Chapter 142: Harvest (2)

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<Regular Meeting>.

A skill that temporarily summons designated targets to a predetermined meeting room.

It was also a skill for holding the periodic executive meetings of the cult.

It had been a long time since the cooldown of the <Regular Meeting> skill came back, and there were many things to report in the game.

That’s why I decided to use the <Regular Meeting> skill.

It was the first regular meeting since Peter and Daniel became apostles.

-“Daniel, I heard you became an apostle. Congratulations.”

The first thing that came up after the meeting started was congratulating Daniel on his selection as an apostle.

Maybe it was because the news of the new apostle had already spread throughout the cult.

Roan was quick to offer his congratulations to Daniel as soon as he saw him.

Perhaps it was because everyone knew Daniel’s fearsome nickname, the Silent Butcher, that all the executives who attended the meeting nodded in agreement.

Of course, I agreed too.

Daniel was an amazing character who didn’t fall behind any other executive in both faith and combat ability.

“The problem is that there’s a boss that looks hard to catch even with such a character...”

The image of the boss I faced last time came to my mind as I looked at the characters.

An unidentified mage who freely moved through space and used magic.

He was the culprit who made me use [Contract of Regression], and also the one who had a great impact on this meeting.

I had to select Peter as an apostle to stop him from defeating Eutenea.

“We’ll have to be careful not to let the apostles meet him for a while.”

The most important reason for this meeting was also because of [Contract of Regression] that I used to revive Eutenea.

It was to inform the executives who attended the meeting about the penalty imposed by using [Contract of Regression].

I had to announce the penalty that I had to bear for 30 days, and adjust the activity plan accordingly.

Of course, there was also a meaning of warning about the new boss character.

As I was thinking about various things while looking at the meeting room, I saw Estasia do something unexpected while greeting others.

-“I’ll give you a special gift for becoming an apostle.”

She got up from her seat in the middle of the conversation and went over to Peter, who was sitting calmly, and hit him on the head.

And then she said she would give Peter a gift.

I looked at Estasia, who was hugging a [demon doll], with a puzzled face.

The Estasia I knew was not the type to give gifts to others.

She was the angel who ate a whole basket of strawberries by herself in front of Aronia.

I couldn’t easily imagine that Estasia would give something to someone else.

-“I’ll invite you to the harvest festival.”

“Well, that’s it.”

As expected, it was not much different from what I thought.

The gift Estasia was talking about was an event called the harvest festival.

Most of the events that took place in the branch were handled by the bishop in charge of the Catterun branch.

It was fair to say that Estasia had nothing to do with them.

I looked at Estasia, who was confidently inviting the executives, with a smile.

“But still... isn’t it nice for the characters to get together once in a while, even if it’s not a meeting?”

I thought it would be fun to hang out with other executives.

If I used Uto, I could travel quickly to the Catterun branch.

It wasn’t bad to refresh my mood that had been shaken by Eutenea’s death.

Besides, there were many people among the cult’s executives who didn’t have a proper acquaintance yet.

Inviting them to the event was not a bad idea.

If it weren’t for Estasia’s last remark.

-“By the way, you can bring Cuebaerg too.”

-“?”

A word that Estasia uttered while shrugging her shoulders as she looked around at the other executives.

As I heard that word, countless questions flashed through my mind.

The image of Cuebaerg joining the festive atmosphere devoured the festival in my head.

I couldn’t understand why she said that and reached a situation where I couldn’t understand.

“What is she inviting him for?”

I muttered out loud, thinking of the giant rice cake.

[Abyssal Demon: Cuebaerg].

Now that he had shed his skin into a rice cake-like appearance, he was roaming the sea.

The giant rice cake that had become a marine creature floated in the sea as big as a whale, swallowing up all the fish he saw.

Although his size was much smaller than his heyday, it was still not something to laugh at.

“Is that a festival for him too?”

I imagined the giant rice cake standing next to the cult’s branch in my head.

No matter how I thought about it, it seemed hard to fill his stomach with human food.

It would be lucky if he didn’t eat people, let alone grab food.

-“This time, I didn’t catch as many as I thought.”

Cuebaerg swallowed the fish and spat out a jet of water into the sky.

A huge fountain sprang up and a rainbow rose in the sky.

He spat out the unnecessary seawater, leaving only the fish in his mouth.

This way, he only had pure meat in his mouth.

Sometimes trash or seaweed came in, but he spat them out diligently.

He was a fervent carnivore.

-“Ahem...”

As Cuebaerg enjoyed his leisurely meal, he felt a huge magic from the sky.

Crackle. Crackle.

A huge thundercloud rose in the sky, and black lightning wrapped around it.

The thundercloud that Cuebaerg saw was clearly that of a familiar friend.

Evan Alemier.

It was the energy of the second apostle of his master.

He seemed to be trying to fall on top of him, and Cuebaerg wondered if he should welcome him for a moment.

It was quite stinging when lightning fell on his head.

-“Long time no see, Evan.”

But soon he put aside such worries and took Evan’s lightning on his head.

Boom!

The dark red lightning burst out and struck Cuebaerg’s head.

And below that, Evan’s figure appeared, wrapped in lightning.

Crackle. Crackle.

Evan scattered the black lightning around his body and greeted Cuebaerg.

“Nice to see you again, Cuebaerg.”

-“Do I look bigger?”

“Definitely. I’d believe it if you said you were an island now.”

Evan sat on top of Cuebaerg and stroked his smooth surface with his finger as he spoke.

He was right.

He was now big enough to compare with a mediocre rock, let alone an island.

Although he wasn’t as powerful as he used to be, he had regained a considerable level of strength by now.

Thanks to the nature of the sea, which had many creatures and was similar to the abyss, he had received a lot of help.

Cuebaerg caught a squid and threw it to him as a gift, and asked Evan who sat on his head.

-“What brings you here this time? Isn’t it time to stop protecting me?”

He used to be protected by Evan because he had lost a lot of power, but now that time was completely over.

Evan nodded his head and agreed with Cuebaerg’s question.

“That’s true. I came here to tell you two pieces of news.”

-“Two pieces of news?”

“The first is what he said himself. Be careful not to meet the heroes.”

Heroes.

That word echoed in Cuebaerg’s mind as he recalled the crusaders of the holy land he had met before.

They were a troublesome opponent for him, each wielding a special weapon.

And the core power of those crusaders were the ones called heroes.

Cuebaerg spat out the seawater that remained in his mouth, remembering the nightmare of the past.

-“I don’t think I’ll meet them on the sea, but... I’ll be careful as much as possible.”

“Right. It’s better to be careful. One of the apostles has already been defeated.”

-“An apostle was defeated?”

“Thanks to his intervention, she’s fine now.”

It was clear that they were a formidable enemy if they could even defeat an apostle.

It was best to avoid them as much as possible.

Cuebaerg’s power was still lacking, after all.

He needed time.

Time to devour countless lives and dominate the entire sea.

“And there’s another thing...”

-“What’s the other thing?”

Evan, who had brought up the warning about the heroes, hesitated to mention the next thing.

Cuebaerg urged him to tell him the next thing, guessing that it would be a serious matter, considering the importance of the previous one.

Under Cuebaerg’s constant pressure, Evan opened his mouth with an awkward expression.

“I think this is a stupid question, but do you have any plans to attend the harvest festival?”

-“...?”

Cuebaerg tilted his head.

Evan’s body also shook on top of Cuebaerg’s head.

Evan tried to balance himself on Cuebaerg’s swaying head and muttered with a displeased face.

“I guess I asked for nothing...”