35. I missed you
Eloah cried like a child for a long time while being held in Doyoon’s arms.
With the nostalgic warmth she felt for the first time in 100 years, she forgot her stature as a guild master and completely reverted to her old chick days.
“Huh… I missed you so much… I missed you so much… Huh…”
“Yes, yes.”
Eloa rubbed her face in Doyoon’s arms and enjoyed his hand stroking her hair.
Although the appearance has become a completely different person, the hero’s arms are still wide and warm.
“Thank you for surviving, Eloa.”
“Uh uh…”
At those words, Eloah remembered the past years she had endured in order to survive and for the sake of her new family member, the World Tree.
Scary, painful days. She wept bitterly and confided to the hero what she had never told anyone.
“It was so… so hard… so terrible… A war without a hero was so terrible…”
“sorry.”
“When the new demon king returns, hehe! I thought, I thought… What if the hero had been there… What if the hero had been there when the stronger Demon King’s army was advancing…”
“sorry.”
“When the first wall collapses… When the rebuilt nations fall one by one… When our guild members die… When our new friends die…”
“…”
“Hero, you… oops! There was, it was, it was said… heh uh uh…”
“…sorry.”
“Uh uh uh… uh uh…”
Eloah, who was filled with emotion again as she spoke, sobbed in Doyoon’s arms for a long time. The sadness that had been built up over the past terrible years exploded, and I didn’t know how to stop it.
Do-yoon just repeated the words that he was sorry and stroked her still bright yellow hair.
“…I’m sorry. On such a fine day… hig!”
“it’s okay. You are free to cry in front of me.”
Eloa looked up at Doyoon with her moist eyes groaning.
“From now on, I will stay by your side. I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you until now.”
“…”
Eloah wanted to say, ‘No, don’t be sorry.’ However, the warrior’s trustworthy and warm consolation made me choke up again, so I couldn’t open my mouth.
She hugged Doyoon tighter. He buried his face in his chest again. Eloa’s tears did not know how to stop.
After a long time, around the time when Elroa properly collected her heart. Doyoon and Eloah finally began to unravel their anger.
“You have grown so much. At that time, that little boy became such a pretty girl.”
“…Am I pretty?”
“okay. He grew up so beautifully.”
Even though Elroa still had redness around her eyes, she couldn’t hold back the laughter that came out of the bash. Hehe. The warrior said I was pretty.
“I think I’m still a crybaby.”
“Ooh, I’m not a crybaby… I, in the last 100 years, I haven’t cried in front of other people even once…”
“…Didn’t you have someone to lean on?”
Eloah was startled and waved her hand.
“That’s not it! The surviving guild members, the newly formed family of the World Tree, and Millain… All of them are trustworthy people. However…”
She hesitated for a moment, then opened her mouth.
“Even the hero… until the moment he passed away, never once showed any difficulty in front of us…”
“…”
“I wanted to become a person like the hero to my colleagues who looked at me.”
Doyoon couldn’t speak any more. In his eyes, she is still just a young chick, but I never thought she would say such mature words.
I was proud of her for growing up straight. But on the other hand, I felt sorry for her who had to grow so strong because of the war.
“…that’s great.”
“Hehe…”
However, Doyoon decided to just swallow his back talk. From now on, it was all she needed to be by her side as the hero again.
Eloah didn’t notice the hero’s sad eyes and just smiled at his praise.
“ah! But, what the hell happened to you?”
“Well.”
Do-yoon was about to start talking, but he stopped talking because he wanted to be sorry. He remembered a whisper from Sophie earlier.
I wanted to talk longer, but I didn’t have time right now. Rainbows disappear quickly.
Do-yoon got up from his seat.
“uh?”
“I’m sorry, but let’s decide to solve the issue later.”
“yes? Why, why?”
“I have a place to go now.”
At those words, Eloah jumped up with an expression as if the world had collapsed.
“No!!”
She caught Doyoon.
“Why, why…? Now that we’ve met, where are you going…! Three, don’t you like the world tree? I really like it here! The facilities are state-of-the-art, the welfare is excellent, and the guild members are all…”
“Eloah.”
“Don’t go, okay? Ho, is it because 10,000 gold coins are not enough? I can bring you more money! Really! I will work really hard…”
“Eloah.”
“Go, don’t go, don’t go… Hero, please…”
Eloah pleaded and clung to it as if screaming. Her eyes were shaking violently, as if an earthquake had struck.
The pain of losing the hero once pierced her heart.
Doyoon looked at this pitiful child without a word. Seeing her like this made me uncomfortable.
But that’s why I had to go even further. We need to lighten the burden on this child.
Doyoon hugged Eloa. Then he patted her on the back and calmed down Elroa.
“ah…”
“Eloah.”
“Yes, yes…”
“I am not leaving you. I will always be by your side I have something to do, so I’m just away.”
“…what do I have to do…?”
Doyoon slowly dropped Eloa and looked into her eyes.
“I’m going to go get my chick present.”
“…yes?”
Doyoon smiled at Eloah, who opened her eyes wide.
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[Heavenly Palace Phantom Air]
(Lv.- Rate. A)
The unique power of a fantasy spiritual creature, the unicorn. You can move anywhere in the world where there is a rainbow.
Through Sophie’s skill, Doyoon arrived at the forefront of the alliance.
Before Sophie came out of the cradle, she had confided in Do-yoon about her skills. And Do-yoon had identified several places where his legacy was hidden, and asked Sophie to tell her when a rainbow appeared nearby.
And right now, it was the timing when a rainbow appeared in the place where the goods of Enoch Roosevolnik’s legacy were stored.
“I’ll be back, so please wait here.”
“yes.”
Appropriately wrapped around Sophie, he left Sophie at the inn, went outside, and walked around the city.
There were a lot of people on the street. It seemed to be a very commercially active city.
‘This has become a completely different place.’
This country, along with Muspelheim of the Lion King, is the only country in the alliance that is in contact with the Demon King and maintains a front line, but there was no conflict with the Demon King’s army.
Muspelheim is a country that stretches horizontally from the center of the continent and bears all the fronts alone. This place was next to Muspelheim, at the end of the continent, slightly touching the Devil’s Land through a very small territory.
As long as Muspelheim, the most powerful nation, stood firm next to it, it was obvious that even if the Demon King’s army occupied this small city, it would soon be defeated by Muspelheim’s reinforcements. So, the Demon King’s army did not waste their forces by attacking this place. It was because it was a place that did not mean much to occupy.
‘Originally, it wasn’t such a big city.’
As a result, this city became a city where many mercenaries and hunters made a living by hunting monsters, and achieved great economic growth as a by-product of monsters.
Do-yoon trudged and headed for the Demonic Realm through the castle gate. Since this gate was a place leading to the land of death, where there was no point in checking, no one stopped Doyun.
He entered a demonic realm thick with spooky trees.
that buck that buck
With every step you take, the texture of the dry soil and the strangely tough and strong grass penetrates your shoes.
The white trees confuse the eye with grotesque patterns, and the lush branches bent at bizarre angles seem to move by themselves.
However, Doyoon did not hesitate at all and walked steadily in one direction. His eyes were as calm as ever.
“Well…”
Do-yoon was puzzled by the numerous signs approaching him from afar.
Apparently, it seemed that I had to use a little bit of the demons’ blood.
‘My clothes will get dirty.’
Are there any clothes in the safe? There must be a mountain of gold and jewels in this safe.
Doyoon clenched his fists and moved on.
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“Tsk.”
Stepping into the hidden cave, Doyoon clicked her tongue. The smell of the monster’s blood vibrated from his body.
Goo goo goo…
A large rock moved from behind, blocking the entrance to the cave. Now, looking from the outside, you won’t even be able to find any traces of the rock’s movement. As it was an engine device made by the Dwarves, the quality was very certain.
Again. Again. The sound of Doyoon’s footsteps echoed through the silent cave.
Doyun woke up and walked downhill for a long time. Because the size of the vault was so large, it was necessary to go down quite deep to reach the entrance. Because it was a place to keep gold and jewels, the contents were quite bulky.
And soon, a very large door appeared in front of him.
There was a thin gap in the center of the door. It was a place to put the key.
This lock is the same device as the sword collection gallery in Geomwang, and its structure is very simple.
However, since it was a lock with little practical effect, it was mostly used for ceremonial buildings or nobles’ bravado.
However, if Busker and Enoch used it, it was a device that turned into a lock stronger than anything else in the world.
‘If he had been alive…’
Doyoon recalled the story he had shared with Busker in the distant past.
Busker had been present at the place where this safe was being made, and he and Enoch had had a trivial conversation while looking at the lock.
‘I don’t like it.’
‘what?’
‘The lock on my gallery can be opened by both you and me. But only you can open this door.’
‘If you twist it, why don’t you try hard to catch up.’
‘…Let’s make a bet, Enoch.’
‘betting? Did you know you could do that too? The guy who was always boring.’
‘This is also the way of the sword.’
‘but. Yeah, what bet?’
’10 years. I’ll bet that it will take 10 years before I open this door.’
‘No way. No matter how genius you are, I even died from the demon king to gain this realization. I’ll bet on 30 years.’
‘What would you offer if I won.’
‘All the property in this is yours.’
‘…really? Really that mountain of gold and silver treasures?’
‘The sword emperor, who had no interest in anything other than the sword, is about to drool.’
‘Hehe.’
‘Instead, if I win, I’ll take three from your collection.’
‘…Two bags.’
‘great.’
“Kick.”
Doyoon stopped laughing at the thought of the old days. It was one of the few moments when such a dry busker showed his greed. Didn’t even put out my collection.
‘Although he died before the 10 years were filled.’
Standing in front of the door after 100 years like this, I suddenly became curious.
If Busker hadn’t died, whose bet would have won?
“…”
let’s quit It is a meaningless assumption.
I decided to stop thinking and just reminisce. It just made my taste bitter.
‘The lock wouldn’t be damaged.’
will be fine Because it was made of dwarves, and the structure itself was very simple.
Doyoon scratched the handle of the sword at his waist and wrapped it around it with the palm of his hand. Shin Soo-jong’s pure mana was concentrated on his arm.
Even though it was issued from the cradle, it was a crude iron sword that could not withstand even the sword. However.
seureung-
For now, it was the only key to the continent’s greatest treasure house.