The Berserker’s Second Playthrough in the Game - Chapter 89
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Episode 89 Followers of the Forgotten God (11)
In a corner of the room littered with the remains of a monster’s bones, Captain Yulitan lies unaware of the world. He is either unconscious or asleep, and is wheezing like a child.
“… … .”
Kadim grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and dragged him out. Even though he cut off his head twice and told him to feed it to dogs… … Anyway, he saved his life, so I don’t think he would have any major regrets.
In the underground passage, Atalan warriors were busy collecting the bishop’s body. They did not provide much help in exterminating the Raven sect. However, as long as I kept the passage obediently and did not interfere, I felt I had done my part.
Kadim decided to repay them in his own way.
“Once we’re done, let’s meet with the congressmen who sent you and talk about it.”
“… … “Is that true?”
“Okay, I don’t plan on going into your army or anything, but I can listen to the conversation. “Anyway, I have to receive compensation for subjugation from those guys.”
Perun was pleased, but he warned the councilors again to be careful. Kadim waved his hand roughly. If anything, he thought that they were the ones who needed to be more careful.
The aftermath of the incident was left entirely to the Atalean warriors. As they left, shouts of ‘Glory to the great brother who defeated the leader of the evil horde’ and ‘Glory to the Father of the Wilderness who gave us such a brother’ echoed loudly behind them.
He went out into the street. The city was quiet. When he looked up, the sky was still covered with pitch-black darkness like a blanket, dreaming of faintly broken stars. Kadim took a deep breath of the lukewarm summer air and crossed the night like the shadow of a dark cloud.
Galentana University, Birch Tree Building, 3rd floor academic room.
As promised, Illenia was waiting without sleeping. For some reason, Duncan was tied up and rolled around on the floor with his mouth gagged.
“Eup, eup, eup!!”
“… … Was he kidnapped again? “Why are you tied up like this?”
“No, that’s not it… … They keep attacking me and calling me a fake person… … . No matter how much blood I showed and explained that it was real, they didn’t believe me, so I just tied it up like that… … .”
Ilenia answered in a tired tone.
It was absurd, but at the same time, it made sense. Kadim laughed and placed the unconscious guard captain next to the peddler. He then walked up to the archaeologist and placed a fragment of the bloody crow mask on it.
Illenia’s pupils shook slightly.
“This… … .”
“This is the mask that bishop used. And these are the silver coins that that bishop had.”
Clink –
A total of six silver coins of the fallen nation. It was the one he originally had plus the five he had taken from the bishop. Ilenia’s pupils were now clearly shaking as if there had been an earthquake.
She barely managed to control her shock and parted her lips.
“Really, you’ve found and destroyed the Night Raven sect. In less than a day… … .”
“There may be some leftovers. But since I’ve lost all of these coins, I can’t resort to the foolish trick of creating clones or crow monsters anymore.”
“… … Crow monster? Could it be that the bishop even summoned a ‘monster of darkness’?”
“I guess that’s roughly the name. “It was a pretty annoying bird head.”
The barely managed review ended in vain.
Ilenia knew very well how powerful the ‘Monster of Darkness’ was. She treats such a being as nothing more than a ‘quite annoying bird head’? I could not help but marvel at this warrior’s ferocious military power every time.
“In the distant past, there was a saying that if the Church of Elgar had an ‘Archpaladin,’ then the Church of the Forgotten Gods had a ‘monster of darkness.’ Of course, in reality, they were no match for each other and the Forgotten New Church was annihilated… … Still, the ‘Monsters of Darkness’ were beings with a certain prestige.”
“… … .”
“I thought the summoning ritual would take quite some time, so I thought it wouldn’t have been called out yet, but it seems the bishop has prepared thoroughly in advance. It almost happened. If it weren’t for you, mercenary, the Night Raven faction might have really taken control of Galentana.”
“I didn’t mean to hear any awkward excuses. Now that we’ve taken care of everything, I think it’s your turn to keep your promise.”
Kadim gave him a sharp look.
“… … .”
For some reason, there was no immediate answer.
Eyes with yellow irises trembled subtly. She had a gut feeling that Kadim wasn’t very good. Somehow her intuition never went astray.
“… … “I’m sorry, but things haven’t been resolved yet.”
Ah, yes, is this like a ‘linked quest’ again?
However, I had no intention of going along with a modification that broke a promise. She quietly picked up her axe. Ilenia swallowed her saliva and quickly explained her situation.
“I told you before that the University Council member gave the relics to the bishop of the Night Raven faction. But he didn’t give everything he had. In order to control and manipulate the bishop, he kept more than half of the relics in his own hands.”
“… … .”
“The Raven Sect is not the only heretical force in the Forgotten Gods Church. If others collude with the congressman, something like this may happen again. “Before that, we must infiltrate the councilman’s mansion and steal the holy relics.”
“… … “What is that congressman’s name?”
“Vittorio. He is a senior member of the University faction who is eyeing the next chairmanship. He is someone who can give wings to the forces that threaten you at any time.”
“… … .”
Kadim gave a sour look in his eyes. If you’re going to get rid of regrets, you’re the one who needs to sort it out anyway, but I felt like he was trying to motivate himself to take care of the troublesome things.
Ilenia also knew that fact well. Therefore, right now, for dramatic effect, an unspoken appeasement has been deliberately pulled out.
“But, you’ve already done a great job for me, so it would be too rude to ask you another favor. I will also come forward to help you with this matter. And when I finish the job, I will give the mercenary a small ‘return gift’.”
“… … “I don’t really need those damn silver coins.”
Ilenia shook her head, smiled, and added an explanation about the gift.
Kadim’s eyebrows clearly twitched and trembled.
“You can make something like that?”
“Yes, you can. You saw the mercenary too, right? “If you use the forgotten power of God through the ‘Silver Coin of Ruin,’ you can distort space.”
“… … .”
The look of annoyance disappeared from Kadim’s face. Instead, there was an expression of doubt.
Previously, thanks to the linked quests planned by this woman and her forces, I was able to obtain this ‘Dwarven Throwing Axe’ and ‘Relic Chasing Stone Badge’. Those were pretty amazing rewards, but in any case, they were closer to ‘items’ in the game.
But what the woman had just suggested was a reward closer to a ‘system’ rather than an ‘item’.
I wonder if that woman really has the ability to give such a reward… … .
Suddenly an urgent voice came from behind.
“Ugh, huff huff huff! Oh, no! No, your majesty! If you mess with a council member, it will surely end badly! And if it’s a council member’s residence, it must be huge and spacious. How can two people go there and retrieve things in one night?”
Duncan barely manages to push the gag away with his tongue and scream loudly.
Ilenia gave him a truly disgusting look, and Kadim seemed to think about something before speaking calmly.
“is it. Then, let’s go and find it together.”
“……yes?”
Duncan suddenly took on the look of a livestock that has been decided to be sent to the slaughterhouse.
*
Fall doesn’t happen overnight.
It is more like the many causes and effects that come with judgment and choice have piled up over a long period of time, and finally reach a critical point, triggering something. It is like a full glass of water overflowing, or a precarious sand castle collapsing.
However, people usually only pay attention to what they can see.
From such a superficial perspective, it seems as if the last drop of water overflowed the cup, and the last shovelful of sand destroyed the sand castle. That is why most of those who fall do not resent the choices they have made over a long period of time, but only the ‘last choice’.
And the ‘last choice’ of Vittorio, a senior member of the university faction, was his meeting with this woman.
“… … I don’t understand. Didn’t you definitely promise? “I will give you as much silver as I can as long as you drive out the Agon guys from Galentana.”
“… … .”
“Could it be because of that ‘demon slayer’ guy? Because you need more strength right away to fight him? Instead of that, how about we cajole him and persuade him to join our side? The Agon guys were coveting his military power and were drooling over it… … .”
“… … .”
“Anyway, you are making a big mistake. Do you think there will be no repercussions even if you betray like this? Knowing this would happen, I had a messenger on standby to send to the empire! As soon as I die, I will leave and spread the word that the remnants of the Forgotten New Church remain here. “If you don’t want to be exterminated by the Elgar Church again like in the distant past, you will have to release me right away.”
The third floor of Senator Vittorio’s mansion, an uninhabited office.
The woman with the wavy dark brown hair paid no attention to Vittorio’s words. She was absorbed in searching the carpeted floor, the marble ceiling, and the walls lined with expensive metal ornaments, searching for the holy relic.
Vittorio sighed and regretted it. I knew it was a sword that could cut down its owner, but I never thought it would cut me before I even swung it. If I had known that they were so indiscriminate, they would never have held hands.
The relics of the forgotten god were not something that could be proudly boasted about to others. Even if they were stolen, there was no one to complain to. I could clearly see the future where I would be pushed out by the Agonists without being able to put up a proper fight. I just desperately hoped that the woman would never find the box containing the relics.
And that wind was quickly shattered.
“… … I found it. It was here.”
Click, thud – !
The moment the metal box, which had been hidden under a flagstone using a special device, fell to the floor, the senior lawmaker’s heart also dropped to the floor.
Still, there was still hope.
The woman soon realized that the box was unbreakable because it was enchanted with a strengthening spell. She approached Vittorio and asked him in a cold voice.
“Tell me. Where is the key to the box?”
However, Vittorio, who met the gaze of the woman, Ilenia, wrinkled his eyebrows as if he did not understand.
“you… … Who are you? This is not the person who came before… … .”
“… … .”
“They look the same, but somehow, their eyes are different… … . What is this, how on earth is this… … Ugh!”
An invisible blade protruded from under the woman’s sleeve and stabbed her neck shallowly. Vittorio rolled over, clutching her wounds. However, the pain awakened my survival instinct even more, and I was able to make the right judgment about how to deal with it.
“Ugh, you cheeky petty thief! I don’t know who you are, but I can’t tell you where the keys are! Even if it means losing my life! “If you tell me, I’ll kill you anyway, so there’s no reason to tell!”
As he said that, he moved back little by little so as not to be noticed. There was a dagger and a set of keys in the cupboard behind the back. If I cut the rope with a dagger and secured the key first, I would be able to confront or negotiate with the robber.
That correct judgment was immediately overshadowed by this cry:
“Oh, I found it! What the heck, there’s a really suspicious bunch of keys here!”
“… … !”
Vittorio turned his head in surprise. He had not felt any movement at all, but before he knew it, a small man was crouching behind him. He removed the dagger from the cupboard, took out a bunch of keys, and handed them to Ilenia.
Scream –
“… … Thank you, uncle. “It was helpful for the first time today.”
“Oh, enough of the compliments, now give me the money you promised me during the day, Miss. Including the 100 luden I didn’t get last time, 1,100 luden should be enough.”
“… … .”
No, you’re only getting that much by robbing the Councilor’s mansion?
It was not the time to be surprised by the ridiculously cheap wages. Since he had failed to secure the key, there was only one way to survive. Vittorio pulled himself together and shouted:
“You better stop talking nonsense and leave right now, you petty thieves! I don’t know how they took down the mansion’s guards, but soon the army of disaster will come here! Because soldiers from the Chassa Army patrol around here all year round! I don’t want to die of drying out while surrounded by hundreds or thousands of elite soldiers, so put that box down right now… … .”
“… … A soldier from the disaster unit? Is this what you mean?”
A chilling voice that pierces your spine.
And an outline appeared in the doorway like a ghost.
thud!
The stunned soldiers fell on the planks. A muscular giant that was hard to believe was human trampled the fallen soldiers and came towards us. Although it was his first time seeing it, Vittorio was able to guess who the author was thanks to the vicious manner in which he lived and the rumors he heard during the day.
“Ah, ah, demon slayer… … ?”
Vittorio froze, his mouth wide open, like a frozen goldfish. Kadim lightly ignored him and went to the box.
“Why is it taking so long? “What are you doing?”
Clap, tick! Clap, tick!
Ilenia was holding a bundle of keys and matching them to the keyhole one by one. Her hand movements were as fast as the flapping of a hummingbird’s wings, but because there were so many keys, she couldn’t easily open the box.
“Just a moment, please wait a moment… … . I’m looking for the right key… … .”
“Isn’t it okay to just destroy it?”
“There’s a strengthening spell on the box, so I can’t break it! For now, put that axe down… … .”
Boom, quagga-ga-ga-gag!
The enchanted metal plate was torn apart like a piece of paper by the razor-blue ax blade.
Kadim held the shattered metal box upside down and shook it out. Ten silver coins of the fallen nation fell with a jingle. I asked Ilenia, who picked them all up and had blank eyes.
“What’s hanging in the box?”
“… … .”
“… … .”
The archaeologist was very fortunate that he had not encountered the enemy of interest, and the senior councilor who had encountered the enemy of interest felt as if the funeral had already been completed and he had been placed in the coffin.
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