111 – Red Earth (1)
Before the coming-of-age ceremony, Siron had to prepare a lot.
Ready to cross the mountain range. Ready to settle down in Magyeong. And in place of the broken black iron sword, you must receive a sword from Yuma to give to Lucia.
“How long should I wait?”
“I know.”
The main gate of Dawnseong Fortress.
It’s still too early for the sun to rise.
After getting ready to head to the Demonic Land, the group waited for Yuma, who had not yet returned. Aside from the fact that Lucia did not have a sword to use, the absence of Yuma, who was supposed to supervise the coming-of-age ceremony along with Glenn, the head of the family, was enough to create a situation where it could not start.
“You’re here.”
Glenn narrowed his gaze as if he had seen something. After a while, the image of a woman holding a sword and a pouch in her hands came into view.
“I’m sorry. I was late because I had some work to do.”
Yuma lowered his head, straightening his slightly disheveled bangs. She arrived in such a hurry that frost clung to her clothes that she could not shake off.
“Master. As you said, I have obtained a sword.”
“great job.”
Shiron, who took the sword from Yuma, narrowed his eyes.
It was a sword with a milky-white body and a black hilt that Siron was familiar with.
[Fairy Long Sword]
The fairy’s longsword was one of the weapons that Prien could choose after completing his coming-of-age ceremony.
‘Was the place they said they visited the giant’s blacksmith shop?’
It is definitely better than the black iron sword made by humans. However, it was worse than Sirius, which can be obtained at the end of the game.
With a slightly regretful look in his eyes, Siron handed the fairy longsword to Lucia who was next to him. Lucia looked around the milky-white sword body.
‘…I can say this with confidence.’
First of all, the sword that Siron gave was light. Usually equal to or lighter than a sword made of iron. You had to cut something with the sword to know for sure, but the item Siron gave you was usually a good sword, rather than a black iron sword that was five times more scary than regular iron.
Lucia immediately erased her faint smile and stared at Siron.
“Is this the sword that created stars?”
“no.”
“Yes?
“Let’s finish the coming-of-age ceremony and then talk again.”
“uh…”
Lucia looked blank at Siron’s unexpected answer.
‘Where are you looking?’
Siron looked at Lucia and did not speak. His eyes remained on Yuma’s hand from the moment he handed him the sword.
“Let’s leave quickly.”
“…yes.”
At Glenn’s signal to the group, Lucia adjusted her body-sized bag.
*
Although there were mostly steep cliffs and slippery slopes, there were no problems climbing the endless mountain range.
‘It’s a bit cumbersome, but it’s worth it.’
Suddenly, a black shadow appeared.
Siron immediately swung the holy sword. Because of the blizzard, it was difficult to discern the identity of the demon beast, but it would be foolish to pay attention to the demon beast that had already been reduced to ashes.
Pasasasak-
The divine power crushed the demonic beast.
The holy sword itself emits overwhelming holy power, but by adding additional holy power, the attacking demonic beasts are often reduced to ashes and scattered around.
‘Isn’t it better to fall a little bit? Even though it doesn’t hurt, your eyes will still sting.’
Shiron glanced at Yuma who was following him. Perhaps because of the cold, Yuma’s face was slightly flushed.
“Don’t worry about me, just focus.”
“…okay.”
‘I have to do my job well.’
Siron climbed the frozen slope, clutching the holy sword. and,
Yuma, who was watching Shiron walking away, lifted his pocket and whispered.
“Have you seen it?”
“What. What?”
A frightened voice came out of my pocket.
“The overwhelming majesty of the master.”
“…”
“Isn’t that amazing? Answer me.”
“Uh… it sure looks like the one remaining eye is going to shatter.”
“You have eyes to see.”
“Uh… right?”
Dolby tried to please Yuma. As was the case 500 years ago, Dolby found it even more difficult to understand her actions.
‘I already knew he was crazy, but did his madness get worse while I was not looking at him?’
Dolby suddenly remembered a past that had faded because it was so long ago.
Bloody Yuma.
Even before she lost one of her horns, she reigned as fear to humans. Looking at it now, it was a bit of an exaggerated nickname, but since it was given by the humans who were fighting against Yuma at the time, Yuma was not ashamed of that nickname.
The sight of him leading the devil’s army was so charming that it made Dolby’s heart beat, even though he was still a young fairy at the time.
‘…Why did this happen?’
Dolby, who once had respect for her, could not help but feel sorry for Yuma, who was behaving strangely.
What on earth changed Yuma?
After the horn was shattered?
Since being betrayed by the demon god?
Maybe it was when I started raising humans called Prien. The eyes, which had been so sharp, suddenly began to glow with kindness, and an incongruous polite word flowed from between the red lips.
And now,
Yuma immediately began to brag about the human being he had raised to Dolby.
“you.”
“huh?”
Dolby swallowed when he heard a cold voice.
“Are you looking at it properly?”
“of course.”
“Is that so? Then please explain. What just happened?”
“that…”
Dolby narrowed his eyes to answer the surprise question. The world hidden behind the thin cloth was already hard to discern, and in addition, there was a blizzard, making it difficult to figure out what was happening.
But Dolby could tell.
Although she only had one eye left, the magical eye given by God that she followed was not hindered by obstacles.
I saw a light in front of me.
‘It’s definitely something to be proud of. As soon as the demon touches the light, it turns into powder, so I don’t think I’ve seen a light like that for quite some time.’
Although I didn’t feel any pain because I didn’t see it directly, Dolby was able to understand how much incredible divine power was contained in that light.
“…the light burned the beasts.”
“That’s not enough. Please tell me more.”
“Is there anything more to say? When you swing a sword, everything turns to dust. What’s happening now is a repeat of that.”
“…That’s for sure.”
An emotion of regret appeared on Yuma’s face as he lowered his head.
The main reason I brought Dolby was to leave room for him to meet Atmos again, but I also had a little desire to show my old acquaintance his coming-of-age ceremony.
‘As expected, it was good to change the contents of the coming-of-age ceremony.’
Originally, the coming-of-age ceremony was to survive the demonic world. However, it was difficult to evaluate beyond a certain level no matter how much you cut a demonic beast that would fade in the light emitted by the holy sword.
Except for Chiron, the other Priendo methods were different, but the speed over the mountain was the same or faster. Shiron could have seemed ordinary if he was wrong, so Yuma was looking forward to an encounter with a stronger enemy, Sado.
*
Finally, the party crossed the mountain range and reached the Devil’s Land.
‘This place is the Devil’s Land.’
Lucia squatted on the floor and scooped up some dirt. The scattered red grains were perceived as sand at first glance.
Unlike the previous landscape, which was all white, the landscape beyond the mountain range was red for both the sky and the ground.
‘Was there a place like this 500 years ago?’
I traveled to many places in the Demon World to subdue the Demon God, but this was my first time in the red land. This is probably because the environment has changed over time.
500 years is a long time in which new rivers are created and dynasties change several times.
‘They were just demonic beasts I had never seen before.’
Siriel was also lost in thought. Crossing the mountain range, I faced a number of magical beasts that were difficult to count. However, among them, the only demon that Siriel knew was the frost wolf she had faced at the beginning. Other than that, the shape and strength were things I had never experienced before.
The magical beast of the mountain range was strong. Occasionally I went on a dungeon tour at the Academy, but they were all boring and not very interesting.
Suddenly, Siriel thought of Hugo, who had not yet returned. Because I saw Hugo’s strength with my own eyes, I knew that the magical beasts that Siriel had cut down were no match for him, but after arriving at the Demon World, my perception of the magical beasts somehow changed.
Far away. A shape that looked like a mountain was moving.
It was hard to tell clearly because the distance was quite far away, but it was probably a magical beast. Then, Siriel felt a figure being placed on her shoulder.
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“That is not an apostle. So there is no example for you to deal with.”
“uncle?”
“I think it would be better to state this clearly. An apostle is not a monster of such size.”
“…”
“I think I should stay here today.”
After speaking, Glenn blinked a few times and then began rubbing his eyes.
The scene that had vaguely appeared in my mind was becoming clearer.
The scene appeared as if it were engraved on the back of my eyelids.
red clouds. Bright red rain.
Armor popped out of it and the scenery stopped.
Is this the end of this prophecy? I didn’t know the outcome of the coming-of-age ceremony, but it was by no means the worst. There were times when I had to be glad that I didn’t see a future where someone’s head would be blown off. Glenn could be sure that this side was better.
‘If anything happens…’
Glenn played with the hilt of his sword in silence.