Ruler of the Game 859

Chapter 859 – Cursed Throne

‘Oh… I think it might be worth a try to eat this one, right?’

Since he preferred glamour, Seongil had not touched the slender figure of Withgrasil yet.

However, as her Weed Grasil continues to grow, her body seems to have become quite voluptuous, and her Seongil feels that the time has come to ‘harvest’ her.

That time when he was having lewd thoughts for a moment. Withgrasil asks, looking at the essence of her life with an expression as if possessed.

『What is this…?』

“This? It’s the essence of life…”

Seongil begins to explain to Withgrasil about the origin of the artifact. It is explained that the essence of life was obtained from her hometown, the world of Mythology, and that it is the essence extracted by foreign gods in the past to invade the world of mortals and corrupt their world.

『Wow…! Somehow!! It felt so precious to me! Can you give me this?』

“Huh? It’s possible. Is it necessary?”

『Ugh! It’s too much to eat alone… But if I can absorb even a portion, I think I’ll be able to grow into a true world tree!』

“It’s too much to eat alone…?”

Seong-il is surprised when he is told that although it is only about one bottle of purified water at best, the amount of purified water is so rich that it is difficult for a huge sacred tree like Withgrasil to absorb alone.

‘This… I feel something…’

Although Seongil would gain great benefits by giving the essence of life to Withgrasil, he could feel through his emotions that handing it over to Withgrasil intact would be a waste.

‘I wonder if there is a way to use it more efficiently…’

Seong-il sits in her seat with her Weed Grassil looking at him with her bright and sorrowful eyes and thinks about how to use her life essence.

『Don’t worry, can’t you just give it to me?』

Withgrasil is now sitting on Seong-il’s lap, who is sitting on a chair, and is even acting cute and asking Seong-il for his essence. Seong-il strokes her hair and speaks honestly.

“Hmm. I’d like to give this to you, but my senses warned me that if I simply gave it to you, it would cause a lot of damage. I guess there’s a better way to use it than just recklessly making you drink it.”

『Ah… Really?』

“Yes. Can you wait just a moment? I promise. I will share the essence of life with you unconditionally!”

“Huh! Promise!』

Unlike his bright voice, Withgrasil looks at the essence of life with slightly regretful eyes. However, since Seong-il said that he would share her essence with her anyway, With Grassil smiled and expressed her agreement.

“Hmm… Is there any better way…?”

To cool off her aching head, Seong-il takes a crystal bottle containing the essence of life and begins to walk through the beautiful garden surrounding the goddess’ temple.

『Master. It’s been a while.』

Seong-il happened to naturally walk around the lake where the goddess lives. Sensing the presence of her master in her own nest, the Harvest Goddess comes out of her lake and greets her holy day to pay her respects to her own master, who is visiting after a long time.

“Oh. It’s been a while. You’re getting stronger every time I see you, right?”

『Hehe… It’s all thanks to the master.』

The Goddess of Harvest knew very well that the reason she was able to rise to the status of a powerful spirit was because of her devotion to Holy Days. Because of this, she had already forgotten all the humiliation she had suffered from Seong-il in the beginning, and she truly respected him.

『Oh my… That?』

While greeting her saint and sharing her best wishes with him, the harvest goddess catches the eye of a beautiful crystal bottle. She feels a shock that shakes her soul from the powerful essence of life contained in her bottle, and as she stares at it blankly, she asks Seong-il about the identity of the liquid contained in her bottle.

“Hmm? This? This is called the essence of life…”

Seongil begins to explain to the Harvest Goddess the essence of life just as she did to With Grasil.

After hearing Seong-il’s entire explanation, the goddess’s cheeks turned red, and she quickly approached Seong-il and hugged his arm and started coquettishly.

『Master! If I can absorb some of that essence, I too will be able to rise to a higher level of godhood!』

“Hmm…”

Suddenly, the goddess of harvest strongly covets the essence of life, and Seong-il looks embarrassed, unable to do either this or that. She has even already promised to share the essence of life with Grasil. Because of this, Seong-il is at a loss as he doesn’t know how to handle things.

“Can’t you share this…?”

Anyway, if you listen to the two’s story, it is not possible for both of them to absorb all the essence at once, but since the essence’s power is overflowing, they say that it would be fortunate to absorb only part of it. So Seong-il scratches her head and thinks of a way to share it. See

『Wouldn’t it is difficult…? To use it properly, you will eventually have to drink it all…』

“Can’t we just drink half-and-half?”

Out of pure curiosity, Seong-il suggests to the harvest goddess that they should share half a drink. In response to Seongil’s question, the goddess shakes her head and answers that it is impossible.

『On the outside, purified water looks like a liquid, but it is actually not a complete liquid. The proof is that the colors are separate.』

“Hmm…”

『Probably, the existence of a foreign body forcibly compressed the essence of various powers, temporarily transforming it into one perfect substance. However, if you share it, a power imbalance will definitely occur. Therefore, if you want to get the proper results, you will have to drink all the purified water.』

After listening to the goddess’s words, Seong-il realizes that it is impossible to distribute and use the essence of life. Because of this, he unintentionally realizes that he must share this liquid with either the Goddess or Withgrasil and becomes embarrassed.

‘I promised to give it to Withgrasil, so should I give it to him…?’

『Please give it to me! Really, if I had that, I would be able to break through my limits! Then I can be of greater help to my former master!』

As if reading Seongil’s shaking, the harvest goddess clings to Seongil with an earnest expression she has never shown before and earnestly pleads with him.

As the goddess pleads with her, using her voluptuous breasts as a weapon to gently press down on her own arms, Seongil feels his heart weaken at the beau’s pleas.

“First… Just wait! I’ll find a way to distribute it fairly to you without any loss.”

“Yes! Do you really have to share it?』

“Uh… Ugh…”

The goddess is so obsessed that when she asks him a favor, whether it is a threat or a plea, with her slightly crazy eyes, Seong-il nods her head with a shocked expression. 〉

‘Is there anyone I can ask…?’

As Seong-il was thinking about how to solve this problem, a good idea passed through his mind.

‘Wouldn’t it be okay to ask Arulil!?’

Since Aruil has experience absorbing the god-given essence of her past knowledge, Seong-il urgently calls her Aruil, thinking that she might have a way to absorb her essence efficiently.

“Did you call me…?”

In the midst of training real-life priests, including Ah-hyeon, when her Seong-il urgently calls her, Aru Ril enters her Seong-il’s office with a slightly nervous expression, as if she thought something was wrong.

“Are you here?”

Seong-il shows Aru-ri the essence of her life, omitting unnecessary formalities of greeting her, and explains her previous work.

“Hmm… So, this is a powerful essence that can elevate any minor god to a medium god?”

“That’s right. It’s so strong that the Goddess and Withgrasil say it’s impossible to absorb all of it? So… Is there a way to absorb it 100% cleanly or split it into parts? You are the essence given by the God of Knowledge in the past. You have experience absorbing it.”

“Uhm… I don’t know…”

Arulil looks perplexed by Seong-il’s question, scratching her head and wondering what to do. However, in the end, she answered that she did not know how to do it effectively since she had only absorbed it with the help of the God of Knowledge.

“… If that’s true, why are you visiting our world after such a long time? The God of Knowledge owes something to Seongil, so I think he would be kind enough to let you know.”

“Oh!”

At Aru Lil’s words, Seong-il finally feels that her clues are loosening up a bit. He collects a debt from the God of Knowledge and moves to the cursed throne world for the first time in a long time to resolve his suspicions.

***

“My father. That is why I have brought my master here to receive your help.”

Aruril visits the Great Temple of Knowledge with Seongil for the first time in a long time. She introduces her holy days by kneeling before the statue of her god, who symbolizes her old master, the god of knowledge and magic.

Wow…!!

As Arulil finishes her greeting, a powerful light begins to emanate from the statue of the god standing in the center of the huge square. And surprisingly, the statue, which was made of marble, transforms into a living being and greets the two people.

『It’s been a long time, my daughter.』