A hero becomes an obsessed villain - Episode 249
ep.252
"It's here?"
[yes. you're right.]
After receiving the call from Ego Stick, the next day.
She fell asleep with an emotion that she didn't know if it was tension or something else, and woke up to a call from him in the morning..
So she put on her hero suit and came to this ruin-like place as he called her..
"...So, there's a villain in this basement.?"
[yes. A very scary guy at that too..]
Starthers touched his ears without realizing it, listening to his words ringing in his ears..
A situation where the ego sticks are talking to each other through this device, which resembles wireless earphones, provided with a communicator..
What he wanted, so egoistic, was to deal with the villain hiding underground..
[To be exact, it's more of a murder weapon than a villain... Anyway, you'll know when you see it for yourself..]
That's how he explained it.
He said it was too powerful for him to handle on his own, so he needed Stardust's help..
...Isn’t it too much to do with those Egostream colleagues? Starders thought so..
"okay. So where is the exact location??"
[You're almost there. More than anywhere... Yes, that's about it..]
A ruin not in Seoul, but somewhere in Gyeonggi-do.
It was clearly supposed to be a forest in terms of location, but perhaps because the villain went on a rampage and burned everything, it was now as devastated as a desert. There's so much sand everywhere that it really looks like a desert..
[It's like this... There will be a magic circle nearby. Do you see?]
"magic circle?"
[yes. I marked it in advance..]
"wait for a sec..."
As she muttered that, she soon discovered a purple magic circle drawn in front of a huge yellow rock on one side of the ruins..
"I found it."
[Yes, good job. Now, kick that rock as hard as you can with your fist..]
"Rocks? ...okay. wait and see."
After taking a moment to breathe, she did as he said and hit the rock with her fist..
OK.
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
"...?!"
I only hit a rock, but there was a huge roar and a shock wave as if the ground had exploded. At that time, she panicked..
"what..?"
With the feeling of something, invisible glass breaking..
Behind the rock that had been shattered into pieces, a tunnel-like passage appeared..
"This is it?"
[Yes, that's right. There must be him in here..]
"...okay."
So she took a deep breath before going in there..
When she first got the call from Ego Stick, she was a little emotional, but she was a professional..
When she heard that there was a villain here threatening people, she remained calm ever since..
Because she was always cool-headed when dealing with enemies..
As she was calming down before going inside, Ego Stick's voice suddenly reached her ears..
[...Aren't you worried??]
"what?"
[...I am the villain, and you are the hero. Could this be a trap I have prepared to deal with you? You don't even know where this is or what you're doing..]
Just before she went underground, he said that in a scary way..
...But rather, the words read more like advice and concern..
Stadus laughed and said to Egostick..
"...If you were going to deal with me, you would have done it a long time ago when you had plenty of chances. Now you say that?"
[still...]
"I trust you."
she said so clearly.
okay. She's egoistic, doesn't she trust him? How many times has he saved his life so far? The moment she's in trouble, she always comes running, grinning, saying she's okay now, and she's waiting for him to save her.?
She didn't worry about that at all.
When he said he believed, his voice paused for a moment..
Just before she went in, he opened his mouth again in a worried tone..
[...That being said, you don't believe other villains like this either, do you? Most villains are evil. Almost everything they say is a deception or trap. You know that you shouldn't go in just because someone tells you where to go.?]
Apparently, he thinks she trusts other villains so much and follows them..
...Could it be so?.
She is also a hero who has gone through many hardships before birth, and she is a professional who is suspicious and wary of anything a villain says..
but.
So she smiled.
Egostick, stop listening. As if whispering into my ear.
"It's not the same for other things.."
"Ego stick, because it’s you. I'm going to believe it and go in.."
okay?
[......]
He closed his mouth as if speechless by her words..
And when I heard his silence, I chuckled..
Stardus moved into the underground without hesitation..
***
"and..."
Inside the basement.
How long did I walk through the dark tunnel?.
White marble began to appear around her, and before she knew it, she had entered an open room large enough to fit dozens of people..
To be exact, there is a place that looks like a temple..
"...Where is here?"
This place looks like an ancient ruin.
In an underground temple buried in the ground and fading as time has passed, yellow lanterns glow softly, illuminating unidentifiable symbols and figures drawn on the walls..
She said that in an embarrassed voice.
[This is a temple. To be exact, it can be called the Temple of the Sun..]
"Temple? wait for a sec..."
She muttered that and looked around..
It certainly looked like a temple. There were objects that could be used for ancestral rites scattered around, and there were geometric drawings drawn on them..
However, this place, which looked as if it had been abandoned for a long time and buried under ocher-colored sand, was too big..
On the outside, it looks as if it has been eroded for over 1,000 years. To be exact, it was closer to Egyptian or European style than Korean style..
"...How has a ruin of this size not been discovered yet??"
She muttered like that.
And Ego Stick must have been listening to that through the communicator and answered as if it was obvious..
[As you saw earlier, it was still blocked by a barrier..]
The person who answers as if it were obvious.
...Why on earth is a fenced-off ancient temple buried beneath the ground? And suddenly to Korea. How did he know this?.
Of course, she didn't think he would give an answer if she asked that question, but she decided to move forward..
"So where on earth am I??"
As she walked between the ocher-colored temples, she grumbled and asked that question. Can you tell me what you are doing?.
Then, surprisingly, Ego Stick responded obediently..
[This is the temple of the ancient sun god. To be exact, it is his own temple that the sun god had arranged in advance. It must have been created a long time ago, around the time when supernatural abilities first began to appear in this world..]
He talks as if he's telling an old story.
But Stadus didn't really understand what he was talking about. Sun god? Ability? What myth are you talking about?.
[Well, it doesn't matter to you, Starlight. For now, all you need to know is that the guy under this temple of the sun god is a bad guy..]
knight of god.
-, Egostick explained..
A weapon of solar light that has been in existence since ancient times and operates solely for destruction. A disaster that will burn the Republic of Korea when it wakes up one day and will be difficult to eradicate if it is not now..
"...Anyway, all you have to do is take this guy down.?"
She asked, holding her head in confusion..
...Since I am the sun god, there were many things I wanted to ask, such as why there are strange ruins in Korea and why there are murder weapons under there. I really wanted to ask, how on earth does he know all this?.
First, she decided to think after defeating the threat that was currently in front of her..
I don't know what it is, but since he, the ego-stick, warned us this much, there must be something..
So she calmly walked down these strange ruins..
Meanwhile, Egostick was continuing his explanation in preparation for the upcoming battle..
[Mr. Starders, try tapping the in-ear communicator in your ear..]
"this?"
Following his instructions, she tapped the round earphones in her ears with her hand..
OK.
"...?"
Suddenly, something like holographic glasses appeared centered around the communicator, floating in front of her eyes..
Holographic glass that looks like something you would see in a science fiction movie.
As she passed through the hologram, something began to float around in her field of vision..
[That's it... Now, this is the next-generation hero assistant device I created. The field of view is somewhat wider, and as soon as you are attacked from the right, a red light flashes on the right side like in the game, and the enemy target is designed to appear automatically..]
As a bonus, your perspective is shared with me..
-He added that.
"...It's fascinating. But this is absolutely necessary?"
She was watching with interest, clenching and opening her fist in front of her, and when she said that, Ego Stick said it as if it was obvious, as if he could be seen nodding his head..
[yes. Mr. Starders. The enemy you will now face is not an easy one. If you don't know the exact strategy and its attack pattern, you can never defeat it..]
[So, this time you will have to follow my advice. I will give you instructions and let you know. Where to hit and how to avoid.]
He says that in a serious voice.
After hearing that voice, she realized. This is a very important matter to him..
...Also, worries about yourself are also mixed in..
That's why Stadus had no choice but to nod his head and answer as if telling him not to worry..
"okay. I'll do as you say. So what should I do??"
[yes. soon...]
So she discussed the strategy and walked down the stairs to the very end of the ruins..
At the end, I was able to pass through a huge ocher-colored door with strange characters and incantations engraved on it..
"...This is it."
A huge, cathedral-like place that could accommodate hundreds of people..
The stained glass on the walls emit a strange light that cannot be found underground, softly illuminating the place..
[...As expected, there is one, God’s knight..]
In the middle, in a large coffin-like place.
'.....'
Something that looks like a huge paladin wearing heavy silver armor..
He lay quietly inside with his hands crossed..
"...What should I do now??"
When she saw that, she put her ear to Egostick's ear and asked him in a low whisper..
He answered calmly, as if it were obvious..
[Once you hit it, it will wake up. Hit it with all your might.]
-Isn’t it a surefire win?.
"....."
Is this okay??
She thought for a moment as she looked at the paladin lying still and quietly, but soon made up her mind and clenched her fists..
...Yeah, whatever. If you hit something, it will react..
So Starthers raised his fist..
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