Episode 78
No matter how much I screamed or did, the results that had already happened were not reversed.
That painful reality filled Lucia with even deeper despair.
I just barely found a way to go back to the original world.
Who would have thought that we would lose it so meaninglessly?
“How are you going to take responsibility for this?!”
“I don’t think it’s my responsibility… … .”
“What the heck!?”
As Lucia was about to swing her fist, Kang Jin-hyeok urgently made an excuse.
“This is the fault of both of us for not clearly distinguishing between mana and MP, not anyone else’s fault.”
“What difference does it make that there’s such a fuss about it!”
“I don’t know exactly, but I think it’s enough of a difference to blow up a good magic circle.”
When Lucia followed Kang Jin-hyeok’s gaze, all she saw was a miserable sight.
Originally, there should have been a dimensional gate right there, but now all that was visible was a giant pit.
Lucia didn’t want to admit that the result was her own fault for overlooking the most basic facts.
But I couldn’t find any other reason.
There were no mistakes made by Kang Jin-hyeok during the process of activating the magic circle, and the magic circle responded properly without any malfunctions.
As Kang Jin-hyeok said, the only problem was that they had forgotten the difference between MP and mana and were pushing ahead with the task.
If that’s the case, I had to accept it even if I didn’t want to admit it.
“ha…….”
Lucia sighed as if the ground was falling apart.
If you think about it calmly, the responsibility for the problem lies more with her than with Kang Jin-hyeok.
The one who heard about Kang Jin-hyeok’s new ability and quickly got things going was none other than Lucia.
“Yes. Since they are different worlds, even if they have similar characteristics, their essence is different. But why is it that I have to realize that… ?”
If you had just taken a little more time and studied calmly, you would have quickly realized the fundamental difference between mana and MP.
Thinking like that, Lucia became disillusioned with herself.
Why was he in such a hurry when he originally had no great attachment to the world?
“… … .”
Kang Jin-hyeok was overcome with anxiety when Lucia suddenly shut her mouth and became silent.
When a person who was always bright shows a gloomy appearance, it means that he or she has suffered serious mental damage.
If we leave it like this, it could lead to illness.
Kang Jin-hyeok thought about how to cheer her up, but he couldn’t come up with an answer.
So in the end, I suggested to Lucia what I usually do when I’m stressed.
“Would you like a drink?”
Lucia nodded quietly at Kang Jin-hyeok’s sudden suggestion.
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Lucia, who followed Kang Jin-hyeok out of the dungeon, was still gloomy.
Lucia sighed again for the umpteenth time as she looked over the things she had researched about the magic circle.
“Is it that difficult to redraw the magic circle?”
“The magic circle isn’t something you can just carve into it like a child’s drawing.”
In order for the magic circle to work properly, mana must be released each time a spell is engraved.
How much mana should be poured in, and how much distance should be left between spells.
There were more than a few things to consider carefully.
Moreover, since there was little information known about the dimensional magic circle, there were many parts that were unknown.
“If you make it in a fist-fighting manner, you never know what kind of strange phenomenon might occur.”
If it doesn’t work at all, that’s better.
It’s the swelling index that explodes like when you infuse MP instead of mana.
Since this is a magic related to dimensions, if you do it wrong, something that shouldn’t be summoned could be summoned.
“Still, I have to try to organize it.”
“No, that’s okay. Actually, I didn’t want to go back like that.”
Lucia left nothing behind at home.
Not only did he cut ties with his family early on, but all of his former colleagues passed away as time went by.
“This is a pretty nice place to live, except that the air is so bad.”
Lucia smiled bitterly and purified the air around her face with magic.
“How can you live for over 80 years breathing this rotten air?”
“Hahaha… … . Maybe it’s because I’m used to it.”
Kang Jin-hyeok seriously considered whether he should buy an air purifier.
Since the dust from Made in China is bothering my respiratory tract, I thought it would be a good idea to have one.
While Kang Jin-hyeok took out his smartphone and searched for an air purifier, Lucia sat down on the sofa.
“What are you doing? Hurry up and bring me some drinks.”
Lucia urged Kang Jin-hyeok to act, spouting lines like an alcoholic.
“Okay, just wait a minute.”
Kang Jin-hyeok put off buying an air purifier for a moment and walked to the refrigerator.
“For your information, all the alcohol was made in the barrels given to me by the dwarf uncle.”
Kang Jin-hyeok warned Lucia in advance because he thought she would hear something after drinking later.
“Why do you have to say something like that? It’ll ruin the taste of the drink.”
“It’s better to say it now than to get hit for not saying anything.”
Judging from the fact that Lucia didn’t say anything about not drinking, it seemed like there wasn’t any major problem.
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Kang Jin-hyeok opened the refrigerator door to take out the alcohol that had been cooled down with relief.
“What are you doing standing there? You’ll grow old and die waiting!”
Lucia screamed at Kang Jin-hyeok, who was standing in front of the refrigerator for a long time.
But even though he heard her whining, Kang Jin-hyeok didn’t move from his spot.
Kang Jin-hyeok was frozen as if he had turned into stone.
It was only then that Lucia realized that something was going wrong.
“What are you looking at? Did a bug come out of there?”
Lucia got up and walked behind Kang Jin-hyeok.
Then, he peeked his face out and looked inside the refrigerator, which was hidden by Kang Jin-hyeok’s back.
Lucia, who checked the scenery inside the refrigerator, froze like Kang Jin-hyeok.
“What is this… … .”
“That’s what I wanted to ask.”
What the two people were looking at was a snow-covered mountain scenery that looked nothing like what was inside a refrigerator.
The scene inside was so vivid that the blizzard was seeping out of the refrigerator.
“It wasn’t like this originally.”
“This isn’t how it should be.”
There is snow mountain in the refrigerator.
Does this make any sense?
Snow Mountain and the refrigerator had nothing in common except that they were cold.
“Could this be… the influence of the magic circle?”
It was a refrigerator that was working fine before entering the dungeon.
If I had to pick one guess, it would be that it was the magic circle commotion that happened underground.
“So this is the world you lived in?”
“You won’t know unless you check it yourself.”
I had to see for myself whether the thing on the snowy mountain was a creature living on Earth or a monster from another dimension.
“I guess I’ll have to drink later.”
“Are you going to go there?”
“Why are you asking the obvious?”
After the magic circle flew away, I thought all contact with the original world had disappeared.
In that situation, there was no reason for Lucia to hesitate since this snow mountain suddenly appeared.
As Lucia was about to go into the refrigerator, Kang Jin-hyeok grabbed her shoulder.
“Are you crazy? Are you going over there dressed like that?”
“I’m a half-elf. I can withstand both hot and cold.”
“Still, it’s stupid to go up a snowy mountain with your legs exposed.”
“Is that so?”
Although Lucia has been an adventurer for a long time, she mostly works in the plains or forests.
I had never climbed a mountain covered in snow like that because it existed far to the north.
“Let’s prepare a little more before we go. If we just go, we might freeze to death.”
“… … That would be better.”
Lucia messed up her work just today because she was in a hurry.
After thinking about that incident, I couldn’t insist on going no matter what.
Kang Jin-hyeok took out his smartphone and searched for equipment for climbing a winter mountain before searching for an air purifier.
“I suddenly feel like going hiking.”
You also have to go to an unidentified mountain where a blizzard is raging.
I would like to hire a Sherpa, but circumstances do not allow that.
Kang Jin-hyeok prayed that even the bad weather would subside with time.
But his prayers never reached heaven.
While waiting for the delivery of the equipment I purchased, the snowstorm inside my refrigerator did not stop for even a second.
I couldn’t help but sigh at the thought of going through that blizzard where it seemed like I couldn’t even see ahead.
“It’s something you wouldn’t even be able to dream of if you weren’t a hunter.”
Of course, even if you were a hunter, you were never safe.
They are in a better situation because they have superior physical abilities and stamina than ordinary people. However, the danger is the same.
Kang Jin-hyeok thought that rather than just blindly charging in, it was important to have a detailed plan.
Kang Jin-hyeok sat down in front of the refrigerator with the door wide open.
A blizzard came into the house and it was a total mess, but I didn’t care.
Kang Jin-hyeok calmly stared into the refrigerator and accurately recorded the times when the snowstorm began to subside slightly and when it became the most intense.
While Kang Jin-hyeok was preparing in various ways, Lucia was also preparing.
Kang Jin-hyeok was curious when he saw Lucia lined up dozens of daggers in the living room.
“Why do you have so many daggers?”
“It might be difficult to use a bow in that blizzard.”
“So you’re preparing a dagger instead? What are you going to do with it?”
“You should shoot instead of using arrows.”
“Does that make sense?”
Lucia picked up the dagger she had been grooming and breathed Aura into it.
And then he hurled the dagger with all his might towards the wall.
The thick concrete wall let the flying dagger pass through it as if it were a piece of tofu.
Lucia smiled, pointing to the dagger that had pierced through the wall.
“What do you think? Isn’t this good enough?”
“… … If that’s the case, then just throw an arrow.”
“It’s too light, so no.”
“What’s different about a dagger?”
“Yes, it’s different. These are special products that I prepared in advance.”
Lucia handed Kang Jin-hyeok a dagger and told him to try it out.
As Kang Jin-hyeok accepted it, a heavy weight was transmitted through his hands.
It felt more like I was lifting some kind of dumbbell than a dagger.
“What kind of dagger is this heavy?”
“That’s because it was built in preparation for strong winds.”
“Couldn’t you make the arrow heavier?”
“If you do that, the bow will be broken.”
Kang Jin-hyeok couldn’t sympathize with Lucia’s words.
A bow that shoots arrows filled with aura like missiles breaks down just because the arrows are a little heavier?
No matter how much I thought about it, it was full of strange spots.
“Are you… …doing this because you don’t want to ask the dwarf uncle to make you a new arrow?”
Kang Jin-hyeok thought it was a truly absurd reason even as he said it himself.
“No way? Even if you don’t like it, there’s no way I would do something so stupid… … .”
As he was about to go back on his words, Kang Jin-hyeok saw a drop of sweat running down Louis Cha’s cheek.
The temperature in the house was very low as a blizzard was coming in through the refrigerator door.
There was absolutely no way I would sweat just sitting still and wiping my dagger.
“You really aren’t.”
Lucia intentionally turned her head away from Kang Jin-hyeok’s gaze.
