< Chapter 50 - Temple of Life #3 >
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The playable characters in Heroes Chronicles 1 were mostly lively young people in their prime.
But as the word ‘generally’ suggests, there was one old man who raised the average age, and that was the necromancer Belkian.
‘Everyone is in their twenties, but I’m the only one in my seventies······.’
A gaunt, irritable, white-haired old man.
That’s why there was a lot of talk in the biographies about whether the reason he didn’t appear in the second part was because he died of natural causes due to old age.
At the time of Part 2, which is about 10 years after Part 1, he was an old man in his 80s, almost 90 years old.
But Uder didn’t think so.
Belkian was in his 70s, but he boasted physical strength that rivaled that of Kamael, who was in his 20s. He was a well-groomed old man who was worthy of the word “veteran.”
‘Because he’s a shaman.’
The Pleiades’ necromancers were also deeply connected to the life force.
The death magic they dealt with was developed from the magic of life, so strictly speaking, it was a branch of the magic of life.
‘He is definitely not a gentleman who would die gracefully.’
In Part 1, he was a gentleman who often complained about extending his life, so he would have found some way to extend his life.
‘He’s a nobleman who would survive even if he had to become rich.’
Unlike other necromancers, or perhaps because they were necromancers, Belkian was particularly obsessed with life.
“So you’re saying that it was Belkian who attacked the Temple of Life during the four months of emptiness?”
“Oh, maybe. With a very high probability.”
Uther listed the reasons for his thoughts one by one, and Cordelia nodded several times before speaking.
“Well, okay. So, then Belkian wants the Coffin of Life, and he knows it’s in the Temple of Life?”
Uther’s eyes widened at Cordelia’s words.
“Wow, our princess is smart!”
“Falling behind?”
Even though it was Cordelia who had just sworn at me, I could tell that she was secretly happy when I saw her face.
Anyway, Cordelia said, crossing her arms.
“Hmm… So you’re saying we can lead Belkian to our side? Belkian would want the Coffin of Life.”
“Right, and because of that maybe-.”
“Can you save Belkian’s life too?”
“bingo.”
It is still unknown how Belkian died, but if his actions were completely overturned, it might be possible to avoid the events that led to his death.
“The problem is how to let Belkian know that we have the coffin of life.”
“Huh? That’s easy.”
“Easy?”
“No, why don’t you just write a letter and put it in the box? ‘We are so-and-so and we’re the ones who got in first. Merong, Yakorjirong.’ If you write something like that and put it in the box, wouldn’t the Belkian come running right away, given their personality?”
It was a knee-slapping idea, but Uder reacted differently.
“Seo, I hit the player······.”
Merong, it’s a little spicy.
Cordelia felt momentarily embarrassed by Uther’s cough, but she continued to maintain her shamelessness.
“I can’t help it, I have to take more medicine.”
“Hmm, I guess so.”
“Mr. Woo, if I write a letter and drop it off, will the problem be solved?”
“Well… I guess it’s better than spreading rumors that we have the Coffin of Life.”
The Coffin of Life was a treasure that even those who did not practice life magic would covet.
In addition to the Belkians, there was a possibility that a bunch of treasure-seeking thugs would flock there.
“But for now, let’s hide our real names and write under aliases. Come to the capital and find the phantom thief Pink Bomb.”
“Wait, pink bomb?”
“Oh, pink bomb.”
Uther smiled, and Cordelia smiled too, though she had gathered a lot of magical power in both hands.
“Anyway, I’ll write the letter. You set the trap again.”
“How can you not get your hands on it?”
“Oh, because there might be someone else besides Belkian who’s after you.”
And in fact, contrary to Uder’s expectations, there was a possibility that Belkian had nothing to do with the Coffin of Life.
‘That’s why I use a pseudonym.’
The important thing is to bring Belkian to the capital.
Uther took a blank scroll of paper from his belt and began to write a letter in Gore.
“Are you even using a password?”
“I want you to know as much as possible about Belkian.”
And Cordelia can’t see what’s in it.
“Something seems suspicious?”
“Hey, that can’t be.”
Uder, who had written the pseudonym Pink Bomb in a stubbornly encrypted gore, turned to Cordelia.
“How about the trap?”
“Oh, it’s almost done.”
Cordelia, who was infusing divine power into the box in her angelic state, smiled brightly – but somehow, she smiled suspiciously.
‘what.’
Although Yuder felt suspicious, he did not make eye contact with Cordelia.
I could have been caught talking about the letter.
“Okay, put it inside.”
“Ahem, then I’ll put it in.”
After putting the letter that Uder had written in it, Cordelia sealed the box and placed it on the altar.
“Okay, problem solved.”
“All that’s left is for Belkian to find it as quickly as possible······.”
Up to 4 months in the future.
It would be about a month and a half before the real events in the capital would begin, so if they were lucky, they might be able to receive Belkian’s help during the events in the capital.
“It’ll be okay.”
When Cordelia spoke with a big smile, Uther nodded without realizing it.
There was no basis for it, but since Cordelia said that, I thought it would really work out.
“Okay, let’s get back to our work. The Orb of Life is on the third floor, right?”
“Oh, maybe. And if I’m right······.”
Suddenly, Yuder, whose words trailed off, began to draw a diagram on the floor of the temple.
“Is this a temple map?”
“Oh, according to my calculations, the Orb of Life is here······ right below.”
At Uther’s words, Cordelia looked at Uther with surprised eyes.
Memorizing a map was no longer surprising, but linking maps together to determine a location in three dimensions was another story.
“Have you ever heard of CAD in your head?”
“Oh, you know CAD?”
“Yeah, I have a certificate too.”
When Cordelia spoke with a smile, this time Yuder’s eyes widened.
“What, was that the girl who came out of the advertisement? Or was she from the engineering department?”
“Hey, don’t try to find out a woman’s secrets, okay?”
Cordelia shrugged and laughed, while Uther stroked his chin with a surprised look on his face.
Maybe my love of explosions is because I graduated from a public high school or engineering school?
If any engineering or technical high school student in the country had heard this, they would have thought it was nonsense, but in any case, Uder was satisfied with learning something new about Cordelia, and Cordelia was satisfied with the fact that she had surprised Uder.
“Anyway, let’s dig a hole.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
Cordelia took the talisman from her waistband and began to press it firmly against the floor.
Of course, this time it was star-shaped too.
“Star Explosion······.”
“Isn’t that the name?”
But Cordelia, who didn’t say anything else, just snapped her fingers and caused the explosion.
Since it was originally a detonator used for construction, it was possible to control the direction of the explosion and collapse the floor in the desired shape.
“Okay, I’ll finish it.”
As I spread the Black Dragon’s Wand on the floor, which was somewhat broken but not completely destroyed, a round hole burst open.
“After all, the best way to experience a dungeon is to eat it raw.”
Uther, who wholeheartedly agreed with Cordelia’s words, spread his arms wide.
“why?”
“I have to jump, so hold me, Princess.”
“You can go alone, Your Majesty.”
Cordelia, who spoke sharply, used her flying magic and jumped into the hole, and Uther followed her into the hole with a regretful heart in his arms.
widely.
Although the ceiling was about ten meters high, Yuder landed lightly and looked up, and his eyes met with Cordelia’s, who was coming down thanks to her flying magic.
“This way.”
“Just get out of the way before I step on you.”
Cordelia landed safely next to Uther, who was spreading his arms, and looked around.
A half-collapsed temple and a broken statue of a goddess.
Just as seen in the game.
“The sphere of life.”
At Cordelia’s words, Uther nodded and took a step forward.
In the center of the room was a two-story altar, on which stood a beautiful stone statue of a goddess holding the sphere of life.
“It seems like there are no active Guardians like in the original.”
Guardian golems were seen lying broken all over the temple.
‘Is this a trace of battle?’
A battle with demons unfolds on the third floor of the Temple of Life.
There were signs of destruction all over the walls and floors, and the remains of saints who had lost their lives fighting against demons were strewn across the floor. The entrance was blocked by a collapsed pillar.
‘It seems that the hypothesis that the demon followers who infiltrated the temple summoned the demon on the third floor is correct.’
This place was known as the last temple of the Cult of Life, which began to decline after losing its goddess, Aeris.
The last temple and the last sacred relic stored there.
In the days when the power of the sect was strong, there were many sacred relics that were much more powerful than the Orb of Life or the Crown of Life, but in the sect that was on the verge of collapse, there was no treasure greater than the Orb of Life.
‘Is this the last legacy that I risked my life to protect······.’
Uther looked at the statue of the goddess where the orb of life was placed, and Cordelia slowly walked towards the statue.
“I’ll use it for a good cause. For… world peace….”
Cordelia bowed her head to the statue of the goddess and then reached out her hand toward the orb of life.
The sphere of life, housed within a round frame held in the goddess’s arms, was a blue orb slightly larger than a fist, and when Cordelia touched it, it began to emit a strong light.
‘I hope it gets passed on to someone someday.’
A soft male voice.
Perhaps the last wish of the one who was the last saint of the Church of Life.
‘May the grace of the goddess be with you······.’
The voices dispersed, and so did the light that filled my eyes.
Instead of being engulfed in the flames of divinity, Cordelia was enveloped in a powerful life force and let out a deep breath.
Because I felt the hearts of the saints who fought and fought until the end to protect the orb of life, for someone who would serve the world, not the hand of the devil.
“Thank you. Thank you.”
It was like the dwarves who had imprisoned the White Snake in Frost Anvil.
Heroes of our past who sacrificed themselves for future generations.
Cordelia, who thanked them all once again, slowly opened her eyes and faced Uther.
“The sphere of life.”
A sacred item of the Goddess of Life that grants its owner strong vitality and regenerative powers.
After receiving the Orb of Life from Cordelia, Uther took a deep breath and sat down in front of the statue of the goddess.
“I’ll get started right away.”
“huh.”
As Cordelia took a step back, Uther straightened his posture and placed both hands holding the orb of life on the location of his dantian.
Uder’s plan was to open the gate by absorbing the immense life force contained in the Orb of Life.
‘I’ve done enough leveling up.’
The body that could withstand the nine heavenly gates and nine gates was already created.
What remains is a huge amount of life force that can open the door in one go.
‘For a perfect happy ending.’
Just as Cordelia had done, Uther whispered to the statue of the goddess, closed his eyes, and began to recite the nine heavenly gates.
The nine heavens and the nine earths.
Nine heavens and nine worlds.
As Yuder himself had expected, the Nine Heavenly Gate was not an ordinary martial art.
It was a divine skill close to sorcery that guided humans born with a mortal destiny to a higher dimension, to a state of transcendence.
I closed my eyes and recited the mantra. The previously pitch-black world began to light up.
The whiteness spread and a world of black and white was created, and in between, the figure of a woman standing was visible.
Fairy.
She is the legendary Nine Heavenly King. Could she be the Nine Heavenly King?
If not, he may be an ancient sage who defeated the overlords of Hell together with legendary heroes.
Judas looked at the woman, and the woman looked at Judas.
Because the world was made up of only black and white, the woman’s face was pure white, and her extremely long hair that reached the floor was pitch black.
Uther took a step towards the woman.
And at the same time, the immense life force contained in the sphere of life began to surge into Yuder.
It wasn’t just Yuder’s power.
The woman was doing so.
He reached out to Uther, and Uther approached the woman and touched her hand.
‘Nine worlds.’
And the nine gates connecting the nine worlds.
The world that was black and white collapsed.
The sky was pure white and the ground was pitch black.
And then again, huge black doors appeared in the air.
One, two, three, four.
Four gates have already been built and a fifth gate is being newly constructed.
‘You can’t just stop at building a door. That’s not enough.’
The woman said.
For the first time, Uther could see the woman’s face clearly.
‘The true meaning of the nine gates connecting the nine worlds.’
That was it.
The immense life force consumed Yuder’s body and soul, and he could no longer continue his thoughts.
Even creating the fifth door by directing the incoming force was not easy.
‘I hope we can meet again.’
The woman’s voice melted.
The world of black and white has collapsed once again.
A pure white door constructed in a world covered in pitch darkness.
Uther reached out and opened the fifth door.
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Cordelia’s eyes widened.
Yuder’s entire body shook, and the energy released from the sphere of life swirled around him.
Uther’s eyes lit up.
Eventually, Yuder’s body, which had been sitting on the floor, rose into the air.
The fifth door is opened.
Cordelia could also feel it vaguely.
I was able to capture the changes taking place in Yuder’s body and soul.
But somehow I felt afraid.
I had a feeling that Yuder would go far away, to a place that I couldn’t reach no matter how much I stretched out my hand.
Why is that?
What is the reason?
Uther roared. The power of life stirred even more.
A golden glow of light began to spread across Yuder’s body.
“Uder!”
I was scared.
I was going crazy because I couldn’t tell if something was going right or if something was wrong.
Can I touch it?
Should we just leave it like this?
Shouldn’t we do something?
And that was the moment.
Cordelia turned around quickly.
I could feel it.
The vibrations were transmitted through the floor. A pungent smell was carried by the wind.
The monsters on the third floor.
The guys were coming.
The monsters gathered, either because they had caught the life energy that Uder had released or because they had heard the roar.
The gap between the collapsed pillars.
Black, grotesque spider-like creatures poked their heads out. Acidic slime that filled the ceiling of the second floor surged in, melting the pillars.
A series of thumping sounds were heard.
Cordelia thought about the monsters on the third floor, and realized that the noise was the footsteps of the Living Heavy Armorers, the main enemies of the third floor.
Cordelia quickly transformed into a witch. She focused her magical powers with both hands and looked forward, while at the same time, she flinched at the sound of Uther’s roar coming from behind her.
First of all, I had to protect Uder.
At the same time, we had to check on Yuder’s condition.
But how.
The monsters can be stopped somehow, but what about Yuder’s condition!
“Kiaa!”
Several spider-like creatures slightly larger than a person rushed forward, screaming. Cordelia threw the orbs of flame she held in both hands.
And right after that.
The moment when the demon and the ball of flame collided.
Kwagagagagaga-!
A pillar of light filled Cordelia’s vision.
It poured down from the ceiling, swallowing up the spider-like creatures and destroying them. The ball of flame Cordelia had created was also swept away.
A huge pillar of light.
It wasn’t magic.
vitality.
Massive speculation.
That’s why Cordelia could know.
I found myself cheering and shouting without realizing it.
“May your muscles always be with you!”
“You didn’t forget anything important, girl.”
A voice came from above my head.
The one who created a pillar of light that pierced the ceiling of the 3rd floor, as well as the ceilings of the 1st and 2nd floors, with a single punch.
The only person who can solve all of the current problems, including the demons and even Yuder’s condition.
“May your muscles always be with you.”
Iron Man Landius.
The strongest man on the continent and Uder’s master.
He showed up.
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