Subscriber of the Gods Episode 28
Episode 28. To the Burning City (2)
“Since I sent the princess to the royal family, Princess Leia is no longer my daughter.”
The adoptive mother explained briefly.
Before she entered the royal family, her adoptive mother raised her for 18 years.
I raised her with love like my own daughter.
But ever since she learned of her lineage and was sent to the royal family, Lea Martinez stopped calling her mother like before.
“It was probably the royal family’s order. It would be unacceptable for a princess of the kingdom to call a commoner like me ‘mother.’”
‘It was a sad expression.’
Clearly, the princess’s expression last night was very affectionate.
I felt a variety of emotions when he said that he couldn’t save his adoptive mother on his own.
‘Even if it is an order from the royal family.’
There may have been severe pressure from the royal family that Ethan was unaware of.
She asked Ethan again, who tilted his head slightly.
“Did that child, no, did the princess really call me mother?”
“Yes, he definitely asked me to save his adoptive mother.”
“… … .”
Still, she looked incredulous.
“Let’s get out first. It’s too dangerous here.”
I thought it was her regret that she couldn’t save her adoptive mother.
But when I met my adoptive mother in person, I realized that wasn’t everything.
‘Even if I hadn’t come here, the princess’s adoptive mother would have survived.’
What this means is that her resentment does not stem from her failure to protect her adoptive mother.
Ethan clicked his tongue slightly.
‘what?’
Kwaaaaaaaang-!
Just then there was a loud noise outside.
She shuddered at the sudden loud noise.
It seemed like I hadn’t heard anything like this while I was in the basement.
“Let’s go out first.”
Ethan quickly carried her out.
Boom-! Whoosh-!
Flames were shooting up everywhere and the sound of buildings collapsing filled the air.
“Kkaaaaaaah!”
“Oh, princess!”
“Step back!”
I heard a scream.
I looked up and saw a fiery meteor falling from the sky. The meteor was headed straight for Ethan’s head.
Ethan swung his sword while holding the princess’s adoptive mother.
When he first entered this ordeal, he would never have been able to cut it, but now Ethan is different.
Sigh!
The meteor split in two and crashed into the building next door.
“Let’s go to a safe place.”
Ethan first guided the princess’s adoptive mother to a distant place.
‘The quest is not over.’
The princess’s adoptive mother was taken to a safe place.
Nevertheless, the ordeal was not over.
“So you’re the Fire Dragon King after all?”
As expected, this wasn’t a condition for clearing the quest.
Ethan went straight to the square where the Fire Dragon King was.
The rescue party that came with them rescued the citizens of Rijkart outside. Since everyone else had already fallen prey to the Fire Dragon King, now only the rescue party members and the Fire Dragon King were left in the square.
-Kurururururuk-! Receive the baptism of fire!
At the center of it all were the Fire Dragon King and Princess Leia. Princess Leia displayed incredible swordsmanship and pressured the Fire Dragon King.
It was an incredible swordsmanship that made it hard to believe he was human.
“Goddess, give me strength.”
She was literally on fire.
-You are using power beyond your limits. You have disappointed me, human. I thought you were better than other bugs, but now you only want to die together. You are no different from other bugs.
The Fire Dragon King laughed at her and breathed a fireball.
Princess Leia swung her sword and froze the fireball.
Whoosh whoosh!
The Fire Dragon King’s surging flames repeatedly clashed with the cold aura radiating from Princess Leia.
Princess Leia had a very pained expression on her face.
The only one who can withstand the mighty power of the Fire Dragon King is Princess Leia.
The other recapture members were gradually collapsing from exhaustion.
“Wheww.”
Leah took a deep breath.
Then he concentrated his strength on his sword and gathered the cold energy.
“Frost-cold breath.”
It was the most destructive sword technique she possessed.
When the Fire Dragon King saw this, he opened his mouth wide and shot out a powerful blast of flame.
Whoosh whoosh!
Cold and fire collided.
In the end, it was Princess Leia who was pushed out.
But at that moment, Ethan stepped forward and caught Princess Leia who was being pushed back.
“Oh, why are you here?”
“Don’t worry. I’ve put him in a safe place.”
-That was the bug from earlier.
The Fire Dragon King, Siegmund, opened his mouth wide.
The flames began to swell, and a great power began to form within it.
Whoosh whoosh!
Breath.
The flames that could burn everything were shot straight at Ethan.
-Become ash, insect.
Princess Leia looked despairing.
I should have solved it myself… …but I couldn’t, so in the end, everyone died.
Even Ethan Wickers, who had to run away with his adoptive mother, died.
“no.”
Her body began to glow, and a tremendous amount of energy began to gather in her messy body.
It was an energy that seemed like it would explode at any moment.
But the Fire Dragon King wasn’t looking at her.
I was looking at a flame that still hadn’t gone out.
-human.
The Fire Dragon King’s voice lowered.
Ethan’s eyes glowed in the flames.
-I suffered extreme burns.
-[Gourmet] trait is activated.
-Status abnormality: Strength increases due to burn!
– Burned by the flames of the Fire Dragon King, Siegmund, the ruler of flames.
‘You just had to endure it once.’
Ethan was able to withstand the Dragon King’s attacks by drinking all the potions he had.
That was enough.
Since I was burned by the flames of the Fire Dragon King, the ruler of flames, my Gourmet trait was also activated to the extreme.
Ethan gripped Denalicus tightly.
‘see.’
The Fire Dragon King Zigmund is clearly a being of a different class from other monsters.
But in the end, they are just monsters. The monsters’ disaster characteristics have been activated.
Of course, that doesn’t mean they’re an easy opponent.
‘It’s too small.’
A level much higher than the Beast King, the highest level enemy Ethan had ever faced.
The weakness seemed so small and unattainable.
‘But I can see it. It’s not like I can’t see it at all! That’s enough!’
“Wheww.”
Thanks to the hero’s breath and various buff potions, strength flowed throughout my body.
‘The strength of a giant, and the power gained through this gourmet trait.’
The Fire Dragon King’s attacks were so fierce that they could have put one on the brink of death.
However, Ethan’s attack power had also increased exponentially.
Phew-!
Ethan’s sword, moving like a ray of light, pierced the Fire Dragon King’s hide.
-You pierced my skin?
At the same time as the Fire Dragon King was shocked, Ethan pulled out his sword.
He didn’t stop there and continued to thrust his sword.
I had to aim for the exact weak point, otherwise I would never be able to penetrate that hide.
Phew-!
He stabbed the attack once more and landed a proper hit.
The Fire Dragon King stepped back in pain.
‘Once more.’
Ethan continued his attack without letting his guard down.
Since the Whicus sword technique accelerates as the attack continues, if the speed is not properly controlled, the attack may bounce off and hit another spot.
Still, Ethan made the most of that speed.
His unstoppable movements were a display of his confidence that he would never hit the wrong spot.
-Ugh! Human, I have no choice but to acknowledge that unknown power! But will I be able to endure this much!
The fire dragon Siegmund spread his wings for a moment, creating a blast of hot air.
-Hell of Fire Wind.
It was so hot it was suffocating.
The wind was so strong that it was difficult to even keep one’s feet on the ground.
“Goddess of the moon.”
At the same time, a voice was heard from behind Ethan. Princess Leia was holding her sword with both hands and holding it to her chest.
Princess Leia closed her eyes and quietly muttered a prayer to God.
A fatal blow that cost her life.
“Moon Force.”
Shaaaaah-!
Then the fever subsided. At the same time, an intense cold air spread around, preventing the Fire Dragon King from using magic.
-That power! That power of the goddess… …!
Ethan didn’t miss that opportunity.
The red glow between the eyebrows. I stabbed the sword hard into that weak spot that I could clearly see.
The Fire Dragon King Siegmund began to stir, and then his gigantic body fell down.
Boom-!
-I hunted the Fire Dragon King, Siegmund!
-Level up!
-The trial is over!
-The quest ends!
Kukugugu-!
As soon as the Fire Dragon King was defeated, the surrounding scenery began to collapse.
But Ethan couldn’t laugh.
‘No, something is wrong. I don’t think this is clear.’
Ethan realized instinctively.
This wasn’t a perfect quest clear.
The surrounding scenery was disappearing, but something didn’t feel clear.
‘It said ‘end’ not ‘clear.’
Ethan looked at the fallen Princess Leia.
‘I asked the owner of the tomb to release his grudge. This is not the right answer either.’
“Please get up.”
Ethan ran as fast as he could while carrying the dying Princess Leia.
The place she arrived at after running like that was the place where she left her adoptive mother.
As they put down the bloody Princess Leia, her adoptive mother shed tears in silence.
Princess Leia, who had lost consciousness due to running so fast, opened her eyes to tears falling down her face.
“Leah. My daughter, my beloved daughter.”
Princess Leia looked at her adoptive mother. Then her face distorted.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry… …Mom.”
The scenery that had been disappearing began to change.
The landscape that was collapsing into pieces has now begun to crumble and scatter like dust.
‘The princess has already passed her limit. She cannot be saved.’
But unlike before, when she seemed like she would die at any moment, the princess now looked quite fine.
“I misunderstood, Mom. I thought you had decided to send me away. I had done everything you told me not to do since I was little, so I thought you were happy when it was revealed that I was of royal blood. Because you could send me away. So, so… … .”
“No. No, my daughter. I didn’t want to send you away. I was afraid that if I sent you away with a crying face, it would be hard for you… … .”
Her regret was that after she went to the royal family, she was not able to call her adoptive mother “mother” until she died.
Don’t be so stubborn.
I should have taken a step back.
I still have great regrets about not being able to say those words.
Princess Leia laughed while crying.
Something I really wanted to say. I finally got to say it.
“Thank you so much for raising me up until now… … Really.”
“Thank you so much for being my daughter. So now you can rest easy.”
“If I were to be born again… … as my mother’s daughter… … .”
The adoptive mother took Princess Leia’s hand.
Soon, the strength slowly began to drain from Princess Leia’s hands.
Next to her fallen daughter, the adoptive mother sang a lullaby she had sung to her when she was little.
Princess Leia quietly closed her eyes.
-The Master of Trials, Lea Martinez’s sorrow has been resolved.
-You have passed the ordeal.
-You have perfectly cleared the ordeal. You have completely resolved the princess’s regret.
-Rewards are enhanced!
The ordeal is over.
Ethan received a reward for clearing the trial perfectly.
Following that.
-[Surviving as Ethan Wickers]-2 You have cleared the main scenario!
-[Successor of the Moon] I got the job.
-Acquired the skill [Frost Slash].
-Acquired skill [Moon Force].
-You have received a linked quest.
-Your chances of survival have increased!
-Title effects change!
[Need to Survive]
-All stats are adjusted as the survival probability increases.
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With numerous notification windows, Ethan was promoted to the Successor of the Moon.
fantasy,
