Chapter 127
127Seedling of Hwagunlar
"Outside, the left side is empty! Dig into that.!"
"Oh, I'm here, but what should I do here??"
"I need to hold on to my legs... Wouldn't it be?"
"What bullshit is that?──!?"
-Frozen!
-Attack power against giants increases by 20.0556%.
88 Hanhari remaining serfs. success
"Run fast! What I'm saying is that you should know how to avoid the club well.!"
"Argh! You son of a bitch!"
"Ugh, the bastard who just swore, I'm going to tear off the giant's cheek from now on.!"
-Attack power increases by 20.0934% against giants..
Kim Jae-hyuk, 32 remaining serfs. success.
"Ugh! I fall down!"
"Huh, huh... ! Uh, mom… I lived!"
-Attack power increases by 20.1432% against giants.
Han Su-ho's two remaining serfs. success.
It was Abi Gyu-hwan. To hunt the giant, the knight commander candidates put on a tearful butt show and pushed the serfs in..
The result was somehow successful for everyone. Finally, only Cheon So-yeon remains..
"The person in front of you died? I will take revenge on the person behind me.?"
"Uh, um……."
"Say I'm taking revenge."
"Ha, I will! Ouch! Sergey! I will take your revenge!"
"──It says."
[Tsk, now your soul is mine.]
[Multiple target designation. Strengthens by consuming souls.]
Cheon So-yeon strengthened the serf soldiers by acting as an intermediary for Ventasis, the god of revenge. Thanks to this, the serfs, who grew stronger by gnawing away at their souls, also inflicted effective blows on the giants..
Cheon So-yeon's 154 remaining serfs.
The giant was captured with the fewest sacrifices of 346 people..
"Hmm, good. It was great."
The serfs under Hari somehow upgraded their specs while receiving buffs from the two gods, and Jaehyuk embarrassed the giant with his aggressive management..
Guardian had a bad compatibility, and the buff of Ariana, the goddess of justice, did not have much effect on the evil serf soldiers..
"Soyeon Cheon. So that you can take on the position of knight commander."
"……yes."
Cheon So-yeon actively used her sacred power and the contracted gods..
If the slave in front falls behind, the slave in the back takes revenge for him. This was possible because Ventasis was an evil spirit with generous contract terms..
"Using his authority over serfs to broker multiple contracts. It was truly an effective decision.."
"……Did you do well??"
"That's right. It was an admirable part even for Jim.."
"……yes."
Soyeon blushed and smiled slightly..
"Han Hari, you were gifted and gave appropriate protection to the serfs, but you lacked boldness in your management. Serfs are consumables, so use them up generously for the purpose.."
"Umm… yes……."
After Hari, Jaehyuk was next..
"Kim Jae-hyuk, I was impressed by your bold moves for the first time. However, there were many useless parts in the order, which left the serfs confused.."
"Huh... There were a lot of mistakes."
"Well, that's how you learn. You're a mortal serf. You can keep asking for it in the future, so practice generously.."
-Dog, dog bastard…….
The surviving serfs were furious, but Leon didn't care. Why should you care what a pig grunts?.
"Suho Han."
"Yeah, yeah……."
Suho was close. Two remaining serfs. It would have failed if the giant had not collapsed from excessive bleeding..
"You just weren't a good match. The protection of light is not a suitable protection for using serfs.."
"Still sorry──"
"So I will entrust you with five hundred more serfs.!"
"……yes?"
Leon pats Suho on the shoulder and laughs brightly..
"In the past, Sir Gratas planned the Serf Challenge to efficiently reduce the number of rotten serfs. It was to deal with the surrounding monsters, strengthen security, and bury the poor serfs.."
"Yeah……."
"You have a knack for bringing serfs down to the abyss! Let’s move forward in the future!"
"……."
Suho thought.
Could this person actually be the devil??
* * * *
In the middle of Naju Plains.
In the middle of a vast golden field with the harvest season approaching, Leon was looking at a single sapling..
"It's not growing anymore."
What Leon is looking at is the ‘seedling’ that his old friend Gunlar, the Forest Sage, handed over to me.'.
Leon planted it to grow in the Naju plains, but it never grew..
Of course, I know that this seedling is not an easy seed to grow, but I never thought it would be like this..
[As expected, it is not easy to grow seedlings of tree men in a foreign land..]
The owner of the voice was Demera, the goddess of earth and abundance who resided in the crested doll..
She was able to communicate directly with Leon, but recently she seemed to enjoy inhabiting the crested doll like this. Since gods also have small hobbies, Leon took care of her convenience..
"Is it because the soil quality is poor??"
[That's not true. Because this is already where my blessing resides.]
"then……."
[The difference between this place and Lionheart is ultimately the difference in the sacred power that fills the world..]
The cult of the Pantheon is spreading throughout the world day by day. But compared to Lionheart, it is in no way comparable..
There is no way to compare the world where all people, except for cultists and devil followers, believed, and the new religion that is expanding with cult-like popularity..
"Hmm……."
Leon placed his palm on a seedling of Treeman Gunlar, which had grown to the level of a sapling. And the enormous power pouring down.
Then the seedlings began to grow. By absorbing Leon's sexual power, it grew to the point where it reached Leon's waist at once..
This alone is great growth, but…….
[It's not enough.]
"I don't think it's a problem of lack of power.."
[Yeah, maybe it's a matter of temperament.]
Demera continued talking while looking at the sapling with Leon..
[The Baby has a stronger sexual power than anyone else, but it is not pure. Baby holds the power of so many gods.]
"……."
[I don't know if I have a Holy Grail Knight... I guess that was left to chance..]
Demera recalled Geobrick's hammer. She is a hammer for the precious child she lost..
And the great power he left behind has yet to find a true successor. At least Koo Dae-seong received some recognition..
"I'll have to find a way to grow the seedlings. The most convenient thing is to return to paradise and find your friends.."
[Don't do that..]
Demera shook her head..
[It is never good for the living to stay in the world of the dead. No matter how strong you are.]
"I can endure it."
[Even if Castile asks to stay together for just one night?]
"……."
Leon fell silent when a familiar name was mentioned. Demera kept mentioning names..
[What if Jereah asks me to have a drink with him? Even if Gillingham wants to joust with you? Even if Loxley wants to finish a game he couldn't finish before he was alive,?]
Demera patted Leon with the crested doll's arm and spoke in a benevolent voice..
[My child, all the gods know of your transcendent will and nobility. But, as you are half god and half human, can you really overlook the memories that have taken up your life??]
Even a moment's hesitation and a moment's harmony are poison to the living. Demera knows that all of Leon's memories and joys were shared with those in paradise..
Friendship, love... Those who shared all those memories are buried in paradise..
[It might be brief at first. But the second time it will be a little longer. By the third time, you'll think you want to stay here more..]
Leon failed to refute Demera's guess..
[baby. Even though only you are allowed to enter paradise, this mother thinks it would be better to refrain from entering it unless it is absolutely necessary..]
"I will listen carefully to the words of my great mother.."
Leon could not abandon Demera's dissuasion, which was based on pure concern..
* * * *
On the way back, Leon ran into Beatrice, who happened to be out for a walk..
"Your Majesty, have you even gone for a walk??"
"Hmm, I've been looking at some saplings.."
"You seem to be checking it out often these days. What kind of power does it have that you are trying to increase??"
In response to Beatrice's question, Leon realized that he had never explained this seedling..
"This seedling is the seedling of Gunlar, Jim's old friend and forest sage. The wise men of the forest prepare the seedlings of the Saint Tree that will become the center of the forest throughout their lives.."
When I explained that this was the only way for the treemen, who are purely natural beings, to thrive, Beatrice tilted her head..
"Does your Majesty want your species to prosper in this land??"
"Yes, but the Saint Tree is also the cornerstone of the temple where Irmin, the god of forests and trees, descends.."
"The divinity of forests and trees... I've heard of it in doctrine, but I've never met it.."
As the priest of dreams and death, Beatrice met and greeted many gods with Yapi..
Among them, I have never encountered the divinity of forests and trees..
"Because he is the god for the forest races. Additionally, you can't wake up without the Saint Tree.."
In the world of Leon, there were deities called tribal gods. Among the gods, they only protect a narrow group of people, so they belong to the lower ranks of gods and have restrictions to that extent..
"This is also the reason why the evil spirits of those damned orcs and beasts could not enter the pantheon.."
However, that does not mean that their gods are weak. Right now, the orc gods boast the strongest power among the gods..
"Then, is there a reason to have Irmin come down??"
"There is. The moment He descends on this earth, a divinity that most demons will not be able to survive will bloom around this Korean peninsula.."
A country... No, it is a powerful divine force that can affect more than that.?
Beatrice, who knew the mechanism by which the powers of the gods work, had doubts..
"Wasn’t the power of the gods formed based on faith? Why is it only him... ah."
With her extraordinary brain, Beatrice immediately realized why Irmin was different from other gods..
"Race god… The mechanism of divinity is different from other gods.."
"The Saint Tree is a relay device that generates holy power on its own, like the lion heart implanted in Jim. Because it has the power to purify evil things, demons cannot approach the area around the Saint Tree.."
Indeed, if it is a seedling with that much power, it is definitely necessary to grow it..
Just Beatrice alone lost how many people and corrupted people due to sabotage by demons hiding in the city..
"If so, Your Majesty. I have one way."
Beatrice's Tomb.
It was to use the seedling itself as the coordinates of the gate..
* * * *
Beatrice's suggestion is as follows:.
By using the seedling itself as the coordinates of the gate, it jumps to the gate where the treemen are located..
I wondered if there would be a way to find out about the seedlings there..
"Please stack the magic stones over there. Please evacuate civilians within 300m.."
Magic stones piled up in the middle of the pantheon barracks. There are always enough magic stones in the pantheon to clear gates at all costs, including training..
Nevertheless, the amount of magic stones piled up like a mountain is enough to make the viewer sick of it..
"Your Majesty, could you place some seedlings in the middle??"
Leon brought the seedlings he had planted in the Naju Plain and placed them in the center of the magic circle..
A seedling that Gunlar left to himself. If I open the gate through this, will I be able to meet Gunlar again??
I was a little excited.
"Biche. Could you please open the gate??"
"I understand."
Beatrice opened the gate. The oscillating magic circle swallows up a mountain of magic stones and creates a crack in space..
-Quaaaaaaa!!
Magic stones disappearing every moment. The smoke-like energy of the magic stone further accelerates the cracking. It would be impossible to even cast a magic trick this big unless you were a magician as good as Beatrice..
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The gate that opened like that was ‘colorless’.
"colorless?"
"This is the first gate I've seen.!"
A gate with no colors different from the existing black, red, orange, and yellow. Even Leon felt threatened inside this gate..
"We need to approach this gate carefully.."
"Yes, I think it would be better to send only a few elites as a scout.."
Originally, I had planned to steadily attack the gate with the Knights and Men at Arms..
However, the enormous energy felt inside the gate required Leon to be cautious..
"This gate will be conducted first by reconnaissance with a small number of elites, including Jim. Have combatants below Kingdom Knight level stand by.."
Rather than attacking, the goal is reconnaissance, acquisition, and a quick retreat. Leon’s judgment is extremely rational..
"Then let's enter. Everyone please be careful.."
The elites of the pantheon enter one after another, with Leon at the head. That was the last time Yappy entered..
-bang!
Something bounced out of the gate with a loud noise..
"Pfft…!"
"your majesty?!"
The person who jumped out of the gate was none other than Leon..
[A duplicate person was found. Can't enter the gate.]
Inside the gate. It rejected Leon and released its vast sacred power..
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