“You’re here fast.”
“This is just basic. Hehe. Shall we head out right away?”
“Where exactly are we going?”
Yena, who was shaking the legendary enhancement probability ticket, turns her head.
At Alice’s displeased glare, Yena looked back and forth between us and asked,
“Who are you?”
“Who do you think you are? Who goes blocking the way between me and darling?”
“Daddy?”
Yena looks at me.
I shake my head.
“She was the queen of Kiki Island. Her name is Alice Ria.”
“Oh, you cleared this dungeon, right? So you’re that resident. What a surprise.”
“I said, who are you?!”
“I’m Lady Lily’s friend. My name is Yena.”
“Yena? Alright, Yena, would you mind stepping aside? I have something to do.”
“What? I’m busy.”
“My business is with darling, not you.”
“My business is Lady Lily’s business.”
Flap.
Yena thrusts the enhancement ticket in front of Alice.
“As you can see, Lady Lily needs to hurry and enhance with this. Can you come back later?”
“But I’m first, you know?”
“I was here first! I just came to grab something I needed for a moment.”
“I live here. By that logic, I’ve been here way longer.”
[Lololololol]
[Why the fight?]
[Why are they acting like this?]
[Lolol, this is hilarious]
[Is this some kind of love rivalry?]
[Alice likes Lily, doesn’t she?]
[Sinful woman, Lily…]
[Wow]
[Big Lily]
The two of them glare at each other, growling, and then suddenly whip their heads toward me.
Suddenly?
“Then let Lady Lily decide. Who goes first?”
“That’s right, darling. You decide! This tailing witch…”
“What? Tail?”
“Did that hit home? I know your type. It’s obvious you’re just pretending to be friendly, acting like friends.”
“What nonsense are you spouting? It’s not like that!”
“Hmm…”
I…
“Both have something to do.”
“Huh?”
“What?”
“Both of you, come with me.”
[The flower of both hands ㄷㄷ]
[Lololololololol]
■
On Kiki Island, there is a place called the ‘Great Altar.’
It’s where the great race lives, and this altar can only be opened by gathering all six blessings in a certain cycle, and currently, entry is only possible through the first method.
The great race that could grant blessings, other than luck and charm, is all dead now.
“…You want me to open the door?”
“Is it possible?”
And I stand in front of the banana statue that allows entry to the Great Altar.
The space where Kler once lured me.
Back then, I smashed the statue and the ground with a hammer and descended straight underground, but now the statue remains intact as time rewinds.
There’s no rush, and breaking in like before feels pointless now.
Alice shakes her head.
“It’s still not time; it probably won’t open.”
“When will it open?”
“Will it happen like this?”
“…I’m not sure because time is going backward, but at least it’s been three months.”
Three months.
At that rate, the Great Cataclysm would have already occurred.
“Three months is too long. Is there no other way?”
“Well… I don’t have any more blessings, so darling might know a bit more about blessings.”
Alice said this while groping the banana statue.
After a while of groping, she found a small groove and pressed it, causing the statue to split in half with a clunk!
A straight staircase leading underground.
As I went down the stairs, I saw an unfamiliar altar.
It was a gray pyramid structure with the top cut off.
In the center of the altar were several statues that seemed to represent the great races.
One strange point was that Kiki wasn’t there.
I have a rough idea of the reason.
It’s clearly an ancient shrine. Having a slot machine statue is a bit weird, right?
Perhaps it changed the form of luck to match Kiki Island, altered by modern times and Kler.
Or maybe Kiki itself was a race that didn’t originally exist.
“Back then, it didn’t feel like this.”
“Kler modified it as they received blessings. Now it’s like a primordial form.”
[Kler, what are you up to?]
[Shouldn’t enhancing be better done at the altar?]
[Thinking about Kler really pisses me off, hitting Lily?]
[Let’s go kill Kler after a long time.]
[LOL]
“Kiki.”
Puhong!
Kiki was summoned.
Still spinning the slot machine.
─Kiki!
“Can you open it?”
─Kiki?
Kiki spun around the altar and then nodded with a creaking sound.
Then it sat in the center of the gray altar, stopped the slot machine, and seemed to concentrate for a moment.
Kiki, frozen for a while, brightly lit up its lever.
Can’t do it alone?
“I think it’s asking me to pull it down?”
“That seems to be it, maybe…”
I responded to Yena’s question and slowly approached the altar.
To open the altar, six great blessings are required.
So, what is the source of these blessings?
Why can collected blessings grant wishes and open the door to the source?
Drrr.
Ding ding~♬
I already have the answer.
[The Agent’s blessing is activating.]
Dududududu!!
[Oh]
[???]
[The Agent?]
[Isn’t that it?]
A completely different pattern than the existing ones began to appear on the slot machine.
From a small sparrow to a huge bear, a hawk with sharp beaks, a sturdy wild dog, and a fierce lion.
And.
“…Cat?”
Tick.
Tick.
Tick.
Three pink-furred cats descend and line up neatly.
The altar opened.
■
A blessing given by the Agent who grants wishes.
It was power I had never used before, just a title I’d held, but as soon as I approached the altar, I felt this power.
It’s not amazing, but it’s enough to open a ‘Door.’
Above all, this power felt somewhat familiar.
“Oh wow… this is kind of dreamy.”
“…It’s my first time here.”
Yena and Alice looked around with surprised expressions.
It was a pure white space where the floor and sky didn’t distinguish themselves, but it wasn’t so disorienting that we’d get lost.
A strange pink hue indicated the path, and pink trees were growing here and there.
Upon closer inspection, it wasn’t a white sky but a blue one.
…?
This wasn’t supposed to be here.
‘You’ve come again.’
A voice echoed throughout the altar.
As the Agent, cloaked in colorful robes, revealed themselves, Kiki chirped happily and approached the Agent.
The Agent’s hand gently stroked Kiki’s head.
‘Welcome. I wonder if adventure is enjoyable?’
“I think the altar has changed.”
It definitely wasn’t in this form before.
The Agent smiled like Kiki.
Even though their appearance was concealed by robes, their smile seemed oddly to show through.
‘Well, since it’s a once-broken altar, and the work is done, I redecorated it to my liking. Do you like it?’
“What do you mean by work?”
‘Ah. Well… it’s about fulfilling wishes. That child’s wish I mean.’
At the Agent’s gesture, Alice flinched and lowered her head.
It was a passive action not befitting Alice, who was always called ‘Darling’ and hailed as the queen of Kiki Island.
But Alice was a resident of this island and an old ‘Believer’ blessed over time.
Naturally, one must bow before the ‘God’ who granted the wish.
[Who is the Agent]
[Can’t we see under that?]
[Can the Agent get cut too?]
[The dungeon broke, but it’s still here ㄷㄷ]
[What’s Yena doing though]
[Breaking news) Yena’s running away saying she’s looking for a hidden piece lol]
‘So, do you like it?’
“Pretty much.”
It’s quite a familiar scenery.
This felt like the land of the Beastman race before its destruction.
Bright, peaceful, and abundant.
A perfect land where various races of life thrived.
Especially since it was the land where the beastmen’s god, Myeosin, died, it was all the more memorable.
She had been through hardships just like Lasty.
‘…Is that so?’
“Yes.”
‘I’m relieved.’
─Kiki?
In the Agent’s hand, Kiki’s slot machine began to shine.
‘But what brings you here…?’
i>‘But what’s going on…?’
“Ah, I need to do some enhancements.”
I explained the enhancements while showing the Light of Transcendence and the White Guardian.
After some consideration, it seems best to enhance the White one since I’m already in a multi-colored situation rather than trying something else.
Even if I stop using this weapon, it’s been turned into a Metamor, so I can modify and use it in different ways.
In fact, the Raider Rapina also used the White Guardian to modify her dagger.
The Agent nods.
‘I see. If possible, I’d like to help…’
“Help?”
‘Yes. You didn’t wish for your own desire back then, did you?’
The Agent claps her hands, and Kiki bursts forth with a spectrum of colors.
Cha-ra-ra-rak!! With a dazzling sound, the slot machine aligns to 777.
It could be seen at a glance that Kiki’s luck had significantly increased.
[Oh]
[What’s up with the Agent, haha]
[Wow]
[The A-gent]
[Isn’t the Agent female?]
[?]
[Sweet deal]
[Isn’t that a female voice? It does sound a bit androgynous though]
[The silhouette looks like a woman, for sure]
‘This should be enough. To pay for the ‘price’ you didn’t receive back then.’
“How much has it increased?”
‘This child can reach its maximum capacity. If expressed in the Outsider’s words, it would be about 10%.’
“10%…”
If that’s the case, the final enhancement chances are nearly a coin toss.
It’s a half chance whether the White Guardian becomes a Transcendent Masterpiece or just disappears without a trace.
I’ve used up everything I could, so there’s nothing more to do.
All that’s left is to pray.
“White Guardian.”
[The White Guardian answers the call.]
“Can you do it?”
[The White Guardian dedicates itself for rightful salvation!]
[The White Guardian asks you to trust and leave it to them.]
“…Alright.”
“Man, nothing’s around after all this searching.”
“Miss Yena? Can you pass me the spell scrolls?”
“Oh, yep.”
After a long search, I received a total of four probability enhancement tickets from Yena, ranging from normal to legendary.
Using all the probability enhancement tickets, the total probability is…
[Using 4 enhancement probability tickets (Normal, Rare, Special, Legendary) increases the success probability by 17%.]
[Due to the pet (Kiki)’s abilities, the success probability increases by 15%.]
[Current probability: Success 47% / Failure 53%.]
[Would you like to use the Light of Transcendence (Semi-Legendary) on the ‘White Guardian’?]
47%.
“…Yes.”
The light shone brightly.
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