chapter 454
454 – Out of Control #1
454 – Out of Control # 1
Zek-.
The game master picked up a small piece of wood.
Then, he received a dagger from the warrior god and began to sharpen the piece of wood using its sharpness.
Slurp, rumble, gad-duk-.
It takes a while to be sharpened and refined.
A ‘horse’ that closely resembles Nike has been completed.
And the character sheet, Nike’s ‘Status Window’, was also completed by the Goddess of Order.
「Lv. 87 Nike Moke Moke
HP: 100/120
MP: 89/100
Reinforced.”
Nike’s stamina is worn out.
This is probably because the skill was used by consuming one’s own stamina and vitality as a sacrifice.
Beep-.
I clicked on Nike’s skill item.
Then, the skills that Nike possessed appeared neatly listed.
「《Wild Skin》: Borrows the power of wildness and nature to strengthen your own strength and speed.」 – In Activating
“《Thorn Harpoon》: Summon a thorn harpoon to pierce the opponent.”
「《Gungnir》: Projects the powerful ash spear Gungnir at the opponent. Once designated, the target will be hit unconditionally without any misses.”
「《Baobabobab Tree》: Summons the world tree, the Baobabobab tree. “It’s powerful.”
Nike’s range of skills was very wide, perhaps because he had suffered in various environments since he was young.
There were easily more than two pages of technology, but if I had to pick the ones that would be most helpful in the current situation, it would be the technologies above.
* * *
“Good! It’s not a big deal!”
“This vine thing is amazing! Warm!”
Diarmid and Luke were in high spirits and were attacking the tentacle monster.
Thanks to Nike’s technique working properly, even the unfamiliar monster cannot easily exert its strength and is faltering. Soon the monster drooped its body as if it was very tired.
━Niuuu, ouch…
Only the stone mask on his body is particularly shiny as he is exhausted from repeated attacks.
Nike was able to instinctively know that this was the monster’s weakness.
If you accumulate a certain amount of damage by cutting or hitting the tentacle, you will become exhausted and expose your weak point, the ‘mask’. This is probably the method of destruction in this battle.
“《Gungnir》!”
Nike rapidly grew a sharp thorn spear from the ground.
He held it in his hand and threw it with all his might, and the ash spear flew through the air and stuck in the stone mask.
Love love liquid, pot-!
Uji string.
The sound of stones being smashed was heard.
Soon the writhing monster let out a terrible scream that could not be considered language.
━───!!!!!
Seeing the Earl of Winter, who had been tormenting Nike for a long time, suffering and screaming, made Nike feel like something big was melting in her heart.
Now that I think about it, Nike is no longer shivering from the cold.
At this moment, when everything was blooming warmly like a brilliant spring, only the Count of Winter was wandering darkly like the muddy snow that had not yet melted.
He looked extremely terrible and scary, but Nike was no longer afraid of him.
━Grrrrgh, I… I will be king… The king of this country… So that no one can look down on me…
A monster starting to play again.
Diarmid and Luke’s party pushed it again.
Their work was extremely skillful.
Their breathing was smooth, without any unnecessary details, and it reminded them of themselves hunting under Victor’s instructions.
“Good! Luke! The mask is revealed again! If I destroy that, will it be the end?”
“I’m out of MP! Nike! Are you ready for attack magic!?”
Luke asked.
Nike prepared his second 《Gung Nir》.
‘I will never make a mistake.’
Nike’s old grudge flew towards the count again like a spear without any hesitation.
Jeez, I get it!
Finally, the count’s stone mask cracked and shattered.
“Ugh, uh…”
Then something surprising happened.
His body, which had been stretched out in all directions, seemed to shrink and return to its original state, and he returned neatly to the appearance of a human wearing rags.
Of course, it was difficult to describe it as ‘clean’ as there was mud and blood everywhere and it was full of wounds. Still, it was much better than the state of the writhing monster from before.
“Hey, these guys…”
Cheoppdeok-.
The count fell to the floor.
With his armor broken and his stone mask shattered, there was nothing he could do now except lie down and glare at everyone.
Humiliation.
This humiliation made the count think of a long time ago.
My childhood when I became a laughing stock in front of the dukes.
Because of that, he was scolded by his adoptive mother
No, that’s probably good.
“Save me… I didn’t do that on purpose. Wow, someone whispered in my ear… ! Let’s go to war… ! Yes, I, that… You were manipulated! So you’re not guilty! Not guilty!”
The count prayed.
Because he didn’t want to die.
Just like on the day of the party when he was deceived by his foster mother’s trick and handed over the ‘poisoned cup’ to the duke’s son, he knelt down and begged for forgiveness.
━I swear to the gods, I didn’t know it was poisoned!
Sardić of Wildrose was a good man.
He could not take the life of someone who was begging for his life.
Even if a man who never forgets the humiliation of that day sharpens his mind like an icicle in the bitter cold and ends up stabbing a dagger in his back.
That daughter would be similar.
If you kneel down and beg, you might be forgiven.
Then, whether it is 10 or 20 years from now, you can take revenge again.
“But you killed my family!”
Nike shouted.
Slurp-.
The roots sprouting from the ground strongly tighten the Duke’s limbs and neck.
“Ugh!”
“My life is ruined because of you! First, apologize to me!”
“Well, I was wrong… ! It was during the war…”
“I don’t want to hear it!”
Nike grown.
* * *
I also knew well about the bad relationship between Nike and Count de Winter.
Count de Winter is Nike’s enemy.
Even if you kneel down and beg for forgiveness, you will never be forgiven.
Even if these types of villains kneel down and beg, they never forget the humiliation and sharpen their sharp blades, so that one day they will appear as a bigger problem.
Move forward 13 spaces.
35 spaces remaining until the goal.
There is no telling what kind of ‘event’ this Count will emerge as a bigger enemy in these 35 spaces.
It’s not a bad idea to cut off the flower roots in advance here.
So I cast Nike’s 《Binding Roots》.
This technique should be enough to defeat the dying Count.
But on the other hand, I felt an uncertain feeling.
It feels like ‘my’ will is embedded somewhere in Nike’s revenge.
『Kill! Naughty guy!』
『Let the ugly villain leave!』
And if you think about it carefully, it wasn’t entirely wrong to say that the Count was also ‘used’. No matter how much he will contained, he was also the ‘word’ of the gods.
But it was a time when I thought there was nothing I could do.
“What? You don’t listen to the player’s commands, do you?』
『Is it different because it is irregular?』
There was a lot of commotion around.
This was because Nike tried to use “Binding Roots” And stopped.
《Gungnir》.
《Thorn Harpoon》.
It was the same even when I used skills such as 《Baobab Tree》.
Nike doesn’t listen to me.
I was embarrassed in many ways because it was the first time I had experienced something like this since I started this strange pastime, or rather, since I first encountered D&A a long time ago.
“Is there a case like this?”
When I asked, the Goddess of Order flapped her book.
Then she shook her head.
『According to the rules, horses must follow the player’s commands. However, since ‘Nike’ was born unpredictable, there are still variables…』
I guess so.
On the one hand, something like a strange sense of relief and joy bloomed in my heart.
Nike was still alive.
* * *
“Yeah!”
The count, freed from the root, made an ugly sound and vomited.
Watching the count suffer, Nike pondered his anger.
‘You must kill me!’
Nike’s parents suffered.
He was the culprit that turned Nike’s life into an abyss.
Nike had many reasons to kill that man.
“The Lady of Wildrose is more qualified for revenge than anyone else here.”
Diarmid, who came from a family of western jockeys, also took a step back, as if implementing Nike’s revenge.
However, Nike stopped using “Binding Roots.”
《Gungnir》.
《Thorn Harpoon》.
I wanted to tear the Count to pieces using skills that came to mind, such as 《Baobab Tree》.
Nike didn’t do that.
“Victor didn’t kill Cain either. I didn’t understand it at the time. I think I understand now. Victor wanted to break the chain of seasons.”
“…”
The count touched the back of his neck and frowned.
Because he couldn’t understand what the woman in front of him was saying to him.
“Count de Winter, I hate you. So much so that I want to chew on my gallbladder! However, I have become somewhat close to your daughter, Miss Rebekah. “We also play board games with her.”
“…”
“I think if I kill you it’ll be hard to see Liv smiling at her sheep her and her forward her her her her. Anyway, you have committed so many sins that you will be judged even if it is not me!”
The snow that fell in the winter was bound to melt when spring came, even if there was no need to sweep or remove it.
Nike did not want to dirty her hands with dirty mud or something like that.
However.
Even though Count de Winter had received the ‘mercy’ he had longed for, he suddenly felt bad.
Looking down on yourself from high places.
Holding the power of life and death and showing ‘mercy’ was the privilege of the strong, and the count was very unhappy with the fact that this young woman was looking down on him.
Because it reminded him of Duke Sardić, who had shown mercy to him.
“Are you saying you won’t take revenge? Your father must be grieving? I killed your father. I stuck a knife in my back. Have you ever heard the sound of wind leaving your lungs?”
“…”
“You Wildroses are too withdrawn. Even if it weren’t for me, I would have fallen while being taken advantage of by other dukes or other families. Yes, I would have done that if it weren’t for me!”
“…”
“Revenge must be thorough! That’s why Viktor seems like an idiot for not being able to kill Cain. All of you who have been influenced by such an idiot are idiots!”
The deaths of his family came to Nike’s mind
Revenge against them and Gungnir kept lingering in my mind.
And insulting Victor.
Nike was so angry there.
I want to silence that man like this─.
At the same time as those strong thoughts, I had the feeling that I should never kill that man.
You shouldn’t kill your enemies.
Nike could not understand his own feelings, but he felt that if he killed that man here, he would not be able to avoid being a’puppet’caught up in his emotions and fate
‘What I want to be is Victor’s puppet, not his puppet his!’
It was time to think like that.
“You are all hypocrites! It’s trash! Just wait and see! Kill you all—.”
The count tried to say something, but fell forward before he could finish his sentence.
Diarmid, who had already crossed his two swords in the shape of an
“You don’t know Miss Nike, but I simply cannot tolerate the deaths of my relatives.”
Wow-.
The count died just like that.
Sssss-.
His body finally disappeared without even a single hair remaining.
It was a miserable end, leaving no proper will.
All that was left was a strange box.
“Treasure box? “It looks like a reward from a low-level dungeon, right?”
Just as Luke said, the reward box from the lower level dungeon was right in front of their eyes.
It was a wooden box that appeared when you entered a low-level dungeon or defeated a monster.
I don’t know why Count de Winter left such a thing, but he probably became a ‘monster’ instead of a human at some point.
As Luke approached the box, the box opened unexpectedly.
And a dazzling light began to emanate from within.