The Status Window Disappeared

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Chris, who was walking around the dark academy grounds, looked around the familiar buildings and remembered his academy days.

It was really sweet to live a life that didn’t have to be covered in blood or fall asleep in a clearing in the woods.

I decided not to go back to the academy.

When I put my foot in this place again, it swayed slightly.

However, Chris shook his head lightly and erased the nonsense thoughts.

It’s enough to sneak in among these old, green students.

At that time, there was even a purpose of finding the black flag, but there is no such thing now.

When the group, who had been walking quietly, finally arrived in front of the dormitory, Rosefeld turned and faced the two friends. I kept thinking about saying goodbye all the way here, but in the end I couldn’t come up with the right words.

However, now is the time to part.

She accepts that fact and calmly greets him.

“Thank you for helping me all the way. You guys should go too.”

“Rossefeld… … .”

As Illesis cried when she saw her pretending to be brave, Chris in the back took something out of his backpack.

Tyrone saw a familiar-looking object and immediately recognized its identity.

“uh? Isn’t that the communication scroll used in the last war? After all, how many do you have?”

“I didn’t steal it, I just took what was left over.”

Chris held it out to Rosefeld with an unconvincing explanation.

As she is also a wizard, she recognizes it quickly.

“This… … .”

“If anything happens, contact me. If I’m not really dying, I’ll come running right away.”

This was a gift that Chris gave with a big heart.

Rosefeld notices the meaning of Chris’s parting gift and sternly rejects it.

Although it was a temporary victory, the right to summon the adventurers who had defeated the king was simply not good enough, to the point of being burdensome.

However, Chris ignores her objection and gives it to her.

“How are we going to see it again without something like this?”

“Yeah, but… … .”

“Okay, then stay healthy until the next time we meet.”

Rosefeldt was not one to use these things in vain.

Chris thought so, finished what he hadn’t been doing, and turned around with difficulty.

Soon after, as Chris and his party headed out of the academy, Rosefeld looked in the direction they had disappeared for a long time.

In the meantime, after confirming that the king has returned, the dean comes to her and clicks his tongue.

“What, are you gone already? They’re such ruthless guys. what else is that?”

“This… … .”

After Rosefeld roughly explained the communication scroll, the dean sighed and guided her to a new room.

“Hide it well. Something to write about later… Wait, what are you doing?”

Rosefeldt didn’t listen to the dean’s words properly and tore up the scroll.

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Magic scrolls were originally meant to be torn apart, but her actions were closer to destroying rather than using them.

As the power contained in the scroll vanished in vain, the energetic dean asked again.

“No, why are you tearing it up?”

“I’m annoyed that they seem to be grabbing my ankles for no reason. Aunt, can I have some one-on-one lessons from tomorrow?”

The dean sighed again when he saw Rosefeld asking with determined eyes.

“It’s hard right now, but I’ll look after you whenever I can. It’s late today, so hurry in.”

“thank you.”

Rosefeldt answered with sleepy eyes and went into his room.

The dean also left his seat after anxiously watching the back of his nephew who had been stained by strange friends.

Soon, only silence hung over the dark academy grounds.

* * *

After breaking up with Rosefeld, Chris and his party finally took a proper break.

While Tyrone goes out to play a game of cards, Chris checks out his equipment at his new lodgings, snacking on snacks.

Although he hadn’t fully recovered from his fight with the Fist King, Chris was already preparing for the next fight.

Of course, this time’s destination is the ruins of the evil spirit that is believed to have spread the status window, so you should be fully prepared.

Illesis, who came out from a long oversleep, sat across from me with curious curiosity.

“Why are you making such an impression?”

“It hasn’t been long since I got a new sword, but it got damaged a lot… … .”

Chris answered and at the same time raised his longsword slightly.

The longsword, custom-made in the city of artisans, had already lost its teeth and had incontinence.

In the war against the Breton Empire, there was nothing to properly use his strength, but he seemed to have suffered considerable damage in the confrontation with the head maid and the fight with the king.

Some of the opponents I recently encountered are very strong, but it feels like they can’t stand the owner’s strength rather than because of that.

“Shield Roar is a skill that overworks the weapon… It’s already half broken.”

Perhaps it would be difficult to withstand Chris’ power with a weapon created by humans.

Illesis suddenly took his scabbard and cast a spell on it.

“I placed a repair order here. The effect isn’t very strong, but if you put it in the scabbard, the weapon will slowly recover.”

“Was that even possible? thank you.”

It’s been like this since before, but Illesis’ magic skills reached a level that Chris, a fooling wizard, couldn’t even look at.

Excited by Chris’ praise, she begins to rummage through his backpack.

“Um, the shield is also damaged a lot. I’ll place an order here too. What else is this?”

What came out of her hand was a small magic tool.

The ring of the demon dragon that Elrom gave me as a gift the other day.

Chris showed the one he was wearing on his finger and explained briefly.

“A ring that protects the wearer from fire and cold. It is said to be the ring of the demon dragon that protects it.”

“Is it the same shape as the one you’re wearing? Can I have this?”

“Ah, that’s a bit… … .”

Chris hesitated to answer, recalling Elrom’s words.

Since this was originally intended as a wedding ring, I was reluctant to give it to Illesis.

But Illesis wore it before he could give his permission.

Illesis, who was humming a song and rummaging around with caltrops and ropes, as if slightly aroused by the ring, found a red magic sword in the corner of her rucksack.

The magic sword she appraised the other day was an equipment found in the sword grave.

“Come to think of it, you haven’t written this yet?”

“He loves blood so much that he changes the trajectory of his attacks. Didn’t I just have to sell it?”

Chris accepted it and used the status window as if he had suddenly remembered something.

“Class change, berserker. Big run!”

“Yes? What’s wrong all of a sudden?”

“I thought I’d try an experiment… … .”

As in the fight with the maid, Chris, who had been accumulating damage from the debuff, prepared for the roar of the shield before long.

As the amplified energy from his body went up to the magic sword, he began to tremble weakly.

Ordinary weapons break at this point, and Chris’s longsword, which is made very strong, screams, but he doesn’t even cry out as if he’s still relaxed.

“This is stronger than it looks, isn’t it?”

Chris, who had canceled the shield’s roar and wild run, spoke while controlling his rapid breathing, and Illesis swallowed.

“Even for an ego weapon, it seems a bit special.”

“For the time being, I will use this as a secondary armament… Ugh!”

The moment Chris finished the experiment and was about to insert the magic sword, the silent guy moved on his own and rushed into the owner’s wrist.

Fortunately, however, Elesis on the other side hurriedly uses a spell to stop him.

The demonic sword, unable to pierce Chris’s arm, stumbled weakly and licked the blood that flowed out as a side effect of the overcrowding.

Chris’ body, which had squeezed the strength of his whole body to the limit at once, was bleeding, albeit weakly.

It was because the thin and weak blood vessels could not overcome the pressure and burst.

Although the vitality of the status window was working fine, it did not remove the blood that had already flowed.

The demonic sword devoured it very deliciously, and then it wriggled in satisfaction.

Originally, I knew it was a weapon like this, but when I checked it properly, it gave me goosebumps.

As Chris tries to throw it away, the demonic sword after the meal glows ominously.

Unseen magic letters appeared on the surface of the magic sword, which vibrated with a wheezing sound.

The sword body, which was short for a long sword, became slightly longer.

Chris looked at it and murmured in exasperation.

“What is it, did you eat blood and grow?”

It seems like a trivial thing after all, but… A demonic sword that stabs its owner if it opens.

Chris neatly put aside the thought of using it.

If you continue to feed it blood, you can expect how far it will grow, but if it does, it will be difficult to control.

On the other hand, Illesis cast a sealing spell on the scabbard made with scraps of leather, as if he had not completely abandoned his wizard-like curiosity.

“I’m not going to throw this away or sell it right away… I’ll keep you from moving freely while in the scabbard.”

“thank you.”

After inserting the scabbard and magic sword into the back of his belt, Chris finished checking his equipment and headed to the shopping mall to replenish consumables.

The two of them went out into the streets and could see countless adventurers and mercenaries moving around busily.

Busy as if preparing for war.

Chris approached the bard who was playing the lute in the square, threw a silver coin and asked what was going on.

“What is all this about?”

“Unusual remains have been discovered in the kingdom’s border area. Thanks to that, the mercenary guild collects even the rank and file and sends them there.”

The bard, who had earned an unexpected income, answered Chris’ question sincerely with a pleasant smile.

Chris turned away from him and headed back to the mall.

It seemed that Seidran’s royal family would properly explore the ruins of Argal that Rosefeld had talked about.

Thanks to this, the merchants, who faced an unexpected turn, robbed the warehouse without knowing why.

Chris, watching the scene, murmured softly.

“You bastards, why are you doing this openly? I thought it was going to be a little more secretive because it was said to be the ruins of Argal, the evil god… … .”

“Hasn’t it already been caught by neighboring countries?”

Illesis, who was enjoying the food at the stall as usual, mumbled and said, and Chris hardened his expression.

But even if she was right, it’s too unusual.

It’s like the fact that Rosefeld’s wedding, which had been prepared so far, was quickly taken care of… This is only possible if the kingdom of Sade knows the value of the ruins.

Otherwise, there is no way to invest such a large amount of capital and manpower.

Archaeological exploration is a very attractive business, but it is very rare that the country directly touches it. That’s because no one knows what will come out of the ruins.

Chris calmly collected his thoughts while getting the necessary supplies.

‘Come to think of it, it’s strange that the name Argal came out of Rosefeld’s lips.’

The bust god Argal is not a very famous god.

No, let alone famous, Chris and his party only heard the name after meeting the head of the Black Flag.

Chris, who had not stopped thinking while shopping with Illesis, guessed the source of the name by recalling the church alliance that betrayed him.

‘Could it be that the Church Alliance spread the information? You’re the only one other than us who knows about Argal… … .’

There are other remnants of the Black Flag, but they will be hard to take care of themselves.

It has already been several months since the Church Alliance was beaten by the Breton Empire and the Prime Minister.

While the Empire was preparing for the war of conquest, the Church Alliance, which had been cornered, must have regained its strength.

Of course, I couldn’t understand that they were trying to get rid of the status window and announced the name of Argal… … .

All other candidates were eliminated anyway.

Therefore, the culprit in this case has no choice but to be a union of denominations according to the elimination law.

As Chris quietly explained his thoughts, Illesis asked, clenching his fists.

“If the denominations are united… Aren’t they the ones who pushed you off the cliff?”

“Similar.”

Chris didn’t bother to correct her misunderstanding.

When the two return to their lodgings, Tyrone, who had entered first, greets them.

“Hey, I found the location of the ruins.”

Tyrone didn’t seem to go out just to play a game of cards.

Chris devised a plan to rob the ruins, marking the information he asked for on the map.