◈ Episode 506: Dangerous things in the depths (3)
Rudger gritted his teeth at the sudden tinnitus and headache.
‘My dear, Gil.’
In the midst of the confusion, I checked overhead, but there was no sign of the door being opened.
Even so, the voice can be heard because the beings beyond it reacted violently to something.
‘That’s the guy who got stuck in the stake.’
The being impaled on a stake was also staring at Ludger with its eyes open.
The space where the scene of a dream was simply moved has now become interlocked with the depth of the real Dreamland.
Hard.
The huge stakes vibrated.
When the being embedded in it tried to move, the whole of Dreamland shook like an earthquake.
Rudger calmly operated his mana.
Thanks to the seal not being broken, the headache went away quickly.
The ear-piercing tinnitus also receded like a beep and ebb.
The guy who was rolling his eyes torso, perhaps thanks to the distance from his voice, began to slowly close his eyes.
Even so, the aftermath was not small at all.
Even if it moved just a little bit, all of Dreamland vibrated.
This was obviously unprecedented.
“Eh, what happened to this… … .”
Clara Cowen couldn’t hide her embarrassment as it was her first time experiencing something like this.
Disbelief gazes turned to Rudger.
Rudger, frowning as if his head was still pounding, stared intently at the being impaled on a stake.
I couldn’t erase the feeling that such a being was familiar from his actions and eyes.
He thought he was no ordinary wizard.
In terms of exploring the depths of Dreamland, I thought it might have something to do with it.
hey what the hell are you
“… … Let’s go back at once.”
Clara said so, suppressing the question that welled up in her mind.
* * *
The appearance in the room changed to the starlight of the original night sky.
“Go out and see. I guess I’ll have to go back into the dream again.”
“How to get to the depths… … .”
“Don’t be in a hurry. I’ll send someone soon. Right now, the priority is to confirm the anomalies that have occurred in Dreamland, so I hope you understand my position.”
“… … All right.”
“I’m going to fall into a deep sleep after a long time.”
Saying that, Clara crouched down again.
Her body floated up and floated like a jellyfish submerged, just like when we first met.
Rudger looked at the scene for a while and came out.
Jantman and Julia, who were waiting, looked at Ludger and asked.
“What happened inside?”
“All the magicians of our school, who were sleeping outside, are all awake, so it’s not a fuss.”
“You all woke up?”
Rudger reacted questionably to Julia’s words.
“Some of the seniors who were in a deep sleep woke up in surprise. It is said that a great tremor was felt in the very depths of Dreamland.”
“… … .”
After all, wasn’t that just a fantasy?
Rudger struggled to control his expression and pretended he didn’t know.
It was not something I could tell anyone about what I had just seen.
I didn’t even think I would believe it.
‘Right now, I don’t know what’s going on, but I don’t know who to talk to or sleep with.’
Rudger sighed.
I came to find out something about Dreamland, but it felt like there was a lump attached to it.
“What does Master say?”
Julia asked Rudger.
The Master she was referring to must have meant the head of the school, Clara.
“The way to go to the depths is that they will send someone sooner or later.”
“but. I guess. I am not ready to send it right away.”
“Do you need anything to go?”
“Don’t deep-sea explorers wear wetsuits when they dive into the sea? Same goes for Dreamland. Experienced dream walkers can just go up to the upper middle layer, but to go deeper than that, you need to be prepared. Since the teacher lacks experience, of course there is more to prepare.”
“I can give you some money.”
“If the master said he would send someone, it’s safe to say that this side actually does all the preparations. I don’t think the teacher has anything to do.”
“is it.”
“Still, it’s amazing. Even if Master is benevolent, he is thorough in this area.”
Julia thought it was so and passed it on, but surprisingly, her point was correct.
In fact, Clara made her own deal with Rudger.
‘After all, in order to go to the depths, there is no other way but to wait.’
It seemed like something was wrong with all of Dreamland, so it was a natural move.
Time was also needed.
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Because non-Dream Walkers had to prepare more thoroughly to go into the depths.
However, it was the presence in the depths that irritated Ludger the most.
A monster impaled on a stake.
no.
It wasn’t anything monstrous.
It wasn’t even the devil.
Rather, much stronger and transcendent than that.
A being whose age and capacity cannot be measured.
Because he had heard a lot of interest and conversations from such beings, Rudgar could understand.
‘The guy stuck in the stake.’
It was definitely God.
A god worshiped by heretics who are said to have all disappeared or been banished except for the main god, Lumensis.
One of them was now sealed at the bottom of Dreamland.
* * *
Time passed like sand.
The happiest vacation for students has come to an end.
someone is satisfied.
Sae-Reun greeted the second semester with someone feeling sad.
“It’s been a while everyone! how have you been doing?”
“and. where did you go during your vacation? The skin is burnt.”
“I went on a little trip. It was a southern island.”
“i envy you. I spent all my time studying magic at home this time.”
The students I met in the classroom each had their own story.
Students wondered where they went and what they did during vacation, or proudly talked about what they had done.
Flowers of laughter and conversation bloom everywhere.
drooling.
Some of the fuss was forced to stop when a new guest arrived.
“Uh, he… … Are you Aidan?”
“Aidan, is that right?”
Skin-colored hair, glasses, a kind impression.
The Aidan I saw before vacation was just such a student.
But what should Aidan say now?
“Hasn’t something become more reliable?”
“I think the clothes are a bit tighter.”
“I feel like I can feel the wildness somewhere.”
Aidan’s image was quite different from before what happened during the vacation.
Even before that, there was a perception that he was an idiot with good physical strength.
Now, my shoulders are wider, and I should say that I have grown a little more.
The gentle eyes behind the glasses also became quite sharper than before.
something is strange
Even with that sentiment, some female students did not stop glancing at Aidan.
It is because Aidan’s changed appearance has greatly increased his charm as a member of the opposite s*x.
What changed was the other friends who came in with Aidan as well.
Leo and Tacy Freeard, and even Iona Ovalley.
The group of four, who used to hang out often, was noticeably different from before vacation.
Aidan was the only one who had a clear external change.
But what to say about the rest, the atmosphere and the sense of intimidation were completely different.
Just like a chrysalis shed its shell and morphed into a butterfly.
Aidan’s party has matured even stronger.
They seemed like people who had gone through rigorous training in the backcountry of the mountains.
“Something catches my eye.”
Aidan sat down and smiled awkwardly.
Although his appearance has become more reliable than before, he still has his characteristic sloppy smile, and the students’ quiet gazes feel quite burdensome.
If it had been before, I wouldn’t have felt that kind of gaze, but maybe it’s because my senses have become sharper.
It felt like a little inconvenience was added to my daily life.
“Well, even if it’s not to the extent that you can’t recognize it, it’s changed quite a bit.”
“is it? It definitely feels like the clothes you’re wearing are tight. how are you leo Have you grown up too?”
“… … Are you arguing now?”
Leo overreacted.
Aidan had grown a little taller during the vacation as if he hadn’t finished growing up yet, but Leo hadn’t.
Leo was still small and delicate.
The only thing that has changed is that the color of the eyes has sunk deeper than usual.
It was proof that he had jumped over the wall as a wizard.
It was the same for Tacey and Iona.
“Well, since I experienced something like that during vacation, it might not be unreasonable.”
Aidan smiled and recalled what happened during vacation.
At the invitation of Iona, he visited the Beast Tribe Union and met the tribal chief there.
However, perhaps the timing was not good, it was in the middle of a disappearance incident nearby, and even the conflict with humans reached its peak.
How much trouble did you have to get caught up in it?
“I know. The real uproar was not like that.”
Tacey slumped on her desk, probably still tired from thinking about that day.
Her red hair was much redder than before, with more intense magic.
There was also a faint scarlet glow in the part that received sunlight.
The deepening mana was revealed through the hair.
“The disappearance case, the outsider’s attack.”
I still get chills down my spine when I think of what I did when I went to the Prisoner Tribal Union on the first day.
Aidan and his party rode a train that ran through the wilderness of the frontier.
The frontier area was so wide that it was impossible to move with a regular vehicle or wagon.
So, at least a station was installed at each branch to operate the train, but the incident broke out on the first day of the visit.
Attack of the Outsiders.
The beastmen, wearing poncho tops and wide-brimmed hats pressed down on their heads, rode horses and carried long guns and attacked the train.
“When I threw the dynamite and tried to destroy the railroad tracks, I really thought it was over.”
“I’m glad I managed to block it. If it wasn’t, we’d all be dead.”
After defeating the Outsider and visiting the tribal union, Iona’s father, the warchief, did not even meet him.
The beasts around him were even wary of being human.
If I hadn’t come with Iona, it wouldn’t have been strange if I had been there for four months.
Then I came across a disappearance case, and while wandering around with various beastmen, I found a suspicious group.
He secretly followed and discovered a secret laboratory, and was caught there and almost died.
In particular, he wondered what the hell was going on with the unknown golem made of a liquid that was invulnerable to magic.
At that time, it would not have been strange if someone died had it not been for the iron-masked Lord Roteron, a 6th-tier wizard.
“Now that I think about it, we managed to come back alive.”
I met Lord Roteron, and I also encountered a man and a woman wearing an unknown mask.
One was a man with a large, chubby body, and the other, on the other hand, was a small child.
They weren’t enemies, but they weren’t allies either.
However, at the time, I had to deal with a mad scientist who was experimenting on humans in a secret laboratory, so I held hands together.
Both were quite talented.
Especially when the big man raised his fist or foot, the air exploded and everything shattered.
What a surprise I was when I realized that it was a spectacle created by a pure body.
Then, the experimental subjects in the laboratory run rampant, and the mad scientist who led all the experiments runs away.
Even the conflict with the outsider in the middle.
“Leo, you almost died, too.”
“… … what.”
At Tacey’s point, Leo evaded his words.
In fact, Leo was seriously injured while trying to protect Iona during the fight.
Fortunately, a famous shaman from the united tribes healed him with the power of spirit, so it’s a shame, otherwise he might have really died.
A mischievous smile formed on Tacey’s lips.
“So, when are you two getting married?”
“… … !”
Leo shook his shoulders.
The face was flushed red.
Conversely, Iona’s expression was still emotionless, but her amber eyes did not depart from Leo.
Significant progress has been made in the relationship between the two during this vacation.
Perhaps the decisive factor was Leo’s sacrifice to save Iona.
Iona’s father, the warchief, recognized Leo’s spirit and even allowed him to marry his daughter.
“… … you don’t know Rather, why don’t you be more honest?”
Leo counterattacked proudly.
At those words, Tay’s smile hardened.
While Leo grew closer to Iona, Tacey couldn’t make much progress with Aidan.
Even after Aidan lived with the beastmen, explored the wild, and grew stronger.
He desperately tried to stop the beastmen women from actively courting Aidan.
Leo watched it from a third person’s point of view.
“That idiot would never know unless he told me directly.”
“huh? what?”
When Aidan asked curiously, Leo said it was nothing.
look at that innocent face
That stupid guy knew that we were going to be friends even when beastmen women came forward, and he tried to agree to everything.
It was a problem that even that stupid answer worked.
The Suin tribe had a culture where bigamy was allowed.
– I like that you are manly! live with me!
-huh! good! Let’s get along well in the future!
-Oh oh! What a spirited answer!
Rather, they were even influenced by Aidan’s spirit (?).
Human beings are such an open mind! Fits our beastman warriors!
It was truly a spectacle that some of the beastman warriors who cared for Aidan widened their eyes at Aidan’s lively answer, and shook their heads saying that they had no choice but to admit it.
There was that, but it was also largely because of Aidan playing a decisive role in saving the beast tribe from danger.
How much sweat did you have to convince and dry it somehow.
Even Iona, recalling that moment, laughed in disbelief.
“It’s been a long time.”
“I know. It was really long.”
If you unfolded the story of what happened during your vacation, it would have turned out to be a pretty grand epic.
Conflicts between humans and beastmen, secret organizations and mysterious helpers in between.
If it was published as a book, wouldn’t it have completed a series divided into upper and lower volumes?
“After all, it’s the second semester again like this.”
“It’s not bad though. I also wanted to take a class after a long time.”
“That’s what fools like you like. My head hurts thinking that assignment hell will start again.”
Then the front door opened with a creak.
All the students who were talking to each other shut their mouths.
Tboob. Tboob.
The man who stood on the podium with the sound of his shoes was not at all different from before vacation.
still noble
It was still intense.
Even just standing still, his presence overwhelmed the entire classroom.
Suddenly, everyone in the classroom had the same idea.
When I just entered Seorn and heard this lecture for the first time.
It’s like going back to that day.
“Let’s start class.”
uh, sir
Classes right from the first day?
