Chapter 319 – Chapter 319 ― When to Move (2)
Episode 319 ― Time to Move (2)
“You woke me up.”
The forest fairy, who rubbed her eyes for a moment, gently grabbed Roan’s hand as she stroked it.
“… I don’t think I’ve ever seen His Majesty asleep.”
“Is it?”
“It seems that not only me, but the other children as well.”
Roan didn’t respond, just gently brushed Aina’s hair.
After closing her eyes and savoring the touch for a while, I cleared her throat as if she had just woken up.
“Is it because of your worries?”
“Hmm.”
A forest fairy’s intuition is sharp.
An expressionless expression, no different from usual.
Even though the emperor with a slight smile slightly raised the corner of his mouth, he looked no different from any other night.
“Is that what you said last time? Putting divine power on the sword.”
“…”
How did you find out?
As Roan asks, she looks at Aina in her darkness, and she laughs under her breath.
“Isn’t that an important task recently? The cat sisters also came and consulted.”
“Count Bertellia?”
“Forest fairies are precious, so you must have thought they might be of some help.”
Aina who put those words into her own mouth changed her expression.
“Unfortunately, since I use different elemental magic than other people, I didn’t have much success.”
Not because it wasn’t helpful to the Count or Urtellia, but because it wasn’t helpful to Roan.
Aina made her face bitter with her.
Only then did Roan guess what they were discussing.
She said, “I heard that she rotates my training videos with the magic orb. Count Bertellia said. How about asking not only Helen, who uses divine power, but also elemental magic users.”
The reason was simple.
For magic that uses the power of water or wind, it is not easy to contain magic in a fixed form.
The nature of the two is not to be fixed to anything, but to constantly change form.
So, in order to increase the killing power, magicians who use two elemental magics go through transformations such as speeding up or gathering forms into one point to maximize power.
Holy power is basically the power to save life.
A sword that cuts through something is incompatible with an object that stores power in one point.
Rather, it is more suitable for something bulky and heavy like a shield.
Paladins did not use blunt weapons like maces for nothing. This is because the characteristics of the weapon are more appropriate to combine with divine power.
In the meantime, Helen, who chose a sword as her main weapon, was unusual, but in her case, it was a possible option because she had overwhelming divine power.
It is proof that he is relaxed enough to accept the loss of his holy power.
“Wind and water move, but the power of fire I use knows how to stay in one place. After all, I couldn’t answer the count’s questions.”
“Okay.”
Roan responded softly.
“Because it’s a problem that Jim needs to realize.”
As if appreciating Roan’s voice, Aina continued her words with her eyes closed.
“When Ernear first said yes, she was really surprised. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t vigilant… I think that’s a good idea now.”
“Are you talking about the magic ball screening?”
“It is preparing for the future. It’s a bit strange to say that.”
Aina gave a small chuckle.
The ‘Magic Ball Screening’ is a meeting where Roan’s training is recorded with a magic ball, and his women gather together to discuss tactics and techniques to improve.
Roan couldn’t speak when he first heard about it.
No matter how much the emperor stood in front of others, he was ashamed of the feeling of disintegration.
But Aina withdrew her laugh and said seriously.
“I know that Your Majesty has something great on his back. Even if you don’t know everything I know we weren’t enough to bear it together.”
Roan didn’t say that they met death in the last episode.
However, most of them, including Aina, seemed to have guessed.
At that time, they guessed that if they were alive, they couldn’t have left my death unattended. Unless, of course, they didn’t have any problems with themselves.
Did the unity of Elenir and others come from that premise?
“Anyway, we found something in common. That we all want to be of help to His Majesty.”
Besides the fact that the enemy is in the human royal family
Those who found out various information began their own preparation.
Those who wield a sword think about a comfortable swordsmanship rather than putting divine power into it,
The wizards discussed magic that would be advantageous for defending the imperial castle or for taking the first strike in a human country.
There were also those who contemplated a political approach that would captivate people’s hearts and break the system and shake their footing.
Either way, Roan couldn’t do it all alone.
Even if Roan took on one of them, there was no guarantee that they would achieve the same results.
Because they each have their own specialty.
That’s why pride and jealousy are put down, and that outstanding ability is used only for one purpose.
For Roan, for the emperor of the demons.
“His Majesty once gave me a sharp blow. Protect Grünent. We can no longer be together…”
Grünent now does his job at Merde. When a forest fairy is nearby, it stands out. Her job of protecting her has been largely left to Helen.
“Because there are more important things than that.”
Aina moved her body and rested her head on Roan’s thigh.
The body temperature transmitted from the touching body tickled one side of Roan’s heart.
Affection felt. Thanks for that.
It is something that cannot be expressed with a simple number called ‘likeability level’.
The emotions emanating from Roan were put into his voice.
“Thanks.”
**
Before the short summer came to Evirzio.
Roan moved quickly.
Going around the four great estates of Evirgio,
In addition to that, to the various cities of Merde, the country of humans.
‘To think a demon could walk like this inside Merde.’
It was to activate the waypoint inside Merde, the country of humans.
After Erennier’s attack, Roan focused on several things.
Penetration into the human world through the Church of Life and Grunent.
Improved stats for himself, Anmut, and his companions.
And the last one was a move to reduce the power of ‘greed’ in advance.
‘He doesn’t know, I know. I have to use it more actively this time.’
Through one death, I was able to discover the path through which ‘greed’ gains strength.
Small gaps connected to the world Roan was originally in. Or, traces of human contracts with ‘greed’ that still remain on the Moira continent.
Eliminating them naturally reduces the power that ‘greed’ gathers.
Unlocking the waypoint is a prerequisite for him.
“They moved diligently.”
Laughter hidden in the halo of light.
What Goddess Laurecia praised was Roan’s tireless efforts.
Kind words contain an unapproachable dignity.
Roan could see that the goddess was proud of him. The feeling of the goddess passed on filled a corner of Roan’s heart with pride.
But it hurt Roan that he couldn’t just accept that word willingly.
It was because of the difference in power that had changed so much from when he first met the goddess.
“I wonder if I asked for an excessive blessing.”
When Roan carefully opened her mouth, the goddess was silent for a moment. For humans, it’s a gesture similar to opening your eyes in a circle.
And then the light shone.
It is the smile of a goddess.
“Are you worried about God?”
There was no anger in her words.
Gentle words stroked Roan’s back.
But Roan didn’t think this worry was excessive.
Goddess Laurecia’s light was noticeably diminished. How dare a mortal worry about the future of a god.
The pressure and sacredness Roan felt when he first encountered the goddess had not disappeared, but
The brightness of the light that covered her figure seemed more precarious than before. In addition, her presence, which was hidden behind her light, faded along with the light.
“I just gave you back the power you gave me. It’s a return. It doesn’t take much effort to go back. That is what all life deserves.”
“However…”
Roan, who tried to follow her, shut her mouth.
No matter how weak he is, God is God. It was maddening to think how insignificant her own concerns would be to her.
And it was also because the words of the goddess touched me.
“What I did… Were you helpful to the goddess?”
The goddess smiled. It felt like that.
“It is true.”
These were the things Roan had done so far.
After completing Erenia’s attack, Roan entered the second round and met the goddess for the first time.
What Roan asked for when she met her was a blessing.
It was a blessing for safe travel and movement that the Goddess used to bestow on warriors riding the paladin tree in the game.
Thanks to this, Roan was able to move from Sprouse to various parts of Merde, activate waypoints, and arrive at the place where the artifact of ‘greed’ was hidden before Schlaner’s hand reached it.
Fortunately, the starting point of the waypoint was in Spross, close to the middle of Merde, and in preparation for moving Merde, the Imperial Castle in Basel had prepared war horses.
I don’t stop in the city and stay at the inn,
It was literally just running like crazy for days, not deliberately using the main road for safety.
When you reach the artifact’s location, activate the nearest waypoint nearby, then locate and destroy the artifact.
In this process, there were cases where Aina, a forest fairy, and other demon knights secretly joined.
It was easy for allies to join once the waypoint was activated.
There are already three relics found like that.
It was already three of the five artifacts that Roan had peeped through ‘Greed’.
And to her surprise, the Goddess said that the activation of her waypoint gives her back her powers.
“They were like thorns to me. I had to keep working little by little to keep it out of the world.”
The buff that was the perks of the 2nd playthrough, ‘Keep in the field’. A buff that made it possible to grasp information about artifacts and respond more effectively.
Thanks to this, Roan was able to quickly destroy the artifact.
“With that in mind, giving you a little help is only part of your regained power. Don’t worry.”
Roan knew the effects of the goddess’ blessing through her game.
A blessing from the goddess that increases the level of invisible luck. It reduces the chance of getting into an accident on rough roads and slows down the weariness of horses.
That’s why Roan tried to ask for help from the Goddess with a bit of a shameless attitude, but without much pressure…
The appearance of the goddess whom she met a week after entering the second episode was very different from what Roan thought.
Extinguished,
In the breathtaking light, like the starlight that Roan first summoned, the goddess bestowed her blessing on Roan.
Because of that, Roan couldn’t help but worry about her even now, when her goddess light had improved a little.
“So, do you need a blessing again today?”
The goddess asked in a benevolent voice.
Hearing that, Roan’s expression changed instantly.
Her worry disappeared from her face, and a sense of determination remained.
If you look at it differently, she could have seen it as a determination to get what she wanted.
“There are things we need more than blessings.”
