2. Fighting the dragon (3)
The seven bandits swallowed their dry saliva.
“Can I… change it to option 2?”
One of the bandits gathered courage and asked.
“You can’t just change it.”
As Deus drew a circle with his thumb and index finger, the bandits hurriedly fumbled with their arms.
When I put it all together, I got 2 gold, 36 silver,
and 72 gold.
The bandits disappeared in an instant, taking their lives in exchange for the money.
Deus looked back at Alex.
“Did you want to do this? “The directing is poor.”
“Because it’s not.”
“or not? What is that woman? “It’s really obvious that he’s acting with those bright eyes.”
“under! It’s really unfair. “I said no.”
Deus ignored the butler’s words and approached the woman.
On her head, she wore gold jewelry like a headband.
A headband with a dragon engraved on it.
I couldn’t tell which denomination the priestess was from, but at least she didn’t seem to be serving the main deity.
“That’s enough, go now. “I get paid by Alex.”
“It’s unfair!”
Alex cried out and approached the woman.
“Please speak, priestess. “Do you know me?”
The priestess was still in a daze and
did not say anything.
Judging from the fact that he was clearly shouting for help, he must not have been mute. It seemed like I forgot to say thank you.
“it’s okay. I’m not interested anymore. “Let’s go.”
“Why are you saying you’re not interested after all the suspicion?”
Alex pounded his chest and spoke to the priestess again.
“Hey, priestess. Did I make out with a priest? Did they say they would give you money if you pretend to run away from the bandits? That doesn’t happen, right? “Please speak kindly to my master
.”
The priestess laughed bitterly.
It was a smile so beautiful that even Alex, who was from the Demon World, was shocked.
For a moment, I wondered if Alex was really human, but now my mind was filled with resentment and no other thoughts came to mind.
The priestess opened her mouth for the first time.
I put my hands together and lowered my head.
“Thank you, warrior.”
Deus, who was putting one leg up on the carriage, glanced back.
“it’s okay. “Go.”
“Hero.”
“I’m not a hero. “Let’s just treat him as an aspiring warrior companion.”
“Then, fellow aspiring warrior.” Kind expression and gentle tone of voice.
Her attitude was full of the claim, ‘I serve God.’
But Deus didn’t like something about her.
Something like instinct warned me.
Don’t get tangled up.
“Please do me a favor.”
“Weren’t you being chased by bandits?”
“The bandits
attacked the temple where I was staying.”
“What are the temple knights doing?”
“Everyone… was killed.” She lowered her head with a sad face. There were even tears in the corners of my eyes.
Deus snorted at that sight.
“Isn’t that setting too much? “A temple knight was attacked by bandits?”
“It’s true. “The leader of the bandits was so strong that he pushed the pillars of the temple and knocked them down.”
“Yes, then, go to the nearest big city and ask the warriors for a favor. “I
’m not interested in that kind of thing.”
“I can give you compensation!”
“repair? It looks like you have a lot of donations saved up. Real estate is an emissary. “It’s not something you can carry around.”
“Jin Geum-yong’s helmet, given to me by Jin Geum-yong, whom I serve, is in the temple. Now the bandit leader has it…
“I don’t like helmets.”
“yes?”
“It looks a bit like that when you wear it, right? “Look at my clothes.”
Deus was now
wearing a wizard’s robe.
By all accounts, it was an outfit that did not match the golden helmet.
Alex interrupted him.
“Aren’t you planning on raising a hero?”
“That’s right.”
“What if I lend the hero his helmet?”
“Oh, that would be great.”
“Are you getting money? Against a hero…
“Huh?”
“no. That was a stupid question. Of course you should get it. “ If it’s a trauma, it’s compound
interest.”
Deus said while looking at the priestess.
“Okay, I’m a little interested. “Get in the car.”
“thank you. “A warrior… an aspiring colleague.”
The temple was located about 20 minutes away by carriage along a side road branching off from the pipe.
Alex sat in the coach seat and glanced at the priestess sitting next to him. She didn’t even say her name, but her
clothes had golden dragons embroidered on them all over her clothes,
as if she were proud of being the goddess of the Jingeumyong .
And it was truly terrifyingly beautiful.
They might be prettier than the god they worship.
“But if it’s Jingeumyong, isn’t it the dragon god?”
Deus, who was half-lying in the luggage compartment, suddenly spoke.
Jin Geum-yong’s priestess answered.
“Yes, the one we serve is Jingeumyong, the goddess of all dragons.” It was said that dragons use an ancient, lost script. To put it in modern terms , Jingeumyong
means a true golden dragon.
“Isn’t it a pretty big temple? “How did you get robbed by bandits?”
“The
priestess blushed with embarrassment. Alex said, raising his hand.
“If that is the case, I will answer it for you. Dragons have maintained absolute neutrality for thousands of years. It is a declaration that we will not get involved in either human affairs or demon affairs. Because of that, we are now alienated from both sides. “Humans don’t get involved in dragons’ affairs,
and demons ignore them.”
“Instead of being neutral, you have become an outcast.”
“That’s right.”
“So you lost all your followers?”
The priestess opened her mouth with difficulty.
“We only serve God and do not care about worldly matters.”
“With that said, I managed to keep the golden dragon’s lid.”
“It’s Jin Geum-yong’s helmet…”
“I hope you understand, right?”
“I can see it now, my lord. “ But
you’ll have to walk up a bit.”
The place where the carriage stopped was under a 300 meter high cliff.
From here, the road curved into a crevice in the rock, forming a long staircase.
Deus said one thing while looking at that rough land.
“Pick up.”
Deus stood straight on the back of Alex, who was walking slouched, and looked at the scenery below the cliff.
“Can’t you just carry me on my back like a normal person
?”
“Do you think I would do something like hug your back?”
“Then you were walking?”
“You asked me to come, but it doesn’t make sense for me to be having a hard time.”
“I’m having a hard time too, right?”
“I am proud to be self-employed.”
Deus saw a priestess slowly climbing the cliff a few dozen steps below.
“Isn’t it suspicious as expected?”
“What?”
“That woman.”
“It’s pretty, right? How about as a bride? Go ahead and produce a prince. As I said before, the probability is low, so there are various ways…
He said, kicking Alex in the back of the head.
“You really have a lot to say.” Then he opened his mouth again.
“Shall we make a bet?”
“If I win, will you return to the Demon World?”
“I honestly think I can bet on that.” “Then I
’ll bet that
she’s not human .”
“You can’t bet. But are you following along like this even though you know that fact?”
“Don’t you say you will give Jin Geum-yong’s helmet? “Wouldn’t a helmet with the dragon god’s name on it be quite expensive?”
“You don’t think it’s fake?”
“That’s right, this is the real Jingeumyong temple. “I’ve also heard that there is such a pitch.”
“is it?”
“That’s right.”
Alex opened his mouth again.
“A lie is inherently scariest when it is hidden among 99 truths.”
“Oh. That seems like it. Write it down. “I’ll use it later.”
When I climbed up on Alex, the cliff was also golden.
The temple had eight pillars centered around a golden dome.
I thought there would have been a fire at least because bandits had invaded, but the castle had maintained its original pure white appearance.
Alex stopped in front of the main gate of the 10-meter high temple.
“You can get off now.”
“Does this mean you don’t have to get off?”
“
Contrary to what he said, Deus got off his back right away.
The two turned around and waited for the priestess. She arrived a little late and went straight to the small entrance next to the main entrance of the shrine.
“You can come here.”
Unlike the huge gate, there was a small door that you would normally see in a house.
Except for the gold decorations, the rest
of the temple was painted white, just like the temple.
Deus followed after her without any hesitation.
Immediately after that, cancer struck everyone.
“My lord, where am I?”
“You should answer me. “Isn’t that why you told her to follow you in the first place?”
“Is ‘that woman’ still here?” As soon as they entered the temple, they were thrown into a dark space so dark that they could not even tell each other apart.
“My lord! “It appears to be a trap.”
“How many times did I tell you that I was suspicious?”
“I didn’t know this was suspicious.”
“Which side is this? “I heard she’s still here.”
“You damn loud woman. I brought you here and you still haven’t run away? sudden.”
“What exactly?”
“Okay, don’t say anything.”
The priestess snorted.
“Go ahead. I think it would be fun. Let’s see which one is confirmed.”
“But your personality has changed.”
“ah! found.”
Ignoring Deus’ words, the priestess let out an exclamation.
A bright light came on.
But the fire was not a candle or a lamp.
It was a universe where countless stars, planets and galaxies were mixed together.
An infinite space with no place to step was spread out inside the small temple. And the three were floating in the air.
Deus saw ‘the woman’.
The quiet woman disappeared somewhere
.
The person who replaced him was a completely different person who was looking down at him with a haughty expression.
The priest’s plain white attire had suddenly been replaced by golden robes.
It was an ancient costume with wide sleeves and a standing collar.
It wasn’t just clothes that changed.
Even the emperor seemed to be no more extravagant than her, thanks to the fact that he was adorned with numerous golden jewels such as amber and topaz.
She
sat casually in the air with the nebula in the background and crossed her legs.
“What exactly are you going to do?”
An ordinary person would have been intimidated by her sudden change in attitude.
At the very least, he must have been embarrassed and confused for a moment.
But neither of them applied to ‘that’ Deus.
He stretched his legs, crossed his arms, and straightened himself in front of her.
It was an attitude that could be read as an intention to look down from a higher place.
“It looks like she’s not a priestess.”
“She is a priestess.”
“Then did your god teach you to do that?”
“You know that it is Jin Geum-yong you are insulting, right?”
“What is Jin Geum-yong? “That woman, the priestess, is different when she goes into the bathroom and when she comes out, so what’s the difference if she’s a god she serves?”
“I really want you to die. This is Hwangokgyeong (黃玉境). “Even if you’re the Demon Duke, you’re no match for me here.”
“I knew it too.”
Deus snorted and looked to the side.
On the other hand, Alex could not hide his shock.
“How did you know that we were demons?”
Alex said to Deus, making a fuss.
“This one caught properly. Topaz is the land of Jingeumyong. That being…. no way…
“How do you know that you didn’t fall into war every time and come out to the human world? You have the same face and are active in the human world, so you don’t think we don’t know your faces, right? ?”
