36. attack
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Goo goo goo…
The heavy and large gate opened slowly, and golden light poured out from between them.
The sword that had done its job shattered. Do-yoon threw the sword with only the handle left in the corner of the cave.
‘Tsk. I need to get a decent sword soon.’
Tumble, Tumble. Doyoon’s footsteps echoed in the large cavity.
Doyoon raised his gaze and looked at the golden mountain in front of his eyes that filled his cavity.
‘That’s a lot.’
The gold coins and jewels piled up like a mountain shone brilliantly, reflecting the light emitted from the luminous stone on the wall.
‘It reminds me of the past.’
The legacy of Enoch is distributed throughout the continent. This was a safe for gold, silver, jewels, and other things that could be used directly as goods.
In fact, even Doyoon did not know exactly how much money was here. It was only possible to guess that the number of gold coins would easily exceed 100,000.
100 years ago, Enoch was the strongest warrior in the Union and at the same time made a name for himself as the best man on the continent.
With each recurrence, knowledge of the future was accumulated, and it was so easy to use it to sweep money.
And the result was a golden mountain in front of my eyes.
However, Doyoon did not pay attention to the scene and went straight to the deepest part of the cave.
‘found.’
There, a ring was carefully kept by itself in a stylish display case. It was a completely different treatment from gold coins or jewels that were randomly rolling around on the floor.
Doyoon opened the showcase and picked up the item.
A ring made of a black gem and a pure white ring that looks special at first glance.
The jet-black jewel embedded in it had a deep darkness that seemed to absorb the colors around it, but it was transparent like glass, so it had a contradiction in that it could be seen through to the inside.
The ring enclosing the jewel had a whitish-white milky reflection, and it felt as solid as a fabric woven with great care by a supreme artisan.
The jet-black jewel was Nebula, a jewel that had the unprecedented power to twist space and the mystery of calculating it on its own.
The white turquoise ring was a skull diamond, known as the rarest ore on the continent, an eternal jewel that absorbs most of the power and energy applied to it.
‘Performance is also performance, but it’s beautiful no matter how many times you see it.’
Among Enoch’s very few subspace items, Nebula boasted the best performance and convenience.
However, due to its extreme rarity, it was worth it to call it a subspace item. Nebula, which is the highest among them, was something that could buy a country without exaggeration if it dared to put a price on it.
‘In case I need to withdraw a large sum of money in a hurry, I’m glad I left this here.’
Doyoon put the nebula on the index finger of his left hand and admired its beautiful glow for a while.
‘Come to think of it, what are the dragons who gave me this… Huh?’
A system window appeared out of nowhere in front of Doyoon’s eyes as he was leisurely turning Nebula.
[Nebula]
Nebula is a gem that accompanied the birth and end of a nebula, and contains a fragment of the power to rule space and a fragment of wisdom to read space. Now, it is crafted with the power of the dragon along with the skull diamond, and its aesthetic value is also priceless.
The nebula grants the wearer a small edge of the infinite world. The user does not need any effort to open a portal to that space. The fragments of wisdom held by Nebula will calculate all the complicated formulas of space magic. It just consumes the will to open the portal and a very small amount of mana.
Additionally, Nebula gives its user an imprint of ownership. Objects designated as engraved can be returned to the space provided by Nebula whenever the user wants.
(Sign of possession: 0 / 12)
‘…what?’
The system window was clearly showing Nebula’s information. Perhaps, this is a function called ‘item description’ learned in the cradle.
However, the description of the item was obviously something that had to be read through an appraisal or an appraisal skill. However, Doyoon had neither of them.
‘…ah. Perhaps.’
[The 7th sense]. Apparently, it was the effect of that skill.
Originally, it was only about recognizing the value of antiques and valuables through advanced intuition. However, skill correction was added to that ability, and it seemed that the effect of seeing item descriptions was created.
‘I really like the skill system.’
Do-yoon again admired the system’s functionality, and turned around to collect a mountain of gold coins.
The maximum capacity is limited, so you won’t be able to fit all of them. However, at least I should be able to take enough of it to be a great addition to the World Tree.
‘It’s full.’
Doyoon filled Nebula’s space with gold coins and jewels and walked out of the cave. Then he manipulated the device and sealed the entrance again without a trace.
But then, he stood tall and looked back.
It was in the northern direction, opposite the city.
“…”
Doyoon turned around and walked towards the city.
His steps were a little faster than before.
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kiik-
“Ah, Mr. Doyoon!”
Sophie, who was waiting for Do-yoon in the inn room, greeted him with a smile as soon as the door opened.
“Sophie.”
“yes?”
Strangely, Sophie answered him right away, feeling a sense of urgency.
“Is there a place with a rainbow in Skeletonia right now?”
“Ah yes. Skeletonia… I think there are three places.”
“Which one is closest to our guild?”
“There is a rainbow floating near the cradle.”
Doyoon nodded.
“Sophie, please return through there first.”
“yes? Am I alone?”
Sophie opened her eyes round at the unexpected remark and tilted her head.
Doyoon used the guild leader’s errands as an excuse and moderately said that he still had to stay here.
“But, without me, Doyoon-ssi can’t come back. The rainbow here has already disappeared, so I can’t come back to pick it up…”
“The dean who sent me here has prepared a way to return. In the first place, this place and Skeletonia are close enough to be called neighboring countries. I’ll be back soon, don’t worry.”
“Ah… is that so…?”
Sophie nodded, puzzled by a slight sense of déjà vu. It’s not that Doyoon’s words were wrong, but something tickled her intuition.
“Uh… yes. Then, I will try to go back first.”
But I didn’t bother asking about it. Just like Doyoon said, she could have been in trouble if she didn’t go back now.
Also, Sophie’s intuition was not as good as Doyun’s. Naturally, she did not notice the change in the north.
However, what she felt was nothing more than a feeling of uneasiness arising out of vague anxiety.
“Come back carefully.”
Sophie used the [Tiangung Illusion Nostril] near the cradle, and her body began to turn white.
Doyoon said softly as he waved his hand at Sophie, who disappeared from the tips of her toes.
“Please tell the guild master not to worry about me.”
“yes?”
Sophie couldn’t ask what that meant. She soon disappeared completely.
“…”
Do-yoon, who was quietly looking at the spot where Sophie had disappeared, hurriedly left the inn and headed for the street.
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Skeletonia’s World Tree Division Guild Leader’s Office.
There, Millaine was sorting through papers piled on her desk. Now in the season, she has a lot of work to do.
smart.
“Milan. I will go in.”
Even, there was another pile of papers in the hand of the secretary who had just entered.
“You have worked hard.”
The secretary looked at Millaine and smiled politely.
Millaine sighed, constantly playing with her pen, without even looking in the direction of the door.
“Haa… leave it there, please.”
“yes. suffer.”
“…”
The secretary left, and the door closed. Millane continued to move the pen that never stopped.
Meanwhile, one of the contact phones in her office flashed and rang.
“…yes? Ah, shit… what is it…!”
After confirming the type of telephone seat, she tousled her hair.
Millaine’s office had several telephone seats. Telephone seats connected to the master room, telephone seats used by secretaries for reporting, etc.
And, the one that rang just now was the direct telephone line for the emergency call to the royal family.
It was a telephone seat that was limitedly operated only in case of emergency, in order to ignore all procedures and urgently contact the World Tree.
So, it means that he is a guy who only cries when his head hurts.
“Hey, Mr….! Oh, I don’t know, I won’t take it!”
She pounded her foot under the desk and buried her head in it. Even in the midst of this, the phone seat continued to ring loudly, not knowing that it would be cut off.
smart.
“Milan. Telephone seat ringing now, direct emergency to the royal family…”
“Aagh!! I was going to get it!”
Millaine screamed and got up from her seat and headed for the phone seat. The face of the secretary smiling quietly outside the door was very clear. It got really weak.
“You are suffering. I’ll bring you some chocolate that’s good for relieving stress.”
“…thanks.”
…He was nervous, but he was a very caring person.
In the end, Millaine connected the phone seat with a lot of tears. Light leaked from the phone seat, revealing the image of the royal liaison officer.
“Yes, I am.”
-[Milan. This is a request for reinforcements.]
“yes? Reinforcements?”
Miller’s expression hardened in an instant.
With a rather serious expression, she listened to the liaison officer’s words.
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thump thump thump.
Eloa, who was looking at the documents in the master room, frowned at the sound of urgent footsteps approaching from outside.
Soon, Millaine burst into the room, throwing the door open with the force to break it down.
“master!!”
“The house is going to collapse, slowly… what’s so urgent?”
As always in front of Millaine, Elroa shook her head in a deft way but hesitated.
Millaine’s expression was unusual. It seemed that something big had happened.
“A belly button! Our fortune!!”
“…yes?”
“Ah, no… ha, Apostle Han Do-yoon! Where did Han Do-yoon go!?”
“Sado Han Do-yoon?”
After tilting her head for a moment, Elroa answered Millaine’s question.
“I thought it was the border town of Rockenmayer. why?”
“aa!!!”
Millaine screamed as she tore her hair. Elroa was taken aback by her reaction and backed off.
“Why, why are you doing that!?”
“reinforcement! We need to mobilize an army right now! Become the best member of our guild!”
Millaine rushed in, grabbed Elroa by the shoulder and shook her.
“War! To the border town of Lockenmeyer!”
“…uh?”
“The place where our fortune is now, the demon king’s army attacked!!”
Eloa’s face turned white.