The Demon King in Yagem Dreams of Justice 331

Chapter 331 – Episode 331 – Nothing Lasts Forever (6)

Episode 331 – Nothing lasts forever (6)

At the end of the stairs leading to the basement was a hallway with two doors. It was clear, at least to Roan, which of the two doors would lead to the magic stone.

‘This…’

Roan frowned without realizing it.
The foul smell that was seeping from the stairs became even stronger.

Although he had already been blessed with the power of the goddess, he could not eliminate the original discomfort.

So Roan’s words were half instinctive.

“Bless you.”

Even though they had already been blessed, it was like praying for the power of the goddess to protect them.

Before the knights could react, something like sparkling stardust floated around and was absorbed by the knights and Roan and disappeared.

Immediately after, my vision cleared as if I could breathe.

In reality, the hallway was the same as before, but the malevolent malice reaching Roan and the knights was blocked.

Only then did Roan find some freedom and activated his skill.

‘Analysis’.

This is a skill obtained from Count Bertelia.

‘Detection’ and ‘Overwhelm’ seem like passive skills, but they slightly consume Roan’s energy.

In the case of ‘analysis’, the degree is a little more severe,

I was saving it until I got to a place where I was sure the magic stone would appear.

This type of skill required high knowledge and wisdom levels in the game.

According to Roan,

Even though he had experienced something like a cheat key called limit breaking, his original knowledge level was low, so it was assumed that Roan’s body was using up energy (which is expressed as ‘mana’ in the game).

‘There are places where skills don’t work. ‘You have to conserve your energy as much as possible.’

Let Roan concentrate and look at the hallway and walls,

A new system screen appeared before Roan’s eyes as if it had been overlaid.

The first thing I saw were footprints in the hallway.

The dark footprints are towards the right, and only a few footprints are towards the left.

On the right is a warehouse where workers frequently come and go, and on the left is the ‘brewery’ that the boy mentioned earlier.

As Roan’s gaze turned to the footprints, several pieces of information were transferred to his mind.

There are footprints that are not of ordinary people.

The footprints of people who practiced martial arts are mixed.

3 unmanned.

There is no sign of any special martial arts in the remaining footprints.

Roan’s eyes followed the footsteps and moved to the door. Then, additional information was delivered to Roan.

An ordinary wooden door.

“It’s the door on the left.”

“Yes.”

The knights did not ask how they found out. This is because they have already seen that their emperor has reached the power of god.

Finally, they carefully entered the brewery.

“… !”

Even during this time, the scent wafts through the stench.

As soon as I opened the door, the scent of ripening fruit and grains, along with the scent of wooden barrels, hit my nose.

Roan’s heart relaxed a little.

As I went to destroy the pinnacle of an ancient artifact called the Magic Stone that no longer exists, my mind, which had been filled with a sense of solemnity and unreality, felt like it was returning to reality.

Unlike the blessing, the traces of civilization left behind by humans touched the hearts of Roan and the knights.

‘His Majesty’s escort remains as is, and the stern disperses to investigate the above elements.’

As soon as the leader of the team gave a hand signal, the knights carefully dispersed around Roan.

Roan walked between them without hesitation.

Where he was heading was clear.

A place where the footprints seen through ‘analysis’ are cut off.

A place where you can no longer feel anything even with ‘detection’.

Among the shelves packed with alcohol, there was what looked like a huge water tank that seemed to be used to make alcohol.

Even while walking, I couldn’t help but notice my gaze being taken away. For men of this era, alcohol is one of the few forms of entertainment.

“That’s cool.”

“… Hwangseong’s is bigger. “Your Majesty.”

As Roan gave a small exclamation, one of the knights responded. There was no sound, but soft air, like laughter, dispersed among the knights.

If I had time, I would have looked around with interest in the contents of the barrel, but for now, the purpose is clear.

Roan finally stopped walking without hesitation through the maze of sake barrels.

It was an ordinary stone wall.

It seemed that way to the knights.

However, Roan could clearly see that this wall was a door.

‘It seems empty beyond here.’

None of Roan’s skills worked.

This was the case for both skills, ‘detection’ and ‘analysis’, which synthesizes the surrounding situation and provides information inferring what lies beyond.

It is clear evidence that this is the entrance to the realm of greed.

For the demons, in fact, for the people of the Moira Continent, including the humans here, it is one of the targets that must be destroyed.

As Roan stared at the blank wall, concentrating on his complicated thoughts, the guide asked carefully.

“Your majesty. Is it beyond this?”

“Hmm. That will happen.”

At that moment, someone noticed something unusual.

“Your Majesty.”

He was the one who stayed close to Roan and led the way along with the guide.

“It shines from within Your Majesty’s arms.”

It was such a faint light that not even Roan could notice it. It was also because Roan had ‘starlight’ by his side.

When Roan withdrew his ‘starlight’ for a moment, it became clear that the light, as he said, came from within Roan’s arms.

“… Goddess.”

Roan muttered softly and took out the statue of the goddess from her arms.

A statue so small that it could be easily held in her hand that she took out of her inventory and placed in her arms just in case while heading to the middle of the enemy lines.
This is a gift I received from the goddess some time ago.

The statue was now emitting a very faint light.

Strangely, it was a weaker light than the ‘starlight’ that Roan had already floated, but its presence was clearly felt.

The knights looked around at each other, bewildered by this strange miracle. Some people even swallowed their dry saliva in admiration for the piety felt by the small statue of the goddess.

“It seems that Goddess Laurecia is also watching over us demons.”

The light of the statue turned off and on again very slowly.

It felt like a warning to prepare for what’s ahead, or it seemed like he was worried about Roan.

Because the light of the goddess statue gave me a little courage

Roan spoke to the knights as if to steel himself.

“It seems certain that what lies beyond here is a magic stone.”

To be exact, it would be a dragon’s magic stone stained with ‘greed’.

Roan said, holding the statue of the goddess in her hand and sending ‘starlight’ into the air again.

“What lies beyond this you will not be able to prepare for. “Don’t come inside until I come out, and stay in front of this area.”

“I follow orders.”

Confirming that the knights were all lowering their heads, Roan activated ‘Analysis’ again.

Then a faint line appeared on the wall.

Shape of the door.

And one part glowed softly.

I was able to recognize it right away.

This part is the device that opens the door.

What Roan could naturally guess was,

If the place where the square was located was the original world, it would have been a location where a touchpad to open a closed door or a call bell for recognition would have been located.

Roan stretched out his hand and smoothed that area.
As I concentrated my eyes, small traces appeared in the faint light that was only visible as a square.

These are marks left by fingers.

‘No way… ‘I don’t think it does anything like fingerprint recognition.’

A slightly embarrassed expression crossed Roan’s face. If it’s fingerprint recognition like it is in modern times, we’ll have to dig up the bodies of those above.

But fortunately, it didn’t seem necessary. After looking closely, I realized that there was a certain pattern to the handprints.

‘Secret pattern?’

Roan’s expression became strange.

People from Merdena Evirgio probably don’t understand that you have to press a certain pattern on the wall to open the door. It can be said to be close to absolute security.

But it doesn’t work on Roan.

Roan’s fingertips touched the wall.

His fingers glided in a gentle curve. Following the faint starlight visible only to Roan.

And suddenly the wall began to open. The low sound of stones scraping against each other was heard.

The knights peered over the emperor’s shoulder through the door that had begun to open with wide eyes.

Strangely, it was dark beyond the door.

There was a light floating right next to the emperor, but even that light didn’t seem to brighten the darkness.

Evidence that the inside is very deep, or that the darkness is fixed by magic.

However, their job is to guard this gate and wait for the emperor to come out.

“I’ll come back.”

This might be the last time.

If the magic stone is destroyed, will this palace survive?

All kinds of thoughts passed through Roan’s mind.

But the emperor is the one who tells his people what they need.

After leaving a light greeting, Roan stepped into the darkness.

One, two, three.

At that moment, Roan opened his mouth without realizing it.

“… ?!”

The sight before my eyes was overwhelming.

A huge temple emerged from the darkness. It was a stone temple as large as the inner walls of Evirgius Imperial Castle.

Even if I tilted my head as high as I could, I couldn’t see the roof, which was dozens of meters high.

The pillars that support such a huge roof are so tall that a saint cannot embrace her even if she spreads her arms.

Engraved on such a gray stone pillar was a dragon shape so detailed that it was hard to believe it was just a piece of stone.

Each of the scales was engraved like the real thing, so it looked like it was alive and moving even now.

Roan carefully stretched out his hand and smoothed out the pattern carved on the pillar.

The feeling of the scales continuing through the cool touch felt like touching the solid body of a real dragon.

At the end of dozens or hundreds of pillars.

The door to the temple was tightly closed.

“This is…”

Roan’s words were similar to moans.

Something like this cannot be inside Merde Palace.

A situation where we can only assume that magic was at work. It must have moved through space or expanded space like a magic bag.

Roan felt like he was stranded in the depths of the sea as the ‘detection’ he had been applying little by little was completely blocked.

Roan suddenly remembered that he had felt this same feeling in his life before loading.

A tool made by Erenier when she clashed with the Merde army that broke the ceasefire and invaded.

It was the same feeling as when activating a tool that blocks a skill.

“It was definitely an effect of greed.”

Roan muttered.

It was because when I heard the voice, I felt a little relieved from my current feeling of complete isolation.

Skills are not just things like ‘Overwhelm’ or ‘Detection’ that Roan often controls.

Even the passive skills created after loading are all skills.

Therefore, the current Roan is the same as the Roan before loading, when he once faced the Archduke and died.

Roan gritted his teeth.

The divine power that had been welling up until now was no longer replenishing.

After his holy power disappeared due to the ‘star cloud shield’ he had deployed just before coming down the stairs, Roan, who felt empty, found that his holy power was full.

It was the limit of holy power that reflected past stats.

Roan stood in front of the huge temple door.

The eyes of the beautiful and terrifying dragons were intertwined, looking down at Roan.

Enduring the cold gaze of stone.

Roan stretched out his hand.

Rumbling!

In an instant, the earth shook.

A sound similar to a dragon’s roar was heard.

Roan’s other hand, which was holding the sword, tightened. I felt like it was slippery due to sweat, so I tightened my grip on the handle of the sword again.

There is no more ‘will’,

Roan received comfort from that gesture, as if the skill had given him.

His original skills are always the materialization of the power within him. It was no wonder that he used the power he had even without being in contact with the power of the goddess.

And as if responding to his heart.

Starlight exploded within my arms.