Chapter 742
— A new quest has been created!
— The sudden quest [Unknown Death] is forcibly accepted!
【Unknown Death】
Siegfried Basman, a secluded great mage, died for unknown reasons.
But everything has a cause.
Find out how and by whom he died.
Rank: Transcendence.
Restrictions: Taekyung Jin.
Mission: Uncovering the truth about death (unfinished)
success: ???
failure : ???
I looked at the quest window floating in the air.
The name of the deceased written on the first line of the description indicates that this corpse, who met a terrible end, was one of only three great mages in the world.
was telling the truth.
‘Siegfried Basman.’
Aka ‘Hero’ Siegfried.
The best hunter born in the eternally neutral country of Switzerland, and a great mage who displayed exceptional talent in summoning and barrier magic.
If Magic Johnson was a war mage who specialized in combat and killing, Siegfried was one of the few scholars who delved deeply into magic itself.
At least today, until he was found dead in his lair.
“Has it been this way since you first came?”
At my question, Magic Johnson nodded with a gloomy face.
“okay. It was hard to believe even for me at first. After checking several times, I realized that the corpse was Siegfried.”
“How do you usually come and go?”
“After he disappeared, it was all about contacting me once or twice a year, and even I had to contact him about 10 times before the answer came after a long time. It’s my first time coming here. I was extremely reluctant to visit like that because I have such a closed personality.”
“Then, the last contact… …
“hmm. Maybe three years ago.”
“Three years ago. I know it’s been close to ten years since he’s been gone.”
“The last time we met right before retirement, he gave me a communication artifact that I made myself. If you are in a hurry, please use this to contact me.”
I received the Artifact that Magic Johnson had taken out of his arms.
It was a crystal ball the size of an adult’s fist, with considerable mana, as if to prove that it was produced by the great mage himself.
‘Well, surrounded by layers of barriers,
In space, normal radio waves or communication would have been impossible. He must have been aiming for that too.’
I have never met Siegfried Bassman, but his reputation known to the public is undeniably a hikikomori.
In addition to that, he was also a virtuous person who avoided people’s attention and attention to the extreme, and had to dig into and dissect the field that he once had an interest in.
“I contacted every Thanksgiving or Christmas, but there was no reply from three years ago. It was a personality I knew well, so I
I thought so I was uncomfortable with people praising me as a hero, and I was reluctant to pay attention to the media, so I often clung to long-term research even after the cataclysm was over.”
I could hardly get my bearings.
To think that the great magician who hid away from the public eye died in his hideout with such a terrible look.
But one thing is certain… … .
“It is not an ordinary natural death. Even if he died for some reason, the body wouldn’t have changed like this in just three years.”
Perhaps it is impossible even after three hundred years, not three years.
Can the hideout of a hikikomori great mage whose hobby is magic research and his specialty is Bangkok run on gas or electricity?
This huge cave, which could only be accessed by breaking a barrier, was filled with all sorts of magic. A space where everything including temperature and humidity is perfectly controlled.
Furthermore, Siegfried’s corpse, now lying in front of me, was naturally rotten and there was no trace of decay or stench.
‘It’s just… … it’s dry mind
As if all the vitality (生气) was drained by something.’
Murim had never witnessed such a mysterious death.
That’s why I couldn’t help but wonder more.
How the hell did he end up in his lair?
How deeply this Archmage’s death has to do with my enemies.
“Michael Silbert. and the Prophet.”
The two most likely suspects.
Every hawk that understood the meaning of my murmur
Zig Johnson spoke in a serious tone.
“If I had to choose between the two, I would choose the former without hesitation.”
“Why?”
“At least there is a definite link between the two. From the circumstances so far, it is clear that Michael Silbert is aware that Sky is unconscious. Otherwise, there’s no way you’d be collaborating with terrorists to do crazy things like this.”
That’s a plausible enough hypothesis.
hidden in the headquarters of the Ares Guild.
It was Siegfried who created Area A, and it is highly likely that he learned the truth about Cheon Tae-min’s condition in the process.
but… … .
“I’m asking this because I don’t know, but was Siegfried in his lifetime close to Michael Silbert?”
” that……
“Then what is the possibility of leaking that much of a secret to him?”
Magic Johnson, who hesitated for a moment, possessed a quiet voice.
“Not much. No, even if it doesn’t exist at all, it’s not a hindrance. The person who had a relationship with him
There were very few people, including them, and there was only one person who expressed sincere respect beyond a simple relationship.”
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Even without hearing the name, I feel like I already know it.
“Tian Tae-min.”
Magic Johnson, who nodded in affirmation at my words, continued.
“that’s right. Siegfried respected Skye wholeheartedly. From my point of view, having had a conversation about him, it was a feeling close to worship. In the past, in an interview with the media, he himself mentioned it.”
“Ah, I think I know what it is.”
I, too, have vague memories of that interview.
In the case of well-known hunters, all sorts of information was documented on the Internet, and Siegfried Bassmann was one of them.
I heard that it became a big topic at the time because it was unusual for him to be interviewed by the media and to express that level of comments and emotions to someone else.
“perhaps… … For that reason, Lee Jeong-ryong may have asked Siegfried for Area A.
I don’t know either.”
Team leader Choi, who suddenly opened his mouth, spoke slowly.
“Siegfried Bassmann is a master of his field, and his personal relationships are narrow. On top of that, I had a deep respect for my maternal grandfather, so he must have kept it a secret.”
Magic Johnson nodded slightly.
“It’s true. Even I, who was on the closest side to him, didn’t know much about Area A. No, I never thought that that friend would be commissioned by someone.”
“At least when it comes to keeping secrets, Lee Jeong-ryong’s discernment was accurate. However, if it is not a leak, the question remains… …
“How did Michael Silbert know that?”
I murmured in a small voice and looked closely at the corpse once more.
It was to find any possible traces of torture, but nothing changed even though I looked with all my senses.
‘If it wasn’t simply cutting off the lizard’s tail, I’d definitely have to kill him.
There must have been a reason.’
There is no clear reason, but Mikael Silbert is still the prime suspect so far.
Finding that out will be the first step in bringing down the bastard.
‘Obviously something. there’s something… …
It’s been a long time since I’ve been constantly muttering in my heart and examining the corpse.
I raised my head with a frustrated heart, and a person’s figure was reflected in my gaze.
To be precise, it would be a monster in human form.
“Why are you holding dog form there? Haven’t said anything since before.”
The Skeleton King, who was contemplating something with his arms crossed, frowned.
“Be quiet, you stupid human being. This body was in deep thought right now.”
“What kind of crazy thoughts did you have?”
“Can’t you feel it?”
I paused for a moment and asked.
” what?”
“This space. Compared to other places, the concentration of magical power is thicker.”
If what the Skeleton King said was mana, I would have immediately refuted.
My gut feeling is better than anyone in this room, and I haven’t felt anything wrong so far.
But with magic, the story is different.
The Skeleton King is an S-class monster in name and reality. When it comes to magic, even I can’t keep up with him.
“A big man. Didn’t you feel it?”
Magic Johnson scratched the back of his head at the Skeleton King’s question.
“Not as much as you, but I felt it. But I didn’t think she was very strange.”
“Compared to this body, you are infinitely stupid. why?”
“This is not just a house. It’s also a laboratory with everything Siegfried could want. Even if you search a warehouse right now, you will find all sorts of monster corpses and magic stones like a mountain, right?”
“……uh?”
I heard and saw it.
Just as purifying excrement does not make it completely clear, the same is true of magic crystals and the corpses of monsters.
No matter how much purification is done, a minimum amount of magic power remains.
Siegfried’s hideout was a place full of things with all sorts of magical powers, even if you turned your gaze a little, and the concentration was inevitably thick.
“I understand what you’re thinking, but even if the reason for the high concentration of magical power is a monster, it doesn’t change anything. At least if it was the monster that killed Siegfried, there were no traces of the battle.
should have stayed.”
“… … uh, uh?”
I was a fool for expecting it.
Seeing the Skeleton King blinking at Magic Johnson’s well-reasoned rebuttal, I murmured softly.
“You F*cking stupid bastard.”
“Who dares this wicked man!”
“Be quiet before removing the jawbone. Still, they close their eyes to the part where they said they were thinking.”
“How dare you confuse the investigation?
uh. I feel like my head is about to explode.” Demon world is far away, fist is close. That’s when the Skeleton King closed his mouth with a disgruntled face. Team leader Choi, who was patiently examining the body, clicked his tongue slightly.
“If it was an assassination, there should be minimal scars, but there are no scars on the body. clean”
“then… …
“At least as far as I know, there is only magic.”
However, Magic Johnson, the great mage, also expressed disapproval.
“No matter how much I specialize in attack magic… This kind of magic is really unheard of. It’s far more complex and sinister than the normal magic we use. For example, it’s closer to that friend’s side.”
At those words, ‘that friend’, who had been keeping his mouth shut, frowned.
“This body just breathes the spirits of one soul into the dead body. I don’t know about such evil magic.”
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Isn’t that already a F*cking wicked magic?
But since you don’t know, you can’t say anything. Moreover, he is a guy who is quite far from a normal monster, so he has no reason to lie
‘Damn it. I’m sure he is.’
Michael Silbert
That name just kept popping up in my head.
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