The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 43



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The soldier shouted save (43)

A chill ran through my body as I realized that the soul he had burned had not returned even through the save.

‘… Is this what he meant?’

Noel had clearly said this in a place covered in black mud.

If you fight Choi Sang-jin, there may be no next time.

‘I also told you to become strong enough to fight without relying on saves.’

Save can’t undo everything.

I completely understood what Noel meant, but I didn’t have the luxury of time to think about what to do next.

“… Ha, that son of a bitch. Is he alive somewhere?”

Choi Sang-jin’s face looks more than anxious, it’s nervous.

“… What are you? No, that’s fine. Just ask your soul.”

The man holding the sword in his left hand prepares to strike the ground.

It’s a situation where it’s difficult to fight back with an injured body.

-Whoosh!

But faster than that bastard’s sword, someone put a hand on my back.

“Hey, Migratio!”

A teleportation spell that requires at least 5 minutes of preparation for a normal wizard.

However, Hye-rin, who has the ‘Quick Slot’, completes the teleportation with a single word, and blue particles surround her body and the scenery changes.

“…Isn’t that a knight?”

“Hey, over here! Help me! The knight is hurt!”

In the heart of the city, within the city walls.

Some of the people who recognized me ran towards me with worried faces and shouted.

“Papa, hurry up and get the priest….”

The voice calling my natural enemy.

She speaks to the man while pressing on his stomach, from which blood is flowing out.

“I need a red potion.”

“Hey, red potion! Quick, get me some red potion!”

My words spread quickly through the loud voice of a man.

“Repicio!”

When Hye-rin’s healing magic had healed the wounds halfway, the red potion arrived.

“Allen, here’s a red potion!”

The maid running with sweat dripping down her forehead to hand over the red potion, and Marie Walker running towards him in a hurry after hearing the news.

“Oh, what’s going on….”

Marie Walker’s question, asked with a worried face, was easily drowned out by the loud voice.

“Ah, the undead army! The undead army is coming to the city!”

The wound healed to the point where no blood flowed.

I quickly get up, step on the outer wall of the building, and jump up to the roof of the 5th floor inn.

‘… Is that the real skill?’

Even without the use of vision enhancement magic, the enemy’s forces were clearly visible.

A black wave rushes towards the outer gate of Walker.

I realize that all of those who look like they are looking at a black sea are undead, and my fists clench involuntarily.

‘He also realized something.’

Just as he realized that he couldn’t turn back everything by saving, didn’t he also realize something fatal to himself?

“Priest! Bring the priest!”

The urgent voice of Marie Walker, who feels threatened.

“Your Majesty! It looks like the undead will arrive soon!”

But before Croa even arrived.

When the undead made of black mud try to enter the walker.

-Chaenggrang.

Shards of glass littered the floor.

“Ignis!”

Hye-rin, who drank two blue potions at once, draws a line toward the sky.

A wall of flames rises following Hye-rin’s hand moving from left to right.

-Whoooooooooooooo!

The crowd cheers as the undead army stops at another wall made of flames.

“Archangel! Archmage Anna is in Walker!”

People raising their voices while shouting Hye-rin’s pseudonym.

However, the voices of the people of Yeongji gradually became quiet due to the water droplets falling from the sky.

-Whoa!

A torrential downpour so great that it quelled a wall of fire that had risen to the height of the castle walls.

“Oh, no… .”

“Oh, the lights are going out!”

As Choi Sang-jin’s magic put out the flames and soaked the ground, Hye-rin spoke with a haggard face.

“…Gasp, gasp, there’s no magic that can stop the undead on wet ground.”

No one could blame Hye-rin.

A large-scale spell capable of protecting the city from undead made of black mud.

Because it wasn’t common for one person to be able to block a thousand units of magic.

Just delaying entry by even a few minutes was an achievement worthy of being called a great wizard.

“P, is the priest here yet?”

“We were wrong… Walker is now… .”

People unconsciously take a step back as they watch the undead gradually closing in on the outer gate.

Then someone picked up a shovel that was rolling on the floor and shouted.

“To survive, you must look forward, not backward!”

Marie Walker pushes back her long hair that covered her scar.

A scarred man with one eye blinded, looking like a veteran mercenary.

Marie Walker steps forward and shouts.

“For Walker! For himself! We must buy time with our own hands until the priest arrives!”

“… … .”

The shovel- and pickaxe-wielding villagers follow the wildly excited Marie Walker.

However, the Yeongji people never came to the forefront.

“I’ll try to stop it.”

A tall man, over 2m tall, with copper-colored skin.

-Beep!

Laucoatl, the chieftain of the druids, whistles so loudly that it’s almost ear-splitting, then throws the basket of seeds he’s holding into the sky.

A shady land, like a dark cloud, with seeds floating in the sky.

As we look up, we see a flock of giant eagles covering the sky.

“Keeeek! Keeeeek!”

Druids possessed by animals fly into the sky, clutching seeds scattered across the sky.

The destination is between the outer gate of the territory and the undead.

There a giant eagle throws seeds.

-Pssssssssss.

Raoul leaves sprout in just a few seconds and grow to waist height, forming brown leaves.

Raoul Pool, blessed by the World Tree, sows new seeds again and again, and the outskirts of the city are covered in brown, causing the undead to stop walking.

“Wow… Woof… .”

Raoul Poole, who purifies black magic.

As Raoul Pool, blessed by the World Tree, blocked the entry of thousands of undead, Choi Sang-jin was seen preparing something with a crumpled face.

‘It can’t be allowed to collapse like this.’

It wasn’t difficult for the wizard to get rid of the Raoul grass surrounding the castle’s outskirts.

-Purruruk! Purruruk!

The choice of the man who gave up on the option of fire was to bury the tree trunk into the ground.

‘I’m concentrating now!’

I kicked the ground and ran to the outskirts at the sight of the guy staring at the ground.

-Pusss. Pusss.

Raoul leaves brushing against the running legs.

“Wow, wow.”

The black mud reached out to grab me as I tried to get out of the pool, and I threw the dagger from my bosom.

-Whoosh!

Croa’s dagger flies, emitting a brilliant golden light.

Those who could not overcome the divine power were annihilated in a straight line, and a path was created, and I kicked the ground with force once again along that path.

“… This, you fucking b*tch!”

Three fingers pointed at me.

“Misus!”

The flash of black light was fast enough to make it difficult to react, but it wasn’t hard to dodge the fingers aimed at me.

-Pick! Pick! Pick!

A ray of light heading towards the ground, unable to meet me as I change direction in a zigzag manner.

He raises his sword as if to cut off the bastard’s head, but the bastard quickly raises his voice.

“I possess the soul of the second-class masalza Deorondo….”

The sight of a man creating a greatsword out of black mud while shouting.

I stopped swinging my sword and turned around at the same time as the bastard’s soul burned.

‘It won’t last forever, there’s no need to fight.’

The fight after that bastard burned my soul was at my disadvantage.

I didn’t run out of the city to cut off Choi Sang-jin’s head.

Get away from him and head back to the city.

“Waaaaaaaaa!”

Undead covered in black mud, swarming from all sides as if they had been waiting.

‘Not yet?’

As I was getting away from Choi Sang-jin, who was raising his greatsword and cutting down the men without stopping, I heard someone’s voice.

“no!”

A scream almost like a scream.

As I turn my gaze following the sound, I see Croa with golden hair.

“Please… please… .”

A person with both hands clasped together and praying earnestly.

The golden light that surrounded Croa spread widely.

-Saaaaaaaah!

Croa, who had turned thousands of undead into dust with a wave of golden light, looked down at his hands, as if bewildered by his own power.

“First-class monster hunter… .”

I turn my head at the voice I hear behind me.

A guy who only has his eyes fixed on Croa while gnashing his teeth.

“Rosette’s….”

I quickly extended my right hand and shouted before the bastard could finish speaking.

“Ignis!”

Flames emanating from the Red Dragon’s ring.

The one who had his eyes fixed on Croa could not avoid the flames.

-Whaaaaaaaaaah!

The bastard’s skin burned away in an instant, leaving behind only bone dust.

“…I will burn your soul!”

But the guy didn’t stop talking.

A new body appears next to the burnt corpse.

Did it burn the archer’s soul?

A bow made of black clay.

He quickly swings his sword as he sees the bastard drawing an arrow from his bow.

-Whoosh!

A sword that cuts through the air.

The one that jumped up to a height of over 10 meters like a monster, skillfully took a shooting stance in the air, and aimed an arrow at Croa.

‘…no.’

Judging by the extreme wariness towards Croa, the only person who can catch the guy who keeps resurrecting is probably Croa.

If such a death of Croa cannot be avoided.

‘Let’s start again.’

If we fight using the sacred power of the Freya religion, wouldn’t we be able to prevent its resurrection?

As I was about to stab the tip of my sword into his chin with that thought, I heard a voice full of madness.

“… Ha, haha, it was you?”

He turns the arrow he was aiming at Croa.

An arrow aimed at my head.

“Save. You had it?”

Save.

I felt fear in his words.

‘Why… are you trying to kill me even though you know I saved you?’

I was convinced by the sight of the guy cheering despite knowing what privilege I had.

The bastard had a countermeasure to the life-giving save.

‘You can’t die in front of this guy.’

Stop committing suicide and focus on avoidance. But your posture is already disheveled.

‘Avoiding vital points is the top priority!’

As I stared intently at the bastard’s arrowhead, trying to twist my body to find a way out, something appeared before my eyes.

-Me. Burn it.

Gray letters appeared before my eyes.

-Boom!

As if he had expected me to twist my body, Noel realized what he wanted at the same time as the arrow pierced his stomach, and he gritted his teeth and shouted.

“I will burn Noel Walker’s soul!”

Perhaps this is the answer Noel wanted.

As if responding to my thoughts, a purple flame burst into flames before my eyes.

“Good job, baby.”

Noel, who had taken control of my body, reached out to the bastard.

“Corptio.”

As soon as Noel finished speaking through my mouth, my mana evaporated in an instant.

The bastard’s skin melted away as if it was rotting away.

“…No, Nowell? Ugh, how, are you?”

Noel, who had taken over my body, looked up somewhere other than the rotting, decaying flesh.

[The world of command is activated.]

The view turned dark.

And I stare at the unstable-looking soul floating in the middle of it all.

“C, character creation! Just like your appearance, the resurrection point is the last…”

The soul of Choi Sang-jin shouting urgently into the empty space.

Noel whispers with a smile on his face.

“no.”

-Brrrrrrr!

A black stream emanating from my shadow.

―This is a soul registered in ‘Notification’.

The black lines along with the familiar writing attract Choi Sang-jin’s soul.

“Oh, how! How is your soul still alive?!”

“Next time, look at every single finger carefully.”

With those words, the soul of the bastard is sucked into the shadow, and the world that had seemed dark regains its color.

“Gasp, gasp, gasp… .”

Did Noel’s soul go out?

With great fatigue, my body began to move under my will again.

-I’m rooting for you, baby.

Noel, who returned to his hazy state, smiles and says.

-I believe that with the strength you possess, you will take good care of my daughter.

“… Okay, wait a minute.”

The soul disappeared with a purple flame without any words being said.

Walker’s warlock disappeared like that.

* * *

After the incident, Walker regained his energy.

People gathered in front of the fountain and listened to the minstrel’s song with excited faces.

“Oh, heavens! What a splendid golden light! With the blessing of the Freya religion, golden grass grows! The sweetness of the Raoul grass drives away the demons that were eating Walker!”

A red sword that cuts down stars.

The most famous singer on the continent of Gerard, the bard, was not as good as ‘Galtarang’, but his singing skills were still quite acceptable.

“Is this a blessing brought by the World Tree? Is this the wisdom of the new Lord, Marie Walker, who has accepted the doctrine?”

When I couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration at Marie’s skill in hiring a minstrel to not only promote Raoul Poole but also to raise her own reputation, Hye-rin muttered as she looked at the minstrel as if she found it boring.

“It looks like some kids are imitating a musical.”

“musical?”

“… There is something like that. Perhaps, there is something similar here on the Gerard Continent?”

The usual, uninteresting story.

As the conversation between the bard and the poet stops, Hye-rin suddenly speaks up.

“I heard the second daughter proposed to you?”

Hearing those words, I smile as I recall memories of yesterday.

“… That’s right.”

After the cleanup is over.

I told Marie Walker, who was thrilled at having saved Walker, about Noel.

He told me about how he helped me and asked me to take good care of his daughter, Marie Walker.

Perhaps moved by those words, he made a suggestion to Walker to remain with him for the rest of his life.

“Are you getting married?”

“no.”

“why?”

“You’re just a commoner. If you were the lord of a small fiefdom, I wouldn’t mind, but if the lord of a large fiefdom like Walker were to marry me, your reputation in society would suffer. If you were a warrior, you would have thought about it at least a little.”

Hye-rin sighs and shakes her head at my words.

“… Ha, I can’t get used to this damned other world.”

Hyelin, who turned on the machine as if she didn’t want to think complicated thoughts, naturally laid her head on my leg.

“You said you had something to do during the day. Aren’t you going?”

“I’ll get a headache if I go there. I’ll rest for 30 more minutes and then go.”

Hye-rin, who is now really comfortable, curls up with her head on my thigh and assumes a sleeping position.

Hyelin, who had been nodding off, suddenly sat up with wide eyes when she saw someone.

“… Oppa. Are you okay?”

Croa, who went from golden to night-colored hair.

Since Noel possessed my body, I was able to completely hide my dark magic at will, so even though Croa was right in front of me, I wasn’t affected much by divine power.

“What about you? Have you ever had a hard time?”

“There wasn’t any. Sister Iris was nice to me, and Lian was by my side.”

Recent events that I couldn’t even share properly.

As Croa, who seemed to have a lot to say, smiled and was about to sit down next to me, someone waved their hand in my direction.

“Hey, Croa! Sister Eris… No, the elder called for you!”

Lian, who wears the clothes of an apprentice knight, still looks like a child.

Croa frowned briefly at Lian’s words and stood up from his seat.

“I’ll come back again once I finish what’s left.”

“Take it slow, I have work to do by tomorrow too.”

Croa smiled at my words, then bowed his head towards Hye-rin with a straight expression.

“Oh, yes… thank you… all?”

Hye-rin stood up awkwardly as if she didn’t know how to greet herself and bowed her head urgently.

When Croa, who finished greeting her, turned his back completely and turned to Lian, Hye-rin let out a sigh of relief.

“Why are you so nervous?”

“… If she likes her brother so much, how would she feel if someone like me were to act like her younger sister? I sigh as I try to understand that girl’s feelings.”

As Hye-rin said, Croa looked lonely.

It would be natural, since he had to live in a church in Tallinn, desperately hiding his divine powers, after being separated from me.

“But, isn’t there a rumor going around that your younger brother defeated the undead?”

“Mari announced that the greatest contribution was made by the elder Eris. To others, it must have seemed like Croa was just helping out.”

Even if you witness the same thing, it looks different depending on what you know.

Just as ordinary people cannot understand my swordsmanship, they will also not be able to understand Croa’s divine power.

I would have only recognized that something big had happened.

“Well, that’s good. I think I should go soon, so I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Didn’t you say you had work to do until tomorrow?

Hye-rin heads to the accommodation prepared by Marie Walker.

I left Hye-rin and headed to the room in the mansion that Mari had prepared.

‘I told you not to come in, but I think it’s better to lock it.’

-Clang.

Lock the door and get down on the bed.

I look at the letters that appeared when I dealt with the guy I had left in one corner of my field of vision.

[Add ‘Soul Mage Choi Sang-jin’ to ‘Soul Slot 3’.]

[Soul Slot 3 – Soul Sorcerer Choi Sang-jin]

*You can activate a new perk, ‘Character Creation’.

The special ability he had was ‘character creation’.

‘In the end, it wasn’t resurrection, but the ability to create a new body.’

As a special privilege, you can create a new body that is 100% identical to your own, with no soul rejection, and use magic to transfer your soul to it and come back to life.

That was the secret of immortality.

‘Is this okay?’

I tried to reach out and activate ‘Create Character’, but a warning message appeared.

[Note: When you die, ‘Auto-resurrect from last save’ is set. Would you like to change it to ‘Return to character screen’?]

Frown at the words that are difficult to understand.

I sigh as I think about asking Hye-rin about the palace information.

‘It’s a bit ambiguous to ask indirectly.’

If I understand it intuitively, it’s probably asking if we should change the save privilege to a character creation privilege.

If I understood correctly, it was a problem that didn’t need to be thought about.

[Changes have been cancelled.]

Of course, it’s advantageous to go back to the past and save, but if you can’t handle souls like Choi Sang-jin, being resurrected like that guy is out of the question.

‘Shall we take a look at something else?’

He turns his gaze and touches the translucent letters with his finger.

-The level has increased.

– You have accomplished a great feat. (Achievement pt+1,500)

– Challenge, ‘Max Level PK Success’ achieved. (Achievement pt+15,000)

– You have achieved the challenge, ‘Reach the pinnacle of black magic’. (Achievement pt+ 30000)

-Achievement, the ultimate in black magic. (Black magic additional damage +25%)

Things that I don’t quite understand even after reading them.

But the reason I forbade people from entering and sat down on the bed was because of the writing behind it.

-Second job advancement is now possible.

[Would you like to move to the Room of Destiny?]

This time, the blinking letters seemed to say, “Freedom” rather than “Coercion.”

‘Shall we go right away?’

As I extend my finger to the Room of Destiny, my view changes.

[You have entered the ‘Room of Destiny’.]

A pure white world.

As I was looking around the same room, where the layout of the room changed and letters appeared with every step I took, I felt a presence behind me.

-Thump.

The sound of human footsteps.

There was someone else in the room of destiny besides me.