26. Found underground (3)
Deus spoke to Zeke again.
“Then, let’s go to Joryx Castle right after eating. “If you catch and kill about 23,000, you will make money and take back the castle, all at once.”
“Was it that simple?”
“What if it’s not simple?”
“When I talk to Deus, my common sense feels so insignificant.”
“I don’t need to publicize my greatness, so let’s just eat. “The food will be a mess without you.”
“Four four.”
Zeke grabbed the wok without hesitation.
The only ingredients were tomatoes and eggs. However, the value of the ingredients and the taste are not necessarily proportional.
Spices and tomatoes were stir-fried in plenty of oil.
I poured the stewed mashed tomatoes, which had thickened into a red sauce, into a bowl and turned the oil back on to the wok.
Deus sat next to him
and watched Zeke cook.
“Are there more recipes than the sword techniques you know?”
“I can’t deny it.”
“I think you might be better suited here.”
“is that so?”
When I poured the eggs beaten in a bowl into boiling oil, they rose like clouds.
I mixed the gently cooked eggs and stewed tomatoes and placed them in a bowl.
“The stir-fried tomatoes and eggs are ready.”
“Yeah, good, good.”
Deus immediately picked up the spoon.
Meanwhile, Zeke prepared the same dish again. The heat power wasn’t very good, so it wasn’t possible to cook everyone’s dishes at once.
Meanwhile, as he was cooking like this, Zeke even forgot that he was imprisoned yesterday because he was hated by the lord.
Did you think that far?
Zeke once again expressed his gratitude to Deus in his heart.
Cadenza and Oridon
were side by side with Zeke.
Oridon glanced back.
Deus and Yulgeum were riding in the carriage driven by Scatul.
Then Sadimus and Laque took the servants’ seats at the back of the carriage.
It was a good combination for a picnic. The long length is just like that.
“Are you sure it’s okay? “With this member?”
“ha ha ha.”
Zeke laughed at Oridon’s question.
You might not believe it, but I’ve never been anything less than okay.
It was difficult to explain every word,
so I just smiled.
Cadenza said.
“It’s hard to admit, but he is strong. Although he is not pure, he has power comparable to that of a D-class hero.”
“You mean Deus?”
“yes.”
“It happens sometimes. Such mutants.” The strength of a warrior was not calculated through force alone.
The power to oppose the Demon King, also defined as anti-magic power, was the warrior’s greatest ability.
The anti-magic power was purely
proportional to the blood level.
Ordinary humans, no matter how outstanding their martial arts skills or strong magical powers, were unable to demonstrate their abilities in front of the Demon King.
The Demon King’s very existence is the source of despair.
Anything alive was bound to fear the devil.
And the hero was the only being who could put an end to the fear of despair brought on by the Demon King.
Martial arts skills were actually the second problem for the warrior.
A warrior, as the name suggests, is a person with courage.
On the other hand, it was my colleagues who made up for the shortcomings.
Simply looking at military power, the warrior’s companions often had as much military force as the warrior.
The story of Cadenza continued.
“It is difficult for even the wizard Yulgeum to know the bottom of his magic power. Skatul, a fairy, Sadimus, a black magician, and even Mr. Lakhe, who is presumed to be a druid. It is clear that the people by Zeke’s side are top-notch colleagues.”
“You must be jealous.”
Cadenza laughed at Oridon’s teasing words.
“no. Because I have a personality problem,
“Can you hear everything there?”
Deus put his head out of the carriage window.
“Do you have a good personality? “Isn’t this guy who uses polite language even to children a pervert?”
“Please stop selling without basis. “I just care about courtesy.”
“Why don’t you stop gossiping about me behind my back to my employees? “If you have time
, think about how to defeat the giants.”
“Rather, I’d like to ask this question. “Simply killing a few giants is one thing, but taking back Castle Joe Rix is a completely different story.”
“Is that so?”
Deus spat in an insincere voice and entered the carriage again.
“Think quickly.” He urged Yulgeum.
“huh? What are you talking about?”
“Recapture of Joryx Castle.” “Why
do you keep asking me how to do the accident ?
Don’t depend on me. “How are you going to live after I leave?”
“So, when are you going? Are you planning on living here at all?”
“Shall we go now?”
“No, right now…
“If you bow your head and ask, I’ll stay a little longer.”
“It’s not that necessary.”
“You make me angry every time I say something. Is there a method or something? All you have to do is go out on your own and wipe them all out. How long does it take to kill thousands of giants?
“You’re the devil, right?”
“No, that’s not true, but it’s a headache because it doesn’t work.”
“Who is controlling the lord of Joryx Castle like a puppet in the first place? “Aren’t you the one who came up with the difficult task of recapturing Zoryx Castle?”
“That’s not necessarily true. It’s not that they completely brainwashed you, but it just made them change their minds. “Under the great proposition of making Zeke free, I decided to make it based on free will.”
“What is causing you so much trouble?”
“Because there is no problem there. Eh, I don’t know. If you don’t think it will work, you can go alone at night and sweep it up.”
“That is the correct answer.”
Yulgeum agreed and immediately sighed.
“I really don’t know what I’m doing.”
“Playing like a hero.”
Yulgeum nodded at Deus’ short answer.
What word could be more fitting than that?
We arrived
at the hill where Zoryx Castle was visible again .
The place was still used as a base for giants.
There were curtains made of leather of unknown origin hanging on half-collapsed castle walls and large buildings. As if it were a roof.
But it wasn’t the giants that caught the group’s eyes.
Everyone’s attention was focused on the large animal being dragged by the giants with a rope tied to it.
“Wow, what is that?”
“It’s a monster I’ve never seen before.”
Cadenza and Oridon also had their mouths wide open.
The beast had enormous size. Even giants over 3 meters tall felt small in front of him.
Its wide ears were spread out like a fan, and its nose was strangely long, so long that it was comparable to the height of a giant.
Even Deus did not know the name of the beast.
He turned his head and looked at Yulgeum.
“Pocket of wisdom!”
“Don’t give me strange nicknames. “That’s a mutated mammoth.”
“mammoth?”
“A subspecies of elephant. “It was once extinct, but scholars say it was resurrected by wizards.”
“What is an elephant again?”
“It’s an animal with a long nose.”
Oridon looked at Yulgeum and was amazed.
“It looks like Ms. Yulgeum is knowledgeable about ancient animals.”
“My hobby is collecting knowledge from all over the world.”
Deus opened his mouth again.
“With just one of those, a castle can hold a party.”
“Are you asking for something to eat again?”
“Eating and making a living are important. But why did most of the mugwort monsters mutate to become gigantic?”
“In order to resist poison, it is advantageous to have a large volume.”
“Oh, is it to resist mugwort?”
“I guess so? Or maybe the climate has become much milder. “When temperatures rise, animals tend to grow larger.” “
I think we need to
study the mugwort monsters more .”
Hearing Deus’ words, Yulgeum hurriedly opened his mouth.
“It would be better not to do it. Don’t look down on mugwort. Even dragons can’t live long in there.”
“They say it’s not very toxic.”
“That means it applies to monsters that have already developed resistance.”
“You’re strangely overreacting. “Anyway, it seems like a story worth throwing out.”
When Yulgeum closed his mouth, Deus burst out laughing.
“Are you that worried that I might get sick?”
“Do you think they will listen to everything I say? What are you going to do now, stop talking nonsense? You’re not going to give Zeke an order to shut up and charge again, are you?”
“That might seem like fun, but
Zeke waved his hand with a sallow expression on his face, and Deus made a humming sound and flopped down on the floor.
“I think it’s impossible. “Let’s just spend one night here.”
I didn’t even light a bonfire for fear of being caught by the giants.
While Deus was sleeping against the side of the carriage, he slightly woke up.
Yulgeum, who was sleeping in the carriage, opened her eyes.
“Plan 2 as expected?”
“I’m a little curious.”
Deus walked first and Yulgeum followed behind him.
The others were asleep as if under a spell. “I
could
kill thousands of giants alone …
”
“What is a giant?”
“yes’?”
“Why does it look so similar to a human that it makes me feel bad?”
“well.”
“Well, that’s not true. You know, right? “What are giants?”
“Well, it’s a big monster that looks like a human.”
“Has it been around since the Age of Gold?”
“Why do you keep asking me about old things like that? “I’m a pretty girl, right?”
“A witch who has lived since time immemorial.”
“The ancient times are too much. “I just lived a few years longer than others.”
“He lived for several centuries, even tens of millennia. Answer honestly. “Isn’t that giant mugwort monster?”
“Why are you asking if you are already sure?”
“Have humans mutated? Was it because they were humans that they came to the continent of Jose from a land polluted by mugwort?
Yulgeum did not respond to Deus’ words.
“Why is God so partial to humans
? Was he saved from the land of mugwort to the continent of Jose simply because he was human? On the contrary, demon
O..”
“Mr. Deus. “Why don’t you just pray?”
“What do you mean suddenly?”
“Do you know anything? Yes, God will answer all those questions. Isn’t that what you really want? In fact, I think I want God more earnestly than anyone else.”
“You are a god too. The god of dragons,
“I am only a name. “There is only one true God.”
“Pray. “When I get so curious that I can’t sleep, I’ll think about it.”
“Humans are special.”
“What’s different?”
“It’s the exact opposite of what you think.”
“Isn’t it harder to know?”
“Humans are not special compared to other things. “Things other than humans are rather insignificant.”
“Then why did you make it?”
“Is this the answer? “It was very good to see.”
“What is that?”
“The words he spoke when he created the world.” Deus shook his head.
“I would rather pray. Okay then, let’s go into the castle together.”
” me too?”
“Are you going to follow me all the way here and then go back?”
“Anyway, I get really lonely. Okay, I’ll give this older sister a special look.”
“I guess you have more to say.” Deus ran one step ahead to Zoryx Castle, which was occupied by giants.
Because of the darkness, the giants could not see Deus and Yulgeum.
Although many places were destroyed, the main roads and landmark buildings were still recognizable.
Since it was a castle where he lived for over half a year, Deus arrived at the place where Mugusang was located without difficulty.
“Damn, it’s all broken, too.”
“Even the giants knew what weapons were, so they would have been the first to plunder them.”
“They have big heads so they can’t even use them.”
“But since it’s metal, I’ll use it somehow
. “You can stretch it out and expand it.”
Deus looked at the store, which had been completely destroyed and the inside was trashed. He scratched his head.
