Grave Keeper of the Fallen Kingdom

The cold, damp night air penetrates the inside of his collar.

Blood is oozing out of the bandage that is pressing hard on his side.

The dark earthworm was persistently targeting only the warlock, but Nigerman continued to keep me in check.

The wound on his side widened even more just by blocking his check.

“It will be over soon.”

I bit my lower lip and was lost in thought, but I made up my mind and immediately turned around and ran.

At the same time, some dark magics flew from Nigerman, who was watching this place closely.

Kwagwagwagwak!!

Five dark arrows pierce the sand with a terrifying sound.

Fortunately, not a single shot was hit.

It might be because I avoided it so hard, but it was also because his aiming power had dropped a lot because he was paying attention to the earthworms.

“It’s the judge!”

The place I hurriedly ran to was the tomb of the Red Moon tribe.

There wasn’t much spiritual power left due to the previous program, but there was nothing I could do about it.

I can’t escape him with my own strength.

“Zalatan!”

– What?

Zalatan, who was clearing his nostrils, looked at me and asked indifferently.

“Another warlock appeared outside. Please help!”

– Hmm, don’t you guys know how to do anything alone?

“This is also my ability. Moreover, there is also a worm outside that Zalatan-nim wanted to catch. You’re scolding me at this point.”

– Kuhm… … .

Zalatan twitched his eyebrows as if in distress and glared at me.

– You’re the problem, not me. Can you stand it?

I unknowingly flinched at his worrying words.

Zalatan noticed my condition with just one command.

“it’s okay.”

– Your body may not be able to withstand it. No, it must be that the mind can’t stand it.

“There are no options.”

– is it. you are a warrior too

He nods his head as if agreeing to those words.

[Code – Zalatan]

And the incoming Zalatan’s spirit.

A bright red light flashed in his eyes.

Tadadat.

The direction Zalatan quickly bounced off was not at the entrance, but behind his own grave on the other side.

Shallow energy was contained in the raised sword, and then it stretched out as it was.

Kwaaang!!

Part of the wall exploded with a violent explosion, and stone fragments scattered in all directions.

And a small wooden box revealed.

Opening the wooden box, Zalatan smiled with satisfaction and took out two of the three round eggs in the box and shoved them into his mouth.

gulp-.

The eggs that went down the esophagus melted in the stomach and started to heat up as if the whole body was put into lava.

The feeling of a small fire starting in the intestines gradually spreading and spreading throughout the body.

Even in this dizzying situation, Zalatan quietly closes his eyes and concentrates on slowly moving the energy contained within the egg.

The raging flames gradually die out.

The flames, which had been moving wildly, were scattered by the small energy remaining in the body, and at some point calmed down.

[Strength increases by 0.3.]

[Agility increases by 0.4.]

[HP increases by 0.3.]

[Stamina increases by 1.5.]

[You start to feel the energy.]

This feeling that fills up to the fullest.

Even though it is Zalatan who controls the current body, it feels intact.

That the energy that was hard to find even a single sense of was wriggling in my body.

“It’s finally become a little usable.”

– Why did you only eat 2 out of 3?

“In your current state, two are the limit. body can’t stand it Of course, if it were me, I would be able to overcome even that, but with your mind now, this code will be resolved before then.”

After that, Zalatan untied the bandage wrapped around his waist.

Throwing away the red bandage, I saw a wound that was healing quickly.

– Does it have a wound healing effect?

“The stronger the body, the quicker the recovery.”

thud.

With his thigh muscles firmly inflated, he spurts off the ground and jumps up.

What you see past the dark stairs is a thick layer of sand dust.

Inside, the crimson glow left an afterimage and headed inwards.

“The situation has become difficult.”

Zalatan muttered, biting his lip.

It is said that my energy has increased significantly, but it is only a meaningful change at my level.

I haven’t even gotten close to knight level yet.

However, the opponent is on the same level as a senior knight.

If the dark earthworm had been holding on to a certain extent, I tried to use its power to deal with the warlock, but it was already in a half-dead state.

‘My head is pounding already.’

Zalatan must have also raised his energy after realizing that he did not have much time left to command.

At most, it was clear that the decree would be resolved with one use of a technique using chi, so he intended to end the warlock with a single blow.

It would be nice if a fluke like Kaiden’s happened one more time, but it would be perfect to die if you lean on the chance.

“I can’t help it.”

Zalatan, who gripped the grip of his sword tightly, spotted the warlock in the opaque sandstorm and ran.

“Hoo… … , to come back without running away. Did you come to know where you would die?”

As if this situation was amusing, only Niger was laughing leisurely, but in contrast to him, magic was quickly forming a spell.

Crimson energy rises above Zalatan’s sword.

At the same time as the mental pressure pressed me down, the purple mist shot from the magic circle created in the air hit Zalatan’s body.

“Kikikick, I can’t see anything.”

Nigerman, who laughed at the conviction that his magic had worked, widened his eyes.

woo woo woo woo… !!

At the same time as the raging wind pressure pushed away the purple fog.

Quad de de de deuk!! Pan-!

The fiercely rushing sword energy pierces inward.

Thinking it was the final blow, he unleashed his swordsmanship.

The sharpened red sword broke Nigerman’s improvised shield and cut off his shoulder.

“Kheuheuk… … !”

Nigerman groans in pain and rolls across the sand.

But that was me too.

“Ugh!”

I couldn’t stand the recoil and rolled on the floor several times with the sword before I could stop it.

[The code is released.]

The program could no longer be maintained.

“Haaagh!! it hurts! It hurts!!”

Nigerman is complaining of pain while holding on to his wobbly shoulders.

I also wanted to scream at the coming headache, but I barely suppressed it. Because the battle isn’t over yet.

Damn, I should have stabbed him in the heart, not the shoulder.

Even in the middle of it, I thought I’d spread the shield and deviate the trajectory.

– Wake up. You can’t do anything with just that kind of mental strength.

Zalatan, floating in the air with the code unraveled, shouted from the side.

‘Because who doesn’t know that?’

hard-

Apply a lot of force with your fingertips to scrape off the sand.

He grabbed his trembling fingers and barely raised himself.

Ughhh! Agjak!

At that time, purple magical energy wrapped around Nigerman’s wobbly shoulders, and his arms grotesquely twisted and began to cling.

‘Sir… … .’

Is that because of the devil’s stigma or something?

Looking at that bizarre appearance, I can’t believe that it was a phenomenon created by human power.

– Huh, are you restoring the body? What a tricky guy.

I moved the energy I felt inside my body as much as possible.

Perhaps it was because the effects of the medicine she had taken earlier still remained, but her body was recovering quite quickly.

“I must have killed you… … .”

coo cooo coo… !!

Vibration echoing from the floor.

As Nigerman and I exchanged a brief battle, a dark earthworm that had hidden itself in the sand opened its mouth full of sharp teeth and swallowed the warlock.

It seemed that the black magician could not respond as he was recovering his body.

“done… Is it?”

When I let out a sigh of relief and look out for the dark earthworms.

Sweeping the ground with his body, the dark-colored earthworm began to vibrate violently.

coo!!

Inside, Nigerman struggled as if torturing the worm, and the worm broke through the entrance to the Red Moon Clan’s graveyard.

And after a while, a black ray of light pierced through his hide.

Blood splashed into the air and the earthworm screamed.

From there, Nigerman, who had become covered in slime and looked like a rat in the rain, walked out with his face wrinkled.

“This guy and that guy… … , It pisses people off quite a bit.”

Only Nigerman has penetrated a fairly large hole, but the worm is still struggling and not dying, as its vitality is so strong.

Whoa-!!

The wildly swung tail struck Nigerman’s shield.

Unbelievable heavy power right before death.

While Nigerman gathers his mana to finish off the earthworm with an annoyed face.

Forcing the pain in his throbbing head down, he recalled the flow of ki that Zalatan had used earlier.

In the past, when energy was low, even the existence of energy was faint, but not now.

It became 2.3 energy at once, and now I can feel the existence of qi quite clearly.

A rough and domineering ki operation.

Refreshing swordsmanship and a characteristic that is not particularly bound by the type of movement.

‘Was it like this?’

This is the first time I’ve been able to move the ki with my own power, but it’s not as difficult as I thought.

Tadat!

Sand bounces up from the bottom of the sand that has been pressed to the fullest.

At the same time, the distance with Nigerman, which is getting closer and closer.

Its eyes are directed to the dark earthworm struggling on the sandy bottom.

‘Trying to use the same sword skill as Zalatan is overzealous.’

You need to focus on increasing the amount of impact using the leaping force and concentrating the energy into one point.

ugh-

You don’t even need to release the qi.

just collect

stab

“Do you think you will get hit again?”

Nigerman wrinkles his brow and gathers mana in the air.

At the same time, my sword surged over his mass of magical power.

Hey profit!!

As if being sucked in by magical energy, the sword that was sucked in turned around and flew towards Nigerman’s back.

I couldn’t understand what the opponent was doing.

Just watching the tip of the sword turn, he sensed that his opponent was frightened by the power of Zalatan and avoided it.

Quagga gagagak!!

My sword burrowed into the head of the dark-colored earthworm that had been stricken by Nigerman, cutting off some of its hide before stopping.

[“Subquest – Request of the Chief of the Red Moon Tribe” has been resolved.]

[“Strength +0.8, Stamina +0.5, Energy +0.3” is acquired.]

Without even time to look at the message that came to mind, I couldn’t stand the force of the flight and let go of the sword.

Every muscle in his body was screaming.

It’s so hard to breathe that I wonder if a few ribs have gone out.

The good news is that as a reward from the sub-quest, his physical strength was slightly restored.

jerk, jerk… … .

I can’t rejoice at the success of the quest.

It was because the sound of slow footsteps in the desolate desert felt like the approaching execution time.

‘Damn, am I going to die like this again… … .’

Maybe coming to the desert wasn’t too much greed.

It might have been too much for me to stop the black magicians’ plans as I was not properly prepared.

No, I sent a warlock before going, so isn’t it a bad result?

“Kick, cheeky bastard. You look so good.”

Nigerman picked up the cane that had fallen on the floor.

Then I put the end of it on my head.

“What was the last blow? Did you even look after me?”

From his point of view, he was frightened and attacked, but he was so weak that it was embarrassing.

In the first place, with my level of energy, there is no way to pierce the opponent’s shield.

I don’t know if it’s about Zalatan or Havenberg’s ancestors.

“okay. It’s because you’re so weak.”

The veins in his temples bulged out.

“I will personally take you to our ‘Black Star’ and make you a sacrifice for the ‘Great One’.”

‘Black star? Who is great? sacrifice?’

I think I heard some pretty important clues.

But what if you listen right before you die… … .

“First, struggle a little with the pain… … .”

I love you so much!!

A harsh piercing sound cut through the air.

A red half-moon-shaped sword suddenly flies towards Nigerman’s side.

“Keugh… … !”

He hurriedly opened his shield to block the sword force, but the shield burst and only Niger, who was thrown back by the recoil, glared in the direction the sword sword was flying.

The one who appeared in the quiet darkness was a swordsman with silver hair down to his waist.

The brightly shining silver eyes cross the air and head towards me who was breathing heavily.

“what is your identity?”