#Episode 300
Ian’s jaw movement slowed down a bit.
“well… .”
The first time I mentioned being an assassin was because I was just throwing it around. Because he didn’t want to just let Felix go. In that sense, it could be said that Seras was blessed with heavenly luck.
If the prince who came was not Felix, he would have been coaxed into signing a double contract or let him go.
“If you convince him to open his mouth, you might find out something, right?”
As Ian asked earnestly, a faint smile spread across Seras’ lips.
She knew better than anyone else that this was not about peaceful persuasion.
And if Ian knew Seras, he would want to persuade him himself. I am sure you will have a very enjoyable time.
Finally, she nodded.
“but. I guess so. All right. “Let me find out.”
Of course, it was true that his reaction was a bit suspicious.
Ian added in his mind.
He actually didn’t really wonder who was behind the assassins.
Aren’t they the ones who came after him in the first place? He refused to interfere any further with the succession dispute.
“Then, I will leave now. Because I have a lot of work to do. Rest well. “All three of you.”
“Good luck.”
Seras greeted me with a more joyful expression and left the restaurant.
“… I should also go and check on the prisoners. “We don’t have enough workers, so I need some help.”
Philip soon ate all the bread, rinsed his mouth with beer, and stood up.
“You two, get some rest. “If you need anything, please call me.”
“No one is allowed into the restaurant until we leave. Even the servants.”
Ian said, wiping his mouth with a napkin. At Philip’s gaze, he shrugged his shoulders.
“Soon, I’m going to do something that’s not good for other people to see.”
“ah. I see. All right.”
Philip nodded and turned around without adding another word. As he left the restaurant, he looked back at Ian.
“Would you like me to close the door too, sir?”
Well, now it’s up to you.
Ian smiled and nodded. Philip muttered lowly, “Lu Solar,” closed the door, and disappeared.
The place became quiet for a while. Elijah glanced back at her Ian and whispered.
“Godfather. If it’s not good for others to see it, then… .”
I wondered why they didn’t ask.
Thinking, Ian put his hand into subspace instead of answering. He took out an old wooden box a little larger than the palm of his hand and placed it on his table.
“also… !”
Elijah’s eyes sparkled.
“Do you want to take a closer look again?”
“Because I saw it during the day last time. I’ll have to watch it sometime at night. “I also checked to see if the black wall’s attack had any effect.”
Ian answered calmly, rinsing his mouth with the remaining beer and standing up. He entered the kitchen next to the restaurant with his wooden box in hand and looked around the room.
Soon his eyes stopped on the floor in the corner of the kitchen, on the wooden planks laid down to cover the stairs.
“… hmm.”
He started to walk straight away, but then stopped and looked back at the restaurant.
Elijah was still sitting quietly in the chair, looking at him with shining eyes. Ian nodded into the kitchen.
“Do you want to watch it together?”
“… Is that okay?”
Elijah asked, opening his already round eyes even wider. Her short legs dangling beneath her chair swung back and forth.
… If something goes wrong, I might not be able to see this again.
Ian added in his mind, nodded once more and turned around.
Elijah jumped off the chair and quickly followed him.
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Hwareuk-
At the end of the stairs, the perches on both sides of the wall caught fire one after another.
Ian just grabbed the remaining sparks with his hands and scattered them. This level of heat was only a slight stinging sensation even with bare hands.
The flickering torchlight dimly illuminated the underground scene.
“… … .”
An underground warehouse that’s a little deeper than expected, and also a little wider than expected.
The air was not only cool, but somewhat chilly, and there was a dry and musty smell. Several cabinets that were placed crookedly were empty.
It was clear that no one had used it for a long time.
‘It’s the perfect place to do dark things.’
The gods’ gaze clearly did not reach them. I could feel the source of Dela Rue’s grace around my neck fading away.
Ian walked forward, feeling a strange sense of comfort, and eventually stopped in front of the storage cabinet.
He placed the wooden box on a dusty wooden board and opened the lid.
The beads contained within were revealed.
Ian’s eyes slowly scanned the smooth surface and interior of the bead reflecting the light of the torch.
“How about this?”
Elijah asked, looking up at Ian. Her height was invisible to her.
Of course, that was Ian’s intention. He answered calmly.
“Same. On the surface.”
Inside the bead, pieces that looked like lumps of crumbly charcoal were floating around. A very small fragment of the black wall.
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Ian reached out and picked up the marble. Almost at the same time, the echo created by the fragments of chaos within him spread faintly and then died down.
‘Definitely, he whines less than before.’
The fragments of chaos, which had been acting unruly for a while, were following his control again at some point.
The only thing that had changed from when I was acting as I wanted was the level.
I didn’t realize it for a while, but looking back, it roughly coincided with the point when this guy started to obey his control again.
Even when dealing with Kralen, wasn’t he definitely more calm than before?
‘Well, does raising the level mean that it will make my soul stronger or something?’
Or should we view it as a way to grow the vessel of the soul?
Anyway, the level also seemed to have some semblance of realism.
It’s something I’ve never really thought about before, but anyway. If it was true, it was a strange feeling.
This meant that the growth of the chaos fragment had already almost caught up with his level.
‘If the fragment grows to the point where it far surpasses my level of control… .’
I wasn’t sure what would happen until I experienced it myself.
You didn’t have to put your hand into the fire to know it was hot.
From now on, I had to be careful about absorbing chaos power.
Of course, at the same time, there was one more reason to work harder to level up.
‘I feel like my life is already at risk just from the external threat that awaits me… .’
but. From the moment of chaos, danger was almost certain.
Even with a wry smile on his face, he carefully examined every nook and cranny of the fragments.
Of course, I didn’t feel anything abnormal. The only change was that it was rotating a little faster than I had seen before.
“Be careful not to inject magical power, godfather. If it reacts to magical power, maybe… .”
“It will contaminate the magic waves and emit them. I know. “Don’t worry.”
Ian responded harshly to Elijah’s comment, lightly shaking the bead in his hand.
Perhaps the reason warlocks used this wasn’t just because it was easier to obtain than the Dark Relics or Chaos Fragments.
Although performance is lower, the risk is also lower.
Of course, it could have just been because his mental power and resistance were high.
“Do you want to see it too?”
“… Is that okay?”
In response to Ian’s next question, Elijah swallowed his saliva and asked back.
Ian shrugged.
“As you said, as long as you don’t infuse magical power into it.”
“Sure. “Never.”
Elijah put his palms together and raised them above his head. Her Ian placed a bead in the middle of it.
If there are no problems even if it falls into Elijah’s hands, the basic verification of sending it to the university will have been completed.
If an abnormal phenomenon occurred, all that was needed was to absorb the chaos power before a problem occurred.
“… … .”
Elijah’s gaze, which lowered his palm down to his face, was fixed as if fascinated by the fragments inside the bead.
The reason the eyes sparkle is not just because the light from the torch is reflected.
“Really… It’s mysterious. “Did you know that there is still disagreement in academia about what exactly the black wall is made of and how it was made?”
Elijah chanted without taking his eyes off the fragments. As if she hadn’t asked in the first place expecting an answer from her, she spoke straight away.
“The dregs of the void. A byproduct of chaos. Shadow of divinity… . Some say it is a substance from a completely different dimension, summoned by demons in their last struggle. “It was contaminated as it came through the void.”
“… Another dimension?”
Ian asked, frowning for a moment.
Elijah, who had not noticed anything at all, nodded.
“It means a completely different world, completely disconnected from this world. Some argue that the void is not the abyss of the abyss as is known, but rather a gap between dimensions. “The space created between completely different worlds is the reality of emptiness.”
“… … .”
“So, some argue that through the void, one can travel to a completely separate new dimension. Even if we leave aside the question of how to specify another dimension adjacent to the void and how to make a hole in that dimension. And they… .”
A faint smile crossed Elijah’s lips. She laughed as if she was telling a funny joke.
“It is said that the force of chaos is created by the entanglement of different waves flowing from numerous dimensions. “It is not the power of the beginning, as is known.”
So then, does a black hole act like a hole in the dimension?
Of course, it was a bullshit theory. Ian, who truly came from another world, could not be ignored.
‘Then that guy… .’
Suddenly, the long-haired guy who sometimes appeared in my nightmares flashed through my mind.
I didn’t remember everything about the guy or the conversation I had with him. Like my memories of dreams, most of them were very vague and hazy. But I remembered his original curiosity about the world.
Perhaps he was roaming the void, searching for where his original world was.
Sometimes he visits his dreams to get clues.
‘… Then at least he wasn’t the culprit who dragged me into this world.’
The reason you’re interested in me is because I’m really the only person from another world?
I couldn’t find the right answer. It was just a guess.
When I met him again, I didn’t even think to ask him.
Because it was obvious that he wouldn’t answer properly due to his personality. Of course, even if you hear it, you might not remember it.
“Of course, it’s just a theory. Nothing has been revealed. “I also think there are more absurd aspects.”
Elijah’s voice continued. Ian blurted out calmly.
“Is that all there is to this absurd theory?”
“It can’t be. Coming back to the black wall, some say it is a complex of divinity and chaos. Two opposing forces are entangled through magical power. The reason why the black wall rose in the era of war… .”
A fragment of a slowly rotating black wall flickered in Elijah’s eyes.
“… It is the result of the gods’ apostles and demons scattering too much divinity and chaos into the world. He claimed that the fact that the twilight of magic came after the black wall rose was conclusive evidence.”
“Of course, there is no evidence to support the claim.”
Ian muttered. Elijah smiled lowly as if he agreed.
Ian continued speaking harshly.
“But from what I saw before, it seemed like the great man had some knowledge of the identity of the black wall.”
“Probably not.”
Elijah shook his head lightly.
“Because his goal is to destroy him. Destroying something is possible without a deep understanding of what you are destroying. Of course, you have no idea what the repercussions will be. Finding out that part… .”
Elijah slowly raised his head and looked up at Ian.
“It’s the responsibility of scholars like me.”
“so. “Do you understand anything when you see it in person?”
“well… . “I still don’t even know how the wizards harvested this-”
Elijah’s voice quieted down as he looked at the fragment again. Reddish cracks were spreading like spiderwebs on the surface of her fragment.
It was literally a change that happened in an instant. If you look closely, a red light that looks like a shimmer of purple and purple light spreads between them.
The red light in Elijah’s eyes suddenly became vivid and clear.
“Ahhh… !”
It was almost at the same time that a moan-like sigh came from her mouth and Ian reached out for the bead.
Ian grabbed the marble without any hesitation. At the same time, as if the fragment of chaos was waiting, it drew in the chaotic power contained in the fragment.
It’s even shabby compared to what Ian has absorbed so far. The level of chaos power is literally just a few drops.
“… … !”
At the same time, a vision passed before Ian’s eyes like a flash.
In the middle of a barren plain. A pitch-black curtain rising and swaying all the way to the sky. It was a black wall. However, it was not as quiet as last time.
The surface of the black wall was shaking as if tens of thousands of ants were swarming there.
A dark red light shimmered around the veil of recognition that swayed beyond the thick dark clouds.
And soon, dozens of red thunderbolts that looked like tree roots or blood vessels burst out as if piercing the dark clouds.
Crumbling-
With a loud noise that felt like the world was collapsing, my vision returned.
The only one standing was Ian, clutching the marble.
“ha… ha… .”
Elijah sat down, panting, and looked up at Ian with his eyes wide open. Her eyes, which had returned to their original color, were full of surprise.
“are you okay?”
Ian asked. She gasped for air once more before Elijah finally managed to let it out.
“What was that just now…” ?”
“It’s a black wall. “I saw an illusion of a black wall.”
“Not that one. Godfather… !”
Elijah stuttered, unable to hide the shock and disbelief in his voice.
“Your eyes glowed purple… ! Even the veins around the eyes. Like, like… .”
Elijah could not finish his sentence and just kept quiet. Ian, who quietly curled one side of her lips, spoke instead.
“Like a degenerate?”
It was a smile that was enough to make Elijah freeze.
fantasy,
