“Wow, here… Why did you change like this?”
“…Well.”
“Well! You said you knew the secrets of this place!”
Perloche, who was leading in front of me, is trembling and screaming.
Being a saint of the Church of the Sun God, she must have experienced something even scarier in the previous episode, but she still seems to be afraid of the dark.
Of course, I hate dark places, too. But what can I do, Perloche’s life is at stake.
“Well, but you… do you know the way?”
“…No, just go ahead.”
Of course, considering that Perloche’s life is at stake, he is walking with her standing in front.
Thanks to that, it looks quite boring, but that doesn’t mean I can’t get ahead of myself, though my body is completely ruined.
Rather than the weak me, it would be more advantageous for our safety to have Perloche with ‘the sun god’s protection’ ahead of me.
“Ah…! The road splits in two…!”
After walking for such a long time, the road splits in two. Judging from that, it seems that this maze has a very typical shape.
An old-fashioned cliché of one right answer and the other wrong answer or trap.
“F, Frey! Which way should we go?”
“Well…”
If there was at least one stack, I would have turned my gaze away for a while and slashed at the two fork in the road to check it, but it’s too much for my body right now.
So, I guess I’ll have to choose the next best thing.
“…you, come behind me.”
“yes?”
“I’ve been watching the back for a while.”
I grabbed Perloche, who was tilting her head in front of the fork in the road, and sent her back, and after confirming that she started looking back with sharp eyes, I started using the mana of the stars.
“Ugh…”
After developing the star’s mana forward for a while, I started to feel a sense of alienation at the entrance on the left.
“…it’s right.”
The alienation was unusual, so I opened my eyes sharply and pointed to the right, and suddenly a roar was heard from the passage on the left.
Surprised, I quickly took Ferroche and tried to jump into the passage on the right… But she, who had a sharp gaze behind her before, had disappeared.
“Perloche!?”
“yes?”
Confused, I shouted out loud, and to my surprise, her answer came back from the passage on the left.
Frustrated, she pulled out the sword she was wearing around her waist and jumped into the entrance on the left, and when she saw that her body was covered in stone dust, she was smiling triumphantly.
“A maze like this, you just have to break it down and go!”
“…under.”
In front of her, a stone that must have been rolling at high speed was shattered.
“…just go ahead.”
Freed from the thought of wasting mana for nothing, I began to break through the maze at high speed with the strategic weapon Perloche at the fore.
– Duduk!
“…By the way, when was this huge space created in the basement of the church?”
As I was about to break through the fifth fork, Perloche, who had cut the neck of the undead orc that appeared out of the blue, asked me a question while holding the droopy orc.
“I would have made it from time to time.”
“Okay… After all, the corruption of the denomination has been going on for quite some time.”
After hearing my answer, she nodded and began to purify the undead orcs by releasing her holy energy.
‘…This is also the work of the second person.’
Of course, what I told Perloche was not the answer. No matter how the Church of the Sun God, it would be unreasonable to create such a huge underground space, and the possibility of being caught is very high.
So, magical ability must have intervened in this kind of thing, and if it is something that deserves a ‘main quest’ judgment, it is highly likely that the ‘space domination magic’ of the ‘second person’ intervened.
“…Ah, look at this!”
While making such a guess, Ferroche, who was in front of him, stood tall and began to look around with curious eyes.
I looked forward, thinking about what was going on, and instead of the continuous, cracked basement wall, a white and bare marble wall was adorning all sides, and warm light was leaking from the sun-shaped ornaments attached here and there.
“Is this the sunlight?”
“I think it’s because I see the sunlight shining on my body. But, why is the sunlight flowing out of the ornaments?”
Hearing her words, I felt a bit reluctant to take off the jewelry, but I tried to rush my way, remembering that touching a suspicious object in a place like this is like suicide…
“Wow… that’s amazing…”
Despite my judgment, Ferroche was already fiddling with some of his accessories.
“That, that…!”
– Chunkyung!!
“…shit.”
I tried to shout at her to put the ornaments back in their original space, but a strange mechanical sound came from somewhere.
“Hey!?”
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Embarrassed, I wrapped my sword around Perloche and started to look around, but nothing happened after a long time.
“Da, you… What are you doing?”
Then, Perloche, who was staring blankly at me, began to make a mysterious expression.
“No, you look a little prettier today.”
Thanks to that, I immediately changed my expression to a sinister look and began to stutter Perloche.
“…let this go.”
Then she changed her expression coldly and pushed me away. Even though it was slightly pushed because of the protection of the sun god, if I hadn’t given strength to my legs for a moment, I would have almost flew away.
“…awesome.”
But it didn’t fly away, but after being pushed quite far away, I hit the wall hard and started to moan.
– Profit…
“…Well?”
But something completely unexpected happened.
The door that had been hidden in the place where I hit the wall was shocked and started to fall backwards.
I was staring blankly at the scene, but Ferroche headed into it without hesitation.
“…here, I think I’ve seen it somewhere.”
“What?”
I tried to dry her out urgently, but I got up and started looking inside, frowned at her words that I think I’d seen this place before.
“…..!!!”
And after a while, I had no choice but to open my eyes and freeze.
– In the beginning, there was a sun god, a moon god, and a star god.
“What is this, why is this here…?”
This is because the following ‘Hangeul’ were written on the slabs that were cracked and faded here and there.
“This must have been a space created by the ‘second person’…?
I watched the phrases that were somehow meaningful to me with a bewildered expression, and then I looked around.
“Ah! That’s right! I’ve seen it before when I went to the Western Continent!”
“…you said you went to the western continent?”
When I asked with a frown, Perloche hesitated for a moment, then wiggled her fingers and opened her mouth.
“Yes, I went on a pilgrimage with the denomination… The Western Continental Branch of the Sun God Church was managing a space quite similar to this one.”
“Hmm…”
“Somehow I was curious, so I went to take a look… Is there a saying that I can’t enter because it’s a first-class secret? If it’s a secret that even a saint can’t know, it’s definitely an important secret!”
Saying that, I stared blankly at the saint whose eyes twinkled for a moment, then I turned my gaze to the slate and began to read the rest.
– Under the protection of the three gods, for a time the world was full of balance and peace, but a crisis came unexpectedly.
“…Danger?”
– One day, the sun splits in half…
The contents of the slate were cut off there.
“What have you been looking at since then?”
“There’s a strange text here.”
I was quite regretful that there was no backstory, but sooner or later, Perloche approached me, picked up the sunlight-leaking ornaments she was holding in her hand, and started to illuminate the stone slabs.
“Um… what is this? I’ve never seen a text like this before…”
– Kugugung!!!
“Hey!?”
Perloche, who had been muttering while looking at the text illuminated by sunlight, screamed as the whole room suddenly began to shake.
“…wow, it’s collapsing!”
“shit.”
Before long, the room began to crumble, and I stared blankly at the slate that had begun to crack for some reason, then flew to the exit with Perloche.
‘…I got an unexpected clue.’
As I stared blankly at the room buried in the piles of stones, I fell silently in thought.
There was no mention of a ‘moon god’ or a ‘star god’ in the Prophets. If there was such a thing, there is no way that Seonjo would not have written it down.
However, the slab I just saw clearly had ‘Hangul’ written on it.
In other words, new clues were found in a new place, not in the prophetic books and systems.
‘At least, the western continent must be visited unconditionally.’
Full of anticipation that maybe I could find a new hope, I decided to visit the western continent as soon as possible, then got up and started dusting.
“Ugh… my ass hurts…”
“Give me that.”
“Oh no!”
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Eventually, I found Ferroche sitting down and grabbing her hips, and I tried to take away the jewelry she was holding, but Ferroche twisted her body to avoid my hand and said:
“Why, for some reason, it feels warm… Do I have to say that I am like a mother?”
My heart was weakened when she said that she felt like a mother, who was an orphan, I sighed deeply and said,
“If you are locked up here for the rest of your life and don’t want to live with me, don’t touch anything from now on.”
“…yes.”
Then, with a cold expression on her face, Perloche nodded her head. Apparently, I didn’t like it at all.
“Then, let’s go again.”
Having put such Perloche in front of me again, I muttered inwardly, hastening my steps with a hoarse voice.
‘…Who’s caught up?’
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Ever since before, I can feel my gaze from somewhere.
.
.
.
.
.
“Wow… there are a lot of ornaments? Since there are so many, it doesn’t matter how many more…”
“Soundless.”
The sunlight from the ornaments closely attached to the long passageway continued to illuminate us.
Seeing that it emits a certain intensity of light at regular intervals, it seems that it is not just a simple ornament, but considering that, I decided to ignore it because the solution of the ‘Main Quest’ was more urgent.
“Ah! There’s a light coming out of there!”
“…Yes, I think so.”
After walking for such a long time, a light began to appear in the distance.
I didn’t know what was going to pop out this time, so when I approached with a lot of tension, a light was leaking out of a large door.
“…A magical seal is on it.”
As I got closer and touched my hand, a fairly complex magic circle came to mind.
Of course, I am a swordsman, but I was able to analyze this easily because I have knowledge that Serena taught me while playing the house in the past, and I also have accumulated a lot of knowledge in the previous episode.
‘…the best sealing magic circle.’
However, it was not possible to unlock the magic circle, so I was looking at the sealed magic circle with various complex spells overlapping with a confused expression.
“You’re not going in, what are you doing?”
“…the sealing magic circle.”
“A seal magic circle?”
As I spoke in a subdued voice and pointed to the magic circle that appeared in front of me, Perloche, who tilted her head for a moment, looked at me and said,
“…If it’s a sealed magic circle, you can release it, right?”
Its appearance was so pure and bright that I wanted to hit the honey chestnut, but I closed my eyes tightly and barely endured it, and I kindly started explaining.
“Even if ten magic tower wizards come running, they can’t get rid of it within a day.”
“why?”
“Different sealing magics and anti-destruction magic are stacked. The mixed magic exerts a kind of synergistic effect to protect each other… A person with a high magical sense has to take a long time to do it one by one. .”
“…..???”
He explained hard, but Perloche was only tilting his head with his hand on his chin.
“…it’s an incredibly sturdy and tight lock, meaning that it takes a lot of time and effort to turn it even if you put the key in it.”
“Ahh…”
In the end, after explaining as much as possible to fit Perloche’s eye level, she began to nod as if she understood.
“Well, the solution is simple!”
“…What?”
After nodding like that for a while, Ferroche suddenly folded her arms and said with a triumphant expression.
“If the key doesn’t work… just break the lock!”
“………”
After I finished speaking, I looked at Perloche with a liberating expression, and then I opened my eyes and opened my mouth at the thought that suddenly crossed my mind.
“Can you designate ‘Magic Circle’ as the target of ‘Sun God’s Protection’?”
“Hey, how did you know that I had the protection of the sun god!?”
“Okay, can I specify it? Can’t you?”
“I’ve never done it before…”
Saying that, Perloche made a troubled expression on her face, so I grabbed her arms and put her in front of the magic circle and said:
“Use the sun god’s protection on the magic circle.”
“…Ah, I see! I get it, so let it go!”
Then she got nervous and shook my hand away, taking a deep breath and vigorously punching her fist at the magic circle.
– Clang!!!
Then, the colorfully colored sealing magic circle that was burning in front of him was shattered.
“…It’s clinker, it’s not like breaking any glass.”
Realizing the power of ‘The Protection of the Sun God’ once again, I opened the door and entered the room with Perloche, who was shaking my head and smiling proudly.
“…it’s very spacious here.”
Then, in our view, a huge space came into the field to say that most stadiums are far away.
“You! It’s time to tell the truth!”
Perloche, who watched the scene with her mouth wide open, suddenly frowned and started talking while looking at me.
“What was a small warehouse from the outside, how did it become such a vast space when you enter it! What are those complex mazes and malicious traps! And what on earth does this wide flat land do…”
“…you crazy.”
“Yes, yes?”
But, ignoring her like that, I looked up at the ceiling and spit out swear words.
“Why are you…!”
And it was the same with Perloche, who followed me and looked up.
“Sacrifice… magic circle…”
This is because, on the high ceiling, a sacrificial magic circle that was several times larger than that used in the ‘People’s Dormitory Attack Case’ was drawn.
“Hey, why is that? How did this happen?”
“……..”
“Father, tell the truth quickly! Frey!”
Perloche, who witnessed the scene, began to shake me wildly with her face turning white.
“Well…”
“Profit…!”
Of course, I didn’t know anything, so I frowned with a stiff expression on her face, and then she clenched her teeth and suddenly clapped her hands and said,
“Aha! If I destroy it with my ‘Sun God’s Protection’ like before…”
“Your protection can only target one individual. And that magic circle is scattered here and there like in the ‘People’s Dormitory Incident’.”
“That, but…!”
“Besides, how do you destroy the magic circle drawn up high? It’s impossible unless your arms are stretched or fired.”
“Ugh…”
Hearing that, Ferroche, who was disassembling, suddenly opened her eyes and started looking around.
“…why are you doing that again?”
“Something is strange.”
Then, looking around with a frown on her face, she started talking with a serious expression on her face.
“I can feel the sympathetic energy and the divine energy at the same time…”
“where…?”
“…below us.”
As soon as I heard those words and looked down involuntarily, the ground suddenly began to vibrate.
– Kugugugugung!!!
“f*ck!”
The wind caused her to lose her balance and fall, hitting her buttocks, and while Man Ferroche was weeping, a white spear rose from the ground right in front of her.
“Cree…”
“Ugh…”
“You crazy…”
Before long, uncountable undead began to emerge from the ground fully armed.
“Number, too many… just like… then…”
And a feeling of fear began to form on Perloche’s face as he watched the scene.
The reason that Perloche, who can unleash overwhelming force due to the ‘protection of the sun god’, is so terrified is that her protection is very vulnerable to ‘a number of opponents’.
Since ‘Sun God’s Protection’ is a 1:1 specialized technique that can show overwhelming force by designating only ‘one opponent’, it is easily neutralized if several people attack at the same time.
That was the reason why she was captured by the Demon King in the last round.
“…why are you doing this?”
“Yeah, that’s a crisis situation!”
“Is this a crisis situation?”
But now you don’t have to worry at all. Because, they are ‘undead’.
“Shut up and spit out your energy.”
“…ah.”
The undead are incredibly vulnerable to ‘sacred power’ and ‘fire’. He said it was enough to make him incapacitated with just a slight touch.
“Sun God in the sky, look upon us… no, watch over me and share your power…”
– Shaah…!
As Perloche hurriedly cast a spell, a strong holy energy began to be fired in all directions.
“”Keeeeeeeeek!””
Then the countless undead who touched her holy power began to struggle.
“Ah! There’s an exit over there!”
While the undead were losing their minds, Perloche, who found the exit far away, began to scream and run with a happy expression, but
– Shoo!
“…Huh!”
An arrow that flew at a ferocious speed pierced her leg, and she had no choice but to roll on the floor again.
“…Damn, you can’t stop that.”
On the other hand, I drew my sword and shot the six arrows rushing at her, looking at the arrows stuck in her legs and frowned.
“Uh, why…? Why did the undead…?”
“These guys are the ‘Paladinians’ who were buried in the basement of the church.”
“yes?”
I don’t know who performed the trick, but the paladins with holy attributes were resurrected as undead.
It’s not just that the Holy Power remains, but it’s completely fused with the energy of darkness.
Thanks to this, they didn’t become incapacitated even after receiving Perloche’s holy power, but rather, they seem to have been strengthened.
I don’t know how this absurd thing happened… I guess it’s one of the things I need to do right now.
“By the way, have you used enough of your powers? Perloche?”
“Yes, yes…?”
“Is that just the last remaining energy you could use today? Thanks to you, you won’t even have the strength to move now.”
“Well, how do you…”
Of course, I was deducing from the intensity of the energy I felt when I just poured out the energy from the orphanage’s warehouse.
But from now on, what I am going to say to Perloche, who is trembling with a desperate expression on her face, is a little different from that.
“…how is it? Since I was counting from the beginning.”
“…..!”
Hearing that, Perloche began to close her eyes tightly. I slowly approached her and started raising the corners of my lips.
“The armistice agreement or something… You shouldn’t trust me as a member of the Demon King’s Army.”
“All, you…”
“Aren’t you grateful for it? I purposely prepared this place to deal with you, who recovers from sunlight.”
Hearing those words, Ferroche’s expression began to darken more and more.
Seeing that figure, I’m quite worried about what to do next if I survived here… but I have no choice but to save Perloche from those undead that will be fully activated sooner or later.
“…are you going to kill me?”
“Well… what should I do? Will I kill the rats and birds without knowing what I’m ordered to do?”
Arriving right in front of Perloche before I knew it, I whispered to her with a sinister smile.
“Or, stay here and hug me…”
“Ugh!!”
But at that moment, Ferroche pulled out an arrow from his leg, threw it at me, and started running to the exit with all his might.
“Great!!”
Thanks to her, I got hurt on my side and sat down, and I muttered as I reached the exit, opened the door and looked back for a moment.
“…the thing coming out of that ornament must have been sunlight.”
If he continues to recover from the sunlight from that ornament, Perloche will be able to get out of here safely.
With that in mind, I smiled softly, and I started fiddling with my sword while looking at the undead who started to flinch and stare at me.
I don’t even know what the hell this damn place is doing, I don’t even know who the giant magic circle on the ceiling is targeting…
Here, I will make the most of my time by blocking these undead.
That way, the exhausted Perloche can safely escape.
“Koo!!!”
“Are there any more traps in front of me? Will Perloche be able to escape?”
I straightened my sword while watching the paladin undead who started to cry at me before I knew it, and muttered quietly as I gathered the mana in my body.
“…Oh, now is not the time for me to worry about others.”
Today, my heart seems to be throbbing several times more.