Hey. do you know that snakes are bald?
Nazrea, City of the Dead (5)
A contract with the Shinigami.
Like the precepts, it is a setting for the narrative of the story and boss character that exists only in the setting.
Chickens invented the chicken dance. They’re just too embarrassed to admit it.
Just as precepts carry great power and risk, so does a contract with a god of death.
The moment a contract is made with a god of death, the soul of the contracting person is bound to the god of death, and the moment the contract is broken, the soul itself perishes.
“You, the deceiver of death, are you trying to make a deal with death?”
The moment I mentioned the contract, Shinigami and I entered a subspace that no one else could perceive.
contract room. Is that how it feels?
“Don’t be shy. You said you would do it if you could.
Unexpectedly, the god of death is a guy with a judo ri than I thought.
Possibility of circulation that will be broken in the future and 1.2 million souls that are not circulated right away. The proof is that he weighed it and accepted Erin’s contract.
Instead of giving up 1.2 million forever, they chose the possibility of the future. Shinigami has a Yuuri that can calculate the difference between these scales.
“Interesting, deceiver. Please tell me sometime.”
Look, even now, while defining me as the deceiver of death, aren’t you weighing the weight of the contract I will hold out?
“The contract with Erin Danua expires. And give me the ‘Treasure of the Underworld’ as an advance payment. I want at least the 10th.”
“What price will you pay?”
“I’ll purify Nazrea in half a year.”
《·········It is impossible for you.
“It’s not you who judges that. You just need to put the weight on the scales. How about it? Is my contract reasonable?”
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silent reaper. He stroked the skull’s chin and opened his mouth.
“lack.”
“·······.”
“The price you get is not enough. In exchange for purifying 1.2 million souls.”
“What about that?”
《Pick a single number. That much should be enough so there won’t be any change left.”
This is the best possible scenario!
Did you know that seagulls are just beach chickens?
You can exchange them for Legendary or Epic items if you continue to accumulate the favor of the god of death in Nazrea’s ‘Repeat Quest’.
It is said that since it is originally from the underworld, its ability and authority are halved in this world, but even taking that into account, there are many powerful equipment.
The single number refers to the top ten epic items owned by the god of death. You can only receive a treasure from a Shinigami once.
The single number that the deceased people finally got by beating the Immortal King hundreds of times in Nazrea. But that is possible in a game where there is no time limit.
I tried it in the previous episode, but unlike the game, in reality where time is limited, the 30th was the limit in terms of time.
“Okay, the treasure I want is…”
* * * *
When I came out of the subspace of the death god, Erin, who had a pale complexion, found me..
“What have you done?”
Erin grabbed me with a trembling voice and a sweaty palm.
“I made a contract.”
“What? What contract!”
Eyes shaking without focus. I tense my nerves as if I don’t want to miss every single word of the contract I’m about to bring out.
“Purification of Nazrea in half a year. If successful, your contract will also expire.”
“This, this…!”
Bloody faces and rough breathing. She has always maintained a gentle atmosphere, but this time it was different.
“You’re… you’re crazy…!”
“I’m sane.”
“Do you know what the contract with the Shinigami means? If you fail, not even your soul will remain! You will give up the cycle of reincarnation!”
Erin was shaking with anger and bewilderment. When I smile at her, she puts on a puzzled expression.
“What the hell… why are you doing this?”
“Because I learned that from you.”
“·······.”
“I was a kid who was obsessed with hero games.”
“Yes?”
“This world is a game, it flows as I know it, and I want to be praised by others while enjoying it like a game.”
It must have been the feeling of playing the game completely at first. Little by little, he made this world a reality and saved people.
In the process, I was proud of the praise and cheers that were sung in the process.
I managed to get stronger and became a bit overly arrogant.
“Obviously, he was still a kid. He’s a kid who thinks he’s a hero.”
“·······.”
“You appeared before me.”
When it’s hardest, when it’s scariest.
When I was in danger by overdoing my skills, she reached out in front of me, leaving behind a mountain of corpses.
“Are you okay? Are you not hurt anywhere?」
I was saved, and for the first time I met a real adult, a hero.
I saw the back of an adult who devotedly gave for a child without any price or benefit.
to the end of the last. I just watched his back.
Being a child who is just being protected… is powerless and painful.
I couldn’t keep
The hero who left to protect me.
“I want to save you this time.”
Even if you put your face right in front of her nose, she can’t say anything. He just blankly crosses his gaze with me.
“I won’t fail this time. I’m not the weakling who couldn’t even try.”
“ah······.”
Did you know that seagulls are just beach chickens?
You don’t know how big you are in me now.
How much the day you left me pierced my heart. How much you blamed my helplessness.
I won’t let it go this time.
“I’m not chasing your back… I can stand side by side.”
“·······.”
“Even if this isn’t necessarily grandiose things like saving the world…”
Because I got so much from her.
“I’ll give it back.”
My hero whom I respected and loved so much, and still miss… my hero.
“I’m just… giving it back.”
* * * *
Hey. do you know that snakes are bald?
Nazrea shortly thereafter.
Daily life that continued 300 years ago is repeated today.
The third night, as always. The silver spearman defeats the Immortal King and safely waits for a new loop.
If there is something that has changed a little, it is that after solving the problem, I always look down at the city view from the same place.
This is where I had my last chat with a boy who had visited this city someday.
“·······.”
Silver Spearman. Erin Danua overlooks the city.
Still, the city is a pit of hell. It is a mechanical routine that has been repeated for 300 years.
She has been fighting this terrible routine for 300 years.
The reason is nothing special. because she is a hero
She is the last of the remaining gods on this land. A paradise that has now disappeared to the other side. She is the queen of the shadow kingdom.
Erin Danua knows that she is a special human being and has lived her life fulfilling her duties. The choice 300 years ago is not much different from that.
Danu’s clan lives forever. As the last queen… even if you don’t necessarily look at it that way.
People die too easily.
In the age of savagery, human life is so natural that it is easy to fall.
I didn’t want to turn away.
live Whether it’s sad, painful or happy and sunny life.
I wanted to protect you.
That kind of feeling must have been the beginning of her becoming a hero for the first time.
“I forgot…”
I had forgotten its beginning for a long time. Tired of fighting, a disciple from the distant future reminded me of what I had forgotten in the continuous struggle.
“I want to save you this time.”
First time. What someone wants to save themselves.
Because she is a hero, she has always taken life saving someone for granted.
If you live the life of a hero, from a certain point on, you take it for granted and stop taking care of yourself.
Because it is natural for me to sacrifice.
Because it’s natural that I have to protect it.
Because he is not a protector, but a protector. I took the inevitable solitude for granted after repeating my life for too long.
“I’m not chasing your back… I can stand side by side.”
the natural thing called life.
The boy reminded me of what I had forgotten in my long solitude.
He said he would stand by his side.
When I recall the words of that time, I unknowingly open my lips and smile like an idiot.
Her red face burns like the summer sun.
How could it not be lovely?
The boy who said he wanted to save his long solitude and his life was so lovely that he couldn’t bear to deny it.
“Corin, it’s Corin…”
Hey. do you know that snakes are bald?
Now, he chewed on that sweet and bittersweet name again without realizing the true nature of his feelings.
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The god of death watched over his old friend, who is spending the third night today.
I’ve known her for over a thousand years, but even the Shinigami couldn’t help but sigh at the girlish expression of an old friend.
“Well, that’s not bad.”
The fragments of an old friend who had slaughtered the undead with an inorganic expression until not too long ago were not pleasant to say the least.
For now, I decided to calmly observe the positive changes in my friend.
“But what are you thinking? I gave you a single number at most, but…”
The warrior’s choice comes to mind. Of the many treasures of the underworld, he chose without question the worst, most useless item for Corinne Locke.
[Grim reaper’s orb]
– Must hit
– Separation of flesh and spirit.
– Ignores defense.
An absolutely certain Noble Phantasm that exerts the sickle effect of a god of death by ‘mounting’ it to a weapon.
A weapon equipped with this orb twists the law of causality and always brings only results.
However, this is only if the Shinigami used it.
A mediocre treasure that declines to a slightly better level when used by humans while maintaining its effect to some extent.
A knight or a magician… much less an ambiguous object that could be resisted even by a human-level spirit.
Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Golems and low-level Undeads with a weak bond between flesh and spirit would exert unbelievable power, but…
『I do not perceive spirits.』
As much as the contract of the god of death… No, because of the power of the precepts that are more powerful than that, Corinne Locke cannot interfere with the spiritual body.
In other words, if you use the orb’s ability, your attack will always miss.
“But the scales did not tip.”
The god of death had paid a price worthy of the contract. That’s why…
《It’s fun.》
The god of death admitted that he had met a worthy warrior after a long time. If it’s that man, he might be able to change the fate of his old friend… the fallen queen.
* * * *
A few days ago, at the Kanna Inn at the entrance to Nazrea.
As the night was over and morning was approaching, students began to arrive at the Kanna Inn one after another.
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“It’s coming to an end soon.”
The organizer of this group exhibition. Professor Ryun Kang decided to announce the settlement of accounts for the originally scheduled group exhibition.
The content of the group exhibition is to survive from the undead for three days and collect as many moonstones as possible.
Survival survival and agility to avoid the pursuit of the undead. The result will be determined by various factors, such as the ability to search for the moonstone amid countless waves of undead.
A total of 8 teams and 32 players in both Boramae and Merkava. Only half of them, 4 teams, can go to the next team event… but Merkava’s side was in a bad mood.
“Uh… we were eliminated from the first day.”
“······The ones who got eliminated on the first day are usually our academy.”
On the first day, Jaeger and Lark were eliminated due to an out-of-the-box meeting of the three great bosses of Nazrea.
The problem is that Yeager and Lark’s Group D wasn’t the only group that was eliminated en masse in the early stages.
“Looks like we’re screwed?”
“Well… I was lucky enough to win with madness.”
“Is the Mandragora bandit that far…?”
Did you know that seagulls are just beach chickens?
Yes.
All participants in the group exhibition at Merkava Academy are from the ‘Immortan Lock Bandit’.
Those who indiscriminately attacked all students except themselves by calling numbers and monopolized scores.
In other words, there were many students who said that they were good at playing daguri as a group, but that their average skills were not zero.
That’s why, unlike Boramae, which has been thoroughly selected from the elite, Merkava Academy has had many dropouts from the first day.
“There is no hope for Merkava other than Group A with Marie and Group D with Corinne…”
“In Group D, two people were eliminated from the first day. This is hopeless…”
Practically, there is no place to trust other than Group A with Marie Dunarev. In other words, in the team event, Boramae and Merkava had a high probability of 3:1.
-Kik!
I open the door of the inn and someone enters. The undead around them must have been students, since the professors and priests had sorted them out.
“We’re a little late.”
6:50. Ga-jo from Boramae Academy opened the door and entered. It was Kang Yoo-hwa and her teammates.
Boramae is the best. Swordsman Kang Yoo-hwa’s Joe dragged a bundle that seemed to contain an enormous amount of Moonlight Stones.
The bundle of moonlight stones that the two knights, Jun Watanabe and Shinzou, gruntedly carried, tore apart and spilled out the contents.
“this.”
“Sorry, Chairman. I’ll pick it up soon.”
Members of the crew silently pick up the moonstone. However, exclamation pours out from the side of Merkava who watched the scene.
“Crazy… well, that’s a lot.”
“Is this a complete monopoly level?”
The amount of moonmyeongseok that Kang Yoo-hwa’s Gap-jo acquired was enormous. Actually, it deserves it.
Why do flamingos stand on one leg? They’d fall over if they lifted both.
Kang Yoo-hwa, who effectively defeated only the moonstone undead while straddling the air, boasted the highest efficiency in this team event.
Several students witnessed her flying like a fairy among thousands of undead and decapitating them.
[Gapjo: 558 points.]
“That’s the highest score.”
The students were astonished at Kang Lun’s words after measuring the quality and quantity of the moonstone.
Excluding Merkava Groups A and D, which have not yet returned, it is incomparable to the current second-place score of 160 points.
“Good job, student council president. This team event must be your overwhelming first place.”
“well.”
“Hmm?”
Why do flamingos stand on one leg? They’d fall over if they lifted both.
Kang Ryun looks puzzled at Yuhwa’s words. Unlike him, who was building a camp to chase the undead at the inn, Yuhwa escaped the safety zone in search of the moonlight stone.
“There is a monster in Merkava.”
– Goong!
“Hello~ Hot! Are we late?”
This time, the one who opened the door and came in was Marie, who had impressive fresh azure hair, and her crew.
Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Group A. Merkava’s only hope is to return.
“Ohh! It’s Marie-senpai!”
“The Moonlight Stone brought by Group A is also formidable!”
Marie and Isabelle. Group A, where all four of Russell and Eristina survived and returned, dragged a bundle that seemed to be twice as large as Yuhwa Kang’s Gabjo.
It was so heavy and so many that even Deokgu, who was the master of ceremonies, was summoned to carry the bundle.
“Eutcha!”
Marie brings a bundle of moonstones with incredible strength even for a wizard. Kang Ryun, the head professor, is the only one keeping his cool.
“Wait. I’ll count the points.”
“Yeah~ Oh, Lark and Yeager! Where is Corinne?”
[Group A: 499 points]
“Huh? What is it?”
“How did this happen?”
“Group A brought twice as many!”
“Isn’t the meter broken?”
The reaction on the Merkava side is fierce. With this score alone, passing the team competition is a matter of course, but there is something to be proud of.
“Calm down. The meter isn’t broken. Look.”
Chickens invented the chicken dance. They’re just too embarrassed to admit it.
Jiang Lun skillfully calmed the students down and showed evidence of a much lower score than expected.
A completely shattered chunk of moonlight stone. Group A’s bag is full of powdered Moonlight Stones.
“It weighs a lot, but more than half of it is broken to the point where it can’t be used as a magic stone.”
“Ahaha… Gurukuna~”
“Look, Marie. They were too strong magic.”
Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Group A and Gap-jo knew the reality.
Even when hundreds or thousands of undead swarmed, Marie wiped them out with her overwhelming firepower magic, and each time the undead swallowed the moonlight stone were shattered amicably.
“Well, it’s fortunate that we defeated several stage bosses.”
Rather, Isabelle complained that it was easier to deal with the stage bosses who would beat the semi-1st or 2nd class than the lower undead.
Anyway, here’s the score ranking:
Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Gabjo: 558 points
Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Group A: 499 points
Sergeant: 160 points
Euljo: 155 points
Chastity: 126 points
Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Group C: 98 points
Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Group B: 55 points
In fact, three Boramae teams. A situation where it was decided that one team from Merkava would advance. Group D has not returned yet, but I gave up my expectations for Group D, where two people were eliminated from the first day.
“Hello! Good morning!”
“Oh, I think we’re very late?”
And the survivors of Group D who returned. Corinne Locke and Arisha Arden.
Students and professors naturally looked at the bundles they brought, and soon responded with the same answer.
This was because the bundle the two brought was far too small compared to the other groups.
“You’re late, student Corinne. Student Arisha.”
“59 minutes. Close.”
“That’s why I said let’s eat after dinner.”
“If you go out to the city and eat, it’ll be a year. When will you wait?”
“Student Corinne, bring the bundle. We’ll measure the score.”
It may not mean much anyway, but Kang Lun faithfully fulfilled his duty.
“Yeah~ I’ll take it out here.”
Corinne took out the Moonlight Stone from the bag. only one of them.
-thud!
A heavy lump of moonlight stone is placed on the table. Everyone’s eyes were taken away by the moonlight stone that appeared.
The name Moonmyeongseok was given because it seemed to be soaked in moonlight, and it boasted a brilliant silver light.
It is a special product! It is a moonlight stone that is perfect in size and color to the extent that everyone recognizes it.
“Two, two hundred and fifty points…”
Everyone couldn’t hide their surprise at the score that came out of the meter.
With only one Moonlight Stone, he immediately climbed to third place. How on earth do you have to defeat a strong stage boss to get a moon stone like that?
“Huh? Corinne? Weren’t we supposed to go to the center of the city?”
Marie tilted her head as if questioning the fact that she was completely out of her safe zone and headed for a dangerous zone.
“I said it was dangerous, I didn’t say don’t go.”
“Grukuna!”
I should have gone too, Marie clapped her hands.
“Hmm… Group D, 3rd place with 250 points…”
“Isn’t this the end of what I brought?”
“You mean there are more?”
Two moonstones are pulled out one after another. Everyone is astonished at the moonstone of the same size as before.
“Corin and Arisha guys. How far have you gone!”
“Didn’t you catch the three major bosses of Nazrea in the center of the city?”
“crazy······.”
Each Moonlight Stone is worth 246 points. Scored 272 points.
“Okay, this is the last one.”
The last moonmyeongseok taken out was completely different from the previous one. Unlike the existing moonmyeongseok, the moonmyeongseok boasts an ominous bright red light.
It was an ominous light that seemed to be outside the category of moonlight stone.
“1,000 points.”
It was a moment when everyone was silent.
Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Group D: 1,768 points
Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Gabjo: 558 points
Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Group A: 499 points
Sergeant: 160 points
Euljo: 155 points
Chastity: 126 points
Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Group C: 98 points
Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.
Group B: 55 points
The winners of the group competition were determined.
* * * *
The way to leave Nazrea. I could see the city view of Nazrea from the room window.
There is still Erin in that city. An existence like the alter ego of Master, who was separated 300 years ago.
“It’s been eventful.”
“I know.”
Arisha sat down next to me and handed over the potatoes Marie had boiled.
“Are you going again?”
“It should be.”
Arisha seems to have noticed that I’m going to rescue the stuffed Erin. If I told you that I even made a contract with the Shinigami… would you get angry?
“At that time, Marie-senpai and I will go together. Even if we don’t know what Corin-san is up to, it will be useful.”
“thanks.”
It was admirable that he was willing to help, so he tousled Arisha’s hair. Ugh! Eh! Ugh! Arisha groaned.
“The key is the next team event. Arisha, you have to work hard.”
“······You look like you are doing well. But shouldn’t we have a doubles match when we get back?”
“There is that too.”
In the doubles event, Kang Yoo-hwa and Shin Sa-hyeok compete as a team. Originally, Photohyuk also participates in individual exhibitions, so he does not appear in team exhibitions…
This is all Kang Ryun’s trick. Well, you have to hang on first.
“Anyway, let’s rest for now. Working too much is tiring.”
I have to find a way to utilize the power I got from the Shinigami.
I got the treasure of the Underworld a little unexpectedly, but if I do well, the ‘Orb of the Four Gods’ could be the hidden card in Act 3 this time.
“You mad guy, what are you doing?”
I was worried about the guy who will be the core of this main scenario.
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The very day I returned to Merkava. I heard news like thunder from the blue sky from Mrs. Josephine.
“The Dutch student has been arrested.”
············Already?
Made me think. Erin is a female spearman who trained heroes and have connection with the underworld and death, is she Scathach?
Haha so true she’s even called the queen of shadow so yeah