Episode 66
EPISODE.33
“Huh.”
I walked around the entrance to the ruins at a brisk pace and let out a few embarrassed sighs.
It didn’t take long for Spiegelman to regain his composure.
“hmm… … .”
Spiegelman approached with a casual step and stretched out his hand.
With my fingertips, I touched the darkness that had embraced Russell.
At that moment, Pajijik-.
A blue flash popped up.
As before, his body is pushed away.
Spiegelman muttered as he took two steps back and looked into the darkness a little further away.
“Huh, I guess this is… … .”
It was because a type of ruin I had read about in a book a long time ago came to mind.
“It is a relic that chooses its owner directly.”
I knew such ruins existed, but this was my first time actually seeing them.
Well, the last time ruins like this were discovered was hundreds of years ago.
A wizard who shows incredible talent at a young age.
And the ancient ruins that chose such a wizard.
For those who like to talk loudly, there is nothing better to talk about.
But despite this, Spiegelman couldn’t help but laugh.
It wasn’t because he was jealous of Russell, who went into the ruins alone.
It was simply because I had some sense of how tight the net of the world’s laws was.
‘What kind of fate is this world trying to bring to that young man?’
If we look at it up to this point, it could be said to be a heroic story in a story.
However, there must have been countless hardships and adversities behind him being called a hero.
‘I hope my worries are unfounded.’
Thinking so, Spiegelman turned around. Something unexpected happened, so he had to write an additional report.
‘Rather than that, what happens if the relic chooses its owner…? … .’
It seems that ownership of all items obtained from the ruins was entrusted to a chosen person.
Spiegelman frowned for a moment as he thought about the old rules.
‘How should I report this to Lord Yeomtap?’
Thinking about the contents of the report I would write, my bones were already aching.
“Phew,”
I sighed.
and-.
-There was a pair of eyes watching the scene hidden in the darkness of the forest.
A body as big as the palm of your hand, and a tail as long as your body. And even the eyes that glow red.
Take a picture-.
A rat started crying and twisted its body around.
Spiegelmann hurriedly ran in a different direction from the mountain road leading down.
Squeak.
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“uh-?”
Russell was equally embarrassed.
I stretched out my hand, expecting it to jump out.
‘On the contrary, I was sucked in.’
Russell tilted his head and turned around. He checked the direction from which he had just entered, which was now the exit.
Just like what you saw from outside, you can see darkness blocking the exit, as if you are cut off from the world.
If it was possible to come in, wouldn’t it also be possible to get out?
With that thought in mind, Russell stretched out his hand again.
At that moment, Paget!
A blue flash blooms and pushes Russell’s fingertips away.
‘It’s possible to come in, but you can’t let them out.’
Russell eventually sighed at the barrier where even his resolute will could be felt.
In this case, all that remains is to advance into the ruins.
Before doing so, Russell thought about what he had heard as he entered the barrier.
[Wizard with dragon eyes-.]
‘Awaken the understanding and intuition to look at magic correctly.’
This made it clear.
It was clear that this relic was related to his abilities.
‘The structure is probably similar to what we saw at Pompeo Volcano the day before.’
A format in which a certain type of task is given, the task is solved, and a reward is paid.
The difference was that the assignment had not been released yet.
‘Should I go inside?’
As soon as he could finish his thoughts, Russell’s finger drew a line in the air.
Sigh-.
The light along the trajectory comes together and forms a sphere.
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Russell moved Wright forward first.
The purpose was to understand the surrounding structure.
‘As guessed from the outside, the method is to go down to the basement using the stairs.’
You can see a spiral staircase leading straight down.
Along the walls around it, runes were listed here and there.
Rune words stretched out without any form or rules.
‘It feels like a sentence written by a child who has just started learning how to write.’
Of course not.
Because these ruins were of such a high level that spatial disconnection was used.
‘If you investigate, you will find out why.’
After making his decision, Russell took a step forward.
Jeopuk, Jeopuk-.
As soon as I went down the stairs, what appeared was a long, straight passage.
The unknown letters listed on the wall are also the same.
Jeopuk, Jeopuk-.
No one knows when and where something will pop up.
Russell walked down the aisle, alert.
Jeopuk, Jeopuk-.
Jeopuk, Jeopuk-.
The sound of shoes stepping on old ruins resonates regularly.
How long did it take to walk like that?
Russell, who felt something strange, stopped walking.
I looked around with deeply sunken eyes.
The straight passage is not much different from when you first entered. But strangely enough, the passage does not end.
‘Even though it feels like I’ve been walking for hours already.’
Two hours by straight passage.
It was a distance that would not be strange even if we had already crossed the Kalvane Mountains.
Something was strange.
A feeling of discomfort, as if I were circling the same place over and over again… … .
‘no way?’
Russell moved his hand, thinking about what might happen.
He bent his fingers as sharply as a hawk’s claws and applied magical power over them.
Jiiiing-.
Sharpness Claw, a 2nd circle magic to prepare for possible close combat.
The swung fingertip fiercely scratched a part of the wall.
Crackling, patter-.
Pieces of stone that had been torn off rolled miserably on the floor.
‘I guess this is enough.’
There were three scars about two spans long. There was no way that marks this size could not be recognized.
And again after some time has passed.
“… … .”
Russell was still standing in the center of the straight passage.
On the wall in front of him, there were fingernail marks that were two spans long.
.
.
‘I knew it.’
Russell, who was looking at the traces he left behind, slowly curled his fist.
‘It’s true that we kept circling the same spot.’
This was the essence of the sense of discomfort I had felt until now.
There are two things to think about in this situation.
The first was that the structure of this ruin was made up of a donut-like circle.
With that structure, it made sense to continue circling the same spot.
but.
‘Dismissed.’
Russell quickly dismissed the speculation.
‘If that’s the case, you should have passed by the entrance you first came in at least once.’
Therefore, it had to be in the form of a donut.
Then the second is -.
‘It means that the space from one point to another is connected.’
By high-dimensional magic.
‘… … Awaken your intuition to properly understand magic.’
Only then did I understand the meaning of the words I heard for the first time.
‘Are you trying to understand and intuit this space in a magical way and escape from it?’
Maybe this is a test.
Wow-.
The magic that flowed from my toes spread out in all directions like a spider web.
It read the flow of magical power located nearby and surrounded the area.
From the bottom up.
It started climbing up the wall.
A movement of magical energy as dense as a swarm of ants covering the floor and climbing up a wall.
‘It’s cumbersome and consumes a lot of magic power, but… … ‘I can’t help it.’
In a situation where the amount of information was low, the best way to understand the structure of the magic was to read the entire thing.
The first thing to be transmitted through the rising magic power was structural information.
Then, the mana structures lined up along the wall flowed into his head, and Russell fell into a deep sleep.
‘hmm.’
Understanding and intuition.
We tried to understand the structure by mobilizing two forces.
I wrote down the formula for it little by little.
Dozens or hundreds of lines of formula begin to spread out in a complex structure like a magic circuit.
‘Not every formula is complicated or high-dimensional.’
The problem was the overall structure of the formulas.
‘Dead weight? Or, did you combine the five-fold composite magic circle with three-dimensional coordinates?’
The amount of information is mind-boggling.
Drops of sweat fall and form along my jawline.
There was also a slight hint of red at the tip of the nose.
How long has it been since I used my brain this much since I became a 4th Circle Master?
It was an arduous and difficult task that required not only mental strength but also physical strength.
But despite this, Russell did not rest.
I burned my will as if I could not feel the slightest fatigue.
A sea of information so distant that it makes your head explode, fragments of imagery flowing through it.
Every time I grab that piece, a ‘knowledge’ strikes my head as if struck by lightning.
The fact that such a world exists was shocking and surprising.
‘I guess the magic I knew was only at the level of baby steps.’
Russell smiled brightly in a feeling close to joy.
.
.
I had no idea how much time had passed.
I don’t know if I was paying attention.
Because the power to disperse his mental power there did not exist for the current Russell.
And it happened.
An inevitability born from chance.
A single idea that penetrates layers of images and efforts.
It became an arrow called intuition and pierced all formulas at once.
bang!
A thunderbolt struck my head.
The space surrounding Russell began to change completely.
With his chest and shoulders heaving and his face full of exhaustion, Russell took a deep breath.
“Huh. “Huh.”
I exhaled while staring at the space that was starting to collapse.
“… … succeded.”
The conditions for destroying the magic that surrounded him were met.
If this was a completed magic, it would have been absolutely impossible to destroy it with Russell’s current skills.
However, it was able to be destroyed because it was designed from the beginning for destruction.
It was a moment that felt as long as an hour, but what was important was the result called ‘success’.
There was quite a bit gained in the process.
‘This kind of learning, or training-.’
I don’t know if I can call this learning or training, but I decided to call it that for now.
‘Even if I can only practice a few more times… … .’
Thinking like that, Russell spread his five fingers wide.
5, V.
I repeated the number five for a while and then shook my head.
It was around that time that the surrounding space completely changed.
Located in the back is the spiral staircase that Russell came down just now.
I guess-.
‘-Were you trapped by magic as soon as you came down the stairs?’
The activation of secret magic that is not even known when it was activated.
Is this really a relic from the Age of God?
Russell raised his head while sticking his tongue out, and in front of him was a huge door,
[1st gateway]
The words ‘First Gate’ were blocked.
The first gate was what we just passed.
‘There is one gateway… … .’
Because there is a 2nd or 3rd gateway.
A small smile spread across Russell’s tired face.
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