Tulip Mausoleum (3)
[An unexpected event occurs and an instance dungeon opens.] [A quest has arrived.]
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[Sudden Quest]
You have discovered one of the relics of the Great Dragon, the ‘Grim Reaper’. Win at hide-and-seek with the guardian ‘Magara’ who protects the relic.
· Difficulty: A
· Reward: Ownership of ‘Grim Reaper’
· On failure: Forfeiture of ownership
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For a moment, Theo felt his feet sink in.
It was a swamp.
A swamp filled with mud and river water.
“this.”
Theo tried to regain his balance first, feeling as if his body was going to sink before he could even properly read the quest’s contents.
Then, suddenly, he felt a damp sensation under his feet and drew his magical power down to the soles of his feet.
Kwaaang!
With the sound of a cannon explosion, mud scattered in all directions, and Theo was lifted into the air.
The place he was just a moment ago.
The hideous creature with the body of a shark, the tail of a snake, and the long snout of a crocodile licked its lips as it looked this way, as if it were regretting it.
“You’re quicker than you look.”
widely!
Theo lowered Drake’s blade down while sitting on a nearby dry tree.
“I guess you’re the guardian here?”
“Similar.”
“Looking at the quest, it looks like all I have to do is catch you. Is it okay for me to show up like this?”
The idea of playing hide and seek seemed to imply finding Magara, who had sunk deep into the swamp.
But instead of running away, he showed up like this.
Should I say that he has great confidence or that his abuse of power is serious?
But it seems that Magara was not one of them.
“Why do you think I ‘naturally’ would do a quest with you?”
“what?”
A completely different reaction from the other Guardians I’ve met so far.
Theo’s eyes widened.
“Quests are nothing more than the forced demands of the Ancient Dragon for his own goals. They don’t include our opinions or thoughts.”
“… … !”
As expected, it was a completely different reaction from the Guardians Theo had met so far.
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Woof! Woof!
In that moment, not only Drake’s Blade and Moonlight Sword, but also other relics such as the Desert Ring and Ice Flower Butterfly all trembled violently.
Phew!
The earring on my left ear shook.
At the same time, it took the form of a fairy dragon while spitting out a cold glow.
“gibberish!”
The fairy dragon, who had made an appearance after a long time, looked very angry as it looked at Magara.
“Papnir is our creator! His will is the mission we must uphold! And the task we must complete! How can you deny that!?”
“That only applies to you guys who have no free will and just do whatever you’re told.”
Theo felt as if Magara was laughing at the fairy dragon.
“Goyan!”
“You fools, either follow that human or continue doing what you were doing. But don’t force your thoughts on me.”
Magara’s vertical pupils dilated.
“There is only one true master for me, Lord Rize!”
It was a declaration.
Wanting to enforce one’s own will.
‘I’m deeply in love with Leje.’
What should I do about this?
Theo was lost in thought for a moment.
It is not known how Leje came into possession of the Taigoryong relic.
It seemed like she didn’t know much about relics either.
But the fact that Magara shows such absolute loyalty to Rje means that there is some emotional connection that has nothing to do with the relic.
‘Even in your previous life, didn’t you let go of the Grim Reaper until the very end?’
In the near future, Le Jé ends up losing the race for power.
The one who accompanied her to her final moments was not a Grim Reaper, nor a Talented Person, but the Grim Reaper.
It was evidence that even Leje thought of his beloved soldier with special care.
The problem was that Theo had to retrieve the relic in order to gain the power of the Great Dragon.
There had to be some way to separate Leje and Magara.
“You want to go down a path that is so vain that it defies the will of the Creator? Isn’t that guy named Rje not even a chosen one?”
“But Ragnar was born with the blood of a dragon.”
“you!”
“Do you need a qualification that is nothing more than a facade? If so, then fine. I will give you that qualification for my master!”
What he meant was simple.
Tiring!
[Magara shows strong hostility towards you. Magara wants to hunt you down from now on and transfer the status of <Chosen> to someone else. Beware of Magara’s attacks.] [Some quest content has been changed.] [Difficulty has been increased from A to S.]
Kwaaaaah!
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Guardians Rebellion!
Theo ended up laughing out loud.
It wasn’t easy to gain the approval of the Fairy Dragon and the Death Worm, but they never showed their murderous intent so blatantly.
“Magara!”
“Do your best. If you can do it. Hehe… … .”
Whether the fairy dragon called her name or not, Magara had already disappeared beneath the swamp.
“This is starting to give me a headache.”
The fairy dragon touched its forehead with its short arm.
It was funny because his speech was like that of an old man, which didn’t match his cute appearance, but he didn’t seem to realize it.
“No. The quest didn’t change anyway.”
“You shouldn’t look down on Magara. He may not be comparable to me, but he was a beast that tore his enemies apart in one breath with his strong jaw and hide even when he was alive.”
“Even in the meantime, he still shows off.”
“Now is not the time to joke around!”
The fairy dragon frowned.
“Although you have broken this body with dirty tricks and have no choice but to serve me as your master, the fact that you are the master of this body, a descendant of the ancient dragon, and the companion of the guardian dragon will not change. This body does not wish for the master who has finally found me after waiting for over a thousand years to die in vain or be injured like this.”
Theo now felt certain about the nature of the fairy dragon.
Regardless of ability, he was too boastful.
“So first, make a plan according to this body’s advice… …!”
“I don’t think it will be that difficult.”
“……what?”
The fairy dragon thought Theo was making strange noises.
Dungeons are the optimal environment for Guardians to operate in.
They say even a dog eats half of its food in its own front yard, so it would be difficult for an outsider to do anything about that… …!
[The Dragon’s Factor is activated.] [Dragon’s Blood Awakening begins.]
“Even like this?”
“omg!”
Ragnar’s dragon blood comes from the primordial dragon and the guardian dragon.
It meant that it belonged to an ancient dragon that could be said to be the origin of all dragon species.
And the lower species were instinctively made to obey the higher species.
Theo has trained himself to the point where he can freely use his Dragon Blood Awakening during his months on the floating archipelago.
Now, we have reached a level where we can unleash some of the dragon’s powers without major penalties.
The fairy dragon had lowered its head without realizing it.
It was a reaction based on instinct.
and,
It wasn’t any different because it was Magara.
[All special abilities and strengthening abilities you have are temporarily increased.] [All buffs start.] [Time limit: 6 minutes.]
The time limit has been increased by one minute from before.
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That was enough.
Kwak!
Theo stretched out his hand into the air, his senses sharpened to the max.
And then twisted it sideways.
Quaddukduk-
A section of the swamp that had been held in place by telekinesis flipped over completely, revealing Magara, who was waiting for Theo to make a move underneath.
“What is this!”
“Come.”
At Theo’s command, Magara’s entire body was lifted into the air, unable to move.
“no!”
Magara tried to shake off her instinctive submission and forced bondage, but before she could, Theo had already moved.
The original content of this quest was hide and seek.
If the drunk touches it, it’s all over.
Eventually, Theo’s fingertips reached Magara.
Flash!
A halo of light filled the world.
[Congratulations! You have successfully completed the sudden quest by finding the hidden Magara.] [Rating: S] [You have acquired ownership of the Grim Reaper as a reward.]
The place where the halo of light has gone.
Leje was still shaking hands with Theo, his expression hardened.
Unlike the dungeon, real time barely passed.
“you!”
Leje intuitively realized that Theo was trying to do ‘something’ to him.
But Theo just smiled leisurely as he shook hands.
“Is something wrong?”
“What… … !”
What kind of nonsense is this?
Leje was about to say something, but then bit his lips tightly shut.
There was no evidence to suggest that Theo had done anything, only that she knew about it.
It also doesn’t make sense that Theo, the servant, could fool her senses and accomplish something in that short moment.
Who would have guessed that the ownership of one’s prized weapon would be taken away?
No, even if I had known, it would have been difficult to argue.
In the first place, she was the one who started the fight by saying she wanted to test Theo.
Rather, if it became known that he had been treated unfairly, it would only be a loss of face for him.
Eventually, Leje regained his composure by gritting his teeth.
The playful gaze that had been there until now was gone.
“Okay. I started it first, so let’s just let it slide this time. It seems like Dad wasn’t too excited when he mentioned a sixth candidate.”
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‘As expected, the fact that he is one of the top 5 candidates never goes away.’
Theo couldn’t help but admit it to Le Jé.
With that level of composure, I thought I would have to be even more wary of her in the future.
The more such a person is, the more stealthy and sharp he will be when swinging his sword in the future.
“To begin with, at that age, there was no one who treated me this badly besides Thorkel. You by any chance… … !”
“doesn’t exist.”
“I haven’t finished speaking yet?”
“Aren’t you telling me to come down? I don’t want to.”
“Did you even eat the pumpkin? You’re so determined.”
Leje looked back and forth between Theo and Wellington.
It meant that the friends were exactly the same.
But he didn’t offer anything more.
As if he had no regrets.
It was a look I hadn’t expected in the first place.
It was already clear from the handshake they had just made a little while ago that Theo was not a vessel to be put under anyone.
Instead, Leje approached Cassandra.
Cassandra hesitated at the sound of someone approaching her and hid even closer behind Theo.
“You are that child. The prophet that Troyban was looking for.”
Leje lowered his posture so that his face was level with Cassandra’s.
Theo’s eyes widened as he watched from the side.
He realized that from the beginning, Leje’s purpose was not for himself, but for Cassandra.
“I have one question, can you answer it?”
At that moment, Theo’s face hardened.
‘It was Leje who brought Cassandra here!’
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“My lord.”
The place where Theo and his group entered the union building with Cassandra.
Only Lejeman was still crouching in his seat, lost in thought.
One of the members of the Death Squad approached with concern.
“huh?”
“You got the answer you wanted, but is there any problem?”
“No problem? Of course not.”
-I.
A question that Leje asked Cassandra.
-Can I become a ‘king’?
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It was all in Leje’s head that he discovered that there was a child who could foresee the future and ordered Theo and his group, who happened to be nearby, to launch a rescue operation.
In order to obtain the Prophet card, I also wanted to check the abilities of Theo, the new leading candidate for the succession.
What if Theo’s operation failed?
The Dragon Priest and the Guardian Angel would have come out immediately.
They were the ones who had been chasing after the Arc and the Blue House all this time.
Fortunately, Cassandra was rescued safely without them having to intervene.
Finally, Leje was able to ask the question he had been wanting to ask for a long time.
The throne.
Could she sit in the seat she had longed to reach since she was a child?
Even now, after overcoming countless obstacles and restrictions, he wonders if he will finally be able to sit in the same seat as his father.
And the answer is… … .
But even after hearing that answer, Rize could neither laugh nor cry.
-… … .
‘There’s no response.’
Because Grim Reaper, who always cried with me whenever I was happy or sad, had been so quiet until now.
The Grim Reaper has always had a spiritual connection to her.
But not now.
As if he was ‘dead’.
“… … .”
This moment.
Leje was able to realize.
I wish I could be there the moment I become king.
The fact that the friend he had hoped would sit on the throne with him was no longer by his side.
How the bastard of the Return Sword Family lives
