Free Web NovelWhile advancing step by step in search of the holy relic, Revelof and his party encountered quite many traps.
Things like suddenly falling logs with thorns lodged in them from above were a cute level.
They were attacked by carnivorous plants that appeared out of nowhere, passed through rooms full of flames, and fought battles with countless skeleton soldiers pouring out.
Then at some moment...
"How did it come to just you and me remaining?"
Only Zain and Troy remained in the empty corridor. Zain let out a low sigh.
The circumstances of them becoming separated from Revelof and Terdius were rather simple yet absurd.
That is, until just 5 minutes ago, all four people were together.
Then they were walking through a corridor that seemed to have no particular traps, when suddenly the floor Zain was walking on collapsed deeply.
Troy, who was next to him, was startled and grabbed Zain, but as a result, both ended up falling together.
"At least I'm glad you fell together."
"It's because of you that I fell too, stupid Zain."
"...Even when you're saying something nice..."
Moreover, fierce water currents were flowing under the collapsed floor, and as soon as the two fell, the floor closed, so they had no choice but to be separated from Revelof and Terdius.
They barely escaped outside the water, but the floor where they had fallen was already closed and couldn't even be found. If it were a reopening floor, Revelof and Terdius would have followed them, but no matter how long they waited, not even a single sound of digging earth was heard, so the trap seemed to be a one-time use.
So Zain and Troy had no choice but to move in search of the two.
Fortunately the continuing path was a one-way road, so there was no worry of getting lost.
"Watch your step, Zain."
When they were walking while wringing out their wet clothes, Troy spoke to Zain.
At those words, Zain felt irritation surge up, but ultimately since Troy also became separated from the party because of him, he couldn't say anything particular.
"Fine. But can't you walk a bit farther away?"
Zain spoke to Troy while trying to calm his mind. After escaping from the water, Troy was walking excessively close to Zain. Close enough that their arms nearly brushed.
"In case the same situation as before occurs, I'm staying as close as possible."
Troy spoke to Zain with a serious face. At the reprimand heard once again, Zain ultimately had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
***
"I'm worried about the two."
At Terdius's words, I readily nodded and answered.
"I'm worried too, but... they'll probably be okay."
After becoming separated from Zain and Troy, Terdius and I continued advancing on the path.
Actually, I wasn't worried about those two at all. Because the dangerous enough life-threatening traps had already all ended.
'I thought one of the party members might fall into the waterway... to think it would be Zain.'
The trap that went straight to the waterway was activated randomly even in HSAW, so I couldn't know which floor panel was the problem.
Still, should I say it's somewhat fortunate that Troy quickly grabbed Zain and fell?
'Still, they should be careful. Monsters appear in various places in the waterway too.'
With Zain's combat power, he could sufficiently deal with them, but among the monsters appearing inside the ruins, there were occasionally insect types too.
'Well, still, if it's those two, they'll properly reach the Boss room.'
Moreover, the distance remaining to the Boss room wasn't much either, so we could surely meet.
Whether going through the waterway or the current route, the ends of both paths led to the Boss room.
"You really don't seem worried."
As if he had been carefully observing my expression, Terdius's voice was heard.
"Well, I trust those two."
I tried to smile and deflect. Then Terdius watched me a bit longer, then soon turned his gaze away.
'What's with this guy?'
He's unnecessarily sharp.
Still, fortunately the thought didn't continue long. Because the next traps appeared in rapid succession right away.
I avoided various traps with quite perfect coordination with Terdius, and before long, we finally arrived in front of the Boss room.
What greeted us was a stone door with nothing drawn on it.
However, its size was the largest among all the doors we had seen, so we could easily recognize it was the Boss room.
"Hey, Master!"
"Church Leader!"
When I was looking at the door for a moment, I could see Zain and Troy running from the opposite path, not the path we had passed.
"Zain, Troy. I'm glad you're safe."
I welcomed the two who returned without any injuries.
"Ah, yes. I'm glad you're also safe, Master."
"I thought we'd never meet again."
At Troy's serious expression and words, I burst into laughter. And then I told them.
"It seems what's inside is the last."
"Really?"
"Yes. Lord Kyros told me."
Kyros had noticed the holy relic was right before us and even made a fuss to me. Though I already knew everything without him making such a fuss.
"Still, since we don't know what might be inside, everyone be careful."
After warning them, I slowly opened the door to the Boss room.
Then a huge room appeared. It was a room with high ceilings and considerable width itself.
Inside, there was a giant cactus reaching to the ceiling, and around it existed dozens of skeleton soldiers holding weapons.
'A cactus in a ruin... really an ill-fitting combination.'
Even when playing HSAW, I wondered why there was a cactus in a jungle, but what could I do?
This was how the game was designed.
I took my mace out from my inventory while looking at the skeleton soldiers beginning to move slowly.
And I told the party members.
"Let's go."
***
"Huff, huff..."
"Haa."
The battle in the Boss room ended quickly, but Zain and Troy were quite exhausted. I handed them healing potions and asked,
"You guys, you drank the antidotes I gave you, right?"
"Ah, yes. We already drank those, so we're okay."
The giant cactus sprayed poison needles at regular intervals, and Zain and Troy had been grazed by those poison needles several times.
Still, thanks to drinking the antidote in advance, there seemed to be no particular problem. Then their rough breathing must simply be because they were tired.
"Leviathan, is it over now?"
Terdius asked me with a face no different from usual. This guy doesn't seem to tire easily either.
"Yes, it's all over now. As long as I retrieve one thing."
After telling Terdius, I passed through the monsters' corpses and headed inside.
In this spacious room, there existed one thing the giant cactus and skeleton soldiers had been guarding.
It was an altar near the wall. In the center of the altar was one jar that looked old, and when I touched it...
Flash—
Brilliant golden light burst out and the jar shattered into pieces. And what was inside revealed itself.
—Oh, you finally got your hands on it!
Kyros, who knows where he had been, appeared as soon as he discovered the holy relic and shouted in an extremely excited voice. Well, it couldn't be helped.
What appeared from inside the jar was a transparent bottle filled with golden liquid.
I immediately extended my hand toward it. Right then, a system message appeared.
[You have acquired Kyros's holy relic, 'Kyros's Wine'!]
Right. This brilliantly shining golden liquid was wine.
—My child, quickly try drinking it. That's a special wine I brewed myself long ago.
I knew well from seeing it in HSAW, but hearing it from the person in question already made my mouth water.
'In HSAW, they said this wine's taste was considerable.'
Though I wasn't usually one who enjoyed drinking, I couldn't just pass over something delicious.
Anyway, to apply the effect and deliver it to Kyros, I had to use it myself. frёewebnoѵēl.com
"What is that, Master?"
When I was holding the wine bottle, the party members approached me. Instead of answering them, I drank the wine in one gulp. freewebnovel.cσ๓
As soon as the golden liquid entered past my lips, sweet fruit fragrance filled my mouth, and subtle alcohol circulated.
'Ah, this is really delicious.'
Though the alcohol content wasn't very high, I liked that the taste was quite rich. To the point that even though quite a large amount was contained, I felt regretful after finishing it all.
—Thank you, my child!
As if the holy relic was properly delivered, Kyros's extremely excited voice was heard. And a message appeared before my eyes.
[The effect of the holy relic 'Kyros's Wine' item activates!]
['Kyros's Wine': When consumed by a Kyros Church senior member, the holy power of all Kyros Church senior members increases by 30%.]
It was finally the moment the effect I had wanted so much activated. As soon as the message disappeared, pure white light began emanating from the bodies of me and the party members.
'Since the Church Leader is also a senior member, holy power also increases.'
Moreover, what was special about this holy relic was that it wasn't Kyros giving us power but the 'system' giving us power.
That's why we could become even stronger relative to the number of believers.
'Well, it's a holy relic where the effect is better the more holy power you originally have, but...'
Using it at this timing wasn't bad either. Because there might not be time to visit the jungle later.
"M-Master. What on earth is this?"
"...My body feels lighter. Why is that?"
"Interesting."
At the sudden situation, the three showed each different reactions. Zain was in a surprised state, Troy seemed not to know well what had happened to him, and Terdius appeared quite intrigued.
I approached the three and spoke.
"This is all... yes, Lord Kyros's grace."
"Wh-what? All of a sudden?"
Zain said while flustered. I nodded to him.
"Yes. Because I retrieved one of Lord Kyros's holy relics."
It was when I was saying so.
[Sub Quest 'In Search of the Holy Relic' 3. <Holy Relic of Rios Forest> Clear!]
[Sub Quest reward will be given.]
The quest finally ended. I smiled contentedly and looked at the continuing message.
[Quest reward will be given in inventory.]
What exactly would this quest's reward be? I thought it might be an item I had seen before.
Still, I opened my inventory first and looked at the newly appeared item.
'Huh, what.'
And I couldn't help but be considerably surprised. Because this quest reward was an item I had never seen even in HSAW.
'Super Strong Healing Potion?'
I immediately looked at the item information.
[Super Strong Healing Potion
Grade: Mythic Item
Description: As long as breath remains, any injury can be healed. (Usage count 0/3 times)]
This was no different from a superior version of my 'Heal' skill. Though my current skill's healing power was considerable, it wasn't as effective as this potion.
'The premise of "as long as breath remains" means as long as they're alive, even if body parts are damaged or they're on the verge of death, they can be revived...'
I had received items with considerable effects until now, but I never expected to receive an item this close to a 'god's' ability.
'Why exactly are they suddenly giving something like this?'
Since an item better than I expected appeared, and a mythic-grade item at that, I felt more doubt than joy.
'Am I being too negative?'
Still, since it was definitely a considerable gain for now, I decided to put aside the thought.
"First, let's get out of here."
For now placing significance on achieving the objective, I decided to escape from the ruins.
