201. error (2)
Chicks, Chicks.
The status window flickered.
As if it really was a system error. The frame is broken, and part of the screen is cut off.
‘what?’
It took me a while to fully understand what was happening.
So… … . The scene unfolding in front of my eyes, no, in my eyes, could be seen as a collapse of the system.
The ‘system’ that surrounded my world, which was a mystery itself, is shaking. It was as clear as this.
‘This happened when cognition changed.’
There were definitely hints to guess.
It happened as soon as I realized that the things I was working hard for were all designed by fate, and thought I would overthrow them.
I couldn’t exactly explain this phenomenon logically, but I could vaguely predict why this happened.
‘As I wish.’
It’s not about following the story, but making up your mind to do it completely with your own will.
That was the beginning of the system collapse.
Bondi, the cracks in the huge castle walls start from very small scratches.
If you dig and dig again and again and make cracks, even a strong fortress will collapse like a sand castle.
‘It’s fun.’
The corners of his lips rose gently.
It’s like throwing a big taffy at the fate that has been mocking me so far.
I felt as if I had reached another world, as if I had broken the shell that had imprisoned me.
Destiny is determined by me. Carve out your own way
‘Then what should I start with?’
Shuuk-!
The spear stabbed in with a sharp trajectory.
He tilted his head lightly, brushed his face, and then struck it with his sword.
Taang!
Fonte’s spearhead bent into the air like a bow. With his monstrous strength, Ponte forcibly presses the window sill as he tries to climb it.
“Sigh!”
The spear falls again with terrifying speed. Like trying to split me in half.
okay… … .
‘Stop this too.’
Stop being nervous to hide your skills.
It’s time to put down the burden of trying to maintain the level of a cadet for the sake of story balance.
Clumsy-!
Fonte’s statue window is broken.
“What?!”
It was a fleeting moment.
With overflowing mana, he instantly drew out the shadows and strengthened his shoulders.
No matter how much Fonterra it is, if it is a blow that does not use 100% turning radius, the impact is not perfect.
With the power of the dragon’s body and shadow, it’s possible to break that ice spear like a tree branch.
When the spear hit my shoulder and broke, I immediately counterattacked.
The world seen with extremely developed senses and long eyes was not much different from standing still.
You can stretch the time and fight as much as you like, if you want.
While Fonte panics and summons another spear with magic. I ran like the wind
A magic sphere is created in Ponte’s hand, and its shape is gradually revealed.
What will come out this time is Ponte’s main weapon, ‘The Spear of the Hundred Ghosts.’
But he can’t hold it.
Curses or dispels are the specialty of black magicians like me.
Ponte, you didn’t know that I was a master of black magic, so I wrote it openly, but anyway, openly using weapon summoning magic in front of a black magician is no different than an own goal.
A dispel spell flows from his muttered mouth. The ‘Spear of Hundred Ghosts’ that was about to be created was interrupted by my magic and could not be summoned.
The counterattack starts from there.
clap.
The magic sword is not lighter than the holy sword, but it boasts a heavy feeling.
Every time I wielded it, the amount of output was extraordinary.
――!
The targeted neck is on the left. As the sword barely touches Ponte’s neck, wind pressure bursts from the other side and a gust of wind rages.
Time returned, which had slowed down, and Ponte belatedly recognized the situation. The same was true of the cadets who were watching Dalian from afar.
It wasn’t until the sudden wind turned her bangs upside down that she realized that the match had ended in vain.
“Geez, what happened now?”
Gilliot approached, a little flustered. Sweat dripped from Ponte’s neck onto the demonic sword.
In fact, from the moment I became a great demon, there was no one among the cadets who could beat me.
Would it have been possible to have Ackerman, who received the main character correction?
Well, I didn’t care about that anymore. Because there is no reason to care.
There will be no need to notice in the future by hiding your skills.
‘Just that much.’
Gilliot only needs to show its superiority in skills that is understandable.
There is no problem as long as it doesn’t show the power of the great demons or dragons.
“Ah, you Aren… … When the hell is this?”
“Thank you in many ways. Let’s meet again next time.”
My gratitude to Fonte was sincere.
It’s because Fonte kicked me so hard that I woke up, and the cognitive change started.
“That, yes… … .”
Of course, Fonte is still looking at me with a bewildered face.
I just turned around.
[System Error]
[Understanding cause… … ]
[Unable to determine cause]
The status window seemed busy for some reason.
* * *
“okay. See you tomorrow~”
For some reason, I received a greeting from Cain, who was more supple than usual.
After I saved him in the Prelod Mountains, his eyes that looked at me were much softer, but even more so after I overpowered Ponte today.
Cain put some candies in the pocket of my training suit, and I didn’t know how much he liked the taste of the candy.
‘What about black cat-flavored candy?’
As for the broccoli-flavored candy, where can I get these?
The first class of the first semester of the 3rd year ended with a simple sparring session. It was practically a warm-up class.
Since there will be no external missions in the future, Dalian will become more frequent, but it was too annoying to have to fight every time.
It was difficult to practice properly because I was so ahead of myself in terms of skills.
‘Let’s ask the instructor to fight next time.’
I always wanted to fight Gilliat someday.
The [System Error] window was still floating in the air.
Is it because I really made up my mind to do whatever I want rather than follow the story?
It was not only the system that was embarrassed by the situation that could be called a cataclysm.
‘I’m embarrassed too.’
My head was dizzy as well.
I promised to do the tree frog thing to change my destiny, but there was no exact guideline yet, and there was no guarantee that it would be right.
In the end, I knew nothing.
So, I decided to do an experiment.
– Candidate Saint. How are you today?
First of all, as the head of ‘Crusaders’, I’m going to try to move Belle Yiru-shi, who has tightly gripped the story of the 5th act, at my own pace.
‘Then there will be a response.’
I always wanted to talk to Bell, but I thought it went well.
Our saintess candidate was the type to reply quickly. You’re always busy, but don’t you let go of the contact beads?
―Bell: Yes! Let’s meet at 5:00 at Sepia Village ‘Red Shark Pie’.
was very active.
Are you going to wear a wig again?
The number of wigs seems to be increasing as time goes by, and I thought that Lorena’s ability to supply them was amazing.
I don’t know if it’s not that he’s expanding his business like an octopus foot and making more money than me.
Well, since I bring that much commission, the better Lorena’s business goes, the better for Blackfire.
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“uh?”
With about 10 minutes to spare, we arrived at the ‘Red Shark Pie’ shop.
It was a new place, so there were quite a few customers, so I was embarrassed because there was no place to sit.
But as soon as I entered the entrance, there was a woman who looked at me with disgust.
‘Unusually red hair.’
He was staring at me while gently touching his braided hair on the street.
Today is a two-pronged, red-haired Bell!
I noticed that the person was Bell and casually sat down in front of her.
“Oh. How did you come to know me well?”
“It’s strange that you’re staring at me like that and I don’t notice.”
Bell covered her mouth and laughed. The eyes were drawing pleasant arcs.
‘It looks fine.’
Even if you just exchange the first word, you can know how he is feeling today.
Wasn’t it too much of a burden for Belle, was there a problem with the Pope? I came to see Bell because I was worried about this and that, but he seemed to be doing better than I thought.
The accumulated worries melted away like snow.
“Has everything been fine?”
“Well. It didn’t matter.”
Belle took a bite of a shark-shaped apple pie and our eyes met. Then, he suddenly rolled his eyes.
“No, maybe… … .”
“?”
That there was something special, that it wasn’t.
Anyway, Bell is a guy who lives for the fun of teasing people when he has a little bit of spare time.
“What happened with the Pope?”
There was no problem with Bell’s safety so far, so it shouldn’t have been a big problem, but I remember the day Bell told me to run away.
If the pope had come, he would have had a conversation with Bell.
‘There’s no way anything could have happened.’
Bell’s shoulders trembled at my words.
I also put down the apple pie I was happily eating. It was clear that something had happened. Otherwise, there’s no way I could have reacted like that.
“… … Did you know senior Aren?”
Bell wiped her lips and said. The eyes were calmly submerged.
“The Pope is not a man.”
Venezio Adragones is an obscene homunculus who continues his life in exchange for giving his heart to the devil.
He must have met Bell and made a bad suggestion with his cunning tongue.
I nodded quietly.
As already warned, Aeonia was stained with evil. Bell realized it once more.
Even in the story, nothing happens between the Pope and Bell.
This time, too, he was so sure that the pope would not gain anything by touching the bell.
However, now it is more certain.
‘There are no variables other than the flow described in the prophetic book.’
The ‘variable’ that gave me trouble was nothing more than a planned ‘device’ to move me in the direction they wanted.
Other than that, nothing else can happen.
“He told me to hold his hand as he will give me eternal life… … . It’s disgusting.”
Bell furrowed her nose cutely as if recalling the situation at the time.
“Did nothing happen after that?”
“yes. just. Like something that happened in a dream. We greet each other casually and take care of church affairs. It’s uncomfortable.”
“okay.”
As expected of a guy who has lived a very long time, he had a snake in his stomach, not a serpent.
The pope is clearly aware that he must not touch the bell.
In addition, the fact that I am definitely a threat to myself.
But, apparently, some kind of threat to Belle is circling around her.
With a little twist, the pope could capture Belle, attack her, brainwash her, and threaten me as a hostage.
First of all, Bell looks much better than I thought, so I’m satisfied, but I needed to take action.
Normally, I would have advised her to use defensive spells to keep her away from the threat, or to refrain from interacting with the Pope as much as possible, but this time it was different.
‘A change of thinking.’
Rather, it puts Bell in danger.
Anyway, according to the prophecy, Bell is destined to disappear only after killing the demon king.
That would also mean Belle won’t be dead until then, at least.
The system will do its best to move the narrative as prophesied.
At least until then, it was necessary to fully utilize the surrounding characters.
‘It will also help Bell grow.’
The person who reforms the church against the pope in earnest is Bell.
It doesn’t seem too bad to take this opportunity to see the bare face of the church more clearly.
“Candidate Saint.”
“yes? oppa… … no. Seniors?”
“What did you just say… … .”
“no.”
Bell bit her lip and smiled as if nothing was wrong. You must have heard it wrong.
I pulled up a chair and started a serious conversation.
“Have you ever been to the fourth basement level of the Vatican building?”
It is to entrust the search for Ackerman’s Three Gods to Bell instead.
You don’t have to be the main character, right? In the first place, Ackerman is now half the main character.
“Oh, no… … ?”
[System Error]
[Analyzing System Error]
[System Error Occurred EP. 5-12]
[Unable to determine cause]
… …
[Not adjustable]
Operation Tree Frog was working properly.
* * *
Now I have some sense.
If I don’t try hard to follow the set ‘story’ and act like a tree frog, the system starts to go crazy.
I don’t know if the outside being can intervene again or not, but for now it worked.
The system window is still displaying the message [Unable to adjust] along with the phrase [Cannot determine the cause].
In other words.
Right now, no matter how many weird things I do, things won’t go wrong.
Even if an outside entity intervenes, I have no intention of letting it go unnoticed.
If the predetermined end is to lose loved ones, I will never follow through.
‘At any cost.’
Time to end a busy day.
Tring-!
The silent contact bead rang.
‘what?’
The only person who can contact me at this time is Sianna. I had to look at it broadly, so Cain grumbled and said, “Why don’t you say good night?”
This time, Ciana wanted to contact her, so she took out a marble and said,
Caller Restriction Codes: The dawn is dawning.
It was a call from someone I didn’t know.
It was a caller restriction code, and the content of the text was also strange, so I was in a situation where I tilted my head.
‘Is this… … .’
But guesses could be made. No, on second thought, it was rather blatant.
Gaebyeok.
With just this cheesy word, it’s easy to guess which guy contacted you like this.
‘Ah-oh. really.’
I told you to be careful, but are you just texting with a caller restriction code?
―Wouldn’t it be less suspicious to just text like a normal person? uh? It’s Devlani.
-Ah, yes. sorry…
―Place, time, light greeting. This should have been enough… I should have done it normally. under. done.
-I’m sorry…
There is no sign that anyone is watching, but if anyone gets caught, it would be less suspicious this way.
For no reason, I grabbed the strand with the concept of middle school 2. This is probably my fault after all.
-not. so what’s going on
-Yep. I searched all the places the human prince said and found the place where Argon is staying…!
okay.
The thing to come has finally come.
The former main villain, who can see the end of the tree frog, came into my grasp.
How to properly cause a system error?
I want to make it explosive level… … .
-Where are you now. I’ll go right away.
-Yep. It’s in the lobby.
what? This crazy succubus?