episode_0023

“Ulisse, no matter how much I look at it, doesn’t it look strange?”

“Yes?”

Inside the dark den of loyalty.

Lily quietly whispered as she watched the warrior walking in front. They were now going down the stairs that the warrior had discovered.

It was the passage the warrior had discovered earlier.

How on earth could they find a passage that even Adele couldn’t find… No matter how much the party thought about it, they couldn’t understand it.

Of course, his words, ‘I found it by chance’, were completely ignored.

It’s not just because of the curse he has.

For me to take that at face value, I’ve already been shown too much.

They’re strangely knowledgeable about monsters, or they cleverly give you directions, or they find these strange passageways, etc.

He was mainly showing his presence in the area of knowledge.

“How can he know so much about things we don’t even know about···. This is the castle of the Four Heavenly Kings. Balkan is one of the Four Heavenly Kings who was born recently. It’s definitely knowledge that isn’t even written in the ancient books. How on earth does he know that?”

“······.”

The saint nodded silently inwardly.

It was certainly fascinating.

What kind of life did he live to have such knowledge? It was like an onion, no matter how much I peeled it, something else came out.

She had seen the warrior’s past, but she had not shown anything about his past before becoming a warrior.

She still didn’t know Luke very well.

What kind of life have I lived?

What beliefs did you have and what kind of environment did you grow up in?

It’s all still a mystery.

Of course, there are a few possible possibilities…

Since she could not ask, the saint had no choice but to suffer in silence.

Then Lily brings up another ominous hypothesis.

“Aren’t you really a spy of the Demon King’s army?”

It’s a hypothesis that has come up countless times so far.

She nodded to herself as if asking herself a question.

“That’s right. I’m sure. He’s a guy who’s been in the Demon King’s army at least once. Otherwise, how would he know these secrets?”

Lily speaks, looking around the surrounding stairs.

Her eyes, looking at the warrior, were filled with wariness.

‘It’s this pattern again···.’

The saint smiled bitterly. How many times has this been deduced?

It was hard to imagine how many times he had been suspected in half a year, let alone seen dozens of times in a month.

The saint decided to defend him a little.

“Didn’t Luke say it? God told him.”

God told me.

It was one of Luke’s favorite lies when he had trouble explaining where his information came from. It was a lie, of course, but the Saint decided to give it some weight.

“Hey, Yuly. Do you believe that? Of course you do!”

“Well, maybe you really heard it. After all, warriors are as close to God as saints… no, maybe even closer to God than saints. It’s not strange for them to hear the words of God.”

The saint continued speaking.

“And anyway, all the information he gave me was helpful, right?”

“That’s true, but···.”

Lily took a step back, because she had nothing to say in response.

Even though the source of the information is questionable, the information itself is helpful.

Even though it felt a little uneasy, the party members had no choice but to listen to what he had to say.

“Yulis, you··· have changed a bit.”

“Huh?”

After walking like that for a while, Lily spoke to her again. Yulis tilted her head at the rather unexpected words.

“What do you mean?”

“That’s right. In the past, we used to suspect each other, curse at each other, and even try to uncover that guy’s identity. But these days, we just keep defending him.”

“Ah, ahaha···.”

The saint smiled awkwardly.

This is a story from before I regressed. At the same time, it was also a somewhat embarrassing image of my past. Even now, when I think about it, I feel sorry for it.

“Just···.”

Yulis opened her mouth as she watched him walk ahead.

“I decided to believe you. After all, you are a warrior.”

“··· Really? But I still don’t like it. That kid is growing abnormally fast these days. He’s copying kids’ skills···.”

Lily glares at Luke and says.

“Just wait and see. I’ll reveal his identity someday. Then I’ll definitely find the real warrior.”

“······.”

The saint let out a small sigh.

‘The warrior is right in front of you.’

Even though it was because of a curse, I couldn’t help feeling frustrated.

Even recently, the atmosphere isn’t that good.

Could it be a combination of the stress from being in an uncomfortable environment and the curse that the warrior carries?

These days, it feels like I’m walking on thin ice.

Everyone’s getting a little more on edge.

I have a feeling that if someone crosses the line even a little bit, the party members will definitely fight each other.

‘Phew···.’

The saint just hopes that such a thing doesn’t happen.

I hope we can subdue King Chung before then.

I just prayed earnestly to God.

*

[You have entered the Balkan Library!]

“Wow! What is this?”

“What a huge amount of books···.”

As we went down the stairs, a mountain of books greeted us.

Perhaps to preserve the books intact, there weren’t even any bugs here.

“Wow, how long has it been since I’ve had such a clean space?”

“I can’t say it’s clean··· but compared to the one above, it’s definitely like a fairy.”

Camilla picked up one of the piled books and frowned.

“But··· the book itself is a mess. Would it be better if I organize it a bit?”

What do you expect? That bastard Chungwang.

This guy lives in such a dirty place with bugs. How can you expect him to clean up?

It would be faster to wait for the world to end.

match!

After cursing the guy for a while, I clapped my hands to focus the party members’ attention.

This large space, almost as big as a mansion, is completely filled with books.

It would take a long time to find what I wanted here. I didn’t have time to deal with them.

“Okay, let’s split up and find something that can help. If we all go together, we won’t be able to see everything in a week.”

Fortunately, this time no one opposed what I said.

Everyone was thinking to themselves, this time it would be better to split up.

Especially in the case of our team’s wizard, Lily, we welcomed her with open arms.

“It’s been a while since I’ve heard something I like. Great! Wow, how many books are there? It seems like there are some books that weren’t in the tower?”

That’s why wizards are all crazy about knowledge.

It seemed like it wasn’t much different from Lily.

Camilla, who saw this, tells her team members.

“Then let’s all disperse and meet again in 12 hours.”

“I guess I should do some research too after a long time.”

12 hours.

This should be enough time to summarize and read the book you want. I nodded and walked away from them.

*

The master of this castle.

A black magician who has reached the pinnacle of loyalty and is the Demon King’s confidant.

King of Insects Balkan was a bookworm.

Because developing new bugs or investigating rare monsters required extensive knowledge.

Starting with anatomy, entomology, magic, etc., to the laws of summoning, equivalent exchange, alchemy, etc.

Most of the knowledge and records he had accumulated over hundreds of years were stored here.

I picked up a random book lying around and read its title.

《Cockroach Dissection Journal》

《The 5th Demon King VS Hero War》

《The Tale of the Sun and the Moon》

《Regarding the fact that I, a ‘Lv1 Skeleton’ Summoner, was the strongest··· Volumes 1-12》

“···Hmm.”

Of course, it wasn’t just a pile of study books.

As I explained above,

To be honest, this place was more like a dump.

This is because all the books that Balkan has already read once or that he finds boring are piled up here.

As a result, most of the books piled up here were either useless or of low standard.

But that’s somewhere.

Even in a garbage dump, if you look, you’ll probably find a treasure or two.

This place was like a treasure trove to me.

《Magic Composition Even Fools Can Understand – Basics》

《What are the four elements?》

《How to avoid being scammed in summoning》

《Sacred Law, About Its Principles – Part 1》

《Wind and Thunder Spear Technique (風雷槍法) – Introductory Chapter》

Look, I can already see a few useful things.

As I said before, the guy is crazy about knowledge.

And that ‘knowledge’ didn’t necessarily have to be in one’s own field.

If I have even the slightest interest, I just read books like crazy. As a result, this place has become a place of shallow but extremely vast knowledge.

It is the perfect place for an ignorant person who only has good physique but still knows nothing to learn.

I will lay the foundation for the class here today.

‘Let’s see, what would be good?’

I wandered around the books as if I was on a trip to the supermarket.

I should choose a job that has the best synergy with my abilities. As expected, there were many things that came to mind.

Paladins, spearmen, magicians, etc.

Whatever you buy, it’s more than enough for one person.

But there were still some things that were a bit difficult.

First of all, there is the question of difficulty.

The game has become so difficult.

Of course, they are good and stable jobs, but I couldn’t help but shake my head when I thought about whether I could save all four people and see the Demon King with just those.

In the first place, isn’t this about saving the heroine who hasn’t succeeded even once in 999 attempts?

If you go with the build you always go with, you’re 100% guaranteed to fail.

Secondly, it was because of the quest reward.

The art of catching insects that can be obtained by catching the King of Bugs.

This skill, which is almost perfect as a single skill, does not synergize well with most skills.

On top of that, it’s black magic that’s almost at odds with most skills…

Although it is a skill with great potential, it also has many limitations.

So I walked for a long time, thinking about it.

I wonder what there is.

It has good synergy with the power of regeneration and sacrifice, and also works well with black magic······.

“Huh?”

While I was walking like that for a while, a few books caught my eye.

《Blood Magic》

《Pain perception technique》

At that moment, something caught my eye.

Wait a minute, since it’s come to this.

I think it might be okay to just go with the Warlock tree…?