Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

81. Second Hidden Piece

#81. Second Hidden Piece

Hidden Piece: “Predation”

The second hidden piece that Lee Soo-hyuk obtains in the original.

He used this trait to absorb the ‘magic stone’. The magic stone he absorbed dissolved into Lee Soo-hyuk’s body and strengthened his body.

The higher the grade of the magic stone, the stronger its effect, and the magic stones that come out of the gate boss sometimes give special abilities.

‘A very useful hidden piece. The ability is clear and the high score is high.’

I thought Cynthia got a really good hidden piece. Lee Soo-hyuk got a half-dragon person instead of a hidden piece, and no matter how much I think about it, it’s better to be a half-dragon person than a hidden piece, so it’s a shame… Anyway, let’s move on from this.

‘Then let’s take a look at how to use it.’

Arriving at the training grounds under Cynthia’s guidance, I looked at her standing there with a proud expression and waited for her to use her trait.

Then suddenly an idea occurred to me.

‘But… when did Sia absorb the magic stone?’

Several days have passed since Cynthia absorbed the trait. During that time, she has spent all day locked in the training room, aside from going to the academy, trying to figure out what abilities she has just gained.

‘Well, since it’s a new house, it’s not strange to have a lot of magic stones in the corners of the house… But if you ate a magic stone, your abilities would have changed, but that’s not it… What is it?’

As I observed Cynthia as an observer, I felt puzzled.

And then Sia opened her mouth.

“Okay, then… let’s give it a try!”

“Uh… okay.”

“Put the pressure down!”

With Cynthia’s shout, white light burst out from her entire body.

Light swirled around her.

As Cynthia waved her hand, light began to swirl around her hand. The swirling light gradually took shape under her control.

The light was compressed and took on a clear form.

arrow.

Cynthia created an arrow out of light.

‘… What kind of ability is this? Does the Hidden Piece change depending on who obtains it?’

It felt like an exaggeration to say that I gained ‘trait’ by absorbing the boss monster’s magic stone through predation.

The ability to create something through light… It wasn’t certain yet, but it seemed like the ability Cynthia had acquired was definitely not ‘predation.’

“Look! Isn’t it amazing!”

“That’s amazing… Is the ability to create things with light something you’ve just acquired a special ability?”

“Yes! You can make it like an arrow… or you can make it out of other things!”

“For example?”

“For example… Ah! It’s also possible to capture monsters by making ropes like this!”

Cynthia stretched out her hand, and the light that had been gathered into an arrow released and took the shape of a rope.

and.

It flew towards me.

“???”

“Hehe. How is it? It’s literally light, so the speed is also incredibly fast! It’s not exactly as fast as light… but it’ll still be hard to react normally, right?”

I see… But I’m a little confused because you suddenly tied me up.

“I think it’s a useful trait in many ways.”

Cynthia gave a meaningless laugh.

When I saw that smile, I felt goosebumps for some reason.

“Why is that?”

“… It’s nothing.”

Swinging the light around, Cynthia transformed it into various forms.

It seemed like a useful trait in many ways.

At first, I was very disappointed that it wasn’t “Predation”, but at this level, it seemed like it wouldn’t be inferior to Predation.

“Actually… it wasn’t originally this ability. It was an ability to become stronger by absorbing something…”

“It was?”

“The scales asked for that trait, so hehe….”

“…huh?”

“The pattern on the palm took over the trait and gave me a new trait.”

“… … ???”

Libra asked for a trait?

what?

‘What does this have to do with the Pantheon…?’

***

The goddess who occupies the first place in the pantheon, Heron, the “Starlight of the Dawn.”

She was currently standing in the middle of the conference room as the ‘defendant’ at the interstellar conference hosted by the Pantheon.

[ Heron. Why did you give the ‘stigmata’ to a mere human? ]

The ones who brought up the issue to her were the many gods of the pantheon. And on behalf of those gods, the god of fire, Astaroth, who had the nickname of “Flame of Destruction,” was interrogating her.

[ Because it was necessary . ]

[ Is this something necessary? You gave your stigmata, which occupies the third seat of the Seventy-Two Seats of the Pantheon, to a human on a remote planet? ]

Heron granted the power of the god of light under the name of ‘Stigmata’ to a human named ‘Cynthia’.

This is why Heron is here now as a defendant.

[ Earth is a place that is being evaluated as a second-class planet. It has not produced any gods, but… it is a place that is quite useful. ]

[ I didn’t put you here to discuss that kind of thing. ]

Astaroth frowned and raised his voice.

[ The ‘end’ is coming. The time is near when a great evil will appear that will destroy the universe and collapse dimensions. You are wasting your power on a remote planet when you have not enough to store up. Do you know how much causality you have consumed because of what you have done? ]

The law of causality.

The power that underlies the great laws that affect all worlds in the universe and dimensions.

Beings who have become gods have great power, but they are also greatly restricted by this law of causality.

If beings with great power move recklessly, the universe and dimensions will collapse.

And currently, the balance of the dimension to which the Pantheon belongs is shaken due to the stigmata given by Heron, the ‘God of Light’ and the ‘God of Balance’.

Because it was a task that consumed a lot of causality to give off the stigmata of a being as high in rank as her.

[ The ‘end’ has been brought forward because of you. How will you take responsibility for this? ]

[ I gave the child the stigmata to take responsibility. The main stage of the apocalypse… will be Earth. ]

[ … Did you use the future time? You took a gamble. What were you going to do if you failed? ]

[Current measures can only delay the apocalypse, but cannot completely prevent it. That’s why we just chose the method with the highest probability. It has no other meaning.]

[ I thought that since the causality was consumed so much, it would be a great stigmata… but it seems that all of that causality was used in the future… ]

Future City is one of Heron’s powers.

The power of foresight that only she, among the many constellations of the Pantheon, can use.

[ It wasn’t a causality that could be consumed by a few stigmata. ]

[ How many… ? ]

Astaroth opened her eyes at Heron’s words and asked back.

[ Two powers, “Vision of the Future” and “The Paradox of Light”, have been bestowed upon the Earth. This will be the starting point for preventing the apocalypse. ]

[ You gave me two powers… You’re crazy. Do you really think you can stop the apocalypse? By using mortals who haven’t even achieved divine status? Ha! That’s ridiculous! ]

When Astaroth heard Heron’s words, she became furious.

[ The end will not come, because it will be sealed off from the Earth at its source. ]

[ … You’re saying you’re going to prevent the end from coming? What the heck! ]

[ Originally, it was impossible… but for some reason, the causality was distorted. If we link the reason for the end and the causality distortion, the end will go to a different dimension. ]

The cause of twisted causality.

There was a time when the law of causality was severely distorted by the existence of a being that should not exist in this world.

Heron intended to release one such being into an external dimension and weave his cause and effect with his end.

[ Look . ]

A golden light emanated from Heron’s eyes.

The light began to coalesce into a single form, showing everyone the future she had seen.

A scene where the Earth is on fire and a giant eye is staring at it.

[ So the seed of the ‘Watcher’ was on Earth… So that’s how it happened. Is it because the cause of the twisted causality was on Earth that Earth became the main stage for the apocalypse? ]

[ It’s not just that… but let’s say that’s the case for now. ]

[ Okay. I fully understand what you did. ]

Astaroth stared at Heron, letting out a strange laugh.

[Kuhahaha… But, forcibly severing a relationship that was dependent on fate? That is a cruel action that makes the name of the God of Light seem meaningless.]

At the end of the video that Heron showed, the person who became the origin of the ‘twisted cause and effect’ and the person she had given the stigmata to were breaking up.

[ It is unfortunate, but… the sacrifice of cattle for the greater good is inevitable. ]

To subordinate the dimensions, one of the fates of the border dimension is cut off and dropped.

This was the solution to the apocalypse that Heron had chosen.