When the Pope Becomes Competent - Chapter 107



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◈107. I protect my life better than you.

“No.”

Bliss answered my order to go to Petros, as he was in more danger.

I said no. I won’t go.

I asked the guy back, doubting my ears.

“what?”

“I will not go to save the saint, but will fight here.”

Bliss’s voice was surprisingly calm.

So I didn’t understand what he was saying for a moment, and then a beat later I exploded in anger.

“You… you little punk… …! Is this the time for you to be caught up in personal feelings?! No matter how much you don’t like Petros, is this the time to be saying something like that?”

“Do you think I am not going because I hate the saint?”

“Then why aren’t you going!”

Meanwhile, a giant skeleton stretched its arms out toward me.

Normally, I would have easily blocked that slow attack.

But right now, I was emotionally agitated because of that bastard Bliss’s disobedience, and so my response was delayed for a moment.

“… … !”

It was at that moment that the giant skeleton’s arm came almost up to my nose.

Kkwadduk-

Bliss jumped in front of me and blocked the skeleton’s arm.

Then he pushed it away and said to me.

“That’s why I can’t go. Because if I go, you’ll be in danger.”

“… … .”

“It is more important for me to protect your life as a pope than as a saint.”

The Bliss guy continued speaking while dodging the attacks flying at me.

“I am the high priest, so I must protect you… and even if I were not the high priest, I would have chosen to protect you over the saint.”

“… … .”

“Since you are the child’s benefactor who lifted Ernen’s curse.”

That is, I was saying that I would not go to Petros because I felt that I would be in danger if he did not protect me.

A hollow laugh escaped my lips, “Ha.”

“Is it more important to save my life? Do you think I’ll lose my life if you leave here?”

After I finished speaking, I put away the Baekhwamyeongwoldo that I had been holding.

Instead, he said.

“Come together.”

Soon, the Sword of Judgement made of light materialized in my hand.

This sword of judgment is an item that takes some time to become usable once taken out.

So I’ve been saving it until now.

But now that I look back, it doesn’t seem like a situation where I can save my strength. I never thought I would be ignored like this.

I spoke to the Bliss guy with the Sword of Judgement in my hand.

“I can protect my life better than you can. So stop talking nonsense and go to Petros right away.”

“… … .”

“immediately!”

Only after I had shouted at her with the Sword of Judgement in my hand did Bliss finally move according to my command.

The guy ran towards Petros, leaving me alone to face the giant skeleton.

―Kreuk… Kreukgeuk… … .

The giant skeleton turned fully toward me, making an eerie noise.

He seemed interested when I picked up a new weapon.

It’s a good thing for me, as long as he doesn’t target my other colleagues.

I looked straight at the monster and unleashed the first sharp crescent moon.

Saaaaa―

A crescent-shaped sword energy was emitted from the tip of the Sword of Judgement.

Kwakwang!!

Then a loud noise rings out.

At the same time, the bones of the giant skeleton were completely shattered and scattered in all directions.

* * *

To conclude, the first floor was cleared without a hitch.

After I destroyed the giant skeleton, Petros and Bliss destroyed the orchestra together.

With the band gone, the remaining skeleton workers were unable to resurrect, and the rest was easy.

Because it was a matter of unilaterally destroying weak monsters that couldn’t even be revived.

Now that everything has been sorted out.

I asked Petros first.

“What about the wound?”

“It seems better than I thought. The pain isn’t that bad either.”

“That’s fortunate.”

The guy soon poured the potion on the wound.

As the guy said, it seemed like it was just a minor wound and healed quickly.

After that I approached Bliss.

“I know you see a lot of His Majesty in me. I understand that you want to protect me. But―”

I pointed to the giant, shattered skull in my hand.

Not long after, the skeleton’s body remained intact, not reduced to ashes.

He pointed to the completely shattered bone and continued his broken speech.

“It’s true that I’m so strong that I feel embarrassed to ask anyone for protection… … . From now on, you don’t have to worry about me.”

Bliss, who had been blankly looking at me for a moment, suddenly smiled brightly.

“Certainly, I underestimated Your Majesty. I will be more careful in the future.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

Petros is safe, and Bliss has said she will be careful from now on.

Since I had nothing else to talk about, I nodded at the dungeon clear reward boxes that had appeared somewhere.

“Now that the first floor is finished, let’s open the box.”

After that, we each opened the boxes.

I opened the gold box, Bliss opened the silver box, and Petros opened the bronze box.

So, in the golden box that I opened up―

‘What the… … . It’s just a potion.’

The potion came out just as I said.

Is it a potion?

I opened the information window of the potion, unable to hide my disappointment.

[Golden Wings for the Apostle (L)]

-If you consume this item, you can spread your wings whenever you want.

After reading the information window, I was a little surprised.

Since it was a potion, I naturally thought it would be something like a potion… … .

‘If you drink it, you’ll grow wings?’

The wing item I had previously obtained, “Foldable Succubus Wings”, had to be worn on my waist at all times, making it inconvenient to use.

That’s why I didn’t use it often and just kept it in my inventory.

It was more comfortable to just climb on Rubin’s back than to always wear an uncomfortable belt.

However, if I drink this potion that I just obtained, it seems that I can easily summon and unsummon the wings ‘whenever I want’.

‘Should I drink it right now?’

I immediately ripped off the cork that was blocking the opening of the vial.

After that, I drank the potion in gulps.

‘I don’t feel any change right away… … What should I say to make my wings grow?’

I thought about it for a bit and then slowly opened my mouth.

And said.

“Summon wings?”

It was just after those words left my lips.

What sprouted from its back were magnificent golden wings.

‘oh……?’

The wings were weightless and light, as if they were made of light.

It also flashed with a bright golden light, as if it were made of light.

As I unfolded it for testing, Petros and Bliss, who were next to me, spoke one after another.

“Wow, that’s a surprise.”

“Those wings… are they the items you just got?”

I nodded slightly at Bliss’ question.

“Yeah, I think I got something pretty useful for the first time in a while. Just wait a minute.”

After telling him to wait, I tried moving my wings.

The wings worked as I thought they would, and soon my body was slowly rising above the ground.

Before I knew it, I was flying quite high up.

‘It’s easy to use and portable. Plus, it gives you more freedom of movement than when you’re flying around on a Rubin or something.’

If I were to use my own wings to fly, I would have more freedom of movement than if I were to ride on Rubin’s back.

It seemed like I could descend from the air like this and kick the monster.

Feeling good, I spun around in the air about five times before landing on the ground.

Afterwards, when I said the command “Unsummon wings,” the wings were unsummoned and disappeared.

He spoke to the group who were blankly watching the scene.

“Come to think of it, what did you guys come up with?”

After hearing my question, Bliss showed me her reward item.

“This is me.”

The guy’s reward item was a chain blade item that looked exactly like the blade he had been using before.

The one I was using before became unusable because a monster broke the chain, so this was just what I needed.

Petros then showed me his reward item.

“I’m a trinket item that adds special effects to spears. But the spear just broke… … .”

“It’s broken?”

Petros answered my question.

“It must be worn out. It’s been standing for so long.”

“Hmm… … . Just wait a minute.”

A good idea just occurred to me, so I opened my inventory right away.

After that, I gave the spear of Nerebloka, which I had not used until then, to Petros.

Soon, Petros’ pupils dilated as he received the spear.

“This is… … ?”

“You use it. It has some special effects, so it should be useful.”

I opened the information window before and checked, and there was an effect attached to that window that could inflict poison damage.

Once you touch it, the poison from the blade seeps into the wound.

Petros looked at the items for a while and then slowly asked me.

“Really… can I use it? It looks like a really good product… … .”

“It’s an item I won’t use anyway. And I have to go up to the second floor right now, what am I going to do without a weapon?”

After hearing my answer, Petros looked around the window.

Then, I tied the spear accessory item that I just got as a dungeon reward to the spear.

Since it was said to be an item that grants special effects, it was likely that a new special effect was granted to the spear item.

Petros, who had a new window, smiled at me.

“Thank you in many ways, today.”

“If you are grateful, do better in the future.”

“I will do twice as well.”

The boy answered playfully and swung his spear in the air a few times.

Looks like he really likes it.

Thanks to you, I too became proud.

* * *

After collecting our items, we took a short break.

Afterwards, when I was sufficiently prepared, I went up to the second floor of the dungeon.

As soon as I entered the second floor of the dungeon, I saw three doors.

There was a nameplate on each door, and I read all the names on the nameplate before speaking to the group.

“Our names are written on it. Are you telling us to come into the room with our names written on it?”

Bliss, who heard what I said, spoke from the side.

“There doesn’t seem to be a need to go into separate rooms with names written on them.”

“Um… that’s not it, is it?”

I said so and added,

“As far as I know, dungeons like this… you have to enter each one separately, as the names indicate. Otherwise, the monsters won’t appear at all.”

“Are you saying that it’s a monster that only appears when you fall alone?”

“That’s right. It’s a monster that appears and attacks when you’re left alone and mentally weak.”

He continued, sighing deeply.

“And as you know, if the monsters don’t appear, you can’t clear the 2nd floor dungeon. That means, even if it’s a little unsettling, you have no choice but to enter them separately. To induce the monsters to come out.”

I’ve been into this type of dungeon before, even when I was playing the game Extinction.

The monsters that inhabit these places usually appear in the form of horrifying ghosts, attacking users and pushing them to their mental limits.

It was also the type of monster I hated the most.

Bliss and Petros, who heard what I said, each answered.

“I guess there’s nothing I can do about it then.”

“I will go in.”

I waved to them and stood in front of the door with my name on it.

“Okay, let’s not die and just live well.”

After that, each of the group entered a room with their name written on it.

I also stepped into the room with my name written on it.

And finally, when we entered the place―

‘It’s a monster.’

A familiar monster I had seen before was waiting for me.