Chapter 5 - EPISODE 5 – PLEIADES (5) (1/2)
“Haa…haa…haa….”
How long has it been since I started walking?
At first, it seemed like Jude, who was well ahead of her, was walking side by side with Cordelia at some point, but now he was completely behind and panting.
Eventually, the worried Cordelia turned around and asked.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“Haa… haa… No, it’s okay. Not good… haa.”
I fell and barely continued talking, but it was at that moment that I felt like vomiting.
At the sight of the sweat-soaked Jude, Cordelia said with a slightly dazed face.
“You’re really weak.”
“Haa… Don’t talk big… Come on, come on.”
“What?”
“Okay, I’ll ask you. Time… in… I have to go… Haaa.”
Jude, who sat on the ground, stretched out his hands like a zombie.
“Haa… quickly.”
“Whoa, really.”
As Jude fluttered his arms again, Cordelia sighed and walked to the front of Jude, turning her back and sitting.
“Here.”
“Haa…”
Jude buried himself on Cordelia’s back, almost as if he were falling. The sweaty Jude smelled and didn’t feel very good, but Cordelia was more surprised by something else.
“Hey, you have to gain some weight. Why is a man so light?”
“Gueum…julmaek.”
“Just use Muan Sweet Water, Muan Sweet Water.”
T/N: Muan Sweet Water (무안단물) is a Korean meme that originated from a religious group in Muan which claimed that their “sweet water” was miraculous. However, it was not sweet tasting, and upon actual testing, it was found to be just seawater. It became a parody that if you’re suffering from troubles, just throw/sprinkle Muan Sweet Water, wish for a miracle, and voila, your troubles will end. A famous parody of it is that throwing Muan Sweet Water to a raccoon will allow it to be able to walk upright like a human.
Source: Namu.wiki, Librewiki.net
Cordelia, who stood up from her sitting position, adjusted her position as she raised Jude. This is because it was difficult for her to lift Jude properly without supporting his buttocks.
“Hey… don’t sneakily touch strange places.”
“Aren’t you too? Where are you placing your hands?”
Cordelia, who struck down Jude’s protest, strode again. She didn’t need any guidance because they were on a single track anyway.
After a few dozen minutes.
Cordelia, who looked at the distance, asked Jude behind her back.
“Hey, is that it? I think we’re almost there. Don’t sleep.”
“Huh? Uh… Yes, there it is. It’s almost the same as what you saw in the game.”
At the end of the winding path next to the cliff, there was a cave entrance large enough for several people, and although it was damaged by rain and wind, it was a structure that was easily touched by human hands.
“Let’s hurry. Giddy up, giddy up.”
“This is real.”
It was a low growling Cordelia, but for now, she was in a hurry. She wanted to get in quickly once she saw the entrance.
“The Temple of the Sun God…”
“The paladins protected this place two hundred years ago, right?”
“I suppose so.”
Two hundred years ago.
The denomination of the Sun God, who had always been at the forefront in the battle against the demons, suffered a devastating blow from the Great Demon Anguirus, and was virtually destroyed.
Thanks to this, even the temple, which seals the powerful demon of the Red Moon’s Leisegang, was now in such a forgotten ruin.
“Now drop me off.”
“Should I go inside more first?”
“It’s okay.”
“If so, then.”
Cordelia let down Jude from her back, cast a Light spell, and stepped into the cave first.
At that moment.
“Oh, can you feel it?”
Cordelia looked back and asked, and he nodded with his eyes wide open.
“Oh, I can feel it. You too?”
“Uh, me too.”
The moment they passed through the cave entrance, the air around them changed.
To be precise, it felt like ‘sacred power’ was filling the cave.
‘Oh, this is how it feels.’
In the game, there was one line that said, ‘I can feel the divine power of the sun god.’, but it was not something that I could only express in words.
“I think my heart is being purified.”
As Cordelia looked around and spoke with sparkling eyes, Jude also nodded.
“I think it’s going to be the same as the game. I don’t think you have to worry about monsters.”
The divine power of the sun god had the power to drive out monsters belonging to the demons.
As Jude said that, Cordelia agreed, and he took the lead again.
“From here onwards, I know the way, so I’ll take the lead.”
“Be careful just in case.”
“Yes, watch your step too.”
The inside of the cave was wider than expected, and sculptures of the sun god were all over the place, leaving Jude and Cordelia in amazement.
“Why do all the divine creatures look scary?”
Cordelia who was ahead, said in a quivering voice. It felt like I was in a haunted house because there were pieces of scary divine creatures in a dark cave.
“Come on, we’re almost there.”
Moreover, unlike the sculptures, the Red Moon’s Leisegang was a real demon. Even if it was trapped in a seal, the fear would be incomparable to that of a divine creature statue.
“We’re here.”
We arrived at a fairly large hemispherical room on the way through the winding outer path.
Is this where the Red Moon’s Leisegang was sealed?
Strangely enough, unlike elsewhere, there was subtle glow all over the room, so it was not dark at all.
“The whole room is a facility for sealing.”
Cordelia said, squinting her eyes. As a wizard, she was much than the current Jude at detecting paranormal energy.
However, Jude had knowledge of it in Legend of Heroes 2. After a nod, I looked at the magic circles engraved on the ceiling and the floor.
“Okay, it’s the same as what I saw in the game.”
When I came here, I was honestly uneasy.