Chapter 59: Divine Revelation (2) (2/2)
In order to reach a happy ending, the two needed to stop the Devil’s Eye and the Angry Bull tribe.
Then, wouldn’t an official warrior be better than a self-proclaimed warrior?
If they got a proper certification from Great Storm, their activities in the wild lands would be much easier.
‘And if we become official ones, he’ll give us something.’
There was no way that a being named god would just appoint them as warriors and solely profit from it.
“Ummm.”
Great Storm narrowed his eyes at Jude’s request and made a grunting sound.
He didn’t have a good feeling about it, as he was sure that Jude was up to something, but he couldn’t figure out what was wrong.
‘It looks bad if I just send them back.’
Because it was true that the demon followers were starting something in the wild lands.
In fact, it was the reason why Great Storm appeared to Jude and Cordelia.
‘Ummm, I feel like they’ll squeeze me dry.’
But he couldn’t do much about it.
Great Storm nodded his head after some careful consideration.
“Okay, I will grant your request. From today onwards, you two are my warriors.”
It was at that moment that Great Storm declared it. An intense light suddenly rose from Jude and Cordelia’s right upper arms.
It was for a moment, but a deep pain followed it.
As they endured the pain that was like a hot iron touching their skin, Jude and Cordelia quickly rolled up their clothes to confirm it and saw a tattoo on their right arms.
The pattern of a thunderbird surrounded by the wind.
It was the emblem symbolizing the wild god, Great Storm.
And the moment they confirmed the emblem’s existence, Jude and Cordelia thought like rotten water.
‘Aren’t there any special effects?’
‘No options?’
Because they didn’t feel any immediate changes.
Jude and Cordelia looked at each other and checked each other’s emblem afterwards. And they soon realized it again.
‘Different?’
‘It’s different?’
Jude’s was silver, while Cordelia’s was golden.
The two simultaneously looked back at Great Storm, and he said with a smile.
“This is my emblem. Show it to my tribesmen and they will recognize you as my warriors.”
‘No, this one’s more important.’
‘What’s the difference between silver and gold? The golden one’s better, right?’
Jude and Cordelia enthusiastically spoke with their eyes, and they continued talking as if ignoring Great Storm.
“Now that you two have become my warriors, there is something I would like to entrust to you.”
It was the real reason why Great Storm appeared in this place.
If this was a game, it was the moment a quest was about to begin.
However, Jude and Cordelia were more interested in the emblem they acquired right now rather than the quest that was about to start.
It was all the more so since it was split into silver and gold.
‘Shall we just ask?’
‘Are you going to cut him off from what he’s going to say?’
It was the moment they exchanged glances.
Great Storm finally figured out why the two were so fretful and said with a guffaw unlike that of a boy’s.
“What, are you curious about the emblem’s power?”
““Yes.””
Great Storm laughed again when Jude and Cordelia immediately answered at the same time.
“The wind will be on your side from now on, as it is an emblem enchanted with the wind that I control.”
‘Is this something that increase wind attributes?’
‘Can we control the wind?’
While Jude and Cordelia were trying their best to interpret it, Great Storm continued to speak.
“In the silver emblem, there is the protection of the wind barrier. When used, the wind barrier will spread out and block projectile attacks. In the golden emblem, there are the protection of the wind barrier and the blessing of the wind. If you use the blessing of the wind, you will be able to freely control the surrounding wind for a while.”
Even if he was a wild god, it doesn’t change that he was a god.
The protection of the wind barrier alone was useful, but the blessing of the wind was a very great ability that had a lot of room for application.
“Wow! Thank you so much!”
Cordelia brightly smiled in delight as she re-examined the golden emblem on her arm, and Great Storm smiled in satisfaction too at the pretty sight of such Cordelia.
But Jude was different.
‘How come?’
Cordelia’s was golden but Jude himself was silver.
Was there a numerical limitation?
In times like this, don’t they just give you the same thing?
Just like the Winter Fairy Queen that fairly gave the winter protection.
Jude’s questions were reasonable, and that was why Great Storm could also easily guess Jude’s thoughts. He then said with a smile.
“It’s a simple reason.”
The reason why he gave a golden emblem to Cordelia and a silver emblem to Jude…
“I’m a man, so I like a pretty, kind, cute, and honest girl much better than a deep-black cunning man.”
Jude blinked at his very honest answer, and Cordelia brightly smiled again.
***“Well, it’s not just that, actually.”
As Jude had guessed, there was a limit to the number of golden and silver emblems, so it was impossible to give both of them a golden emblem.
“Somehow, I have a good wavelength with that girl. It’s quite strange, if I have to say it.”
‘Is it because they’re both storm?’
Great Storm and Yellow Storm.
Cordelia nodded repeatedly with a smile as if she had a similar thought.
“That’s right, Great Storm. I think I fit well with Great Storm.”
“Right? I think so too.”
It was a conversation between Cordelia and Great Storm, who had become more friendly.
Jude tried hard to swallow down the sense of alienation that he felt, and then proceeded to talk again.
“O Great Storm, would you tell us what you wanted to entrust us?”
“Ah, yes. I was talking about that.”
Great Storm clapped his hands and corrected his sitting position on the rock as he began talking again.
“As you had said, the demon followers seem to be doing something. Strange phenomenon are occurring in the various sacred grounds that exist in the wild lands.”
“In the sacred grounds?”
“Yes, each of us wild gods have our own areas. That area is called the sacred grounds (sanctuary).”
It could be said that the wild gods were similar to Korea’s local mountain gods.
They select a sacred ground within their area, and then build their strength in that sanctuary.
Because of that, they could exert enough power to be called a god within their area, but if they go outside their area, their strength will sharply decrease.
“There is a place in the nearby area that used to be a sanctuary. It’s a place where the wild god, Violent Avalanche, used to live. Instead of looking after a tribe, he became one with nature. Anyway, even after he disappeared, the power of the wild god remained, and it continued to function as a sanctuary.”
It was thanks to the sanctuary, which was full of blessings from the wild gods, that the barbarians could continue to live in the extremely cold areas of the wild lands.
“But I think something has gone wrong there. The energy of nature is twisted, and it seems like even monsters have begun appearing.”
It was a story that they knew somehow.
Great Storm continued his words.
“As I said for the first time, it seems that it isn’t just one or two sanctuaries that have a problem. In the midst of this, I couldn’t leave the sanctuary, so I sent some of the tribesmen to investigate, but the results weren’t good.”
None of the warriors who went to the Violent Avalanche’s sanctuary came back.
Normally, he would have sent Red Gale, the best warrior in the tribe, but it was impossible because he had been sick for several years.
“The distortion of the erroneous sanctuaries have begun to gradually affect my own sanctuary. So, children of the south, my warriors. Please investigate the Violent Avalanche’s sanctuary.”
Jude and Cordelia looked at each other.
In Legend of Heroes 2, the wild lands did not properly make an appearance.
Naturally, the quests related to the wild gods also did not exist.
Therefore, it was highly likely that what would happen onwards would be unknown territory even for Jude and Cordelia, the rotten waters of Legend of Heroes.
There was a fear in the unknown.
It was a fear that they could not know on what would happen next.
But even so.
‘It sounds a little strange, but it feels like a new expansion pack was released.’
Cordelia said with her eyes, and Jude agreed. His heart was pounding a little with excitement too.
And in fact, they had foreseen this.
Because the goal of Jude and Cordelia was to destroy the scenario in Legend of Heroes 2.
‘Furthermore…it’s not like we do not have any information at all.’
Although the wild lands did not appear on the stage, the Devil’s Eye and the corrupted barbarians clearly appeared in Legend of Heroes 2.
The information about them was in Jude’s head.
‘There’s got to be rewards too.’
A wild god was still a god.
Like how he gave them the emblems, he would give them appropriate rewards.
‘It’s simple.’
It was something that they needed to do anyway, so shouldn’t they do it unconditionally if they could get some rewards?
‘Let’s do it.’
This time, Jude said that with his eyes, and Cordelia agreed.
The eyes of the two headed to Great Storm.