Chapter 226 – The Old Woman (2)
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A shabby hut nestled beside the road of trials.
But the old woman who came out of the hut was not shabby.
The clothes she wore were scruffy, and her face was full of wrinkles, but the atmosphere was genuine.
“Child. You must not climb this road. If you climb this road, you will complete your terrible destiny.”
“…”
The old woman looked at Lina and said, as if she didn’t care about the other party.
It looks a little geeky, but it felt like there was a story, so the party watched quietly.
Lina looked at the old woman and put on a bitter expression.
As expected, Lina seemed to know that the old woman was waiting. Before she came, she had a worried look on her face for a reason.
“You are the treasure of the Kingdom of Astria.”
“I am no longer the princess of Astria.”
“It’s not that kind of story. All the people are happy because of you, and they have trust and loyalty to the kingdom.
No one wants you to meet a cruel fate.”
Lina thought to herself.
‘Cruel Fate…’
Certainly, the end of Lina, who ignored the old woman’s prophecy in her previous life, was miserable.
She was tricked by the goddess and had to stab the person she loved.
As a result of the tragedy, her colleagues were also killed.
She fought with all her might until the end, but in the end, Lina was the only one standing amid the mountains of corpses that filled her battlefield.
Lina couldn’t help but be afraid of that old woman’s prophecy.
“You’re a sweet kid who’s been nice to me. I’m not the only one.
Hey You are the light of the kingdom of Astria.
I don’t want to see you walking down the thorny road by yourself.”
‘…If it’s the thorny road the old woman is talking about, I’ve already experienced it enough.’
Lina’s past life is the thorny road the old woman says. She is when Lina can’t say anything.
Kerry stepped forward. Kerry didn’t like the old woman.
She hated the prophecy that no one else could see.
“We’ll take care of our business. Senior.”
“…”
“If anything, look at your new destiny here. Who knows if that might have changed?”
It must have changed. Because Lina has returned. But this old woman has a temper.
“Yeki! Do you think that seeing your destiny is at least a fortune telling at a local fortune teller? Goyan bastard!”
‘I can’t believe that bastard’s prophecy that I can’t see. Anyway, he’s a cranky old man.’
Kerry disliked prophecy after soul.
The old woman who was quarreling with Kerry looks at Lina as if she wants an answer.
Lina remembered. The story she had with Kerry yesterday.
[How did Kerry feel when he found out about Elena’s false prophecy?]
[…I just believed. If it’s Lina-sama, even if it’s a prophecy that won’t change, she’ll do something.]
It was like an unexpected gift.
Rina’s fluctuating heart gradually calms down.
A relaxed smile appeared on her face.
Her past life her and now are completely different. Many things have already changed and piled up in the present.
‘Like Kerry-sama trusted me… Let’s trust Kerry too.’
Lina looked at the old woman and said.
“Thank you for your concern. But I have already made up my mind.”
Lina looks behind her. She nodded her head as if the party was also determined.
“No! You can’t go! Not until you get dirt in your eyes!”
An eccentric old woman blocks the way, swishing her wand. I get the feeling, but it doesn’t help much.
Great.
The old woman had to be left here alone because her knees were not good enough to climb the mountain.
Since I have a horse companion, I won’t be hostile.
Lina and the others calmed down the old woman and opened the way.
Eventually the old woman was pushed aside and sat by the side of the hut. The hagga sits next to him.
As Lina and the others entered the path of trials, the old people watching her from the back her muttered.
“You couldn’t stop it in the end. After all, fate can’t go against it…”
“Trust the young people. After all, this is their time.”
“…”
“She brought rum rather than that. How would you like to do it together?”
The anxious old woman swallowed at the smell of alcohol for the first time in a long time.
Lina and the others rode the road of trials and ran.
All of them were superhumans who dealt with mana, so the speed of climbing the road was very fast.
Looking down, the old people seemed small like dots.
“Hmph. They said it was a road of trials, so I looked forward to it, but nothing special. Only then will the original woman be able to play an active role.”
The witch said in a relaxed voice.
Lina answered without looking back. This is because the feud between the two has not yet been resolved.
“This is just the beginning. Of course, believe in your skills, but don’t let your guard down.”
The real scary thing about the ordeal was nature itself. The higher you climb, the more barren the environment becomes.
Oxygen is getting less and less, and the weather is getting colder. The closer you get to the top, the more snow is piled up.
The monsters living in the highlands moved quickly and aimed at those who climbed the ordeal.
There are also traps set directly by the temple to give them trials.
Of course, there was nothing much of a problem for Lina and the others, who were already worthy of being called superhumans.
I see a monster like a ball with fluffy hair. They are monsters called Yeti.
The Yetis came running in droves, but they couldn’t even compete.
“Kieek!”
With a short scream, all of them were slaughtered by Lina’s sword.
Lina showed off a lot of unusually flashy skills today, but she seemed to be able to see it clearly in her eyes her for some reason.
‘Is this the beginning of the bet we made yesterday…’
The witch wasn’t just watching.
As a wizard, he came to the fore and swung his magic.
Fire and ice roared and Yetis died.
The Yetis couldn’t even come close to the group behind the witch and Lina’s activities.
Every time Lina and the witch dealt with the monsters, they looked back with a puzzled expression.
He’s looking at Kerry.
Then Kerry smiled as if it was good. The two of them liked each other as if that was enough.
In fact, the monsters weren’t a problem at all.
The real problem was the weather.
After the middle of the day, the cold wind began to blow wildly, and the snow began to step on.
Even if you turn mana to maintain her body temperature, there is a limit.
The party changed into the winter clothes they had prepared in advance, but it was not easy.
Then the witch came to Kerry.
“Kerry. Something is strange. A faint mana dwells in the falling snow.”
Kerry was feeling it too.
Because her eyes her can’t fall wildly, it’s becoming a storm that makes it difficult to see ahead.
The answer is one of two. Whether it was a trap prepared by the temple. Or someone’s interruption.
Kerry asked Lina. The witch never spoke to Lina, so she belongs to Kerry.
Rina frowned upon hearing her story of her.
“It’s strange. The traps prepared by the temple are not large-scale enough to affect the climate.”
Speaking of traps so far, arrows fly when you step on the stairs.
Either that or they used food to induce the monsters.
Clearly, the sudden impact on the climate was of a different scale.
“First, go up while being careful. Right now, that seems to be the only way.”
Then the witch casts a spell.
Then, a transparent shield against the blizzard appeared.
“Now that we’re almost there, we can protect her body with the original woman’s magic.”
The witch looked at Lina and raised the corner of her mouth her. At that smile, Lina turned her head away with a swish.
Because it was something a prosecutor couldn’t do.
“Kerry, how are you?
If she hadn’t been the original woman, she would have shivered in the cold in this blinding blizzard. Right?”
“Yeah, that’s right… It is.”
It’s true, but I keep seeing Lina’s eyes in her.
As expected, Rina didn’t like the situation, so she briskly walked forward.
Lina and the others stepped forward while stepping on the stairs in the witch’s shield.
As she climbs, her snow piles high above her feet her.
The speed of movement was noticeably reduced to the level of walking. A wild blizzard and a lot of snow had nothing to do with her.
Then, behind the blizzard, the shadow of a gigantic monster is reflected.
Lina, who was the first to walk, raised her sword.
The vanguards, Natasha and Victoria, also quickly jumped out.
A monster appeared in a snowstorm.
It resembled a Yeti, but it was on a different level from being gigantic. Not some kind of mutation.
“Heh. It’s insignificant. A big, ignorant monster is all at once with the original woman’s magic…”
“No, witch. The magic to defeat a monster as big as me is too powerful.
There might be an avalanche.”
It wasn’t just the cold that the blizzard that was strong enough to feel strange brought.
Over the upper road, snow was piled up.
‘If the battle takes place properly, the avalanche will not be avoided.’
The situation feels like a plan made for an avalanche.
No matter how strong Lina’s party is, it’s not easy to stop her avalanche.
Although it might be possible to protect her body somehow with the witch’s magic.
A huge yeti stomps and walks on all fours.
At that time, Lina, who was ahead of her, muttered.
“If I can just turn his eyes away… I might be able to catch him without taking any damage…”
It is not easy to divert the attention of a hungry beast from its prey. We’re feeding those tasty goodies now.
It was then. He raised his huge arms and screamed.
Woah uh uh-
If you hit the ground like that, an avalanche might happen. Do you want to die together?
No matter how intellectless a monster is, it felt so absurd.
‘It’s not the time to be riding.’
Even if it’s too much, I have to stop that guy.
Kerry sent a telepathic message to the party with the Archmage’s pendant.
To be able to catch that huge guy without shock as much as possible.
If it was Lina and her party her, they could do it.
First, it was when Lina quickly ran towards him.
A strange doll appeared in a snowstorm.
The doll moved quickly and climbed up the huge Yeti’s back in an instant.
A sharp sword pierces the Yeti’s throat.
At the same time as a creak, the huge yeti that had raised his arms collapsed like a marionette unraveled.
It was a neat skill that seemed to know where the vital point was.
The witch gently placed the body of the huge Yeti on the ground with magic.
The doll that killed the Yeti in the midst of a snowstorm approaches.
Enemy no. Given that he saved us, that’s probably not the case.
As I got closer, I finally got a closer look.
It is a woman in a priestly robe under her shaggy fur. She has a rather arrogant and strong-looking style.
Said the woman, brushing her blood off her knife.
“Whoa. It’s not already the time when this guy was active… It’s strange. Is this also the work of someone who interferes with the ordeal?”
Lina looked at her woman and said in a puzzled voice.
“The high priest?”
“Do you know me? It’s a face I don’t remember.”
“…”
“Rather than that, go up to the temple and talk. You guys have already proven yourself well enough.
On the contrary, I suffered more because there was an obstruction.
Follow. I will guide you to the temple.”
Lina’s party followed the High Priestess and walked the path of trials.
It didn’t take long to get to the temple because we had climbed almost to the top.
Following the High Priestess’s arrival, a temple built on a small vacant lot was seen.
It was a rather shabby temple to see that it had a holy sword.
Upon entering the temple, the priest who had disappeared immediately appeared.
“Eat some of this and warm up your body.”
It’s warm milk.
‘It’s milk. Something doesn’t go well with the chic image…’
The group politely accepts and drinks the milk.
As soon as the warm milk enters the stomach, the body becomes tired and feels relaxed.
Looking around, everyone in the party is making a tired expression with milk froth on their lips, probably in the same mood.
For a warrior, they were quite cute.
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It was around the time Lina and the others had just arrived at the temple.
At the beginning of the ordeal, the old woman frowned with concern.
It had so many wrinkles that it didn’t even show a frown.
“Uh huh. Because I believe in young people. If we live, how much longer will we live?”
“…Because you can’t see the future that child will face. You must sound so carefree.”
Already, to some extent, by the end, they are old people.
After the warriors went up, the mountain’s blizzard became noticeably stronger.
To the point where the chill creeps down to the bottom.
Suddenly, the old woman glared at the whites of her eyes at her and asked for foam.
“Are you okay, Grandma? Are you trying to go while I’m by your side? How can I pay for the prize with this old body!”
“…I won’t die, so be quiet…You old man…”
The old woman who was washing the whites saw the future.
It’s a future that you can’t see at will, but there are rare times when it looks like this.
It may be the influence of meeting a hero with the mighty power of destiny.
The old woman sees the future.
In that future, Lina was smiling brightly.
It’s like expressing the word happiness with a face.
Destiny has changed.
When she met the hero here, she felt strange, but this was the first time her fate her had changed.
The old woman muttered in a half-faint state.
As long as the hero is happy, everything is fine.
