Admiral Yi Dok – 4
We returned to the inn.
Neryl glanced at the noisy outside and said.
“Youngji people have surrounded this place. They built walls with very humans.”
“It’s terrifying.”
“Isn’t that kind of face at all?”
“There is no way they could harm us physically.”
“But it could do great harm to your reputation.”
Her voice was full of concern.
I shrugged and said.
“it’s okay. There is one thing that comes to mind.”
“yes?”
“As for where Hiren hid. It’s kind of a delusion, so I’m not sure, but please listen.”
I continued to speak.
But then Ardwin’s mouth opened.
“uh? hello?”
We looked at each other’s faces and tilted our heads.
Richell replied as the representative.
“Uh, yes. hi? Good lunch?”
“But what are you doing? You didn’t even call me.”
“Am I here to begin with?”
“Is there something you want to say?”
“Oh, I have nothing to say.”
Neryl touched her forehead.
“It’s stupid. Ardwin is talking to a soul.”
“·································································································· Oh, I knew. It was because I wanted to change the atmosphere a bit.”
“yes. I’m sure there’s been some change thanks to you. thank you.”
“How can you feel bad about being grateful?”
I asked Ardwin.
“Whose soul are you talking to?”
“It’s Lephia.”
“ok? Why did you call him?”
“I didn’t call. Lephia-sama appeared first.”
Again, feeling the destruction of common sense, I shouted.
“No, how is that possible? Grade-sama and Lephia-sama too!”
“Iknow, right. Has the waters of the Redbee River become too shallow?”
“Don’t say anything terrible. It doesn’t sound like a joke because the necromancer says it.”
“Anyway, I’ll call my body for a moment. Wait.”
The spell on Ardwin’s arm shone brightly.
Soon his voice changed.
Lephia, who was my senior warrior and helped me many times.
“Hello everyone.”
“hello. Long time no see.”
“Huhu. It’s not been that long, is it? Because we met last time we fought the bug giant.”
“More than that, how do you go back and forth between the underworld and the continent? Is there a new trend in the underworld fortress?”
Lefia smiled with an ambiguous expression.
“Do not worry. The depth of the Redbee River does not change. There will be no such thing as the souls of the underworld being loosed on the continent and causing chaos.”
“But actually….”
“I learned some tricks from Grade-sama.”
Offense asks with an absurd expression.
“Did you even give your name there?”
“yes. My party members and invited party members also said hello.”
“Wait. I’m a bit confused, but is it common in the underworld?”
Lefia shook her head.
And, as usual, he explained it in a caring and kind manner.
“In the underworld, you can basically only be with the souls you have had a relationship with during your lifetime. It’s impossible to make new friends here.”
“Hmm.”
“Well, the problem is that we come together regardless of whether it is a good relationship or a bad relationship. So people who have committed a lot of sins in their lifetimes end up having quite a difficult day here. All of you, be kind.”
When Cald entered the underworld, he was very harpooned.
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Jenny asked.“Then it’s even weirder. Lefia-sama must have never met Grade-sama in her lifetime.”
“It’s speculation, but I think it might be because we made a new relationship based on the medium of Mr. Maid. Because I and Grade-sama helped you many times.”
“Um… Does that mean that if Ardwin calls the 3rd or 4th Heroes in the future, as many as four Heroes in the Underworld can sit in one place?”
“I have already met the 3rd generation warrior. Beyond introduced me.”
Aha. I got a lot of help from him during the Black Sun incident.
All that’s left are the 4th Hero and the party members.
‘Padania Brookla.’
Except for me, the portrait of Padania, which is quite popular as the most recent warrior, came to mind.
No, this is not the problem now.
“So what did you come here for? You even learned the tricks from Grade-sama.”
“I feel very dirty, so I want to give you some advice.”
“Do you feel dirty?”
“There is a jewel of the demon king of greed in this estate.”
Everyone’s mouths are wide open.
But I felt rather thrilled.
Because the intuition that hit me in the head has given me a great weapon called ‘evidence’.
Yeah, that’s why we couldn’t find Hiren by sharing sight.
I said.
“It is, too.”
“Is that so? Perhaps······.”
“yes. I was guessing. But thanks to Lephia-sama, I was convinced.”
widely.
I turned to the party members.
“I think I know where Hiren hid.”
“What? somewhere.”
“In the shadows.”
everyone stays silent
Offense frowned and said.
“I don’t need to explain, but Hiren can’t use shadow magic. Exactly, nobody writes. Because this is my own unique magic.”
“Leffia-sama said that just before. You can feel the jewel of greed in this realm.”
“······no way.”
“okay.”
I nodded.
“I stole your magic with the jewel of greed.”
“Yeah, it can’t be.”
“Try it now. Shadow Hex.”
Offense took a deep breath and closed his eyes lightly.
after a few seconds.
He opened his mouth with a haggard expression as if he had been ten years old.
“after. Shadow magic is only a small fraction of my many organs.”
“Cheer up.”
“Nope. I don’t mind.”
“Mr Offense! You are not incompetent.”
“no. I’m really fine.”
“don’t worry. You still deserve it.”
The more you comfort it, the more the Offense’s shoulders droop.
The final blow was Serrain’s words.
“Why don’t you learn how to manage your money right now?”
The power of the demon lord of greed is to steal, befitting its nickname.
Of course, they don’t steal money or jewels by becoming demon lords.
What he stole was his ability.
The demon lord of greed was able to steal various skills, spells, magic, sorcery, and spells.
Lephia said.
“I suffered a lot. I also lost some of my skills to that Demon King.”
“Iori-sama said that if you lose it, you can make a new one.”
“Oh, do you remember that? It seems to be famous enough to go down in history. In a bad sense.”
“I know that the fortress is quite chewed up by wizards because of that comment.”
“Ahh. If you change your real personality, you are a really good person.”
“Well, Iori-sama was a genius who created a lot of magic. Not as good as Neril here.”
Neril’s face turns red after receiving the compliment.
Lephia said.
“Anyway, the powers of greed take away abilities, but you can’t take them away just by looking at them.”
“yes. We must obtain the target’s blood.”
“Right. You said Mr. Offense was deprived of shadow magic? Have you ever lost blood to Hiren?”
Offense, who was almost groggy to Serrain’s final blow, struggles to answer.
“Any specific memory? for a moment. no way?”
“Maybe that’s right.”
Last night, when I met Hiren and Idria, Offense’s ears fell off.
Of course there was blood splattered.
Hiren used that blood for the Jewel of Greed, thereby taking away the greatest weapon of the Offense, the Shadow Hex.
“It’s fortunate. The power of greed can only take away one power at a time.”
“Is that what you call comfort?”
“don’t worry. It can come back.”
“·················ogue.”
“In the history books, it is said that by killing the demon king of greed, all lost powers were restored. If you kill Hiren and obtain the Jewel of Greed from him, your magic will come back.”
Offense’s expression brightened a little.
He said as if he missed Lephia.
“Actually, rather than killing him, he committed suicide. Iori-san was really cool back then.”
“yes. The story of the two of you will be solved later in the underworld.”
“Hmmm. I’m sorry. Anyway, my colleagues and I searched all over to see if the Jewel of Greed might be left behind. However, there were no traces of it, so I believed it was destroyed along with the self-destruct. Am I missing something?”
“no. The jewel is broken, but I think Idria may have made a fake in advance.”
Then Neryl intervened, tilting her head.
“Idria is the 5th Demon King and Greed is the 2nd Demon Lord. How can I make a fake in advance? Can you make a fake without the real thing?”
Oops.
Well, what am I going to tell you now?
‘Is it okay if I reveal Idria’s age? I’ll leave you out.’
[Then what?]
‘But wouldn’t it be better to introduce you officially now?’
[hate. Like I said, I’m not used to being noisy.]
Considering the usual chatter on the trail, it’s almost unbelievable, but I decided to respect his request for now.
I said in a light tone.
“Idria is the oldest demon lord.”
“···········?”
“He is much older than the original Demon Lord of Destruction.”
“·················ogue.”
“Well, nothing really changes. You just have to think that you have lived a long time.”
The companions poke their mouths.
I decided to focus on something else while I was able to relieve the shock they received.
‘Let’s use the eyes of the battery.’
[Secret of Idria and Hiren?]
I pondered for a moment and shook my head.
‘Ummm… no. There’s more I want to see.’
[What is that?]
‘The secret between me and Hiren.’
[What?]
I hardened my expression slightly.
‘On the site yesterday, it wasn’t just the offense that bled.’
[··········.]
‘I also vomited a lot of blood. If I were Idria, I would have told you to take my blood and steal Maid’s skills right away.’
[Wah, sure.]
‘In the first place, maybe I took ten steps to make me bleed.’
If it was Idria, she would be able to roll her head that much.
I kept saying.
‘But I don’t really feel like I’ve lost something. Let’s find out what happened.’
Trail used the eyes of the omniscient without saying a katabuta.
＜I used the Eye of the Battery.＞
＜Currently the battery’s eye level is 4. The secret level that can be read is A level.＞
＜The selection condition is ‘Secret between Maid Mohan and Hiren Gois.’＞
＜This secret level is Class A. Browse.＞
I was nervous, but luckily I was able to read it.
[Why are you nervous?]
‘Me and my father’s secret was an S grade.’
[The level of secret does not depend on the subject. It literally depends on how secret the secret is.]
‘Hmm.’
[In other words, it means that the secret of your birth is that secret. This secret bastard.]
I ignored it and looked at the screen.
The place in the picture is the summit of that mountain.
In terms of time, it looked like it was right after me and Offense retreated.
Hiren murmured.
“Shadow Hex… that damn Hex has advanced one step further. Offense.”
Perhaps it was after the connection with Idria had been cut off.
He continued with his eyes burning with hatred.
“It’s fine. I’ll take it away from you, your pride. With this gift from Idria.”
Hiren pulled something out of her arms.
It was a small bottle.
sway.
Inside the bottle was an ocher-colored liquid.
[What is that?]
‘In the atmosphere, that would be the jewel of greed.’
[Atmosphere?]
‘The demon king of greed self-destructed, and the jewel was also destroyed. I couldn’t even see what it looked like. Of course, it remains only speculation in the history books.’
Even so, it must be liquid.
[her. Is the first demon king a mountain and the second demon king liquid? Come to think of it, the shape of the 3rd generation hasn’t been decided at all?]
‘That’s right. Everyone is special.’
[Why are they called jewels?]
‘Because Grade-sama deceived and broke the jewel as the Demon Lord’s Jewel of Destruction. The demon king nuclei behind them were just called jewels, right?’
Come to think of it, the only jewel that is truly precious is the Desolation Demon King’s Core.
Anyway, this is not important.
I opened my eyes and looked at the screen.
In Hiren’s hand was a special tool used by assassins to draw blood.
He put the blood of the offense into the tool.
Then he opened the bottle cap and mixed the blood of Offense with the Gem of the Demon King.
sway.
The color of the poop seems to have gotten darker because of my mood.
‘Aren’t you going to drink that? Say no.’
gulp.
[Drink.]
‘Even if I get my hands on it, I won’t use it even if I die. Whoever sees it, it’s the visual of drinking shit!’
[I’m the same way, so don’t get excited.]
Then, Hiren on the screen spoke.
“Ugh. It’s something I’ll never do again.”
Then don’t try it at all.
I looked closely at the bottle.
He must have drank almost all of the mixed dung, but the liquid in the bottle was full as before.
‘If I leave just one drop, will it return to its original state?’
After all, once you drink it, it’s not too inefficient.
That was then.
profit.
space is divided
Now I feel like I’m getting used to that bizarre sight, so I’m afraid.
Idria’s hand reached out from beyond the cracked space.
Idria said, pointing to one side.
The voice must come from beyond the space, but it is quite creepy because it looks like a finger is speaking.
“I’m sorry, but I have to do it one more time.”
“Hey, Adria-sama?”
“Try the Maid Blood over there.”
Also as expected
Hiren expressed his displeasure.
Idria said as if to comfort her.
For what the demon king said, he was so gentle and kind, I couldn’t help but be a little surprised.
“When a power is stolen with the Jewel of Greed, the last skill used by the opponent within 24 hours will be selected.”
“you’re right. I know that too.”
“That means I can take the skills I want to take from Maid the most. I’m guessing it’s ‘stopping time’.”
For a moment, I felt like I was out of breath.
Trail clicked.
[I noticed.]
‘Actually, it’s a technique I’ve already used three times in front of Idria.’
[Are you okay?]
‘it’s okay. If I went back to that time, I would have made the same choice.’
Hiren made a disgusted expression on her face, but she had no choice but to mix my blood with the liquid of greed.
Trying to drink shit for Idria. Indeed, the fourth finger of a lie.
[Don’t admit that. It’s strange to hear.]
‘I’m just stating the truth.’
Whoops.
Hiren shook the bottle lightly.
He closed his eyes and drank the liquid.
Idria asks in a voice full of interest.
“okay? How are you?”
“Hmmm. It seems that nothing has changed.”
“Is it taking time?”
“no. I can already use Shadow Hex. However, I can’t get a sense of the ability to manage time that you mentioned. ······sorry.”
“not. Don’t worry about it.”
Idria pondered for a moment before muttering.
“Right. It wasn’t Maid’s ability, it was Bion’s ability.”
great guess
I stuck out my tongue.
Idria continues.
“Because the jewel of greed can only be taken through blood. Rain, who has become a soul, has no blood to shed.”
“·················ogue.”
“But then it’s even weirder. Did Maid move alone in the frozen time? I can’t even do that.”
tock tock.
A hand reaching out to cut through the space taps the air.
“What the hell am I dealing with?”