Episode 218
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Shootaaaaa-.
A current that churns violently and creates a whirlpool.
The long passage created by the whirlpool, and the entrance to the underwater cave at the end.
After confirming everything, Russell took a deep breath instead of rushing in right away.
It calmed my violently pounding heart.
‘It can’t end like this.’
According to my experience so far, these missions were a gateway to test myself or grow.
However, we have not yet encountered such a gateway in this mission.
However, the level was too low to use it as a test to unlock the magical power pattern through inversion.
‘Maybe the real gateway is inside that cave.’
It only took a few seconds at most to catch my breath, raise my magic power, and get ready for the day.
“Pepper, do you want to go back?”
Purr.
After completing all preparations to return Pepper to the spirit world, Russell entered the vortex.
Kwagwagwagwagwa!
The sound of water spinning violently hits my ears.
Meanwhile, the moment Russell plunges into the underwater cave!
Kwagwagwagwagwa!
The whirlpool narrowed in an instant, and the water that had been spinning around all around rushed towards Russell at once.
‘Tsk-!’
As if a fierce water dragon was wreaking havoc in the water, dozens of vortices were created, and the rotation of the water hit Russell’s whole body like claws.
The feeling of being thrown into the middle of dozens of strong ocean currents!
An ordinary human being would have been pulverized and torn apart just by being swept away.
Even for a strong person who has completed some training, it would not have been easy to maintain balance.
Boom, boom!
Russell, who blocked the flow of water through staggered shields and created a gap between them, corrected his body’s balance.
Then, he followed the rushing water flow with his sharp eyes.
Deep in the water, it’s not easy to breathe, but it doesn’t matter.
I also paid no heed to the chill that seemed to freeze me to my bones, which was unique to frozen soil.
While maintaining his underwater breathing magic and repeatedly creating and erasing a shield to block the ever-changing flow of water, Russell’s eyes were coolly reading the flow.
‘It’s not ordinary water…’ … .’
No matter how powerful and unique the ocean current was, there was no way it could have this many different patterns.
Moreover, there is even a faint reverberation of magical power felt in the flowing water.
‘Is this a real test or a gateway? … .’
By breaking through this current, you must enter the inside of the underwater cave.
There-.
‘There’s no guarantee that this will be the end.’
We had just entered the entrance, but there was still a long way to go to the end of the cave.
It was not strange if the difficulty of the gateway increased in the middle.
As Russell expected, kwagwagwagwa!
‘ice?’
Even though it had only been a while since we dug in, the current became stronger.
Not only that, but there are also sharp pieces of ice mixed in between the currents.
It might be an ordinary piece of ice, but ice hitting it with this much speed was no different from a weapon in itself.
‘It feels like hundreds of weapons are flying from all directions.’
It’s literally killing water.
It felt like I was encountering a tip of Blizzard or Avalanche, one of the great army spells.
Kagagagak-!
Russell’s eyes changed as he saw the ice shards sharply scratching the shield.
Like the current of water, it is a piece of ice imbued with magical power.
It’s okay right now, but if the shock continues to accumulate, it’s clear that the shield will break.
‘Increase strength and change structure.’
As soon as I finished thinking, my magic power responded.
Wow-.
The increasingly powerful magic enveloped the shield, and then transformed its shape into a hexagonal structure.
Russell completed a series of actions in less than a breath and stared into the underwater cave.
‘Now half way.’
What else would happen in the future was still unknown.
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‘─!?’
just as expected.
The moment we got quite close to the end of the underwater cave, a change occurred once again.
Shaaaaaat-!
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Not only the rapids and ice, but also a group of sharks suddenly appeared.
A group of sharks appear, going against the current at high speed, while simultaneously exposing their sharp teeth.
He then used his strong skin to attack Russell with a hand-to-hand attack.
bang!
Due to the strong impact, the staggered shields shook violently as if they would break.
‘Tsk… … !’
Russell gritted his teeth as the shock wave surged beyond the magical barrier.
‘It’s not just a shark.’
The bitter cold from the strong torrent, and if that wasn’t enough, there were also sharp pieces of ice.
There was no way an ordinary shark could live in a waterway like this.
What’s more, a shark can create a shockwave large enough to penetrate a shield with a simple hand-to-hand attack!
Shaaaaaaa-!
A school of sharks that had been colliding repeatedly turn while riding the current.
The fish formed a huge wall, blocking Russell’s path.
‘Are you saying they won’t let you go easily?’
then… … .
‘We have no choice but to intercept.’
Quad deuk-.
As soon as the thought ends, dozens of ice spears appear around Russell.
It is not simply Ice Partisan, which embodies ice in the form of a spear, but a higher level of magic.
Icicle infantry with dense spears.
Icicle Phalanx.
(Icicle Phalanx).
‘good-!’
As soon as he flicked his hand, a group of icicles crashed towards the shark school.
Fast enough to break through rushing rapids and leave your own trace!
For a moment, the water became tangled, and a group of sharks and icicles collided.
Wedge, bubbling!
At the same time as several pieces of ice pierced the group of sharks, several groups of sharks crashed into the group of icicles from the side.
Blah blah blah-.
A significant number of icicles explode due to the generated shock wave.
‘Using the remnants of magic already used, I revive the spark of magic once again.’
Immediately after that, he roughly grabbed Russell’s outstretched hand.
‘Connects magic to overlap firepower.’
It is a test reproduction of the magical power management method learned through the magic recorded in the scroll that was seen just before entering the underwater cave.
The images and formulas that came to mind, even the magic power to recreate the magic.
The moment the three beats matched, the magicians stretched out like a spider’s web and touched the broken fragments of the icicle.
These are pieces of ice so small that it is difficult to even call them icicles anymore.
The moment the intention is transmitted, the ice is transformed into a completely new type of magic and is reborn.
‘Group Dance Of Thin Ice!’
A huge ice storm arose in the midst of a group of sharks struck by a swarm of icicles.
Ka-ga-ga-ga-!
Large and small pieces of ice run wild, spawning schools of sharks.
Kyaaaaaaa!
In an instant, a gap opens up between them in the aftermath!
‘now!’
bang!
Russell accelerated the new model. Protecting her body with a layered shield, she made a splash and crossed the crowd.
Then, it soared towards the end of the underwater cave, above the water where light enters.
Puhwaak!
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“Whoa… … .”
Russell walked out of the water and let out a long breath. Her wet clothes hung heavily like wet cotton, holding her back as she walked.
“dry.”
Russell looked around while drying his wet clothes and body using simple magic.
The first thing I saw was a long stalactite and a glowing stone.
Even though I got out of the water, I’m still inside the underwater cave.
Perhaps the light seen just before rising above the water was flowing through that luminous stone.
With that in mind, Russell followed the light of the glowstone.
It was a long cave, and luminous stones were embedded in it at certain distances, emitting light.
‘Are you asking me to come inside?’
It was the moment when Russell, an artificial structure clearly created by someone’s hand, finally broke through the gate and entered the dragon’s nest.
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I thought it would be okay since I got out of the cold water…
‘It seems like the temperature gets colder the further you go inside.’
It was so cold that even the breath I breathed out was frozen white and scattered.
Russell, who had driven away the chill that had infiltrated his body with a light wave of magic, glared at the inside of the cave, which still had quite a bit of distance left.
‘Maybe there’s something inside that cave that creates this chill.’
Dragon’s Nest. And when it came to chills, there was only one thing to think about.
Bingryong (氷龍).
A subspecies of water dragon, otherwise known as the Sea Serpent. Of course, there was no guarantee that there would be a real Bingryong.
However, at least something related to Bingryong will remain.
‘… … If it’s not a living dragon, it’s probably horns.’
It was a conclusion drawn from previous experiences.
As if to prove that Russell’s reasoning was not false, a huge horn appears as you enter the depths of the cave.
It is a beautiful horn that looks as if it was carved out of a huge piece of ice.
At that moment, a notification sound was heard.
[You have completed the mission.]
[As a reward, you will receive Bingryong’s horn.]
‘I knew it.’
After hearing the notification sound, Russell took a step toward the horn.
Sigh, blah blah blah.
Perhaps because of the cold flowing from Bingryong’s horn, the thin ice on the frozen floor was breaking up little by little.
‘Ugh-!’
The moment my fingertips touched, an intense magical power flowed into my body.
Perhaps because it is the horn of Bingryong, the magic power is so cold that it gives the illusion that your entire body is freezing for an instant!
‘If you accept it as is, you’ll be in big trouble.’
Perhaps not only the mana rod but also the muscles and blood vessels of the entire body will freeze. Russell decided so and stimulated the heart circle.
Uuuuuung-.
The seven circles react in unison and begin to vomit magical power like flames.
Then, the hot magic and the cold magic collided inside the body.
bang!
Russell’s chest rises and falls repeatedly due to the repulsive force generated when magical powers of different attributes collide.
‘Ugh… … .’
For a moment, Russell gritted his teeth as the pain flashed before his eyes and his mind turned white.
We must not let our consciousness go like this.
In order to fully accept the magical power of Bingryong, which runs wild like a wild horse, it was necessary to fill the reins with the opposing magical power and neutralize it.
Russell quickly took up his stance with one hand attached to Bingryong’s horn.
Then, he closed his eyes and quickly performed a circle operation.
[Absorbs Bingryong’s horn.]
[Magic power that exceeds the limit of what can be absorbed resides in your potential.]
[Your skills are currently very high. It can absorb many of Bingryong’s horns.]
Is it because I made it to the 7th circle?
One more line of phrase was added, which was different from before. But Russell couldn’t pay attention to that notification.
Because the magic power of the flame and the magic power of Bingryong had already begun to clash violently within his body.
Quack!
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While a fight was going on inside Russell’s body.
It wasn’t just Russell’s body that changed.
As the magic power contained in Bingryong’s horn was gradually absorbed by Russell, the surrounding chill was also rapidly subsiding.
The temperature rose, and the surrounding ice melted little by little.
And after a while.
Kugugugung-.
The ice wall blocking one side of the cave collapsed, and a space appeared beyond it.
And what was in that space was a huge blue egg… … .
Excited, Excited-.
As if responding to Russell’s magic power, something inside the egg glowing with blue magic light conveyed its own pulse.
Of course, it was something that Russell, who was concentrating on absorbing magical power, did not notice.
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