#336. System Magic (2)
The special feature of the Frozen Dimension used by Charlotte is that she can freely manipulate ice.
Not only can he create ice with his cold energy, he can also change the shape of the ice to his own image, as if he were carving ice.
Charlotte’s spiritual origin is ‘Embodiment’, and according to the materials left behind by Kaisel, she seemed to have an aptitude for embodying such huge images.
“Haa… … !”
Papat!
As Charlotte concentrated and unfolded her spell, the frozen swamp split apart.
It opened like an automatic door, revealing the bottom.
“Eriol, doesn’t this look like it’s here?”
“Yeah, looks like I finally found it.”
There was an iron gate at the bottom of the swamp.
It is a secret passage of an ancient civilization that was not formed naturally.
I was wandering around the swamp, looking for suspicious places, and finally found it.
“Then, what about the compliments?”
“Good job, Charlotte.”
“Huh huh… … .”
Charlotte smiled with satisfaction as I patted her head.
For some reason, I felt like I was petting a puppy.
‘I’d be happy to do anything to cheer Charlotte up, but… … .’
I was concerned about the eyes of those around me.
Kane and Ingrid are looking at him with amused expressions, but Helios is vomiting as if he saw something he shouldn’t have seen.
Mart, who would have gotten angry and intervened in the past, is looking at her with a calm expression, and Senia is crying as if she is upset.
‘How much should I allow to motivate my colleagues?’
I should go to the library and look through books whenever I have time.
With that thought in mind, I walked into the bottom of the swamp.
‘Edelweiss.’
‘Yes, Master.’
The edelweiss inside me answered.
‘How do I open this?’
‘I think a simple command input will suffice.’
A drink came to mind on its own.
Edelweiss gave me a combination of commands that could open the door inside me.
As I projected that out of my head and unfolded it, the door opened by itself.
“Okay, let’s go in.”
“Just a moment. I’ll manipulate the surrounding terrain in case of an emergency.”
“Oh, I’ll help too.”
Mart and Ingrid raised the bottom of the swamp with elemental earth magic.
A levee was built to prevent the entrance from becoming submerged even if the ice melts.
“Helios, stay here with the two of you and keep watch over the area.”
“Okay. Have a safe trip.”
The lizardmen might show up again, and who knows what might happen.
After leaving Helios, Mart, and Ingrid outside, the rest of the people went into the passage.
“It’s too dark. Let’s turn on the light.”
Kane used magic to brighten the surroundings.
It was a space so clean that it was hard to believe it was at the bottom of a swamp.
“There’s no such thing as a monster.”
Senia said, looking around.
Judging by the lack of any traces of footprints, it seemed as though no one had been in here for a while.
“But there might be something like a golem. If you let your guard down… … Hmm.”
Charlotte yawned slightly.
You’ll be tired after using large-scale freezing magic in succession.
“Let’s go inside first. Don’t forget to be aware of your surroundings.”
We advanced with Kane and Senia at the forefront.
There was a closed door in the middle, but I was able to open it with Edelweiss’s help.
After walking for a while, a staircase leading down appeared.
‘It seems much larger than any secret passage I’ve ever experienced.’
The stairs also went down quite deep.
As I continued to go down… … a door with complex security devices installed appeared.
‘This is a little difficult.’
‘Is it possible that it can’t be opened?’
‘Please leave it to me for a moment.’
Edelweiss has broken free of my bond with her.
Kane was startled when a pure white woman suddenly appeared.
“Ouch, that’s a surprise.”
“Charlotte and I were often surprised at first.”
“I’m used to it now, though.”
Edelweiss placed her fingertips on the security device and closed her eyes.
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I could tell that a very complex process was going on.
“Master, the analysis is complete.”
After about 3 minutes, Edelweiss managed to open the door.
If it weren’t for Edelweiss, how much time would I have wasted here?
“Thank you, Edelweiss.”
“No, Master.”
As she said that, Edelweiss suddenly turned her head towards me.
“what are you doing?”
“You should pat me. Just like you did with Lady Charlotte.”
“… … !”
As I flinched, Charlotte blushed and screamed next to me.
“What, what are you doing!”
Earlier, he had calmly asked for skinship in front of the other kids, but he seemed embarrassed when Edelweiss imitated him.
“I’m joking, Charlotte.”
“You, you really… … !”
“Then I will take my leave now.”
Edelweiss disappeared and went back inside me.
I’ve felt this way before, but this guy is surprisingly mischievous…
“Haha. He’s quite an interesting person. Well, maybe I should call him a person?”
“It would be better to think of me as a person. I treat myself that way too.”
“Then I should do that too.”
Cain seemed to like Edelweiss.
Charlotte was trembling with a bright red face.
“Charlotte, do you now realize how shameful your actions were… … ?”
“Shut up, Senia. If you get it from Eriol once, you won’t care about shame, right?”
“Is that so?”
I walked inside, listening to the conversation between Senia and Charlotte.
Inside, there was a wide open space.
“oh my.”
Kane sighed as he checked the interior.
“It’s all destroyed.”
As Cain said, the interior was completely destroyed.
It seemed like there were a lot of complex mechanical devices installed in a large space, but they were all broken.
“This is due to physical impact.”
I looked around.
There were a dozen other entrances and exits besides the one we entered through.
This would be a gateway connecting to an area outside of the Swarm Field.
But one of them was badly damaged.
“Oh, it looks like one of the entrances was breached by a monster.”
Charlotte said, looking around the broken doorway.
“They came in here and destroyed everything. Then they went back outside.”
“Could it be because there was nothing to eat?”
“Yeah, if you look at the traces, it’s pretty big… … .”
Charlotte, who was looking through the entrance while talking to Senia, flinched.
“Charlotte, why are you doing this?”
“Is that a piece of… scale that fell here? Anyway, this doesn’t look that old.”
Charlotte picked up the piece that had fallen to the floor and threw it.
“Maybe quite recently… … .”
That moment.
I detected a sound coming from afar.
“Both of you get out of here!”
“… … !”
Krrrr!
The monster slid down the stairs and stuck its head through the doorway.
He tried to devour Charlotte, who was nearby, but Senia quickly reacted and stopped him.
“Charlotte! Back off!”
“Oh, thank you!”
Charlotte hastily stepped back, expressing her gratitude.
Meanwhile, Senia swung her sword and kept the monsters at bay.
“Ariol, that’s the one we caught last year… … .”
“Yeah, it’s a worm.”
Worm.
It is a giant monster known as the descendant of the dragon.
Unlike drakes or wyverns, it has a snake-like form without any legs.
It was previously thought to be completely extinct, but we discovered a hibernating specimen last year.
“It must have woken up from hibernation and was out looking for food. It just so happened to find the entrance leading down here.”
“I just went back then because there was nothing to eat, but this time I came back because it smelled delicious!”
It was smaller than the worm I faced last year. It might have been a baby.
But it was still a threat.
‘Last year, I surprised and took down the hibernating one.’
Although Senia tried to keep the worms from coming in, she still wasn’t strong enough.
The worm pushed Senia away and then tried to come in here, writhing its huge body.
“That won’t do!”
Kane moved as fast as the wind.
Just as the worm moved its head to follow Kane’s movements, the dagger Kane threw struck the worm’s eyeball.
“Kyaaaaah!”
A worm in pain.
As I glared at that sight, I activated the Draupnir system and the Levatein system.
‘Edelweiss, I need the power to neutralize that guy in one blow.’
“Yes, I will process it in the virtual surgery processing space.”
A complex formula was quickly put together.
The spell processed by the Draupnir system was quickly deployed, releasing the fire energy of the Levatein system.
‘Levatein Strike!’
The flame lance was fired.
The high-speed Levatein Strike hit the head of the Worm, which was waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.
“… … !”
Boom!
The penetration power of Levatein Strike is overwhelming.
No matter how good the worm’s defenses are, it can be penetrated without difficulty.
Eventually, the large head exploded, and the worm stopped moving without even being able to scream.
“The power is clear.”
Kane whistled.
“But what are we going to do about this? If the body is stuck in a place like this, it’ll be hard to get it to the surface.”
“I also need to check where it came from… … I need to think about it slowly.”
The entrance we entered through was completely hidden and secure.
Where on earth did that worm come from?
“It’s more important to understand this facility than anything else.”
I looked around.
And among the destroyed equipment, they found a glass bottle.
“Eriol, what is that?”
“It’s like a medicine bottle.”
“A bottle?”
“It looks like this was a pharmaceutical facility.”
I have already discovered the infirmary of a very ancient civilization.
If so, there may also be a facility that supplies the medicines used in the infirmary.
‘It seems like Euros didn’t realize this yet… … .’
I looked around a little more closely.
Not all of these devices will work independently, so there will have to be a central piece.
‘Is this it?’
I found a cylindrical device that was lying around among other things.
The outside was badly damaged, but the inside looked fine.
“… … .”
I carefully removed the case.
Inside was a green orb the size of a fist.
“I, that’s… … !”
Kane opened his eyes wide.
Senia and Charlotte were also shocked.
“Yes, Dragon Orb.”
Dragon Orb.
It is the true form of the ‘Dragon Heart’ that sometimes appears in novels.
A bead that contains the accumulated spiritual energy of a mighty creature, the dragon, and has power that is incomparable to that of the Wyrm Orb.
“But that’s not the point.”
Yes, that’s right.
Even with the Dragon Orb of immense value right before my eyes, I was not particularly shaken.
Because what was important to me was the system that was ‘stored’ inside it.
‘The legacy of the ancient civilization that Euros told me about… … the Caduceus system.’
During his time at the Academy, Euros discovered that this system was hidden somewhere in the Swarm Field.
But since there was no way to find it on my own, I eventually gave up and left the academy.
I’m going to get my hands on it.
‘The Caduceus system is a recovery magic system left behind by an ancient civilization.’
Recovery magic.
An ultra-ancient magic with performance that is on a whole other level compared to modern biological healing magic.
I came here to get it.
‘The only Golden Cross officer I know… … This system is absolutely necessary to fight the poisoner Hedras.’
The first trump card to fight the Golden Cross.
Wanting to get my hands on it, I laid my hands on the Dragon Orb without a moment’s hesitation.
And then… …the white light engulfed everything about me.
