Chapter 8

Surviving With An Sss-Rank Inventory Chapter 8Episode 8

Dio, who looked at the mural in detail, was very embarrassed, but did his best to not show it on the outside.

It’s definitely a composition I’ve never seen before.

But for some reason, it never felt like I was seeing it for the first time.

So Dio began to squeeze out as much memory as he could, and after a while, he was able to realize it.

‘for a moment.’

The painting on the mural…

almost matched that of the trailer video released with this large-scale update.

‘This… is the same composition as the trailer video, right?’

The Paladin and Pabal appear at the beginning of the trailer video.

The impressive appearance of those two, who were portrayed so intensely, was clearly imprinted on this mural.

“Whoa.”

Dio took a deep breath and his heart began to beat faster.

‘This major update. There is a high probability that it is directly or indirectly related to what happened to me being sucked into the game.’

Therefore, finding clues related to him was something that Dio could never take lightly.

‘Let’s stay calm. ‘Not sure yet.’

After gathering his thoughts, Dio approached Clara this time.

Her identity is a priest of the Luna Church, who is the main character of this mural.

I thought she might know something more.

“Priest, what are these murals and phrases?”

Clara, who was looking at the mural at the time, answered Dio’s question with a flushed expression.

“ah! This is a prophetic book! In addition to the murals, our Luna has a mission to dispatch to the entire continent to find traces of ancient times.”

Clara continued her explanation without even looking at Dio, probably excited that she had found such a valuable item in a passageway rather than a temple.

“And this phrase is written in the script of an ancient sacred kingdom that has now disappeared. wait a minute. Let me interpret it. Uh… we’ve arrived at the end of the world…?”

Clara begins writing down records about the mural using the parchment and magic quill she brought with her without Dio asking.

However, Dio found what he needed in her words and his eyes sparkled.

Now at least one thing is clear.

-We have arrived at the end of the world.

The first line of the song lyrics that appear at the beginning of the trailer.

Now that that has been confirmed through records, there is no room for doubt.

Dio left the noisy group behind the mural and fell into deep thought.

‘The mural I remembered has changed.’

The mural serves as a ‘prophecy’ that shows what will happen in the future.

This will be the same setting as Dio remembers.

However, what is written on the changed mural is the content of the Season 2 update trailer.

That meant that the prophecy about the mural that Dio already knew would also change.

So, it is not strange at all if there are variables in the destination temple that Dio does not know about.

‘The song in the trailer and the knight and pabal are clearly connected to the forgotten temple. Because the background of the mural was a forgotten temple in the first place.’

D.O. began to coordinate the number of unexpected situations that could arise from this.

‘Then it wouldn’t be strange at all if a related quest occurred in the temple… Is it still right to keep moving forward?’

Dio bit his lower lip slightly.

I felt a little fear of unknown territory, but no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t go back from here.

Not only was there no reason to ask the mercenaries and Clara to return, but there was no way to force them to return.

Moreover, if you do not succeed in changing jobs anyway, it is impossible to survive in this world of order boards in the long term.

‘okay. Fuck… I haven’t always done quests without variables.’

It’s not about risking your life to fight change.

It is about challenging change in order to survive. As

I

organized my thoughts, I felt lighter.

‘I guessed that the process of changing jobs would not be smooth…’

Nevertheless, Dio believed in his own abilities, so he decided that he would definitely be able to get through it.

Didn’t I just find some very important information that I almost overlooked in this mural?

“Now shall we move again?”

The noisy group became quiet as Clara finished recording the mural.

Dio also woke up from his thoughts, strengthened his mind, and led everyone.

* * *

How long has it been?

After chasing the luminous body for a long time, the group finally discovered the light heading to the ground.

Raymond, who followed Dio and Clara to the ground, blinked and opened his mouth.

“It’s directly connected to the historical site?”

The mercenaries who followed Raymond were equally surprised to see fragments of buildings showing signs of age here and there.

“The temple is probably in the center. “We’re almost there.”

“Yes, I will do my best!”

Dio spoke to Clara who was dusting herself off and she responded energetically.

After exiting the passage, the group immediately followed behind Dio and moved toward their destination.

A forgotten temple classified as a ruin.

As I passed by the collapsed debris that was probably the garden of a long-ago temple, I saw a somewhat unique, moss-covered stone statue.

“and! “What a beautiful stone statue!”

Dio’s eyes naturally turned to Clara’s admiration.

Then the next moment.

‘for a moment.’

Dio discovered something and quickly approached the statue.

‘This too… is my first time seeing a stone statue.’

Dio recalled the mural he saw when passing through a hidden passage.

Like the mural, the stone statue is also different from Dio’s memories.

‘More than anything, the shape of this armor is exactly the same as what we saw in the trailer.’

I am not talking about armor that follows the style of a Luna Church paladin.

The gorgeous armor worn by the protagonist of the trailer video depicted in the latter half of the mural.

The armor the statue is wearing clearly matches that armor, so there is a high probability that this statue is also the main character in the trailer video.

However, as Dio was thinking about such thoughts, he suddenly realized another fact.

‘for a moment. Now that I think about it, this place…’

Dio’s eyes widened slightly as he looked around.

‘This is where the guardian statue was originally located, right?’

In most temples on the Order Board, there is a ‘guardian’ who guards the temple.

So, there was a guardian in this forgotten temple, and the place where this mossy stone statue now stands was originally the guardian’s seat.

The original guardian statue has disappeared and a new, completely unknown statue has been erected?

In the case of forgotten temples, the gods did not exist.

There has never been a Guardian who lost power due to this and has never woken up…

‘It’s dangerous!’

Alarm bells instantly began to ring in Dio’s head.

fault-!

As Dio quickly backed away from the statue, Clara asked with a puzzled expression.

“What’s going on, Monte?”

“This statue… I thought for a moment that it might be a guardian.”

Clara looked quite surprised by Dio’s answer.

“Monte… do you also know about the guardian of the temple?”

“I also know that if our forces were to face each other right now, we would be annihilated in the blink of an eye.”

Clara smiled at Dio’s words and continued speaking again.

“Yes, Monte, you are right. The guardians who protect the temple… will have a hard time dealing with even our Holy Knights from the Luna Church. But it’s okay here. “I was sent additionally because the church had already determined that there were no risk factors here.” S~eaʀᴄh the Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

However, even after hearing Clara’s story, Dio was not completely reassured.

‘Still, there is a clear possibility that he will wake up. What is different from when they explored this place is the presence of the ‘player’. The situation is completely different.’

If Dio is missing from the temple mission members.

Perhaps the variables that D.O. was worried about may not occur.

But does the system now see Dio as a player?

Or do they see me as a person from this world?

Nothing can be known exactly.

Dio must always consider the worst possible variables assuming he is a player.

Therefore, Dio hurriedly passed the place where the stone statue was and moved towards the altar.

‘okay. Let’s start by changing jobs first. After I succeed in changing jobs… I’ll have to explore here again after I’ve leveled up enough.’

“I can see the altar over there!”

Dio raised his head when he heard the mercenary’s voice awakening his thoughts.

A towering obelisk was visible where the mercenaries were pointing.

Because this was an old temple, it had a monotonous structure.

The temple certainly looked the same as Dio remembered, but Dio didn’t let his guard down.

One step.

Two steps.

As I walked towards the altar, I felt both anxious and excited about my job change.

If Dio’s guess is correct.

So, if you really succeed in changing to a hidden class.

[We entered the first area of Lost Ancient Heritage.]

It was clear that it would be a complete disaster.

This is because ordinary classes and hidden classes will be on different levels from the start.

Tiring-!

[The first condition of the quest has been met.]

[The mercenaries have safely arrived at their destination.]

“Thank you all for your hard work. Thanks to you, we arrived safely.”

Clara’s purpose was to record ancient traces hidden throughout the ruins.

That means Dio will also be given free time until Clara’s record is finished.

“Then I’ll take care of some business for a while.”

Clara responded to Dio’s words.

“Ah, Monte, you said you had business at the temple, right?”

“Maybe… it won’t take long.”

After answering quickly and concisely, Dio began walking toward the altar again.

But after a while.

The moment Dio took his first steps up the altar steps.

Faat –

[The hidden conditions of the ancient heritage have been met.]

A golden air current began to swirl throughout Dio’s body along with an unexpected system message.

“…!”

And the next moment.

Ugh-!

The book of previous jobs that had clearly been stored in the inventory was suddenly floating in front of Dio.

* * *

Clara gazed closely at Monte’s back as he walked toward the altar.

‘Monterra… He was by no means an ordinary mercenary. Even if he was an A-class mercenary, he would know about the existence of the Guardian…’

In fact, although she did not show it, she was observing Monte closely.

There wasn’t any doubt.

I was just curious as to what purpose the Class A mercenary had for coming to this forgotten temple that the church considers important.

‘Do you know any special information that the church doesn’t know?’

So she moved cautiously after Monte.

In any case, her purpose was to record the ancient language of this altar, so it was not an action that should raise suspicion.

But after a while.

Thump- Kuku-kung-!

Clara had no choice but to freeze in place as if she were a stone.

“What is this…!”

The temple obelisk suddenly begins to shake violently.

At the same time, a golden airflow emanated from the altar.

Blah blah blah blah!

It was pouring down towards the statue she had passed.

Thump-thump-!

The stone statue had suddenly awakened and was walking towards the altar.

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