_ Volume 11 Episode 23
273. 61 Chapter of the test (4)
Taesan stared at the quest window blankly.
The ghost who was reading the contents together opened his mouth.
[…Are you kidding me?]
“No. I’m serious.”
[So you must be out of your mind? Do you call this a quest?]
The ghost said sharply. A clear wariness and hostility were directed at Beldencia.
[Conditions Encounter and trade with Essence? are you crazy You know what that means?]
Beldencia shut up.
The ghost spits out harshly.
[Are you thinking of killing this guy? Asking the gods for a deal?]
Until now, Taesan had dealt with the gods and received quests, but this case was different.
At that time, the gods first showed favor to Taishan. He loved Taishan and
tried to give him a lot.
That is why the deal with Taesan was made.
But he was not the god of the fall. I didn’t know whether he would like Tae-san or not.
And asking for a deal from a god who hated him was in itself an act of suicide.
[Besides, if it’s the god of the fall… I know roughly what happened. under. You know how crazy it is to ask God’s possessions back?]
“No.”
Beldencia denied it.
“I’m not asking you without a plan. Taesan Kang. You are favored by the devil. That’s no ordinary favor either. He probably favors you enough to make you an apostle.”
Dealing with demons as humans. It does not stop there, and freely handles the power that even the demons, called intermediate black magic, cannot easily obtain.
The Demon God was deeply interested in Taishan.
“A demon god’s right to speak is on the higher side among many gods. No matter how much he is a fall god, he will not be able to easily touch the demon god’s favourite.”
[You really think so?]
But the ghost laughed at Beldenkia’s words.
[The opponent is a god. It is not a being that moves according to a mortal’s plan. What will you do if the god of fall is annoyed and chooses the option of killing this guy and confronting the devil?]
Beldenkkia shuts up again.
He lowered his head with a troubled face.
He knew too. That this plan is full of problems. That the things to be solved are mountains.
“But!”
Beldencia clenched her fists roughly.
“Look at me and tell me what to do! I tried desperately too! To save the princess somehow! I did everything to somehow change the mind of the god of the fall!”
he cried with bloodshot eyes.
“I prepared an offering to exchange with the princess’s soul and risked my life to descend the labyrinth! I’ve been trying for hundreds of years! But nothing worked! The damn god grabbed the princess and didn’t give it back! everything! I tried to offer myself, but the god of the fall didn’t even answer!”
he sobbed. There was despair in his voice.
“I… I can’t give up. I have to save the princess.” He
made a contract with the wizard
of the labyrinth just for that one thing .
For an immeasurable amount of time, I sat on the 61st floor and waited quietly. That someone who can save the princess would come.
Ghost clicked his tongue.
[Well… I understand. It was the same for me.]
If it wasn’t for Taesan, he would have been similar. He would have waited in the tomb for hundreds, maybe even thousands of years… Even if he had barely met a worthy adventurer, by then all the leaders could have already died.
Most of the people bound here were the same. I made a contract with a wizard for something I couldn’t do on my own. All they could do was pray for a strong adventurer to come.
For Beldenkkia, Taesan would be seen as the first and last chance. I will never let go easily.
[For now, the risk of the quest ends here. The decision is yours to make.]
The ghost took a step back. Taesan, who had been quietly watching the conversation between the two, opened her mouth.
“Beldencia.”
“Uh huh?”
Beldencia suddenly raised her head. His gaze at Taesan was full of anxiety.
“Let me ask you a question. How did the god of the fall approach you?”
“…we were going down the labyrinth. It was hard and difficult because it was the first time, but we worked together and attacked step by step.”
Beldenkkia was the most outstanding wizard in her world, and the princess was the best swordsman in the empire. Unlike Taesan, who came from Earth,
the two, who had strength from the beginning, did not feel much difficulty in breaking through the labyrinth.
“When I entered the middle of the 10th floor like that… the god of the fall descended directly in front of the princess.”
The descent of the Falling God.
Just like Amelia Aerin.
Taishan’s eyes sank. Beldenquia continued.
“He gave the princess all kinds of support, saying that you are a very good and outstanding human being. Thanks to that, the princess
was able to go down the labyrinth more easily. Until then, both the princess and I were deeply grateful to the god of the fall.”
Beldencia bit her lip.
“And we arrived at the god of the fall.”
83rd floor.
It was around that time that contact with Amelia was cut off.
“I can’t tell you more than that. But the princess’s journey ended there.”
Beldencia muttered melancholy
. Taesan closed his eyes and thought.
Enmity with God. A confrontation with the existence that distorts and collapses the world itself.
The princess’s soul will be in the hands of the Fall God. Retrieving it will never be easy.
It was not an easy decision to make.
Beldencia waited impatiently. A few minutes later, Tae-san opened his eyes.
“good.”
[Accepting the subquest.]
“Really?”
Beldenquia’s eyes widened as if she hadn’t expected to really accept it.
[Are you okay?]
“It’s a god with a high possibility of confrontation anyway.”
Taesan answered the ghost’s question.
Amelia Aerin would also be in the same situation as the Princess of Beldencia. The fall god would approach, lift her up, and finish it when he got to him.
And Taesan
was going to destroy Amelia Aerin’s pride.
There was no way the God of Fall would like that process. There is a high probability that they will come into conflict with each other.
“And I knew that one day this would come. It’s just faster than you think.”
I knew from the beginning that relationships with all transcendental beings could not go smoothly. Certainly, some Transcendentalists will be hostile to Taishan and try to trample him.
The god of the fall was most likely one of them.
It was advantageous to accept it now, when there was something to be gained if it happened someday.
[That’s what it is.]
“Really?”
Even after checking the system window indicating acceptance, Beldencia asked back in disbelief.
“Are you really taking it?”
“I am not denying that I came this far. But it will be worth the price.”
“Ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Beldenquia exploded into a frenzy. A full face was full of joy.
“don’t worry. Beldencia. The one who stepped up to the top but couldn’t save the princess will definitely answer.”
he lowered his wand. Mana became the form of a contract and burrowed into Beldenkia’s heart.
“This damn life. It doesn’t make any sense. When you complete the quest… I will leave everything to you.”
The quest was accepted. He chose a confrontation with the god of the fall.
But nothing changed right away.
“I have to go deep first.”
“Anyway, that is where the god of the fall resides. Unless that god shows up in person, we can’t solve it right away.”
and that’s impossible Beldencchia added.
“The God of Fall is a god who reveals himself from the beginning of the labyrinth to those he is interested in. But it doesn’t seem to have appeared in front of you, so you’ll have to enter the depths and go to the altar yourself.”
“well.”
Taesan answered questionably.
The possibility of meeting before then could not be denied. He’ll be seeing Amelia before long. In the end, what I had to do now
was to become as strong as before .
A day later, Taesan took the test again.
“This time as a magic test.”
Keying.
A magic circle was drawn and a lich-like existence appeared. As he beckoned, the dark magic materialized and scattered in all directions.
[You activated the Frozen World.]
[You activated the Starlight Arrow.]
And the dark magic was shattered by light and ice.
“Even intermediate magic?”
Beldencia was once again in awe. Magic was easier to obtain than black magic, but it was relative. Intermediate magic was a power that those who stepped on the depths could barely obtain.
An adventurer on the 61st floor had such power. Even more so, judging from how skillfully he handled it, it seemed that he had obtained it much earlier.
In other words, it meant that even the god of magic favored Taesan.
Beldencia’s confidence and expectations grew even more.
Wow!
[Starlight Arrow proficiency increased by 1%.]
[Frozen World proficiency increased by 1%.]
[You passed the third test.]
[Superior mana increase potion] obtained.]
[Superlative level Potion of increasing mana]
[Permanently increases mana by 1000.]
It was a potion that increased the value by 1000 as if the reward gradually increased
from the third test .
Now, unless you use dozens of really intermediate magics in a row, you will hardly feel the consumption of mana.
And I wanted to move on to the next test right away, but there was a time limit of one day. There was nothing else to do, so Taesan continued talking with Beldenkia.
“So the princess felt sorry for the crazy spirit on the 21st floor. He wanted to help the spirit…but unfortunately, he couldn’t.”
“I guess you couldn’t do something with the golem’?”
“huh. I tried using magic and the princess glared at her weakness, but there was no damage. So, while the princess was dealing with her, I quickly scooped up the water.”
Lee Tae-yeon aimed for the golem’s inactive time, and Tae-san took down the golem itself.
This side had two people, so it seemed that this method could have been used.
The story wasn’t bad. It was an opportunity to find out how the other adventurers went down the labyrinth. Beldenquia
‘s story reminded me of ways that even Taesan hadn’t thought of.
“It was hard, but it was so much fun.”
Beldencia muttered quietly. His eyes were full of memories.
21st floor. It must have been hundreds of years ago for Beldencia, but he remembered.
It must mean that memories with the princess are precious to him.
Taesan, who had been quietly listening to the story, opened his mouth.
“I have a question for you.”
“What? ask me anything I will answer you.”
“You said you wanted to save the princess.”
“that’s right. That is my wish tied here.”
“Then why did you give up the raid and contract with the mage?”
Taesan asked. The ghost also opened its mouth as if it were suspicious.
[Come to think of it, you’re not dead unlike me, are you? It’s not that I lack the ability to attack the depths.]
Taesan still remembered the system window that appeared in front of him when he entered the labyrinth.
[This is a labyrinth created by a great wizard long ago, and it is rumored that it grants one wish to those who conquer it.]
Wish fulfilled.
It will never be worthless.
“…That must be close to the correct answer.”
Beldencia nodded.
“If you conquer the labyrinth, the wizard of the labyrinth
will grant you one wish. Since it was directly specified in the system, even a god who settled in the labyrinth would not be able to deny that wish.”
[Then isn’t it enough to save the princess’s soul? I may have to risk my life, but that’s always my case.]
“That’s right. I thought so at first. I mean, let’s attack the labyrinth and save the princess.”
But Beldencia shook her head with a wry smile.
“But… that was impossible.”
[Strategy?]
“No. It’s a problem before that. Even if I had reached the end of the labyrinth… I wouldn’t have been able to make a wish.”
[…what does that mean? Are you saying it’s a lie?]
“It’s not a lie. It’s just that we are all mistaken.”
Beldencia said softly.
“The system said. It’s called the conquest of the labyrinth. Simply reaching… and conquering are very different things.”
he smiled bitterly.
Level up with skill
