lv 1 skeleton

chapter 97

“I guess I can be considered as a spirit form of Jeduth.”

“So it’s like that?”

I had heard from Lena that Jeduth was a god who had the appearance of a gray haired old man with a powerful and intimidating voice.

“Weren’t you sealed away?”

“Ho ho, so there is a dragon with you? Yes, well at least now I understand how you managed to reach all the way here. I’m not Jeduth’s true self, but rather a memory left behind to provide guidance to others.”

“Guidance?”

“Right, just before my main body was sealed away, I was created to help out adventurers such as yourself.”

“Ha… help out? Are you sure you aren’t here to fight us instead?”

From the narrowing of Lilinor’s eyes, it was clear that she held a grudge against this God.

“Oh not at all, rather I’m here to reward the adventurer which has managed to clear the dungeon.”

“Reward? What kind of reward are we talking about?”

I was quite interested in so called reward. Also, the kind of information he could provide me with as one who had fought directly against the council of High Gods was priceless. The spirit of Jeduth seemed to take his time and think carefully.

“Well the reward is only a one time thing and it goes to the first one to clear the dungeon. In fact, I never expected that I would have to give it out simply based on the power of the monsters like the Beholder and Hydra. Not to mention that you managed to kill Cerberus which is close to being a God ranked creature. It was quite beyond any of my expectations.

After quite the long rant where the spirit in Jeduth’s form went on mumbling to himself, Lilinor interrupted him.

“So where is this great reward? Since we’ve done all that then why don’t you bring it out?”

“Well… actually it isn’t anything special actually. It’s just this simple looking necklace which my main body used.”

“Ha, just a simple necklace?”

“This is all I have with me right now, if it isn’t to your satisfaction I’ll return with another reward, please wait one moment.”

As Lilinor was getting angry over the nonchalance shown by the gray haired man before us, Lena suddenly interrupted.

“Make sure to get that necklace at all costs. There are certain myths which claim that Jeduth used to be a human, and that he only ascended to Godhood through the use of a certain necklace.”

After hearing Lena’s explanation, I quickly interrupted Lilinor’s rant and chose to accept the necklace as the reward.

Lilinor looked back at me in a mixture of shock and betrayal, but Jeduth’s memory stepped forward and placed the necklace in my outstretched hand.

“Do you accept this reward as satisfactory compensation?”

“Ah, just a moment Jeduth.”

Out of  nowhere Viezda decided to interrupt.

“Huh, what is it that you want Elf lady?”

“Can I ask you a question?”

“Sure, but we don’t have much time left.”

“Time?” Lilinor asked.

“Oh right, didn’t I mention this? Now that you’ve received the reward, then the dungeon will soon close, it’s all according to my contract.”