Chapter 040.
I was reminded of the spider's status window.
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Name: Margurushas (Hero)
Race/Gender: Giant Spider/Female
Strength: 37
Agility: 40
Intelligence: 5
Mana: 1
Luck: –
Controlling an army of spiders, ignoring luck (?)
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'Now that I think about it, the leader spider's luck is written as –. What does this mean? Even ignoring luck is a trait? I've never seen before.'
I've looked at the status windows of several humans, sub-races, and monsters so far, but none of them have luck marked as – or have luck ignored. This is my first time seeing a spider.
"Status window! Answer me!"
"Colonel spiders are not lucky."
"What does it mean?"
「…」
There seems to be something that even the status window can't say.
"Is it okay for me to find the meaning myself?"
「Correct answer.」
"Hmm… What is ignoring luck?"
「Ignore Luck: Ignore the opponent's luck. A being with this characteristic cannot be defeated by luck. If you rush in, believing only in your luck, you could die.]
"So you're saying we have to win with skill?"
「Correct answer.」
"Luck is not omnipotent. Then what is the question mark next to ignoring luck?"
[You are not qualified to know this.]
What on earth is it? What qualifications should I have? Why don't spiders have any luck? If you don't have any luck, shouldn't you just die? But why is the giant spider still alive? This is a setting that does not appear in the 'Girls Falling into Destruction' novel. Curiosity arises one after another.
A fundamental question that encompasses everything comes to mind. What on earth is luck?
"Status window. What is luck?"
「Luck: How lucky you are」
"So what is the exact meaning of luck?"
「…」
The status window is hiding something. Or it can't answer. Perhaps luck is a very important concept that penetrates something fundamental in this world.
"Status window. You are on my side, right?"
「Correct answer.」
I decided to rest my mind on the response in the status window. Holding on to something you don't know right away is just a waste of time.
After letting go of her mind, fatigue overtook me, and I was overcome with anxiety. I lay down next to Aris and closed my eyes for a moment.
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I forced my heavy body to move and got out of bed. My head feels dizzy and hurts.
'How much did I sleep?'
When I checked the time, only one hour had passed.
I hear Aris' painful moans next to me.
"Keuuuuu…"
I quickly came to my senses and looked at Aris. Aris was sweating profusely as she was having a nightmare. I touched Aris' forehead with my hand and saw that it was as hot as fire.
The shock from earlier was so great that her body seemed to have weakened. In humans, the mind and body move together. The reason for this is that the brain, which handles the mind, also handles the homeostasis of the human body. Homeostasis is one of the characteristics of life, which is the characteristic of continuously maintaining one's optimal state using hormones and internal organs. When the mind becomes weak, problems occur in the brain, and the body becomes weak because the brain cannot maintain homeostasis properly.
I lay down next to her and hugged Aris' head.
"Aris… Zeon is by your side… Courage flows from Zeon into you… As Zeon's warmth spreads through your body, courage rises and your body relaxes… Your heart feels very cozy and happy…"
"Off… Ugh…"
"Zeon appears in your dreams… You are with Zeon… Courage rises in you… Together with Zeon, you can ward off any danger…"
"Ugh…"
Aris' moans gradually decreased and then stopped. The nightmare seems to have stopped, but she hasn't woken up yet.
"Due to strong trauma, the brain cut itself off from the external environment."
It seems like it will take quite a while to get Aris back to normally using hypnosis.
"I can't lose Aris. What should I do?"
At that time, what I studied in the world of imagery class came to mind.
"The world of imagery is a world that embodies the human mind. Depending on what you do in this world, you can change the target's mind. Excellent mental magicians often go into the mental world of mentally ill people and treat their mental illness. However, this is a very difficult task and involves risk."
If you enter the world of imagination, your fear of spiders may become tangible. Wouldn't it be possible to solve arachnophobia by killing the entity? It may be more effective than hinting.
"Okay. Go into Aris's mental world and get rid of her arachnophobia."
I thought of a way to enter someone else's imaginary world. I implement mental magic that transfers my spirit to the other person while in physical contact with them. It's easier said than done, but you can only enter the other person's world of imagination if they unconsciously allow it. Therefore, usually after breaking the opponent's mind through torture, an experienced mind wizard forcibly enters the opponent's mind.
"Aris. From now on, I will enter your imaginary world. Trust me and accept me. I like you. Aris."
First, I put the clock on my desk, checked the time, and then wrote the current date and time on a piece of paper. Because time passes faster in the mental world than in reality, your sense of time may be confused when you return to reality. So, if you write down the date and time in advance, you can immediately know how much time has passed when you wake up.
I lay down next to Aris and held her hand.
'I have no choice but to believe in my luck 300 and my relationship with Aris…'
I implemented mental magic in my head and focused on sending my spirit to Aris. I fell into darkness with the feeling of my mind crashing.
It's an amazing feeling. I can't see or hear it, but my mind leaves my body and is sucked into a spiritual tunnel. After going a certain distance, it becomes increasingly difficult to move forward due to some resistance.
To use an analogy, when running in the water, it feels like you can't move forward as you want due to the resistance of the water. Now something 100 times more viscous than water is preventing my mind from moving forward.
'Is this Aris' mental barrier? You have to believe in your relationship with Aris. You should embrace it instead of trying to pierce it.'
This is a mental space. It is a place where the mind and heart, not physical strength, become important.
I did not resist Aris' mental barrier and accepted it comfortably.
'Aris. I like you. I came here for you. Let me in.'
The surrounding viscosity became increasingly mushy, and my mind was sucked forward.
"Ouch!"
Before I knew it, I had landed on my butt on the hard ground.
"Was it successful?"
My vision and hearing have returned to normal, and I can feel dirt on my butt. I raised my head and looked around.
I was sitting on a quiet dirt road surrounded by fields. As the wind blows under the warm sunlight, the grass sways.
"Is this the world of imagination?"
It is a world that is so perfectly realized. I'm worried that I may have been teleported somewhere on this continent.
There is a way to distinguish between the imaginary world and reality by taking out my totem and checking it. A totem means an object that violates the laws of physics that has already been implemented in one's mind. In the world of images, things that are impossible in reality are possible, so you can check this with a totem and realize that it is a world of images.
"I made a top in my pocket, right?" [T/N: Inception reference]
I put my hands in my pockets. As expected, the top is caught. This top was not there when I lay down next to Aris. Just because a top suddenly appears in your pocket, you realize that this is an imaginary world.
I took out the top and spun it.
Drurrrr
I implemented this top to rotate infinitely. As expected, the top never shakes or tilts and spins for over a minute.
"In reality, an ordinary top cannot spin infinitely. This is clearly a world of imagination."
Whenever I confuse the world of images and reality, I can clearly know where I am by turning this top and seeing if it spins infinitely. I put the top in my pocket and stood up.
"I need weapons. Which should I use, the sword or the staff?"
Since I am a wizard, I decided to get a magic wand.
'Imagine the best cane I can imagine. Remember in detail the material, origin, history, and form of the wand. Let's hypnotize ourselves into believing that I am already holding a wand.'
"The body is made of a staff.
The blood is mithril and the heart is the branch of the world tree.
Undefeated even after crossing countless battlefields.
Without a single defeat.
Without a single despair.
Users are here alone
Trim branches from the cane hill.
Then, I don't need meaning in my life.
This body is made of an infinite staff."
Before I knew it, my right hand held a staff that radiated a formidable aura. A branch of the magical World Tree with mithril patterns and a jewel that emits multicolored light hanging on it. The name of this staff is 'Asgralde'.
There was once a world on the verge of destruction. In a world where most living things were wiped out by evil spirits and only the elf kingdom remained, the World Tree and the High Elves were in love with each other.
But in a world that will soon be destroyed, love is short and useless. The World Tree wanted the happiness of his beloved High Elves more than anyone else, so he placed all of his divinity in one branch, handed it over to the High Elves, and withered away.
The High Elf smelts the branches of the World Tree, and at the end, turns his love for the World Tree into a gem and attaches it to the tip of the World Tree to complete the ultimate staff, 'Asgralde'. On the day Asgralde was completed, the evil god's army of death reached the center of the elf kingdom and attacked. The high elves defeat the evil god by fighting for 10 days and nights with Asgralde, but the continent has already been destroyed, and the high elves are left alone in the world. The high elves place Asgralde in the center of the continent.
"Asgralde will become the cornerstone of a new era with you and my children."
The high elf stabs its own heart and falls, providing food for Asgrade to grow. Asgrade, the child of the World Tree and the High Elves, grows into a new World Tree and fills the destroyed world with sparkling life once again.
"I am holding that cane."
I looked at the cane in my hand with profound eyes.
"Asgralde, the child of the World Tree and the High Elves and the cornerstone of a new era. I will use it well."
I walked down the street with brisk steps carrying Asgralde.
"Kyuuuuung! Wow! Wow!"
I hear something cutely barking in the distance.
I turned my head towards the sound.
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