80 – The Trial of Nothingness – 11
“…That… Mr. Veronica…?”
“Why is that?”
“I think I have been punished a lot now…”
“…Do you really think so?”
“No, I’ll just shut up.”
After the happening in the forest, I returned to the inn with Illyana.
As I expected, as soon as Veronica entered her room, she forced me to my knees and ordered me to hold her hand. I’ve never stood with my hands raised since elementary school, but I’m 24 years old and doing this…
“You must have told me to take this child back to the city?”
“I don’t know the address of that house…”
“Are you calling that an excuse now?”
“My red-haired friend looks dangerous too…”
“Since when has the king been so far away?”
“…I have sinned to death.”
“Haa…”
Veronica let out a deep sigh and glanced at me.
“I am not angry that the King did not listen. He’s just mad about why he didn’t run away right away when he saw him.”
“What about him…Berage?”
“It was fortunate that he had no stealth detection ability, but if he did, the king’s life would be in danger.”
“Yeah… That’s true, but…”
To be honest, it was a situation where I had nothing to say.
It was true that I believed in [The Veil of Darkness] And behaved too complacently, and it was also true that I underestimated Berazie.
“It’s a shame that Vera Jie is a wizard specialized in undead magic. If he had been a wizard specialized in offensive magic like the emperor of the empire, he wouldn’t have ended up as well as he is now.”
“Even with ten mouths, there is nothing to say…”
“If you know, raise your hand a little more.”
“..How much?”
“Until 8 in the morning.”
“……”
For reference, it was 1:00 in the morning.
****
At 9 o’clock the next morning, after the punishment I received from Veronica was over, I did some simple stretching to loosen up my aching body. As of now, thanks to the system, there is no problem even if you stand with your hands up all day, but there is some stiffness in the shoulders.
“Ughgghuk… I couldn’t sleep at all after all…”
Veronica said that she had something to investigate, and as soon as my punishment ended at 8 o’clock in the morning, she left. Perhaps he was trying to ascertain what the ‘preparation’ he was referring to was.
“Puh…Puhh…”
“…You are still the same.”
For reference, Illyana was sleeping on a single bed in the room. I don’t know if it’s because Veronica’s magic is so powerful, but I don’t think about waking up.
“Ugh…”
As soon as I think… I’m about to wake up.
“Umm…What is this…Where is…?”
“..Are you awake?”
“…?”
Illyana woke up from the bed rubbing her eyes as if she was sleepy.
When she woke up, Iliana’s eyes met mine at the same time, and she tilted her head momentarily and put a? Above her head.
“…What..? Is it a dream…?”
“Is it real?”
“…Ah…”
Illyana put on a confused look on her face for a while, but then opened her eyes wide as if she understood the situation.
“I…Why am I here…?”
“…Do you remember last night?”
“Last night..?”
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At that moment, Illyana’s pupils quivered and she began to break out in a cold sweat. She remembered what had happened last night.
“Oh..Brother..That’s right..! Oppa… I have to go find him…!”
“How?”
“Everything..To the forest now…!”
“You know how stupid that sounds, right?”
“……”
No matter how much mana she had and how many special abilities she had, it was clear that she would not look good even if she entered the forest inhabited by level 21 beginners and average level 30 monsters.
Illyana Her face turned pale in an instant, as if she was aware of it herself.
“Ha..But…my brother…is dangerous…”
“…You know that. The chances of your brother surviving are slim.”
“No! Oppa… You’re not the one to leave me alone…”
“Your brother wouldn’t have wanted to leave you alone either.”
“……”
The odds of Dredd surviving in that forest during the night, and in the same place where Berazie roamed, were close to zero.
The average level of the monsters I found while walking around the forest was between 30 and 40, and I heard that they are very high level monsters by the standards of adventurers. There’s no way an adventurer in his early 30s could survive in a dark forest full of monsters like that. In fact, it was the right decision to think that Dredd was already an otherworldly person.
However, Illyana could not accept that fact. How could anyone accept the fact that her own blood had died before she did that.
“…Nonsense…No…No…!”
“I know it’s hard to admit right away…so…”
“Noisy…!”
Illyana kicked off the blanket and stood up from her seat. She then started rummaging through her pockets on her sloppy clothes and took out a gold coin that I had handed over to her yesterday.
“I…I’ll return this..! So, invalidate the contract..!”
“..Go find your brother?”
“Yes…!”
“Haa…”
As she watched Illyana about to go outside, she remembered a conversation she had with Veronica a few hours ago.
-Maybe when this child wakes up, she won’t remember the time of the runaway. Yes, she will, but her memory just before the runaway will still remain.
– So?
– So when this kid wakes up, don’t let him go outside. Currently, it seems that Verazie is targeting Illyana, so if left alone, she will surely be killed without a mouse or a bird knowing.
…So, now I had to stop Illyana from going outside.
But how to stop this? I don’t have any convenient abilities like Veronica’s sleep magic…
…Huh? But come to think of it, is there a way…?
“Everything..I have to go now…”
“[Purity].”
“Ah…”
Thump…
“Why didn’t I think of this until now?”
[Purity] Wasn’t exactly a healing ability.
The real effect of [Purity] Was ‘recovery’, which had the effect of returning the state of the target who used the ability.
In that case, wouldn’t it be possible to use [Purity] On Illyana to go back to the time when she was under the sleep spell…? I thought so, but it worked. Also the opening ability.
“It seems that the fire has been extinguished in a hurry…”
Now…What shall we do…?
….Should we eat some rice?
****
In a forest where more than a hundred undead monsters’ corpses lined up, Veronica was looking for traces of Berazie.
‘What the hell are you plotting…’
Berajie was a disaster and a monster that destroyed many countries thousands of years ago.
Veronica and the heroes of the era made many efforts to kill Berazie, but they were unable to catch Berazie, who had unrivaled abilities in terms of escape.
Still, it’s been quiet for a few hundred years, so I wondered where he died… But now it seems he’s about to start his activities.
‘Are you aiming for an orc?’
If Vera Jie had been a simple undead wizard, he would not have been called the disaster that destroyed many countries. His true fear lay in being able to strengthen undead monsters with chaotic mana. Unlike normal undead, which are weaker than their original strength, the undead created by Beragee and strengthened with chaotic mana have much more power than they did in life. There was.
However, there were limitations to Berazie’s undead ability.
To be precise, there was no problem at all in creating the undead, but there were some restrictions on strengthening the undead with chaotic mana.
It was whether or not the undead monster was suitable for Chaos Mana.
Most monsters can’t stand the chaotic mana and die spontaneously. But occasionally, monsters that could withstand such chaotic mana appeared, and Berazier gathered those monsters and included them in his undead legion.
Thanks to this, Berazi’s undead army has become an ultra-elite army with tremendous power instead of a small quantity…
‘If Berazie turns all orcs into undead… That would be terrible.’
The average level of monsters that can withstand chaotic mana is over 60, so even Vera Ji, who has lived for many years, couldn’t gather a large number of undead compared to his time.
However, if Berazie obtains the undead orc army, the story will be different. Basically, because there are a lot of Orcs and they are strong compared to their level, Berazie’s only drawback, the quantity problem, will be solved.
‘…I guess I need to hurry with this.’
Veronica turned into her black mist and flew up as she glanced at the city guards who showed up to identify the grotesque noises she had heard in the woods the night before.
******
“Grrr…”
“Gororo…”
In an orc tribal village located halfway up a rocky mountain, there were bald-looking bald orcs, each wearing their own weapon and preparing for battle.
“Grrr..! Dirty Wizard…! Kill..!”
“Kill! Kill!”
“Kill! Kill!”
The orcs gathered in the village glared at the undead legions that began to appear from afar and snorted.
“Grrr..! The land of our ancestors…! We will protect it..!”
“Right! The chieftain is right!”
About 1.5 Times the size of a normal orc, the orc chieftain let out a roar while holding a large battle ax over 2m in one hand.
“Gooooo!!! We protect! I won’t lose to corpses!!”
“”””Ooooo!!!!!””””
“Kill! Even if it dies, kill one more!”
“”””Wooooo!!!!””””
“Gooooo!!!”
Starting with the loud cry of the Orc chieftain, the Orcs and Undead armies clashed.