Chapter 333 – Episode 333 – Nothing Lasts Forever (8)
Episode 333 – Nothing lasts forever (8)
‘Still, hit the dragon yourself! Because this is not the case…’
Roan comforted himself by biting his lip slightly. A feeling of embarrassment and, above all, a primal fear ran down his spine.
‘That’s not Bültz. It’s something inside the magic stone.’
The thing inside the magic stone looked close to a piece of the dragon’s consciousness. Because it is a dragon that is close to godhood, it would have been able to reflect its will even in its last remaining fragments.
If it is the dragon himself who is inside the magic stone, there is no way he will just threaten Roan who invaded his temple and not take any action.
In any case, the fact remains that he touched the dragon’s ‘power’.
The problem is that this magic stone is not happy with this situation.
‘Shit…, Damn it.’
I couldn’t bear to curse in this solemn atmosphere of the temple, so I barely swallowed a short grumble.
‘Goddess, maybe it would be good.’
A bitter smile appeared on Roan’s face.
The original plan was to destroy the magical stone with concentrated magic power with a sword containing divine magic.
This is the same method used by Roan to find and destroy the relics of ‘Greed’.
But this magic stone is different. First, you know how to express your will.
‘Should we talk?’
Time passes even during this time.
That also means that the time the troops outside are attacked increases.
To calm his anxious mind, Roan gathered his thoughts while staring at the statue of the goddess that was still glowing in his hand.
As if trying to find an answer.
“… Hmm?”
Roan, who had been staring at the light for a while, turned his eyes to the wall.
This may be because the brain, which was constantly working on the problem at hand, asked for a short break.
Or maybe it was because the light flowing from the statue was steadily illuminating the wall.
It was only then that Roan noticed a sense of discomfort.
Why can’t I see the mural… ?
The center of the hall where Roan stands, where the magic stone is located, is naturally far from the wall.
No matter how much the starlight illuminates the darkness, it is not bright enough to clearly see every single piece of the mural.
There is no way you can see the 360-degree, surrounding picture like you can now.
‘The Goddess is putting her strength into this.’
The magic stone, which did not show any further reaction, or rather could not, suddenly became quiet. As a result, Roan’s mind became calmer.
His eyes quickly scanned the mural.
The first content was simple.
Starlight surrounds the white, round dragon egg.
The reason I realized that the circle was an egg was because the next scene was a scene where a red dragon emerged from the egg, flying through the sky and descending from the mountain.
‘Bültz’s biography.’
The dragon goes on an adventure. Meet new beings and defeat monsters.
And then I meet a human.
In the dragon’s drawing, humans were drawn like insignificant dots, but a human wearing something on his head was drawn as large as the dragon.
‘That is the queen.’
Roan recognized it at a glance.
In the distant past, I had seen the human queen through the eyes of ‘greed.’ Although thousands of years had passed and the colors had faded, Roan read a little bit of her real feelings from the past in the large depiction of the human being.
Surrounding him were Bültz’s colleagues. Fiora is depicted with a tail. Goddess Laurecia is depicted as a star rather than a human being.
And what comes next is to know.
Defeat ‘greed’. The person that Wültz loved dies.
And the last scene, like the first, is where Bültz, wrapped in starlight, enters the jewel.
However, the scene did not have quite the same atmosphere as the first birth of Wülz.
Something that looked like dark smoke was intertwined with starlight and wrapped around the jewel.
‘It is a magic stone.’
And Roan noticed that there was a star at the beginning and end of all this.
The star in this painting is the goddess Laurecia.
She is the goddess of life and stars.
‘The beginning and end of Bülz, the goddess of life…’
At that moment, something flashed through Roan’s mind.
‘Start.’
The keenness he possessed mixed with his belief in the goddess, who had become close to faith, and an inspiration close to wisdom passed through Roan.
‘The beginning of a star.’
It is a sacred magic that came as a reward for the Erenier quest.
Even if you obtain the goddess’ sacred magic, an additional explanation window does not appear. Since it was ancient magic, finding out its background through the library or Helen was limited.
So, I couldn’t figure out what the magic was used for.
However, Roan instinctively realized that this magic could somehow change this situation.
The Erenier Quest was a long-term quest.
It was also my belief as a gamer that the reward that came from it could not be worse than other divine magic that had shown tremendous aspects so far.
A small metallic sound rang for a moment in the quiet temple.
Roan returned the sword to its sheath.
“Mr. Wültz.”
His voice came out low.
His tone was careful and calm, as if he was waking someone up.
A quite harsh reply came back.
— I told you not to disturb me!
Rumbling.
The atmosphere inside the temple trembled uneasily.
In fact, a thunder-like sound filled the large interior.
“I need your help, Bültz.”
The magic stone began to shine more and more.
The color of the red-hot magic stone is the same as the color of Bültz depicted in the mural.
A red color with the vividness of orange, like lava.
Is anger welling up?
Roan unknowingly tightened his fist.
I don’t know what this magic stone can do.
— You are not of her blood, so how can you ask for my help when you don’t deserve to be here?
Ha.
Without realizing it, I felt so relaxed that I almost sighed.
This is because, unlike before, Bültz’s voice, heard from within the magic stone that was shining so dazzlingly that it would not be surprising if it exploded at any moment, was calm.
The light of the magic stone flickered a few times, and then Roan said something surprising.
— Laurezia’s successor?
Roan widened his eyes.
— But that doesn’t mean you have the right to set foot in this place. If your answer is not right, you will have to sacrifice your life.
How.
A meaningless question rose up in my throat and then dissipated.
Does this mean that a dragon is a dragon even if it dwells in a magic stone?
He is a companion of the goddesses Fiora and Laurecia.
Of course, the overwhelming power that was felt by those two was also present in Bültz.
He is not overly emotional as Roan had vaguely feared, and he knows Roan’s existence as if he were looking into his palm.
Enough to find out whether he is a demon or a human, and to find out what kind of magic Roan uses.
It is a divine being.
It is meaningless to ask how they found out all this.
“A foolish person has appeared who wants to destroy humanity by using the power of ‘greed.'”
That’s why Roan’s answer was honest.
“The Goddess wants to stop him.”
In an instant, the light of the magic stone faded. In human terms, it’s similar to squinting your eyes and watching what you’re saying.
After a moment of silence, the voice spoke.
— Laurecia is always like that. Even if it means using my power, I want to save people who have nothing to do with me.
“If I don’t stop them, my human wife will die. The remaining humans are those who will become her people. Even though I am a demon, I don’t want to make them die in vain. “
— … !
Wültz was silent.
Only the magic stone slowly radiated its burning light as if lost in thought.
How long has it been like that?
— To me, it’s like a short sleep, but for humans, it’s an excessively long time. What I have to protect has already faded away, and only the contract remains. The remaining humans will not even know why I am protecting this place.
The moment Roan heard Bültz’s sad lament, the back of his head tingled.
Contract.
Wültz is bound by a contract with ‘greed’.
With that, he decided to remain in the magic stone to protect humans.
“Mr. Wültz.”
But it looks like this dragon doesn’t want that anymore.
“Do you regret it?”
The color of the magic stone became brighter. Just like an incandescent light.
— That’s a cheeky statement.
Subtle anger. However, I don’t feel the same fury as when I first set foot here.
It seemed as if Bültz’s will had been broken by the presence of Goddess Laurecia’s will.
“I came here to ask you to remove the protection magic that Bültz has spread.”
— I am here for it.
“Is it because of the contract with ‘greed’?”
For a moment, it seemed like I could hear light breathing.
The air trembled.
Wülz’s magic is the entity that constitutes this space. That means that it can control the current existence of Roan.
Roan knew that well. So Roan put all his resolve into these words.
The decision was already made when the door to this temple was opened.
Even if she disappears, her will remain.
— What can you do?
“I can cancel the contract.”
— How dare you… !
Clud.
It was the sound of Roan’s teeth grinding together in his mouth to withstand the sudden wind pressure that filled the temple.
The heat rose for a moment.
Extremely high-temperature craze that goes beyond the limits of hotness.
If it weren’t for the devil’s body, it would have been difficult to endure.
However, the pale starlight circling around Roan was calming the heat a little.
“If you want to protect humans, don’t rely on that old contract. “I have a wife who inherited that blood.”
— Are you trying to use me for your petty plans? !
“Didn’t Master Bültz also say this? The traces of the person you loved have already been forgotten among humans. If you are only staying because of the contract, we can send it to you.”
Sweat poured down from my entire body due to the sudden heat. If I were to kill Roan in the magic stone, of course I had no intention of dying in vain.
At least the goddess’s magic worked here.
If the magic stone is a trace of the contract of ‘greed’, the goddess’s magic is like its natural enemy.
“That is the Goddess’ wish. The human world must move quickly. The age of myths is over, and there are no eternal stories. Mr. Wültz.”
As if his body unconsciously reflected Roan’s determination, a sacred energy filled his entire body.
The point at which all 2nd round buffs given by the power of the goddess disappeared.
The divine power remaining in him can never be said to be abundant.
But guess what?
This could be the last time.
Roan glared at the magic stone.
Unless Wültz renounces the contract on his own.
Even if I have to throw everything, I will destroy that magic stone.
Roan didn’t notice.
The fact that the craze that surrounded him had been pushed aside.
Laurecia’s power, which filled his body, started to push away the dragon’s heat little by little, emitting warm starlight.
— A being of short life.
Only after much deliberation did Wültz open his mouth.
