Chapter 114: Erin Danua (4)
VuWA never-ending repetition of 3 days. The city of unending darkness was now unbelievably bright.fCU2RS
pXIThe Sun which had descended while pushing back the power of the Moon was showering the city with a radiant light.o5Ni2P
dN9qA bright sun had forced the night away. Soon, the Grim Reaper appeared in front of me as I watched that divine miracle unfold.7B4fW
ocX9《You have done it.》ifjVx
yjvF8cRThe Grim Reaper residing in the City of Death smiled faintly as it gazed at the bright city that had been cleansed in the blink of an eye. His smile resembled that of an office worker, who finally had an end to a 300-year-long overnight shift.wX5CEYu
FWyd《Impressive. Was not expecting you to do something like this with a leftover treasure of the Danaans. Perhaps you will be the next successor of the Divinity of Nuada.》n0PQ
BqEoAi“Well, it’s just a once-in-a-lifetime trick. It was only possible thanks to all the Rune Letters that were carved across the city over the past 300 years.”GSNDW8
LcVZVWith my current pool of mana, it was still hard to concentrate the power of the Sun let alone manifest it. There was no way I would have been able to manifest a Sun that was large enough to cleanse the whole city without the help of Erin.ibq
ajDWD“More importantly, does that count as me fulfilling my side of the contract?”4XNjFd
QR9jPg《I do acknowledge it. You have definitely kept your word.》v8kmLM
22L“Then it’s time for you to do the same.”1NP2egZ
xX3《There is no need to remind me. Well then, Queen.》57xjFr
7SUUT6“…”HeNpg
JPqThe Grim Reaper turned to Erin, who was blankly watching the city turn brighter behind me. She sat there and murmured to herself.g2uB
KHG“It, really is over. Finally…”xXDu
MTB9UCSFor 300 years, she had been tied to the city of the dead.6DYtz06
NaKV7Was she happy to be released from that curse? I wasn’t sure, but nonetheless she blankly continued staring at the white city.qVZsg
WINbEKb“Thank you Korin. Thanks to you, I was finally released from my contract, which I thought was going to last forever.”ZJvPxuN
hZEMFE“I was simply doing what had to be done.”efTMt
qQO“Korin. Once this contract is over, I…”vI2ks
3kUR“I know.”q2S2
5qUzJ“You… know?”qOSbp
Sh97d“…”gJFzg
RkrPPgIntentionally, I avoided her eyes and also turned to the city. I felt her eyes staring at me from the side but I continued looking forward.sEq
trDDSoon, she returned her eyes to the front and looked at the same place I was staring at.6G7
26Sn“You’ve worked hard,” she said.ZhN5BsB
ghxWOhs“I did work hard.”HTs
J0czHv“Did you stumble a lot?”QSud9qF
wAzaKU“Quite a few times.”EISsaSt
Wot“Did you cry?”3kU
sogGDr“Always.”fVAwd
zl1KmaZ“Even if you don’t see a path in front of you, I want you to stay proud of yourself. Hold onto your conviction and go straight. If you do…”XmhxQ
1vDRxUMYou will be a hero.8KeW
UgbxIt was funny. The current Erin obviously had different memories and a different set of experiences and yet she was consoling me with the same words as my master from that time.XUXgSP
VE4At the same time, that wasn’t anything strange. She was just that kind of person, and that was why she could nonchalantly decide to die for my sake.8BDe
cNNaLL“And…”ACXY05
eCHShe then said the same words as the one I heard before. After some hesitation, she stroked my face and opened her mouth.ZKx
7vZsuLo“Let me imbue into you, the blessing of a goddess.”GMxq
qRrAs proof of her affection, she would now kiss my forehea…3jNV7P
d07Q3“Uhp?”a1z32
698AEbWarmth was conveyed through the skin with a chu as her lips aligned with mine… Vacantly, I looked forward into her wet eyes and blushing cheeks.YEU45
ZSdhBar“I sincerely wish for your happiness.”S6F
W44e1miDespite having tears threatening to drop in her eyes, she showed a smile brighter than everything else in the world and gave me her blessing.k7wRSb3
WPcAfter finishing its due responsibility of cleansing the city, the Sun disappeared and darkness covered the area again.8uEraf
4oeQsAnd Erin was nowhere to be found.BTWc
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KDHgNNazrea was fully cleansed.KVDoL2
gIigHFThe city once cleansed was in complete ruin. There was no sign of life anywhere in the ruined and broken city, but at the very least, it was ready to accept new life now that the unnatural scenes of daily life had been removed from it.ec4R
fOoNEven though there had been things pretending to be alive in this land of death, after all, their nature was still that of the dead.7CXaU
9tP8q6Z『Rune Amplification』
– The effects of your Rune Magic are enhanced.REKKmg6
NICThe specialty, Rune Amplification was what I gained as a reward from the Precept. It didn’t look too bad.73ANh
hpAETo test it out, I tried using Kenaz.DOH7T
xLNj4d– Hwaruruk!ojDeNj
7LgBe“Ohh~”ew2Ur
fR3WzThe Rune of Flames burned ever brighter than before, helping me understand the impact of this specialty.1wIIwL
ZGu9The upside of Rune Letters was that anyone could use it regardless of whether they were a mage or not. Although that sounded great, the downside was just as big; it was hard to make them stronger than an elementary-grade spell.EQbuXek
hcVgIn the end, the only way to use a strong Rune Magic was to carve as many of them as I could and make them resonate at once using a special artifact like the Silver Spear.R2wdM
taIhNot only was the general power output of Rune Magic enhanced thanks to this specialty that I just acquired, but I was now also able to increase the power of the spell in conjunction with the mana spent.eS0Ru3d
TmQLEk‘Maybe not as strong as a high-grade spell, but I can make a single letter have the power of a medium-grade spell now.’UJz5A
zymbuQEIt might not mean much when it came to the Resonant Activation ability since that was powerful enough already, but it would be incredibly useful during fights.PYrm3
D1nU9nn‘The rewards this time seem to be that and this ‘Primal Rune’.’QcR
qfuN7M5I took out the rune stone which I had prepared beforehand, which now had the Primal Rune, 『n』 engraved onto it.Uedcfeq
ufwpjXPThis was the rune of the Prime which promised the everlasting presence of paradise. With this, it was one less Primal Rune that Tates Valtazar could obtain.TSwaFol
Otw5KvCOn the way out of the city after packing up my belongings, I found the priests creating a ruckus in the distance.7RCR
gQFjrE– What in the world is going on…!?k4Xb
1tgFBXP– Contact the closest branch! Tell everyone to come here!kCmWE
hOq0Dxf– Did you see that Sun? Who is it? Who did it?Nq2
hFPlbj2They were the priests of their respective doctrines that were here to monitor and observe Nazrea.1m0N6z
0WKii6fBefore long, they would realize that this was due to the Sun, Claiomh Solais. Whether it be the Old Faith or the New Faith, the 4 treasures of the Danaans were seen as legendary treasures passed down by the gods.0OtaZZ
TFNUWell, they weren’t necessarily wrong because those had indeed been items belonging to gods.8vn
i47yxIf I were to show up in front of them right now and show them Claiomh Solais, they would probably see me as the champion of the God of Sun.cUsBA1
mkcGod of Sun; the Great Danaan of the Sun, Nuada Airgetlam – the generation previous to Master Erin.M62Kg1
T7MAnd that would have a lot of implications. Gaining the support of a religion; an enormous religion like the New Faith as well as the Saintess and one of the successor candidates to the throne, Estelle Hadassa El Rath, meant a lot.dy4
ULqXuSUnlike the time in the past when all 4 of the treasures were in the hands of the enemy, one of them was on me, and that was great but…oFLqISZ
ub7HA“I wonder how Miru that princess is doing.”BPO2Lvo
JcrK2jRMiruam Elizabeth El Rath.8DIF6
2BDrgqNShe was the 2nd Princess of the kingdom with the Old Faith and the Tower of Mages behind her; a villainess of ❰Heroic Legends of Arhan❱ opposing the Saintess, Estelle Hadassa El Rath.ZysLyHO
F4jK『Knight Korin. Look. This is our child. Beautiful, right?』dVK
rERgAv“Kuhum…!”ORM3
nhRxQI remembered the time I was first approached by that snake-like princess.mNsk2
4EDAMA‘Well, it’s not the time to get myself involved in politics just yet.’9Ggk
k4dDWThat was something worth thinking about, but not until the end of the Tower of Mages incident and until I successfully stopped the murder of Chairman Eriu Casarr.FdWEf
YWJeQThe key characters of the upcoming event were Dun Scaith and the wolf siblings.7e7
xdd‘I killed the strongest animals of Dun Scaith, the black bull and a dragon, but there’s still the brown ox and the white-horned cow.’ieE
WBns2And Ren and Ron. The two of them were on my side so it was a lot less concerning on that end.hFRHZ
eRyA“First off… will be the new semester.”8gA
AKIThere were only 10 days left until the end of the holiday so I put that on the top of the priority list.TiXm
CgnaQXEscaping the city while hiding from the priests wasn’t that difficult.OhmP
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tkUCqtInside a dark palace, the Queen was sitting all alone on the throne.S5g
wPOcrkThe lonely palace had no visitors except for a long disciple of hers whom she had been raising ever since a young age.5oDzTo
7lt0jIt was all because of the seal 80 years ago… due to the betrayal of her cherished disciple and a potential successor. 80 years ago, she had been sealed.qLbnMuN
aCcitf5That was why the Queen, Erin Danua, had been staying asleep for a long time with silence and serenity being the two of her few friends. It was therefore normal for her life to be a dull one with no ups and downs.1tY5
dT3mThe reason she suddenly woke up from her long sleep was because of an abrupt wave of memories.iKGy
LPL『Grim Reaper. Let’s make a contract.』CFi
H5pQzkQThose were memories from 300 years ago, around the time when she was wandering across the world, and were about Nazrea which she had forgotten until now for some reason.GuL
WSL『That makes this the 3,784th cycle.』gbM9
peMNUAn endless struggle against the black mage who was tied down to the city just like her.S0Uz
6MQ“Uhht…!”VDupyU3
JcmTThey flooded in without an end. With little regard to the mental burden it would cause her, they flooded in like a tsunami covering a town.SS8PBJ
pBaBut at the same time, she understood that if it was her, she would have forged a contract with the Grim Reaper and that she would have been holding on for a long time.1iaJbB
xtugjIn the midst of those boring and tedious memories of the past 300 years; from that endless history of struggle…2WiZ
oLVnPua『You… must be my disciple from a distant future.』3wa
4T9nA memory she couldn’t disregard entered her brain. It was recent… but the most surprising factor was the person involved.OiWqoZ
zwaC2G“Korin… Lork?”yZ6NDkX
kz5LThe disciple of Valtazar the traitor. He was the one who came to her after betraying his own master… or so she thought.VW5lWY
ZXJVLzWhy was he there? Did he go to Nazrea during the festival? If so, what was he planning on doing…x1fwJ
Lce5『Grim Reaper. Let’s make a contract.』Qj8
JYuObH“W, wait…”6ElPkq
LiLThat was way too reckless of him. A contract with the Grim Reaper…? Even she had to live amidst 300 years of struggle after being separated from her main body and yet… how could a soul this young make such a horrifying contract with his own reincarnation on the table?xJ6VMi
BPd0m『This time, I want to be the one saving you.』qEJ
gY0dDoWhy was he, who should be Valtazar’s disciple, calling her master and…sp8p
5KpMTc『I told you; I’ll definitely save you this time. I’m here to save you, Erin.』JG3GRVc
fWoqIhfAnd why was he looking at her with… such emotional eyes…?kCLn0v
LwJ7『Can I kiss you?』wvcH
DHFV“Aht! Uht! Aht!”81Hn8
nNhj14『You are such a special person to me.』U5D0
tCUCoVU“Uhht?! Ahhht?!”ecr4j
GQLwIt was embarrassing. His eyes and words were too much to take in for an old maiden who had never even held onto a man’s hand before.rgJU
pYVq“I, I… was in that kind of relationship…? With Student Korin?”f4fBw5
zJZuQuestions were constantly surging up in her mind but those were all erased momentarily by the last bit of memory.SbPoO
kX2cB『Let me imbue into you, the blessing of a goddess.』LNy
vtq7TChu! There went the first kiss of her life.XVJ
0rKNx– Vuiing…!JRSaMY
Dai“Erin. I found a new book you might like. Would you like to… What are you doing?”6vqjJIA
7fzpOnTThe only visitor allowed in the palace, Josephine Clara, looked curiously at Erin, who was twisting her body on the throne while covering her face with her palms.CSG
cAKPfa“Uahhhh… You are crazy. You are crazy…”3VvTawF
2Z1m6MqShe continued mumbling incomprehensible words for a while.dYf2
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cpJoIn the extreme colds of the Northern Kingdom was the Dingle Peninsula.sj4JaM
Zp0The cold and hellish environment full of demonic beasts, the northerners were always prepared for a battle.2ntAZrr
VCvE2Under a freezing blizzard, they built stone walls and created fortresses. Those fortresses were placed all across the land and served as a shield that stopped the marching monsters.YSocJ
BkiC42nAs a result, the idol of people living in the Northern Kingdom ended up being a powerful warrior, and those with strength were thus revered and admired.CnWM
MH8dwxAnd around 80 years ago, a warrior had shown himself on the Dingle Peninsula.9MbcEQ
x87QbzTates Valtazar.6ZJj4
8TJAlthough he was hiding his name and his true identity, his mighty presence and power were more than enough to force the barbarians of the north under his command.385
URO1Vp“Hueeekk…”GBEy
z17tGLying on the ground was the cluster of snakes, toads, magic bulls, and dragons; the content of the Magic Cauldron of Undry. The crazy and ferocious beast was humbly kneeling before the King.lUa6
qP7O“I am, very sorryyy… Master.”14MRjt
obPozwI“…”AdfH3T
G3DV937A red pair of eyes gazed down at him from the throne. Under those eyes of an undisguisable sign of blood, violence, and cruelty, Dun Scaith trembled as he constantly drove his forehead into the floor.4rx7
EkN35x“…”Fxej
takNFZMeanwhile, Dumnorix the Great Sage of the Forest was standing still with the apathetic eyes of an old tree. Strictly speaking, he should be somewhat responsible for the failure but his position was different from that of Dun Scaith.QJ8CC
G1sbUZ“The Sun was taken, huh.”i60Dkla
rGbre“Huiik…!”cKrxW
1oVRKgDun Scaith drove his forehead into the ground once again. Suddenly a pure white spear stabbed through the floor while grazing past his cheeks.UzB
hApJi“Kuhik…!”NACIZ
772sEven though the spear barely touched his cheeks, Dun Scaith screamed and howled in pain. The power of light that threatened to slice his soul and heart was too much to bear for the beast of darkness.y8979l
EmMjJqH“Dumnorix. Anything you have to say?”DTjqqj
XDzO“Nothing, sir.”CMi
zoKZFjs“Good. So, who exactly is this person?”F6M6
7p6bC1As soon as Valtazar gave his permission, Dun Scaith raised his head and blabbered out everything he knew.Vp42IJ3
SHH“Korin Lork…! That’s his name! And he is also the one who killed Fermack for sure! He called himself the First Spear of Erin Danua!”e0CRPXL
bhFZ“Korin Lork…”mtDq
bEoS“Do you know him, sir?”Gzq
PTAG“He is my nemesis, guided by Lia Fail.”nMqgZTp
XSn5“…!!”kLKV1V
qNIg5Even Dumnorix couldn’t hide his shock after hearing his words.nVW5Aju
jEvaLpTates Valtazar.oJE6GW
vMGrKaWHe was the strongest knight with the name Spear Saint from 80 years ago. He was literally the god of war and Dumnorix had never seen anyone stronger than him in the long years of his life.kBta1
RikjyEgFermack Daman, Dun Scaith… and even the almighty King of Beauty, Eochaid Bres, were nothing but kids before the God of War, Tates Valtazar.0XfO
7TiKorin Lork… was he really his opposer and nemesis?1MCb
8lq“Did you not say it was a boy called Park Sihu?”acF
ALNJoZThe Stone of Destiny, Lia Fail. It was one of the four great treasures of Danaan which alerted its user of one’s destiny. Dumnorix recalled that the nemesis notified by the great treasure symbolizing the power of the Supreme King had been a different person.nMrdgq
i5j27u“It has already been more than a year since it changed.”j1Y0
iPSRThere was a boy who should have grown to be his destined nemesis but Lia Fail had severed that string of fate. That was 1 year ago near the end of February, right when another boy opened his eyes and woke up.nbA
3oZ“I see… He calls himself the First Spear of Master, huh.”TLgu
4KyTates Valtazar stood up from the throne. That single movement of his quaked the air nearby and forced every living thing to get on their knees and worship him.qZFJE7
Ljd7B7aThe pressure leaving his body was incredible and unbelievably powerful. Even the Great Sage of the Forest who had been living for centuries felt like worshiping him on his knees.svj3v
lhNm6Erin Danua.m5n
0wVAqymThe last Danaan of this land – his beloved master whom he loved and detested.vgXu5
YX0LHearing that name made his blood and fighting spirit boil without an end.EXfPQv3
ECbD9r“I shall pay a visit myself.”6TJPR
npztKR“Will you be personally cutting him down?”kjaQi
PvD“No. Lia Fail has yet to join our fate. Undoing the knot in the strings will have to wait for the time being.”GdBdWo
nvQHR3That was one of the weaknesses of Lia Fail. It gave certainty to the destined future of the one being shown and made it happen no matter the cost; even if it was by going against the law of nature itself.pzT
Hh544wThe successor of the Paradise and the successor of the Void. Tates Valtazar and Korin Lork’s lines of fate were being strongly attracted to one another.qwXSE
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