Ch 249
『Title: Mysterious Cube< Is this the First Hero's Legacy???』
Content: No
The item name is ‘Mysterious Cube’, but
NPCs keep saying ‘Legacy of the First Hero’, so
Aha
Roughly, that setting?
Ok, confirmed
I roughly accepted it with that feeling, but
This is strange no matter how I look at it?
What kind of guy is this ‘Legacy of the First Hero’
If you want to inherit the Hero’s will, bring a Black Mage as a comrade?
Isn’t one of the main tasks of Heroes to defeat Black Mages?
-: Isn’t it about bringing a Black Mage who isn’t too dark, a moderately dark Black Mage?
-『Author』: What the hell is moderately dark, f ck
-: Ah, I get it
A bit of a Tough One, but
A Light Tough One who doesn’t bully guys
-: A Black Mage, but
Doesn’t use Black Magic
Shall we look for a Light Dark Mage?
-『Author』: No, then it’s not a Black Mage, f ck
-: Are you saying that Black Mages are bastards without exception?
-: It’s not easy to live as a Black Mage, seriously;
-: BLACK LIVES MATTER
-: What is that?
-: It’s that
Black people’s lives are a problem
A social movement slogan
-: It’s not easy for Black people to live in this day and age;;
-: You bastard
-『Author』: No
But is there really such a thing?
A Light Dark Mage?
A good Black Mage?
If I bring them, does it fulfill the entry conditions?
-: Would there be, f ck
-: In the first place, Black Magic is
Sucking up to demons and borrowing their power
But a Light Dark Mage is f ck
-: There could be Light Demons, right? ㅠㅠㅠ
-: What are these guys
Do they think everything is fine if you just add ‘Light’ in front?
-: Besides Light Demons, there might be Beach Demons
-: I want to serve a Beach Demon too…
-: I must punish that disobedient Black Mage! Slap!（sound of a whip）
-: That’s not punishment, it’s an industry award, isn’t it?
-: What? Whip?
A Black Mage who was picking herbs nearby experienced a mysterious increase in efficiency
-: F cking stop it
-『Author』: Seriously, stop it already
How is it that half of the answers are racial jokes, and the other half is nonsense?
-: No, but;;
There’s a reason;;
-『Author』: What reason, f ck
-: If I tell you that, it’ll be a spoiler;;
-『Author』: No, f ck, when did you ever care about people getting spoiled
-: Saying it like that, this is a Light Spoiler angle, yeah;
-: No, but
When I ask for a spoiler like that, I don’t want to give it
Am I weird?
-: That’s usually normal
-『Author』: Please, just stop your bullsh t
-: Ugh…
That Legacy of the First Hero
Isn’t actually the real Legacy of the First Hero
-『Author』: What nonsense is that, f ck
It’s the Legacy of the First Hero, but
Doesn’t pass on the legacy
Something like a Light Legacy of the First Hero?
-: That
The First Hero entrusted his legacy to his comrades
‘Make sure the legacy goes to the cool guys, you know what I mean, yeah’
But the guy who made that cube had this mindset
‘I don’t want to? I only recognize you as a Hero?’
So, first
He made that cube so that the future Hero descendants would receive the legacy, but
He set it up so that the Hero descendants would hardly be able to inherit the legacy, yeah
-: That’s why the item name is ‘Mysterious Cube’
He didn’t even name it and hid it so well that it’s impossible to find
-『Author』: What kind of sh t is this comrade doing, it’s like a sasaeng fan kicking away the ladder, seriously
Then what is this
Can’t be used even if I kill it?
-: But that
If you look closely, there really is a Light Demon
-『Author』: ?
-: There’s a demon that the Hero purified and became kind-eyed, if you find a Black Mage who follows that guy, you can go, yeah
He’s a Black Mage, but
He’s a Light Black Mage who is hostile to Black Mages
-『Author』: No, f ck, there really was a Light Black Mage
Where can I find him?
-: I’d rather not tell you that;
-『Author』: No, f ck, what
Is that a spoiler too?
-: No, this is a strategy guide, so it’s a bit…;
-『Author』: ?
-: Even if it’s a spoiler,
Giving a strategy guide is seriously; crossing the line
-: I agree with that
-『Author』: What kind of guys are you?
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Not even a faint breath could be heard.
Not even the slightest movement could be felt.
It was in a very deep sleep.
Along with the space it had created.
The expression of the thing that had fallen into a sleep from which it could not awaken by itself looked very peaceful.
As if wishing that the stagnation of time would last forever.
As if wishing that it would be forever trapped here and never awaken.
But its wind breaks.
By the gentle flow of the atmosphere touching its skin.
The stopped time began to move again.
Thump.
Along with its heart.
A small being lying on a neatly folded mantle opened its eyes.
“Mmm.”
As it stretched, magnificent wings like the stained glass of a cathedral moved along its arms.
Fairy.
The small being, called by such a name by someone, began to enjoy the time that had begun to move again and its flow.
But only for a moment.
The fairy gazed at the empty void with a hopeless gaze.
“It’s finally over. This peace. This moment.”
The fairy questioned.
Who is it, after all.
What woke me up.
What visited this place.
“Naturally, it wouldn’t be you.”
The fairy stroked the mantle underneath with a wistful touch.
The fairy’s expression, chasing memories, was colored with various emotions.
Sometimes it smiled pleasantly, and sometimes it sighed sadly.
Then it nodded calmly, and then it contorted its face horribly.
“Your successor…”
The fairy clenched its small fist with all its might.
A fierce energy began to sweep around, contrasting with its small movements.
“To replace you… that’s impossible…”
Eventually, the fairy looked straight ahead.
In the direction of the entrance to the space it had created.
To the place where the uninvited guest was invited.
“I absolutely can’t accept it.”
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“You’re all late, I’m going to become that old man!”
Lisir made his usual pointless joke to soothe his confusion.
His comrades, who had told him to go ahead and wait, had not appeared no matter how long he waited.
The Legacy of the First Hero.
It had been quite some time since they had been swallowed by the light it spewed out and thrown into another space.
The others still hadn’t arrived, and there was no sign of them doing so.
Lisir desperately wished for anyone to break this awkward silence.
━”Such inferior worms!? My Master, who shines brighter than the sun!!! To be eliminated for not being able to follow such a Master!?”
It happened.
A Grayish-White Fire Spirit that had appeared out of nowhere shouted as if it were suffocating.
“Ha.”
Lisir unconsciously let out a chuckle.
Even in this situation, the spirits（?） of his inner world were by his side without incident.
Lisir suddenly had such a thought.
‘Could it be that my party members are fixed to these guys? That’s why I’m separated from other people who aren’t party members?’
And then he immediately shook his head.
‘It’s not like a game. It wouldn’t be like that.’
Because it was a too stupid way of thinking even for himself.
Of course, it wasn’t a completely meaningless thought.
“It’s nice to hear your voice, Dangaleon. Should I say it’s reassuring to have you here even in this situation?”
The existence of the spirits who remained by his side even in this unexpected situation!
Lisir, who suddenly became aware of their presence, felt the anxiety he had been feeling fading away.
-Re, reassuring!?! Kuaaaaaak!!!
A strange glow was added to the dark interior of the shared space.
A grayish-white fireball blazed fiercely.
-This ultimate honor!!! My Master trusts me!!! This, the warm flame of Dangaleon, who becomes a true comrade!!! I swear on my existence, I will perfectly fill the void left by those worms!!!
The view ahead was revealed by Dangaleon’s outburst.
Lisir stepped forward, saying it was just as well.
He judged that continuing to silently wait for his comrades was not wise.
Above all-
The intuition formed through his past experiences was speaking to him.
‘Maybe. The others might be okay. It’s only me who was swept away by the power of that ‘item’.’
So.
I don’t have to worry about the others.
Let’s focus on solving the situation I’m in right now.
Lisir came to that conclusion.
His hesitation gone, his feet strode across the dark shared space.
Eventually, he arrived at the entrance located at the end of the shared space.
-Uuum!!! Master!!! My feeling is bad!!! An darkness that even Dangaleon’s magnificent flames cannot illuminate!?!
Dangaleon shone his light on the passage beyond the entrance and shouted.
As he said, the passage beyond the entrance was filled with an unilluminated darkness and a strange aura.
And it was narrow.
Only one person could pass through.
-Master!!! I’ve had a brilliant idea!!!
“Oh. Let’s hear it, Dangaleon, the light of the brilliant lightbulb.”
-Considering that I have found a use for those pathetic worms, it seems to be a plan that will satisfy Master! Take a little more time to wait for the arrival of those worms, and send those worms beyond to check for safety! Like throwing a torch into a deep pit!
“Oh, this is really amazing~?”
Lisir said that and threw himself into the entrance.
He didn’t completely dismiss Dangaleon’s statement.
As the Light Spirit（?） had advised, he imagined a situation where he was with his comrades for a moment.
If he had been with his comrades-
How would he have dealt with this narrow passage that only one person could pass through.
That was the conclusion and action he came up with.
Lisir was the kind of person who thought it was right for him to take the lead in this situation and take responsibility.
-Master!?! Please reconsider━ What if something unfortunate happens-…!
The spirit（?） tried to dissuade him from behind in horror-
“It’s okay. I’ll be able to handle it. Probably.”
That confidence, slightly tinged with anxiety—and therefore all the more firm—persuaded the spirit（?）.
It was the will to recognize the danger and willingly endure it.
-!!!
The grayish-white fireball blazed even more fiercely.
Just as the spirit was about to follow without hesitation, it was then.
“What!?”
-No!?
Lisir and Dangaleon looked around in surprise.
The opposite side of the passage, where endless darkness stretched, began to fill with light.
At the same time, the narrow passage expanded rapidly.
“Suddenly?”
Lisir braced himself for any unforeseen circumstances, but the thing he feared never happened.
“…What? What happened?
-Ah! Master! I understand!!!
“Oh, you figured something out!?”
-This narrow space is filled with the majesty of Master’s existence!!!
“…No, it’s amazing. Do you think of those words beforehand? Or do you come up with them on the spot?”
Lisir expressed his admiration, and proceeded through the passage.
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The Sword’s Owner raised the Holy Sword.
Then, it began to drive away the darkness spread before it, emitting a holy light.
“…It’s too dark.”
But it was insufficient.
The darkness and mystery within the passage could not be illuminated even by the Holy Sword’s light.
“In that case, someone has to go and check━”
As one of his comrades spoke, the Sword’s Owner immediately raised his hand.
“No!”
His comrades tried to dissuade the Sword’s Owner-
The Sword’s Owner calmed his comrades.
That it would be alright.
That nothing would happen.
“Nothing will happen! How can you be so sure!? Do you know what’s waiting inside!?”
“…”
However, that courage was only seen as recklessness by his comrades.
The Sword’s Owner couldn’t convince them in the end.
“It’s too narrow… If we move as a group, there’s a high chance that we’ll hinder each other’s movements in an emergency.”
“What about moving with intervals?”
“That won’t work either. No matter how I think about it, it’s best for one person to go ahead.”
“Then━”
His comrades decided on the order, and the last one was the Sword’s Owner.
The reason was simple.
“If anything happens to you, that’s really the end!”
One by one.
His comrades headed towards the other side of the passage.
The Sword’s Owner could only watch them, trusting his comrades.
As even the last comrade disappeared beyond the passage-
Just as the Sword’s Owner was starting to struggle with anxiety-
“Ah.”
A sigh of relief escaped.
As the inside of the passage brightened and widened, his comrades appeared.
The Sword’s Owner smiled humbly as he looked at his comrades.
As expected.
He couldn’t do it without his comrades.
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“What’s this again?”
Lisir, having reached the end of the passage and entered a new space.
He chuckled.
Something was waiting for him in the shared space, which resembled a training ground in size.
Clang.
An ominous black armor that swallowed the light-
A knight clad in it came towards him with a sword.
“…Huh?”
Lisir’s expression turned serious.
The sword the knight was holding was somehow familiar.
“Dark Sword… No, no.”
On closer inspection, it was different from the Dark Sword.
However, the sword was clearly filled with an immense and ominous aura comparable to the Dark Sword.
Swoosh-
The black armor and sword resonated, creating an ominous sound like the wind blowing through dry branches.
The ominous aura, visible to the eye, seemed to shout with will.
To draw a sword worthy of opposing it.
Holy Sword.
To oppose it with that holy precious sword.
Lisir recalled that this was a place prepared for the Hero—or a trial.
He looked down at his hand.
“…This.”
Lisir chuckled playfully.
A familiar weight.
In its place, a Blue Lotus was held there as if it were natural.
“Well, it doesn’t matter.”
But he didn’t mind much.
Lisir rushed towards the black knight without hesitation.
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“Huff… Huff…”
The Sword’s Owner and his comrades were gasping for breath.
Before them lay the black knight.
“That was close…”
One of his comrades muttered as he looked down at it.
The black knight had overwhelmed their party, wielding an ominous and tyrannical power and energy that was difficult to handle.
“Just thinking about it makes me dizzy. If we didn’t have the Holy Sword…”-
It was that great sword that saved them from the crisis.
The holy aura inherent in the Holy Sword!
Without it, the black knight would have caused a terrible situation beyond simply struggling.
“…”
The Sword’s Owner also nodded in agreement and smiled humbly once more.
As expected.
He was nothing without this Holy Sword.
“Sword’s Owner”
At that moment.
A dreamy voice was heard, like flower petals scattering in the wind.
Looking towards the direction from which the voice came, a tiny being was floating in the air.
Fairy.
The Sword’s Owner immediately recognized the fairy’s identity and was shocked.
And for good reason.
That fairy was the First Hero’s-…
“Shuyen!”
The Sword’s Owner called out her name with emotion.
The name remembered as the First Hero’s comrade.
Was she here to greet him, as the First Hero’s comrade and his descendant?
“I will ask you.”
It wasn’t.
The spirit spoke in a dry tone.
“What are you?”
The gaze looking down from above was rough, as if completely denying the other party.
“What meaning do you have without your comrades and the Holy Sword?”
“…!”
The Sword’s Owner couldn’t answer the cold voice.
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-Master!!! As expected, you are Master!!!
The spirit（?） shouted incessantly, emphasizing its presence.
It had to be done that way.
“Hoo…”
The battle between Lisir and the black knight.
It tried to intervene repeatedly to help, but in the end, Lisir won by his own strength.
In the first place.
That battle wasn’t something the spirit（?） could help with.
The black armor and sword possessed an unfathomable solidity that could withstand any magic or power.
Lisir’s unique power.
Its overwhelming purification ability!
Only that could neutralize the power imbued in the black sword and armor.
“Hmm…”
After the battle.
Lisir was lost in thought.
‘I can feel some intention in the structure of the dungeon（?）, but…’
He never forgot that this place was where he had arrived through the Legacy of the First Hero.
The confusion stems from that.
The passage that was too easy to break through.
The obstacle that was too easily neutralized.
‘I don’t know what that intention is…’
Anyway, victory is victory.
Lisir was satisfied, rested, and immediately tried to move forward again.
“Sword’s Owner.”
“Huh?”
A dreamy voice was heard then, like stars scattering in the wind.
Fairy.
That mysterious being, who had appeared out of nowhere, was looking down at Lisir from above.
With a contemptuous gaze, as if denying the other’s existence.
“I will ask you━”
Her words were cut short.
The fairy’s gaze wandered around him.
Eventually.
The fairy frowned and showed confusion.
“Where did you go?”
“?”
“The Holy Sword and your comrades!”
Lisir’s face turned incredulous at the fairy’s sudden interrogation.
‘You’re the ones who abandoned them…’
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