What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 457

Narak’s Sunken Ship (6)

“Hello…”

‘Thank you for saving me…’ I mumbled, dazed.

I had never seen such a being. Its sheer presence overwhelmed me.

Am I dreaming?

-Your vessel is so pretty, just like the moon in the night sky!

My lips didn’t move. The spirit spoke in a mystical voice.

“Th-thank you.”

As I stammered a reply, a dazzling smile spread across its radiant face.

The massive spirit body shone brightly like a supernova before slowly fading.

I wasn’t sure, but it seemed to find my reaction ‘interesting’.

The spirit looked like something out of a fantasy novel—though this *is* a fantasy novel.

The translucent, pale body was large enough to completely cover the black market, and its head reached high enough to touch the distant ceiling.

It was incomparably larger than His Majesty Hanan, whom I had met in the Chaum Ruins.

The spirit’s face and shoulders were very similar to a human’s, but below that, it flowed like a long curtain or dress.

Above its forehead, growths shaped like deer antlers extended grandly like a crown.

Its eyes were the color of rice bran with a subtle glow, and wildflowers and weeds were constantly blooming and withering all over its body.

The spirit itself was like a magnificent flower garden.

-Rustle, shaaah, charrrr…!

A faint realization belatedly struck me. I muttered, entranced.

“Could it be… Clawy?”

-I like that name!

The spirit, no, the ‘Heroic Spirit of Iran,’ replied happily!

Rophy flopped onto his back, exposing his belly.

Only then did I realize that the mattress we had fallen onto was on the spirit’s palm.

My mouth dropped open in awe.

Of course, it didn’t have real fingers, but it seemed to mimic the shape of a human hand as much as possible.

Around that time, Duke Jibril Diop, who had fallen on the opposite palm, caught my eye.

Fortunately, he also looked fine.

Wow…

“Oh my god, the Heroic Spirit is a real ‘Heroic Spirit’…”

-Ah, ticklish. Ticklish!

The voice and appearance, which made it impossible to tell its gender, felt very young and, at the same time, very old.

The sacred voice echoed brightly in the dark space.

I stared blankly at the divine being, who was happily swaying its shoulders.

Very slowly, that thought came to me.

It can still smile like that. That’s a relief.

“Me too, me too, I want to go down! Heineken!”

-Wait, little water droplet!

“Uncle!”

-Ouch, ticklish! You flying squirrels!

Thump, thump! A loud noise came from above.

When I raised my head in a flurry, I saw a lot of familiar faces sitting on the divine being’s antlers.

Ms. Gain! Crown Prince!

“Stella! Kina, Willem!”

Oh, oh, be careful! The three of them slid down the vines without exception.

As the Heroic Spirit sent a worried gaze, flower vines that looked like hammocks bloomed and caught the small bodies.

Soon, innocent laughter burst out.

It was a clear sound that didn’t suit the black market at all.

“Heineken!”

-Kkiuung!

“Oh my goodness, what’s going on? Are you okay? Is Demi okay?”

I quickly supported Ms. Gain, who was rushing down.

Her pink hair and blue eyes sparkled like seafoam.

“Yes, I’m totally fine! How about Heineken? Didn’t your can get dented?”

Hahaha. I laughed out loud at the gesture of checking my waist.

She continued her explanation in an excited voice.

“Noe came down with us and woke up Clawy. The divine being recognized him right away! They were really old friends!”

“It was really amazing! That person was crying and gently stroking the leaves like this…”

“The priest said to come together, not to hide, and to join forces to fight, like the heroes on the ground! And then Tete spat water here. Then suddenly Clawy grew! Grew! Grew!”

“Heo…”

The excited children waved their arms and told their war stories. It was amazing and amazing again.

I had a feeling that this route would be right since I sent the main characters up, but I really didn’t expect things to turn out this way.

Hugging the excited divine beasts, I looked up at the Heroic Spirit again.

Now that I saw it, there was another priest besides me on the divine being’s antler.

A small body, pale cheeks.

[Stop it, please! Remember your name!]

Suddenly, I remembered the voice from before. That was Noe!

[Please stop doing this! You’re doing this because you’re sick!]

The priest let out a painful cry.

‘Aung-oong.’ I tilted my head, giving ether [a magical energy or substance] to Tete, who was twitching his whiskers.

Her oracle [divine communication or message] was very strange.

Clearly, the voice echoed like the oracles of others, but for some reason, it felt empty. What is it?

That’s when it happened.

“Waaaaaaah!”

-Whoosh!

“The devil’s claw has awakened!”

-Clang! Clang, clang!

“Everyone, prepare to fight! That’s a seed that the devil secretly planted underground!”

-Zhiiiing, zhiiiing!

“Everyone, grab your weapons if you don’t want to become minions! Our future depends on it!”

‘Yiaaaa!’ The entire black market became as bright as day, and the shouts of the crowd poured out from the dark corners like a burst dam.

Here and there, underground black magicians popped out like moles.

No, it seems like the situation has changed like this for a while, but I realized it too late.

Startled, I could clearly feel what the Heroic Spirit was afraid of.

Kina and Willem quickly hugged the divine being’s vines.

Ms. Gain and I busily looked around.

“That person…”

At the top of the mansion, one side of which had completely collapsed, the shadow of a black magician stood proudly.

Before I knew it, the building with Rophy’s sacred fire was burning red.

The screams of those evacuating were sharp, and ashes and sparks rose behind Morhan.

However, she didn’t even blink an eye at Noe’s persuasion.

I quickly added an explanation.

“That’s Madam Morhan. She uses a total of 8 mana circles [magical formations]. I heard that she’s Noe’s younger sister, and she has a great attachment to her sister. She even hangs portraits in the vault corridor and sets the dial password as ‘Mine’.”

“…That’s not attachment, that’s obsession, Heineken. I heard that the two aren’t biological sisters.”

Ms. Gain frowned and whispered.

In the meantime, the Crown Prince, who had been guarding the informant, jumped down. Thud!

“Where’s the teacher?”

Then he lifted my hood with the hilt of his sword and clicked his tongue. Oh, right! Sir John!

“He’s still in the mansion!”

I shouted in a panic.

Did I take too many drugs? I had completely forgotten about him while overcoming the crisis of death! Elite Seo!

“The teacher went to find ‘something useful,’ Sixth Cousin. That basically means he went to catch Werner Venetian. But there’s still no news?”

What a surprise! Diop, who had approached unnoticed, cracked his wrist joints and said.

Fortunately, his ruby staff was also fine.

Kwagwagwagwang—! A roar of something exploding erupted from one side of the mansion.

I felt the blood drain from my cheeks.

The Crown Prince looked down at me and said casually.

“He is the one among us who needs your concern the least, so focus on the current situation.”

That’s a hundred times right, but can you do that at will!

[Your name isn’t Morhan, you know that too! You vaguely remember it, right?]

At that time, Noe, covered in tears, spat out shocking words.

We were horrified and raised our heads.

The expression on Morhan’s face was finally cracking after hearing those words.

And beyond the Heroic Spirit’s leash…

Wait, a leash?

“Stella, what is that?”

The feeling of my spine freezing was vivid.

Ms. Gain barely suppressed a curse in front of the children.

“If you look closely, it’s connected to the airship. It was originally designed to be invisible, but when Rophy bit off the head of the airship… it seems like it broke and was revealed.”

“It extracts the divine being’s life force like sap with that.”

Srrr… As soon as the two main characters finished speaking, the spirit body slowly turned its head and looked at me.

It had a sad face like a dying wild animal.

In an instant, my head went blank as if I had been hit in the back of the head with a club.

Looking again, the Heroic Spirit’s neck was chained with thick green chains.

At first glance, it looked like it was made of metal, but now I couldn’t not know.

-It hurts, it hurts because of this.

-It’s painful…

That was an old, stagnant, and foul-smelling black magic restraint.

A curse on divinity, created solely by human greed.

“How could they do such a thing…”

I quickly closed my mouth, which was gaping open with trembling lips.

This isn’t it. What’s important now isn’t ‘how’.

“Heroic Spirit.”

-Eung? Are you calling me?

“Yes, can’t you break it? The chain around your neck. Looking at your awakened appearance now, it seems possible enough.”

-Ah… I’m sorry, little moon. I don’t have much strength left now.

The Heroic Spirit’s eyes drooped. Kina and Willem sniffled.

-I don’t know about the other sisters’ hearts. But I don’t want to hurt humans.

-Blood is scary. I like warm and moist places.

-I was alone here at first. It was nice because there was no blood even though I was lonely. But since when did humans come…

-I said I didn’t like it, but the humans didn’t listen to me.

Ms. Gain grabbed the divine being’s branch. Her face was truly overwhelmed.

“Then why…”

Her eyes were asking why she didn’t beat them up thoroughly, why she didn’t tell them to get lost.

Yellow leaves began to fall on the divine being’s clear cheeks.

-Little water droplet, listen.

“…”

-There are far more warm humans in the world.

The Heroic Spirit said kindly. My throat choked up for a moment.

-There were more humans who poured spring water on me as they passed by than humans who hurt me here.

“Kill them, kill those bastards!”

“Yaaaaaa!” Far away, people holding torches and weapons were gathering in the grand plaza from alley to alley.

They were marching towards the place where the divine being’s roots were located.

Only a very few people ran away even after seeing such a magnificent being.

Most of them were united by fear and madness.

It was a last-ditch effort to avoid being deprived of the life that had dug into the bottom of the bottom, even into the ground.

At the top of the black market, Noe and Morhan’s tense confrontation continued.

The airship was staggering but still circling in the air.

[You said it, you wanted to be by my side until you die! But this isn’t our home!]

-Tutututututata!

-Kugugung, kwagwagwagwang…!

The Heroic Spirit softly bent its eyes even in the midst of all those threats.

-These flying squirrels gave me gifts every day. I was very happy.

“…”

-And an old friend came back and told me that he had never forgotten me!

“…”

-Today is a really good day!

It was a smile like the sun had risen in the basement. At the same time, the dark ceiling turned white.

We blankly raised our heads.

The starry sky that I had seen when I fell from the mansion a little while ago was unfolding before my eyes again.

Looking closely, the sparkles were obviously not stars.

They were all scrap metal hanging from the Heroic Spirit’s antlers.

That looks like a big nail, this looks like a spring from some machine, and that over there…

“Ah! We gave that! We gave it all!”

Bolsok, Willem raised his voice. Kina also pointed her finger without giving in.

“Uncle, look at that! There’s also the mana stone [a crystal containing magical energy] that my brother took care of last!”

“That’s right…”

The mana stone, which had been scrubbed clean with small hands, was sparkling with a particularly beautiful light.

What the siblings put in the black pit of the tree cave…

Uh? Wait. Wait a minute!

“Heroic Spirit, Heroic Spirit!”

-Eung, moon, moon.

“Why are those things hanging on your antlers sparkling? Did you decorate them yourself? There’s no way they would naturally shine like that, would they?”

I asked urgently, barely able to breathe properly.

‘Die, demon!’ ‘Heuaaaa!’ In the meantime, those who had advanced to the grand plaza were rushing at the divine being.

Ms. Gain gritted her teeth as she watched those wielding blades from afar. Following that—

“Hey! You’ve come to receive your death!”

Without anyone telling him to, Duke Diop grabbed his staff and jumped towards the grand plaza.

It’s really a grateful thing, but I didn’t even have the time to express my gratitude right now. Heroic Spirit, quickly!

-…How did you know? I can’t fool Moon!

“Please tell me in detail, it’s urgent!”

-Eung, I hid my strength little by little. Because they are precious memories, I tried to keep them from being destroyed…

That’s it! That’s exactly it!

“There must be roughly a thousand precious memories.”

“Okay, let’s use this to teach them all a lesson! The Heroic Spirit is not weak at all!”

Crown Prince Cedric and Ms. Gain quickly added.

Two pairs of red and blue eyes were burning fiercely with enthusiasm.

Then the divine being became very frightened.

The meadow covering the palm instantly withered.

-I don’t want to hurt, I don’t want to.

“Heroic Spirit, we’re not saying to hurt humans. We’re telling you this to help you regain your freedom.”

I quickly composed my expression and spoke in as calm a tone as possible.

Then the Heroic Spirit’s lips formed a circle.

-Freedom… ?”

“Yes. Aren’t you curious about the outside world? Don’t you want to see how the continent has changed over the past thousand years? Unbelievably amazing and wonderful things are waiting for the Heroic Spirit. Really.”

-….

Clear curiosity settled in its soy milk-like eyes.

I raised the corners of my lips and continued speaking.

“And if it’s the power you’ve hidden in those gifts, it’s enough to break the chains and go outside.”