1016 < 1013 dL 8. The Man Who Wanted to Be a God (2) >

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Although it has not yet been known to most users, there are countries on the ground, as there are kings, there are kings in the commandments, and there are ‘kings’ who govern them.

Literally the king of the commandments. The king.

The seven lords, called the Seven Generations King, were them.

But when you think about these facts, there is only one question that arises.

In an undiscovered land order, where there are no boundaries except for the five rivers, what kind of country could there be and what kind of king would rule that country?

But the answer to that question was surprisingly simple.

Erebos was the only public order known to users in the beginning, and the seven kings ruled over Erebos.

Beyond Erebos, that is, across the river of forgetfulness.

“I think I heard something wrong.... ”

“Well, you probably heard it very precisely. ”

“Phew, are you crazy to go to Pluto? ”

“Of course.”

“Ha, what confidence...? You know where Pluto is before that? ”

The seven kingdom-controlled nations existed in the paradise fields of Elissium and the Infinite Hellfire of Tartaros.

“Well, I don't know. ”

“What……? ”

“But there is a way to find out. ”

“Phew, what the hell is he talking about? ”

The discipline made a ridiculous face to Ian's narrative like a leading answer.

However, Ian suddenly started pulling something out of his inventory, ignoring such a hunch.

“ ……? ”

And after a while.

Chop-chop.

Whoo-hoo!

Ian's outfit began to change quickly.

“Instead of talking suddenly, why change the equipment...? ”

Hun, who was talking to Ian with a stuffy face, could no longer speak.

Ian's outfit was so familiar that he changed his equipment.

“Th-that outfit……! Where'd you get that? ”

“I traded it for a token. ”

“Crazy……! ”

Boss J-Can went berserk against the expedition of the guild on the ninth floor of the Ghost Tower.

As Ian was wearing the same outfit as the full set of clothes he was wearing, he couldn't help but be embarrassed.

“But when I was talking about Pluto, why all of a sudden...? ”

“Yes, of course it is, because it is. ”

“Oh…? ”

And I quickly understood the situation of becoming a fast-paced ranker as much as Kailan's content.

“That outfit your brother is wearing...... must be the key to Pluto. ”

“Correct.”

However, despite understanding the approximate situation, he still had one question.

“But how does the content lead? ”

“What?”

“If you wear that armor, do you know where Pluto is? ”

Hidden Piece, however, did not have a good idea of how items with the personality of the equipment would connect with the Pluto content.

But the question of Hun could not continue.

The moment Ian tried to answer the question.

Goooooo-!

“Hmmm...? ”

His armor began to glow dark red, and something translucent began to appear in front of them.

“ ……? ”

Then the shadow of the mystery, the two people watching with opposing faces.

“What? I'm scared, bro. What is this?”

“Oh, this is how it works? ”

And after a while.

Hun was able to solve all the questions at once, even though he did not listen to Ian's answer.

“What? Why is he coming out of there? ”

The existence of the translucent and dark red shadow that appeared in front of them was nothing but the spirit of the ‘Jaqen’.

From the Knight Leader of Latrkan (?) If it's a Jaqen, it's even weirder not to know where Pluto is.

So if the vessel that can summon him is this armor, everything will be explained.

And separately from all the questions, Ian met the spirit of the jacan with his eyes.

“Hi, roomie. ”

Seeing Ian waving his hands with a smirk, his expression hardened in a flash.

- You arrogant human...! Why the hell are you here?

“Well, if you think about it a little bit, you'll see. ”

- No way, you...! The Ghost Seal...!

“Bingo!”

- Rrrrgh!

For some reason, the ghost of Jacques is shaking in front of Ian.

And in front of Ian's eyes, he looked at him with the following system messages:

- Tyring!

- Completed Ghost Seal.

- Summons the Ancient Soul, sealed in the Death Knights set.

- I have summoned the soul of the Knight Captain of the Rathtar Khan.

…… approximate……

- The conditions are met.

- Do you want to subdue the summoned Original Soul? (Y/N)

- If you fail to subdue the subject, your soul will be spared.

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The seal of the ghost Ian and Jakan mentioned.

It was a very interesting concept.

< Ghost Seal >

- It's the most powerful punishment in the kingdom that a prince can inflict on a sinner. A condemned spirit is sealed by the three objects that it cares about the most, and suffers unbearable hardship for an unbearable period of time. When the punishment comes, the haunted objects are scattered somewhere in the system, and in order for the spirit to escape its suffering, someone has to put them back together and unseal them.

* If the unsealer does not want the freedom of the soul, he must be subdued before he can escape punishment. (If you do not defeat him, it will be sealed again.)

* If he fails to conquer him, he should be of his own accord.

Ian's set of Death Knights was the Hidden Piece that sealed his soul.

And subjugating him and making him into a family was the key to hidden content.

Then how did Ian know that this was content that led to Pluto when he had never summoned a Jaqen?

The reason was actually simple.

Ian had already received the Hidden Quest before the Ghost Seal was lifted.

< Duke's Knight Leader (Hidden) (Epic) (Association) >

- Master of the Knights of King Latrkan and knight of his treachery, Jakan. He betrayed Rathtar Khan to take the path of transcendence.

The desire and greed for the transcendent to set foot on the shore of the Passover beyond the intimidation of the middleman bore betrayal.

But he failed in the end and was punished with the 'Ghost Seal’ by Latarkan.

…… approximate……

You managed to get all three set pieces of his soul sealed.

If he can break the seal of the completed ghost again, he will be able to summon his soul weakened by punishment.

Get information about the transcendent path hidden in Pluto.

If we can infiltrate Rathtar Khan's Pluto based on that information, we should be able to get a clue about the transcendent path that the Jacques wanted to go on.

-Quest Difficulty: SS +

- Quest conditions: the one with the threat of the 'middleman’, the one with the 'Ghost Seal’ sealed by the jacan

-Limited time: none

- Reward: Activate the 'The Undying One’ Quest, Increase the 'Knight of Death’ Setpiece Tier, Fame (Superior) +5,000

* If Jacques' soul is revived, the quest will be lost.

‘Eventually, there was an important clue in this tower of spirits. ’

Ian was confident that the transcendent path he was talking about in the quest was no different from the one he wanted to go on.

After all, he was trying to get the wings of the spirit to tread on the nebula, and stepping on the nebula was the prerequisite that must be preceded in order to go to the upper dimension.

‘I can smell enough just looking at these epic matching quests. If you continue with this quest, you will definitely find clues about the Ghost Wings. ’

Of course, one condition must be met to get all of these clues clearly.

That Ian should be able to subdue the summoned jacan spirit.

But for Ian, who had already defeated Jacques once, it was not a difficult condition.

Even the jacan that Ian conquered was a vision of the jacan created at the time it was sealed, and the soul of the jacan that was unsealed and summoned was his soul weakened as it was weakened by punishment.

And that's why he was afraid.

‘To a man like this monster...! ’

In his position, who had suffered for a long time, it was a precious opportunity to be freed from pain, because the owner of the seal was Ian, and he was forced to blow away the opportunity that had come for the first time in thousands of years.

Jakan is also aware that it is impossible to defeat Ian with his power at this point.

‘Ugh, ugh…! ’

However, we cannot throw away this precious opportunity that has endured the time of persecution.

Barely out of shock, Jacques slowly opens his mouth again to Ian.

To get Ian out of this painful punishment somehow.

- There's something human you want.

Ian hears Jaqen's trembling voice, grinning and muttering.

“Are you trying to deal with me? ”

- Sort of.

“Well, I want a lot, but... there's only one thing I need right now. ”

- ……?

“Let's make you into my family. ”

After hearing Ian's words, Jacques had no choice but to look confused again.

If you become Ian's heir now, the future (?) is nothing.

It would have been somewhat liberated from eternal agony, but I had to live as Ian's slave for an indefinite time.

The most intrinsic thing that Jacques wanted now was the freedom of the soul rather than the release from pain.

- That... can't be.

“Yes...? ”

- Tell me something else I can give you, human.

“Why would I do that? ”

- ……!

“Do you really think you have a choice? ”

Ian turns his referee's sword around, and reaches out to him with a relaxed look.

From Ian's point of view, confident of defeating Jacques, we actually thought there was no reason to deal with him.

But interestingly, Ian's idea was wrong.

It was because he had a choice that Ian never thought of.

- Of course, human.

“What……? ”

- I have only one option that won't be yours.

“What is it...? ”

- Sealed again.

“ ……! ”

Even after enduring eternal pain, there was a choice that Ian could not have anticipated to enter the spirit seal again.

“This madness...! ”

And this was actually a very special case that happened because it was Ian.

If Jacques didn't know about Ian or if he thought he could beat him, it wouldn't have been an option.

Ironically, Ian was distracted by the fact that he decided he couldn't beat Ian.

"Ha, what the hell is all this madness? ’

So Ian had no choice but to deal with Jacques.

“Well, what do you want? ”

- Of course... … the freedom of the soul.

Ian meets his eyes, and the jacan slowly opens his mouth again.