Chapter 283 – Marks
《…Is there any reason to rush into the labyrinth.》
“I didn’t mean to rush it so quickly. But have you seen the followers of the Demon King?”
The story of the black magicians.
“Look… I saw it.”
《Demon king followers, they are plotting something inside the labyrinth.》
Whatever they decorated or not… I honestly didn’t care much.
“They are just like me. An ember that can be stopped with a glass of water may later spread to an out of control fire. I hope you take care of them before they do anything wrong.”
Terra seemed serious, but it didn’t really touch me.
“You can come and take care of it.”
“Didn’t I tell you a little while ago? I’m in a situation where I can’t incarnate right now.”
I don’t know what the situation is…
Aside from the lengthy talk, I didn’t want to ask.
《And wouldn’t you want to go back to your world as soon as possible. If you handle this task neatly, the request will be considered complete.”
“…What?”
“I can’t believe…You don’t know… ? Was this your first time accepting a request?”
Seeing my bewilderment, Tera tilted her head for a moment, then put on an expression of realization.
“Is that so… If it’s the first time, your behavior is a bit understandable. You seem to know the location of the return door, so I thought it wasn’t the first time… But you can only return if you fulfill the work I requested above a certain level.》
《…》
I can still go back…
…Couldn’t it be that I don’t know that I’m going back and forth between the original worlds?
Come to think of it… Maybe I don’t know.
The time I go back and forth between the worlds is almost as if it has stopped.
‘Is this the effect of the login skill?’
I thought it might be.
The login skill is an amazing skill that allows you to travel between dimensions.
However, since the usefulness of the sensibly felt inventory and physical strengthening was great, it was relatively non-existent.
The login skill is like the door to the secret room.
If there is no door, you can’t get out of the secret room.
I don’t feel grateful for that secret room door.
To be honest, I secretly thought that it was the most useless skill out of all the skills I had, but I have to reflect on it.
That said, I didn’t mean to actively improve my login skills.
Unfortunately, it has not changed that raising the login skill is the second priority.
《You won’t be that disappointed. The labyrinth here was created not long ago. If you move a little diligently, it won’t be that difficult to deal with the conspiracy of the demon king’s followers.”
Seeing me lost in thought, Tera seemed to have misunderstood something.
And, of course, I decided to hide from her the fact that I could return at will.
“…I roughly understood what the story was about. For now, send these fanatics back. You wouldn’t want me to annihilate your followers either.”
If I killed these paladins, Terra’s church members would almost have flocked like bees.
Then, in the end, I have two choices.
Or annihilate the coming tribe.
Or avoid a seat.
There are ways to cleanly give up on this world… But there are maids who only look at me, but I couldn’t do that.
《My communication with them is not as smooth as yours. It is difficult to give detailed explanations to them. As you should know… Smooth communication with a being like me has to be as much of a ‘class’ as you.》
I didn’t know.
But I got it.
It wasn’t long before I started talking to the beauties of the stars.
In other words, what Tera said is that smooth communication can only happen when you have the ability to match my level.
“So you can’t?”
The reason Terra was called was to get rid of these Paladins. There was no point in calling her and talking to her if she had no way.
Terra gave me a thoughtful expression for a moment, then she opened her mouth.
《Hmm… How about this method… Humans seem to like my symbol. I’ll carve you a mark It’s what humans call a stigma. If you show it to them, they won’t be hostile to you anymore.
The paladins don’t seem to back down.
He shows them the stigmata engraved by a being called a goddess.
It was a good way.
“I think it will be fine.”
《Choose the part you want. I’ll carve a mark on the part you want.”
However, I am somewhat reluctant to engrave a mark.
Actually, I didn’t like tattoos that much.
《Couldn’t it be…That it won’t be erased?》
“Do not worry. With your power, it won’t be difficult to erase.”
If you can erase it at any time, there is nothing to be afraid of.
I would like to do it in an inconspicuous area.
If so, it becomes a problem when you show it to these guys.
If it’s engraved somewhere like your butt…
You mean you have to show them your ass.
The back… Doesn’t seem to be.
I never want to do it on my face…
《Do it on the back of your hand.》
After the face, I chose the most comfortable place to show.
“I get it.”
《…》
A moment passed, but nothing happened.
《It’s absurd… You have to give ‘permission’ to engrave it.》
Terra frowned and scolded her.
I understood Terra’s words right away.
It’s like when I gave Liliana her blood.
My body basically rejects outside interference unless I ‘permit’ it.
Terra allowed me…
In other words, it is about having an open mind.
“Hmmmm… Okay. It’ll work now.”
As soon as I gave permission, a golden pattern was engraved on the back of my right hand.
A round circle and a small circle within it.
A pattern resembling a tree branch was engraved between the circles.
《With that mark, you can borrow my power to some extent.》
I felt a little different power from the mark, different from mine.
And I could understand right away how to use it and how to erase it if I wanted to.
Compared to the power I had, it wasn’t that great, and if I put my mind to it, it seemed like it wouldn’t be difficult to remove it from my body.
《And if you use the mark, you will be able to communicate with me more comfortably. Then, I’ll go. Unho, take care of the followers of the Demon King of the Labyrinth.”
Terra said that to me and she disappeared like a mirage.
Having finished her conversation with her, I also returned her heightened consciousness.
The stopped world moves.
The paladins trembled as if they would run at me at any moment.
“For a moment.”
At my words, they hesitated.
“What is it? Do you still have the heart to ask for forgiveness from the goddess?”
Judith said with a stern look.
It was absurd that he could still say such a thing to me.
“Look at this.”
I showed them the back of my right hand.
“Unbelievers.
Judith asked, frowning at my behavior.
The magic armor on the right hand part was scattered, and the golden pattern on the back of the hand began to appear.
The eyes of the paladins who saw the mark Terra had carved were fixed.
“…Uh?”
A dumbfounded sound came out of the mouth of one of the paladins.
The eyes of the paladins who were staring at the golden pattern on the back of their hands grew wide as if they were about to tear.
And shudder.
Judith might not have known it, but it was quite ugly for the men to tremble…
“Huh! Stand up, stigmata!!!”
“Three, Saint…!!”
-Everything!!
The Paladins knelt down to me almost at the same time.
It’s a stigma…
The effect of the mark Terra had carved was dead.
I took some of Terra’s power and created a special effect that gave off a soft golden glow from my stigmata.
“Ohh… Tera…”
The effect is outstanding.
The paladins who saw it immediately made faces that went crazy.
If it was Judith, I would have felt sick to my stomach at the hot gazes of the men.
Seeing the effect of the mark, I was worried about how to deal with these idiots.
I could quietly send it back like this, but…
For that, the shame of the past has gone too far.
“Kuhmm… Do you understand what you guys did?”
“Huh!! Ooh, what the hell are we doing to Saint!!!”
At my words, the paladin’s complexion turned pale.
“I’m sorry! It’s my fault! I’m going to kill myself!!!”
Judith drew her sword and tried to cut my own throat.
There was no hesitation in her actions.
Again, it wasn’t normal for me.
“Stop.”
Judith’s sword, which was about to decapitate her, stops immediately at my words.
“That…What are you doing?”
“The sin of pointing the sword at His Holiness! I tried to atone for it with death!”
“Huh… You’re going to atone for the sin of pointing a knife at me with your insignificant death? You’re not running away with death?”
“Huh! That, that’s… Sin, I’m sorry!!!”
-Thud.
Judith banged her head on the ground.
I arrogantly and leisurely moved her steps and gently stepped on her head with her fighting spirit.
A strong person like Judith has quite a strong ego. But she showed no will to rebel against her.
Looking at it this way, she is terrifying.
“What are you guys doing? The leader is banging his head.”
I said while looking at the other paladins.
“…Yes?”
They were paladins who showed foolishness in a rapidly changing situation.
“Didn’t you hear? Fuck the head.”
-Everything!!
Paladins who pierce their heads without hesitation.
These guys are also… Idiots.
It became like this because I only had one tattoo.
It’s ridiculous.
I don’t think Terra made it like this.
If you think about it…
Even in the original world, where no gods or noses were visible, there were pseudo-religious people who could not be understood.
Even more so, Terra is the present god to them.
If you think so, I can understand their attitude…
…It goes very slowly.
“Judith. Wake up.”
“Weather!!”
-Chuck!
Judith cried out and stood up like lightning and stood in front of me in an immobilized posture.
I got the card of absolute obedience.
And I was worried about how to deal with these outrageous things so that rumors would spread that I did well.
Judith’s eyes held on to the stigma carved into my hand as I stroked his chin.
