Chapter 100 – Episode 100 ― Duplicates (2)
Episode 100 ― Duplicity (2)
Suddenly, someone from outside the carriage knocked on the carriage urgently.
“… Helen! The shield is off!”
“… Sorry!”
Lauca and Roan’s eyes met as Helen hurriedly cast her protection spell again. But Roan said calmly.
“At first we thought it was just a stone. Like the ruins, if you don’t see them activating, it seems that others won’t be able to see them properly.”
Lauca tried to say something, but Roan gently dissuaded him.
“Rest now. You can go back and check. You couldn’t even sleep properly.”
After hearing Roan’s words, Helen urged Lauca to sleep with her. Lauca nodded her helplessly and leaned her eyes on Helen’s shoulder.
While staring at Lauca, Roan suddenly thought of the skill he had acquired from Lauca.
[ − — [Race Compensation Lv1]
Seeing (Seeing) Lv4]
Roan involuntarily opened his eyes wide and almost made a noise.
When he suddenly felt a strong emotional expression, the demon king’s shell reacted and hid his excitement.
Roan looked at his skill window, capturing his emotional expression to the point of wiggling between his eyebrows.
Level 4 skill!
The highest skill level that can be obtained from a heroine character is 3.
If you mobilize hidden artifacts, raising them to level 4 or 5 was the limit.
As long as it is impossible to grow because it is obtained from the heroine — this may be a side effect of replicating the ‘degraded version’ skill – from the beginning, a high-level skill is just as valuable.
Firmly suppressing the urge to smile single-single involuntarily, Roan studied the detailed explanation.
‘It’s racial compensation.’
Since Lauca is a forest fairy, it must have been a level 4 skill.
[Pierces the target’s true intentions and reads lies.
Every product of life has an intention
Actions, eyes, words and sounds, and even the traces they create
This is the power to see through the caster’s five senses the truth contained in it.
Taking into account the characteristics of the race, the ability has risen by one level
If the caster can handle it, the original power can be exerted]
Finally, a smile appeared on Roan’s face.
While playing the game, I once obtained a skill with racial compensation from a beast character. However, the +1 level given by that racial reward was not utilized by the warrior.
The skill he acquired at that time was a skill that used the physical characteristics of a beastman.
The hero character used by the player is a human. Since he was not a beast, his stats and body structure were different, so he could not take over and use the racial compensation.
However, being able to inherit and use the racial rewards of forest fairies…
‘Thank you (former) Demon King.’
It must be because this body’s physical abilities are developed to the point where it can’t be defeated by forest fairies.
It could be thanks to skills that sensitively grasp external stimuli, such as ‘detection’, ‘listening’, and ‘politics’.
‘Oh my god! Should I look for other NPC characters?’
If you can acquire such a high skill even if you are not the target of a quest for capture,
It would be one way to find out who has achieved great achievements in a specific field and see if it is possible to apply favorability.
‘… Then I wonder if he will become a color demon.’
Roan held the accusation alone.
It might be a little difficult to get the name of the color horse.
But the reward is too sweet.
I’ve gotten a level 3 insight when playing a hero. That alone is almost at the level of a human lie detector.
It’s very easy to spot words and actions mixed with lies (unless you believe the other person is the truth), and even poison mixed with alcohol can smell strange.
If it’s level 4, it’s even stronger than that.
Helen, noticing the change in Roan’s complexion, tried to ask her something, but she shut her mouth at the emperor’s thoughtful look.
Seeing that, Roan gave Helen a simple instruction.
“Helen.”
“Yes. Master.”
“Tell me a lie.”
At the owner’s unexpected request, Helen put on a slightly dazed expression.
“… Yes?”
But her hesitation is not long.
Because it’s the master’s order.
“I want to go back to Merde.”
Roan’s vision, which had been focusing her powers on Helen, turned bright red. Small concentric circles spread bright red around Helen’s lips.
It’s clearly visible, but not so much that it obstructs your vision too much.
In the game, the dialogue was written anyway, so the phrase [False] Came out.
“Hmm…”
Does Lauca see it this way when someone tells a lie?
If you have such a strong visual, you can’t help but be wary of others.
While Roan was thinking that he should go back and check the details of the more complicated situation. Before he knew it, he was getting closer to Zeno Castle.
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“Your majesty. Are you back?”
Deep anxiety was felt in the calm Seohyeolryeongju’s voice.
Dae Young-joo was acting calm.
However, his feelings cannot be hidden from Roan.
He owes a heartfelt debt to the former emperor and to Roan. His anxiety must have been great.
As proof of that, the West Blood Lord greeted Roan while standing outside the castle in this cold winter. I didn’t know when the wagon would return.
The bewilderment of the West Blood Lord and the knights who do not know what to do with him can be seen.
“Grandee. I didn’t have to be out here.”
“How can God be at ease when His Majesty is going through hardships?”
“My situation won’t change just because you get cold wind.”
Roan’s words are blunt but full of warmth.
The moved eyes of the great lord became burdensome.
“I am stronger than you. I don’t have trouble with this kind of weather..”
“I believe in Your Majesty’s strength, but it is also true that people die when they are hungry. Please understand God’s excessive concern.”
“Your Majesty!”
Before Roan could even turn his head,
Something light and soft came rushing into Roan’s body at full speed.
It was Grunent, covered in tears and snot.
“Your Majesty, are you alright… ! Whoa… !”
It seems that her recent past just keeps making her cry.
“Grünent. I was worried.”
“Of course, hehe, of course, isn’t it! Really! Now that I’m like this, can I send Your Majesty alone!”
Seeing Grünent nagging at her while she cried, Roan laughed bitterly.
Grünent’s anxiety, which had to wait in a strange land surrounded by demons and not knowing news of Roan, was conveyed without hesitation.
Roan hugged her and comforted her.
“Sorry. We’ll talk about it later, so would you like to go up and take care of Lauca?”
Grünent sniffed at her and nodded her head.
After sending Helen and Lauca.
Roan was able to start a full-fledged conversation with the West Blood Lord.
The Grand Duke asked a small question first.
“Did you achieve your goal?”
A faint smile appeared on Roan’s face.
“Hmm. I got it.”
A hint of joy appeared on the high lord’s blunt and steadfast face.
“That is good news.”
The two headed to the lord’s office.
As soon as he sat down at the seat of honor recommended by the Grand Duke, Roan held out a piece of ore to the Duke and showed it to him.
“This is it.”
Seohyeollord looked at what looked like a stone with a wary eye. It was thanks to having heard in advance Roan’s words that it was an object that sucks mana.
It was a bit comical to see the giant centaur peering into the pebble-sized ore in Roan’s palm, but his face was very serious.
Roan asked.
“How does it look? In your eyes.”
The Grand Duke showed a puzzled expression.
“What do you mean?”
“I think it looks different for different people.”
“… Yes?”
“It looks like a clear crystal to me. A faint purple and blue light mixed together.”
“… Whoa…”
He leaned his upper body in a high place and examined the decision more carefully.
“So it looks like the surface is smooth.”
The lord’s words continued.
“It’s black, but it’s shiny.”
He twitched and withdrew his fingers several times as if he wanted to touch them.
“Is it because of this strange magical energy coming out of here that your Majesty told me not to touch it?”
“Yes.”
Roan focused on the flow of magic power coming from the crystal in his hand.
Roan’s magic perception isn’t great. He doesn’t have the skills for a mage, and he doesn’t have a high level of knowledge.
So what Roan can vaguely feel is
The fact that this crystal contains excessive power compared to its size,
It was to the point that his own magic power was being sucked into the crystal.
The brow of the Seohyeol Ryeongju was deeply frowned.
“It’s like… It’s like a bomb.”
“Hmm.”
“I know that great power is gathered within this. It looks like it will explode on impact. I received a report that there were magical vibrations, but I think it would be enough if there were these.”
The West Blood Lord asked Roan.
“You mean this contains the power that nurtured the Dark Forest?”
“Yes.”
Roan swallowed the word ‘in theory’ to himself. The high lord lifted him up and crossed his arms.
“You will need an experiment. Are you planning to visit the cave again?”
“Hmm. If further corrections are needed.”
“I mean correction.”
A hint of perplexity appeared on Seohyeol Ryeongju’s hard face.
“It’s different depending on who sees it, so there’s no way that each stone was enchanted. An ancient mystical power… It just can’t be explained. Your majesty.”
“Hmm. Don’t show me.”
Roan quietly lit up the ‘starlight’.
Roan decided not to hide the ‘starlight’ from those he could trust.
In order to actively use ancient divine magic, you should know that you can use divine magic.
Anyway, the West Blood Lord opened her eyes wide.
The magic that the demon king performed was the first time he had seen it in his life, even as he had thick bones on the battlefield.
His fists clenched tightly at the strange feeling that followed. It was a similar reaction to when the old Owl Bear librarian received Roan’s ‘Star Blessing’.
And the high lord soon forgot that he had even clenched his fist.
His gaze was fixed on the crystal shining brightly on Roan’s palm.
“This… Crab…”
“Okay. That’s how he reacted to me.”
As the ‘starlight’ faded, the light of the ore also became quiet and dark.
A pitiful light appeared in the eyes of the lord and then disappeared. And the place was filled with wonder.
“… It is as you said. Your majesty.”
Dae Young-joo was amazed.
“It looks like crystal to me now. How could something like this…”
“Hmm.”
Roan rested his chin on one side.
“It seems that the other person who saw the scene reacting to me continued to see it that way.”
It’s a feature that doesn’t exist in the game.
If you use this, it seems that it can be used in many directions other than the purpose of extracting the power of the ‘Dark Forest Seed’.
Whether it’s to control the wizard’s magic,
If necessary, it seems that it can be used in a vicious way to make the enemy’s magic go wild,
You can also use it as a mark that you leave only for the people you planted.
It’s a safe item for Helen with her divine power, so I’ll have to experiment with her on how to handle this…
Another to-do list added to Roan’s list.
“Are you going to study how to use this from now on?”
“Yes.”
“Anyway, if you don’t see it responding to His Majesty’s power, you won’t even notice its existence. As much as it is difficult to collect them with soldiers, the fear of being disturbed by the forest fairies will also decrease. The beat is clear.”
The Seohyeol Lord seemed a little relieved.
