Chapter 27 – 26. Trial (4)
“Huh… Huh… Wow, wow…”
“Aris!! Are you okay?”
Surprised to see Aris vomiting, Arthur used prayer to ease her mind.
“Whew… Thank you, Arthur.”
After coming to her senses, Aris began to organize the information she had.
First, have we returned to the past? I’ve never heard of a case like this in an ordeal… And that’s not even once…
When she turned her head and looked next to her, she saw Arthur’s face looking at her with a worried expression.
“… “
If I fight the Demon King with all my might now, even if I fight again 10,000 times, I will still lose. To begin with, the average ability of a first-year student in the Department of Engineers is around 30. Does this make sense?
Huh… First, let’s think about how to beat the Demon King… The clear information is long-distance attacks using demonic energy and overwhelming physical ability based on high stats. And is it true that even the severed part can use demonic energy?
On the other hand, what do I have…? Is it something like a solid holy sword and saint Arthur.
Arthur, who saw Aris’ expression getting worse, spoke in a worried tone.
“Aris. Why don’t we retreat for now and come back when your condition improves?”
“Then… Let’s go near that canyon first.”
…
Near the canyon, Arthur began to make her base camp, and Aris took up her sword at her side and began her meditations.
The attack that cut off my arms and legs in the end wasn’t even visible… In other words, if you fight without weakening the Demon King, you will surely lose.
Aris continued to battle the virtual demon lord, but before she could withstand even a single inch, her head was cut off.
“Whew. Should I just commit suicide and leave.”
Yes, this is impossible? Even if I win, there is no reward… And I don’t even know what will happen if I get caught and sealed. Okay, let’s just give up this time.
“Aris. Are you okay.?”
“Yes, it’s better now.”
After hearing Aris’ answer, Arthur took out one of her old books from her subspace pocket.
“They say this is a book written by the first hero, and it may contain information about the Demon King.”
“… Why are you giving me this now.”
Ha… The difficulty level was strange, so I forgot to mention this.
“Sorry… I actually forgot…”
“Okay. Do you have anything else?”
At Aris’ words, Arthur began to shake his head.
“Have you seen the content yet?”
“Well… Only the hero can open it… So no one knows the contents.”
Hmm. Is there anything I need in this old book? What is this lock? This is why I couldn’t open it.
When Aris touched her, he saw her locks disappear like dust.
When she opened her book, a black shadow came out of it and swallowed Aris in an instant.
…
A dark space where nothing can be seen.
However, the only shining object was visible.
“Is that…? Is it a ghost?”
It turned around at the sound of Aris’ voice.
“What?”
“I am not such a lowly being?”
Huh. Something strange has appeared again. It could be an enemy, so first take the sword…
“Uh? My sword.”
The sword on Aris’s waist had disappeared.
“Hehe. That’s why the so-called hero is so cowardly.”
By this point, Aris could not have known the identity of her opponent.
“Are you the first hero?”
“No?”
“?”
“My name is.”
As soon as he spoke, the translucent ghost’s body began to change.
ㅡFluttering.
Aris saw a man wearing a pure white robe that reached down to his ankles, a white cone-shaped hat, and holding a wooden staff.
“This is Archmage Cassius.”
“Haha! Yeah, you never imagined it, right? “How do you feel when you see me?”
“…”
“You seem speechless because you’re so shocked!”
“Aren’t you just the person who created the Gate of Trials?”
“?”
“You…! You don’t know me? “The person who made the door… Is treated harshly!!”
No… Well, I’ve never heard of it in my life, and I’ve only seen it once through the status window… Is he famous…?
“Are you famous?”
“… “
“Have you ever heard of things like the White Wizard or the Four Heroes?”
“These are things I’ve heard for the first time.”
Cassius began to laugh at Aris’ words.
Haha, so let’s end the joke here? “It’s harder to find people on the continent who don’t know me.”
Am I just crazy? At this level, self-consciousness is at a severe level…
At that time, an idea popped into Aris’ head.
“Hey? “What year were you born?”
“Me? “I was born in 342 of the imperial calendar.”
342 years? Now, the imperial calendar is over 1,000 years old, so this is almost an ancient person…?
“Well. It is now 1158 Imperial Calendar.”
The man looked surprised at Aris’ words.
“So much time has passed.? No, how can you still not know me.?”
It’s clear that this person is out of his mind… I should just quickly ask about business and then go back.
“First, I’m a little busy… Aren’t you here to tell me about the Demon King’s weaknesses or something like that?”
“…?”
“Why should I tell you that, aren’t you a hero? “You have to figure out how to handle that.”
“No… How do you catch such a monster!! Even if the knight commander came, I couldn’t catch him!”
“And what kind of hero is a hero!! “You only call me a hero here, I’m not a hero in real life!”
“Aren’t you a warrior?”
Is this person really crazy? What kind of hero am I!!
“No, in reality, the Demon King is already dead, and I’m not even a hero?”
“That can’t be possible. My magic malfunctioned.? “Aren’t you really a warrior?”
Wait, now that I think about it, I’m not a hero… But I know a real hero.
“Not me, but my boyfriend is a warrior…”
“… I’m sorry, but I’ll just contemplate your body for a moment.”
After a while, Cassius’ expression began to harden.
“What is this? Why is your soul connected to the hero? That’s why it malfunctioned.”
“Well… Things have gone terribly wrong, and if this happens, the arrangement I prepared will be meaningless.”
“Arrangements? What arrangements do you have?”
Cassius answered Aris’ question with a sigh.
“What arrangement? I prepared an elixir for a true hero, but suddenly a thief appeared and things went awry.?”
A thief? I really want to see you!!
“There’s a thorn in your words.?”
Cassius looked dumbfounded at Aris’ attitude.
“What? Are you going to hit me like this?”
“…”
“Are you more certain than that the demon king you mentioned earlier is dead?”
“Of course, because of that, a festival was held every year and the spirits of the demons were greatly reduced.”
Hearing Aris’ words, Cassius narrowed his eyes and said.
“That can’t be true, then why is there a hero? “If the Demon King was dead, there would be no reason to exist, right?”
Uh? Now that I think about it… Why is Arthur a hero when there is no Demon King?
“Looking at your expression, you don’t seem to know the details either. Did they fail to kill the Demon King in the future as expected? But why is the empire giving out fake information.? Hmm.”
As Cassius was lost in thought for a moment, Aris asked a question.
“But if you had those good things, wouldn’t you have used them all to kill the Demon King?”
Cassius began to look at Aris’ words with a straight face.
“That’s because you’ve never seen the Demon Lord, even if you fought there with everything you had. I think the odds of winning were less than 10%. “If we had lost there, humanity would have disappeared from history from that day on.”
“If there had been just one more genius like me, we might have won, but unfortunately there wasn’t one.”
It feels like the story is being slightly exaggerated…
“So, since there was no way to kill the Demon King while I was alive, I thought I should help the strongest warrior among the warriors born in the future. So I made several arrangements like this. This too was originally prepared for the warrior.”
Cassius looks at Aris while speaking.
“Things have gone awry, so I need you to do me a favor?”
“Tell me first.”
“When you kill the Demon King and obtain the elixir from the treasure, give it to the hero.”
“Can I take the items I got from the ordeal with me?”
Cassius nodded his head in response to Aris’ question.
“But you need to know what elixir it is. “What is the effect?”
“… It’s an elixir that greatly increases mana.”
An elixir that increases mana? That such a thing existed.
“All right. But I don’t think I can catch the demon lord in my current state… Do you have any tips?”
Cassius sighed heavily at Aris’ words.
“Ha… Is there anyone or anything around you that supports you?”
Cassius’ words reminded Aris of the Holy Sword and Arthur.
“There is, but.”
“Even if you weren’t a hero in the first place, it wouldn’t be so difficult that you wouldn’t be able to beat it, right? I’m sure you can win if you use everything you have. Because when I made it, I designed it so that it wouldn’t be a test of difficulty that you couldn’t handle.”
ㅡWhat an enemy!
At that time, Aris’ ears heard the sound of the surrounding space breaking.
“It’s time to break up.”
“Still, you seem to be a little more talented than the warriors of our time. Anyway, please take care of the elixir delivery?”
ㅡKwagwagwagwang!!
Before Aris could respond, the space was shattered with a loud noise, and before I knew it, my field of vision had returned to the original canyon.
ㅡPass.
I saw a book turning into powder and disappearing.
“Huh?”
Arthur was seen surprised when he saw the book disappearing next to him.
“Don’t worry, I got all the information I needed from the book.”
“The book disappeared as soon as I opened it.?”
“Anyway, there is such a thing!”
Hmm… Then I guess I’ll have to catch the demon lord at least to get the elixir. Looking at it, it doesn’t look like I’ll actually die even if I’m sealed.
“Arthur? “I have something to tell you…”
Aris was defeated by the Demon King and died once, but she lied to Arthur, saying that she returned to the past with the powers of a hero. Because I couldn’t tell you that this place wasn’t real.
“So I think we’ll have to use every means we can this time. “Arthur, can you tell me everything you can do?”
After nodding her head at Aris’ words, Arthur began to speak.
“Uh. As you know, there are healing and buff prayers, and there are techniques to bind the opponent.”
Since these were techniques he already knew, Aris put pressure on Arthur.
“Really? Is there anything else? “I can never win with my current strength.”
Arthur’s pupils began to shake at Aris’ words.
“Well. Well. There is a prayer that makes demons very weak.”
No, you mean there was such a thing? For some reason, the Demon Lord was too strong, and there was an easy way! But why didn’t Arthur use it the first time?
“Then use it as soon as you enter. Because I will protect you unconditionally.”
Moisture began to form in Arthur’s eyes at Aris’ words.
“If I use that, I will die. I have to pay with my life for using it.”
“Huh?”
I shouldn’t do that.?
