I Give Up on Conquering the Heroines

Episode 51. Elvengarde (4)

“Actually, about three months ago, a dungeon appeared at the root of the World Tree.”

“Mistress. The story is…”

“It doesn’t matter. After all, you’ve witnessed all of Elvengarde’s humiliation. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about.”

Despite the elders’ dissuasion.

Mia steps forward and continues speaking.

The elders also gave up trying to stop him and became quiet.

It appears that the priestess’s power is stronger than expected.

“Please explain in more detail.”

“3 Months ago. While I was interacting with the World Tree like any other day, I sensed demonic energy. I had an ominous feeling, so I dug up the ground and investigated. A huge stone gate had formed at the root of the World Tree.”

“It’s a dungeon.”

“That’s right. Since it was created at the root of a sacred tree, naturally there was a movement to rescue it. Brave elves volunteered to form a battle group and entered the dungeon. The result was a crushing defeat. No one could survive the third time in the dungeon. “We couldn’t get past the room. There were many casualties, and attempts to conquer the dungeon gradually decreased and eventually stopped. That’s how we got to where we are now.”

Is this a dungeon that you have given up on conquering?

However, since it is a dungeon that is not on the mercenaries’ map, it is not the Blackstar Dungeon.

“How many people know this?”

“No one except the high-ranking people of Elvengarde and you.”

I fold my arms for a moment and get lost in thought.

A dungeon created at the root of the World Tree.

This is a story that has never been heard in the past 12 episodes, let alone in the game story.

What this means is that it is a setting arbitrarily added to the system to match probability.

Then what was the setting that had the hole this time?

It is self-explanatory.

‘The world tree will fall into Kali’s hands overnight. That was a bit strange.’

It is a tree that has been given divine status, but it is corrupted and controlled by one of the Four Heavenly Kings?

Even though Kali is a former druid, I feel like this is too much.

But what if Kali hadn’t come six months later and taken control of the World Tree?

What if the World Tree has been slowly encroaching on the dungeon for 3 months from now, over a period of 9 months?

Then Adari is somewhat correct.

Furthermore, they said that demonic energy flows out of the dungeon.

Magic energy is not detected in normal dungeons.

It means that there are four heavenly kings inside.

“I kept this a secret even from the Great Spirits… But for some reason, the Great Spirit of Fire found out. The Great Spirit of Fire said that the World Tree is endlessly resurrected anyway, so it burned the entire tree. “They were adamant that we should abandon them. But since we continued to refuse, I think they ended up trying to push us by force…”

Mia says, lowering her head as if she is embarrassed.

Now I finally understand the situation.

From Ifrit’s perspective, the dungeon that was created in the World Tree must have been very annoying.

The position was to burn it down because it might have any effect on the world tree in the future.

Considering that the World Tree would later become corrupted, Ifrit’s intuition was correct.

On the other hand, elves will have to become nomads from the day the world tree disappears.

Since we have to go on an endless journey until we find the resurrected World Tree, I guess I couldn’t agree with Taeja’s opinion.

It is understandable that Ifrit was so frustrated that he tried to burn it down.

‘If I had passed by without knowing, I would have been in big trouble.’

I obtained valuable information that I did not know even after repeating the regression 12 times.

An opportunity to prevent a catastrophe in 6 months.

And in the beginning, we had the opportunity to eliminate the Four Heavenly Kings, Kali.

“Why don’t you entrust the request to me? I will eliminate the dungeon.”

“Yes…?”

We must hurry.

It is easy to mistakenly believe that there is 6 months left until the World Tree falls, but in reality, this is not the case.

In fact, the corruption ended a long time ago, but the transformation into a tree of death may still be six months away.

There is no way to know exactly how much time we have left.

Just prepare as quickly as possible, rush in, and kill Kali.

That’s the best.

“Please hand over the information about the dungeon. Testimony from an experienced person is also good.”

“Now, wait a minute…!”

At that time, Alicia grabbed my sleeve and pulled me.

The expression on his face is quite urgent.

After asking for understanding for a moment and listening to Alicia, she whispers softly.

“Are you sure? Do you know how important the elves consider the World Tree? It means that if there was a dungeon created in such a World Tree, they really tried to eliminate it by any means possible. But the fact that they failed is so difficult that it is beyond imagination. “It’s high.”

“Why? Are you scared? If you’re scared, you can leave.”

“Yes, it’s true that you’re scared. So, let’s do this job alone.”

“But how much compensation will we get if we solve a problem that the elves are too embarrassed to tell the outside world? Combined with stopping the Great Spirit, I think we will be given a huge reward. If you don’t want to receive it, well, what can we do? “I can’t do it. I eat it all by myself…”

“Bird, I’ve changed my mind. I want to go in too.”

Alicia is startled and quickly changes her words.

That’s right.

I exchanged the reward for saving Elvengarde for information about the dungeon.

It would be a shame to give up without conquering the dungeon here.

A wizard has joined the attack party.

“Mijeong is…”

“······Huh?”

Mijung looks up at me with something buried in her mouth.

There is nothing to ask.

If the owner wants to go, then he goes.

I wiped my mouth with a napkin and then faced Mia again.

“So. Would you like to entrust the request?”

“How do you plan on getting paid?”

I just finished worrying about that too.

It is a reward that can be easily given away in Elvengarde, but its value is definitely not small.

“I will receive a portion of the rights of the World Tree. How about replacing my compensation by receiving all future prophecies?”

“······.”

Even though it is covered by her white veil, Mia’s expression seems to harden.

Even the elders cannot hide their embarrassed expressions.

Prophecy of the World Tree.

If you look at each thing individually, it seems like it is not as good as the tarot readings provided by a quack fortune teller.

If dozens or hundreds of prophecies are gathered together, the story is different.

Until the moment I go to catch the final boss, I have to overcome at least 5 deaths.

4 Four Heavenly Kings and 1 final boss.

Every time, I would have to gamble with my life.

It would be great if we could know the future and prepare for it, even if only slightly.

“Can you please give me a moment? It seems difficult to give an immediate answer here.”

“Of course. Please take your time and answer. However, if you wait too long, something may happen to the World Tree, so it would be better to hurry.”

“······.”

Stand up with a little warning.

I shake hands with the stern-faced elders and leave the restaurant.

Before I knew it, Alicia was next to me and asked with a worried look on her face.

“You…Did something happen to you in the dungeon? Why can’t you do anything about the dungeon?”

“You don’t need to know. Even if I tell you, you won’t understand.”

“······.”

Anyway, at this point, not even the existence of the Four Heavenly Kings is known, let alone the existence of the final boss.

If I shout out loud that the destruction of the world can only be prevented by destroying the dungeon, they will only treat me like a madman.

“I think I can understand.”

“Wow.”

When she turns her head and laughs, Alicia puffs out her cheeks and looks very pouty.

There is no need to know now.

“Get ready. As soon as they tell me they’re giving me a request, I’ll enter the dungeon right away.”

“How can we be sure?”

“That’s because I made an offer I couldn’t refuse.

She said she would take her time, but it was already obvious what the answer would be.

Anyway, it’s only a matter of time before we take on the request.

So, we need to become stronger in a short period of time.

“Let’s rent a training room. Teach me magic using the attributes.”

This is the perfect time to learn magic.

***

“Absolutely not. Passing over all of the World Tree’s prophecies would be the same as selling the future of Elvengarde.”

“There is a risk that the entire national policy will be read. This means that it could pose a huge threat to security.”

“Still, wouldn’t the World Tree’s prophecy be cheap? If it weren’t for those humans, we would have been wandering around with 100,000 refugees by now.”

“It is true that it is a cheap price. It removes dangerous elements from the main body of the World Tree…”

Opinions are divided.

Mia sat in the conference room where her argument took place and sighed quietly.

The World Tree’s prophecy may be somewhat vague, but its accuracy is certain.

Therefore, Elvengarde had a very high dependence on prophecy.

Thanks to this, the benefits gained are also significant.

Therefore, the choice to permanently sell off the World Tree’s prophecy was not an easy one to make.

Both sides had a point.

But Mia seemed to already know what the outcome would be in the end.

“Ugh.”

“Are you okay, priestess?”

“Don’t worry. I’ll take a short break.”

A sudden headache hit Mia’s head.

I don’t think the meeting will come to a conclusion anyway.

Mia quietly got up from her seat and left her conference room, running her hands through her throbbing head.

“Mr. Priestess. Let’s take a look and see if there are any of those humans out there…”

“It’s okay. We already faced each other anyway. That human is not the kind of person who would do something bad.”

Her head hurts and she is dying, but her servants look around and block her outside.

At this, Mia was so annoyed that she passed by the attendants and strode outside.

-A human of low birth will take a priestess.

It was a terrifying prophecy.

A priestess was forced to lose her virginity by a human male.

So it was true that she had to be careful, but there was no need for her to be rude to every human male she met.

It was only a brief moment of meeting her face, but it was enough for her to get a glimpse of her character.

He is not a trash man who treats women like objects.

Mia came to that conclusion.

“Ugh…”

We arrived at the base of the World Tree.

As she entered the dark tunnel inside, Miya let out a series of groans due to her unbearable headache.

“World Tree…”

After passing through the tunnel, a huge cavity inside is revealed.

A room with the roots of the World Tree entangled on the walls.

The fireflies inside continued to shine, dimly lighting up the dark room.

Every time Mia’s head started hurting, the fireflies also started blinking.

“Please calm down. My head feels like it’s splitting…”

The world tree and the spirit of the priestess are connected.

If one party feels extreme pain or great emotion, it is transmitted to the other party.

So, it meant that the World Tree was feeling pain that was dozens of times greater than what Miya was feeling right now.

Miya walked unsteadily and placed her hand on the wall.

Reacting with the world tree.

To have a conversation.

-It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!It hurts!It hurts!It hurts!It hurts!It hurts!-

The World Tree’s screams flowed into Miya’s mind.

Mia closed her eyes tightly and frowned.

The deal that Michael Jackson proposed came to mind.

‘How much did you know?’

The right to hear all future prophecies of the World Tree.

If you look at this alone, it was a transaction condition that could not have been agreed upon without Elvengard going crazy.

But Elvengarde cannot solve the problem on its own.

If you trade your pride for the condition of taking care of a problem that you cannot ask for help from outside.

Then the story changes.

“Cheon Michael Jackson…What on earth is he doing…?”

He was a foreign leader.

I had no choice but to accept this absurd deal.