Chapter 39

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It seemed that it was worthwhile to have this conversation with Perserk all night. As soon as it dawned, I left the citadel and came to a large, abandoned field nearby. I felt a little burdened because I saw the eyes and expectations of the volunteers who saw me on the way out.

Even though the air was dry, I felt calm as I looked over the open plains. The chilly air hit my whole body. Although my cold and fire resistance had rarely risen due to the lack of transformation, it wasn’t a problem if I raised my divine power lightly. Have you ever heard of divine fire?

“In the past, this was all farmland.”

It was now a flat land. How useless the land became, as the original owners all gave up ownership and left the land. What do I mean? I mean, this whole place was land without an owner.

“Oh, I’ve always wanted to own land, but it looks like I’m going to be a huge landowner.”

Perserk looked ridiculous as she laughed in vain. She had a unique direction of greed, and if my purpose were to live comfortably, there was a good way of exploiting her.

“I don’t like that. People have to live with a conscience.”

Even if I couldn’t be proud of the people who taught me, at least I shouldn’t curse them out. Like it or not, one day, many people would know that I inherited their skills. It didn’t matter if it was the skills of heroes who weren’t from Theonis, but some of the heroes who taught me were from this continent.

The Sword God, Haris, was a very good example. Above all...

“My purpose is to live as a human being for a long time.”

She remained silent as if she understood the meaning.

-You’re...

She blurred her words and asked cautiously.

– Was your past life short?

“I died before I could do anything.”

-That’s a sad life.

“That’s not wrong. On the contrary, I’ve lived in the Corridor for a very long time.”

-You’re alive, but you didn’t feel alive. The life you want to see is to share affection with people and live like a human being.

She hit the nail on the head harder than I thought.

-I wanted the same as you.

Her life, which had been at the center of war because of her birth, wouldn’t have been a very good one either. Maybe all she wanted was to live with her stepfather, Haris, in peace. I shook my head because I felt like I was too sentimental.

“We don’t know how long it will take to find the medium with normal methods.”

It wasn’t land that was neglected without reason. I had considerable knowledge of curses, so I knew how cumbersome this line of curses was for me now.

“We don’t need to worry about it if we’re going to fix up the sanctuary....”

Purification magic of at least the eighth tier, if not the sanctuary of the ninth tier, was necessary. The level of the curse was considerable, and I didn’t think it would be easy to do it with 5th and 6th tier spells. The problem was that with my current level of divine magic, it would be difficult to reach the 8th tier. It wouldn’t matter if there was a lot of divine power around, but honestly, there couldn’t be another object that had divine power stored on par with Calderas.

‘I’ll just ask Princess Ileana.’

“It’s more like a fully automatic greenhouse than a curse.”

I had a feeling that there was no more accurate expression than that.

* * *

Curse magic, which was well-known for its complexity among black magic, was like a sophisticated program. It was magic that maintained a sophisticated arrangement of complex commands. Therefore, it was also the only type of black magic that worked with the Re-Fix Curse spell.

Although [Lo Ayas] wasn’t a black wizard from the Theonis continent, the basis of black magic using command mana was the same, so it was still effective. It was a good decision to use the Re-Fix Curse spell to investigate the unidentified phenomenon. Although the traces of black magic remained so severe that the land couldn’t be used for a long time, what did it matter if I revived a corpse or called out the devil if there was no one in the deadland to witness it?

“...”

Perserk pulled my hair in frustration at my agonizing silence.

“Why don’t you let me know? I can’t crack that code.”

It took 30 years to learn and apply this decryption method. After getting used to it, I reached the point where I could quickly decipher the content as I saw it, but not Perserk. No matter how much of a genius you were, it wouldn’t be easy to read an unknown block of text. This block of texting, being a programing language.

-You mean it’s not a curse?

“Technically, it is a curse; it’s a very vicious one. But from another point of view, it’s also ambiguous.”

Saying so, I gently twisted my palm on the ground.

Whoosh!

At the same time, the window mixed with black and white disappeared, and the remaining lights began to turn into large arrows.

“It looks like there’s one nearby, so let’s check the medium for ourselves.”

The Fortress was located in the eastern part of the vast Hines estate. So I chose one that was placed in the east closest to our position.

‘No wonder the outer boundaries of the estate were so obvious. They’ve arranged the mediums so that only Hines is covered.’

From a quick scan, I successfully found a total of seven places that are believed to have mediums.

East, west, north, south, southwest, northwest, and southeast, respectively.

Each one sits narrowly on the border of the estate. Since it was a curse spread out in such a huge area, it wouldn’t be strange if there were more than seven mediums.

Rather, it was quite sophisticated and efficiently arranged considering the conditions of the terrain. What about other places? I thought it would be better to mobilize volunteer members to check the others, but I couldn’t send people since they might have prepared preventative measures to protect the mediums. If a big accident happened, it could lead to a disaster.

‘That’s a no-brainer.’

It may not be possible, but even if there were a small chance that I met the heroes of the Corridor again, even the slightest chance, how could I tell them that their disciple lived like this. I want to proudly tell them what I’ve done in my life over a drink. I had no intention of sacrificing my followers for any purpose.

-I don’t know what’s awaiting us; I recommend you be more prepared.

“There won’t be a problem.”

If things get messed up, we’ll have to take out the hidden moves.

* * *

Following the arrow that guided me, the place I was headed to was a rocky area east of the estate. The dry rocks had a strangely inadequate structure to make their quarries. The only thing there was a magnificent view. It was a good idea to enjoy a picnic while appreciating the scenery. But I didn’t come here to play, so I jumped into a rocky area without any regrets.