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With his previous life’s memory intact, Artpe will live his life again.
His boldness and resourcefulness will make him unrivalled!
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Chapter 100
Source: Wuxiaworld
[Nyaa nyaa nyaa nyaa nyaa nyaa nyaa nyaa nyaa nyaa!]
In a flash, the black fog covered the entire region. Roa started
sucking in all the negative Mana from the region. This was the most
she had eaten, since she was born. The Forest of Eternity was like a
buffet to her.
The fruit always tasted sweeter when one refrained from eating it
for a long time. She ate all the cursed energy that had sprouted
using the Elves as nourishment. She also ate the black magic
gathered by the humans. It was the tastiest meal she had eaten up
until now.
She had a thought. Maybe, all the curse in this world was gathered
to be hers. Roa let out a roar of delight.
[Mee-yahhhhhhhhhhhng!]
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“No, the magic circle is shattered! This shouldn’t be
possible!”
[Nyahhhhhhhht!]
“Ggoo-ahhhhhhh!”
She had a vague sense that everything would work out if Artpe was
present. However, she hadn’t expected him to show up with a
magical beast possessing a cheat-like ability.
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Moreover, the black magic wouldn’t be interfering with her either.
Since she was freed from such restrictions, Regina could use the full
extent of her power, which was about twice as strong as before.
As she squeezed out every ounce of Mana within her, she looked at
her surrounding. She saw the tormented Elves. The curse had
permeated in their bones, and they had lost their sense of self. For
some reason, her eyes landed on Artpe next.
When she had traveled with him, she had felt a sense of kinship for
a short amount of time. However, she was deluding herself. Artpe
liked younger women, and he had acted passionately in an attempt
to seduce her. She had been taken in only a little bit.
That was it. Regina took her eyes off of Artpe as she continued to
speak.
“When I said the Elves will obey the humans, that’s not
what I meant! That’s right. I meant I was going to borrow
the power of Elves, so we can defend against our outside
enemies!”
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“Humans are foolish. They keep repeating the same
mistakes.”
Regina raised both her arms. Her spell was already finished, and
she was just waiting for the right moment to unleash it. Regina used
the strongest spell in her arsenal. It was an ice type short range
ultimate spell. It was the Ice Dragon’s Rage.
“However, I am a Demite.”
The first stage of the spell released a cold air that nullified and
restricted the enemy’s Mana and physical movement.
The second stage was an ice storm that condensed into a very
small region before being shot. It froze and destroyed one’s enemy.
However, there was no reply. The Ice Dragon’s Rage had squarely
hit the king of Aedia. There was no trace of him left in this world. He
was dead.
“······hoo.”
She had killed someone that she had considered to be her master.
Regina floated in midair for a brief moment as she took an inventory
of herself. She waited to see if anything bad would happen to her.
However, nothing happened as time passed.
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nobles.
After she reaffirmed her freedom again, she descended from the
air. There was nothing around her neck, but she rubbed at her neck
with a satisfied expression on her face.
Was it a coincidence?
“It’s been awhile. What did you say when we parted ways?
A golem follows its master’s order? I think you said
something similar...kuh-huhk.”
“Mean.”
Regina was aware of the fact that she was inferior to Artpe in
terms of physical capabilities. That was why she had casted a
Strengthening spell on her fist as she punched Artpe in the stomach.
“Aren’t you going too far with someone who helped you
regain your freedom….kuh-huhk.”
“Mean.”
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Mean.”
“Aht. The Elves are suffering from the curse over there!
I’ll be right back, oppa!”
Regina was barely able to let go of her vexation after she punched
Artpe’s stomach several more times. She pouted as she took two
steps backward. Then she lowered her head.
“Thank you.”
“Mmmm. Maybe.”
After speaking those words, Artpe raised his head to survey his
surrounding.
The ex-king and the ruling class of Aedia had died by explosion.
There was no trace of them left now. The humans in his party just
blinked their eyes as they looked on. They couldn’t help but feel
despondent. The Elves were gathered below the World Tree as Roa
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forcefully sucked out all the black magic from them. The process was
painful, but it seemed the Elves were more tormented by the fact
that they had fallen into being Dark Elves. Roa let out a roar as if to
state that she was going to absorb all the negative energy in the
region
[Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!]
“I don’t like brats like you, who pick things up too fast.”
Once the Elves became Dark Elves, they couldn’t recover their
original skin color. At least half of their population had become Dark
Elves. They had only two choices left as a race. They could either
accept them or banish them. Of course, half of the Elves would be
able to live a better life no matter what decision they came to. That
part of Artpe’s plan was already a great success.
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He immediately cut off Regina’s words. He refuted her words. He
grinded his teeth as he turned around.
“But…..”
It was as if Artpe had picked out the exact thought that was going
through his mind. The king of Daitan frowned as he acknowledged
Artpe’s words.
“Well, you can take several souvenirs like the Artifact used
by the king of Aedia. Since you are heading back, you should
also conquere Tiata. Ah. I’ll be retrieving Maetel, so the
conquest will have to be done through your own power. Are
the magicians of Aedia going to cooperate with Daitan?”
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“W….we’ll cooperate…. However, this feeling…....”
Pretty women fell for the hero, and men admired the hero. Old
men would marvel at the hero’s wisdom, and the lords felt an
unbearable urge to hand control of their lands to the hero!
“Tiata has lost its ruler. If you consolidate and show off the
power of Aedia and Daitan, you will be able to resolve this
with minimal violence.”
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for a new path forward, I believe the king of Daitan is our
only option.”
[Artpe!]
[Yes!]
“Hey, ajumma…..”
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worried……..]
It seems a lot of her feeling piled up, so she unloaded on Artpe with
sharp words. She spoke in rapid succession. In an attempt to calm
her down, Artpe put emphasis on his next message.
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Chapter 101
Source: Wuxiaworld
It was unknown as to how much time had passed after the king of
Daitan withdrew from the forest with his troops. However, all the
curse and black magic filling up the Forest of Eternity were gone. It
was as if they hadn’t existed in the first place.
[Nyaa-ah. Burp.]
All the energy were within the stomach of the little magical beast.
She let out a burp.
After she ate every drop of the black magic energy, she flew into
Artpe’s arms. When he took her into his arms, he could see her full
stomach.
“Demite.”
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“Demite.”
Regina’s piercing gaze was trying to see into his robe. Of course,
he knew what she wanted. Artpe smirked as he took out the Demite.
He had succeeding in refining it, and he had also used it in battle for
the first time.
“Completed….. Demite.”
“Yes. Here.”
“Present?”
“Are you trying to swindle me? You can look at the Demite.
You should learn about the proper relationship between a
Demite and its magician.”
“Proper relationship…..”
When the Demite was handed over into Regina’s hands, the
Demite let out a much luminescent more light. She carefully
observed the Demite. The Demite in her hand also realized her
identity, so it vibrated as it let out a light.
It was a sight he hadn’t seen in his past life. As the owner of the
Read All Creation ability, his curious was peaked. However, his party
member was under hardship, so he couldn’t leave this matter
unsettled. Artpe left the two Demites alone, and he approached
Sienna.
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“Heal!”
She was healing the Elves through Mana that negate all magic.
The curse and the black magic had created bruises and tears in their
Mana Circuitry. She healed the Mana Circuitry, and she eased their
body and soul.
“Ah, oppa.”
As a race, the Elves had a lot of pride. However, the curse had
messed with their emotions, and this was followed up by an invasion
of the forest by humans. As a cherry on top, the Dark Elf-ification
phenomena had occurred. Their state of mind of ragged right now.
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Was that the cause?
The Elves had acted as if the world had ended, but they slowly
started moving as if they were being saved by Sienna’s pure voice.
“If they did something bad enough to turn them into Dark
Elves, shouldn’t we have turned into Dark Elves too?”
“······what?”
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“No, that can’t be. That can’t be.”
“That is······.”
“You too.”
When one Dark Elf was born, it was easy to chase out that
individual. It was easy to expel someone from a homogenous group.
They hadn’t given much thought to it.
However, almost half their number had become Dark Elves. The
Elves were unsure about what they had to do. Wives would be
separated from their husbands. Children would be separated from
their parents. There would be too many cases where this would
happen.
The Elves felt bitter, but the Elves couldn’t truly admit that they
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had been wrong. Still, if they continued to discriminate between
Dark Elves and Elves, the community would broken apart. They had
no choice but to modify their way of thinking.
Those that used to ostracize Dark Elves had become Dark Elves
themselves. If they wanted legitimacy within the community, they
couldn’t spout nonsense such as the Dark Elves were an
abomination.
After being healed, the Elves and Dark Elves were helping each
other. Artpe mumbled to himself. He was content.
This was something that never occurred in his past life, and in the
end, the Elves had met a tragic end. On top of that, he had stopped
an outbreak of black magic. Of course, he felt pleased.
“I’m not only creating equality. It looks like the only thing
the Elves are capable of doing is chew grass. In the future,
they will have to face the Demon King’s army. It’ll be more
helpful to have Dark Elves, who are more suited for battle.”
“······.”
Sienna was about send a Heal spell towards the Elves, but she
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froze in place. After her body relaxed, she tilted head in puzzlement
as she sent a Heal spell towards Artpe.
“Artpe!”
Artpe was unsure as to how long he had started the repair work in
earnest, but it didn’t take too long for Maetel to jump into his arms.
She had quickly covered the grounds between the kingdom of Tiata
and the Forest of Eternity. Artpe received her in a familiar manner,
and he placed her down.
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as he quickly gathered the Mana in the forest and the world. He
handed it over to Maetel, and Maetel transferred it all to Sienna.
“You trespassed into the forest, and you burned the trees.
That can’t be forgiven…..”
Since they were allowing the Dark Elves to stay, were the Elves
becoming more lenient in other aspects? Artpe was a bit taken back
by the overly positive reaction from the Elves. Fortunately, he would
be able to pass on the baton to someone else. She would become
flustered instead of him.
It was the Dark Elf Mycenae. She had also rushed through the
forest with a heavy-laden cart in tow.
“Artpe-nim, what the hell did you do! Over half of the
forest is made out of Dark Elves!”
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“I have no idea what happened. Everything is taken care of
by my secretary…..”
When she saw Artpe’s sly smile, she couldn’t trust his words.
However, she didn’t think Artpe could corrupt the Elves en masse.
That would be too ridiculous. Mycenae could only grind her teeth as
she tried to figure out how Artpe was related to all of this.
Until couple hours ago, these Elves had discriminated against the
Dark Elves. They were about to threaten Mycenae, but they shut
their mouths.
“Mycenae!”
A portion of the Elves, who had been friendly with Mycenae before
she was kicked out, came forward to grab her hands. They were the
Elves that still missed her.
“You guys······.”
She was dazed as she grabbed the hands of her friends. When she
turned to look at the other Elves, she realized that they were all of
the same mind.
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What the hell happened within the forest!
“······that’s right.”
The Elves nodded his head. The Elves had acted in a war-like
manner, because they were under the influence of the curse. Now
that the curse was gone, they didn’t feel the need to fight against the
humans!
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created by desires of humans. The plan isn’t something new.
It had been going on for dozens of years.”
The World Tree had determined that the Elves and itself were in
great danger, so it tried to mass produce Dark Elves to prevent their
demise. At that point, Artpe had achieved his goal, and he had
unleashed Roa. She had put an end to everything. Of course, as a
bonus, Regina had declared her independence.
One of the Elves queried him. She was middle-aged Elf that had
been turned into a Dark Elf. She was also one of the elders.
Of course, middle-aged meant that the Elf had lived for several
hundred years. If it was her, she would have understood the
meaning behind his words. Artpe nodded his head as he spoke.
“Yes, it is for the world. You don’t have the luxury to fight
against the humans. Moreover, you don’t have the luxury to
fight with Dark Elves, who are of the same race as the Elves.”
“That means······.”
“Yes.”
Since the humans had already found about it, there was nothing
holding him back. Artpe played his trump card. It was a master spell
that allowed him to lead all situation towards his advantage.
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humans vs humans and humans vs other races. We are here
to give you a warning against the domination by the Demon
King’s army..”
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Chapter 102
Source: Wuxiaworld
It was hard to travel around, while hiding the fact that they were
heroes. On the other hand, it was very easy for Artpe and Maetel to
prove that they were heroes. They just needed to use at least two
skill. Each skill had to be from a different Class.
After the Elves confirmed that Artpe and Maetel were heroes, they
let go of every bad feelings they had against Artpe’s party. This is
what being a hero was all about. Their mere existence allowed them
to be welcomed by everyone, excluding Demons. They were cheat-
like existence that received absolute support from everyone.
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“M...mmmm. We planned on doing so. You should come
with us, Mycenae.”
“······yes.”
However, Artpe didn’t care what other people thought about him,
and he didn’t care for their rules. Artpe’s motto was to use whatever
he could exploit.
“Aside from the heroes, all the humans have left the forest.
Moreover, all the trace of the curse was erased…...”
The situation was pretty much wrapped up. Aside from Artpe’s
party and the elders, the Elves dispersed to go do their work.
Artpe’s party was served the world’s greatest tea, which couldn’t
be purchased even if one had money. Artpe used his Read All
Creation to look into the tea cup. He watched as the liquid let out a
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soft blue light. He let out an exclamation when he confirmed the tea
was truly made with the World Tree’s leaves.
The Elves had aged the World Tree’s leaves with great care. Its
clear, sweet and refreshing taste was secondary to the effect it had
on a magician’s Mana. It permanently cleared up one’s Mana. It
was a treasure that all magician’s wanted to drink in their lifetime!
“All right. I knew you would say that. Just eat the candy I
prepared for you.”
“Yes!”
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delight appeared on her face.
“You are saying that the difference between Elves and Dark
Elves are only superficial….. Do you perhaps know the
difference between an Elf and a Dark Elf?”
When Artpe heard the elder’s word, he realised the elder was right.
Maybe, this elder was trying to borrow the power of the heroes to
settle the current situation.
“It is true that the Dark Elves were created by the World
Tree. I’m sure you guys have already realized that this didn’t
happen through an internal power.”
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skin and an inclination towards fighting?”
“That is······.”
The elder was silent. This was a common perception that was set
in stone for couple hundred of years. It was something they
considered to be obvious, but when one looked at it through a new
perspective, they realized that it was a prejudiced view that didn’t
make any logical sense.
In this aspect, Elves weren’t too different from humans. The had
preconceived notions based on aesthetics. The humans valued light
skin over dark skin. It was the same for the Elves. This was why they
considered it a ‘problem’ when an Elf’s skin turned dark.
“Kooh-ook······.”
“Koo-ook.”
Mycenae had been meekly drinking her tea from the side as her
ears twitched, yet she received splash damage from his words. It
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seemed she truly was a troublemaker during her stay in the Forest of
Eternity.
“I just told you that this was all done to protect the World
Tree, right? Of course, the number Dark Elves would increase
when the World Tree is in danger. Do you understand what
I’m trying to say?”
Since events had turned out like this, it was necessary for the Elves
and the Dark Elves to live together. However, they might ostracize
each other without realizing it.
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preemptively prevent the misapprehension between the Elves and
the Dark Elves.
“······.”
“I do.”
Artpe’s party had encountered two altars, and the hero had written
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his own praise on these altars. It was unexpected to hear a negative
appraisal of the past hero. Artpe nodded his head inside, then he
gestured for the elder to continue.
“That is all I know about him. At the time, the war between
the human realm and the Demon world didn’t reach the
Forest of Eternity. The hero said he didn’t want the war to
spread, so he went to the Demon world. Afterwards, he
really ended the war.”
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have to fight against the Demon king’s army. The Elves will
fight too, and we will get ready for war…...”
Artpe didn’t want to see the catastrophe from his past life repeat
itself. This was why he had come to the Forest of Eternity. The next
most important reason was to awaken Regina. (Regina was standing
next to Artpe as she played with the Demite.)
“I need you all to get ready for war in earnest. You’ll have
to push harder. Let me see if I can put it in a different way. I
want you guys to ‘cultivate’ yourselves. I think that’s the
right expression.”
“······what?”
All the elders answered back with the same question. Artpe had a
serious expression on his face as he made the request.
“M...map?”
In some aspects, the Elves put more trust in a hero’s words than
humans. Humans couldn’t let go of their greed even when the threat
of the Demon king’s army was right in front of them Elves weren’t
like that.
They were able to think logically, and they were able to sacrifice
for the greater good. The heroes had made their appearance, and
the presence of the Demon king’s army was exposed. Artpe knew
what they had to focus on right now.
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“What is this······?”
The Elves gathered in the elder’s house were focused on the map
within Artpe’s hand. The map had been clean when it left the elder’s
hands. There were dozens of circles drawn on the map.
“How······?”
“The Dark Elves are more suited towards battle. I want you
to create parties centered around the Dark Elves, and I want
you to send them into the Dungeons. I want you guys to fix
your lazy way of thinking. I want you to cultivate your levels
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and battle capabilities.”
“We······.”
“No.”
All the elders were showing caution except for the elder that was
turned into a Dark Elf. She firmly bit her lips as she shook her head
from side to side.
“If we are of one mind, the rest of the Elves will follow.
This might be a good opportunity. The invasion of the
humans and the Dark Elf-ification of the Elves have created
confusion amongst us. We should let them focus on battle
and growing their level. I believe that will allow the Elves to
overcome the confusion.”
“But······.”
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“There is no downside to this. The hero was kind enough
to tell us the level of the Dungeons. We'll be able to
minimize the risk. Moreover, we have to grow. That is the
best way not to be threatened by the humans. The hero is
correct. If we don’t accept this, we’ll stagnate. In the end,
we’ll disappear into history like the Ancient Mermaid
race…..”
The Ancient Mermaid race, which the elder had just spoken about,
had been revived. However, Artpe didn’t feel the need to tell them
that.
“We······.”
The Elves and Dark Elves exchanged gazes. The Elves exchanged
bitter smiles.
This was only the beginning to the wave of change that swept over
the Elves.
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Chapter 103
Source: Wuxiaworld
The appearance of the heroes implied that the Demon king’s army
was mobilizing. However, this wasn’t the only reason why the Elves
were choosing this route. Could the body of these small heroes really
block the desires of all the other races focused on the Elves?
The recent calamity could happen again in the future. The Elves
didn’t want to repeat their past mistake. This was why the Elves and
Dark Elves cooperated with each other in earnest. Moreover, they
had to cultivate themselves too. They had to do so to protect the
Elves and the World Tree.
The Elves and the Dark Elves were gathered underneath the World
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Tree. The Elven elders divided them into several thousand parties.
Artpe watched all of this with a satisfied smile on his face. Mycenae
approached him, and she spoke to Artpe.
“This was for ajumma too. Look over there. I don’t know
what they are thinking inside, but at the very least, the Elves
and Dark Elves are treating each other equally on the
surface. Your friends can give you a welcome back party
without worrying about the consequences. The married
couples won’t have to separate, because they are Elf or Dark
Elf.”
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embarrassed about that fact. You shouldn’t feel a sense of
loss, because your friends became Dark Elves.”
“That’s true.”
However, how many things in life could be chosen for oneself? One
could be born as a Demon, human or a different race. Then there
were the Classes. Most of it was predetermined, and it couldn’t be
changed. How broad was one’s freedom? It was a difficult subject to
talk about.
“That is why ajumma should make hell within the limits you
are given. That is the only freedom we have. That is the
freedom we can enjoy.”
Mycenae let out a sigh as she took out a small crystal bottle. There
was slightly translucent liquid within the bottle. The five cardinal
colors were emitted when the liquid was shaken.
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dumbfounded manner. Mycenae let out a gentle laughter as she
explained herself.
[Imperfect Elixir]
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Somehow, his words made her stick out her chest in pride as she
exhaled through her nose. Her shoulders were retracted in a boastful
manner.
Artpe snorted when he saw her show off. He once against checked
the content of the crystal bottle. It was letting out a mysterious light.
He knew that it was imperfect, yet he was tempted to drink it. It had
that much of an allure.
“You are saying that when you received the item as if you
were mesmerized?”
Artpe put away the elixir into his Dimensional Pouch, and he
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declared the Quest to be completed.
However….
“Eeeeeeek!”
He had merely turned down the extra pay, yet Mycenae expressed
her anger.
She looked as she was about to cry as she turned around. Artpe
called out her name at that moment.
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“Mycenae.”
“What!”
“······hmmph.”
She hesitated for a brief moment. Then she snorted as she walked
away. She didn’t even look back as she spoke.
“You used your status as the hero. Very popular. You are
the worst..”
“Hey you…...”
Regina was there. Thankfully, he had sensed her with his Read All
Creation ability. If not, his heart would have stopped from being
surprised.
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above her two palms as it let out a bright light. There was a ribbon
decorated around the body of the Demite. Was the Demite trying to
look pretty? Artpe was truly puzzled by it..
“Name. Pipi.”
“Hell no.”
“Pipi.”
It was truly unfortunate. When Regina spoke the word Pipi each
time, the Demite twirled in the air as it let out a brighter light. It
seemed the name had been imprinted. If he knew it was going to
turn out like this, he would have named it before handing it over to
Regina!
“That’s right.”
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formed. The magician supports the Demite, and the Demite
supports the magician.”
The Demite had exited the palace when Silepennon had escaped
the palace. Until that moment, the Demite had lived a lonely
existence within the darkness for several hundred years. That was
why the Demite was eternally thankful to Artpe for finding and
refining the Demite.
“I accept it.”
Regina didn’t hesitate as she nodded her head. She was finally
able to understand that the the fate of the Demite and her had
changed in many ways thanks to him. Moreover, Pipi was living the
correct life of a Demite. It was enjoying its freedom.
“Still, they did refine you, so you were able to think and act
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for yourself. They gave you a great amount of freedom. You
probably felt thankful, and you would have formed a contract
with the magicians in order to help them….. However, they
did you wrong by trying to control you through the magic of
suggestion.”
She took the lives of her masters to balance the sheets. It was a
very brutal calculation. However, when he saw the smile appear on
her face, he became indifferent to her methods.
“Refused.”
Huh? He thought the two of them were in a good place, yet she
had refused him! It seemed he had timed it wrong!
“······I see.”
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King’s army mobilizes, she will inevitably join our side. At
the very least, she won’t become enslaved by the Demon
King’s Innate Ability if she knows about it.’
“Huh?”
“I want a form a contract with you like Pipi. I’ll support you
with my power. I want you to to help me grow mentally and
physically. Mutual dependence.”
“That is a bit…..”
“Contract.”
Artpe was about to reject her cleanly, but he saw the worried look
on her face. He shut his mouth.
‘······I see.’
Regina had just been freed from her bondange from the humans.
However, her sense of self had yet to be ripened. Her power was
much greater than her mind.
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If she made a rash choice, the consequences of her actions would
be massive. She was well aware of this fact. In truth, her most
recent actions exemplified this. She had easily killed the king of a
country.
“Contract.”
“Agreed.”
“Hate you.”
This was how the hero’s party forcefully united Aedia and Tiata
under the rule of Daitan. The mess within the Forest of Eternity was
put to sleep, and they were successful in bringing the Archmage
Regina into the hero’s party.
The process was so bumpy that his thigh was figuratively bruised.
However, he was able to end the Quest cleanly.
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“Hey, wait a moment. I did nothing wrong.”
“Yes, ma'am.”
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Chapter 104
Source: Wuxiaworld
“I want you guys to match levels! You guys are still too
weak!”
“Koo-oohk······.”
“How did Mycenae get so strong? Is this true for the other
Dark Elves, who went out into the continent?”
He was used to Elves, who loved peace and silence. It felt foreign
when he saw them insisting on power and strength in the morning.
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He had to sleep cuddled in Maetel’s arms. In the early mornings, he
escaped from her embrace, and he monitored the activities of the
Elves.
Artpe had been monitoring the movement of the Elves, and the
first one to approach him was the Dark Elf elder. She was the first
one to accept his proposal.
“Elves that live the longest within the Forest of Eternity are
named the elders. Basically, the elders are the strongest in
terms of skills, spells and battle experience. We trained our
skills for several hundred years, yet our skills were
comparable to Mycenae, who is barely over 100 years old. It
caused a good amount of shock amongst us…..”
“The elders will take turns in guarding the World Tree. The
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rest will head to the Dungeon. That is what we have
decided.”
The Elves knew that they had made a mistake, so they were
working hard to rectify it. They were much better than humans in
doing this. It looked as if the deep-seated prejudice towards the Dark
Elves were breaking down, and the solidarity between the Elves and
the Dark Elves would become cemented.
“Oh, I hear you. Why do you think there are two of us?”
“It means that the Demon King’s power is that strong. God
puts importance on balance.”
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elder burst out laughing as she called out after him.
“Oh, hero.”
“What?”
“We really did much harm to the past Dark Elves. Despite
this fact, Mycenae didn’t hold any grudge against us.
Instead, she always worried over the forest. She worked to
help us. We’ve finally realized our mistake, and we want to
to find a way to compensate her. However…. We don’t have
much we can do for her.”
“She seems very satisfied with the life she has made for
herself. If she continues to be with the hero, I believe
wholeheartedly that she’ll be able to gain even more
happiness with the hero.”
“Hmmph.”
Artpe didn’t reply to her anymore. He just waved her away. The
elder let out a relaxed laughter as she took leave. When he read the
meaning behind her smile, he thought about Mycenae’s figure from
yesterday. He became worried. He was reminded of the fact that
Mycenae had tried to lay claim to Artpe since his childhood.
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Ooh ooh ooh.’
In his past life, women had caused a lot of headache for him.
Somehow, it had gotten worse in his current life. He kept sighing as
he walked towards the Elves below the World Tree. They were about
to head towards the Dungeons.
“Hero!”
“He’s young.”
“He’s handsome.”
The Elves acted like five year olds as they kept repeating the word
‘hero.’ They gathered around him. It seemed they were fascinated
by the fact that he was a hero. He let out a bitter laugh as he waved
his hand.
“Nope.”
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power is amazing!”
Elves, Dark Elves and even the elders benefited from Artpe’s
Reinforcement skill. When they checked their gears, they all had a
happy expression on their faces. He quickly sent away those that
received the Reinforcement. He moved onto the equipments of the
next batch of Elves.
However, the Elves were telling him the truth. Artpe had already
used Reinforcement on the equipment of the Elves that numbered in
the tens of thousands. Suddenly, the World Tree shook slightly, and
a branch broke off from the World Tree. It fell to the ground.
The branch fell right in front of Artpe. It had hit the ground after
falling for several hundred meters, yet it didn’t break. It was a
testament to how strong the branch was.
“Oh oh oh. The World Tree has given such a large present
to the hero!”
At some point, Mycenae had approached Artpe from the back. She
smacked him on the back of his head.
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Tree. Even the Elves rarely get this present, so you should
accept it with thanks.”
The broken branch from the World Tree was fairly thick, and there
were a lot of branchlets attached to it. On top of that, there were a
great number of healthy leaves at the end of the branch.
Despite this fact, Artpe calmly picked up the branch, and he put it
away into his Dimensional Pouch. Regina, who had been watching
this sight, saw a small branch fall towards her.
“Let’s do that!”
It might be the result of half the race becoming Dark Elves, but it
seemed assertiveness was somehow becoming normalized amongst
them. Artpe decided to think of it as a good sign.
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“You are too much!”
“Oppa!”
Since all his party members were awake, he retrieved Regina, who
was absentmindedly staring up at the World Tree. The branch was in
her hands. He decided to leave the Forest of Eternity. Even if he
stayed longer inside the forest, there was nothing more to be gained
here.
“Yes, yes. Ah. You friends are calling for you over there.”
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would have…!”
The hero’s party had grown to four members, and they looked like
children leaving for a picnic. They left the Forest of Eternity.
They were on the road back to Tiata. No matter how much they
walked, the World Tree remained in their sight, so Maetel spoke
those words. Sienna also felt the same way as she added her own
opinion.
“I don’t know. Before you can climb to the top of the World
Tree, you’ll be attacked by the Elves. I guess it’ll be possible
to send them all to heaven.”
Artpe crushed the hopes and dreams of the girls with cruel reality.
When he turned his gaze away, he caught sight of Regina, who was
walking alongside them. She still had a absentminded expression on
her face.
It was as she said. There was a bracelet, which he had never seen
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before, around her slender wrist.
The brown fibers of the branch were intertwined, and the abundant
leaves were covering the bracelet.
Artpe’s branch was much larger than her branch, but his branch
amplified magical energy rather than life energy. It seemed the
World Tree’s gifts were tailored to the individual.
“If all the Elves were equipped with such Artifacts, the
humans wouldn’t have dared to mess with the forest. How
foolish.”
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talked about the threat.
“Shoulder shrug.”
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Chapter 105
Source: Wuxiaworld
They were on the road back from the Forest of Eternity, and they
were headed towards Tiata.. Their walk refreshed their mood, but
they soon got sick of walking. Regina was capable of Flight magic,
and Artpe was able to use Float magic. Artpe carried Sienna and
Maetel in each arm. It took them only an hour to exit the forest.
“Flying is fun!”
[Nyaaaaaaaaaaah!]
The hero’s party did stunts in the air as they flew over Tiata. When
they looked down from the sky, it looked as if Tiata was maintaining
their peace. At the very least, it looked like that on the surface. He
had worried Tiata would resist against the combined forces of Daitan
and Aedia. Fortunately, the king of Daitain had handled the situation
in an appropriate manner.
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it is understandable. It is more important to stabilize Aedia
right now.”
“Huht! Hero!”
Artpe once again warned them about the Forest of Eternity. Then
he injected his Mana into the Gate to activate it. They passed
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through it, and of course, magicians and knights were also on guard
on the other side.
“Huht! Hero!!”
“I think I’ll have to stay here for couple days with Maetel.
Everything will go more smoothly if the heroes steps
forward.”
“······.”
Artpe took out a map of Aedia, and he started marking the location
of the Dungeons and the ruins. When they saw this, the eyes of
Sienna and Regina turned white. As if she was very unsatisfied with
what he was proposing, Regina kept hitting Artpe’s midsection.
However, Artpe was tempered by Maetel’s body tackles, so her
attacks didn’t even itch.
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“It’s done. I want you to give all the Unique spell that
comes out from these place to Regina. I want her to learn it
all.”
“Why me?”
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“Our levels will rise that fast?”
“I demand an explanation.”
“······thank you.”
She received Pipi. She hugged it as she gently stroked it. It was as
if the Demite wasn’t an Artifact that helped one’s use of magic. She
looked as if she was handling a pet or a doll.
This was how Regina and Sienna left. When Maetel was left alone
with him, she was about to die from happiness. She tried to link
arms with him, but Artpe let out a heavy sigh.
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“We’ll have to go out into the streets to clean it up.”
“Humans are beings that always act first and regret later. I
knew that this burden would fall on my shoulders later on,
but I couldn’t help it. I did it to feel that momentary
sensation of pleasure. Hue hue. This will be hard…..”
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“I’m sorry, but you don’t have have to make such a
detailed commentary. Clean!”
Artpe walked past the sweating party led by the king. He used his
Clean spell at random. When he walked past through a street, not a
speck of dust was left behind! In the beginning, the civilians had
resented Artpe as they worked hard to clean their city. Now they just
wanted Artpe to come to their homes as soon as possible.
How could humans be so simple! They knew Artpe had made this
mess, yet they were cheering for him. The number of people
cheering for Artpe was growing rapidly after they saw the clean city!
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“As expected, humans are simple. If I do a little bit more
here, they’ll sing my praises.”
“······.”
Artpe stared at Maetel. She tilted her head in puzzlement, and she
asked him a question with a bright expression on her face.
Artpe took his idiot towards the kingdom as fast as possible. The
king of Daitan had already changed his clothes, and he had been
waiting for Artpe.
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“Don’t do that.. You have to bind the unsettled hearts of
the people into one. You probably already know how to do
this.”
In his past life, the Demon king’s army had invaded the human
realm in earnest when the hero was over 20 years old. Several plans
had been percolating underneath the surface, and they ad all
bubbled up to the surface at the same time. The hero had been
disillusioned by humanity, but she methodically blew up these plans
with the help of her party members.
They exchanged evil smiles with each other. It was a crime if one
used someone else without their knowledge. However, if both sides
agreed to it, it was a deal being made. The phrase, ‘If you scratch
my back, I'll scratch yours.’, was quite apt.
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the merchant organizations. We'll unite Daitan, Aedia and
Tiata. Then we’ll create a Mana Transmission route between
them. When you announce the formation of your empire,
you’ll notify everyone of the existence of the heroes, You’ll
explain the implications of the Demon King’s army showing
up. Ah. I want everyone to see us, so it is imperative that
we’ll be able to transmit images. What do you think? Easy,
right?”
“Easy, my ass!”
One of the magicians let out a shout of dismay, but his voice didn’t
reach anyone. The king of Daitan....no, the man that would become
an emperor of an empire was firmly shaking hands with Artpe. The
contract was satisfactorily concluded.
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It was the moment when the human realm were made aware of the
existence of the Demon King’s army.
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Chapter 106
Source: Wuxiaworld
“Heroes.”
“They really are heroes. The heroes that were born in Diaz
are in Aedia…. No, they are in the empire of Zard.”
“If the heroes are going along with this, I might be able to
accept this situation.”
It didn’t matter if one knew about it or one didn’t know about it.
Everyone accepted the reality of the situation when confronted with
the title of hero and Demon king. Heroes were the only existence
that could transmute a human vs human struggle into a struggle
between humanity and the Demon race.
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“Is this what Artpe wanted?”
“This might not sound so great, but a war had broken out
at the right time. I was able use this to my advantage.”
The people had received a huge shock, but until the dangers rose
to the surface, most of them would maintain the mentality of ‘We’ve
been fine until now, so it’ll be fine in the future.’ and ‘It worries me,
but there are other more important things to focus on.’ These kinds
of attitudes were problematic, but he decided to worry about this
problem at a later date.
There were too many people that were saying words that were
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straight out of the ‘Words That Shouldn’t Be Spoken Unless You Want
to Become a Supporting Character in Another Person’s Life Volume
1.’
“Hero-nim!”
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“······you do realize that you are not much better than me
recently?”
The extremely close relationship between the two heroes was seen
by the civilians watching the parade. Moreover, the recorded images
were spread throughout the empire, and everyone became aware of
this fact.
“This was part of the deal. You are the one with the tough
task ahead of you, emperor.”
When the hero called Angelo by his title of emperor, a small smile
appeared on his face.
“You know that the Demon King’s army is on the move, yet
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you have such ambitions. I kinda like that.”
This was obvious, but the map was marked with the location of the
Dungeons. The high level Dungeons were left out, and he had only
marked the Dungeons that the humans could handle. This was
enough to surprise Angelo Zard.
“I’m glad you know the worth of what I’m giving you.”
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“I will take your words to heart. ······is that why the levels,
Dungeons and quantity of the loots were categorized like
this? I’m not sure how you know all of this, but…. No, I
won’t pry into it.”
Angelo Zard took the map, and he put it deep within his robe.
The hero from his previous life had grown the power of her party
through Dungeon exploration.
She had ignored the stress that her actions had caused on her
relationship with each nation on the continent. She focused on the
concept that everything would be fine once the Demon king was
defeated. That was why she hadn’t been able to create a friendly
relationship with other nations. Everything broke apart before any
amicable relationship could be started. It forced her into a much
more brutal fight.
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the Dungeons of this world!
The God Flush had covered everything. It was called the Upthrust
Calamity.(The event had already gained a name.) The temple
suffered under the same predicament, but the temple was clean now.
Maybe, he was imagining things, but it felt as if the archbishop was
glaring at Artpe. This was why Artpe decided to ignore him.
At the emperor’s reply, the archbishop was able to raise his head.
The archbishop was clearly glaring at Artpe. He hadn’t been
imagining it! Of course, he became terrified by Maetel’s fierce gaze,
so the archbishop immediately turned his head away!
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“The Hero’s Class is bestowed and managed by the temple,
It has to be all done inside the borders of Paladia. These two
heroes haven’t been confirmed yet. Moreover, your majesty
declared this information instead of the temple. It isn’t
something you should have done. It shouldn’t have been
done.”
In his previous life, the hero had went through this process. Diaz,
the temples and Paladia had pretty strong ties. This was why the
hero of his past life had belatedly visited Paladia…. However, Artpe
knew about the disaster that had occurred at the end, so he wanted
to leave Paldia alone.
That’s right. This was one of the reasons why Artpe hadn’t liked
revealing the fact that he was a hero. He didn’t want to become
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involved with the temples. The temples liked to manipulate the
situation. They made it look as if they had caused the heroes to
descend into this world. They also liked to meddle in the affairs of
the heroes.
“Ah. Understood.”
Angelo Zard had just established his empire, and it would create a
massive headache if he went against the temple. For now, Angelo
Zard nodded his head as he gave a meaningful glance towards Artpe.
He was asking Artpe as to whether he found all of this acceptable.
Artpe gave a slight nod.
“Oh, heroes….”
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“We’ve searched for the two of you for a very long time.
Still, we waited until the parade ended. It almost makes us
want to commend our own patience. We really felt…..”
When Maetel heard about the priestess, she took a firm grasp of
Artpe’s arm. In the past, she said she wouldn’t mind if the number of
women increased in their party, yet she had immediately used force
like this. As expected, all women were liars!
“No······!”
“Maetel..”
However, Artpe gently pried her arms from his, and he smiled at
her.
“You can relax. I’ll explain it to you later, but you can rest
comfortably.”
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off the archbishop’s head. However, the words that came out of
Artpe’s mouth betrayed everyone’s expectation.
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Chapter 107
Source: Wuxiaworld
“Hero······?”
“Artpe!?”
“Why······?”
“Since it has turned out like this, let’s get ready, Maetel.”
“Why!?”
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Artpe and Maetel rode the carriage prepared by the temple on the
next day. The carriage was quite luxurious, and they were guarded
by several dozen Warrior Priests and Holy Knights. They left Aedia.
The act of roasting a peanut with lightning magic would be slower
than this!
It was two days after they started traveling on the carriage. The
carriage was rolling down Aedia’s main road.
The view outside the carriage’s window was passing by, and it was
neither too fast or too slow. Maetel couldn’t help but enjoy herself.
She started humming a tune. Maetel had been taken aback in the
beginning, but she was showing an upbeat attitude. It was quite the
difference. Of course, Artpe knew why she was like this.
“Yes. We can do this for the rest of our lives, and I would
still like it!”
Maetel tightly grabbed onto Artpe’s sleeve with one hand. On the
other side of him…… No one was grabbing onto Artpe’s remaining
sleeve.
That’s right. Artpe and Maetel was the only ones riding inside the
carriage.
“Yes, ma'am.”
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kind smile as he pushed the priest out of the carriage. She once
again closed the door.
“I’ll rip apart any bad bandits that tears apart a person’s
moment of happiness.”
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Before they left Aedia, the archbishop had asked Artpe about his
other party members. Artpe had told him that Sienna and Regina
were temporary party members. Heroes were the only ones that
were important to the archbishop, so he easily accepted Artpe’s
explanation.
“So?”
Sienna was an Evil Reflector. Once the temple found out about
her, they would focus on her once she entered Paladia. She would
receive as much attention as the heroes. He made the right call in
keeping Sienna apart from the temple.
“It isn’t just humans. It is the same for all the other races
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capable of rational thought.”
Was it because Maetel had gotten a bit smarter? It was harder for
him to read what she was thinking about. Artpe tsked as he raised
the Communication apparatus.
[Nyaa.]
“Ah, I see.”
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Roa ate anything that was infused with Mana. Of course, Roa and
Artpe wouldn’t forego the opportunity to find treasures. Artpe let out
a smile as he turned on the Communication apparatus. Then he
opened his mouth.
“Uh, Silpennon.”
“Silpennon!?”
[I’m level 218. What do you think? I’m pretty good, right?]
[Koohk!]
“283.”
[I lost······.]
It didn’t matter if there was a level difference when they first met.
Leveling became much harder when one climbed to the higher
levels. This was especially true for those that were over level 200. A
single level looked like a small difference, but the quality of one’s
ability was stark when one raised a level.
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So how was he able to reach level 283? Silpennon had worked like
hell for the past two years, yet he realized he couldn’t catch up to
Artpe no matter what.
Silepennon was a party member of the hero from his past life. He
possessed a cheat-like ability. When one took that into account, he
could tell Leseti and Deyus had worked hard in increasing their
levels. At their current level, Artpe decided they could carry out his
immediate goal.
“Artpe?”
“I told you I’ll leave this to someone else. Who else was I
going to entrust this task to?”
“No, I’m not. I want you to clear one more Dungeon, then I
want you to immediately come to Paladia. Let’s meet up in
Paladia.”
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[You want us to meet up!? Are we finally joining your
party?]
“I’ll make the decision after I see how you take care of this
task.”
Artpe ended the call. Maetel let out a beautiful smile as she made
a demand.
“Explain it to me.”
In truth, Paladia was much closer to Diaz than Aedia. Aedia was
developed in terms of magic, but they were too far for the words of
the gods to reach them. This was why there were more magicians
that were trying to grow their own power instead of using the power
of the gods.
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“However, you still haven’t met her. She might be an
innocent beautiful girl, who only eats dewdrops as she prays
to the gods all day.”
It would have been a lie to say Maetel’s point didn’t hold any
water. However, there was something he could say for certain in
regards to the holy priestess.
In his past life, Artpe had seen the men that had developed
relationship with the holy priestess. That is why he knew her taste in
men. If he spoke this truth, there was no point in hiding his past life
to Maetel. In the end, he decided to gloss over this point.
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“Anyways, you don’t have to worry about it. When my
peaceful life as a dairy farmer becomes guaranteed, I don’t
plan on getting involved with women.”
Maetel stuck a bit closer to Artpe. Since they would have to meet
up with another party in Paladia, it seemed she wanted to gather an
ingredient that she could only acquire from Artpe.
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the tome, and he was able to forcefully change the direction of the
process enacted by the tome. That was why the magical tome was in
a ambiguous state. However, he planned on transforming the magic
tome by Reinforcing it with the ink he acquired from the Kraken and
the Ancient Kraken.
[Nyaaaaaaaaa.]
“Roa.”
[Nyaaa-ah nyaa.]
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Maetel was in an aroused state. Artpe asked Roa to stop Maetel if
she tried to jump him. He raised his pen, and he placed it on the first
page of the magic tome.
They still had a lot of time left until they arrived at the Holy Nation
of Paladia.
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Chapter 108
Source: Wuxiaworld
“On the other hand, if the location of the Warp Gates could
be traced, it could really fuck us up.”
It wasn’t just that. The previous hero had just renovated it. This
Warp Gates were old even before the previous hero had put his
hands on it.
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These Warp Gates had existed throughout the everlasting history,
and they had grown their abilities by eating the Records of countless
other beings. They weren’t simple Warp Gates. They were so
advanced that they could be considered to be holy relics.
For some reason, Maetel was happy about Artpe’s gesture. The
priest was taken aback, since Artpe wasn’t following established
protocols. There was no way the two heroes could be together at all
times. However, the priest had no choice. He accepted Artpe’s
words.
“Mmm. Understood.”
There were Warp Gates installed all over the continent, and they
were all hidden. However, they were all tied together by a cord of
Mana.
“It is time.”
The priest activated the Gate, and Mana poured out of the Gate.
The Mana reached out towards the whole party, but at Artpe’s
guidance, it was all gathered in his hand. While the priest and the
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holy knights were shocked by his Mana Control, Artpe quickly
finished the registration.
Before Artpe registered himself, the Mana pouring out of the Warp
Gate had worked in opposition against Artpe. Now the Mana was like
a warm and soft energy that was diffused around him. They
immediately entered into the Gate, and soon, they arrived on a
remote island located in the middle of the ocean.
“Huh?”
Maetel’s eyes turned into dots when she saw the vast stretch of
water in front of her. Artpe grinned as he gave her an explanation.
“As expected. I can see why you guys were able to protect
the frontline against the Demon King’s army in multiple wars.
This probably allows you to maintain your power over the
years.”
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the hero.”
“We are the absolute allies of the heroes. You don’t have
to make such preparations….. Actually, we were
disappointed when both of you declined the summons of
Diaz. That caused us to run in circles…...”
The priest wanted blind trust, because they were absolute allies. It
had been awhile since he had heard something so dumb.
‘These guys are worse than the Demon king. I’d rather
trust Etna than you guys.’
Fine white sand filled the sandy beach. Maetel laughed as she
kicked the sand. As he watched Maetel’s back, he confirmed a piece
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of information with the priest.
“If I supply some of my Mana, I can cut that time into two
days..”
After spitting out the party, the Warp Gate had been emitting a
subdued light. A more intense light was being emitted now. Of
course, the amount of Mana within the Warp Gate couldn’t transport
Artpe’s party, the priests and the holy knights all at once right now.
It would be too burdensome.
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“That is why we’ve arranged accommodation here. I’ll lead
both of you to it.”
Artpe looked at Maetel, who was playing on the beach with her
heavy armor on. He smirked as he spoke.
The priest shut his mouth. Artpe was also at a loss for words. An
uncomfortable atmosphere developed between the two of them.
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Artpe was sensitive to such things, so Artpe backed off a little bit.
“The holy priestess isn’t waiting for her! She’s waiting for
you!”
Artpe chased away all the priests, then he approached Maetel. She
was still playing with the sand..
“Huh?”
“But······.”
“I'll be alright.”
She returned after she took off her red armor, which had been
covering her upper and lower body. She came back with only light
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clothing on. Of course, her armor had gone through three
Reinforcement, so their weight was negligible. Still, it couldn’t be
compared to moving without the armor.
“Wa-hah! Ooh-heehee.”
Maetel had already seen the ocean in the port city of Frate.
However, there were no beaches with sand there, so it had been
impossible for her to play there. This was also true of the port city of
Belata in Aedia.
She finally was able to enjoy the ocean in this place. It had been a
long time since he had seen her enjoy herself like this. She was
feeling pure joy. Artpe suddenly realized that he was also having fun.
[Fuck off.]
“Heek!?”
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“You want to play too?”
[Nyaa-ah nyaa-ah.]
When he released Roa, she transformed into her small cat form.
She ran across the beach, and she chased down Maetel. The
footprints of a girl and the paw prints of a cat were imprinted on the
sandy beach, and they were being washed away by the ocean water.
This sight automatically put a satisfied smile on his face.
As a finishing touch, he took out the branch of the World Tree from
his Dimensional Pouch. He planted it on the beach. The branch’s
wide leaves created a canopy, and it kept the sun off of him. The
World Tree hadn’t given him the branch so he could block out the
sunlight as an emergency measure. However, he didn’t care about
that.
However, Artpe couldn’t work on his magic tome for long. Maetel
wasn’t satisfied with playing only with Roa. She ran up to him, and
she started urging him to come into the ocean.
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“Eh-eet!”
“Gulp······.”
Artpe sensed that his body was in danger. From that moment on,
Artpe and Maetel started playing a game of tag. Something that was
more precious than their lives were on the line. As if she found all of
this pathetic, Roa cried out.
“What do you mean when you say you want to play with
me! If you don’t give me an exact explanation, I’ll be put in a
difficult spot! Hey! Stop trying to catch me! Roa, help me!”
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The heroes played tag for five hours. It continued until the sun set
on the beach. Artpe performed a monumental feat. He didn’t get
caught by Maetel before she became tired and hungry. However, he
received punishment from her as a consequence of his actions. She
kept rubbing her cheeks against him during the entire dinner time.
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Chapter 109
Source: Wuxiaworld
After he ended the call with his party members, he let out a sigh as
he raised his head. Maetel was staring at him.
“What?”
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more aggressive and intense manner.”
“Ajumma.”
“I want you to supply Sienna’s party for the last time. They
are heading into Glacia.”
Since he retained his memories from his past life, Artpe could say
this. Of course, others didn’t know this, so his words sounded very
unreasonable.
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[Why don’t you just become the Demon king!]
“Heroes are one step away from being seen as the Demon
King, and the Demon king is one step away from being seen
as a hero. Well, I made my request.”
[Wait a moment. If you think you can always end the call
first, you are sorely mistak……..]
He ended the call with Mycenae. His last call was to Silpennon.
[Of course.]
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“I want you to completely clean out the Zero Class region.
That is what I wanted to ask of you.”
Ah. How long had it been since someone resisted against his
plans? He had missed it! In recent times, Maetel and Sienna started
pushing back against his plans, but on a basic level, they always
followed his directions. This was why he had been a bit disappointed.
However, it was as if Silpennon had broken apart this feeling of
frustration felt by Artpe.
However...
“It is as I’ve said. Heroes can enter into the Zero Class.”
[So what?]
“When I enter into the city, I’ll make a move. You’ll just
have to take advantage of this. It is like a backdoor. You
should enter at night. I’ll somehow make it so that you’ll be
able to enter that region tonight.”
[······.]
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[All right. Let us say that the temples are hiding
something, and I miraculously find out this secret. How are
you going to spread this truths to the continent?]
Artpe put away his communication device then he raised his head
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with a refreshed expression on his face. However, Maetel was glaring
at him with a sulking expression on her face.
The priest didn’t know what to say when confronted with Maetel’s
complaints and Artpe’s weirdly philosophical view of this situation.
The priest asked for their forgiveness. Artpe and Maetel
immediately exited the carriage. There were countless people
gathered there.
“Wa-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
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“There really are two of them. Both of them are heroes?”
“All right.”
Artpe dragged along Maetel, who hated all of this. They moved
towards a new mode of transportation. There were holy knights in
shining armor waiting for them. They surrounded the vehicle as
escorts.
Artpe and Maetel ignored the priest, who had spoken with a bit of
pride in his voice. They moved into the raised seats, so they could
greet the people.
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“Wow. The city looks like it was made from toys…....”
The city was built with a plan in mind. Of course, the various
building inside the city was neat and pretty. When she looked down
at the city, Maetel’s eyes shone. Artpe nodded his head as he gave
her an explanation.
Rather than making something new with his own hands, it was
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more enjoyable to use something someone else had already built!
“Maetel-nim!”
“Artpe-nim!”
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“Is that why you are angry!?”
“I think the male is the true hero? Look! Look! The girl
keeps scowling.”
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“Do you feel any gazes on us?”
“I feel none.”
When the two of them left behind the crowd, they let out a sigh of
relief. Maetel and Artpe leaned against each other. The priests and
holy knights let out a bitter laugh when they saw this.
There was a black haired girl that looked to be of similar age as the
two heroes. She really was a innocent and beautiful looking girl. She
looked as if she had grown up eating only dew.
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Chapter 110
Source: Wuxiaworld
He had such idle thoughts as he saw the girl. She had black hair
and blue eyes. Maetel instinctively hid Artpe behind her back. The
girl, who had revealed revealed her name as Vadinet, caught sight of
this. She covered her mouth as she giggled in a demure manner.
Maetel found the sight of Vadinet to be very nauseating.
[Nyaa-ah.]
Roa suddenly pushed her head out from within Artpe’s robe, and
she let out a small cry as she watched the holy priestess. Artpe put
Roa on his shoulder, and he patted her.
“You have to stay still for now. I’ll tell you when you will
be able to play.”
[Nyaa-ah······.]
[Nyaa]
“Oh my.”
Roa let out a cry as if she was answering the holy priestess.
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Vadinet once again giggled. When she saw this, Maetel became
more guarded. Until now, an innocent pretty girl like her had never
appeared around Artpe. Maetel was worried that Artpe’s heart might
lean towards a girl like her, so Maetel did her best to stop Artpe from
meeting her!
“You really are acting like an idiot. You should step aside,
Maetel.”
“But!”
“Ooh-mmmmmm.”
Artpe, Maetel and Roa were like country hicks. They were
rubbernecking at the great temple as they followed the holy
priestess. Several dozen priests and knights followed behind them
as escorts, so it was a sight to behold.
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magic circle is connected to the great temple, and it purifies
the Mana. That is why a normal priest could replicate powers
of a high rank priest in this place.”
“Yes…..”
The holy maiden was puzzled when she saw Artpe block Maetel’s
mouth. However, her smile returned as she turned around. She led
them deeper into the temple.
“Wah-ah.”
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gods and the land of the humans. Behind these items, there was an
open space that reminded one of a massive square. Maetel, who had
been in a poor mood, let out an exclamation when she saw this.
“Yes.”
“Ah, Artpe-nim.”
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other hand, Maetel tilted her head in puzzlement as she asked a
question.
“I see!”
“Ah-ooh-ooh.”
Vadinet was taken aback when she was confronted with the
thought process of the bad hero! On the other hand, Artpe was
smiling a smile of triumph inside.
Since things have already turned out like this, it would be a waste
if they didn’t receive the blessing. Artpe led Maetel forward as they
stood in front of the altar. The holy priestess’ eyebrows twitched by
a minute amount.
“Please.”
The holy priestess raised both her hands a little bit higher. Artpe
could feel all the Mana within the great temple gather into her hands.
Moreover, there was the altar, which had been created for the
express purpose of the hero’s blessing. It was a holy artifact that had
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stored Mana, which didn’t hold a speck of impurity. The altar was
letting out a golden light.
“Pretty······.”
“Shhh.”
The holy priestess’ blue eyes turned into gold. This was evidence
that she was raising her holy power to its limit! The priests and holy
knights were witnessing a sacred moment, so their voices of
admiration automatically rose in volume. Artpe was monitoring the
Mana reaction that was occurring with his Read All Creation ability.
The information was being delivered to him.
“Oh god. Please let your warm hands touch those that are
qualified.”
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‘La-di-da.’
“No lies will remain. Please show us only the true hope.”
While this was going on, Artpe used Mana Link to tether his Mana
to Maetel’s Mana. Maetel sensed what was going on, so she raised
her head in confusion. Artpe gave a light wink, and strangely enough,
Maetel picked up on the meaning behind his gesture.
She activated her Record Divide. Maetel and Artpe shared each
other’s Records. They were already linked by Mana Link, so the bond
between the two became stronger. Since both of them were heroes,
they were able to achieve unity.
“Ah. Ah ah ah.”
Maetel let out a sound as if she was loving what was going on. She
was almost dead from pleasure. Normally Artpe didn’t open himself
up to this extent. In reality, this was the first time she had
established a true connection to Artpe.
The holy priestess’ chant finally came to an end. The golden light
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containing the overwhelming amount of Mana fell onto Artpe….. It
was being shared with Maetel.
“······huh?”
The holy priestess’s voice expressed the confusion she was feeling.
“Wah-ahh. Artpe.”
Since the blessing was sent out, the holy priestess was no longer in
control of the blessing. The powerful energy of the blessing touched
Artpe, and it flowed into Maetel. Her Record was a complete Replica
of Artpe’s Record. This was why half of the energy flowed into her.
Everything went so smoothly that it looked as if the blessing had
gone as the holy priestess had intended.
The energy settled within the two heroes. Finally, a wing with
feathers made out of golden light sprouted from their backs. The
holy priestess couldn’t suppress her shock when she saw this.
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generation has two heroes. No one made a mistake in
determining this. The two of them will rely on each other to
magnificently take down the Demon King.”
“This shouldn’t…..”
However, the holy artifact was gone. The Mana prepared for the
blessing ceremony was completely consumed. Even if she wanted to
reverse this, she couldn’t.
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time doing the blessing ceremony, so I was nervous…..
Thankfully, I was able to carry it out successfully.”
Artpe wanted to burst out into laughter. He had to try really hard
to suppress his laughter. Maetel finally realized what was going on,
so she wanted to hit Vadinet once. She was having a hard time
restraining herself.
Artpe waved his hand as he sent her off. When he saw Vadinet
turn around, he thought about taking a rest. However, at that
moment, a very faint light started to emanate from Artpe and Maetel
at the same time.
“Artpe······?”
“End it!”
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regards to my own will,”
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Chapter 111
Source: Wuxiaworld
The hero's party stood atop a land that was dyed black with the
blood of Demons and Mana. They were confronting a girl, who had
once been a member of the hero’s party
The city of Lihazeta had preserved its sanctity for several hundred
years. However, the city had fallen at the hands of the Demons and
the hero’s party. As intended, the hero’s party had stopped the
horrific machinations of the Demon King’s army, but the only person
capable of reversing the situation had fallen. She had made her own
decision to corrupt herself.
The fallen holy priestess raised her staff, and her eyes were dyed
red.
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“Vadinet······.”
The hero was trying to persuade the holy priestess by any means
possible. However, the hero was tired from the battle. Her tired eyes
were read as her looking down at the holy priestess.
The hero gritted her teeth. She knew her entire existence was
being denied by the holy priestess. The thief stepped forward instead
of her.
“Pathetic!”
The warrior rebuked her, but his words weren’t registered in the
holy priestess’ ears.
“Yes, now I can see why the temple cooperated with them.
There is a difference between what they learned and what
they wanted to protect. Surely, they became sick and tired
of the difference. It is the same with me. The goal of my life
has been shattered into pieces. Yes. I’m sick and tired of it
too! As it stands, I don’t like any of this!”
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“Pffft, hoo-hoo-hooht.”
“What?”
“You should know about this by now? I’m the one that
leaked their secret to you. I’m the one that led you by the
nose to bring about this situation.”
“Vadinet······?”
The hero felt something was wrong. She was taken aback as she
unsheathed her sword. Unfortunately, the situation had reached the
precipice where nothing could be done.
All the black Mana in the region was focused solely on her. In a
flash, her energy was amplified. The energy was headed towards a
direction that shouldn't be traversed. The energy was endless, and
there was no limit to it.
“Vadinet, you…..”
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Maetel. That is why I have no choice but to change myself.”
The thief, Silpennon, yelled out loud. The woman, who used to be
a holy priestess, snickered when she saw him. Her eyes were
completely dyed red, and demonic wings shot out from her shoulder
blades. It was proof that she had lost her holiness.
They couldn’t believe what was occuring in front of their eyes, but
they had no choice. In the end, they had to accept it.
They always believed that the priestess would protect them from
their side. However, she had fallen as a human to become a Demon.
“I’m sorry.”
“Yes yes.”
Maetel had been crying like a child, and she was barely able to
calm down after Artpe hugged her. He hadn’t approached her for a
while, so she had been afraid that Artpe’s displeasure towards her
was absolute. When Artpe consoled her, she was finally able to
relax.
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She was nestled within his hug. Maetel looked up with tearful eyes
as she asked him a question. Artpe let out a bitter laugh as he wiped
away the tears near her eyes.
“I’m sorry. From now on, I won’t kiss you when you say
you don’t like it.”
“······.”
“Ooooh-mmmmm······.”
Maetel had gone into her docile mode of behavior. She thought
long and hard before she shook her head from side to side. However,
the words that came out of her mouth was quite the spectacle.
It felt as if she had fallen in a trap that she couldn’t escape from.
He turned passive as he let out a big sigh, and he mussed her hair.
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“Yes, I won’t see it. I’ll only see the ones that Artpe shows
me.”
At times, he got the feeling that her words were incongruous with
her normal self. The current situation was like that. However, when
Artpe saw Maetel’s innocent eyes, he shook off such uneasy feelings.
“Hoo-hee.”
When Maetel was completely sure that Artpe was no longer mad,
she was able to ask him the question. She continued to hold his
hand tight.
Over a year ago, they had visited a temple where the Ancient
Kraken was sealed by the previous hero. They were able to absorb a
skill book and a spell book that had been prepared by him.
Sunbae-nim had been firm in his words that the items would
strengthen their Unique skill and spell. However, their Unique skill
and spell hadn’t been strengthened, and it had caused them much
confusion. The strengthening happened today!
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maybe it was intended to be completed through the blessing. As the
possessor of the Read All Creation ability, Artpe was unsure if that
was true. However, the process had been too seamless, so it was
possible.
As always, Maetel had been staring at Artpe. His eyes met hers.
Artpe’s figure was contained within her clear green eyes.
[Artpe]
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[Human]
[Hero]
[Level : 283]
[Materialization Lv1]
“Huh?”
“Nothing.”
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tale of the hero. Of course, there were restrictions. If he tried to
materialize a spell that wasn’t in the form of a thread, he would have
to consume Mana to an abnormal degree. Even with Artpe’s massive
reservoir of Mana, he couldn’t add elaborate conditions to the
Materialization spell.
Then there was the fact that he was capable of strengthening his
body with magical energy. If so, would he be comparable to a lvl 250
Warrior?
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Maetel. She had gained the Hero’s Aura like him. All her stats were
boosted, and the Record Divide had evolved. It couldn’t be
compared to before.
Maetel didn’t want to make Artpe mad again, so she waved her
hands. Then she suddenly discovered the presence of the priests
and the holy knights. They had been there all along. She pulled at
the sleeve of Artpe’s robe.
“R...romancing…....”
“Ooh-hee. I see.”
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It was hard to believe that she had been crying until a moment
ago. She had an unimaginably bright smile on her face. Artpe was
thankful that Maetel felt better, but he kept letting out a sigh.
This was how the march towards the inner city started. Artpe,
Maetel and the holy priestess Vadinet were having different thoughts
as the parade continued. Despite this fact, they maintained a broad
smile on their face. In the eyes of the people of Lihazeta, they looked
beautiful.
“Oh my. The holy priestess is with them. They really look
great together.”
“Did you hear the news? Two heroes received the blessing.
That is quite convenient…..”
It seemed the people of this country had read the ‘Words That
Shouldn’t Be Spoken Unless You Want to Become a Supporting
Character in Another Person’s Life Volume 2.’ The nearby civilians
were talking about their perception of the proceeding, and they were
mixing in some dialogue about the future. It truly were words
befitting extras!
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“Hero-nim, the parade will come to an end soon. When it
ends, we’ll enter a location that is inaccessible by the other
priests and holy knights. The two hero-nim will be
accompanied only by me.”
The proceeding was really long and drawn out. When the holy
priestess whispered to him, he schooled his expression. He tried his
best to act as if nothing was wrong. However, there were a lot of
thoughts going through his head.
‘If the same situation from my past life occurs again, it’ll
become really annoying. Will Silpennon be able to pull this
off successfully? Of course, it isn’t as if there aren’t scenarios
where he’ll fail. Still, I want to get through this cleanly. I
want to change the direction of the events to completely fuck
over the Demon King’s army…...’
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“People of Lihazeta! Please give your blessing to the two
heroes and the holy priestess! They will be going on a
journey to defeat the Demon King!”
Before the holy priestess could finish her words, a holy knight
shouted out his words. The people of Lihazeta shouted their
blessings towards the party at the same time. There were people
that had followed the parade from the start to the end. The people
gathered at the current location numbered in the tens of thousands.
Of course, Artpe couldn’t hear the holy priestess’ words.
However, Artpe didn’t have a screw loose like the main characters
that appeared in the hero’s tale. He possessed abilities that was
completely different from them. It didn’t matter that the civilians
were yelling at him. It didn't matter that Maetel was glaring at him.
He could clearly read the lips of the holy priestess!
‘The holy priestess can’t meet men aside from the hero?
This bitch actually believed in such lie!’
The holy priestess in his past life had believed in a lie, and she had
lost control as she continued to work towards her goal of a marriage!
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Chapter 112
Source: Wuxiaworld
Artpe always thought about his previous life as his previous life,
and he thought about his current life as his current life. In his past
life, Artpe was one of the Four Heavenly Kings in the Demon King’s
army, but that was history to him. There was no guarantee that what
happened in his past life would occur in his present life.
In his past life, Silpennon had put a dagger through Artpe’s heart,
yet he had a decent relationship with Silpennon in his current life. If
he had kept his personal grudge about his past life, Silpennon
wouldn’t have grown to be a thief that was over level 200. Artpe
would have buried him in the mountains of Diaz. Silpennon would
have slept the eternal sleep.
“Hah······.”
However, he was faced with the holy priestess right now, and she
was truly happy when he showed interest in her. Should he really
treat her in the same way as Silpennon? Should he do this despite
the fact that she was a psychotic bitch, who had turned herself into a
Demon in an attempt to get with a man?
When he sussed out the whole situation, this woman looked scarier
to him. If there was some monumental reason behind her actions, it
would have been understandable. However, she had caused trouble
that was based 100% on blind love!
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“No, it is nothing. I just have something I want to tell you.”
She wasn’t that old, yet the holy priestess Vadinet was thinking
about marriage. Artpe was truly perplexed by it. In fact, he
wondered if she would believe his words even if he told her the truth.
This wasn’t a problem about cause and effect. This problem was
entirely rooted in her personality. Even if he brought her in as a
party member after averting the disaster, the inherent unstable
factor remained. This was the reason why Artpe was worried. He
could see the possible desire and lack of control hidden behind her
smile!
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I didn't know if he’ll accept the holy priestess.······.’
“Heeng. Artpehhhhh.”
“······ooh-doohk.”
The party had arrived at the Zero Class area very late. This was
why the meeting with the pope was pushed to the next day. They
were guided to their accommodations. There were no priests or
disciples in this facility. The holy priestess, Artpe and Maetel were
the only ones walking down the silent hallway.
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“They volunteered themselves for such a troublesome role.
They are very devout to the gods.”
They stopped walking down the hallway when they reached a small
wooden door. There was a carefully made oval door plate placed on
the door. There was the word, ‘Yes’, written in red letters. He didn’t
ask what the ‘Yes’ was referring to.
“This is my room.”
The holy priestess was making a big deal out of nothing, yet she
looked happy. In some ways, she looked similar to Maetel at that
moment.
Mmmm.
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Artpe. However, she was slowly reaching a boiling point.
She could no longer hold herself back. In the end, Maetel opened
her mouth. Vadinet giggled as she gave a retort,
“Me.”
Maetel put on a soft smile as she tugged Artpe’s arm towards her.
She clung tight to his arm.
“······.”
Vadinet and Maetel fought fiercely with their eyes. However, in the
middle of the battle, Artpe flicked Maetel on her forehead.
“Ah-yaht!”
“Ooh-ah-ah-ooh.”
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Vadinet was making strange noises.
If things continued along this path, Artpe might really get eaten by
this woman. As he had such thoughts, he quickly dragged Maetel
towards her room. He opened the door. They entered through the
door and he locked the door. He was barely able to relax after doing
all of this.
“Silpennon.”
[Hey, I really was able to sneak in. What did you do? It was
as if the barrier was waiting for me. A very small region of
the barrier opened for me. Of course, Leseti and Deyus are
moving separately from me.]
This was all thanks to Silpennon, who had spoke such idiotic words!
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He had taken on the occupation of thief, and now he spoke like a
worthless thief that worked in a back alley!
He was telling the truth. From the moment she saw him, she had
tried to look appealing to Artpe. However, she was doing this,
because she believed that she had to be matched up with a hero.
That was the only reason. She didn't have any special emotions
towards him. At the very least, it looked like that from Artpe’s
perspective.
Moreover, she had been in love with Silpennon in their past lives.
There was a clear difference. If Vadient had the choice of choosing
her love interest between the two of them, she would most definitely
choose Silpennon!
That was what Artpe wanted to say too. Silpennon anguished over
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it before he decided Artpe was telling the truth. In the end, he
nodded his head.
“I’ll create a manual for you. You can relax and seduce
her!”
[If I meet you again, I want to strike you full in the face.]
Artpe ended the call with Silpennon, then he took out a pen and
paper. He wondered if he should go this far in doing this, but he
decided to temporarily suspend such thoughts. He knew Vadinet’s
personality and Silpennon’s abilities. Artpe would use his power to
create a manual that’ll work 100% on her!
“Ah······ Mmmm.”
Maetel opened the door to bathroom. She came out when Artpe
was focused on making the manual.
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should put on some clothes.”
“Yes!”
Maetel was covering her body with a bath towel. It was a wonder
that she was able to pull it off at such an age, but she couldn’t hide
the luscious line of her body. Moreover, her cheeks were flushed
right now, and it accentuated her allure. Even Artpe was affected by
her dizzying sensual charm, so he desperately turned his gaze away.
“Now that I think about it, it has been awhile since only the
two of us slept together, right?”
“······.”
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As she asked the question, Maetel looked down as she tried to
check her own body. Artpe suddenly stood up, and he quickly walked
towards the bathroom. As he did so, he made a request towards
Maetel.
“It is too early! I’ll tell you when you become an adult!”
Before Maetel could chase after him, Artpe desperately closed the
door to the bathroom. Cold sweat appeared on his back.
‘This is a problem.’
It was said that the enemy within was the scariest. Those words
described his situation to a T. Currently, Maetel was the scariest!
She was scarier than the Demon King’s army and Vadinet!
On that night, Artpe was fortunate. Maetel kept pressing him for
answers, but he was successful in putting her to sleep first.
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Source: Wuxiaworld
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fight enemies head on or destroy a building in its entirety, it was
beyond his ability.
He used his quick feet to safely avoid several secret traps, and he
was able to enter into the residential area. He was able to read the
signature of the people moving within. He moved quickly and
stealthily as he avoided coming across them. He reached the room
pointed out by Artpe.
No. In truth, there was another room that worried him before he
reached Artpe’s room.
‘I don’t know why that room has a Yes sign on the door, but
I feel an incredible amount of Mana within.’
Did he perhaps need to seduce the person within the room? Did he
have to do it for the prosperity of Paladia and the advancement of
the hero’s party? If so, he could accept doing such a task. Since she
was this talented, he could understand why she wanted to enter into
the hero’s party using whatever method within her means. The only
problem was the fact that he had to seduce her.
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like Maetel by his side, yet he wants me to….. Ah ah ah. I
don’t care. I want to rest first.’
“Uh······.”
“Ah······.”
Ah ah. That’s right. Artpe clearly said those words, yet Silpenon
let Artpe’s words go in one ear and out the other. Silpennon had
every reason to be ashamed.
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“First······ I’m not a bad person.”
“Liar!”
“If you follow my words, you won’t die. I’ll try to find a
happy outcome for the both of us.”
“Hmmm······.”
“Hee, heek.”
She looked plain, but she wasn’t a pumpkin. She actually had
clean and bright skin. Her eyes were large and clear. If she was
made-up, she would look quite pretty.
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“It isn’t just faint. I think it’s an ability.”
“Hoo-ggoo-oooh. Really?”
“Let it go.”
“Yes, sir.”
The maid quickly let go of her cleaning supply, and she approached
him. When he made sure no one else was approaching Silpennon’s
domain, he took off his hood. He revealed his face. If he wanted to
communicate with her, he would have to get rid of attire that was
causing the fear within her.
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“Ah······.”
“That… Yes.”
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She thought Silpennon was being shameless as he continued to lie.
She thoughtlessly undercut his words. However, she suddenly
remembered what kind of situation she was in, so she shut her own
mouth. However, Silpennon didn’t show any signs of anger. She was
careful as she opened her mouth again.
“······yes.”
“Just think about it. I came here on the day when the
heroes entered into the Zero Class. No matter how you look
at it, doesn’t it look intentionally done? Moreover, I
immediately came to the hero Artpe’s room. If I didn’t have
foreknowledge of this place, it would be impossible for me to
do this.”
“If you wait a little, I can give you proof. I want you to
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listen to me closely. This is the important part, Aria.”
He had just met her, yet he took the liberties of calling her by her
name.
She unconsciously spoke very loudly. Her voice rang out within the
room. He desperately covered her mouth with his hand. At the
touch of this strange man, her face became beet red. It was as if her
face was about to explode.
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“Ooooooh-bbbbbp.”
“Good.”
“That is why the heroes didn’t come here until they made
all their preparations. Only after acquiring me as a comrade,
they narrowly decided to come here. This was all possible,
because of my presence.”
“My god······.”
It was truly funny. Silpennon was spouting words that was coming
to his mind, but most of his words were true! Moreover, Aria was a
naive maiden. At his dramatic words, she accepted his words at a
logical and emotional level.
This was the thought going through her head! It was expected.
Paladia were filled with women that like to have their heads in the
clouds!
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something within the Zero Class. I’m sure of it.”
“B...but…...”
“Just think about it, Aria. This is the duty of the heroes.
The temple always stays rooted to this place, but the two
heroes travel around the continent defeating evil. They carry
out good in this world. Who’s more trustworthy between the
two? Do you even have to think about it?”
“T...that is…..”
She had believed and followed the temple for her entire life.
However, she also had absolute worship towards the heroes. As a
naive girl, it seemed believing in the heroes had a little bit more
appeal. The girl was taken aback as she stammered. In the end, she
shook her head.
“Tsk.”
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“······not yet. That is why I want you to show me proof. I
want you to show me proof that the temple has become
corrupted!”
“Huh?”
“I was cleaning the hallway not too long ago. I saw the
pope quickly rush past me, and I saw him enter into a secret
tunnel. In truth, I thought his actions were a bit suspicious….
If it is you, you can show me what is in that tunnel. I’m sure
we can get a definite answer to all of this!”
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Source: Wuxiaworld
Aria cheerfully ignored the very normal retort to her words. She
continued to speak.
It was bullshit to say that she didn’t have any power. She
possessed a stealth ability that was capable of deceiving even the
pope. How can she be so shameless by speaking such words!
Silpennon was flabbergasted. However, Aria was on a roll, so he
didn’t stop her from speaking. He just stood still.
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decision that I can longer stand by doing nothing. When I
think back on it, the pope had a really odd expression on his
face. It was as if he was mesmerized….. If I’m to be blunt,
he looked like a perverted old man.”
Silpennon had the ability to infiltrate into the Zero Class! Her eyes
contained great expectation as her gaze washed over him. He
became a little bit cocky. Up until now, he had been caught up in his
need to growing faster. This was why it felt pretty good to receive
recognition from someone else.
“Ah?”
“······mmm.”
Afterwards, the door opened and someone came in. It was none
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other than the holy priestess Vadinet!
She came into the room, then she tilted her head in puzzlement.
The holy priestess slowly entered into the room, and she sat on top
of the bed. Aria was frozen like an ice sculpture as she looked on.
The holy priestess’ actions steadily escalated, and it became quite
the spectacle. She fell onto the bed as she started to grope the
blanket.
“······.”
It was clear as to who the meddling woman was! They had been
trying to expose the pope’s true nature, yet they were faced with the
holy priestess’ true nature! When faced with this reality, Aria didn’t
know what to do. She looked like she was about to cry.
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“The blessing was supposed to be given only to Arpte-nim.
I wonder why it turned out like that…. I’m sure that witch
used some weird trick. The position of hero is only for Artpe-
nim, yet she is sharing that spot with him. I’m sure she used
similar methods in the past to steal his power. Yes, that’s it.
That’s the only explanation that makes sense.”
The holy priestess’ face was filled with desire and jealousy. It was
an expression that shouldn’t be made by a woman called the holy
priestess.
She rolled around the bed as she brainstormed. In the end, she
couldn’t come up with an answer. She had a preoccupied expression
on her face as she exited the room. Of course, it was enough for the
two in the room to make an assessment of the holy priestess.
Aria found out a truth that she hadn’t wanted to know. When Aria
looked like she was about to cry, Silpennon dropped to the floor. He
had been hiding in the ceiling. He had a miserable expression on his
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face.
“S...seduce?”
Moreover, he was late in finding out the true nature of the holy
priestess. She was a bit….
Aria carefully asked him the question. Silpennon let out a kind
laughter as he shook his head from side to side.
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dirty and ill-tempered personality. I’d rather die than seduce
her.”
After hearing his words, Aria blurted out something odd. Aria
quickly shut her mouth. Silpennon was too busy cursing Artpe inside
that he didn’t hear her words.
It was the moment when Artpe’s Pass on the Bomb plan failed!
Silpennon kept swearing as he picked up his communication device.
He tried to contact Artpe. Artpe immediately answered the call.
[I see. All right. I’ll go there right now, and I’m going to
kill you.]
[······I want you to keep the person you call an ally in place.
I’ll be there.]
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The mere fact that Artpe could sleep with Maetel made Silpennon
feel envious. Artpe should be in heaven, yet he was acting as if it
was a terrifying experience. Silpennon couldn’t understand what was
so bad about it, but Artpe ended the call. Artpe didn’t elaborate on
the subject. Aria stood next to him, and her eyes were twinkling.
“Kek, Artpe. You are bigger than me? I thought you would
have become frail….”
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“Of course, I’m big. I’m the hero. Aren’t you a little bit too
skinny?”
“Huh?”
“Well, yeah.”
She was the daughter of a high rank priest, yet she was working as
a maid. That part was a bit unusual, but aside from that fact, she
was a very normal maid. She was from the human race, and her
level was 3.
On the other hand, there were two characteristics that made her
abnormal.
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[Aria Kuar Serieta]
[Level : 3]
The first thing of note was the fact that she didn’t have a Class.
Secondly, she was only a level 3, 14 year old girl, yet she had
already awakened to her Innate Ability.
She was flustered by Artpe’s question, but she obediently gave him
an answer.
“T...the maids that work within the Zero Class aren’t given
a Class. After finishing 5 years of volunteer service, we gain
recognition, and we are blessed for the first time. Then we
begin the course to become an elite priestess….. That is
what my father told me.”
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what your ability is. The more you have an understanding of
your Innate ability, you can draw out the potential that is
nestled within you. Your Innate ability will become powerful.
You should take this to heart.”
“Assimilation…...”
“No wonder.”
She was level 3, and she didn’t possess any skills. However, she
was able to fool the holy priestess and the pope. The only possible
explanation was an Innate ability. Silpennon nodded his head as if he
had already accepted it as fact. Artpe also nodded his head as he
spoke.
“You are a hero that possess a true gift for annoying other
people.”
“Aren’t I great?”
“Shut up.”
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It was an extraordinary coincidence. No, it might be fate if one
looked at it in a certain way. If she didn’t have her Assimilation
ability, her meeting with Silpennon wouldn’t have occurred.
‘All right. Things have gone off the rails a little bit, but if I
think about her potential, my eventual profit might be quite
lucrative.’
“It isn't like that, Artpe. She wants to see positive proof
before….”
“Hey!”
Her words had changed! It hadn’t been long since she had met the
hero, but Aria had already developed an endless trust for the hero.
There was no hesitation within her.
While everyone was asleep, the hero, the thief and the maid
started exploring the Zero Class. The makeup of the party was quite
odd.
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Chapter 115
Source: Wuxiaworld
Of course, Artpe could see through the structure of all spells and
traps using his Read All Creation ability. He would have no trouble
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finding out the secret to this mechanism.
“I know.”
[Nyaa-ahhhhhh.]
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“As expected, you wake up only when you smell something
tasty.”
[Nyaa nyaa.]
[Nyaa-ahhhhh…..]
“Ah. Understood.”
If one looked at the layout of the passageway, one could tell that it
hadn’t been constructed solely for the purpose of hiding items. The
passageway branched out, and it was apparent that this place could
be used for other activities. When Silpennon had this thought, he
clicked his tongue. Moreover, his expectation wasn’t too far off the
mark. They arrived at a fork in the hallway.
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“It will be a bust if we head down that passageway. It is
like the secret entrance we found. It is another path that
leads into this place.”
“I like that you are quick in picking things up…… You are
right. I believe over half of the high rank priests are involved
in this….. Their number will steadily grow, and…. There will
come a day when everyone will be on their side.”
When such a time arrives, they would no longer need to use the
secret tunnels. The leading figures of Paladia, which was the Zero
Class, would change hands. This had occurred in his past life.
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“Are you still hesitating to act? Is it because this place is
Paladia?”
Artpe did not answer his question. Silpennon grumbled, but he had
no choice. He had to move forward. Aria followed behind, and she
was starting to enjoy the experience a little bit.
“We’ve arrived.”
Even if the tunnel was long, it was still within the Zero Class. It
was 15 minutes after they discovered the secret passageway. They
arrived at a dead end containing a small bookcase. There was a desk
placed near the wall of the bookcase, but there was nothing else.
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When he used the Thief Class’ Observation skill, he immediately
made an assessment.. He spoke with an attitude that said, ‘You can
check it for yourself!’ However, Artpe let out a deeper sigh as a
response.
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against an object instead of a person, I can cancel spells up
to level 250 without much difficulty.”
“What?”
How many people in the human realm could maintain a spell over
level 250?
“Hoo-ooh….. Good.”
“You…. No. Nevermind. Since you are doing this for me, I
want you to use Reinforcement on all my Artifacts.”
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annoying…..”
“Another Artifact!”
The fact that he had a lot of Artifacts weren’t the surprising part. It
was the fact that he understood which Artifacts he had to use in
which situations. He was using multiple Artifacts at the same time as
he steadily analyzed the bookcase. Slilpennon really looked like a
thief that appeared in the old stories.
“Amazing······.”
Aria, who had been watching all of this, felt her heart beat faster.
She really was watching the hero’s party in action! Maybe, her faith
in her religion wasn’t as deep as she thought Aria had that general
thought.
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“What the hell? Some amazing spell must have been
placed here. It is trying to resist against the Observer’s Eye,
which had been Reinforced by you…..·.”
“You did, but your words were about the Zero Class…,..
Ah, whatever.”
The invisible words from the chalk were absorbed, and the book
started letting out a bleak light. Then it started to turn its pages by
itself. The book opened itself fully when it went through about one-
fourth of its pages. An elated smile appeared on Silpennon’s lips
when he saw this.
“I found it.”
“Excellent.”
On the other hand, there was someone other than him in the
human realm that was capable of disabling a safety mechanism of
this caliber. It was a blow to the Demon King’s army.
That’ right.
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which one is the Demon.”
“It means this group resides within the Zero Class, and
obviously, they hold important positions within the temple.
Since they cannot gather and discuss unsavory subjects out
in the open, they leave words for each other.”
Aria couldn’t contain herself, so she ran forward to snatch the book
away. Her eyes read the next portion.
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“‘Both were confirmed as being heroes. As a result of the
parade, we found out that the people overwhelming favor the
male hero. It is my assessment that there wouldn’t be much
of a setback if the female hero is killed or if she went
missing. The Demonic god will be happy if she is used as a
sacrifice…..’ ......”
Both Silpennon and Aria nodded their heads at the same time.
Artpe faced them with a kindly face, and he nodded his head.
“Yes······.”
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Chapter 116
Source: Wuxiaworld
What was the Demonic god? Humans worshipped the gods. The
Demonic god was the god worshipped by the Demon race. It was as
simple as that. However, there was only one reason why Artpe
hadn’t bothered to worry about it. It was the fact that the true nature
of the Demonic god wasn’t known.
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Both Silpennon and Aria groaned. They didn’t want to believe it,
but the incontrovertible truth was in front of them. However, Artpe
just shrugged his shoulders.
“It isn't like that! I was just working, yet they did weird
things in front of me!”
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the priestess..”
“Why!”
When Artpe replied with shock and fright, Silpennon grinded his
teeth as he told Artpe about what he had witnessed. The holy
priestess had acted as she pleased by entering into Artpe’s room.
She laid down on top of the bed, and she did things a stalker might
do. She cussed out Maetel, and she was brainstorming about
separating Maetel from Artpe’s side.
“······.”
Artpe had believed that there was still time for the holy priestess to
be rehabilitated. However, he never expected her move towards
marriage would be so aggressive! It was so bad that she was
thinking about eliminating Maetel in the near future…. Artpe’s eyes
automatically turned cold.
“If it’s you, you probably have a way to resolve this without
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killing her.”
“I’m not so sure. You can probably change that with just
few words.”
“······?”
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You know what is more important, and you are able to live it
out. You left your delusions behind.”
“You······.”
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agree with Silpennon’s words.
“······yes. All right. If you can’t do it, then the correct move
is for me to step up. I won’t act in haste by being hostile
towards her. First, I’ll try to find a way to make her our ally.”
When the two of them turned to look at Aria, her eyes were
twinkling.
Silpennon and Artpe spoke their words at the same time. They
looked at each other at the same time as they let out a bitter laugh.
Unbeknownst to them, their actions had lit a bigger fire within Aria.
This was how the adventure that night came to an end. If they
really roamed around any more, they might be found.
Duplicates were made of all the evidence they found, and when
the footage was in hand, Artpe was able to leave the place with an
easy mind. He didn’t forget to warn Silpennon and Aria.
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“Hmmph. Can you not trust me after you saw me disable
the traps?”
They weren’t reliable, but what could he do? He could only leave
them to their own device. Artpe took off the boots he always had on.
He handed them over to Silpennon. Silpennon tilted his head in
puzzlement as he checked out the boots.
When the next day arrived, Artpe and Maetel was able to meet the
pope for the first time at breakfast.
“My name is Fredrick Kuar Paladia. The two of you can call
me by Fredrick.”
“······I’m Maetel.”
“I’m Artpe.”
Kuar was a middle name given to those that rose to the rank of
high priest. The name was also given to their family. Vadinet and
Aria possessed it, and of course, the pope possessed that middle
name too.
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“······pope-nim?”
“Hoo.”
Maetel tilted her head as she looked at the pope. Artpe smirked. It
was as if the pope didn’t even acknowledge their reaction. He just let
out a benevolent laughter.
“I think so too.”
“Ha ha. I’m sorry. However, your wish for the hero’s
safety exceeds mine, right?”
“Hoo-hoo-hooht.”
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While he was having such thoughts, Maetel kept looking back and
forth between the holy priestess and the pope. A questioning light
started appearing within her eyes
“Artpe, I think…...”
“A...all right.”
Maetel automatically nodded her head when she saw the serious
light in Artpe’s eyes. The holy priestess was sitting across from
them, and sparks flew when she caught sight of the exchange
between the two heroes. Artpe decided to ignore her for now.
After the breakfast finished, it was free time. Artpe and Maetel
were in their room, and they sat facing each other. Silpennon and
Aria were probably residing in his room right now. The holy priestess
was probably grinding her teeth, and the pope…… No, he didn’t
have to pay attention to that right now.
“What is it?”
Maetel sat still as she listened intently to his words. Artpe took
couple breaths before he spoke.
“It isn’t just the pope. Most of the high rank priests are in
the same state. I asked Silpennon to infiltrate this place, so
he can investigate further into it…..”
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Maetel’s expression immediately became brighter. In truth, she
had felt the difference in energy between the holy priestess and the
pope. She had been troubled as to whether she should ask Artpe
about it or not. However, Artpe confirmed her suspicion on the spot!
“The weirdest smell came off from the guy called the pope.
It was like the Demon called Teana, whom we met before.
There is a bizarre yet annoying energy…..”
“······what I’m about to say is a bit awful, but from this point
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on, I’ll have to…. Yes, I’ll have to try to get along with her.”
When she heard those words, Maetel had a dead expression on her
face. However, Artpe kept a stiff upper lip as he continued to speak.
“Artpe is always like that. You always hide the truth, and
you are focused on packaging the outside.”
“Maetel.”
“All right. If it isn’t too over the line, I’ll grant you one
wish. However, you cannot work against the holy priestess
joining our party. All right?”
“Yes······.”
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Chapter 117
Source: Wuxiaworld
It was a sunny day. The flowers were in full bloom. The bees were
flying around, and the birds chirped.
The sky was blue and clear as if it was reflecting the ocean’s water.
The holy priestess was standing alone in the middle of a well tended
and beautiful garden. She was enjoying the sun. Her eyes were
closed and there was a smile of pleasure at the corner of her mouth.
It truly made her look innocent and pure.
The sunlight was falling on her, and It was as if a halo was being
casted around her. However, she was emitting a light that exceeded
the sunlight. Even though Artpe knew her true nature, he almost
became fooled by her appearance.
“H...hero-nim.”
When Artpe approached her, the holy priestess was very taken
aback. It was understandable. The afternoon schedule for the hero’s
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party was quite packed. As if Artpe understood all of this, he had a
grin on his face.
Of course, the holy priestess was already rotten to the roots. She
didn’t become rotten, because impurities were introduced from the
outside. She had become rotten from within herself. In some ways,
she was like Aria. She was an innocent maiden brought up in a good
family. In fact, she hadn’t had the opportunity to meet boys of the
same age as her. This was why she had grown up pining for the
hero!
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Let’s sit here.”
“All right.”
The holy maiden didn’t take him seriously, but they really were
true Artifacts. The tea set could check if the tea leaves had
poisonous properties. It could also check for magical effects. If the
effects was negative, it was eliminated. If the effects was positive, it
would amplify the effect. It was an Artifact that possessed an
excellent ability. After going through Artpe’s Reinforcement, the
Artifact had reached a pretty amazing state.
“If you inject Mana into it, it’ll produce clean water. It’ll
also boil the water.”
“Oh my······.”
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“Ah ah. I heard about that incident from others. It was an
incident caused by the desires of countless humans. If hero-
nim hadn’t stepped forward…...”
The water was letting out a fragrant smell. He waited until the tea
cooled to a drinkable temperature. Vadinet was touched by the
gesture as she received her tea. She was once again deeply moved
when she took a sip. Her blue eyes was filled with a golden light.
“I see······ I am honored.”
“Yes, that is why I want to float this idea to the pope later
on.”
She was really going all out!? Artpe put on a pleased expression
on his face. He wondered if he should quash the holy priestess’ idea,
but he hesitated. There was genuine delight on her face for a
change, so he didn’t want to disturb that. He decided to let it go.
He had no idea how he could bring this woman back to her right
mind. Silpennon had already declined this task, so he couldn’t just
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bully Silpennon into taking up this task again. Still, he was having a
hard time believing that this woman had truly fallen in love with
him…...
“Hero-nim. Hero-nim?”
He had fallen deep within his thought, but he broke out of it when
the holy priestess called out to him.
“Then······.”
“Of course.”
That had been his aim from the beginning. Artpe’s eyes also
twinkled.
“Then…. There really isn’t much to tell you about me, so I’ll
start first….”
Her cheeks turned slightly red as she opened her mouth. She
faced Artpe’s face, and she finally put aside the ‘How do I separate
Maetel from Artpe?’ thoughts from her mind for a short amount of
time.
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Maetel was covering for Artpe by doing all the tasks that was
scheduled within Lihazeta. She gave a bright yet vicious smiles to
the high rank priests, who had been trying to take care of all her
needs. She returned to her room. When she entered, she saw Artpe
lying atop the bed. He looked like a dried squid stretched out on top
of the bed.
He had been with Vadinet until Maetel came back. He had been
face to face with Vadinet, and during the whole meeting, he thought
about what she was thinking and what she wanted. When he was
freed from such thoughts, his mind was in a very exhausted state.
“Hmmmmm.”
“Artpe, you are too much! I suffered on my own all day, yet
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you talk to me that way! Eh-eet!”
Maetel flatly ignored Artpe’s words. She went out of her way to
stick close to him. It was a result that he had expected, so he
decided not to say anything about it. He just decided to enjoy what
was going on right now.
Artpe was having fun with her again, so Maetel made a light fist.
She brought it down on top of Artpe’s head. Then she flung her body
atop him as if she was a bedding.
“Heavy!”
“You played with that woman the whole day. Artpe is bad.
This is the price.”
“······Artpe?”
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The voice of Maetel could be heard from above Artpe. The voice
sounded very brutal. It scared him a little bit, but he regained his
right mind. He gave her an explanation.
“That is the one thing I won’t do, so you can rest easy.”
“No way.”
While Artpe and Maetel were rolling around the bed as they acted
silly, Silpennon was slowly awakening from his sleep. Moreover, he
realized that Aria was quietly looking down at his face.
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“What are you doing?”
“Hmmph.”
They were in the residential area of the Zero Class, and this room
had been assigned to Artpe. There was a standing order that said no
one should intrude into the room since one never knew when Artpe
would use the room. It became Silpennon’s base of operation thanks
to that order.
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Silpennon took the bread in her hands. He took a bite as he picked
up the map on the desk. It was the map he started working on last
night. It was an inner map for the Zero Class.
“Huh? ······Kek!”
Airia once again revealed herself to Silpennon, and she tilted her
head in puzzlement. It was such a cute gesture that it got a rise out
of Silpennon.
“That isn’t the problem… No, it’s all right. If you are so
eager, I’m fine with that.”
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She pretended to be coy as she answered him. However, Aria
couldn't hide her child-like excitement. Silpennon wondered if this
arrangement would be fine as he once again started his exploration
of the Zero Class.
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Chapter 118
Source: Wuxiaworld
The weather was still nice. When they left Aedia, it had been
winter. It was the last part of spring in Paladia.
Artpe and the holy priestess continued to have a date in the same
location as they enjoyed the nice weather. They had done this for six
straight days.
Vadinet took out a tart loaded with apple and whipped cream, and
she place it on the table. Artpe looked at her with bitter eyes.
However, he was met with blue eyes that shone with life. She was
filled with great expectation as her eyes remained planted on Artpe.
During the past six days, he had tried various methods to target
her feelings. He tried very hard. However, he had barely made any
progress. At the very least, that was his opinion.
This was why he was rethinking his plan at that point. Maybe, the
plan was wrong from the start? He was having such thoughts.
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“I’ll cut it, so it’ll be easier for you to eat. …….ah.”
Vadinet took out a knife that looked well matched with her, and
she enthusiastically cut the tart into pieces. It might be just his
imagination, but it looked as if Vadinet suddenly had an idea. Her
cheeks became dyed red.
“Mmm······.”
Artpe closed his eyes tight as he ate what was given to him. The
holy maiden was so happy that she didn’t know what to do with
herself. This sight made him rethink his response.
“That’s really bad. I’ll make a lot more tarts for you. From
now on, you have to only eat tarts made by me. Hoo-hooht.”
As expected, this plan was flawed from the beginning. From the
moment she met him, her fondness towards him had been maxed
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out. So how was he supposed to seduce her more!
Artpe ended the date a little bit early, and he returned to his room.
It wasn’t the room he was residing with Maetel. It was the original
room assigned to him. It was the room where Silpennon was hiding.
She should be used to him by now, but Aria became nervous every
time she faced Artpe. Silpennon spoke bluntly when he saw this.
“The way you treat him is different from how you treat
me?”
“By the sound of your sagging voice, I can tell that you
haven’t made much progress. Everything is going smoothly
on our side.”
Artpe glared hard at Silpennon, who had went straight for the
jugular. However, Silpennon continued to lay out the documents in a
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leisurely manner as he spoke.
“In the mind of the holy priestess, the relationship with you
and her is already complete.”
In his past life, the holy priestess had loved Silpennon. This was a
truth that he had clung to. There wasn’t a hint of doubt in his mind
about that. Artpe couldn’t overcome his frustration, so he was
mumbling to himself. At that moment, Aria carefully spoke up.
“······.”
“······.”
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“Ah. No! You aren’t simply handsome…. I think you are so
handsome that anyone would fall for you on first sight!”
Silpennon sounded baffled, and this made Aria become much more
flustered as she gave her denial.
She was moving around the temple with a comrade of the hero.
She was cooperating with him to find out the corruption within the
temple. It really was a storyline from a novel. It would have been
strange if she didn’t have any interest in Silpennon!
“Why do all women fall for Artpe? Even our Leseti speaks
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his name once or twice a day. She speaks his name as if she
believes he'll somehow be magically summoned in front of
her.”
“What? I don’t know what you are talking about, but you
are making fun of me, right?”
Aria realized that Artpe had realized the truth, so she quickly
ended the conversation by giving an explanation.
“That’s correct······.”
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marks. There really wasn’t much ground to cover. They were getting
close to the finish line.
“What are you going to do? Are you going to stop them
right now?”
Artpe placed his hand on the wall of the room, and he activated his
Listen-in spell. It was a spell that could capture voices through any
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sound dampening spells or barrier type spells. He was always
thankful of Aedia. It was a spell he took from them.
As expected, this was how they were going to proceed. From their
perspective, it was the most logical step. They would avoid exposing
their actions to anyone outside their circle by sending the hero and
the holy priestess out for the day. When one took into consideration
of the improving relationship between Artpe and the holy priestess,
the plan sounded much better.
[We know how much sleep you lost waiting for the hero-
nim. It was a sentiment we also felt alongside you.]
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the conversation gave him the creeps.
The holy priestess saw the priest out with a bright voice. When the
priest left the room, she was left alone in the room. She sat down,
and for a moment, she let out a laugh.
Artpe wasn’t too surprised when he heard her words. In his past
life, Vadinet had been a little bit older, but she had known all about
the corruption within the temple. It wasn’t surprising to find out the
current Vadinet also knew about the corruption.
However, the words that came out of her mouth afterwards truly
surprised him.
After saying those words, the holy priestess shot out of her seat.
Artpe couldn’t comprehend what had just occurred, so he just
blinked his eyes. Silpennon and Aria had been watching him, and
they wondered what had happened. They looked at Artpe with
expectant gazes.
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“And? What about the holy priestess?”
“Did she realize that you were listening in? What if she
knew you were using the Listen-in spell? Maybe, she
purposefully spoke those words, so she won’t buy any ill will
from Artpe-nim!”
The three of them couldn’t accept the reality, so they kept prattling
on with each other. However, they had forgotten one important fact.
Vadinet was heading towards Artpe to tell him the truth. Of course,
Vadinet would meet Maetel, who was guarding the Artpe-less room!
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of this.
He’ll know if she was simply a psychotic bitch, or if she had other
plans. He would be able to find out if Vadinet wanted to turn into a
Demon again in this life, or if she wanted to stand by Artpe’s side as
the holy priestess!
In his past life, he hadn’t shown this level of resolve even when he
fought against the hero. Artpe looked resolute as he slipped out of
the room after placing a camouflage spell on himself. Silpennon
and Aria were resolved to just focus on their own work.
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Chapter 119
Source: Wuxiaworld
Maetel was in the midst of rolling around on top of the bed. She
was waiting for Artpe to return when she heard someone knock at
the door. She froze in place.
It was a voice that sounded similar to the bell that rang during the
morning and dinner hours inside the great temple. It was a very
clean and pure voice of a woman.
It was amazing. For some reason, her mood turned very sour when
she heard that voice.
[Ooht······.]
When the woman on the other side of the door heard Maetel’s
voice, she hesitated. However, she once again knocked on the door.
When she said Artpe wasn’t there, Maetel expected Vadinet to turn
back immediately. Why was Vadinet searching her out? In truth,
Maetel was curious as to what Vadinet wanted to say to her, so she
nodded her head. Of course, she regretted her decision when she let
the holy priestess in. The holy priestess was shooting darts with her
eyes when she came face to face with Maetel.
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“Your expression makes me think that you don’t want me
to be doing well.”
“Oh my. Unlike how you look, you are pretty quick on the
uptake.”
“If you want to know something about Artpe, you can ask
me. I know everything regarding Artpe. Everything.”
“So why are you here? Did you really come here, because
you wanted to ask about Artpe?”
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own efforts. Thank you for the offer. It is the thought that
counts.”
“So what? You said you had business with me. I want you
to quickly resolve it before Artpe comes back.”
Maetel didn't even think about getting up from the bed. She just
stared at Vadinet. Vadinet felt significantly overwhelmed by Maetel’s
sheer presence, but she gutted it out.
“You are in the middle of that puddle. The pope and the
other high rank priests are rotten in a different way, but you
are also rotten. The light in your eyes is improper for a
person that is called the holy priestess.”
At Maetel’s blunt words, Vadinet let out a bitter laughter. She was
already cognizant of this fact to a certain extent.
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“So you knew about it?”
“······.”
“If you let it be, there was a chance that I might have died?
Wouldn’t it be better for you if that happened?”
“Oh my. I’m the holy priestess, and I always stands by the
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hero’s side.”
Their words were truly scary. Each girl were able to see into each
other’s true intentions. She only acted like a ditz in front of Artpe.
Maetel was truly sharp at reading the heart of others. Vadinet was
confident in her ability to hide her her heart from others, but she
became very nervous in front of Maetel.
“So what?”
At that moment, Artpe and Maetel felt the same sentiment about
the holy priestess.
“Yes. That is why I can't lose you like this. At the very
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least, that time isn’t right now.”
Maetel trilled as she stood up. She was sure Vadinet hadn’t said
everything within her mind. However, it was enough for now.
“Oohk.”
Of course, she wanted to trust and rely on Artpe too. That is why
the holy priestess didn’t undercut Maetel’s idiotic words.
“As I’ve told you right now, I also possess control authority
to the magic circle. My authority is certainly inferior than
his. However, it is enough to interfere with him exercising
his power.”
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“I cannot stop him with just that. When we confront him,
the pope and the high rank priests will show their true
nature. That is why we have to start thinking of a surefire
plan that will bring them down.”
At that point, Artpe let his worries go. He was still worried about it,
but at the very least, it seemed the holy priestess was capable of
rational thought.
‘As expected, she won’t turn out like the one from my past
life. Her personality remains the same, but the situation
around her has completely changed. In her past life, she
believed the ridiculous lie that she can’t mate with anyone
that wasn’t a hero. This caused her to go berserk, and she
had become a Demon of her own volition. However, there are
two heroes now. I’m male. There is no way she would use
such an extreme option now…..’
Of course, she didn’t hide her hostility towards Maetel, and that did
worry him. It seemed holy priestess only saw Maetel as a rival.
Basically, she wouldn’t give up the position of holy priestess, while
he remained the hero. She wouldn’t try to harm Maetel.
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Artpe had assessed the situation through his intuition. He
canceled his Listen-in spell, and he was about to rush into the room.
However, the entire Zero Class shook at that moment. A very low
vibration rang out.
It was manifesting at the heart of the Zero Class, and it’ll probably
spread to the entirety of Lihazeta soon. At that point, he wouldn’t be
able to stop it. He would be basically fighting against Mana that had
accumulated within the city for the past couple hundred years.
Until a moment ago, his enemies had been plotting to get rid of
Maetel. However, they had suddenly and aggressively assumed the
offensive. It didn’t make sense from a common-sense standpoint.
There were only two possibilities that could explain the current
situation.
First, there was a possibility that they found out about the holy
priestess’ actions. If she was moving against them, their current
actions were understandable. However, Artpe was currently using
his Read All Creation ability and his spells to monitor the situation
nearby. This possibility wasn’t likely, so he shelved it.
That meant the second possibility was the only one left now.
It was the possibility that Silpennon and Aria were found out.
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“Those idiots!”
The pope’s voice rang out as it reached the entirety of the city.
The quality of the transmission wasn’t great, but one had to take
into account that Silpennon was hiding the Artifact from the pope.
The fact that he was able to pull this off was amazing in itself.
[Your highness the Demon King? You are the pope. How
can you speak those words?]
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words came out without constraint. The citizens of the city were
dazed as they looked at the massive screen that had appeared above
the city. They became shocked when they were faced with the
picture and voice of the pope.
The people of the city were all aware of the transmission, and it
seemed the pope was the only one that didn’t know about it.
“Sacrifice······?”
It was the sight of the maid Aria, who possessed an Innate ability.
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Chapter 120
Source: Wuxiaworld
“Artpe!?”
“Artpe-nim!”
If one was awake, one wouldn’t be able to ignore the chaos that
was sweeping through the entire city. It was that chaotic. The holy
priestess and the hero had been immersed in a war that could only
be waged between women. However, they saw the images outside,
and they heard the voices accompanying the footage. They
immediately stood up, and they ran out of the room. Their eyes
turned round when they discovered Artpe outside of the room.
Silpennon had shown him his map today, and there was only one
region that hadn’t been explored completely. Artpe was successful in
narrowing down the location that would be most suitable for what
was going on right now. Artpe took the two girls, and he abruptly
started running.
“Artpe-nim!?”
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“It’s all right. I won’t kill anyone that doesn’t possess
Demonic energy.”
Artpe let out a light laughter as he tossed the corpse into his
Dimensional Pouch. Vadinet was at a loss for words when she saw
this.
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“The masquerade is at an end. Even if we resolve this as
soon as possible, it will take a very long time for this city’s
faith to recover…..”
“Koohk!? Hero-nim······.”
“Ok. Bye!”
There were two types of priests that were running around the Zero
Class. There were the priests that were a bit slow in the head. These
priests still didn’t know what was going on. Then there were the
priests, who were jittery. They were anxious at the prospect of being
found out.
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The former group would never cross paths with Artpe’s party. The
latter group was immediately killed when encountered. Roa growled
every time a priest was killed, but he wouldn’t let her drain the
Demonc energy from the dead bodies.
[Nyaa-ahhhhhhh.]
Maetel had a good idea as to who that prey was. Maetel steadily
went into her battle mode as she confirmed something with Artpe.
“340!?”
Maetel and Vadinet felt like they had turned stupid when he
dropped this enormous bombshell. He smirked as he continued to
speak.
Moreover, there were two heroes this time around. This was also
the reason why they were insistent on killing one of the heroes. This
plan was the height of inefficiency, so it definitely had the touch of
the Chef’s hands!
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“His name is Jeriet, and he possesses an Innate ability of
Transformation. He is….. He is the weakest amongst the
Four Heavenly Kings.”
In his past life, Jeriet had been one seat above Artpe in the Demon
King’s army. It was fair to assume that he was probably the weakest
now.
“My god…..”
She knew their current situation was urgent, but Vadinet couldn’t
help it. She asked another question.
Several Mana Strings extended from his hand, and the strands
swiped at empty air.
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expected of hero-nim….!”
“So, Artpe….”
“It really is the perfect situation for us. You don’t know
this yet, but there is a reason why Demons don’t directly
confront a hero in the human realm.”
“Huh?”
Maetel tilted her head in confusion, but Artpe wasn’t the one to
explain the situation. The explanation was given by none other than
the holy priestess.
“As their first act, this was why the Demon King’s army
decided to render the temple powerless. It is also why one of
the Four Heavenly King transformed into the pope to
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infiltrate this place. He did it despite knowing the danger.”
In truth, the plan had been very successful in his previous life. A
Four Heavenly King died in that venture, but he had expertly razed
the temple to the ground. The holy priestess’ tragic end was just a
bonus.
She had used the magic circle in her past life to transmogrify
herself into a Demon. As expected, the holy priestess made an
astute observation.
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circle…. However, it doesn’t seem he was able to activate
100% of its power. Anyways, there is a high probability that
he’ll use the magic circle to amplify his power.”
“She said she wanted an active role, but she keeps acting
like a heroine in a knight’s tale.”
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Jeriet was weakened, Silpennon hadn’t reached level 220 yet. Jeriet
wasn’t a foe that could be overcome by Silpennon.
‘If he is like the one I knew, he’ll act big. He’ll try to show
off. He’ll give the hero’s party the time to make
preparations. He’s supposed to be the prototypical Four
Heavenly King of the Demon King’s army…. If he finds out
about the footage that is being sent out through Silpennon’s
magical tool, the situation will get worse. Then Silpennon
will try to save Aria even if it is unreasonable for him to do
so. He might get hurt….. Shit!’
That was why it would have been better if they weren’t found out
in the first place!
If so, the reformed holy priestess would have worked with the two
heroes to gratifyingly fuck over the pope and his core allies. Artpe
would have been able to induce a classic scenario. However, he was
about to lose two precious talents if things continued along this path!
On top of that, the temple was going to be destroyed in its entirety!
“Understood!”
The secret hallways reached all corners of the Zero Class. The
priests, who had thrown away their god to worship the Demonic god,
were using the secret hallways to converge on the magic circle!
Artpe and Maetel were merciless as they cut down anyone in their
path. Vadinet was very flustered as she watched them. Then she
finally realized she could do something to help them.
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this situation! Hero Bless!”
“Ah, yes. This is the first time I’ve received a buff. It’s
something new.”
It didn’t matter what Artpe did. In the end, she felt herself liking
him more. Her feelings surged. In that aspect, she was similar to
Maetel. Artpe, who was unaware of her feelings, just continued to
move forward.
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After several more priests(There were only 20 priests residing
within the Zero Class. They had killed a lot of them.) were killed,
they were finally able to reach the scene.
He didn’t want it to happen, but he had been ready for the worst
case scenario of Aria being sacrificed. He had been prepared to face
a level 300 three-headed monster······.
“Aria!”
“Ooht. Ooh-ahhhhhhhh!”
The center of the magic circle was still letting out an uncontrollable
amount of light.
However, the magic wasn’t completed for the duration. The Mana
of the magic circle was pouring into the sacrifice, who had been
placed in the middle of the magic circle.
“What the······?”
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Chapter 121
Source: Wuxiaworld
“Koo, koo-ooooooh-ha-ahhhhhh!”
It seemed the old pope didn’t even bother hiding his identity
anymore. He was too taken aback by the situation. He extended his
hand towards Aria.
However, his magic was neutralized and dispersed into the magic
circle when it touched Aria. It was turned back into Mana, and it was
imbued into Aria. This cycle had probably repeated itself once Aria
went into her assimilation state.
“M...my god…....”
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“From my point of view, I’m critically wounded. These
aren’t normal wounds, you bastard….. Koo-ook!”
“It seems you can’t do as you please with the magic circle,
Four Heavenly King Jeriet of the Demon King’s army.”
Artpe judged that Jeriet’s mind wasn’t in a healthy state right now,
so he wanted to further destabilize his mind. He attempted one of
the the critical skills of a Four Heavenly King called ‘You really
thought I didn’t know?’ skill.
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would make the hero bite his lips in consternation. I knew
this moment would come!”
Artpe was skillful in using the tactics of a Four Heavenly King. This
was why he took the offensive by attacking Jeriet’s mind. Jeriet was
extremely flustered, yet Artpe’s attack wasn’t at an end yet.
“Hoo. I’ll compliment you for finding out that I’m one of
the Four Heavenly Kings within the Demon King’s army…..
You are getting too big for your britches! It has only been
several years since you’ve developed your power as a hero,
yet you dare to think that you will be able to defeat me!”
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“Ha. It is merely a level penalty of 20%......”
“If you return to your original form, you’ll lose the control
authority over the magic circle. Am I right?”
“Koohk!?”
He was right. The only reason why the Four Heavenly King was
able to activate the magic circle was thanks to taking on the form of
the pope after eating him. If he returned to his original form, he
would lose all advantages he gained from mimicking the pope.
“Hoo-ahhhhhhhhhhh!”
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she is doing right now.”
First, he knew that Silpennon and Aria had been exploring the last
region left in the Zero Class. They were unlucky, and they were
found out by Jeriet.
Even if Aria’s Innate ability was amazing, Artpe was having a hard
time accepting what was going on. If she was able to assimilate with
anything or anyone she wanted, she would have already reached the
realm of the gods.
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The magic circle was completed through the countless years. A
magic contract was created, and only a very limited number of
people was able to use the magic circle. Despite this fact, Aria was
assimilating with the magic circle, so of course, Artpe was shocked.
“What!? ······understood!”
She didn’t fully understand what Artpe wanted, but since it was a
order from him, she would follow it. Vadinet used all the power
available to her as the holy priestess, and she activated her Blessing
skill. She aimed it towards the girl located at the center of the magic
circle.
“Maetel!”
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“Leave it to me!”
He was about to interfere in their actions, but all the Mana Strings
surrounding Artpe’s body was shot towards him. A magical barrier
was created around Jariet. It was childsplay for Jariet to destroy each
Mana String, but thousands were rushing all at once towards him. He
wouldn’t be able to move forward until he destroyed all of them!
He was barely able to free his body, but by that time, Maetel had
reached him by using her Acceleration skill. Maetel’s eyes shone as
she swung her bastard sword!
“Of course!”
If Jariet was facing one hero, it would have been enough. However,
the teamwork between the two heroes were perfect. The Four
Heavenly King Jariet was in the human world. Moreover, he was
within the Zero Class where most of the holy energy was
concentrated. On the other hand, Maetel and Artpe had been
strengthened after receiving a buff from the holy priestess. They
attacked the weakened Jariet with everything they got!
A wing that let out a brilliant golden light sprouted from each of
their backs. This deepened the connection between the two heroes,
and it raised each other’s power. As a Four Heavenly King of the
Demon King’s army, he despised true bonds between comrades. The
bond between the two heroes was clearly manifesting in magical and
physical form, and they were tormenting Jariet!
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“Insolent······ All right. I’ll kill you first, bitch!”
“Hoo-ahhhhhhp!”
“Koo-ha-ahhhhhk!”
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Heavenly King. It was true that he possessed an amazing ability, but
it also came with a downside. The added skills and abilities related
to his Transformation skill strengthened his body and special
characteristics. However, there was a slight delay before he could
use these added abilities. This very short delay was enough for
Maetel and Artpe to attack him!
“Koo-haaaaah!”
The enraged Jeriet swung his thick arm, and he struck out at
Maetel! Maetel had activated her Acceleration in time, so she was
able to dodge the blow. However, the destructive force within his
arm still remained. His arm sliced through empty air before it struck
the wall of the secret space.
Boom!
In a flash, the secret room was exposed to the sky, and moonlight
shone down upon everyone.
“······mmmm?”
No, that wasn’t it. She was still carrying out Artpe’s orders.
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Her eyes were wide open, and she was shocked at the reality that
was supposed to be impossible.
“Hoo-ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
“Hoo-ooh, ha-ahhhhhh······.”
After earning her Class, the girl had changed into a new existence.
She finally awakened. Her eyes opened.
“My god······!?”
“Holy prieste…..”
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Chapter 122
Source: Wuxiaworld
The magic circle was etched into the capital of Paladia. There were
only two people capable of activating the magic circle within the Zero
Class. This was also true for the entirety of Lihazeta. It was the pope
and the priestess.
If so, what was the only possibility that explained this situation?
That’s right. If Aria was a holy priestess, it would easily explain the
current situation.
[Level : 36]
[Holy Priestess]
He was speaking in this manner, but he was also taken aback when
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he realized his prediction had been correct.
Why?
On the other hand, Vadinet had appointed the new holy priestess
with her own hands. She was looking at Aria, and Vadinet clearly
looked agitated.
Was it because another girl occupied the same position of the holy
priestess that she had considered it to be solely hers?
Or was she feeling sympathy for the girl, who shared the same fate
as her?
Maybe, all of them were the correct answers or it might all be the
wrong answers.
However, she was sure about one thing. The rule, which she had
considered to be absolute, was completely broken into pieces.
After earning her Class, she was going through the process of
leveling up after absorbing the Record of the magic circle. Even with
the change, she couldn’t completely control the magic circle.
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When Jeriet gave up his control of the magic circle, the energy of
the black magic had run amok. If Aria relaxed even a little bit, her
body would be swallowed up by the runaway magic circle. Even if
she had become a holy priestess, the benefit brought on by the
change was extremely limited.
The appearance of the second holy priestess made Jeriet feel very
flustered. However, he still acted brave. In truth, he hadn’t received
much damage from Maetel’s attacks, and he was also attempting
counterattacks now. It was clear that he still had power to spare.
“Hoo-ohhhhhhhhh!”
“Kyahhhhk!?”
His eyes shone in the next moment, and the black demonic energy
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roiling near his heart started to manifest in an instant. The
overwhelming amount of Demonic energy pushed back Artpe’s Mana
with brute force!
“Evil Fist!”
Demonic energy settled around his thick fist, and it turned into the
shape of a hammer. At once, he brought it down towards Maetel. It
was called a fist yet it wasn’t a fist! This was the gist of the skill!
“Eeek!?”
Maetel had anticipated Jeriet’s fist, but instead of his fist, her vision
was filled with the fast approaching Demonic hammer. Maetel knew
her party members would be hurt if she avoided this blow, so she
raised her bastard sword to face the attack head on.
“Kyahhk!”
“Maetel!”
She wasn’t even in a proper defensive stance, and she was inferior
in terms of level.
Will she able to block a strike that contained the entire might of
Jeriet? The shock was felt all over Maetel’s body, and she was sent
flying backwards.
Artpe had been ready to attack Jariet with all the Mana Strings he
had manifested. He clicked his tongue, and he turned his Mana
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Strings into the shape of a soft barrier. He caught Maetel.
Moreover, this was what Jariet had been waiting for. In a flash, he
shot into the air, and he flew towards the hole in the ceiling. He shot
into the sky.
“I’ll retreat for now, but I will surely take one of the two
lives of the heroes next time! Holy priestesses! It’ll be the
same for you two bitches! Hear me all humans! His majesty
the Demon King’s shadow had fallen over the holy nation of
Paladia! You should all tremble in fear! Ooh-ha-ha-ha-ha!”
Jeriet was about to exit the scene using his teleportation spell, but
a figure suddenly appeared above him.
“Koohk!”
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activated the Blink Boots, which had been loaned out to him by
Artpe. Silpennon was successful in getting behind Jariet!
“Ha!”
“Now, Artpe-nim!”
Jariet had entered into the sphere of influence of the two holy
priestess, and his body weakened in an instant. He was letting out
black smoke. She didn’t want to lose this opportunity, so Vadinet
used the spell called God’s Chain. Her spell restricted the movement
of Jariet, and it applied a debuff that decreased his immunity.
“Koo-hahk!?”
“Ggoo-rooooooohk!”
The large spear had embedded itself when Jariet was defenseless.
In the next moment, the Mana Strings came undone inside his body,
and Hyper Rubbing was used through the several thousand strands
of Mana Strings.
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The Hyper Rubbing spell had already reached level 70. When the
output of the spell was maximized, the friction was capable of
causing the Demon’s blood to boil! The spell was being used
simultaneously through the several thousand strands of Mana String.
Of course, even a Four Heavenly King would be damaged by it.
“Maetel.”
“Hoo-ooooooh······.”
The golden wing unfurled behind her shoulder as it let out a light.
Maetel withdrew deeply within herself as she gripped the bastard
sword hard. Artpe had used Reinforcement on her sword, so if one of
talking about the sword’s ability to amplify magical energy, the
bastard sword performed similar to the holy sword of legends. The
bastard sword had developed to that extent!
“Since you attacked me with all you got····· I’ll return the
favor by attacking you with all I got!”
She transferred all her reserve power to her bastard sword. The
sword let out a brilliant golden aura. She leapt towards Jeriet, and
she shoved the sword into his stomach.
That was painful enough, yet in the next moment, Artpe retracted
the Mana, which had been supplying the Hyper Rubbing spell. He
rerouted his Mana to Maetel’s Aura. It allowed her to do additional
damage!
“Kya-hahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhk!”
The pain had already went past the threshold that Jeriet could
endure, so the sound of his scream reached the heavens. However,
Artpe wasn’t done with his maneuvering.
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It was still immature, but he had his Materialization spell. It was a
spell that could change his magic into Mana, and his Mana into
magic! It allowed him to freely change back and forth!
“Koo-hoohk! Ggooh-ahhhhhhhk!?”
“Goohk, ggoo-roo-roo-roohk······!”
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“Kah-hoohk!”
The next one up was the 3rd ranked Four Heavenly King. She was
so strong that she couldn’t even be compared to this bum. It was the
Fire Witch Etna. He knew this information, so at this moment, he
decided to make fun of his enemy. After he was armed with this
determination, Artpe belittled Jeriet! It was super effective!
“You bastard...kuh-huhk!”
His last words were supposed to leave behind fear and despair.
When Jeriet heard Artpe’s words, his blood pressure rose, so he
could no longer speak. He bled out before he could say anything.
Jeriet had taken Artpe’s place as the weakest amongst the Four
Heavenly King. The weakest Four Heavenly King died at the hands of
the former weakest Four Heavenly King.
“Koohk!”
The fact that Jeriet had died was confirmed when a splitting
headache assaulted Artpe and Maetel. It had truly been a while since
they’ve felt this.
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He wanted Jeriet to shed all the penalties that would be incurred by
killing him in his pope form. Artpe wanted the full EXP that would
come with killing his real level 340 body.
“Of course!”
One thing was for sure. If they could endure the pain, Artpe and
Maetel would easily surpass level 300!
“Ahh-ooh! Hurts!”
“Ah-ooooooooooh!”
However, the dance of pain included two more members this time.
The root cause of why they were able to go toe to toe with the Four
Heavenly King was the power imbued to them by the holy priestess
Vadinet. Then there was the thief Silpennon, who had prevented
Jeriet from running away in a crucial moment.
Their level was especially low compared to Artpe’s party. For Artpe
and Maetel, they had gained EXP that they could have gained in a
month. This was why Silpennon and Vadinet suffered pain that
couldn’t be compared to what was being felt by Artpe and Maetel.
“Head. My head······!”
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ability to keep the rampaging magic circle in check.
“We have save her right now. Ah, Silpennon. This is secret
information from now on, so I want you to end the
transmission.”
The Demonic energy had caused the Mana to run amok. Aria was
being tormented, because she was accepting this Mana. Even if
Maetel wasn’t great at studying, she was able to discern a pattern!
“Bzzt. Wrong.”
In the past, Artpe had rewritten this magical tome. The magical
tome had deviated from its original purpose. At that moment, a
miracle opened its eyes through Artpe’s hands.
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Chapter 123
Source: Wuxiaworld
When Artpe opened the magic tome, it let out a soft light. It
started to manifest its Mana in a specific direction.
Good.
Since he had re-written the tome with his hands, he had secured a
link with it.
He connected that link to the magic circle. The light being emitted
by the magic tome and the magic circle started to mix. The
equilibrium that was created was quite mysterious.
“Ah. Artpe-nim······?”
When Aria realized that Artpe’s Mana was connected to the magic
circle, she looked at him in surprise. Artpe wasn’t just simply
meddling with the magic circle. He possessed clear authority over
the magic circle, and he was changing the magic circle’s magic.
When he poured in his Mana to register with the Warp Gate, he had
gained administration rights to anything related to the temple. He
also had a degree of authority over the magic circle. If Aria and
Silpennon hadn’t been discovered by the pope, he would have
resolved everything using this.
Of course, there had been a catch. It wasn’t just about killing the
Four Heavenly King. The key issue was finding a way that would
allow everyone to level up as much as possible in the process of
killing the Four Heavenly King. This mainly applied to Silppenon and
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the holy priestess Aria. Later on, the holy priestess Aria was added
into this group.
The last part of his plan had gone awry. If he took that part out,
everything had progressed very splendidly.
“B...but…..”
The magic tome let out a light. The pages started to flip on its
own. Artpe’s eyes became very withdrawn as he looked at the magic
tome.
The rampaging magic circle felt a new order come in. There was
unyielding firmness behind the order, so the magic circle couldn’t
resist. It started changing the shape of its magic!
[Nyaa?]
“Nope. You have no role this time. You should just go over
there and suck on the Demonic energy from the corpse of the
Four Heavenly King.”
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[Nyaa nyaa nyaa nyaa nyaa nyaa!]
The enraged Roa slapped Artpe’s hand with her tail, then she
headed towards the corpse of the Four Heavenly King Jariet.
“M...Mr. Silpennon.”
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“M...my mind and body is at its limit just restraining a
portion of the magic circle….”
“I...it is possible.”
She had been chosen as a holy priestess only moment ago. She
acted like a holy priestess. Aria nodded towards Artpe. She spoke
with conviction. Until now, Aria had restricted her Assimilation
ability. She maxed out her Assimilation ability.
Her ability to control her Innate ability was on par with Maetel and
Artpe! In a flash, her Assimilation ability expanded past the magic
circle and the Zero Class. Her Mana assimilated with the magic
circles equipped all over Lihazeta.
The Mana, which had run amok under the machination of Jariet,
and the Record of the magic circle rushed into her!
“Kyahhhhhhhhk!”
“Hey! Artpehhhhhhhhhh!”
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priestess. She was in danger of losing her status as a holy priestess.
However, an explosive light shot out from the magic tome, which
was being held up by Artpe’s hand. It paralyzed everything nearby.
The Mana of the magic circle took on a specific characteristic thanks
to the Materialization spell. The Mana formed another small magic
circle in the air!
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
It was done.
“Hoo-ooh······.”
From within the blinding explosion of light, Artpe let out a small
sigh as he closed the magic tome.
It had lasted a brief moment, but he had use all of his power in
manifesting the spell. Of course, he was tired.
“It is done.”
“Huh?”
The one to be surprised the most was none other than Maetel.
“It is tiresome, but the Demon King’s army always uses the
same pattern. It’s about time that I’m able to easily dispose
of their antics.”
When the light dispersed, the sight of Aria bound in the middle of
the magic circle was seen. No, the magic circle no longer existed. It
was just Aria. It was hard to put a finger on it, but she was letting out
a somewhat noble aura.
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“Ah. The probability of us using the magic circle to our
advantage was lower than the probability of the Demon
King’s army using it to their advantage in the future. That is
why I got rid of it”
“Half-and-half!?”
The magic circle wasn’t some boiled daikon that could be split
easily into halves! It made no sense!
“Aria.”
“Artpe-nim…...”
She had used her Innate ability in excess, so she didn’t have the
strength to move even a single finger. She was leaning against
Silpennon, and she was gasping.
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sacrifice to summon magical beasts. However, at some point, the
possibility of her descending into becoming a Demon had become a
real possibility. Artpe had used his magic tome to reverse the
Demonic energy. Lastly, he used his Materialization spell to push all
of the reversed energy into Aria.
[Level : 231]
[Holy Priestess]
“Hoo, hoo-ooh…...”
The level of Artpe and Maetel was so high that Aria’s level looked
low in comparison. However, she was much higher in level compared
to the thief Silpennon. Silpennon had followed Artpe’s recipe for past
two years, and he was considered to be a genius thief. Now Aria was
clearly above him.
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“Artpe, did you intend on growing this girl from the
beginning······?”
“······.”
If Maetel knew what the magic circle had been used in their past
lives, she would have understood why he had done this!
“Heeng.”
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interrupted them. She was very flustered.
“Huh?”
“······what?”
“What······?”
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“Let me put it another way.”
“I’m talking about the rule that says the holy priestess
must be in the same party as the hero. I’m also talking about
the rule that says a holy priestess cannot mate with another
man other than the hero…… These are all delusions that
were made up in the past.”
“······what?”
Vadinet was struck dumb. Aria couldn’t hide the relief she was
feeling. Silpennon still had no idea what was going on.
It seemed Maetel was the only one that had the complete
understanding of the situation. She could only snicker. At such
moments, he felt a disparity between this Maetel and the normal
Maetel.
“Of course. It’s the truth. If you see Aria right now…...”
“Ooh-ahhhhhhhhhh!”
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many responsibilities, so why would the gods try to control
the emotions of a holy priestess? If such a god existed, he
would be a Demonic god instead of a god.”
“Correct.”
Vadinet lowered her head. It meant that she had accepted Artpe’s
words as the truth. Of course, if she had been told this earlier,
Artpe’s words wouldn’t have been as effective.
However, there truly were two heroes, and now a second priestess
had made an appearance. She had witnessed the weakest amongst
the Four Heavenly King take on the visage of the pope, and he had
been easily killed by Artpe’s party. Everything that had occurred had
torn down what she had considered to be common sense. This was
why a crack had formed in her firm sense of self.
On top of that, she had absolute trust in Artpe, and he had pretty
much taken a hammer to that cracked sense of self. It would have
been strange if it hadn’t crumbled!
“I see….”
“······.”
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“However, it wasn’t like that at all.”
Huh?
Her intro was ominous, so he was thinking about stopping her right
there. Unfortunately, Vadinet’s words were faster than his.
“I’ve fallen for you! Not as a holy priestess! I’m just simply
in love with you!”
“Ah······.”
“Hooo······.”
“Wowzer·····.”
Her eyes started letting out a brilliant golden light. It was powerful
enough to be on par with the newly named holy priestess!
Artpe had been worried things would somehow turn out like this, so
he froze in place. He was like a statue. Maetel unsheathed her
bastard sword. Aria had become extremely embarrassed even
though the other holy priestess had expressed her love in no
uncertain terms.
“You son of a bitch! Why don’t you just take every woman
of this world for yourself!”
Silpennon was still very dense, and he didn’t have any common
sense. Artpe didn’t know why Silpennon had to bring up this topic
right now. Silpennon just continued to curse him.
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Chapter 124
Source: Imported
It was found out that the weakest amongst the Four Heavenly
Kings had worn the mask of the pope . The Four Heavenly King was
killed the very night he was found out . He was killed by the heroes
and the holy priestess .
From out of nowhere, the pope had acted like a villain, and he had
taken a maid as a hostage . The pope had faced off against the
heroes, and the people definitely saw the pope transform into a
Demon . It was such a bizarre scene that a play might have been
more believable than this . It felt as if they were having an out of the
body experience .
As they were following the story occurring within the footage, they
could hear and see the commotion that was occurring within the Zero
Class . They saw light and Demonic energy emanate from the Zero
class, so they knew all of this wasn’t a hoax .
It was truly fortunate that the sight of Aria becoming the 2nd holy
priestess hadn’t been revealed through the footage . If that truth
had been revealed, Artpe would have been able to work with it .
However, he preferred not to have that truth be common knowledge
.
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attached images that is newsworthy . I want you to spread it
across the continent . ”
[What is it?]
“We easily defeated the Four Heavenly king, who had been
masquerading as the pope . ”
[······ . ]
However, the most urgent task right now was to settle down the
people of Lihazeta by telling them the truth . Then they had to settle
down Paladia . Lastly, he had to inform the people of this continent
that a Demon had infiltrated the inner temple . The news of the
hero’s appearance had been spread not too long ago, and the people
of the continent were still in a state of bewilderment . This news
would properly arouse their attention to the presence of the Demons
.
The dam that had been surrounding the Zero Class had been
brought down . The rotten water, which had accumulated within,
would be revealed to the world . There was clear evidence that
showed the corruption that had festered within the temple . It would
show the presence of the Demon King’s army on this continent . This
proof would be shown to all humans residing in Lihazeta, Paladia and
the whole continent .
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of settling down Lihazeta to them . Then he asked Mycenae to
spread the news to the whole continent .
“Ggoo-ahk!”
The pope, who had been their biggest enemy, was gone now . This
was why Artpe didn’t have to hesitate any more . Artpe and Vadinet
met out punishment to everyone that was related to the ‘rotten
water’ within the Zero Class . Only the innocent were left alive .
The hero and the holy priestess had carried out an execution of
blood and iron!
The priests shuddered when they saw the hill made out of the
corpses of the corrupted priests .
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“This generation’s hero is the strongest we’ve ever had .
He killed a Four Heavenly King before he crossed over to the
Demon realm . !”
In truth, the hero from his previous life had accomplished this too .
At the time, there had been one incident that had gone against the
Demon King’s recipe . Instead of the weakest amongst the Four
Heavenly King dying, the 3rd strongest Four Heavenly had died first .
At that time, the variable was the holy priestess . She had mastery
over the magic circle, and she had been aware of what was going on
within the temple… . .
The past hero’s mistake was her inability to control the holy
priestess . This was why she had lost the holy priestess after killing
the Four Heavenly King .
It was the fact that a second holy priestess had been born in Aria .
When Artpe thought about this, his head hurt . It was unbearable .
In truth, he had this suspicion in the past . He had met the Demon
Teana, who hadn’t been under the effects of the Demon King’s Innate
ability called Absolute Control . He also felt something was out of
whack when Etna mentioned that there were two more Four
Heavenly Kings above her .
He became sure of it when the 2nd holy priestess came into being .
“Ggoo-ahng-ahhk-ahng-ahk . ”
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He experienced it for 200 years in his past life . Fate was like that .
He was sure fate was capable of twisting history in such a manner!
He had planned on quickly killing the Demon King, so he could
pursue a business in the dairy industry . He despaired when he
realized that he had to climb two hills .
When Artpe destroyed the entire Zero Class, an open space had
been created . Priests filled this open space . Artpe nodded his
head as he looked at them .
In one corner, he saw Deyus and Leseti . They were using the
Image Transmission Artifact to record the scene . In another corner,
an executive dispatched by the Anywhere company was holding up
the same Artifact .
Artpe took out the corpse of the Four Heavenly King Jeriet from his
Dimensional Pouch . His transformation ability was no longer being
maintained, so the corpse stank of Demonic energy . However, he
was still wearing the Artifacts given to the pope . The sight was truly
ironic .
[Nyaa . ]
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“No . At the very least, we still need to preserve the
evidence that the Four Heavenly King was here . ”
[Nyaa-ahhhhhh . ]
Roa saw the leftover Demonic energy within the corpse, so she was
smacking her lips . However, she firmly pressed down on her desire .
When Vadinet saw this, she realized something for the first time .
[Nyaa nyaa-ah . ]
She said, ‘You smell really rotten, yet you aren’t related to the
Demonic energy? Fascinating . ’ However, Artpe didn’t tell her what
Roa had said for Vadinet’s sake . She was finally a holy priestess that
was filled with love . He didn’t want to watch her turn dark again .
“You guys saw all of it, right? I’m sure you saw the images
that was illuminated above the city at night . I won’t
question you all as to whether you believe all of this is true
or not . The proof is all here . Moreover, I’m trying to spread
this truth to Lihazeta and the whole continent . ”
Artpe picked up the corpse of the Four Heavenly King . The evil
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looking corpse was wearing the holy garments of the pope . This
sight was clearly recorded by the Image Transmission Artifact .
“We killed the Four Heavenly King, who had been trying to
summon a magical beast in order to kill us . In this process,
the magic circle within the Zero Class and the entirety of
Lihazeta was incapacitated . It is truly unfortunate since we
lost a strong card that would have allowed us to stand
against the Demon King’s army . However, it is also true that
uncontrollable power is more dangerous than an unknown
enemy . Several hundred years of history was lost, but as a
result, we were able to catch one of the Four Heavenly Kings
. From this point on, I’ll continue to catch and kill those that
are rotten within the temple . I will put us back onto the
right path . ”
“Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
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He hadn’t stepped forward, because he just wanted to inform the
priests of the truth . That was only part of the reason why he did so .
He wanted the presence of the heroes engraved into the minds of
the people all over this continent . He wanted to show them concrete
proof that they had killed one of the Four Heavenly King . No country
would be able to treat them lightly any more .
[Nyaa-ah-ah nyaa-ah . ]
This was how the mess in Lihazeta was clearly resolved . Paldia
became busy as they tried to choose the new pope . Since the Zero
Class was destroyed by Artpe, it was decided that they would build a
new temple and housing on top of the ruins . This time all priests
would have access to this location .
Now there was only one thing left that Artpe had to take care
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within the temple .
“If you are talking about Aria Kuar Serieta, she is safe . ”
“Ohhhhhhhhhh!”
He let out a bitter laughter when he saw the archbishop let out
tears of relief . He continued to speak .
“Aria’s Class······?”
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Artpe didn’t say anything as he pushed a Soul Contract towards
the archbishop . It was fresh off the press from the Anywhere
company . He received it early in the morning . On another note, he
had received a signature from Vadinet . He received her promise
that she wouldn’t do as she pleased from now on . It was an attempt
to stop her from going bad . For some reason, Vadinet became hot
and bothered when she signed the contract . He didn’t want to think
too deeply on that .
“······understood . ”
From the beginning, Aria had been waiting inside the room . Aria
meekly revealed herself .
“······Aria?”
“Father . ”
“You······ . ”
“Eh-heh-heh . ”
After all the disturbance was put to rest, the hero’s party left
Lihazeta without any regret .
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Chapter 125
Source: Wuxiaworld
It was the dead of night, yet a party was exiting Lihazeta. They
made sure no one knew they were leaving. This group included
Artpe, Maetel, Vadinet, Silpennon, Aria, Leseti and Deyus.
Artpe thought about watching the new pope being elected, but it
would take too long. He had went through the trouble of declaring a
war against the Demon realm, so he couldn’t laze around in one
place.
“You bastard!?”
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“If Aria hadn’t shown up, I probably would have merged the
two parties. However, that is no longer the case.”
It was expected that there were two Demon Kings in the Demon
realm. If they moved in a group of eight, they would just become an
easier target. The hero’s party was effective against the Demon
King’s army, because they were a light and sharp spear. There was
nothing to gained by bulking up the party.
“That is why you should get stronger. We’ll draw the aggro
of our enemies.. You guys can remain on the down low, while
growing in power. We’ll face the Demon King’s army with
two hero’s party.”
“You…...”
“Still, this sounds like nonsense! The real hero’s party will
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act as a shield for fake hero’s party? There should be a limit
as to how many idiotic words can come out of your mouth!?”
Silpennon was at a loss for words when he heard Artpe’s words and
Maetel’s calm words. Of course, he knew that the power of Artpe and
Maetel was unfathomable. They probably became much stronger
after defeating one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Leseti and Deyus didn’t sound too satisfied with the current
situation, but they didn’t try to turn down the responsibility. Artpe
was satisfied with that.
It was a chaotic era, and there weren’t that many people in this
world that were capable of doing what they wanted. At the very
least, the two of them would have a hand in determining the course
of this era. Their lives were better than most in this world.
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“If the Demon King’s army wins, it either means the death
of all humans or the humanity will become a plaything for the
Demon King.”
“I’m very familiar with Dungeons now. We've done this for
the past 2 years. Just leave it to me.”
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two party started to move in different directions.
“If not for me, who is going to serve you? Even if I have to
give up my youth, I’ll make you succeed in your role as the
fake hero.”
“Oh my. You are able to see that? You are better than
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expected. Let’s be on friendly terms from now on.”
They had met not too long ago, yet Leseti and Aria was getting
chummy. When Silpennon saw this, he pouted. Deyus roughly had
an idea as to the feelings of the two women, so Deyus thought
Silpennon was a bit of a git.
“You bastard!?”
They had gained a new party member. She was a level 231 holy
priestess with an Innate ability. If he wanted to, Silpennon could
claim their party to be the hero’s party. That was how strong they
were. Silpennon’s party once again moved to explore more
Dungeons.
No one in this world knew about their existence. When their power
was revealed, it would truly fuck over the Demon King’s army.
On the other hand, Artpe’s party was moving down their path at a
much faster rate than Silpennon’s party. It wasn’t comparable.
While they were traveling from Aedia to Paladia, the distance
between the two parties had widened. Silpennon’s party had to
catch up with them.
“In this venture, we were able to locate all the Warp Gates
that were placed around the continent. Moreover, we
obtained the right to use it. Hue hue. It is as if the hero’s
party got a system upgrade.”
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“System······?”
“I guess so?”
“It doesn’t matter which novel you look at. Once one goes
past the halfway point of the story, a powerful foe that
opposes the hero is introduced. It could be a country,
continent, Dragon or the Demon King’s army. No one wants
to hear about what the hero ate at which town. No one wants
to read about a depiction of which woman was pretty in
which town.”
“That’s right.”
This was why the heroes in the stories gained abilities like Warp,
long distance teleportation spell or a pet that could fly very quickly
through the air. They gained something that would increase their
mobility. It wasn’t as if their abilities had risen. These elements
were introduced, because it made it more convenient for the plot to
progress!
“It’s been a while, but you are saying that we are once
again walking on the path of the hero’s story.”
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unnecessary topics.”
“······.”
“Let’s move.”
He had done his best put Vadinet’s dark side to sleep. He didn’t
want to disturb it, so he quickly used Blink. He moved his party a
distance of several hundred meters.
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Vadinet and Maetel meekly clung to Artpe. In the next moment,
they glared at each other then they snorted. It was as if they had
promised to act this way. He couldn’t believe how synchronized their
actions were in dissing each other.
“If the second holy priestess hadn’t shown up, I would have
been able to slander you without much worry.”
“Hoo hoo. That is quite the joke. Now that I think about it,
can a hero be called a hero if one attacks a holy priestess?
What do you think, Artpe-nim?”
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The two of them were over level 270, so they didn’t feel cold
standing in the middle of the Ice continent. This was why Artpe
hadn’t worried too much when he sent them to this location.
However, Artpe hadn’t joked about his order. They had to find the
Ice Continent of Glacia before spring comes. It was a must!
They didn’t know that Artpe and Maetel was at the cusp of
reaching level 300 after defeating one of the Four Heavenly King.
The two of them had a mutual understanding as their desire burned.
However, at that moment, Regina’s eyes saw something weird.
“Huh?”
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Mana.”
Yes, this was true even if she was in the Ice continent, which was
filled with frozen and cold Mana.
“Agreed.”
Sienna and Regina decided to run away before this other person
noticed them. Regina tried to use the teleportation Artifact, which
had been provided by Artpe for emergency situations. She planned
on getting them out there as soon as possible, but they were
unlucky. Their enemy sensed them!
“Koohk!?”
Unlike the power she possessed, the woman sounded as if she had
a bit of a screw loose. Her voice made Sienna take a misstep, and
she sprained her ankle. Regina desperately tried to support her, but
their enemy had already noticed them. It won’t be easy to run away!
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towards that woman.”
“Agreed.”
When they got closer, the other side recognized Sienna first. The
woman acted as if they were an acquaintance. The woman’s body
was already half-submerged in water. The ice around her was
melting, and the water was boiling. It was a scary sight.
“Ah. I was right! You are the kid I met before! Huhk! You
became really strong!?”
Her name was Etna Carlyfate Mirecard. She was the woman
occupying the role of a Four Heavenly King.
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Chapter 126
Source: Wuxiaworld
“Thank you!”
When Regina casted her spell, the fire type Mana around Etna died
down a little bit. Etna couldn’t regulate her own body temperature
and Mana. One had to be a magician of Regina’s caliber to calm
down Etna’s Mana.
Of course, this happened under the premise that Etna had allowed
Regina’s magic to work on her.
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“I’m the one that should be thanking you. I never expected
someone young other than Artpe to be so strong. It is
surprising.”
“······.”
Normally, Regina would have refuted the idea that she was young.
However, Regina was focused on another portion of the woman’s
words.
Etna thought Artpe might be hiding. Her eyes were filled with
anticipation as she looked at her surrounding. When Regina saw this,
she was taken aback. How many women did Artpe have! As if
Sienna understood Regina’s feeling, she smirked.
“Ruin?”
Was it a coincidence?
Sienna and Regina had a bad feeling that they might be looking for
the same ruin as Etna. Sienna thought about the item they had to
retrieve. It was something requested by Artpe. Sienna asked Etna a
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question.
“······I see.”
“What are you guys doing here? That’s right. You haven’t
said anything about Artpe yet. Where is he?”
“A ruin······?”
Sienna’s tone of voice was asking Etna to take a step back. It was
an item wanted by a man, whom she was interested in. Etna
snorted.
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Sienna was a very smart child. There was nothing to be gained by
fighting over the Artifact when they hadn’t found the ruin yet. Since
Artpe wasn’t here, she was well aware of the fact that they had no
chance against Etna. This was quite obvious to her.
“Ggooh-ooong.”
Both sides had a rough idea as to the identity of one another, yet
this was how a weird party was established. It consisted of members
of the hero's party and one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
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“That’s right. In truth, I acquired the information about the
sculpture by luck, so I came running here without much of a
plan.”
“Artpe said so. There are many Dungeons here, and they
will be difficult for us at our level. We can use that woman.”
“Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha.”
Even Artpe didn’t know the exact location of the ruin. It was more
precise to say that it was meaningless to know the exact location of
the ruin. The ruin was located at the most northern reaches of
Glacia, and it periodically used magic to move its location.
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smile, but she acted a bit differently when it came to the Demon
Etna. The biggest problem was the fact that Etna was a person that
was capable of taking away Artpe by force. It would have been
strange if Sienna hadn’t been wary of Etna.
In truth, that was was a lie. Artpe had taught her a special sign
that she could look for. They didn’t really need to go deep into the
Dungeons. She could make this judgement early on, and she was
told by Artpe to pull out if it was the wrong one.
However, it was as Regina had said. She planned on using Etna for
their development, so she shamelessly lied to Etna. Etna believed
every word spoken by Sienna. In truth, Etna wasn’t that bright.
“Yes!”
[Kee-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!]
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big and scary!”
Sienna and Regina turned pale when they were suddenly faced
with one of the most terrifying monsters they’ve encountered in their
lifetime. Etna was unperturbed. When she waved her hand, a flame
shot towards it.
[Kyahhhhhhhhk!]
Since the snake lived within the Ice continent, it loved ice. This
was why it was vulnerable to fire. The snake’s skin was burnt to a
crisp by Etna’s flame. It fell to the floor.
Boom!
“······ah.”
Etna had neutralized the enemy with one blow, yet she hadn’t
killed it. It seemed Etna was going to follow Regina’s words. She was
going to help them grow, so she had pulled back when the enemy
was weakened.
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The degree of contribution by them would suffer a lot, but this was
an enemy well over level 300. The fact that they would receive a
massive amount of EXP didn’t change!
“Hoo-ooh······ Hoo-ahhhhhhho!”
[Kee-ahhhhhhhh!]
Even if its outer leather was burned, it was a magical beast that
had lived for a very long time. When it confirmed that Etna won’t be
stepping forward, it started attacking the two girls, who looked
beatable.
“Not a chance!”
“There.”
[Kyahh-hahhhhhhh!]
However, Sienna and Regina were above level 270! They were two
of the strongest beings in the human realm! Under orders from
Artpe, they had visited numerous Dungeons, and the two girls had
developed teamwork. They used it to fight the snake.
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snake tried to counterattack when an opening appeared after Sienna
swung her hammer, but Regina stopped the snake in its track with
magic. They were like two gears that attacked and defended. Their
teamwork was intricate, and they started slowly grinding away at the
snake. The snake was stuck between the two rotating gears!
[Kyaa-ahhhhhhhhhh!]
Etna had distanced herself a little bit from the fierce battlefield.
She nodded her head as she mulled over the situation.
It would have been easier for her if she had killed them as soon as
she located the members of the hero’s party. It seemed she had
worked under the Demon realm’s greatest chef for too long. The
chef wanted the hero to finish his recipe. He wanted to nurture the
hero until the hero was ready to charge the Demon King’s castle.
Even if she helped these kids grow up, she would eventually face
them on the battlefield. Etna wondered if this was the effect of the
Absolute Control. She thought this even when she knew that idea
was idiotic.
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She cut off her thoughts at that point. She lowered her head.
For some reason, the young man had burrowed deep within her
heart at first sight. She couldn’t get rid of the boy from her heart. He
probably grew a lot since the last time they met. When she thought
about him, she felt a thrill. It was the good kind of thrill. However, at
the same time, she felt a little bit of frustration.
There was a chance that Artpe wasn’t the hero. She couldn’t be
that unlucky. Even if he wasn’t a hero, the fact that he was a human
didn’t change either. Such a powerful and talented young man
wouldn’t miss out on the battle against the Demon King’s army…..
She was chained by the Absolute Control, because she was born as
a Demon. She had thought about making the young man into a
Demon. She was thinking about doing it under the guise of wanting
to help him. She was disgusted with herself.
‘No matter how much I think about it, I can't come up with
an answer. The Demon King’s army, the human realm and
myself…. Maybe, it would be best to burn everything. It
would be great if the fire swallows my existence and burn
everything.’
Her vacation will come to an end at some point in the near future.
When the hero grew enough to threaten the Demon King’s army, she
had to leave the human realm. She’ll have to return to the Demon
realm, and the Demon King’s army will earnestly move against the
human realm.
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Until that moment, she would continue to aimlessly search for an
answer that probably didn’t exist. In the end, she’ll······.
“Y...yes!?”
“Unni······.”
She wasn’t used to someone calling her by that title. When Etna
unconsciously answered her, Sienna realized that she had made a
mistake. She covered her mouth.
“No, it’s alright. If you don’t mind, could you call me unni
from now on?”
‘Yes. I’ll just live in the now. I won’t find an answer even if
I worry about it…. Let’s push such thoughts aside for now.’
After she had this thought, Etna put on a small smile. Sienna put
on a big smile as she gave her reply.
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“Yes, unni!”
“Sienna is scary······.”
“Rei. Shhhh.”
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Chapter 127
Source: Wuxiaworld
“Rei!”
[Ggoo-ohhhhhhhhh!]
[Kah······ Kah-ha-ahhhhhhhhhh!]
After a fierce battle that lasted an hour, they were finally able to
kill the level 310 Ice Giant. Etna stretched her arms as she yawned.
She declared a break.
“Yes, unni.”
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“Agreed. I need to recharge my magical energy.”
Sienna’s cheeks turned red as she yelled out an excuse. Then she
checked her belongings. She took out a long black stick. Etna and
Regina tilted their heads in confusion.
“Ominous energy.”
“Ancient Kraken······.”
“Brave girl.”
“It’s tasty.”
Sienna had such thoughts as she chewed on the jerky. Roa had
drained all the Demonic energy from the Ancient Kraken’s tentacle,
and Artpe had used a specialized spell to dehydrate it. It was a bit
tough, but the meat wouldn’t go bad for 100 years. It contained a lot
of nutrients and Mana, so it was the ideal snack to consume within a
Dungeon.
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day when they would have to eat it. Sienna was currently eating it to
quell her hunger…..
“You don’t look like it, but you are capable of acting quite
spoiled.”
Sienna’s level was increasing smoothly, but she hadn’t met Artpe
in a very long time. Her withdrawal symptoms were getting quite
severe.
Still, she was hungry. Her nose ran as she earnestly chewed on the
Kraken’s tentacle. Sienna looked pitiable and cute at the same time.
Regina was blankly staring at Sienna when she realized that
something in her possession was vibrating.
“What!?”
[I see. You haven't found it yet. All right. I’ll get there as
soon as possible.]
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This was how the communication came to an end. Sienna handed
over the communication device to Regina. She looked blankly at
Sienna. Regina didn’t say anything, but she kept slapping Sienna’s
back. Sienna finally realized that she had been selfish.
“Deny. Deny.”
“Ah.”
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“Aht! Unni! Don’t go ahead of us!”
Etna was feeling desperate now, and Sienna was trying to delay
her for a day. The two of them tossed and turned as they ran
deeper into the Dungeon. Regina let out a light sigh as she looked at
them from the back. She had no choice. She followed after the two
idiots.
It was the promised day. In just a day, they had completed three
Dungeons.(Regina and Sienna was only able to kill one monster.)
Sienna spoke animatedly. Etna was racing across the frozen land
towards the next Dungeon when she came to a halt.
She raised her head to see what was wrong, and her eyes widened
a little bit. A fog, which was heavy with moisture, was emanating
from the land around them.
The three of them felt an urgency. It didn’t matter who had the
rights to the Artifact. Such a worry was secondary to actually finding
the Artifact! Their steps quickened, and the steam thickened the
more steps they took! At this point, they finally realized that
something was wrong.
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“What is it? I’m in a hurry! If I don’t quickly find the ruin,
part of this land will disappear!”
“······ehng?”
Etna stopped when she heard Sienna’s words. She was right. The
steam was emanating from a widespread region, but if one had to
point where it was the worst, it was near Etna’s body.
Regina’s spell should have hidden the heat within Regina, but
something was making the heat within Etna’s body boil. It started
melting the troublesome continent, which was made out of ice!
At this rate, the ruin was really going to disappear! Regina quickly
tried to overlap another blessing over Etna. She also tried to cast
debuffs that would weaken Etna’s energy. However, she was unable
to stop the deterioration of the land.
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the winter! I will punish you all!]
If Artpe was present, he would have told them that the Dragon’s
level was 320. It was basically the symbol of Glacia. Artpe would
have kindly explained to them that this old magical beast was called
the Ice Dragon. However, he wasn’t there right now.
Etna gulped when she saw the roaring Ice Dragon. It was
threatening those that had brought spring to this land.
Of course, she was over level 370, but she was in the human
realm. Moreover, she was forcefully suppressing her fire while she
was in the continent of Glacia. Her abilities were reduced by 20
percent. If their attributes weren’t opposite of each other, she
wouldn’t have been able to put up a fight against the Ice Dragon.
[Koo-hwahhhhhhh!]
“Unni!?”
Etna was in the midst of assessing her own power. When none of
the girls cowered in fear, the Ice Dragon became indignant. It
opened its mouth wide, and it let out an extremely cold breath.
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“Kyahhhhhk! The groundddddddddd!”
Etna clicked her tongue, and she unraveled all the Blessings placed
on her by Regina. In a flash, an enormous amount of heat emanated
around her! When Etna’s eyes glared at the Dragon, an enormous
wall of fire appeared to block the Dragon’s Breath.
“At the very least, it is better than dying! Don’t worry! I’ll
will protect both of you!”
[Gyah-ho-ohhhhhhhhh!]
Boom!
The Ice Dragon realized that its enemy was formidable. It didn’t
hesitate as it rushed its enemy!
Several thousand ice crystals formed every time the Ice Dragon
flapped its wings. New ice coated the land once again. It tried to
freeze and break the bodies of its enemies!
[Kyahhhhhhhhh!]
“Hoo hoo. Is this all you got? If so, this is the end of the
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line for you!”
She raised her hand. The Ice Dragon’s frost invaded her body as
ice covered her hand. In the next moment, her heat melted it, and
the ice was turned into vapor. The heat extended out from her hand.
It compressed to form a pillar of fire!
[Kyahhhhhhk, ke-hehhhhhh!]
The pillar of fire impacted inside the open mouth of the Ice Dragon.
The Ice Dragon had been about to use a second Ice Breath, and Etna
easily cancelled it. It must have hurt a lot. The Ice Dragon stopped
charging forward, and it started to stumble backwards. Sienna and
Etna used this opportunity to push through the steam. They ran
towards Etna.
In truth, she wasn’t fine. How long had it been since she had
released the full extent of her fire? She was having a hard time
adjusting to it.
Still, the human realm and the ice was working in concert to
suppress her fire, so she wasn’t satisfied with her output. Moreover,
the first Ice Breath and the thousands of ice crystals were starting to
slow her down.
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environment within the Demon realm…...!’
It seemed she would have to prepare for the worst. Whether she
could find the ruin or not was no longer the problem. Etna stood
within the steam, which had been created when she clashed with the
Ice Dragon. She started to prepare the most powerful flame spell in
her arsenal.
The Ice Dragon was also gathering the nearby cold air, and it was
concentrating it near its wings. It seemed the Ice Dragon was going
to use its ace in the hole to finish Etna.
“No, you can’t do anything against it. You should get away
from here, Sienna. You might be hurt from the aftershock.”
The Ice Dragon was a foe that was on a different level. It couldn’t
be compared to any of the monsters that had appeared within the
Dungeons they had explored. Moreover, it held the title of Field
Boss. It gave the Ice Dragon authority over the Mana and Record of
this vast region! It wasn’t a normal monster, since it was being
supported by its own domain!
If the Demon King’s army had known a monster of this caliber was
here, Etna wouldn’t have been allowed to travel here. They probably
would have sent another Demon to win over the Ice Dragon to their
side.
She scoffed at the thought she just had, and she started chanting
her spell in earnest. However, the sight in front of her cleared before
she could progress any further in her spell.
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“But······ Huh? Artpe!?”
Etna yelled out in surprise when she saw a man suddenly appear in
front of her. In the next moment, all the steam emanating from
around her was gone. Artpe use his magic. He caused cold air to
wash over the land.
[Mmm······.]
[Understood.]
It didn’t take them too long for them to realize that the Dragon’s
true identity was the ruin.
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Chapter 128
Source: Wuxiaworld
The battle had been about to reach its climax. It had been a kill or
be killed situation.
“Uh······.”
“Artpe!”
“The Dragon itself was the ruin? If I killed it, wouldn’t that
have solved everything?”
Etna was a little bit angry, because he had interfered in her fight.
Her cheeks puffed out as she interrupted the conversation between
Sienna and Artpe. Artpe wondered why Etna was here, but first, he
gave her a detailed explanation.
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“The Ice Dragon is the guardian of the ruin, and it is also
the soul of the ruin. You can’t kill the Ice Dragon through
conventional means. The way you attacked the Ice Dragon
would have killed it temporarily. The only thing that would
have resulted in the Ice Dragon’s death would be the early
arrival of spring.”
“Why? If I kill it, its Record, Mana and loot will be granted
to me. For several hundred…. I lived for quite a long time,
and this rule has never betrayed me.”
“However, you also know that the rule you are talking
about can be circumvented through magic.”
“That is······.”
She had an idea as to what he was talking about, but Etna closed
her mouth. Artpe smirked when he saw this. He gave her an
additional explanation.
“You fought against the Ice Dragon. It guards the ruin, and
the ruin is linked to the entire continent of Glacia. If your
flame can consumed the entirety of this continent, you will
be able to gain everything within the ruin. Well? Are you
able to do that?”
“······no.”
“I understand······.”
She answered him, but Etna’s cheeks remained puffed up. She
looked like a child that had been scolded by her mother. Sienna
snickered at the sight, but when Etna glared at her, Sienna acted
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dumb.
“If I knew Etna was here, I would have gotten here faster. I
cleared one Dungeon on the way here, so…..”
At that point, Sienna had reached the end of her patience. She
freed herself from all anxiety as she hugged Artpe. She clung to him.
Vadinet had been calm as she stood next to Artpe. Her eyebrows
twitched for a brief moment, but she didn’t do anything else. She
looked as if she was suffering under a Stun spell.
Of course, Artpe knew why Vadinet was acting that way. This was
why he didn’t find the sight to be amusing!
“Oppa. Oppa~”
“Yes, yes.”
“Oppa, you are too much. You really are too much. You are
too much.”
The two of them had never been separated for a long period of
time before. It seemed Sienna relied on Artpe. She relied on him
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much more than he had imagined.
Artpe and Maetel had started the hero’s party, and it had been the
two of them for awhile. In no time, the party had expanded to five
members. That wasn’t all. There was Silpennon’s party. They were
operating separate from Artpe’s party. However, both party shared
the same goal, so the hero’s party had nine members in total.
Regina was glad to see him, but she could only convey her feeling
through curt replies.
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The five members of Artpe’s party was bunched together, and Etna
was standing a bit away from them. She was looking at him with a
vacant look. He had to take care of business with Etna.
Artpe immediately knew what was going on. He was sure she was
talking about the sculpture made out of the world’s first ice.
Moreover, he was sure that this item existed in the ruin that they
were about to go in.
In his past life, Artpe had acquired this very item from this ruin.
“.....at a library…...”
Artpe tilted his head. In his past life, Artpe had a very hard time
finding information about this ruin.
“I see. However, it seems you didn’t find out about the fact
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that you cannot enter the ruin.”
“······yes.”
Etna became sullen as she lowered her head. Artpe was thinking
about the consequence of Etna not being within the Demon realm.
He wondered what was going on there right now, but first, he
decided to console her.
“I said don’t worry about it. The main reason for finding
this ruin has nothing to do with the sculpture. I’m willing to
concede that item to you.”
“Ah······.”
A bright smile appeared on Etna’s face. When Sienna saw this, she
wondered why he was suddenly conceding the sculpture to Etna. He
had explicitly instructed Sienna to acquire the statue. She was
having a hard time reconciling this fact, so she tilted her head in
confusion. In the end, she came to a realization.
If Maetel found out about this truth, Maetel would probably get
really angry. Sienna already knew Maetel was very angry at the
mere existence of Etna. Sienna knew all of this, but she just
assumed that everything would turn out ok. Of course, the situation
wasn’t ok.
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“Then I’ll take one step back, and I’ll wait here.”
“Oooh. Understood.”
Artpe pushed the other party members into the ruin first. They
thought Artpe was rushing them a little bit, but they didn’t say
anything. They obediently entered into the ruin…… Artpe was the
last one left, and he once again made Etna make a promise to him.
“If you enter the ruin before we exit, the ruin will
disappear. We’ll be stuck in a different dimension for a
whole year until winter comes again. Please refrain from
coming in.”
Arpte had arrived when she had given up on acquiring the artifact.
At Artpe’s extremely considerate gesture, it felt as if she was on
cloud nine. It had also been awhile since she had met Artpe. Her
heart started beating faster when she caught sight of him. The fact
that he had matured into a babe played a role in her heart beating
faster.
“Yes.”
Etna made a firm promise with Artpe. The ground around her was
slowly melting away, but she was able to float in place using her
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Mana. She wouldn’t drown.
He quickly turned around, and he headed into the ruin. There was
a bucket of cold sweat coming down his face.
They had defeated the weakest amongst the Four Heavenly Kings.
After defeating Jeriet, it was logical to face the 3rd strongest
amongst the Four Heavenly King. This was Etna. However, the level
difference between the hero’s party and Etna was wide!
When he realized Etna was here, Artpe had thought the chef had
changed his recipe. He thought Etna was here to kidnap the other
members of the hero’s party. He almost deluded himself into
thinking that.
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“It isn’t as if I don’t have a plan to deal with her, but it is
too early. Shit. I never expected Etna to travel to the
northern continent of her own accord…....”
In the beginning, she had thought her only rival was Maetel. It felt
as if she had been slapped in the face. The two party members, who
had been waiting for them, were women. Moreover, one of the
leaders of the Demon King’s army was eyeing him. Of course, it felt
as if her insides were about to burst!
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“Even if Etna likes me, she can’t go against the Demon
King’s orders. Moreover, the fact that we grew rapidly
doesn’t matter right now. This environment has weakened
her significantly, yet she is close to level 380. It is almost
impossible for us to win against her. So….”
“So?”
This was the reason why he had sent Sienna and Regina ahead.
He knew that they would fight the Demon King’s army in earnest
when the business within Paladia wrapped up. If possible, he had
wanted the two girls to have finished everything by the time he had
arrived. He wanted them to have finished their growth by then…...
However, that had only be a wish. In the end, the five of them had
to attempt the ruin.
Artpe let out a sigh as he took a step forward. They were greeted
with extreme cold air that had accumulated since ancient times.
Then there was the guardians that guarded the location where the
Winter Queen slept…...!
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[Keeeeeeeee!]
As he watched his party get ready for battle, he stroked the cover
of the magic tome within his pocket.
“Artpe!”
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Chapter 129
Source: Wuxiaworld
The ruin of the Winter Queen existed at the heart of the Ice
continent. In his past life, no one had exited this place alive until
Artpe was able to acquire a single treasure. It was basically the
worst Dungeon in the human realm.
First, the information regarding the ruin about the Ice continent
was hard to find, and normal humans weren’t able to survive in the
arctic environment. Moreover, the ruin only appeared during the
winter, so it was hard to find. Even if one found the ruin, it wasn’t a
guarantee that one would be able win against the dormant monsters
within.
On the other hand, the holy priestess was shocked by the size of
the ruin. Her duty in life had been guiding the temple priests, and
she had raised her level by clearing relatively safe Dungeons.
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“In truth, I thought we were clearing the Dungeon at a very
rapid pace…. A normal sized party would have already given
up by now.”
The high ceiling allowed the massive Ice Moles to move around
without much hindrance on the 1st floor of the ruin. It actually made
one want question as to why the Ice Moles bothered traveling
underground when the ceiling was so high!
[Kee-heeeeeee!]
[Ggooh-geek!]
The strength of the Ice Moles was the fact that they can burrow
into the ground, and it was impossible to predict where they would
burrow out to attack.
However, Artpe had his Read All Creation ability active. He could
see the location of the Ice Moles for a range of several hundred
meters. He just needed to use couple simple spell to stop the Ice
Moles in their tracks. The Ice Moles weren’t a threat to him.
[Keek!]
[Kee-eek!]
At this point, he had stopped the movements of the Ice Moles, but
he wouldn’t be able to gain much EXP by killing them. The Ice Moles
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were around level 270 on average. The lowest level member from
his original party was Regina. She was at level 293, and Maetel was
at level 304.
In the end, there was only one person in his party that would be
able to gain EXP by killing the Ice Moles.
“Vadinet!”
[Kyaa-hahk!?]
[Kyah-hahhhhhhhk!]
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once. Despite this fact, she wasn’t able to kill the Ice Moles with the
amount of Mana she possessed.
“We’ll rotate giving her Mana. It’ll allow her to use her
spell”
The Ice Moles were tied up by Artpe, so they couldn’t resist. They
couldn’t hide underground. They died under barrage of Vadinet’s
hammer.
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“Oppa, why is our party built so abnormally?”
When they left Paladia, Vadinet had been lower in level than Aria.
She was level 220 at that point. In just several days on the road, she
had reached level 239. Currently, she was growing at a faster rate
within the ruin. It was all possible thanks to Artpe’s Materialization
spell and Maetel’s Record Master skill!
Effort wasn’t what determined result. One needed talent and luck
too. Absolute value couldn’t be placed on effort. He thought about
telling her words that would dash her hopes and dreams, but he gave
up on it.
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one would be able to catch up to them through talent and luck.
“Demon king······.”
She had been killing the Ice Moles through a bizarre method, yet
when Artpe mentioned a foe worthy of the hero, a focused light
emanated from Vadinet’s eyes.
“Yes······.”
She didn’t have any reasons to contradict him. The holy priestess
groused as she once again casted the God’s Hammer. It took them
two days to break through the 1st floor of the ruin. Vadinet was level
245, and her God’s Hammer spell rose to level 29.
“Ah. The second floor also has moles. Ready your hammer,
Vadinet.”
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“It isn’t just a hammer. It is a holy spell, Artpe-nim…..”
It had been 10 days since they had entered the ruin, and the party
reached the 5th floor.
[Keeeeeeeeek!]
“Hmmph!”
“God’s Hammer!”
The 5th floor contained large lizards with scales made out of ice. It
was infested with Ice Lizards. It seemed they had received the Ice
Dragon’s energy, so they were level 290 monsters with high vitality
and magical energy.
This was why Artpe put Sienna as the vanguard and Regina as
support. Vadinet was in charge of finishing off the monsters. He
chose to go all in on growing Vadinet.
The growth of his party members was important to Artpe, but the
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completion of the magic tome might be more important. He finally
had time to work on it.
The ingredients needed to create a magic tome was rare, and the
initial manufacturing process of the magic tome was troublesome.
Moreover, the task of finishing it was extremely difficult.
There was the basic task of acquiring paper, and the act of binding
the book. Then there was the ink, which had to be infused with
massive amount of Mana. The lines of words being written by the
author had to contain one’s emotions, Record and Mana….. None of
these tasks were easy.
“That’s right······.”
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words.
The female Demon Teana must have toiled many years to create
this magic tome. No, by the look of it, it seemed there were multiple
creators that had contributed in creating this magic tome. It was a
research done through collaboration between the entire Demonic
race. Or maybe it was a specific group of…..
It was a project that had been in progress for a very long time.
That couldn’t be true. There was a high probability that Artpe had
been unawares of this plan.
In his past and current life, there were insignificant changes that
made the Demon King’s army act in different ways. However, it
wasn’t possible to create an entirely new faction.
Mmm. All right. He would give up thinking about it for now. He’ll
find out everything when he came face to face with them. The
important thing right now was the fact that the item in Artpe’s hands
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was the most powerful weapon that could disrupt the plans of the
Demon King.
Will it be able to save her? The fetters placed on the Demon race
hadn’t been able to be shed through blood, tears and countless
years. Would a mere book really be able to set her free?
His past life was his past life. He was a hero now. He received a
blessing only given to heroes, and he was able to use something
called a Hero’s Aura. He could emit holy energy. His Mana, spells,
abilities and will was different now.
He didn’t know what the gods were thinking, but it seemed they
wanted something from Artpe. He wondered if his current work was
close to what they had in mind.
Artpe firmly closed his eyes before opening them again. This
might have worked out pretty well for him. He had the chance to
meet Etna alone. It wasn’t an opportunity that could be created
unless it was a chance encounter like this.
He’ll use the ability of the magic tome to regain her freedom.
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However, she was merely the beginning.
As the former Four Heavenly King and the current hero, he made a
bold resolve.
The quill with the Ancient Kraken’s Ink once again danced in
earnest over the pages.
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Chapter 130
Source: Wuxiaworld
The hero’s party had arrived at the northern ancient ruin. They
were here, because they had received information that the hidden
skill within the ruin was needed to defeat the 2nd ranked Four
Heavenly King. It was needed to defeat the Fire witch Etna.
The ruin was long, and the hero’s party wasn’t used to the cold.
They used only the resistance granted to them by their levels to
endure the cold.
The warrior bravely march forward in front of the party. The thief
didn’t want the warrior to gain more favor in the eyes of the hero, so
he stuck close to her. He also did his best to see to the needs of the
hero. The rest of the party had a neutral expression on their faces.
Some let out a bitter laughter as they followed after the warrior and
the thief.
Except…..
“Why?”
Regina retorted with a question when she heard the voice, which
was as clear as the winter sky. The voice that came back was colder
than the temperature of the Ice continent. Strangely, there was a
trace of regret in her voice, and this sentiment was delivered to
Regina.
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[There was a preceding visitor. He didn’t have the right to
acquire me, but he had enough qualification to take an item
for his paramour.]
[That’s right.]
Regina dejectedly shook her head. When the Winter Queen saw
this, she let out a small laughter as she spoke.
[Hoo hoo. Yes, you don’t have it. Let’s see how it all turns
out. Your reward ends with a blessing this time around.
However, you will be able to see something very fun in the
past that will come in the future.]
Regina was barely able to reply. The rest of her party was struck
dumb.
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[What a cute child. You weren’t born as a human, so you
dream of becoming a human. The wish you desperately want
can’t be found here, but it can be found then.]
[Then I wish you well on using this power. I just want you
to take this words to heart. The truth you are faced with is
only the truth to you…..]
Artpe opened his eyes. Regina’s face was right in front of his face,
and she was staring at him. When a sour expression appeared on
Artpe’s face, the sides of her mouth slightly twitched.
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speech sounds more natural now? Your sounded like a
politician right now.”
“Mmmm······.”
“Hurt.”
That’s right. In his past life, he had tried to calm down the inner
fire within Etna, so he had taken the sculpture from this ruin. Of
course, the hero’s party found the ruin after him, and they couldn’t
acquire everything the ruin had to offer.
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‘What’s wrong with that? At the time, I didn’t even know
about what would happen, and I was their foe in my past
life…. Mmmm. As expected, that doesn’t really explain why I
had that dream.’
This was why her gaze made him feel that much more
uncomfortable.
“What?”
“I’m researching.”
“······.”
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This was the result of such a policy. It resulted in this weird
confrontation.
“······.”
“······.”
“······.”
“······what is it?”
“I’m researching.”
Artpe tried very hard not to be conscious of her gaze. He took out
his magic tome. Then he circulated the overwhelming amount of
Mana within his body, and he started pouring it into the magic tome.
In truth, he had finished the magic tome when they reached the
8th floor. However, he was trying to dot the i’s and cross the t’s. He
was trying to fill in the gaps that remained within the magic tome.
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“No. It is best for the magic tome to be finished using only
the magician’s own power. I had a lot of trouble trying to
empty the Mana of the previous owner.”
Of course, there was the materials. Then there was the Mana
infused within the materials. As the item was constructed, its
formless history remained behind in the constructed matter as its
Record. If he looked past those requirements using his Read All
Creation ability, his brain would overload. It would feel as if his head
would explode. This was why he didn’t look beyond to see the
remaining countless requirements making up the item.
“······.”
“······.”
“······.”
They were deep within the ruin, so there was no way they could
keep track of time. They used magical flames to keep away the
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approach of the guardians of the ruin. It was possible to estimate the
time by seeing the rate at which the fuel was consumed by the fire.
“······.”
“······.”
His dream had a complicated content, and it was hard to let it go.
It also seemed Artpe had woken up very early.
“······Artpe.”
When his work was about to wrap up, she called out his name.
Artpe didn’t turn around as he answered her.
“What?”
“Shut up forever.”
It didn’t seem like she was joking, but he decided to overlook it just
this once.
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“What is the purpose of the magic tome?”
“Freedom······.”
Regina rolled that word around in her mouth when she suddenly
had a thought. When she truly found her freedom in the Forest of
Eternity, she felt a strange sense of kinship with Artpe.
“Artpe’s freedom?”
“······understood.”
It was like the time when Regina couldn’t stand the situation the
Elves were in, so she had betrayed her masters. Maybe, Arpte
couldn’t stand the situation Regina had been in, so he had tried to
goad her into action….. Regina was having such thoughts.
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‘Denied. Artpe is human. He is a free human.’
Regina thought she was deluding herself into thinking that way.
She just wanted to be regarded in the same light as him. She
wanted his situation to overlap with hers, because….
She didn’t know why, but for some reason, she became a bit
embarrassed. Regina desperately stopped that train of thought. She
was somehow able to give a safe answer.
“I’ll help Artpe. We’ll kill the Demon King, and we’ll regain
your freedom. I will repay my debt.”
“Artpe.”
“What?”
“Life is transient…..”
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and he might always be busy. However, all of that sounded like a
better life than what he had right now.
It was better than his previous life where he took on the role of
Four Heavenly King under the yoke of the Absolute Control. It would
be better than his current situation where he had to fight under a
mismatched title of hero…..
“······huh?”
When he woke up from his reverie, Regina was closer than ever
before, and she was staring a hole through him.
“······.”
“Artpe.”
It didn’t matter what she asked. He would deal with it like he did
with Maetel. He’ll come up with an adequate excuse. When he was
having such thoughts, a clear voice could be heard near Artpe’s ear.
“······.”
The party woke up not too long afterwards. They were a bit
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puzzled at the large bump on Regina’s head, but Regina continued to
keep a neutral expression on her face.
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Chapter 131
Source: Wuxiaworld
Until the 6th floor, the 3 man group of Sienna, Regina and Vadinet
was sufficient in clearing the Dungeon. Artpe provided Mana when
needed to his party members as he worked on the magic tome.
However, monsters over level 300 started appearing on the 7th
floor. This was when they started hunting in earnest as a 5 man
party.
At first, Artpe was a bit worried as to how to deploy the party. This
was the first time he had experienced being in a 5 man party. In the
end, he put Sienna and Maetel in the front. Artpe was in charge of
containment and support. Regina brought up the rear as she used
her AoE magic to kill the monsters. Lastly, Vadinet was in charge of
heals and buffs. The speed at which they cleared the Dungeon
became incredibly fast.
Above all else, the prior party arrangement had relied very heavily
on Artpe’s Mana. Since he was able to escape that party structure,
he spent less time resting. He needed less need to recover his Mana,
and he was less fatigued.
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responsibility onto him. This wasn’t something new. She had such
thoughts before.
“You just have to work hard on tasks that you are capable
of doing. Like right now.”
After the 7th floor, they worked diligently for another 10 days
before they reached the 9th floor. They were able to find the
staircase leading down to the 10th floor, which was the last floor of
the ruin.
It wasn’t something one could do, because one could sense Mana.
He had an ability that could catch small discrepancies that even a
highly trained thief couldn’t catch. He had the the ability to reveal all
secrets! It didn’t matter if his party had expanded in number. It
didn’t matter that his comrades were able to help him in many ways.
It was still up to Artpe to find the rewards.
After he cleaned out the 9th floor of its rewards, Artpe turned
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around to face his party. He handed them small clear crystals. He
gave several dozen to each of them.
He had started gathering them from the 1st floor of the Dungeon.
It had been scattered in random locations. The party members had
wondered if these functioned similar to magic stones. However, the
crystal held a very minute amount of ice type magical energy. They
couldn’t feel any large power within it.
When Artpe felt the flow of this strange Mana, he raised his head
as he smirked. He was just reminded of a memory from his past life.
The rest of his party was a beat late in sensing the Mana. They tilted
their head in puzzlement.
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“It feels as if we passed through something. How strange.”
“Watcher······.”
At the time, Artpe had one goal. He wanted to take the sculpture
to Etna. He knew the staircase was guiding him towards a different
route from his past life, but he didn’t resist. It was because he knew
that something he desired was at the end of all of this.
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plan.”
The hallway was decorated with ice crystals that shone with a
magical light. In the previous floors, many monsters had harassed
the party. It had been annoying. They couldn’t see a single ant at
the entrance to the 10th floor.
“This is a welcome······?”
The reason why there weren’t any monsters on the 10th floor
wasn’t hard to discern. There was an overwhelming presence at the
end of the hallway, and it was letting out an energy that challenged
Artpe’s party. How could a monster dare to appear in front of such a
presence?!
The Ice Dragon had been protecting something. They might come
up against the true substance of what it was protecting.
In his past life, he had believed that this ruin held a vestige left
behind by the Winter Queen. From the dream he had(It was a
completely different story as to whether he believed the dream or
not.), the appearance of the 10th floor signified that this place didn’t
hold merely a vestige or a symbolic representation of the Winter
Queen.
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While the party was mesmerized by the beautiful view manifested
by the ruin, Artpe had finished making all his preparations. Artpe
ventilated the air around the party. Maetel had been circling Artpe
as she looked around. She tilted her head as she answered. She
dragged out her words.
“What is that?”
“Tome of Destruction.”
One was the magic tome he had been working on. The other was
something picked up by Silpennon, who had cleared all the Dungeons
in Diaz. It was an artifact called the Tome of Destruction. At a
glance, it was hard to tell if it was a spell book or a magic tome. It
was a magic tome.
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and run away.”
The additional magic tome on his waist wasn’t the only difference!
As a male, it was a bit suspect to where such an accessory.
However, the silver hair accessory somehow looked well on him. He
touched the item as he gave an explanation.
It was a very arrogant thing to say, but no one could dispute his
words. Artpe placed the glasses on Regina’s face, then he gave one
or two Artifacts to the other members.
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“······Artpe-nim. Wasn’t this the item stored with the
treasury of the Zero Class?”
The disposition of Maetel and Vadinet differed. Maetel was like, ‘If
Artpe likes it, then I like it.’ In Vadinet’s case, it was like ‘If Artpe
likes it, he is absolutely in the right.’ If he was to split hair, Vadinet’s
disposition was scarier.
Most of them were acquired from Diaz. He didn’t know why, but
Diaz had Dungeons with long history. The probability of finding good
items increased in such Dungeons.
Moreover, Artpe knew where the Artifacts appeared in his past life.
It wasn’t difficult to pick and choose which Artifact would be needed
for his party members. In truth, the one to do all the leg work was
Silpennnon! He was the one that excavated all the Artifacts!
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used once, these items takes time before they can be used
again. That is why I don’t want you to think of it as part of
your equipment. I want you to think of them as consumable
Artifacts.”
Artpe was about to say, ‘If you guys are done equipping the items,
let’s go.’ However, a voice that was like a single thread of winter
wind reached them. Artpe stiffened when he heard the voice. The
voice was too similar to the voice he heard in his dreams.
“That voice······.”
“My god······.”
The other party members also froze when they heard the voice.
Maybe they sensed the enormous power behind the voice at a
subconscious level. Or maybe it was because they were forced to
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perceive a being that shouldn’t be perceived.
Artpe was worried his party’s spirit would be broken before the
battle even started in earnest, so he spread his Mana. He pushed
back on the encroaching energy.
“Guests…..”
[Hoo hoo. If that is your wish…. For now, I’ll treat you as
you wish!]
Afterwards, the hallway shook, and ice spears emerged from all
direction!
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Chapter 132
Source: Wuxiaworld
“Koohk······!”
Regina, who was unflappable most of the time, let out a moan.
When she sensed the flow of Mana, she had used an ice type magic.
In a shocking turn of events, she wasn’t able to use any ice type
magic spells within this space.
This included her Mana. As soon as she changed her Mana into
cold energy, she lost dominion over her power. It was absorbed into
the attack coming towards them!
“Regina!”
“······I’m fine.”
When she realized what was going on, she transitioned into using
wind magic. She was able to destroy the Ice Spears, but she couldn’t
dodge all the fragments. Small number of wounds appeared on her
body. Artpe clicked his tongue when he saw the enemy’s violent
response. He used his Materialization spell to destroy the rest of the
Ice Spears. He gave orders to his party.
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became intruders.
So why would he trust the Ice Queen’s words when she called them
her guests?!
Regina was being carried on the back of Sienna, who was running
at high speed. Regina sounded irked as she chanted her wind spells.
He had a good guess as to who the owner of the voice was. It was
probably the Winter Queen or a vassal given authority over her
power. She wasn’t known for her martial prowess. She was a
symbolic figure within legends. She was one of the spirits of the four
season.
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reincarnation. At first, there were many parts of his dreams that
sounded like nonsense, but the voice inside his dream really had
shown up….
“Run faster!”
“But Artpe······.”
“Heek!”
However, the more amazing part was how Artpe dealt with the
attack. He assessed the rate in which his party was moving, and he
wrapped his Mana Strings around them. He was able to sense and
predict where the attacks were coming from. He formed barriers
using his Materialization spell, and his barriers were precise in
blocking the attacks!
In the opening salvo, the party became a little bit hurt. It couldn’t
be helped. However, they remained unharmed after they started
their charge. None of the barriers were breached.
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[You are fast. As expected, your senses have grown
beyond what it was before!]
Artpe had extended only a single strand of Mana String. This one
strand elongated as it fluttered around the party. It looked like a
butterfly, but in the next moment, it changed into arrows, walls and
shields to block all the Ice Spears that was threatening the party.
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to a pulp.
Artpe was getting ready to bluff like a Four Heavenly King, but the
voice responded as if she had been waiting for this.
“Koohk!?”
“B...behind us…..!”
“Kyahhhk!”
If he had been a little bit late, they wouldn’t have been able to put
up a fight. They would have been crumpled up alongside the space,
and they would have died.
“What the······!?”
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her enemies…..”
He was aware from the start that the ruin moved according to the
will of this voice. However, he never expected her to crumple and
eliminate space like that. The voice was synchronized with the ruin
itself, but at the same time, she would also have to know a high level
Space magic.
The being, who was waiting for them, had the ability to construct
and deconstruct space.
[Did you learn something just from this one move? You
really are a very entertaining child!]
When she realized that she couldn't threaten Artpe’s party using
simple elemental magic, she had changed her offensive strategy.
She started using her space magicm in earnest.
She flattened the space that Artpe’s party occupied in whole. She
even tried to predict where Artpe’s party would show up, and she
crumpled those spaces too. If Artpe didn’t possess the Read All
Creation ability, his party would have died without being able to do
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anything!
“No, you don’t have to do that. I want you all to get ready
to attack.”
No one could stop him now. It was unknown as to how many Blinks
he had used, but when he exited the range of the voice’s attack, he
brought down the magic stone hard against his boots. Then he used
his Reinforcement skill. There could be no delay in the
Reinforcement. The most important thing right now was speed!
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the hands of a magician, a miracle was created. It was
Reinforced four times. It allowed the magician to bring back
the Record of the Wind Spirit King, which had disappeared
from this world. The Record was brought down into the
boots. It no longer consumes Mana as the wearer can freely
move to any location within one’s sight. If appropriate
amount of Mana is used in conjunction, the wearer and
anyone accompanying the wearer can be transported any
distance decided by the wearer. The wearer of this item
becomes extremely agile, and a bonus for wind magic is
added.]
Was his wish granted? Or was this the fruit of cultivating his
Reinforcement skill? The Reinforcement occurred at high speeds. It
finished in the time it took to roast a peanut with a lightning.
[How can this be? The scent of the lost one is emanating
from the boots······.]
The voice realized that Artpe’s power had risen. She used
consecutive attacks to crumple the nearby space, and she was
successful in halting the hero’s party. However, something that
transcended her expectations occurred next.
[Huht!?]
“Great!”
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Artpe used the background of the dream he had. He moved his
party to the final location reached by the hero’s party of his past life!
“Check mate.”
“Bash!”
“God’s Hammer!”
“Hoo-ahp!”
When they arrived in the open space, Artpe didn’t even have to
order an attack. When Artpe previously ordered them to prepare for
an attack, they had prepared their strongest skills and spells. They
all strived to be the first to attack the female sculpture. They
unleashed an attack containing an enormous amount of Mana!
[Koohk······.]
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The members of the hero’s party were all over level 300, and their
attack slammed into the barrier surrounding the sculpture. The
protection spell around the sculpture was broken, and almost 10% of
the sculpture was destroyed. The sculpture didn’t feel any physical
pain, but it felt the loss of its Record when the sculpture was
damaged and destroyed. Her voice was filled with pain.
Yes, the voice was flowing out from the female statue.
Artpe was gasping, because he didn’t have any Mana. He was all
talk as he spoke in a smarmy manner. Earlier, he had taken a shot
from the sculpture while he was trying to bluff. This was his revenge
against her for that move.
Artpe was merely a thief trying to acquire everything the ruin had
to offer. What did the voice think Artpe was? He was at a loss for
words, so he snorted.
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[I see. It will be difficult for you to speak about it right now
in this setting.]
“Dimensional pocket?”
“······wow.”
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Source: Wuxiaworld
“That means you have something more for the other party
members?”
The female sculpture nodded her head in assent. Artpe had been
absentmindedly watching the sculpture. He suddenly choked.
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“All right. Do whatever you want.”
“Are you saying they were able to reach this place, because
they relied on my power?”
“It just means you can’t muster up an attack that can kill
them. You have created five pocket dimensions. Your power
and will have been split. Will you be able to kill my party
members, who are over level 300, with 1/5th of your power?”
“······.”
Artpe didn’t deny that point. In his past life, Artpe couldn’t reach
the ruin’s owner through his own power. It had been the same for
the hero’s party. The female sculpture had given them suitable
trials, and only through her will did they receive a reward. In the
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end, she had given a part of herself to them.
She could only mimic life, but she wasn’t alive. That was why she
was able to make such sacrifices. Maybe, this was the design of this
ruin in the first place.
Artpe knew that this being had the ability to rip apart this pocket
dimension. This was also true for the pocket dimensions containing
his other party members.
If he wanted to exit this ruin while gaining all the rewards, it would
be best to go along with her tests. Instead of killing this being to
acquire the loot, it would be better to gain the cooperation and
blessing of this being. He would deal directly with her. This was the
obvious path.
[You really love your friends. Last time, you also came here
for someone else. I guess it is the same this time around.
You haven’t searched out this place just for sake of the
hero’s party. There is another reason, right?]
[Mmmm?]
For a short time, he had forgotten that he was separated from the
others in this pocket dimension. However, that wasn’t the biggest
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reason why he sounded annoyed right now. The voice had spoken as
if she knew everything. The owner of the voice had a secret, and this
secret was like a fishbone stuck in his throat. It kept aggravating
him.
“Your Record…...”
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[You probably have a vague idea about it? I was once a
queen that had ruled over winter. I’ve existed as a human
and a Dragon. In the end, I continued to live on as a concept.
I died, yet I wasn’t fully dead. My Record remained within
the depths of Glacia. Do you realize how vast my Record had
to be for that to happen? I’m sure I don’t have to explain any
further.]
[I don’t know how many there are, but I’m probably not the
only one. Do you mind me asking you a question this time?]
From the moment Maetel learned the Record Divide in the Hero’s
development Dungeon, he had sometimes seen events from his past
life from a different perspective. It was memories of events he
hadn’t personally experienced.
Yes, the dreams were Maetel’s Record. Artpe had seen her Record.
It wasn’t the present Maetel, but the Record of Maetel from her
previous life.
Artpe gave a gruff reply, then he shut his mouth. He had learned
two shocking truths, so he was low on energy. One of the reason for
his annoyance was that he couldn’t do much to change what would
happen.
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‘Shall I ask her after I exit this place? If she knows
everything, how should I respond? What if she doesn’t know
anything? That might put weird ideas into her head…...’
[If you don’t have anything further you want to ask me, I
want you to tell me what you want from me.]
[On the other hand, the quality of this item is higher this
time. I am breaking off part of myself. This will suit her
better..]
In truth, she wasn’t wrong. A soft cold energy was emanating from
the item. It couldn't be compared to the sculpture he stole in his
previous life. He naturally realized something when he looked over
it.
“You are a sculpture made out of the world’s first ice, and
this is a part of you.”
[That’s right.]
It took him a very long time to discern the makeup of the item
using his Read All Creation ability. It wasn’t because it was made out
of many elements. It had been bonded too well, so it took him a long
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time..
It would have been understandable for a foe like the Kraken where
he couldn’t lay eyes on the entirety of a subject. He could take in the
item in its entirety with his eyes, yet it was taking a long time to see
its true nature. Maybe, his Read All Creation ability was still lacking.
This might be the impetus that would grow his ability.
This place was the biggest reason why Regina was able to go toe-
to-toe with Etna in their past lives. It was the blessing of the Winter
Queen.
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Artpe weakly mumbled to himself as he put away the sculpture. It
would be great if Etna became happy after receiving this item.
However, he became depressed when he thought about the
unavoidable fight that would occur when he met her once again.
[What else?]
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I’m not sure if this could be called living….. I’m sick of it.
Even more so in recent years.]
Artpe smirked when he heard the Winter Queen’s voice. She spoke
lightly, but it seemed she was serious. Still, he didn’t need to accept
anything more from her when what she was offering wouldn’t be of
much help to him…..
[······ho-oh. I see.]
She had the most interested look on her face since she started
conversing with Artpe. The Winter Queen answered him.
[The ice sculpture isn’t the only present you will gift her.]
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Source: Wuxiaworld
Of course, the first one to be freed from the pocket dimension was
Maetel. She took in a deep breath as she sat down. A bright smile
appeared on her face when she caught sight of Artpe. He had
already been released from the pocket dimension he was in. He was
leisurely chewing on ice.
“Artpe!”
“Yes, yes.”
She rubbed her face against his neck as she acted like a spoiled
child. He stroked her head as many thoughts went through his head.
He found out from his conversation with the Winter Queen that his
dreams were the result of sharing Records with Maetel. It meant that
there was a possibility that Maetel had already recovered the
memory of her past life. She might have recovered it long before
today.
Once she found out Artpe used to be a Four Heavenly King, there
was no way Maetel could stick to him in such a familiar manner.
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However, he couldn’t completely put this possibility out of his mind.
At times, she had revealed a very mature side to her, and that
worried him.
“It is nothing.”
If she knew about what he had done during his life as a Four
Heavenly King, there was no way she would liken him to spring. He
didn’t think she was acting. Her personality wouldn’t allow her to
hide such information about herself.
Still… Maybe…
“Artpe, you have a far away look again. You are hiding
something from me!”
“How about you? ….do you have anything you are hiding?”
“Eh-eet.”
“Hey, hey.”
She said she was trying to heat up her cold body. She was using
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such a frivolous reason to accentuate her chest. Artpe was taken
aback, so he tried to turn his gaze away.
“Huh?”
“······ah.”
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Artpe had assessed the situation, and he shuddered. The fact that he
had forgotten about it was the more surprising part. He clearly
recalled what had occurred.
That’s right. It was during the fight against the Kraken. Artpe
hadn’t acted appropriately for a being his age. He had fallen for
Maetel. He had been half-bewitched by her. He vividly remembered
saying words that he would have never said if he was of sound mind.
Wait a moment. Why was she bigger than her past self? Was it
because of her eating habits? Was it the effect of the rapid level
ups? Was it the power of her will? Was it a miracle? He was
hopelessly mired by the countless questions that were forming in his
mind. However, there was only one question that was important.
“Marriage······.”
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reach the keyword called marriage all by herself. Artpe had a
faraway look as he placed his hand on Maetel’s head.
“What!?”
After saying those words, she passed her hands over her already
ample breasts. Then she clenched her fists. Artpe inwardly thought
he might have caused another problem, but on the other hand, he
got a confirmation. There was no way this idiot remembered her
past life.
“······mmm?”
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“Of course!”
“My level was rising fast, but I was worried my body won't
grow as fast. That is why I tried this method and it worked!
Ooh-hue-hue. I’ll grow so much that Artpe will accept me
without being able to say a peep!”
There wasn’t a particular level cap, but there was a clear limit as to
how one’s body developed. However, it seemed Maetel was able to
treat the growth of her body like leveling up. It was as if her body
was putty in her hands. The ability called Acceleration seemed like a
misnomer.
“Maetel, you….”
“What?”
Artpe was about to say something about her ability, but he shut his
mouth.
He had forgotten about it, but his Innate ability called Read All
Creation ability was in its second stage right now. After he
reincarnated, he didn't see anything special that indicated that his
ability had gone through a change. However, his ability itself had
revealed to him that it had evolved to its second stage. So he knew
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his Innate Ability had grown.
He didn’t want to hinder the evolution of her Innate ability with his
careless words. He decided to observe her. Of course, he didn’t like
it at all that his request for growing faster had become the impetus
to the change in her Innate ability!
“If your body has warmed, you should get off of me. The
others will be coming out soon.”
While Maetel was trying her best to play up her beauty, a woman
appeared in the room. It was unexpectedly Vadinet. There was a
tendril of cold energy emanating from her body. She hadn’t failed
the test. She did a good job in passing.
“See.”
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she is also a hero. I feel sorry for you….”
As she spoke those words, she slid her leg towards Artpe. He was
taken aback. He blinked his eyes, and he realized that she was
wearing a stocking that she hadn’t worn before. It was a transparent
stocking. It looked as if the threads were made out of ice.
She had no experience with men, but she somehow learned many
ways to appeal to men. It was like her to choose such an item.
“Artpe?”
“Oppa!”
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“Sienna, I missed you!”
“Ee-hee-hee-hee.”
She had gained resistance against the cold, and her abilities had
been boosted all across the board. It wasn’t a bad outcome, but he
also reminded himself of the fact that they weren’t the leading role in
this ruin.
Regina possessed great talent when it came to using wind and ice
magic. Of course, she had full control over most elemental magic,
but few in the history of the continent possessed as much talent for
wind and ice magic as her. She boasted great mastery over these
two disciplines.
‘In her past life, she hadn’t been able to fulfill all the
prerequisites needed to clear this ruin, so she wasn’t able to
receive the entirety of the Winter Queen’s power. However,
it is different now.’
Maetel and Vadinet had been glaring and growling at each other.
He had waited for Sienna to come out, since she could calm them.
With the help of the Winter Queen, he was able to complete the
magic tome. After Regina finished her test, they would
immediately….
“Artpe!”
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“Calm down.”
The ruin had been attacked. It was easy enough to discern the
cause, since a crude hostility could be felt within the Mana.
The problem was the fact that he didn’t know who the owner of the
Mana was.
“Artpe, as expected….”
Maetel was about to speak, but Artpe immediately cut her off.
Maetel’s cheeks puffed out, but he wasn’t lying. It wasn’t Etna.
In terms of power, this being might not be too far behind Etna.
When he had that thought, Artpe gulped.
Even if Regina gained the entire power of the Winter Queen, the
prospect of a win looked bleak.
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Demon? If the new Demon asked for Etna’s cooperation, Artpe and
his party would certainly die.
First, he had to wait for Regina to come out from her test before he
could…..
Artpe heard a voice from behind him. Artpe whipped his head
around, and he saw the female sculpture. It had been absent from
this room when it had created five pocket dimensions. The female
sculpture had returned to reality once again.
[It wouldn’t be wise for you to exit this place right now.
The comrade of your past is with an enemy of the present.
They are gathered in one place]
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[Let us fake your deaths. I’ll sacrifice all of my remaining
power, and I will lead you down the correct path.]
“······what?”
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Chapter 135
Source: Wuxiaworld
The Winter Queen had transferred all her powers to Regina, and
she was immediately extinguished. Nothing went wrong up to that
point. It was a decent way to wrap up the story so far.
The problem right now was the fact that the ruin was collapsing in
real time.
“Kyahhhhhk! Artpe!”
“Artpe-nim!”
The power, which had been maintaining the ruin, was gone. It was
obvious as to what would happen to the structure when it was
attacked from the outside. Of course, the 10 floor ruin would
collapse on itself!
“Affirmative.”
He did not doubt her words. He could feel the Record and Mana of
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the Winter Queen emanating from Regina’s whole body. The Winter
Queen had said she would give away her power to Regina, and it
seemed the Winter Queen had went above and beyond.
‘I found it.’
The Mana around them was going wild. The Mana surged, and it
caused explosions that were destroying the ice. In the middle of all
of this chaos, there was a single path made out of Mana. This Mana
was flowing in a calm manner. The Winter Queen said she had
prepared a contingency plan. This had to be it!
“Ooh-aht!”
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this path.”
“Aaaaaaaaa-rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt-pehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
Maetel had been the first to enter the ‘Road.’ She was using her
use superhuman will and Mana to move upstream. On the other
hand, Sienna had planted her hammer into the ground. Sienna and
Vadinet was clinging to the hammer for dear life.
Artpe used his exquisite Mana Control to inject Mana into the tent
fabric. The tent opened wide, and he placed his party on top of it. It
would allow them to travel using the wind in style. It would allow
them to travel faster, and they would be comfortable while doing so.
“We have no idea how long this path is, so this will allow us
to rest. …..I have no idea when this Mana flow will be
severed.”
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time in creating this road. Maybe, she started working on it as soon
as Artpe reset the world.
However, the size and length of the road was massive. Even if the
Winter Queen had made it, he worried the road was incomplete.
“You······.”
After they settled atop the wind road, Regina had turned around.
He wondered what she was doing, but she was standing still as she
spread both her arms. It seemed she was taking in all the wind and
cold energy that was flowing past them.
“Yum yum.”
“All right. I get it. You don’t have to explain any further.”
“Did the Winter Queen tell you where this road leads to?”
“If you don’t know it, just say you don’t know it.”
“I don’t know.”
They didn’t know what waited for them at the end of road, but they
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had already distanced themselves from the ruin. They had been
guided by the wind for a short amount of time, but they had travelled
several hundred kilometers at the very least.
Maetel’s joke was secondary to the frost resistance and the level
up acquired by the party members. Above all else, Regina had
gained a new power, and she would be able to go toe-to-toe with
Etna now.
For better or for worse, the opportunity to confirm the ability of the
magic tome was pushed back when a new enemy showed up. It
wasn’t a big deal. He was actually happy, since he had more time to
‘experiment’ with the magic tome.
The problem was the sudden appearance of the new enemy. This
being had attacked the ruin without reason. Artpe had sensed the
being’s Mana, and he was sure that he had never met this Demon in
his past life.
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‘This Demon might be an officer in the force of the other
Demon King candidate. Maybe, this being was responsible
for sending Etna towards the ice continent…....’
He could somewhat guess at why Etna was sent towards the ice
continent. Maybe, they wanted her to lose her life when she
confronted the ruin. That probably was a leap in logic. Maybe, this
was a plot to make sure the hero’s party never gained the power of
the Winter Queen. They might have been expecting the Fire Witch to
blow away the ruin using her power.
‘Now I’m sure that I’m not the only one possessing
knowledge of the past life. There is a force that hadn’t
existed in my past life. Maybe, they are the source of all the
misfortune I suffered. That means from now on…..’
Rain of Ruin. It gathered the Mana of the land, and the spell turned
the Mana into an offensive force. It synchronized and strengthened
the Mana of the user. It was an AoE spell that allowed the user to
bombard one’s target.
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it consumed all of one’s Mana. Secondly, the process of chanting this
spell was embarrassing. It was so embarrassing that death might be
preferable.
“I’m not the one that needs to learn it. After you learn it,
you’ll have to proudly chant that spell out loud. You should
rehearse it starting from now.”
Regina had been busy absorbing the Mana within the winds.
Regina kept shaking her head from side to side as she kept punching
Artpe’s shoulder. Maetel stared at Artpe, who was chuckling. She
asked him a question.
“I see······.”
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place.
“······?”
The only thing weighed on his mind was the fact that he hadn’t
been able to recruit the warrior and the archer from the hero’s party
of his past life. In her past life, Maetel was able to recruit them
through series of chance encounters. It couldn’t be helped that they
weren’t able to come across the warrior and the archer.
There was the holy priestess Vadinet, who had to part with the
hero’s party in her past life. Then there was the powerful dark horse
Sienna. She was an Evil Reflector, and she was the antipode to the
Demon race. Artpe had done everything he could do in the human
realm. In fact, he probably went above and beyond what had been
required of him.
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Demon King. I cannot let my guard down. Moreover,
someone entirely new was added into the existing structure
of the Four Heavenly King. It is quite suspicious…. I don’t
know what my party will face, so it is imperative that we
strengthen our party. Mmm. Instead of the archer from our
past lives, maybe I should add Mycenae to the party.’
She acted arrogant for being a great merchant, but Artpe kinda
liked… Mycenae seemed very interested in joining their party, so if
he asked her to join the party, she would quickly accept the offer.
Should they really leave for the Demon world? Doubt started to
slowly creep into his mind. Did they really finish all their tasks in the
human realm? Did they really complete everything to the best of
their ability?!
“······oppa?”
She was the only one amongst the hero’s party that reassured his
heart. She was the treasure of this party. At Sienna’s careful
questioning, Artpe ended his brooding. He raised his head, and he
realized something.
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They were traveling several hundred meters each second. They
were traveling at incredible speed, and they had already exited
Glacia. At this rate, they probably could cross several oceans to
reach Diaz once again. They were moving that fast.
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Source: Wuxiaworld
Several minutes had passed since they realized which direction the
wind road was flowing. Artpe and his party members shared a
companionable silence.
The hero’s party was riding a carpet deep into the ground, and
they were probably going to die. It might be a death of their own
making. It would be too embarrassing to put this story into the
hero’s tale.
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“Affirmative.”
Artpe could use the Blink Boot’s option. He could transport to any
location he desired. He could use this option once each day. It
wouldn’t be too hard to escape from this place if he could use that
ability.
[Nyaa. Nyaa-ah.]
It had been a pretty long time since Roa had eaten negative
energy. This was why she insisted that she was emaciated. Of
course, she was regularly eating other forms of energy, so she was
just exaggerating her hardship.
“Be patient.”
[Nyaa!?]
Roa had been quiet up until now. When Roa started to assert
herself, it meant some kind of change was coming. Soon, he was
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proven right.
Artpe was about to burst out laughing when Sienna tilted her head
as she asked her question.
“Did an Undead really show up? I don’t feel the energy that
would accompany it.”
He stroked the head of Roa when she stuck her head out from his
pocket. She had suddenly regained her vitality. Artpe spoke to his
party members.
“Yes.”
Artpe closed his eyes. The wind road was still carrying them at
high speeds, and Regina started absorbing the wind at a much faster
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rate.
He was sure of it now. Artpe’s Read All Creation ability could sense
it. At the end of this road, the country of the underground race was
waiting for them. He could also feel an evil energy, so there might
be other beings beside the Dwarves waiting for Artpe’s party.
“It has been a very long time since the Dwarves made an
appearance in our history. I am of this era, so I have only
studied up on records of the distant past. These documents
only mention the Dwarves in passing. Most of the
information know about the Dwarves are inaccurate. The
authors of these books mixed in their own imagination, so
the information had been distorted in odd ways. I’m sure
some of it is correct, but…...”
“Yes.”
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As expected of a wandering merchant, he must have developed
the skill to bullshit. However, Artpe didn’t go out of his way to
destroy Maetel’s fantasy. He didn’t have to since they would be
meeting the Dwarves soon.
Above all else, Artpe didn’t know much about the Dwarves either.
In his past life, the Dwarves were never featured in the story of the
hero or the Demon King. They had been absent.
[Nyaa nyaa-ahhhhhh!]
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Regina, who had been silent, spoke up at that moment.
“Can you not look at me like that? You are scaring me.”
“Artpe!”
A large wall suddenly came into view. If they continued along this
path, they would crash into the wall! They would be flattened like
pancakes! The wind road was coming to an end.
Regina diligently moved her hands to absorb all the Mana, but they
were already traveling at high speeds. Regina’s actions didn’t slow
down their speed. It really looked as if they were about to die, so
Sienna lifted her sledge hammer.
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In the next moment...
Artpe threw the ball of Mana resting atop his palm. In a flash, the
ball expanded, and it looked as if would cover the entire wall. The
wall was destroyed at an incredible rate, and a path through the wall
was created.
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The fact that he had erased a portion of the wall didn’t mean that
he could wipe out the speed of the tent! When they passed through
the hole in the wall, the party was sent flying towards the floor.
When they were on the wind road, there hadn’t been any
turbulence. However, once they lost balance, the tent started to
wobble in every direction. In a single second, they started to spin
several dozen times!
“Ooh-waaaaaaaaaa!”
“This is fun!”
“!?”
[Geeeeeeeeeeee.]
[Kyaa-ahhhhhh.]
“Ooh-ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
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Roa continued to meow within his pocket! The tent fabric opened
up wide, and it surrounded the party. It stopped the descent of the
party.
[Gee-gee-gee-gee-gee?]
The warriors were in the midst of a fierce battle with the monsters.
The eyes of the warriors and the monsters turned round when they
saw a large ball of something appear in the air.
[Nyaa!]
[Nyaaaahhhhhh!]
It truly had been a long time since she had feasted on a buffet.
She was overly excited. She immediately resolved into black fog.
Roa let out a roar as she speeded across the air!
The surprised warriors swung their axes on reflex, but she easily
dodge all of them. Then Roa pounced on the monsters, which were
infused with Demonic energy. She used the technique she had
developed over time. She easily ignored the resistance put up by the
monsters, and she started sucking out only the Demonic energy.
[Geee······ Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!]
[Gya-gya-gya-gya-gya-gyahk!]
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Horrifying screams that shouldn’t exist in this world filled the
square. The monsters despaired when a monster worse than them
had made an appearance. She was ruthless as she feasted on the
monsters from an unknown origin. The warriors, who had been
fighting against the monsters, felt shock and fear when they
witnessed Roa’s gluttony. They lost the initiative.
“Is it the core of the Abyss? It might be trying to eat all the
Shadows of the Sinners to ascend to the top! It might be
trying to rule the underground!”
The monsters and warriors within the square froze again for an
entirely different reason. The large fabric had slowly landed on the
ground.
Artpe’s party rose from the middle of the fabric, and the warriors
flinched once again. The fact that they were emitting a serious
amount of energy was secondary to the fact that these new figures
were from a completely different race.
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Even as the short warriors whispered amongst themselves, they
raised their weapons towards Artpe’s party. They were wary of
Artpe’s party. The warriors were short. They barely reached past
130 centimeters, yet their small bodies were sturdy with muscles.
Artpe mumbled his words.
“I guess so······.”
It was the moment when they faced the Dwarven race, who had
been lost from history.
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[Kee-ahhhhhhh!]
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“Are you our enemies?! Are you guys from the Demon
race?!”
First, Artpe was going to cut off the idea that his party was the
enemy. Artpe pointed towards the black fog that was zipping across
the square.
“My god······.”
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as she stared at the deep black hole. She nodded her head as she
returned to Artpe’s arms.
Just the presence of the hole dyed its surrounding with Demonic
energy. It was also a Dungeon that periodically spat out evil spirits
from within. It was no wonder the Dwarves were trapped
underground. It was understandable as to why they no longer
appeared above ground.
“A...a cat?”
The Dwarven warriors quieted down. Artpe had gained the upper
hand by merely having Roa in his arms. He smirked as he took a
step forward. The Dwarves flinched, and every one of them clenched
their weapons harder.
Artpe spoke.
The Dwarves thought they were going to fight a battle that would
determine the fate of the entire race. They had been trembling at
that thought. When they heard Artpe’s random question, they tilted
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their head in confusion.
“Q...Quests?”
Artpe had been surprised when he saw the existence of the long
tunnel. Aside from the Dwarves from the legends, it was impossible
to excavate and maintain structures so deep within the earth.
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monsters possessed Demonic energy. The Dwarves were like the
Elves. They were of another race. Artpe wasn’t going to attack
them.
It hadn’t been too long since he had settled the problems between
humans and the Elves. When he thought about that incident, Artpe
just shrugged his shoulders.
“Uh······.”
“Living Armor?”
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another Dwarf. He had been wrong. Even if the height of Maetel and
Artpe was combined, this man might be taller. He was wearing
enormous full plate armor and helm. There was a large axe and
shield strapped to his back, yet he was running at high speeds
through the tunnel.
The Dwarves, who were chasing after him, kept yelling at Erick.
They wanted him not to be rash in his actions. However, it was as if
the words of the Dwarves went in one ear and out the other. Erick
gripped his axe as he increased his speed. When Maetel saw this,
she started unsheathing her sword. However, Artpe stopped her
before she unsheathed it fully.
“Ok. Understood.”
A very tough and manly voice rang out from within the armor.
Artpe smirked as he nodded his head.
“I like the fact that you are honest! It is nice to meet you.
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My name is Elrick! ······ah.”
“I’m Artpe.”
[Nyaa-ahhhhh.]
When the man saw a cat shake her tail as she settled into Artpe’s
pocket, his voice rose in surprise.
“So this cat ate all the Shadows of the Sinners? It really is
an incredible familiar.”
When he checked it with his Read All Creation ability, he found out
that they were Ancient Evil Spirits. However, he didn’t want to call
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them by such a strange name, so Artpe settled on calling them
Shadows of Sinners.
Artpe checked himself. The man wasn’t taking off the helmet and
gauntlets out of sheer stubbornness. He couldn’t take it off.
Amongst curses, this armor was infused with the highest ranked
curse. The suffering created from not being able to take off the
armor was immeasurable. He didn’t want to feel sympathy, but
Artpe felt sympathy for the man.
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discovered that I couldn't take it off. At first, I travelled to
Paladia, but they denied me entrance to the city. I was told I
looked too suspicious. , I went to Aedia, but the first thing
those bastards did was to put a strange contract in front of
me. That is why I wandered the world, and in the end, I
arrived underground. I thought maybe the Dwarves had
some method of getting this off.”
He had travelled all over the world for the single goal of getting his
armor off. In the end, he arrived at the underground world where the
Dwarves lived. Unlike him, Artpe’s party had arrived at this location
through the help of the Winter Queen. They used a half-assed
method to reach this place. Elrick’s story was worthy of someone
that was a main character to a story.
“It’s all right. It’s all right. By coming here, I found a foe
that I can fight, so it wasn’t a loss.”
“That’s······ Hmm.”
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us towards this place. That is how we reached this place.”
“That means you guys came here by chance, and you don’t
plan on acting hostile towards the Dwarves…. Moreover, you
want to receive a Quest from us.”
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monsters that was infused with Demonic energy. In the beginning,
he thought they were the reason why the Winter Queen had sent
them here. However, such thoughts were wiped cleaned from his
mind when he saw Elrick.
The man named Elrick was wearing heavy armor, and he was
laughing heartily as he spoke to the Dwarves.
He was one of the original three members that had joined the
hero’s party. Even when the hero’s party had reached the Demon
King’s castle, the warrior had continued to be the sturdy backbone of
the hero’s party.
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Chapter 138
Source: Wuxiaworld
Artpe already had a rough idea as to why the Dwarves were unable
to travel aboveground,. They were too busy blocking the monsters
called the ‘Shadows of Sinners’, and these Shadows had crawled out
from holes within the underground realm of the Dwarves.
Despite this fact, the Dwarves had done well. They lived
underground as they disposed of the Shadows. However, at some
point in time, the power and number of monsters increased
significantly.
Those that couldn’t withstand the change died one by one. While
the number of Dwarves dwindled, the number of enemies continued
to rise. When they were backed up against the wall, the warrior
Elrick had shown up. He had possessed amazing power.
The Dwarves were doing a little bit better than the worst case
scenario, because Elrick had been helping them for the past several
years. It meant Artpe’s party had come to the underground world at
the right time.
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a little bit. A Dwarf peek out from behind Elrick as he spoke. Artpe
didn’t hesitate as he confirmed the Dwarf’s theory.
“Of course. The question is how fast we can finish it. That
is the only debate in this matter.”
[Nyaa-ah.]
“I’ll take whatever you guys can give us. Now that I think
about it…..”
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It seemed the Dwarves were stronger than any aboveground elite
order of knights. Artpe also realized something.
Aside from their martial prowess that was beyond elite, the
Dwarves possessed something else that was obvious.
“On the other hand, that is all we can give you, so I’m at a
loss for words.”
Elrick and the Dwarves exchanged few more words. They nodded
their heads as they turned around. Elrick was wearing a steel
helmet, so his expression was indecipherable. However, he could
feel a sense of relief coming from Elrick. He was aware of the
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dangers of the underground world, and it would have been a lie to
say that he didn’t welcome the appearance of Artpe’s party.
This was how Artpe’s party had ended the battle, and a temporary
peace had returned to the square. As they traveled through the
tunnel created by the Dwarves, more Dwarves started to appear
from various locations, and they joined the procession.
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“Ah, Artpe. It’s this way.”
Soon, the tunnel came to an end, and they were greeted by a very
large space. It couldn’t be compared to the square from before.
Maetel’s mouth fell open as she stared at the absurdly high ceiling.
“The fact that you were able to realize that fact at a glance
is amazing. …..yes. They are able to gain mastery over
Mana through their blacksmithing skill. In fact, I heard that
this is how they are able to create Artifacts. Of course, this is
the first time seeing it in reality.”
“So even Artpe is seeing this for the first time. Hoo hoo.”
“Idiots.”
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to say anything negative. The fact that another race was able to live
underground was miraculous in itself.
“It’ll be fine to think about that later on. Look over there.
That place is where you guys will reside.”
“How kind.”
“All right, Elrick. Let’s have some ale later on at the pub!”
“Of course!”
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It was a question posed by Elrick. This was obvious, but Elrick’s
helmet prevent Artpe from ascertaining his expresssion.
“It won’t be too long before the Demon King’s army will
invade the human realm. If such a dependable army decides
to join humanity’s side, it would naturally bring stability back
to the human realm.”
“······.”
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He never expected such words from Elrick, so Atpe couldn’t reply.
It seemed Elrick realized that the human realm was in trouble. This
was surprising in itself, but a bigger blow arrived immediately
afterwards.
“Huh.”
“If you told everyone that you are the hero, everyone
would have followed your words. So why didn’t you tell
them?”
In truth, the situation had progress too rapidly that it would have
felt awkward to reveal the fact that they were the heroes. However,
he didn’t tell Elrick this fact. It also seemed Elrick liked his
explanation.
“In that sense, I would like to ask…. How did you know I
was the hero?”
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little bit, but you look almost exactly the same. That means
the girl behind you is named Maetel? I’ve seen you guys not
too long ago, so it would be strange if I didn’t remember you
guys.”
Artpe was getting a feel for when Erick had entered the territory of
the Dwarves! Elrick nodded his head in an indifferent matter.
“It has only been 3 years!? You guys got this strong in just
3 years!?”
“Ha······.”
[Elrick Beltopata]
[Human Male]
[Shield Master]
[Level : 287]
The party had begun with just Maetel and Silpennon. It didn’t take
them too long to bring in the warrior as a comrade. At the time, the
warrior had been struggling to get past level 200. For some reason,
the current warrior was similar in level and skill compared to Artpe’s
party when they entered into Paladia!
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This was why Artpe had been surprised when he met the warrior.
There was only one possibility. In his past life, the warrior had
joined the hero’s party without meeting the Dwarves. The heroes
had run away in this life, and the warrior’s future had changed. That
meant the warrior had fought incredibly strong monsters in the
territory of the Dwarves, and his growth had been accelerated.
“You dont’ have to worry about it. We’ll end this soon.”
“Soon?”
The fact that Roa could or couldn’t solve this on her own wasn’t the
problem. As soon as Artpe established a Quest with the Dwarves,
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Roa had been afraid someone would steal some of the energy from
her. She had run straight towards the hole.
When the fact that he was the hero was revealed by Elrick, Artpe
had lost the upper-hand. Artpe had easily regained the upperhand
right now.
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Chapter 139
Source: Wuxiaworld
Elrick Beltopata had been the warrior of the hero’s party in his past
life. When Artpe had died, Elrick had still been unable to take off his
armor.
In fact, the curse was strengthened every time blood was soaked
into the armor during a victory in battle. At this point in time, there
was no Cancellation magic in the human realm that could free Elrick.
It was something no one in the human realm could do. Artpe had
nonchalantly said that he could do it, so it would have been strange if
Elrick hadn’t shown any excitement. His armor clanked as he
approached Artpe. Elrick pushed his head close to Artpe’s face as he
spoke.
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“The Dwarves have the unsurpassed ability to create magic
through metal. I confirmed it with my own two eyes earlier….
However, their abilities are lacking for your purpose. At the
very least, they won’t be able to do it with their current level
of skill.”
“Even they can’t do, so how will you be able to do it? That
is what I want to hear!”
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If Elrick was female, his party members would have watched over
him with vigilant eyes. However, Elrick was male. His party was
worn out from the travel between the Winter Queen’s ruin and the
underground world. They meekly went to rest. The only one that
worried over Artpe was Maetel.
“Ouch.”
Artpe and Elrick sat across the dining table from each other. Artpe
couldn’t see Elrick’s face thanks to the armor, but Artpe could hear
the armor clank. Elrick was fidgeting. It was clear that Elrick was
nervous.
“Hey, Artpe….”
If he delayed this any further, Elrick would probably grab the axe
propped up next to the front door. Elrick would probably bring the
axe down on him, so Artpe decided to acquiesce to Elrick’s request.
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thick and vicious. It is basically the ultimate delicacy for
her.”
“Mmm?”
“You are really powerful right now, and you have earned
the respect of the Dwarves…. If you lose the ability of the
armor, will you be able to pull off exploits like right now?”
On the other hand, there were few miraculous factors that allowed
one to transcend the difference in level.
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The most typical example was the special Classes like being a hero
and a holy priestess. Then there was the Innate abilities. Lastly,
there were Artifacts that performed at a transcendent level.
“······.”
“I······.”
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Artpe looked at him with amusement in his eyes. Finally, Elrick
opened his mouth.
“I see.”
“But?”
“In the end, the Artifact is a tool I use. I cannot let the
armor use me. I cannot let it be my master. That is why I
want to take off the armor.”
When Elrick saw Artpe’s smile deepen, his armor once again
clanked.
“I bet a lot of people told you that you are full of it.”
“Then I’ll add to that number. You are really full of it.”
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He had heard it too much that he wasn’t bother by it. Artpe
shrugged his shoulders as he spoke.
“No, you should hear me out first. In truth, the surest way
of getting your armor off is to use Roa. However, there is
another method that I can attempt.”
There was a sure way of getting the armor off, so why would he
choose another method?!
“My mom always said there is no free lunch. She also said
this. If a deal sounds too good to be true, I should chew on it
a hundred times then I should decline the offer.”
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possibility of you and I becoming injured. If we leave it to
Roa, she’ll eat it before the vengeful spirit of the armor can
do anything to you, so there is no danger with that method.”
“Don’t you want to join our party? Even if the task within
the underground world is solved, you won’t be able to join
our party in your state.”
“······.”
It seemed Artpe had hit the bullseye. Elrick immediately fell silent.
“It had been three years since the news about the heroes
were announced. You lived in this dark underground, yet you
didn’t forget about that information.”
“Koo-hoo······.”
Of course, Artpe had seen Elrick in the hero’s party with his own
two eyes in his past life. Elrick fell for Artpe’s specialty called the
Bluff skill.
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this mean that I am worthless without this armor?”
It was a chance for Roa to eat to her heart’s content and grow.
······it was also a chance for him to experiment with his magic tome.
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“······all right. I’ll attempt it if you accept my terms. If you
succeed, you’ll accept me into your party.”
The magic tome was being used against a vengeful spirit instead of
a Demon. Still, it was in the margin of what the magic tome was
capable of doing. He just needed to come up with several new
methods in how he’ll use the magic tome. He had to prepare the
magic stone.
He had never expected to meet Elrick in the first place when they
drifted into the underground world. The fact that he was able to
prepare the magic in one day was a miracle in itself.
“A battle…. Thank you for worrying about us. I'll see you
tomorrow. Get ready to take off that suffocating helmet.”
This was how Artpe very easily tricked Elrick. It made him look
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forward to tomorrow.
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Chapter 140
Source: Wuxiaworld
The hero’s question still made her sound very young. The only part
of the helmet that could be opened was the chin guard. The warrior
was eating the soup through this opening when he replied with a flat
voice.
“It is stuffy.”
The hero was very kind and beautiful, but she was a bit dumb.
Since the thief knew this, he desperately tried to hold back the
warrior. There were only three members in the hero’s party, and it
would be ridiculous to lose one member for such a ridiculous reason.
The hero tilted her head. Her bright golden hair flowed down to
the side as a result, and Silpennon became mesmerized as he
watched this sight. He let out a fake cough.
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“Silpennon.”
The hero was a bit dumb, but her ability to control Mana was
beyond exceptional. It exceeded all imagination. If she was the one
inflicted with the curse, she would probably be able to move around
the Mana of the curse to remove the armor. That thought came
unbidden to him, and it pissed him off more. He was mad, because
he was inferior compared to this idiot!
Silpennon took the ladle from the warrior, and he took his own
portion of the soup. He blew on his soup as he asked a question. It
hadn’t been long since they started their journey. He looked young
at that moment.
“No matter how I see it, the armor is full of ominous Mana.
You are incredibly skilled, so I cannot accept the idea that
you put that armor on without knowing about the curse.”
“Hoo-ooh······.”
When the hero and the thief asked in unison, the armored warrior
thought for a brief moment. His armor clanked as he groaned. He
started speaking. Since he was wearing the helmet, one couldn’t see
if his mouth was open or not.
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“I knew it.”
“So why did you do it? Elrick, you don’t seem like the
person to covet power.”
They hadn’t traveled too long with each other, but Silpennon and
Maetel had already assessed Elrick’s personality. Elrick loved helping
the weak, and he couldn’t stand injustice. Basically, he had the
personality of a prototypical hero.
That is why his words were very unexpected. The hero’s mouth
had fallen open as she asked her question.
“Hey! Kuh-huhk!”
Instead of the warrior, the thief tried to flick his fingers on the
forehead of the hero. However, the hero used her swift movement to
dodge, and she reflexively kicked the thief on his shin. The thief fell
over in pain. Afterwards, the hero finally realized what she had done.
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on my instinct to act. I’m the one in the wrong…. However,
you should think about his situation. He wore something he
couldn’t take off once he put it on. There is no way it is a
pimple.”
She had always been like that. It was impossible for one’s opinion
of a person not to be influenced by a person’s appearance. However,
the hero never spoke ill about a person’s outward appearance.
They had travelled with the hero, and they knew she was
genuinely like that. That was why the warrior and the thief was at a
loss for words.
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“Can it be that you are more handsome than me….”
However, in the future they met a black haired youth, who looked
too handsome to be a normal merchant. After meeting him by
coincidence, the hero continued to be in a dazed state. It seemed
the hero didn’t discriminate based on outward appearance, but she
wasn’t blind to outward appearance. When Silpennon realized this
fact, he despaired.
When he opened his eyes, Maetel’s face was right in front of his
nose.
“Mwah.”
“······.”
“Ooh-huehuehue.”
“Ah-yaht.”
“Hmm.”
Maetel didn’t dodge his blow. She was in pain as she hunched her
body. Artpe watched her for a moment, then he got up. At that
moment, Vadinet opened the door to the room, and she entered.
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“Mlem!”
It seemed Maetel was able to dodge Artpe’s fingerflick, yet she was
purposefully allowing him to hit her. Vadinet was floundering on the
floor. Artpe helped her up, and he once again flicked Maetel on the
forehead.
“Ah-yaht! Eh-hee-hee.”
He already knew that the content of his dream was true. His
earlier order to Vadinet was a simple experiment to test Maetel’s
reflex, and he had confirmed that her reflex remained the same as
the version of her in her past life. Maetel clung to him as if she liked
being hit by him. He pushed Maetel away as he asked Vadinet a
question.
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here?”
For reference, Sienna and Regina had been in Glacia longer than
the other party members. This was why they were still asleep. In
any case, he didn’t particularly need their help, so he decided to let
them sleep in peace. The three of them opened the front door, and
they went outside.
“I’m here!”
Elrick was there. He had left yesterday in a very cool manner, but
it seemed he had come running to this location as soon as the light
was turned on.
In the dream, Elrick had revealed that he had put on the armor,
because of his appearance. Elrick’s past life and his current life had
diverged, but they had walked down the same road until the
divergence. It seemed he was ready to take off the armor and face
his true self. It didn’t matter which life he was in. The desire was the
same.
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“You heard our conversation yesterday.”
“What!?”
It wasn't just one or two Dwarves. One Dwarf called another Dwarf
and that Dwarf called another Dwarf….. In fact, there was even a
Dwarf with a mug of ale in his hand! When Artpe looked at Elrick, he
also looked taken aback.
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Shadows of Sinners seen from the hole…...”
“Shit······.”
“······no.”
Elrick thought about it for a brief moment, but he shook his head
from side to side.
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“My god. I’ve heard about it before. If one possesses that,
it is said that one can make the strongest staff in existence.”
“Ohhhhhhhhhhh!”
[Kyahh-ha-ahhhhhhhhhhh!]
“Koohk!?”
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berserker. Until now, Elrick’s excellent mental capacity allowed him
to control the power of the armor. However, when the armor realized
that it was about to be transmuted, it tried to forcefully take over
Elrick’s mind. Elrick was desperately fighting against it as he yelled.
[Kyah-ahhhhhhhhhh!]
The magic tome was created to flip a Demon. The power of the
curse was fundamentally different from the power of a Demon.
However, the vengeful spirit was much weaker than a Demon, so it
couldn’t resist against the power of the magic tome. It was gripped
by the power of the magic tome.
[Keeeeeeeeeeee!]
“Great!”
Artpe tried to imprint the sensation he was feeling right now into
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his memory. The last page of the magic tome was opened. The
Demite let out an explosive and blinding light. The light put a stop to
the movement of the vengeful spirit, and in the next moment, the
magic tome’s power poured into the vengeful spirit!
[Koo-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!]
The vengeful spirit’s death cry filled the square of the city. It was
powerful, and it was short. The light, which had exploded out of the
Demite, subsided. All the light disappeared.
“Done.”
After using all its power, the magic tome fell from the air. Artpe
leisurely received it, then he put the magic tome into his pocket. He
truly had a gratified expression on his face.
“······my god.”
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wasn’t an exorcism·····.”
By the look of it, the armor hadn’t remained unchanged. The black
stain had changed into a blue marking. It created geometric lines
that covered the entire armor.
“Kyahhhhhhhhk!”
“It is empty!”
From within the armor, Elrick grumbled when he heard the reaction
from his surrounding. Maetel’s five sense were sensitive, so she
tilted her head in confusion. She thought, ‘His voice sounds
different?’
The top half of the armor finally fell noisily to the floor.
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“······huh?”
“No way.”
“Elrick!?”
“Shit······.”
In its place, a very small and cute boy with the height of 130 cm
stood there.
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Chapter 141
Source: Wuxiaworld
Elrick could feel the gazes of the Dwarves and humans planted
squarely on him. He sounded sullen as he tried to set the record
straight. However, they weren’t really paying attention to his words.
Everyone was confused. Amongst all of them, Maetel was the only
one to look at Artpe with worried eyes.
“I don’t know what you are thinking right now, but the
answer is no.”
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tedious moment.
As the owner of the Read All Creation, it wasn’t even work for Artpe
to look past the armor. He could see the true form of Elrick.
Artpe didn’t reply, but a bright smile remained on his face. Elrick
grumbled saying Artpe was really full of himself. However, his sullen
attitude didn’t last long. To be precise, the people around him
wouldn’t let him remain in his sullen attitude.
It might have been a different story if this was the human realm,
but they were in the underground world. The Dwarves were god-
fearing race. They possessed a magnanimous and open-minded
personality. They were a bit surprised by Elrick’s appearance, but in
the next moment, they had approached him. They looked at him
with bright smiles on their faces.
“Congratulation!”
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Elrick was surrounded by the Dwarves, and he looked shocked.
However, he was able to put on a bright smile. It seemed he was
able to leave behind all his past traumas. He let out a genuine laugh.
What a beautiful sight it was!
The young man furrowed his brows. He realized that Artpe hadn’t
spoken those words to simply torment him. In the next moment, he
realized the meaning behind Artpe’s words. He could feel the energy
of hell moving in an uncontrolled manner. It was coming from the
holes the Dwarves had always guarded. It was the entrances that
they hadn’t dared to enter.
“Is it…...”
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describe a struggle put up by an inferior opponent. However, the
extremely fierce energy was rampaging below, and it felt like it was
coming from a predator. Despite this fact, Artpe spoke in a confident
manner.
The Dwarves didn’t know that Roa had left first to clear the pit.
This was why they cheered when they saw Artpe’s party leave to
complete their Quest. On the other hand, Elrick’s face crumpled.
“No, Maetel. You don’t have to look too deeply into such
words. It is unnecessary.”
Elrick willingly agreed to join the party, but Artpe’s party hadn’t
properly shown their martial prowess to Elrick yet.
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“No. Let’s let them rest. The amount of fatigue they had
accumulated isn’t insignificant…. Above all else, there is a
very small possibility of a new monster spawning while we
are inside the pit. A monster might ambush the city.”
He had talked about it, but he knew that the probability of that
happening was close to zero percent. However, Artpe didn’t mention
that fact. He immediately gathered Maetel, Vadinet, and Elrick, who
was putting on his armor with a bitter expression on his face. He was
planning on leaving immediately.
“You should know your place. If you don’t want to die, you
should stay here.”
This was how Artpe was successful in settling down the Dwarves.
He led his party down the road leading to the pit. There were
several dozen holes being guarded by the Dwarves, and all of them
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were accessible through tunnels. Currently, the underground tunnels
were ominously silent, but everyone was focused on what was going
on at the heart of the pit.,
That meant he had another reason for going into the pit. Vadinet
tilted her head in puzzlement as she asked him a question.
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appearance of the Shadows of Sinners”
“Coerced······?”
Any event that happened in the gray area of several hundred years
ago always had something to do with the past hero. Artpe wondered
if the underground world had something to do with his sunbae-nim.
His mind inevitably thought about the past hero.
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If the Ancient temple was a bit larger, it would have been
impossible to seal it. If the Ancient Kraken’s power was a
little bit stronger, the seal would have been impossible to
form. Moreover, the seal was strengthened by using the
mermaid kingdom and its roads. These structures acted as
support. However, things are different underground. The
conditions are too poor. Only the Dwarves could have lasted
couple hundred years in this place.”
‘Wait a moment······?’
Demons?
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makes no…..’
It sounded plausible.
This was why he had excluded the other possibility. It was the
possibility of the research being started long before his time. It was
started so long ago that the past life Artpe didn’t know about it.
“If that is true, does that mean the research into the
Demonification curse….. It was started by an earlier
generation Demon King?”
“Maybe.”
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“My god······.”
Still, this didn’t mean there wasn’t any positive news that came out
of this. It meant the results of the current research was much more
inferior to the results of the past research.
“Hey. Are you trying to bring down the morale of the new
member? Why in the world are you talking about things I
can’t understand?”
“Ah, that’s right. I’m sorry, Elrick. I’ll give you a quick
summary. These are the important points. There is the
current Demon King and his forces. Then there is another
force that is working in isolation from the current Demon
King’s forces. There is a high probability that they are the
remnant forces of a previous Demon King. The beings inside
the pit…...”
Did she mean the moment when the Record Divide was
strengthened? Maetel’s words had come out of nowhere. Artpe burst
out laughing as he made a declaration to his party.
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Of course, the number of questions that remained unanswered
remained high like a mountain. Why were the forces of the past
Demon King unable to run amok in Artpe’s past life? That was the
main question he had. However, he couldn’t openly discuss this with
his party members, so he firmly shut his mouth.
The party went into the hole. It was a place filled with Roa’s
powerful energy and roar. It was also a place filled with the sound of
the Shadow’s despair as they tried to resist against Roa.
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Chapter 142
Source: Wuxiaworld
“She didn’t even leave a seed behind. She killed them all.”
It was inadequate to say that Roa had easily quelled the Abyss.
She had cleared the Abyss with such ferocity that no monsters would
form in the future!
[Koo-ohhhhhhhhhhh-ahhhhhhhhhhhh!]
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Kraken..”
Elrick had been confident in his own skills, yet he never was able to
beat the Shadows with such overwhelming force. When Artpe
smirked at him, Elrick became a bit angry. He tightened his grip on
his axe.
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“Purification changes Demonic energy into regular Mana or
blessed Mana. On the other hand, Roa’s Gluttony is…. It is
as it sounds. She eats everything. Her Gluttony isn’t some
convenient ability.”
“All right.”
[Mee-yahhhhhhhhhhht!]
[Goo-go-ohhhhhhhh, go-go-go-oh-ahhhhhhhhh!]
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making up the seal couldn’t withstand it. Parts of the seal were
broken, and Shadows started leaking out of the abyss.
Artpe let out a bitter laughter as he moved his feet. He had a good
idea where the battle was occurring. He could sense an absurdly
dense Demonic energy gathered in one location, and an enormous
amount of magical energy that was trying to suppress it. Then there
was Roa. He could sense her Mana, and she was going crazy trying
to eat everything.
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
Artpe repeatedly told his party members that only a part of their
body had to be in contact. However, his party members were terrible
at listening to him. When one looked at the sight, it looked as if they
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had left behind any tension above ground. Elrick was seriously
thinking about whether he had to hug Artpe or not. Artpe just
grabbed Elrick’s armor, then he used Blink.
[Nyaa-ahhhhhh, nyaa-nyaa-ahhhhht!]
[Nyaa-ahhhhhhhhhhh!]
Her roar was as cute as ever, but her black and sleek body had
grown several dozen times larger. She was filling up the large space!
If she was in her black fog form, her size wouldn’t have surprised
him. However, she was in her true form! An enormous monster was
attacking her from the other side, and Roa was engaged in a hand to
paw combat. It seemed this was truly her form now.
[Nyaa nyaa-ahhhhhhhhhhhhht!]
“Roa is biiiiiiiig!”
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“When I first saw the fight, I thought about assisting her,
but…...”
Artpe watched Roa, who was in a fierce fight with the enemy. He
grinned. The Demonic energy making up the enormous Shadow of
Sinners was being drained into Roa even now. The Shadow was
probably much bigger in the beginning.
Artpe stretched out his Mana Strings into his surrounding. The
Shadow reacted in a very sensitive manner, but it couldn’t do
anything when faced with Roa’s fierce attacks. It had no choice but
to focus its attention on Roa. Artpe hummed as he used this
opportunity to expand his Mana Strings to the interior of the massive
space.
His eyes could see the structure of this space. There were hidden
traps, and rewards that would be given to the great challenger. At
this point, Artpe was sure that the Abyss was created by the previous
generation’s hero.
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“Artpe, if you reveal everything like this…..”
The summary was this. Artpe couldn’t discern what it was, but this
unknown substance was letting out a ridiculous amount of Demonic
energy. The previous hero had considered this substance to be a
danger to the world, so he had buried it within the Abyss. Then he
asked the Dwarves to guard it.
“If someone saw this, one would think you were the Demon
king.”
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endless. Let’s solve this first before I think about all the
ramifications.’
[Goo-ooh-ooh-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!]
The earth shook harder. The item buried deep within the Abyss
was coming up faster, and it caused the ground to shake. The
thickness of the Demonic energy deepened, and it made it hard for
the party members to breathe. When she realized this, Vadinet
raised her staff, and she shouted with a sonorous voice.
“Purify.”
It’s true form hadn’t been revealed yet, but the energy that could
be felt was too horrific. It made one want to hurl. It was as if they’ve
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been thrown into the atmosphere of the Demon world. Where the
heck did this damn sunbae-nim find such an item?
[Goo-ahhhhhhhhhhh!]
[Nyaa nyaa-ahhhhhhhhh!]
She was in sync with Artpe. When he gave a shout, Vadinet’s eyes
started to let out a golden light. It was a skill that only a holy
priestess could use! It allowed her to blanket a certain region with
holy energy.
[Koo-goo-ahhhhhhhhhhhh!]
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“What the heck? There is no Spell Book or Skill Book.”
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Chapter 143
Source: Wuxiaworld
[Nyaa-ahhhhhhhhh!]
[Koo-ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!]
The two large beings crashed into each other as they roared. As
he kept hearing the sound of the fight in the background, Artpe
quickly read the words written on the altar.
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“No, it’s alright. I stabilized the magic before the Evil
Heart or whatever was taken out.”
“······.”
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created the Evil Heart. Or maybe he was carrying out a plan
that he thought would destroy the Evil Heart. Instead, it was
part of someone’s plan to do something evil. There are
several possibilities. If there was a faction within humanity
that tried to betray him, I can understand why he would feel
despair.”
“I see······.”
When one was confronted with such a deception, one had to either
grow from the experience or not. A fork in the road would be
created.
The item called the Evil Heart was letting out a horrific amount of
Demonic energy. Despite putting it inside the Dimensional Pouch,
the Demonic energy was leaking out of the pouch. Vadinet’s
Sanctuary spell had to purify it continuously. If one thought sticking
the item in a different dimension would make it safe, one would have
been mistaken.
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it sealed? If I’m to pinpoint the problem, a massive amount
of Demonic energy will be released in the process of
destroying this item. If you are clumsy in your attempt at
purifying the Demonic energy, you will lose your life.”
He didn’t think the sunbae had written the whole truth on the altar.
He told Vadinet that the previous hero had been tricked, so he could
gloss over this fact. He had given a likely story, but Artpe didn’t
believe in what he had said.
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‘Sunbae possessed excellent talent for magic, so there is
no way he would have ended things just by writing mere
words on the altar. There is no way he didn’t know about the
special characteristic of the Evil Heart. The hero and the Evil
Heart… I’m sure there something between them that I am
missing…...’
Humans and the Demon race. Hero and the Demon King. Then
there was the Evil Heart. It was as if the answer to the question was
at the tip of his tongue. It tormented Artpe. Fortunately, there was
one conclusion that was a certainty.
[Nyaa-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!]
[Gyahhhhhhhhk!]
[Nyaa-ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!]
Roa’s roar filled the Abyss. Roa’s fur stood on end on her massive
body. Her black fur stretched out, and it circled around the
powerless Shadow of Sinners. It caused the Shadow to melt into pure
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Mana, and she absorbed everything.
She received EXP for defeating the monster, and this was separate
from the Demonic energy she had absorbed. Therefore, she grew
once again. While Artpe grumbled to himself, Roa had finished
absorbing everything the Shadow of Sinners had to offer. She once
again let out a fierce roar, and her body started to shrink. In the end,
she returned to the size she had been before she had entered the
Abyss.
[Nyaa?]
She said, ‘I was going to kill all of them, so why did you come in?’
She tilted her head in puzzlement as she jumped into Artpe’s arms.
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resolved itself. Elrick yelled out in shock. However, Artpe’s reaction
was apathetic.
It seemed there was a reason why Artpe had left behind Sienna
and Regina. He knew they could end everything quickly and easily!
[Nyaa nyaa.]
Even Roa knew that there was a finite amount of Demonic energy
she could handle, and she probably knew her limit. However, when
Artpe spoke, she just obediently nodded her head. She held the Evil
Heart in her mouth. It was small. The Evil Heart looked like a black
piece of metal. When she held it in her mouth, the Demonic energy
was all focused within Roa…..
“Right. You ate that much, yet you are eating again.
Attagirl. You’ll become a great cat-pig.”
Roa cheered when the morsel didn’t run out no matter how much
she ate. The Greed Beast let out a hurray. She was really cute.
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[Nyaa-nyaa-ah, nyaa-ah-nyaa-ah-ah.]
“Yes, I’m not going to steal it from you. Just don’t swallow
it. Vadinet, you’ll have to pay a little bit more attention to
Roa from now on.”
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“Don’t worry. You’ll become stronger.”
A little bit of time passed before Artpe’s party exited the Abyss.
The Dwarves greeted them, but they were having a hard time
believing the party’s words that they had cleared the Abyss in such a
short amount of time. However, they couldn’t deny the fact that the
source of the Demonic energy was gone.
In his past life, the Dwarves hadn’t been part of the hero’s tale.
This was the moment when the Dwarves rushed into the human
realm in earnest.
“Kek.”
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Of course, it would take a little bit more time than they had initially
planned.
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Chapter 144
Source: Wuxiaworld
Aside from the Dwarves that were packing up the belongings they
would take to the surface, the rest of the Dwarves were tasked to
improving the gears of Artpe’s party.
The Dwarves made sure that all the equipments fit the body of
each party member. Then they tried to achieve an overall balance in
their equipments. They used additional ingredients to create
equipments that the party was lacking. Before the next official
appearance of the hero’s party, the party’s ability and arsenal was
being upgraded.
He had thought about doing this when he received the branch from
the World Tree. It was the ideal material to create a staff. It would
accept his Mana, and it would boost his Mana. It would also allow
him to control his Mana if his Mana went out of control.
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“Ah. I found Artpe!”
Artpe had a lot of things to do. Unlike him, Maetel’s specialty was
fighting, and everything else to do with Artpe. When she realized
that they would be staying in the underground until the Dwarves
were done making preparations, she hadn’t left Artpe’s side. Her
hobby and forte was Artpe, so it couldn’t be helped.
She had always worn armor, but she had shed the armor now. She
had become lighter, and her appearance delivered a critical wound to
his sense of desire. Moreover Maetel didn’t let go unless Artpe truly
hated it. Therefore, she continued to cling to him. He gave up after
giving an adequate attempt at dislodging her. He decided it would be
easier to shore up his control over his desire.
“Artpe, what did you do with the leaves that came with the
branch?”
“Half of them were made into tea leaves. The other half….”
There was a small glass jar atop the table. Magic stones from high
level monsters were contained within the jar. It also contained the
finely ground power of the World Tree leaves. Each crystal kept
absorbing and emitting Mana. Maetel’s eyes twinkled when she saw
the brilliant light.
“Pretty······.”
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“I won’t eat it!”
It seemed she still had a little bit of her emotions as a pure girl
leftover within her. Artpe let out a small laughter when he saw this.
He spoke.
“······.”
“Artpe?”
“No, it is nothing.”
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make Artpe’s staff for him, and Artpe had been aware of their desire.
Unfortunately, this wasn’t something someone else could do for him.
Ten percent didn’t sound like a lot, but Artpe was already over
level 310. A 10 percent increase in power would allow him to be on
the same level as someone at level 340. However, Artpe had
excluded any uncertain variables when formulating his assessment,
since he hated uncertainty. Therefore, it was possible for him to gain
much more power than he forecasted.
“Ughh······.”
“······yes.”
Maetel didn’t hesitate as she acknowledge it. She bit her lips hard
as she spoke again.
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“Yes, we ran away. We were weaker than our foes. It
couldn’t be helped.”
Since they had cleared the Winter Queen’s ruin in its entirety, he
had gained the ability to shatter the shackles placed on Etna by the
Demon King. However, this couldn’t be done while fighting another
Four Heavenly King at the same time. The task wasn’t that easy to
accomplish. Once another Four Heavenly King made an appearance,
Artpe’s plan had been wrecked.
She knew the answer, yet she asked anyways. Even Maetel wasn’t
that dumb. She was just going over the implications of those words
once again. Artpe declined to answer her question.
“I was scared.”
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“If it wasn’t for the Winter Queen, death was a possibility.”
Even Artpe’s words were having a hard time calming down Maetel.
It seemed the fact that she was fine until now was miracle in itself.
“I’m afraid.”
“Matel······ I might sound a bit cold for saying this, but you
are a hero. Up to a certain point, you should be prepared for
the possibility of your own….”
“······.”
It seemed she hadn’t been thinking about the threat to her own
life. That thought hadn’t even crossed her mind. Artpe was at a loss
for words, so he laughed. However, Maetel was serious.
“Oong······.”
“Baby daddy.”
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“Shut up.”
After playing with Pipi to her heart’s content, Regina had come
back to return Pipi, and she had witnessed everything. She gave an
astute observation. Artpe was shaving the World Tree’s branch. He
was cantankerous as he gave his reply. Regina ignored him as she
sat at the edge of the bed.
Vadinet didn’t have any direct combat abilities. If she fought with
Sienna, Vadinet would be crushed by Sienna’s hammer. Regina had
a slightly pleased expression on her face when she saw Artpe
shudder.
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“I don’t use such a spell. All right?”
Artpe grinded his teeth as he smoothed the branch. His hand was
surrounded by Mana Strings, so the branch was getting smoother
everytime his hand passed over it. The branch continued to let out a
brilliant light, and the light filled the room. It was a magical and
magnificent sight.
Regina had been watching the process when she suddenly had a
thought. She asked him a question.
“You are younger than me, yet you have more knowledge
than me. Are you really younger than me?”
“Denied.”
“Artpe is weird.”
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“······hate you.”
After receiving Pipi from Regina, he placed Pipi near the polished
branch of the World Tree. Pipi understood its role, so it tried to sync
with the branch of the World Tree, which was emitting Mana. Artpe
nodded his head as he looked at the two items.
“You are a bit different from Pipi. Both of you are Demites,
but you were created to be an extremely independent being
by the humans. In the process, your sense of self had
solidified, and it became defined in your Record. That is why
it is difficult for you to mix with another person.”
“Unfortunate······.”
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“That is the only downside to using a Demite. That is why
I’m trying to use this branch of the World Tree.”
It would act as a bridge. It would allow Artpe to mix his Mana with
Pipi’s Mana, and at the same time, Pipi would be able to boost his
Mana. There was no Mana cost to this process. In fact, it would
amplify the Mana instead of there being a loss of Mana. This was the
power of the World Tree’s branch. It possessed a tremendous ability
befitting the name of the World Tree.
“Easy.”
While the two conversed, Pipi was synchronizing with the World
Tree’s branch in real time. Artpe kept watching the process, and he
brought out couple strands of Mana String. His eyes were filled with
resolve.
“Anticipation.”
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Chapter 145
Source: Wuxiaworld
When Elrick took off his armor, the only one he could physically
overpower in the party was Regina. However, Regina was a mage, so
it was impossible to make a simple comparison using physical
strength. In the end, Elrick thought Sienna was a worthy foe, since
she was slightly taller than him. Moreover, they both wielded blunt
weapons, so she was a good person to spar with.
Sienna had grown within the Winter Queen’s ruin, so she was able
to catch up to Artpe and Maetel’s level. Basically, she was
approaching level 310. There was a difference of 20 level between
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Elrick and her. In fact, it would have been odd if she lost to Elrick.
“B...But...”
He was going to point out that she was a very young girl, but he
desperately swallowed those words. He had suffered all his life,
because people made judgements based only on his appearance.
Therefore, he couldn’t voice such an opinion. Ability had nothing to
do with appearance. It didn’t discriminate between age and sex.
Elrick wondered if Sienna was the smartest one within the hero’s
party. She wasn't just smart. She was really kind, and she never
spoke any harsh words. If Vadinet hadn’t told Elrick that she was the
holy priestess, he would have thought Sienna was the holy priestess.
“Let’s fight one more time! When your armor gets here, I’ll
fight you again with your armor on.”
······the way she laughed was also very cute. If Elrick was about the
same age as her, he wondered if he would have fallen for her. Of
course, he looked like he was the same age as her, but in truth, Elrick
was in his late 20s. Even if he was being generous, he was basically
the age of Sienna’s uncle.
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“Ah. Nothing. I was just talking to myself.”
Elrick couldn't face Sienna’s bright smile. He tilted his head away a
bit as he spoke.
“I don’t want to! The only oppa for me is Artpe oppa. Heh
heh.”
“Hoo. It is done.”
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energy, and the staff would float around him. Pipi was now capable
of moving on its own, so it was having fun. It was letting out a
brilliant light as it quickly revolved around Artpe. Regina clapped
when she saw this. She asked him a question.
When Artpe and Regina exited the room, they caught sight of
Maetel. She was wearing a red
armor, and she was armed from her ankle to her neck. She looked
very fierce and beautiful.
“You are the only one that can save me from this hell,
Elrick.”
Artpe had waited for the day when another male would join the
party. He could finally leave behind this chummy atmosphere! This
was a step towards becoming a pure hero’s party! ······moreover, it
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would be great if Elrick could seduce Vadinet or Regina. If Elrick
could seduce both of them, it would be much better.
“······?”
“Let’s begin!”
The Dwarf’s command rang out, and Artpe had a bad feeling about
this. Suddenly, the square shifted, and it started vibrating. Artpe
mumbled to himself. There was no way the Dwarves would do that.
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crowd of over 100,000 all at once!”
He activated his Read All Creation, and he quickly looked over the
entire square. In a flash, blood drained from Artpe’s face.
“Let’s go!”
“Ha ha ha…..”
Maetel was puzzled by Artpe’s move, so she was about to ask him
a question. In the next moment, the square was shot into the air.
The square was made independently from the city. Instead of earth
being underneath the tiles making up the square, a propulsion
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system was placed there! It shot the square into the air!
The Mana of the Dwarves were injected, and the outer double-
layered barrier started spinning. Afterwards, they crashed into the
ceiling! The more shocking part was the fact that the structures
making up the ceiling clung to the barrier. It added their power to
the barrier!
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backwards, he would just teleport his party to the surface. He would
only take his party members.
Strangely enough, the enormous ball that was shot upwards by the
Dwarves were showing no signs of slowing down.
He had seen its true identity through his Read All Creation ability,
but he was still having a hard time accepting the truth. There were
things in the world that couldn’t be copied even if one knew the
structure and logic behind it. It might be apt to say that this was an
Innate ability possessed by an entire Dwarven race.
The earth was split apart by the barrier, and after passing by the
revolving barrier, the earth filled in the space behind them.
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“Everyone move quickly! Hurry up and inject your Mana!”
“Finally······.”
“Ggoo-ahhhhhhhk!”
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“That means…. This place is...”
“Huh? Artpe.”
Maetel was also a bit late in realizing this fact. Soon, their gazes
were planted on Elrick. Elrick hesitated for a brief moment, and he
acknowledged their suspicion.
The two heroes hadn’t meant for this to happen, but in that
moment, they had returned home.
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Chapter 146
Source: Wuxiaworld
“Did you perhaps come to Diaz when you heard they were
tracking us down?”
He hoped he had heard wrong, but that wasn’t the case. The
Dwarves once again moved to various locations on the square. They
started touching and manipulating the floor of the square.
Surprisingly, the ground started becoming dyed with the same color
as the square.
The Mana, which was used to create the barrier around the square,
started pouring out into the land. The nature of the surrounding land
started to change. Artpe watched the Dwarves manipulate the Mana
with his Read All Creation. Despite doing this, he had no idea how
they were able to do what they were doing!
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No, that wasn’t important right now….
They probably weren’t lying. However, did they still hold the
ownership of this land after couple hundred years? That was the
question. On the other hand, there were tens of thousands of
Dwarves over level 200 that were capable of fighting. Even if the
entirety of Diaz attacked them, the Dwarves would have no problem
defending their territory.
“Ah. Also….”
“I heard from Elrick that the heroes of this era have made
their appearance. If you come across them, could you ask
them to look us up? By the look of your abilities, I’m sure
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you will cross paths with the heroes.”
“If the Demon King isn’t defeated, beings like the Shadows
of Sinners will crawl out into the world again.”
“It isn’t just the Shadows of Sinners. This time our world
might really be dyed with Demonic energy. If we want to
protect our race, we have to attack the Demon race.”
When he saw the willingness to fight from the Dwarves, Artpe was
inwardly satisfied. He nodded his head. As expected, the guidance
of the Winter Queen was superb. The Dwarves were more
trustworthy than any human nation. Moreover, she had directed him
towards a group that was always on the hero’s side.
“It’s us.”
“What?”
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identity!”
“No wonder. You had such a hard on for the heroes, yet
you meekly decided to join another party. I should have seen
it for what it was!”
“Hey! Put down your axe! Don’t get angry with me! They
wanted to prove their skills to you. They didn’t want to use
their reputation that comes along with being heroes. I did as
they asked!”
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I’ll contact them. When they visit you, I want you guys to
look over their equipments.”
“······yes.”
“B...but!”
Sienna held onto Vadinet. This was why Artpe and Maetel was able
to leave without much difficulty. They saw Elrick wave his hand in
goodbye.
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“If the town wasn’t attacked by monsters, everyone should
be fine.”
They were going back to their village, but he didn’t want to get
tangled with the villagers. Artpe placed a camouflage spell on both
of them. Maetel didn’t object to what he was doing. She missed the
village, but she really didn’t have any attachments to the villagers.
Artpe and Maetel had lived in this nameless mountain village, and
it would have taken them around two hours to walk there. Artpe and
Maetel was able to reach the village in two minutes using Blink.
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“Artpe, this is the same. That too. We used this tree to
mark our height. Waaa.”
“······Maetel.”
“Yes! Kyaa!?”
Maetel was in front of the tree that was used to measure the
height of the village children. She was trying to measure her own
height when Artpe grabbed her hand. He used Blink. In the next
moment, they arrived in front of the cottage. He didn’t hesitate as
he opened the door, and he entered the cottage. His gaze headed
towards the message they had left behind on the wall of the cottage.
“That’s right.”
The message, which was engraved on the wall, was still there.
However, there was magic placed over several letters. This was the
Hero’s Mana. To be precise, it was a spell that illuminated only when
it came in contact with the Hero’s Aura.
“Is it my dad?”
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it is ahjussi with this.”
In Artpe’s previous life, Maetel’s father had been dead at this point
in time. At the very least, that was what his research unearthed.
This was obvious, but he had never seen or experienced the Mana of
Maetel’s father.
“Artpe~”
“Wait here.”
Artpe activated his Hero’s Aura, and he activated the spell placed
on the surface of the wall. In the end, the letters started to light up
in a predetermined order.
He could have just left behind a letter, yet ahjussi decided to leave
behind a message by putting on airs! Artpe grumbled as he pieced
together the letters in order to complete the message.
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Nirotacid.
Hot winds that were over 200 degrees Celsius blew there. At
times, storm with knife-like sands swirled around this city. It was
considered to be the hell of the Demon world where monsters over
level 350 swarmed. If this was some plan to lure the two heroes to
their death, it was such an obvious and dumb ploy. He would have
sneered at it.
That was why he entertained the idea that this wasn’t a trap. On
the other hand, this might be a plan to exploit such a thought
process in order to kill them…..
Maetel was already excited at the idea of reuniting with her father.
There were several parts of her words that worried him, but Artpe
had come to a similar conclusion as her.
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Artpe was confident that they could smash any trap sprung on the
two of them. However, this wasn’t the case for his other party
members.
What would his level be? Was he alone or did he have comrades?
Why didn’t he step forward in the previous life….
Her father was a key word, and it had triggered her idle
imagination. She had already thought past her wedding, and her
delusions were reaching its zenith. She had a slightly dangerous
expression on her face as she kept smiling. He flicked her forehead
lightly. As always, he let out a big sigh.
Somehow or other, the reasons to leave for the Demon world kept
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Chapter 147
Source: Wuxiaworld
The Dwarves held all kinds of auxiliary items in their arms as they
waited for the heroes. The Dwarves looked very pleased with
themselves.
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“······.”
The Dwarves were taken aback when Artpe recognized all the
items they brought out. Artpe became dazed when he was faced
with items that were only mentioned in legends.
Of course, he had given the Dwarves all the raw materials he had
gathered from the monsters they had killed(This included the parts
from the Ancient Kraken). However, such items couldn’t be produced
without great skill even if one had the best materials.
It was called a Steel Horse, but the last item bought out by the
Dwarves was a magic tool that could be ridden. Instead of a horse, it
looked more like a diamond-shaped box.
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It could fit around 10 people. It was quite spacious. The engine
activated when it reacted with Mana. The engine provided power to
several dozen wheels. There was also a sensor that received the will
of the driver, and it could change the direction of the wheels. It was
something marvelous that had never been seen before.
[Nyaaaaaa.]
It seemed she had been worried that the only thing she was
capable of doing was to eat Demonic energy. When she cleared the
Abyss, she had gained the ability to expand the size of her body. At
the time, she had meowed in pride at her new ability to carry around
the party.
[Nyaa-ah, nyaa-nyaa?]
As if to comfort Roa, he let her hold the Evil Heart in her mouth.
When he turned around, he gave his thanks to the Dwarves.
“When the other hero party gets here, we’ll give them the
same items.”
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He had already messaged Silpennon to visit the Dwarves when
possible to upgrade their gears. Artpe gave a satisfied nod when the
Dwarves gave a definite answer. He turned around.
“Elrick, I wish you the best! I hope you achieve what you
desire!”
A little bit of time was wasted as Elrick and the Dwarves said their
goodbyes to each other. Artpe watched it all with a small smile on
his face. The Dwarves were excellent warriors and blacksmiths, and
they were on his side. He could use them with Elrick as
an intermediary. Of course, he was smiling!
They had unintentionally come back to Diaz, but they were able to
move at incredible speed now. Moreover, the Steel Horse never
tired!
On top of that, they possessed the right to use the Warp Gates of
Paladia, which was placed all over the continent. This was why he
didn’t expect the journey to Zestbar to be perilous.
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“Zestbar? I think I’ve heard a rumor about that place
before. I thought humans can’t live in that environment?”
After departing with the hero’s party, Elrick was finally told about
their destination. He was shocked when he heard the information, so
he asked Artpe a question. The cute young man was tilting his head
in puzzlement within his armor. It was a very cute sight, but Artpe
was cold as he squashed Elrick’s question.
Elrick was someone that was cursed not to grow, and he was
wearing a suit of armor that was much bigger than his body. On the
other hand, he might be the most normal one here. The party
members were that special. There were the two heroes and the holy
priestess. Then there was the pretty yet eccentric magician. He
couldn’t feel sense her presence.
The most normal looking member was Sienna, but her eyes and
hairs let out light sometimes. She wasn’t normal either.
“No······.”
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we head into the Demon world. It is the land of our last
opportunity.”
It was the most dangerous location in the human realm, yet Artpe
had wrapped in such an attractive packaging! However, the truth
was the truth, so Elrick couldn’t dispute Artpe’s words! Elrick was
baffled, so he kept his mouth shut. Artpe grinned when he saw this.
The problem was the fact that they had to cross an extremely
steep cliff before they could reach the hill with the Warp Gate. Elrick
saw the steep cliff around the same time as Artpe. He yelled out in
fright.
“That’s right!”
Was it just a feeling? After being freed from the curse of the
armor, the solemness around Elrick was gone. His current behavior
was well-matched with his appearance now. It wasn’t a bad thing. It
made it enjoyable to make fun of him.
“What?”
“Float.”
Before they fell off the cliff, Artpe let out a short cantrip. The Steel
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Horse floated into the air. Regina controlled the wind to push the
Steel Horse. The Steel Horse didn’t lose any speed as it raced across
the air. It landed on the hill on the other side.
“······.”
The Steel Horse had a soft landing as it ran on solid ground again.
The party was split into two. There was the Replay sect led by
Maetel. Then there was the Please Spare Me sect led by Vadinet.
“The fact that you are having such thoughts means you’ve
successfully become a member of our party! In reality, the
fights against monsters and Demons are nothing! You can be
at ease!”
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through seven Warp Gates to reach the shores of Zestbar, so
we have to hurry.”
“······.”
“Maetel?”
They would be leaving Diaz now. Before they went into the Warp
Gate that lead to the ocean, Maetel suddenly turned her head to look
behind.
There was a small village located at the foot of the hill where the
Warp Gate resided. She could see the citizens of Diaz. It look exactly
like their home village, which they had left. Finally, Artpe realized
that he had been insensitive to Maetel.
Maetel shook her head as she said those words. She continued to
speak in a small voice.
“Yeah.”
“Yes.”
Maetel gripped Artpe’s hand a little bit harder. Then she crossed
the Gate with him. It was getting close to the time when they would
have to fight in earnest.
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The death of the Fire Witch had been truly horrifying. Her fire had
burned with tenacity and vengeance. The Fire Witch had tried to
incinerate the hero’s soul. However, the magician that controlled
winter had put her whole existence and Record on the line to protect
the hero’s party.
There were tears in the magician’s eyes. She let out a small
laughter as her cold hand touched the hero’s cheek,.
“Regina······!”
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“There is an existence worse than the Demon King. We
might have been scratching only the surface. I finally gained
true understanding from its release.”
“How?”
It was as if her inner heart had been exposed. The hero’s cheeks
turned red from embarrassment. However, the magician wasn’t
trying to rebuke the hero’s foolish crush.
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him.”
Where did she find the energy to speak? There was a playful
twinkle in the magician’s eyes.
She spoke.
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Chapter 148
Source: Wuxiaworld
“Hoo-moo-mo. Artpehhh…..”
“······.”
Maetel had both arms and legs wrapped around Artpe’s entire
body. Moreover, she was licking Artpe’s cheek like a baby cat. The
fact that this had happened while they were sleeping was the more
scary part. If there was something that scared him more, it was the
gaze that was fixed on two of them.
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“Your defense against Maetel is lacking.”
Artpe let out a sigh as he wiped his cheek. While he was doing
this, Maetel was flailing at the air when she lost Artpe’s body heat. In
the end, she didn’t find what she wanted. Her face crumpled, and
she was on the verge of tears.
Artpe was weak against Maetel’s tears. He had finally escaped her
grasp, yet he approached her once again. He started stroking her
head. He was once again caught by Maetel, but Maetel was merely
grabbing onto his leg. She was rubbing her cheeks against his leg, so
it was bearable now.
Her hobby was very dirty. All right. She can continue to watch. He
couldn’t go back to sleep within Maetel’s embrace, and he was no
longer sleepy. He just sat down. Of course, it was still early in the
morning, so he had nothing to do.
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“Will you tap me too?”
Regina gave a loose nod. She came a bit closer, and she sat close
to Artpe. Aside from the two of them, the whole party was asleep.
He didn’t even need to check it with his Read All Creation ability.
Regina rarely approached Artpe when the other party members were
awake.
“That’s right.”
“That’s true.”
“The Demon King’s army will attack the human realm soon.
…..will it be ok?”
Artpe had already seen the signs of the Demon King’s army
becoming active. They weren’t too far from Zestbar, and he could
feel the Demonic energy seep into the human realm from the Demon
world.
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It really was near. It would happen before the year was up. It
would be absurdly fast compared to the events from his past life.
However, he could naturally accept it, since everything had changed
compared to his past life.
At that point, at least half the power of the human realm would
have been consolidated. If the Dwarves and Elves were added to the
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existing human force, the human realm would be hard to take down.
The Four Heavenly Kings would have to get involved for their attacks
to gain any traction.
“······.”
“Despite this fact, you pretend to move for your own profit.
It is a bit cute.”
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mouth.
“······.”
“······I see.”
It was after his death, and Etna had been defeated by the hero’s
party. The dream depicted the moment when Regina had been
dying.
There were a lot of details that worried him. Regina had realized
the evolution of his Innate Ability, and she had given a significant
piece of advice to Maetel.
However, the most memorable part of the dream was the words
spoken by Regina. She was consoling Maetel. Maetel had been sad
after watching his death. Regina said she finally understood the
emotions she had been unable to comprehend for her entire life. It
was all thanks to Maetel, and she was happy.
Maybe, it was the same for Regina in the current life and the past
life. She might just want to explore her emotions. The Demon King
controlled the Demon race, and he was trying to dominate the
humans. However, her feelings towards the Demon King might have
been of secondary importance.
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In their past life, Regina had looked towards Maetel. In their
current life, Regina was looking towards Artpe. That was the only
difference. When he realized this fact, Artpe suddenly became
afraid. What if he was a bad influence on Regina?
“······.”
“Heeek!”
“Don’t come over here! If you come any closer, I’ll cut
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you!”
“Heeeng.”
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Artpe was about to ignore Sienna’s words as if her words were
inconsequential, but he queried her. His gaze immediately turned to
look into the distance. He really could see them. There were
humans putting up a fierce fight against Demons, and the Demons
that were crushing the humans as if they were nothing.
“My god.”
They looked to be low rank Demon soldiers that were barely over
level 200. However, they were still Demons. It seemed the war was
going to be waged much faster than Artpe had predicted. Of course,
these were reconnaissance units sent ahead of the main army to
squash the humans realm….
“Hello. You guys are the ones that broke open the entry
barrier to Zestbar!”
“What!? Humans······!”
“Crush them!”
“Hooray!”
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kind of worried him. The blond hero Maetel jumped off the Steel
Horse with her bastard sword in hand.
“Yes!”
Maetel moved like thunder. The bodies and blood of fallen Demons
appeared in every location she passed by. The Demons realized
something was wrong, so they tried to contact their main army.
However, their communication spell had been blocked by Regina’s
interference magic.
The Demons realized that fighting was the only option left. They
bared their teeth as they jumped into the fight, but their heads were
cut off by Maetel’s sword before they could do anything. Maetel kept
Artpe’s words in mind, but she wasn’t generous enough to spare
those that threatened her life and Artpe’s life.
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“No, Elrick. Maetel and Regina will settle things here.
From the moment we enter Zestbar, we’ll be attacked by
much more dangerous enemies than these Demon pawns.
You should conserve your strength.”
Even if they were from a small nation, the humans tried to present
a Quest and reward to his party. Artpe didn’t want to do something
that was tiresome, so he chased the humans away! The humans
wanted to say something more, but they couldn’t withstand Artpe’s
cold gaze. Soon, they were fleeing. In the end, the Demons and
Artpe’s party was the only ones left.
“Hoo. Good.”
Not a single Demon was able to run away. They were either killed
or subdued by Maetel and Regina. He got off the Steel Horse, and he
walked towards the nearest Demon. He found one that was still
alive.
After 30 minutes, Artpe had perfectly cleared the scene. They got
on the Steel Horse, and they safely entered into the waters of
Zestbar.
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Chapter 149
Source: Wuxiaworld
‘The only sticking point is the fact that the subject has to
be drained of all Mana before the magic tome can be
activated…. Since I have Roa, it’ll work out somehow.’
If the former Demons came across other Demons, the Demon King
would find out that he had made an error of judgment. However,
nothing would change even if the Demon King finds out about it. If
the Demon king became vigilant against the hero’s party, he might
send more Demons towards them. Artpe would be thankful for such
a move.
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‘Etna…. If I can somehow turn Etna into an ally...’
No. In truth, he didn’t need her as an ally. It was enough for her to
be a neutral party.
When that happens, she didn’t need to stay next to the hero. She
would become a big impediment for the Demon King’s army if she
resided in the human realm.
Lies didn’t always work against Maetel. This was especially true for
lies pertaining to Etna. Was this her woman’s intuition? It was truly
frightening.
Arpte turned his head away from Maetel’s sharp gaze. He found a
distraction just in time.
“Ooooh-mmm.”
Maetel looked dissatisfied, but she had no choice. It was true that
a monster was coming towards them. The Steel Horse(It was an all-
purpose ride capable of traveling on water and air.) was traveling at
high speeds over the ocean. The monster was coming straight
towards them.
It was bigger than the Steel Horse, and it had a fierce black mane.
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It has two sharp eyes, and an exoskeleton that covered its body.
Dangerous needles protruded from between the bone armor….
Artpe was more surprised by the fact that Sienna knew about the
existence of a seahorse. However, the more important point right
now was the fact that it was being hostile toward his party.
“Hoohp!”
“Artpe-nim?”
“Ah!”
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He didn’t have to say too much. Several dozen Mana Strings shot
into the ocean, and it bound the large herd of seahorses that were
secretly charging towards Maetel.
Their defense was so powerful that not a single one of them were
killed by Artpe’s Mana String. However, Regina quickly chanted her
spell, and she sent the power of the great winds through the Mana
Strings. The subdued seahorses were ripped into pieces. It truly was
a perfect combo.
When they confirmed that the enemies were rising up from deep
within the ocean, Artpe and Regina praised each other’s skills as they
prepared their second spell. At that moment, Maetel had reached
the enormous seahorse.
“Hoo-ahhhhhhhhhp!”
She kicked off the water, and she attacked the next target. She
killed the next target with a single strike. In the process of killing
one, she figured out where all her enemies were located at. From
that moment on, she accomplished her task with the least amount of
movement and power expenditure as possible. She wasn’t called a
genius for nothing.
“I don’t want to admit it, but the title of hero really suits
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that woman.”
“Understood!”
Hadn’t she just witnessed the combo attack between Regina and
him?
She deftly let out her holy energy. Artpe used it to strengthen his
Mana Strings. The several dozen Mana strings infused with holy
energy moved to the depth of the ocean. In the next moment, the
Mana Strings moved according to Artpe’s will. The Mana Strings
expanded as they attacked the monsters all at once!
[Keeeeeeeeeeeeeee!]
[Koo-gya-gya-gya-gya-gya! Gee-ah-koo-ooooh-
gooooooooh!]
[Koo-wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!]
[Kee-heee! Kee-heeeeeeeeeee!]
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seahorse couldn’t take the pain, so it shot out of the ocean.
However, Sienna hit it with her hammer before it could reach Artpe.
The violent exchange had happened right in front of him, yet Artpe’s
expression remained cool.
Of course, Artpe could use his Blink ability to retreat, but he didn’t
come here with the intent to retreat.
“I wasn’t lying when I said the entire ocean will oppose us.
Soon, there will be more monster than water inside the
ocean.”
“What······.”
When a monster of the Zestbar’s ocean locked into a target, all the
monsters of the Zestbar’s ocean gathered to attack them.
The party had to somehow avoid the monsters to reach the shores
of the Demon world or the human realm. If not, they would have to
fight an endless battle until they were sent to a watery grave. This
was the only choice given to those that stepped into this ocean.
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Demon world… Does that mean the endless stream of
monsters is a hint to finding a way to opening a ruin?”
It wasn’t worth it for the Demon King to gather and kill the
monsters of this ocean. Artpe looked at Maetel, who was single-
handedly killing all the monsters that surged above the surface of the
water. She looked fierce.
“Yeah······.”
Not a single monster was able to last beyond two blows from the
party. Since all the monsters were falling short of touching the party
members, they became enraged. More monsters rushed towards the
party. Normally, the job of luring this many monsters would have
taken days, but this method allowed them to increase their
efficiency. It only took several hours,
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“Artpe, look over there!”
“Oh. Finally.”
It had taken quite a long time, but the ocean had turned black from
the blood of the monsters. A whirlpool started forming in the middle
of these waters. When the monsters sensed the massive amount of
Mana infused within this whirlpool, they started gathering towards it.
Maetel was in a rush, so she struck out and killed a portion of the
monsters before she returned to the Steel Horse.
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“The trigger has already been pulled. We just have to wait
for the ruin to take shape.”
“Maetel is right.”
Vadinet was about to retort when her mouth clicked shut. Since so
many monsters had rushed towards the whirlpool, it had been hard
for Vadinet to see what had been occurring within the whirlpool. Her
eyes were planted on the center of the ocean.
It didn’t escape her notice. Something was being born from within
it.
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monsters alone?”
When Artpe gave the order, the upper surface of the egg broke
open, and something stuck its head out. When Vadinet saw this, she
yelled out loud.
“It’s a whaaaaaaaaaaaale!”
“Oh. Artpe-nim.”
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valiantly gave his order.
It was the ruin where the great magic Reign of Ruin was sleeping.
It was the moment when they entered into the ocean’s grave.
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