"A long time ago, there was a great mage named Kil. He fell in love at first sight with the noble daughter who happened to come to town for a walk. However, Kil knew that this love affair was unlikely to be fruitful, so he devoted all his thoughts to it. Put it in practice. Time flies, time flies, and finally Kil becomes the best Grand Mage in the country, and then he meets that rich lady again——"
"Okay, okay, that's it, don't say any more. After that, you kidnapped the daughter, and then you were hunted down, and then you were forced to become a lich, until now, right?"
Xiao Lin didn't understand the atmosphere and interrupted the long speech of the lich who was sitting on the chair to talk about his past, and summarized the whole story succinctly.
Now they are in the deepest part of the dungeon.
A hidden room to be precise.
There is only a small bed, a cabinet, and a simple table and chairs.
There is an oil lamp on the table. Under the illumination of the light, I could clearly see the figure of the other party. It was a skeleton wearing a robe, with a hood pulled down low, and covered with a layer of dry skin.
His expression was very depressed.
"That's too much, Kobayashi-senpai." His companion Kazuma Sato denounced: "This great mage (lich) is telling his glorious past, even if he really has no talent for telling stories, and even has nothing to do with the gloomy environment. It’s a love story that doesn’t match up, so you should listen to it with emotion, right?”
What you said is even more outrageous than mine.
Xiao Lin couldn't figure out for a moment whether he was really stupid or just cheating.
"Because this is a poignant love story that has been widely circulated. Although it is touching and touching, after listening to it dozens of times, I no longer feel that moved. You see, it is like listening to a certain song very much, After listening to it dozens of times, I don’t feel that way at all.”
"Even so..."
Sato Kazuma was a little convinced, but since the other party was a powerful great mage, he felt that it was better to give him a certain amount of respect. Otherwise, once the other party gets angry, they may have unnecessary fights.
Fortunately, Keir was not angry.
He rattled the bones in his throat, waved his hands and said, "Okay, okay, I'm not angry. However, this gentleman said that my story is widely circulated outside. Is it true?"
His eyes turned to Xiao Lin for verification.
"it is true."
"Haha, as expected of me."
Kil said proudly.
Sato Kazuma scratched his head and wondered: "Really? Why haven't I heard of it?"
"Because your next term is short. Besides, when you come to the dungeon, don't you check the information first? This is Kiel Dungeon."
"Oh oh oh, that's right!"
"You just discovered it. It seems you need to accumulate more experience, Sato-kun."
Xiao Lin sighed helplessly.
As we all know, it is common sense to know the relevant information, legends, and background stories about the mission before doing it. Otherwise, you will suffer if you don’t know what to pay attention to.
But what interested him most was another thing.
"Kiel, you said you've been sleeping?"
"Yes, because the undead cannot end their own lives, so they remain asleep."
"No wonder."
Seeing Sato Kazuma's puzzled expression, Kobayashi said to him: "Look, both are Lich Grand Magisters. Kil is already dry, but Wiz is watery. What's going on?"
"That's right! If you say that, it's true..." It seems that Sato Kazuma also noticed something was wrong.
"Why did you say it was because of that?"
"Is it because she keeps eating vegetable leaves?"
"Or maybe it's a different kind?"
"Or treat them differently?"
The two of them discussed it as if no one was watching.
Kil, who had been listening silently, seemed to realize something and intervened: "What do you mean, there is a lich who still maintains physical activity? And she still eats?"
Kobayashi Kazu
Sato Kazuma looked at each other and said, "Yes, she maintains physical activity and eats."
"No, no, no, I've never heard of such a lich."
"Right, that's why we are weird."
What happened to that poor store manager (Witz)?
The three of them complained in unison.
Pause.
Xiao Lin took the initiative to change the topic and said to the two of them: "We will discuss this issue later. Kil, you have any request from us. If I can help, just say it."
Not just a relationship that was already known.
If you think about it carefully, you will know that this is a dungeon called "a must-have exercise for novices" and has been visited by countless adventurers long ago. And when Kobayashi and Sato Kazuma appeared, the owner of the dungeon, Kil, also appeared. It was absolutely impossible to say that there was no request.
"Yes, I do have a request."
Kil looked at Kobayashi and Sato Kazuma, as if confirming something.
Then, he scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "I originally wanted to wait here for myself to decay, but I felt an extraordinary sacred power, which not only woke me up from a long sleep. I also thought there was a high priest. Got down, but..."
Kobayashi and Sato Kazuma are both the most junior adventurers by profession and do not have high priests.
Keir couldn't help but wonder if he had made a mistake.
"Holy power...?" Sato Kazuma turned to look at Xiaolin. After all, only the leader of the two had strange powers.
"The eyes are very strange, Sato-kun." Xiaolin felt that he seemed to have misunderstood something, and then took out a blue crystal necklace from his neck and said, "The sacred power I feel should be coming from this."
"Hmm... no wonder."
Sato Kazuma looked at the necklace speechlessly.
He knew about this blue crystal necklace, so he wasn't surprised at all when he saw it. After all, Aqua would always cause trouble for them in strange places, and he had long been accustomed to it.
"Yes, it is this sacred power."
Keir also nodded in affirmation.
That's right, he just sensed this power and woke up from his deep sleep.
"So...Kiel, I can find the owner of this necklace. What can I do for you?"
"I want to ask Him a favor."
"What's the deal?"
"Can you purify me? If it is the owner who made this necklace, he should be able to do this."
Keir said very calmly.
Everyone has their own pillars of survival. When the pillars collapse, they lose their faith in living.
Kil's pillar of support is the rich lady, who would rather give up her human body for her and become a lich.
To be honest, he's a bit handsome.
And this kind of Geel lost his support after the death of the rich lady, and took the initiative to fall into deep sleep and wait for his own decay.
Xiao Lin had no reason to refuse.
"Sato-kun, can you please help bring Aqua down?"
"……Okay, I know."
Sato Kazuma nodded.
It seemed that he was also moved by Kiel's story and sincerity, so he was willing to help him in any small way he could.
Sato Kazuma turned and left.
Keir held the hand of Miss Qianjin, who had turned into bones, and was staring at her affectionately, while Xiaolin looked at Keel with such affection.
As if feeling the gaze, Kiel whispered: "How about it, she is very beautiful. Especially the collarbone, the lines are very beautiful."
"……ah."
"It was really dangerous at that time. She was seriously injured and had to become a lich. She fought against the kingdom and traveled all over the world. Finally, she breathed her last in this dungeon. But even in such an inconvenient escape, she never Don’t complain, always have a happy smile on your face.”
"……ah."
"Kakakakakaka, then
This period of time is the happiest moment, can you feel that kind of happiness? "
"……ah."
Xiao Lin hates poignant love stories because he is always immersed in them unconsciously, no matter how many times he hears them, so the best way is not to listen.
However, he eventually became infected.
Unconsciously holding Liu Zi's hand.
"Lord Kobayashi..."
Feeling the great grip, Liu Zi's hands gently wrapped his right hand, as if to say that she would always be by Xiao Lin's side.
After waiting for a while, Sato Kazuma and Aqua arrived at the bottom floor, but both of them looked miserable.
It seems they have been through a lot.
But there was no time to ask now, so he briefly told Aqua what happened and asked her to help.
The high priest, who also serves as the goddess of water, decisively agreed after hearing this request. After all, it is her bounden duty to help others (purify the lich).
Then, she carved a magic circle in the room.
According to common sense, the size of the magic circle only needs to be enough to purify Geer, because Miss Qianjin has already become a Buddha and ascended to heaven, but Aqua still tried her best to include Miss Qianjin's bones as if to prove something. The whole room is wrapped in it.
After the preparations were completed, she seemed to be chewing and chanting the magic word by word. A soft blue light emerged, illuminating the entire room.
Keir murmured: "I don't know if I have made the eldest lady happy..."
"Yes! You have already made her very happy!"
Xiao Lin gave him affirmation.
The same goes for Kazuma Sato.
Even Aqua had a gentle expression that they had never seen before, showing an extremely bright and goddess-like smile.
No, who are you?
Under Xiaolin's dumbfounded gaze, she said to Kil in a gentle voice: "You betrayed God's will and volunteered to become the great mage of the Lich, Kil. In the name of Aqua, the goddess of water, I forgive your sins... When you open your eyes again, you should see an unnaturally bulging breast in front of you, a goddess named Eris. If you don't mind the age gap, even if it is not a romantic relationship between a man and a woman, no matter what form it is If you are all willing to be by her side... just pray to her so that you can see that rich lady again, and she will definitely fulfill your wish."
Seriously, who is this?
Is she a goddess?
Has the goddess arrived?
Kobayashi and Sato Kazuma looked at each other, both seeing the other's disbelief in their eyes.
When the two were acting foolishly, Gil bowed deeply to Aqua in the room filled with light.
When the light dissipated, it turned back into a dark room again. The Lich Archmage named Kil no longer exists, and for some unknown reason, Miss Qianjin’s bones have also disappeared.
The four of them fell into silence for a while in the indescribable atmosphere.
a long time.
Xiao Lin said calmly: "...Go back."
On the way back to the ground, Sato Kazuma seemed a little dissatisfied with Gil's ending. He didn't care about the possibility of being discovered by monsters, and kept asking Aqua about what happened after Gil. After getting help from Eris, he finally let out a sigh of relief.
Xiaolin, on the other hand, followed the two of them without saying a word, carrying the treasure he got from Keir.
"Master Xiaolin, you don't look good."
"...I'm fine."
He just hasn't come out of the story yet, but he manages his emotions very well and can return to his normal self soon.
However, he still smelled the breath of longevity theory.
The so-called longevity theory refers to a future in which profound emotions appear pale and regrettable before the ruthless passage of time.
I thought of Liu Zi and Aqua, so I felt anxious and sad.
He even developed an extreme thought.
Just like you won't resonate with poignant love stories, as long as you don't get involved with them, you won't care about the longevity theory. If that's the case...
"Lord Kobayashi, you should practice your courage."
"Um???"
"I know you are afraid of the dark, so you hold my hand very hard, but if you continue to be so timid, not only will you be laughed at by others, but it will also lower my evaluation."
"Feel sorry."
Xiao Lin made a gesture to let go of her hand.
Instead, Liu Zi quickly grabbed his hand, and after holding it behind her back, she seemed to be swearing and telling, and said calmly and firmly: "It doesn't matter, Master Xiaolin. I will always be by your side until the gears stop turning." Until that day."
"...Thank you, Liu Zi."
Xiao Lin's heart warmed slightly.
Aqua also said with a cheerful tone: "Don't worry, Xiaolin. I am a goddess, no matter whether it is a zombie, a lich, or other undead, there is no problem in front of me! And even if you die, I I can also resurrect you! It doesn’t matter if it’s a hundred times or a thousand times, it doesn’t matter!”
"...No, forget it, no one wants to die hundreds or thousands of times."
Xiao Lin couldn't help but complain.
The Idiot Goddess's comfort was surprising and touching, but her assurance was a bit revolting. Xiaolin, who was like death, still thanked her.
"What are you talking about, you idiot Aqua!" Seeing that the atmosphere was starting to get lively, Sato Kazuma joined in.
"Haha? Why are you calling me a fool!"
"Because you are an idiot! Don't even think about it, who is willing to die so many times! Besides, you are always causing trouble to others, how can you help?!"
"What did you say?!"
"Don't you admit it?"
Seeing that Aqua still didn't know where she had made a mistake, Sato Kazuma said in a low voice, "You don't know yet? Before you came down, Kil said that he woke up because of an extraordinary divine power, and in the end The source was found to be the necklace on Senior Kobayashi’s chest. Yes, it’s the sapphire necklace you gave me.”
"W-what do you want to say?"
"So, when we went to the dungeon and encountered undead monsters so easily, could it be because you were there? Because, Xiaolin-senpai and I never encountered such a situation!" ap.
"——!!!"
Hearing Sato Kazuma's question, Aqua couldn't help but tremble and stood stiffly.
After a long while, she managed to squeeze out her voice, and then gave an extremely ambiguous answer: "How, how could it be possible? There is no such thing!... It should be..."
"Speaking of which, it was the same when fighting the Headless Horseman before. Those undead seemed to like gathering around you."
Seeing Aqua shaking her body again, Sato Kazuma silently distanced himself from her.
At this moment, the roar of some kind of creature came from the distance in the darkness of the dungeon, probably because the energy that had not dissipated from Aqua's body attracted them.
——Lurking.
Sato Kazuma used the skill without any hesitation and quickly disappeared.
"wait wait wait!"
Aqua stretched out her hand without stopping Sato Kazuma, then turned her head once and looked at her proud believer with tears in her eyes.
"Xiao Lin, don't abandon me..."
She was crying, not like a goddess at all.
Seriously, who was that just now?
