The Status Window Disappeared

Chasing and being chased (5)

After leaving the city, the ghost horse arrived in the forest near the city at once.

Chris, who was prepared to see the field of corpses again, let out a sigh of relief and got off the guy’s back.

Elgar’s undead lined up around the clearing where the antique carriage was standing.

The solemn sight contrasted with the gates of the city he saw earlier, making Chris nervous.

The ghost horse carrying Chris approached Elgar’s ladies-in-waiting with an unreserved gait.

Then, they take a comb and a bucket of water and start washing him.

Seeing the scene, Chris was a little taken aback.

In fact, he didn’t know very well, but Elgar’s undead had their own hierarchy.

And Elgar’s ladies-in-waiting belong to the upper class in their own way, even if they are not the highest among them.

As long as they were the ones who waited on their master, Elgar, that should be enough.

But to think that a ghost horse, a mere animal, would be treated like that by high-ranking ladies-in-waiting.

A death knight approached Chris, who was staring blankly at the unexpected sight.

“The master is waiting.”

The death knights who command Elgar’s forces are the highest rank in name and reality.

Chris walked away without a word at his urging.

As he approached the carriage, the large door opened silently to welcome him.

The first time I saw Elgar after leaving Seydran, his face was much harder than usual.

She is sitting on a chair in front of the table and offers Chris a seat.

“sit down. It came sooner than expected.”

“Because Elgar called.”

Chris felt the heavy air for some reason and gave a small answer.

She smiled slightly at Chris, who was more nervous than necessary, and held out her right hand.

“Looks like you got something interesting… Would you like to show me some?”

During the short time he arrived here, Chris pondered why Elgar had called him.

Thanks to him, he didn’t hesitate.

The call this time must have been due to the secret magic of sucking and the power of prey.

It was likely that she had witnessed Chris’ accomplishments through the ghost horse’s eyes.

As the marble emerged from his bosom and landed on Elgar’s hand, she held it in front of her eyes and peered at it.

After staring at it for more than five minutes without moving, she nodded her head with a confused expression.

“There is nothing special about the beads themselves. Is the real power of you people from another world… I must have underestimated it all along.”

After Elgar finished speaking, the maids brought the carcass of a small beast.

The corpse, which looked like a hedgehog, must have been recently dead.

Even from a distance, Chris could feel the life and magic of the corpse.

“It’s the corpse of the spirit who just died. Show me what it means to eat.”

“Yes, then… … .”

Chris got up and approached the body.

Let’s activate the power of predation as it is, first the corpse’s magic flows into his body.

Even though it was just a beast, it was a guy who even earned the title of spirit beast, so the amount was formidable.

Elgar opened her eyes wide and watched them closely.

Soon after, Chris, who had absorbed all the mana, stopped the power of predation, and she let out a rare, painful sound.

“It’s more efficient than my secret technique… I went into finishing work thinking I couldn’t increase efficiency any more, but I’ll have to change my plan. Go on.”

After Elgar’s permission was granted, the absorption of vitality began without delay.

Chris naturally laughed at the amount of life force, which was on a different level from the wizard of yes.

On the other hand, Elgar watches it for a while and then turns his head away as if he has lost interest.

“Is this using divine power? i can’t use it I hope you get great powers. Isn’t there no need for magic tricks anymore?”

“yes? That, that’s not it.”

Chris, who had absorbed all of Youngsoo’s life force, noticed Elgar’s displeasure and hurriedly denied it.

Then she asked him as if to test him.

“Then, are you going to leave that authority behind and only use the secret magic of sucking magic?”

“If Elgar-sama wants it… … .”

Chris didn’t hesitate to answer.

It was because he had seen many people who hesitated in front of her and had their heads blown off.

The predation function of the status window is certainly attractive, but it is nothing compared to one’s own life.

Elgar, who was frowning at him, soon relaxed and laughed.

“It is a joke. It’s true that my secret skills are inferior compared to that authority, so there’s no need to use them. Wait for me, I will fix it soon.”

Elgar’s pride was hurt when he saw the Power of Predation, but he decided not to be mean to Chris.

Chris laughed off her joke and let out a sigh of relief.

The moment he was about to leave, deciding that her business was over.

Suddenly, as if Elgar had suddenly remembered something, he suddenly asked.

“By the way, by the way, are you in Seidran Royal Palace… … .”

The question that started a little out of the blue didn’t lead to the end.

It’s like ‘why am I asking this’.

Chris is very nervous when he sees the demon king in front of him getting confused for some reason.

However, Elgar immediately shook his head and dismissed the question.

“No, it’s nothing. It’s okay to go back now.”

“thank you.”

Although he was called out in the middle of the night and even had to shake off his money, it was not a losing business thanks to absorbing Young-soo’s energy.

Chris gladly said hello and walked out of the wagon.

But I can’t help but worry about the reaction I just showed.

He thought it was no big deal and went back to the city with the ghost horse.

In front of the gates locked in darkness, not a single bonfire was visible, let alone guards.

Even if the castle gate is closed, isn’t this a bit too much?

Did he even leave work at 5 p.m. just because he was a public servant?

Chris tried to avert his eyes from the sight, which became more and more absurd the more he knew, and returned to the temple where Tyrone was waiting.

Tyrone, who was out in the yard of the temple, seemed to have misunderstood Chris’s outing, and made a fuss about it.

“You bastard, did you tell me that before and went to play alone?”

“no it’s not.”

Chris shook his head, replied roughly, and put the ghost horse in the stable.

It’s been about a week since I escaped the Breton Empire and exiled Elrom.

His body was already complaining of considerable fatigue.

No matter how much the health bonus of the status window was, it was inevitable to get tired while traveling.

After washing my tired body once more and laying down on the bed, I closed my eyes.

The soft sheets seemed to have dried well in the sun, and they smelled quite nice.

* * *

Chris woke up late the next morning and clicked his tongue when he saw the sun rising in the middle of the sky.

He has a health bonus, so he didn’t have to sleep very long… … .

The feeling of rolling around in bed for the first time in a while was so special.

But that ends here.

Leaving the room with a languid body, Chris ran into the temple’s apprentice priest, Joseph.

After organizing too much laundry for the number of people, he brought Chris breakfast and quickly disappeared.

Tyrone, who was up a little earlier than Chris, said, biting into hard bread.

“He seemed very busy. It seems like you’re doing all the care for the temple’s caretaker and the chief priest’s care?”

“Anyone else?”

“I think there was one paladin other than the priest, but they left a while ago. Probably because of the Black Flag Suppression Force.”

No matter how short of a hand they are, they even mobilize a paladin to protect the temple.

The Cadral Church may be more cornered than it looks.

Thinking so, Chris kicked the lazy Tyrone’s ass and said.

“Then you help me. Stay with him and learn a little about the outside world.”

“what? what are you doing in the meantime? Are you going to play again?”

“I have to train.”

There are still a lot of skills left to learn.

Chris, who rented an empty room in the temple, learned the skill of the status window while avoiding the eyes of others.

Tired of helping Joseph, Tyrone came to him and tried to practice, but even so, it was difficult to achieve great results.

Chris was learning the skills in the status window by unfolding them with his body, so his achievement was fast.

If simply watching and copying were enough, why would a status window be created?

However, Chris was not going through the training easily.

The progress was fast until about the middle of the skill window, but the difficulty definitely went up in the middle and late half.

Even if you are learning somehow with the help of the status window, you will soon hit the limit.

‘If I go on like this, it will take two months until I learn the final skill, even if I catch a few… Should I just skip the last one?’

The last skill of the shield knight is a kind of buff.

However, the performance is unbelievably bad for a final skill of a job.

Players in Arios Online believed that there was a bug in this crazy skill, but the effect of the skill didn’t change even after they came to this world.

In the end, Chris gave up the last skill of the Shield Knight without difficulty.

There are still mountains of skills I want to learn, but I don’t have time to learn those flawed skills.

By the time Chris came out of the room after completing the day’s training, Tyrone was quite friendly with Joseph.

This round-looking apprentice priest seemed to have a harder time being hated by others because he was a very serious yes-man.

Tyrone asked in a slightly worried voice as he ate a frugal but hearty dinner.

After touring the city with Joseph for a day, he seemed to have felt something of his own.

“But can you still be alone? It doesn’t matter now that we’re here, but in a city like this, there must be a lot of robbers and thugs… … .”

Elgar’s invasion brought poverty and discord among the people.

The guards in this city seem to be very civil servants, so it’s hard to expect help just in case.

But Joseph and Chris smiled when they heard Tyrone’s concerns.

Tyrone tilted his head at their reaction and put on a puzzled expression.

“What is so funny?”

“If robbers were going to come, they came a long time ago. If you’re coming, tell me to come. I don’t know, but Joseph can knock them all down?”

“Hmm?”

Tyrone listened to Chris’ answer and took Joseph apart.

The faithful apprentice priest had some muscle from his labor, but he didn’t look like he’d be good at fighting.

“Is there something like fighting in the priestly class of the Cadral Church?”

“Oh wow, that’s ignorant. Since this is the sacred ground of the Cadral Church, the powers of the clergy are dramatically strengthened. No matter how apprentice priest you are, it’s easy enough to be attacked by robbers while starving.”

Even the mutts in the neighborhood win half way in their front yard, but what about the priests who serve God?

Joseph’s introduction of this place as the territory of Cadral is not a mere lie.

It is a system that has disappeared now, but in the distant past, criminals who fled to the temple would be exempted from punishment.

Of course, in return, I became a slave in the temple for the rest of my life and worked hard… … .

Death row inmates, who would surely die if caught, would willingly jump into the temple knowing it.

Those who missed the criminal only stomped their feet in front of the temple, but did not get it back.

Even the powerful people of a country were that much reluctant to invade the temple.

While Tyrone was blushing at the belated common sense, Chris scolded him.

“Didn’t you know that the former Imperial Inspectorate was like that?”

“I should have broken into a temple before.”

It’s a bit fatal that there are no bodyguards here, but there won’t be any robbers or thieves.

From the point of view of those who are hungry, there are plenty of easy game that is much richer than the temple.

After making fun of Tyrone, Chris finished his meal and headed back to the training room.

However, as he walked through the garden at night, he felt someone’s gaze stick to the back of his head.

“hmm?”

When Chris noticed the change, the presence of people also disappeared, but he was already convinced that someone was watching.

Passers-by can’t get this feeling just by taking a quick peek.

Even if it is a small temple in such a small town, it is not easy to peep into the temple.

It is because the divine power of Cadral that drifts in Shinji twists and hides the gaze from the outside.

The reason Chris almost lived in the temple until right before he escaped Rondanium was also to benefit from it.

I don’t know, but the owner of the gaze I just felt must be an archer or hunter with excellent skills.

While raising his guard, Chris calmly headed for the training room.

In my heart, I wanted to pursue the owner of the gaze, but there was no way a talented person like me would allow him to pursue.

For now, it’s best to watch the situation first.

When Chris, who was acting calm, disappeared into the training room, the shadow watching him on the wall also left silently.

Above the yard of the temple, only the crescent moon, which witnessed the match in the middle of the night, remained.