< Chapter 20 : The Order (1) >
The bandit’s hideout, located in a remote mountain road.
In that place, where not many people were left, Roan looked at the girl who was sitting across from him.
On the opposite side of Roan, there was a girl with ash-gray hair who was holding a thick book with a faint smile.
The girl’s name was Eutenia Hyrost.
She was the Apostle of God who made Roan into a servant of the evil god, and also the person who called for this meeting today.
At Eutenia’s request, the only ones who remained here were her and Roan, just two people.
Roan looked at Eutenia, who had woken up from her coma after a few days, with a wary gaze.
“What do you want to talk to me about?”
“I received a Divine Grace from the great one yesterday.”
“A Divine Grace came down. That’s amazing.”
Eutenia’s body trembled slightly as she mentioned the trust.
For some reason, her forehead was swollen red in the middle.
Maybe she had fallen on the floor last night.
That thought crossed Roan’s mind for a moment.
But Roan quickly shook off the useless thought and waited for Eutenia’s next words.
“The great one wants to entrust you with an important task.”
“An important task…!”
“Yes. There is one important task that will be given to you from today.”
“What kind of task is it?”
Roan felt his heart pounding as he heard Eutenia’s words about an important mission.
The girl in front of him was an Apostle of God.
Her words were practically representing the will of the god she served.
The great being who was watching over them wanted to entrust him with something.
Gulp.
Roan listened carefully to the task that would be given to him.
Soon, along with Eutenia’s gentle voice, the content of the task that Roan had to perform flowed out.
“Roan Hebris. You are an archbishop who serves the great one from today.”
“An, archbishop?”
“Yes. You are in charge of conducting important rituals while serving the great one closely.”
“How can I take such a position…”
Archbishop.
It was a position given to the highest clergyman who governed each region.
It was practically giving Roan full authority over this area.
Of course, this story did not come to Roan without any reason.
As far as Roan could see, there was no significant power in the order yet.
Eutenia added another word to Roan, who looked burdened.
“It’s not a position given without any conditions.”
“I understand that.”
“Instead, you have to faithfully expand the order’s power in this area.”
As expected, it was as Roan had expected.
She gave him a seat in a shocking position, but she wanted him to grow it into a power worthy of it.
She gave him a shell of an archbishop of an order that had nothing.
If it had been an ordinary situation, Roan would have refused this offer sharply.
But now, there was a miracle of God clearly in front of Roan’s eyes.
It was a miracle named Apostle.
As long as the Apostle with immense magic power was sitting right in front of him, there was no choice for Roan to refuse.
“You want me to expand the order’s power.”
“That’s right. You’re a smart person, Roan.”
“You flatter me.”
“And the next promised support is…”
“The next support is…?”
Smile.
Eutenia smiled and lifted up the book.
She got up from her seat with the heavy-looking artifact in her arms.
Eutenia got up from her seat, and Roan also got up from his seat following her.
Eutenia looked at Roan who got up from his seat and said,
“You’ll find out what the next support is when you try the ritual yourself.”
“Huh? What do you mean by that?”
“It’s exactly what I said. If you practice the ritual that you learned from me, you’ll surely get a response from the great one.”
Eutenia’s words ended there.
Click. Click.
Eutenia, who finished talking, walked out of the hideout leisurely.
Roan stared at the door of the building where Eutenia had left with blank eyes.
The last thing she said was something that Roan couldn’t understand either.
“A ritual…”
He needed a sacrifice to perform a ritual.
It seemed that he would need to prepare a sacrifice for the ritual after receiving Eutenia’s teachings on it.
In other words, if he didn’t have enough sacrifices, he would have to move himself.
Roan spread all his fingers and started to fold them one by one.
One. Two. Three.
Roan sighed as he recalled the number of slaves he had locked up in the prison.
“I guess I’ll have to go out myself to fill the number.”
*****
A few days had passed since I received the gift from Eutenia.
Maybe it was because the busy time was over.
I was able to spend some leisure time on the long-awaited holiday.
Of course, even though I had more time than usual, it was only enough to spend a little more time on games.
The best friend of modern people is the smartphone, no matter what anyone says.
It has become a life partner.
It would be hard for anyone to dream of a life without a smartphone.
I was no exception to that fact.
“Did she send me another magic book today?”
As soon as I logged into the game, I clicked on the inventory with my fingers full of anticipation.
It was to check for any possible offerings.
Needless to say, the list of items in the inventory was not much different from before.
Nothing happened while I was away, like Eutenia sending me a magic book or something.
Click. Click.
I kept opening and closing the empty inventory, wondering if it was lagging.
But there was no such thing as an item appearing in the inventory.
“Well, that makes sense. There’s no way a magic book would come in every day.”
I wished Eutenia would send me a magic book every day, but unfortunately that seemed impossible.
Even I thought it was unreasonable.
A game where a magic book appears in the inventory every time you log in.
Who would pay for such a game?
At least it wouldn’t be a positive thing for the game’s payment model.
I looked at the shop button in the upper right corner of the screen with a sigh of regret.
“I hope it’s not still under maintenance.”
I glanced back and forth between the empty inventory and the shop button.
Last time, the <Paid Currency Shop> was under maintenance, but it seemed unlikely that it would still be under maintenance.
My salary had just been deposited into my account.
If I spun the 10-pull, I could fill my empty inventory with decent items.
Should I pull or wait?
After thinking for a while, I decided to touch the shop button.
Press.
The screen switched to the shop page, and a new message popped up at the bottom of the screen.
-<Paid Currency Shop (Lv.MAX + 1)> skill has been expanded.
-You have acquired <Paid Currency Shop (Lv.MAX + 2)> skill.
-You can now purchase items from the shop using paid currency.
The messages that came up one after another were unexpected.
The level of <Paid Currency Shop> skill had increased.
And it was called Lv.MAX + 2, an absurd level that I couldn’t understand at all.
I couldn’t help but exclaim at the sight of the evolved gacha shop.
“What? Why did this go up? I haven’t even leveled up yet!”
The shop level grew on its own without even leveling up.
And what was more shocking was that the price of the 10-pull, which had been 69,900 won, had gone up again.
10 pulls for 79,900 won.
It was almost 80,000 won.
It was a much more burdensome amount than before.
Huh.
A bitter laugh escaped my mouth as I looked at the price that had risen before I knew it.
“Really… It’s a legendary game in many ways.”
The shop evolves on its own without the player’s consent.
And even before evolution, the previous shop was not even selectable.
What game could offer such a beautiful payment structure?
Before I knew it, my eyes were drawn to an item that was emitting a brilliant light among the items that came out of the gacha shop.
[Devil Sword: Ednos].
It was an item that emitted a purple halo from its background.
