Chapter 62. Arrangement (5)
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“That’s because I was chosen.”
Noah suddenly intrudes into the conversation.
On the other hand, maybe you didn’t like that the flow of the story was interrupted? Muak immediately frowned and glanced at Noah.
“Choice? “To whom?”
“To Ludrick’s family.”
“… … what?”
Muak asked blankly.
An expression with a clear expression of absurdity. The desert warriors with him had a similar reaction.
“Huh, that’s not a funny joke.”
“Sirpi Rudric was not chosen by the Divine Beast! Where are you trying to deceive us? … .”
“No, there’s still one left.”
“what?”
“Ludrik’s family members are three in total. And one of them was sealed outside the desert. “You probably know this story better than me, right?”
As Noah said, the family of Rudric, the spiritual leader of the Desert Church, is largely divided into three.
A strange bird that breathes eternal flame.
A poisonous snake that constantly proliferates.
A white wolf hiding in the fog.
Among these, the monster bird and the poisonous snake were in the desert, while the white tiger was sealed outside the desert.
Right after hearing Noah’s story.
Muak twitched his eyebrows. This is because a memory related to Shinsu came to mind.
‘Come to think of it… … .’
The only sealed member of Rudrik’s family.
It is said that the white wolf was sealed near the spring of magic in the center of the continent. And now it is home to the most famous educational institution on the continent.
‘Arsene Academy.’
The place where the group in front of you belongs.
At the same time, it was also the place where Sirpi entered school.
The moment I remembered this fact, I felt like the puzzles that had seemed completely unrelated were coming together one by one.
Sirpi Ludric.
Arsene Academy and the Fountain of Magic.
Even the white tiger sealed there.
If we put all of this together, we can guess why Sirpi Rudric left the desert and entered Arsene Academy.
“no way… … .”
“Yes, that’s probably true.”
At that time, Noah smiled.
As if reading Muak’s mind.
Meanwhile, when Muak was agitated, she stabbed Ulan, who was nearby, on the waist.
“I’m sorry, but please call me a white wolf.”
“hmm? Why all of a sudden?”
“That will make the conversation go smoothly.”
At Noah’s urging, Ulan nodded.
Then, when he knocked on the shadow next to the bonfire three times, something strange happened.
Saaaaa!
A hazy fog began to spread from all directions around the shadow. It was a familiar phenomenon to Ulan and his group, but not to Muak’s group.
“… … !?”
“This, this!”
“No way really… … ?”
The scurrying warriors of the desert.
Then.
[Awww!]
[Boo! Wow!]
The sudden sound of a wolf howling was a signal, and dozens or hundreds of wolves appeared from all directions.
The truly majestic sight made all the desert warriors hold their breath, and as time passed, the hundreds of wolves soon became one giant wolf.
[purr!]
White wolf of Mimu (迷霧).
Immediately after encountering the wolf hiding in the fog, Muak and the warriors fell flat on the ground all at once, without caring who was first.
“I have an audience with the sacred beast of the church!”
“Cyo, we have an audience with the cult’s divine beast!”
“The sacred tree of the church… … .”
Then he bowed his head towards the white wolf and spoke in a loud voice.
Worship started suddenly.
Ulan tilted his head as if he didn’t understand what was going on, and the white wolf did the same.
[purr?]
A white wolf snooping its head.
However, Muak and the warriors who could explain the situation were still lying face down with their heads on the ground.
The strange confrontation continued until a long time had passed.
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Some time after that.
After regaining his composure, Muak explained the reason for his sudden behavior.
“Ludric’s descendants are divine beasts who have protected the church for a thousand years. So, as he is a member of the religious order, he must show proper courtesy.”
In addition, White Lang is a divine beast that returned after being sealed outside the desert. Therefore, it was appropriate for him to show even greater courtesy.
After finishing explaining everything.
Muak suddenly shook his head.
“Ah, I see. “That’s how it happened.”
As if I realized something.
After a while, he burst out laughing out of nowhere and looked back at Sirpi. Then he spoke, still smiling.
“Now I understand. Sirpi Ludrik.”
“yes? “What?”
“Don’t pretend not to know. “The fact that you returned to the desert with the white wolf can only be seen as a way to regain your legitimate rights.”
“If it is a legitimate right… … .”
“The position of the next religious leader.”
Immediately after Muak’s answer.
Sirpi’s expression changed subtly. Because I felt like I had done something wrong. And he wasn’t the only one who made the wrong guess.
“Well, I guess he is like that too.”
“Even though I wasn’t born with talent, I am still a direct blood relative of Ludrick.”
Desert warriors nodding their heads.
Looking at the reactions, it seemed like everyone agreed with Muak’s guess. Meanwhile, at that moment, Laurea twitched her eyebrows.
“… … Direct descendant?”
I haven’t heard anything like that.
How on earth did this happen?
Laurea glanced at Sirpi as if asking a question, and she looked restless as her secret was unintentionally revealed.
So, just as I was trying to explain the whole story.
Suddenly Noah entered the conversation.
“yes that’s right. “That’s correct.”
No, that’s right!
It is also a lie that he was chosen by the white wolf in the first place. So, of course, he never dreamed of becoming the next religious leader.
Sirpi wanted to scream, but it was already too late. Because Noah came up with her answer much faster than she did.
“As you said, we want to make Sirpi a new religious leader. Of course, before that, we have to achieve our personal goals first.”
“Personal purpose?”
“Fighting against the abyss.”
Noah gave a firm answer.
She spread her arms and pointed towards the desert.
“Furthermore, our goal is to prevent the abyss from crossing this place again.”
“… … “Is that possible?”
“Sure. “You saw it yourself, right?”
Noah smiled and pointed at Ulan.
At this, Muak closed his mouth.
It’s definitely strong. So many monsters of the abyss were torn apart in an instant. I have never seen such a strong warrior in my life.
“… … .”
After some time has passed.
Muak, who had been pondering for a while, let out a short sigh. Then he looked at Noah again and started talking.
“If you had told us right away that your goal was to fight against the Abyss, we would not have believed you. but… … .”
“but?”
“I have no choice but to believe it, especially since Ludrick’s direct blood relatives have returned with the Divine Beast.”
His eyes turned serene.
It was the look in the eyes of someone who made a decision.
“i get it. “I will cooperate with your cause.”
Fighting against the abyss.
Furthermore, they bring down Arena Rudric, a traitor who colluded with the Abyss, and make Sirpi, the rightful successor chosen by the White Wolf, the leader of the cult.
Muak asked again.
“Then what specifically should I do?”
“Well, first of all… … .”
In response to the question that came back, Noah wanted to bring up something he had been thinking about. But I quickly became speechless. It was because of a message that suddenly appeared in front of her.
[alarm]
▶The Trial of the Hero – Activation
▶Challenge: [Noah Darshen]
―Secure the true ‘Sealed Chest’.
-Move according to the arrangement.
[Time remaining until trial completion]:
*71 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds
System notification visible only to Noah.
This is the second notification message related to the eighth hero. Meanwhile, when Noah suddenly closed his mouth, Muak narrowed her eyebrows as if puzzled.
“Why do you stop talking?”
“Oh, no. “I have something to think about for a moment.”
At those words, Noah quickly shook his head and got out of his thoughts. Then he cleared his throat and got back to the point.
“hmm! Hmm! Then, first, we need to find and secure the real Sealed Chest. “Even if it’s just to disrupt Arena Ludrick.”
“What does that mean all of a sudden?”
“yes? “What do you mean?”
Didn’t Muak say that earlier?
He said he was looking for the Sealed Chest to interfere with Arena Ludric. Noah, who mentioned this, asked as if to refute it, and soon Muak’s answer came back.
“The sealed chest is right in front of you, right?”
“No, what I’m saying is really…” … .”
“This is the ‘real’ sealed chest.”
“… … yes?”
Noah blinks his eyes blankly.
After a while, she managed to grasp the situation and shouted with a puzzled face.
“Hey, this is real?!”
“okay. There are a total of seven sealed boxes. And among them, only one is real.”
Before joining Muak, Muak continued his explanation in a calm tone, along with the story he had heard from Sirpi.
“Three of them were in our hands.”
To be exact, it has been kept for generations by the tribe to which Muak belongs. But unfortunately, all three boxes were empty.
“Then I heard that Arena Ludric had also secured three boxes. However, they were not satisfied and kept looking for Ham.”
“Well, that means… … !”
“It means that this chest here is the true seal chest.”
Leaving behind Noah, who looked surprised.
After answering, Muak opened the seal box without hesitation.
Good!
The box opened with an old sound, as if to prove that it had been closed for a long time. Then the items stored in the box were seen.
“A really old key… … .”
“I can see something that looks like a stone slab.”
Keys and Slabs. Among them, the one that caught the party’s attention was the stone slab. This is because the stone tablet was filled with unknown characters.
“It’s a script from an ancient desert kingdom.”
At that time, Sirpi pretended to know.
Ulan immediately looked back at her.
“Do you understand what it is about?”
“S-sorry. If it were a simple ancient language, it could be interpreted, but it belongs to the sacred script used by priests… … .”
That means you don’t know.
So I looked back at Muak, but what I didn’t know was that he looked the same too. The evidence was that he was scratching his head with an awkward expression.
Then at that moment.
A clear voice knocked on my ear.
“I am preparing an arrangement for Ludrick’s successor, and I am telling you to head to the place where the darkness of night falls first, along with the sealing key.”
“… … uh?”
“It says if you’re qualified, the door will open for you, and if you’re not qualified, you won’t see anything. “That’s all there is to it.”
It was Noah.
Sirpi asked back with a shocked expression on his face as he interpreted the contents of the stone tablet so naturally.
“Huh, how did you read it?! The decoding method for the sacred script of the desert disappeared long ago… … !”
“That’s because he has special abilities.”
Noah responded that it was no big deal.
Characteristics of language mastery.
Noah Darshen’s trait allows him to read and speak all languages.
Meanwhile, Ulan and his party, who heard Noah’s interpretation, pondered over it and fell into trouble.
“Hmm, that sounds like a riddle.”
“That’s right. If possible, I should write it down in an easy-to-understand way.”
Ibella and Delia are grumbling as if they are complaining.
Noah also had a similar reaction.
Although she interpreted the text on the stone tablet, she was also unable to guess its contents.
“By the way, what does it mean to be the place where the darkness of the night first falls?”
“We know where it is.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes, it’s a place that appears in old legends. “It is also a place that is more familiar to you.”
“Where is it?”
When Noah asked, Muak silently pointed his finger toward the northern sky. The group members who followed this moved their gaze and each tilted their heads.
“huh? Over there… … .”
“Empire, direction, no?”
“That is correct. The first place where the darkness of the night falls is the border between the desert and the outside world. “Because it means the most northern land among them.”
With meaningful explanation.
Muak’s eyes shone coldly.
“It’s the place you call the ‘Southern Front.’”
“… … !?”
The moment when an unexpected answer came back.
Everyone in the Ulan group opened their eyes wide, without any regard for who was first. After a while, the hall was naturally enveloped in a heavy silence.
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