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Chapter 63 Heir of the Faded Star (4)
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Hundreds of undead rose from the ground.
The gravediggers, armed with swords, spears, shields, and armor, glared at Ulan and the others with red eyes full of malice.
It was a moment to prove that the successor to the faded star did not mean Ulan.
“come! Everyone get ready!”
Meanwhile, Sven, who was closely watching the gravediggers’ movements, shouted as if warning.
Ulan tried to jump into the crowd like he did against the Giant Ant, but swinging his axe didn’t happen.
“No, there is no need to fight.”
Laurea suddenly stepped forward.
This is because she prevented Ulan’s intervention.
After answering, she closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and recited a prayer with a reverent look on her face.
Saaaaa!
Soon, white light erupted from Laurea’s body. The light spread out like a gentle wave, gently surrounding the gravediggers.
And that moment.
Paaaaaaa!
Intense light exploded all at once, enveloping the group of gravediggers. Then hundreds of gravediggers soon turned to dust and disappeared.
“… … !?”
“Uh, the undead in one blow… … !”
Muak and the desert warriors widened their eyes.
At the same time, they finally realized it. The fact that Laurea is truly a saint of the Holy Kingdom.
Meanwhile, after dealing with the gravediggers in the blink of an eye, she responded that it was no big deal.
“If the opponent is not an immortal, but an ordinary undead, a prayer of purification is enough to deal with it.”
Well, that was like that too.
Laurea had a record of dealing with Asteban, the lord of the immortals, who was ranked first in the ranking of monarchs.
The gravediggers, who were merely undead at best, would naturally not be Laurea’s opponents.
“It’s weirder than that.”
After the battle was over in an instant, Laurea frowned slightly.
“If the faded star really means Kazan Rudrik, then there is no other candidate than Ulan.”
The situation is back to square one.
Did you feel frustrated by this fact? After finishing answering, Laurea sighed.
Just as we were about to start guessing again.
Suddenly, a voice broke into the conversation.
“No, there is one more candidate.”
It was Muak’s voice.
After being lost in thought for a moment, he continued speaking as if he remembered something he had forgotten.
“Inheritance in the Desert Church does not mean inheriting something specific, but rather a blood-related relationship.”
“yes? If the relationship is related by blood… … .”
“It means direct blood relatives.”
When Noah tilted his head and asked, Muak gave an immediate answer without hesitation.
Suddenly he turned his head. After a while, the gaze stopped on a girl with gray hair.
“In other words, I’m talking about Sirpi Ludrik.”
“… … yes? “Me, me?”
Was it because of the sudden nomination?
Sirpi looked very surprised.
Soon, the group all looked at her, and at the same time, Noah’s eyes widened somewhat.
‘that’s right. Come to think of it… … .’
It was because something suddenly crossed my mind.
After a while, Noah fixed his gaze on Sirpi and blinked three times. She was going to check her status window.
[Name]: Sirpi Ludric
[Age]: 16 years old
[Grade]: D(B)
[Attribute]: Blood Inheritance
Sirpi’s characteristic is blood inheritance.
This is a characteristic of the content that is consistent with what Muak said. Also, the request to stain the stone gate with blood seemed to have something to do with it.
Noah, out of his thoughts, nodded as if supporting Muak’s words.
“Just give it a try.”
“Well, me?”
“Yes, you have to lose anyway.”
Even if the answer turns out to be wrong again and the gravedigger appears, it doesn’t matter. After all, Ulan and his party had Laurea.
The other party members also had no objection to Sirpi’s attempt. At this, Sirpi approached the stone gate with a nervous face.
But even for a moment, she blurted out her words with an awkward smile as if there was a problem.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t have any blades… … .”
“I will help you.”
Ulan approaches as if he had been waiting.
He lifted up the knife and gently tore off the skin on Sirpi’s palm.
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“Ugh!”
She frowned slightly, perhaps because the pain of the blade cutting into her skin was quite severe.
Blood soon flowing down my white arms.
Turning around, Sirpi wiped away the Ulan’s blood remaining on the stone gate and placed his blood-soaked palm on the pattern.
Some time after that.
Coo!
A short roar was heard centered around the stone gate.
However, for a moment, there was no reaction from the stone gate. As the eerie silence continued, Sven crumpled his face.
“I guess it’s the wrong answer this time… … .”
The moment when Sven was speechless.
A new surprise has occurred.
Coo coo coo coo!
The stone gate, which had not even moved, suddenly began to move, emitting a red light.
Soon the stone gate, which had been closed for a long time, was wide open. Noah muttered in relief at this sight.
“Fortunately, this was the correct answer.”
“Then let’s go inside.”
Ulan and Sven took the lead.
Even if the stone gate was opened, there was no guarantee that there would be no gravediggers inside. But fortunately, the supposed gravedigger did not exist.
Instead, there was an unusual object.
“Yes?”
“What is that?”
Unidentifiable rocks clinging close to the stone gate. They flashed intermittently, as if flashing a reddish light.
However, because it felt ominous for some reason, some of the party increased their distance from the rock. At that time, the answer came back from Muak.
“It’s an explosion stone.”
“yes? If it’s an explosion stone… … ?”
“be careful. That’s because he’s sensitive to external shocks. “If you just swing the knife and hit it, a big explosion will occur.”
“… … !”
The group’s eyes widened.
Perticia, who was trying to touch the firestone out of curiosity, was startled and took a step back.
“W-Why is something like that here?!”
“It was probably installed to prevent invasion by demonic beasts or outsiders. “The demonic beast reacts sensitively to the flow of his magic power.”
Muak responded indifferently.
It is said that if an attempt was made to open the stone door by force, one would have been caught in the explosion.
“Anyway, as long as you don’t shock it, it’s okay.”
Then nothing happens.
That’s why Muak withdrew his attention from the fire magic stone. The other party members also slowly distanced themselves from the firecracker.
Afterwards, as we walked a little further forward, a new space appeared. However, it was a very different feeling from what I had seen before.
“This… … !”
Ibella’s eyes widened.
Afterwards, Delia also looked around with a somewhat surprised expression and muttered.
“Could it be that it was all built out of stone slabs?”
As she said, the space beyond the stone gate was entirely made of stone slabs, including the floor, ceiling, and walls.
And all the stone tablets had letters engraved on them, just like the one in the seal box.
“It’s an ancient sacred script again.”
“Then I guess I’ll have no choice but to borrow Noah’s power.”
“Yes, let me interpret it.”
Noah nodded with a serious face.
After some time, she found the oldest stone slab that made up the room. And there these letters were written.
『7 nights, 7 days of disaster.』
『I record here everything that happened in the terrible darkness that came without warning.』
Immediately after interpreting this far.
Noah’s eyes sparkled with curiosity.
This was because I was able to learn one of the secrets that had not been revealed in the original work. Meanwhile, Ulan tilted his head as if he didn’t understand what was going on.
“Seven days of disaster?”
“It refers to the culprit that led to the destruction of the ancient desert kingdom. But there was no record of what happened then… … .”
After finishing answering, Sirpi trailed off.
After a while, her eyes sparkled with curiosity, just like Noah. Muak and the desert warriors reacted similarly.
“Just keep reading.”
“Yes, got it.”
Noah nodded and quickly read the text written on the next stone tablet.
『Kingdom year 753, last day of August.』
『On the third day after the coronation ceremony, the lake and desert snow that the kingdom is proud of suddenly turned black.』
『The incident that started in the center of the lake gradually spread outward, and soon the entire capital of the kingdom was covered in pitch-black darkness.』
This probably recorded the moment the seven-day catastrophe began. Noah continued his interpretation with her interesting face.
『In the darkness where you can’t tell even an inch ahead.』
『I could feel the passage of time here, but no matter how long I waited, the sun did not rise, and not even the moon or starlight was visible.』
『But we did not lose hope. Even if there were no stars in the sky, there were still nine stars left on the sand.』
“Nine stars?”
Ulan tilted his head again.
As if it were surprising that there were stars in the sand. To resolve his doubts, Noah quickly resumed the interpretation.
『At the center of the nine stars and nine heroes was a star that shined more brilliantly than any other star, and people called him this.』
『The great hero of the desert, ‘Kazan Rudrik’.』
“In other words, what the nine stars mean… … .”
“They were people who were called heroes.”
It was the moment when Ulan’s doubts were answered.
Meanwhile, at that time, Laurea and Ian shared a subtle expression. This was because an expression that matched the recently passed down oracle was found.
‘Nine stars, nine heroes.’
Expressing people with the word star.
This was similar to calling the heroes who would face the abyss in the Holy Kingdom ‘Star Warriors’.
However, Laurea’s doubts were not resolved.
This was because Noah, who had quenched his thirst with cool water, continued interpreting the stone tablets again.
『Nine stars gathered around Kazan.』
『Thus, the ten stars gathered together.』
『I leave here the names of 10 people who were nobler than the moon and brighter than the sun.』
The next three stone slabs were unusually large and bright white compared to the others.
As if it were made of a special material.
After a while, Noah spoke out the names of the heroes written on the first stone tablet.
[The great hero of the desert, Kazan Rudrik]
[Star Mage, Artina Mun Arpen]
[Spirit poet, Einer Mel Arpen]
[Priest, Zartum Barial Mordem]
Finally, the moment Noah’s interpretation ended.
Delia’s eyes suddenly narrowed.
“… … Wait, Artina?”
This was a natural reaction.
Artina Mun Arpen was the first king who founded the Duchy of Arpen, Dilia’s hometown.
Also, Delia had encountered Artina’s thoughts during the Trial of the Hero. That’s why Delia muttered with a surprised face.
“Why, here, the ancestor’s name…” … .”
However, there was no one who could answer the question.
Muak and Sirpi, who were from the Desert Cult, also responded that the name Artina was unfamiliar to them.
Noah, on the other hand, was relatively calm.
That’s because I remembered what he said right after defeating Astevan in the past.
「―Ainer, Artina.」
The moment when the source shattered and turned into ashes.
Asteban looked at Perticia and Delia and muttered this in a faint tone.
“Just like a thousand years ago, this time too, you chose the guy, not the burden… … . 」
Here, bastard means Kazan Rudrik.
In other words, Noah knew from before that Artina was related to the desert. That’s why, unlike Delia, she was able to remain calm.
“Then I’ll keep reading.”
When the commotion died down, Noah turned his attention to the second slab. There were names written there that were somewhat more unfamiliar than those mentioned earlier.
[Prophet of the Sun, Yulmaha Irpa]
[Gladiator, Esper Canton]
[Shingung, Merdin Cello]
Of course, unfamiliarity only applied to Ulan and Noah. The moment the three names came out, Muak and Sirpi seemed to know who they were right away.
“Hmm, the names of great heroes.”
“These are Kazan Rudrik’s colleagues recorded in the church. It is said that he fought together with the priest Zartum against the seven-day plague.”
Listening to the two’s answers, each member of the group showed that they understood. Meanwhile, Noah tilted her head with a subtle expression.
‘Even if that’s the case with the Shrine of Merdin… … .’
The other two are names I heard somewhere.
Where did you hear that before?
Noah looked around. Then, the moment he discovered the pattern engraved on Ulan’s back, a memory suddenly flashed through his mind.
‘Oh, that’s right!’
Around the time I had just entered the academy.
A hidden event, a hero’s ordeal, that Ulan, Ibella, and Sirpi participated in together.
The reward Ibella and Sirpi received for passing this was equipment with the names of Yulmaha and Esper on it.
[Exploring Ring, Yulmaha (B)]
◆Effect
*Memory and concentration increase significantly.
*Speed reading ability added.
(The first person to acquire it becomes the owner.)
Previous owner:【Yulmaha Irpa】
Current owner:【Sirphy Ludric】
The status window of the ring worn by Sirpi.
The name of the ‘former owner’ written there matched the name of the Sun Prophet written on the stone tablet.
And one more thing.
The previous owner of the sword currently being used by Ibella also had the same name as ‘Gladiator’.
[Sword of Growth, Esper (S)]
◆Effect
*Raises the potential for swordsmanship.
*Your understanding of the sword increases, and your swordsmanship skill also increases significantly.
(The first person to acquire it becomes the owner.)
Previous owner:【Esper Canton】
Current owner:【Ibella Elead】
‘This is how it continues.’
Noah, who remembered the existence of the prophet and the gladiator, looked curious. She also learned something new, which piqued her interest.
“Because seven people have been mentioned so far… … .”
“There are three people left.”
Meanwhile, the party was sorting out the names of the heroes mentioned so far.
As they say, there are three heroes left. Noah looked at the last slate. With the intention of interpreting the names of all remaining heroes.
But at that moment.
“… … !?”
Noah opened his eyes wide.
The moment I discovered the three names written on the stone tablet, I had no choice but to do so without realizing it.
“Noah?”
“Why are you suddenly silent?”
The companions found Noah’s reaction strange and tried to talk to him, but there was no reply.
It was natural. The names of the remaining three heroes were very familiar to Noah. On the last stone tablet it was written:
[Necromancer, Astevan Urbatra Mordem]
[Giant Lord, Largtan Burka]
[Swamp Shaman, Farus Khan]
Lord of the immortals, king of giants, ruler of the swamp.
The Lords of the Abyss that the party has faced so far.
The moment Noah discovered their true names written on the stone tablet, Noah’s mind turned white.
fantasy,