To the North

Chris said she received updates on the situation through text messages with Jang Yu-ha.

Amel also took a seat, and soon the innkeeper’s daughter came out of the kitchen. She asked if we wanted to order, and we ordered a simple breakfast.

Soon, the morning sun would rise.

Despite working from early dawn, the innkeeper’s daughter didn’t seem to react negatively.

“It’s because you’re pretty, sis.”

“Even though I’m a woman?”

“Women also want to look good to pretty women, right? Didn’t you notice she was looking for you first since we arrived?”

“….”

Well, even men would be drawn to handsome men and want to look good to them.

“But why is your hair so short?”

“It got cut.”

“Cut?”

“My neck was completely chopped off.”

I mimed cutting my neck with a hand chop.

She laughed, thinking it was a joke.

“But why are you all gathered here?”

“We’re eating and discussing her fate.”

Chris had her arm around Nanos’s shoulders.

Nanos couldn’t move.

Knowing what she had done, I felt sorry for her.

“She saw us fighting in the Dream World. She was with that Dream.”

“That huge one?”

“Yeah. She asked Lilietta to undo the Spell on her, but it seems she failed.”

“….”

I looked at Lilietta, who was sitting next to Nanos.

Lilietta was still like a Doll.

“Did you do it, sis?”

“Yeah. It’s about using the Sealed Great Devil’s Strength as if it’s mine, and I can forcibly make her my possession.”

“There’s something like that?”

“Yeah. I found it while searching. Didn’t you know?”

I did it a year earlier.

But it seemed even the Great Devil didn’t know.

Anyway,

Breakfast was served.

There was also a service.

A Special Soup.

I thanked them and ate it deliciously.

We talked while eating.

Before deciding on Nanos’s fate, we cleared up our questions.

“But why did you wake up when you were constantly asleep? You knew you were captured by me, right?”

“Do you think I’ll tell you?”

“Just tell us.”

Cappuccino pressed.

“Should I tell you?”

“Ugh…”

I don’t know what it was, but there was some kind of nerve war between them.

“Sunlight has the power to disrupt Dreams. I had no choice but to wake up.”

“Hmm.”

I additionally asked what her relationship with [Dream] was,

And also asked why she broke her promise with me.

The answer that came back was,

“I cannot say.”

“It would be better to be cooperative.”

“You can never harm that person. So there’s no way I would betray that person first.”

What’s with the stubbornness?

I didn’t really need to say it, but.

“Well, I don’t really care what kind of deal the Succubus and the Ancient Nightmare made.”

Amel ate the last spoonful of soup.

“Because we just need to kill that Dream guy anyway.”

“You underestimate him.”

“I wonder if you’ll still say that after everything is over.”

But Nanos kept her face stiff and didn’t loosen up.

It would have been nice if she had told us honestly.

Then we decided on her fate.

“Execution.”

“Huh? You’re going to kill her?”

Chris asked in surprise.

“Yeah. I’m going to kill her? We promised, right? That we’d kill you if you didn’t keep your promise.”

“….”

“So, it’s your last supper, so eat well.”

“….”

I patted Nanos on the back.

You were unlucky.

What are the odds of meeting me right after I made up my mind to kill someone?

Too bad for you.

“But tell me if you change your mind.”

Who knows?

Maybe I’ll change my mind again?

“….”

Nanos couldn’t get the food down her throat.

“I’m going to travel alone for the next two weeks before the Raid.”

“You’re not going with us?”

Chris said.

“I guess party play isn’t really my thing. I’ll be back when it’s time for the Raid, so don’t worry.”

“We can’t even start the Raid without you anyway.”

The Key was in Amel’s hands.

“But where are you going?”

“Um…”

I hadn’t decided yet.

‘Win. Win. Win.’

‘(What. What. What.)’

‘Did you think of a place I could go?’

‘(I’m not going to come up with that. You’re trying to use the Witch’s network.)’

‘Witch?’

‘(Yeah. There’s something like that. But it’s a secret, so originally only Witches can be taught. So I was going to use Cappuccino to use it, but wait a little longer now.)’

So the schedule is still undecided.

“I don’t have one yet. All I do is wander around the Field and catch Monsters. Do you have any recommendations?”

“Well… the only places I can recommend are Dungeons, but they all already have owners. The locals and natives don’t really care about my reputation.”

“Really?”

“The worlds are different.”

Still, if I slightly exaggerated and said I was the best in the Hunter world, I think I’d get some attention.

Chris seriously pondered.

“You said you don’t like parties, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Can’t you just take one person with you?”

“I don’t really want to.”

“But it will be helpful. Especially when you’re living as a wanderer.”

“Who are you talking about?”

Chris confidently replied.

“Yuha.”

“Her?”

“To be exact, her Awakened Ability is good. I can’t tell you even if you’re my sister, but to put it simply, she has good intuition.”

“Intuition?”

“If you ask, ‘Which direction should I go to find something fun?’ she’ll use her intuition to decide where to go.”

“….”

That’s… um…”

“It’s a hard offer to refuse.”

“She’s our Clan’s secret weapon.”

Then Hong Joo-ah, who was next to her, asked with concern, “Is that okay?”

“Yuha seems to like you too, sis, so I’ll ask her if it’s okay with you.”

“….”

What should I do?

Intuition.

‘Intuition, huh? What do you think?’

‘(If it’s as you heard, it seems convenient? If it’s really as you say, the range of choices will also widen! Let’s take her! I’m in favor!)’

‘Me too.’

‘Ah…’

Cappuccino chimed in.

Come to think of it, she was like that now too.

By absorbing the Strength of [Dream].

A conversation opened up just by thinking.

Cappuccino said.

‘It’s 2 to 1. There’s no veto.’

‘…I’m not really against it either.’

I just felt bitter thinking I was losing another chance for solo play like this.

“Please.”

“Yeah. Yuha will probably like it too.”

───I raised my sword.

Chris suddenly asked.

With a slightly embarrassed face.

“But are you really going to kill her?”

“I promised to.”

The backyard of the inn.

Nanos was lying face down, pressed to the ground.

As she struggled, Lilietta pressed down on her back to restrain her.

Nanos’s eyes were red.

She was gagged, so she could only mumble.

I felt a little sorry for her.

Cappuccino asked Caramel about various things and even prepared a container to put her head in, completing the preparations for the Execution.

What can I say.

Preparing as if it were a ritual made me feel a bit strange.

From the perspective of playing a game, I was just going to kill her lightly and be done with it.

But in order to kill someone in the city, various procedures were required. Unless you’re killing them as a criminal caught in the act, you’re a murderer… or something?

I said to Nanos.

“Goodbye.”

“Ughhh!!! I’ll tell…!!”

The sword had already passed.

Her head fell into the container.

“…Didn’t she say she was going to say something?”

“….”

I already killed her.

“….”

What was she trying to say?

Hmm… I pondered.

Amel stuck the sword into the ground and clasped her hands together.

“Wait a moment.”

She closed her eyes.

‘I offer a Prayer to the respected God.’

‘(What are you doing?)’

‘Resurrection Prayer.’

In the territory of the Temple, [Resurrection] can be used without stock.

Instead, you have to offer a Prayer each time you use it, and the voice reaches the ears of God, though not as much as [Prayer].

I warned Win to shut up, using the excuse of meeting with God.

‘I have beheaded a foolish sinner. It is not right to listen to the words of a sinner, but valuable information will save the lives of many more.’

Prayer.

Resurrection Prayer.

You can recite the cause of death as if you were resolving the Death Penalty.

But [Resurrection] is about Resurrecting others, so the Prayer is also based on the person being Resurrected.

I recited the Prayer.

I feel the effect of [Resurrection].

Nanos’s body glowed, and her head became one with her body.

“You’ve also learned Resurrection. Well, considering the Wish Stone you got, there’s nothing you couldn’t learn.”

Judging from Chris’s nuance, [Resurrection] seems to be mainstream.

The [Resurrected] Nanos grabbed her neck and rolled on the floor.

Then she made eye contact with Amel.

Then she curled up like a pill bug.

“I, I’ll tell you. So please don’t kill me.”

“….”

“….”

Amel shrugged.

I left Nanos to Chris.

I asked her to let me know later by text.

I went back to the inn,

And slept the sleep I couldn’t get last night.

The news I heard when I woke up was,

Nanos was imprisoned.

Her real name is Lara.

Nanos seems to be like a positional name given to the Succubus Queen. The name Nanos was a bit hard to pronounce.

“So what was the deal that Nanos… no, Lara, made with the Nightmare?”

“It’s nothing much. It was just about helping the Succubus race be born through imaginary pregnancy.”

“Imaginary… what?”

“Imaginary pregnancy. I heard it’s hard for Succubus to be born.”

The survival of the species.

That was definitely the reason why [Succubus] couldn’t betray [Ancient Nightmare].

But she betrayed him?

“The image we showed in the Dream seems to have shaken her thoughts a lot.”

“Hmm.”

Destroying a city in one blow,

Burning a city in one shot,

There were two such beings.

No, there were three if you included myself, who cut the city in half.

Moreover, they were immortal beings who could be Resurrected even if they were killed, so she couldn’t help but be shaken.

In the first place, if the Hero’s prophecy is correct, they are the vanguard prepared by God to kill the Great Devil. As long as it’s a game, the Great Devil’s defeat is certain.

“More importantly, when are we leaving?”

“When Yuha comes.”

“She’s already on the first floor.”

“….”

Messy hair.

Dull eyes.

A body with nothing on.

Short hair.

The hair that was cut off by [Death Knight] had not been restored.

Thanks to that, it was easy to wash.

“Anyway, since I became human, I’ve been washing you instead, right?”

“…Thank you.”

I sat in the shower room and was washed by Cappuccino.

At times like this, I was glad that Cappuccino was like my alter ego.

The core is almost a man.

She likes touching a pretty body, and I like being washed comfortably. It’s a flaw that she touches my chest a lot, but I let it go because it’s comfortable.

Anyway,

The first floor.

Jang Yu-ha was there.

Since there were many people, there were more procedures to go through before leaving than when I was solo.

I told Chris I was going, I told Hong Joo-ah, I met with the Clan members, and I told them all individually that I was leaving.

Amel, who was born a solo Player, was already exhausted just from following along.

After leaving Dwarfneer,

“Please guide me well.”

“Trust me.”

I told her to drop the honorifics, so she did.

“Where should I guide you?”

“Um…”

It’s that after all.

“A place where there are enemies I can fight.”

“If it’s an enemy that Amel-nim can fight, it’s almost at the national level. And don’t forget that you’re giving me the rights to upload the video as a condition for guiding you.”

“I know.”

Jang Yu-ha looked around and tilted her head.

And,

She moved her steps.

She headed north.