"Welcome to Alfheim. My name is Arias Farrar. Go ahead and get to know him."
Me and Phil came in front of a giant fountain in Alfheim under Elena's guidance.
Turning to that mysterious fountain, which was in the majestic woods, one woman has emerged from it to introduce herself.
Taking that, me and Phil lowered their heads gently but said their names, and then Elena lowered her head deeply.
"Long time no see, Spirit King. Looking good, more importantly."
"Hehe, long time no see, Elena. Was the last time we saw each other, like, two years ago?
"Yes, that's roughly it"
"Yes, you've gotten a lot prettier in the last two years."
"Oh, thank you"
"Well, that's what I expected, Ugh"
Elena calls the woman the Spirit King, and the two of us continue our conversation looking friendly.
Apparently, the woman in front of you right now is the Spirit King.
This guy's no different than us. That's a normal size.
As far as the wings are concerned, they are spiritual.
"So, could you explain why you brought people to me?
"Yes."
Elena started talking about how we saved the village in order to answer a woman named Spirit King.
"Oh well... if you thought the woods were noisy, that would have happened..."
The Spirit King put his hand on his cheek when he finished listening to Elena's explanation, frowning in the wind of trouble.
"Then I'll keep an eye on my kids around the village for a while. Until the demons pull up, they'll follow you to your residence, because the demons may strike the village again."
"Thank you very much for your generous consideration"
Apparently, the village has no problem with this.
As Elena said earlier, the village and Alfheim seem to have a really friendly relationship.
"And thank you from me to all of you."
And so the Spirit King turned to us and said his thanks.
"No, we just happened to want to come through."
"But if it's true, we had to rush first... oh?
The Spirit King suddenly began to be Kyoton with his face turned towards me after he looked sorry.
What the hell is wrong with you?
Something on my face or something?
"Do you... do you have any idea of a child named Claire Dis Cabaret?
"Huh?"
"Claire's my best friend, but you kind of show signs of her."
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Claire's best friend, huh?
Well, the Spirit King is still the first generation as a king, just like the Necromancer King Takure, and he's been alive for over 500 years.
Whether you're my best friend or not, I'm sure you know me.
"You don't have to be vigilant. I have nothing against the other kings."
"... I do know Cle... the Necromancer King"
"Well, I knew you did"
If the Spirit King were in a hostile relationship with Krall, it would be a lot of trouble to tell the truth here.
So I guess I should really say no, but I guess there's some certainty that I've been giving Krall's name, so I can't even give him a very weird answer.
So I only told her that I knew Claire for now.
"But it doesn't just mean we know each other, does it? You have her protection."
"Ugh..."
But bad deception doesn't seem to work.
Sounds like the Spirit King knows what I have, "Guardian of the Necromancer King."
"... is the Spirit King really close to the Necromancer King?
"Yeah, we're very close. But she hasn't contacted me in over 400 years. I can't believe it."
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Could that be avoided?
I don't see a bad relationship between this guy and Krall.
"What exactly did Spirit King do with Necromancer King?
"Well... Krall came to help me when I was captured by the Demon King, and I helped him when Krall sold a fight to the Pope and pinched him... oh well, you two had challenged the Dragon King"
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... Well, I hear the Krall and the others were donning with each other 500 years ago.
No wonder the demon king, the pope, the dragon king.
But both the Spirit King and the Necromancer King are aggressive.
Especially when the two of us challenged the Dragon King or something like that.
Krall taught me that the eight kings known as the Eight Kings have largely determined the sequence of strength.
And although that will vary somewhat from time to time, the first place in the sequence hasn't changed since 1000 years ago is the Dragon King?
In other words, the Dragon King, with the exception of God, is arguably the strongest in Earth.
Even though the sequence was first place, the Dragon Nation led by the Dragon King seemed to have a small number of individuals, just like the Spirit Nation, and in the end could only establish itself as a ruler of a nation on the continent of Wolds.
So you lost count.
By the way, Crail is now the lowest sequence eighth.
It's only natural that he went missing on a hundred years basis.
Rather, it is so strange that it is still being told without being removed from the framework of the Eight Kings.
"I've always cared about Claire... and it's been every day I wet my pillow at night for years since I lost my voice?
"Heh..."
"But I'm relieved that Claire still seemed to be alive. Hey, is she doing okay?
"Oh, yes, well, I'm fine."
I haven't seen him in a while either, but Claire should still be doing well.
Probably pulled into the cemetery.
"Hehe, it's a good day. It's been a long time since I've seen Elena, and I found out that Claire's feeling better, and I'm in the mood to sing a nose song."
When the Spirit King said so, he began to sing lightly "Lalala ~" and a beautiful tone echoed around the fountain.
Then the spiritual clan that was nearby also began to sing, becoming an improvised orchestra.
I'm relieved to hear the tranquil investigation.
Maybe Phil and the others will feel the same way.
But what about singing in the middle of a conversation?
It's okay because I'm not in a hurry right now.
"Phew... heh, I feel so good today. Oh, yeah. If Krall is giving you protection, I'll give it to you."
"? What the hell is that -!"
"! Mr. Singh!?
And after the chorus, the Spirit King smiled and pointed his index finger at me.
When I was surprised to see it and did nothing, suddenly seven colors of light overflowed my body.
"I have bestowed upon you the Blessing of the Spirit King"
"..." Blessings of the Spirit King "?
"Yeah, I guess it's been since Claire gave this to me"
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I don't know what it is, but apparently I got the Blessing of the Spirit King.
But it doesn't feel like something has changed.
Though I would try to open the status screen just in case, there was no change in the stats figures listed there, and I could only see a degree of difference that "Blessings of the Spirit King" was added to the skills section.
"The Blessing of the Spirit King is a skill that always puts up magic barriers that block magic. Isn't that amazing?
"Nah... blocking magic...?
I was stunned to hear the Spirit King explain.
Magic blockade.
That's a force you'd want enough to get your hands out of your throat if you were a guy like me who's vulnerable to magic attacks.
"It's not just about blocking magic perfectly, it's about unfolding an invisible membrane about a meter around the target. I mean, you can't prevent space-designated magic like sacred magic, dark magic, and healing magic."
"Holy magic, dark magic and healing magic..."
Though imperfect, it would be immense as an effect if a magical attack other than those three types were to strike it off.
"But with this barrier that I have knitted to defeat the Demon King, you can make a Kechon Kechon a Demon who is as good at manipulating magic as the Spirit Clan. Well... I was no match for King Dragon's puking 'Burning Brace', but it depends on your hard work around there."
"... heh"
Brace attacks and physical attribute attacks don't seem to disappear on boulders, but they can still be described as breaking performance as well as' Protecting the Necromancer King '.
But you don't have to explain it like a premise to fight the Dragon King.
I'm a little interested, but I'm not gonna fight you. I'm not with a guy like that.
If I try to do it, I want to follow proper rules with my kind around the Sword King.
It's not a bad idea to hunt, but I find those battles the most interesting.
"Is that the reward I'll give you from me for now?
"Oh, that's too much."
But this Blessing of the Spirit King is also a factor that widens the gap between me and the rest of us.
I'm glad there's one in the current situation, but I'm honestly happy with it.
"I think I'll have to give something to the little one there."
"Yes, no! I'm fine..."
"Hehe, don't hesitate."
Follow me. Phil also seems to have something for the Spirit King.
"You have… let me give you this hair decoration"
After becoming a thought face for a little while, the Spirit King floated the hair ornament on his head into the universe fuzzily, moving it all the way to Phil's sight.
"Ko, this is..."
"What's up, Phil? Is that such an amazing performance?
When Phil's hair embellishment was on the flat of his hand, she was surprised to see her eyes round.
So I imagined that the hair decoration was pretty good, and I asked Phil.
"The status correction is also high..." Invalid state abnormality "is attached to the gear skill..."
"What? Invalid state anomaly?
"If you wear that hair decoration, you won't fall into any condition abnormality. Excellent."
Seriously.
That's the same level of broken performance as "Blessing the Spirit King" if it really disables the state anomaly altogether.
"Conditional abnormality...... Mr. Singh, do you want to put this on?
"No........................... Phil put it on normally"
Phil, who knows I'm building abnormal resistance skills, has been trying to give me hair decorations.
But I don't care how you look at it, it's gear for women.
Besides, Phil should use the gear because Phil got it.
So when I told him to put on the hair decoration, Phil started putting it on his head with a snack.
"Duh, how about... what should I do?
"It looks pretty good on you, sweetie."
"! Oh yeah... eheheheheheheheheheheheheheh..."
"Hehe, you seem to like it"
The Spirit King was smiling at us.
Though I was a little wary, I guess she's not really hostile to Krall for even giving me this kind of service.
"Then it's time for the evening, so shall we talk about it again tomorrow? I hope you guys stay here for a while. Alfheim's specialty spa."
And when the Spirit King said so, he made the Spirit Clan nearby prepare our beds.