âIs it the 5th pope...? No, it canât be. Thatâs impossible.â
5th Pope Franzâhe was said to be close to Pagma and the true master of the Holy Light set.
It wasnât a false history.
Pagma was the maker of the Holy Light set.
Furthermore, Pagma had sealed the Rebecca Churchâs three artifacts as a favor to Franz.
The relationship between the two men was likely to be deeper than what was known.
âI canât seal the soul of a close friend into a sword unless I am crazy...â
Grid shook his head to dispel such absurd suspicions.
Pagma had a history of killing a friend called Braham.
It didnât make sense to place him in the category of an ordinary person.
âAre you Pope Franz?â
Grid questioned.
He was hoping for an answer, no matter how unlikely it was.
Grid hoped that Pagma wasnât as bad as he imagined.
Unfortunately, the holy swordâs answer was âYES.â
-Iâm surprised that you can guess who I am.
You are truly a person associated with Pagma.
You must be very familiar with Pagma.
You can use Pagmaâs power, right?
The voice of the holy sword was clear and bright. The expression âyouthfulâ was appropriate to describe it.
Grid got goosebumps for many reasons.
Pagma was cruel enough to imprison his friendâs soul in a cold sword. Meanwhile, Pope Franz retained his bright personality despite having been trapped in a sword for hundreds of years.
âIt seems to be the area of personality rather than mental power.â
Was he an infinitely positive person?
The holy sword questioned the stiff Grid,
-Did you visit here because of Brahamâs soul that you are harboring?
âCan you feel Brahamâs soul?â
-At first, I couldnât detect his magic power. I didnât think that a soul could radiate such arrogant energy.
The holy sword seemed to be smiling.
The present situation was pleasant.
âIs that why you are guarding this place?â
-You guessed correctly.
I am guarding Brahamâs body, which is preserved in the glacier dungeon under the Sword Grave.
At this moment, Brahamâs thunderous voice rang through Gridâs mind, -
The dog of Rebecca is trying to control my body, which is in his hands!
âCalm down, Braham. Didnât he say he was guarding it?â
-
Guarding it from me!
It is to prevent me from getting back my body!
That Pagma who is eviler than a great demonâhe is bothering me even after death!
â...â
Brahamâs anger and anxiety were too strong.
His soul fragment was small and weak and couldnât afford the pressure from his emotions. It was dangerous.
Grid decided to speed up with the quest in order to calm Braham down. He moved closer to the sword.
The information of the holy sword was analyzed using Pagmaâs Eyes.
[Sword Guarding the Grave]
[Rating: Legendary
Durability: ??? Â Attack Power: 8,395
Divine Power: ??? Â Defense: 2,029
* A legendary-grade ego is nestled inside.
*???
*???
* The passive skill âPope Who Lost Faithâ has been generated.
......
......
It is a work left by the legendary blacksmith Pagma in his last years. It is a treasure that will be remembered in hundreds, even thousands, of years.
The Sword Guarding the Grave is imprinted with the ego of 5th Pope Franz and exercises his own will.
* Unavailable item.]
âPagmaâs last years...â
The pieces left behind by Pagma varied depending on the time of production.
Pagmaâs earlier works were less complete than Gridâs works while Pagmaâs works from his middle years were more or less equal to Gridâs, and the works of the Pagmaâs latter years were far beyond Gridâs.
It was the power of experience and age.
The works were at a height that Grid would reach eventually since he was acknowledged by God Hexetia.
âPlease guide me to Brahamâs body,â Grid asked politely.
He didnât know when Franz had become a swordâif he was forced by Pagma and how many years he had been like this.
Grid had many things he wanted to ask, but he first had to find Brahamâs body.
Unexpectedly, the holy sword was uncooperative.
-Isnât my role guarding the glacier dungeon from invaders?
How can I just let you in?
âInvader?â
Grid was upset.
Didnât the holy sword know that Grid was related to Pagma and that he had Brahamâs soul?
Why was he treating Grid as an invader and stopping him from entering?
Grid frowned and proudly introduced himself, âIâm the one who inherited Pagmaâs skill, and Iâm protecting Brahamâs soul. Why are you treating me as an invader? Arenât I the only one eligible to enter the glacier dungeon?â
-You have inherited Pagmaâs skill, but that doesnât mean you have his will.
It is also unknown if you are protecting Brahamâs soul or holding it captive.
[A new hidden quest has occurred!]
[Proof]
[â Hidden Quest â
Pass the test of the Sword Guarding the Grave!
Quest Clear Conditions: Pass the test.
Quest Reward: Qualification to enter the glacier dungeon.]
âA test?â
It was a sword with over 8,000 attack powerâa work that was produced by Pagma in his later years and had the soul of a former pope imprinted in it.
Was it possible to fight against this fearsome sword when the fraudulent effects couldnât even be seen?
âStill, I have to fight.â
Grid gulped and pulled out the Enlightenment Sword.
-Now I will give the first question!
What was Pagmaâs cause?
â
...Eh?
W-World peace?â
-
Ding dong daeng!
That is the correct answer!
â...â
-The second question!
What idea did Pagma consider most important?
âH-Humanitarian ideal of using blacksmithing to benefit other people?â
-
Ding dong daeng!
That is the correct answer!
Then this is the third question.
What is Brahamâs identity?
âBrahamâs identityâŠâ
Gridâs dumbfounded eyes calmed down at this question.
He replied in a voice that was as deep as the look in his eyes, âHe was a vampire, a human, and a legendary great magician. He was a man who was praised as the Duke of Wisdom despite not reaching the truth.â
Additionally...
âHe was a man who hated Yatan, the god who expelled and cursed his mother. He was also a person who was betrayed by his only friend.â
-
YouâŠ
Brahamâs soul shook.
He could feel it as Grid spoke in a clear voice.
This wasnât the trivial emotion called compassion.
At this moment, Grid had a complete understanding of Braham. Perhaps he was the only one in the world who did.
-Great.
It is the right answer.
The voice of the holy sword, which was bright and excited enough to feel frivolous, calmed down.
-Finally, the last question.
Do you sympathize with Pagma?
Was it because he felt that the mood of the holy sword had become strange...?
Grid was wary and answered truthfully, âI understand him, but I donât think his actions are right. I will never betray a friend.â
-I see.
Was he mistaken about the swordâs mood?
The attitude of the holy sword was gentle.
The sword rotated twice from the left to right, and the blade embedded more deeply in the ground.
The terrain of the Sword Grave started to change.
The center of the plains rose like a hill and turned into a form suitable to be called a grave, revealing a firmly closed iron door hidden at the bottom of the hill.
The true appearance of the Sword Grave, which the Skunk Expedition Group hadnât been able to uncover for half a month, was revealed in just a few moments.
-Braham, I canât hear your voice, but can you hear me?
The iron door slowly opened.
A chill emerged from the open iron gate and descended the hill, freezing the ground.
[â Hidden Quest â âProofâ has been cleared.]
The holy sword conveyed the truth,
-Braham, Pagma sincerely regretted betraying you and hurting you.
After protecting the Behen Archipelago from the great demons, the first place he came was to the glacier dungeon where he buried your body.
Pagma anticipated that one day you would regain your body and be resurrected. He made this Sword Grave in the hope that your body would be safe.
Then he summoned my soul and asked me to protect you.
-
Shut up, shut up, shut up!
-It wasnât an act to ask for your forgiveness.
Pagma knew that the sins against you could never be forgiven.
He mightâve just wanted to reduce his loathing toward himself.
-
Shut up!
-Check your body.
I hope that someday you will be resurrected.
Hell and Marie Rose, the Hwan Kingdom and the gods...
The problems that Pagma couldnât solve, maybe you...
-
Shut up!
âBraham...â
Grid held his chest. Brahamâs soul was incomplete and in disorder. Grid was afraid that he might vanish.
-Pagma's Descendant.
The holy sword was saying goodbye.
-Based on your attitude toward Braham right now, you are the opposite of Pagma.
I personally want to cheer you on.
Now, enter the dungeon.
The door will soon close.
âI will see you next time.â
-Yes.
I will guard this place until Braham is resurrected. Please come back whenever you need to.
This was karmaâthe karma of the foolish pope who weakened the church instead of regarding Rebeccaâs Daughters as disposable tools.
Franz, who had been a cold sword for hundreds of years, had never once regretted his choice of having Pagma seal the three artifacts.
The iron door closed once Grid entered the glacier dungeon.
The hill once again became a plains and 4,179 swords stood silently.
***
Was the human language that lousy?
Grid had this thought when he witnessed the man with white hair trapped in the ice.
He quickly realized that it was impossible to express the beauty of the man in the ice with his heart and intellect.
Brahamâs soul was stabilizing.
-
It is safe.
âIâm glad.â
-You look even more like a squid after I can see myself again.
â...â Grid couldnât refute these words. He even felt grateful.
Based on Brahamâs body in the ice, Grid wasnât a squid. Calling him a squid would be overrating himself. (TL: squid is often used to call someone ugly in South Korea)
[â Hidden Quest â âBrahamâs Requestâ has been cleared.]
[Intelligence has increased by 50 as a quest clear reward.]
[You canât learn any new spells in your current state.]
[The quest clear reward has given a new hidden quest.]
[Pagmaâs Arrangement]
[â Hidden Quest â
The reason why Pagma left his book in this world is for the sake of his old friend, Braham. Braham knows the value of pavranium. Pagma knew that Braham would seek out Pagmaâs Descendant and ask them to make the Vessel of the Soul.
He is deeply grateful for you bringing Braham here and will give you a gift.]
[â Hidden Quest â âPagmaâs Arrangementâ has been cleared.]
[The hidden piece skill âMineral Creationâ has been acquired as a quest clear reward.]
-
Grid.
âYes.â
-
I donât intend to forgive Pagma.
I will hate him forever.
If we ever meet again in hell, I will kill him with my own hands.
âYou do that.â
âPerhaps this was what Pagma wanted,â
Grid swallowed back these words.
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