The best weapon in the setup (6)
“Come to think of it…”
Elina’s divine power was empty and despite being exhausted, she went near the fallen men and checked their condition.
After that, Elina looked at me with startled eyes.
“I’m alive…”
Elina had an expression of sincere relief at the enemy’s survival.
“As expected, a merciful heart…”
“No, don’t get me wrong. I just bought it because the magic was a bit weak.”
I dismissed Elina’s words.
“I could kill you here right now.”
As I approached, Elina blocked me.
“That doesn’t work. It hasn’t changed my mindset that I have to live and make them pay the price properly.”
I sighed.
His eyes were too desperate to ignore Elina and kill them.
I glanced at Elin.
Elin shook his head subtly.
Wasn’t it Elin who asked to be killed?
‘what?’
While feeling a bit uneasy, I finished the conversation with Elina.
“… do it yourself.”
“I will take care of it.”
at that time.
I found the source of my uneasiness in the scene unfolding behind Elina.
Some of the men were dying, their faces turning yellow and foaming.
It is poison.
Elin was using her divine power to spread poison around her.
Elina, whose divine power is empty, seems to have lost her ability to detect, and is not aware of it.
Elin was taking advantage of that gap.
‘It’s scary.’
It’s not for nothing that Elin has a terrifying backstory of being the incarnation of an evil god.
Elin herself was finishing off the men.
Even though some of them were awake, seeing them writhe in agony without even making a sound would surely be the pain of going into hellfire.
“Let’s go. You have to hurry.”
I pretended to hasten my steps so that Elina wouldn’t see the men.
“Elina. let’s go.”
After Elin poisoned the men to death slowly, she hurried on with an expressionless expression as if she did not know at all.
Nias tugged at the hem of my clothes and pointed to the men who were dying in plain sight over there.
I gently stroked Nias’ head to tell her to be quiet.
“Hehe.”
Seeing Nias smile like an idiot as if he felt good after being stroked, I only let out a thin smile that contained tension.
Seeing people die and laughing so brightly.
He’s also dangerous.
.
.
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There are a total of four places where the picture book gave hints.
square, river, tomb, trees
In two of them, it was after they had already discovered the runes.
Perhaps you can find runes in two other places as well.
‘If I uncover all the runes, what will be revealed is probably the location.’
But if you want to do something, you have to hurry.
Unbeknownst to Elin, Elina had consumed a considerable amount of divine power because of what happened earlier.
If Isaac’s side finished preparations again and cursed again, it would be difficult to defend again this time.
I headed to Gaila’s tomb.
According to the setting, Gayla’s Tomb is the place where the old dragon Gayla, who used to be active in the dukedom, was buried.
It is said that the first Duke of Kieft built this tomb after defeating Gaila, who was once a colleague, with tears in his eyes when he became ferocious.
Of course, the dragon’s body is not actually buried here.
A dragon corpse is a very valuable magical item, and can be transformed into a powerful artifact if processed well.
That’s why there are only tombstones here.
“It’s a grave, it’s spooky.”
Nias said indifferently.
I don’t know anything else, but there’s no way Nias, the demon lord, is afraid of the grave.
It was this excuse that I came up with as a last resort while looking for a way to keep Elina and Ellin from sticking together.
I looked down and saw Nias clinging to me, trembling in an obvious acting manner.
Then, she glanced at the two saints with anxious eyes.
But Elina and Ellin didn’t seem to have any intention of sticking to me like that in the first place.
“away. annoying. It looks like a pig.”
“…a pig every day! I haven’t really gained weight!”
Nias suddenly insisted and put my hand on his stomach.
“Touch it!”
“Now, wait…don’t do it!”
I could feel Nias’s soft flesh through the maid’s uniform.
I was able to feel my stomach, which was definitely sunk in.
“what are you doing!”
“Now you know?!”
“What do you want to know?”
“If you don’t know yet…!”
Nias said, grabbing my arm again.
Then he struggled with me and tried to get my hand on his stomach.
“Touch more! Not really!”
In terms of sheer power… I’m weaker than Nias because of my sickness!
While struggling with Nias, I shouted surrender with my face dyed red.
“I know. Okay! You are not such a pig!”
“…Right?”
Nias laughed bashfully.
Feeling somewhat defeated, I retrieved the hand that had been freed by Nias.
“I felt it before, but the two of you seem to be really close.”
Elina, who had been gloomy since before, looked at Nias and me and said with a light smile.
Considering the situation Elina is in, Elina, who can even smile like that, has a really strong mentality.
“I’m not friendly, he’s just…”
Then, when I saw Elin, who was making a sad face, I realized.
I thought it was a bit sudden, but Nias had planned it properly.
By deliberately showing a friendly look, I sent a warning that there is no gap for you to squeeze in.
Looking at Elin’s expression, the effect seemed certain.
It was truly a devilish tactic.
“Are the little ones excited, going out to play at night?”
And as soon as they got close to the tombstone, as expected, slave traders who had been waiting around it appeared.
It was already expected.
“You are very annoying.”
It was immediately apparent that the men had urinary stones.
Without delay, I floated the surrounding stones with magic.
but…
‘At this rate, the mana will be a bit lacking.’
The normal state of mana depletion and the previous curse incident overlapped, so mana was extremely insufficient.
There is no problem this time, but there are still two more places to go.
I never knew when my magic power would run out completely.
At that time, men who had been watching for a while attacked.
“Be prepared! Little boy!”
Really, it’s a stupid line.
‘If I count the number of years I’ve lived, I’ll be much more than them.’
Although it will take a long discussion whether to include the past life in the days lived.
Whiik-! puck! f*ck!
The men who rushed at the stones thrown by the magic were hit and staggered all at once.
“what?! Why is magic…! 100 million!”
But as expected, after throwing it a few times, I felt that the magic power I had been stocking up ran out immediately.
‘As expected, I can’t throw it several times.’
While thinking so, I finished all of them for now.
Fortunately, mana left a little more than I thought, but it was also dangerous.
at that time.
“Don’t belittle human life!”
As expected, Elina protested and stepped out.
“Isn’t this just self-defense again?”
I dismissed Elina’s words.
And I pointed at the men because I had something to say.
“And take a look. I didn’t kill him this time either.”
Elina was puzzled by my words and lowered her head to check their condition.
“Certainly…it hurt…”
Most of them were bleeding from some parts of their heads or bodies, but they certainly weren’t dead.
I’ll be sick enough to die.
At my words, Elina was momentarily speechless.
“But to kill… just like before. Actually, you don’t want to commit murder, do you?”
Elina’s eyes glared at me with anticipation.
“You mean… uh. okay. I just thought it was a little bit right.”
As I looked around, Elina’s expression suddenly brightened.
“is that so?! Also, right? No matter how much God deserves to punish them, there is no need to defile themselves by taking their lives!”
Elina came closer to me, grabbed my hand, and shook it wildly.
Tring!
[Elina’s affinity increases. (Reason: Good behavior)]
“…Well.”
Slightly pricked by conscience
“not a big deal.”
I said, pulling out my hand.
Earlier, I exchanged glances with Elin for a moment.
This time, it seemed like Elin wanted to finish, so I just adjusted my strength appropriately.
‘To come back like this.’
If you get caught later, you won’t know how to deal with it.
“Then, if you’re seriously injured, get some treatment…”
“Oh, wait.”
I grabbed Elina’s shoulders as she turned her eyes to the men.
Because now men were dying slowly.
“yes?”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t have time to take care of them. You never know when the curse will strike again.”
It’s not a lie.
“I only check the runes and hurry.”
Elina didn’t like my words, but in the end she nodded.
I started to move after confirming that Elin, with a cold expression on her face, was waving her hands away from the men.
Nias was about to pull my hand with an annoyed expression, probably not liking the fact that Elina and I were so close together.
‘It hurts.’
Fourth, the tree the boy visits in the picture book is the spirit tree of Yeongji.
The young tree that grew up in a big way was blooming wonderfully white spring flowers in the center of the village.
“hey. hey. The little ones were waiting. As expected from the captain…”
I thought for a moment as I watched the men reciting lines that sounded like a trifle.
It wasn’t that hard to knock it down, but…
‘As expected, mana is a bit lacking.’
Mana is now intermittently.
at that time.
One of the men approaching put his chin hand on his neck.
“Kek…keek…! Kuck..!”
The man’s complexion turned yellow, and crab foam began to flow from his mouth.
“You, what are you…? Kek..?!”
Other men who approached, worried about the strange man, showed the same symptoms and twisted their bodies.
“Hey, wait a minute… Cuckoo…!”
Four or so men fell and twisted in quick succession.
It was an obvious poisoning.
Looking back, Elin acted as if nothing was wrong and stuck close to Elina.
‘It’s serious.’
Some of Elin’s cruel nature seems to be revealed.
Looking to the side, the corner of Elin’s mouth twitched slightly.
‘You don’t know how to kill me?’
Are you kidding?
I broke out in a cold sweat.
I didn’t really feel it because the men who fainted died silently, but now it’s certain.
The pain that men go through seemed to go far beyond the normal pain.
Slave traders were agitated by an unknown cause.
“Eh, little wizard… are you… doing this?!”
“…uh. right.”
I thought this would be more comfortable.
Elina didn’t seem to notice yet.
Rather, it seems that people are more sensitive to the fear of the invisible than the visible.
Despite being stoned, some of the men who had been fighting until just now turned around and started running away.
I used my remaining magical power to precisely target the vital points and knocked down the men who were running away.
“I didn’t kill you.”
Before going to check the rune, I told Elina in advance.
“ah. yes.”
Elina put her trust in me and smiled.
Gee, damn it.
don’t laugh so innocently pricked conscience
When I glanced at Elin, Elin was already preparing to kill everyone.
“Wait, let’s go together and check some runes.”
I dragged the bewildered Elina under the tree and checked the runes.
So, four runes.
all gathered
I read the collected runes.
“…Temple.”
under.
I should have expected it from the start.
From the part where Elina has to be saved to finish part 1 of this route.
“A temple?”
Along with me, Nias asked while looking at the runes revealed in the spirit tree.
“okay. The temple of Nephtam.”
“Does our temple contain the weapon you are looking for?”
Elina also opened her eyes wide.
The temple she was talking about would be the temple around the plaza where the massacre took place.
“no. It won’t be there.”
It is relatively recent that temples were built around the square.
Even if it was recently, it was 300 years ago, but there was no kiev in the era where weapons were hidden.
“…The era when Kiev lived was about 500 years ago.”
“A temple in this area 500 years ago…?”
Elina put her finger to her mouth and pressed her lips together, deep in thought.
“ah! I remembered! A temple near the southern gate would have been built then. It is the most historic temple.”
“It helps.”
At my words, Elina smiled.
Then, it was as if the place to go had been decided.
I confirmed that Elin quietly finished off the men with a slightly flushed face.
Without letting Elina look at the men, I quickly headed towards the southern gate’s temple.
But we are one step behind.
The temple at the southern gate was already a sea of blood.
“Ugh…”
Elina covered her mouth and began to vomit.
“Elina.”
Elin, whose complexion was white, hugged the shivering Elina tightly.
‘I never thought it would have come first.’
mutilated corpses.
And the dark red blood that flowed from the corpses.
Blood trickled down the short steps leading up to the temple and onto the floor.
Just how did Isaac know where they will go anyway? Unless he knew about all the location of the runes it should’ve been impossible.