Chapter 399

The head of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the god of hope and light, Lugh.

Being a god that is talented in a lot of ways, he’s also referred to as an all-around god.

Lugh has also received several treasures from Manannán mac Lir.

Possessing great talents and treasures, Lugh was a god that had a lot of opportunities in his life.

And in the myths, the one described as the weapon that always led to victory, the Spear of Lugh...

It was now in my hands.

Fwaaa...!

The Spear of Lugh seemingly awoke from sleep once my Use Objects skill activated.

Under the shabby fabric and case, the old spear began to glow.

At the same time, a dreary magi rose from the floor.

Woooong...!

“The alarm is activated! Let’s run away!”

As if the real boundary of the Fomorians was activated, the magi tried to wrap our party.

Phantom Thief Neon jumped nimbly, almost like he flew up in the air, while Goo Seulbi swung her oak cane to launch mana that would disrupt the magi.

They were attacked, but I was relatively safe.

The magi didn’t dare approach me because the Spear of Lugh was emitting a great light.

“Is that the treasure? How come you’re allowed to have it in your hands?”

“I know it’s in a case, but you shouldn’t hold it in your hands like that...!”

While busily avoiding the magi, Goo Seulbi and Phantom Thief Neon glanced at me with shock on their faces.

I normally would answer any question that a playable character of mine has, but I can’t afford to do that now.

Grrrr...!

The sharper the Spear of Lugh shone, the greater its power turned, and it made a sound similar to a crying beast.

The Spear of Lugh was famous not only for its brilliant specialty and power, but also for its coveted nature for the blood of living beings.

The spear, overflowing with a thirst for blood and slaughter, was jumping at its own will.

Thanks to my mental strength and the energy waves left my Midhir, I’m able to control it.

Like the misty waves of a lake, Midhir’s energy waves soothed the Spear of Lugh.

‘It’s this powerful even when a superior being is bringing it down...!’

The Spear of Lugh is as powerful as its reputation says it is, but it also has risks.

‘We need to end this right away.’

I sorted out the priorities in my head.

We’ve successfully retrieved Imoogi’s Exorcism.

All that’s left to do now is to retreat.

Our presence here has been pretty much confirmed, so I don’t want to leave any more clues.

“Balor moved!”

Goo Seulbi saw Balor’s movement through the animals she brought with her.

Following her urgent voice, we heard a ground-shaking sound from a distance.

Devil King Balor was moving, along with his powerful energy waves.

Calculating Balor’s position in my head, I spoke to the two.

“You know that this place is the Demon Race’s garden, right?”

“...I didn’t know that it was the Demon Race’s, but I know it’s a garden. My emergency escape item is disabled.”

Otherworlds, which are divided into dungeons, towers, castles, labyrinths, and gardens, have their own characteristics.

The defining feature of gardens is that emergency escape items don’t work.

Unlike other randomly naturally occurring otherworlds, one isn’t free to escape a garden anytime since it is controlled by someone’s energy waves.

In the case of the otherworlds that the Black Screen can summon, those are still escapable since the otherworld itself is not in control, only the location that it will spawn in.

But for gardens, no matter the level of their rarity, it’s impossible to escape using consumable escape items.

Although, since gardens are controlled by energy waves, most players with excellent senses can approximate where the exit is.

“Do you know where the exit is?”

The two immediately nodded at my question.

“Of course. A thief always secures an escape route.”

“Me too. Roughly.”

That was when...

A heavy energy wave weighed down our party.

“W-woah...!”

Phantom Thief Neon staggered.

“The Devil King is about to look this way!”

Fwaaa!

Goo Seulbi, with her eyes closed tight, drew a magic circle on the space in an instant, summoning a tree with a shield to protect me.

Soon after that, the surface of the lake we were flying over began to swell and evaporate.

Even the lake died when the devil king’s gaze settled on it, but the druidess’ magic tree only withered a little, successfully holding its ground.

Swaaa.... Pshhhh...!

However, as we got close to Balor, the magic tree lost its shape and slowly crumbled.

“It won’t hold out for long...!”

Even if we close our eyes to avoid immediate death, we won’t be able to survive as long as Balor’s Eye of Death has us in its line of sight.

The two have items that are blessed, but Midhir said that it can only protect them once.

In other words, it’s uncertain how long those items can protect them.

‘I want them to be able to save those items for the future too...’

I’m safe from Balor’s eye.

Balor’s power can’t reach the Spear of Lugh, a weapon said to have defeated him in the myth.

Since a superior being entrusted me with the spear, I can’t just throw it like what god Lugh did in the myth, so I have no choice but to hold on to it now.

‘We’re not in range yet!’

I can’t throw this spear, but I am a player.

I could use my energy waves on the spear to control it.

‘I’ll use energy waves at the count of three. Three, two...!’

Even in the dark, we approached the eye of Balor so clearly.

The only thing I can see in his eye — death.

‘It’s like... before I came into this world... that...’

I was on the brink of death before I came to this world.

I thought it was simply an energy pressure coming from Balor’s eye, but it’s different.

In his eye, I saw death itself.

The dignity of a mythical existence that embodies death.

In Balor’s eye...

In it, I saw the Jo Euishin that existed before coming to this world.

The Jo Euishin who was sentenced to death.

The increasing physical pain and despair accompanying each day.

Balor’s eye reminded me of my death, something that I desperately tried to forget.

‘I can’t look away.’

I can’t avoid that eye.

Because my death isn’t the only thing at stake here.

‘I’ll miss if I close my eyes!’

Pushing down the fear that weighed on my whole body, I loaded my energy waves into the bloodthirsty Spear of Lugh.

As if it had been waiting for my energy waves, the Spear of Lugh howled.

Fwaaa!

A pitch-black energy wave sprang out of the Spear of Lugh and swallowed the eye of death.

My signature black energy wave darkened Balor’s single eye, erasing death from it.

And with that...

We flew toward the exit behind the one-eyed devil, who seemed buried in the dark.

“The devil closed his eye!”

“We’re not in the otherworld anymore... Did you do it?”

“You crazy thief! You were chanting the spell of resurrection the whole time!”

While the two went back to their bickering, I heard a system message in my head.

<Use Objects skill level has increased from 5 to 6.>