Episode 409 New Altar (1)
The world should be peaceful.
without dying people.
without anyone suffering.
If you have hope, it should be a world where it comes true.
At least it should be an environment where you can lead a happy life.
I thought so, so I became a doctor.
I felt happy because I could see the smiles of the patients.
It was the reason and driving force that made me so far.
to save the dying.
caring for the sick.
It may be too small to call it peace, but at least it could be the minimum peace in my opinion.
In modern times, he could only keep peace in the small world of ‘me’.
But now it was different.
There is power.
Unlike then, there was power to the extent of not being restrained from power or oppression.
They do not compromise with evil and can carry through their convictions.
If so, wouldn’t it be possible to make the small peace that only I used to create as the peace of ‘the world’?
I’ve been thinking about it all of a sudden.
In the depths of my thoughts, Subok’s voice resounded.
‘Brother, I’ll ask you one more time. Do we really have to be peaceful?’
Should it really be peaceful?
I could know joy because I knew sorrow.
I was able to enjoy peace because I knew suffering.
Because there is war, we know peace.
Because everyone is afraid of losing, people can be a little more cautious.
But is it okay to throw away all those valuable things and be at peace?
The things I could only gain because I lost them.
The ways I could smile when I was suffering and sad.
Can you really throw it away?
in countless efforts.
Someone polished and polished themselves with sadness, and someone else must have grown up with suffering.
For living beings, peace is rest and, at the same time, it is the most deadly poison.
There is no further development for those who live in peace.
It’s just that I’m lazy and dumber than before.
Is it really supposed to be peaceful?
Subok was asking that.
Ray opened his mouth.
“I want to live better than others. I want to live a clean life without getting hurt. The word ‘peace’ that looks like it is only a collection of selfish hearts.”
– then.
He quietly cut off the words of obedience.
“Nevertheless, all living beings have no choice but to live selfishly. A fairytale-like ending in which everyone is happy is bound to make someone else unhappy. Because my happiness won’t be the same as other people’s happiness. Knowing that, humans are selfish. Because I have to try to get a little closer to my peace than others. No, not only humans, but also Orcs who live in villages, Elves who live in villages, and Dwarves who sacrifice nature for mines are all selfish. I am comfortable and my surroundings are happy. Peace is that simple.”
At his words, Soonbok let out a sigh.
– Too pessimistic. But it’s not completely wrong, so I can’t refute it.
Should it really be peaceful?
It should be peaceful.
You must win your own peace.
Although the peace of ‘me’ may not be the peace of ‘the world’, but the peace of the world can lead to my peace.
The environment of the world had to be absolutely peaceful.
Ray took a step.
to protect the environment in which they live.
one step.
So that those who persevere despite suffering can live a better life.
one step.
Looking at his indifferent back, Soonbok put on a complicated expression for a while.
* * *
Even in the evening when the sun had set, the sound of the high elves’ battles rang through the forest.
I couldn’t help but feel that my heart was heavy while listening to it.
Those guarding the gate fought the monsters for over two weeks.
No matter how high the elf is, it’s not enough time to slowly run out of mana.
On the other hand, their performance was negligible.
It’s going smoothly, but I haven’t even touched the left or right board, let alone the main version.
Watching Ray touch the blueprint while warming the bonfire, Soonbok said.
– It is a truly mysterious world. To think that even the most basic things for living had to be done by creatures other than the Lord. It’s like a demon.
where the goddess laid her hand. devildom.
It’s the same as not caring about this place, so it wasn’t much different from the demon realm.
No, at least there is a demon king who will lead the demons in the demon realm, but there is literally nothing here.
Excluding the affluent environment, it was worse than the Demon World.
I had to fix the altar as soon as possible and connect the spirit world and the middle world.
I thought that would give me a little peace of mind.
Ray, who had been touching the altar’s magic circle for a while, let out a strange exclamation.
“Oh, this is a thing.”
Let’s use the sentence of the magic circle that Sunbok taught us, let alone control the magic circle. Speed also increased significantly.
Since I didn’t have to read the formulas one by one, I only needed to recognize the structure of the sentence, so I could see through most of the magic circles as if they were dismantled as soon as I saw them.
At this level, he could have made the stalls by himself without Aira’s instructions.
After looking through Aira’s blueprints, Ray started working right away.
I cut a tree and made a round board to engrave a magic circle on it.
If you can overlap three magic circles, the world recognizes you as a master of magic circles.
If you can overlap five, your name will be engraved in a hundred years of history.
It was difficult to overlap one magic circle that much.
Ray looked down at the plan for the stall.
The harmony of twenty-two magic circles.
Even in the Age of Magic, twenty-two things had to be accomplished, which had been limited to overlapping six.
To be honest, it was so difficult that even he was not sure.
Soonbok glanced at the blueprint from the side and frowned.
– A very crazy blueprint. It’s not enough that more than 20 magic circles are overlapped, so the amount of mana required for it also makes no sense. Are you saying this was created by an author called God? And even in the current situation where it is broken, you are just sitting on the sidelines. It sounds like you’re just telling me to die.
“Then I have to make it.”
– You cannot handle the amount of mana alone. So, I waited for the high elves to fully learn the sentences of the magic circle…
“There is no time for that.”
The high elves of Gate Joe looked exhausted.
It’s probably all about holding on for a few more days even if you squeeze your strength to the limit.
After a few days, the monsters will break through the high elves and reach the second shrine.
Until that happens, he had to create as many magic circles as possible.
Ray grabbed the board and started drawing a magic circle.
One magic circle was completed with considerable speed.
He made a huge frame and connected a magic circle based on the sentences he learned from Soonbok.
two.
three.
The five magic circles overlapped easily.
After six, the speed slowed noticeably.
When I reached nine, it often took me several hours to think about compatibility with other magic circles even when writing down a single sentence.
When I reached eleven, my hands stopped moving.
Now, more things are calculated with the head than with the hands.
The speed was so slow that it was frustrating for the viewer, but Soonbok, who was watching everything from the sidelines, stuck out his tongue.
‘It’s a complete monster!’
Eleven magic circles?
Even if seven fireballs overlap, the power can be amplified enough to destroy a castle at once with one fireball.
If you overlap eight, the efficiency of seven overlaps almost doubles.
Sunbok has made contracts with countless people, but among them, there are very few entities that can overlap more than 10 magic circles.
Among the human contractors in the past, he met a lot of people who were said to be the best, but the current contractor was the best ever.
‘Maybe it really makes me the position of the spirit commander.’
Soonbok looked at him with expectant eyes.
* * *
Evening passed and the sun rose.
He thought about it all night before adding one last sentence.
Then the 15th magic circle was completed.
seven ahead.
If you draw only seven, the left board will be completed safely according to the blueprint.
Because he had consumed a great deal of his strength, Ray’s appearance was beyond words.
Looking at the unfocused eyes and trembling fingertips, it was impossible to tell whether this was a human or an undead.
By that point, Soonbok was genuinely curious.
He said with his own mouth that peace is the selfish heart of people.
Then why is he himself seeking peace for others?
He has the power to survive even in the midst of monsters pouring in from the Gate.
If he only wanted to take care of his own well-being, he wouldn’t have to intervene.
Even so, he desperately wants to fix the altar and is serving others even though he shouldn’t have any problems with himself.
It was not easy for Soonbok to understand that even if he was not a saint chosen by God, he would make such an effort.
‘If he was a saint in the first place, there’s no way God would leave him alone.’
I knew one and didn’t know the other.
Soonbok underestimated Gaia’s power of neglect.
It was Gaia who gave her divine power and treated her as her child.
Rather, the goddess Frias, who had nothing to do with him, took care of him more.
Soonbok glanced at Ray.
he was a monster
Aren’t you making the 16th magic circle on the subject of not being able to do it right now?
Soon-bok, who had been monitoring the situation for a while, dissuaded Ray when he reached his limit.
– Take a little break, brother. Any more will only break your mind.
Subok took him by force.
“…Today… I have to finish it… There’s no time…”
The high elves will die if you take a break.
Conversely, if you don’t rest for one more time, the high elves will feel more at ease.
He shook his head resolutely, expressing his disapproval.
– Impossible. If you continue working like this, you will surely collapse. If my older brother is down for a few days, who will fix the altar now? The high elves haven’t memorized even half of the sentences yet. Brother, please take a long look. Think about what would be more efficient in your current situation.
“…”
Ray did not respond to Soonbok’s words.
However, judging by the small twists in his staggering steps, it seemed that his intentions had worked to some extent.
he got up from his seat
Soonbok moved his gaze to the wooden disk while supporting Ray.
Beyond the fifteen realms of the great beings.
There, the sixteenth magic circle was clearly drawn.
