Chapter 89 – Short Break (3)
“Help…? Can you explain what kind of help it is?”
They say this useless god can help me.
After hearing that, I really, really wanted to hear how I could help.
It must be something so amazing that a guy like me can’t even imagine and something that only God can do.
I want to believe that.
【Uh… That… Anyway, it will be helpful!】
After hearing what I said, Gaia hesitated, put her hands together, moved closer to me, and spoke with all her might.
“So… Please tell me what kind of help this is.”
Why does this damn god say this so ambiguously?
【That… Ah! I think I can tell you where the equipment you need for summoning is located!】
“That’s good. Where else are you besides Ferne where we are now?”
Gaia is of great help to us just by telling us where we are.
【I can’t tell you the exact location, but I can tell you which direction. Wait a minute.】
Gaia folded her hands in front of her chest.
Then a dazzling light rose from her hand.
Has about 1 second passed? The light slowly disappeared from Gaia’s hand, and before my eyes, I saw a round object floating in the air.
I saw the round object slowly flying, and when I held out her hand, it gently landed on my hand.
A round object with a small needle stuck in the center was pointing in a certain direction.
“Is this… A compass?”
There was no direction indicated on the compass.
【The middle arrow will point in the direction of the equipment needed for summoning. The compass will point to the closest device based on where you are standing.】
“Oh! That’s useful equipment.”
It would have been much better if it had been given to me sooner.
Now that I have 3 characters left to summon, giving this is really…
Still, let’s be satisfied that someone who hasn’t been of any help until now has given us something of some use.
What do I want?
【I also want to be as helpful as possible to Jinu. However, I feel resentful of myself for only having this much power… As the god of this world, I have a duty to protect the world from demons, but it is a sad reality that I only have this much power.】
“Gaia, are you unable to fight Demon with your power?”
Gaia shook her head with a somewhat sad air.
【At first, I was able to successfully block the low-level demons that came into this world with my own strength. We blocked as many dimensional gaps that could have been crossed. Then one day, I suddenly felt a huge shock spread throughout the world.】
“I guess that’s when Demons really invaded this world.”
Gaia heard me and nodded.
【When I checked the area where the impact was felt, I saw numerous demons pouring out of the cracked space. I used my strength to defeat it quickly, but from the moment the advanced demons appeared, it became difficult to block with my own strength, and I lost most of my strength because of the monsters that appeared later.】
“A monster? What demon are you talking about?”
The strongest demon I know is Modeus, the level 100 raid boss.
【That… Was the embodiment of fear itself. I don’t know his name, but he had the shape of a huge dragon. It was impossible to inflict damage on my own. All we could do was forcefully push it to the back of the dimension.】
“A demon in the form of a dragon?”
As far as I know, there is no demon that looks like that.
Then, a passing memory suddenly appeared in my mind.
No way, that’s not true. I believe not.
“Anyway, you pushed that guy out and he’s no longer in this world?”
【Yes. If it weren’t for that demon, there would have been no need to call Jinu to this world. That being… It’s just horrible to think that he couldn’t stop it from crossing over here.】
Did it start from there?
“But Gaia, if you can stop Demon with your power alone, why did he summon a warrior from the past?”
【That’s because, like now, I needed someone to deal with any demons found on the Arpe Continent on my behalf. Numeron, the dimensional gate, was created by sealing the space in the split dimension after pushing away the terrifying demon I mentioned a little while ago.】
That’s how it happened.
【Selecting a hero to fight Demon on my behalf was unexpectedly simple. As we tracked down Demon’s existence, we discovered that there was another world that was already fighting Demon. The moment I learned that, I chose a powerful person from that world and called him here, which was the beginning of Hero Summoning.】
“It’s just like I said last time. They were guys that I could defeat with my original strength, but it became difficult to keep the seal on Numeron, the dimensional gate, from being released, and to keep the demons that occasionally popped out from running wild. I see…”
Gaia slowly nodded, giving off a sad aura.
【It might have been okay if demons only came through the sealed dimensional door, but sometimes a small dimensional gap opens and a hero has been summoned to deal with the demons that leak out, but the pressure on the dimensional door is gradually increasing. There was no time to recover his strength after losing, and he had to gradually bring in stronger heroes to deal with the demons that kept leaking out, so it was a vicious cycle.】
“That’s why you boldly summoned me this time. Also, the reason you neglected me for ‘five years’ is because you used too much power, right?”
【Ah, yes, yes! That’s right!】
There are more than one or two things that really bother me.
Even if he summoned a hero, the dimensional gate Numeron showed no signs of being resolved and demons kept coming over, so he had to summon a hero, so he was in a situation where his power could not be recovered.
But it still doesn’t tell me why it chose me out of so many users.
It feels like I’m intentionally trying to avoid this topic.
I thought about asking again, but I felt like I was going to change the subject again, so I didn’t.
“Anyway, if you have this compass, it will be easier to find the equipment needed for summoning. Even if you don’t know the location, it will be much easier to know the direction. Is there anything else than this?”
【Yes… I can only help you this much because I have to block the door to that dimension even with the power I have recovered now.】
Then I’ll be satisfied up to this point.
【I’ll end today’s story here. At least, I think there will be more opportunities than before to regain my strength and be able to call Jinunim like I do now.】
After saying that, I woke up in bed.
When I opened my eyes and looked around, it seemed that it was still dawn before morning.
I was clearly asleep without anything, but there was a small object in my hand.
I got up gently so as not to wake Ellie and Lienne who were sleeping next to me.
Normally, he would wake up if I moved, but seeing that he couldn’t, it seems that yesterday’s battle with Hydra had accumulated great fatigue.
I’m still feeling a bit sore.
I heard what the object was in my hand.
I roughly expected it, but as expected, I was holding in my hand the compass that Gaia had given me in my dream.
When I turned the compass in various directions, the direction was fixed in only one place.
I think you can move in this direction during the day and look for it.
Still, I got a great harvest. The point is that I can now use skills that could only be used in games.
It definitely feels like the more I summon my character, the more game systems I can use.
Moreover, I look forward to seeing what kind of system I can use if I summon one more person with this compass in my hand.
“Why did you wake up suddenly, master?”
I turned my head toward the sound and saw Noah sitting in the corner.
“What are you doing there?”
“I can’t sleep very well. Besides, after a fierce battle with Demon like today, it’s my habit to hide myself in a corner like this. You don’t have to worry about it.”
Noah waved his hand and spoke as if it was no big deal.
“I see. Then it doesn’t really matter.”
Then I noticed that he was still wearing an eye patch.
“You don’t take off that blindfold even when you sleep?”
“Oh, this? This is a bit special.”
I didn’t understand what that meant.
“This is what the owner gave me, right? My life changed starting with this eyepatch.”
I’m sure that eyepatch was given to me.
It is one of the avatar systems in Elion that allows you to wear whatever clothes you want to decorate your character’s appearance.
Unlike Ellie, the paladin, whose basic appearance I kept as is, the other characters are made up of avatars that look the way I like.
Among them, I remember Noah, who was a Berserker, and he looked really cool with her red hair and eyepatch, so I paid for it right away and chose her.
Moreover, when I develop a new character, I start by customizing the avatar.
From what I’ve heard so far, I think that when I received my powers, I also got the clothes that I got as an avatar.
“Is it special because you received it while receiving my power?”
“I remember it well. It’s an unforgettable memory for me.”
Noah took off the blindfold she was wearing and showed it to me.
Then, I discovered an unexpected figure hidden behind an eyepatch.
I thought the eyepatch covering my right eye that was given to me as an avatar was simply covering my eye, but what was underneath the eyepatch was a large scar.
