Episode 507. Not a Bad Entry Procedure
China.
“Are you sure?”
“He’s not the vessel for it.”
“That’s a shame.”
A man who gives Elsidor a taste of his own.
“Surely, his name was Long Shenglac.”
He was Kinver, formerly known as the Supernova.
Supernova that hunted players, not monsters.
There were those he encountered over and over again along the way.
They were players from the Heavenly Unity.
It was common knowledge among players that the behavior of the Heavenly Unity was no different than that of a supernova. As a result, Kinver had come face-to-face with Long Shenglac, a player of the same level, time and time again.
“We didn’t clash, because there’s no good in clashing.”
Of course, he wasn’t mistaken.
“Anyway, there’s no chance of the Heavenly Unity revival.”
Just in case.
I wondered if the remnants of the Heavenly Unity faction had stood in Hoyeol’s way.
Perhaps they should be crushed even more thoroughly.
“It must have been someone great who accidentally stole the flesh of Long Shenglac because all those mosaics in the system messages were of great people.”
Elsidor must have had similar thoughts.
He’d come all the way from the Kingdom of Yusra.
Suddenly, Elsidor stood up.
“I don’t think so.”
“What, are you going to leave?”
“I have much better things to do with my body than scum like you.”
Elsidor, guardian of the Garden of Elegance.
Having proven his pride.
The blessing was lifted.
As for Elsidor, unless something special happens like now.
He never leaves the Garden of Elegance unless there is an event.
Kinver asked.
“What on earth is in that garden, that you have so much to do? I’m sure you’re getting a little tired, but if you have time, why don’t you explore the Rift?”
“A rift?”
“A rift that’s too big for us to enter alone.”
Blood Elf instincts, high level of aggressiveness.
Elsidor’s mind began to rationalize.
The elf’s pride was kicking in.
Elsidor raised the corner of his mouth.
“Then beg me earnestly, scum.”
“……what?”
“You said you needed this body’s help.”
“Ha.”
Kinver snorted at the absurdity of it all, but he didn’t feel bad. What could be offensive about scum calling each other scum?
“Okay, okay. I need your help, Elsidor, please. It’s a moderate level 900 rift, so to put it in simple……. Yeah, it’s rare even in the Zero Mountains.”
“Zero Mountains?”
But Elsidor’s nostrils flared in horror.
“You mean it’s just my brother’s front yard?”
By brother, he meant the dragon at the top of the Zero Mountains.
Anyway, he was and still is an unlucky little asshole.
Kinver smirked.
“As you wish, scum elf.”
Anhamuin (a person who ignores and treats people around him poorly.)
Elsidor’s emotions were plainly visible on his face, and Kinver found it both unfortunate and genuinely amusing to see him so unhappy.
“Still, I can’t help it that you need my help.”
“You’re a bit of a jerk, don’t you?”
“There is no such thing as moderation in my dictionary.”
But their banter didn’t last long.
“……!”
Elsidor comes to an abrupt halt.
Elsidor’s face, which hadn’t shown any sign of nervousness in the face of a level 900 rift, instantly turned white.
“I’m sorry. Scum.”
Gooooo.
Then he turned and opened the portal back to the Kingdom of Yusra. Kinver stared at the back of Elsidor’s head in disbelief, then cringed.
‘……What has happened to the Kingdom of Yusra?’
If that’s the case, I can’t keep quiet either.
The Kingdom of Yusra was practically Hoyeol’s territory.
Anything that would cause Elsidor’s face to change so drastically.
‘I doubt I’ll be of much help.’
Kinver did not hesitate.
“I will come with you, Elsidor.”
“You will go with me?”
“Yes. Lead the way.”
Elsidor didn’t argue.
Kinver followed Elsidor through the portal. China, formerly of the Heavenly Unity, now of the Holy War Alliance, had one last word for the players.
“Until I return, delay entering the rift.”
I opened my eyes from beyond the portal’s swarm of light.
“……?”
I turned to face him.
“Elsidor.”
A blood elf of overwhelming power.
The arrogant Elsidor who wasn’t even afraid of the sky.
The one who made me cower in fear.
Yes, it was him.
It was ‘him’.
He looked at the flowers in the garden and spoke.
“I have a question for you.”
“……?!”
No way, you know?
The entire process of our subjugation of the Heavenly Unity in China?
Kinver regretted it.
Damn, this is why scum has to live like scum.
‘……I’m going to be loyal to you for no reason.’
I shouldn’t have followed you.
But regardless of the sigh I swallowed.
His words were noble and graceful.
His movements were graceful.
At his fingertips was a single flower.
It was red as blood.
“I would like to ask you what you think of this flower.”
What do you think of a flower, suddenly……?
The tension in the conversation was unbearable.
Kinver was dumbfounded.
‘……What is this situation?’
But the twist didn’t end there.
Just when he thought the tension had been broken.
Elsidor’s face grew even more serious.
He looked at the flower and stuttered.
“……What the hell are you thinking?”
*
I was thinking.
‘I’m thinking about going to hell.’
Why did I come to the Garden of Elegance on a whim? Simple. Because what I need to enter Hell is this flower I hold in my hand, the [Blood Grown Lycoris Flower].
The exclamation.
“Hiyah, that’s great.”
Right? How much I managed to pamper myself.
“There’s no paradise on earth.”
Even for the Romantic Explorer, who had wandered all over the Arcana continent, the Garden of Elegance was a surprising sight. Lorenzik’s exclamations of admiration were at odds with his grave face.
‘You’re probably asking who I am, right?’
Elsidor’s eyes seemed to ask me who he was.
“My companion on this journey.”
That’s Grandfell’s way of speaking, by the way.
“Your companion…….”
Elsidor’s eyes are unable to relax. It’s clear that he’s not the kind of person who can explain his own reputation or the reputation of others in a colorful way.
Besides.
‘Lorenzik is not what matters now.’
I shifted my gaze.
[Blood Grown Lycoris Flower]
[Rank: Unknown]
[Limit: Unknown]
[Effect: Unknown]
[Description: Not a flower of this world.]
I thought its blood-red color was ominous, but its description was as ominous as its appearance. Why, was it said to be stored in the deepest depths of the Explorer Federation warehouse……?
‘I’m not scaring you for nothing.’
Not a flower of this world.
As the one-line description reads.
‘Even I, who have acquired knowledge of every plant on the Arcana Continent through the [The Pentagram of Pure Knowledge], could not penetrate the flower’s efficacy.
Lorenzik’s voice came from beyond the herb.
“So you do know about the flower, indeed, I would have thought an elf would know about it, for the place where I gathered it bore elven footprints!”
Elven footprints.
‘I often use that step too.’
The elf’s unique walking method of blending into nature is not something that everyone can easily follow. By the way, you have great insight, right Lorenzik? It seems the title of Romantic Explorer wasn’t given to you for nothing.
“…….”
But Elsidor was having trouble getting his words out.
Lorenzik, who had now approached, asked Elsidor.
His eyes twinkled, pure and without malice.
“The place was certainly steeped in blood, which is why I named it the Blood Grown Lycoris Flower. It’s a flower I’ve never seen before, so I made up my own name.”
So Lorenzik is the reason the name popped up in the info window.
Only one problem.
The source of the blood that was said to have soaked the place.
‘I think it was back in those days.’
High Elf and leader of the Elves. The time of the rampage that Agentress had once confessed to me when he slaughtered all the humans on the Arcana continent who had annoyed him.
Elsidor spoke with difficulty.
“I have no remorse for the misdeeds of my people.”
Of course, I’ve forgiven them all.
I had no intention of bringing up the matter with Elsidor, for who in the world is without faults? I, Lee Hoyeol, alone, am still suffering from the karma of those days.
Therefore, I opened my mouth.
“The past is the past.”
“……!!”
“The important thing is not to betray the pride you have proven.”
As usual, it was a casual pride rant.
Not to mention Elsidor’s cringe.
The man behind Elsidor was no different.
‘I don’t recognize him.’
Well, if it’s someone who travels with Elsidor, I don’t care. Whoever it is, don’t get your hopes up, or you’ll find yourself on the receiving end of Elsidor’s sword.
‘By the way, this is complicating things.’
Lorenzik once said.
-“You know what’s the most effective way to explore the unknown, Commander-in-Chief? It’s to feel it with your body. So I savored the scent of that Lycoris Flower!”
And I did.
The way to approach Hell was to feel the fragrance of this [Blood Grown Lycoris Flower] to the point of intoxicating it. Why, I had consumed 2 elixirs at the same time, even one of which might cause me to cross the Netherworld.
The fragrance of a single flower?
What’s the big deal, I thought inwardly.
Until I heard the following explanation.
-“As you might have guessed from the fact that I only have one Lycoris Flower left, it wasn’t easy, for for the living, Hell is not a place of consciousness, but an actual world!”
Smelling the Lycoris Flower and entering Hell was not the end of the story.
What kind of world it is.
You can’t know anything about it until you’re there.
‘We don’t know anything about it, including the time difference.’
I mean.
‘After all, you have to head it to the ground.’
We’d have to be prepared to go to hell to meet our Akshan seniors in Hell.
‘Even Lorenzik would give up at its mouth.’
There might be worse trials than the hellfire.
Therefore, one flower was not enough.
That’s right.
‘How could I go through that hell alone?’
At least one more……!
I needed at least Lorenzik’s share, so I figured an elf might know where the Lycoris Flower grew. I stopped by the Garden of Elegance in search of Elsidor, the elf.
‘But he doesn’t speak.’
Judging by his reaction, I shouldn’t expect much.
Lorenzik seemed to have noticed.
Shrugging small shoulders.
“It’s unfortunate, but it is what it is.”
“You mean you need more Lycoris Flower?”
“Yeah.”
Lorenzik replied immediately on my behalf.
“Because, as you may have guessed, our destination is Hell.”
“……!!”
Elsidor’s pupils dilated once more.
I looked away from him and shook my head.
Let’s see, Elsidor might not know, but wouldn’t Agentress?
‘It may have been an incredibly long time ago.’
Still, how could he not have one?
If not on the Arcana continent.
If we scour Sisley, the home of the Elves, we might be able to find one…….
“I’ll be right back with the Lycoris Flower you need.”
……Huh?
Suddenly Elsidor spoke.
What do you mean you’re going to gather, a Lycoris Flower that grows in the vast blood-soaked ground?
Where are you going to get it?
Wait, no, right?
You’re going to spill blood for a Lycoris Flower?
I, and Grandfell, would welcome something like that……!
I wonder if my surprise was conveyed.
Elsidor shook his head.
“In the name of the World Tree, my mother, I swear.”
……What do you swear?
“I have no intention of shedding new blood.”
An elf pledges the World Tree?
I’d have to pretend to believe him if he said that, but I could hear what he was thinking when he said he didn’t want to shed blood. I listened to Elsidor for a moment.
And I thought.
……Elsidor, you don’t have a normal personality either, do you?
Yes, Elsidor had the audacity to put a condition on me.
“In exchange, let me join you.”
With a very sad expression.
“Even if it’s at the bottom of hell, I’ll follow you.”