Chapter 6. The Beginning of the Capital's Destruction (2)
Chapter 6. The Beginning of the Capital's Destruction (2)
"No."
"'Yo' is informal speech."
"It is not."
- Is 'yo' informal?
- If Sura says it's informal, it's informal.
- Oh, I see!
"You say no? Are you saying our Lunance-nim is lying right now?"
At those words, Lunance opened her mouth.
[Hehehe. Champion. Cut off his legs too.]
"Of course, Lunance-nim. I will cut off all 3 legs."
- Wait, 3?
- Hey, no way.
- Sura, stop! As a man, you can't do that!
Whether they said that or not.
Sura drew Lunance's sword and aimed it at Darhan's legs.
"If you say 'Lunance-nim, I was wrong,' Lunance-nim might let you off."
"Kueeek!"
Kuk!
Lunance's sword dug into Darhan's leg.
"Speak!"
"Lunance-nim, I was wrong!"
[I shall forgive you, specifically.]
"She says she forgives you. Consider yourself lucky."
As he pulled the sword away and applied a potion, the wound on the leg healed in an instant.
"I'll keep this Divine Relic. If you want it back, do as I say."
Saying that, Sura put Sorana's Divine Relic into his bag.
"N...No, you can't."
"What do you mean you can't. You. The moment you threaten Roland to get this, I'm going to give this Divine Relic to Lunance-nim. If you have the confidence to go to Lunance-nim's Divine Realm, then go ahead."
[Hmph.]
Lunance knew that if that Divine Relic came to her, it could start a war with Sorana, but she was actually delighted. For her, war was a time when she could truly descend into madness.
Above all, she didn't think a Demon Duke like the Murder Lord would dare to harm her.
[It would be fun if she came to attack. It would be delightful to cut off that bitch Sorana's head and keep it as a decoration.]
"What do you think, Darhan? Lunance-nim actually wants a fight."
At those words, Darhan became desperate.
His other Divine Relic of Sorana. The Murder God's necklace.
It looked crude so it hadn't been discovered, but one of the effects of this necklace was a direct line to Sorana.
[Aaaaargh! You stupid bastard Darhan! Why did you have to get caught by Lunance's champion!!!]
'I'm sorry, Sorana-nim. But is there nothing we can do?'
[Don't talk bullshit. Lunance is the most uniquely crazy bitch among the Eight Divine Thrones!!! To deal with that woman, even Garuan would have to step up!]
Originally, the title for Lunance is the Throne of Madness.
The titles for the Eight Divine Thrones all have 'Throne' in them, but only Lunance has a different title.
The Lord of Madness.
The title of 'Lord', used only for Demon Dukes, is also used for her.
This was proof of just how dangerous she was.
[Wait. I'll try asking for help. Don't know if it'll work... What? You don't want to? Ah, seriously!!! This one is a crazy bitch too!]
Darhan had to keep listening to Sorana's screeching. It was enough to make his head spin.
"You have to answer, Darhan. Do you want to fight Lunance-nim and me?"
"No!"
"Then be my subordinate."
In Darhan's head, Sorana was telling him to just die.
Darhan eventually tried to bite his tongue to commit suicide.
At that moment.
Puck!
Darhan was struck on the cheek, and his head turned to the side.
"Hey. You tried to bite your tongue. Can't have that. Roland. Let's gag him. Bring some cloth."
"Hahaha! Got it, Sura!"
In the Murim, the first thing they did upon catching spies was to make sure they didn't bite their tongues, but Sura clicked his tongue that such details had disappeared. He had lost a lot of his practical combat sense.
It wasn't like he had to torture people in the Murim anymore anyway, but it was still a shame.
Roland brought a cloth, stuffed it into Darhan's mouth, and tied it tightly so he couldn't take it out.
"Alright, Darhan. Last chance. Will you be my subordinate or not?"
Sura laughed and grabbed Darhan's chin.
"Oh, by the way, there's no refusing. If you refuse, I'll wipe out your 'Dear Friends'. And I'll cut off Demon Duke Sorana's head with Lunance-nim, and tear her corpse to shreds."
Sura's eyes curved.
"Choose."
There was only one choice for Darhan.
Meanwhile, the Tusu who watched this...
- Is this... the Righteous Faction?
- Isn't that the Evil Faction?
- Seems like the Demonic Cult.
- Could be both?
Eventually, Darhan nodded.
After a brief moment of intimidation, Sura, Roland, and Darhan were heading to the cathedral.
It was to deliver the item entrusted by General Sallin and for Darhan's treatment.
"But Roland, he's a demon worshiper, can he be healed at a cathedral?"
"It's fine, Sura. Demon worshipers have to hide their identity, so if they get caught during healing, who would worship demons? He'll get healed just fine."
"I see."
"Though his power might weaken after entering the cathedral. Well, not our problem, right?"
- Roland Wiki is working hard today.
- I'm most curious about Roland's identity. What kind of person was he?
While they were talking, they arrived at the cathedral, and the group went inside to find a priest.
"Welcome. May you reach peace today as well."
"May you reach peace today as well."
Sura recited the prayer as the representative and immediately got to the point.
"I'm here for treatment and to deliver an item."
Sura immediately took out the sealed box he had in his bag and handed it to the priest.
"...This! It's Garuan's Divine Relic. Thankfully you arrived before the seal's effect wore off. We will make sure to seal this securely at our cathedral."
The priest wrapped the box with one hand and wore an expression that showed he had received it securely.
"I have to pass this on to the relevant department, so for treatment, you should go over there and ask.
If you say you came under the guidance of Priest Serman, they'll treat you well."
A notification window popped up, indicating the quest was complete.
When they went to the place the priest told them about, they could see priests busily moving around and patients lying down.
Sura grabbed a passing priest and spoke.
"Excuse me. I came under the guidance of Priest Serman. I'm here to get treatment."
"Ah, yes, yes! Come this way. Who is the one receiving it?"
"Here. This guy."
"...My goodness! Why are you so calm when he's this injured! ...But, I think you'll need to make a donation for this?"
'Hmm. True. The temple doesn't do business by digging up the ground.'
Sura thought so and took out the gold coins that were in Darhan's bag.
"Would a handful do?"
"Huck! This is more than enough! I'll do it immediately!"
The priest, who was overjoyed to receive the gold coins, started taking Darhan somewhere.
"Uh, uh? Priest! Here's an arm! I picked up an arm!"
"Oh! This makes the treatment incredibly fast! He was about to become crippled, but that's a relief!"
The priest received Darhan's arm and hurriedly entered the treatment room.
Just as Sura was about to worry about what to do now, the priest came out of the room for a moment.
"It'll take a while! Go spend some time and come back!"
"How long...?"
"30 minutes!"
Treatment that would take months in reality ended in just 30 minutes.
It seemed that was the case because it was the Ancient Booklet world based on fantasy.
And then the priest went back in.
Sura and Roland looked at each other and communicated with their eyes.
'Shall we go out for now?'
'Let's do that.'
The two who came out decided to go watch the execution.
There was no way Darhan would run away.
A while later, they arrived at the capital's square.
On a temporarily installed stage, people with gags in their mouths and hands tied were standing next to a guillotine.
"Kill them!"
"Dirty demon followers!"
The audience was jeering in front of the stage.
Every single one of them had madness soaked into their eyes.
Leaving behind the illusion that he could hear Lunance's heartwarming laughter from somewhere, Sura and Roland squeezed through the crowd and were finally able to stand right in front of the execution stand.
"Wow. Look at the guillotine. It's huge."
"Isn't it great? It was made recently! They say it cuts the prisoner's head off in one go!"
- Revolution!
- Ah lol, symbol of revolution lol.
- If Sura-king doesn't please us, we'll hang him there!
- This guy is crossing the line. We are already in favor of absolute monarchy!
While the Tusu were making all sorts of jokes, Sura slowly looked around.
'I feel like some incident is going to happen...'
He had a strange feeling in his gut, but that was it.
Time passed slowly with no signs of anything, and finally, it was time for the execution.
"Execution! Execution! Execution!"
"Let's see the blood of the dirty demon followers!"
One by one, they put their necks on the guillotine and prepared to accept death.
Originally, hearing their last words before dying was part of the fun, but they proceeded with gags on because they didn't know what the demon followers might do.
Puck!
"Waaaaaaah!"
Finally, the heads of the prisoners were falling one by one.
It was an ordinary sound like a dull coconut falling, but the sight was quite grotesque.
The blood scattering from the prisoners' necks fell onto the audience in front of the stage, fueling their madness.
"Ugh. The blood is coming all the way here."
While Sura was wiping the blood off his face, Roland was cheering with both arms raised high.
"Wahahaha! Sura! Isn't this fun?"
"Roland. You too. You like this kind of stuff."
"The death of a prisoner is always enjoyable!"
Sura, who chuckled for a moment while watching Roland cheer, inadvertently looked at the faces of the prisoners and felt something was strange.
'Why does it look like they put so much effort into the design?'
He was a man who looked over 2m tall, with a shaved head.
And a man with tattoos all over both arms.
"...Hmm? Wait. Roland. Look there. Who is that?"
"Huh? Let's see. Maybe someone I might know... Huh?"
- What is it.
- Why is he there?
Roland and the Tusu froze for a moment.
He was none other than.
Zarin Savas, the right-hand man of Mar Subius, the leader of the fanatics of Garuan Maphraas.
- F*ck, what? Why is he there????
- No wait, even if it's Hard Mode, Zarin is appearing already?
- Crazy, this wasn't a simple city quest, it was a main quest, you crazy!
While the Tusu were panicking, Roland also grabbed Sura's hand and started desperately backing away.
"Crazy! Crazy! Sura! We have to avoid this! That guy is Mar Subius's right-hand man! We'll all die!"
"No, Roland! He's captured, so doesn't that mean he's suppressed?"
"Don't say funny things! Sura! He's not someone to be caught! He got caught on purpose! His goal is probably..."
At Roland's hesitation, Sura's prodding followed.
"His goal is?"
"...The destruction of the capital."
Today. The capital of the Salas Continent might disappear.
- F*ck, crazy, the capital is destroyed from the second part of the main quest?
- Wow, Hard Mode is merciless, huh? Originally the capital destruction event is in the mid-to-late game?
- Plus, that's a war event. It's supposed to be fighting alongside countless allies, but this is...
- Frontal assault is hopeless. Seems like the goal is to escape.
- Can the capital guard pull this off?
- They can't. Nearby regular troops need to come, but can they even send a messenger?
- Probably by the time the regular troops notice, the capital will already be destroyed.
- Oh my god. Oh my god. Hard Mode is too brutal;;
The Elderbook users were screaming.
Because they were appalled by the too-hard difficulty.
It was just as Sura, who had checked public opinion while watching the chat window, was also thinking it was hopeless.
'...Then what is the goal of this quest?'
Is it a simple escape?
If not that...
That was when.
[Main Quest Chapter 3. The Great Escape!]
You are currently in the middle of a capital that is about to be destroyed!
There are three ways you can choose right now!
Escape with the capital's High Lord. The Knight King Vahan Mashas Malius and his aides!
Unite with the capital guard to evacuate the refugees, build an evacuation ship, and get the masses to safety!
Do everything!
Everything is up to your choice!
"...."
Sura pondered while looking at the window that appeared in front of him.
Meanwhile, the heated debate of the Tusu continued in the chat window.
- What should we do about this.
- What is there to think about? Just stick to Vahan Mashas and run away immediately!
- No, then are you saying let all the people in the capital die? If those people die, they'll become sacrifices and it's obvious they'll go on a rampage for the Garuan faction?
- But then abandon Vahan Mashas? Abandon the Knight King?
- That guy is strong so he'll run away on his own! Or not? If it's Vahan Mashas's personality, it seems like he'd have a go at it?
- Oh my god. That means Mar Subius will come out too. Since Zarin Savas is impossible, Mar Subius will definitely come out.
- ...Oh my god. The leader of the opposing faction in the second main quest?
- Calm down. Sura-king will decide everything.
Sura stroked his chin and pondered. And soon, he grinned.
- ???
- What is it. Our Sura-king is smiling!
- Sura-king is smiling!
Sura, who pressed pause for a moment, looked at the virtual camera in front of him and smiled.
"Do you think I'm going to run away?"
- ??? Isn't he?
- Uh-huh! Your faith is lacking! Sura-king won't run away!
"Main quest, second part. Defeating Mar Subius. I'm going for it."
At that declaration, the Tusu collectively spammed question marks.
- No... if that were easy. If it were easy, that would be...
- You're saying we're skipping the whole story now;;
- Catching Mar Subius is... huff... damn....
- No, but wouldn't it be possible if it's Sura?
- Huh? That's true, but....
The Tusu, who had been expressing their opinions in the chat window for a long time. Their opinions gradually narrowed down.
- Since it's come to this, let's do it! Let's catch Mar Subius!
- Let's goooooooo!
- Train. The train is departing. The ending express train is departing. There are no stops to get off!
Sura, who unpaused, looked at the quest window and said.
"What I will do is. Defeat Mar Subius."
Then, the third option in the main quest window is selected.
[Choice 3. Do everything!]
[The quest title changes!]
[ThE GrEaT EsCaPe > DeFeAt !!!]
[Main Quest Chapter 2. Defeat!]
Everything is according to your will!
Goal
Defeat Mar Subius!
TIP. Unite with the strong ones of the capital! Mar Subius is strong!
May the Eight Divine Thrones be with you! May you reach peace!
For you, the hero of the era and the beginning of a legend! The one who will reach the ranks of myth!
We wish for everything!
- Oh crazy, the main quest sense is insane lololol
- Look at him quoting the belief line Sura said earlier
- Kya, 1000% romance Ancient Booklet!
- The AI technology is insane lololololol
Sura grinned.
Meanwhile, Roland had heard everything Sura said next to him and turned pale.
"Hiiik! Sura! Please come to your senses! Mar Subius? Even with Zarin Savas appearing, of course, there's a possibility he'll appear! But... but! How are you going to kill Mar Subius!"
Roland, who was grabbing Sura's collar and shaking him back and forth, stroked Sura's cheek, telling him to please come to his senses.
Sura lightly grabbed that hand and looked into Roland's eyes.
"Roland. I can do it. Trust me."
"Sura, I trust you, but I also trust Mar Subius's power!"
"Then you just need to trust me a little more!"
"Suraaaaaaaa!"
Roland's fuss couldn't continue any longer.
Because Sura had blindly grabbed Roland's hand and started running.
"Sura! Let go! I'm going to run away alone!"
Sura sneered while looking at Roland, whose face was strangely flushed.
"Can you even survive if you run away alone?"
"...Huh?"
"Roland. It seems like we are destined to be together for the rest of our lives."
"W...What are you saying!"
Sura looked at Roland, whose face was even more flushed, and the Tusu expressed their doubts.
- That guy, that guy. Why is his face turning red.
- Uh oh, no weird drifting!
- Huh? No!
[Suhan-su: Now he's even trying to hook up with a man.]
[Suhan-su: But why is Roland's face turning red?]
- Don't know? No way we'd know.
- That's right. Why is he like that?
[Suhan-su: It's strange. It's not like Roland is a woman....]
- Huh?
- Hey, no way. After Lunance, even Roland?
[Suhan-su: Anyway. Anyone who types in the chat connecting the two people will be banned.]
- Okay
- Manager has some sense!
- This is right, real lol
While Suhan and the Tusu were exchanging conversations, the two arrived at the cathedral they had been at a little while ago.
"Priest! Is the treatment for the guy I left with you done!"
"Uh, uh? You're here! It just finished!"
"Where is he?"
When the priest pointed with his finger, Sura and Roland ran.
Soon, the two arrived in front of Darhan and opened their mouths while looking at Darhan.
"Darhan. Emergency. Lend me some strength."
"...Understood."
"The target is Mar Subius. We have to kill him."
"...Yes?"
Darhan's face was instantly engulfed in bewilderment.