It was a powerful attack that, even if I knew it in advance and dealt with it, I would have ended up dying only if I was lucky.
So, of course, he should have died.
However, it was not enough to save his life, so he was too fine.
“… hey.”
It was thanks to the fact that No. 782 mobilized all the power he had to protect Do-jin.
Not only the power that Dagne left behind, but also the power of Daskandar that had just been imbued with, and even the curse of Noir who revived himself as an undead.
She literally threw everything to protect Do-jin.
“Relief… hey.”
Number 782, who woke up with difficulty at Dojin’s call, first checked Dojin’s condition.
On the subject of creating unstoppable cracks in your body.
Dojin hurriedly grabbed her by the shoulder.
It was because it was about to break apart and fall down.
But holding on to it couldn’t stop it from breaking.
Her condition had already reached an irreversible stage.
“… it’s okay.”
Number 782 said while looking at the separated shoulder and arm like a plaster statue.
“what! What’s okay!”
Dojin got angry.
Seeing this, #782 opened her eyes wide in surprise, then smiled with a face full of scars.
“Are you mad at me for me? I think this is my first time.”
Those words left with an innocent smile became her last will.
In death, the watchman of the forest.
The girl, who was only called by numbers when she was alive, closed her eyes.
It was a very comfortable face.
A happy smile remains on his lips.
As if he was so happy that he was able to save Do-jin.
That made Dojin even sadder.
“… … .”
Do-jin tried to hug 782 tightly in his arms.
But her body disintegrated first.
The corpse, which had not decayed and wandered through the forest, collapsed into powder in an instant, as if it had met the enduring years in an instant.
Something like this, no… Can this be called rest?
[quest]
What Jeong Ryeong-yong left behind
Class: Hidden
[Noah’s… … .]
As soon as the quest information message came to mind, Do-jin put everything away.
I didn’t want to see anything now.
Do-jin, who got up without a word, looked around.
I saw Nua and Dagne disappearing in the distance.
Dojin approached those who were walking towards the end.
Noir’s eyes, with her head hanging down on the floor, contain Dojin.
I could tell just by looking at his eyes.
that you are sane.
“… I know it’s not your fault. But did you really have to do this? Sinful people suffer. It’s natural, but the poor children who were only used by ugly people and you didn’t have to go through such a painful time.”
it’s bullsh*t
From Noir’s point of view, everything that attacked her would have been an enemy and an enemy.
There could be no time to distinguish who is evil and who is innocent who has been taken advantage of.
Dojin knew it well.
This was just a preference for number 782, who was a little close, ate together, and came to empathize.
“… Sorry, human child.”
Still, Noah apologized.
He moved his painful body and spoke with a voice.
I’m sorry.
The words of the spirit in the form of a deer contained sincerity.
“Everything is my fault for losing my reason due to resentment. If only I had accepted everything and returned to Mother Nature… As you said, everyone would have been less unhappy. Me and the poor children too.”
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Most animal-shaped spirits love young beings.
It is because the instincts of the past, which were ordinary animals at birth, remain.
That’s why it was so painful at this moment to realize that Nua, who was born as a deer and became a spirit, also turned children into corpses wandering in the forest.
“The moment I lost my reason, I became unable to stop myself. But that’s just an excuse. should have stopped I shouldn’t have turned away from the screams of fear and pleading.”
Do-jin, who saw Noah blaming himself, bit his lip.
In the end, only greedy adults are bad.
782 also.
Other children who were in the same situation as her.
Dagne and Nuado.
Everyone was a victim.
“ha… … .”
Do-jin covers his eyes with his hands and sighs exhausted.
Noir blinked hard at him and said.
“Thank you for stopping me, albeit belatedly.”
“… Rest in peace now, too.”
Noir closed her eyes and replied.
“I have to restore my hometown, which I destroyed, to its original form.”
Grass grew from Noir’s body.
They stretched out and burrowed into the barren land.
Little by little the forest was changing.
As the forest changes, Noir’s body gradually rots and disappears.
It was literally going back to the forest.
【You don’t even pay attention to me until the end. It’s like a narrow-minded deer.]
Dojin turned his head.
In the direction of the wolf, which loses its power and disappears.
There was no energy in the words of the wolf that resonated in my head as much as Noir’s voice.
“Because from Noua’s point of view, you are also the perpetrator.”
【… Not really. Still, I was in a situation where I couldn’t help it. I could have thrown off the restraints or whatever, but the children would have died instantly if I did.]
I couldn’t get out of control because I was afraid that the kids would die. Anyway, what are the spirits?
“It looks like you haven’t been left in a while, do you have anything you want to say?”
【Nothing. Apparently, Darskandar also left first, so I wished I could meet him at the Cradle of Spirits? Now that the suffering children wandering through the forest will rest, I’ve done everything I can.]
“Your eyes are too full of regret for such a thing.”
He pretended to be relieved, but Dagne’s eyes seemed to be full of regret and regret.
Dagne was lost in thought for a long time, as if Do-jin was right, and then spoke up.
【… Human, can I ask you a favor?]
Dojin nodded.
【That child liked you a lot. To the point where I would rather be in eternal rest than to leave you alone and be left alone in the woods. So remember That there was a child who was truly happy that he was able to save you and closed his eyes.]
“… … .”
【There should be at least one.】
A child who died without a name, someone who remembers that there were children.
Hearing the wolf’s last wind, Do-jin put his hand on the translucent wolf’s large head and said.
“I don’t forget anything.”
Wolf, Dagne’s mouth was torn. Bloody fangs are exposed.
it was a laugh
【now… Looks like it’s time to go… … .]
Dagne’s words echoed in my head like an echo.
Those were the last words.
By that time, Noah had also died.
The two spirits died, and in the process of returning to Mother Nature, tremendous spirit power was released.
The enormous spirit power that existed in one place acted as an attraction that attracted all the spirit powers spread throughout the forest.
The place where the energy of the spirits gathered in this way is finally gathered… … .
“Is this the end? … .”
It was a spirit dragon egg.
As soon as the phenomenon ended, the hidden quest was completed.
A disturbing message.
Experience and gold came in.
The spirit dragon’s egg, which was a dead egg that could not hatch, has been changed to a ‘spirit egg’ that can hatch.
An explanation was added that it would hatch over time.
The evaluation that the progress of the hidden quest was perfect also followed.
However, Do-jin was not happy with all of that.
What I lost was too great for what I gained.
All that was left was despondency, emptiness, and desolate feelings.
Dojin stood still for a long time and looked at the sky, forest, and land.
Then I moved my steps and went to the place where 782 met its end.
There was nothing that was her.
Scattered by the wind, they flew into the forest and into the sky.
The only trace was a piece of broken armor.
Do-jin carefully captured it.
‘I should at least make a grave.’
But if you make only one tomb, it will be lonely.
He was afraid to be left alone, so he rather wished for rest.
I wanted to make sure I wasn’t lonely.
“782… … .”
No, how many children were in the same situation as the watchman?
The young Tegran had been swept away by the torrent of power long ago and had no place to ask for it.
Then you just have to make it in moderation.
After all, making a tomb is also the self-satisfaction of the survivors.
Do-jin decided to build the tomb of the watchman and her friends until the feeling of devastation and debt in his heart was diluted a little.
An act that some might consider a meaningless waste of time.
However, Dojin knew through various experiences.
If you don’t do something like this, it will be more difficult later.
* * *
A full day has passed since it all ended.
The empty lot, which was the last battlefield for the day, was completely different.
Do-jin made it a grave for the children sacrificed in this forest.
A tomb made by inserting a cross carved out of wood at a reasonable distance.
Among the tombs, the most elaborate was the tomb of the watchman located in the middle.
“My friend who likes warm stew.”
He buried her belongings and erected a tombstone made with great care.
I didn’t want to write down the number 782.
So, after contemplating throughout the making of the tombstone, I wrote ‘my friend’.
Even after completing the tomb, Do-jin, who sat in front of it for several hours and controlled her emotions, quietly put down the bowl and spoon she used.
“I’ll come by sometime. Don’t be too lonely.”
Do-jin raised his body after sweeping and touching the engraved ‘My friend’.
It was when Dojin turned bitterly.
[The ‘spirit egg’ starts hatching.]
The inventory was forcibly opened with a message.
A ‘spirit egg’ protruded from there.
It was the main reward of the Hidden Quest obtained when the spirit dragon’s egg changed to be able to hatch.
Dojin was a little embarrassed.
‘Hatches in just one day?’
Whether or not the owner panicked, Al did his job.
It shook and cracked, and the energy of the spirit flowed out.
fast.
The egg completely shattered and something came out from inside.
* * *
The girl opened her eyes.
No, it was dropped.
But it was very difficult to open my eyes.
I didn’t even know that the light had become unfamiliar to me from walking in the dark for so long.
Besides, I was too sleepy.
Can’t we just sleep like this for a little while?
When a girl thinks so.
“You’re a wolf… … ?”
An unforgettable voice was heard.
The girl reflexively opened her eyes.
In her eyes, someone’s face came into view.
Even if he doesn’t look nice, he’s obviously kinder than anyone else.
I wanted to meet you again even if I walked a long, long road full of darkness that seemed to last forever.
【… jin.】