Chapter 1238 – Blacksmith of the Deep, Deep
“Huh…? Tongue, brother? If it’s Rolled… Isn’t it the name of the first Hest…?”
Rius pointed at the scrap metal robot and was very confused.
Rius, who believed that a candidate for a hero should at least have common sense, thoroughly researched the ten heroes.
Rolled Mrrald Hest.
He is said to be a member of the Ten Heroes and a Titan, the title of the current Dwarf King. He is also said to be the Emperor of Crafts, and is given the name ‘ultra-fast craftsman’.
It is said that all of the items he created were amazing works.
Wasn’t this castle alone all amazing, including the ‘Great Giant’, ‘Barrier’, ‘Super Giant’, ‘Overall System Iren’, and ‘Hest Headquarters’?
A person like that, a scrap metal robot like that?
Could it be possible that people from 10,000 years ago are still alive?
“I heard that dwarves have a lifespan similar to that of humans, or somewhat shorter…?”
Rius’s question is: Wow. Wow. He was buried in laughter that sounded like metal scraping.
The scrap metal robot laughed for a while before finally opening its mouth.
[Correct answer, sir. Half, silver.]
“…!!”
Rius felt as if his head had been hit by a hammer, and the fur all over his body stood on end.
‘Ten heroes… Right?’
The hero who assisted Frunar long ago and saved the world from the true demon lord is right in front of you…?
Suddenly, the gear wheels he had seen in the previous building appeared in Rius’s mind.
To be exact, the pattern engraved on the gear wheel.
A hammer between three triangles representing mountains and earth.
It was clearly the symbol of ‘Hest’.
“Don’t be too embarrassed. They say it half way through their mouths. It’s probably similar.”
“…Huh? Similar?”
Rius blinked at Dre’s words.
“This is my opinion. Maybe that guy’s identity is…”
[Ah. What if something happens? Tsk, tsk tsk.]
For some reason, the scrap metal robot’s voice did not break up and became very clear.
Scrap metal robots, no. The first guest was Caen. Kang. Kang. They clapped their rusty hands together and clapped slowly.
[That’s great. Not only do you have talent and skills, but you also have insight. However…]
First Hest’s eyes narrowed.
[Someone like that. Why are you trying to run away?]
“Huh? Huh?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he wrapped his arms around Dregarius’s waist and lifted him to his side. Puff puff! The laser cannon that Rolled had made was shattered in the sense of space.
And run without looking back!!
“Uh, huh? Bro?! Run away?!”
“Yeah. That guy alone is too much, no way…”
What?
There was no need to ask questions.
Rumble! Kuaaaaa!! The walls on both sides collapsed, and a huge hand reached through the rubble to devour them both. The energy felt from the huge hands was so enormous.
Before Rius could scream, Dre ran even faster and got out of the building.
“Ah. I was worried. What is that building?”
“Uh, huh?”
The building Dre pointed to was the small building where Rius first entered and got hit on the head.
“Uh… There was something like a big gear wheel… It looked like that guy’s room…”
“…Hmm. Same goes for that robot earlier… I feel so screwed…”
“…Uh?”
Rius’ eyes, who had been quietly listening to Dre’s muttering, widened again.
How he got here.
At the bottom of the abyss of the single road with cliffs wide on both sides… Something red rose up.
That red thing…
“Huh? Uhhhhh? Tongue, bro! That one! That one!!”
“Uh-huh. I expected there to be more, so I shouldn’t be surprised, right?”
A red hand emitting smoke.
It’s as if only the skin of the human body has been peeled off, and the object that is being asked for at 500m…
“Super giant!!”
It was like that.
Several portrait giants were reaching towards Dre.
Rius understood why Dre said he couldn’t win. And.
Shuak!
“Wow!
My eyes flash.
He screamed, wondering if he was going to die, but suddenly the surroundings became quiet.
Rius, who came to his senses, looked around and closed his mouth with an embarrassed expression.
Inside the ruins, bathed in light like blue moonlight, Lulua. Dolia. Raldd, Almiraz, of course. Before we knew it, the hero party, excluding the scholars, had arrived.
“Rius Pleus? Why are you here?”
Kaits made a puzzled voice and Dre handed Rius to her Marie.
“Please give him some treatment. He fought a huge monster.”
“Oh. Yes.”
Mari healed Rius’ arm, and she asked Dre, who had just arrived here and heard incredulous words from the dwarves.
“You’re fighting a big guy. With whom?”
“With the ghost of the first Hest.”
Everyone felt like they were stiffening.
Dre calmly motioned to Lulua.
“I thought you were explaining something. Please continue.”
“Yes, yes.”
Lulua took a deep breath and reread the text message left by Gaiga.
First of all, everyone held their breath at the phrase asking them to stop the first Hest.
Those who were less shocked after hearing it once listened calmly to the story as it continued.
“After Frunard left, he went crazy with self-destruction and loneliness…”
[He hated demons, the source of all pain. He planned everything to eliminate the demons.
The plan was so grand and secret that even the then king of Daraji and I realized it only at the end of our lives.
Invite. For a long time, Roldd searched for a way to deceive even the will of the dimension.
Hest’s ordeal would not have been a proper ordeal and would have been greatly distorted.]
“What? Trick the will of the dimension?”
Kaits was more shocked than anyone else.
For someone who had experienced countless past lives and knew how absolute the will of the dimension was, it was something he could not easily believe.
Kaits glanced at Dre.
The day Dre refused Irene’s ordeal. Kai Tsuna explained to Intangible why she refused to undergo her ordeal, saying, ‘I can’t express it in words, but I feel something strange.’
Could it be… I was expecting this?
Lulua calmly spoke her words.
“However, in exchange for deceiving the will of the dimension, he also gave up a lot…”
[He, who has become a deceased person, cannot achieve his goal without going through ‘trials.’
When the crown, the trials, and the legendary giant are all in place… The world will be trampled by the giant.
Please stop the invitation Hest.]
As the surroundings became quiet, Lulua looked at her and continued speaking.
[Just one more thing.
This is my personal greed. It’s a feeling of guilt.
If possible, please help our benevolent Goddess in her misery…
As a squire of the dwarven goddess, I ask you…
And…]
At the mention of the dwarven goddess, the surroundings became agitated again.
Dre asked in a calm voice.
“Lulua. “What next?”
“The phrase stops here.”
And. And then you say nothing more?
Did he die at this point when he ran out of strength?
“Let’s go.”
Dre took a step forward and his companions followed behind him without knowing what was going on.
Dre leaves the first Gai family’s mansion and heads into the temple.
The temple was illuminated with a blue moon-like light like the outside, and was very simple.
Inside, there was only a statue of a woman with a broken face and a message written on it.
Just before Lulua read what that phrase was.
Tiring!
[Linked Quest (3)
You have completed ‘O Merciful and Miserable.’]
[Your level has risen.]
[‘Lost God’s Name’ chain quest. (4)
‘To remind you of God’
1. ‘Realize’ a sculpture that bears infinite resemblance to the goddess.
(The goddess is similar to the ‘super citizen’ dwarven woman.)
2. Increase the presence of your goddess. Presence depends on the dwarves’ perception.
The current presence of the goddess.
Goddess of the Blacksmith: 40
Dwarven Goddess: 1
Total: 41]
Almost as soon as the notification sound ended, Lulua read her message.
“In memory of the one who willingly gave up his name for us…”
A moment of silence.
It was Prince Dolia who broke the silence.
“I don’t understand the meaning of this statue, so let’s repeat the story about the first Hest.”
Most of the dumbfounded people nodded in agreement.
“The first Gaiga said it was an ordeal…? Wasn’t the ordeal to obtain the paranormal giant’s blueprint? “If you go through that ordeal, rather than gain the power of a paranormal titan, the world will be destroyed?”
Homun, who was deep in thought, received the prince’s words.
“No matter how I think about it, it seems like the first Hest had something to do with that ordeal. I have a feeling that the ordeal itself was some kind of trap.”
“No… In the first place, do you believe that the Lord Chief is alive?”
To the prince’s astonishment, Rius responded.
“It felt like it was alive. I actually fought…”
“You said you had a fight?”
Not only the prince but also the other party members widened their eyes.
Intangible grinned and tapped Dre’s shoulder with her elbow.
“Now that I think about it, it seems like you ran away, which is uncharacteristic of you.”
“It made my feet sweat.”
Dre responds calmly to intangible words.
Garcinido approached Rius and asked:
“Lord Rius. How did you get here in the first place? It would be reckless of you to follow me from the wall to this deep place…”
“Oh, no. I was standing on the wall of the sanctuary when suddenly the floor opened up.”
“?”
Rius briefly talked about what had happened so far.
Among those who listened in silence, Homun was the first to react.
“…Stage 6 was connected to the Holy Land?”
“Well, that’s why Irene was able to appear on Dre’s call!”
Lulua also spoke as if she had realized it.
Hearing that, the prince snapped his fingers.
“Yes! Iren!! It was Iren who told me about the ordeal in the first place! How about asking Irene what exactly the ordeal was and whether the first Hest was still alive? Even if you don’t get the right answer, it will be easy to sort out the situation. “
“Ah…”
Someone let out a short groan.
It was Dre.
“Is this out…?”
“Huh? What…”
Faaah!
Ocher-colored light. Irene appeared.
[Did you call me?]
I didn’t call.
Even though the name is mentioned, it is not the only Irene that appears.
This artificial intelligence appears based on the tone of voice and situation. This is to prevent confusion.
Well, in the current situation, no one was asking such trivial questions.
Everyone here was curious about what was going on, and Irene’s appearance confirmed that Stage 6 and Daraji were indeed connected.
The prince opened his mouth.
“Iren. Is this place… Connected to the Holy Land?”
[Yes. That’s right.]
The artificial intelligence answered right away and continued speaking without anyone having to say anything.
[I will define this situation as a special situation predicted by the first Kaigawa Titan and tell you about the details of the ordeal. ]
Did the first Gaigawa Titan foresee this situation?
So… Iren knew First Hest was alive and she was doing something to stop him?
The atmosphere is like let’s go in first. Sigh. There was a man laughing.
“…Eight days?”
Kaits called out to him suspiciously, and Intangible drew his sword.
Because when this bastard laughs like this, there’s never been a fight.
Dre said.
“You, the female AI, are good at speaking? Rolled.”
Rolled…?
Everyone didn’t understand that for a moment.
Soon, one by one, astonishment appeared on their faces, Irene said.
[[For your casual tone, are you sure?]]
Rumbling-!!
Immediately after the loud sound, the floor, walls, and ceiling began to move randomly.
Iren’s light disappeared.
“…It’s moving somewhere.”
With his immense sense of perception, Kaits noticed that the entire foul-smelling land was being transformed.
Everyone was dumbfounded by the succession of situations.
What happened?
And that this vast land itself is transforming?
Kaitz opened her mouth.
“Eight days. Irene, when did you notice that the AI in the Holy Land was the first Hest?”
“Rather than noticing, Irene thought something was really strange. She was very quiet, but she should have just told me.”
When she saw Dre scratching her chin, she clearly didn’t say anything for the sake of ‘fun’. Thinking this, Kaitsu sighed and handed her something in her arms.
It’s a small crown.
“Oh?”
“This is God’s crown. Take it. Then the main quest will proceed. And you keep it.”
“Okay.”
Dre accepted the crown, and in an instant, the crown changed into a size that could be worn by a human.
Tiring!
[Main quest ‘Hest’ has been updated.
Linked quest.
Pass the ‘trial’.
Trials will be recognized by ‘Unique Ryunar’.
In case of failure, ‘Lold Mrrald Hest (Dead)’ will take control of the portrait giant.]
“…Hmm.”
Dre broke into a cold sweat.
“I feel really screwed…?”
Dre muttered, putting the crown into his eyes.
It’s too piercing to just look at it. As if engraving a structure.
Paaaaat!
The floor moved faster than expected, and soon we emerged into an area with light instead of darkness.
The place where Rius and Dre escaped earlier. It was an underground city.
The end of the land that moves like a moving walkway. Kugugung. Several portrait giant scrap metal robots emitting intense heat. He stood as if protecting Roldd.
The temple moved to the bottom of the scrap metal robot.
Everyone felt it.
It is true that the hero is alive.
This strange yet majestic Ryunar… There was no explanation other than that.
There was something in front of me that could never be inferior to Kaitsu.
Said an astounded Kaits.
“You were so good at creating a device to transform and move a land as large as an empire, from so far away to here? Did you create the Land of Stinks in the first place?”
[No way. I just modified it.]
“…”
Kaitz gaped at her.
The question at the moment was just a guess, but Roldd assured me that he could remodel all of the Land of Stench, connect it to the basement of the Wall, and transform it at will.
How can you casually say that you have remodeled an entire dangerous area where humans can never live?
A feeling of intimidation even though it is a scrap metal robot.
This is for sure. Hero. At least he was a hero.
[It’s a kid over there. Thanks.]
Lulua was shocked when she realized that the scrap metal robot was watching her.
[Thanks to you deciphering the language and opening the two doors… I can finally begin the ordeal. Haha. I wish I had the virtue of building a decent palace.]
Dwarves. Rald. Dolia. Lulua was filled with indescribable emotions.
Is that really… That rusty scrap metal robot… The first Hest?
The scrap metal robot stared at the dwarves for a moment, then looked at Dre.
It looks like Dre is trying to guess something? She made a sound
[Then. You. He is infinitely similar to Frunar in terms of abilities. As someone who imposes trials, I ask.]
Dre bobbed his head as if asking her to speak.
[Portrait giants were created to destroy demons. If you pass the ordeal, you will be able to gain control of the Paranormal Giant.]
“They said so.”
Why speak informally?
Muhyeong and Kaitz blinked when they saw Dre, who uses polite language in a twisted way to make others feel bad, use informal language from the beginning.
[Okay. Then here is the problem.]
Rold made a gloomy voice.
[Should all demons be exterminated, regardless of whether they are guilty or not? Answer this question. I will grade that answer.]
While everyone was shocked by the bloody word ‘annihilation’, Dre tilted her head and said.
“Exterminate…? Kill everyone?”
[Okay. Would you kill all demons who are innocent and have no intention of fighting against humans?]
Dre shook his head.
“No?”
The companions thought that was the answer.
Even though demons are an annoying race, if they kill people who are innocent and living ordinary lives… They are just massacres.
And. The scrap metal robot…Trembled.
…Gogogogogogogogogo-!!
His vibrations became the vibrations of the entire underground city, as if the world was shaking.
In the midst of extreme tension. The scrap metal robot is amazing!! His mouth opened.
“It’s a fortune-! You stupid guy-!!”
Quaa! The floor beneath the temple disappeared, revealing a black hole.
