Episode 210
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“It’s a strangely formed mountain.”
A precarious mountain path where if you take one wrong step, you will fall a thousand miles down a cliff.
Muyaho muttered in amazement at the sight he encountered at the end of the mountain path.
“It looks like a small hill turned over on top of a horizontally carved stone mountain, doesn’t it?”
As she said, the place where the single road ends is a flat rocky plain.
And at the end of the rocky plain, a new peak rose more convexly.
It looks as if a small peak has been placed on top of a large peak.
The appearance of the small peak above was completely different from the large peak below.
‘The bottom is a rocky mountain, and the top is a hill with dense forests… … .’
Moreover, there was thick fog above the plains. I already knew that the lower part of the peak is covered in clouds and is therefore called the Sea of Clouds, but I never thought there would be fog even on peaks this high.
This was something that was not recorded in the booklet I had read in advance.
‘Is it just an ordinary fog with nothing special? … .’
With that thought in mind, Russell was about to walk back towards the forest shrouded in fog, when an urgent voice was heard from Muyaho.
“Male, male!?”
“Muyaho?”
When I turn my head back, I see Muyaho struggling, his whole body entangled in the fog.
It looks as if the fog is blocking Muya Lake from entering.
‘no way… … ?’
A thought passed through Russell’s mind, and with a crackling sound, a tendon appeared on Muyaho’s forehead.
“What a fog!”
I’m sure he wasn’t planning on tearing the fog apart with force, but Muyaho didn’t know that either.
“Muyaho.”
Russell’s firm voice stopped her movements.
Muyaho’s movements, which were trying to tear apart the fluffy things that had woven his body like a spider’s web, stopped for an instant.
“note?”
“If it’s okay, would you mind taking a few steps back?”
“Hmm. i get it. c*ck.”
At Russell’s words, Muyaho calmly took a step back.
Then, surprisingly, the fog that was binding her also disappeared like melting snow.
“I knew it.”
“Is there anything you can guess? c*ck?”
Muyaho, who was looking at the fog and his own hands and feet in confusion at Russell’s muttering, asked.
“yes. Perhaps this fog is used to prevent anyone other than me from entering the forest.”
“her-?”
“so… … Muyaho, would you please wait here for a moment?”
“Hmm.”
After frowning for a while as if he didn’t like Russell’s request, Muyaho immediately nodded.
“I can’t help it. “Sigh.”
It was accompanied by a groaning sound.
“thank you.”
So Russell left Muyaho on a rocky plain near the mountainside and continued walking through the fog for a while.
Slurp-.
The nature of the magical power surrounding the fog has changed.
‘This… … ?’
Russell, who sensed this, opened his eyes wide as if he was surprised. Although it was not the kind of magical power that posed a threat, the form of magic contained within it was surprising.
‘You converted the warp gate into the form of fog?’
Magical shape transformation, or magic transformation, was something that any wizard of top level or higher could do.
Some talented wizards even showed such miracles starting from the 5th circle.
But I never thought that a type of magic like a warp gate could also change shape in this way.
‘Was it possible because the warp gate is an installation magic, a fog that is fixed and stays in one place?’
Realizing once again that a magical world existed that he had not known about, Russell carefully observed the flow in order to gain at least a glimpse of that state, and tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk.
Along with that, the world around him changed little by little.
When I came to my senses again, the place where Russell was standing was… … .
‘labyrinth?’
It was in the middle of a huge labyrinth (Labyrinthos).
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[Holholhol. The little master finally entered the labyrinth.]
The owner of the voice laughed, as if the scene he was watching was amusing.
He then blinked his two beautiful jewel-like eyes and spoke.
[I wonder if the little master can pass the test and reach where I am… … Hol, hole, hole.]
I wanted to skip all exams and welcome my little master, but I couldn’t.
The trials prepared before the master were all prepared by the Dragon God King, the master of the previous generation and a great master.
All she can do is hope that the little unfinished master doesn’t give up halfway.
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[─Please, show me your will as firm and firm as a rock. Hol, hole, hole.]
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‘How much time has passed… … .’
Russell sighed as he caught a glimpse of the long stone walls stretching along both sides.
We have long since surpassed the number of units of time that can be counted on one hand.
After about ten days had passed, I had long since forgotten to count the days.
However, even though so much time has passed, the labyrinth is still not over.
Just how wide is the labyrinth?
However, it was not possible to fly higher than the wall and break through the labyrinth.
Just because it was Russell didn’t mean he didn’t try.
but.
‘As the flight altitude increases, the height of the wall also increases.’
Perhaps it is forbidden to break through through expedient means. That wasn’t the only expedient that was blocked.
‘But it wasn’t the type of wall that could be broken down with force-.’
I tried focusing not only Gaebolg and Falling Sun, but even the 7th circle magic Inferno on one point and firing wildly, but the moment it touched the wall, all the magic evaporated in the blink of an eye.
‘What’s interesting is that I can feel the passage of time vividly, but I’m not hungry or sleepy… … .’
Rule 333.
Are you saying that the average person can survive 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, and 3 weeks without food?
Of course, strong people who reached the level of superhumans were able to endure much longer periods of time without air, water, or food.
But that doesn’t mean that I don’t feel hunger or thirst.
‘But I don’t feel hunger or thirst here.’
And Russell had experienced this type of space once the day before.
‘Remains from the mythical era discovered a few years ago.’
The space I experienced within the ruins was exactly the same as it is now.
That means there is a high possibility that time here also has a completely different flow than outside.
‘The question is how long this labyrinth will continue.’
Even with a bitter smile, Russell hurried on.
In order to escape this labyrinth that I don’t know when will end… … .
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The flow of time was like running water, always flowing smoothly and without interruption.
The same goes for the time in this unknown labyrinth.
One day, two days, three days, four days… … And ten days.
Those ten days were repeated again and again.
‘still… … ‘Is it never ending?’
I was guessing that the time inside and outside was different, but if this much time had passed, I couldn’t help but feel anxious.
As much as I didn’t know how much of a difference there was, I also couldn’t tell how many days had passed outside.
Maybe a week, maybe 15 days.
‘No, maybe…’ … ‘More than a month may have already passed.’
Thinking like that, Russell let out a long sigh.
Moreover, what made him even more tired was the green window blinking right next to him.
[Do you want to give up the labyrinth? Y/N]
[If you give up, you can leave the labyrinth.]
A notification window appeared when mental fatigue reached its peak, as if it had noticed that it was getting tired.
“after-.”
Russell shook his head as he looked at the notification window. I was tempted for a moment, but I quickly shook it off.
‘no.’
While wandering through the labyrinth for a long time, Russell learned some things about himself that he did not know about himself.
One of them was that since he was a War Mage deep down, his thirst for power was beyond imagination.
‘The reason to want power has completely disappeared… … .’
Russell chuckled at the situation, which he thought was quite funny.
There were two reasons why he wanted power in the past. It was to revive his family and avenge his father.
In other words, now that both goals had been achieved to some extent, there was no reason for him to desire power anymore.
Moreover, if you were a great mage of the 7th circle, you were at a level high enough to be treated well no matter where you went on the continent.
But why?
Nevertheless, the desire to improve as a War Mage lies within Russell… … Rather than subsiding, my thirst for power was growing stronger.
I want to reach a higher level.
Now that I have entered the path of a wizard, I want to go beyond the 8th circle and reach transcendence, which is called the end of magic.
The magic path.
I want to see the end of the road.
No, I want to reach it directly.
That thought kept rearing its head.
With that thought as the driving force, Russell turned his head.
He ignored the blinking green window as if it was tempting him.
‘Maybe I’ll gain another strength at the end of this road.’
Just like it has been until now.
In other words, in order to gain the power beyond this, you must eventually break through this labyrinth.
‘Giving up now is just a momentary escape from the difficult moment.’
It was the moment when Russell, who had shaken off the illusion that had been clutching at him and strengthened his resolve once again, took a heavy step forward.
thud-!
In an instant, a heavy sensation, as if a rock had fallen, spread from the top of my feet to my entire body.
Sigh, blah blah blah.
As if in response, the ground under the shoe he stepped on splits like a spider web.
Kurrrrrrrr-!
The labyrinth collapses from the bottom, and Russell’s body falls toward the bottom.
‘Suddenly what?’
Before I could startle, I heard a notification sound.
[You have proven your will to be as strong as a rock.]
[End the labyrinth ordeal and move to the residence of the female dragon.]
‘Dark dragon?’
Just as the thunder dragon is a subspecies of the fire dragon, and the cloud dragon is a subspecies of the thunder dragon.
The female dragon (巖龍) was also a dragon belonging to the subspecies of the four dragons (沙龍).
Unlike snake dragons, which generally have scales similar in color to rocks or sand, their characteristic feature is that they have scales shaped like various types of rocks.
thud!
As Russell’s shoes touched the floor as he was free-falling down the collapsed labyrinth, the being spoke to him.
[Holholhol. The old woman, who is dying of old age, is crying out for her little master.]
It’s something reminiscent of a mountain, as if to prove that the life it has lived is quite long.
Growing on top of it are scales in the shape of various types of rocks.
‘Basalt, granite, trachyte, andesite, tuff… … .’
Broadly speaking, from igneous rocks to metamorphic rocks and sedimentary rocks.
A dragon covered in scales that was not an inch different from the description in the book slowly lowered its head towards Russell.
[There’s not much time left, but… … Would you like some tea? Hol, hole, hole.]
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