Episode 26

5.

『Kim Si-woo』

●Affiliated Constellation: Rimen, God of the Beginning

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Occupation: Apostle

Title: Black Pope and 32 others

-List of detailed abilities-

◆Ability level

Strength Lv. ? >, Agility Lv. ? >, Stamina Lv.? >, Faith Lv. 7>, Magic Lv. 0>

◆Special abilities

Holy Power Lv.? >, Anti-Magic Lv.? >

-List of skills possessed-

▲Passive skill

Beast's Natural Enemy Lv. ? >, Limen’s Protection Lv. ? >, Seonghwa Lv. ? >, Doctrinal Interpretation Lv. 2> and 42 others

▲Active skill

Wings of Purification Lv. ? >, Consecration Lv. ? >, Will of Destruction Lv. ? > and 92 others

*Notated with '?' means exceeding current system standards. The second synchronization will occur with a future system update.

**You are using DLC ​​– Pope>. The interface can be checked using the “Denomination” command.

“In the end, nothing has changed, right?”

I frowned as I looked at the status window that popped up in front of me.

At the beginning of the return, something appeared in the window, which was full of blank spaces.

The problem is that the only thing that replaced it was '?' That was all.

Still, it seems like the abilities and special abilities I have are roughly indicated.

In particular, when I looked at the level 7 faith> and the level 2 doctrine interpretation>, it seemed like they were clearly synchronized properly.

However, there is one element that we didn't see in Eden.

It's a disposition > a square labeled Chaos Zen >, and I need to know what it is.

I don't think it's a bad thing to see that they have increased the causality limit allowed for me. Of course, I still can't fathom the extent of the causality given to me.

"I'm dizzy."

I took a moment to see what had happened to me, then slid the message window shut.

There were no noticeable changes.

There's only one thing, and I'm worried about the 2nd update > written at the bottom of the status window.

It must have been a snarky word, but there was nothing he knew right now.

So what can I do? Stick to it for now.

Just as I was thinking about this and that, Leo put his hand to his one-eyed glasses.

"What are they going to do?"

"I don't know."

The "them" Leo referred to were other players who had been watching us from afar.

They all looked at us rigidly.

What makes them unique is that they are divided into two groups based on a fairly large abandoned building located in the center.

Apparently, they are players from a large guild that is said to be fighting in Ground Zero.

I looked at the two of them, pondered for a moment, and then stopped Leo from running out at once.

"You don't seem to have any intention of fighting, so why bother?"

"For the safety of His Holiness, it is necessary to remove all hazards. They are the ones who saw injustice but did not fight with it. I don't think it's credible."

It was a statement of Leo's personality, but I waved my hand and said:

"If you become a priest and take it out of the fist, you'll be bitter. Let's do what you say this time."

"Are you all right?"

"Yes. You're just keeping a good eye on that scum here. You never know who's going to steal it."

I pointed with my chin at Yoo Se-hyuk and the 'human papers' sprawled on the floor.

Leo replied, taking a Bible from his bosom with his left hand.

"If it is Your Holiness' will, I will do it."

These are the ones who will be handed over as a gift to the Ministry of Intelligence.

He would probably leave it alone and let them try to erase all traces of it.

Leo understood what I meant, so I nodded without saying a word, and I patted him on the back and walked forward.

It didn't seem like there was any need to find out where the Gemstone Mine was.

There was a pretty much amount of mana coming from behind where the two groups of players were sitting.

And that wasn't all.

The Maggi that Leo and I felt as we entered Ground Zero was also being felt from there.

"That's to be expected."

I walked forward, my brow furrowed.

Finally, they reached the ruins where the players were sitting, and soon they emerged from among the ruins.

As I had expected, they were divided into two groups.

They quickly formed a formation on either side of where I was standing.

They may have been trying to be as confident as they could be, but that doesn't stop them from being afraid.

In addition, some of them were shaking so badly that their legs were painfully aching.

They seemed to maintain their formation as members of a large guild, but they didn't seem to have the will to fight.

Anyway.

If I had the will to fight after seeing the brutal violence just now, I would have rushed in long ago.

I smiled as brightly as I could at them.

"Some people think I'm the bad guy. Bloom your faces. If you don't, can I straighten it myself?"

At my words, they all forced the corners of their mouths to roll up. A bizarre expression that is neither smiling nor crying.

It was a delight to see.

"It's nice to see everyone welcome me like that. Okay, is there anyone in charge?"

After a moment of my question, one from each side stepped forward.

A light-green-haired woman wearing what appears to be greaves, and a black-haired man wearing heavy armor.

They didn't have any similarities in gender, style, or style, but they had one thing in common.

Both of them were white-faced.

I took a leisurely look at the two of them, and then spoke softly.

"Are you two in charge?"

"That's right...... "I don't know what to

“…… Yes."

"I thought there were some S-class hunters from the big guilds. I don't think it's that much?"

Minister Yoo Seon-ho was right.

The Hunters I was confronting here were A-class Hunters at best.

In other words, the conflict between guilds has not yet escalated to an all-out war.

In fact, that's a no-brainer.

If the S-class Hunters had moved, there was a good chance that someone would have sniffed it and pounced on the Magic Stone Mine.

In the end, as the amount of mining decreased, they wanted to take more of the pie, but they couldn't bring in S-class hunters, so they ended up fighting a local war between the formidable A-class hunters.

After all, these people did what they were told to do from above.

I feel sorry for not helping Leo and me in the fight, but I didn't want to push them hard.

I nodded my head slightly and told them.

"Of course, if you hadn't laid down your weapons like you do now, the outcome would have been very different. It's good. Now, shall you two come with me to see the Magic Stone Mine?"

"That's it...... It's ....... our authority."

"Permission from the top ......."

At my words, they both smirked and avoided answering, but I looked at them and raised the corners of their mouths fishy.

He smirked.

"Oh no. I'm going to go see it right now. If you have any complaints, please let us know now...... Oh, that's right. Ground Zero is an extraterritorial area, right? Ha ha! Oh, never mind. Even if it looks like this, he is a religious person. I just said it because it was an extraterritorial area, because it was amazing."

6.

In the first place, even outside the law, the law is far away and the fist is close.

But what if there isn't even that law?

In that case, it's all about the fist. A very primitive structure where everything is done by violence.

I think this Ground Zero is a place where the proverb really fits.

“This is the place.”

“Ah, thank you Mr. Ohseong. “ Thank you, Hye-rim, too.”

"no."

A ruin that was once the playground of a school called ‘Jungang High School’.

I nodded in satisfaction as I gazed at the entrance to the mine, crudely built on top of the ruins.

I was able to hear quite a few stories while coming here.

The large guilds that clashed at Ground Zero are divided into a total of two factions, one faction centered around the 1st ranked guild, Daeho Guild, and the other faction centered around the 2nd and 3rd ranked guilds, Hive Guild and Taesan Guild. It is called a faction.

And at Ground Zero, the person in charge representing the Daeho guild faction is Shin Oh-seong, and the person in charge representing the Hive and Taesan guild factions is Choi Hye-rim.

They both claimed responsibility for everything on the way here, but in fact, I wasn't interested in who launched the first attack.

I just noted that they had not been notified in advance by superiors that I would appear here.

Moreover, they did not know the identity of the criminals that Leo and I had dealt with earlier.

In short, it also meant that it was an independent decision from the top.

“The people at the top are teaming up with each other to entrust requests, and the people at the bottom are not even aware of it and keep bleeding each other... … “It’s nice to see it still looking the same even after five years.”

“May I ask what you mean?”

“Brothers and sisters, I’m telling you both to cheer up. Never mind."

I lightly waved my hand and then looked back at the magicite mine.

There was no need to enter the magicite mine.

This is because it was possible to determine how much magic gemstone was buried here just by feeling the magic power.

“Hmm.”

Since you said that the highest grade magicite is mined, is this level of horsepower equivalent to approximately 7 tons?

I'm not sure how much magic gemstone was buried in the beginning, but the fact that there were 7 tons of top-grade magic gemstone remaining was very good news to me.

If it were an ordinary mineral, 7 tons would not be as much as a real fingernail, but if it was a top-quality magicite, the story would be different.

If it were Eden, it would probably have been possible to participate in the auction at every magic tower on the continent.

It is easy to understand if you think that the weight of top-grade magic stones consumed by a medium-sized magic tower per year is approximately 700 kg.

“The reserves are acceptable.”

Magic gemstone is not just an ore needed by wizards.

Fundamentally, magical power is energy in its purest form.

And what they are made of by coming together is a magic stone, which has very unique properties.

When touched by divine power, the magic stone changes into an ore containing divine power called “holy stone.”

The opposite is also true. When magical energy is contained, the magic stone changes into a magic stone.

“Just like now.”

I couldn't help but frown at the magical energy I felt from the upper levels of the mine.

As I got closer, I began to feel demon energy, a very familiar demon energy at that.

This is the same magic that Yeoju's doppelganger and the lich that appeared in Guro-gu last time also possessed.

The Magi that I indirectly confirmed from them was only a deep-seated one, but I could be sure that it was this blatant and pure Magi.

“The devil of pride?”

Of the seven demon kings of Eden, he was the one I tore apart first.

The devil of pride.

He was the one who ignited the flame and reduced every last piece of his flesh to ashes, and his magical energy was clearly felt in this mine.

No, to put it accurately, the demonic energy of pride was slowly encroaching on the magicite mine.

This seems to have been the cause of the demonic energy that Leo and I felt earlier as we entered Ground Zero.

I spoke to Oh-seong and Hye-rim with a furrowed brow.

“Has anyone been in the mine recently?”

If it has only encroached to this extent so far, it means that the encroachment of demon energy has begun relatively recently.

However, they both answered my question by shaking their heads at the same time.

"doesn't exist."

“Mining was temporarily suspended.”

“Oh my.”

There's nothing to be disappointed about because you didn't have any expectations in the first place.

“It won’t work.”

Originally, I was planning to look around a bit more and decide, but due to the demonic energy of pride, I had to revise my plan. This is because a magic stone that has been turned into a magic stone cannot be made into a sacred stone.

After making a quick decision, I took out the Rimen's Token that I had kept in my pocket.

Oooooh!

Rimen's Token began to emit light violently in response to the demonic energy of pride, and Mr. Oh-seong and Mr. Hye-rim, who saw it, asked me with puzzled eyes.

"what… … “Is this what you want to do?”

“Siwoo?”

This is why I don't like quick-witted people.

Instead of answering their questions, I grabbed Remen's token.

Then a message window appeared in front of me.

You can use [Item Remen's Token] to declare a sanctuary in the current area. Would you like to declare sanctuary?]

“I declare sanctuary.”

[The area is declared a sanctuary.]

The sacred power emitted from the “Token of Limen” shot up into the sky, and divine power began to pour from the sky like snow.

A sight so brilliant and beautiful that it blinds your eyes.

A ray of light that can only be described as sacred falls on the collapsed ruins.

Mr. Oh-seong and Mr. Hye-rim were looking at the scene with a loss of energy, and I too was looking at the beautiful scene and saying happily.

“I have decided to dedicate this place to Limen.”

At my words, they instantly came back to reality and immediately opened their eyes and looked at me.

“… … yes?"

“What is that... … .”

I ended my conversation with a subtle smile at their reactions.

“Limen wants this land. As a follower of Him, I really have no choice. haha."