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Chapter 279 - Episode Twenty-Six - The Third Trial (1)
Chapter 279 - Episode Twenty-Six - The Third Trial (1)
Chapter 279 - Episode Twenty-Six - The Third Trial (1)
I used my magic to manipulate the rubble and protect all of the disks in “Sun and Moon Din’s Game”.
Due to the aftermath of the Abel ball and the collapse of the wall, almost all of the disks were chipped, and some of them were split in half.
I bent down and put my face close to the disks, traced the symbols and letters on the surface with my fingers, and let out a deep sigh.
“Such a shame …… It’s a historical loss.”
Just a few moments ago, the mythical “Sun and Moon Din’s Game”, which is said to have caused skirmishes between the gods, was preserved in perfect condition.
But now it looked like this.
“I wanted to at least try one time, until I was satisfied.”
“…… I think it was you, Abel-chan, who broke it.”
Peter walked over to me.
Peter and Myunhi had been restraining Rupel and Darras with manacles made of Aggroa stone, which has vampiric properties, and with ropes engraved with a magic formula that prevents the activation of magic.
If you look at the wall, you will see Darras still unconscious and Rupel staring at the ceiling with clouded eyes.
“…… Peter-san, how far can you carry this disk …… with you? For now, I want to bring it back and repair it …… Um ……”
Peter took my words and looked down at the disk with a straight face.
Peter bent down and put his hand into the bottom of the five-layered giant disk.
“Nnnggghhhhh ……!”
He seems to be putting a lot of effort into it, and his legs and arms are twitching. But the disk doesn’t move an inch.
Even Peter, who seems to be the strongest of the four, this is what happens, looks like I have no choice but to use the Ortem to bring it back.
It may be a little difficult to maintain the balance, but it can’t be helped.
There’s no reason to rush back.
I’ll let it take its time.
If this “Sun and Moon Din’s Game” is real, at least one piece of stone is worth enough to buy a house.
The fact that it’s a little misshapen is not a reason to throw it away.
But I have no intention of giving it away.
Even if the kingdom asks me to donate it, I’m prepared to cry out to Peter and beg for it.
It would be even better if I could repair it and display it in my house.
Myunhi, who had been watching Peter in a daze, grabbed Peter by the shoulders and shook him.
“Peter-sama, please stop! There is no way that Peter-sama can be used in such a way that he is being told what to do ……!”
“Shut up, Myunhi …… One more step, just one more step …… I have spent more years than most people can bear, and now my efforts will be rewarded…! After all this time, I’ll accept any kind of humiliation. Oh, Myunhi, try holding the other side of the disk for a moment.”
“Please stop it, Peter-sama!”
Myunhi shakes Peter’s shoulder, pleading with him in a voice close to a scream.
“…… Um …… I’ll think about it on the way home, so I’m good for now, you know?”
“All right! I’ll carry that disk back to you!”
For some reason, Peter was very motivated.
I’m not sure where this confidence comes from, but I’m sure it’s from the fact that Peter can’t seem to handle the weight of the luggage at all.
As I tilted my head, Myunhi seemed to be saying something to Peter in a hushed voice.
“Peter-sama …… Can you really do it? You can’t, right?”
“I’ll be fine. I don’t care what happens on the way back, it’s not going to matter. In the meantime, you should be in a good mood at best.”
Peter made a tube with his hand and spoke quietly to Myunhi.
At my suggestion, we decided to leave the “Sun and Moon Din’s Game” in the corner of the room and move on for now.
The four of us, Mea, Peter and Myunhi, proceeded along the path that had been created when I shattered the door with the “Sun and Moon Din’s Game” with the Abel ball.
According to Priest Yohanan, there are three trials.
The first is a group of Din Eaters, and the second is the “Sun and Moon Din’s Game”.
It would not be surprising if we were about to face a serious challenge.
After passing through a long corridor, we came to a strange hall with large magic circles carved into the ground and walls.
The hall itself was circular in shape.
There was no other way leading to the other side of the hall, except for the passage we had come in, and it was a dead end.
In the center of the circular room, a large wand stood upright.
It seemed to be a design that I had seen several times in the scriptures and the wall paintings here.
I guessed that was the Wand of Destruction that Peter was looking for.
“…… I didn’t think the Wand of Destruction was really here.”
Peter muttered.
A phosphorescent light flashed next to the Wand of Destruction, forming a human form.
What emerges from the light? It was the apparition of Priest Yohanan.
Priest Yohanan’s lips open and he speaks to us in the ancient spirit language.
“Well done. You have survived the first and second tests and have come this far. Our distant children.”
Priest Yohanan bows deeply and raises his head quickly.
“Now I will begin the third and final trial. Prove to me that you are worthy vessels for the power of God.”
Priest Yohanan’s voice continued solemnly.
If you can get through this, …… this tour of ancient cathedrals will finally be over.
But I had a firm conviction that the third trial would not be a straightforward one.
I gripped my wand tightly.
“…… Abel-chan, don’t let your guard down.”
Peter says.
Peter’s eyes were fixed not on me, but on Priest Yohanan.
“Destroy the image of the raging god that follows you with my treasured wand.”
As he said this, Priest Yohanan disappeared into the light.
Priest Yohanan’s wand is probably the Wand of destruction, as the story goes.
The wicked staff standing upright in the middle of this circular room should be the Wand of Destruction.
But what exactly does it mean to “Destroy the image of the raging god that follows you with my treasured wand”?
As I ruminated on Priest Yohanan’s words, I thought about them and remembered the two raging statues of God that I had smashed on the road by shooting Abel balls at them.
“…… Huh?”
That raging image of God has been following us since the first ordeal.
If we hadn’t destroyed it with the Abel ball, it might still have been chasing us from behind.
It may have been the purpose of this ordeal to destroy it here with the Wand of destruction.
“No …… but, don’t tell me, no way ……”
When I was troubled, the phosphorescence gathered beside the Wand of Destruction again, and the illusion of Priest Yohanan appeared.
“Well done. You have vanquished the image of a raging god and overcome the final trial. I will find you worthy of the power of God. I pray. I pray that thou mayest be pure in heart and righteous in mind ……”
The vision of Priest Yohanan faded away, satisfied.
Apparently, it was really, really just a trial to destroy the statue of Kudor.
I stared at the Wand of Destruction with cold eyes.
Mea, who couldn’t understand the ancient spirit language, looked at me and the Wand of Destruction alternately in confusion.