You Will Be Blessed If You Do Good Deeds¿

Chapter 85

Of course, it wasn’t that the plague dragon was truly here.

To be more precise, the scene the child had witnessed was the one that most resembled Earth’s plague dragon.

The child, no—Seol Mae, had wandered around the area quite a bit while her mother was drunk.

During that time, she had come across many statues of soldiers standing on the ground.

At first, I was scared and ran away, but the people didn’t move. It was just like what I saw in a video!

"So, that’s why you called it a plague dragon. Wow, you’re really smart. Right?"

The child, receiving praise, smiled shyly, and Han Jae-young ruffled her hair in encouragement.

Seeing that, Yoo Han-ul smiled.

"I’m glad Seol Mae has such a good memory. We almost wandered aimlessly without her."

I sighed.

"...I lost."

"Huh?"

"It’s nothing."

Even though I was the one wandering around the dungeon myself, I had quietly clicked my tongue at the idea of rescuing a child. I didn’t expect things to work out this way.

Quest "You’ll be blessed if you do good deeds" is in progress.

The system message popped up, as if mocking me.

Honestly, I was speechless.

How often does the system say something like that, claiming you’ll be blessed for doing good deeds?

‘Is this system trying to deceive me by pretending there’s a hero...?’

Yoo Han-ul, sensing my gaze, turned to look at me.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"...It’s nothing."

Although I felt a bit twisted inside, that was that.

Still, in a situation where we had no clues, we couldn’t ignore the child’s words.

We decided to head to the place Seol Mae pointed out to verify what she had said.

"Lee Pyeong-hwa Hunter, please protect Seol Mae and her mother. If anything happens, fire this flare."

"Yes, understood."

Lee Pyeong-hwa nodded firmly, clutching the flare in his hand.

The reason wasn’t just to worry about a monster’s attack, but more so to prevent any violence or escape attempts from Seol Mae’s mother.

"Actually, I’ve already passed by the place where Seol Mae claims she saw the plague dragon..."

After parting from them, as we headed towards the place Seol Mae pointed out, Yoo Han-ul spoke quietly.

"When I passed by earlier, there was nothing there."

"I figured that," Han Jae-young shrugged.

"When we found the giant statue last time, it was hidden with illusion magic, right?"

"Was it illusion magic so intricate that you couldn’t even notice it?"

"That could be the case. There are barrier spells made with illusion magic that can’t even be detected unless specific keywords are present, and they can’t be broken either. Of course, they’d be high-level magic."

"Specific keywords... Da-on, what do you think?"

Yoo Han-ul turned to look at me.

I silently kept walking, shrugging my shoulders.

"I don’t really... if Han Jae-young Hunter says so, I guess that’s how it is."

Of course, my opinion was the same as Han Jae-young’s.

But I didn’t need to show Yoo Han-ul that I had a deep knowledge of magic.

From what he said last time, it seemed like he no longer doubted me...

‘Still, it feels off.’

At any rate, it was best not to give Yoo Han-ul any clues that could lead him to figure out my true identity.

"...Hmm, I see."

Yoo Han-ul didn’t press me further on my opinion.

Soon, we arrived at the place Seol Mae had described where she saw the plague dragon.

"As expected, nothing visible with the naked eye."

"Right."

According to the child, the area should have been full of soldiers, but all I could see was an empty, desolate plain.

After kneeling down to inspect the ground for a while, Han Jae-young stood up and shook his head.

"As expected, nothing is here. Da-on, can you feel anything?"

"...Not really."

"Hmm."

Han Jae-young glanced at my expression, but then shrugged his shoulders.@@@@

"I don’t think Seol Mae is lying or imagining things."

"Kids wouldn’t lie about something like this."

"So... it’s likely that Seol Mae is the key to breaking the illusion magic."

And I, though not saying it aloud, agreed with Han Jae-young’s conclusion.

I’ll guide you!Over there, over there!The keyword has been fulfilled."Foolish Honor" has been released.

The intricately layered illusion magic shattered, and what had once seemed like an endless, empty plain was now filled with people.

Just as Seol Mae had described, it was indistinguishable from a "plague dragon."

Soldiers in armor, holding weapons, stood in formation across the plain.

But the difference from the plague dragon was...

Lee Pyeong-hwa’s trembling voice echoed.

"T-they’re not alive, right? They’re corpses, right?"

Seol Mae must have thought they were statues since they didn’t move.

But unlike the soldiers made from the clay of the plague dragon, the soldiers standing in formation, weapons in hand, were clearly...

"Are your legs sore? I’ll carry you."

Han Jae-young naturally picked Seol Mae up to shield her from the sight.

No wonder. To the adults used to death, this scene looked like a graveyard of hundreds, maybe even a thousand corpses.

And this was exactly like the sight we saw in the dungeon on Yeongjong Island.

The bodies that had become mummies after being drained of their magic by the giant statue.

The soldiers now before us looked just the same.

And behind these mummified soldiers, a towering wall could be seen, a symbol of power.

But now, it was crumbling, on the verge of collapse—a ruined fortress.

"Lee Pyeong-hwa Hunter, please take Seol Mae out of here... Yoo Han-ul?!"

Han Jae-young, about to leave Seol Mae with Lee Pyeong-hwa, froze in surprise.

"Ugh!"

Of course, Yoo Han-ul had suddenly collapsed to his knees without a sound.

"Yoo Han-ul, what’s going on? What’s happening?! Get a hold of yourself!"

But there was no response.

"...Ugh!"

Thud!

Finally, Yoo Han-ul collapsed, kneeling on the spot.

In this unprecedented situation, both Lee Pyeong-hwa and Han Jae-young’s faces turned pale.

"What on earth is going on... Yoo Han-ul, wake up!"

"Can’t we use healing magic or something? No, we need to evacuate Seol Mae first..."

"Right. Da-on Hunter and I should... Da-on?"

And then, I heard Han Jae-young and Lee Pyeong-hwa’s voices from a distance.

It felt like someone was shaking my shoulder, but I didn’t pay much attention.

The flag, fluttering in the wind atop the fortress, quietly fell to the ground.

The once glorious family crest vanished without a trace among the corpses.

The scene before me now wasn’t a fake created by my past life’s brother.

"...Hah."

A bitter laugh escaped.

The doubts I had carried with me were instantly pieced together like a puzzle.

"Now it all makes sense."

Ever since the first dungeon break after awakening, I had been wondering something.

With the power to sacrifice a life in this modern world, why choose the tedious method of a dungeon break?

If the goal was to kill me, there was no need to go through such a complicated process.

Now, I understand.

My relentless brother’s goal wasn’t to kill me.

His goal was to bring me into the dungeon.

‘The soul has a gravitational pull.’

Just like Leo was drawn to me.

Both spirit and flesh have a tendency to return to their original places.

Of course, Jeong Da-on’s body was newly given on Earth, but my soul was born and raised in another world.

Thus, my soul has a force driving it to return to the world I lived in during my past life.

‘This wasn’t a random dimensional stranding from the start.’

It wasn’t an accident that randomly sent me to any dimension.

The one who caused this incident was certain of one thing.

My soul would definitely return to the world of my past life.

Now, I finally understood the enemy’s objective.

Dear my sibling. Welcome back to your homeland.

‘The enemy of mankind’ had been trying to use my soul to connect the world of my past life with Earth.

Boom!

Boom!

At that moment, from within the fortress, a tremendous drumbeat echoed.