Chapter 565

Episode 565: Destination (5)

Time, which started to go backwards, slowly returned to the past and stopped at one point.

“Could the baron lead the way?”

The point at which Jerome asked me to take the lead.

“Okay, give preference to up to four achievements instead of the second one.”

“Four… I understand. For the baron, that much is not a waste at all.”

After a short negotiation, I started to get under the tree where the chief disappeared.

It was a scene that made no sense at all.

Going down without thinking like that in this situation?

[This is the fate I showed that child. There was no oracle on this fate line. So you go down there without any doubt.]

‘ah….’

It certainly makes sense when you say that.

The reason why I could feel a sense of incongruity with Jerome was because there was a big ‘trust’. Because I knew something was going to happen, I was able to observe everything around me with excessive sensitivity.

Whoo-!

Anyway, that’s how the moment I went down the tree.

Suddenly, the world turns black and the scene changes as if you closed and opened your eyes.

[I don’t have much time, so I’ll just point out the important ones.]

The place is a cave.

There is a portal stele in the center, and I am asleep next to it, passed out. And the village chief comes to my side and starts some unknown ceremony.

[It’s a hidden space under the basement you went to last time. After coming down to the village, you fought hundreds of enemies for a long time and waited for support, but no one came.

A hidden space under a basement full of corpses.

‘…I never thought a place like this would be hidden.’

At that time, the situation was so urgent that there was no time to look into such things.

‘So what will happen to me now?’

[Watch. It will be over soon.]

2x, 3x, 4x.

Time flows quickly as if the speed of video playback has been increased.

Soon after, when the time scale returned to normal, black smoke was pouring out of the village chief’s body.

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!

The smoke that flowed from the village chief’s body flowed into my body little by little, and soon the village chief collapsed.

and….

Swoop.

I, who had fainted, opened my eyes and woke up.

‘I’ got up from my seat, blankly clasped and opened my hands, and opened my mouth in an unfamiliar voice.

“at las….”

At that moment, the scene changes once more.

The place is not a village, but the center of an island deep in the darkness of a labyrinth. There, ‘I’ was having a conversation with Jerome St. Red.

“Now give me ‘it’ as promised.”

“…”

“Are you having any regrets now? If so, I hope you will soon fold your heart. If you don’t give up on that, you won’t be able to live properly with that body even when you go out.”

“Surely… the royal family must have the power to do so.”

“If you know that, come on—”

“So wouldn’t it be better to not know at all?”

“what? Could it be you…!”

“The dead don’t talk.”

The conversation ends at that point.

When the scene changed again, drops of blood splattered in front of my eyes.

“Aaaaaagh-!”

A situation where everything visible has turned into a battlefield.

Suddenly, hundreds of monsters surrounded all sides, and the exploration force fought hard, but it was seen that they were increasingly on the defensive.

It was all because of the village chief who stole my body.

“I-I never thought I’d be this strong…”

“baron…! Kill Baron Yandel!”

The village chief who took my body had nothing to protect.

He didn’t care how many monsters died, and the barbarian character, who had worked hard to protect his comrades, swept across the battlefield like a destroyer.

And how long has it been like that?

By the time anyone can see, the victory has completely tilted.

“… ugh!”

I, who was slaughtering the members of the Exploration Army, suddenly stopped moving.

It was on the verge of crashing into the back ranks of the magicians and striking a wizard in the head.

“Le, Ibn…”

A colleague who had a life-or-death look up at me with fearful eyes and run away on the floor.

and looking at this

Quaang.

‘I’ threw the hammer away with a snapping motion.

I threw away my shield and removed the armor covering my upper body.

And my colleague, who was watching me like that, pointed a weapon at me with wary eyes.

“Are you back…?”

Questioned by Amelia, who was released from custody during the battle and escaped with her allies.

My answer to that was very short.

“Emily… kill me…”

Upon hearing such a request, the colleague did not respond or take any action. The blade, which had been aimed calmly in front of any enemy, vibrated greatly today.

That was when

“If you can’t, get out of the way!”

Recognizing the situation, Jerome drew a knife and approached, and I glared at him for a long time before laughing.

I don’t know what he was thinking.

‘I’ closed his eyes and shook his head.

and….

“no…!”

“…that’s what he meant…!”

While Amelia suppresses Erwen by biting her lips.

Slow-!

Soon, a blade wrapped in an aura strikes at my neck.

However, it didn’t work well at once, so I did it several times.

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Slow-!

A sword that strikes trees countless times, like an axe.

For some reason, a line of screams echoes over the empty space that has become quiet.

“No, no, no, no…”

One of my colleagues screams and runs to me, pouring potions all over my body.

Of course there is no response.

Potions don’t have the ability to revive dead characters.

“you…! If it wasn’t for you…!”

“Calm down, Tercia.”

“Ji, now you’re just going to move on even after seeing this—!”

“Does he have to be so excited to properly kill the enemy?”

“…”

“Calmly, calmly, focus only on avenging Yandel.”

Clan Anavada gathers and aims their weapons at the critically damaged exploration force.

“Think rationally. Without us, do you think you can deal with those monsters?”

Jerome worked hard to persuade, but he couldn’t get through.

In the meantime, even within the exploration force, many people left the camp.

“The Baron was… a hero. Even at the end, he tried to save us…!”

“Throwing away such a person like a devoted mate, and being like this… What is this for the royal family!”

“I, Meland Kaislan, draw my sword for the justice I believe in! If you agree with me, stand behind me!”

“Treason too! Kill the traitors…!”

That was when the situation reached its peak.

[Not that way, look over there.]

Soon, as guided by the goddess, she moved her gaze.

There was one person who was quietly moving alone, not paying any attention to this chaotic situation.

‘Misha…?’

Soon Misha approached my corpse and pulled something of hers from her bosom.

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!

It was my first time seeing it in real life, but thanks to the unique effect that exploded as soon as I brought it to my body, I was instantly recognizable.

I don’t know why this is in Misha’s hand.

‘That’s…’

It is a stone of rebirth.

***

stone of rebirth.

An item with the fraudulent ability of reviving a lion.

It was something that even I had only eaten once in 9 years because of the absurd conditions for obtaining it.

‘Why is this… from him…?’

At first, I blankly asked such a question, but the answer came quickly about the source.

‘…Lee Baek-ho.’

It’s a well-known fact that this guy possessed the Stone of Resurrection.

I don’t know how the hell you got it.

Anyway, at the same time as my resurrection, within the stopped time, I opened my mouth.

“After all, I am not dying.”

[Yes, I will not die.]

Why did Lee Baek-ho give Misha the stone of rebirth?

There is a rough idea about its purpose.

However, the goddess coiled in my head is different.

“Leatlas… why are you trying to help me?”

The goddess gave a short answer to my question.

[…Because that ending isn’t right.]

What kind of ending does this goddess, who says she sees fate, say that she is saying?

She couldn’t help but wonder, but the question ended here.

She was intimidated by force, and it was not a situation that could be heard, and there were a lot of things that had to be resolved beforehand.

Yes, for example, like this situation.

Flash-!

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And I was passed out in the cave I saw earlier.

“What else are you trying to show me?”

[I’m not trying to show you. Because this is you now.]

…what?

As I frowned at her, as if to quickly explain what she was talking about, the answer came back in her head.

small.

[I… don’t have the ability to stop time…]

Oh, that’s right.

Even while you were watching it as if you were watching a video, time in reality was passing by.

[Still, all of her colleagues are safe. Although detained, […]

Still, as if she was going to do follow-up measures, the goddess told me the rough situation.

It was a very simple situation.

When I passed out with a burst of light, her colleagues were greatly embarrassed, and at that time, did they subdue it by surprise?

That’s how I was led to the village chief by Jerome’s hand.

“Then send me back immediately! You’ll have to escape before that ritual is over!”

[It’s not difficult to send it back… But now, even if you open your eyes, all of your abilities will be sealed.]

“…what?”

It was absurd.

Put simply, doesn’t it mean that escape using force is impossible?

“Then what are you going to do in this state?”

I appreciate your willingness to help me, but isn’t this actually worse?

Even though I was thinking about it, I had hope.

Still, isn’t the name God?

Cancer, it must be because everyone has thoughts.

“Tell me. How should I act from now on?”

He tried to keep his faith and corrected his tone politely.

but….

[…I can show you the way, but I can’t invent the way.]

“So… is there any advice you can give me?”

The answer came after a long pause.

[…I’ve been watching your journey all along. That’s why I know. Your greatest strength is neither cool judgment, nor all-knowing knowledge, nor fearless courage against any enemy.]

“…”

[The real power you have is ‘words’.]

It was an analysis that I could not easily relate to as I had to wake up in the body of a barbarian and solve more with my body than with words.

However, the goddess seemed different.

[The skilled seeker is destined to die that day in the labyrinth with the noble wizard. But in the end he survived. Because you bought time with ‘words’.]

First of all, it seems to be referring to the story of swallowing ‘controlled wishes’ in the maze of Larcas and negotiating with the dragon slayer…

[Your words have power. I’ve already changed someone’s fate once, albeit feebly. therefore….]

Soon after, the goddess finished her long introduction and gave me a tip.

[How about trying to solve it with words… this time?]

In a questionable way.

***

Throbbing, pounding-!

A sound that can be felt from within.

I feel that I am alive again in the sound and adjust my breathing.

“You’re awake.”

Hey, your eyesight is unnecessarily good.

Is it normal for her eyes to be that big?

I opened my eyes and raised my upper body.

“It would have been much better if I had just lost my mind. Both for me and for you.”

“I think I will have to struggle first.”

The Goddess said something irresponsible, telling me to solve it well with ‘words’.

so what to do

I need to somehow get through the difficulties as advised.

In fact, as soon as she heard it, a suggestion came to her mind.

“…You’re very calm, aren’t you? You may not even know what the situation is.”

“Well, it seems like you’re the one who doesn’t understand the situation at all right now?”

Did I think all my actions and reactions were not typical?

The village chief kept his mouth shut and glared at me.

Since he also had a head, he recognized that something was going on strangely.

So, at this point, I played a loser.

“Chief, please stop now. Even if you take my body, it’s impossible to return to the city anyway.”

“I did something, I just wanted to curse—.”

“It’s not a curse, it’s a fact. Because I actually came to see that scene.”

It was time to draw out the second hand.

“Leatlas showed me the future.”

The village chief thought about it for a while, but surprisingly, he believed me in vain.

“She said she fainted while emitting light, so… did she intervene…?”

It seems that this side is rather convincing through various circumstances.

Okay, so I wasted less time.

“Tell me. If you want to stop me What did she show you?”

For effective negotiations, she modified the scenario a bit.

“You take my body and get attacked by Jerome. And lose.”

“…My calculations are perfect. Although there is no way I can lose to them.”

“Then your calculations must be wrong. Or maybe I didn’t expect to be attacked by them.”

“That guy… carried out an ambush?”

The village chief’s eyes glistened in the dark cave.

For some reason, it seemed that the number of surprise attacks had not been calculated.

For me, it was a boon.

So, I hurriedly continued the conversation.

“Chief, I understand why you want to take my body. But does it really need to be my body?”

“Because that is the sure way. You will someday succeed in escaping this hierarchy and returning to the city.”

“Have you ever seen a record stone with such content?”

“…I didn’t know you knew the ‘Recording Stone’.”

An answer that literally means yes.

I have a lot of thoughts about the rice cake that suddenly appeared, but I decided to focus on overcoming the current situation.

“If that’s the case, that means it doesn’t have to be me.”

“But there is no reason to risk it. Now that you know the outcome of losing, if you change your plans even now—”

change what change

At this point, I cut off the guy and got to the point.

“Jerome St. Red.”

The commander of this exploration force with the alias of the Knight of Light.

“How is his body? He’s a bit old, but he’s a count, and he’s good at coming to terms with it. Aren’t you a knight too?”

Even the benefits don’t end there.

The biggest advantage is different.

“Above all, if you take his body, you can escape from this loathsome place right away.”

From the village chief’s point of view, the most appealing bait.

“Because he has the essence of ‘Iblus’.”

It was my winning number.