Chapter 531 – The Cursed Throne
Let’s look at the location of the intense senses given by the response, and the ring visible there. Seong-il whipped away the three artifacts in front of her eyes with his arms and asked Argent.
“What is that ring?”
“…!!”
When Seong-il points out the ring, Argent, who has always been relaxed, flinches for the first time.
‘…I don’t know what it is, but it’s definitely a fraudulent item.’
Although it was only shown very minutely for a short time, Seong-il, whose senses were sharpened by the reaction, did not miss Argent’s bewilderment, and because of this, he intuited that the ring he pointed out was not an ordinary object.
“…This ring is not a trade item.”
Rather than explaining the history of the ring, Argent expresses his refusal to do business with a firm expression. Seeing that, Seong-il rather confidently and strongly replies.
“Is that the same for my magic imprint?”
“Hmm…”
“As you can see from your memories, the secret art of the magic imprint is a secret technique created by the previous shaman and the current shaman with great effort based on ancient secrets.
“…”
At Seong-il’s shameless answer, Argent just glared at him with a slightly angry expression.
‘If it was like before, I would have been scared and clumsy… But now I have an amulet given to me by the investigator.’
My skills have become stronger, and I have a corner to believe in. Seong-il does not back down at all and shows a strong enduring attitude.
“There will be no trade unless you give them the right thing. Even though I’m not a wizard and my knowledge is shallow, I know that being able to engrave a memorize on your body that can only be engraved on the image of a wizard is a great secret technique. , Especially the secret arts that can be reused naturally after a short period of time.”
After hearing Seong-il’s speech, Argent opens his mouth to challenge his logic with a calm expression.
“You’re overestimating secret arts. Strictly speaking, it’s not the only secret art that engraves magic on the outside. Right now, permanent magic that engraves on an artifact is also a secret technique similar to engraving. Even wands and scrolls are the same.”
Argent secretly reduces the value of the magic imprint and tries to divert attention from the ring from Seongil. However, Seong-il, who has gone through many battles in many worlds, argues with him without blinking an eye.
“Scrolls are disposable, aren’t they? And artifacts take a lot of time and money to produce. As far as I know, magic engraving secrets are easy to engrave and don’t cost much, but I know they have the great advantage…?”
“Ha! Even so, you’re trying to exchange a secret art for a magic tome of wonder class artifact? Unlike a color ball, an engraving isn’t worth exchanging for a tome of wonder! Just do it! Don’t try to abuse my favor.”
Argent also puts pressure on Seongil by slashing secret arts and intentionally spewing bloody death.
‘Where to bluff.’
However, Sung-il’s liver has grown as much as it has grown through countless incidents in the past two years. He activates the imprint right in front of his eyes, unfazed by Argent’s clever speech and pressure.
Flash!!!
A strong light suddenly emerges from Sungil’s body, and he appears in the direction of Verisa, which is located midway between Argent and himself.
“…!!”
A form of teleportation magic that has never been seen before. When Argent opened his eyes wide in surprise at the sight. Seongil’s body begins to float into the sky.
“Does this seem like a non-trivial secret technique? By the way, in addition to this, ‘water walking’ and ‘short-distance teleport’ can also be used?”
“What the hell… That magic… It was like magic that didn’t exist before…”
“Okay. I’ve clearly presented the condition. Give me the ring. Or, stop the deal. Ah! Don’t even think of threatening me. I’ll teleport away and erase the secret technique!!!”
“…Couldn’t it be something else?”
So far, he pretended to be strong, but when Seong-il acted tough as if he would break the deal, Argent changed his attitude and changed the conditions as if he had never done so, and seems to be trying to continue the deal.
‘What the hell is that ring about, why is Argent, the great mage, trying to protect it that much?’
When the mage, who was born as an emperor of an ancient empire, shows how much he cares for the ring, Seong-il feels that the ring is even more coveted. Because of this, he cuts off his words with a determined look.
“As I said before, the shaman of my tribe and I don’t want to share visions. Give me the ring. Or finish the deal. Either way.”
Argent sighed and shrugged his shoulders as if he couldn’t help it.
At first glance, it seems that Seong-il is in trouble because of the group. However, Seong-il catches that he is extremely angry in the truth because he has already been reading his condition by quietly spreading his emotions around him.
‘It’s just blowing my life away.’
Sensation, a situation in which the detective’s intuition blows a warning at the same time. Even the cursed sword, which I tried to keep as silent as possible until the decisive moment, opens my mouth and gives a short warning as if I am worried because information can be taken away from him due to the connection of my mind with Argent.
“…Careful.”
‘Huh.’
“…You are very good at negotiating. Take it.”
In the midst of this, Argent, as if he had been angry at some point, quickly calms down his anger, then smiles and takes the ring from his hand and throws it at Seong-il.
“That ring is a kind of protective ring that gives the wearer resistance to magic and physical force. Unlike a warrior like you, it is a really valuable defense item for a mage like me who often engages in ‘magical battles’ or ‘ranged battles’.”
Argent pretends to explain the ring’s performance and subtly undercuts the ring’s value.
‘Where is the old fox…!’
However, Seong-il, who knew the dark side of him, ignored his words and projected his emotions onto the ring.
『Incomprehensible Ring』
* This ring is said to be made from the soul fragments of a now-forgotten evil god.
* A long time ago, which is difficult to count now, there was a god whose name was forgotten even now, whose desire was to strengthen divinity from a major deity to a major deity.
One day far away, the forgotten god decides to strengthen his divinity by exploring the truth while wandering the vast universe.
A forgotten god who wandered the world for nearly an eternity. One day he arrives somewhere at the end of the universe and finds something strange.
A strange abyss of chaos that must have existed before the universe was born. A strange and mighty power was flowing endlessly from there, and the god, fascinated by that power, began to look into the abyss.
At first there were no problems. The forgotten god only succeeded in absorbing that power and quickly strengthening his divinity.
Encouraged by the result, the forgotten god indulged even more in the power of the abyss of chaos.
However, the forgotten god did not know. He knows that the more he understands the power of the abyss, the more he understands the abyss himself.
And the problem arises only after he absorbs the power of the abyss and the divinity approaches the great power.
A forgotten god who became able to feel ‘more things’ as his power grew stronger. One day, ‘something’ began to whisper to him from beyond the abyss.
A quiet, but grotesque, inescapable, uncanny cry.
It is said that the forgotten god, startled by the appearance of the whisper, struggled to somehow escape from the whisper. However, no matter what he did, he not only couldn’t escape the whispers. It is said that he could not even get far from the abyss. If you try to get away, he just reached the abyss again.
In the end, the forgotten god suffered from whispers near the abyss for nearly an eternity. Then one day, he realizes the true meaning of ‘whisper’.
And the Forgotten God somehow fell into complete madness and was reborn from a neutral alignment to a substitute for a perfect chaotic evil alignment.
The problem is that the crazy evil god who gained that power started running rampant to dye the world into true madness of abyss and chaos.
In the meantime, an incident occurs in which one of the high-ranking beings who, without much thought, set out to stop his rampage was caught by him and perished.
Even after that, the forgotten god goes on a rampage in space and kills gods big and small to take their power.
Originally, it is impossible to kill not only gods of similar power, but also low godheads, and it is the opposite result from the existing truth that it is only possible to suppress them.
Therefore, all the gods in the universe are shocked at the result and the madness of the forgotten god.
In the end, all the remaining gods united as one regardless of their values and attacked the forgotten god all at once, and after a long, horrifying battle, the gods managed to subdue the forgotten god and seal him in the eternal void.
And the gods, alarmed by the depravity of an ordinary god, followed in his footsteps to find the cause of the depravity. They discover an endless abyss at the end of the universe.
The abyss, from which indescribable madness leaked out, was enough to deal a serious blow to the divinity and mind, even though many gods worked together to protect each other. Is said to have done
And in the meantime, for some reason, fragments of the soul of a forgotten god protruded from the abyss and flowed into the main material world, and one of the fragments flowed to the ancient magic empire and was processed into a ring.
‘…Why is the explanation so long?!’
A lengthy description of an item I’ve never seen before. No matter how precious an item is, it has never shown such a long story, so Seong-il forgets to manage his expression for a moment and opens his eyes wide.
And Argent asks Seong-Il with a twisted, eerie smile, as if he misunderstood that expression.
“Do you like that ring?”
“Ah, well… I definitely feel a strange power when I wear it. I don’t know exactly what it is…”
“Haha… I’m glad that’s the case.”
‘Fuck. He must have been pissed off for asking for something like this.’
Argent’s face was smiling, but Seong-il feels cold eyes from him. Besides, he said that he and he had crossed the Rubicon.
“Once you’ve received the ring, pass the marble. As you said, shouldn’t the transaction be ‘fair’?”
“…Sure.”
At Argent’s words, Seong-il picks up another memory orb from his bosom and throws it at him. Argent quickly picks up the marble and closes his eyes.
‘At this point, I’m ready…!!’
While he is reading the beads’ memories for a while, Seong-il quickly opens the inventory inside his clothes and takes out the three line puppet club.
“Whoops… This principle… Interesting.”
“…”
Argent picks up the marble and murmurs with a very satisfied expression.
“Verissa.”
“Yes… Argent-sama…”
At Argent’s cold call, Verisa approaches him like a doll.
“Take off your shirt.”
“Yes…”
Argent suddenly ordered her to take off her clothes, and at his command, Verisa threw off her clothes without a moment’s hesitation.
‘…Are you trying to experiment with imprinting?’
When Argent suddenly projects power that feels magical on Verisa’s back, Seong-il is convinced that he is experimenting with the memory he just acquired.
‘He’s a thorough youngster.’
Argent’s actions were probably to check the authenticity of the information he received. Like a skilled archmage, he imprints in an instant by pouring a huge amount of magic into Verisa’s back.
“Okay… Would you like to try flying?”
“…”
Instead of answering Argent’s command, Verisa injects power into the engraving on her back. After a while, she starts to float in the air.
“I see! It wasn’t a lie!! It’s an amazing esoteric. Being able to memorize not only the image but also the body!! If I improve this well, I will be able to apply additional powerful protection magic to defend myself. For example, a spell Like absorption or steel skin…”
‘Oh… To try to apply it in that way, after all, an archmage is an archmage.’
Seong-il only thought of using buff magic, but did not think of imprinting crisis preparedness magic like Argent, so he looks interested in his chanting.
“…Then the deal is over?”
“Of course. It was a very satisfying deal.”
“…”
Argent is unexpectedly unconcerned with Seongil’s question. However, unlike the way he speaks, Seong-il feels that the detective’s intuition warns him like crazy.
“…In that sense, give that ring back to me. Then I’ll save your life.”
