Chapter 548 – The Cursed Throne
Fortunately, when Seong-il becomes interested, Gaaz takes out 3 sensory stones from Seong-il’s chest and hands them to him.
‘Oh… Three?’
It means that there are three hidden items that have not been sold, so Seong-il can’t hide his joy and picks up the sensory stone.
‘Oh… That’s… The Shadow Lord?’
The figure of a demon made up of huge shadows visible through the sensory stone. The shadow lord, the lord of the negative dimension, is being torn apart by the powerful magic swordsmen who grew up with ruthless magic attacks.
『Kuwo!! Bug-like mortals!!』
A shadow lord who shouts a terrible roar, swings a giant shadow arm around him, or throws cursed black energy around him indiscriminately.
However, the grown-up warriors easily evade the devil’s menacing attack and then spray elaborate powerful magic attacks from all directions in the form of a wheeled battle.
“Die. Fallen being.』
Eventually, over time, the grown-up warriors tear the Shadow Lord to shreds, killing him and extracting the core from his body.
‘…Why nuclear?’
It’s been a while since I’ve been curious about Seongil. Ta-Zarran brings the wriggling shadow lord’s core back to the base and begins to smelt it into something.
‘Bracelet…?’
Interestingly, they compress and compress the core of the Shadow Lord into a small bead, and they bring a bracelet made of metal that feels strange power and attach the Shadow Lord’s core to it.
‘…Armor?’
Then, the ability of the bracelet that appears. Surprisingly, when the grown-up warrior puts on the bracelet, a black shadow flows from the bracelet and covers his entire body, transforming into armor.
‘…You’re making armor out of shadows!?’
After that, the sensory stone shows an out-grown warrior summoning armor on the battlefield to face enemies.
With quite a few weapons, he couldn’t even get a shot at the shadow armor, and Seong-il, who saw the scene, exclaimed over and over again at the ability of the armor summoned from the bracelet.
‘This is… You have to buy it!!’
The ability of the armor that is perfect for your taste. The bracelet’s ability to safely summon armor when it’s necessary to go around disguised as normal is very attractive to Seong-il.
“I like it? How much is it?”
“It’s 10,000 coins… But I’ll sell it to you for 5,000 coins. If you keep your promise.”
“Sure.”
Seong-il handed over five guarantees to Gaaz without hesitation. The time when he, who received the warranty, was away for a while to receive the goods. Seong-il grabs the rest of the sensory stones and examines the contents.
‘What is it this time…’
The moment Seong-il felt his heart pounding. He enters again into the memory of another outgrown warrior.
‘Oh… Are you in combat? And is that guy the 『Son of the Star』?’
A humanoid monster with impressive tentacles. It looks like a miniature of Cthulhu, and it presses the surroundings by constantly emitting evil superpowers from its body.
『Receive the wrath of Yarus-Naja.』
Reciting the name of the now-god prophet, the grown-up warrior swiftly swung a blue sword overflowing with magical power at the offspring of the stars.
『Quaaaaa!! A slave… How dare you!!”
“We have never been slaves. Cursed being.』
A grown-up warrior who ruthlessly decapitated a descendant of a star who spat curses. He leads his men and kills countless children of the stars ever since.
It’s been a while since the black blood sprinkled by the offspring of the stars soaked the floor. The grown-up warriors managed to break through to the heart of the Order of the Stars and reach the deepest part where the High Priest resides.
『Destroy all unclean things!』
Warriors who destroy the inside without hesitation at the words of a grown-up commander. They slaughter the priests, and destroy the inside without leaving anything behind. In the meantime, a strange silver egg appears.
『It’s the essence of the cursed psionic monster, Ku-Sarai.』
『Should I destroy it?』
“No. If the cursed possessed this treasure, there must be a reason. Take it.”
『I will.』
Back, the Commander takes this essence and takes it to the Priest of Ta-Zarran to investigate the item. Then, the use of the revealed object.
『Bondy Ku-Sarai is a parasitic monster that burrows into the body of a creature and manipulates its host. Rather, it seems that the cursed people took advantage of their wicked habits and used them for unusual purposes.”
『Which is it?』
『As a psionic creature, Ku-Sarai has a habit of forcibly remodeling the host’s body into a psionic user to make it easier for him to use. The problem is that the host’s body is twisted in the process, and it slowly dies as a side effect.”
“Hmm…”
『However, the Cursed Surprisingly, after thoroughly destroying Ku-Sarai’s soul, they remodeled the remaining soul so that Ku-Sarai strengthened the host’s psionic abilities without destroying the host’s body.』
Description of the amazing silver egg. After that, a lengthy explanation continued, but in the end, the key content was that when the silver egg was consumed, the user’s body changed so that it was easy to use superpowers.
‘Fuck… Isn’t it the best elixir for me, a psychic!?’
Currently, he uses his abilities mainly in martial arts, but Seong-il’s true ability is supernatural ability, starting with empathy.
Because of this, Seong-il feels that the silver egg in front of him is an object that will be of great help to his growth.
‘Sensitivity is also telling me that the object will be of great help. You have to buy that no matter what!!’
Feeling his blood boiling with excitement, Seong-il escapes from the memory of the sensory stone.
‘Isn’t Gaaz here yet?’
The merchant who went to pick up the goods did not return. Seong-il calms his pounding heart and touches the final emotional stone.
‘Really… What will be the last one?’
Another place appeared in front of Seongil’s eyes as he dug into the sensory stone. Interestingly, this time Ta-Zarran was not winning, but losing.
『The dimension line can no longer hold out.』
A descendant of a star wearing a bizarre robe mercilessly attacking the Ta-Jarran dimension line.
The grown-up warrior who seemed to be the captain at that sight answered his subordinate with a pained face.
『We must plan the future. I and the executioners will be holding on, so take your people and leave this place.”
『…』
The look of a grown-up commander who said he would sacrifice himself with a determined expression, and the look of his subordinates who looked at him heartbreakingly.
Seong-il feels a miserably sad feeling running through the heart of the protagonist in the memory of looking at her commanding officer.
“Come on. The dimension key needs time to warm up.”
『May the protection of Yarus-Naja be with you.』
『May the protection of Yarus-Naja be with you.』
They recite the names and blessings of the prophets to each other, and the protagonists of emotions run to live and die to gather the grown-up civilians in one place.
“Everyone gather here.”
Then he holds up a ‘wand’ called the Dimensional Key and points it into the air. And the mana flowing out of his body like the ebb tide.
Wooooo!!!
Then, surprisingly, a portal appeared in the air. The main character urges the people by pointing to a ship wandering in the dimension behind it.
『Come on, to the dimension line!』
『…』
Other-grown civilians cross the portal with a solemn expression at the protagonist’s words. Whenever that happens, the main character’s body starts to consume a huge amount of magic power.
‘You’re using the user’s magic to create a portal. That’s not the end, there’s also a penalty that consumes a lot of mana every time you use that portal.’
‘And even though I didn’t see it in the video. If you check it through the reaction… The portal consumes a lot of mana depending on the distance you want to open.’
Although there are quite a few penalties. A dimensional key that looks good though. Seong-il has a hunch that this item will also be quite helpful to him.
‘Fuck… How come they didn’t sell it in the game? If this came out of the game, it would have been a completely OP item.’
Seong-il completed the tour to the last item like that. He unexpectedly rejoices at the harvest and brings his mind back to reality.
“Have you checked everything?”
“Mmm. All three are amazing!!”
“That’s right. Originally, it should have been left for the next executioner.”
Gaaz quietly emphasizes the preciousness of the item he wants to sell. Seong-il understands his intentions, but he calmly agrees without protesting.
“I have to admit. I’ll buy all three. How much?”
“It’s the same as before. Five thousand gold coins each.”
“Okay…”
Seong-il frowns at the unimaginable price and lets out a moan. He had about eight thousand gold coins left in his hands.
At that time, I was thinking about where to get the gold coins that were lacking in holy days. Gaaz reads Seongil’s feelings and tries to negotiate.
“If you agree to my condition, I’m willing to cut the price of the item in half from there.”
“Hmm…? Which one?”
“It’s simple. Instead of the current mission, start the subjugation mission for the Cult of the Star.”
“Hmm…”
In fact, Seong-il ponders with a serious expression at Gaaz’s request to delay recapturing the holy relic.
‘Hmm… The problem with the [Church of the Stars] Subjugation is that the clear difficulty is high. The subjugation itself doesn’t take much time… Should I just listen?’
‘Or just collect some more jewels in real life… Ah!!’
While he was thinking about it, one fact crossed Seongil’s head. In the first place, he realizes that Gaaz’s request is an unacceptable matter.
“…That’s an impossible matter in the first place.”
“Why?”
While contemplating whether to tell Azu or not, Seong-il feels his cause and effect tickling his head. In addition, the fact that being honest will help.
“…To be honest. In order to safely enter the [Cult of the Star], I must kill the red dragon I want to subdue.”
“What?”
Incomprehensible Holy Day’s answer. When Seong-il said that what he thought was a separate issue was suddenly intertwined, Gaaz replied with a dumbfounded tone.
“It’s true. I swear by the name of the god I believe in. The red dragon I want to subdue has a cooperative relationship with the [Cult of the Star]. It secretly visits their lair here as needed.”
“Hmm…”
“If I could kill him and get the access key, I could easily infiltrate the [Church of the Star].
Seong-il explains the situation to Gaaz based on the information he learned through actual gameplay.
‘In the first place, the Order of the Star quest is a quest linked to the subjugation of the Red Dragon, so I’m not lying.’
Because of this, Gaaz’s condition was unacceptable. At that time, Seong-il was contemplating whether he should go back to reality and collect more jewels. Gaaz opens her mouth and spits out an answer that goes beyond Seongil’s imagination.
“Then I will also participate in this subjugation of the Red Dragon. If he is allied with the Church of the Star, he deserves to die.”
“…!!”
Suddenly, when Gaaz, the enforcer of Ta-Zarran, announces that he will participate in the subjugation of the red dragon, Seong-il looks really surprised.
“Is there a problem?”
“No… You believe me so easily? It could be that my words are lies.”
Seong-il starts talking about words that he would not normally say out of embarrassment.
“You did not lie. To be precise, there were lies. The essence of the information was all truth.”
With those words, Azu takes out a bronze statue of a strange woman from her bosom and shows it to Seongil.
‘That’s… The holy relic of the prophet Jarus-Naja that the commander of the other-grown executioners carries!?’
Surprisingly, Gaaz is not just an enforcer, but a commander. Thanks to this, he seemed to have figured out if Seongil’s words were true through the power of the goddess.
‘Whoa… How is it…’
It would be a great help if I could be with a powerful being like Gaaz, but… The problem is the Nyanko’s oracle.
When he remembered Kitty’s words that only up to six people participate in the subjugation, Seong-il opened his mouth with a pained expression.
“The truth is…”
Seongil calmly recites about the oracle. He says that the party’s six seats are already full.
“Then I will not have to participate in it except for one person.”
‘…Fuck, I never thought of that again.’
“How is the composition?”
Although he wanted to refuse, Seong-il explained the party composition while paying attention to Gaaz because he could miss out on purchasing a precious item if he went against his planting.
“B. One seeker to guide the party, one warrior-class priest from the Temple of Hammer and Anvil, one Master Paladin-class paladin from the Temple of Justice. And a machine made of unknown steel.”
“…Machine?”
Since he is a being who wanders in a dimension, Gaaz’s answer seems to be somewhat knowledgeable about mechanical civilization.
“Ah, uh. God dropped me off… If you’re a kid… Oh wait.”
Seong-il, tired of explaining, instead of answering, takes Edward out of his inventory and shows it to him.
“Like…”
Gaaz looks at a strange being he has never seen before with a curious expression.
“What kind of being are you?”
“As you can see, I am a machine.”
“Is a machine a living being?”
“No.”
Even after that, for some reason, Gaaz calmly began digging up Edward’s identity. Seong-il, whose appearance was interesting, does not stop him and just looks at him calmly.
“…The point is that you are neither living nor dead, nor do you have a soul.”
“Isn’t it?”
“…But how are they being treated as ‘six people’? Isn’t it right for the author to be treated as a ‘thing’? If that’s the case, then it’s safe to say that there’s still a spot left in the party.”
“…!!”
A sharp question from Gaaz. Seong-il is momentarily at a loss for words, wondering if this is really the case.
‘According to the theory, that statement is correct, but…’
Seong-il feels a great confusion coming from Gaaz’s objection. Gaaz asked him in a calm voice if he felt that way.
“Didn’t you say there was a god who gave you a revelation?”
“…It did?”
“Then you can ask him again.”
‘Is that…?’
In fact, at Az’s request to ask her Space Cosmic Kitten whether to allow her to join the party, she scratches her head and thinks about her seongil.
Ugh!!
At that time, Seongil’s footprint pattern glowed on the back of Seongil’s hand. Shortly thereafter, strange waves begin to spread in all directions. And the obvious sense of positivity felt in that wave.
“Your god allowed it.”
‘This is how it works…’
Gaaz approaches the bewildered Seongil. He takes the three treasures he prepared and asks Seong-il a question.
“Include me in the party, and I’ll pay you exactly ten thousand coins for everything.”
“… Let’s get along well for the time being. Colleagues.”
And after grabbing Gaaz’s belongings, Seong-il smiles and greets his new colleague.
