Episode 524: The Saint’s Funeral (3)
Zeke and the receptionist, who entered the Devil’s Palace to save Ray, couldn’t hide their bewilderment at the sudden situation.
“This…”
“…It’s mana. But… why?”
Mana suddenly returned.
He was reluctant to consume mana by relying on magic stones, but it could be said that it went well.
But why did mana suddenly return?
“All the hard work so far seems like nothing.”
“Don’t complain. If we had only relied on the magic stone, we wouldn’t have been able to see it that far.”
“That’s true… but why did Mana come back?”
“Umm…”
While Zeke and Hongyoung were drooling, Soyoung casually threw the words out.
“Didn’t the Holy Son do something again? Even when he was in the Holy Kingdom, he did a lot of things without paying attention to people’s eyes.”
It was a word she said without much thought, but So-yeong herself did not realize that it was the correct answer.
Zeke and Hongyoung looked at each other and smiled.
“Certainly, it’s a reason that would be understandable if you were a lord. However, it is impossible to do such a tremendous thing with a body without mana in this place called the Devil’s Land.”
“Besides, if mana had returned, the demonic realm should have virtually collapsed or disappeared. The one holding all the mana in the air is the Holy Land and the demonic realm of Silia.”
what does it look like now
Far from collapsing, the solid adamantine goes away.
Soyoung snorted, as if she was embarrassed to say it herself.
“joy. It’s just something I’ve said. Anyway, the return of Mana is good news. You don’t have to rely on these pieces of stone anymore, do you?”
“Mmm.”
“That’s true…”
The three of them didn’t stop walking while talking.
Now that Mana is back, there is nothing to hold back.
Let’s walk a little faster.
Koo Goo Goong-!
Then, a loud noise reverberated all the way to where they were.
“…this is below.”
“I’ve come down five floors, but there’s still a floor below.”
Together with the horse, I moved in the direction of the sound.
Then, from the depths of the dungeon, something unpleasant was felt.
The feeling that fraud is strangling the whole body.
Also, the feeling that holy energy energizes the whole body.
I felt two unknown energies at once.
Jack’s expression hardened in an instant.
“…It is similar to magic and divine power.”
“…I don’t feel good. I must hurry.”
After exchanging glances with each other, they kicked the ground.
For a moment, the three types seemed to fade, but soon disappeared in the dungeon hallway.
* * *
Soonbok swallowed.
– Now, it’s hard to even call him a human.
The ring made of mana rotates fiercely as it hardens like a stone statue.
Because of that, there was nothing left around Ray who was sitting on the rock.
It is a wall that has been ground round and even the ground that has been swept away by wind pressure.
No matter how much magicians sometimes accompany mana during enlightenment, isn’t this too severe!
Sighing inwardly, Sunbok looked around.
-Suddenly, the time has come for those naughty goblins to come.
It took quite a long time for the seat to be empty.
At this point, scouting would come to see what had happened.
For some reason, the surroundings were quiet.
Since the dungeon’s mana supply had been completely cut off, the structure would not have changed any more.
hot!
Ray’s eyes flashed open with the sound of a short breath.
The looped mana enters his nose and mouth, circulates once, and then lands lightly on the rock.
“Umm….”
-Brother, open your eyes. How long are you going to be out of breath in a place like this?
Soon-bok, who turned a sane person into a renegade in an instant, urged him on.
“…Where is this?”
I didn’t notice that it was the same place, thanks to the fact that all the walls were torn off in the aftermath of mana.
Soon-bok, who had been rummaging through Ray’s luggage until he woke up and reading a book at leisure, was dumbfounded by the question.
– The place you knew is right. Are you better than that now?
Ray opened and closed his fists.
The condition of the body is much better than before.
Her steps, which were already light, were as light as walking on clouds, and the force radiating from her hands was so strong that even she could not control herself.
Why didn’t martial arts say that a mountain can be split with one hand and the sea can be split with one sword?
He seemed to be exactly like that now.
‘But it’s not yet complete.’
It was vague like fog, but there was an unmistakable blockage.
The landscape of the rising moon and fields like a painting.
I felt intuition that there was a clue to enlightenment that I had not yet grasped.
It was the first realization he had encountered in almost his life, so Ray was even more excited.
“Somehow, I feel like I got the clue… but it’s embarrassing to end it like this.”
-yes? What does that mean…
Soonbok, who was about to say something, stopped talking.
It’s because Ray started to settle down properly on the rock again.
I’ve been waiting almost two days now.
I was worried that I might not open my eyes for the rest of my life, but why did I settle down again!
Soonbok was frightened and ran in front of Ray as if flying.
– Brother, no.
“If it’s not now, there might not be a chance.”
-You are still a monster, so why do you want a higher level? Are you no longer satisfied with being a mere monster?
Despite his persuasion, Ray quickly entered into a moo (沒我).
After concentrating for a moment, Soonbok opened his mouth as he watched him close his eyes and create a mana ring.
The moment of enlightenment is not something that comes easily.
Moreover, the higher the realm, the more it may take ten years just to catch a light weed.
But what kind of realization comes when you close your eyes?
-…I can’t become a spirit and cancel the contract.
Subok let out a sigh.
It’s a long-awaited free time.
If you’re going to have to wait anyway, it’s better to eat comfortably.
Sewol, four months.
Soonbok forgot the thought of protecting Ray and lay down casually.
-That’s right. How the hell do you touch a guy like that?
The aftermath of the mana alone changed the surrounding terrain and tore the air.
It would be impossible for anyone other than a decent person to even survive in that place.
He opened the book he threw away while reading it again.
* * *
As the next day dawned, a magnificent sound resounded in the middle of King Celia.
Whoops-!
saint’s funeral.
Originally, it was planned to be held in the Holy Land, but considering that the saint’s hometown was Celia and the place where he died was also Celia, it was specially recognized as a place for the ceremony.
The sound that spread from the capital reverberated all the way to the outskirts of the capital.
Whoops-!
twice.
third time.
The sound that resounded continuously over time made the listeners feel heavy.
“You’re leaving like this.”
“…the Holy Son is also a human being. No matter how much the goddess chose you, since you did such a great job, shouldn’t it be time for you to rest?”
His death was mourned by many.
Merchants, usually blinded by money, gave up the business of Haruchi, and the mercenaries and adventurers’ guilds also declared that they would not accept requests for the time being.
Since the carriage did not go out, the great roads of the royal road were crowded with people honoring him.
* * *
Wang Seong was busy with a series of guests.
From dukes in other countries to marquises.
Even the king of the Devon kingdom ran for a month, refusing even the safety of his country.
It was said that the horses that drove the carriage died vomiting blood after running for two days.
Those who do not believe in the death of a saint.
who mourn his death.
The one who doesn’t say anything and is silent.
One by one, the guests of the ceremony began to gather.
“The Emperor of Lesian has sent a personal letter.”
“In the Western Continent, in the kingdom of Frias…”
“The head of the Wyverns…”
“The Great Mage of the Baybon Kingdom…”
King Deogard let out a laugh as numerous personal letters came and went.
“It seems that there are more people in debt to the saint than I expected.”
“All of them must have fallen in love with the personality of the saint.”
“Bring the coffin.”
At that word, the attendants dressed to the fullest came carrying white coffins.
Although the body could not be recovered.
Everyone present knew how sacred the coffin was.
“A relative of the saint enters.”
A few crowds gathered in the large royal garden.
Ale and Saint Lacey dressed in their only formal clothes.
Behind him came a half-man carrying all the riches of the company and a pale young man in neat clothes.
Ale, who came in first, plucked a flower and set it down around the coffin.
“I still don’t believe it. that you are dead.”
Subsequently, Sain and Lacia also placed flowers.
“Come back anytime, Ray.”
“…Your brother is not the one to face such an empty end.”
Lacia’s dry eyes seemed unfocused.
Halfman silently decorated the casket with precious jewels instead of flowers.
This time, a handsome young man with a pale face approached.
“As you know, the lich doesn’t die. Don’t worry, we’ll somehow bring you back to life as soon as we find the body. As long as I exist, even if your body dies, only your reason will not die.”
For something that was said quietly, it can’t be anything but eerie.
After them, countless teeth lined the garden.
From the priests of the holy kingdom to the nobles who were helped by him.
Selena, the archmage of Baybon, who stamped her feet because of her magical talents, and Gregory, the swordsman who had only encountered him once, also silently placed flowers.
It was a crowd that could not be said to have gathered in two days.
Three hours before his ceremony was formally opened.
In the meantime, Ray was stuck in the Demon Realm, unaware that his own funeral was being held.
