< Chapter 50 - Temple of Life #2 >
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About 30 minutes ago.
So, right after entering the temple.
Just like the sealed seal where the Raize River was, the entrance to the Temple of Forgotten Life was connected to a cave hidden in a secluded place.
“Light.”
Uther, led by the small light Cordelia had created, slowly moved forward and searched his memories.
‘Temple of Life.’
An open dungeon that can be conquered by any character.
However, because of its location, the only characters that could actually conquer it were playable characters from the Kingdom of Cailun, such as Cordelia, Uther, and Lucas.
‘It also becomes impossible to explore after a certain period of time.’
The best time to conquer is usually between 8 months and 1 year after the start of Cordelia’s route.
At this time, the entire Kingdom of Cailun was a battlefield, as the northern invasion by the barbarians and the destruction of the royal family had already occurred.
‘But now it’s different.’
It had only been about four months since Cordelia’s route, and the northern invasion by the barbarians had never happened in the first place.
‘The only thing you can get from the Temple of Life is the Orb of Life.’
It was a sacred item that contained the power of the goddess of life, Aeris, and granted its owner strong regenerative powers.
‘It’s on the 3rd basement floor… and on the way there are small mobs and the guardians of the temple.’
For Uder and Cordelia, who were both over level 70, this was a place where there weren’t any particularly difficult opponents, except for the lower-level angels guarding the Orb of Life.
No, it had to be a place.
however.
“Kuaaaah!”
An endless stream of giant bat-like monsters charged forward with violent roars.
“Fuck! This is so gross!”
That would be the case, as it was not a bat the size of a palm, but a giant bat that was at least a meter long from head to toe.
Actually, it would be more accurate to say it was scary rather than disgusting.
Cordelia, who had been cursing without realizing it, hastily caused an explosion in front.
“What! What’s going on! There weren’t any guys like this in the original!”
“Kiaa!”
Five or six bats were swept away by the explosion, but many remained. A dozen or so more flocked in to fill the void left by the explosion.
“Black dragon emerges!”
Yuder stretched out his sword and released the black dragon’s energy. A couple of bats were swept away by the black dragon and disappeared, and the rest of the bats split apart to the left and right.
“Just jump!”
“Fireball!”
And double casting, echo of the spell!
Four balls of flame, each a meter in diameter, shot into the sky, and Uther grabbed Cordelia by the waist and lifted her up onto his shoulders. This was because he had sensed what Cordelia was going to do next.
“Split! Explode!”
As Cordelia swung Moonlight and shouted, the orbs of flame split into dozens of smaller orbs, covering the ceiling.
It exploded and everything in sight became a sea of fire.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
“Kiaa!”
The bats fell to the floor screaming, and Uder cursed.
“Hey! Are you crazy?! If you keep doing this, the cave will collapse!”
“Run before you collapse!”
Cordelia, who had shouted quickly, was panting as she unleashed all her magical power at once, but she did not stop moving. She raised her left hand and activated Count Chase’s ring.
“shield!”
A golden whirlwind created by Uther pushed away the flames and smoke, and Cordelia’s shield swatted away bats falling from the sky.
The closer you look, the more frightening and creepy the giant bats look.
“What happened? This wasn’t supposed to happen!”
“4 months ago!”
It came four months earlier than the original time period that could be explored.
However, monsters that were not seen in the original are swarming inside the cave.
What can be inferred from this:
“What? Then in the original, who attacked the Temple of Life during those four months?”
“maybe?”
Uther shouted after adjusting Cordelia’s arm around his shoulder. Cordelia, who was lying face down and could only see Uther’s back – or rather, his back and butt – forced herself to straighten her upper body and looked behind her as she shouted again.
It was because something suddenly occurred to me.
“An empty room on the second floor!”
Located on the second floor of the Temple of Life, it was an empty space where there should have been something in terms of atmosphere and structure, but there was nothing there!
At Cordelia’s shout, Uther paused for a moment, then immediately understood.
“You’re rotten too!”
It’s because of Uther himself that it’s less noticeable, but for Cordelia too, rotten water is rotten water.
And it’s not just any rotten water, it’s the rottenest of rotten waters, ranked 2nd on the server!
“Hey! You want to brag about being number one?”
“Anyway! Cordelia, you’re right! There’s an empty space on the second floor!”
Why was it empty there?
“Because someone already took it!”
Cordelia shouted, and Uther agreed.
And the gaming brains of the two people were activated for the first time in a long time.
“A strong enough to change the cave ecosystem!”
“That’s what a strong person took!”
“I didn’t even stop by the third floor!”
“The second floor was the target from the beginning, and you knew what was there!”
“Black dragon emerges!”
“Stop shouting out the skill name! Fire Wall!”
The black dragon released from the sword extended by Yuder’s right hand destroyed the giant spider-shaped monster blocking the way, and the wall of flames created by Cordelia blocked the monsters that were trying to attack from behind.
“You shout too!”
“I’m an order! I absolutely need it!”
“anyway!”
“Hey! Don’t be so ignorant!”
Bats swarmed from the sky again.
It was a cave that I thought was really big in the game, but when I actually saw it, it was really big.
“Run! Grit your teeth!”
“Ugh!”
As soon as Cordelia closed her mouth, Uther kicked the ground and jumped high. It was because of the black water in front of him.
“Kaaa!”
A snake-like monster rose from the river in a cave so dark that its depth was unknown.
“Magic Missile!”
“Keeak!”
Cordelia shuddered as she threw a pure white magic ball into the mouth of the snake-like monster, and Uther held onto Cordelia’s waist even more tightly before kicking the air. He created a black gust of wind and jumped over a river that was nearly 10 meters wide.
“There are too many monsters!”
“We’re almost there! It’s the second floor!”
At Uther’s shout, Cordelia forced her upper body upright and twisted her body to look ahead. Sure enough, she could see white stairs leading down.
“Cordelia!”
“Fire Wall!”
As if on cue, Cordelia erected a wall of flames to block the path leading to the stairs, and Uther quickly descended the stairs.
“Light!”
Magic light once again.
A white flash dispelled the darkness, and Uther, panting, lowered Cordelia, who had been resting on his shoulder, to the floor.
“There really are a lot.”
Although Uther and Cordelia were so high leveled that they barely gained any experience from mobs, they thought that if they cleaned the cave, they would be able to level up by one.
‘I’ll have to sweep it later.’
First, achieve your goal.
But that was just then.
Cordelia, who was catching her breath while standing next to Uther, suddenly tapped him on the shoulder.
“Yuder, Yuuder.”
“Huh? Why?”
“The ceiling here… wasn’t it originally white?”
“uh?”
The ceiling of the Temple of Life.
Uther looked up at the ceiling reflectively and saw that it was not white, but covered in green.
Why is that?
Why is the ceiling, which was white in the original, green?
Moreover, why does it appear to move in a blurry manner?
“Fuck.”
Uther said it, and Cordelia agreed. So he said it again.
“Fuck.”
“Jump!”
As if responding to Uther’s scream, the ceiling shook at that moment.
The green mass split into dozens or hundreds of pieces and began to fall like corn from the ceiling to the ground.
“Acidic slime!”
Cordelia bit her tongue once as she was slung over Uther’s shoulder again, but she still finished speaking firmly.
Acidic slime.
As the name suggests, it is an acidic slime that melts everything it touches.
“shield!”
Tsuhaa-!
Green lumps the size of fists fell onto Cordelia’s quickly unfolded shield. They were things that had flowed out from the slime’s body, and as soon as they touched the ground, they dug into the ground with a burning sound.
“The black wind has arrived!”
Uder kicked the ground and created a black gale, and Cordelia used flying magic to lift Uder’s body into the air.
This was because more than half of the ground was already covered in slime.
“Just hand it over!”
There were too many of them to catch them one by one.
Uther created a wind to push himself into the air, and Cordelia looked around. There was a possibility that other monsters might pop out besides the slime.
“You’ve sorted all this out? Did the military come or something?”
Uther furrowed his brows at Cordelia’s question.
Because there were too many monsters to deal with alone.
The army, as Cordelia said.
If not, then someone who can command the army.
‘Summoner?’
If you are the famous summoner from Hero Chronicles 2······.
Window! Window! Window!
A sharp metallic sound interrupted Yuder’s thoughts.
Because sharp blades rose from both walls like traps.
“Living Sword!”
Cordelia’s vision was not wrong. The soaring blades flew towards Yuder, and Yuder, breaking through the slime zone, began to run along the ground at a terrifying speed.
“What are you going to do?”
“First, go to the empty room on the second floor!”
Although it was a dead end, the entrance wasn’t that wide, so it was easy to fight multiple enemies. Furthermore, if everything went as planned, there would be one more move that could be used.
“They’re all here!”
“Hurry up! Living armors have been added too!”
The Living Fathers appeared with a rattling sound and followed closely behind, clutching the Living Swords as if they were combining.
The number was probably around thirty.
‘What kind of temple is this!’
Even though it was a temple, there were too many monsters.
The Living Armors that were immediately chasing after me were not Guardians, but rather were armors imbued with demonic powers.
A space that is more like a cave than a temple.
But that’s why Uder saw the possibility.
“also!”
An empty room on the second floor.
As soon as they entered, Uther clenched his fists, and Cordelia could see over his shoulder.
I’m talking about the pure white golem that we could only see as debris in the original!
“Koooo!”
A pure white golem that was about 4 meters tall rose up. It seemed to have reacted to Uther and Cordelia.
“Guardian of the temple!”
It was clear that the emblem of the Church of Life was painted on his chest.
And Cordelia also found out about Uther’s intentions.
Now then.
Let’s fight the monsters with a golem!
‘Do you know what to do?’
‘know!’
Just after exchanging glances.
Cordelia turned and looked back, and Uther looked forward.
The two people, each facing the advancing Living Armors and Golems, shouted at one point.
“”now!””
Perfect timing.
Cordelia spun around and flew, and Uther also flew. He rolled between the large golem’s legs and escaped.
And so the result occurred.
Living Armors and Guardian Golems facing each other head-on.
“Koooo!”
As expected, a battle between golems and living armors unfolded.
Uther and Cordelia quickly stepped back and took a few breaths.
“Haa, haa······.”
“Hoo, hoo······.”
Although it was a short period of time, both of them were drenched in a cold sweat, perhaps because they were so nervous while running.
Cordelia wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at the Living Armors and Guardian Golems who were in the middle of a battle.
“Who do you think will win?”
“Guardian Golem?”
Cordelia nodded at Uther’s words and took out a dagger from her waist.
And about 5 minutes.
As the Guardian Golem’s giant fist shattered about ten Living Armors, the remaining ones slowly retreated and began to run away.
As Yuder had expected, the Guardian Golem won.
“Koooooooooo!”
The Guardian Golem, who let out a roar of victory, turned around. There were still enemies to deal with within the Golem’s territory – Uther and Cordelia.
And that’s why Cordelia had telekinesis.
Chachachak!
As soon as the Guardian Golem turned around, they flew towards his chest.
The Guardian Golem lowered his head and looked at his chest, where he saw several filaments forming a star shape.
Pentagram.
And a large circle surrounding the star.
“Quo?”
The Guardian Golem raised its head, and Cordelia snapped her fingers.
Quagga River!
A really pretty starburst.
Moreover, its power was extraordinary.
Not only was the firepower of the explosion ship added to Cordelia’s explosion magic, but the star shape formed a sort of magic circle, further amplifying the power of the explosion magic.
“Koooooo······.”
The Guardian Golem, its core shattered, crumbled, and Cordelia turned to Uther, making a V-sign with her fingers.
“Ta-da.”
It looks simple, but it’s a combination attack that combines a detonation line, explosion magic, and a magic circle!
Uder, who immediately understood the power and difficulty of the technique, responded wholeheartedly.
“Indeed, it is indeed a Star Explosion!”
“No? That’s not the name.”
But Cordelia had a smile on her face, as if she secretly liked him.
“Anyway, let’s get going again.”
Now that the Guardians are gone, the monsters will come back again.
But Cordelia clicked her tongue and threw the explosive line she had been wearing on her waist into the air.
Hit! Hit! Hit!
The telekinetically controlled blast ships were attached to the ceiling near the entrance, and Uther understood what Cordelia was trying to do.
Quagaga!
Originally, it was a cutting line used at construction sites to cut rocks into desired shapes.
Cordelia cleverly collapsed the ceiling, causing a rockfall to block the entrance.
“how is it?”
“It’s awesome.”
Uther clapped again and realized once again that Cordelia was a genius in battle.
‘I never imagined it would be written this way.’
It would not be an exaggeration to say that his understanding of weapons and his ability to use them were superior to Yuder’s own.
‘No wonder I got second place in just one battle.’
“What are you thinking about?”
“Our princess is so pretty.”
“What is that crazy guy talking about?”
Cordelia was excited, but the corners of her mouth were still slightly raised.
“You’re cute.”
“Falling behind?”
“Anyway, thanks to you, I think I’ve found some time to catch my breath.”
Since I ran so fast, I had used up a lot of my magic and stamina. I thought I should get some rest and then go out.
“Isn’t there something else you need to check?”
“I have something to check.”
Located in an empty room on the second floor.
An object targeted by those who invaded the Temple of Life during the four months of emptiness.
Turning around, Yuder and Cordelia headed towards the altar guarded by the Guardian Golem.
“I feel a divine power.”
Cordelia naturally transformed into an angel and accepted the divine power as it was, while Uther stopped in front of the altar.
“Please.”
Cordelia nodded once at Uther’s words and went forward and touched the box on the altar.
It was a fairly large box, the size of an adult’s upper body, so I had no idea what was inside.
“Open.”
As Cordelia spoke as if declaring something, she touched the box and a divine power greater than she had imagined was released, threatening to engulf Cordelia.
If Cordelia had not been an angel, her whole body would have been engulfed in divine fire.
“are you okay?”
“Oh, it’s okay.”
Cordelia, who had let out a shaky voice without realizing it, took a deep breath and concentrated her thoughts.
Given the circumstances, this seemed more like a real trap to protect the sacred artifact than the Guardian Golem.
‘Thank goodness you’re an angel.’
Thank you, Lena. Thank you, Uther.
Cordelia, who was grateful to the two people who had helped her return to her ancestors, turned her gaze back into the box.
A tiara is a small crown worn on the head.
The golden crown, which was very well-made, was set with several jewels.
“The Coffin of Life.”
An S-rank item that not only increases the rank of the owner’s life-related magic by one rank, but also unconditionally doubles the number of creatures that can be summoned with life-related summoning magic.
Moreover, the effect was not limited to that. If you became the true owner of the Coffin of Life, you could use ‘Bonding Life’, one of the highest level magic in the Life series.
“and······.”
Cordelia, truly impressed, swallowed several times.
This is because it is no exaggeration to say that it is a graduation item for wizards who have already mastered life-related magic or priests who have already mastered life-related magic.
“This comes out here.”
In the original, this was something you could only see in the latter half.
Cordelia, who was once again amazed, tried putting the tiara on her head.
“Oh, what do you think? Does it suit you?”
I asked shyly for some reason, but instead of answering, Yuder blinked and suddenly clenched his fist.
“I get it.”
“uh?”
“okay.”
Who invaded the Temple of Life during the four months of hiatus?
Who took the coffin of life.
Of course, the evidence was insufficient.
Only a few conditions were met.
But I felt strongly convinced.
“One who uses military-sized summoning magic.”
He is also a summoner of the life-type.
One who has studied the magic of granting life for a long time and will long for the Coffin of Life.
“I didn’t even stop by the third floor.”
The orb of life was not coveted.
Satisfied with the coffin of life.
It was intended solely for the purpose of preserving life.
Someone worthy of it.
One who did not show himself even though he had the coffin of life in his hands.
It wasn’t a simple hiding.
A few months after he received the coffin of life, he lost his life.
That’s why the Coffin of Life could be found elsewhere later in the game.
And here’s one more thing.
The remains of the Guardian Golem were scattered throughout the empty rooms on the second floor.
That which was destroyed by powerful life magic.
A smile spread across Uther’s face.
It was a natural smile that came from solving the puzzle.
“Yuderya?”
“I think I know.”
Because when I put together all the clues so far, there was only one person I could think of.
“Necromancer Belkian.”
One of the five heroes.
In Heroes Chronicles 2, the hero from Part 1 disappears without even being seen.
‘Found it.’
How to expose the Belkian above the water surface.
How to make him find Uther and Cordelia on his own.
“Again, again, he’s smiling like a conman.”
Despite Cordelia’s criticism, Uther’s smile grew even wider.
I looked at the coffin of life with the heart of a fisherman who has found the best bait.
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