The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 24
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The soldier shouted save (24)
Broken arm and ribs.
Corpses strewn all over the Moonlight Inn.
“Ugh… … .”
I suppressed my pain and changed into my blood-soaked clothes, took Croa’s dagger and headed to the church.
“… …Is it true that there were heretics?”
“How on earth could something like this happen in Tallinn… … .”
In front of a bustling church.
As I was hiding in the crowd and surveying the situation, my eyes met with someone.
Lian waving her hand and shouting ‘Hyung!’ silently.
I motioned for Lian, who was inside the church, to come out.
“Tongue, bro! … … What’s wrong with your arm? Are you hurt?”
Lian’s eyes turn to my arm, which is bent in a strange direction.
“It’s nothing, so don’t be so nervous. More importantly, what happened?”
As he said that in a calm tone, Lian looked at the crowd of people and said.
“… … A pillar of light fell on the heads of the palace warriors. According to the church, it was the judgment of Lady Freya.”
Lian, who had run away to the church with Iris, explained everything he had seen without leaving anything out.
The incident where Jang Jin-woo and Lee Hye-rin appeared at church with a blue light.
The incident where Iris revealed Jang Jin-woo’s heresy.
The story of the palace warrior being ‘judged’ along with the prayers of the priests.
I nodded and asked the last question.
“Is that what it means to be a judged warrior?”
Did ‘Judgment’ only burn the warrior’s body?
We examine the gruesome sight that lies beyond people’s gaze.
Clothes stuck to the melted flesh. And iron knuckles.
When asked about what is presumed to be the warrior’s body, Lian nods.
“… … Yes, the priests said they would burn the rest without exception.”
I could immediately understand what Lian was talking about.
Because the knights were stacking firewood on the relics of the palace warriors, pushing back the onlookers.
‘Are you just going to let that go?’
Something blurry visible above the relics of the Imperial Warriors.
Could this be the soul of an imperial warrior ascending to heaven?
As I stared up at the sight, something appeared before my eyes.
[Found the soul set to ‘Notification’.]
[Check the ‘Church Contribution’.]
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[‘Assist’ is acknowledged.]
[Add ‘Palace Warrior Jang Jin-woo’ to ‘Soul Slot 2’.]
A long, snake-like shadow with a message.
My shadow, which had risen to the sky without any control, instantly swallowed up the soul of the warrior ascending to the sky.
‘Damn, run away… … no, do I have to start over?’
A strange sight, with shadows stretching into the sky.
It was like I was openly advertising that I was a necromancer.
“What’s up there?”
But Lian looked up at the sky with a puzzled face, as if she didn’t understand my actions.
Couldn’t you see the shadow that was swallowing your soul?
As I looked around, hiding my confusion, I saw onlookers and priests going about their business as if they had not noticed anything.
“… … Elder?”
“I left earlier to go find the remnants of the knights. I thought Croa and I went to the inn… … .”
I let out a sigh of relief when I heard that I had crossed paths with the elders.
If the elder were here, he would most likely have discovered that I am a necromancer.
‘I survived.’
My plan was not wrong.
Croa and I have reached the ending we all wanted, where we all survive.
But there were still problems that needed to be solved.
[Soul Slot 2 – Palace Warrior Jang Jin-woo]
*You can activate a new perk, ‘Mic on/off’.
A message appeared before my eyes along with a swallowed soul.
‘… … If it’s a special privilege, is it something like a save?’
I frown at the unidentifiable privilege that is difficult to understand with my knowledge, and examine the other messages.
[Jang Jin-woo is a soul belonging to the ‘guild’.]
[‘Pre-order Purchase’ is activated.]
[Achievement Shop: Purchase ‘Necromancy – Soul Transformation’. -2000pt]
[Use ‘Soul Transformation’.]
[Would you like to join the ‘Imperial Palace’ guild with the spirit of ‘Jang Jin-woo’?]
The guild stone started to emit purple light.
I spoke to Lian, who was staring blankly at this place.
“What about Croa?”
“Inside the church. Lady Eris said that Croa must perform a ceremony to become an apprentice priest.”
As Lian brings up Croa’s name and smiles brightly, a sudden nauseating sensation comes over my esophagus.
‘… …Is it because of Croa’s blessing?’
When I became conscious, I saw a dazzling golden light surrounding Lian’s body.
“…brother?”
I said to Lian, hiding my nausea.
“… … I don’t think I’ll be able to come to church often, so please stay with Croa for a while.”
“Of course! I’ll take care of Croa, so don’t worry, hyung!”
As Lian walks away from the church, her stuffy breath becomes easier.
‘Should I get away from the necromancer first?’
A necromancer, an unwelcome presence to anyone.
But I had a feeling that it wasn’t in order to escape from this necromancer.
‘… … If I hadn’t been able to handle the soul, I wouldn’t have seen this either.’
When I touched the guild stone wrapped in clothes with my bare hands, letters appeared.
I scanned the messages that filled my eyes.
[‘Jang Jin-woo’ has connected.]
[Guild Notice] [Status Window Modification]
[Guild Member List] [Guild Mission]… .
A different message when you first touch the guild stone.
As I was reaching out to the message that appeared in the air and looking around, my eyes stopped at a familiar name.
[Lee Hyun-seong Tracking Status (Viewable by ‘Executive’ rank and above)]
‘… … Lee Hyeon-seong?’
A name you’ve heard before, written in the ‘Guild Mission’ section.
As I looked closely at the contents, all the letters that were in front of my eyes suddenly disappeared.
[I was kicked out of the guild.]
A guild stone that was turned to dust along with a message.
I clenched my fist as I watched the guild stone slipping through my fingers.
‘Surely, the pink letters were calling me Lee Hyeon-seong.’
I didn’t see any information that seemed important, but I didn’t feel anxious.
He took the dagger out of his bosom and aimed it at the chin.
‘……again.’
If I die now, when will I go back to?
The anxiety of possibly having to face the ‘Palace Warrior’ again.
But that anxiety disappears along with confidence.
‘It wouldn’t matter if I went back to before Jang Jin-woo died.’
I already figured out the method.
No matter how many times you repeat it, it is not difficult to reach the ‘now’.
-Boom!
A sharp blade piercing through the chin.
– Died from his own attack. [Confirmed]
-Loaded from auto-save. [Confirm]
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As the darkened vision returns with the message, I see Lian waving at me.
After Jang Jin-woo died.
Time goes back to just a few minutes ago.
‘It would be better to check everything.’
Swallowing the soul of Jang Jin-woo who ascends to heaven.
[‘Jang Jin-woo’ has connected.]
In Jang Jin-woo’s name, we look into the information of the ‘Imperial Palace’ guild again.
[I was kicked out of the guild.]
Text that disappears in just a few seconds.
‘Until I memorize it all.’
I started to memorize, repeating death over and over again.
* * *
… … How many lives have passed?
As I concentrated on memorizing and mechanically stabbed my neck, I lost track of how many times I repeated life.
‘In the end, the Lee Hyeon-seong written there wasn’t me.’
There were some words that were difficult to understand, but it was clear that Lee Hyun-seong was not referring to me.
A strong being that cannot be chased even by the palace’s intelligence power.
But what I needed to focus on was not ‘Lee Hyeonseong’ but other guild missions.
‘There was something written on the completed guild mission called an S-class NPC investigation report.’
The message written there contained the location and brief information about not only Croa, who was born with the power of a saint, but also Gerard, who had outstanding talent.
‘… … Besides, these guys haven’t given up on Croa yet.’
The mission was temporarily suspended due to Jang Jin-woo’s death, and a new guild mission, ‘Kidnapping the Saintess Candidate’, was created.
‘As expected, I can’t do it alone.’
Just as the palace soldiers have their own slang, the warriors also have their own slang.
We can’t 100% interpret or prepare for information without the help of warriors like them.
‘I guess I’ll have to try to pull myself into life again and again.’
* * *
A day has passed since the palace warrior died.
As I was tapping the table with my legs crossed, a man in a butler’s uniform bowed down to me.
“Here is the coffee you ordered.”
High-class tea house ‘Koppe’.
A waiter in a butler’s uniform places a cup of black tea on the table and leaves.
I lifted the teacup filled with ice cubes to my lips.
‘Is this the coffee that warriors love to drink?’
To be exact, it is a reproduction of the tea that warriors enjoy drinking.
As I put my lips to the teacup and drank the black water down my throat, a bitter taste came up.
‘It looks edible.’
-Duck, duck.
Take a moment to sip bitter tea and chew on some square ice cubes.
-Daughter.
A familiar face entered the store along with the sound of the doorbell.
“Wow, crazy, isn’t this a cafe?”
Lee Hye-rin looks around like a country bumpkin who has just arrived in the city.
A servant wearing a butler’s uniform hurriedly ran towards Lee Hye-rin.
“… … Sir, I’m sorry, but would you please leave?”
“Yes, yes?”
“Our high-class tea house ‘Coffee’ is a place where you cannot enter if you do not have basic manners. We apologize.”
As the employee spoke, holding his nose in disgust, Hye-rin realized that she smelled bad and opened her cloak with a bright red face.
“… … I, I came because I had an appointment… … .”
“Would you like to go out?”
Hye-rin, who had been desperately looking around, sighed at the sight of an employee blocking her path and left the store.
I quietly watched the scene, put the silver coin on the table, and left the store.
“Were you outside? Why aren’t you coming in?”
As I said that calmly, pretending not to know anything, Hye-rin glared at my face.
“It’s not that I didn’t go in… Haa, just give me the money.”
The scene I had hoped for, of being turned away and not being allowed into the coffee shop.
“Okay.”
I turned around and moved my legs, saying, “I know.”
“Hey, wait a minute! Where are you going!”
As I strode forward silently, Hye-rin followed behind me, moving her short legs quickly.
The place I arrived at was a two-story inn.
“To the room you reserved. For two people, I’m sure.”
I ordered a meal and went up to the second floor without the owner’s guidance.
-Clang.
Just turn the key and the door opens easily.
I entered the room and gestured to Hye-rin.
“Come in.”
A face full of annoyance.
Hye-rin came into the room, glared at me, and spoke.
“Surely you’re not thinking of something else?”
“What are you thinking?”
“You either don’t plan on giving me money, or you don’t have money to give me.”
Do you also know how to use powerful attack magic?
When Hye-rin pointed her palm at me as if threatening me, I laughed and put my hand into my arms.
-Chal-grang.
Two gold coins on the table.
He asked Hye-rin, flicking the gold coin with his fingers.
“What is your magical ability? Village level? City level?”
“I don’t really want to talk about it. I got the money, so I’ll go.”
Hye-rin snatches the gold coin from the table and turns around to head towards the door.
I said this to Hye-rin’s back.
“Isn’t it hard? It’s definitely not easy for someone from another world who doesn’t know anything to live on the Gerard Continent.”
“… … If it’s hard, what can I do?”
“How about continuing to work for me? I’ll pay you one gold coin per month.”
The worry didn’t last long.
Hye-rin looked at me and sighed deeply, then said with a calm face.
“… Ha, go find someone else. I don’t trust you guys.”
Gerard and the other world people.
A relationship that is difficult to build on trust.
I spoke to Hye-rin as if I was talking to myself as she was about to leave.
“They say that the fake gold coins from the Gerard Continent melt easily even in a small fire.”
“……what?”
“So, it’s common sense to prepare matches when trading gold coins, but I guess you didn’t know that.”
He throws a match to Hye-rin, who is frowning deeply.
But Hye-rin said, pointing her finger at the gold coin instead of the match.
“Ignis.”
A faint flame burst out from Hye-rin’s fingers.
As the flame melted part of the gold coin, Hye-rin trembled with an angry face.
“… … You were trying to fool me from the beginning?! Tell me!”
Hye-rin’s palm facing my head.
I said with a laugh at Hye-rin’s appearance, which made blue particles appear as if it were not a simple threat.
“If you were going to lie, you wouldn’t have told me it was fake.”
“Then what is this doing!”
A trivial farce.
I spoke in a flat tone, my smile gone.
“I need you to survive.”
Take out four new gold coins from your pocket and place them on the table.
“And you too, you need me to survive on this fucking continent.”
-Chick.
Light the match.
I said, placing the unlit matchstick on top of the four gold coins.
“Would you like to hire me?”
Four gold coins that were intact and not melted even though the matches had turned to ashes.
“… … .”
Hye-rin’s steps, as she was about to leave the inn, stopped.