Possessing Nothing

I put what Rich said in my head. Value as an offering. Causality. I was confused. The memories of the fear in my mind were still making me tremble.

I almost died. It must have been true. But... I didn't die. There is no reason to avoid death. Well, I don't know why the fear is not a sacrifice for the straight people.

‘There's another one besides me. ’

Lee Sung-min carefully approached the closed door. Rich said he had encountered someone other than Lee Sung-min with a twisted causation rate. I didn't know who it was, but it was clear that Bern, Zeon, and other mercenaries had the strength to overpower Rich who played with him like a child.

I wanted to ask Rich about it, but I couldn't find him. In fact, Lee Sung-min also wanted to ask Rich a lot of questions.

Right now, Lee Sung-min is wearing barding.

Barding Devenac. An artifact that transforms trivial mercenaries into super heroes. Although he had obtained the barding as he had hoped, it had no effect on the rational person. Rich wondered about him. Why do you feel no change even when you're barfed?

Kuoooo!

It was the moment when Lee Sung-min opened the door and came out. The enormous noise in the basement shook the entire dungeon. Lee Seong-min sat down, startled. What is it? He looks around in panic. The sound that was ringing on the floor continued to burst.

Creatures with enormous power were colliding. Rich... Maybe Rich is fighting. What happened to the other mercenaries? Zeon continued to question him, but I didn't want to worry about him.

I had to run.

We don't know where Richie went. I don't know why Richie left the room with Lee Sung-min. Reasons don't matter. What Lee needs to do now is to escape from here. Currently, it is impossible for Lee Sung-min to run away when he encounters Rich again. I felt bitter.

After performing on the mountain of the Mesh, Lee Sung-min became... conceited. I gained strength that I had never attained in my previous life. Top dog. Class S mercenary. Wherever Eria goes, I have the strength to receive my own treatment. I became arrogant about it.

I felt helpless. This is the only strength that Lee Sung-min had. You can't do anything against a ‘real’ monster. Sung-min chewed his lower lip well. I was lucky. I was... lucky to survive.

Is that true?

Recalling that there are no coincidences, Lee Sung-min began to move again. No regrets, no self-interest. It's better to leave the dungeon than to do it now.

The rumbling deep down in the ground stopped at some point. The clashes of powerful beings have ceased. What the hell is going on? In Lee Sung-min's head, walking away ignoring his doubts, [Are you a mercenary?]

I was on my way to look for an exit. Someone spoke into Lee Sung-min's head. It wasn't Richie. Lee Sung-min was flabbergasted and fixed in place.

[Ah... Don't be surprised. I'm not your enemy. I'm talking to you now because... I have something to ask you.]

I felt a heavy fatigue in his voice. Lee looked around with a puzzled look.

[My name is Lloyd. I'm in charge of the Golden Horse Tower.... Do you know me?]

I know. The golden tower tower, Lloyd. He was one of the great wizards who gave his name in his previous life. Scarlet, who founded the Leshire School, later became the leader of the Red Tower, and Lloyd was one of the greatest wizards in Eria since then.

But Lloyd is dead. To be precise, he was nowhere to be found. Having been missing for almost a decade, I had to assume he was actually dead. Thinking about it... Lloyd's disappearance as the Great Wizard was the same time.

[Do me a favor. Am I a godsend now? It's hard, but... can you help me?]

“… You're really Lloyd? ”

Lee Seong-min asked, stuttering. I wondered if Lloyd could hear this question, but [I swear on Mana. I'm Lloyd. Lloyd, the tower of the Golden Tower, is right. And... I would never hurt you.]

Luckily, Lloyd listened to Lee Sung-min's question and gave an answer. For a wizard, an oath to Mana is absolute. Seong-min was a little relieved and asked again.

“What happened to the Black Wizard... Rich? ”

[Rich... you mean Prescan, right? He's not here. He ran away.]

Lloyd replies: It seems Lloyd and Rich were fighting what they felt in the basement.

“How can I help you? ”

[Please come here first. There's got to be a way. It's... hard to say anymore. I'm running out of magic...]

Lloyd's voice fades. Lee thought for a moment, and Lloyd added one last time.

[If you help me, I will reward you.]

Lee Hyeong-min sighed. With Rich on the run, there's no one here to threaten Lee's people anymore. Especially since Lloyd took an oath on Mana. Eventually, Lee went back to the way he had come and searched for the way to go underground.

There are no locks on the locked door. Lee Sung-min opened the iron door and found a staircase leading to the basement. As I went down the stairs, taking care of the damp mold, I arrived in a vast cavity.

The cavity is a mess. The floor is split like a field of droughts, and there are traces of massive destruction that appears to have detonated bombs everywhere. When I arrived in the cavity and looked around, Lee Sung-min's face stiffened.

I can see Zeon's body.

Next to a corpse twisted like a mummy, Zeon lies pale face. I can see the open chest wound. There was a lot of blood spilled from the wound confirming Zeon's death. I never thought I would see the body of Zeon here.

In Lee's previous life, Zeon's death did not exist. Before Lee Sung-min became a Class C mercenary and discovered the dungeon, Jeon was still alive. But... Zeon died in this life. Zeon's corpse, which surpassed the wall of the ultimate master, made Lee Sung-min feel complex.

Lee was wary of Xeon. I even listened to Lud's worrying words, and it was enough to make me alert to the attitude toward people.

“This way.”

Before Lee Sung-min approached Jeon, I heard Lloyd's voice. Lee looked back at the direction in which the sound came from a flawed surprise.

“I'm... lucky. ”

Lloyd's face is soaked in blood. I managed to save lives, but I couldn't avoid the fatal wound. Lee hurriedly opened his eyes and approached Lloyd.

“I didn't think there'd be any survivors. ”

“... What happened? ”

Lee leaned in toward Lloyd and asked. Lloyd coughs a dry cough, and his cough is covered in blood.

“It's no big deal.... I tried to kill Prescan... Prescan's chimera was too strong. Prescan was not in full swing, so it was only possible to get rid of him. I was able to save my life. ”

The answer to my question was given. Why Rich left the dungeon with no barding. Why Lloyd, the Tower of Gold, went missing.

This probably happened in my past life. Lloyd comes here and fights with Rich. Rich may have won the battle against Lloyd, but he must have suffered a fatal wound and fled the dungeon. And Lloyd, who was not rescued, died here.

“… what do you want me to do? ”

“Please get me out of here. I... can't move because I'm running out of magic. I sent you a telepath so you could scrape together the remaining magical powers. ”

Lloyd smiles bitterly and says:

“And... one more thing. The heart that floats up there. Destroy that thing. ”

That said, Lee Sung-min lifted his head and looked up at the sky. Just as Lloyd said. There was a heart floating in the high sky.

“I was going to... but like I said, I'm running out of magic right now. But to come back later and destroy that... there is a chance that Prescan will come back. I think it would be easier to destroy the heart right now. ”

“... What the hell is that? ”

“I don't know. ”

Lloyd sighs and answers. I fought the unknown chimeric girl and Prescan, and I drove them away. Lloyd had no idea what the heart was.

“But that's dangerous. That's for sure.”

The chimeric girl was strong. No, it's not just that. The power used by the chimeric girl was very strange and ominous. Two fatal wounds fled without even taking the rest of their hearts, but they don't know when to come back and take them again.

“… Got it. ”

Lloyd nodded his head because it seemed hard for him to talk anymore. Originally, saving Lloyd, who was supposed to die by being missing, did not know what kind of variables to make, but it seemed like nothing bad would happen because he made a connection with the great wizard Lloyd. Lee grabbed the spear tightly and looked up.

The problem occurred in a small place.

Lee Sung-min can't fly. I haven't even reached the point where it shoots out the strength. There are not many ways to attack and destroy an airborne heart, for the current reason. Lee Sung-min hesitated and threw a spear at his heart.

Shhh! The javelin tears the air and flies towards the heart. However, even though the shot was good, it did not pierce the heart. Even though I injected the air full of it, the moment I got close to my heart, I slowed down greatly and fell to the ground without touching it properly.

“It's not going to be easy. ”

Lloyd mutters in a small voice. Lloyd's magic did not stop the heart. Lee Sung-min kicked his tongue and picked up the fallen spear. A javelin lacks strength. Lee weighed the distance that his heart was floating and lowered his knee.

Tac! The soaring body of Lee Sung-min rises to the location where the heart is floating. Aerial Lee Sung-min swallowed his breath and filled his spear in both hands.

And stabbed a spear through the heart. At that moment, the magical force that was wielding the heart swells. It served to protect the heart from external attacks. The magic pushes away Lee Sung-min's spear as the thump increases. Lee Sung-min chewed his lips and empowered his hands to push out the spear.

Biceps.

The sound of beating of the heart resonates in the ears of rational people. The beating heart of Lee Sung-min matches. The spear continued to move forward, and at some point the resistance felt in Lee's hands disappeared.

I feel the spear and the heart. I pierced it.

Did you get through?

Phew! My heart is gone. Lee's spear pierced the air. Lee Sung-min opened his eyes wide, not knowing what had happened.

Lee Sung-min's heart stopped once. Lee Sung-min's mouth was pale with heavy breathing. Lee Sung-min, who was heavily shaken in the air, put a spear in his mouth without his knowledge. The window falls to the floor, and with him, Lee's body falls to the floor.

Before it hits the ground. Lee Sung-min's heart was beating again. Biceps, biceps. I can hear my heart beating. At that sound, Lee Sung-min felt a strange feeling. I hurriedly leaned down to the ground, but my sense of otherness about the beating heart did not go away. Lee Sung-min placed his hand on his left chest with a puzzled expression.

["Black Heart."]

I heard a voice in Lee Sung-min's head.

It sounded the same as when I learned a skill.