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Devil’s Claw, Depth’s Wreck (5)
“What?!”
“Stella-sama!”
Ga-in made a very loud noise, and I hurriedly covered her mouth.
Then the Crown Prince asked with sharp eyes.
“Where is the location? Can you swear to the sun that what you saw is correct?”
“Oh my gosh!”
I’ll catch you!
I immediately smashed the Prince’s back—thump!—and stumbled into a terrifying experience that made my forearm pound.
Keena and Willem were startled and hid in the hem of Sir John’s robe.
‘Where did the fly sit?’ He looked down at me with a smirk, and the D.O. Nompang giggled and laughed at me.
But it was too important a moment to collapse like this.
I raised my eyebrows and looked at the children.
“I’m sorry, I was surprised. I think everyone was excited. We are looking for him very desperately. That’s why I came from afar.”
“·················ogue.”
“Have you seen the hair color or the legs? I also have prosthetic legs.”
“I couldn’t see properly because I was wearing a robe, but my hair was gray. Or pale purple?”
“I saw it through a high window, so I don’t know the bridge. But my hands were so gorgeous! They slammed the window as soon as they found us.”
“·················ogue.”
The two children eagerly responded. I covered my lips and exchanged glances with my friends.
It looked like there was no way it could go wrong.
It must have been Werner Penetian that the children witnessed.
The only thing I was curious about was why the purpose of it was ‘mana stone’ and not ‘mana’.
It’s good for us if he hasn’t left the black market yet, but what the hell is he up to? Why do you need it?
What about young Cornelis?
“Hey, little ones.”
Startle. The children shuddered at the call of the evil Confucius.
Ga-in and I stared at him passionately.
“You said that you feed those manastones to the gods. Do it quickly.”
“You talk kindly to the kids.”
A straight sentence came out right away. The man looked at me with a displeased look.
In the meantime, Sir John gently led the two children to the front of the ‘throat’ of the gods.
Whoa hee hee . . . A strangely clear air rose from the warm darkness.
It felt like entering a very clean forest rather than an underground black market.
“It’s just, it just doesn’t matter. You can give it to me like this.”
Willem stuttered and held up the magic stone in his hand.
Then Kina took care of her brother. ‘hurry. I’m hungry for my toenails.’
– Tuk! Go round and round…
A colorless and transparent rock diligently rolled into darkness and disappeared.
And for a while the room was quiet. We looked at each other and held our breath.
Kina, who was very nervous, also took a step closer to her brother.
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One minute, like an hour, passed like that…
– aaa
“Wow!”
The hole brightened with a warm off-white.
Even the trunks of the ceiling that make up the vines radiated faint warmth and shone softly.
Then, a gentle ray of light hugged Willem once, and, like a loose rubber band, he put the child away and hid into the burrow.
We took turns looking at the boy and the sick hole with our eyes wide open.
As if something had just happened, the place was dark again. Willem scratched the tip of his nose as if embarrassed.
Did the gods really eat the magic stone? Not even a stone? There’s nothing inside?!
“I like it very much. Just like that.”
“There are all sorts of things in the world, seriously…”
“It’s not like I like it. When Toenails hug you like this, we don’t get hungry and we don’t get sick. He’s really nice.”
“I see.”
Kinna proudly explained, and I nodded my head blankly.
Come to think of it, the children looked incredibly healthy for having grown up underground.
Although he was thin, he had good stamina to climb this hill without any effort, and his cheeks and fingertips were red, so his complexion turned red.
I heard that he was twelve years old, but his physique was similar to that of his peers.
Around that time, Lofi, who climbed up my shoulder, began to press the nape of my neck. ‘Kurre, gurreur.’
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“Kina, Willem. Have you ever been out of your black market?”
dory dory. The children shook their heads with a slightly sad expression on their faces.
Ga-in was startled and covered her mouth with her hand. I spoke calmly.
“Then the toenails really took care of you. If the two of us took care of the food, the toenails made him not hungry and made him grow taller in return.”
“Right. I don’t even feel thirsty while sleeping.”
“We don’t even know what a cold is! I have never been caught.”
“·················ogue.”
An ordinary person could not live like this without sunlight even once in his life.
Even though the diet was irregular, the nutritional status was not good.
However, the siblings did not seem to have any problems with their bones or development, and their eyesight was normal.
It wasn’t much different from the tavern servants I met on the Yeri.
It was wonderful.
“The gods impart vitality.”
“It’s amazing. The Heroic Spirits are voluntarily interacting with these children. It’s not about losing power.”
Sir John added softly.
I blinked slowly, trying not to lose sight of the clues in my head.
So how do you consume Manastones? Why do you need it for a god?
You wouldn’t even have to pretend to eat.
The existence of God’s will and the manifestation of power in itself, for what purpose it was necessary to wash away foreign substances…
‘Heroic Spirit of Iran’
‘unique ability’
‘purification’
ah-!
“Stellar, Pilsner. Sir John.”
I hurriedly called my friends. The siblings looked at me and tilted their heads.
“what?”
“The gods have an ego. The two of you will know better.”
“Me, Heineken? I haven’t caught up yet.”
“Hobulho. Like humans, gods have their likes and dislikes. For example, the brave likes to sit in high places. Being a free being, I don’t mind staying out. While Hye-gum hates strangers touching her, Bing-jam’s storage is easy to get on by people’s hands. The Shrine of Trees has a very compassionate disposition towards fragrant life.”
“Then, this tree…”
“It is a divine creature with the power of purification. It’s clear that you like ‘clean things’.”
I said bitterly. Then Sir John made a troubled expression.
“But Heineken. This tree did not respond when someone poured water from a spring in the plaza. There must have been many similar attempts until now.”
“·······uhm.”
I pursed my lips and fell into thought. My friends also had serious expressions on their faces.
The children looked into each other’s faces and whispered.
“Brother, are you sick of your toenails?”
“I see.”
“What is a god?”
“I don’t know either. The mayor didn’t even say that.”
“but. But, well, it has nothing to do with us. Whether the claws are wood or rats, we are still friends.”
“That’s right.”
“So, I hope he doesn’t take our magic stones. Claws will give you.”
“That’s also true.”
Willem nodded softly.
Then, thin vines that fell from the ceiling began to tickle the children’s hair softly.
The brothers and sisters laughed and played with their hands.
There was a lot of love that could not be expressed in words on the weakly drooping stems.
I looked at him with a quiet smile.
It was pure and innocent enough to make my heart happy.
But it was a big problem that the children had never been outside since they were born.
There was no school, no temple, no socialization or childcare for those children.
Both had to undergo a thorough examination by a senator.
Confucius will say something else, but if possible, talk as much as possible in the direction of leaving together.
“uh?”
for a moment. I just skipped something incredibly important.
really! What was it?!
“The answer is pure ‘soul’. Not pure magic stones or pure water.”
Confucius, who had been silent, said bluntly.
I was so excited that I almost grabbed Ga-in’s hand and waved it.
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Okay! What are you doing, pure?
“you’re right. Shinmul is the only one here who thinks about itself and takes care of children with a pure heart. In return, I receive the power of pure souls!”
“ah! It’s like the ‘fragrant life’ that the shrine of trees likes. They both have the same earth attribute, so it feels like they have slightly overlapping tastes, right? Huh?”
“Stella-sama, you are a genius!”
Ga-in and I roamed around as if we were going to break through the ceiling at any moment.
Roffy, unable to overcome the vibrations, crossed over to the shoulder of the prince.
The man who looked at us with pathetic eyes continued to ask questions instead.
In the meantime, Kinna and Willem’s siblings were smiling brightly with bubbly faces.
I don’t know exactly what the conversation was, but the atmosphere was good, so I felt relieved.
“Now that the general secret has been solved, let’s move on to the important point. The location and time of seeing him.”
“Oh, it was dawn. But it wasn’t a curfew, so it must have been around 6 in the morning yesterday.”
“The location was the ‘Pillars of Salt’ area, and that’s…”
Willem wiggled his tail and looked back at his brother. Then Kina also shrugged her shoulders.
Sinmul, who used to make horns on the heads of the two children, also drooped the branches.
A dazzling light flashed across Sir John’s face.
Why are you doing that? Is there something wrong with the salt pillar area?
“There…. It’s a town of advanced warlocks. The enchanted path changes every day, and all the wizards who live there are lost.”
“The road we took yesterday will no longer exist. It was said that ordinary people should never go deep. We didn’t want to go either, but our claws didn’t have food…”
Kinna and Willem whispered in turn. Then my friends stared at this side.
······· Wait, why is everyone looking at me? Am I invincible with this belt?
*
underground black market. salt pillar area.
-Cheeky, wide, dark, wide…
The tallest mansion at the end of the most winding road.
The room at the top of the steepest tower there.
The center seat of the red roof with the mainspring rotating and the gray chimney emitting soot.
Four men and women were gathered in a space covered with a thick beast carpet.
“What more do you need, Master?”
“The pain is slowly coming on, so I need a pain reliever. Wine is better.”
“I’ll take your name.”
“I’ll bring it to you soon.”
Two of them sat in front of a table made of wood and iron.
The other two bowed politely and went out the door.
‘Cheap, Chalkadang.’ Werner frowned at the harsh sound.
Colorful tattoos danced along the lines of his face.
The warlock sitting next to him looked at him silently.
She was wearing black gloves that covered her upper arms and a hat several times larger than her face.
Instead of jewels, the jewelery, including hats and necklaces, was hung with a spring and screws.
Soon, his ageless face turned into a fishy smile.
“Do you still hear the iron noise?”
“I can’t stand what I hate. Do I have any reason to do that?”
“no. It is only natural that a noble person has clear likes and dislikes. However, you do have a somewhat decisive tendency… I wonder if borrowing the hand of a warlock would be a problem for you.”
“If you’re trying to mock me, it’s better to look ahead a few numbers. In the middle of the night, I was dragged out of the castle, abandoned all my valuables, and came here on my own feet. Is there anything else I can’t do anymore?”
Guk-seo looked back at the wizard with sharp eyes.
The woman shrugged her exposed shoulders and sipped her coffee.
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Occasionally, the iron fireplace made a ‘click, click,’ and sparks.
“I am glad that you are. If Your Majesty puts all my heart into this plan, I will also do my best to extract the vitality of the gods. Rehabilitation of amputated limbs will undoubtedly be a task on an unprecedented scale. However…. Wouldn’t it be troublesome if someone pulled out their tails by mentioning God’s curse at the end?”
“God is on my side. I have received a divine prophecy, so there is nothing to worry about.”
“Five.”
The woman raised an eyebrow and stepped back.
Werner repeated the same thing as if to beg.
“God’s creation can never kill this body. Also, I will become more precious. As long as heaven and earth do not open up, Sneijder will not perish. Knowing that this is the will of the Most High, what are you afraid of?”
“·················ogue.”
“Stay quietly and focus on this operation. If you give me new arms and legs, you will receive the greatest wealth and glory in the new kingdom.”
“I will do my best.”
The woman responded obediently and poured sugar into the coffee cup.
Werner looked away as if he had seen something very dirty.
“When will the preparations be finished?”
“All the magic stones in the black market are gathering, but we will have to wait a day or two more for enough to accumulate. The current Heroic Spirit is virtually depleted. They’re just idiots who squeeze their vitality without even knowing it’s a god, so they can’t stay until they’re left. You will need a very powerful knife to get the sap by cutting off such a dried creature.”
“·················ogue.”
“But it must never be destroyed.”
The woman warned firmly. It wasn’t because he was worried about the safety of the gods.
As the leader of the warlocks, she thought only of the survival of the black market.
Then Werner snorted.
“It’s a ridiculous worry. The gods are noble things that can never be destroyed by human power.”
“Do you not want to be covetous, even though you know how noble you are?”
“·················ogue.”
A smile evaporated from the man’s lips.
Conversely, the wizard’s black lips rose like bat wings.
“·················ogue.”
And outside the window, the wind with long hair overheard their conversation.