maintained the [Patience] Shield.
However, her remaining mana amount is about 1%, and she will probably run out of mana in about a minute, causing her to become exhausted.
“……”
Veronica was currently using her alter ego magic, so she could only use about 20% of her original condition.
That’s why she’s like that. If she hadn’t used [Patience] And faced Al Loken, she would have been knocked out after 10 minutes.
In other words, she had no choice but to use [Patience] To endure from the start.
“Whoop?!”
Then, Veronica sat on the ground coughing up blood. At the same time, the [Patience] Shield that protected Gaon and Veronica completely disappeared.
Her mana had reached its limit.
“Chehehe…”
“They say that when a vampire runs out of mana, she coughs up blood… So that’s true.”
“Shut up… Hit it…”
“Looks like you still have time to talk.”
Aloken slowly approached Veronica with a hideous grin.
“Then what should I do first? Oh, I’ll cut off that long tongue first. Or maybe killing the man lying behind it would be fine.”
“..Stop…Stop…Ra…”
“Now give up. It’s all over anyway.”
“I told you to stop…I didn’t…Heck…!”
“…Hmm… Judging from the lady’s reaction, I think killing this guy would be the most fun.”
At Al Loken’s words to kill Gaon first, Veronica opened her eyes wide and tried her best to get up from her seat.
But she immediately gave up on her legs and was forced to sit on the floor…
“Stop…Stop…Now…!”
“Huh…How can you do that for this human man… Even if this human truly deserves to be a king, isn’t that none of your business?”
“That…You know…No…Everything…”
“…Kick…”
Al Loken started to laugh loudly as he watched Veronica using his arm to crawl towards her.
“…What…Doing…”
“I want to see your despair! I want to see you crying and drowning in darkness!”
“Stop..!”
Al Loken mocked Veronica as he placed the huge greatsword in his hand on Gaon’s neck.
“Now! If you don’t want this man dead, beg! Beg!”
“…More…Dirty…Baby…”
“Keuhuhuhh..! Kihihihik!!”
Veronica gritted her teeth and clenched her fists tightly.
She couldn’t do anything and she hated herself so much.
If she had the full power of ‘Prime Minister’, she would have been able to easily defeat Al Loken.
Unfortunately, however, Veronica was not a complete ‘Prime Minister’. So, of course, she couldn’t use the authority that the ‘king’ had bestowed on the ‘chancellor’.
‘..Is the king… Yet…?’
The only hope left now is for Gaon to pass the test and release the power.
‘I’m sure I can pass the test…But I don’t know how long it will take…’
She prayed.
May he quickly pass the test and overcome this difficulty…
“…Why?”
At that time, as if Veronica’s prayer had worked, abnormalities began to occur in her body.
[The powers of the 11th seat are partially canceled.]
“…Wait, can this be…?!”
“…Looks like you succeeded…”
Veronica slowly rose from her seat. It’s also very light.
Veronica, who is currently in a state of magical exhaustion, should not be able to move her body, but instead, she smiled with joy as she checked every corner of her body, which was much lighter than before.
“Don’t believe me… I can’t believe it…!”
“…Didn’t I tell you? Didn’t you think of a case where you could lose?”
She stared at the system window that appeared right in front of her and cupped her stiff shoulder with her hand.
Deuk deuk… Deuk deuk…!
“I don’t know if it’s because too much power came in at once, but my shoulders are quite stiff.”
“Now..Wait..! Stop it..!”
“Now do you understand the situation?”
Veronica condensed a huge concentration of void mana into her palm and created a large purple sphere.
“I was wrong..! I don’t know Solomon’s location, but it’s okay…”
“Shut up.”
At that moment, Veronica’s hands exploded with purple magic filled with tremendous energy.
Geee!!!!
“aaah!!!!”
“…It would be difficult to be annihilated with this. Isn’t it one of the 72 Great Demons?”
“hehehe… Yes…!”
Veronica began condensing void mana into her two palms this time, her right hand and left hand.
Aloken suffered great damage from Veronica’s magic, but the wound was not deep enough to call it fatal.
In addition, thanks to the devil’s characteristic of tenacious vitality, his physical strength will be restored quickly.
However, Aloken couldn’t even resist Veronica due to some restrictions tied to him.
In other words, the position of Veronica and Aloken has been completely reversed.
“Now… Wait… Stop…”
“It seems that the king still needs some time to wake up, so why don’t we enjoy ourselves? I won’t kill him with my own hands. I have to leave at least one present for the king who has worked hard.”
“Aaghhh!!”
Intense purple mana began to fill the deep underground cave.
***
“…..Uh…?”
…Wait…Why does my head hurt so much..?
And where is this place?
“Are you awake?”
“…Are you…?”
“You just woke up and you seem a little confused.”
“…Ah…”
…I remembered.
I was supposed to be tested by this long-haired guy… But why can’t I remember anything after that?
“You probably have no memory of the Judgment Test.”
“Why…? Why do I have to keep my memories…”
“I didn’t delete it because I wanted to. This test itself was designed that way from the beginning.”
“The test itself erases memories…?”
“Yes. Please check the status window.”
The status window…? Suddenly?
I don’t know the English language, but I opened the status window and checked the contents.
“…Um?”
Then, I was able to find a different part in the status contents.
‘…[Load]..? Didn’t the [King of the Void] Also evolve?’
[Cool Mind] Was replaced with an unheard-of ability called [Rod], And [King of Void (1/12)] Evolved into [King of Void (2/12)].
[The Void King (2/12)]
– Significantly increases the stats of all void beings.
-The powers of the 11th seat are partially opened.
-(Supreme Justice, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??) Can be appointed.
-Seal (10/12)
[Rod (1/12): Always maintain a normal mental state in any situation, ??]
“..What is this?”
There are two new effects for [King of Void]. One is that the powers of the 11 thrones (?) Are partially opened, and the other is that you can appoint ??.
To be honest, I don’t know what both of them mean. What are the 11 lefts and what do the ??S mean?
The only thing that can be known is that the Supreme Court can be appointed? Of course, I don’t know the details of this effect.
“You don’t seem to understand the current situation.”
“…Was it a bit too much?”
“Of course. Just like in the past, the expression shows emotions well.”
…Once upon a time?
“Once upon a time…Have we met somewhere?”
“Well…Similar.”
Similar… Why are the answers so ambiguous?
Veronica is the same, and this gentleman is the same…
..Veronica..?
“..Wait….. Come to think of it, Veronica…!”
“Don’t worry. She’ll be safe.”
What is safety?
How can you be safe when you’re dealing with that monster alone!
“How do I get back? I passed the test, so please let me go quickly..!”
“If you want it, I’ll give it back.”
“Then right now…”
“hahahaha..Calm down a bit. She’s safe. I’ll guarantee you.”
Veronica is safe…? Are you serious?
“How do you believe that?”
“The reason she sent you here is to free the power of the 11th Seat by passing her test. Now that you have passed the test, there is no reason for you to hurry back.”
“If it’s the 11th seat…”
It was the name mentioned in the new effect while learning the 11th seat, [King of Void (2/12)].
“So don’t be too impatient. She might be a nuisance to her if she goes back rather early.”
“I’ll have to help though…”
“You’re still weak. If she gets into a fight with her and her demons, she’ll definitely not look good.”
“……”
Yes. I’m still weak
So even if I went back, there would be no way I could be of any help to Veronica.
“…But I’m suddenly curious and I’m asking you. What’s your relationship with Veronica?”
“Are you aware of rivalry?”
“…Yes?”
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“I prefer older people, so don’t worry too much.”
No, I didn’t mean to ask that question…
“No, I didn’t mean to ask that?”
“Then what are you curious about?”
“Is it just an acquaintance with Veronica? You’re asking something like this… Whoa…”
Let’s be patient.
Looking at the rough estimate, it seems that the fist doesn’t fit here, but there was no need to get angry and bother the work.
“Ah, that’s a question.”
“I’m glad you understand now. This new…No, the Supreme Court Justice.”
“Hmm… Her relationship with her…”
The long-haired man thought about my question for about 5 seconds before opening his mouth with a bright smile.
“I’m not sure.”
“…Yes?”
“I don’t know. I don’t know everything, do I?”
Such poetry@$@#^&$%!!
“hahahaha, don’t be too angry.”
“You don’t look upset right now?”
“It can’t be helped. I’m just an alter ego, so my body’s memory isn’t perfect..!”
“No, this is crazy…”
Yes, I am an idiot for asking. As always.
“Haa… That’s all right, just let me know if there’s any good information from the remaining memories.”
“? Why me?”
“…….”
Looking at it now, this person is really nasty.
I don’t think he was intentionally trying to be mean, but he had a knack for naturally making opponents disgrace.
“hahahaha! Just kidding. I’ll tell you everything I know.”
Wow.. Is this why assault cases happen?
“First of all, let me ask you a simple question. Do you know about an ancient civilization that existed 10,000 years ago?”
“…10,000 Years ago…? No, I don’t know.”
“So that’s where we should start talking.”
At that moment, the man flicked his fingers lightly, and colorful white tables and chairs appeared in front of me.
“Let’s sit here and talk.”
“Well… I understand. For now.”
I confirmed that the man was sitting in the chair, and I followed him and sat down on the remaining chair.
“First, let me tell you how this world was born.”
“The birth of this world… You mean?”
“Yes.”
The man snapped his fingers again and made a cup of black tea and placed it in front of me.
“At first, this world was filled with only void mana. Not a single creature could be found, only thick darkness.”
“Ooh..”
“In a world where there was no such life, there was one creature that was born for the first time, and that being was the ‘Rod’.”
… Loading…?
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but it has the same name as my newly acquired ability [Rod].
“The first Lord born in the world was very disappointed in the world where no one existed, and realized that the reason why life was not born was because the world was filled with void mana.”
“The Lord, who wished for a creature to live with him, absorbed all the void mana that filled the world with his own body, and life began to be born in the world where the void mana disappeared.”
“Lord gathered the newly born creatures and established a nation, and that nation is an ancient civilization that existed 10,000 years ago.”
…I don’t know if it’s because the story is too unrealistic, but I didn’t really think about it.
As far as I know, 10,000 years ago on Earth was an ice age. In other words, it is said that it was a very long time ago, but even if I talked about it at that time, there was no way I could understand it.
“Aren’t you interested?”
“..To be honest…?”
“Even if Veronica Bloodia is related to this ancient civilization?”
He hesitated.
“…What are you talking about?”
“It’s literally. Veronica, I mean, wouldn’t you be interested if the child was related to an ancient civilization?”
“…Please elaborate.”
“Now you’re listening.”
The man looked at me, who instantly turned into a serious expression, and smiled lightly.
“When Lord first established his country, his power was so great. Just walking on his path made the surrounding mana vibrate and automatically turn into void mana, so the people feared Lord, their king.”
“So Lord selected 11 beings to share his void power with, and they are the 11 Seats.”
“My body also originally held the position of one of the 11 seats, the Supreme Court.”
Did the 11th row mean that…
..Wait, then what is the Void King…?
“…The Void King…?”
“This word used to refer to a rod in the past.”
“Crazy…”
To think that the King of the Void, which I thought was just an ability name, really existed… It was like the feeling I felt when I first realized that Santa didn’t exist as a child.
“My memories of Veronica are not perfect, so I can’t say for sure… But she was definitely a real person during the ancient civilization ruled by the Lord.”
“That means that Veronica’s age…”
“Hmmm…”
To think that Veronica was alive during an ancient civilization …. She was honestly quite surprised.
She already knew she was old, but she couldn’t believe she was over 10,000 years old… There was a reason why Veronica would hit her just for talking about her age..?
“In the era of ancient civilization 10,000 years ago, the continents were all united differently than they are now. In fact, the place where the capital of the ancient civilization was located was right above the labyrinth of the abyss, which is now the sea.”
“Kek…Why would you put a capital on top of a place like that…”
“The place where Lord was first born was right above the Labyrinth of the Abyss. It was a meaningful place, so we chose that place as the capital.”
Because it was said that he was born right above the labyrinth of the abyss, a great deal of distrust arose.
You don’t know. Maybe the guy named Rod is actually a guy who looks like a fragment of the void.
“In addition, the Labyrinth of the Abyss was originally used as a dungeon within the royal palace. At the time, it was so large that even the guards were reluctant to enter it.”
“..Did the dungeon naturally turn into a labyrinth over time?”
“No, there are a total of two reasons why the dungeon turned into a labyrinth.”
The man continued her explanation by holding her fingers open and folding them one by one.
“First of all, thanks to the high concentration of mana, it turned into an environment in which monsters were born. Originally, the deepest part of the Abyssal Labyrinth was a place full of void mana, but as void mana was mixed with normal mana, abyss mana It created a new kind of magic.”
“…In a nutshell…Abyssal mana is a mixture of void mana and normal mana?”
“That’s right. And the demons were the newly created race through Abyss Mana.”
The reason Lilith, who came out of the Kingdom of Beasts and sighed, was able to use Abyss Magic, must have been possible because the Demons themselves were created from Abyss Mana.
“The second was the appearance of fragments of the void and abyss.”
“..Those guys..?”
Why do dogs come out again?
“Shards are basically formed naturally when the corpse and soul of a creature are exposed to void mana for too long. The problem here is that the place where the Abyssal Labyrinth is located was a dungeon in the past, so it was full of corpses and souls of prisoners. Thanks to that, a huge number of fragments were created, and eventually the labyrinth of the abyss turned into the worst labyrinth.”
“They aren’t the ones who attack first…”
“If a creature feels the same void mana, it won’t attack first. Rather friendly.”
So you’re saying that if I didn’t have void mana, I’d be attacked by fragments…?
If I hadn’t chosen a Void or Abyss related job, I…Don’t even want to imagine.
“This is all I can tell you.”
“Hmm…”
Then let’s summarize the information we got from men..
1. Lordran men create an ancient civilized nation.
2. The power of the rod was so strong that he gave it to each of the 11 people he chose, and that was the 11 seat.
3. Veronica is over 10,000 years old and a person from an ancient civilization.
4. The capital of an ancient civilization was located above the labyrinth of the abyss
5. Abyss Mana is a diluted version of Void Mana.
6. Asmodians are born from Abyss Mana.
7. The fragments seen in the labyrinth of the abyss are all made of human corpses and souls.
When I sorted things out, there were more contents than I thought.
Of course, there was a lot of useless information mixed in, but this was quite satisfactory.
“How much do you understand? Then I’ll send you back.”
“…Right now?”
“Yes, I’m done talking now anyway. Goodbye then.”
“Huh..? No, suddenly like this again..!”
At that moment, my vision began to blur.