Chapter 247 – Inotia, the City of Magic 4 (1/2)
Woohyuk came out of Sophia’s imaginary world with a sigh of relief.
Thanks to the negotiation, he had an easier time finishing the epic quest.
However, Sophia’s parting words echoed in his mind and heart.
‘If you leave this place, I will disappear. This was the arrangement I made with the Creator.’
Her words meant that everything was going according to the Creator’s will.
The system was still fully under the control of the Creator. For Woohyuk, this was a big concern.
‘It wouldn’t be good to just follow the quest unconditionally.’
There was a need to show some anomalous movements, making it difficult for the Creator to exact his plans for the future.
Of course, it was difficult to take any unexpected moves.
[Epic Quest: ‘Roland’s Song’ has been completed.]
[You acquired Solomon’s Bracelet as a reward for completing the quest.]
[Solomon’s Bracelet].
Just from its name alone, it seemed to be a commensurate reward for completing an epic quest.
When a golden bracelet appeared on Woohyuk’s palm, the members of Etheria Rodinus, who were welcoming him back in the circular conference room, exclaimed, “Oh, is that the reward for this quest?”
“I’m curious, what kind of ability does it have?”
“Come on, check it out. I’m already getting dizzy!” they clamored.
They reacted quite passionately since this quest was related to their organization.
Woohyuk immediately put on Solomon’s Bracelet.
[Solomon’s Bracelet]
Type: Accessory
Grade: S
Durability: 50,000
Effect: Intelligence +100. Any of the 72 Demon Kings can be called, one-by-one, once every 7 days (even if they are not sealed in Lemegeton). If someone from Solomon’s lineage accesses the Ark of Knowledge, one can prevent a catastrophe to come (however, Solomon’s Bracelet will be destroyed).
‘… The compensation is a tool to prevent the second catastrophe.’
As expected, the Ark of Knowledge was also associated with the accessory.
However, it was an S-class artifact that would disappear when used.
The stat bonus of +100 intelligence and the right to call any of the 72 Demon King would be wasted if he used the bracelet to prevent the coming catastrophe.
‘Shall I beat and collect the remaining Demon Kings before the Great Flood…?’
It didn’t seem like a bad idea, as many of his troublesome problems had been resolved recently.
Woohyuk explained the details and specs of Solomon’s Bracelet to the members of Etheria Rodinus.
“Hmm… Someone from Solomon’s lineage must enter the Ark of Knowledge…” a member muttered to himself while deep in thought.
“Who can do this? I don’t think it matters whoever it is,” Woohyuk said aloud.
Woohyuk shook his head.
“I haven’t sealed all 72 Demon Kings yet. I’ll keep Solomon’s Bracelet until the right time comes,” Woohyuk replied.
“You’ve sealed 50 so far, right? If you have 22 left, you still have a long way to go,” another member mentioned.
It was difficult to capture 22 Demon Kings in a short period of time unless they were grouped together like before.
Of course, if he used Solomon’s Bracelet, he could call one of the 27 every seven days.
Woohyuk felt that he needed more time to think.
“The quest is over, so I’ll be taking off. If anything happens, please contact me with the communication artifact I gave you last time,” Woohyuk said.
“You mean Steve’s Amazing Apple? The design is very nice. It’s a symbol that goes well with our organization, too,” Boetius stated.
Solomon’s divine lineage was the direct descendants of Adam and Eve.
Woohyuk let Boetius’ words go into one ear and out the other.
‘I’m not interested in someone’s lineage and family tree.’
There were still many troublesome problems left for Woohyuk to resolve.
The two most important facts that Woohyuk held onto, regarding Etheria Rodinus, was that Ibn Rusud could enter the Ark of Knowledge and Helena possessed the Holy Grail.
These were the only two things that were important regarding Solomon’s lineage.
After a while, Woohyuk left the conference room and headed to the artificial garden in the center of Neustein.
He was trying to keep his promise with Lyla, the Dryad he had met in the tutorial area.
‘It took quite a long time.’
He wanted her to be safe and for her to rest in an ideal space.
When Woohyuk planted the oak seeds in the artificial garden,
Sa-Ah~
The oak tree seeds were engulfed with bluish energy, and soon afterward, Lyla popped out.
“Ah! W-What? Where the hell is this?” she asked in confusion.
“You came back to life, as expected.”
“I’m alive? Well, I guess I definitely died before. From what I recall…”
Lyla died to help Woohyuk in the tutorial area.
She had to exchange her life because of the curse of the gods she carried.
But now that she revived, it seemed that she had no fear of dying from the curse again.
Usually, once one died, the curse would be lifted as well.
“Is there anything you can give me?” Woohyuk asked.
“What do you mean? I just resurrected,” she answered with a flabbergasted face.
“It’s very likely that your revival follows the arrangement made by the Creator. In other words, a quest should proceed from now on due to your revival.”
“Is that so? But I have no idea…”
Lyla sat down on the sprouting seeds and began to ponder.
At that time, a system message suddenly appeared before their eyes.
[Updates related to the Game of Divine Thrones has been added according to the arrangement of the Creator.]
[From now on, a total of four epic dungeons will appear across the Eeth Continent.]
[In Epic Dungeons, one can get S-grade items, but the difficulty level of completion is very high.]
[In addition, angels are summoned as managers of each epic dungeon.]
… It seemed that the Creator was fully implementing his plan.
Epic dungeons, which hadn’t been mentioned for 40 years before his return to this world, were suddenly created and opened.
Considering that there was a total of four, the epic dungeons seemed to be related to each of the confined gods.
“What, what? What the hell is going on?” Lyla barely stammered in confusion.
“Oh, you probably have no idea what’s going on,” Woohyuk said before telling Lyla of the events so far.
Her pupils started shaking as if she was in an earthquake.