838 < 835 coins 5. Guardians of the Ancient Ruins Ⅱ (1) >

A + transcendent difficulty was very burdensome for Lilson, but it was never difficult for Ian.

For Ian, who has so far completed all difficulties above Class S, it must be a satisfactory grade.

How can Ian not be alone right now?

There is a reliable party member named Lilson.

In a situation where the average power of the party was reduced due to Lilson, A + was a sign that Ian would have set a lower level of difficulty if he had challenged himself.

‘Haha, even if it's too boring, it's not funny. ’

And knowing that, Ian had no choice but to look down on the first gate.

I thought I could complete the bust or something quickly and move on to the next gate.

But when the quest started, Ian realized.

He's half right and half wrong.

The difficulty of the 'Demonic Ruins, First Trial’ explosion quest, which was graded A +, was very easy, but also extremely difficult.

“Phew……. Unacceptable, Lugaryx, get the pieces quickly. ”

“No, Master, are you finished already? ”

“I think I've already brought you one. What are you doing, master? ”

The site of the ruins where the first test is underway.

The scene here was quite unusual.

When I first entered the ruins, most of the summoners who were not summoned were summoned everywhere in the empire.

Ian, Lilson and Aren, they were squatting in the middle of something.

Killing the Demon Spirits summoned from the void has been entirely the part of the summoners.

“Mr. Lilson, is the B-7 piece over there? ”

“No, you took it. ”

“Huh? I never took it.... ”

“Ian! You took it. What did you do with it?”

“It just broke. ”

“ ……. ”

“Ha, can't you just stand there? ”

“Hehe.”

“It's really not helping. ”

“ ……. ”

Just at the beginning of the quest, both Lilson and Aren thought Ian was on a comfortable bus to drive.

In one swipe of Ian's blade, the spirits drifted off like a leafy wind.

But after realizing the nature of the quest, Ian was surprisingly a Troll, not a bus driver.

The true difficulty of this quest was not solved by combat strength.

As he looks at the pieces for a long time, he sighs and opens his mouth.

“Humanitarian, isn't this too difficult? ”

“ ……. ”

“Can't I just wear the necklace of cleansing now? ”

When asked, Ian replied with a shy expression.

“No. Let's do it one more time, brother. If you're good at it, you can do it. ”

“Phew……. ”

“Master, go and collect the pieces. ”

After a deep sigh of sincerity from Lilson, to the faithful Pinzan of Aren.

However, Ian's dead expression did not make any excuses.

“Hehe.”

All I did was quietly pick up my sword and go hunting for the spirits.

‘Ha, it can't be like this for every quest in the ruins. ’

No matter how fast you kill spirits and collect many pieces, you must complete the 'Evil God Statue’ in order to complete this quest.

We need to combine hundreds of large and small fragments to create the shape of one complete "evil god."

Simply put, it's a three-dimensional puzzle that you have to create a sculpture.

Moreover, since each piece is black, the difficulty of the puzzle has to go up.

"No, how am I supposed to make a model that doesn't have a clue, and if it's this solid black, how am I supposed to make it?" ’

The reality is that it takes an enormous effort to find out what sculpture is used for, rather than completing the sculpture.

It was perhaps entirely natural that Ian, whose aesthetic converges on zero, was the Troll of this quest.

It's the worst trick I've ever had to make up for, but aesthetics isn't the best part of trying.

Because of this, Ian was in a lot more pain than he was in any outrage.

- The Statue of Evil is now complete: 37.5 percent.

- The party member, Lilson, misassembled the fragments.

- Dark forces are spreading.

-All the pieces are gone.

- All the pieces that Lilson had will be gone.

- The Statue of Evil is now complete: 0.0%.

“Phew……. ”

“Ian, that's enough. ”

“Ha, let's do one more. Just one more time...! ”

So in a situation where the Necklace of Purification is available, why does Ian's party continue to assemble these high-difficulty sculptures?

Sadly, Ian, the troll of today, had every reason to continue this painful nogada.

If he didn't know it from the beginning, he would have passed without knowing it, but Ian learned one thing during the quest.

Ian had to seduce the dying Demon Spirits' lines.

- Kiehyuk, greedy man! No matter how powerful you are, you can't unravel the secrets of the statue!

- You want the Guardian's power, don't you?

No matter how much debris you take, you'll never know the secret.

It's meaningful, but the ambassadors of the spirits might have spilled it in one ear if someone other than Ian had heard it.

But to Ian, who already had one clue, these lines could not have been overheard.

‘The Ruins Manager of the Holy Spirit told me to go to the Ruins of Evil to find out the secret of the Guardian Summoning Stone. ’

To be more precise, the manager did not tell him to go to the Ruins of Evil.

He told Ian to go to another ruin in the Horn Mountains, where the demonic ruins were located on the Horn. This was the place that the manager told him about.

‘It can't be wrong for spirits to go into the yard like that. ’

After all, Ian couldn't give up this quest because of the situation.

When I combined the ambassadors from the spirits, there must be some clue in completing this statue.

That's why Ian stood up again and began slaughtering spirits like crazy.

- Kweek!

- He's an ignorant man!

- Help the Spirit!

Now I realize that I am not at all helpful in sculpture assembly.

The only thing he could do was get her as many pieces as he could.

“My brother, let's go! ”

“Phew……. ”

“After I clear the ruins, I'll buy you an ‘Ancient Magnifying Glass.'" ”

“…… Really? ”

“Of course! So give it a try. We'll keep procuring the debris. ”

“Ahh... Okay, I'm gonna make it work this time. ”

And so Ian's party, struggling at the first gate for more than two hours, was only able to complete the bust after exactly three hours.

It took more than two hours to create half the shape, but luckily the fewer pieces you have left, the easier the difficulty of the puzzle becomes.

- The Statue of Evil is now complete: 96.5 percent.

- Party member ‘Lilson’ successfully assembled the ‘C-27’ fragment!

- Demons are getting a little darker.

-Performance of bust is increased by 0.3%!

…… approximate……

-Assembled the last piece of the Demon Fragment!

- A powerful demon's power begins to envelop the bust.

- The Statue of Evil God is complete!

The last piece of the wing is inserted into the bust, finally complete and reveals its appearance.

The statue of the Evil God, which was as big as the combined two or three adult men, began to overflow with the energy of black light, and it blended with the shape of the elaborate statue to create a feeling of awe and vibrancy.

But Ian and Lilson, who had just created it, were not interested in the beauty of the statue at all.

The two of them were just happy that the quest was finally over.

Ian stares at the statue briefly with a system message, and starts rubbing his shoulder with a touching look.

“Khh, God, Lilson! I knew you could do it! ”

“Hehe, I finally succeeded. ”

-All conditions are met!

- You have successfully completed the 'Demonic Ruins, First Test (Hidden) (Explosive)' Quest!

-Clear Grade: B-

- Chest trauma complete, unbound.

As the quest clear message rises, the energy surrounding the bust spreads into the air and begins to unbind.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh!

Demonic energies that dismantle organs everywhere in a confined space and produce resonance that is intense enough to fill eardrums.

The demonic energy that dismantled all the organs that were forming the seal was sucked back into the bust.

Kuaa-!

And Ian's eyes were young when he saw that.

The bust, which had been completed at a massive size, was getting smaller and smaller as it sucked in the devil's light.

“ ……! ”

The statue of the Evil God, which was getting smaller as he sucked out the light, eventually decreased to the size of Ian's palm, and Ian quickly approached the statue.

"Will this statue be a clue to the Guardian? ’

Ian then crouched in front of him, carefully picking up the small statue.

- Tyring!

- You won the 'Statue of Evil God, Tuares’ item!

-Sealed item. Information cannot be verified.

- Only the ‘possessed of evil spirits’ can unseal the statue.

Ian was confident as soon as he picked up the bust and checked the system message.

As expected, this statue will serve as a clue to summon the Guardians.

Ian pounds his back to make him feel better.

“Khh, you're the best, bro! Well done!”

“Phew, you're welcome. ”

Ian felt better because he had a clue that he almost missed, and Lilson felt better because of his compliments.

The two of them moved toward the next gate in a lighter pace and began to break through the gates more motivated.

Secondly, at gate number three, the sculpture has to be assembled.) The test was waiting, but now two people with some skill were able to break through the gate a little faster.

“Khh, I've only succeeded 15 times this time! ”

“As expected, Lilson Gott! ”

But at this happy moment, there was one thing Ian did not know.

In fact, Lilson's sense of aesthetic, which he believes in all of a sudden, was not so good, and that he would have been able to wake up the gate more easily and quickly if someone else had been together.

It's just that Ian's skills were so bad that he had a slightly better one.

Just as there was a saying that ignorance is medicine, sometimes ignorance is necessary for happiness.