Their world doesn't need gods.

Chapter 272: Roderick's exciting treasure hunt ended in nothing (sad)

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—Roderick—

Ever since he was taken to the casino by Brady that night and was able to earn huge commissions by fighting in illegal matches in the casino's ring, Roderick began to feel that he was able to do it again and regain his life.

He went to play illegal games with Brady every night to make money, and then spent the money casually on the night streets, enjoying a happy and fulfilling life without Marina.

At the same time, Roderick did not forget his business.

He bought a large number of demon cores from the black market on the night street, and used the Soul-Bite Ring that Curitis had given him to greatly strengthen the two ancient demon puppets. Now these two puppets have become extremely powerful.

Roderick also used his abundant funds to buy a lot of good stuff on the black market with Brady.

Among them, there are also precious items that can only be obtained in the later stages of the game.

Even now, even if it was the BOSS in the first generation of the game, if Alfred suddenly jumped out, Roderick had the confidence to fight him on equal terms.

But compared to dealing with Alfred, Roderick has more important things to do first.

That is to recover the ancient magic spaceship hidden under the Warner Fairy Forest.

As long as he has that high-performance external spaceship, Roderick can travel around the continent and collect various hidden props and puppets during the short holiday starting at the end of next month.

This generation of the game is already a waste for Roderick.

Because almost all the heroines have extremely close relationships with the villain Alfred.

Maybe they were just second-hand goods left over by Alfred.

Roderick decided to set his sights on the heroines in the sequel to the game.

In order to enter the second generation of the game next year, he has to make full preparations now.

He and Brady didn't play too late yesterday, so he wasn't that hungover when he woke up at noon.

So Roderick dragged Brady into the maze of Warner Fairy Forest with a perfunctory excuse like "I'll take you to see some good stuff".

"So, Roderick, what on earth are we doing in a place like this?"

Brady commanded his ancient angel puppets. While the Seraphim was killing the attacking monsters, he asked Roderick impatiently.

Because Roderick kept him in suspense, his patience was at its limit.

"It's a treasure trove left behind by an ancient civilization. If you ask me to describe it to you in detail, I can't really explain it. Anyway, there are all kinds of super rare props with strange functions."

Roderick explained.

He didn't intend to let Brady know about the ancient magic spaceship, so he deliberately didn't mention it.

As Roderick spoke, he paused and groped about the nearby wall like a hooligan.

He had been hanging out on the night streets all the time during this period, and his technique had become very familiar to him, but it was useless against the cold walls.

(I remember the mechanism should be here...)

Roderick searched for a long time but couldn't find the hidden mechanism he imagined.

"Are you looking for something?"

"The hidden mechanism should be here, right?!"

Roderick answered Brady irritably, his hands never stopping.

"Wait a minute, I'll take a look."

Brady said as he came over.

His puppet Seraph also followed Brady and approached the wall where Roderick had been groping for a long time.

Suddenly, the wall that Roderick had touched for a long time without any response suddenly responded to the Seraph.

The two sides seemed to be echoing each other, emitting pure white sacred light.

(It seems that I made the right decision to bring Brady here.)

Roderick was also very surprised.

But he did not forget to brag about himself in his heart.

As the light on the wall and the Seraphim faded, the stone wall faded away as if it had melted into liquid, revealing a metal door hidden inside.

There is also a terminal next to the metal door that can be used for biometric identification or password entry.

It's clear at first glance that this thing is not a super-technological product that is in line with the era of the empire.

"What, what exactly is this door?"

"This is the ancient ruins I mentioned. Brady, be prepared for a fight. There are monsters in here that are much more powerful than the ones in the maze. And what they are guarding is what we are looking for today."

Roderick smiled and walked to the terminal.

In the game, you need to purchase paid bonuses and DLC expansion packs to unlock this.

Of course, Roderick did not buy any bonus games or DLC expansion packs; they were all cracked versions purchased online.

However, he still remembers the password in the special package very clearly.

"Are the things those monsters are guarding valuable?"

Brady asked curiously.

"It's hard to say. After all, even if we sell those items, not many people would understand their value. But they can help us become stronger and teach Alfred a lesson."

Roderick said to Brady as he entered the thirteen-digit password.

He was actually totally lying to Brady.

Roderick himself was not sure whether he could defeat Alfred with the help of the ancient magic spaceship and the special items in the ruins.

But Roderick knew that Brady was quite jealous and resentful of Alfred.

If that were the case, he would definitely be enthusiastic in helping me explore the ruins. Then I could just give Brady some props to fool him, and then I could just secretly look for the ancient magic spaceship.

Roderick intends to keep the ancient magic spaceship for himself, but of course he cannot let Brady know of its existence.

When the metal door opened, a dark passage appeared in front of the two people.

Brady ordered the Seraph to cast light magic to illuminate.

Roderick also summoned out his three puppets, the S+-level Gluttony Demon Beelzebub and the Pride Demon Lucifer, as well as the A-level puppet, Ghost Knight, which he got during the academy event some time ago.

None of Brady's other puppets are suitable for fighting in confined environments.

So Roderick planned to handle the task of clearing out the monsters in the ruins himself, and let Brady do more during the BOSS battle later.

You may ask, why didn't Roderick summon the puppet in the maze?

Because at the entrance of Warner's Fairy Forest Maze, Brady summoned the Seraph.

Keeping the puppet summoned would also consume the summoner's mental energy. Roderick thought it was too tiring, so he left all the work to Brady.

After entering the ruins, if Roderick undertakes too little work, he will be at a disadvantage when distributing the spoils.

That's why he is pretending to be trying hard and summoning three puppets in one breath.

The two stepped into a sci-fi abandoned ruins corridor filled with strange demons and monsters.

Occasionally, there are robots that resemble relic defense equipment.

Under normal circumstances, even if fourth and fifth grade students were to challenge these monsters, they would only be beaten unilaterally.

However, Roderick and Brady came prepared this time.

Moreover, Roderick remembered the map here very clearly.

He knew exactly where there were important items that needed to be recovered, and where there were simple traps or unimportant items that could be ignored.

The two of them arrived at the final BOSS room without any obstruction.

The boss here is a synthetic beast called Chimera.

Unlike the Chimera with a lion head and a goat head that often appears in mythology, this synthetic beast is simply the bodies of various monsters sewn together, which is super disgusting.

There are all kinds of things, such as dragon heads, ghost heads, bird heads, snake heads, etc.

Rather than looking like some kind of animal, the body of the synthetic beast looked more like a simple mass of flesh, with tentacles and limbs of various monsters sewn onto it.

Although it looks quite ugly and strange, this thing is really hard to fight.

After Brady converted the open laboratory space, the venue for the BOSS battle, into the ocean, he summoned his three-headed skeleton shark and two-headed Kraken puppets to attack the BOSS.

At the same time, he also used Behemoth's provocation to attract the BOSS's attention and cause damage.

Roderick also ordered his three puppets to attack with all their strength.

Under the siege of six puppets with an average level of more than seven, the synthetic beast Chimera fought with Roderick and Brady for three hours before dying.

"Huh, it's finally over... This monster is really damn strong. The treasure it's guarding must be something super good, right?"

Brady slumped down on the ground exhausted.

Roderick took advantage of this opportunity to sneak up on a row of metal boxes that appeared after the synthetic beast Chimera was killed.

"That's right. Brady, look at this~!"

Roderick took a white key card from the box with his left hand, and with his right hand he threw a box of something that looked like medicine capsules to Brady and shouted.

"What is this?"

Brady's attention was all focused on the capsule, and he didn't notice Roderick's little movements.

"This is a strengthening potion that can greatly strengthen the puppets. There are quite a few of these things in these boxes. Let's divide the spoils now."

Roderick suggested with a smile.

"Hey~ Let's take a break. I'm super tired from the battle just now!"

"I see. Let's take a rest for a while."

"By the way, can I get more spoils later? When we were fighting the BOSS just now, it was my Behemoth that took the damage."

Brady planned to use this as an excuse to try to bargain with Roderick.

Although he felt a little unhappy, Roderick finally agreed.

After all, if I argue with Brady over such a small profit, it would be bad if Brady accidentally noticed the existence of the key card.

After the two divided the spoils, they immediately returned to the entrance of the maze.

It happened to be evening, and Brady seemed to be planning to go out and spend some money on the night street.

Roderick made an excuse that he was too tired today, so he wanted to go back to the dormitory to rest and parted with Brady.

After making sure Brady went to Night Street, he returned to the depths of the ruins alone.

There, there was a hidden door that Roderick had deliberately ignored when he was working with Brady.

This door can only be opened with the key card obtained after killing the BOSS.

The passage behind the door leads to the dock where the ancient magic spaceship is docked.

There is Roderick's real target, an intact, super-high-performance ancient magic spaceship.

"When will we reach the end? Why is it so deep here?"

Roderick couldn't help but complain under his breath.

In the game, if you open the door and go through a cutscene, you will arrive at the dock where the ancient magic spaceship is docked. But he has been walking for more than half an hour and still hasn't reached the end of the passage.

Roderick even doubted whether this passage led to the dock like in the game.

Just when Roderick was about to give up, he saw a ray of hope.

The stairs that had been going down finally became flat ground.

At the other end of the horizontal passage, Roderick could faintly see a faint green light.

Excited, he quickened his pace and ran the last bit of the distance.

When he arrived at the metal door leading to the dock, Roderick excitedly read the key card with the terminal.

The door was opened, but what was behind the door was not the huge dock that Roderick had imagined.

The area behind the door was completely blocked by stones, and there was no dock to park the ancient magic spaceship.

Roderick was petrified on the spot...

He didn't know that behind this door was the dock he had been longing for three days ago.

Alfred was worried that there was such a large open space beneath the Imperial City and Illya Arya. If anything collapsed, it would likely cause serious ground subsidence on the surface as well.

So after Artemis and the other three artificial intelligences drove the Anoka away from the base and recovered all the materials in the base that might be used, Alfred asked them to landfill the entire base.

What Roderick saw now was the result of the AIs' overnight labor...

Roderick refused to give up and summoned his puppets to dig behind the door for a long time.

In the end, because his magic power was exhausted, Roderick had to take back the puppets.

He finally chose to give up.

But when he was about to return to the academy, Roderick noticed the way he came...