Chapter 320 – Episode 320 ― Time to Move (3)
Episode 320 – Time to move (3)
Goddess Laurecia asked gently.
“What is it? “Tell me.”
“I would like to remove the protection from the Dark Forest.”
“…”
The goddess was silent for a moment.
Are you embarrassed by the request, or are you wondering what to do?
It was my first time seeing the goddess keep her mouth shut like this. Roan became a little nervous.
I knew it was an important issue for her to worry about, but seeing her like that shook her heart.
As if trying to make up for those feelings, Roan hastily added.
“The power leaking from the gap there cannot be compared to that of the relics I have destroyed so far.”
Of course, there is no way the goddess wouldn’t know this.
These words merely represented Roan’s urgency.
But the goddess turned her gaze as if listening to his words. It was an insignificant act, but it was a comfort to Roan.
“It’s shameful, but… The goddess’s protective magic is bound to disintegrate over time.”
“… I see.”
She remembered what she had said to Roan before.
The magic she cast in the dark forest is the magic cast on the trees of the forest and the earth. She thought it would last forever, but she didn’t.
All nature changes.
Trees and grass fall and return to the earth, and the medium that was enchanted is no longer completely the same as before.
Some were carried away by the wind and some were swept away by rainwater.
Such a long time, thousands of years.
The goddess had already admitted in front of Roan that her magic had faded over time.
I don’t know if Schlaner and ‘Greed’ are aware of this situation. However, it is obvious that they will try to destroy the magic of the forest like last time.
They’re after what’s inside.
“Yes, those children also know that what is in the forest is important.”
Goddess Laurecia understood Roan’s words.
Before they open the ‘gap’, Roan said that he would try to close it first.
“… It is not easy to close an old spell.”
The goddess’s light flickered unstably.
Her negative emotions.
It was sadness and anxiety.
“I already owe you. Hey kid. “If I tell you what you asked for, you take a greater risk.”
I have already received Roan’s life twice.
God exists on the good deeds, faith, and sacrifice of countless believers.
I knew that, but I didn’t take it for granted.
Every single thing of her life was precious to her.
Her life was lost according to her natural circumstances, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t precious to her.
“It is impossible to close the ‘gap’ on your own. You must have a helper. Furthermore…”
The goddess took a moment to choose her words.
“It is the home of forest fairies. “You must assume not only your sacrifice, but also their sacrifice.”
Roan quietly clenched his fist.
She could understand the goddess’ concerns.
As Amilie, the Duke of Forest Fairies, once said, there are only a very small number of forest fairies left.
If they go out into the world, their existence will inevitably be erased from the world.
I can’t blame the duke for worrying about the situation.
Even Roan would have hesitated to do the same thing.
“In the end, the decision is theirs, not yours and mine. Even if I tell you the way, you cannot do it alone. We will need the cooperation of the forest fairies who manage the forest.”
It was Goddess Laurecia who initially prepared a home for the forest fairies, but now she can’t just announce that she and Roan are going to tear down the house.
Roan also knows it well.
But at least if the goddess had told her a specific method, wouldn’t she be able to sway the forest fairy’s heart a little more?
It was Roan’s vain expectation.
“Goddess.”
Roan spoke carefully, still clenching his fists.
Behind the light, the goddess’ gaze was directed at Roan’s tightly clenched hand.
A strange power that seemed to flow from inside the fist. The power he gained when he first came to this world.
It is ‘will.’
“What I learned from my last death.”
Roan’s head turned towards the goddess.
His crystal-like eyes seemed to pierce even the light that obscured the goddess’s form.
No one in the world could know,
The goddess opened her mouth slightly, hiding her body in the light. It was an act born of respect and wonder at the will of mortals.
“In order to protect, you have to endure loss.”
Even though the place where Roan is now is the realm of the goddess, where Roan does not normally exist, the skills he possessed covered Roan’s body as usual.
As if protecting him.
“Now I have things to protect.”
In the original world, he had nothing more to lose.
I had no family,
A life where I had nothing.
So, I was able to move based on impulse, thinking only about the immediate benefits.
But when he came here, he got what was his.
Many things that happen in the position of emperor.
The many people he gained from his time as Roan. Relationship.
And giving him affection — not a ‘character’, but his woman. His wives.
“I knew that if I stayed still, I would lose even what I had.”
Roan was worried about his greed when he first saw all the undeserved things he had in his hands.
I thought that as long as I avoided the death that would come someday, I could live a decent life without being too greedy.
However, it was impossible to defeat an active opponent with simple hopes.
Roan decided to admit his arrogance and the painful truth.
Even though the direction was selfish and wrong, the wizard Schlaner was more diligent than Roan.
“The enemy is moving with desire. You cannot win by ignoring that desire. I think that if you sit still, you are bound to fall apart. Goddess.”
The goddess listened to Roan’s words.
Roan didn’t notice.
Little by little, strength began to bloom throughout his body.
Starting with the ‘will’ contained in his fist, it soon mixes with the power bestowed upon him by the goddess, an ability that hardens his heart as if quenching it.
He is a skill that gives strength to what he thinks is right,
The power left behind by the goddess herself
In response to Roan’s disposition and actions, it became his own unique power.
The goddess watched with interest.
“Just like the magic cast on the dark forest happened that way.”
A statement that may sound arrogant.
However, the goddess was able to read the concern in Roan’s heart. And unfortunately, that was true.
The goddess opened her mouth.
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“What you’re saying is, to summarize.”
The forest fairy duke spoke slowly.
The topic Roan brought up seemed to be taking away her energy.
Forest Fairy Meeting Hall.
Several forest fairies, including Amilie, were sitting with Roan between them.
Close to Roan are Iris, who will one day take over Amilie’s work, and Aina and Fiora, who participated in the meeting as Roan’s counselors.
“In the end, the magic of this forest will crumble.”
“Yes.”
An invisible commotion passed through the forest fairies.
The magic of the dark forest is mysterious even to forest fairies who have lived for a long time. It was something absolute that proved that God exists in this world.
However, what this young demon said was a direct denial of their beliefs.
But what I can’t laugh off these words is,
Ridiculously, it was because we knew that the representative of this demon tribe had directly received the power of Goddess Laurecia and performed many miracles.
One of the evidence is Fiora, who sits next to him and watches the forest fairy’s reaction.
He was a demigod thousand of years ago.
She guaranteed that this demon emperor received the power of the goddess.
“I was very surprised that you knew in detail about the traces of evil.”
Roan sent a letter to Amilie as soon as the second session started.
Among the forest fairies, the duke and the elders, about the ‘niche’ that only a few knew about.
The vague anxiety they had begun to intensify after reading Roan’s letter.
Perhaps the evidence of this evil is growing day by day,
This demon who was translating the words of the goddess mentioned this…
Could it be because something ominous and huge that cannot be avoided is gradually approaching them?
Such a premonition disturbed the sensitive forest fairy’s foresight.
“What you’re saying is…” . Because the Goddess knows that this problem is not something to be taken lightly.”
“Yes.”
Amilie bit her red lips.
The words delivered by the demon emperor were shocking.
In the future they did not see, they were attacked in the dark forest, and the ‘gap’ widened uncontrollably, and ‘greed’ received its power from there.
Goddess Laurecia is depleted of her strength to restore that future.
However, the instigators who did this have not yet been caught.
“I, my wives, and those who follow me are working hard to catch the human court wizard and stop this.”
Aina’s body shook slightly when she heard the word ‘wife.’
“However, if he decides to hide among the humans and somehow attack this forest… Defense will not be easy.”
Of course.
There was a groan.
“Umm…”
“We can’t monitor the entire border of this large forest…”
“In the end, the only way to get rid of what they are after is to lift the spell on the forest.”
One of the elders concluded with a sigh. The other elders felt the same way, only they did not open their mouths.
“Nothing lasts forever…” .”
Someone lamented.
Even for the forest fairy elders who have lived for nearly a thousand years, the dark forest is a place where ancient magic breathes.
A place where the power of God dwells to protect the species and prevent darkness from spreading across the continent.
It was the home where their parents and their parents’ parents had lived since their childhood.
I vaguely knew that this magic couldn’t last forever. However, it is not easy to prepare yourself and your descendants to face that time.
It was a conference hall with a peaceful atmosphere, with the sunlight shining gently, but their silence was heavy.
“I am…”
After some silence.
Roan broke the silence.
“I saw how big that ‘gap’ was growing.”
Fiora’s hand quietly covered Roan’s hand. Her hands also trembled slightly like Roan’s.
Fiora didn’t see the ‘break’, but she experienced something worse. It was a memory from the distant past, but it seemed like yesterday to her.
“I saw how the power flowing from him made ‘Greed’ and his artifacts stronger.”
The power in his eyes caught the attention of the forest fairies.
Above all, a race sensitive to lies and truth.
They could understand the power of Roan’s words better than anyone else.
The fear he felt.
And the will to overcome it.
“I believe that whatever decision you make, it will be a decision that the Duke has carefully considered.”
Roan tightly squeezed Fiora’s hand, which was overlapped with his own.
It’s like I can never let go again.
“At least I will never again have to sit in one place and lose loved ones without noticing an enemy’s blade being thrust in front of my neck… I will never go through that again.”
The purple eyes glowed with strange heat.
“I couldn’t protect what I needed to protect just by hiding behind the wall. That is the lesson I learned.”
The forest fairies held their breath in front of the determination in the eyes of the demon emperor.
