42 episodes
“What are you doing now!?”
Lucio was startled and tried to restrain Ethan.
But Ethan’s actions were faster.
Divine power emanated from Ethan’s hand.
The dazzling light was slowly absorbed by the sarcophagus.
At the same time as the sacred light emanated from the sarcophagus, the divine power flowed down the root of the tree.
‘What are you going to do with your divine power?’
Lucio paused at the question that suddenly came to mind.
“no way?”
The divine power did not simply remain at the root of the tree.
The divine power was riding on the root of the tree and reaching far away.
Lucio focused on feeling.
Whenever I was in the city, the magic of the cursed forest felt ominous and eerie.
But now it was different.
“Magic power is getting weaker… … !”
That was then.
Suddenly, a commotion was heard outside the tomb.
“what?”
Lucio frowned and approached the tomb’s door.
The human voice was getting closer.
“Fenrir-sama, why are you suddenly in the catacombs? … .”
Kreung!
“it’s okay. Inside is Priest Lucio. Don’t worry, go back to the garden… oh!”
Crung!
Ride on!
At the same time, there was the sound of stepping on the steps, and the door to the tomb opened wide.
puck!
“Ok!”
Lucio bumped the ship into the head of the wolf, which suddenly jumped out of the crack in the open door.
Lucio, who was hit by Fenrir’s torso, was thrown out and rolled over.
However, Fenrir looked at Ethan without paying attention to Lucio.
* * *
Fenrir stared at Ethan without looking at Lucio.
Crumple!
Meanwhile, the priests who followed Fenrir were panicking and supported Lucio.
“Collock! How the hell did this happen?”
“Well, actually, we don’t even know. It was just that Fenrir-sama was trying to enter the tomb, so it was blocked.”
Fenrir wandered around Ethan, as if trying to figure out what trick he was doing.
The molars exposed through Fenrir’s snout were sharp.
Lucio hastily calmed Fenrir.
“Fenrir, you have misunderstood. Priest Ethan is simply infusing the sarcophagus with divine power.”
At the same time, Ethan’s words ran through Lucio’s head.
-I’m here to pave the way to the Empire, so we have to deal with it.
It was then that Lucio realized the true meaning of Ethan’s words.
“Stand, please… Are you trying to purify the Cursed Forest?”
Lucio was astonished.
“Are you crazy?! Stop it right now! It is not something that a single human can handle!”
The boy in front of him was obviously crazy.
You’re just purging the Cursed Forest to get to the Empire quickly?
risk your life?
“Even if you are a miracle boy, that is impossible! If you try to purify such powerful magical powers and magic by yourself, on the contrary, it will flow backwards and you may die!”
Lucio pushed aside the support of the other priests and approached Ethan.
Even though he was a reluctant boy, he couldn’t just let him die.
Because he was a priest.
That was then.
oo!
Fenrir, who was still observing Ethan, let out a long cry.
It was decided that Ethan wasn’t doing anything nonsense.
The cry filled with auspicious energy amplified the sacred power of the surrounding area.
“Fenrir-sama… … !”
Lucio looked at Fenrir with a blank expression on his face.
– It’s not a matter for someone who’s only been here two days to interfere. Your attitude only seems to be an insult to this city.
He, who had taken root and lived here, was unaware that the curse of the forest had penetrated into the city.
It was the boy priest who was an outsider who actually noticed the fact.
And the boy was now facing head-on with the magic of the forest.
Who was really insulting this city?
-If you leave it like this, the divine beast will definitely weaken.
Even though his body was already injured, the Silver Divine Beast was helping Ethan with all his might.
‘What a shame!’
Lucio closed his eyes tightly and opened them.
He instructed the priests around him.
“This is not the time to stand still. We also have to stand up for Pache.”
“Oh, I see!”
Lucio and the priests knelt and put their hands together.
And with the heart to protect the city, he began to pray reverently.
* * *
Meanwhile, Ethan was smiling confidently.
There was already experience of absorbing divine magic from Seongbaeksu.
So, he believed that he would be able to absorb enough of the magic that came from the demon king’s curse.
‘Unlike Seongbaeksu’s time, my understanding of divine magic has deepened now.’
Therefore, Ethan was planning to absorb the magic of the cursed forest and incorporate it into his new magic.
Of course, it was not without obstacles.
‘The divine power emanating from the remains of Luca Rossi. It’s a bit awkward, but… … .’
In the process of absorbing magical power, if divine power interfered like an impurity, it could take damage.
But Ethan shook his head.
As the years passed, the divine power in the remains of Luca Rossi had weakened.
There was no way Ethan would be disturbed by the divine power, which had become weak like dust.
At that moment, Lucio’s cry was heard from behind Ethan.
“Stand, please… Are you trying to purify the cursed forest?”
Ethan, who was instilling divine power, frowned at those words.
“Are you crazy?! Stop it right now! It is not something that a single human can handle!”
Ethan chuckled.
‘What the hell are you doing wrong?’
Why did Ethan sacrifice himself to do what the people who lived in Pache didn’t do?
Ethan had no intention of purifying the Cursed Forest.
No matter how much Ethan was, it was impossible now.
All Ethan was aiming for was literally ‘passing through the Cursed Forest’.
It was to take the magic of the cursed forest only enough to reduce the madness of the monsters in the forest.
‘Then I can start right away with the new empire, and it’s good that I can get magic power.’
So Ethan could be so confident.
“Well?”
That was then.
Ethan sensed something in the divine power inside the sarcophagus.
‘what? Wasn’t the divine power that came from the remains of Luca Rossi all there?’
As if a sleeping thing was awakened, the small divine power gradually increased its presence.
Ethan felt a stiff pull in the back of his neck.
‘This divine power?!’
If he had been an ordinary priest, he would not have noticed the source of that divine power.
But Ethan noticed right away.
‘Saint Eileen!’
Ethan was perplexed.
The small divine power inside the sarcophagus was amplifying the divine power left in the remains of Luca Rossi.
It was then that Ethan realized.
‘After Luca Rossi died, that damn saint went here!’
Ethan clenched his teeth.
In response to Luca Rossi’s wish to protect the city, the saint seems to have left a sacred power on the tomb to help Luca Rossi.
However.
‘This woman, even if I die, will you disturb me?!’
That divine power was decisively interfering with Ethan at this moment.
It was like being swayed by a saint who was now dead.
But there was no time to laugh.
He was now absorbing the magic of the cursed forest.
Because of this, Saint Eileen’s divine power guided Luca Rossi’s divine power as if she had a self, and invaded Ethan’s body precisely.
‘Damn it!’
Ethan pushed away the divine power that was aiming at him and digging into him.
‘it’s okay. Let’s calm down.’
Ethan regained his composure.
Although it was a fact that I forgot for a while due to a mistake, the divine power of Saint Luca Rossina was a thing of the past.
Even if it was a great priest’s divine power, he had been fighting against the magic of the cursed forest, so he was in a very weak state.
‘It will take some damage to the body, but there is no problem in absorbing it with divine magic.’
But it was then.
oo!
Fenrir, who was still observing Ethan, let out a long cry.
The cry filled with auspicious energy amplified the sacred power of the surrounding area.
‘That crazy bastard! Shut up!’
As I thought, I wanted to shut that vicious wolf’s snout right away.
However, he was absorbing the magic of the cursed forest as he faced the divine power that was trying to penetrate his body.
There was absolutely no energy to do anything else.
oo!
But Fenrir did not stop crying.
망할 개새끼가 따로 없었다.
But the skit did not end there.
“This is not the time to stand still. We also have to stand up for Pache.”
“Oh, I see!”
Lucio, who had clearly misunderstood something, began to pray with the other priests.
‘No, these crazy people?!’
As the priests’ prayers began, the divine power was amplified.
Blood began to form in Ethan’s eyes.
The howling of the divine beast and the prayers of the priests joined together, and the holy powers of Saints and Luca Rossi rushed towards Ethan as if to death.
Ethan turned around and looked at the divine beasts and priests.
oo!
“Pars, look down on the young priest who is trying to save Pache!”
They didn’t even know that Ethan was suffering because of them.
‘Hey, something’s wrong!’
If he did something wrong, he would be dead.
‘First, I have to guide the divine power that wants to infiltrate me elsewhere.’
Ethan quickly shook his head.
where the hell is that
‘The Cursed Forest!’
It appeared in his mind like a ray of light.
Ethan quickly led the divine power to the cursed forest.
The original plan to absorb the magic of the cursed forest into his body was not in mind.
‘Shake. Living now is the priority!’
But that alone was not enough.
The holy power of the saint, the divine power of Luca Rossi, and the amplified divine power had to be sent out quickly and explosively into the Cursed Forest.
Otherwise, Ethan’s body would explode.
‘In order to control the divine powers… … .’
Ethan’s eyes lit up.
‘Let’s use new magic!’
Then Ethan was able to completely control and amplify the divine powers of Saint and Luca Rossi.
Ethan squeezed the strength of his body and sent my divine power to the cursed forest.
A tremendous amount of divine power flowed down the tree roots connected to the sarcophagus into the Cursed Forest.
The tree roots continued to shine divinely.
But Ethan, who barely escaped the crisis, spewed blood from his mouth.
‘Damn it!’
All kinds of hexadecimal characters were running through Ethan’s head.
Using divine magic, the divine power was radiated into the cursed forest.
Thanks to this, Ethan was able to save his life.
However, he was able to obtain only a third of the new magical power he had originally intended.
If it wasn’t for a saint, I would have gotten more.
But before he could even think about it, Ethan’s body complained of damage.
“Cool!”
The priests were astonished and cried out.
“Fa, it is clear that Pars-sama answered our prayers!”
“Did Pars-sama send this boy to protect Pache?”
“Let’s support them first!”
The voices of the priests gradually hummed and moved away.
Ethan slowly lost consciousness.
Ethan’s blurred vision entered the evil spirits and priests who were trying to help him die.
Fenrir stuck out his tongue and licked the back of Ethan’s hand.
Get rid of that dirty tongue right now!
Ethan wanted to say that.
But the voice that came out of his mouth was smaller than the sound of an ant crawling.
“dirty… Put it away.”
The priests around him listened to him.
“What do you mean?”
“Dirty forest… clean it up?”
And Lucio uttered the rare bullshit that decorates the end.
“It seems that they wanted to purify the Dirty Forest, the Cursed Forest! Even at sacrificing yourself.”
“The young priest had such a wonderful idea… … !”
what was the sound