Genius Corpse-Collecting Warrior - Chapter 200

200

Temple (2)

I thought about it for a long time.

Ever since I first opened my eyes on this earth and accepted reality.

What should we do to overcome the inevitable apocalypse? What path should I take to see the end of a game I have never cleared?

Just surviving wasn’t enough. Even if you survive until the five evil gods turn the continent into hell, the game’s ending credits haven’t rolled up.

Then, there are only two possibilities remaining.

“I will get the Wish Stone at the end of the labyrinth and defeat all five evil spirits.”

With his body buried in the soft backrest of the chair, Dallon emphasized once more.

“I don’t know how long it will take or what fights we will be involved in along the way. But for me it is something that must be done.”

“You… you believed in a very old legend.”

Sweet.

Felber said, putting down his teacup.

“The wishing stone is one of the many illusions created by the rulers of the Labyrinth City. “It’s just part of a ploy to attract more explorers to the city along with the rumor that they are warriors protecting the bastion of humanity.”

The story wasn’t completely wrong as he was in a position to lead a magic tower.

A bastion of humanity that blocks the monsters rising from the labyrinth.

One of the many nicknames given to Falcion was actually just a false name given by the transcendents of the Diamond Palace.

It was true that the labyrinth city was blocking the largest entrance to the labyrinth and blocking the monsters coming from underneath.

However, that was none other than the role of the barrier tower. This means that it has nothing to do with the explorers who go down into the labyrinth every cycle to hunt monsters.

That was just a rumor spread by the Diamond Palace to attract more explorers to the city and thereby make humanity’s final ark even stronger.

However, the legend surrounding the wishing stone was slightly different.

“But the Wish Stone definitely exists. “It is true that the Diamond Palace uses that legend, but it is actually a secret that is hidden because of that.”

“Uhm…if you say so clearly.”

A claim without any basis. Nevertheless, Felber nodded with a reluctant expression.

Since he still believed that Dallon was a regressor, he just accepted and moved on, even if the argument was difficult to understand.

Of course it wasn’t a lie. Anyway, the wish stone was a word written in large letters in the text promoting the game.

And in Dallen’s experience, that was the hardest goal of anything in the damn game.

“But even if the legend is true…is it possible to reach the end of the labyrinth?”

“It’s difficult. “It’s very difficult.”

“It is said that demons driven out of hell lurk in the bottomless pit, the depths of the labyrinth. “The solitude that contains the devil is the most twisted place in the fantasy world.”

Lucia said quietly. Dallen nodded.

“Of course, I’m not saying we’ll break through the labyrinth right away. Because there are things you need to get before that. But that process will be just as difficult as this fight.”

Dallen was silent for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“It is natural that we will have to fight the incarnation of the evil god…and perhaps even clash with the true body.”

“…….”

He turns his head, which is deeply buried in the backrest, and slowly scans the people sitting around the table with a grave gaze.

Lucia Castachald. Felver Valentino. Bjorn Kaladrakum.

Akasha Riulak and even Tommy and Farn.

The relationships that passed by his side at least once. These are colleagues who have crossed the firing line together many times.

These were all heroes who were needed more than anyone else to face the apocalypse. Or maybe it was a glimpse of a new possibility that couldn’t be discovered beyond the monitor.

It is true that a burden has been placed on the hearts of each of them in order to prepare for the coming end.

However, the time spent together to remove that burden now sits heavily on Dallan’s heart.

‘The next destination is also… the land where the incarnation of the evil spirit will soon descend.’

And the battlefield against the evil god is a place where even the sixth-tier transcendental who ruled the northern continent falls fleetingly.

There was no guarantee that no one here would die on the journey we were about to embark on.

I am not afraid of my own death. Because in all the fights I’ve been through so far, there’s never been a time when I’ve risked my life.

However, the lives of the colleagues sitting around the table were a completely different story.

Dallen couldn’t be sure whether any of them would be able to avoid collapsing when they fell into the dew of battle.

Because these were no longer polygons and pieces of data, but living people who could feel body temperature and breath.

Because they were family and friends who were miraculously regained after losing everything and realizing their importance.

“Khehe kehahaha!”

A sudden burst of wild laughter. The table’s attention was focused on its owner.

Bjorn was laughing while fiddling with his slightly shorter beard. He said.

“You are truly crazy. I don’t know how that is possible. “Even a hero of the century who will go down in history had a hard time catching a single great evil, so you confidently declare that you will beat down all the evil spirits!”

“…….”

“But Dallen, if you’re planning on scaring us with stories like that, you’ve still got a long way to go.”

The dwarf, smiling, leaned towards the table. Even though he was sitting on a high chair, he was so short that he seemed to have his chest half resting on the table.

“Don’t you know why we followed you until now? “If I had been thinking about taking care of my own health, I would have walked out a long time ago.”

“Dallen, we have seen a little bit of the coming future.”

Felber received the dwarf’s words. The old man’s brown eyes were filled with laughter.

“The inevitable end is approaching. We just decided who we would be with at the end. “I can imagine what you’re thinking…but in this timeline, our decisions are entirely ours to bear.”

A strong will behind a gentle smile.

It was the declaration of an archmage who was born with an explosive talent, enough to read the memories of the earth, and was the first to reach the position of transcendence.

A declaration that no matter what debt they have tried to impose on their hearts so far, there is no room for you to interfere with this decision they have made after thinking on their own.

Felber knew that the declaration that my fate was mine alone was the best means of alleviating Dallen’s debt.

As soon as the wizard spoke and raised the teacup, the other guests at the table also began to chime in one by one.

“If Dallan hadn’t saved me, I would have been sacrificed as a wizard’s experiment in the sewers or become a meal for a frogman.”

A young wizard kidnapped in the sewers.

“Before leaving the headquarters, the leader said: The reason I was able to pass on my teachings to you is because someone changed your destiny. “Never forget grace.”

A mercenary boy who became a sacrifice to a witch.

“You are a good father. In my eyes, my father’s spirit is shining brighter every day.”

Even Jinryong, which would have been a disaster that burned the southern continent.

These were all germination of possibilities that would not have existed without Dallen. However, the burden that was pressing deep inside my heart had become much lighter.

This may be because the same will that was seen in Felber’s eyes was also reflected in their eyes.

How should I respond to those eyes? While I hesitated, unable to open my mouth easily, I felt warmth gently wrapping around my hand.

“You said you couldn’t lose Dallen twice, right?”

It was Lucia. The paladin’s small, calloused palm covered the large hand that looked like a bear’s paw.

“Me too. I only found out about it recently. “The tip of God’s sword pointed at the devil was forged to protect someone.”

“…….”

“The tip of our swords is pointing in the same direction as Dallen. “Of our own accord, not anyone else’s.”

Blue Eyes laughed. Only then did Dallan realize.

The fact that those eyes do not demand an answer from him.

Then the boy suddenly stood up.

“for a moment. “Someone is approaching.”

“hmm?”

Akasha, who was looking out the window with slightly frowning eyes, soon smiled brightly with welcoming eyes.

“It’s the second mother’s messenger.”

“Second what…?”

The moment Lucia’s hand stopped stroking the boy’s head.

Food deuk!

A crow penetrated the sensory sphere faster than a bullet, passed through the window like an illusion, and landed on the edge of the table.

Food! Puduk!

“…….”

A noisy silence fell on the table. Dallen unconsciously looked at his left hand that went down to his waist.

If the hatchet hadn’t broken, it was clear that he would have thrown it. Because it’s clear that only a spellcaster would do something like this.

The crow looked around at the people sitting around the table with pitch-black eyes, and when he saw where Dallen’s hand was pointing, he took a step back.

“…It took three days and three nights to fly it from the center of the continent to here. “Isn’t it a bad idea to kill you as soon as I see you?”

A crow shaking its wings and chirping.

The voice heard between the cries was the voice of the best informant in the labyrinth city.

Dallen lifted his hand from his waist and scratched his chin. He said.

“You should have shown up with notice, Sienna.”

“That was my mistake. “I was in a hurry.”

The crow cawed briefly again and turned its head. The gaze rested on Lucia and Dallon’s overlapping hands for a moment. It really only lasted a moment.

“One piece of good news. One ambiguous piece of news. And one really bad news.”

said the crow. Dallen shrugged.

“You hear the really bad news first. “It is better to get hit first.”

“I thought so… No, I should think about not getting spanked. “Where on earth is that saying?”

“hometown.”

“…what the.”

The crow headed to the center of the musket table. She spread her wings and chest and spoke.

“The Southern Empire and Pantheon have declared a holy war on the surrounding nations.”

“Tsk tsk, I thought it would happen someday if it was the ambition of the emperor and his subjects.”

“The problem is that the target includes the Holy Knights….”

Quang!

A sudden roar cut off the crow’s voice. It sounded like metal plates exploding from an explosive.

Dallen slightly turned his head to the side.

The paladin’s left hand is full of strength even though it covers his own hand.

Her other hand was curled into a fist and dug deeply into the steel table.

“These cock-headed imperial bastards…who dare declare war on whom? “Even though I look like a scum, I’ve put up with it all this time because I’m the emperor, and now I’m starting to look like water.”

Dallen, who was holding his right hand, finished scratching his chin with his left hand. And then I thought.

The cursing paladin is back.

***

The night sky was moving slowly.

A spectacular sight that captures the distant celestial sphere, with stars moving in the pitch-black darkness and the water reaching to the horizon.

It was a scene like one would see in the middle of an open ocean, but anyone with a sharp eye would have noticed something strange.

This is because the stars, which in a normal celestial sphere would move in one direction according to the planet’s rotation, were swimming completely in their own way in the night sky.

[The owner of the Palace of Destruction has gone into hiding.]

In the middle of the twisted stars’ trails. The being sitting on the throne above the vast sea opened his mouth.

The Great Devil, who was bowing his head in front of the throne, twitched his beak.

It was a bizarre creature that was a mixture of birds, lions, snakes, and humans.

“My lord. My heart trembles. “Your foresight is accurate both yesterday and today.”

[The actions of a fighting-crazed stone-headed cub can be predicted even without foresight. Even though you may be a bit of a bitch, try harder.]

“…….”

[Tsk, anyway, that bastard ends up going out on his own in this timeline and falls down. Even if there is no change, there is not much.]

In front of the lord who clicked his tongue, the Sae-headed subject had doubts.

Even though he surpassed the six hierarchies and sat at the top of the seventh deity, as far as he knew, he was ultimately subordinate to the world’s timeline.

Is it really possible to discuss countless divergent timelines? The subject rolled his eyes for a moment, but soon decided to stop worrying.

If that’s the case, then it must be so. What can a bastard like you do?

Instead of asking useless questions in his head, the subject decided to present an opinion that would be of some help to his lord.

“Master, following Xun’s footsteps, Laphilem and Temomron are also planning to move themselves. We must not be late, even if it is for the sake of the abundance of your kettle.”

[I have no idea. I didn’t build up an arrangement over thousands of years to enter into a petty competition that would burn the mortal world.]

The monarch waved his hand. Seventeen hands shaking wildly.

A retainer who had assisted him for a long time knew that if more than ten hands were moving, there was a high probability that the words were sincere. So the subject answered as he could.

“I can only bow my head to my lord’s heart. The eyes that see through the entire universe are omniscient, and the hands that create fate are omnipotent. ”

[But if you appear to be doing nothing, it won’t be long before you arouse suspicion. Unlike the owner of the Palace of Destruction, the rest are not that stubborn.]

Tododog.

Fingers tapping the armrests of the throne.

The monarch thought for a moment and continued speaking.

[Send Clacarus to Temomron. It is said that the blood spirit will be placed in a high position in the pantheon. They also said that since this side has already declared a crusade, it would be better to move together. It will be difficult to refuse such a sweet offer as we have endured it for a long time since the Blood Demon War.]

“It is truly a mysterious plan.”

[And you come with me.]

“…Yes?”

The Great Devil tilted his head. Didn’t you just say you had no intention of moving yourself?

“Where… do you mean?”

[I think I know a little bit about what the well in Yeokcheon is thinking.]

“……Yes?”

[You stupid bird-headed bastard. [This is a story about getting a sense of what it means to gather possibilities.]

The bird’s head tilted a little more. It was still an incomprehensible sound.

[We go to the Palace of Destruction. Now is the perfect opportunity as everyone’s eyes are on the world of mortals.]

“…….”

[If you don’t understand, follow me. I will show you that the doomsday doomsday does not necessarily have to be five.]

A large figure rose from the throne and began to walk across the sea. The bird-headed archdemon still did not understand, but he instinctively followed behind him.

The waves of the night sky swayed lightly as the spirit moved.

The moment the three waves rolled in, the traces of the two gigantic beings disappeared as if they had been washed away.