Novel Will Be Taken Down on 17 May or Earlier Chapter 104 - It stinks

[Name: Grandfel Claudie Arpheus Romeo]

 

[Title: The Last Adventurer]

 

[Class: Demon Hunter]

 

[Level: 377]

 

[Stat]

 

Strength: 62 / Agility: 66 / Mana: 287 / Luck: 6 / Aesthetic: Low

 

[Point: 44]

 

Karimjeva was not a monster. Naturally, this meant that I didn’t get experience points.

 

So I raised 44 levels just by hunting the demons…!

 

‘…It’s great.’

 

In the Arcana system.

 

The higher the level, the more experience points required to level up increased exponentially.

 I also felt the system’s viciousness in the [Predator’s Swamp].

 

I couldn’t believe I went up 44 levels.

 

But I wasn’t surprised.

 

I recited calmly.

 

“This achievement is a given.”

 

Needless to say, it was only natural.

 

Yeah, I had hunted a lot of demons.

 

Besides, the demons were not ordinary demons.

 

They were the subordinates of the demon king, the high-ranking one at that.

 

‘There was definitely an army commander involved.’

 

I didn’t remember many messages that appeared.

 

Besides, I was distracted by the battle between Senios and Karimjeva at the time.

 

Some people might ask in shock.

 

I can’t believe you’ve knocked down so many demons while being distracted.

 

Did you think I could afford to do so?

 

Of course, I couldn’t and I had my circumstance.

 

‘A very pathetic circumstance, at that.’

 

Senios’ ice magic.

 

Karimjeva’s fire magic.

 

The two supernatural magic had collided and turned into pure magic.

 

This was possible because the two properties were polar opposites.

 

Thanks to this, I was able to freely use the pure magical energy that was flowing around the rupture.

 

‘Like how I interfered with Banglet’s magic.’

 

It was the magic of two elder mages, demigods.

 

The amount of mana allowed me to manifest magic as if it were water.

 

Of course, I lost a little experience point because it wasn’t my mana, but I blamed my conscience.

 

Not only that.

 

‘It was a battle on a different level.’

 

If it was Lee Hoyeol, the battle would’ve been too overwhelming to watch,

 

In the battle of two demigods, I witnessed something.

 

I noticed it because of Grandfel’s talent.

 

To put it into words.

 

Awakened.

 

I had felt like I opened up my eyes that had been closed.

 

I had felt like I woke up my eyes and looked into a ‘higher’ state of magic.

 

『His innate magical talent is such that he can imitate most magic just by looking.』

 

And thanks to unconsciously imitating that state.

 

I made the army commander sick with ‘fear’.

 

I was even able to kill Karimjeva with [『oddity』] in the end.

 

I could be certain.

 

The state actually existed.

 

Well, I had experience.

 

Even in the days when I was ignorant about magic.

 

Exploration, interference, and manifestation.

 

I had immediately grasped the structure of magic.

 

An experience that benefited greatly from Grandfel’s talent.

 

The fact that the state existed meant that I could recognize it.

 

Of course.

 

“Unfortunately, the view is blurry.”

 

The state was literally the state that belonged to demigods.

 

At that time, I had unconsciously immersed myself.

 

It was just an imitation of the state.

 

To put it simply, Senios and Karimjeva had forced me to wake up my eyes for a short time.

 

‘Even if I like taking the easy path….’

 

It would stab my conscience to surpass the level of a demigod at only level 377.

 

But I ended up having an opinion that stabbed my conscience more than anything else.

 

“But oddity is no less than that.”

 

Yeah, that wasn’t wrong.

 

Because I defeated Karimjeva, who had reached the high level, through [『oddity』. Knowing that fact gave me a goal. This time, I was just following the state.

 

‘If I could wake up my eyes and manifest [『oddity』] by my own power.’

 

At that time, I really wouldn’t be a pathetic person.

 

I didn’t know when that would happen.

 

However, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

 

Distributing the stat points was part of that step.

 

‘The class quest rewards are enough for strength and agility stat.’

 

Just like always.

 

I was about to put all my points into mana but then stopped.

 

‘…Why is it 44 points?’

 

44 level-ups.

 

Two deaths each.

 

I was the one who had said.

 

I had declared that I was non-religious and that I didn’t believe in God.

 

It was a little weird to be swayed by superstitions.

 

[Mana: 331]

 

As promised.

 

I invested all my points into mana and shifted my gaze.

 

I checked my immediate goal, the quest window.

 

– Identify the forces involved in the Holy War. (In Progress)

 

• Encounter the Saint of the Goddess Church. (In Progress)

 

First of all, I needed to figure out what kind of person the Saint of the Goddess Church was. Of course, I didn’t have to get out of my seat. I said shamelessly.

 

“This is also an oddity.”

 

Don’t make a big deal of web surfing on the Mage Tower, Grandfel.

 

‘Later on, you will say that even very early morning delivery is an oddity.’

 

I searched for information about the Goddess Church.

 

‘…What?’

 

And I regretted it.

 

I should’ve invested 1 point in luck.

 

Because the demon hunter’s sense of smell was telling me.

 

‘There’s a saintess, but there’s no saaaaint?!’

 

The Goddess Church was fishy!

 

*

 

The arrival of Muon, the Holy Land of the Goddess Church.

 

The person who was more excited about the update history than anyone else was none other than Bohemian’s guild master, Gyver.

 

Gyver recalled the humiliation in the last rupture, [Predator’s Swamp].

 

‘It’s a humiliation that I want to forget.’

 

The [Predator’s Swamp] rupture was created in Europe.

 

Thanks to that, Bohemian entered the rupture with the full support of the EU.

 

However, the attack on the rupture ended in failure.

 

The goal of showing the greatest performance?

 

The moment Lee Hoyeol appeared.

 

It was out of his hand.

 

‘There’s nothing to regret about that.’

 

However, even if he excluded Lee Hoyeol, it was a huge failure.

 

It was all because of his own misjudgment.

 

The greed of trying to catch two named monsters at the same time.

 

What he had lost because of that mistake was too great.

 

‘I don’t have the face to see everyone.’

 

There were guild members who were killed during the battle.

 

He couldn’t help but fall for that pattern.

 

He couldn’t even make an excuse.

 

As expected, it was because of Hoyeol.

 

Because Hoyeol acted as if he knew everything.

 

‘Gaon, Inazuma, and Berserker joined forces to respond.’

 

With that judgment, Hoyeol succeeded in sprouting the seed of World Tree. He realized that the gap between him and Hoyeol was so big that having an inferiority complex toward him was embarrassing.

 

However.

 

He had an opportunity to wash away his sorrow.

 

Muon, the Holy Land of the Goddess Church, appeared!

 

Gyver’s class was paladin.

 

He was also a paladin chosen to carry out the class quest.

 

Although he wasn’t a paladin of the Goddess Church, there was something in common between the Churches.

 

‘And we had a friendly relationship with the Goddess Church.’

 

He himself was quite close to the NPCs of the Goddess Church.

 

If he took that into account…

 

Gyver thought hard.

 

No matter how many times he pressed the calculator.

 

‘Rather than exploiting the ruptures, this is a more profitable business.’

 

He might receive a quest.

 

No, even if he didn’t receive a quest, Muon was definitely in a state of confusion right now.

 

Like a bolt out of the blue. They teleported from the Arcana continent to Earth.

 

‘I can increase intimacy in the process of explaining.’

 

That dream wasn’t in vain.

 

Gyver didn’t hesitate.

 

As soon as Muon’s coordinates appeared, he headed straight to Muon.

 

However.

 

“…Gyver, something is strange.”

 

It wasn’t the Muon he imagined.

 

It didn’t look like it was in flames or in the hands of the demons like it was with Frost.

 

A pure white fortress.

 

Muon was just the same as when Arcana was a game.

 

“Gyver, those on the castle wall are paladins…?”

 

Yeah.

 

It was the same except for the paladins who were casting hostile gazes from the top of the castle wall.

 

As expected, the reporters gathered at the scene.

 

They noticed Giver’s arrival and asked him a question.

 

“It’s not common for paladins to move, is it?”

 

“…”

 

Nod–

 

Gyver nodded silently.

 

It meant that the church had moved the paladins.

 

Gyver was the player who knew that better than anyone else.

 

‘But I’ve never seen the paladins on that magnitude.’

 

The largest religion on the Arcana continent.

 

As a sacred place for the Goddess Church.

 

Muon had a fortress comparable to most large cities.

 

There was no gap in sight on the walls of Muon. The paladins were lined up tightly on the castle wall.

 

“…There seems to be some misunderstanding.”

 

Amidst the barrage of questions.

 

Gyver opened his mouth with difficulty.

 

That was the only way he could explain it.

 

‘There’s no reason to be hostile toward us, is there?’

 

There was definitely a misunderstanding.

 

But it wasn’t a misunderstanding.

 

There was a sound coming from Muon.

 

Booo–!

 

It was the sound of a horn.

 

Soon, the loud sound that drew attention stopped.

 

He heard a voice.

 

“We await the Judgment Day in Muon, the Holy Land of the Goddess Church.”

 

“Everything is arranged by the Saintess. We don’t need any help.”

 

“So anyone who approaches Muon.”

 

A declaration followed.

 

“We will punish you in the name of the Goddess.”

 

A clear declaration of hostility towards humanity.

 

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[Breaking News] Muon, the Holy Land of the Goddess Church, “I don’t want to talk.”

 

[Breaking News] EU, “We have deep regrets and want to resolve the misunderstanding.”

 

[Breaking News] Gyver, 1st in paladin ranking, “This situation is definitely serious.”

 

[Breaking News] AAU, “We are currently assessing the situation…”

 

──────

 

Muon’s attitude was completely different from what they imagined.

 

Back when Arcana was a game.

 

When they thought about the actions of the Goddess Church, the shock was bound to be even greater.

 

“I understand to some extent. Updated NPCs… Arcanains who were summoned to reality were like that at first. Because they were suddenly dropped into an unfamiliar world.”

 

Yoon Sookyum nodded at Sung Hyunjoon’s words.

 

“But that’s too much, isn’t it? Sunbae, have you checked the satellite images?”

 

As long as Muon, the Goddess Church, showed hostility.

 

AAU also couldn’t sit back and watch.

 

Naturally, AAU operated the satellite and took pictures of the inside of Muon.

 

Click–

 

He clicked the mouse.

 

A panoramic view of Muon came up on Sung Hyunjoon’s monitor.

 

“First of all, the number of paladins is ridiculous. At a minimum, there are tens of thousands. Up to 100,000 people. You know how much money it takes to train a paladin, don’t you?”

 

“I know. But still. Let’s just say it’s possible because it is the Goddess Church, the largest religion on the Arcana continent. The question is, when did it start?”

 

“Yes, that’s what I want to ask, too.”

 

“It would take an enormous amount of time to train paladins of that caliber… Since when?”

 

Everything was arranged by the Saintess.

 

They didn’t need help.

 

Just as they declared.

 

Muon didn’t seem to lack anything.

 

Food, clothing, and shelter, everything was self-sufficient in Muon.

 

“It’s basically a small country.”

 

“Is this arrangement real?”

 

“As if they’ve been preparing for a day like this…”

 

Huft–

 

Not only did he sigh spontaneously, he started to have a headache.

 

Above all, he wanted to avoid this kind of twist.

 

“It was just yesterday that I had an hour of rest thanks to Lee Hoyeol…”

 

From emergency updates to regular updates.

 

It was just a bunch of nonsense…

 

But they had to do something.

 

Click clack–

 

Yoon Sookyum said, tapping on the keyboard.

 

“First of all, I guess some of the players will move.”

 

“…When you said they will move, do you mean they will approach Muon?”

 

“Hn, they seem to be players who transferred jobs in the Goddess Church.”

 

“Oh, that’s possible, isn’t it?”

 

“That’s right. They’re on their side, though.”

 

So, wouldn’t it be possible to have a conversation to a certain extent?

 

However, he didn’t expect much. As he said, the misunderstanding seemed very deep and old. He could tell just by looking at the paladin’s sharp warning.

 

‘They said it was an arrangement…?’

 

Yoon Sookyom reflected on their words.

 

“They definitely said they were waiting for ‘Judgment Day.'”

 

Naturally, he didn’t know what Judgment Day was.

 

The only thing that could be known from the horn declaration was who the ‘saintess’ was.

 

[Saintess, Freiza].

 

From the days when Arcana was just a game.

 

She was a figure who was considered to be a symbol of the Goddess.

 

“Where should I look?”

 

To know what Judgment Day and her arrangements were.

 

He needed to look up her settings.

 

Yoon Sookyum accessed the AAU database.

 

‘Even if it’s simple, there should be some information left.’

 

He searched for information about the saintess, Freiza.

 

However, no search results came up.

 

Yoon Sookyum was startled.

 

“…This doesn’t make sense”

 

Freiza was an NPC that existed from the time when Arcana was just a game.

 

She was also an important NPC who was a saintess of the Goddess Church.

 

This couldn’t be.

 

Yoon Sookyum accessed the company messenger.

 

‘Even if there are no records left, it should remain in the memory card.’

 

Well, just like the Demon King Decarabia.

 

At least the person in charge of Freiza’s settings should know something.

 

There seemed to be some employees who thought similarly to Yoon Sookyum.

 

They were already inquiring about information about Freiza.

 

Click clack–

 

Clack–

 

Tak–

 

Soon, Yoon Sookyum’s finger stopped moving.

 

He opened his mouth in a low voice.

 

“…It’s not here.”

 

“Yes? What isn’t here? Ah, caffeine? Do you want me to buy you a drink?”

 

“No. It’s not that.”

 

He continued speaking with a mesmerized look.

 

“There is not a single person who planned the saintess, Freiza.”

 

*

 

Freiza.

 

Saintess of the Goddess Church.

 

She had been a famous NPC since Arcana was a game…

 

Well, in the past, I would have just assumed she was an Arcanain and moved on.

 

I saw that it said saint instead of saintess in the quest window, so I would have wondered if there was a typo. Rather, I would have gotten suspicious of the quest.

 

But I knew.

 

After the Cataclysm.

 

It had only been a few years since ruptures began to appear.

 

The existence of demons had already been cleverly hidden in reality and society.

 

It must be even worse the Arcana continent, which was the home of demons.

 

Even 10 years ago, when I played Arcana. Wasn’t there a quest to hunt demons that possessed humans?

 

So, I had serious doubts.

 

‘Isn’t Freiza, the saintess, is the demon?”

 

Let’s say this was the Arcana continent.

 

If I had said those thoughts out loud.

 

One of every three people would have thrown stones at me.

 

From the point of view of the Goddess Church, there would be nothing more blasphemous.

 

But unfortunately.

 

‘I’m already more than half sure.’

 

Above all, it was stated in the class quest.

 

A saint existed, but a saintess didn’t.

 

And at this moment.

 

Muon’s attitude deepened my doubts.

 

“Waiting for Judgment Day on Muon…”

 

Indeed.

 

Even if I tried to be open-minded.

 

Even if I looked at quests without prejudice.

 

Grandfel’s pride couldn’t understand it.

 

Goddess Church.

 

Even though they had so many believers.

 

And even though they trained tens of thousands of amazing paladins. Why did they wait until the continent was wrecked by the demons?

 

Were they just sucking their fingers at Muon? Just waiting for Judgment Day.

 

It was the saint, Freiza, who encouraged the outrageous act.

 

Noblesse Oblige.

 

How could Grandfel’s pride tolerate such a behavior?

 

I recited indifferently.

 

“That irresponsible behavior is proof that God doesn’t exist.”

 

In any case, I needed to find out the truth.

 

I needed to track the movements of the Goddess Church on the Arcana continent.

 

I didn’t about other players, but it wasn’t difficult for me.

 

It was the saintess’ arrangement, they said?

 

Yeah, I also had an arrangement.

 

I had an informant planted in the Arcana continent.

 

The spirit of the forest, nymph.

 

I’d have to head to a rupture to summon the nymph.

 

Come to think of it, there was a rupture created by this update.

 

I checked the update history.