Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

117. Watcher

#117. The Watcher

[ There is an outsider . ]

A fragment of the Great Will recognized that an impurity had entered the world it had constructed for the trial.

That impurity is none other than Arcelin.

He was the one who brought the current ordeal to its current level of difficulty.

If she weren’t there, the viewer’s fragments wouldn’t have appeared in this space.

Because the karma of death would require a karma of chaos of an unimaginable magnitude to bring about destruction.

[ I will exclude it . ]

A huge, pitch-black eye stared into space.

At the same time, a dark blue aura formed there and disappeared.

[ Okay, let’s begin the ordeal. ]

“Let’s take care of the intruder thing,” the Watcher said, looking down at Cynthia.

[ Survive in a destroyed world . ]

A world that has come to an end due to the apocalypse.

A part of that world has now appeared here.

This is the real world.

It was a world that appeared due to the power of the beholder.

The world was stained with death,

There was no life.

If anything moves, it’s the undead that are harboring fraud.

In the world of death where only the undead exist,

[The duration of the trial is 10 years.]

Cynthia had to endure for ten years.

***

“… The sun is black.”

The world changed with the words of the manager.

The space that had been white had changed into something that resembled a real world, and a black sun was rising in the sky.

“It almost looks like a human eye… Is that too much?”

The sun was not bright.

Despite the fact that it was emitting light, it was visible to the naked eye.

It was strange, even considering that Cynthia’s physical abilities had reached the realm of transcendence.

A sun that doesn’t hurt your eyes at all when you look at it.

“… Ugh. My eyes don’t hurt when I look at the sun. Instead, I feel dizzy. What is it?”

After staring at the black sun for a while, I felt dizzy.

Cynthia recalled the giant eyes she had encountered before the start of her ordeal.

Surely… that’s not the same thing as that?

“Well, let’s get moving for now… The content of the ordeal is to survive in this world for 10 years, right?” It was something that made me sigh.

10 years.

3650 days.

That’s more than half of the years I’ve lived so far.

“It’s a place where time flows differently from Earth… but it feels so distant.”

Through the knowledge of the Transcendent, I realized that the flow of time here and on Earth is different.

To be exact, time flows differently in this space where the ordeal began and on Earth.

Roughly… 10:1 to 3:1.

When you leave here, about one to three years will have passed on Earth.

“My brother… thinks I’m dead.”

Cynthia thought of the face she wanted to see most.

As I was about to lose myself in thought for a moment,

Warm- warm- warm-

“Kikigigigi-”

“Geu-geug-geug-”

“Crack. Crack.”

A horde of skeletons rushed towards Cynthia.

“Skeleton?”

Cynthia thought as she looked at the three skeletons rushing toward her.

Skeleton.

A common specimen that also reveals its bones.

It was a low-level entity that seemed to only be C-class even if it was hit well.

“This is nothing now.”

C-class was easily caught even before going on the path to transcendence through trials.

Cynthia extended her fist and struck the skeleton in the head.

“Ouch!”

But something was strange.

“Crack! Crack!”

This skeleton… was so hard, it was too hard.

“What the… why is it so hard!”

Cynthia frowned and focused her magic on the skeleton once more.

When it still wasn’t destroyed, this time he wrapped the throwing device around his body and kicked it with his feet.

“Ouch, oh, oh, oh!”

But the skeleton not only kicked Cynthia’s foot away, but it also seemed angry and threw the bone sword it was holding at Cynthia.

Shhh!

“Wow, that’s a surprise…!”

Cynthia instinctively dodged the bone sword flying towards her.

It was a surprisingly fast and sharp sword.

‘A mere skeleton has this level of skill…? That doesn’t make sense!’

Cynthia had strong doubts about the strength of the skeleton, a trash mob.

‘I, information. Let’s look at the information. Since I’ve become a transcendent being and have been granted access to the Akashic Records… I should be able to find out information about these monsters easily.’

The idea was to use the divine power of the dagger to access the Akashic Records and read the other party’s information.

Cynthia accessed the Akashic Records through her divine powers, with her eyes closed.

Then, information about the monster appeared on Cynthia’s retina.

[Skeleton that was black]

The skeleton in front of you was a swordsman who had previously walked the path of transcendence on this planet.

“…?”

What the heck. Am I seeing things wrong?

Cynthia tilted her head, recognizing the information entering her head through her eyes.

Skeleton was previously a transcendent being who reached the highest level with a sword?

‘No… If you’ve reached that level, shouldn’t you have at least become a Death Knight, not a Skeleton?’

The aura of death felt from the skeleton in front of me was extremely weak.

That’s why Cynthia reacted this way after accessing the information through the Akashic Records.

“There’s no way the information could be wrong. It’s impossible not to believe something after seeing it with my own eyes…”

The skeleton trio rushed towards Cynthia.

Cynthia continued to dodge their attacks and continue to read their information.

[Skeleton called Guichang]

[ Skeleton who was an 8th circle archmage ]

Following the Black Skeleton, the other two have also reached extraordinary heights.

It was around this time that I was continuing to exchange attacks with them and gathering information about them.

Cynthia suddenly felt something strange.

“… But why is a guy called the Archmage holding a bone and rushing into close combat?”

That’s right, the Archmage Skeleton doesn’t use any magic at all, and just uses a staff-shaped bone to attack like a Power Mage.

Although they were extremely brave, their attacks were extremely simple compared to the Ghost Spear Skeleton and the Sword Spirit Skeleton.

“Ah… these guys were just a bunch of rascals who didn’t have any accidents.”

Cynthia now realized that these guys were the lowest level of undead monsters, skeletons.

A weak monster that can’t even use magic.

It is a monster whose bones have been abnormally strengthened because it has taken the path of transcendence.

***

After fighting for about ten minutes and dealing with the three skeletons, Cynthia took a breather and looked around before moving on.

“Fortunately, there aren’t many undead visible.”

I strengthened my eyes with divine power and looked far into the distance, but it didn’t seem like there were many undead in this area.

“By the way… Is this really a destroyed world…?”

The manager clearly said so.

This is a destroyed world.

Cynthia realized that this was not just a subspace within a simple gate, but a real world, a planet with vast expanses.

“I’ve been alone in a place like this for ten years… I have to keep opening my mouth so I don’t lose the ability to speak…”

If you leave here, it’s 28.

Han Seong-jin’s current age is 27.

If you calculate the passage of time… from 28 to 30.

‘Huh? The age gap is almost closing?’

Cynthia, who already had a bit of a complex about her young appearance, was delighted to recall the unexpected.

Because her body was developed due to her succubus body, there were still many parts that looked young.

‘When I think of the succubus’ body, I think of Illien… I wonder what happened to Illien… .’

Coming to this space, the symbol of the Pantheon was sealed.

And communication with Illien was also completely cut off.

Maybe I could meet her again if I went outside, but that would also be ten years later.

During that time, Cynthia wondered where Illien was and how he was doing.

‘Right now, I need to take care of myself rather than worrying about others…’

As he thought about it, he saw another group of undead approaching him.

“This time… it’s a bunch of ghouls.”

After the skeleton, the ghoul.

The monster I encountered this time was a B-class one.

[ Vampire Lord (was) Ghoul ]

[ Lycanthrope King (was) Ghoul ]

[ Arkrich (was) Ghoul ]

“…Why did someone who was an Ark Lich become a ghoul?”

If you’re rich, aren’t you originally an undead?

Even an S-class monster!

Cynthia wanted to find fault, but held back her thoughts for the time being.

Because that wasn’t the only thing to think about.

“… Are these guys also transcendent? No. What planet has so many transcendents?”

Even a single skeleton is a transcendent being.

If even ghouls are transcendent… then are they all transcendent?

Cynthia searched for information about the planet, seemingly incredulous.

‘Surely this planet isn’t a place where only transcendent beings live?’

Cynthia thought that couldn’t be true… she was just unlucky, and recognized the information through the Akashic Records.

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[ Planet of the Transcendents (what was) ]

“…omg.”

This world was a planet where transcendent beings lived.

A world that was destroyed a long time ago.

A world devoured by the Watcher, where the end came along with the universe long ago.

More precisely… .

Foreign news, it was a world that existed in the stomach of the doomsday watcher.