Chapter 154 – Chapter 154 ― Thank You (2)
Episode 154 ― Thank You (2)
“It is a specialty of the central square.”
Helen looked up at her goddess statue with her proud face.
The tall statue of the goddess, which seems to be a good 6 to 7 meters tall, gazes at the quiet plaza with a benevolent expression.
Roan looked into the eyes of the goddess made of white marble.
“Did Goddess really look like that?”
“…”
She hesitated, as if Helen had been taken aback by the unexpected question.
“The Goddess’ respect… I couldn’t see it because it was covered in light…”
Helen’s voice was subtly morose.
That’s a big deal.
It’s going to get darker in the future.
Roan comforted her Helen with her warm voice.
“Isn’t it the face of a holy goddess? It would be difficult for humans to dare to judge the face of her goddess like this or that.”
And Roan took out Fiora.
Relieved by her master’s comfort, Helen looked at his behavior and gave her a look that she couldn’t understand.
Roan bent his legs and body a little.
Like gathering strength.
The moment when the legs full of well-developed muscles are stretched out like a spring.
Roan’s body, which broke through the limits of humanoid life, soared into the air.
In an instant, his gaze met that of the goddess statue.
“Huh…”
Helen’s eyes widened.
She marveled, not realizing that she was making a sound that sounded stupid.
Until Roan decapitated the goddess statue.
“Heeheeeee—!”
Helen held her breath in shock.
A flat slash in the air with Fiora.
Black energy extended from the blade and split the statue of the goddess made of marble like tofu.
Into the middle of an unlit fountain, the goddess’ head fell with a thud.
Leaving only clean cut edges.
“Lord, master, master, why, why…”
Helen couldn’t get her words out in shock. It was a shocking sight she had never imagined in her life.
The statue of Goddess Laurecia in the plaza is the largest statue of the goddess in all of Merde, except for the temple of the Church of Laurecia.
One of the symbols of Sprouse.
A symbol of a benevolent goddess who cares for humans.
Such a goddess statue was beheaded.
Helen’s face contorted.
Helen, looking on the verge of tears, tried to speak her mind.
“Hey, Goddess, my, my hair… Oh my god…”
“Humans shouldn’t carelessly evaluate the face of the Goddess.”
“That, that, that, that…”
Helen was soon overcome with a sense of shame that her goddess statue’s head had been cut off because of her own answer. Eventually, her tears started to flow.
“Huh, uh, what should I do…”
However, Roan’s actions did not end there.
After a great landing, Roan walked towards his fallen head.
Although the area around the plaza is a shopping district,
Many shop owners live on the second floor.
A loud noise at dawn was enough to wake them up.
I could see lights coming on in three or four of the shops surrounding the plaza.
So, Roan immediately took the next stance.
Facing the face of the fallen goddess, face the right side of her body and stand at an angle.
As the hilt she held with both hands came into Roan’s arms, his right arm naturally supported the blade horizontally.
That posture with his sword tilted downward was something Helen was familiar with.
Posture for stabbing.
Anticipating what was to come, Helen opened her mouth, trembling all over her body.
She tried to shout out loud, but she couldn’t seem to get her voice out, only hoarse as if she had lost wind.
“Lord, Lord, Lord, Master, ah, no…”
“Sigh.”
And a short whistle.
As Roan’s body lowered,
The blade was sucked into the face of the goddess.
And what I heard was
Explosion.
The violent roar that rips the stillness of dawn is the sound of the goddess’ head being torn apart.
The round statue, nearly 1m in height, could not withstand the sword energy transmitted through her sword tip, and shattered into several pieces and fell at Roan’s feet.
“No!”
Helen’s death was drowned out by the roar.
Raising her holy power, Roan looked between the broken pieces of stone and picked something up. Already around the square began to brighten up with urgently turned on lights.
Roan took Helen’s hand, who was stunned.
“Let’s go.”
Funny enough, Helen, who couldn’t answer or move anything, started moving automatically at Roan’s words.
Roan started running, so Helen followed. But her head is pure white.
I could hear the other side of the plaza buzzing with screams and shouts.
Roan didn’t look back and continued to run, leading Helen, out of the vicinity of the plaza and heading east.
By the time Helen’s breath caught up to the tip of her chin, she could no longer run after him.
Finally Roan stopped.
“Looks like you’ve gone far enough.”
Roan let out a big breath and took out the ‘eyes’ of the goddess that he had roughly shoved into her pocket.
‘It was cumbersome.’
In the game, no one cares who breaks or blows the statue.
If he had come here during the day, he would not have been able to find the artifact. I must have been caught
Having witnessed her great blasphemy, Helen was still confused between her faith in her Master and her pity for the Statue of Goddess.
“Master… Sir, what the hell…”
Already her Helen’s face was a mess of her tears and snot. Roan smiled bitterly at her, took her handkerchief from her bosom and slowly wiped her Helen’s face.
“Helen said she met her goddess.”
“Yes…”
Helen answered with a whimper.
“Does she think the goddess will be angry that one of her idols was broken?”
Her Helen’s cries subsided.
Her current doctrine was already different from the will of the Goddess.
Then, is that luxurious statue of the goddess also in line with the will of the goddess?
Roan was well aware of Helen’s hesitation.
“Well… I don’t know…”
“I will ask for forgiveness myself.”
Roan’s power is closer to the will of her goddess than Helen’s.
Besides, to Helen, Roan is the absolute owner. She had never yet seen him wrong.
Her shock was only great because she had seen something so different from the common sense she had lived her whole life.
With her mind calmed down by her time, Helen recalled that her own master could not have done such a thing without her cause.
“But… Master, why did you suddenly do such a thing…”
Then, without saying a word, Roan showed what he was holding in his hand. A ring studded with black jewels like beads.
And there was a strangeness in Helen’s eyes.
“… Does it contain divine power… ?”
“Okay.”
Roan raised the ring and observed.
“It was the pupil of the sculpture. It was encased in stone. It is something with special powers.”
“How can you do this to the master…”
Asking her question, Helen shut her mouth as she saw Roan’s smiling face. Because he already explained it. His talented spy must have found out even this surprising fact.
Helen swallowed her admiration into herself.
Roan opened the menu and entered the equipment screen.
The ring held in the hand is not displayed as equipment.
I put it in my pocket and put it in my inventory while running, but I tried to move it to the equipment window, but it was not installed.
If it were a game, the moment the item dragged from the inventory was moved to the equipment window, the equipment would have been equipped to the player character in the actual game.
However, elements of that level are practically impossible to implement. As if the map function in the visible menu had disappeared.
‘Looks like I have to wear it myself.’
Roan put the ring on his finger.
Just in case, let’s put the ring on the index finger that would not fit at first glance.
The size of the ring, which seemed to barely fit on the pinky finger, has changed to fit the finger.
Along with that, the item description that appears in the equipment window.
[Accessories to wear: ‘Eyes of Goddess Laurecia’
Function: Divine Power +30 ]
Recalling the stats, there has been a change here as well.
[Iron-Blooded Demon King
True Name: Roan■■■■
Level: 547
Strength: 99 (Max)
Knowledge: 59
Wisdom: 92 (+30 Holy Power Bonus)
Skill: 99 (Max)
Health: 99 (Max)
Charm: 99 (Max)
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11 Skills 〈 View Details 〉 ]
Another trophy has been added to the beautiful stat window with traces of hard work.
A smile appeared on Roan’s face.
The limit of divine power that Roan can use is 92 based on his Wisdom level, but after wearing the ring and going through training, he can use 122 divine power to the maximum.
In this basic status window that I first learned here, I could only see stats and skills.
However, now, through the character window in the menu, you can even view the magical power and divine power values you have.
Ancient divine magic is magic that has never been informed in the game.
In the future, if you go through experiments with the character window open, you will be able to get more information.
“Is beautiful.”
To Helen’s admiration, Roan raised her head.
Helen’s smile was warm.
“Every time I passed by that statue, I felt like my heart was being filled. It was the power of these eyes. I feel the same presence.”
What she felt was right.
“I’m sorry to the people of Sprous, but it’s a pity that precious things are abandoned as they are. However, the fact that I broke the statue of the goddess is also heavy on my heart.”
Helen’s expression darkened.
She thought for a moment, then said Helen as if she had a good idea.
“In unavoidable circumstances, the church may damage or move statues. At such times, I make a new statue, even if it is a small one, and offer my prayers. If you do that, the goddess will forgive you.”
“Hmm…”
I’m worried that demon users or officials will be uncomfortable, but it seems like a pretty good idea.
It’ll be fine to try it out.
“Okay. After all, she was looking for a place to pray for Helen too, right?”
“Yes!”
Helen’s face lit up with joy.
No matter how much she left the church,
It was her faith in her Goddess that sustained her life, so even a small model of her would probably be a great comfort to her.
“Let’s try to get one when we get back.”
“Thank you!”
Helen, with a look on her face that, if she had a tail, would wag it eagerly, happily led her way.
In the meantime, Roan found a few familiar shops.
Guild buildings seen in the game.
And forge.
The door is closed, so I can’t see inside, so I leave behind my regret.
And Helen’s steps became heavier.
Similar to that which begins to fill the field of vision.
“You are almost there.”
Headquarters of the Church of Laurecia.
Temple of life.
The temple made of pure white marble revealed its grandeur.
Even though he was still looking at it from a distance, the majesty revealed between the buildings was comparable to the Imperial Castle of Basel.
Roan was also amazed at the overwhelming size of a modern building comparable to a famous concert hall or a huge art museum.
“Awesome.”
However, Helen’s answer was small.
“… Yes.”
The emotions felt in the voice are sadness and frustration.
Stop her steps,
Roan put her arms around Helen’s shoulders.
“Helen.”
“Yes.”
“Okay.”
“… Yes.”
“Now I am here.”
Hearing that, Helen smiled lightly.
As if brooding over Roan’s words, Helen answered after a while.
“Yes. I have a master.”
Relieved, she savored Roan’s body temperature and nodded her head as if she was fine now.
As Roan freed her, Helen slowly moved her steps down her alley.
“You said you were going to the yard of the orphanage. I will go through the back door.”
No matter how well Roan knew the geography of her area, she would not be as good as Helen.
Normally, the entrance to the temple and the courtyard, where lights would be turned on all night and someone was offering prayers, were dark and quiet.
Every time she moved, a high wall appeared and disappeared repeatedly between the alleys.
Following the narrow residential street surrounding the temple, Helen was heading for the back door.
I wonder if she walked like that for about ten minutes.
Helen stopped in an alley and pointed at a low fence she could see on the other side of the alley.
“There it is.”
The fence Helen pointed to looked so messy that it was hard to believe that it was a wall from the same temple.
