43-3. Is belief stronger than will?
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Tardun’s temple is located on a steep stone mountain called the Lupus Mountains.
The crown prince. No, the name of Lupus Grancia, who holds the status of a prince, must have been derived from this.
The next morning. I climbed the mountain early with a group.
“Is this the temple of Tardun?”
“Locationally correct.”
I took out a map and found a strangely curved terrain.
As far as I remember, this is correct. It’s not a very inconspicuous place.
“Kai!! Drop me off now.. I’m ashamed..”
“Whenever you ask to be picked up.”
Ariel is being carried by Kynell. My legs hurt from the middle or something. I could use magic, but I’m not good at expressing emotions because I’m afraid someone might not be a tsundere.
For shame, Ariel had a smile on her face.
“..It’s spooky, isn’t it?”
It took a long time to arrive at the temple, where traces of people have been cut off like an abandoned house, and it is covered with bushes and dust.
Are there no people managing it now? Apparently, it came out a little cleaner in the sequel.
The gray lycanthrope that appeared as the administrator is nowhere to be seen. There is no one to guard like the librarian Laplace or the Grim Reaper.
I touched the statue in the shape of a large wolf holding a sword. A statue that means tardun.
“This is the perfect place to improve your swordsmanship.”
Just as Laplace became a great mage after coming into contact with the Library of Truth, this is the only answer to complete my demon slaughter.
A structure that varies depending on the route the player has taken.
Originally, he showed the eccentricity of obtaining the demon sword Horizon and ignoring all traps with defense. Because I can’t do that now.
“..Cute.”
Fine was stroking the stone wolf’s forehead. Like Haetae, it is built as if to protect the temple.
Looking at that, I suddenly remembered the information I bought from the information vendor yesterday.
What does it mean to put the wolf, which means day and night, in a ring? He wanted the power to change fate in order to prevent the forced event of Fine’s death.
Emperor Locke is a word that comes to mind, but looking back on it, he didn’t have the ability to twist fate either.
Because Empress Belin is a character who cannot be taken out of her card.
‘If it’s information that a loner can’t say…. It must be a higher god than the four gods.’
The god of light and the god of darkness.
I heard about these guys even during class. I also looked for it because it seemed to be related to the nameless Saint Fine in the game.
The saintess mentioned that the only information she got was related to the demonic sword or the holy sword, and that the God of Light is rather reticent, so she may not understand the meaning.
But what are the gods of light and gods of darkness in charge of?
Seeing that Tardun, the god of will, is in charge of swordsmanship and Akasha, the god of intelligence, is in charge of magic, it doesn’t seem like light and darkness.
“This is the entrance.”
Tuk-tuk knocked on the stone door and checked the patterns that came to mind. Something that symbolizes the route the player took.
The route I’ve taken so far is the route of my colleagues from Kainel, Dennis, and Nex….
Unlike in the game, in the case of Laplace and the Sage, it’s hard to call them colleagues this time. It’s because I didn’t organize it clearly as a party to catch the demon lord.
“Wow.. What is this? Mr. Tugu?”
“It’s just a puzzle. It’s simple.”
Along with the hum of light, a lavender symbolizing a couple of warriors appeared at the door, followed by a golden plural plant symbolizing the love between the Heavenly Demon and Dennis.
“Perhaps the ordeal will depend on this.”
Nex is a bat with its back to the sun.
After all, if the two of them want to get married, they have to overcome Asha Aureus’ opposition, so it’s natural.
Even if this is changed, the difficulty will not be affected. Because the remaining one is the most important.
And the last pattern that came to mind. Something that symbolizes our route with Finewa.
“Oh, what? A blue rose…?”
The top of the wall. I couldn’t hide my bewilderment when I saw a rose shining softly in blue.
Obviously, it was a white rose when I visited with the nameless Saint Fine. But what is the thing that has turned into a blue rose?
“Licht.. What’s wrong?”
Fine expresses her doubts by touching the mana rose hair ornament. Maybe it’s because of that
Because I saved Fine, who was about to be forgotten through ignorance, her route may have gone wrong. The status window also said something.
‘Obviously now that she’s a ‘named princess’… It’s not the saintess route.’
If you enter the temple with the saint’s route, countless traps and tricks will unfold as if it means her suffering, and the Minotaur follows.
I took the lead, activating all the traps, believing only in the defense power of the demonic sword, and pierced it with my body.
Gulp, saliva went down my throat. I wonder if it’s right to enter like this.
I came because I thought there must be a way to practice swordsmanship. You never know what will come out of this.
“Licht. Let’s go in.”
“Pine, hold on a second. Aren’t you scared? At the place where the Inrang tribe had their coming-of-age ceremony, there must be a test or something.”
“Yes, with Licht. Are you okay.”
As I was frightened and unable to move, I felt a gentle force in my arm. Fine’s cheeks are slightly red with her arms crossed.
You seem more and more confident, similar to the nameless saintess I know. Is it because she got along with me?
I laughed a little at the thought that this might be the nature of a person called Fine Grancia.
“..Me too. Blood.”
She tried not to put on another look as much as possible, but that’s enough.
I cracked the code while matching the patterns on the wall. This is because I can press them in the order I stepped on the route.
Let’s place our palms in the order of lavender, bat, plural plant and blue rose-. The door started to open with a noise.
“Then, are you ready?”
Smoke flows from the darkness of the temple where you can not see an inch ahead.
There must be traps that will test your will ahead of you. I forcibly suppressed my anxiety and moved on.
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***
How much time has passed. I heard someone’s voice and opened my eyes.
“Rich, you need to get up.”
The image of someone waking me up lying on a soft bed. I fell asleep at the strange feeling of pressing my cheeks with my fingers.
“Pine?”
A girl with black hair smiled softly next to me. Anyone could see the appearance of Fine Grancia, but it was different in small details.
“What color is her hair?”
“Why is your hair color..?”
Black hair, not white hair. Pineda looks like a black wolf.
“Wasn’t it originally white?”
“Whoops, Licht. You haven’t slept How can you be my fiancé?”
What? Fiance? I don’t understand how the situation has changed so quickly.
A bed with gold decorations and fancy decorations, just like a bed in an imperial palace. There were cute dolls all around.
Shouldn’t a monster or trap come out and test your will? Looking around, I found a couple of warriors.
“Where are Kynel and Ariel? Blood..?”
“Kinel..? Who is that..?”
Fine in black doesn’t know the name of the warrior couple.
She felt something strange and put her hand to her face. The feel of a soft ball that is immediately touched. Even if she pulled on it, there was no pain.
Even when I see myself reflected in a distant mirror, I don’t have the black knight helmet I always wear. So, this is a virtual space, not reality.
‘Is this the setting where Fine and I are engaged..?’
The academy outfit he was wearing is the same. Fortunately, it wasn’t difficult this time.
It was unfortunate that the sword he was wearing around his waist was gone, but at least it doesn’t seem to be a dangerous situation.
“Stop talking in your sleep and wake up. My mother and father are waiting for you.”
For the time being, I thought it was a temple test and followed Fine.
She wore a black dress rather than her usual academy clothes, and her appearance was fresh.
“It’s late. Licht.”
“You always make my daughter wait. Licht.”
When I went down her stairs, I was greeted by her black-haired Inrang couple. A man and a woman who cannot be forgotten.
“His Majesty the Emperor Locke…. Empress Bellin…?”
“You can keep quiet. What’s going on between us?”
Roque Grancia and Belin Grancia. Looking at them, I felt the blood in my body freeze. Feet do not fall
Does that make sense? One got hit by Magic Hat and turned into a card, and the other one thinks I’m a thief.
“Licht. Let us sit here.”
Fine pats her cushion as she pushes the chair right next to her. A signal to her to take a seat next to her.
It is like a cushion of thorns opposite the emperor and empress.
“I understand. Blood.”
“Whoops, Mr. Wolf. You listen well.”
I reluctantly sat down. She couldn’t resist because the ice-like expression of Fine, which she usually saw, melted.
“Black cow steak. Richt, the one you liked.”
She sees a well-roasted steak in front of her eyes. Fine took a smaller piece than me. A noticeable decrease in the amount of food eaten.
“I eat a lot.. I have no appetite.”
As far as I know, Fine is a glutton. Even if she uses transmission magic or dragon hearts from earlier, she is ineffective.
She needs to feel where she is. She is undetectable even though she is stuck right next to it. She already noticed to some extent.
These people are fake.
“Adult artisan.”
She spat out lines that she always wanted to try. The momentarily squirming veins in the emperor’s temple are very bothersome, but it doesn’t matter.
“Why are you calling? Richt?”
As expected, it’s a success. There was no way that the real Roch Grancia emperor would show me such a favorable attitude.
“What year is it in the Imperial calendar?”
I asked a question to detect the other person’s lie.