34. Arcana Online
34. Arcana Online
Just as I was about to move to search the hidden place, the entrance I ca through closed, and I was trapped in pitch-black darkness where I couldn't see an inch in front of .
I rummaged through my inventory for sothing to light up the darkness and found sothing good.
«Cheering Stick»
Used when cheering for soone. Might have a special effect?
I took out the cheering stick and pressed the button, and it shone brightly.
It was a set of two, so I held one in each hand and searched the surroundings.
"Eggs...?"
There were countless eggs, enough to fit an adult in each one.
I approached and poked one with the cheering stick, but there was no reaction.
"Do you feel anything?"
"Kyuung."
Yong-yong said he didn't feel anything.
As I was walking and waving the cheering sticks around to search another place, a ssage appeared.
[Activating the special effect of the Cheering Stick.]
An enormous light, incomparable to before, burst out, and I felt a warm sensation.
It felt like being embraced in a mother's arms.
At that mont, an anomaly occurred.
From the eggs that didn't feel anything before, I heard a sound.
'Thump. Thump. Thump.'
Along with the sound of heartbeats, nurous eggs began to shake.
As I was watching them crack one by one and hatch, the first being to reveal itself was... a rmaid?
The rmaids, who were disoriented at first, were suddenly looking at .
Among them, there was a special being.
While all the rmaids looked like handso n and beautiful won, there was one that exuded a unique nobility.
With flowing blue hair, it approached .
"Hello?"
Hearing my greeting, the rmaid bowed its head to .
Surprised by this, I saw all the other rmaids bow their heads in unison.
Then I heard a beautiful voice.
"It's an honor to et you, savior of the Sirens."
"S-savior...?"
"This might be a long story, would it be alright if we moved to a different place?"
I nodded, and the rmaid, no, the Siren, took sowhere.
Following the Siren, there was a hidden passage inside that I hadn't discovered.
Passing through the passage and going outside, a vast underground city unfolded before my eyes.
Unlike the ruins I saw when visiting Atlantis, this underground city was preserved in perfect condition.
"Welco to the city of Sirens, Savior."
[You are the first to visit the city of Sirens.]
Gained 100,000 Fa points.
[You have acquired a title for exceeding a certain amount of Fa points.]
[You have acquired a title.]
Great Traveler.
After checking the newly acquired title, I followed the Siren, and I heard the sound of sothing approaching.
Looking in the direction of the footsteps, I saw an elderly man walking towards us.
He had a scar on one eye and a sturdy build.
The mont he approached us, he knelt on one knee towards the Siren who was guiding .
"I greet the Queen."
"The Savior is present."
With those words, he stood up and looked at , and I had a strange sensation.
Although I was sure I'd never seen him before, he felt familiar.
He greeted Yong-yong in my arms.
"I owe a great debt to an old friend."
"Kyuung."
"I see."
The mont he looked at , I was certain.
"Are you the Kraken I t at the entrance?"
"That's right."
"Sshh."
"That's correct..."
He spoke informally at first, then switched to formal speech while looking at the Siren's reaction.
Ah, it was dentia.
I sent a look of understanding, and he looked at as if he couldn't understand why, but I should be the one to understand.
"You've worked hard protecting the city all this ti."
"It's repaynt for saving when I was young. It's also a contract, Your Majesty."
To , the Kraken looked older than the Siren, but is that not the case?
I wanted to ask but held back.
It's rude to ask a woman's age, right?
The Kraken ca along, and after walking for a while, we arrived at a temple.
There were nurous Siren statues on display, and following the path inside, there was a huge round table with chairs prepared.
I sat in a strange chair designed for Sirens to sit comfortably, and due to its large size, it wasn't uncomfortable.
The Siren took a deep breath and began to speak.
"First, I will explain why we were sleeping, Savior."
And then ca a story like a fairy tale.
The legendary city, Atlantis, was a city where nurous races lived together.
One day, while living peacefully.
A mysterious plague broke out, and all but the Siren race lost their lives.
They hurriedly hid in the underground city, unable to even identify the disease, let alone find a cure.
As ti passed and they forgot about the plague, one day it broke out again.
To save their kin who were falling one by one, they received an oracle from the temple.
The oracle said that a savior would co down and save the Siren race.
To follow the oracle, they made a contract with the Kraken living in the abyss for protection, and all Sirens entered a state of suspended animation until now.
As soon as she finished speaking, the Siren coughed up blood.
Surprised by this, I wondered what to do but couldn't think of anything.
All I could give was magic stones at best.
I took out a magic stone from my inventory and handed it over. The Siren absorbed the magic stone, and an anomaly occurred.
With a bright light, the Siren shed her skin as if molting.
As the light faded, the Siren who had her eyes closed slowly opened them.
She checked her body condition as if she couldn't believe it herself, and tears flowed.
"Ah, so you really are the Savior."
With those words, she pleaded with .
To save the Siren race.
When I agreed, the Siren Queen sang with a beautiful voice, and the lody rang out.
Hearing that sound, nurous Sirens rushed to the temple.
I opened the new pouch of magic stones I received for destroying the secret organization Five Star and checked the number, it seed about right.
Of course, only if Yong-yong gave up his dinner.
"Kyuuung!"
"J-just for one day, please!"
"Kyuung!"
After dramatically reaching a compromise, I handed out magic stones one by one to the Sirens rushing towards , and they had expressions of awe as if receiving a holy relic.
The Sirens who used the magic stones shed their skin one by one and were reborn anew.
When the last remaining Siren used a magic stone, a ssage appeared.
[You have saved the Siren race.]
Gained 100,000 Fa points.
[You have acquired a title.]
Savior of the Sirens.
Their behavior of treating like a god after checking their body condition was burdenso, and even though I refused, saying please don't do this, a grand plan was already being set up.
"We must build a statue of the Savior next to the Siren statues!"
"That's right! We must erect a statue of the Savior in front of the temple!"
When I begged them not to do that, they retreated with disappointed expressions.
As I was sighing in relief, the Siren Queen bowed her head to once again.
"Thank you for saving our clan, Savior."
"I only did what needed to be done."
At that mont, I rembered the Siren I t on land.
The Siren who handed a bead.
"Was the Siren you sent to land sent by you, Your Majesty?"
"Sirens cannot go to land."
She said they couldn't go to land due to a curse. Then what was the Siren I saw...?
She said there was sothing she wanted to give and took inside the temple.
Moving inside the temple, there were stairs leading underground, and when we went down the stairs, huge statues were guarding a door.
As I was looking at the statues that seed like they could move at any mont, our eyes t!?
"W-what!?"
"They are guardians protecting the Siren's treasure."
She reassured and opened the door, and inside were nurous glass cases, with a golden bead emitting light that I'd seen sowhere before displayed in a glass case at the front.
"Kyuuung!?"
Our Yong-yong was extrely surprised.
As I approached, item information appeared.
«Golden Yeouiju»
An item handed over by an imugi who gave up ascending after completing 1,000 years of training in cold water, to its lover.
The information is different from the Yeouiju I saw before.
A Yeouiju that says it gave up ascending for its lover.
"This item was a gift from a lover I loved."
"I-I can't accept such a thing!"
Is it human to just swallow an item with such a story?
"The Savior will definitely need this item."
She looked at with a serious gaze.
Co to think of it, didn't the Divine Dragon's Bead need a Yeouiju?
"Ahem. If you insist, I guess I have no choice."
I carefully took out the bead from the glass case, and it reacted with the «Divine Dragon's Bead» in my inventory.
[The Divine Dragon's Bead absorbs the Yeouiju.]
[The effect of the Golden Yeouiju releases the Divine Dragon's Bead.]
[A hidden job change quest has been created.]
You can change to the hidden job 'Shrine Maiden of the Divine Dragon' due to the effect of the Divine Dragon's Bead.
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