Chapter 98 - The Missing Princess 3 (2/2)
Vitality: 117
Agility: 103
Intelligence: 41
Spirit: 85
- Other
25% increase in affinity with other subspecies
‘This looks satisfactory.’
Urkheim signified ‘the child picked up beneath a bridge’ in Orcish.
In other words, a swear word.
He had come up with this name as he couldn’t think of any other word.
‘With this, I won’t easily be suspected even if I get detected within the wasteland.’
To prepare for the worst case scenario, Woohyuk wore the Jester’s Mask and modified his appearance into that of a male orc, just in case his invisibility was seen through.
After finishing up his preparations, Woohyuk infiltrated inside the wasteland.
“Kueeeek!”
“Krrrrrr!”
The chimeras on standby screamed oddly, as if they wanted to be sent out as quickly as possible.
They were artificially modified low-rank beings, and couldn’t sense Woohyuk’s approach.
‘I don’t see the Witch Cult.’
They were most likely performing the evil summoning ritual underground.
Woohyuk walked through the castle in ruins and found the staircase leading downstairs.
As he carefully walked down to the first underground floor,
Click.
A metallic sound resonated in the air.
A blond puppet in the shape of a young girl was looking down on Woohyuk.
“Hi Urkheim. I’m called Agnes.”
“...”
Agnes was a doll with a consciousness. She could also use appraisal magic and had already inspected Woohyuk’s status window.
However, that status window had obviously been falsified.
‘I got detected even before reaching the first underground floor.’
Fortunately, Agnes wasn’t planning on harming him.
He still had the opportunity to continue his mission.
‘I need to get past her as quickly as possible.’
He was certain that Agnes also had the witch’s stigma imprinted in her, and her master was most probably Amy.
Even if he could trick Agnes, Amy could still see through his disguise by sharing her vision with the puppet.
“Agnes…”
“Yeah, that’s my name. Looks like you know the common language, since I didn’t speak in Orcish earlier.”
Languages differed according to the regions of the Eeth continent, but humans mostly used a single language all-together.
Similar to how Europeans during the Middle-Ages mostly used latin to communicate.
Agnes had spoken in that common language.
“Know… little…”
“Kyahaha! You’re funny. Maybe you studied a lot from a young age as the chieftain’s son? But your stats are a bit low considering that… Oh well, that doesn’t matter. In any case, tell me why you came down here after casting invisibility magic on yourself.”
Agnes’ crimson red eyes scanned Woohyuk up and down.
It was a dangerous situation.
Woohyuk had to come up with a proper excuse.
“Human… magician… thing… touch… regret… shocked… entered…”
“Kaka… So you became invisible after carelessly touching an artifact? And you entered this place because you were in shock?”
“That… true.”
“Don’t worry. You’ll return to normal in a while. I want to reassure your heart, but I don’t have those kinds of programmed skills within me. I’m just a cute puppet. Hihihi!”
Agnes kept laughing as if she found something funny.
‘Looks like she was quite bored.’
Woohyuk made a sigh of relief in his mind.
‘It’s been a while since I last felt like digging a hole and hiding myself in shame.’
He had to quickly go down to the first underground floor if he wanted to stop his shameful orc persona.
However, it didn’t seem like Agnes would just let him go quietly, as she was currently making a fuss with sparkles in her eyes.
“Hey actually actually actually, you should just play here with me instead of going back outside. Alright? If someone comes looking for you, I’ll defend you and make up an excuse. Tell me honestly. You don’t want to go back out and exhaust yourself again, right?”
“What… we… play…”
“Let’s just chat a bit. I’m feeling a bit lonely these days. I’m always sitting here in a daze by myself with nothing to do.”
Agnes moved her joints and limbs and did a crying pose.
She was crafted so exquisitely that one would see her as an ordinary young girl.
Woohyuk began to sort his thoughts to escape from her grasp.
‘I only have two choices.’
The first choice was ignoring Agnes and going down to the 1st floor.
Although he wanted to do that, he knew better not to execute that plan.
Agnes was placed here to attack all invaders and infiltrators.
Even if she considered him as part of the same faction, if he acted in a suspicious manner she would immediately report to Amy.
The second choice was to spend time with her and befriend her.
He didn’t have the certainty that she wouldn’t report to Amy in this scenario, but it was the choice with the best success rate.
Moreover, he could also potentially obtain valuable information.
Woohyuk pondered for a bit and made his decision.
‘The 3rd underground floor is still far away.’
If his destination were the first floor, the first choice wouldn’t be a bad idea, as he would quickly reach it and exit as fast as he had entered. There wouldn’t be a need to waste time here.
However, in this situation, the second option was the better choice.
“You… know… meaning… Urkheim…”
“I don’t. I didn’t learn Orcish.”
“Child... picked up... beneath... bridge…”
“What? Pffft… Bwahahahaha!”
Agnes was laughing uncontrollably in the air as she waddled her legs.
The chieftain’s son’s name was far too foolish.
“Now… you… turn…”
“Pfft, pwahahahaha! Huh? Are you asking me to tell a funny story as well?”
“Not… funny… story… Anything… you want… say…”
Since things had come to this, he was about to make Agnes spill as much information as possible.