episode_0093
by fnovelpia“Wooo!!! It’s here!”
“But how do I open this?”
“Priest!!”
There was no problem finding the open secret room because there was a map.
But the problem was that even though the location of the secret room was revealed, there was no way to open it.
When we realized that we had to open the secret room but had no proper way to do so, we naturally had to look to Sister Melody.
“What do you think? Do you see anything?”
“It seems like a space that wasn’t there before will suddenly appear.”
Amidst everyone’s expectations, the sister looked around.
but.
“It seems like they’ve made a device to open the door. Since the heretics didn’t use their power, there’s nothing I can do about it.”
Contrary to expectations, Sister Melody answered that there was no way this time.
“Oh my, I thought it would be easy this time too, but it was disappointing.”
“There’s nothing we can do. Let’s search through everything!”
It was a shame that it became difficult to get there.
From now on, I had no choice but to just poke around here and there.
It was a place where heretics lived, and since it was connected to the secret room, there was a lot of miscellaneous furniture.
“Keluk! Keluk!”
Plus, there was a lot of dust.
“Oh my, priest. You don’t have to do such a difficult thing.”
“We’re all moving together, so I can’t be the only one not doing it.”
“Look over there.”
When I looked at the place my teammate’s finger was pointing to, I saw a person resting calmly.
as soon as….
“Isn’t the wizard resting like that?”
“Ah.”
They were wizards.
“Just like them, priests, you can rest. We can handle this. Trust us and leave it to us.”
“I’ll try to look around slowly and take a break if it gets too difficult.”
I promised to rest and looked around again.
Click!
“Huh?”
I was scanning the wall without thinking, when I felt something pressing down on me.
Dddd-!
And as if my feelings weren’t a lie, there was a change in the room.
“Huh? This statue went back?”
“Who did it?”
“I think I did it.”
I raised my hand in response to the leader’s question.
“What did you do?”
“I was just walking around touching the wall and I felt something click. That’s all. I heard that after pressing it, the statue moved a little later.”
“The priest does all this by himself.”
“I have no idea what to look for, but if you need to operate something like a device, you have to touch it, not just look at it… .”
“I’ll investigate the statue!”
The guides began to identify which statues had moved and which had not yet moved.
and.
“Found it!”
Click-!
“Found it here too!”
Click-!
It took a little longer, but they started to find the devices one by one.
Every time we found a device, the statue moved and we could guess that it was the process of matching the key.
“It seems like you have to find the same number of devices as the number of statues.”
“There are only 2 statues left, so I just need to find them 2 more times.”
We moved diligently to find the remaining two more.
And finally.
“All done!”
Kururung- Kururung-
When all five statues showed movement.
At the same time, five stone statues began to move together.
The statue’s mouth opened and smoke poured out from within.
Cheee!
“Is it okay to drink this?”
“If possible, avoid touching it.”
“Eww!”
The white smoke grew thicker and gathered in the center.
When the smoke became so thick that the floor could not be seen.
The statue’s eyes glowed green and its mouth finally closed.
As the smoke slowly cleared away, we could see a staircase appearing in front of us.
“Our ancestors’ skills 300 years ago were crazy… .”
Someone muttered as they saw the stairs appear, causing everyone to burst out laughing.
“If the heretics knew how to develop and use such devices, they would have made a fortune. Let’s go down and check whether they actually used the Labyrinth’s device or have the technology.”
“It’s dark down the stairs, so let’s make some more torches.”
Sister Melody and three team members went down to make a torch and check if the bottom of the stairs was safe.
There weren’t many stairs, so going down was a breeze.
“Wow, everyone, come down quickly! This is a jackpot.”
I wondered what I could see down there, but I could tell when I heard the excited voices.
“Is it a jackpot?”
“Go down.”
Everyone went down to the basement with expressions full of excitement at the word “daebak.”
“Oh! What is all this?”
Those who went down first were lighting candles hanging on the wall.
Below the stairs, we could see exactly what we had hoped for.
“I didn’t touch it just in case.”
“Right. We need to make sure that the guys here are safe.”
“Good job. I’ll check it out.”
It wasn’t difficult to confirm.
Because it is not easy to put a curse on wealth.
Unless they were offerings to an evil spirit’s altar, the chances of them being cursed were very slim.
“No. It’s clean.”
“Oh!”
“This is a gold coin from 300 years ago, right?”
“Yes, that will happen.”
If there’s anything you need to focus on more than gold coins, it’s various items.
Living inside a labyrinth would require a lot of supplies.
“This is a warehouse used by heretics.”
“There are also many monster byproducts.”
“I heard you have a lot of expensive things, but you’re richer than I imagined.”
“You must have earned all this by doing bad things. You guys are really bad.”
Fortunately, the team members were not distracted by the large amount of wealth.
It was important to know how these treasures were created by heretics.
“I don’t know if I can take all of this. There are more items than gold coins… .”
“The princess asked me to convey her message. She said she would not pay any attention to the things you take here. Take whatever you want.”
“Does that mean I don’t have to return it?”
“Yes. Individuals should take care of themselves and collect as many expensive items as possible. While you should collect as much as you can, there is one thing to be careful of. Do not collect enough to interfere with the battle. And fighting is not allowed while collecting items.”
Everyone cheered at Princess Rasiel’s bold decision.
Even if they were members of the royal family, it would not have been easy to give up this much wealth right in front of them.
But this bold decision really boosted the team members’ morale.
“How about you take care of it too, priest?”
While my team members were running around collecting things, I was just sitting on a rock and taking a break.
“I’m fine.”
I wondered if I should be greedy since I might not be able to use the money I had already earned for the rest of my life.
“Later, when you’ve collected everything, it’s enough to just look around and take what you like. What about you, sister?”
“I’m not particularly interested either. The school pays for the activity fees.”
She sat next to me, a woman who had no interest in amassing personal wealth.
“Is the priest not interested in things?”
“After everyone has packed, I’ll go and check.”
“The priest helped me the most to get here, but what if I don’t take care of it myself? It won’t work out. I have to pick something that suits the priest.”
“Ah… .”
Before I could stop her, Princess Rasiel went off to find something to give me.
It seemed like he wouldn’t be able to refuse if the princess brought him something, even if it was just out of gratitude for his feelings.
“I can’t guess what you’re trying to bring.”
“Priest.”
“Yes?”
“If this is the warehouse of heretics, wouldn’t there also be a personal vault made by a high-ranking heretic?”
“!!”
I opened my mouth in surprise at Sister Melody’s words.
“Do you know where it is?”
“There are several suspicious areas.”
“Then we should look for it right away.”
“I don’t think I can show that to just anyone.”
“Yes?”
“I’m not feeling well.”
The secret vault of a high-ranking heretic.
The value of the things we have before our eyes right now is not cheap, so if we had gathered the best here, we would not have allowed just anyone to enter.
“And… .”
“And?”
“There may be a holy relic.”
“Why are there relics in the secret vault of a high-ranking heretic… .”
“There are records from the past. It is also information that has been kept strictly secret.”
If word spread that the holy relics had been stolen by heretics, it would be a disgrace to the Church.
So, they must have tried to hide it somehow.
That’s probably why they’re still hiding their search for the secret vault.
“It won’t be easy to find the safe while keeping it a secret from your teammates.”
“Still, the fact that the location of the relic is the personal vault of a high-ranking heretic must be hidden as much as possible.”
“Is there a way?”
“I think I’ll probably sleep here for a day, but I’m thinking of moving at dawn.”
“Can I help you too?”
“Please keep this in mind, Priest. I must move secretly, so it is right to move alone. What I ask is that if the relic has been corrupted, please purify it.”
It seemed that he guessed that since the heretics would not have stolen the holy relics and just put them on display, they must have done something.
“I’ll have to check the condition to get an estimate, but I’ll do my best.”
“Thank you.”
If purification had not been necessary, I don’t think he would have gone looking for the relic on his own and told me.
The idea that we should respect and honor the Inquisitors is something I’ve heard time and time again.
But I never really thought about them seriously until I met the Inquisitor.
‘I thought, ‘Why are you being so careful?’ even though I heard that you were hiding it because it would be bad if it became known.’
But now I know how wrong that kind of thoughtless behavior was.
As we spent more time together, we couldn’t help but know.
Rather, my current feeling is that the respect they receive now is far from enough compared to what they do.
If there were no Inquisitors, the world would probably not be so peaceful.
I think they deserve better treatment because they sacrifice their lives without anyone knowing.
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