The Knight King Who Returned with Gods : Chapter 7
Translators: Nyx and Ririi Rain
Chapter 7: Divinity (3)
Since the cataclysm, item appraisers have been one of the
most important support classes.
While there are only a few appraisal skills, if an
appraiser's level is low, they can often overlook an item's stats or fail to
interpret a unique stat.
In that sense, it was no exaggeration to say that Phoenix
Guild's appraiser Kang Sun-woo was one of the best appraisers in the country.
As he begins to inspect the miraculous rice in front of
him, he is both thrilled and frustrated at the same time, knowing the outcome.
'Rice
grown by magic has toxins and is inedible for humans. Even hunters have to do
gastric suction after eating it a few times.'
Such was the way of nature.
It demanded the right process and the right amount of
time.
Even with the development of things like printed food and
plantation agriculture, they can't completely solve the food problem.
So it's easy to be overwhelmed by this golden field and
yet be disappointed by the results.
"Let's get started."
He accumulated a bunch of paddy and began to analyze it.
His eyes glowed with magic and the components of the paddy were revealed one
after another.
[Results]
"Huh?"
[Blessed Rice]
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Rating: Rare
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Description
Rice blessed with the divine power of Goddess Demera, the
goddess of life and fertility.
Relieves grade 3 affliction. If consumed continuously,
there is a high chance of being cured.
"Eh?"
He shuddered and confirmed the message in front of him.
With the advent of potions and elixirs after the
cataclysm, recovery items, diseases, and injuries began to be graded as well.
Grade 3 afflictions included most neurological illnesses
and even late-stage cancers.
'This
rice cures cancer? Each and every one of these grains? Doesn't that mean
they're better than the expensive disease cures in the Magic Tower?’
"The, the results are in!"
He couldn't wait to show everyone this amazing miracle
crop.
"The appraisal result is 'Rare'!"
"Huh?"
"Each, each and every single one of these grains is
rare grade!"
Everyone was stunned by Kang Sun-woo's words, and some
didn't understand what he meant. It sounded too unrealistic.
But when he said that this rice can even cure cancer,
everyone's minds were turned upside down.
"Is, is that true?"
"It's true!"
‘How
is this real?’
Hari couldn't keep her mouth from dropping open and
turned to look at Leon.
As if he didn't need to hear it, he was talking to the
straw doll filled with Demera's divinity.
"Your, Your majesty!"
"How insolent! The king, the apostle, is conversing
with the goddess!"
"Forgive, forgive me, Your Majesty! Nay, nay, I was
guilty and deserve to die!"
「'Tis of no concern,
for how can a mere mortal of this world know how to treat a divine being?」
The voice was merciful. It was as if the mere sound of
her voice filled the body with strength, just like how Leon's voice had
strengthened Han Hari when she had heard it at the Black Gate.
"Since Demera has spoken, I will forgive you this
one time."
"Yes, yes......."
She flattened her forehead as she bowed, her eyes fixed
on the two. The straw doll was drooping.
「I suppose I have
fulfilled my part now, and I shall return to sleep.」
"Thank you very much. The grace of Mother Terra, I
will savor it and remember it always."
「My child, this mother
has one last nagging word.」
The divine voice sounded strained, as if it had suddenly
lost its strength. In the form of a doll, she spoke to her apostle one last
time,
「Don't go hungry
anywhere.」
With that, the straw doll collapsed.
Leon closed his eyes and savored Mother Terra's grace.
After what seemed like an eternity, Hari, who had been
prostrating, cautiously raised her head.
"That... Your Majesty? What in the world
is......."
"Divinity."
"Divinity... what do you mean?"
"Are there no gods in this world?"
Hari didn't know how to answer Leon's question.
'Of
course there are religions on Earth. Jesus, Allah, Buddha... Aren't Buddhas
Gods? Anyway...
Religion
exists.
But
I'd be careful about saying that God exists.
Sure,
religious people will say that God exists, but whether they can prove that God
is real, as I just witnessed, is another matter.
The
gods of Earth's religions only claim to be real in their doctrines, not in
their miracles, as Leon demonstrated.'
"That... I don't know."
"This is divinity, the embodiment of Pantheon. The
proper life and world is one of harmony with the divine, and you Earthlings
should follow suit."
Han Hari wondered if that was even possible.
The Earth was already in the grip of the established
religions. Their intolerance of other religions was understandable.
Even relatively mild-mannered Protestants have been
caught entering other religions' temples and desecrating them on holidays.
'But
what's in front of me is real.
A
real deity, a miracle in action.’
Hari felt a strange sense of trust in this anachronistic
king.
'Had
we... had we really brought such a great man from the Gate? Could this man
really be so extraordinary that he would change the world?'
"Mow the rice! Bow in gratitude to Demera and let
the crop fulfill its rightful role!"
Leon had them cook rice from the blessed rice that
sprouted in the middle of the Honam Plain.
There were three hours left before the Phoenix Guild's
right to capture the Honam Plain Gate expired.
* * * *
"No- nonsense."
Chief Kim Jin-soo swallowed hard as he looked at the
system message that flashed before his eyes.
[Rice cooked from blessed paddy]
Steaming white rice. The fact that it appeared in the
Awakened's system window was bizarre, but the information that the appraiser
provided was shocking.
-Stamina increasing by 100 per minute.
-Mana increasing by 50 per minute.
-Duration: 8 hours.
"Crazy......."
He couldn't believe that the rice was buffing him, and even
more so that it was doing so at such a high degree.
"This is almost like a passive buff."
This was exactly what you would get from a 3 million won
per bottle potion that was horribly underperforming for the price.
"Piif!"
Hari approached with a mouth full of shoveled pork belly
on steamed rice.
"Finish it and then speak."
Hari swallowed hard and finally spoke.
"Chief, Chief, this is awesome......."
"What is it?"
"It... stacks."
"What?"
Kim Jin-soo's ears perked up.
"I was just curious... Have you tried eating the
bugs that grow in the rice field beside the rice?"
"Bu, bugs?"
OK, that was a stretch. How had he ever thought of eating
bugs?
"I ate them and it... stacked up."
"Really?!"
Kim Jin-soo stared at the paddy field in disbelief.
Not only rice grows in the fields. There were plenty of
deer beetles that nibbled on the growing rice and other bugs that feasted on
them.
If the blessing was an area-wide coverage blessing for
the entire land... it wouldn't be strange if all life was blessed, not just the
rice.
Greed burned in the eyes of the hunters who were about to
enter the gate.
They risked their lives to capture the gate. Government
hunters were given a small amount of buffs, but it was minimal.
For a salaryman, a few million won in potions is a last
resort. But now there were free buffs everywhere.
Might as well eat some bugs.
"Come on, get one! Get one more!"
Hunters armed with armor and swords scrambled through the
paddy fields.
"It stacks up to three times......."
The spirits of the Association hunters soared before they
set off on their raid.
* * * *
"Guild Leader... Are you okay?"
When the appearance of a survivor named Leon disrupted
everything, the vice guild leader looked at Lee Yong-wan and asked.
"......."
Of course it's not okay.
By intentionally inducing a dungeon break, the Phoenix
Guild was also willing to bleed.
As a top 10 guild, they can't be openly hostile, but with
this, they're likely to be treated differently than the other top 10 guilds.
In particular, they would be excluded from the most
profitable gates, the Scarlet and above, for the time being.
'Damn
it, where did that bastard come from?'
Yong-wan glared at Leon, who was still meditating with
his eyes closed.
That bastard is to blame. That survivor ruined
everything. If it weren't for him, the crippled government would have been
forced to give in to their demands.
I'd rather he died at the gate.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Yong-wan remembered the gate he had been
wandering around for days.
"Huhuhuh... This isn't so bad."
"Guild Leader?"
"Nothing to worry about... After all, we've been
attacking the gate to close it in the end."
"That's true, although we were a bit... out of shape
in the middle... Ah!"
The Vice Guild Leader who had been attacking the Scarlet
Gate with him had the same expression on his face when he read Yong-wan's
intentions.
"There's only one Class A among them, huh?"
If so, the result was obvious. That gate boss would never
be defeated by the Hunter Association's underdogs.
"But if there's a survivor out there......."
"Even I struggled against 'that one'. He's a buffer,
judging by the way he blessed the land. He's a king, so he's probably not much
of a fighter."
Either way, the conclusion was the same.
Gate capture requires a lot of preparation. You need to
understand the concept of the gate and prepare accordingly.
'They
will never be able to defeat the boss of that gate.'
If they can't defeat the boss, they can't close the gate.
Two crooked smiles bade farewell to the Association
raiders as they left in search of a way to die.
* * * *
Leon had a vague idea of what a gate capture was.
Every gate revolved around a mission, and by clearing
that mission, it was possible to close the gate... to eliminate the gate.
"Most have a boss monster... or rather, a lord, and
defeating it will usually close the gate."
"Hmm... a one-on-one battle against the leader. I
like that."
"Ah......."
Hari didn't say, "Usually, we do it with many
people," as she pondered how to say it in a graceful way without sounding
like she was talking about a bunch of people trying to beat a single animal to
a pulp.
"I've heard that those birds have raided this place
before, but there are surprisingly a lot of monsters, aren't there?"
Leon said, looking at Jin-soo and the Association hunters
fighting at the front.
Skeletons had been charging at them from the start of the
gate, armed with swords and shields.
"That's a trait of this dungeon."
" A trait?"
"Yes... most gates have a total count that decreases
as the monsters are defeated. But in special cases, such as with Skeletons,
Zombies... and Demons, they respawn indefinitely as long as the boss monster is
still alive."
"I see, so it will only end when the boss is
defeated, I understand."
Hari guessed that this was a Necromancer Gate and that
there would be a Necromancer in charge of the skeletons.
Chief Kim Jin-soo, the party leader, thought so too, and
based on his experience, the probability was high.
"If you say there's a high probability, does that
mean there are other things that appear with a low probability?"
"Yes. For example... a specter with a very strong
will."
A being that is not a magus, but a spirit itself. She was
about to explain the existence of the specters when,
-Kii-ii-ii-ii-ii-ii-ii-ii-ii-i──!
There was a bizarre ringing sound that seemed to tear at
the eardrums.
"Wha, what?"
Chief Kim Jin-soo and Deputy Han Hari turned pale. The
other Association hunters were the same.
"Lee, Lee Yong-wan, you son of a bitch, why didn't
he tell us about this!"
[Dungeon break commences]
-You are being sentenced to death. The time limit for all
life within the gate begins.
-Commander Knight Dullahan advances with his army.
-Defeat Commander Dullahan. Time remaining: 3 hours 00
minutes
The beginning of the raid. From the start, an entire army
has begun to march toward the raid team.
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