Chapter 26 - Forgotten Name

Chapter 26: Forgotten Name

The chapel, which had only a few lanterns, instantly became bright as daylight.

The shining light was a scene similar to the one he saw in his memory.

The curtain of light that purified thousands of ghouls.

It was a revelation of God.

“Ga, ah-”

A harsh rustling sound came out of the ghoul’s mouth. Her body burned like never before.

Tears were flowing from those eyes. But not out of pain, but what seemed to be joy.

‘With this… Is it done?’

A single ritual item created by sacrificing all dozens of other ritual items. The power of all those sacred ritual items were accumulated and amplified, so it was already enough to be called a saint level holy item.

Through her newly born holy relic, her prayers reached the sky. She couldn’t catch the god who had already turned his back, but it was enough to make him look back for a while.

Swoooooooh!

With that alone, an overwhelming vitality overflowed, and bright green grass began to grow between the cracks in the chapel floor.

As red and yellow flowers bloomed, the chapel, which was nothing more than a haunted house, turned into a garden of flowers.

“Uh, ah…”.

That wasn’t the only thing that changed. The ghoul’s body also began to regenerate.

The rotten flesh crumbled and new flesh sprang up. Her beautiful white hair grew, and her lips began to glow.

Just one spot.

Only her right eye, which became the cause of her death, remained empty.

“Ah… … .”

Soon, however, white flowers bloomed on the empty eyelids.

Amaphora.

A blossom that once found all over her world — lily flowers, singing to the gods.

In the midst of this miracle that came after hundreds of years, she looked at Do-joon endlessly without hesitation.

“…….”

Do-joon lifted the cloak that had fallen on the ground with courtesy and put it around her.

Because her body was regenerated, but her clothes were still ragged.

[You can copy one of the options of “Cloak of Corrupted Faith” to “???”.]

[Copyable options]

Unrepairable

The same message window as before came in front of his eyes. But Do-joon ignored it.

Now, there was no need for that.

“Oh, uh… … .”

She tried to say something to Do-joon. But it did not seem to come out well. Was the vocal cord not regenerated like the right eye?

In the meantime, the mirror turned into powder first and then began to disappear.

Soon after, her hands, arms, and the body that held the mirror, gradually began to disappear as well.

It was a phenomenon that ordinary people would have been terrified of, but her expression was calm. At last… or now… The expression on her finally showed a feeling.

Flop.

The cloak that had been wrapped around her fell to the ground helplessly, leaving only a handful of gray ash.

【You have defeated the Monster. Experience (EXP) increases.】

【The fit rate has increased.】

【The fit rate has increased.】

【The fit rate has increased.】

… … .

[???? has been defeated.]

[You have cleared the labyrinth. A reward will be given.]

[Reward list]

Hearthstone

Tier4 Labyrinth Key (Random)

Item Box (Choose, Rare)

Coin

A message came in front of his eyes that the labyrinth had been cleared.

No. 1 and No. 2 were expected, but Do-joon was surprised once by seeing the reward No. 3 and No. 4.

But

‘Let’s look at it later.’

There was still some work to be done.

Deed de de de de-

The temple, no, entire labyrinth, began to tremble as if an earthquake had occurred. In the basement of the temple, which seemed to collapse at any moment, Do-joon moved with a firm look.

The cloak was picked up and put in the inventory, and he took a nearby wooden box for collecting her remains.

He headed to the corner of the chapel with that box.

‘Is it this way?’

Do-joon standing in front of a stone statue, fumbling with his memories.

He pushed the stone statue with both hands as hard as he could.

Kurgurgung!

Soon, the stone statue fell and a secret door was visible below it.

He opened it without hesitation and went in.

Somewhere in the cool and chilly air.

Has he gone down about two floors? Eventually, he arrived at a place where countless small tombstones were placed on the dirt floor.

The cemetery for people of the temple.

It was the place where the saint cremated all their bodies and buried them one by one.

When he went to the bare corner, there was a place where there was a similar tombstone, but only a hole was dug without a burial mound.

Do-joon squatted down in front of it.

‘Here you are.’

This is her own grave, which she prepared while she was still alive.

Wishing that if one day she dies, she wants to be buried here with them.

She knew it was a vain wind. Because she was there, the temple people could get a burial by her, but there was no one to bury her.

But she made it nonetheless.

She made it even though they knew it was useless.

Do-joon buried the wooden box with her remains in it. Then, after covering it with soil, the tombstone was erected upright.

“…….”

Do-joon couldn’t find out her name at the end by looking at her memories. Because no one there called her by name.

Paulman, the old knight who was in charge of the battlefield, and Aham, a young knight who had a crush on her, and the handmaiden who always attended and accompanied her, only called her the saint.

They didn’t know what she thought of it. It could have been disappointing, or it could have been just okay.

Do-joon saw the letters on the tombstone.

Just as unfamiliar knowledge came into his vision when he saw the hallucinations, the unfamiliar letters that came into his eyes.

Looking at the inscription, for the first time in hundreds of years…

“……Siewellin.”

Called her name.

[Found the forgotten name.]

[Hidden quest completed! Additional rewards will be given.]

A cheerful voice that doesn’t fit the atmosphere.

At the same time, the shaking temple completely collapsed, and Do-joon’s body also began to disappear with a light.

* * *

He came back.

He returned home using his return skill from the collapsing temple. There have been only two other labyrinths that have been cleared so far, but it was the first time that the boss chamber collapsed because the boss died.

‘It’s like a real dungeon.’

The dungeon that goes into the roots of the World Tree was just like that. After defeating the boss, the dungeon itself collapses after shaking for a certain period of time.

Do-joon checked his skill just in case.

[Additional Option]

– Skill: Enter the labyrinth (Tier 3 : Collapsed Temple)

*Deactivated

The word ‘deactivated’ was written at the bottom. The entire skill was turned into a gray sentence.

Do-joon tried to use the skill, but there was no response. As if he can’t go back there now.

‘I thought it was strange when the ghouls couldn’t respawn.’

Certainly, it seemed to be a special place different from other labyrinths.

If the other labyrinth felt like a made-up game, could he say that this collapsed temple was like a dungeon that really exists?

Now that he thought about it, it was not some arrangement, but a trap that was why there were items that had the unrepairable option in the yard.

If he had killed Boss right away by copying that option, he would never have had a chance to know her name.

‘It’s all in the past.’

Anyway, it’s been resolved.

Shaking his head to shake off his lingering feelings, he checked the rewards.

First, the coin.

It was a gold coin with a hammer and a fan on its surface. The name of the coin. He couldn’t remember what it was, but he could remember it soon.

– Warning! Items made of ingredients will be destroyed! A certain ‘coin’ is required to protect the equipment.

Message window that popped up when he used his ability for the first time in Catacombs.

Obviously, it said that having a coin can protect the equipment.

[Currently holding ‘1’ coin.]

[One coin can protect equipment up to rare grade.]

‘Rare?’

If so, does that mean that more than that, Legend and Mythic ranks require more coins?

It was a little disappointing, but it’s still not bad. Even if it was a rare grade, it was an active-duty grade used at the forefront of the industry.

In other words, it is an item level that even hunters who are S-class or A-class use enough.

‘If I have this, I can still use the equipment as it is, while picking only one option for it.’

Or if there were two rare options attached that were really too good to throw away, then he would be able to pull both of them out.

He could use the coin in the first copy, and then he could copy the second one as well.

‘But I’m not going to use it right away.’

The fact that coins would be very rare could be known without having to think for too long. When a really precious item comes in, he would have to think carefully before using it.

After keeping the coin nicely, Do-joon floated to the box item.

[Item Box (Choose, Rare)]

‘Rare item!’

As mentioned earlier, if it is rare, it is a grade that can be used for a long time. As the name “Rare” suggests, it is of a rare grade, so the price is also high.

It’s understandable considering that the 120-million-dollar weapon he saw when he was looking for a holy attribute weapon in the market the other day was only a high-grade weapon.

‘It’s not random, it’s also a choice.’

He was looking forward to it the most.

Wouldn’t a list of hundreds of items pop up the moment he uses it? It was a pity to pick just one, so what should he do?

But.

“Oh my.”

When he opened the box, it was even more shabby.

【Gwendol’s Ice Jade Sword】

【Exigar’s Lightning Spear】

【Elphos’ Spirit Armour】

‘Only three?’

It picked three items out of hundreds or thousands of items and asked him to choose one of them? In this case, it was actually something different from the random box. It’s all up to luck anyway.

He was disappointed for a moment, but soon he let go of his expression. But he still has a choice.

He was in trouble.

‘What should I choose?’

I checked the options one by one. There were many options attached, but he was able to confirm roughly what kind of item it was.

First of all, the spirit armour was excluded.

‘An armor that mainly increases resistance. I don’t need anything like that right now.’

Already, the four-element resistance through the Elemental Island was almost full. Even wearing that Spirit Armour had almost no effect.

It was worth considering if it was for the purpose of selling it without using it, but he intended to use the item he chose here.

‘It’s a choice between a sword and a spear… … .’

Both were pretty tough items.

First of all, the main weapon type, the sword.

The axe he was using now has been around for too long. Although there are several options, the basic base is a common grade, so the performance was poor.

In that sense, it seemed that if he changed it to a sword, his fighting power would increase quite a bit. In terms of the ice attribute, it matched well with his mana power.

Next was lightning.

This was not a regular spear, but a throwing spear. Therefore, it was written that it was slightly smaller and lighter than a normal spear.

Instead, there were two special options. It was said that it has the ability to attack with lightning when it hits, and then returns to its owner. In other words, the additional damage of the lightning attribute + automatic recovery was attached to it.

‘I’m contemplating.’

In the end, the point was simple.

Would he choose a sword to raise basic specifications or would he choose a spear to improve his ability to respond from a long distance?

‘Am I going to maximize melee combat or increase the combat variation?’

Do-joon, who was deeply troubled with his arms folded.

How long has it been? After much consideration, he chose an item.

【Exigar’s Lightning Spear】

Not a sword, but a spear.

The reason was simple.

Whenever he was in a dangerous situation, he thought there would be many more cases where he couldn’t overcome it due to lack of various coping skills than when he couldn’t break through the situation due to low destructive power.

It was chosen based on the experience of attacking several dungeons and labyrinths so far.

Zhiiiinng.

The box shone and disappeared, and a small spear engraved with a lightning bolt at the end appeared in Do-joon’s hand. Even though it was small, it was of a considerable length as it was a spear.

The first rare grade item of his life. Do-joon proudly looked at it and kept it in his inventory.

‘I have checked all the basic rewards.’

Now the last thing that’s left.

[There’s an Additional Reward. Would you like to check it out?]

Additional reward received after completing the hidden quest.

What he received before was insight. It was a skill to check the opponent’s fit rate.

What kind of reward will he get this time?

Listening to his heart beating pleasantly, Do-joon pressed the confirmation button.

[Additional reward has been granted.]

[Title – The One Who Remembers]

He blinked at the unexpected reward.