Chapter 36 – District 1 (T2) (9)
8. Zone 1 (2 tracks) (9)
We approached odds and ends. Approaching and examining it, it seemed that the prophecy was correct.
“Sister! Look at this! Here, here!”
“… Gospel? How, how can the word of the Goddess come to this place?”
Because the reaction of the two priests was like this.
“If possible, let’s not touch it for now. Just in case.”
“Ah, yes. Suddenly, I saw the papers with doctrines written on them… I forgot for a while that this place was a dungeon.”
“There is also a word from Justitia. This is, this is absolutely ridiculous! It’s impossible!”
Kaya regains her composure, but Shay is agitated as her face blushes. No, she was more like anger than excitement.
“How is it that the words of Justitia and Raella are written in the dungeon? Things that are less than filth that serve those nonsense, how. How!”
“Shay.”
“It’s blasphemy, it’s the denial of the truth. You should run right away and cut off the useless head with a sword and empty the brain, and crush the eyes that see wrong things!”
[The fear hidden in familiarity disturbs the hearts of the warriors.]
[Shay mentality -5]
[Kaya mentality -5]
[Eugene mentality -3]
Ah.
I could tell intuitively. The reason why his mentality was blacked out this time was not because of the darkness and fear unique to the dungeon, but because of Shay’s seizures. The eerie feeling she felt in the dungeon ran through her body.
“Shay.”
“It can’t be, it can’t be, it can’t be, filthy heretical filth, trash, etc. Dare to write down the words of the goddess and engrave them in her eyes, crushing her fingernails and breaking every joint in her fingers…”
“Shay!”
I squeezed Shay’s cheeks tightly. If I exaggerated a little, it sounded like a slap in the face. Then Shay’s dead eyes, which had been spitting out creepy verbal raps while looking at the books of prophecy scattered on her floor, came back to life.
“Captain… ?”
“Yes, Shay. Calm down. There is no heresy here now. There are only papers.”
“But not here!”
“Isn’t it a matter of a day or two for those guys to talk shit? They are the ones who ruin the lives and beliefs of others for their own beliefs. It is not impossible to see the doctrines of Raella-sama and Ustiel-sama in this place, where such bastards live.”
“Captain!”
She could read the disappointment in her eyes, as if Shay could say such harsh words.
Shay.
You have to listen to the end.
“What we need to do is to decide what to do with this, not just get angry at their bullshit here. Even at this moment, time is passing.”
“Ah.”
This was not a resting place. It was in the middle of the aisle. Silence was never a good option, and I made it clear. She seemed to understand right away, because she also had what she had been through on her way here.
But if it ends like this, the anger they feel as servants of the goddess will be incompletely burned.
Naturally, I had to direct their anger to the prophecy.
“I don’t think they accepted this doctrine as a sudden decision to repent in a dark place like this.”
“Of course!”
“Then why? Why?”
“Yeah…”
Because it is heresy.
Words swirled around Shay’s lips.
Catch heresy. It’s rough
The question of why didn’t matter much in this process.
Why hold on Because it is heresy.
Why choke? Because it is heresy.
The important thing was where Ethan hid like a bug and how crowded it was.
However, the two most important things lost their meaning greatly because this is a special place called a dungeon. Where is heresy? Everyone except us is a heretic. How many heresies are there? Everyone except us is a heretic.
Shay, whose thoughts had spread to that point, did not let the answer that lingered in her mouth come out of her mouth. After regaining her composure, she decided to wait for the captain’s next words.
“Without seeing the details yet, this is just my guess, though. The reason the papers with the doctrines of the goddesses are here is probably… Wasn’t it to try to adjust according to their taste?”
“Leader. Now, what is that?”
“The religion that dominates the world is interpreted in its own way. That he is right look at it Right now we are stuck here, but we have faith that has been righted. That’s why I have to worship harder.”
This wasn’t even written in the official settings. But this kind of analogy was easy. It was just a matter of adding a story that could have been on top of the official setting for the Book of Prophecy.
I induced the direction before they set themselves aflame again.
“Therefore. Why don’t two people of true ‘belief’ right the wad of paper that hides that cunning and sinister intent?”
“Right, make it?”
“For example, to keep the purity of the doctrine written there. Like washing white clothes with black stains on them.”
Unleash your anger here!
I put a fictitious stigma on the Book of Prophecy. It was a bonus that he secretly took out the holy water from his bag.
“Maybe there is some trick, this might be necessary.”
“… As expected, the captain knows the answer.”
“That’s right. I will thoroughly condemn and trample on their trashy intentions!”
Kaya and Shay militantly snatched the bottle of holy water and approached the Prophecy. Then he frowned and suddenly poured holy water into the Book of Prophecy.
Chii Iik-!
Suddenly, a sound similar to the sound of grilling meat on an iron plate echoed through the dungeon. But the smell and smoke were nasty.
‘Uh? Can I do that?’
My mouth and hands itched. But I wasn’t an expert. It was just two or three clicks with the mouse, and the warriors took care of it in a matter of seconds, and I only saw brief illustrations. If you fail, you will grab your head and scream with your eyes bloodshot, and if you succeed, you will be a solemn warrior who sheds tears and prays with both hands clasped together. .
I succeeded in inducing the flames of anger, but the actual process was out of my realm.
‘Even if the difficulty level has increased, nothing has changed in the Prophets.’
On the easiest difficulty and on the hardest difficulty. Probability, penalty, and reward as much as the prophecy says. Everything was as it was.
The probability that a priest-type hero who uses holy water will go crazy if he fails to pronounce a prophecy is 0%.
‘A new type of result popping up here?’
Then you gotta fuck it. It’s going to be a shit game, a garbage game, a fucking game.
‘If you can’t even scratch a risk-free lottery ticket because you’re afraid, what about the second area and how will you break through the third area? And not to mention the new District 4 in this dlc.’
I trusted my judgment. So far, I thought my judgment based on my knowledge and experience was valid. New gimmicks, rampant difficulty, and various elements that you didn’t even have to worry about in the game.
I was lucky, but originally this game was a game of luck. In a turn-based roguelike game, the fact that the basic attack power is flexible and the accuracy rate itself proves that it is a game of luck from birth.
There was nothing wrong with hoping for luck in such a game.
In short, if you made a plan including luck and it works out well, it becomes your skill.
My judgment that I will give you a prophecy that passes by without being able to do it.
No matter what the outcome of that judgment comes out, I will have to take responsibility.
Chii Ik-
While I was staring at them frantically from outside their field of vision, in case I was disturbed, the black smoke had turned to light gray and the foul smell had faded before I knew it. When I listened carefully, they kept pouring holy water little by little and muttering something.
“Take care of the lamb with warm kindness, and with cool-headed generosity, the words say to eliminate those who are unfair…”
“Light is Justitia’s grace that shines everywhere regardless of rich or poor, strong or weak, male or female, old or young, and it is fair justice to carry out that will widely, so that those who do not comply with this will The outstretched hand also…”
Evenly dripping holy water on one hand, staring at the Book of Prophecies with half-closed eyes, and constantly murmuring doctrines, the appearance of these women was quite distant from being called sacred clergy.
But what about
Aren’t they my companions, even if they look a bit, or to be honest, afraid of appearing in a dream? Doesn’t that look like you’re doing your best? Their anger will be directed at the monsters, so it was infinitely reliable.
‘I can’t be fooled.’
In the first playthrough, Kaya’s ecstatic smile while holding a mace covered in blood and flesh in 1-1 was still vivid in my eyes.
Chii-
Eventually, the sound of smoke that seemed to last forever ended. The bottle that had been full of holy water had become empty, but the two were silent as they constantly muttered doctrines militantly.
‘I don’t think I’m crazy… Fuck, I’m so fucking scared.’
Gulp- All I had to do was swallow my saliva and take a single step, but it took a lot of energy.
If this situation were contained in a scene in a cartoon, wouldn’t it have been surrounded by an aura of darkness around the two colleagues, and onomatopoeia such as goooooh?
“Hey, Kaya? Shay?”
The moment when he takes one more courageous step toward the tenacious priests who seem to have just come back from hell.
Dump-
Kaya and Shay knelt in place. My heart was pounding. Is my judgment wrong? Why? Was there enough evidence?
The formula of 0% probability of being affected is broken here? Ah, isn’t it? Right? Say no!
“Kaya! Shay! Fine…”
“Aaaaa-! Dear Raella-!”
“Lady Justitia… ! Haaa… !”
“… Uh?”
[Kaya has succeeded in unlocking the Book of Prophets.]
[The existing faith will be strengthened.]
[The positive feature ‘cool-headedness’ has been expressed.]
[Shay has succeeded in unlocking the Book of Prophets.]
[The existing faith will be strengthened.]
[The positive characteristic ‘firmness’ has been manifested.]
A positive feature that is a great success reward! It was also dumbfounded by the lottery that broke in pairs.
“Ah, my God. We will be with you not only with warmth but also with coolness… !”
“Haha. Justitia… !”
However, I couldn’t help but feel goose bumps when I saw my comrades kneeling down on the cold dungeon floor, sighing excitedly, and falling into a kind of trance.
[The chill that comes out of the dungeon erodes the bodies of the warriors.]
[Shay mentality -3]
[Kaya mentality -3]
[Eugene mentality -4]
‘Ha, this looks like a knife again.’
I felt sorry for the girls who were in ecstasy for a while, but I couldn’t stay still as long as the work was over. Because of Haeju, my mental state was blacked out twice.
“Huh?”
“Hey!”
When I put both hands on each other’s shoulders, the girls who looked up at me in amazement immediately blushed and quickly stood up from their seats.
I cleared my throat once and pointed forward with my torch. Then Shay laughed haha and started walking again in front of her.
[Kaya]
Race/Gender: Half-elf female
Class: Battle Vestal
Level: 1
Max HP: 14 (11+2+1)
Attack Power (2) : 4~10
Defense (1) : 3
Speed: 4(3+1)
Knight Regeneration/Awakening: 7%
Reconnaissance Probability: 14%
Positive Traits: Agility (Speed +1) / Calmness (Damage to enemies below 50% HP +1)
Negative trait: Fear of the dark (Increases mentality by 25% when the brightness is below 50%)
[Shae]
Race/Gender: Human female
Class: Crusader
Level: 1
Max HP: 17 (11+4+2)
Attack Power: 2~8
Defense: 5
Speed: 4(1+1)
Knight Revival/Awakening: 9(8+1)%
Reconnaissance Probability: 15(14+1)%
Positive Traits: Genius (all stats +10%, minimum 1) / Hardiness (Defense +1)
Negative Characteristics: Seizures (low probability of mentality)
‘It’s not a tier 1 feature, but it has useful features. Anyway, at this stage, if you give something, you should bow down and accept it. Good. Very good.’
I was very happy to see the second positive feature on their profiles. The reward for my judgment being correct was sweet.
“Captain.”
“Uh. Let’s keep this momentum and go right away.”
“Yes!”
I went through danger in 1-3, but now that I overcame it, I was riding the energy of becoming, the momentum of becoming.
“Open it.”
Shay’s movement to open the door of 1-5 was very light.
