329 – Side Story: Darkest Warriors – 1
ㅡQuajijik!
“Ah.”
I was standing there with a bit of surprise in my hand, holding a portion of the ability confirmation orb that had been completely shattered with a heavy drink.
As if the sound of the explosion had spread outside, the sound of high heels running hurriedly could be heard in the distance. When I guessed the location, it seemed that I would arrive in about 10 seconds.
“…… I didn’t know it would explode.”
I looked around shyly. Everywhere was covered with blue debris. I thought it would just pop up an unmeasurable message or something, but I never really imagined that the marble itself would burst.
“What are you doing, Captain?!”
With a bang, the door was thrown open vigorously. Three members dressed in bunny girls rushed into the room with their hearts pounding.
He looked surprised, but he wasn’t wary. You must have noticed that the source of the sound is me. I moved the fragments of what was once an ability check orb with the tip of my foot.
“No big deal. I broke it.”
“…… Do you mean the ability check orb?”
“Right. Somehow it happened.”
All the bunny girls had eyes that said it was nonsense. I also had a shy smile.
“I’ll ask Lady Minerva to bring it in as soon as possible.”
I was thinking of fixing it with the Power of Restoration if I could just say this and lose my eyes.
It’s not that I don’t believe in the Knights of the Dark Vigil, but since it’s an ability given directly by the goddess, the fewer people who know about the Power of Restoration, the better.
“Isn’t there someone you need right now? I think 30 minutes would be enough.”
“There are a few kids who stop by to check if their abilities have improved after training, but…… It’s not strictly necessary. Status confirmation is a secondary factor to the last. If your ability level has increased, you can feel it first.”
“What did you do, Captain? I’ve never heard of an ability check orb exploding or breaking during a measurement…….”
“I am also curious. I just raised my hand like before to check my stats, and it ended up like this.”
ㅡWhat is it? Why are you all gathered?
ㅡI heard the captain exploded the skill check orb?
All kinds of bunny girls started to gather behind the first three people who ran. The number of pupils staring into the room increased.
It seems that all the members have gathered, but the sound of the explosion was so loud. Or was it because gossip was thrown around when they were bored to death because they had nothing to do?
ㅡYou said you exploded the ability check orb? Was that possible?
ㅡYou’re the leader. He may have an ability or two that we don’t know about.
Most of the whispers could be compressed into ‘Is that really possible? They kept their voices low enough to whisper so that I couldn’t hear them, but unfortunately I could hear them.
ㅡI think I know.
ㅡ Really? What?
ㅡCaptain, you are far from an ordinary human being. Didn’t the marble burst because it couldn’t handle the force?
Oh…….
—-Well, if you’re the captain, I’ll stay like that. The people of Seongguk treat you like a living saint.
No one pointed out the absurdity of that opinion. On the contrary, most of the responses were that of course it could be.
As I watched hundreds of citizens of the Holy Land come and worship me every day, it seemed that even the Knights of the Dark Night had begun to lose their judgment.
ㅡShould I, too, follow the people of Seongguk and pray to the leader?
ㅡ Why?
ㅡ Do you know? Will we receive grace and increase our abilities?
ㅡIf that’s the case, I’d rather go to the holy kingdom. If I told you that I came to believe you, Captain, would you accept it right away?
ㅡThere is a living saint right in front of you. Why? And if you go to Seongguk, they say you pray for 16 hours a day, but I won’t go there.
The nonsense became more and more serious, and later, the opinion of praying for me was seriously exchanged.
As the dozens of bunny girls disappeared with their unique butt twitching gait, I immediately closed the door and called Eclipse.
“Yes, you. Did you call?”
Eclipse also showed itself in less than a second this time. It was safe to say that this side was under constant surveillance.
“Is there a limit to ability check orbs?”
I put my hand on the surface of the marble again. The orb emitted a blue light and tried to raise its status, but it shattered with a pop sound. Debris scattered in all directions.
I used the Power of Restoration to repair it and put it back on the cushion. Eclipse, who stared blankly at it, simply affirmed.
“Of course I do. You can think of it as the same as the status window that appears in Brightest Darkness 4.”
If it is the same as brunet 4, it means that the display limit is 99.
“It is a limit that would not have been a problem if it was limited to the creatures of this world. This is because no matter how powerful a person is, their stats do not exceed a certain level. But you are different. You’ve been down the same road three times before coming here. Your status can’t just end at 99, so the orb is overloaded because it can’t accept all the information.”
‘That was real.’
One of the members who came here guessed that the marble burst because it couldn’t handle the force, but it was true. It was like catching a mouse while walking backwards.
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“The notation is only up to 99, but since someone with more power than that entrusts the ability measurement, it is bound to cause an error. If the power you possess now is converted into the status of the Brightest Darkness series…… Maybe 500 for each ability level will easily go over?”
From 1 to 4, all of them scored 99, but even if I tried, it was 396. There must have been something I didn’t know. Why would Eclipse lie about something like that?
‘How much would Eclipse’s abilities be in terms of numbers?’
“Hick?!”
While I was thinking such silly thoughts, the goddess suddenly flinched at her body. Then she started rubbing her thighs restlessly.
“Why is that, Goddess?”
“Oh, nothing. I just felt a tingling sensation in my uterus…… Weird. This time, my name wasn’t called, but why did I feel the same way as then…….”
Eclipse rubbed her thighs to find the source of the tingling sensation. For some reason, she seemed to know the cause, so she was silent and dumbfounded inside.
That goddess, as soon as I thought I was ‘eclipse’, she reacted like that. Since she is a goddess who can read people’s thoughts, it seems that the aftermath of the practice has been affected like that.
I decided to try one more time just in case.
‘Eclipse.’
“Haaang?!”
“… ….”
In the end, Eclipse, who couldn’t find the cause until the end, returned with a tearful expression saying that her body had become strange, and thanks to her enormous presence, the stat check task was over.
And, it was exactly three days later that I was able to recall the end content for the highest level, which I completely forgot about because I was surprised by Eclipse.
“Captain. I think you should come here right now.”
I was in the middle of watching an in-depth discussion about Aurora and Caicilia’s stat distribution efficiency, which was the cause of my sudden stat check. Laxia contacted me in an urgent voice.
It was a scroll that I was told to use only when there was a really serious situation, and Laksia wasn’t the type to use it carelessly, so I received the message with a little nervousness.
“Why? What happened?”
“A woman came to visit me, asking to call the leader, but she had a quarrel with the people of the Seongguk, saying that she had called the leader carelessly because it was not enough for her to step into the sanctuary recklessly. I’m ready to attack her right now. She tried to stop her, but even if all of us attacked her, she was no match for her. If you don’t come soon, you might actually bleed.”
“Okay. I’ll go right away.”
After drying Kai Killia, who said she would follow her, she hurriedly opened her portal and moved to the castle.
The castle was a total mess. The Knights of the Jet Dark Night, which were broken and smashed in several places, were being treated by a nun, and a hideous atmosphere was felt in all directions.
As reported, things were going to happen at any moment.
‘Is that a woman?’
However, there was not even a hint of tension in the expression of the woman in the middle of those menacing gazes. She just looked around her with her bored expression on her face.
Her long, straight hair down to her hips was a glossy black mixed with brown, and her eyes were blood red. Her skin was a healthy tan, as if she had been tanned.
She was as tall as me, and she wore jet-black armor with patterns resembling dragon scales. She wasn’t wearing a patterned armor like bikini armor, it was a solid armor that covered her whole body tightly.
The sword at the waist had an appearance I had seen somewhere before.
“Everyone back down. I’ll take care of it.”
“Captain!”
As soon as I heard my voice, the faces of the deputy commanders who were confronting the woman brightened. The general members who were receiving treatment had similar reactions.
I took advantage of the moment when the woman’s gaze was focused on me and quickly winked. The vice-captains, realizing the meaning of the wink, went into the castle to take care of the wounded. The nun who was in charge of her treatment eagerly followed.
“Do the prayers that you have been praying for as well.”
“Yes. Saint I will gladly follow the words of the Holy Son.”
The vicious spirit disappeared in one fell swoop. Hundreds of people surrounding the woman bowed their heads in unison and offered a brief prayer before heading to the prayer hall.
Now there are only two left. As soon as I arrived, the woman who had a bored expression on her face was shining her eyes as if she had ever been bored.
“Are you the captain of the Knights of the Jet Dark Night?”
It was over there who opened his mouth first.
“That’s right, but what brought you here? As you can see, this is not an ordinary space. I don’t know why, but I will definitely pay for my children.”
“I have something to do with you.”
“To me?”
“Yes.”
The woman stared clearly into my eyes.
“I did everything I could. I’ve finished all my adventures, I’ve slain all my enemies, and I’ve grown to my human limits. I have nowhere else to go.”
‘…… Wait for a sec.’
It was a familiar line. As soon as I heard that, I recognized the identity of that woman. Why didn’t i think of that In terms of the game, I’m practically at the highest level right now.
Was the impact of Eclipse doing such a thing too great?
“So are you. Right? You, like me, have completed all adventures, defeated all enemies, and grown to the limit of human beings. You also have nowhere else to go.”
If you check the stats window after reaching max level in Brightest Darkness 4, this NPC will come to you claiming to have heard the rumors of the player, and the last hidden boss of Brunet 4.
“I heard your rumors. Now, the only opponents we can challenge are each other. So, let’s duel. Could you kill me with honor? Right, Captain of the Dark Night Knights?”
He was a Darkest Warrior.
Ebony Warrior lol