Chapter 579 – The Cursed Throne
An unexpected bombshell. At that remark, Seong-il turns to ice and stares blankly at the god of knowledge.
“Yes?!”
“It is as you have heard. Please reap Aruril.”
Perhaps because of his unique personality, there was no doubt about the ability of Aruril, the Apostle of Knowledge.
In addition, her seongil was a situation where she even saw her beautiful appearance this time, so it was true that she had a dark heart for her.
However, despite his dark heart, the sudden demand for knowledge arouses Seong-il’s great curiosity, so he suppresses his desire and tries to ask questions.
“Aaruril?! Why…”
“It is simple. It is because the Great Will forever banned Aruril’s activities under my mountain from now on.”
“Ah…”
An answer of knowledge that eliminates the boiling questions at once. As Seong-il seems to understand, the god of knowledge scatters the divine power mixed with a sigh around him and calmly continues the explanation.
『Now, he completely forbids the appearance of beings that are directly infused with the essence of God like Auril. He also said that there will be no mercy if you break this rule in the future.”
“Hmm…”
Although the God of Knowledge spoke calmly, Seong-il silently fell asleep, guessing how much pressure the gods must have been under this order from Kitty.
『In the meantime, he made two proposals to me regarding Aruril.』
“Which…?”
Seongil knew. He told himself that although he was pretty tolerant of kitties, by nature he was pretty much a cynical being. Because of this, he was able to instinctively feel that the conditions set by Kitty would not be light by any means.
『The first is to recover the essence of Aruril.』
“!!”
『”Recovery,” As it sounds good. If I retrieve my essence from Aruril, the providence of nature will come to the body of that child who has slept for a long time because of me for the past hundreds of years. If that’s the case…”
Seong-il realizes that the word actually means ‘rapid aging’, and answers ‘Nature’s bound providence’.
“…I’ll die instantly.”
“Yes.”
In the meantime, the god of knowledge reads the sympathy hidden in Seongil’s calm reply and continues to explain as if persuading him.
“The child is hundreds of years old in terms of biological age, but he is a poor child who is only twenty years old, excluding the years when he was practically sealed and fell into a deep sleep.”
‘Somehow… A bit immature…’
『Because of my mistake, I don’t want the apostle who was so loyal to me to die in vain. Please listen to my last request.”
The true will that flows from knowledge. Seong-il could feel that he was truly guilty of his apostle Aruril.
“…By the way, is it okay for me to accept it? Meow meow… No, I don’t think he’ll forgive me.”
“It’s okay. The second condition he presented is to transform the position of Aruril into your apostle. He said that only, in that case, he would not have to retrieve the essence from Aruril.』
“Aha…”
Virtually the only way to save Aruril. She travels with them anyway and has quite good feelings for the hamster, and he likes her true appearance today, so Seong-il nods her head in agreement.
“Ah! And… There is something he said to say only when you accept the second condition.”
“Hmm? Which…?”
『He said that since he twisted the ‘law of causation’, he would be able to register as a follower without ‘clearing’ it. I don’t know what that is…”
“!!!!”
Unlike the god of knowledge, who is very concerned about it, Seong-il knows the true meaning of the words, so he looks really surprised.
‘Have you read the knowledge about followers?! Well… That’s why I may have told you to take Arrill…’
If Seongil was to reap Aruril anyway, she was more likely to be active in the real world or another world than in the world of 『The Cursed Throne』.
Because of her seongil, I was able to realize the reason why Nyanko wanted him to reap Aru Lil.
‘… Simply put, take Arrill and leave this world, right? It means not to act in the main material world as much as possible.’
Seong-il, who grasped Kitty’s hidden intentions, sighs and replies to her knowledge pretending to be patronizing.
“I will do as you said.
“Thank you. Thanks to your decision, I can sleep comfortably.”
Not long after the god of knowledge spits out the answer to his regret, the sacred space around Seongil disappears with intense light.
“Kuh…”
Seong-il closed his eyes for a moment in pain when the light hit his eyes. As the light fades and the pain in his eyes subsides, he struggles to open them and examines his surroundings.
“Okay…”
A shabby space in front of Seongil’s eyes. He realizes that he has returned to the Sanctuary of Knowledge located in the slums.
“Are you okay…?”
An old priest approaching Seongil who was prostrate and asking how he is doing.
“Ah, yes… It’s okay.”
Seong-il, who stood up from his seat while holding his hand, could see divine power overflowing from the old priest’s body.
‘Come to think of it, that’s all…’
Intense divine power was overflowing from the bodies of not only the old priests but also almost all the priests in the sanctuary.
‘The temple of knowledge is imminently resurrected.’
In the end, since the fundamentals of the revival of faith are the powerful priests who will lead the will of God, Seong-il has no doubt that the collapsed temple of knowledge will quickly revive based on these powerful priests.
“Thank you, Apostle. For leading our faith.”
“Yes?”
Seong-il looks at the old priest with an absurd expression at the sudden words of the old priest.
“I heard from God that he gave us back the bible so we don’t go astray again.”
With those words, the priest turned his back and gazed somewhere. And in the eyes of Seong-il, who turns his head together at that appearance, the magic book of the universe, which sprinkles the power of the subtle law, enters.
‘Oh… That’s…’
A magic book of all worlds that shows a different level of presence from previous magic books. It was now scattering mystical divine powers worthy of its name ‘Bible’.
“Huh… Huh…”
And a silver-haired beautiful girl who was on her knees in front of such a Bible, desperately reducing her moaning and weeping sadly.
“…Are you okay?”
“It’s not okay…!! Knowledge abandoned me… Black…”
Perhaps it was quite a shock to be abandoned by the god she believed in and followed her whole life, but Arrill cries in front of the Bible with a devastated expression.
“I didn’t throw it away. Don’t cry.”
“What are you talking about!! I’m not an idiot!! I’m a priest who has kept my knowledge for a long time!! Do you think I can’t even guess his will? At an important time to lead the temple, from now on, I have been ordered to follow Seongil-nim. Are you getting off?! He wants me to…”
Normally, he would have given every courtesy to Seong-il, the apostle of the great being, but perhaps due to the situation, Aruril, who had lost his mind halfway, yelled at Seong-il with a sharp voice.
‘Hmm.’
However, her seongil couldn’t stop her because of her sympathy, because she was sorry for the appearance of Arrill, who was slightly in her panic and shouting like mad.
‘Is there no way… Ah!’
Seong-il wanted to prove that she was not abandoned. A good idea pops into his head.
“Wait. I’ll prove it.”
“What…!!”
Ignoring her whimper, Seong-il opens her inventory and takes out one of her familiar crystal balls.
‘Remember…’
Seong-il slowly injects memories into marbles. He then hands the orb to Aruril.
“Take it. You’ll understand when you see it.”
“Hmph! What are those marbles…”
“If you look at the memories contained in this orb and don’t understand it, I’ll let you do as you please. So just accept it.”
“…”
Perhaps her anger subsided at Seong-il’s unconventional words, Aruril closed her mouth and grabbed the marble he gave her.
“!!!”
And a strange memory that sticks in Arrill’s head. There, she realizes why the god of knowledge sent her to Seong-il and how much he cares for her, and she begins to weep.
“Ah…”
“…He acted like this because he couldn’t directly tell you the facts he received from Meow. Don’t be too upset. It’s for you.”
“…”
Perhaps because she knows that God did this for her sake, Aruril does not show the deep sadness she had before.
‘I’m going to have to let my emotions cool down for a while.’
Seong-il, who decided to give Aru Lil some time to chus, decides to use her spare time to check her status window.
‘Oh… As expected!! You’ve succeeded in breaking through the wall of heaven, earth, yin and yang intercourse magic again!!’
Seong-il, who had reached 10 stars a while ago, was able to raise his new skill to a higher level again based on this opportunity, perhaps because the essence of the god was injected into his body and mind.
‘…Unexpectedly, there may not be much left until the polarity beyond the 12 stars.’
When he succeeds in raising his martial arts skills to an absurd level in less than three years of training, Seong-il feels mixed emotions.
‘Also! The magic book of all things is stuck to the skill window… Huh?’
While looking closely at the status window, the alarm display in the corner of the game master. Seong-il checks the message with a curious expression.
『Two quests cleared. Receive your reward.』
‘Oh clothes!! Two cases?!’
Since he received so many things from Kitty, Seong-il mistakenly thought it was a quest reward. However, when it looks like there is another reward apart from that, he checks the quest window with an excited expression.
[ Quest list ]
◎ The Cursed Throne Part 2
1 out of 2 main quests (0/2) – 0 completed
– Stop the Resurrection of Evil God Grizna
– Help Van Rashad eliminate Sharun Haradin
Sub Quest (2/4)
– Destroy the Church of the Underground Star in Solanium (reward can be received)
– Eliminate the Apostle of the Eastern Shadow Church in Solanium
– Remove the Red Dragon Kasarak’Tarun and retrieve the holy relic (clear)
– Drive out the rebels from the northern fortress
Special Quest (1/1)
-Perform missions in the sky or abyss (you can receive rewards)
‘Oh clothes!! As expected, the fragment retrieval quest that Kitty gave me was a special quest, right!!!’
‘And was the kitty’s name ‘Cheongong’? It’s definitely a fitting name, but…’
Since the name of the person who created and governs the universe is Heaven, Seongil thinks his name is quite appropriate.
‘Well… Names aren’t that important!! A reward…!!’
Seong-il puts off thinking about the kitty and presses to receive the reward from the sub-quest because the reward that will come into his hands is more important than the identity of the kitty.
* You have succeeded in destroying the Order of the Star. We will give you 100,000 points as a clear reward.
‘Kya!! 100,000 bags!!’
The same reward details as when catching the dragon that was cowering in Filinore Castle.
Seong-il, who was in dire need of points, seemed to be pleased with the point reward because he gave all the remaining points as a tribute to Kitty.
‘Next… Special Quest…’
Seong-il likes to save delicious food and eat it last. With a pounding heart, he tries to clear the special quest.
* Congratulations!! You have succeeded in clearing the special quest in the world of 『Cursed Throne』!! There are two rewards for the brave!
* 100,000 points
* 3 item duty exemption coupons (Cursed Throne world only)
‘Uoooh clothes!!’
Seong-il, who is unable to express his emotions strongly because Aruril is crying right in front of him, screams a mad roar inwardly.
‘Fuck!! What kind of cake is this!! With this, I can save points for Arunlabe and the Incomprehensible Ring!!’
The customs required to bring the two items into reality is a whopping 1.2 million points. For this reason, Seong-il feels relieved at the appearance of this tariff exemption.
