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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: TushChen
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I intended to confirm it conclusively.
“…Plot Store.”
I stood in front of the bloodstains and purchased Past Sight, specifying the time of the massacre at dawn. Since it was the recent past, 500pt was enough.
Then, a phantom appeared like a scene from a silent movie.
The surroundings were in a state of chaos. Less than ten men who seemed to be members of the Red Snake were gleefully swinging their weapons.
The priests and holy knights were strangely unable to properly wield their swords even once. It was as if all the strength had left their bodies. Not only that, but they also seemed unable to use sacred power.
A holy knight was seen staggering back while holding a weapon among them. Eyes were filled with fear, a trembling lower jaw, and feet were trying to escape but lacking strength, as if the legs had already lost power.
And a man strolled toward such a holy knight. Like a beast hunting its prey, the man who had slowly approached came into view.
A man with an overwhelming appearance, his red hair tied in a ponytail. According to what Elin had told me, he must have been Isaac, the leader of the Red Snake.
And upon seeing the weapon the man held in the phantom, I exhaled, “Ha, ha.”
A magic sword made by the Demon Dragon, exuding an ominous red aura along the black blade.
In his hand was Rukheld, the magic sword of conversion that absorbs the sacred power in the surroundings and transforms it into mana.
That sword, which had appeared in the hands of a villain in the novel, exerted an absolutely overwhelming power against sacred power users.
First, it was powerful in neutralizing sacred power users and stealing their strength. It also transformed the absorbed holy power into a tens of times more potent force.
How much did the original protagonist struggle against that sword, which had sucked in Elin’s enormous sacred power?
That sword was now in his hands.
‘It should have appeared at least in the later parts of the novel, during the Demon Dragon War!’
In the original work, a magic sword first appeared when a knight who became the guardian of the Demon Dragon received that sword from the Demon Dragon.
Why was that sword in that man’s hands?
My questions were soon answered.
*Ding!*
Added setting? Are there cases where settings are added even if I didn’t add them? I narrowed my brow, feeling puzzled.
Then, several system windows popped up.
*Ding!*
*Ding!*
“This is good.”
I closed the system window and opened my mouth once more.
“Settings Browsing Window.”
Then, the settings I had collected so far appeared before my eyes.
There are these many settings I need to learn about?
I was becoming complacent, thinking I had learned almost everything about this world.
What is a setting enthusiast? It’s someone who feels the joy of having their head knocked and enlightened one by one when learning about such a worldview one by one.
But to have an achievement window that collects the settings I’ve discovered!
I entered the Elena panel.
This was how Elena’s existence was organized.
The basic settings were probably elements automatically generated to constitute the character Elena.
I thought five were too few settings to constitute a character, to begin with. The rest are settings I have to discover myself.
‘This makes it a bit more fun.’
I grinned, then recalled the current situation.
New powers are good, but resolving this situation takes precedence for now.
Wait, should I find out here?
I entered the magic sword Rukheld panel.
“As I thought, it’ll be difficult to confront it normally.”
This makes the strongest sword, according to the setting, even more necessary.
If it weren’t for the mana depletion state, I could have found a way to confront the magic sword before it reached its maximum state.
But now, I needed a weapon.
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Feeling a throbbing pain in my head, I came out and explained the scene inside to the three girls in the most sanitized way possible.
“Elena…”
Elin tightly embraced Elena, who was shedding tears after hearing the story and patted her back.
“… It’s too cruel. They were all really good people.”
Even I, who saw that sight, couldn’t feel at ease. But right now, there was something more definite than half-hearted comfort.
“Now we need that weapon even more.”
I said that and started moving.
The second place would be the Yanta River, which ran through the center of the village.
“If you obtain that weapon, can you really defeat that magic sword?”
Nias asked anxiously. As the Demon King, Nias immediately thought of the magic sword upon hearing my description of the sword.
I intentionally brought it up, wondering if it was something Nias had handed over.
Still, seeing Nias’ current expression, I felt relieved. It seemed like it was separate from Nias’ plans.
“This seems correct.”
I nodded my head.
Arriving at the exact location on the Yanta River, I infused mana into the center of the river. Then, the moon’s shape transformed on the river, creating a mystical rune shape.
“This makes it the second one.”
At this rate, I could definitely find all the runes before the night was over.
But it was then.
“Just as the boss said, they’re really here.”
About ten men sauntered along the riverbank. A large man counted our numbers, pointing with his finger.
Even though they must have heard that their colleagues had all their arms and legs broken, they seemed strangely relaxed, as if they had something to rely on.
“One, two, three, four. Really just four little brats.”
“The kidnappers…”
Elin spat out with hatred.
“You guys, to my brothers and sisters…!”
Elena shouted as if she was about to rush forward.
“How could you do such a wicked thing?!”
The men didn’t answer Elena’s words. They just laughed mockingly. Elena’s stifled outcry seemed to be a pleasure to them instead.
“Young Master…”
Nias came close to me and tightly grasped the hem of my clothes. She was keeping her word about staying behind.
‘Well, just typical villains.’
I thought to myself as I stepped forward.
“Haven’t you heard that there’s a mage among us?”
I said as I stepped forward. Then, one of the men also spoke with a mocking laugh.
“But magic won’t work. Can’t you see this?”
What the man held up was a black gem.
I immediately recognized the identity of that object.
It was an item called Yoseok that could prevent the manifestation of low-level magic within a specific range.
All magical effects that entered that range would lose their power and disappear.
It was rare, but there could be slaves who could use magic, so it was a good item for slave traders. It wasn’t strange to carry it.
Now that my mana was depleted, that was also a threatening item to me. I couldn’t break their arms and legs with intangible wind magic like before.
“Do you understand now? You can’t use magic. Then you’re just a little brat. Now you’ll pay the price for being impudent.”
The men said that and formed an encirclement to prevent us from escaping. The girls gathered around me and stayed alert.
“Wh-what should we do? Can you really not use magic?”
Nias asked, looking around. She was trembling like a wet puppy in the rain.
It would have been convenient if Nias quickly recovered her mana as the Demon King.
Even so, as long as she was hiding herself as the Demon King, she wouldn’t show it in front of me.
“What should we do?”
I pulled Nias towards me, embracing her shoulders so she could feel at ease. It was cold, and Nias was indeed warm. She really was my personal heater.
“Catch them!”
The moment the men shouted and tried to rush in,
“Ugh…?!”
Fist-sized rocks infused with mana were catapulted and embedded into their faces one by one.
“Just feed them stone fists.”
The men who were hit by the rocks each staggered back with painful groans, clutching their smashed faces. Still, they hadn’t collapsed yet. As expected, this much wasn’t enough.
“Isn’t it a saying that only the sinless should throw stones?”
Rocks infused with mana slowly rotated around me as I floated into the air.
“Screw that, I’ll throw them even if I’m sinful.”
I am going to stone these guys until they’re dead.
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