Admission is a waste of time (285)
Lesson 55. Center of the Tower – 5
-Kuaaaaaaa
“The architectural style is completely different from that of the Murim. It seems that the rulers of this world sealed away the sorcery that flowed into this dimension a long time ago.”
“Well, if you just look at it, it looks like some kind of Roman temple. There was even a barrier.”
“Tch… … ! As I said before, the reason the Shingyo doesn’t use sorcery is because we are confident that we can protect our religion even without sorcery! Even those cowardly sect guys cause all kinds of chaos in the barrier and formation, do you understand?”
-This is so weird
“So this is a symbol of incompetence, not ability. You couldn’t even hide the aura of the barrier right now, so you brought us inside.”
“I see, you could think like that.”
“I can’t help but think that way… … !”
-Kwagagagagagagagagak!
“Yeah, yeah, I know. You were the one who broke through the barrier earlier. You won’t be able to hit the barrier, though… … .”
“When you say it like that, it sounds like I’m only good at killing and destroying everything.”
“Yeon, you’re fine as you are. I’ll be in charge of the barrier from now on.”
“Well, I guess you really need to come to the main temple of the new religion to realize the uselessness of the barrier.”
“The sound of the barrier being broken outside is so loud, and you guys can be talking about such trivial things… … .”
As she walked through the temple, Asha spoke in a weary voice as she watched Ban Yu-won and Dokgo-yeon grumbling.
A strange cracking sound coming from behind, and a space that vibrated periodically.
If you didn’t know that this place was inside a barrier, it wouldn’t be strange to believe that the world was falling apart.
Even in such a situation, seeing Ban Yu-won persistently trying to tease Dokgo Yeon made me wonder if he had done something wrong, but when I saw Dokgo Yeon’s cute appearance of clenching his fists and seriously refuting something trivial, I thought that it was indeed worth teasing him.
No, is that just how those two play?
Then, is it also the case that Yuwon is harassing me with mean words?
Isn’t this some kind of expression of affection?
You like me too, right?
“There’s no point in rushing. Don’t worry, we’re all here.”
At the perfect timing when he would have gotten punched by Dokgo Yeon if he had teased her any further, Ban Yu-won shut his mouth and walked away from her, winking at Asha as he said that.
Asha was so absorbed in the half-breeding that she didn’t notice, but Ruchel didn’t miss the momentary look of regret on Dokgoyeon’s face.
‘Dokgo Yeon too, she really has become a cute girl… … .’
Recently, a secret battle for Ban Yoo-won’s shares has been taking place among the Rebellion members.
Everyone likes him, but he only has one body, so they try to appeal to him as much as possible and increase the time they can spend together.
Originally, Dokgo Yeon was a quiet person who pretended to be someone she wasn’t while steadily securing time with Ban Yu-won, but these days, even in her, I could see a hint of impatience and jealousy, which made me realize that her feelings for Ban Yu-won were growing.
“Is it an artifact?”
“That will happen.”
Aren’t you still stuck to Ban Yu-won’s mutterings?
Perhaps she herself doesn’t know, but Ruchel just watches Dokgoyeon like that, smiling happily.
“Among the objects related to sorcery, there are many that allow even those who know nothing about sorcery to use high-level sorcery. However, in such cases, excessive sacrifices are demanded… … .”
“I already got the feeling. If the entire space was sealed with a barrier like this, then isn’t this artifact here something similar? An artifact that was permanently sealed after a country was destroyed, but because the seal wasn’t perfect, the constellations took notice… … and in the end, the world was destroyed.”
“Yuwon, have you ever read the past of this world?”
“Here it is.”
Just as Asha was about to intervene between the two again, Dokgoyeon stopped her steps.
She said that if you don’t move in the right order and with a certain set of movements, you will get lost and never be able to escape, a unique maze in the martial arts world… … In that sense, you have finally succeeded in escaping from the realm of formations.
Of course, Ban Yu-won intended to absorb the entire concept of the maze as he usually did on the tower, but the problem was that if the formation was forcibly destroyed, the contents inside could be damaged, destroyed, or run wild.
‘If the scope of my power had been a little wider, I wouldn’t have had to worry about formations and such.’
Would it be accurate to say that we knew of the bomb’s existence and its location, but our hands were too short to reach it?
Ban Yu-won smacked his lips as he looked at the solidly closed steel door that appeared before the group’s eyes.
-Kuuuuung!
The world shook again as if to celebrate their discovery of the artifact.
-I’m going now… … !
The voice of the observer in the vast plains begins to be heard faintly again.
Ban Yu-won shook her head, shaking off the sticky unpleasantness in her voice, and reached out to the door.
“Can I release this?”
“Yes. We will retrieve it immediately and destroy the formation.”
Ban Yu-won immediately activated the Ring of Seal.
All the concepts that had been doubly and triple-sealing the contents were released and absorbed into the ring, and the steel door, which had naturally lost its holding power, fell apart with a thud.
What was revealed beyond was an altar the size of Ban Yu-won’s waist, and a thick book placed on it.
The book was emitting a faint light even at this moment――but it was neither a sharp weapon nor a living, breathing beast, and yet it was somehow emitting such a vicious aura that it was difficult to approach.
“It’s an easy-to-understand form. Those rascals who don’t even know how to read properly must have tried to manipulate the power of the object without permission and caused it to go out of control.”
Of course, Dokgo Yeon, who was not swayed by things like that, lightly blew away the murderous aura that had filled the room from the book and clicked his tongue.
In the meantime, Ban Yu-won quickly approached the altar and retrieved the book. There were traces of missing letters here and there on the densely packed black paper.
It was literally a letter that was originally written correctly, but only the middle part was erased.
“I think you’re right, Yeon. It’s a very unstable shape. And this… … .”
“Wow, I could believe it if you pulled us in and said it would explode right now.”
“Light, shh. The master will take care of it.”
I felt a similar energy in the black waves that filled the outside.
As a bonus, the power that sealed this room, the formation that protected this room, and the barrier that confined this temple.
It all came from this book!
“――Hey, isn’t this bigger than we imagined?”
Ban Yu-won, who had been checking the value of the book and calculating the abacus beads in his head, muttered in shock.
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I’ve gotten artifacts and great concept rewards directly from the rooms inside the tower before, but this one is a special one.
The idea that the tower copied and moved an artifact that originally existed in the world is nonsensical.
The power embedded in the artifact, the age of eternity that can be known just by looking at it… … .
This is absolutely true.
It was clear that someone who had no way to obtain the artifact directly had taken a piece of the world, including the artifact, and stored it away in the tower.
For the moment when someone will come and break the seal and take out the book!
And that moment was right now.
Team Rebellion, which included Ban Yu-won, who was renowned in the Union for breaking seals, and Dokgo Yeon, the true successor to the martial arts world, was the perfect team to take out the sealed artifact and magic book from this world.
Oh, the broadcast was canceled.
If this kind of thing were broadcast, then so many people would come after Ban Yu-won that it would be impossible for Yumi to handle it.
[Would you like to absorb the spellbook written in an ancient language?]
And Ban Yu-won has the power to swallow that great object whole.
The power of the spellbook and the language to understand it, isn’t that a great combination?
Ban Yu-won held out the spellbook to Dokgo Yeon with a look of “what if?”, but when she firmly shook her head, he remembered his father’s words that he would not spare anything and immediately absorbed it.
[Absorbs 2,570 sorcery and 1,248 ancient language. The target’s level is too high, so it takes time to fully digest it.]
[Absorption of incomplete concepts. Compensation for deficiencies with concepts originally possessed. By absorbing concepts from ancient languages, the depth of Mandok-an, Mancheong-i, and Maneonsun has increased to 600.]
[The concept of curse is absorbed into sorcery. You gain 1,248 sorcery.]
Phew.
Ban Yu-won let out a deep breath and smiled with satisfaction at his first moonfish in a long time.
The curse grew into a higher concept of sorcery that encompassed it, and even its depth nearly doubled.
The core powers that make up his abilities, Mandok-an, Mancheong, and Man-eon-sun-do Depth, have each grown by nearly 200.
The new ancient language that filled his head was, as always, being converted into a language as natural to him as Korean.
It is a shame that we still do not fully understand the ancient language, because each syllable has a deep meaning and a sense of self.
I was able to figure out to some extent what had happened in the past in connection with this spellbook.
I’ll have to have a serious conversation with Dokgo Yeon later.
“I thought you could store it in subspace. To take in that much energy all at once… … Are you okay?”
“No, it’s a little more stuffy. It’s been a long time since I’ve had an experience like this.”
Ban Yu-won shrugged his shoulders and answered Dokgo Yeon, who was looking at him with a worried expression.
Yes, even after all this growth, he still hasn’t fully digested the spellbook.
If the concepts that are still floating around in his body as lumps due to incomplete melting are perfectly in harmony with the existing concepts… … I don’t know, but he will be able to grow again as much as he has grown so far.
You will also learn the history behind the magic book perfectly.
‘By the way, I’m really concerned about the empty parts. The growth is lacking compared to the level of the object, so maybe the missing parts were the key.’
As can be seen from the blank space in the spellbook, the absorption was not done in a perfect state.
And if you think that the destruction of this world was due to the sorcery contained in that void, you will feel uneasy and cannot stand it even though you have fully grasped the concept.
I think that if I could retrieve those cores, I would be able to completely digest the concepts that have been stuck in my body――.
-Kwaaaaang!
-I’m here!
“Then that’s right. If you don’t show up at this timing, we’ll close up shop.”
Ban Yu-won clicked his tongue as he looked up at the black tidal wave that appeared in the sky, shattering a part of the world at just the right time.
The core of the spellbook, probably absorbed by the black tidal wave.
How do you get that out?
“So, Yuwon, what happened?”
“Well, I thought that if I absorbed this, the shift would happen automatically―― Looks like I’ll have to show that guy down.”
Anyway, the purpose was accomplished.
Ban Yu-won, who took a step forward while calming down Asha who was holding the Jinryongchang, first collected all of the energy of the formation that filled the temple.
The formation, which was already on the verge of collapse because he had already eaten the core sorcery book, was easily dismantled when Ban Yu-won applied a little of the sorcery he had just learned, increasing his sorcery depth by 2.
“Hey―― Yuwon, it’s getting bigger?!”
As Ban Yu-won was satisfied with his newfound ability, Asha raised her voice and shouted.
When I raised my head, the world was dark.
A tsunami so huge that it felt foolish to even try to measure its size was rushing in, threatening to swallow up the entire space beyond the barrier.
No, are you saying that it’s all a curse now?
Is this the difficulty level of Room 201, really?
Even the graduation exam won’t be like this!
―My dear child―― You have gotten what I wanted, so when I get you back, everything will be in harmony!
“Can I report the constellations for s*xual harassment?”
“policy!”
“I know. Let’s try.”
Opened the inventory.
Whenever he had time, the talismans he had stored away with his energy poured out, and in addition, the talismans that Celon had made with his own unique magical power, the Holy Light.
I never thought that even though they called this a talisman, they would actually use it for shamanistic purposes.
Ban Yu-won let out a short breath, lifting them all into the air.
“Yeon, tell me later. What happened to Murim, and why did this ability develop?”
Dokgo Yeon, who realized that Ban Yu-won had read not only the power contained in the magic book but also its history, looked a little surprised, but then nodded.
Immediately afterwards, hundreds of amulets rose into the air, emitting bright light and rushing towards the tsunami!
