I Became God of War's Youngest Disciple - Episode 288
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The shape of the giant eyes was bizarre..
Not only did it have eyes, but disgusting chunks of flesh and veins were tangled around them, spreading all the way to the wall and sticking to them.…….
To me, it looked like a spider standing in the center of a stretched out web looking down..
The eyes that showed off such an overwhelming presence left as suddenly as they appeared..
“……!”
Immediately after, the music that felt like it was constricting my whole body, the tinnitus, and the pain in my brain disappeared, but we couldn't move for a while..
“…….”
How much time has passed.
As my hearing returned to normal, I could faintly hear the sound of a duel in the distance..
The sound of metal clashing, screaming, crying... Even though the corps commander appeared, they were still fighting like slaves..
Is it the opposite??
Because they have confirmed the manifestation of that existence, they may be fighting more desperately..
“…It's a successful advent.”
It was Verita who spoke first..
It's a bit surprising that this woman's voice doesn't waver even at times like this..
Of course, it may not be surprising that Verita, a church member, maintains her composure upon seeing the corps commander.…….
I know.
Church members don’t necessarily know everything about the devil..
Didn't even Juan, the priest right now, face different deaths from the two demon kings he worshiped??
Maybe that's why I felt differently about this guy now..
I just thought that the person named Verita might be strong..
“Successful? Surely this doesn't mean that the commander was summoned in perfect form??”
“Not really. Usually, what determines the success of a demonic descent is how much power it has. If you have more than half the strength, it is considered success, and if it is less than that, it is considered failure..”
“half…….”
So does that mean that the overwhelming presence just now is only half of the power of the main body?.
Should I see this as good news??
I suddenly felt dizzy.
If you think about it, it might be natural..
Corps commander Kajitta seen in the secret world…….
I risked my life even in the battle with the devil, who had only crumbs of power compared to my true self..
“What is the power of half a corps commander??”
Verita thought for a moment, spread one finger, and then pressed it down..
“like this…….”
“…….”
“…You will be able to crush B-rank or lower heroes to death as easily as pressing your finger..”
Araksad, who was listening in silence, said.
“ramon.”
“yes.”
“You go back to the stone gate right now..”
“…….”
“The situation has changed drastically. I thought you would have plenty to do, but I guess I was wrong. If a demon of that size has already been summoned, the most important thing to consider is combat power. As you rely on relics, you are also the weakest in anti-demon aptitude..”
In short, if you don't want to be a burden, leave..
Ramon, who was thinking deeply, nodded..
“…All right. Then I will go back and wait for you..”
Just as Ramon was about to stand up with shaky legs, Verita shook her head thoughtfully..
“Unfortunately, that solution is unreasonable. Because we already have a [mark] engraved on us..”
“It's a sign?”
“Everyone pay attention to the back of your hand.”
back of hand?
I looked down and before I knew it, there was a strange-looking burn mark on the back of my hand..
No, it looks more like an evil spirit than a burn..
“It is a [Curse Mark] that only high-level demons can leave. If you are separated from the demon with this mark for a certain amount of time, you will die. And it is said that the stone gate has a power that transcends space..”
I don't know the exact distance, but it's clear that it's quite a long distance..
in other words.
“…Does this mean that if I cross the stone gate and return to my original place, I might die??”
“yes.”
pestilence.
If that's the case, this explains why they didn't deploy any special personnel near the stone gate..
From the moment you set foot in it, you become a rat in a poison..
“The solution is?”
“…Slaying the demon that carved the mark, that's it..”
* * *
First, I returned to a place a little away from where the church member was..
Verita continued her explanation there again..
“It's not like the corps commander has already figured out our location. This mark is a marking done in a certain space. Since the poison is sprayed randomly, it is impossible to know how many rats were infected by the person who sprayed the poison..”
“…….”
“Those eyes are not the true face of the corps commander. It is probably a type of power possessed by the commander of the corps, and judging by its form, its function is assumed to be surveillance, emitting instruments, and engraving marks..”
It was when Verita was talking in a serious voice..
Suddenly, gurgling… I heard a voice saying.
Needless to say, my stomach was screaming for food..
Naturally, attention was drawn to the source of the sound, and Mir lowered his head with a red face..
“I'm sorry…….”
“…In situations like this, calorie intake is more important. After hearing this, I feel a little hungry too..”
Araksad defended Mir. Even so, he was a very compassionate man..
We immediately started eating the energy bars one by one..
Crackling.
…A guy with shitty teeth will definitely break his teeth while chewing this..
Then, one of the qualities of a hero could be clean teeth... I had this useless thought. Am I getting tired of it too?.
After filling our bellies, we continued talking again..
Gurgling…….
I once again heard my stomach churning. Mir, who was shocked, even waved her hand and denied it..
“It's not me this time!”
“it's me.”
I raised my hand.
“Strangely, I keep feeling hungry. Should I forget one more energy bar?.”
“I told you before I came here to eat sparingly..”
“That's right, but I'm bored-.”
“wait for a sec.”
Araksad interrupted us..
“something is strange.”
“what?”
“I'm already hungry too.”
I laughed at Araksad’s words..
“This can be happen. Even if you don't really care about food, when you see other people eating,…….”
“That's not what I meant. I can survive for at least three months by drinking only water..”
“Isn’t that the same for people? It might be too much for three months, but.”
In fact, the average person, unless they have a chronic illness, can easily survive for a month by drinking only water..
“yes. But in my case, I can last up to a year..”
“uh…….”
“There is less stress due to hunger, and the decline in exercise ability is not significant. Above all, my normal eating amount is about one meal every three or four days, which is also a lot compared to my fellow countrymen..”
“and…….”
Come to think of it, it's rare to see me eating..
I heard that some crocodiles and lizards can survive for several years without eating. Is that the case??
“But I just felt hungry too. Of course, before coming to Seokmun today, I ate quite a bit..”
“…….”
I couldn't say it was because of my condition..
I had already realized through numerous mock battles that Araksad was a man with good sense. I believed in the spirit of this hero, and I also believed in his instincts as a wild man..
If a man like that felt uncomfortable, then something was going on out of the ordinary..
“One of the effects of this stigma is hunger..”
“no.”
“right. I thought no.”
In times like these, it might be helpful to recite whatever comes to mind, so I started spitting it out as it came to mind..
“What if it makes you think you're hungry instead of actually being hungry? Or numb the senses. Or, when you crossed the stone gate, you may not have realized it, but a lot of time may have already passed.…….”
“that…….”
“know. It was so bullshit?”
“no. hour. maybe that's the right answer.”
“what do you mean?”
“I don't know if you know, but there is a place in the world where the flow of time is completely different from here..”
The memory that flashed through my mind at that moment was that of an ominous city with no sign of popularity. The ominous sound of a bouncing ball, an evil spirit with a green, bloated body.…….
“Are you talking about hell? I can't believe this is hell?”
“To be precise, it would be a connection to hell. This is also one of the church's arcane spells, and once it is successful, the entire space and time will become distorted..”
“…….”
“…So, in the midst of accelerating time, only our will can be clear. It's just a guess.”
“no. I think what you said is correct..”
As he said that, Ramon showed us the watch he wore around his neck..
“look at this.”
“…….”
The moment I saw it, I got goosebumps a little..
As if the clock was broken, the second hand was spinning at an incredible speed..
“If this is the flow... You can roughly think of it as passing about ten times faster than our original time..”
“Then what? This means that 1 second here is the original 10 seconds.?”
“That's right.”
“Why was such an environment created??”
“Isn't it because it's to their advantage that time passes quickly??”
“So why do you want time to pass quickly? You probably don’t want to grow old quickly.”
“…The Demon King Descends.”
Berita took my word..
“There is inevitably a section in the consciousness stage where a lot of time is consumed. Was it because you wanted to get over that part as quickly as possible? I thought it was strange. It was never too late for Heros to act. Even considering that it's in the North, originally, it would have been possible to overthrow the ritual before the corps commander, let alone the Demon King, was summoned..”
The moment I felt there was a point, I got goosebumps again..
So, how much time has the church actually invested in the ritual of the devil's descent??
“and… If this is how time goes, I have to deliver one more piece of bad news..”
“What?”
“[This is the ability of [Mark of Curse]. Anyone with this mark will be headed towards death from that moment on..”
“Does this mean that all of them are terminally ill??”
“yes.”
While everyone was silent, I asked an uncomfortable but inevitable question..
“How much is left??”
“There are differences for each person. Just like resistance to a musical instrument, a person with a higher aptitude for anti-demon magic can last longer. Judging by the darkness of the marks, Brother Luan and I have one month, Brother Araksad and Sister Mir have had twenty days, and Brother Ramon has had one month.…….”
Verita rarely trailed off, but looked straight at Ramon and spoke..
“…You won't be able to last a week.”
one week.
not a short time.
If I could really use that time, I could have analyzed the enemy in more detail, made a plan, and even waited for Peed or Lanfero to join..
but…….
In this ice cave, time passes about 10 times faster than outside..
1 second here becomes 10 seconds.
1minutes becomes 10 minutes.
That means there are only 6 minutes in an hour and only 144 minutes in a day..
By this calculation, our remaining time is about three days for me and Verita..
Araksad is a day and a half.
and…….
“…About 17 hours.”
Ramon muttered in a low voice and smiled slightly..
“You have more time than you think.”
“…….”
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