Grave Keeper of the Fallen Kingdom

[The energy of the specters permeates your body.]

[Spiritual power increases by 0.1.]

“Whoa… … !”

After finishing the cemetery work, I stretched while looking at the message that came to mind.

As the time in Decane increased, the spiritual power automatically increased.

Since the space called the cemetery is where the dead are gathered, it seemed that their spiritual powers were rising by receiving their energy.

‘good.’

[Len Argen]

– Trait: Cat Eye

– Skills: Necromancer (降靈), Havenberg Swordsmanship Beginner

– Strength: 7.2

– Agility: 6.9

– Stamina: 7.7

– Sensation: 6.7

– Energy: 0.4

– Spirit Power: 1.5

Over time, his abilities have increased considerably.

Spiritual power has already risen by 0.5.

As I continued to train and train, my physical abilities increased very little.

‘To get stronger quickly, I need to increase my energy.’

The improvement of physical ability is closely related to energy.

Usually, the reason why knights’ physical ability is high is because they improve their physical ability through energy.

I also eventually had to increase my energy to improve my physical abilities.

Here are some things I learned from observing people.

strength, agility, stamina.

These averaged 5 for normal people, 3 for senses, and near 0 for energy.

Not a single person had psychic powers.

On the other hand, the quasi-knight had an average of 8 to 10 in strength, agility, and stamina, with an average of 5 in sense and 1 in energy.

I can’t see the articles well, so it was difficult to average, but wouldn’t it be a bit higher than that?

‘I have to use my job characteristics.’

He said that the job of a gravekeeper should honor the souls of the ghosts and build achievements.

The souls sleeping here cannot be awakened with the current spiritual power.

You have to find another graveyard to relieve the spirits of the ghosts and build up achievements.

Havenberg swordsmanship is also a swordsmanship, but spiritual power seemed to be important to extract short-term efficiency.

After all, you can’t increase your Havenberg swordsmanship proficiency in a short period of time. This has to be done consistently.

[Havenberg Swordsmanship – Beginner]

A swordsmanship in which all the essences of Havenberg are concentrated. As your proficiency increases, your understanding of the sword increases.

– Mastery 10.8421%

# Each time you swing the sword, your mastery increases.

I’ve already raised quite a few proficiency levels over the course of a month.

The proficiency that had risen by 0.0001% now rose to 0.1%. but very rarely

My ancestor corrected my swordsmanship and continued to receive advice, so my swordsmanship improved faster than I thought.

When things didn’t work out, I just had to use the program.

‘Although it’s still a long way off.’

“Whoa… … !”

While I was lost in thought, I heard Rayman’s sighing from the edge of the decane over there.

squeak- squeak- squeak-

You can see Rayman diligently cutting the grass.

A guy wearing a straw hat and sweating profusely.

Until he first came here from the royal castle, the guy who had been quite stern was now speechless.

His hair is greasy, his face is full of dirt, and his clothes are no different from rags.

‘Kuhmm, did I roll too much?’

Unlike the beginning, now Rayman was working quite skillfully.

It was partly because I rolled hard, but it was only possible because I worked hard.

I was worried about how to deal with that ignorant bastard until we met swords, but he was a guy who knew how to give in to victory and defeat more than I thought and how to keep his promise.

Now he behaves very well with me and does what I ask him to do without complaining.

Thanks to that, I had a lot of free time.

“Rayman.”

“yes?”

“Come here.”

As I flicked my index finger, he came towards me wiping sweat.

“You said you wanted to learn the sword, right?”

“yes!”

His tired eyes flashed for a moment.

“good. Get ready. I will teach you the basics of swords.”

* * *

Rayman felt that his chance had finally arrived.

‘at las… … !’

Sweat drips from your forehead and runs down your nose.

It tickled a little, but I endured it. It was because the shooter was talking in front of him.

“Pick up your sword.”

“yes.”

got a sword

Now that I am facing the sword with the shooter, that time passes through my head again.

It was just a plain diagonal cut.

However, in Rayman’s eyes, it was the most beautiful sword.

‘How is that possible?’

It wasn’t very fast either.

The sword could not be stopped.

There was no avoiding it.

Even when he was being trained by the knights in the royal castle, he had never felt this way before.

‘A master of hiding who hid his skills… … .’

You can see the shooter loosening his shoulders with an expressionless face.

According to rumors, Ren was an illegitimate son who was kicked out of the Argen family, and he had no swordsmanship talent and no fighting spirit, so he was a loser like a grave keeper.

‘But now I know.’

Knight-class skill. no… … , maybe a high-ranking knight-level person.

Right now, he is hiding his skills and doing graveyard work in Decane, but it is clear that he is waiting for a certain moment.

Being under such a master is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

‘Never miss it.’

Even if he entered the royal castle as a quasi-knight anyway, there was no chance for him as a commoner.

It was that world where bastards who were lazy and poorly trained than themselves were given swordsmanship by superior knights.

‘On the other hand, the shooter doesn’t have such a prejudice.’

Even though he had committed a rude act that would not have been enough even if he cut his throat on the spot, the shooter did not take his life and showed grace.

Besides, you’re already teaching me swordsmanship… … .

I was thinking of serving like a slave for at least a year.

“What are you thinking?”

“ah! Sorry!”

“Hold on.”

“yep!”

Ren made Rayman wield the sword, and took the advice of his ancestors and passed it on to him.

“The movement is sloppy. I have too many thoughts. When cutting, focus only on cutting.”

“Ah, I see!”

While watching Rayman’s swordsmanship for a while, someone approached Decaine.

“wren!”

Jennon swept her blonde bangs and hurriedly looked for Ren.

“what? what’s the matter?”

“Do U have a time?”

“It should be.”

Jennon gasped and told Ren everything.

“… … So, in short, you found an unknown graveyard while patrolling Kinish Bluff?”

“huh. I thought it would be better to ask a tomb expert like you than to mess with it.”

There’s nothing special about being a tomb expert.

It’s just that I’ve been working in the graveyard for a long time.

“Yeah, what… … , Come with me.”

“good! however… … , what is he doing?”

Where Jennon pointed, Rayman was vigorously swinging his sword.

“What are you doing, swordsmanship training?”

“Why are you training swordsmanship here? Didn’t I send you to be an assistant shooter in the graveyard?”

“It’s a combination of both.”

“It’s boring… … .”

Jennon stuck out his tongue as he looked at Rayman.

Although they are the same quasi-knight, Jennon felt Rayman was amazing.

To the point where I thought that I could definitely become a knight someday.

“let’s go.”

* * *

Moving from the entrance of Kinish Bluff in a direction other than the Decane direction, there was only rugged mountains all over.

And after riding the mountain for a while, I saw the place Jennon had spoken about.

“Is he there?”

“uh.”

Covered with grass and trees, the path between the cliffs was hidden.

After going through the grass and entering, a tomb appeared at the end of the dead end.

“That… … .”

A tomb made of stones.

Looking around, I saw signs that some of the stone walls had been artificially collapsed.

It was as if a tomb had been built from the broken stones of the stone wall.

When I touched it, it was made quite hard with soil mixed between the stones.

“Looking at the tombstone, it must be someone’s grave… … , how is it?”

A tombstone made by roughly breaking the surrounding rocks is placed next to it.

And on top of it, unknown letters were scrawled.

“Isn’t that normal?”

“right? right? Isn’t it strange?”

“Oh, that’s strange.”

I nodded.

It has to be… … .

– Uhhhhh… … .

It was because an unusual specter was emerging from the tomb.

‘I’m sure he’s a person… … .’

It’s half ruined.

It seems that the mind is not intact, and the overall color is also red.

It felt completely opposite to the pure white spirit of my ancestors.

‘It’s ominous?’

– I am… … .

His empty eyes stare at me.

His eyes met mine.

“Jennon, you’re out of the grass.”

“uh? Why all of a sudden?”

“Because it is dangerous.”

“What is dangerous? But is it an illusion to feel a little creepy?”

“hurry!”

“Ah Okay.”

Embarrassed, Jennon hurriedly fell behind and ran out of the grass.

“Who are you?”

– I am… It’s unfair.

“What is so unfair?”

– He’s dead… … . raid… … .

The specter, who seemed ready to attack at any moment, answered my question with a heavy breath.

“Everyone dies. I can’t undo your death. What do you want now?”

– I am… … , I am… … .

His reddish appearance gradually begins to fade.

His face, which had been shedding bloody tears, returned to its original state, and clear tears fell.

– Tell my family the news. Please.

[Sub Quest – Request of the Missing Person]

[Spencer Travis, the eldest son of the Travis family, died unjustly and his body was never found. Please pass the news on to his family, who may be concerned.]

[Reward – Agility +0.4, Spirituality +0.3]

‘spencer… Travis?’

There was an incident three years ago when he suddenly went missing and the kingdom was in an uproar.

The disappearance of Spencer Travis, who was widely discussed as the next head of household.

I never thought I’d meet the person involved in the case here.

“I can talk, but I can’t hear you say it. There would be only bones left of the corpse.”

– Don’t worry about that. If the grave is dug up, my necklace will remain on the corpse. You should show it.

“All right.”

I called Jennon right away.

“what? Is this the grave of Spencer Travis, the eldest son of the Travis family?”

Jennon’s eyes were wide open as if his eyes would fall out, and he stared at the grave.

“You seemed to be talking to someone earlier, but were you really talking to a ghost?”

“Yeah, what… … , Living as a gravekeeper, I hear it occasionally.”

– It’s interesting. The one who sees the soul

Like Jennon, Spencer was curious as he touched his chin.

“I didn’t know you had that ability.”

“It’s a secret, so don’t go around talking about it.”

“Ha ha, of course! Instead, did I contribute to finding Spencer?”

“of course.”

The Travis family is a fairly prestigious family in the Brilliant Kingdom.

When all the other nobles betrayed Brilliant and left, only Travis stayed.

When the grave was dug up, Spencer’s scrawny bones were revealed. And his necklace too.

“Really… … ?”

Jennon looks at me like a strange animal again.

‘I didn’t believe this bastard.’

When he checked Spencer’s necklace, he let out a series of exclamations.

“and… … .”

“Stop walking around and move the stone again.”

“Ah, yay!”

After removing only the necklace, he restored Travis’ grave again.

And Jennon and I went to the Travis family estate.

“Are you really going in?”

“You’re going in, so what?”

“after… … , I’m nervous for nothing. Aren’t you just being misunderstood?”

“It’s okay, so come over.”

“Now, wait… … !”

As we forcibly dragged Jennon inside, the gatekeeper stopped us.

“What business are you here for?”

“Tell it to the lord. They found the body of Spencer Travis.”

At my words, the gatekeeper’s face wrinkled.

Carrying the family on his back and squeaks like a gatekeeper, it was quite different from the Travis I knew.

“If you just spat out those words lightly, you wouldn’t be offended.”

“I will take care of this body, so go quickly and deliver it. It’s such an important matter, but if you procrastinate like this, you think your body won’t be able to do it?”

The gatekeeper’s eyes flared up.

If you scratch a little more, it looks like a hit.

Well, since it’s an issue, I won’t be able to touch it carelessly.

“wait.”

Another gatekeeper went inside, and after a while, Layton Travis, the head of the Travis family, walked out with a few people.

‘I must have suffered a lot.’

The gaju’s face looks very hurt. He didn’t look very happy when he said that he had found his son.

‘but… … , It must have been more than once or twice that people who were blinded by the bounty Layton put on them lied.’

Most of those lies have largely disappeared after rumors spread that most of them were caught lying and ended up in prison or died.

After a long time, someone who said he had been looking for Spencer appeared, so the family head came directly without expecting much.

[Leighton Travis]

– Trait: Cold-blooded

– Skill: Travis Advanced Swordsmanship, Cold Wave Sword

– Strength: 21.6

– Agility: 20.1

– Stamina: 23.4

– Sense: 18.7

– Energy: 13.1

I was almost shocked without realizing it.

There are three stats above 20. It even has a characteristic… … .

‘I’m not the head of Travis for nothing,’

As I was staring blankly at Layton, he stood in front of me.

“What is your name?”

Leighton asked me.

“This is Len Argen.”

“It’s a grave keeper abandoned by the Argen family.”

His voice is quite sharp.

I’m not the type of person who would say this to my face.

“you’re right.”

“If you tell a lie, I will slit your throat on the spot.”

“Cut it. If it’s false.”

My confident answer sparked a moment of curiosity in his bored eyes.

“Here are his mementos.”

I handed him Spencer’s necklace.

His eyes widened for the first time when he confirmed it.

“really… … , Spencer’s… … .”

Layton’s searing gaze demands the truth from me.

My heart was pounding, but I smiled without trying to show it.

“Let’s go.”

“You are confident. Okay, let’s go.”

gulp.

The mouth is dry.

It was because from the moment he showed the necklace, Layton’s momentum changed completely.

‘I’ll have to stay alert.’

I climbed Kinish Bluff with the people of the Travis family.

And when Layton arrived at the tomb, he trudged and stood in front of the tomb for a long time.

“Is that okay?”

I asked if he was worried about Jennon.

“It will be fine.”

Actually, I’m a little scared too.

I’m afraid he’ll suddenly turn around and swing his sword, saying, ‘You killed my son and staged a play!’

Of course, the Layton I knew wasn’t that emotional.

“Dig a grave.”

“yes!”

At Layton’s command, servants came running and quickly dug up the grave.

It contained Spencer’s skull.

– father… … , heheheuk! You are finally here.

Spencer wept sadly at Layton.

Layton, who was staring blankly at his skeleton, drew his sword.

“He is not my son.”

Layton’s cold gaze turned to me.