Chapter 107

Surviving With An Sss-Rank Inventory Chapter 107Episode 107

“Heh heh….”

Luav is bleeding and dying.

No matter how much he is an 8th circle warlock who can fly and crawl, his opponent is the Witch of Balance, one of the Pentacles.

Even in its perfect state, there was no way it could be an opponent, but now that it had consumed a significant amount of magical power, there was no way it could withstand Calliope’s magic.

“great job.”

“You should have come a little earlier.”

Calliope easily extracted Luave’s magical energy from Dio’s body, and Dio, who was finally relieved, expressed his dissatisfaction bluntly.

“Are you upset about this? Even if I see you like this, you came early. “Didn’t you hear from Sepia?”

I didn’t even have time to listen.

Dio even assumed the worst case scenario where Calliope’s recovery went wrong and there was no help from her.

“Well, I wish I could have come now.”

Thanks to this, his life was saved, so Dio could no longer blame Calliope.

Rather, I’m just curious as to why I came late.

Dio tried to ask about this, but Luave’s voice, who was on the brink of death, was heard in their conversation.

“I see…is the balance also broken?”

Calliope and Dio turned to him.

Did you feel the gaze?

Luave looked at them with a smile on his face.

“Ha ha ha ha ha. ha ha ha!”

Luave’s behavior, laughing like crazy, was nothing short of creepy.

Dio became very nervous at his actions.

Because he may have left something behind like himself.

“Hey witch…you know that, right? “It has begun.”

Calliope just laughed quietly at Luave’s words.

Dio couldn’t understand what Luave wanted to say, so he looked at Calliope as well.

“What started?”

“….”

Calliope just shook her head in silence in response to Dio’s question.

In response, Luave continued speaking.

“Your forgotten history is repeating itself. Don’t you know? You wouldn’t be so foolish as to just dismiss it as a coincidence. “Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk…?”

Even while coughing up blood, Luave squeezed out the last of his strength.

Calliope doesn’t seem to want to talk about this.

Because I just smiled quietly and looked at Luave.

So Dio even more listened to Luave’s words.

“The sun rises again…the great warrior protects the saint. And the master of darkness….”

Kwasik!

Dio’s wish to listen to Luave’s words to the end did not come true.

This is because Calliope blew off Luave’s head.

“Now, should we clean up after ourselves?”

“….”

Calliope said energetically, leaving Luav’s horribly mangled body behind.

Seeing that ruthless appearance, Dio swallowed the questions Luave had asked.

Is Calliope hiding something?

He wanted to know more about this, but Dio decided to follow her words and say he had to finish the job.

First of all, Luave’s body.

There is something to be gained here.

* * *

“Master!”

“Lord Calliope!”

“okay. Our cuties. “You’re safe.”

Calliope smiled as she looked at Dio’s extremely exhausted companions one by one.

Those led by Key couldn’t help but feel proud.

‘They must have grown even further through this fight.’

It was true that Calliope was late because she had something else to do.

However, there was a sense that Key and his companions, who were just about to shine, had worked hard for their growth.

The path to the sun that they must take will be much more difficult and dangerous, to the point that fighting Luave can be dismissed as ‘just’.

Sepia awakens the power of a saint.

And Evelyn and Roberto, who thought there was only a difference between shadow magic and blood magic, also reached the point where they could skillfully use the power of the sun.

“Hehehe.”

Calliope stroked the head of her student who had only studied in the closet under her.

How proud this is.

Calliope had many witches who called her their teacher and followed her, but the only one she truly considered her disciple was Evelyn.

And as expected, Evelyn pioneered her own path, led by the fate of the key.

Perhaps, if Schuwald were here, he would feel the same way.

‘Of course, the most important thing is the key…’

Calliope looked at Dio, who was doing something while tending to the wounds of his disciples.

He turned over Luave’s crushed body and even tore off the hem of his robe.

‘What are you doing?’

Calliope was intrigued by Dio’s unknown behavior and asked Dio, who had just finished work and returned.

“What are you going to use that for?”

“It’s all useful.”

As if what he said was no big deal, Dio opened the subspace and put things in it.

“Anyway, can you tell me why you were late? “I almost died, as did everyone else, right?”

“Huh~ I had work to do too.”

Like Dio, who avoided his own question, Calliope also ignored it.

‘I don’t think it would have mattered if it was a little later.’

Calliope thought to herself as she watched Dio drinking the potion.

The more you look at him, the more you don’t know him.

He is different from the disciples of Sepia and the Seven Stars.

Complete without being perfect.

There is a need for growth, but there is no need for growth.

Above all….

I do not believe in the seven stars that are the ‘key’ and are closest to the sun.

‘I guess they also had in mind the situation where I wouldn’t come.’

Calliope turned her gaze from Dio to her staff.

A weapon created from a material called Balrog’s horn.

Thanks to this, Calliope was able to complete the work much faster than expected.

Although my recovery was not complete, I was able to use long-distance teleportation without any burden thanks to the staff imbued with the power of Balrog.

‘What to do now…’

Calliope held her staff and drew a magic circle on the floor.

Not only that, he additionally created dozens of dense and fine magic circles.

“What are you looking at? “You have to do your job, right?”

Calliope pointed somewhere with her chin towards Dio, who was staring at his work blankly.

-These are people who collaborated with heresy. Arrest them all!

-What are you doing?

Even though they toasted victory after a long battle, the atmosphere of the Oaks Allied Forces was unusual.

“Oh my…”

Dio, who had a rough idea of what the situation was, clicked his tongue and ran towards there.

“We’ll go too!”

Calliope simply waved her hand as she looked at the group hurriedly following behind her.

* * *

Artes has always deceived himself.

He said he always acted with his family in mind.

This was done to protect the peaceful eastern land.

But I realized it only now.

He was a coward.

The family’s complex family history and other hardships.

I thought I was talented and blamed others.

The same goes for running away from home.

I wanted to one day tell those who ignored me, thinking that illusions were the truth, that they were wrong.

But in the end, these actions were no different from excuses.

Without talent, without the ability to take responsibility for everyone.

Because he vaguely knew the truth, he ran away from his family.

‘Dio…’

Artes looked at Dio and his companions who were abandoning their bloody fight with the fearsome warlock from afar.

They saved him from rampaging in Armin Forest without even knowing the subject and accepted him as a friend.

By going with them, Ates gained confidence.

A mission to subdue the Demon King’s army.

This was like the life of a warrior that Ates had once dreamed of.

I wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with them.

Looking forward to the day when I become a hero that not only my family but the entire continent will envy.

But all of this was his own illusion.

I vowed to escape from Calco and fight with them.

Artes did not lose his footing due to the majesty of the warlock who overwhelmed Dio’s group and Ox’s allied forces.

What would change if you pulled out your sword?

This is also an excuse.

I’m just afraid of dying.

He ran away again, thinking that even if he helped them, he would only be a hindrance to them.

‘Run away too. ‘Why are you fighting!’

Ates cried out inwardly as he watched Dio fight a warlock who seemed to have no chance of winning.

The warlock’s magic burned everything around him, and Ates was terrified just by feeling his magic energy from afar.

‘We’re all going to die… Isn’t it natural to avoid a battle you can’t win? Rather, they are reckless!’

While Ates was continuing his self-rationalization, an extraordinary event occurred.

A heart that appeared with a dazzling glow… no, sepia.

With her cooperation, Dio’s group cornered the warlock.

‘That’s ridiculous!’

There was still a crisis, but they eventually defeated the fearsome warlock.

Only then did Ates realize.

That he doesn’t fit in with them.

Are you saying that you, a coward, dare to stand shoulder to shoulder with them?

He doesn’t even deserve to be called a colleague. S~eaʀᴄh the Nôvel(F)ire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

No, perhaps they have never thought of themselves as colleagues.

My shaking fists can’t calm down.

Because I feel so pathetic.

Ates shed tears.

I didn’t want everyone to see my miserable appearance.

So I turned my back on Ox and tried to say goodbye.

But…

-Arrest those heretics!

The cry of the Telzia inspector dispatched from the Holy Kingdom to the East.

The Luna Church’s inspector, who had been cooperative until now, suddenly changed.

-It’s not Luna’s light! How blasphemous! They are all in the same boat!

The inspector even blamed innocent villagers for sharing their power with the warlock.

Artes was also vaguely aware of this.

Dio’s explanation that the Luna Church is openly wanted.

And the sacred power that Sephia used when fighting the warlock was very different from that of the Luna Church.

From the Luna Church’s perspective, they could definitely be heretics.

But what does that mean?

Didn’t he eventually defeat the warlock and save the villagers?

And don’t the villagers know that they were not helping the warlock, but were being robbed of their power? Or is he deliberately ignoring it?

-What are you doing?

-Drop your weapons!

Ates couldn’t believe what was happening before his eyes.

Paladins and priests holding out their swords to their comrades who had just risked life and death together in battle.

Despite the dissuasion of their family, the Bertio Knights, they captured people who had been cursed by a warlock and were out of their minds.

-stop!

-How dare you deceive me? I already figured out your lie! How dare you impersonate Luna’s name?

The Inspector and Paladins express hostility towards Dio, who came running late.

Soon, they clashed swords and engaged in a fierce fight.

Artes’ anger rose again.

This time, it wasn’t anger towards my pathetic self.

Even if Dio is a heretic according to the Luna Church’s inspector.

They took the lead in fighting against the warlock to protect everyone.

The actions of the Luna Church, which only accuses people of using Luna’s moon and other powers without trying to see the truth, are beyond disgusting.

Is that really the Luna Church, which holds doctrines for the peace and well-being of the continent?

‘I am a coward and a coward. But…’

If he, Bertio’s second son, accuses the Luna Church of what he did and defends Dio, problems will definitely arise in the family.

People on the continent who did not see this incident in person will believe the words of the Luna Church.

Perhaps they will end up in cahoots with the Luna Church, and to avoid this, Ates may be expelled from the family.

However, Artes resolved not to run away this time.

‘Even just once… I will fight instead of running away.’

I don’t think he will become Dio’s true friend just because of this.

But I don’t want to live a life that ignores the truth any longer.

After making up his mind, Ates took a step forward and ran towards Dio.

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