Before the night of ruin comes…
It was when I was wandering around the market to get ready and participate in the final quest.
“Young man over there, don’t we need something in our store?”
Suddenly, I heard a man’s voice calling out to me for some reason.
“yes?”
When I turned my head, it was even more difficult to identify a suspicious person beckoning to me in the dark tent.
“It’s because the world doesn’t look good these days. People who look like adventurers like you buy at least one of my things, aren’t they interested?”
The structure of the tent, which was both familiar and unfamiliar, and a shelf lined with various strange and mysterious objects caught my eye.
Black Sane’s shop you can see in the game
In this store with a mystic concept, a mysterious man who sells various artifacts runs the store, and in the actual game, it was a place where the price had to be purchased in cash.
Simply put, the Cash Item Shop.
“Let’s take a look around, well…”
In this world, the concept of sensibleness does not exist, and I only thought that it did not exist because it had not been seen until now. Did it definitely exist in this world?
But why is she only appearing now, maybe it was because she followed the setting of mysticism well.
Actually, it is a new feeling to see, but at least among the items sold in that store, there are no items that I need at the moment.
However…
“What items do you have?”
The items and magic implemented in-game were not everything, so they slowly approach the store with anticipation.
In fact, Eleanor also gave me magic and items that were not implemented in the game, and I gave up on the idea that all I knew was long ago, so I answered the store owner’s call.
“Hmm… Still, the two of us are first seeing each other, so I guess you’ll tell me depending on the situation?”
I didn’t know it well when I only saw it in the game, but when I saw it in reality, I was a little wary of the really unknown atmosphere.
“First of all, how much is the price here?”
“It’s a little expensive, but usually starts with 1 gold coin.”
It’s a lot cheaper than you think…
Of course, in terms of the setting, even 1 gold coin itself is of great value, but in reality, it was impossible to buy with the goods in the game, so it was a very special value by my standards.
I am embarrassed in my heart, but I try to eliminate the change in my expression as much as possible and convey my situation.
If anything I need right now is more than anything…
“Now that I have a curse made of the magic of the Old Gods in me, is there any way to solve this?”
As I said before, at least among the cash items I know, the items that solve my problem now were not sold, so my expectations were half-folded.
“Oh… what a sad man, maybe this will help.”
However, the shop owner breaks that delusion and starts to rummage.
is there really
I keep my inflated breasts and look forward to what they bring out…
“How about this?”
What he pulled out was a translucent ore that looked a little shabby.
“What is this?”
At least as far as I know, an item that exists in the game… What the hell is this?
“I call it the White Light Sealing Stone, which can be used to store, store, or seal any magical power or even a soul.”
I opened my eyes to the items I needed so much more than I thought and expressed my intention to purchase them without thinking any further.
“I’ll buy it right now, how much?”
Well, my curse now is actually the magic of the Old Gods, so I didn’t know if I could be freed from the curse if I used this sealing stone that stores magic well.
However, when I reach out my hand and tell me to calm down for a while, I convey one point of caution.
“By the way, if you use this, you will need a price…”
Pay…
As it is an artifact, it is impossible to predict what to pay, so expectations are drastically lowered.
“If it’s the price…?”
“It means that you can dedicate your life and death to capture it.”
Then it’s totally useless?!
The reason why I wanted to lift the curse was to live, although several processes were omitted.
However, I have to release it at the cost of vitality…
It was like a hole in a poison filled with water.
“How much of that vitality…?”
I try to hold on to my last hope in case of any doubt, but the answer that comes back is a disastrous answer.
“It is recommended to use the recommended method as a last resort before losing your life when dealing with strong monsters.”
In a nutshell, how to use it to just hang out with the enemy…
In other words, it was a useless item for me.
“Well, that’s why it’s not for sale. If you’re a wealthy master, would you like to trade with the minimum amount of 1 gold coin?”
To be honest, I didn’t know I would ever have a moment to use this.
However…
“I’ll buy it for now, here’s 1 gold coin.”
For me, who had already received a lot from Eleanor, the meaning of capital had long since faded.
“Think well! You don’t know about human affairs, so get one of these!”
As the store owner said, I don’t know exactly what will happen in the future, so I should have it as a precautionary measure in case I don’t know.
“The only way to use it is to inject the young man’s magic into this place!”
Since it is a size that fits in one hand, it is small in volume and easy to carry around, so I didn’t know it would have any meaning.
However, not long after I bought it, regret came and I thought that I had bought it for nothing.
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But the day will come when I will use it like this…
It seemed that I was destined to die soon anyway, and I was convinced that the future was irreplaceable no matter how much I resisted.
“Wait a minute?!”
Embarrassed, he tried to take the sealing stone quickly, but it was already too late.
Whoa!
The white light sealing stone has already started working with a vast light…
“Uh… Neaaaah?!”
The curse that had tormented me until now was sucked into this, and Lusria, who had been possessed by Miru, screams in pain.
The sealing stone, which was originally opaque and glowed white as its name suggests, began to become cloudy after eating darkness.
“You… you dare!!”
Whoa!
Then, perhaps because Lusria had changed her method, the strength of the hand holding her neck grew stronger.
It’s probably a plan to cut off my breath and cut off my mana supply…
“Ugh!!”
You must endure… You must endure no matter what.
While maintaining the magical power invested in the sealing stone, I abused all the healing-type magic I knew.
“Die! Die! Die ㅡㅡ!!!”
The magic power started to run out in an instant, but it was able to withstand Lusria’s power for a very short time.
“aa!!”
Soon, her strength weakened, and she, too, was weakened a lot by the sealing stone.
pounding! pounding! pounding! pounding!!
The heart that starts beating like crazy soon, the survival instinct senses something and maximizes the tension to live.
I knew very well why my body was like this.
The life force that is sucked into the sealing stone along with the curse
Suddenly, as if taking an anesthetic, drowsiness pours out and the eyelids become heavy.
“Ugh!!”
However, he bites his tongue until it bleeds, endures it with his mental strength, and continues to activate the Sealing Stone.
“aa!”
Soon, Lusria, who was struggling on the floor, and the spirit of the Old God in Miru, gradually sucked into this stone.
“Ah ah– ah- ah!”
The old god, who felt uncomfortable breathing as if he had stopped breathing…
“Heh heh… ah…”
“……”
Soon, Lusria lost her mind and lost all her strength and fell to the floor.
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No, now I have to postpone it again…Perhaps everything had been sucked out, the Sealing Stone had turned completely black and stopped.
done…
The Old Gods were sealed, and the curse disappeared.
“Harold?!”
Eleana, who was lying down, comes to her screaming my name.
I feel like I want to run into her arms…
However…
Whoops!
“Harold!!!”
As the shop owner said, all the remaining vitality seemed to be exhausted…
“Oh no…”
He hugged me tightly with tears falling down bitterly.
“No Harold… my knight… please… I absolutely hate this…”
Lay your neck down and cry out, begging me earnestly.
“Please give this person life…”
She tried to cast some magic on me, but there was no sign of improvement.
“What did you do?! Why did you do that…!”
I wanted to say something to her, but I didn’t even have the strength left to say it…
“Oh My God…”
“Harold…?”
A familiar voice filled with astonishment came from the other side of the ear.
Maybe Erina and Mir?
“Ugh… Where is this… Huh… Oppa?!”
Miru quickly came to his senses and looked at me, who was dying.
“Herald, what the hell happened to this?! What happened?!”
“You…! Aren’t you going to die?! Isn’t that a futile end?!”
“brother Brother!!”
Each of them was making up a sea of tears and commemorating my dying life, even in a small way.
“Ahh…”
A voice I could barely squeeze out
“”?!””
All of my voices suddenly stop talking and listen to my lips.
Do I know… Now, this is my last will…
“Everyone… I’m sorry…”
I barely spit out a single word to the women who mourn over my dying appearance.
“I’m really sorry…”
As soon as she finished speaking, she couldn’t stand the darkening of her eyelids.
“Herald?! Harold!! Calm down…!!”
I can hear Erina’s voice calling out to me.
“Calm down! You can’t die here!!”
“I’m sorry, oppa…! Even if I didn’t meet you in the first place!!”
The voices of Mir and Miru resembling her are also heard.
and…
“Please… open your eyes…”
The figure of Eleanor, who weeps and cries sadly, is reflected in her blurred vision.
“I’m sorry… I promised to protect you a hundred times, but in the end I made you sick…”
‘it’s okay.’
I wanted to say something, but I didn’t even have the strength to open my mouth.
vision sharply moving away into darkness
In a scene that might be my last scene…
Everyone was crying…
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As soon as Lusria was sealed, the war-like situation ended in an instant.
Even heretics who were shrouded in darkness in the face of the power and force exercised by God and his followers could not stand for long.
After Lusria, a man who died was the last to hear the sound of iron, but there was no sound of flesh being cut.
There was one scene that stood out especially in a situation where everyone was horrified…
“No, please…”
“don’t go…”
“Is that your brother…?”
Four women mourning the death of a man
“My knight…”
All these people were weeping for one person.
“Wait… Really?”
Goddess Abne noticed the situation later and ran to the spot, but nothing changed.
“……”
As he grinds his teeth, sadness cuts through his face along with anger.
“I’m really… sorry…”
Everyone’s eyes turned to that place, and the voice of a goddess quietly spreads out.
“What am I supposed to do with my life without you now…”
Desperately suppressing sadness within himself, he whispers words that will never reach him.
“I don’t want to let you go…”
When I was crying endlessly for him…
“There is a way to save him.”
A woman’s voice resounds with confidence.
“you…”
The owner of that voice is the goddess of fate
“Instead, there are conditions that come with it, though.”
Morione approaches Eleona with a light smile.
“what…?”
“Harold, isn’t that your favorite knight? His soul still resides in his body, and if he does his best before he leaves, he can be revived.”
At those words, the two dragon races, including Eleanor, and the red-haired adventurer widened their eyes.
“What?! Is that real?!”
As if seeing a glimmer of hope, he calls out to her in a more desperate and desperate voice than ever before.
“Of course, there are conditions as I just said instead.”
“Speak quickly! Save him right now!!”
Contrary to Eleanor’s urgent cry, she keeps a very relaxed and relaxed smile and tells her to calm down.
“Calm down, let’s hear the terms first-“
“Does it really look like it?!” My choice is decided anyway, so tell me!!
At those words, Morione frowned a little, but had no choice but to tell her how to save him according to her wishes.
“Now his body has lost its vitality, which means it’s zero. It can’t be refilled under normal circumstances.”
“Nevertheless, I can save him, instead…”
She blew her index finger and made a remark that broke Eleanor’s mind.
“You must break the oath engraved on it and cover it with my oath.”
“What?!”
Even if you are surprised, you bite your lip as if you were guessing something for a moment.
“You know, God’s vows have different functions, don’t they?”
“Goddess Abne gives intelligence, Tempus gives speed… You give talent, I give life.”
At that point, everyone realized what the solution she was talking about.
“Do you understand what I’m saying? Break the oath between you and Harold right now and cover it with my oath, then you can save him.”
At those words, Eleanor clenched her teeth and closed her eyes tightly, but there were no options.
With chin!
The sound of glass breaking is heard.
A faint light leaked out like a powder around his body, scattering, and he could tell that something had been tucked away inside him.
“Okay then…”
Ignoring Eleona, who had merely lowered her head without saying a word, Morionone placed her hand near his chest.
“I grant you permission to borrow Morione’s name, from now on you are my servant… a loyal servant who will harm adversity for me.”
With those words, his heart began to shine, and a new light entered his body.
“Okay, this is the deal, he’s my servant now.”
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“……”
I’m feeling tired these days.
Why am I so sleepy? No matter how deep I sleep, I hardly ever fall asleep.
Droooo!
As I open the door of the temple and enter, a very familiar sight strikes me and a woman greets me.
“Come on! I’ve been waiting for you.”
The goddess I served, Morione
“Good morning, Goddess.”
As usual, she greets me when I greet her in the morning.
“Yeah, it’s a sunny morning today!”
As usual, at first I give her miscellaneous answers, and then I ask her about my recent concerns.
“Goddess, I’ve been feeling weird lately, it’s very uncomfortable to feel like I’ve forgotten something all the time.”
Despite my serious remarks, Morione ignored it.
“What have you forgotten? Is there anything you have forgotten in the first place? Have you been working as my servant all the time and have something important?”
At such a question, I desperately looked back at my memories, but my head was blank.
“No… no…”
As she bowed her head in answer to that question, she correctly imprinted who I was.
“You have shown such an attitude these days, so I’ll tell you for sure, you were my servant from the beginning.
At that, I nod my head and take her advice deeply into my heart.
“all right.”
But why?
Obviously, I am her knight, and I have to trust the goddess more than anyone else…
What is this unpleasant feeling that instinctively refuses every time it happens?