Chapter 590 – 583 Palatum, the Sky City
Hwanin’s request to know the contents of the book was not something that could be easily granted, considering the church’s main enemies were black magicians.
Why? Even if you don’t have the power of darkness, if you have knowledge, it is possible to imitate black magic to some extent.
The reason why the purification of the black magic book and the treatment of the purified black magic book was limited to the archbishop level was because they were mentally mature enough to overcome the temptation of black magic and not be affected by the curse.
Prior to the incident, the management of the black magic book had not been this strict.
If three or more senior priests gathered, they could purify the black magic book, and the purified black magic book was burned or pulverized instead of being specially sealed in the secrecy of the headquarters.
= It is said that sadal happens out of carelessness. About 900 years ago, there was an incident in which a black magician who tried to experiment with a metal-borne plague was caught, burned at the stake, and the book of black magic was purified.=
The incident came as a bigger disaster due to the carelessness of the priests.
At the time, I thought that the incident had been cleaned up by burning the black magic book, but it turned out that one of the high-ranking priests who was fascinated by the contents came to memorize the black magic book…….
=It’s called alchemy or refinement. How to turn unsightly metal into gold and grind ineffective weeds into precious medicines……. It is said that a high-ranking priest at the time saw the possibility in the book of black magic. The priest carried out the experiment secretly according to the contents of the book of black magic, and the result was an acute epidemic that annihilated tens of thousands of people in the city where the priest lived, as well as five nearby villages and more than seventeen villages. Continued =
= Oh my god…….=
=The cardinals at the time, who learned through in-depth investigation of the details, came to revise the law by false accusation, and as a result, the current law and rules were established.=
“There was such a secret story.”
=Now it has become a story that only old people like me know, but the lesson this secret story teaches is that knowledge, no matter how trivial, carries enormous risks.=
Hwanin calmly replied to Ronhas’ unresolved brow.
“Did that book of black magic contain contents comparable to the danger at that time?”
Ronhas looked at the book of black magic with a cover made of female genitals with a frown as if he was afraid, and sighed.
=If misused, it is a content that can cause a great disaster in the labyrinth. From a simple collapse, it can cause flooding and backflow, so if this information spreads indiscriminately, the era of catastrophe will open.
Anne’s mouth opened slightly at the shocking content.
“Exactly…… The foundations of Nionebreth’s civilization are built upon a labyrinth. If the labyrinth collapses at once, the civilization itself of the city and adjacent villages and villages may collapse.”
= That’s about that much…… ?=
In response to Anne’s careful question, Hwanin briefly gave an example.
“Think about what happened after Alsop disappeared.”
= Ah…….=
A large sinkhole in the place where Alsof disappeared. It happened when the Labyrinth exploded, stimulated by Adnebilla’s pure and enormous power.
What would happen if something like this happened to a normal city?
Ordinary cities formed around labyrinth products will immediately run down the downhill path of bankruptcy due to the paralysis of the labyrinth industry as a whole.
It is also a story when it completely ended in extinction and collapse.
Upon hearing the news of the disappearance, the villages and villages around Althof moved quickly and tried to survive in connection with other cities or nearby villages. This is only possible because Alsopman collapsed.
What if the black magician is transformed like the labyrinth and stronger monsters come out at will?
It would be less shocking if it was a place equipped with armed forces comparable to that of the capital, but even a large city with the level of a farghist could not escape the aftermath.
Considering that the impact of a rate hike in a key currency country shows a serious rebound as it travels from country to country, if one city collapses, the town, which is highly dependent on the city’s logistics production and distribution, will also take a direct hit and collapse in a chain.
A village where self-sufficiency and bartering are the main things will do just fine.
When Anne shook her head with a half-understood face at the short explanation with examples, Ron Haas put in a sigh as if it was really good.
=The insight of the Holy Emperor is truly wonderful. To think that even this old man, at his age, realized the complex yet solidly intertwined logic of world affairs, which he only vaguely saw in his old age…….=
“It is overrated. Anyway, since you said so, I will give up on the contents of the book of black magic. He apologized for the difficult request.”
= No, no. Rather, I am sorry…….=
Ronhas was even thinking about checking his personality with his mind’s eye in case of emergency.
He is a person who receives the support and protection of Yeongdo as a holy emperor. He is a dimension wanderer who is easily discriminated against, but he is a person with such a personality, so there should be no problem, but he tried to tell me the details after checking just in case.
He did, but he apologized for making it difficult for himself and backed off…….
Ron Haas wondered if there was something he could do instead of sorry, and he was able to remember the right thing at the right time.
After leaving Arlesmanet Cathedral, Anne looked back at her body in disbelief as she returned home.
“Why?”
Seeing Anne’s behavior of continuing to look back at her, her phantom asked her.
= No matter how much she dedicated the book of black magic, I never thought she would give her reward this far. =
“That’s what you mean.”
The reward for the black magic book submitted by Hwanin was measured in terms of importance according to the contents of the black magic book, and 2500 points of faith in the land denomination were awarded as a reward.
1 point of faith is the score that a newly commissioned formal priest must lead a godly life of faith for one month. In the case of Archbishop, about 30 points are accumulated per month.
Of course, you can also earn points through requests, volunteer work, and donations. However, since there is an upper limit on the number of points that can be earned per month for each field, it is not possible to acquire many points at once by simply donating or volunteering.
=For reference, the property of the gangsters in the back alleys that the lord distributed to each denomination in Hraslind was also treated as a donation, so some came out. 87 points must have been recorded in the name of Doryeong on the side of our land god church. Anyway…….=
The final faith score of the Church of the Land God received at Arlemane Cathedral was 3,500 points.
To the 2,500 points generated by returning the black magic book, Ronhas added his own points and the shop given to those who made great contributions in Palatum Diocese to add 1,000 more points.
If you are an ordinary priest or a priest, you have to live 291 years of hard work to collect, and even if you are an archbishop, you have to collect 10 years steadily.
However, there is no priest who can collect this much Faith Points.
Since faith points are used as exchange goods for all kinds of items within the church, they are used to browse data, request research materials, and request various support for volunteer activities, and combat-type clerics exchange divinity endowment equipment as soon as points are accumulated.
“It will also mean an apology for refusing my request.”
= Indeed. It would not have been a burden to refuse Daesungja candidate’s public interest request. But if I pushed a little back then, I think they would have told me the contents…… Ok?=
“The general guess is the content. It’s better to step back and get a little more reward, as you’ll get confirmation of what you’re almost certain of.”
Hwanin’s explanation made Anne’s expression strange.
= You didn’t even see the contents. But how?=
“The black magician’s room and the internal shape of the labyrinth, the flow of magical power, the state of the core, and the location of the core……. In addition, Archbishop Ronhas’ reaction and a little explanation would suffice as a sketch. All that remains is a little simulation to fit the hypotheses together.”
=…….=
I know Doryeong is a genius, but is it really possible to find out the contents of the black magic book with just that much?
Anne’s doubts stemmed from not knowing the exact efficacy of her illusion’s Enhanced Spirit Sight and Normal Spirit Sight.
The phase power and the flow of magical power showed and informed more than she thought.
Furthermore, for Hwanin, who mastered the core power and even learned the core core power technology book given by Adnebilla, the labyrinth is a mass of energy, and the core is like a core that handles such energy.
‘The black magician must have attempted to taint the core by pouring the energy of the black magic book into it. Of course, the caster’s abilities were poor, so he would have needed human bio-energy…….’
She is different A situation where her own body already contains enormous deep nuclear power.
Since he was accustomed to handling this core force, he was a Hwanin who thought that if he had a core to test, he might be able to change the labyrinth to his will.
‘For example, taking control of the core of the labyrinth and attempting to continuously secure core power.’
Anyway, I can’t try at this time.
After leaving Palatum, the next destination will be Merianol, and I can only hope that there will be a suitable labyrinth in the process.
Unable to guess what her visionary was thinking, Anne brushed aside her sensitive subject for once and looked back at her cathedral, she said.
= Well, anyway, she was going to return the light of the old world and request the light of her lighthouse as a spirit knight, but thanks to you, it’s nice not to have to. =
“As expected, take off her heavy armor plate and replace it with her light armor.”
= It’s good to be strong, but as my affinity with Rumo gradually increased, I felt that speed was more important. Especially these days, it’s more difficult to follow Seul Lee’s swordsmanship and moves. If you don’t combine with Lumo, you have to defend against the real dew?=
“Rumo’s characteristics are speed and firepower.”
Hwanin, who climbed onto Anne’s palm before she knew it and gazed at the twinkling light mass.
What I learned while watching Anne, who had her Lumo applied to her body, was that her spirits did not unconditionally increase her physical abilities evenly.
If her own spirit code is the first step in strengthening her overall physical abilities, the union of Anne and Lumo is the second step.
In the 2nd stage state where affinity and intimacy have increased after signing a contract, specialized statuses occur following overall body strengthening.
In Rumo’s case, strength and quickness.
=Even now, strength and agility are the same as when Do-ryeong gave an intermediate spirit command. If Rumo rises to mid-level spirits, she will be even stronger. I’m hoping that the light of her lighthouse will trigger that.”
“How many Light Spirit Stones are left?”
= About half of what I received from Doryeong. Rumo won’t eat more. I guess it’s because it’s still a low-level spirit.=
「~~.」
In the ball of light placed on her palm, I see the faint outline of a girl about nine years old smiling.
The way Anne grabs her outstretched finger and plays with her is definitely stronger than when she signed the contract for the first time.
At the time of her contract, she looked like a small girl, but now she is covered in light and hidden inside.
Hwanin remembered the first time he saw Rumo.
Prior to her contract, she was apparently a Hwanin who commanded Isilite to become a mid-level light spirit.
As for the characteristics of the middle-level spirits, they are about 12 years old and in the upper grades of elementary school. But for some reason, Rumo after the contract has become younger to the age of around 9, her lower level spirit.
In reality, it only showed the power of a low-class spirit, but Anne explained the reason for this.
It was because he was a pure spirit of nature, but when he made a contract with a person, the person’s takgi flowed in.
“…….”
As her phantom continued to look at her, Lu Mo, who rubbed her face with Anne’s fingers, quietly disappeared under her collar.
= Ah. Hide again ‘Cause I’m not a bad person Lumo~.=
Perhaps the reason Lu Mo keeps her distance from herself is because she still has memories of the time before she signed a contract with Anne.
Anyway, she gave Rumo her deep nuclear power to induce her evolution…… It would be premature.
I’ll have to wait for the light of the lighthouse I ordered to come on.
Upon returning home, Hwanin could see all of her female friends gathered.
=We are here~!=
= Honey, come on. Miss Anne is also welcome. =
=Have you been?=
= Yes. Hey everyone, can you guess how many faith points I got when I returned the black magic book?
= How much did you get? The shrine’s divinity score is famous for being salty.=
= Would you be surprised to hear? 2,500 points for returning the black magic book, plus 1,000 points and 3,500 points for the sword art!=
=Whoops!=
=I heard that my eldest brother who donated to the Beast God Church for over 10 years did not collect less than 500 points…… That’s awesome.=
= I heard that the black magic book was very dangerous. If it wasn’t for a poor black magician, but for an upper-middle class, the world would go wild…….=
= Oh…….=
While Anne was recounting her heroic stories against Yu Lepa, Baek Ryogang, and Ah Young, Hwanin handed over her half coat to Isilite, who approached her, and asked,
“You went quickly. Does she have a place to repair Red Rick?”
=Yes. Perhaps because I was showing off my aura, the head of the Blacksmith Guild came out and accepted the request.=
In a world where there is no Internet and no newspapers are widely spread, the speed at which people spread from mouth to mouth is beyond imagination.
The upper class of society would think of propagation through the crystal ball, but the middle class labor union, like the Blacksmith’s Guild, knew Isilite.
Hwanin went to sit among her female friends and listened to their conversation.
= So I ordered the light of her lighthouse as a spirit knight spec. It took about 5 days to arrive.=
= The light of the lighthouse? That’s the highest level of divine armor that’s close to relic level!=
= Huh? Uh. Ahyoung, do you know you very well? The fact that the divinity score is salty is probably information that only those who have worked directly will not know.=
=The Assassin of Karax was serious about gathering information. That’s not what’s important, is it that you can see the Divine Magician with your own eyes after 5 days? Looking forward to it~.=
= Yes? Ummm, anyway, things worked out on our side. How were you? =
Ah-yeong, whose eyes sparkled like her dream girl, looked back at Isilite with her face anew in admiration for her Anne’s question and said.
= Lee Sil’s older sister is famous here too. She accepted her sister’s weapon repair request when her sister joined the captain’s guild, and her guild leader came out with two feet!
= Are you? I went to see your weapon too.=
=If I want to pay attention to disarming the trap, the open finger type knuckle duster is more suitable, but there is nothing good here, so I just passed it on. If you want to find out what’s good, look for an auction house held every weekend, but I don’t know.=
At the mention of her being an auction house, Anne frowned slightly when she recalled her contest in Hellumen.
Baek Ryogang, unable to guess why she was doing this, tilted her head for a moment, then looked back at Yu Lepa and said,
= Yu Lepa also raised her profits enormously this time. She sold everything from simple accessories processed from jewels to life magic tools and general-purpose physical ability enhancement magic accessories to the Guild, but that was worth 1,500 gold coins. =
=1500 gold coins?!=
Was it because of this that the atmosphere was hot when I entered the house?
Hwanin asked Yu Lepa, who shrugged as Isilite accepted her taon coffee.
“Your profit has gone up.”
= You know the jewels that Doryeong handed over to you? It’s ambiguous to say that I earned it because it’s the profit that came from processing it. Anyway, here, I exchanged the sales proceeds and the 800 coins he handed over from Hraslind.=
Two sacks of gold coins being raised with a thud, thump, and a pocket the size of a fist much smaller than that.
When I opened the small pouch, there were 8 red and blue phase stones that seemed to be at level 6, shining brightly.
=About 1300 gold coins worth of level 6 phase stones for strength, vitality, stamina and phase power, and two pockets with 500 gold coins each. I didn’t have that much cash, so I replaced half of it with phase stones.=
Hwanin lifted the bag, which could easily weigh several tens of kilograms, and then lowered it.
“The finances of this mystic’s guild seem to be in good shape. If you take over thousands of units of products at once, it will usually be difficult to deal with.”
= Magic tools and magic tools do not have an expiration date. Also, like Lady Dew, it is known that I am a spirit knight under Emperor Seongje, so I think the head of the union bought it a little too much.
“Is that so.”
= Yes. I also warned that it is strictly forbidden to disgrace the name of our holy priest with items for sale, so I don’t think I’ll do anything like that.
= It seems that our names are well known. Even the knights of the church recognized us right away.=
= I’m a little embarrassed. The important thing is that he did everything.
While listening to the conversation between Anne and Yurpa, Hwanin remembered the Sky Exchange Meeting.
The mystic’s union is not a low-level union. Even in the upper classes, groups with one foot on one foot, if you remember them even in such a place, your name will be known even in the sky exchange meeting.
‘Then…….’
After thinking for a while, Hwanin pulled Yurpa by the shoulder and said, giving her a hug.
“I had a hard time trading.”
=Yes, ehehe.=
“Lastly, what happened to Ayoung’s equipment?”
= Huh? Oh, I didn’t have the right product, so I just measured my size today. A transaction that will take about two days to complete after ordering by express.=
Hwanin, who was about to start her training right away, told them what had happened in her cathedral, thinking that she should postpone it a little later.
And even her own rough core utilization conception.
A more important story than expected popped up, and Yurpa, who listened to the story until the end, tensed up, let go of her tension with a sigh.
=The manipulation of the labyrinth, it won’t be normal if this is known.=
= This is…… I can’t even guess what the aftershock will be like. Would you hate it so much? Or would it be welcome because it is useful for managing the labyrinth in the territory?
“Anyway, since we’ve done all the urgent work for today, let’s take a break until we hear from the Palatum Castle.”
Visiting the Sky Exchange Meeting and teaching Baekryegang and Ayeong’s magic tricks after visiting the royal castle, and gathering information on Palatum’s labyrinth should be carried out at any time.
=Doryeong, what if you don’t hear from the castle?=
To Anne’s question, Hwanin answered while enjoying the pungent aroma of roasted coffee beans and the slightly burnt scent of coffee.
“Looking at the attitude the Flavian envoy showed at that time, I don’t think that’s the case.”
Considering the representative of the envoy with three pairs of wings who showed a rational mindset, the Flavians will show one of two attitudes.
Using the 2nd Sky Knights’ sortie as an excuse to come and metaphorically press for an invitation, or openly send someone to invite them.
“The most likely would be the latter. If he does, it will be this afternoon or tomorrow morning.”
=It’s not long.=
“Okay. It would be better to prepare clothes to wear when visiting the castle, so everyone go out together. You don’t have to save money.”
=Really?! …… Huh? Don’t go to Dolyeong?=
“I have something made by Farghist, and you can go wearing Cheonreung. And since I will be very mentally exhausted when I enter the royal castle, I plan to rest my head in preparation for that time.”
Anne must have said it because she wanted to go shopping with her. However, Hwanin, who had experienced exhaustion every time she went out to look at clothes with her mother, thought it would be the same this time as well, and came up with a plausible excuse.
And that excuse worked very well.
= Indeed. It’s also important for Doryeong to rest……. Then, will Seuli stay?=
“You don’t have to. Because there is an emergency next to me and there is a welcome.”
= Yes… Ok.=
The women went out with sad but happy faces. It’s okay if he doesn’t go with you. He just needs to buy a lot of pretty clothes and show them to him.
=But since it’s the state, there must be a lot of pretty clothes, right?=
= There is a saying that the fashion for dresses started with Merianol and Palatum. While going to the mystic’s guild, I saw the location of the famous department store, so let’s go there.=
= OK! But dew, why do you keep pulling back?
=Me, I wouldn’t look like a dress.=
= You are talking nonsense. Don’t you want to show your pretty side to Doryeong? Don’t take it out, come quickly!=
= That’s right! It would be hard to find a dress that doesn’t suit her sister’s body!
=…….=
Girlfriends leaving the house chattering. When they disappear, the spacious house instantly becomes quiet.
In a calm atmosphere, Hwanin put out a chair in the garden and had a rest time combining sunbathing and forest bathing.
‘It’s been a while since I’ve been alone.’
To be precise, Hwan-yeon rides around the garden and sits next to the emergency road, but for Hwan-in, it is a time that is no different from being alone.
Is it similar to the freedom that married men feel when their wife goes to her parents’ house with her children after marriage?
Leaving idle thoughts behind, Hwanin emptied his mind and enjoyed the warm spring sunlight.
And that evening, Hwanin found out that it had come true as expected.
= Master. A person came from the liquid crystal tube in Cheonwanggung.=
An official from the department dedicated to delivering orders from the king and the royal family had come personally, accompanied by two secretaries.
