Chapter 541 – The Cursed Throne
‘Fuck… That’s fucking scary…’
Seong-il reminds once again how powerful, dangerous, and terrifying kitties are. And, as if the other party members felt that, they silently left the ruins with a firm look on their faces.
“Savage man. That…”
“Between us.”
“…!!”
As the pressure from Nyanko fades away, Sena slowly seems to return to her curiosity. In the meantime, when she seems to be asking him about her space cat, Seong-il indirectly replies that she can only tell if the wizard leaves.
“Ah… I get it. I get it.”
“Hmm? What’s going on?”
And after hearing the meaningful conversation between the two, Lazaric approaches with a coy expression and asks if it was a strange feeling.
“I’m talking about the conditions for distributing the spoils of exploration!! Unlike the other parties, we don’t roll around, and we tend to distribute them when the exploration is over. Ehahaha!!”
“Ah…Yes…”
Seeing that the problem seemed to be less than expected, Lazaric stepped back again with a slightly deflated expression.
Because he was born as a barbarian, his intellectual level was low, and he didn’t even think that Seong-il, who was out of his mind, would have deceived himself.
“Whoa… I’m finally out.”
“Haha. Congratulations on successfully completing your first exploration. Edwin.”
“Thank you, Master.”
‘…Looks like he has no experience, but was he a beginner?’
Seong-il laughed lightly at the conversation between the two magicians and priests. After such a conversation, Lazaric approached Van and lightly bowed his head.
“Let’s part here. We will report the results to the city council on your behalf, so please report to the temple instead of us.”
“There’s no way. You’ve worked hard.”
Instead of the thoughtful class, Bruno expresses his gratitude to them. After hearing the story, Lazaric smiled and took his student and nephew Edwin to the direction of the city council.
“Half.”
“Hmm? Yes. Bruno.”
“…You take the children and go to the Temple of Justice. I have to go back to the Temple of the Hammer and Anvil for a while.”
“Ah…”
Bruno wants to quickly determine the authenticity of the words left by the mighty being he met at the ruins.
And since it was the same for Van himself, he nodded his head with a firm expression to express his agreement.
“See you later! Old man!!”
“…Okay.”
Bruno scans the holy day meaningfully. After answering briefly with a slightly flushed expression, he starts to leave alone.
“Why does Bruno go separately? Wasn’t the Temple of the Hammer and Anvil also in the Temple area anyway?”
“The Temple of the Hammer and Anvil is in the west area, and the Temple of Justice is in the southeast.
“That’s true… But is it urgent enough to go away like that…?”
Hearing Sena’s muttering, the half-stiff expression responded with a firm nod.
“Of course. It’s really important.”
“Hehe… That’s right.”
Probably a rogue. To be precise, since she is a treasure hunter and doesn’t know anything about temples, Senna doesn’t seem to notice how great a god that doesn’t require faith is.
“Mister!! Mister!! That mysterious being from earlier is Space Universe Meow, right?”
“Um!! That’s right!!”
“Wow…Was it really there?”
“Did I always tell the truth?”
“…Yes, you would.”
Sena glanced at Seongil with a slightly dumbfounded expression. She brushes her red hair for a moment before asking questions.
“But aren’t space and space the same word? Why do you bother to use two to modify it?”
“Then why do you say ‘fuck it’ when you see something really great? Aren’t ‘fuck it’ and ‘what a shit’ both mean the same thing?”
“Uh… So it looks more amazing?”
“It’s the same! If you modify the universe in two different languages in a row!! Doesn’t it sound like a really great existence!!”
“…Aha.”
Contrary to the answer that sounds positive at first glance, Sena’s expression looks a bit bewildered.
However, she still chirps like a lark and asks her Seongil questions, as if she has a lot of questions.
“What is the real identity of Space Cosmic Nyanko? God? Devil? Spirit? Or something else?”
Contrary to the cheerful tone of voice, Senna’s question contained a heavy content. Perhaps Ban was also curious about it, so he quietly turned his head and looked at the two of them.
‘How will we do it…’
It’s a very short time, but Seong-il gets her head rolling and thinks about it quickly. As for whether to bluff in moderation or to tell the truth.
‘…Let’s tell the truth. Moderately. Just crush it.’
Having made up his mind, Seong-il begins to explain to Sena with a calm expression.
“Space Cosmic Kitty is, simply put, the will of the universe and dimension in which we live.”
“Eh? Universe? Dimension?”
“Yes. In short, this entire world itself.”
“Um… Is it difficult?”
“It’s everything, how can a mortal understand it!! Just think of it as an incomprehensible existence!!”
Seong-il’s explanation was completely unacceptable, and after that, Sena persistently tried to ask him questions, and Seong-il gave simple but clear answers each time.
“Heuuuuu… So, it’s just space space kitty… You are a divine being… But you’re saying that it’s a bit different from the existing gods?”
“Yes. He’s mighty and omnipotent like a god!!! But in fact, he’s not a god!! He has no interest in mortals and doesn’t need faith, and values such as good and evil have no value to him. The only thing that matters to him is There are only the laws of all things!!”
“Hmm… Something is completely different from the teachings given by the temple…”
“Wan!! Totally!! It’s different!”
At Seong-il’s strange but cool explanation, Sena muttered while scratching her head as if her head hurt.
And the appearance of Ban listening to the meaningful conversation between the two of them with a firm expression beside her.
“But why, uncle…”
Despite asking so many questions, Sena constantly asks questions as if she had a lot of questions. Seong-il, tired of that behavior, thought about saying something. Ban, who was walking at the head of the party, turned his back and shouted.
“You’ve arrived. Everyone be quiet here.”
“Ah! Yes…”
Ban’s solemn tone made Sena finally stop talking. In the meantime, Ban placed her clenched hand horizontally on her chest and approached the heavily armed paladin standing guard at the entrance of the temple.
“In the name of light and justice. Brother.”
“In the name of light and justice. Brother.”
The appearance of a paladin who greets such a class through the same posture.
“This time…”
“I have heard of it beforehand. Brother Van. The revelation of justice has come. The Master Paladin is urgently looking for Brother Van, so please go to the inner court.”
“…!!”
An unusual paladin’s answer. Ban looked behind him with a slightly surprised expression.
“Let’s go.”
“Ummm… The revelation came down, but the outsider…”
The appearance of a paladin who is reluctant to enter the civil war with Seongil and Senna. Normally, he wouldn’t have hesitated to let them in as part of his class, but now he seems to feel burdened by the position because it’s a very special situation.
“These are also brothers who have a really important role in this revelation… No, really.”
“Haona…”
“If something goes wrong, I’ll take responsibility. Let’s meet the Master Paladin together.”
“Whoa… I see.”
When the person receiving the revelation resolutely came out, the paladin guarding the entrance showed a puzzled expression, but eventually nodded her head and expressed her affirmation.
“Let’s go.”
The party following behind the class who confidently leads the way. Soon after, they reach the depths of the temple, which is strictly forbidden to outsiders.
“Brother!!”
A man in front of the main gate to the civil war shouting strongly while looking at his class. Even though he has gray hair, he has an impressively well-trained body, and when he returns to class, he looks happy.
‘That old paladin must be the Master Paladin.’
The strength of the Master Paladin felt through emotion. Seong-il senses that he is at least as strong as Aaron Bjornsen in the academy world.
‘You don’t have any inner energy or magic power, but your whole body is filled with power equal to those…? Is it divine power…?’
A divine and mighty power that resides deep within Master Paladin’s body. The sharp response accurately and quickly catches even the secretly hidden power.
“Come here. And the brothers behind you too.”
“I get it!”
Seong-il responded rudely to Master Paladin’s cry. As soon as they heard the answer, they flinched and glared at Seongil.
“Ah, are you the barbarian Seongil?”
“Yes!”
“Justice awaits you too. Go in.”
Unlike other paladins, Master Paladin is not offended in the slightest. After welcoming him in a soft tone, he enters the civil war.
‘Oh… Here it is…’
The innermost part of the Temple of Justice as seen from inside the temple. A stone statue of a paladin holding a huge two-handed sword can be seen in the center of the circular tile.
‘That’s the god of justice.’
When he sees a stone statue of a knight, Shin, who is said to look down on the ground from heaven and take care of the weak, Seong-il examines it with an interested expression.
‘No matter what I did in the game, it was impossible to enter this deepest part, so I couldn’t see what it looked like inside… This is what it looked like?’
When the game tries to forcefully enter this heartland, Seong-il, who has never entered this place, because the surrounding paladins were hostile.
‘Fuck… Just pretending to open a door makes everyone around you hostile, master-class paladins flocking like madmen, and the door doesn’t open even with a cheat. It reminds me of a dog.’
After seeing the ending like a deceased person, Seong-il did all kinds of crazy things in the game. When he finally enters the place he couldn’t enter even after doing all the crazy things, he feels a strange feeling welling up.
‘Criminal… Even if you play as a paladin, you’ve never entered a place as a barbarian…’
Seong-il was lost in thought for a while. Ban and Master Paladin kneel in front of the God of Justice and begin reverently reciting the scriptures.
“A ray of justice shone in the darkness, and evil could not overcome the light. I praise you forever. Great justice.”
Doo doo doo!!!!
As the two Holy Knights recited congratulatory messages and praised themselves, brass-colored light was manifested from the giant statue in front of them and began to spread in all directions.
“And…”
A divine miracle that makes even non-religious beings stunned. That moment when Senna stared blankly at it. A divine voice emanates from the stone statue that clears everyone’s mind.
『My enforcer Van Rashad. And the Holy Day of the Apostle of the Great Will.”
“…!!”
When a divine voice calls to him, Ban bows his head even more to pay homage to the god he believes in.
‘…Was that cat really great!!’
In addition, Ban feels that his doubts disappear completely.
“The Great Will has spoken. That a foreign god has invaded our universe. In addition, two evil fragments imbued with foreign powers fell into the main material world.”
“…”
『Collect this piece quickly. If not, an apostle of a foreign god will be born and a great disaster will befall the main material world.”
“Surely!! I will follow your will and retrieve the fragments!!!”
Ban clenched his fists and responded with a determined voice to the order of the god of justice.
『The first piece is held by the red dragon of Filinore Castle.』
“…Red Dragon.”
Ban’s expression stiffened when the God of Justice mentioned the red dragon. When that emotion is conveyed to Shin, Shin shouts to him not to worry.
『It must be an ordeal that is not easy. However! If my blessing is with you, you will be able to overcome this ordeal.”
The horse falls, and the statue of justice emits an intense light of blessing, projecting power onto Ban’s body.
“Keugh…!!”
Contrary to her usual bliss, which was tender, Ban feels an incredibly powerful power being mercilessly injected into himself.
In response to the terrible pain he has never felt because of it, he tightly shuts his mouth and tries his best to endure it.
‘…I guess the god of justice was under a lot of pressure from Kitty? Otherwise, I wouldn’t have injected so much holy power into Ban at once…’
Seong-il clicks his tongue inwardly as he sees that Ban is being given an excessive amount of divine blessings.
“Whoa… Whoa…”
However, half of them are beings where the blood of Shinigami flows. He succeeds in strengthening his body by capturing excessive blessings.
‘Oh… You’ve grown to be just below Master Paladin, right?’
It is clear that Ban has become incredibly strong. At that sight, Seong-il thinks that the plan to subdue the red dragon, which seemed impossible, might be possible.
