Hellmode ~A Hardcore Gamer Becomes Peerless in Another World with Retro Game Settings~

Chapter 672: The land of legend (3)

the wind god vess seemed interested in the sealed awakened skill luvanka had.

'i wouldn't mind receiving a bigger reward. can you undo the seal?'

luvanka asked the wind god vess to unseal the awakened skill.

'just to confirm, who created you? though i suppose everything in the new world was created by elmea.'

"hm? that's right. however, the settings for the summoned beasts were made by the first angel merus. i heard his sibling, lupto, took over after him."

the wind god vess had been imprisoned there, and he muttered into his wind, that had not been made by the god of creation elmea, hoping he would not hear that way.

'...well, no matter. i brought this up, so i might as well finish it. you might find an answer within it too after all.'

'an answer?'

luvanka, confused by the cryptic words, was beckoned by vess.

'...i can't make you a god, but i can give you new fangs and claws. let them rage wildly.'

floating in mid-air, vess placed his hand on luvanka's chest and began to pour divine power into him.

'oh, ohhhh!!'

the grimoire was not there to see if a new log entry had appeared, but luvanka could hear it announcing that an awakened skill had been unsealed within him.

'awakened skill [storm beast mode] unsealed for beast s summon.'

there was no grimoire there to see the log entry, but luvanka knew he had heard it in his mind.

-luvanka's stats (only awakened skills)[awakened skills] mythical beast mode, sacred bead creation, storm beast mode

the s rank summon luvanka had one of his awakened skills unsealed.then the wind god vess continued pouring divine power into his hand.

'take this as well. this is the [memory of wind]. it should fit in the bag tied to your waist. they're my memories, my thoughts. my brother will surely understand.'

a sphere of whirling wind appeared above vess' hand.*the visual effect is like a rasengan.

'your brother?'

'his name is long forgotten. the thunder god sodi. i'm sure he'll be of help.'

'do you know where he is?'

'sadly no. we parted ways in battle. find him, he might be at lady amante's side.'

shea obtained the [memory of wind].

"and why are you here, wind god vess?"

shea asked why he was there. the wind god vess was serving the god of light amante, so it was strange for him to be in this place now.

'right, we agreed i'd tell you. but to be honest i don't know why.'

"hm?"

they had agreed that he would tell them if they overcame his trial, but vess' reply made shea gulp, wondering what else he would say.

'so you just awoke trapped in here all of a sudden?'

'that isn't it. we just lost the war.'

luvanka joined the conversation, trying to prod at the wind god vess' memories.

"you mean you lost to the god of creation elmea?"

'yes. lady amante's power was tremendous, so we were just one step away from victory.'

it was known that the god of creation's faction had fought against the factions of the god of light amante and the god of law axilion. the three supreme gods each had high-ranking subordinates: the three combat god sisters, the eight light gods, and the twelve beast gods, all formed into high-ranking divine forces that fought in the paradise of primordial beasts.

reacting to shea's words, the wind god vess clapped his hands as if activating a switch. the narrow platform began to vibrate, growing stronger and stronger. furthermore, they were assaulted by violent winds, blowing the platform away like a tornado lifting cars and houses.

the platform, spreading like a net over the abyss, was completely blown away.

'shea!'

luvanka tried to reach shea but was already blinded by the strong winds. covering his face with both hands, he couldn't move a step.

despite losing the platform, shea and luvanka found themselves standing on the spot, confused and cautiously opening their eyes.

"what does this mean? were we in a dream?"

'it seems so. maybe it was an illusion...'

the 2 saw the stone walls of the 3rd floor.looking around they found vess floating in mid-air, and the stairs leading to the 4th floor behind him. them falling to the abyss had just been an illusion.

'...move forward. the answers aren't always things you can see. though knowing there's someone aware of the contradictions of this world is enough hope for me.'

vess continued muttering, but he was not looking at shea, but far into the distance.

"thank you. luvanka! let's go up!!"

'right!'

after half a month completing the challenge, shea and luvanka moved much smoothly.both of them ran up the stairs as fast as they could.on the next floor, they saw a small figure sitting on the stone floor.

it was the elderly, frail, monkey-like beastman they had seen on the first floor a month ago.

"beast god garm!""beast god garm!"

as soon as shea called out to him, another voice overlapped hers.it was her brother, who had always looked out for her since they were small.

"zew?!""shea?!"

zew and shea reached garm simultaneously. following sia, luvanka and the ten heroic beasts were also present. it seemed everyone had reached the fourth level where garm was without losing a single person.

'wow!? what is this? for two people to arrive at exactly the same time, such a coincidence actually happens...'

garm covered his mouth with both hands in astonishment and began to tremble. shea and zew had each taken separate stairs and overcome trials on two different levels.

to pass in such synchronized timing was an incredible coincidence.

"garm, you must be joking. we competed against each other, yet we achieved this result."

'huh? what are you talking about?'

zew assumed that garm had planned for the coincidence to happen, but he just played dumb.

"there's still a trial left, right?"

'i was torn on who to give the trial to. i never expected such excellent beastmen to appear at once. i'm astonished!'

garm's playful behavior puzzled luvanka and the ten heroic beasts.

"then we can both receive a reward. i won't complain if i get the tail and shard."

shea declared her desires.

'there's no way i can do that.'

"then?"

'you two can fight. whoever wins gets the reward.'

before zew could finish his sentence, garm proposed an outrageous idea. a battle between shea and zew was about to begin.

t/n - sorry everyone, an error popped up yesterday so i couldn't update in time. i will try to stay on schedule.