Chapter 64. Kazan Rudrik (4)
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A space filled with heavy silence.
Facing what was presumed to be Kazan Ludrik’s grave in front of them, Sirpi and Muak just opened their mouths and made blank expressions for a while.
On the other hand, Ulan and his party looked around as if they were curious and opened their mouths.
“Is this Kazan’s tomb?”
“Hmm, it’s smaller than I thought.”
Noah expressed a short sentiment.
With a somewhat surprising expression.
It was natural. This place was so small and shabby that it was unbelievable that it was the tomb of a man who was called the great hero of the desert.
So, I was looking around to see if there was a path leading to another space.
“Well, something must be wrong!”
A sharp voice echoed throughout the hall.
It is Sirpi Ludrik’s voice.
She let out a cry full of disbelief, facing all eyes directed at her.
“There is no way Kazan Ludrik’s tomb or the tomb of our ancestors could have been neglected like this!”
“… … Yes, I think the same.”
Muak also lowered his head.
As if I agree with what she said.
“This doesn’t make sense. “There’s no way the tomb of our ancestors, whom we’ve been visiting for a thousand years, could be in a place this close, right?”
“that’s right!”
Sirpi gives strength to her voice once again.
The two seemed stubborn as if they would not admit that this was Kazan’s grave.
But Ulan thought differently.
“That’s your own opinion.”
“what?”
“This place was guided by those guys, the guys you call Shinsu. So, are you saying that Shinsu brought you to the wrong place?”
“Well, that’s… … .”
Muak was speechless for a moment.
Because it was a correct opinion.
If their claims are correct, it would mean that Shinsu is lying.
“That’s what I heard.”
“To them, Kazan Ludrik is their old master, so there is no way they could have guided them to the wrong place.”
The other party members also nodded as if they agreed with Ulan’s words. At that time, the monster, the poisonous snake, and the white tiger opened their mouths one after another.
[Click! Caw!]
[Surrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
[Grung! That’s it!]
Of course, I couldn’t understand it.
Then Perticia’s interpretation continued.
“This is Kazan Ludrik’s grave. In addition, they say that the only thing that is shabby is the outside, and the inside is much bigger than this, so don’t worry.”
“Well, then really… … .”
“Are you saying this is the tomb of our ancestors?”
Sirpi and Muak’s gaze turned towards the entrance of the tomb again. With eyes full of complex emotions that cannot be expressed in words.
It was then.
“Everyone, come this way.”
Delia, who had left the group for a moment and headed towards the entrance, gestured. After a moment, she pointed to a stone slab near the entrance.
“It seems like something is written here.”
“This… … .”
“This guy is using sacred writing or something.”
Ulan muttered softly.
In his opinion, it was because its appearance was quite similar to the text written on Zartoum’s tomb.
Noah, on the other hand, shook his head.
“No, it’s a little different.”
“what? “What’s the point?”
“It is true that it is a script from an ancient desert kingdom, but it is not a sacred script. “With this, you can probably interpret the sirpi as well.”
After answering, Noah took a step back.
As if asking Sirpi to interpret it for you.
Then Sirpi tilted his head.
“You want me to interpret it?”
“Yes, please.”
“… … why?”
It was a natural question. Why are you now leaving the interpretation to yourself when you have already interpreted it well on your own?
“I’m just a little tired.”
A somewhat unclear answer.
However, since she couldn’t say anything about being tired, Sirpi walked towards the place where the stone slab was.
After a while, she placed her finger on the stone tablet and immediately began interpreting its contents.
『This is a message to the guests who visit this place.』
『If you are not a blood relative of Ludrik, I recommend that you leave this place.』
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『This is the tomb of Kazan Rudrik.』
『Arrangements for successors.』
『For those who are not qualified to be successors, I cannot allow them to look inside or set foot in my tomb.』
Contents written on the front side of the stone slab.
According to records, this is definitely the tomb of Kazan Rudrik.
And as soon as this fact was revealed through Sirpi’s mouth, an uproar arose among the desert warriors who followed Muak.
“Is this really the tomb of our ancestors?”
“Uh, how did this happen…” … .”
He looks like he’s in shock.
To be honest, the warriors did not believe Perticia’s interpretation. Because she was a human from outside the desert, much less the princess of the empire, the church’s archenemy.
So I thought that interpretation was done intentionally. However, the story changed when I heard Sirpi’s interpretation of the records on the stone tablets.
Sirpi is a direct blood relative of Rudrik.
There was no way someone with this status would come up with a false interpretation. Meanwhile, Noah secretly smiled at this sight.
‘That’s the reaction I expected.’
This is why Noah entrusted the interpretation of the tablets to Shirpi. To convey the truth to the desert warriors who deny reality.
But it wasn’t just the warriors who were shocked. Sirpi also seemed to be quite shocked by his interpretation.
“Then I will continue to interpret the rest.”
Because the purpose was achieved anyway.
After answering, Noah walked up to the stone slab, leaving the blank-faced Sirpi behind. This was to interpret the contents remaining on the back.
『However, if you are Ludrik’s blood relative, stand in front of the door and prove your qualifications. Then he will allow you to look inside.』
This was all the content on the back.
After finishing the interpretation, Noah looked back at Ulan.
“It’s the same way as the tomb of Zartoum.”
“Then I guess I’ll have to see blood again.”
Ulan with an ax drawn.
He held Sirpi’s hand as he had done before the tomb of Zartoum. He then lightly tore her skin with an axe, causing wounds.
Sirpi then placed his bloody palm at the center of the stone gate, as he had done before.
Some time after that.
Coo! Coo coo coo coo!
The red light that had been tightly closed flashed and opened with a loud sound. Then, a slightly larger space opened up in front of the group.
“There is a fire magic stone here too.”
“Everyone is quite alert.”
Laurea and Sven muttered one after another as they looked at the explosion stones filled with stones behind the stone gate.
The group, who carefully passed around the stone gate, arrived at the space beyond the stone gate. Then he suddenly looked puzzled.
“what? This space… … .”
“There doesn’t seem to be anything particularly unusual?”
Following Ibella with a puzzled expression, Laurea also tilted her head.
Unlike Zartum’s tomb, which was full of stone slabs, Kazan’s tomb was empty. Afterwards, Sven also found something strange.
“I don’t think there’s any other door.”
The only door that exists in this space is the stone door that the party just passed through. In other words, this was a completely dead-end room.
“oh! “There’s something written there!”
At that time, Perticia pointed to the wall ahead. As she said, there were letters left there that were believed to be Kazan Rudrik’s handwriting.
Soon Noah’s interpretation began.
『Welcome to passing through the first door.』
『Rudrik’s blood relatives, my descendants.』
『Reaching this far probably means that you have read the records left by Zartum.』
Considering that Zartoum was mentioned, it seems like the right answer was to stop by his tomb and then come here.
Noah continued his interpretation.
『However, you cannot head to the next room, so only those who have proven their qualities as a hero can pass through here.』
“Qualities of a hero?”
“What is that again?”
Ulan and Perticia tilted their heads.
However, the two questions could not be answered yet. Because this was not the only contents of the tablet.
『Find them and bring them here.』
『If you bring someone who has truly proven the qualities of a hero, the true entrance I have arranged will reveal itself.』
This was all that was recorded.
When Noah took a moment to catch his breath after talking for a long time, the conversation between the group reached Noah’s ears.
“He is a being who has proven the qualities of a hero.”
“What does that mean?”
At that time, various speculations were going around.
Noah broke into the conversation.
“My guess is that it means someone who has passed the ordeal of being a hero.”
“Yes? “A hero’s trial?”
“It’s not the trials of a hero?”
“Yes, the hidden piece hidden in the fountain of magic, that is, the place where Ulan obtained Kazan Ludrik’s emblem.”
It’s definitely a reasonable guess.
The connection with Kazan Rudrik was also sufficient. Just when Noah’s guess had come to a head, Ludric’s family members suddenly took action.
Monsters, poisonous snakes, and white tigers.
The three clans took their places in the center of the room and suddenly began emitting magical power with terrifying force.
“Suddenly what…” … .”
At the moment when the party reacted strangely to the unexpected action, a magic circle of bluish light appeared between the three groups.
Soon the white wolf opened his mouth, and Perticia, who heard this, came up with an interpretation.
“They’re telling me to go up there?”
“Over the magic circle?”
“Yes, it is said that when standing there, light comes from the body of someone who has proven their qualifications as a hero.”
In that case, you should go up quickly.
One by one, the group, led by Ulan, stepped onto the magic circle.
Immediately then, something strange happened.
Saaaaa!
A whitish light like water fog swirled around the magic circle, and soon a bluish light emanated from Ulan’s body.
“It’s just as I expected.”
A being who has proven his qualifications as a hero.
This means the hidden piece in the fountain of magic, Ulan, who passed the hero’s ordeal.
As Noah, who had turned his guess into certainty, was silently shaking his head, something more unexpected suddenly happened.
“uh? wait for a sec.”
“This… … .”
Ulan wasn’t the only one whose body glowed. Delia, Perticia, and Sven, who came to the magic circle late, also radiated light from their bodies.
“… … !”
Noah saw this and opened his eyes wide.
Because these four had something in common. It means that you have passed the warrior’s ordeal. Noah, who witnessed the variable, immediately came up with a new guess.
‘Then does Kazan Rudrik mean a warrior who has proven his qualifications as a hero?’
However, there are questions about this guess.
The part about how Kazan Rudrik, a being from a thousand years ago, knows about the existence of heroes.
Then, I suddenly remembered the old days.
‘Oh, come to think of it, it wasn’t revealed who created the Trial of the Hero even in the original work.’
The trials of the seven warriors.
This is a trial created to select warriors who will face the abyss. Those who pass the ordeal receive special rewards and become stronger.
However, it is not known exactly who created the ordeal. As I was thinking about these things, a guess suddenly crossed my mind.
‘Wait a minute, that doesn’t mean… … !’
Could it be that Kazan Rudrik is the one who created the Trial of the Hero? Noah pursed his lips as a guess suddenly occurred to him.
‘If it’s a possibility, it’s enough.’
According to Zartum’s records, after the seven-day disaster in the desert ended, Kazan Rudrik left the desert and wandered the continent.
Then, we can understand that Kazan knows the existence of heroes and that the bodies of those who passed the ordeal shine.
‘Yes, that makes sense.’
Blue eyes that sparkle like stars.
Just as speculation was turning into certainty, an unexpected change shattered Noah’s thoughts.
Paaaaaa!
Ulan, Delia, Perticia, and Sven.
A sight where all beings except the four who passed the ordeal were enveloped in the light of the magic circle. Noah couldn’t help but make a blank expression at this sight.
“… … uh?”
Another newly appeared variable.
It was Laurea and Ian.
fantasy,
