As the silver ticket tore, the light that burst forth transformed into a single word after a moment.

[Ring of the Great Forest]

“Great Forest? Forest?”

[Unlocking skill information through System authority.]

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Item Name: Ring of the Great Forest

Rank: A+

Type: Semi-Permanent Accessory

Effect: When worn, allows the use of the temporary skill ‘Super Regeneration (A+)’ and grants absolute favor from the ‘Elf’ and ‘Forest Guardian’ races.

Description: One of the treasures of a race that once ruled an entire other world.

A precious item soaked in the juice extracted from the fruit of the World Tree, the god they served.

Special: Treasure of the Great Forest – Destroying this artifact will incur absolute hatred from the ‘Elf’ and ‘Forest Guardian’ races.

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“Oh…..”

It looked like a green, circular metal bracelet, sized perfectly for her wrist.

Although it was circular, it was lavishly decorated with green jewels here and there, making it obvious to anyone that it was a valuable item.

“Super Regeneration?”

Its appearance was flashy, but the effects were difficult to understand at the moment.

First, Super Regeneration.

It seemed to be a skill that basically provided regeneration, but how would it be activated?

“Mana.”

Assuming it used mana, the most basic form of energy, she poured mana into a slightly scarred area.

Then, she felt the mana within her body being sucked in, and the wound healed instantly.

It seemed mana was indeed the key.

“The consumption efficiency doesn’t seem very good.”

It was definitely a good skill, but the mana consumption was quite high.

Still, good was good, so there was no need to think negatively.

Ha-yeon, having circulated mana throughout her body to heal even the smallest wounds, looked at the next effect.

“Elves and Forest Guardians, huh.”

[Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash’ says that they are all races and monsters living in the Great Forest of another world.]

Elves were famous.

There was an SS-rank gate that remained open without being cleared, and one of them was the Great Forest where elves lived, located in the Amazon.

Occasionally, if high-ranking natives possessed extremely high levels of martial prowess and intelligence, it was possible to buy them through negotiation.

To be precise, it was giving them a place to live, because if they genuinely invaded, it was clear that a country would be annihilated.

And Forest Guardians were said to be familiars raised by the elves and creations directly created by the World Tree, the god who led them.

They were made of wood but did not burn in fire, and they had no stamina, so they could only be killed by breaking through their incredibly tough outer shell and destroying the even tougher core inside.

And there were roughly over 200 of them.

“Hmm… it’s definitely high-performance.”

It was an artifact that was beyond A+ rank, capable of rivaling even S- rank.

The only downside was that if it was destroyed, she would incur the hatred of the elves and Forest Guardians.

But that was something she could be careful about.

After roughly checking its performance, she put the bracelet on her left wrist.

And once again, the System window appeared.

[You have cleared the Trial of the Divine Beast. Would you like to return to the Dungeon?]

“Yes.”

To be honest, there wasn’t much else to do, so she answered immediately, and light struck her eyes as it had when she arrived, and a moment later, the location changed.

What she saw was the very mountain she had entered here.

[Because the one who overcame the Trial of the Divine Beast has appeared, the S+ rank monster ‘Wrathful Mountain Divine Beast (S+)’ falls back into slumber.]

[You have acquired the title, The One Who Lulled the Divine Beast.]

The massive mountain in front of her sank into the ground.

The Divine Beast, which could easily destroy a country, fell back into slumber, and Ha-yeon, watching the scene, returned to the city.

Returning to the city didn’t take long.

She just had to follow the path she had come from.

‘More importantly, why is it so quiet?’

I was in the trial ground for about 2 hours, but it’s this well-organized?

[Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash’ advises that the time in this Dungeon and trial ground is approximately 1 day per 1 hour, so 2 days have passed here.]

“2 days?”

I came back as quickly as possible, even pushing myself, but a whole 2 days had passed.

Then… that meant about 7 hours had passed outside?

“Then they should be entering soon.”

With that much time, they would probably have entered the gate.

Thinking that, she passed through the familiar castle gate alone, along with numerous knights.

“C, Captain?”

She heard a familiar voice.

Turning her head towards the voice, she saw a knight with green hair.

It was Rain.

“Ah, I’m back.”

Smiling slightly at the sight, she waved her hand, and Rain, who had been looking dazed for a moment, shouted loudly.

“The Captain is back!!!!”

“The Captain?”

“Captain!”

“Everyone! The Captain has returned!”

Then, as if they had been hiding somewhere,

Knights who had been out of sight all rushed out and swarmed around her, and a storm of questions poured in.

“Captain, where have you been all this time!”

“Why did you disappear without a word!”

“We were worried!”

Ugh….

Too many! I’m not used to this.

“W, wait a moment….”

Just as she was in a difficult situation, a voice of salvation was heard.

“Hey, you guys! Don’t you see the Captain is in trouble!”

It was Claire.

Claire was running towards them from afar, shouting loudly.

I’ve only been gone for about 2 hours, but I felt like I hadn’t seen her for almost a month.

Claire, who had quickly run over, pushed aside the other knights next to her and grabbed her hand.

“Captain, did you perhaps lull that Divine Beast to sleep?”

Ha-yeon scratched her cheek and answered the simple question.

“Uh… yeah. I lulled it to sleep.”

At her simple answer, Lapis, who had followed Claire, opened his mouth wide and shouted again.

“The Captain lulled the Divine Beast to sleep! The Proxy has arrived!”

…?

What Proxy?

‘What is that?’

Proxy.

It was a title she had never heard of.

“Proxy? What are you talking about?”

She asked, expressing her confusion at his incomprehensible shout, and Lapis looked at her with an even stranger expression.

“Why are you pretending not to know? Don’t you know, Captain? The prophecy that the one who lulls the Divine Beast, the familiar of the god who will awaken someday, will become the Proxy.”

There was such a prophecy?

It’s only natural that I don’t know since I haven’t been here long.

“Isn’t that mark on the back of your hand a sign? The mark of God that is only shown to high-ranking priestesses.”

The back of my hand?

Looking at the back of her right hand at Lapis’s words, she really saw a splendid golden mark.

A sacred flower decorated with splendor and a ray of light shining on the flower.

It was a mark she had seen in the church in the city.

But why is this suddenly on the back of my hand?

Just as she was surprised by the sudden situation, Claire, who was next to her, opened her mouth again.

“More importantly, our knight order is already preparing a party after seeing the Captain return. It would be good to rest a bit before starting.”

She made a suggestion for her, who looked tired, and Ha-yeon answered immediately.

“Yeah, I’m a little tired. Come to my room and let me know when the party starts.”

The truth was that she wasn’t tired at all, but she wasn’t stupid enough to kick away the opportunity that had come her way, so she quickly answered and headed towards the place that her intuition was pointing to, breaking through the numerous knights.

Honestly, she didn’t know how she found it, but there was only one room in the knight order’s building that was the most antique, so she just went there.

Anyway, she put the Immortal Longsword down on the floor, took off her cloak and hung it up, and lay down on the bed.

“Ugh….”

How long has it been since I’ve felt this sensation of lying down?

How many things happened today?

The time ratio made it a bit ambiguous to call it a day, but it was less than 24 hours for me.

“It’s a bit of a shame I didn’t pack my pajamas…”

Dolphin pants and a white t-shirt are comfortable…

Lamenting the absence of the two items, she closed her eyes and fell asleep before long.

No matter how little physical fatigue she felt, the mental fatigue she couldn’t feel was inevitable.

After some time had passed, Ha-yeon, feeling someone shaking her shoulder, opened her eyes and saw the face of a black-haired beauty, Claire.

“It’s party time now. Please finish getting ready quickly and come out!”

Ah.. right, the party.

I must have fallen asleep without realizing it.

After roughly tidying up her disheveled hair, she started to change her clothes roughly after Claire left.

A simple yet elegant top made of cloth that looked like an outing outfit, and leather bottoms that clung tightly to her legs.

It wasn’t a banquet held by a noble family, but just a party held by the knight order, so this would be enough.

Claire, who had come in earlier, was also wearing very casual clothes.

After roughly changing her clothes, she tidied up her messy hair to some extent and made a ribbon-shaped ponytail with the white string she always used.

“This should be enough.”

Thinking that she was ready to go to the party, she wondered if she should take the Immortal Longsword that had fallen on the floor… but decided that there was no need to take it and left the room empty-handed.