Transmigrated into the Gacha Game I Abandoned for 10 Years

In the dark Abyss.

The Mysterious Merchant, still bound by something black, watched the red and blue butterflies flying before her eyes.

In other words, she was listening to the conversation between the Red Merchant and the Blue Merchant.

“…Already, Arthur has arrived?”

“Yes, even though it will take a while for the letter to arrive… Well, I think Arthur will handle it without much trouble.”

The Red Merchant added in agreement with the Blue Merchant’s words.

“I think the same as you, Blue Merchant. The heroes of Lartania are stronger than I expected.”

“Well, I was expecting that much too, but you know, that’s not the real problem, right?”

“……”

Both the Blue and Red Merchants fell silent at her words.

As she said, dealing with Arthur was difficult, but it was something that could be done.

“…That guy, if Arthur’s plans fall apart, he’ll surely throw everything aside and run out, you know.”

The Mysterious Merchant let out a sigh, looking a bit worried.

“…I told you, we shouldn’t have used the Abyss, even if it would take time.”

“I agree with that part too.”

“As I said before, it couldn’t be helped. If we hadn’t chosen the Abyss at that time, I probably wouldn’t have even reached Lartania by now.”

“…That’s true, but.”

“Besides, as I said last time, I’m just delivering information, I can’t do anything. How could I stand against a ‘bug’ like that?”

The Mysterious Merchant continued speaking.

“So don’t worry too much and just wait.”

“In this situation? If Kim Hyunwoo dies, we’re all finished here!”

“But there’s nothing we can do other than wait.”

“…That’s true, but…”

“Plus, you said it yourself, right? Kim Hyunwoo heard Arthur was coming and bought all of it, right?”

“Yes, he did buy it.”

“Then it’s fine. You can tell he knows how to get through the crisis. So, let’s just watch.”

The Red and Blue Merchants fell silent at the calm words of the Mysterious Merchant.

Instead,

‘For someone so calm, their legs are shaking.’

Seeing her trembling legs, which made the observer uneasy despite her pretending to be calm, the Red and Blue Merchants exchanged a cold glance.

“…He’ll do fine. Yeah. For sure.”

“……”

“He’ll do fine, right?”

“……”

“…He’ll do fine. I believe it.”

The events unfolded in an instant.

At least, Rhien, who was preparing magic in the back, seemed to be preparing her magic without being affected by Loria’s attack.

KWAANG-!

“Ah?!”

But it was only for a moment, as Loria made a single gesture, the huge dragon was sent flying and crashed into a hill in an instant.

BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!

Loria continued to slam Rhien against the cliff wall multiple times until Rhien completely lost consciousness.

Soon, Loria confirmed that Rhien, who had been turned into a cliffside, was limp and defeated.

KRRK-KRRK!

“Tch-”

Loria watched Kim Hyunwoo, who made a tense expression, as she noticed her arm beginning to twist grotesquely.

CRACK-!

Seeing him, her arm twisted even further, and soon her hand was bending at an absurd angle. Kim Hyunwoo grimaced, but Loria spoke with a voice full of annoyance.

“Sigh, this is why I didn’t want to get involved myself.”

She sighed quietly while watching her arm twist like a rope, then looked at Kim Hyunwoo and spoke.

“See this?”

“…Is that the risk?”

“Yeah, I’m pretending like it’s nothing, but it hurts a lot more than I expected. Also, if I kill you, I’ll lose a lot, but honestly, now that it’s come to this, there’s no other way.”

As Loria forced her twisting arm towards Kim Hyunwoo, he frowned and asked.

“Why do you want to kill me?”

“Why kill you?”

Loria mumbled, then let out a small chuckle.

“It seems like you’re trying to stall for time. What a pity.”

She spoke, raising her hand directly toward Kim Hyunwoo.

“Sorry, but I’ve waited this long, and I don’t have the patience to tell you the reason just by dragging it out any longer.”

With that, she started forcing her twisted hand to return to its original position.

Crack-CRACK!

Tendons began to emerge from her right arm as she forced it back into place.

But in the end, her grotesquely twisted arm returned to its original position by Loria’s will.

“I’ll lose a lot with this, but it’s better than doing nothing.”

With that, Loria moved her arm slightly to flick it towards Kim Hyunwoo.

KWAANG-!

Once again, Merilda returned and threw a punch towards Loria’s head. Loria sighed helplessly and spoke.

“Seems like you’re a beast after all; your comprehension is lacking. You should’ve learned from the experience earlier, why are you doing this?”

Loria looked at Merilda with a disdainful expression.

But Merilda, on the other hand, grinned.

“Is that so?”

She said that, and at that moment, Loria tilted her head in confusion.

Loria sensed a killing intent behind her and turned to look at Rin, who had leaped toward her, and sighed.

Whoosh-

“…Huh?”

Loria looked at the sword in Rin’s hand, which had easily pierced through her defense and stabbed her in the stomach.

“Looks like this sword really has an effect.”

Rin, whose lips were stained with blood, smiled grimly.

At that, Loria realized that the sword Rin was holding wasn’t the one she originally had, but rather the half-sword Arthur had been using, and she frowned.

“…How did you know? You, a hero from the Middle Realm, couldn’t possibly know about the Void…”

Loria trailed off as if realizing something, and turned to look at Kim Hyunwoo.

“You found out.”

Kim Hyunwoo smiled nervously, still tense.

In reality, what Kim Hyunwoo knew wasn’t about the ‘Void’, but about the fact that Arthur of Black and White and the knights under her wielded a weapon that completely ignored all defenses, an armor-piercing sword, and he had shared this knowledge with the heroes.

If they ever had the chance to face Arthur, he suggested taking her weapon away and using it.

“In a reality without an HP concept, such a weapon that ignores armor is basically cheating.”

Kim Hyunwoo smiled as he looked at the half-sword of Arthur that Rin was holding.

“Tch-”

Soon, Loria, bleeding dark red from her mouth, glared at Kim Hyunwoo and said,

“You got me, huh? I was too careless.”

“That’s why you shouldn’t have been careless.”

“…But does that mean you can be so confident just because I’m talking like this? Do you really think I’ll be done in just because you stabbed me in the stomach?”

As Loria said, despite being stabbed with a sword, it was clearly a wound that could have been fatal, yet she appeared remarkably fine.

However, despite the situation, Kim Hyunwoo maintained a calm expression, not a tense one.

“I didn’t think you would be finished off that easily. That’s why I’ve been preparing a secret weapon myself.”

Muttering those words, he soon took something out of his pocket and walked towards Loria.

Loria quickly began to think as she watched Kim Hyunwoo approach her.

At this moment, she couldn’t move her body.

Though she was acting as if it didn’t bother her, Arthur’s sword had surely dealt her a fatal blow, and currently, her body was held by the five heroes.

…In truth, if Loria wanted, she could easily shake off the heroes next to her and kill Kim Hyunwoo in an instant.

She had the power to do so in the first place.

However, that would only be possible if Loria abandoned her physical body.

Loria’s body would tear apart like paper the moment “she” began to exert her full strength.

And that was not what Loria wanted.

The reason she contracted to summon the Lord of Lartania here was to obtain a new physical form.

Thus, she deliberately refrained from acting, waiting quietly until her injuries healed.

At this moment, her body was slowly repairing the interior that had been completely destroyed by the Void, even while held captive.

With this in mind, Loria silently watched Kim Hyunwoo.

Soon, she saw Kim Hyunwoo reach into his pocket and pull something out. It didn’t take long for her to realize it was a ring.

“A ring…?”

Loria looked at the ring with a puzzled expression.

She tried to assess whether the ring had any magic or special enchantments, but soon, she looked at it with an incredulous expression.

She realized that the ring did not contain any special magic or enchantment.

Of course, there was a single enchantment, but it wasn’t an offensive spell—it was a useless auxiliary spell. Loria stared at Kim Hyunwoo with a puzzled look.

Soon, she saw Kim Hyunwoo turn and face Merilda while still holding the ring.

“Merilda.”

“Master, it’s dangerous, so fall back—”

“Marry me.”

“…Huh?”

At Kim Hyunwoo’s words, Merilda made a blank expression.

“…????”

The heroes blinked, wide-eyed, as if they couldn’t understand what was happening.

“Ha…?”

Loria, with a look of disbelief, stared at Kim Hyunwoo.