run!
run!
Dakia asked, glancing at the back of the extension as she was cradled in my running arms.
“But is it really okay to leave it like that?”
“It’s going to be fine. Even if you leave it like that, it’ll only take enough time before you die.”
Yes, there was a strong trust between the giant of corruption and me. I don’t know if I’m the only one thinking that way.
It took a while to run through the huge hallway with the ‘Gate of Corruption’ activated. I finally saw the end of the hallway. I quickly stopped using the Gate of Corruption and put Dakia on the floor.
“I guess I can go in there anyway. Cool.”
With a cough, rotten intestines protruded at the cost of the ‘Gate of Corruption’. When Dacia saw me covering her mouth and coughing, she grabbed my collar with worry in her eyes.
“Are you okay?”
I spat out pieces of rotten intestines at an angle out of sight of her and reached for the bag on my back to rinse my mouth. Although he has no choice but to spit out pieces of rotten intestines every time, spitting out pieces of his own intestines has not been a very pleasant experience.
Took.
hard touch. Dakia quickly took out a water bottle and put it in my hand. She met my eyes and smiled brightly.
“I thought you might want to rinse your mouth.”
The extraordinary sense that Dakia cultivated while taking care of water while watching her mother’s notice was finally shown to me. I smiled and opened the lid of the water bottle and nodded my head.
“This is exactly what I needed. Thank you for drinking.”
After expressing my gratitude, I took a sip of water from the bucket, rinsed my mouth, and spat it out on the floor. Refreshed, Dacia watched the huge hallway we ran through with her eyes narrowed.
“What are you doing?”
“I was wondering if that golden giant would come after us.”
“I don’t think you need to be so on edge. If a giant of that size is chasing us down the hallway, we’ll know right away without even watching.”
“Well, that’s how it is.”
I sat down by the door and said.
“Once this heartburn subsides, let’s open this door and go in. Princess, please sit here and rest for a while. Perhaps, from a little later on, whether you like it or not, you will have to fight yourself.”
“yes!”
There was definitely a chance that there would be an ancient empire relic behind this door, but it was much better to enter with a little nervousness than to be careless.
Dacia stared at my side, pursed her lips, and sat next to me with her hips pressed together. As we sat down, our shoulders bumped into each other.
We silently leaned against the wall of the ruins and breathed lightly. Meanwhile, Dakia quietly opened her mouth.
“Priest Marnak.”
“yes.”
She pursed her lips several times and chose her words.
“If you go to Beatus, our family’s territory.”
“yes.”
“As expected, Priest Marnak will go with Carmen to find Carmen’s mother, right?”
I nodded. As long as he had to search the continent to find the holy relic anyway, he couldn’t stay in one place even if it wasn’t for Carmen’s request.
“I think so.”
Dacia sat and laughed and scratched the floor with her shoe for no reason.
“Is that so? But there is…”
“Yes.”
The gleaming golden eyes filled my face. She hesitated a few more times before asking cautiously.
“These days, I often think that it will be okay even if I don’t have to take the position of head of the Irmel family.”
Do not take the place of the head of the household. The end of her not aiming for the position of head of household was obvious.
“Are you planning an arranged marriage?”
Dacia shook her head.
“No. I just meant that it wouldn’t be bad to just throw away the name Irmel and live here and there like this. Just like Priest Marnac.”
I smiled.
“A wandering life like a bupyeongcho is not as good as I thought. At least I like settling down somewhere and immersed in the tranquility of everyday life much more than a wandering life like this.”
“yes?”
Dacia tilted her head and asked me.
“I thought Priest Marnak liked the life of wandering freely here and there without fail?”
“Not at all. Even now, if I were given an environment where I could comfortably settle down, I’d like to settle down in a nice place to live.”
It’s impossible now that the threat of the main quest that I can’t even guess its identity exists.
“Then, is the reason you’re wandering all around to find the sacred relic of the Mother of Corruption enshrined by Priest Marnak?”
“To put it mildly, yes.”
“Hmm.”
Dacia thought for a long time as if she had heard a very important story, then stared at my face.
“But Priest Marnak is still strong enough. At least, unless the enemy is a master, no one can easily touch him. Wouldn’t it be fine to settle down in a secluded place with the Mother of Corruption right now?”
is it? It was a good enough story.
However, as she said, imagining that she would settle down in the countryside and live with her mother right now, a vague feeling of uneasiness boiled over. With a sense of duty that must collect the rest of the holy relics.
Could it be that my mother planted this feeling in me? Or is it because of the memory of the day I lost my benefactor, Santos, to Riverkell helplessly because I was powerless.
If I vomited this question out to my mother, she would surely tell me that she knew nothing. Doubts, once started, spread like wildfire and engulfed my mind.
But instead of revealing my feelings, I just quietly smiled and answered Dakia’s question.
“I can’t stand still, now that I know that the worshipers of other demons are trying to use the holy relic that sealed my mother’s divinity.”
Dacia nodded and understood my words.
“Well, since Priest Marnak is a priest, you can’t just sit idly by and see that some of the gods he enshrines are being used arbitrarily.”
‘Kill kill!’
That’s a perfectly correct statement. I gently tapped my mother’s hand in my pocket.
Everything was as I intended.
Right now, I didn’t want to hurt my mother by brushing it off because of my suspicions that I couldn’t find out the truth in any way. Even if all these feelings were forcibly planted in me, my mother was the one who was alone in this world and had always been by my side since I was most miserable. On top of that, the affection my mother was pouring into me was undoubtedly ‘sincere’.
I made up my mind once again.
Live fully in the present and accept whatever truth may be waiting at the end of the road.
I robbed my seat and stood up.
“Let’s move slowly. If we sit here like this forever, the golden giant might really come after us.”
“yes!”
“I’ll take the lead.”
I sent Dacia behind me and opened the door with force. If the door didn’t open, I was going to break it in by force, but the door opened so smoothly as if it had been oiled.
Corridor covered in darkness.
I took out the butcher from my waistband and took a slow step. As if waiting for that moment, the lights in the hallway came on and the walls started cracking.
Kirik. Kirik. Kirik.
Five brass metal men the size of an adult male jumped out. The metal men were all clad in thick metal armor and were each equipped with weapons such as swords and spears.
At least I’m glad I don’t have a ranged weapon.
I quickly started the butcher. It was clear that those metal people would be weaker than Immortalium, which metal was made of.
Why hey hey hey hey!!!
Without a moment’s hesitation, he spurred on and shouted.
“Dacia! Left side please!”
“yes!”
Along with the low ancient spell, the magic began to move wildly. I ran down the hallway and charged the metal at the far right toward the human.
Click click click click.
Two unfocused brass eyes stared at my face.
Why hey hey hey!!!
With a wild scream, the Butcher lunged at the metal man’s neck. The metal man tried to fend off the butcher by swinging the sword in his hand with unimaginable speed, inconsistent with his characteristic creaking sound.
Gnaw and gnaw!
However, that resistance was not enough to stop the butcher with my strength. The sword the metal man was holding shattered, and the jagged blades gnawed at the brassy metal man’s neck. A torn metal human head rolled across the floor.
The metal people rushed towards me, not caring at all about the deaths of their comrades. The straight spear blade aimed at my stomach and reached out.
And then.
“Priest Marnak, step back a bit!”
“yes!”
A lightning bolt from Dakia’s fingertips destroyed the metal man’s body.
Squeak squeak squeak!!!
The mechanical man, stunned by the thunderbolt, made a strange sound and trembled, then fell to the floor as it spewed smoke.
“As expected, it conducts electricity well!”
“Good job!”
Kiki-kki-kki!
The metal men raised their weapons and charged towards Dacia instead of attacking me, perhaps feeling a greater threat from the magic they had just encountered.
“Be careful!!!”
Why Ae Ae Ae!!!
I quickly rammed the Butcher into the unprotected back and split one in half, but there were still two metal men left.
Dacia calmly uttered a low incantation even as the metal men rushed toward her without hesitation.
I pulled out the frost steel sword from my waistband and held it in my right hand, adding strength to my forearm. The strength of the tense arm muscles exploded, and the frost steel sword was hurled away.
Caang!
The frost steel sword flew through the air and slammed into the metal man’s thigh as he ran towards Dacia. Suddenly, the metal man, who had lost his center of gravity, fell to the floor and rolled over, crashing into the wall.
However, there was still one metal man left. When I took out the white bone sword to throw the sword again, Dacia stretched out her finger again. Another thunderbolt erupted from her fingertips.
Kiki-kki-kki!
However, as expected, the brass-colored metal man swiftly rolled across the floor to avoid Dakia’s thunderbolt. Realizing that her magic had missed, Dakia calmly took out the sword she was wearing around her waist and swung it instead of uttering words of embarrassment.
Caang!
The clear sound of swords clashing against each other resounded. The metal man unleashed an unstoppable series of attacks on Dacia. Dakia clenched her teeth and blocked the pouring attacks one by one. Dacia’s calm response bought me enough time to go help her.
Why hey hey hey!
Kiriririk!
A wildly spinning saw blade pierced the metal man’s belly and protruded. I gave strength and lifted the butcher up. The wildly rotating saw blade split the metal man’s body lengthwise. The body split in half fell to the floor.
Before I could say anything, Dakia chanted another spell at high speed. Another thunderbolt came out of her fingertips, destroying the metal man who lost his center of gravity earlier and slammed into the wall, then stood up again.
With a shrieking scream, the charred metal man fell to the ground.
Dacia laughed bashfully.
“How is it? Did I do well?”
I smiled.
“You did very well. We don’t know how many more metal men like that will come out, so let’s keep moving forward while paying attention.”
“Yes!”
Crossing the long hallway, we fought three more battles with metal men protruding from the walls. Those metal men are vulnerable to lightning strikes. Since I only had to protect Dacia, who was casting spells, the battle itself was very
easy
. I needed to get drunk.
“Let’s take a break here.”
Dacia shook her head.
“I’m still fine.”
“It’s also important to rest well. Let’s take a break here.”
Dacia nodded slowly at my earnest gaze.
“Okay…”
Quaang!
The floor shakes violently with the sound of something breaking. In the
distance, at the entrance of the collapsed hallway, a huge golden fuselage shone. It was still some distance away from us… As if mocking
my expectations, the golden giant stretched out his left arm toward us.
Huge muzzles fired at us. He pointed his black snout at us,
‘Murder!!!!’
My mother’s urgent warning, I quickly spread my arms.
“Hurry up!”
“Yes, yes!”
Without delay, I picked up Dakia and activated the Gates of Corruption to the limit. Once again, dark green tattoos covered my skin. The golden Gatling gun spewed bullets at us. Thud
thump
thump thump!!!
In just a few seconds, four digits of bullets fell. I held Dakia in my arms and ran through the corridors with all my might. Baptism trampled the bottom of the ruins mercilessly and followed me at breakneck speed. Of course, I was slower than the bullet. I
will catch up soon
.
I hugged Dacia and shouted out loud,
“Curl up as much as you can!!! I’ll try to block it with my body as much as I can!”
Dakia nodded quickly and crouched in my arms as much as she could.
Click. Click. Click.
The shooting stopped. In less than twenty seconds, the Gatling gun spun, pouring out all the bullets. It slowly stopped.
Did it really run out of bullets? Apparently, the giant didn’t have any spare magazines. How did he fire at us again after pouring so many bullets into the decaying giant? My natural
question The problem was solved very simply:
when the golden giant opened his right palm, the huge red jewel embedded in the middle of his palm lit up, and at the same time, the bullets stuck in the floor flew through the air and began to return to the giant
. I realized that the technology of the ancient empire was far beyond what I had imagined. Or maybe the person who created this ruin had gone mad. Dakia’s eyes trembled violently when she saw the bullet
returning
. Priest Marnak! Now what?”
I patted Dakia’s back in my arms and said quietly.
“What? I have no choice but to run as hard as I can and see the end of this hallway before I am hiveed by those bullets.” “
Is that possible?”
I just smiled at the obvious question
. hold on tight It’s going to shake a lot from now on.”
Dacia put her arms around my neck with a much relieved expression at my smile and replied loudly. ”
Yes !”
Wiiyiing.
Hearing the rumbling sound, I jumped out of my seat and ran down the hall without hesitation, until the curtain rose with a loud roar of gunfire as the
race of death turned into a beehive if I stopped for even a moment.
