◈Episode 86 I Want to Talk (2)
As of today, I withdraw my support for kimchi dumplings.
From now on, regardless of our relationship of support, Kimchi Dumpling and I are one in the same body, and any attack on Kimchi Dumpling will be considered an attack on me…!
The kimchi dumplings that covered this trolling are divine!!
“…Are you really not going to harm yourself?”
I managed to stand up with Dev’s help. I don’t know how long I was tied up, but I didn’t even feel a tingling sensation in my limbs. I think it will take a long time for my senses to come back.
“Um, the request isn’t finished yet? know?”
Meanwhile, Baramson spoke with an awkward calmness, perhaps because he felt uneasy about my not answering.
Rather than encouraging me, it’s closer to giving me a reason to live. It was good support fire.
“There are still two cities left to recover… and many demons remain. There are some remnants… So, um.”
“…Where is my sword?”
Okay, okay. I’ve defeated the boss. I need to finish the quest neatly.
Meanwhile, can you tell me the location of my missing sword?
I remember breaking it while dealing with Vipurit that transformed into Scimitar, but I don’t know where True Two Hender went. Considering it’s not on the back, it looks like it was dropped or confiscated during a runaway.
“Um, that’s it.”
I saw people slurring their words. The three pirates don’t seem to know anything, and the Inquisitor and Dev seem to know, but they don’t talk easily.
Do you think I will kill myself as soon as I get the sword? I don’t think so.
“Well….”
“It’s gone.”
…But there’s no way something like this will unfold, right?
I felt like the face of a Tibetan fox and slowly closed my eyes.
“okay.”
I don’t know why there would be a reason for a good sword to disappear, but… I guess it’s okay since I had a sword commissioned anyway.
In fact, after finishing important work, I get hungry again and don’t have the energy to focus on anything else. I was slowly helped out and made my way outside. Anything is fine, so I wanted to fill my stomach and sleep well.
“you…!”
And then I encountered the Archmage. I think he may have come running after hearing the news. The hem of his clothes and his hair were all disheveled, as if someone had rushed in.
“You’re awake.”
The Archmage with an urgent face trembled as soon as he made eye contact with me. But that didn’t last long.
She soon regained her composure. The benevolent smile he often saw returned to the Archmage’s face.
However, there is a crime I committed, but it is difficult to look at it head on.
I stared at her for a moment and then lowered my gaze. At this point, I’m thinking of killing my personality a bit. Wouldn’t an incident like this be enough of a reason for me to become docile towards them?
“There’s quite a bit I want to say… but it’s not right to say it now. Just get some rest first. I chose a seal that put less strain on my body, but it took about two weeks. “It must have been hard on your body.”
I see The seal I was placed on was supposed to put less strain on the body.
But now the words behind it are a bit strange. Two weeks? Two weeks have passed?
For some reason, I felt completely full.
I felt a sense of déjà vu at the Archmage’s words. This was exactly the same as when it was Tatara. My time was deleted again.
“…Sure.”
Still, looking at what it looks like from the outside, it seems like a lot has been organized over the past two weeks.
If he had been awake, he would probably have been mobilized to turn the city into something like that. At least we avoided the hard work, so let’s be thankful for that.
Being pessimistic about time that can’t be turned back will only make you feel worse.
Above all, no matter how you look at the trigger of the new ‘rage’ skill, it seems to be a negative emotion, especially irritation or anger.
Of course, I’ve never seen a skill that activates by recognizing the player’s emotional state in any game…
Has this game been like this once or twice? I think it’s quite possible. From now on, I have to control my anger like Dr. Green.
“okay. Get some rest. “I have to ask you a favor.”
“Don’t worry.”
“The Inquisitor has just arrived, so please get some rest.”
“Oh yeah!”
I obediently accepted the Archmage’s consideration. Then the Archmage’s gaze finally left me.
Her next targets are the three pirates who were standing here but were unable to intervene earlier.
“I think it would be a good idea for you to leave soon. “It looks like the Lord of the castle is preparing to return.”
“…yep.”
castellan? They said that the lord of this city is dead, so if he is related to the Wind Hand, it must be the lord of the Zakrati side. Why did the lord of that castle come here…?
I thought about it for a moment and then gave up, leaving my screaming belly behind. There’s no need for everything, let’s eat first. rice!
* * *
“I still can’t believe it.”
This is what I heard when I woke up after eating well and sleeping well. After I realized what it meant to get angry, I didn’t feel sorry.
Even if it’s me, I can’t trust you easily if I almost fell victim to an attack like that.
“Why?”
“…Isn’t it dangerous! There are still many cities to reclaim and villages to save, so it would be a bit awkward to go around leaving the author behind…”
“Why do I have to leave him behind? His might will help us clear out the demons hiding in the forest and reclaim our villages and cities.”
In that respect, the Inquisitor is very strange.
Why does he trust me, even preventing the death penalty, just because I did something for him? I’m grateful, but the feeling of trembling doesn’t go away.
“Anyway, there is nothing I like about the members of the church.”
Even the Deathbringer eating next to me doesn’t understand it.
From what I heard, I was in a state of rage and even tried to kill him by eating Kukri. Even after that, his attitude toward me was the same as before.
No, it seems like they are trying to take more care of me…?
Anyway, I really don’t know why those two treat me favorably. What I gave you was nothing but cheap things.
square.
Well, I don’t know. I stood up, chewing lightly roasted carrots and potatoes.
Normally, I wouldn’t have paid any attention to it, but now is a special situation. I don’t know anything else, but if I risked my reckless behavior and fell, I had to take a step back.
“Wait a minute, have you finished eating already? “Is there still left?”
Dev was embarrassed to see me like that. He must have forgotten that I put food in his inventory.
“Please wait a moment.”
“Ah.”
I left without even listening, and Dev followed me, hastily stuffing his meal into his mouth.
The Inquisitor seems to have tried to follow along, but there is so much food there that he won’t be able to follow easily.
“Where are you going?”
“…don’t follow me.”
“Are you going to a restaurant by any chance?”
Well, that’s fine. When I go to a restaurant, I feel so full that I don’t feel the need to go.
hmm. Are you going to see Archmage because this is what happened? Because I said I had something to say.
“Hmm, I don’t think it’s a restaurant….”
No, let’s not go.
I changed my mind. This is because the Archmage, who had just been listening, seemed to be very busy.
Above all, it is clear that there will be a lot of magicians from the Magic Tower around the Archmage.
That was the biggest problem.
『If it’s okay with you, could you please share some of the body tissue? If possible, use your right arm!』
『Are you not interested in the arrangement and condensation of magical power? I’m a specialist in this area…』
I know that wizards have no malicious intent, but you have to treat people as people.
So I am a bit reluctant to go see the Archmage in person. I don’t want to run into wizards.
“Then where are you going?”
Well, then, why don’t you go around town and do side quests…?
But I think this is impossible as is. As the rumor spread, I could see that all the civilians were afraid of me.
There is no way anyone would entrust work to me in a situation like this. The adventurer’s guild that was supposed to accept the quest instead has stopped operating because all of its members have died.
The church is also hostile towards me, so I don’t think they will tell me anything. But I can’t just leave these guys – the trio – and go back to Jakrati.
“lily?”
What am I really doing?
“…I told you not to follow me.”
“Tell me where you’re going and I’ll consider it.”
“….”
If Debra wasn’t there, I would just find a suitable corner and hide. Or maybe swing a sword and test out your newly acquired skills… Oh?
Oh, my sword disappeared? Should I get a new sword??
“…I’m going to get a sword.”
I don’t know if there would be a market in this situation. But anyway, I’m just selling my extra time.
With that in mind, I opened my inventory to check my money. The prices of the weapons here were high regardless of the options, so I had to check in advance.
The inventory window popped up.
「True Two-Hender of Destruction」
「Eye Patch」
「Cracked ???」
But why are you there?
Instead of looking where the money was written down, I found an item on it. It could not be ignored because it was not a grid but a structure that took up space according to volume.
“Oh well. You may need to get a new sword. But was there a place that sold weapons…?”
Dev said something next to me, but I couldn’t hear it.
I had no idea why the sword that had disappeared was here, what the eyepatch was for, and how the bead the dragon gave me cracked. It was just a goal.
“There is a place where weapons collected from pirates are stored. Wouldn’t it be a bad idea to temporarily take them there?”
Then wait a moment. Only then did I feel a sense of discomfort. I didn’t even notice it because it was so minor and my vision didn’t change, but I didn’t feel anything covering my right eye.
“lily?”
I reflexively raised my hand and traced the area around my eyes. The eyepatch that was supposed to cover his right eye was gone.
This wasn’t in my inventory for no reason.
“What kind of problem did you have?” “
When did you take off the eyepatch again?” No, not really. What a big deal it is to take off an eye patch. Having a sword in your inventory is a hundred times better than losing it.
This is a noble person. With that one word, I threw away all my worries. If it was a problem that I couldn’t find an answer to no matter how much I thought about it, it was easier to accept it with a humble attitude.
“If you have a problem with the driver, you must tell me…!”
Instead—I don’t know if I can call this a substitute—I put my hand into my inventory.
When my fingers reached into the bag and grasped the air, the first thing that came out was a thin piece of leather.
“…uh?”
I wore the blindfold loosely so as not to let the straps get caught in my ears. My vision is still the same, but the feeling of stable fit is slightly pressing on my right eye. I finally felt complete now.
Sigh.
“…!”
However, they did not stop there and also picked True Two Hender. The silver blade sparkled in the sunlight.
“Why is that in my bag…?”
Well, that’s fine. Although it wasn’t listed in the options, the sword may have had an automatic retrieval function. First of all, it’s a pre-order bonus.
Anyway, good things are good things. But that doesn’t mean the need to buy a sword has completely disappeared.
I stopped for a moment and took another step. I needed a long sword that could be used lightly other than a two-hender.
“Where are the pirates’ weapons stored?”
“Yes yes? Ah… it’s on the side of the castle wall. “Would you like me to guide you?”
What are you asking? Please guide me right away.
“Then this way…”
Dev noticed my gaze and took the lead. It seemed a bit absurd, but the work was done very diligently.
Before long, the walls began to come into view.
“Huh, Demon Knight?”
However, the moment I got near the castle wall, the first thing I saw was not a weapon, but a stranger who recognized me.
There’s something about the face that seems familiar, but it doesn’t seem like a stranger… Ah! I remembered. They were adventurers who acted together until they were divided into the main unit and a separate unit.
I don’t know how I ended up here, but I’m strangely happy.
“I haven’t seen you for a while, but now I can see your face!”
“Where are you going? “Would you like to go outside?”
On the other hand, they didn’t seem to know what I was doing or why I couldn’t do external activities.
I left the adventurers pounding and walked closer to the castle gate. I could see the pile of weapons piled up there, so there was nothing I could do.
“Hey stop!”
And it got stuck. These are the people from the temple.
One of them had a face full of hostility and fear, as if he was familiar with me, and the other had only hostility in my mind, as if I had only heard about him verbally.
“You can’t go out!”
No, I wasn’t trying to get out, I was trying to take a weapon.
“I don’t plan on leaving, so please put away your weapons. We just need some leftover weapons…”
“Weapons? “If it’s something like that, I can’t even give it to you!”
hmm. Isn’t that possible?…
“Wait a minute, you already have a weapon on your back!”
“Who on earth gave it to me—!”
Even though Dev intervened, they did not stop their hostility towards me. I understood it, so I didn’t really feel anything, but I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed.
I was wondering if I could get a weapon for free.
“On the subject of the devil…”
Then, someone muttered that to me. It wasn’t wrong because it was a setting that there was a devil in my right arm.
“….”
It’s not wrong, but it’s also not something you should overindulge in! Ha ha!
I gently grabbed his right arm and pressed it hard. The Deathbringer, who was mediating between the temple and me, didn’t know what to do.
“Outside the bar! A horde of demons!”
“what?!”
“Ready the arrows!”
“What the hell!”
However, my acting had to stop the next moment. Those observing the outside from the top of the castle wall were frightened and screamed.
“…!”
At the same time, my senses also caught a sign of something beyond the castle walls. It was fast. And it was clear.
The guy was now running straight towards the castle gate.
“Get back!”
“lily?!”
“A hostile target exists within a 30m radius.”
It is too late to say.
I was sure of it and jumped forward. Because the temple people were aiming their spears, some parts of the body were scratched, but the injuries were not serious.
“What kind of devil are you?”
“Stop it, you idiot!”
“The devils are coming!”
“launch!”
The guys right in front of the castle gate were thrown back. At the same time, the gate shattered and something rushed out.
A strong shock went through the body covered in magic.
“Tsk!”
A moan naturally flows through my teeth. However, if I am pushed back like this, there is no point in leaving people behind.
I planted my foot on the ground and raised my magic power into my hand. The magic power that had been drawn in without awareness was twisted into a spiral and eventually burst out through the palm of my hand.
Quang!
Did you feel like something was missing, as if you were empty or relieved? I saw a huge black energy coming out of the hand that was holding the fireball, and that energy sweeping the entire area.
The demon that attacked me had a hole about 1m in diameter and most of its body had disappeared.
“…You’re crazy.”
That’s really crazy.
I suddenly came to my senses as I looked ahead and saw the demon gaping as if I had been struck by a beam.
It’s not over yet. The guy we just killed was just an assault force meant to break down the castle gate, but the real one was behind him.
“Don’t follow me.”
“…I know the topic too.”
My chest hurts like my ribs are broken, but it’s not so bad that I can’t move. So I didn’t show it and pulled out the sword from my back.
「❖ Fang aimed at Jakrati
∎ Liberate Ayu Hin
∎ Liberate Montata Island City 0 / 2
∎ Selection: Eliminate the demon 0 / ?
∎ Choice: Help rebuild the city 0 / ?」
At that moment, the long-standing quest was renewed and the end of the quest was slowly announced.
Now that you have captured the final boss of the region, this will be the last main quest you can do in this region.
Oh my god, defeating the boss comes before restoring the city. Seosun seems a little wrong, but whatever.
“Instead, please answer this one question.”
I held my sword properly while listening to Dev.
“Should I bring the Archmage with me?”
I don’t know the cause, but the magic power was accumulated in the two-hender. Perhaps because I developed a skill called magic control, I felt comfortable handling magic power.
“Not required.”
Narrower and more detailed sword strikes cut the world in disarray.
“The road to the next city will be paved tomorrow.”