Chapter 63 (1/2)

“...This is the cave from yesterday.”

Looking around, it was right. I felt the soft straw my body was on and recalled the vivid feeling just now. It wasn’t a dream? I wished it was a dream. Then I could’ve shaken off this heavy burden on my shoulder. However, my mind and my memories were clear. Then a message window appeared in front of me.

[The Star Coffee House is gone.]

Shit, it wasn’t a dream. I felt strange because the coffee house that was like an actual coffee house had disappeared. Then another message came up.

[A gift from Prometheus has arrived.]

A gift? What was this? I opened the gift box straight away. At this moment...

“Kuaaack!”

Huge sparks splashed above my head and my entire body was trembling. My eyes rolled as a tremendous amount of memories flashed through my head. W-What was this? My brain seemed like it was going to burst. A great amount of memories entered my mind and I couldn’t hold on as I sank to my knees.

It wasn’t until 30 minutes later that I could barely shudder. My entire body was covered with sweat.

[Prometheus’ memory upload has been completed.]

“P-Pant...”

[Apostle Skill: Keen Insight has been enhanced.]

[Apostle Skill: Insight has been enhanced.]

It was a good thing that the skills were strengthened but I could feel better. It was due to the mysterious memories passing through my mind like a panorama.

“What the hell is this?”

Unknown knowledge and letters hovered in his mind, bright and clear. They obviously weren’t my memories. These were Prometheus’ memories. I didn’t know how many years he had lived. Then flames swirled and Solar appeared. it seemed to be Prometheus based on the blue eyes. Yet how did this happen? I didn’t even summon...

“Old man, you’ve struggled.”

“You. What is this?”

I glared at him like I could kill him.

He told me, “Relax. This is a gift.”

“Is there such a gift?”

“Haha. You seem very angry.”

“You bastard.”

Prometheus smiled with Solar’s face before he opened his mouth, “I’m sorry but this was one of Gaia’s requests.”

I stared at him and grabbed my chest. “Sigh, do you have any more gifts?”

“No, there are no more.”

I checked the skill window and saw that the usage time of Keen Insight was increased to 10 minutes. Then I opened the information window for Insight.

[Insight (Active)]

[Rating: Legend

Magic Power Consumption: 10. Cooldown Time: None.

You can see through the essence of a subject.]

...I thought it became worse. I glanced at the instructions and frowned. What exactly did it mean to see through the essence? Well, I would know eventually. Soon, Solar was gone.

[The first apostle, ‘Prometheus,’ is smiling with satisfaction.]

This jerk...

I remembered his smiling face and was furious. I quickly shook my head and stepped out of the cave. Gorba was waving in the distance. “Chwiik, I hope you slept well Brother.”

“Yes, it is thanks to you.”

In fact, I didn’t sleep well.

“Kulalala! No. By the way, when are we going down to Windia? I have already gathered the orcs. Chwiik!”

Ah. Come to think of it, we were supposed to go down to Windia today...

The sooner this was finished, the better. I told Gorba, “Let's go now.”

”I understand. I will bring the orcs.”

The giant orc chieftain, Gorba gathered his men together. Their loyalty to him seemed great when I saw the orcs moving at a single word from him. I rode on Gorba’s shoulder. A chief was a chief. His height was ridiculously tall. He was twice as tall as the orc warriors. Well, he should be at least this strong if he was to be the leader here. I was curious about this guy’s stats.

“Insight.”

[Insight Information]

[Name: Gorba Level: 200

Affiliation: Chief of The Blue Tooth Tribe

Strength: 170 (+0) Agility: 230 (+0)

Fitness: 320 (+0) Knowledge: 80 (+0)

Skills:

-Steel Skin (Heroic)

-Survival Instinct (Heroic)

Weaknesses: Vulnerable to magic attacks.

*He is interested in you.

-Current goodwill: 50% (can be recruited as a companion at 100%)]

Um? There were no question marks? All the previous question marks were gone. It was probably because the skill had just been enhanced. I felt numb when I saw Gorba’s stats. I couldn’t believe I had fought this guy. I clicked my tongue when I saw Steel Skin and Survival Instinct. This was why he didn’t die even when I hit him. Steel Skin was a passive skin that alleviated 80% of physical damage while Survival Instinct was a skill that recovered 10% of health and increased his survival ability once his health fell below 50%.

This was when Gorba shouted, “Depart!”

“Whoo! Whoo!”

The orcs raised their weapons and beat on their chest like they were cavemen. It was the first time I had seen this but it gave me a familiar feeling for some reason. This was all due to Prometheus’ memories. My head throbbed again. “Kuek...”

In my mind, memories of the orcs appeared. It was their habits and what happened in the past. They were those who took part in the Ragnarok War 500 years ago. Despite my headache, I looked ahead. The backs of the moving orcs were quite manly. Wait, this wasn’t the way to Windia...?

“Shouldn’t we be going out that way?”

I pointed to the door I first entered through. Gorba glanced over and laughed. “Chwik, that’s the back door. It is a place we don’t go out of often because of the spiders. We will go through the front door proudly.”

I remembered it at first glance. There was a huge door made of a large tree and decorated with skulls. At that time, I had to quickly complete the map and leave so I didn’t think much about the door.

We descended the mountain.

“This is the east gate.”

I could see the shattered walls in the distance. This was the collapsed east gate. It was the place where the market used to be... it made me a bit sad to see it look like this. Gorba muttered, “We made it like that...”

“It wasn’t your fault, Gorba.”

“I know that but I still feel strange. I knew what this place was like but...”