Ruler of the Game 530

Chapter 530 – The Cursed Throne

Then you see a pure white space. Inside, a woman wearing a mask identical to her holy day appears and starts talking to her.

The appearance of a woman with impressively large breasts in contrast to her petite body. Wearing primitive clothes made of leather unique to barbarians, she speaks to herself in a mysterious white space.

『Hmm… Our next chief. Why did you call me in your dreams? As I said before, this esoteric has a limit on the number of times. If you call me too often, it will be impossible to communicate with me when it really matters?”

A woman who speaks to herself with her slightly scolding tone. The moment Argent is about to open her mouth to her, her familiar voice bursts out of her mouth of ‘her own’.

“Ah! This time, a powerful mage made a deal with me…”

‘Hmm… Interesting. Did you mean this by extracting memories?’

Argent hears her voice and realizes that the current situation is Seong-il’s extracted memory.

『Yo… I was asked by a wizard to trade an engraved spell based on an ancient secret art I discovered?』

“Okay!! Originally, I would have ignored and rejected it… But would you like to read this book?”

As an ancient evil wizard, Argent, who quickly grasped the situation, shuts her mouth and begins to calmly observe her memories.

『That book is…』

『This is a magic book of wonder…』

To Yuna, who is interested, Seong-il begins to recite the magic book of wonder.

『…It sure is a wonderful thing. It seems to be an artifact located in the middle of the major and minor magicians say…』

“I don’t know about that. It’s good? Can I trade if I get another one like this?”

“…Joy! The imprint I gave you is a secret technique with a powerful secret and value comparable to that magic book!!! But… Someday the secret will be known.”

Yuna, who wears a mask, puts her passion into acting as she practiced for several days and gets angry at Seong-il with a tone full of worries.

『Our next chieftain… Don’t you think of refusing and then being caught by that archmage?』

“I don’t know.”

『How stupid…』

Yuna, the ‘shaman’, reproaches Seong-il, who is faithful to her role as a barbarian. She sighed as if she couldn’t help it, and continued her words.

『Haa… If you can get something reasonable, just trade it.』

“Oh…!! Is it really okay?』

“If not? It’s stupid. You don’t even have the strength to protect the treasure you’re holding? If you don’t want to die, you have to do that, right? Our stupid next chieftain?』

『…』

When the shaman criticizes her Seong-Il, the Seong-Il in her memory lowers her head and creates a sullen appearance.

『But… I can’t dare to take away for free the secret art developed by me and the former shaman shed blood and sweat. Do you remember the other marble I gave you?』

“Ah! Is it the bead of the fortune teller or something?”

『Yeah… That’s right. I remember it well.”

‘…Do it?’

The appearance of words that irritate Argent’s ears. He frowns slightly and concentrates on the ensuing conversation.

『You will never see me stealing secret arts for free. Receive something worthy of the occult. Okay? If you don’t think you’ll get it, never pass the secret.”

Seong-il, who is faithful to the role of a barbarian in the appearance of Yuna, a witch doctor who shouts ferociously, calmly recites lines for bluffing that he has prepared in advance.

『What if he tries to steal the secret art from me by force?』

“Why did I give you that marble? If he shows any signs of mischief, he throws the marble on the floor. Then the incantation engraved on your body will dissipate and disappear.”

『Oh…Was it like that?』

“Yes, you fool. I prepared it in advance because I was worried that the greedy wizards of Solanium would find out your secret.”

“Oh oh…”

‘Ha… I rolled my hair…?’

Argent snorts at Yuna’s words that she will not take away her knowledge. However, apart from that, she starts to feel a little bit cautious in her heart.

‘Rather than taking it by force… It would be more comfortable to coax it out first…’

Looking at her memories, Argent begins to have a sense of what to do with her. With a more relaxed expression, he examines his memories.

“Hey. Perhaps, you are looking at this memory through a marble, right?』

‘…’

『Don’t even think about trading with my secret technique for something that isn’t the same. Please vomit something suitable for it.”

‘He’s a pretty naive shaman.’

Despite the fact that the magical power felt in his body is not very strong, Argent snorts in ridicule when he asks himself so confidently.

『Apart from this memory marble, I will give our next chieftain a memory marble containing the secret of the imprinting spell. If you want to obtain a secret art, give me something comparable to that magic book. Okay?”

‘Cheeky…’

『It would be better not to use your hair and try to extort by force. If magic is cast on our next chieftain, Haeju’s magic will explode immediately. Then you will never be able to obtain this spell.”

‘…’

Argent feels her annoyance welling up at Yuna’s thorough and cheeky cry.

‘…There’s also a way to cheat after the deal is over.’

If you listen closely to the conversation, it’s certain that the barbarian named Seongil has a memory dictation containing a secret technique. Because of this, Argent reads the memory of the orb containing the secret art and decides to subdue Seongil.

‘I don’t know what Haeju’s beads are, but they don’t dare to threaten me. Once I get the secret technique, I’ll be able to scold those cheeky things.’

While thinking like that, the memory ends, and Argent, who has cleared his mind, smiles and tells Seong-il.

“Isn’t that shaman a pretty smart friend?”

“My wealth, but she’s a great woman. What are you going to do? Are you going to make a deal?”

Seong-il takes out two more marbles from his bosom and holds them in front of him.

‘One… Looks like the same memory marble… And what is the other?’

A strange black orb. Argent, who was curious about the marble he had never seen before, tried to project his magic power, but to his surprise, the marble absorbed his magic neatly.

‘…Are those beads of Haeju?’

I don’t know how strong it is, but a black orb that looks pretty powerful. Because of the unusual marble, Argent decides to act as he thought before rather than gamble on the uncertainty.

“That’s good. I’ll present an artifact worthy of mysticism. Verisa?”

“Yes…”

Argent calls Verisa whose pupils are dilated. Then she replies with a blank expression.

“Will you bring me the three most valuable artifacts kept in the basement?”

“Of course…”

Verissa slowly moves into the basement with a distraught expression.

‘I see… What am I going to bring.’

Seong-il feels a strange feeling mixed with anticipation and tension. However, Seong-il tries to keep his composure by memorizing the rules of the color ball in his mind to keep his emotions from being exposed to Argent.

“I brought it…”

‘Three items…’

Seong-il examines the three items Verisa brought with an interested expression.

A pocket made of dark blue silk and a black belt. Finally, plain boots that seem to be made of brown leather.

‘At first glance, they look very ordinary… But in reality, they are all artifacts with permanent magic…?’

Somehow, since the basic ability is ’emotion’, which is specialized in appraisal of items, Seong-il understands the value of the item just by lightly looking at it.

However, despite this, Seong-il pretends not to know anything and asks Argent with a puzzled expression.

“What is this? At first glance, they look like ordinary objects…”

“Haha… Is that normal?”

“Does it look like that?”

When Seong-il gives an answer as if he knows nothing, Argent snorts and moves his hand toward him.

Ugh!!

‘…Is it telekinesis magic?’

Artifacts that floated before Seongil’s eyes, who were intrigued. As the bag among the dogs approaches Seongil’s eyes first, Argent points to the bag and explains.

“Infinite pouch. It’s a space compression artifact. True to its ‘infinite’ name, it can hold an enormous amount of items.”

‘Ah, that’s it…’

As he is a deceased figure in the cursed game of thrones, Seong-il immediately figured out what kind of item that item was as soon as he heard Argent’s explanation.

‘It’s a pretty good item. It was to the extent that the level of comfort of the game play differed depending on whether or not there was a ‘pocket of space’, a downgraded version of that item that appeared in the middle of the game. How much more is its top item? There will be nothing to see.’

‘But then what do you do? Do I have an inventory skill?’

Seong-il quickly grasps the usefulness of the pouch. However, he shook his head and expressed his refusal because he had an ability called ‘Inventory Skill’, which was a higher compatibility.

“I don’t need anything like that. It’s something like food or water. I can create it with the magic written in the magic book you gave me, and I don’t usually carry a lot of things with me.”

“Hmm… But if you have that little pocket, it will be of great help when you are adventuring? ? It would be incredibly good for loot and stuff.”

‘That’s right.’

An Argent who always says the right things. However, Seong-il firmly shakes his head and expresses his refusal.

“Well, I admit it’s a good item, but I don’t think it’s a great item that can be exchanged for secret arts…”

“Ha… You’re too greedy. Then I’ll show you the next one.”

Argent shakes his head with a puzzled expression and places a plain looking boot in front of him.

“These are artifacts called ‘boots of swiftness’. They give the wearer a permanent haste with no side effects. It will be of great help to you, a warrior.”

‘Oh… Boots of swiftness!! It was my favorite item in the cursed throne.’

The Cursed Throne was a really well-made classic RPG, but there was one fatal flaw when playing multiple times.

It’s just the sense of speed. In the first round, users didn’t know anything, so they just played it…

The problem is that when you get that item and experience that the movement speed is doubled, users become accustomed to the movement speed, and it was also famous for being a notorious item that made it difficult to feel the slowed movement speed when playing the second time.

‘It was an item that gave me a sense of reverse. I usually aim for no cheat, no edit play, but to the extent that I got that item through edit and started.’

When Seong-il saw his favorite item in real life, Seong-il looked at it for a long time with a happy heart. However, the distracting thoughts pass, and the realistic part begins to enter his eyes.

‘Certainly, it’s comfortable to have that. However, it means nothing to me, who already has divine magic, martial arts, and wonder spells, doesn’t it?’

‘Fast close combat using acceleration? It’s enough to just use the imprint blink or shadow jump.’

There is even a magic book of wonder that can use acceleration magic. With his thoughts in order, Seong-il shook his head resolutely and expressed his disapproval.

“This is a very rare item, but it’s not impossible to obtain, right? As far as I know, Solanium’s Shapiron Thieves Guild’s action leader and guild leader also have the same item.”

“…It’s quite informative, isn’t it?”

“Even if you look at it like this, I’m a pretty hard-nosed adventurer. By the way, I’ve also killed enemies who use this artifact. So I haven’t felt that good about it.”

“…”

Seong-il answers calmly, recalling one of the bosses in the first episode of The Throne of the Cursed. At that, Argent sighed, then gave up answering and showed the last item.

“The belt of projectile reflection. It is an artifact that not only deflects ‘non-magical’ projectiles thrown at the wearer, but also reflects them, counterattacking the enemy.”

‘This is something I’ve never heard of before.’

The appearance of items that have never been seen in the editor. Seong-il asks Argent with a slightly curious expression.

“What exactly is the range of reflections? A suggestion for the number of reflections, or a condition for magical projectiles.”

“Ah… That kind of thing.”

When Seong-il finally seems to be interested in his artifact, Argent continues the explanation of the item with a slightly relieved expression.

“This can only reflect ‘non-magical’ items. There is no limit to the number of times, but… Each time it is reflected, the item’s mana is consumed little by little, so if it reflects too much, it will stop working for a while. . Charging time is about a day.”

“Hmm…”

“I think it’s a really helpful item for a melee warrior like you. You know how great it is to not only block arrows on the battlefield, but also reflect them, right?”

‘It’s nice, but…’

Seong-il feels that he is interested in the artifact because it can be exposed to attacks such as firearms in reality or in a scientifically developed world like Pocket Girls.

‘I can block bullets with psychokinesis or shadows… But it’ll be useful to block an ambush that will happen when my strength is drained or I’m careless…’

Seong-il, which I thought about for a while. However, he soon decides to break his heart and refuse.

‘No. This is not enough To be honest, I want to receive a ‘magic book of wonder’ class item from Argent… But it’s a bit hard to be satisfied with just something like this…’

Thinking so, Seong-il tells Argent while holding the belt floating in front of him.

“Oh no… This is a bit useful, but…”

“Oh. Then shall we exchange it for that?”

“…But, this won’t work either.”

“…”

When Seong-il refuses another precious artifact, Argent’s face begins to look really displeased.

“No, honestly, all three are rare items, but don’t you think these are ‘magic books of wonder’?”

“Hmm…”

“To be honest, I’m in a situation where I said that I would give my shaman a ‘Wonderful Spellbook’ class item. But they said they would give you something like this? I don’t know…”

At Seong-il’s negative answer, Argent seemed to be worried for a while, then calmly opened his mouth to him.

“Haa…Then how about this one? I’ll give you all three of them.”

‘Oh…’

Quite an intriguing answer. Seong-il seriously contemplates whether to agree to his words.

‘Uh…?’

An intense sensation felt in Seong-il’s head while trying to read the law of cause and effect by causing ‘reaction’ with his weak internal energy.

‘…That ring?’

Let’s look at the location of the intense senses given by the response, and the ring visible there. Seong-il whipped away the three artifacts in front of him with his arms and asked Argent.

“What is that ring?”

“…!!”