The Status Window Disappeared

meet the devil (4)

Chris, who had had a tryst with the demon king several times, did not feel the need to be careful of the gazes around him.

Except for Elgar and him, all beings with eyes around here would have died anyway.

Elgar was satisfied that the onlookers had disappeared, and finally got to the point.

“Are you using the secret magic of sucking well?”

“Yes, no problem. These days, the arcade itself seems to have stabilized a lot.”

Immediately after receiving the secret technique, Chris suffered from side effects and pain several times a day.

However, the esoteric, which has been repeatedly improved, is no longer inferior to being called the work of the demon king.

However, Elgar was not satisfied with that level.

The reason she created this secret art is to bring chaos to the human world.

Stabbing each other in the back to gain magical power is the future of humans she envisioned.

For that, you need to raise the level of perfection a little more.

“It is still far. You still can’t use magic, right?”

“Yes, I still have to borrow the power of the Magic Stone.”

“Hmm… … .”

It was a secret technique that was perfect for a warrior to use, but unfortunately it was not suitable for a wizard to use.

Only then did Elgar, who was leisurely making a painful sound, allow Chris to ask questions.

“You want to ask about black magic?”

“Yes, to be precise about curse magic.”

The witch’s specialty was necromancy, not witchcraft, but Chris wasn’t too concerned.

The witchcraft that she learned from time to time would be deeper than that of the average witch doctor.

Elgar also expressed curiosity rather than embarrassment.

“What kind of curse is that all of a sudden?”

“actually… … .”

Chris escaped Louis from Pochinki Kingdom and explained in detail what he had been through.

After hearing all of the short story, Elgar nodded with a slight interest.

“Um, taking the power of your people with curse magic? It certainly doesn’t seem impossible.”

“Elgar-sama, have you ever thought of that?”

“doesn’t exist.”

As always, Elgar answered without hesitation.

A player of her level would be able to play with just about any player, but it was strange that she wasn’t interested at all.

She read Chris’ expression and shook her head.

“The players start a fuss on their own even if you leave them alone. So I didn’t feel the need to touch it. As you know, I don’t make unnecessary trouble.”

“ah… … .”

For Elgar, whose goal is to bring chaos to the human world, the player would have been an object that could be left unattended.

Chris was in no position to ask her for anything, so he stayed quiet.

But thankfully, she shows her favor first.

“Can I find out more?”

“Yeah, thank you for that.”

Chris nodded his head coldly, even though he was puzzled by how cooperative she was for some reason.

Elgar could not joke, but he was not a liar.

Is there any reason to refuse to feed her when she says she will feed them on her own?

However, it can’t be helped that his body stiffens whenever he is touched by the witch.

Seeing his awkward expression, Elgar laughs and tells him not to be too vigilant.

“Don’t do that too much, don’t eat me. You are the only surviving test subject now. So I’m going to be a little more careful.”

“Are they all dead?”

“I recruited a few wizards not too long ago, but all of them were rejected and died. I didn’t need to maintain the warrior side anymore, so I just let it die.”

To the extent of getting their hands on the secret arts developed by witches, they must have been driven into a corner.

So it wouldn’t be strange if they all died soon after.

Chris thought it was a relief that he had learned magic, even just by scratching the surface.

Elgar was a woman who could kill a minion or two with a smile if it was for the sake of confidentiality.

Holding Chris’ hand on the table, she came to a conclusion not long after.

“I’ve felt it before, but I don’t know the details. It’s cursed, but it’s hanging. However, the interpretation seems to be different. If you follow the trail of this curse, you will find the one who stole your power.”

“Will my powers return if I kill him?”

“I don’t know. It depends on how the curse is made. But one thing is certain.”

“Are you sure?”

Chris opened his eyes wide and focused on the story.

Elgar, who seemed to enjoy his reaction, did not bother him for long.

“These kinds of curses have one thing in common. Even if the authority was stolen, you are the original owner of that power. So if you, the owner of the power, die, that power will also disappear.”

“Mmm.”

This was information he hadn’t even considered.

Those who cursed him left him unattended, but that was because he escaped prison with Luana’s help.

Now I see they left Louis in jail as well.

If the powers were maintained even if the owner died, there would be no reason to keep them alive.

Chris judged that Elgar’s words were trustworthy and expressed his gratitude.

“When I think about it that way, the front and back seem to match. Thank you.”

“What are you going to do with the guy who stole your power from you?”

“Whether I kill him and get his strength back, I can’t leave him alone.”

My stomach hurts when I think of other people living on their own.

Revenge is such a natural and human emotion that I don’t even feel it’s worth mentioning.

It is the heart of a person to want to pay back if one’s property has been robbed.

Elgar nodded happily at Chris’ decision, and helped tremendously in the rough revenge.

The tracking spell, which Chris had struggled with for nearly an hour, was cast much more simply and powerfully.

The ring engraved with the new pattern vibrates following the traces of the curse.

Elgar didn’t stop there, got up from his seat and headed towards the stable.

When she clicked her finger, Chris’ long-time beloved horse collapsed helplessly.

It looks as if he will die while enjoying his heavenly life.

The guy with his eyes closed looked quite peaceful.

After a while, his favorite horse gets up again like Louis.

When the closed eyes are opened, the undead’s unique ghost energy overflows from the lifeless pupils.

Normally, necromancers try to bring out even half of their former abilities, but Elgar was different.

Corpses strengthened by her magical power move more vigorously than when they were alive.

Chris was in a mixed mood when he saw her blessed horse.

Elgar said proudly, not caring about such a reaction.

“This child is fine when the sun is up, but when the sun goes down, he will be very flying. You can make an emergency escape to the negative dimension several times a day… It’s a corpse, so there’s nothing to get tired of or complain about.”

“Thank you.”

“Secret arts will be improved soon. So don’t die until then.”

Elgar, who gave a greeting as well as a blessing, gave Chris a smile that he hadn’t seen before. Then he walked silently into the darkness where his army stood.

It looked like a ghost, but Chris had no intention of uttering it, even in his dreams.

Chris freed Lewis’ runner who had lost his owner, and climbed on top of his revived horse.

The horse, whose legs were bent to make it easier for him to board, greeted Elgar with a slight flutter.

Chris’s ring was pointing northeast.

Where he is now is in the southwest, so it will be an oblique journey across the continent.

But he had no intention of giving up his journey because of such difficulty.

The horse, reborn as a ghost horse, spurred the ground vigorously and ran forward.

Just like it always has been. Elgar’s words were by no means false.

Chris could feel his words speeding up at least half as fast.

Even this guy was undead, so he didn’t get tired easily.

Chris, who had been running all day, suddenly stopped the guy when he felt a vibration in his bag.

“Hmm?”

The cause of the sudden vibration was none other than the scroll containing the communication order.

Produced in limited quantities at the Magic Tower, this item was not a very convenient tool.

Nevertheless, it was one of the items that I couldn’t sell because I didn’t have it.

Chris also spends a lot of money and keeps two copies.

As he ripped open the communication scroll, one of his few acquaintances let out a welcome voice.

“Oh, Chris. How are you?”

“Luna-sama?”

He immediately responded to a greeting from an acquaintance who had broken up a while ago.

This scroll was something that could only be used if it was matched in advance.

I had a rough guess, but why did they resume contact already?

Luana immediately answered the question.

“I have gathered some information about this situation. I don’t know if Chris already knows, but I’d like to contact you to confirm.”

“Ah, thank you. Did you find out anything new?”

Chris also has a lot of information that he has collected so far.

It would be a bit premature to talk about the curse that took away his status window, but he was willing to provide any other information.

Luana uncovered her hand without hesitation.

“Recently, information has come in from countries that have newly attempted recalls. All newly summoned players can’t use the status window. You can use your power right after being summoned, but it doesn’t seem to last long.”

“Oh yeah?”

Chris sighed inwardly at Luana’s words.

Could it be that what Louis went through is also happening in other kingdoms?

There are still too few clues, so no matter how much I think about it, I can’t come up with an answer.

Around that time, he solved the information Black Hammer gave him.

As if Luana had heard the news beforehand, she wasn’t too surprised by his story.

And she said… … .

“Yes, regardless of the disappearance of the status window, all sorts of magic tools are working normally. And that goes for epic items as well.”

“Epic items also work normally?”

This was unexpected news.

Epic Quest, which was the main content of Arios Online.

Epic items, the rewards of such epic quests, were account bound.

Not only that.

The management of the game thought that someone might not be a Manggame, so they even added strange and useless features.

That’s the summon function.

The owner who has acquired ownership of an epic item can summon the item anytime, anywhere by calling the name of the epic item.

Originally, it was just one of the functions that were full of pretense, but the problem is that this is the same in this world.

The players summoned to this world arrive with their real bodies, not the avatars they used in the game.

So in principle, you can’t use the equipment or consumables you used in the game at all.

The powers they have been granted are the status window and its side effects, not the equipment window and inventory.

No matter how rich you are in the game, right after you arrive in this world, you are just naked.

However, the owner of an epic item could summon the item while ignoring those restrictions.

Of course, the power of epic items far exceeds the stats of other equipment.

Almost all of the owners of epic items were top-tier players in Arios Online, so they have a solid presence in this world as well.

It’s definitely something to note that those top players can use some of their power.

However, when Chris heard the news, a strange thought began to pop up in his head.

‘Wait, then this is a great opportunity to steal epic items, right?’

Epic items are subject to account binding without exception, but that is until the next death of the owner of the epic item.

If the owner is killed, the epic item is dropped in its place and ownership is transferred to the killer.

This transfer of ownership was the same in this world.

After all, some of them have already changed their owners several times.

Chris continued his conversation with Luana, igniting the ambition he had shoveled deep in his heart.