< Chapter 6 - The Witch's Forest #5 >
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While wandering through the Witch’s Forest, Cordelia hears the witch’s voice and follows her guidance to reach the seal.
In other words, hearing the witch’s voice was no different from getting a navigator to your destination.
‘however.’
Uder furrowed his brows without realizing it.
It wasn’t because Cordelia had taken the wrong path or because the witch’s directions were unclear.
Cordelia continued to move forward steadily, although she stopped every now and then.
[Come in the direction of the large tree with exposed roots.]
A clear, elegant, yet somehow hazy voice that rings in my head.
‘The witch’s voice… right?’
When Uther glanced back at Cordelia, he saw that she was looking around and seemed to be pleased by the large tree with exposed roots.
‘That’s right.’
Why is it that not only Cordelia but also Uther himself can hear it?
‘Can you hear it even if it’s not Cordelia?’
In the original, Cordelia was alone, so she was the only one who heard the voice.
But that didn’t seem to be the case.
The whole time Cordelia was looking for her way, Lucas just stood there with a blank expression on his face.
‘Well, let’s not show it for now.’
Because it was obvious what would happen if he told Yuder that he could hear the witch’s voice.
Cordelia would pout, and Lucas would sulk because he was the only one who couldn’t hear her voice.
“This way.”
“Oh, okay.”
Cordelia’s face showed a faint smile as she spoke softly and pointed in the direction.
As expected from someone who likes to be in the spotlight, he seemed to like his current situation where he was the main character in an episode.
‘Well, I guess I should hide it.’
There was no need to reveal the truth and break that smile.
‘But why can I really hear it?’
Are there any special conditions for hearing the witch’s voice?
The similarities between Uther himself and Cordelia.
A trait he doesn’t share with Lucas.
‘Pretty and handsome?’
Although Lucas was a handsome man from Honam, he was not as handsome as Uder or Cordelia, who were considered peerless.
‘Hey, no way.’
The witch isn’t the Fairy Queen either.
There must have been something else.
‘Age? Memories of a past life… If you say that, then what Cordelia hears in the original doesn’t make sense.’
As I took steps forward, considering various hypotheses, at some point the fog began to clear.
“There is a seal inside that cave.”
While Cordelia explained to Lucas that it was a small, narrow, crack that had formed over time rather than a proper entrance, Uther looked around.
The sky was completely obscured by dense trees that had grown over 10 meters tall.
Beyond the small rocky mountain with the cave, there would be a demon guarding the seal.
‘Still, we’re almost there.’
Now, if I go in and break the seal, the mission is essentially over.
The witch’s soul, released from the seal, will solve the problem.
‘Cordelia gets the witch’s powers, and I get the byproducts here and there.’
Just like the Bycon, the Demon will also leave behind a corpse.
As Uther smiled happily, Cordelia approached him and said with her brows furrowed.
“Your expression looks like a pervert.”
“···Which side?”
“Just in a variety of ways.”
Cordelia, who was always talking nonsense, took the lead and went into the cave.
It was a small and cramped crack, but it was no problem for Cordelia, who was small and slender, and Yuder, who was still quite thin.
Lucas also struggled, but somehow he got through.
[We’re almost there. Come this way.]
As I entered the dark cave, not only did I hear the witch’s voice, but a green cloud of light that looked like a bunch of fireflies appeared before my eyes.
[This way.]
It was originally a small cave, but after walking for about a minute, a fairly large cavity with a large steel door on one side appeared, and the group was able to discover the witch’s seal.
A large stone pillar in the center of the room contained an ice sculpture almost as large as a person, and inside, the naked body of a beautiful, black-haired woman could be seen vaguely.
[Children, release my seal. To release the seal······.]
“You mean I need to weaken the sealing stones at the corners of the Holy Water and draw a magic circle to release the seal in the center? Understood, Witch?”
[Huh? Oh, oh… That’s right… That’s right. How did you know?]
As Cordelia quickly answered, the witch responded in a slightly bewildered voice, and Lucas, unaware of their conversation, simply exclaimed, “Ohhhh.”
Cordelia smiled and approached Uther as she spoke.
“I’ll sprinkle holy water on the sealing stone and come back, so leave the magic circle to me.”
“Understood, ma’am.”
It was Uther and Cordelia who had already obtained the holy water from Langest.
There was no need to wander through the forest like in the original and collect the things the witch told you to get.
[The form of the magic circle is… a magician specializing in sealing?]
Even though I didn’t explain what kind of magic circle it was, Yuder was able to draw it so well.
This time, instead of answering, Uder quickly completed the magic circle.
[Uh··· Next······ You guys already know, right?]
Uther and Cordelia responded to the witch’s slightly trembling voice with action. Uther took Lucas and retreated to the outskirts, and Cordelia pulled out a knife and cut herself on the palm of her hand.
“Ah.”
She groaned and clenched her fists, dripping blood onto the magic circle.
Blood is the currency of the soul.
Cordelia’s magic was transmitted to the magic circle through the drops of blood, and soon a bright blue light filled the space.
And that was the moment.
“Koooooooo!”
A terrifying roar was heard from outside the cave.
The roar of the demon guarding the seal was clear.
Lucas, who was very nervous, reflexively drew his sword, but Uther and Cordelia were focused only on the witch’s seal.
Anyway, once the seal was released, the witch would take care of it.
[Ahhh, ahhhh!]
The witch screamed in time with the roar of the demon. The ice that had sealed her cracked and the entire cave shook.
“Koooo!”
The roar of the demon grew louder and closer.
Cordelia, whose lips were naturally dry, placed her palm directly on the magic circle and poured more magical power into it, and finally the ice that had been sealing the witch shattered into hundreds of pieces and scattered.
Boom!
There was a loud noise.
The steel door that could be considered the main entrance to the sealed building was greatly warped. The demon was trying to break the steel door that was originally intended for sealing and would not open.
Yuder was startled by the loud noise beyond imagination, but soon calmed down.
The original story had a similar flow to begin with.
[It has been such a long time. Thank you for releasing my seal, children.]
The witch’s voice could be heard clearly through the loud thumping noise.
The center of the seal.
A beautiful woman with long black hair covering her pure white body was floating in the air. She was in a half-transparent state because she was in a spirit state, and she was looking down at Cordelia as if she loved her very much.
bang!
There was a loud noise again.
The demon’s red eyes were visible through the warped steel door.
Uder swallowed dry saliva and recalled the original story.
Immediately after breaking the witch’s seal.
The disembodied witch temporarily descends upon Cordelia, defeats the demon, and lifts the barrier.
The witch’s soul, now freed by this, finally ascends after hundreds of years of bondage, and Cordelia, who briefly held the witch’s soul, acquires ‘witch transformation’, part of the witch’s power.
This was a part that the production team put a lot of effort into, and since the series of situations were expressed in a cinematic manner, it was a famous scene that most users who played Cordelia remembered.
And now.
[Danger has come. My dear child, I will lend you my strength to overcome this crisis.]
It was the same flow as the original.
When Cordelia nodded as if she understood, the witch closed her eyes and recited a spell, and as if stimulated by it, the demon’s hand pounded on the steel door more roughly.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Just before the steel door was torn off.
The witch’s soul dispersed along with the green light. At the same time, Cordelia’s entire body was enveloped in a green light, and her bright, vivid red hair turned black.
Her eyes, once blue like the sky, became a mysterious green like Yuder’s.
The Descent of the Witch.
Now all that was left was to defeat the demon with the witch’s power.
however.
“Huh? Huh huh huh?”
Cordelia blinked blankly as she looked back at herself, and at that moment, Uther realized. He could understand.
‘Relive the event!’
In a broad sense, it was like a bathing event in a valley.
In the original work, the fight to defeat the demons with the witch’s power was expressed as an event video.
And that’s why I lost Cordelia and even Uther.
She wasn’t a witch.
Cordelia, who had obtained the witch’s power, defeated the demon.
“What the heck?!”
Cordelia understood too.
That’s why I was embarrassed.
Because I didn’t know how to fight. More precisely, because I didn’t know how to use the witch’s power!
bang!
Finally the steel door was shattered.
Two sets of heavily warped doors fell to the floor, revealing the hand of Asmodeus, a giant red gorilla with horns on its head.
Even though he was crouching, he was at least 4 meters tall and his fists were incredibly powerful.
Cordelia looked at Uther, and Uther looked at Cordelia.
Lucas looked at the two people alone and then grabbed his sword.
A critical situation.
This time, there was no magic circle of Belastin.
It wasn’t a battlefield that had been prepared in advance either.
But still, I had to fight.
“I believe!”
Yuder, who had raised his pure white sword, charged towards the demon. He unleashed the Thirty-Six Treasures of the World, and Lucas also added light to his sword with the Holy King’s Cross Sword.
I believe.
That Cordelia can control the witch’s powers.
To find a solution before he is destroyed by the devil.
“Koooo!”
The demon roared as if he found the rushing Yuder ridiculous. It kicked the ground and then, as if it had teleported, appeared in front of Yuder and swung its fist.
Kwakang!
The ground shattered in one blow. Juder barely managed to avoid the attack by rolling on the ground, and added Solari’s power to his knuckles. He flew towards the broken steel door as if to lure the demon.
Lucas also ran towards the other side of Yuder, roaring loudly to attract attention.
The demon kicked the ground again.
This time it was Yuder’s side.
“Cordelia!”
Yuder unleashed his Heavenly Sword 36 Treasures again. After narrowly avoiding the demon’s fist, he struck the demon’s arm with the Holy Cross.
“Qoo!”
The demon let out a scream of pain, but its steel arms didn’t budge. Instead of attacking again, Uder kicked the ground and backed away.
And at that moment Cordelia closed her eyes and concentrated.
I wanted to use my instincts or whatever to control the witch’s power.
But it wasn’t easy. I closed my eyes to block out my vision, but I was anxious because of the continuous loud noises and the danger that Yuder was facing.
‘Please, please!’
Leading the magic.
Use it naturally.
It was that very moment.
[Huh? You don’t know how to do this?]
The slightly peaceful voice of the witch was heard, and Cordelia’s eyes widened. She shouted without realizing it.
“Tell me!”
What to do.
How to use the witch’s power.
Before Uther dies.
No, before Yuder gets hurt!
[This is how you do it.]
The moment the witch spoke, the witch’s power moved within Cordelia’s soul and body.
Because of that, Cordelia understood. She realized it instinctively.
How to handle the witch’s power.
A green light flashed from Cordelia’s eyes.
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