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Chapter 82
3.
One of the places users refer to as the Twelfth Town.
And a place NPCs call the Capital of Knights, Kalibarron.
“The hero's journal? But even if he's passed, reading someone else's journal is a bit..."
"...Flingky, anyone who hears you will get the wrong idea."
"Wait! Really?"
The boy, called Flingky, smiled innocently, pretending not to know anything.
Luke, the handsome young man called Hero, was quite displeased with that sight.
But what could he do?
He couldn't scold his younger brother, so he let it go for the moment.
This wasn't the time to argue about right and wrong.
"Ahem, and this isn't a diary, it's a log. A log written by the former Hero Hindel while pursuing the one known as the Demon King."
"Oh! It's from when he was chasing the former Overlord!? No wonder you brought me here when I mentioned Seonghyun! So something like this existed!"
"Um... please refrain from saying things that could be easily misconstrued."
Anyway, Flingky finally seemed a bit interested and looked at the log.
And among those entries, Luke pointed to one place and said,
"This place seems promising."
"Oh? 'Dark Fortress'? Oh! Indeed."
"As expected, you understood right away."
"Of course! I'm a descendant of the Sage, you know! Serodin Town, where Seonghyun currently is, is called the Third Town by the outsiders, right? This place is the Twelfth Town, or City, as they call it. Anyway, Sermath, where this Dark Fortress was located, is also called a Third Town."
Hero Luke nodded at Flingky's words.
That was correct.
He wanted to go to Serodin immediately to see Seonghyun, but all the key figures of Kalibarron were blocking him.
While that was happening, Seonghyun might have moved elsewhere, so he thought it might be too late.
But he could glean information from this log.
He deduced that Seonghyun might have headed towards Sermath.
"Hmm, you seem quite interested in Seonghyun?"
"Of course, I am. The one who killed my ancestor and predecessor, Hindel, was the Overlord. So I have to see what the descendant of the Overlord is like."
"Hmm, are you planning to kill him?"
Flingky spoke with a calm attitude and voice.
But Hero Luke, who had been with Flingky often, could sense it.
That it was a clear indication of hostility.
‘Did Flingky assume that I held a grudge against the name Overlord?’
Perhaps.
But.
"I don't know yet."
"Hmm?"
"However, I have a destiny to unravel the mystery of Hindel's death. There's something unsettling about Hindel's death, the death of the former Overlord, and the Demon King as described in various ancient texts. I simply want to know what it is."
"First of all, though?"
He nodded without hesitation at Flingky's words.
With pure sincerity.
Only then did Flingky return to his usual self.
"Well, that's about it."
"Hmm, then let's head towards Sermath. Even if the one you call Seonghyun isn't there, we can surely find traces of Hindel."
"Excellent!"
As their journey was decided,
Unfortunately, an unseen translucent teal ghost shook his head behind them and murmured.
-Oh my, why are you going there, successors... Just stay here and quietly train... No, you shouldn't use a sword like that. Instead of training, you're always wandering around. Oh, this is driving me crazy. Are all young people like this these days? No, but then again, the descendant of the Sage, is doing well... Sigh. What sins... have I committed, though I did commit some.
He seemed quite frustrated,
And was being rather talkative.
4.
Sermath.
A mysterious town where three stars always hang in the sky.
However, no one cared about those stars.
The only thing users who visit this town want is the Chasm of Despair.
The Chasm of Despair, a region overflowing with immense black magic for some reason.
Unlike naturally formed chasms,
It remained as a trace of some great and colossal being roughly torn away.
Some users, looking at the Chasm of Despair, speculated that it might be a trace left by a mythological being that existed in the past, according to the game's setting.
Seonghyun, who arrived in Sermath, was also having similar thoughts.
"Wow..."
Is this really the trace of Helena tearing away the Dark Fortress?
Is it even possible for a human to do something like this in the first place?
A chasm that easily spans several kilometers in width and at least 10 kilometers in length.
‘To think this was artificially created.’
Even knowing it, it's hard to believe.
Though he shouldn't think such thoughts,
'Is this why she was treated as a Demon King?'
Even Seonghyun, who had absorbed Helena's memories and experiences, couldn't help but think that.
People of that era would have felt that even more so.
It was a bit scary.
Anyway.
He had to search this place.
But that was quite daunting.
Just by looking at it, it was an enormous size.
'It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.'
Thanks to its vastness, even with many people, they were dispersed and didn't draw attention, but.
That didn't make it any easier.
Just as he was sighing,
Seonghyun's inventory suddenly opened.
Before Seonghyun could even wonder why his inventory had opened on its own, a message popped up.
[‘An Unidentified Note’ wants to leave your inventory.]
'Huh?'
The note wants to leave the inventory?
It was clearly an event-related message.
As soon as Seonghyun took the note out of his inventory,
The note suddenly emitted light and folded itself.
As it gradually folded, its shape became clear.
The shape of a bird made of paper.
Flap, flap.
The paper bird, nimbly flapping its adorable wings and floating in the air, looked at Seonghyun and pointed somewhere with its beak, as if telling him to go somewhere.
Was it guiding him?
'Oh.'
He was amazed by its mystical appearance, but.
He was more relieved that it was leading the way.
Seonghyun used the flight skill attached to his Anemor Slayer title.
Riding Anemor would be too conspicuous.
He headed towards where the paper bird was pointing.
Fortunately, no users paid attention to Seonghyun flying.
Flight wasn't an incredibly rare skill.
As he followed the fluttering paper bird,
Annoying things started to follow them.
"Keke keke!"
"Kiki kiki!"
Creatures with membranous wings, seemingly pesky imps.
As the name Chasm of Despair suggested, there was a lot of black magic flowing, so there were many undead and other monsters. Due to the immense black magic and spatial anomalies, there were also many demons.
Seeing them follow so soon after he took off, it seemed to be true.
Annoying.
Just as Seonghyun was about to deal with them himself,
He remembered Fiora, who had just obtained a new body.
It was a good opportunity to test Fiora's abilities.
Seonghyun immediately opened the Netherworld in the air and summoned Fiora.
-Huh?
Fiora appeared, making a dazed sound.
As she landed on Seonghyun's shoulder in the form of a small girl,
Seonghyun asked her.
"Can you handle all those guys?"
He wasn't just talking about the two in front of him.
There were only two in front of him at the moment, but.
Countless glowing eyes behind them.
Flying into the air seemed to have attracted quite a bit of aggro.
If Seonghyun used an area-of-effect skill,
He could sweep them away in one go.
But if he did, wouldn't it cause more trouble?
'There are many people watching below, too.'
Imagine Seonghyun sweeping through with an area-of-effect skill while other users were peacefully hunting.
Other users could get caught up in it.
He wanted to see Fiora's abilities as well.
If Seonghyun stepped in, it could become a big deal.
That's why he was asking her.
- O-of course. I-I'll try.
Her voice was a bit weak.
Anyone who heard it would wonder if she could really do it.
It was a voice lacking in confidence.
However, Seonghyun knew.
Behind that timid voice was a terrifying skill.
It was the same now.
Fiora transformed from a slime-like body into a real slime.
She had completely transformed her race, whereas before she only transformed parts of her body when using a wraith body.
A water droplet from her slippery body popped out!
'What is that?'
Did slimes have a skill like that?
As Seonghyun wondered,
The water droplet Fiora summoned moved at super speed.
The fiercely spinning water droplet became a bullet and flew towards the two laughing imps, and only Seonghyun could notice it here.
Pop! Pop!
Really tiny sounds.
But with those tiny sounds,
[Critical Hit!]×2
[Experience acquired!]×2
Death notifications appeared.
The imps, who had been giggling for a moment, lost their light and fell.
It happened in an instant.
As they fell,
"Kik kik?"
"Kik?"
"Kek kek?"
"Kere hek?"
All the imps watching were puzzled.
What just happened?
They had just flown up confidently, giggling, and then lost their balance and fell.
That's what the imps saw.
Not knowing the cause, they slowly crawled out one by one.
As they spread their wings and flew out of the forest towards Seonghyun,
The scene was like watching a swarm of locusts.
So many that the sky was momentarily covered by a swarm of black imps.
But something sparkling flew through them at super speed.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Small sounds echoed from everywhere.
And with those sounds, the imps began to fall like rain.
It was such an amazing area-of-effect skill that even Seonghyun was surprised.
He was amazed by the amount of experience pouring in, but he was even more amazed by the rain of imps falling as soon as they flew up.
'Is this even okay?'
Wouldn't other users think it was strange?
The power was so great that even Seonghyun was concerned.
Clearly, there was no trace or sign of an area-of-effect skill.
Yet, it was vividly demonstrating the effect of an area-of-effect skill.
Thud, thud, thud.
As countless imps fell,
It looked as if they were charging.
The users below couldn't help but swear.
"Damn it! There's a crazy bastard flying in the sky!?"
"You used a flight skill? Here?"
"Ah! If you want to draw aggro, do it alone! Now all the imps are flying up, making us targets too!"
"Seriously! Should we kill that bastard too?"
The disgruntled users said, watching the imps flying towards them.
But something was off.
The imps, who normally would have been giggling and making annoying noises, weren't doing so.
And the way they were charging was strange.
"Th-that's weird, isn't it?"
"Eh, eh?"
"Eh, eh?"
"?????"
Soon everyone realized something was wrong.
Thud, thud, thud, as the imps fell, their corpses all hit the ground and were covered in blood.
Each one had a small hole in their head.
They weren't all alive and charging at them.
Making so many imps fall like rain?
Was this even possible?
At first, they thought it was just a high-level idiot who didn't know what he was doing and flew up.
And that was partly true.
But seeing him handle all the aggro alone,
"......????"
"Wh-what is this...???"
"Wh-what did we just see???"
"Is-is this possible at our level...???"
"I-I don't know, damn it!!! If I knew, I'd be doing it too!!!"
"Hey, didn't you say you were going to kill him earlier???"
"P-please be quiet."
The users who saw the scene nearby were still in shock, standing there for a long time, watching in disbelief.
How much experience did he get from that?
Such curiosity did arise, but.
They couldn't dare to approach him.
Unaware that the users were still in shock,
Seonghyun was satisfied with the decent amount of experience.
[Level Up!]×3
[You are now level 78.]
This was enough.
"Fiora, well done."
-Heheh.
He gently stroked Fiora's head, who had unleashed a tremendous skill.
Seonghyun then looked at the paper bird flying next to him and said, satisfied,
"Shall we go again then?"
Flap flap flap flap!
In response to Seonghyun's question, the paper bird nodded vigorously for some reason, guiding the way with a slightly more polite attitude than before.
He wondered why, but.
Seonghyun didn't pay much attention.
As long as it guided the way.
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