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Chapter 64. Inner World (4)
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“El Palm!”
The moment he heard that scream, El Palm opened his eyes.
At the same time, El Palm turned his head and saw his colleagues.
“Ugh.”
“I feel like my head is going to burst.”
My colleagues are coming to their senses on the prepared bed.
“Thank goodness everyone is safe.”
It was the moment when the journey into the inner world came to an end.
Without a single casualty.
That in itself was a great achievement.
“Just get some rest. You’ll have a headache. Usually, you won’t be able to get up for two days because of the headache.”
That’s why Commander-in-Chief Sigmund, who had been waiting, told El Palm to rest instead of asking questions.
But El Palm was different.
He immediately got out of bed and stood up.
“Uh, how?”
Commander-in-Chief Sigmund was shocked at the sight.
Because everyone who has ever visited the inner world has suffered from terrible aftereffects without exception.
Most of them had difficulty even lying still, let alone standing up.
Of course, it was nothing to El Palm.
This kind of dizziness was a daily occurrence for him before he returned to the past.
And even if it wasn’t everyday life, he had to stand up.
‘There is no time.’
Because El Palm had no time to rest.
That’s why El Palm said just that.
“We reached the 15th floor.”
“Yes? The 15th floor?”
Commander-in-Chief Sigmund didn’t even give her time to come to her senses in shock.
“There I found a treasure chest. And from there I got a memory. It was a memory of Gelimer, of him betraying Wingmaster Orca. And in the process, some being killed Wingmaster Orca.”
At El Palm’s subsequent words, Commander-in-Chief Sigmund looked more shocked than ever.
I have some idea of the circumstances before and after.
If Wingmaster Orca was hit, it had to be someone inside.
And the only one in Blackwing with the ability and agility to do it is Gelimer.
“What kind of being is it?”
“I don’t know the details, but it seemed like something precious to Wingmaster Orca.”
But you defeated Wingmaster Orca with pure brute force, not with poison or anything like that?
That was a whole other story.
It didn’t end there.
“I learned from that conversation that Gelimer, he created a poison called Retioxin.”
“Retioxin? What kind of poison is that?”
“It’s a poison that makes you lose your emotions like an android the moment you become addicted.”
“Feelings?”
“Yes. You will become nothing more than a machine that only listens to Gelimer’s orders.”
Commander-in-Chief Sigmund did not ask any further questions after the explanation that followed.
She was so shocked that she couldn’t afford to do that.
If El Palm’s words are true, Blackwing has obtained a weapon that can destroy the Resistance.
El Palm, on the other hand, was different.
‘As expected.’
The existence of Retioxin was surprising, but for El Farm, it was just a prediction becoming reality.
Now that we have that confidence, all we have to do is respond to it.
‘It is a scary poison, but it has limitations.’
El Palm also knew.
‘If it was a poison that could be used at will, Gelimer would have used it a long time ago.’
Although Retioxin is great, there are many conditions that must be met for its use.
‘The stronger the poison, the more difficult it is to handle.’
Even if the conditions were met, El Palm knew.
‘If you wanted to write, you would have written it whenever you wanted. If you haven’t written it until now, there must be a reason for it.’
Whatever it is, there is no way that Retioxin will threaten the Resistance or the world right now.
Of course, it was an immediate threat, but it was one that would come at any moment.
El Palm had no intention of ignoring this threat either.
But right now, this threat wasn’t on El Palm’s mind.
Because I heard.
– He’s been preparing for it. Eight hundred years ago, from that day. All of this.
If there is a being that Wingmaster Orca would call him, it would be the Black Wizard.
‘Eight hundred years ago.’
For that black wizard, 800 years ago was that day.
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‘The day the six heroes sealed the black wizard.’
But, that sealed black wizard has been preparing for 800 years?
I couldn’t tell what was prepared.
Instead, I was able to know one thing.
‘The six heroes failed to seal the black wizard.’
The black wizard is alive now.
It was shocking.
So much so that it was difficult to even tell Commander-in-Chief Sigmund.
If I told him this information, it would be so shocking that Commander-in-Chief Sigmund would want to give up.
But surprisingly, El Palm’s expression upon encountering this shock was not that shocked.
‘As expected.’
El Palm, he had been thinking that maybe the black wizard was not sealed.
Especially, as the conversation with the phantom thief Phantom continued, that thought became closer to certainty.
And now, with this memory of Wingmaster Orca, I am certain.
‘It’s the worst.’
Of course, it was never a good assurance.
The Black Wizard is alive, and that would be a nightmare for Maple World.
But El Palm focuses on one thing here.
‘800 years ago, the Black Wizard was sealed, and the six heroes also fell asleep. That is history that everyone knows. But what if the Black Wizard had not been sealed… … .’
If the Black Wizard’s sealing had failed, then from the Black Wizard’s perspective, Maple World, where the six heroes had disappeared, would be no different from a candle before a typhoon.
However, instead of ruling Maple World, the Black Wizard hid his existence.
Since then, for over 800 years, some kind of plan has been in progress.
‘The Black Mage is alive, but he can never move easily. He has been preparing for something for a long time. And that would be the Mystic Gate.’
It means there is a good reason for it.
‘What I have to do doesn’t change.’
Above all, there wasn’t really anything El Palm could do even if the Black Wizard was alive.
Isn’t it impossible for El Palm to hunt the Black Mage here?
In the end, El Palm’s adventure did not change.
I’m just going to attack the next Mystic Gate.
That’s why.
“Sigmund.”
“yes?”
“I have a favor to ask.”
El Palm spoke to Commander-in-Chief Sigmund, who was losing consciousness from the great shock.
“We will immediately move on to the next attack.”
“A strategy?”
“I mean, the inner world.”
“ah!”
Bringing more information.
That was the moment.
The moment El Palm was ready to attack again, he heard something in his ear.
Clang!
The moment I turned my head at the sound, I could see it.
“Hey, Heinz’s mirror is broken?”
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Heinz said as he gave him a mirror that would allow him to enter the inner world of Wingmaster Orca.
“I’ve used this mirror to explore the inner worlds of many people, but I’ve never used it against someone as big as Wingmaster Orca. So don’t overdo it. You never know when something might happen.”
And now it’s happened.
Clang!
Heinz’s mirror shattered with a sharp sound.
As I said before, it was already expected.
‘Oh, this can’t be happening!’
But everyone gathered there couldn’t help but feel more bewildered than ever by this predicted turn of events.
‘Why of all things!’
Who would have thought that the mirror would break in a situation where the fate of Maple World, let alone the Resistance, was at stake?
Everyone’s mind went blank in embarrassment.
Just one person.
‘It broke here.’
El Palm was different.
‘I’m out of luck.’
El Palm summed up the current situation in one word: unlucky.
I didn’t attach any more meaning to it.
That was one of El Palm’s secrets to survival. El Palm didn’t have any regrets about what was already over.
It was the same even then. There was no answer to being engrossed in the broken mirror of Heinz.
Instead, what needed to be done was the next thing.
Because the time given to El Palm was short. There was no time to worry or panic now.
“Sigmund.”
That is why El Palm spoke to Commander-in-Chief Sigmund, who was having difficulty coming to his senses from embarrassment.
“The inner world adventure is no longer possible. So, if there is a next mission, please tell me.”
Only then did Commander-in-Chief Sigmund come to his senses.
It was just as El Palm said.
What I needed to do now was not to stare blankly at the broken mirror of Heinz.
“… … First, we need to make a plan.”
Comprehensively revising future plans based on the given information!
In other words, it meant that there was nothing to do right away.
To be exact, I had to stop what I was trying to do.
Now that Gelimer was the leader of the Black Wings, and that mad scientist had in his hands the absurd poison called Retioxin, and a strong man capable of taking down Wingmaster Orca, he had to come up with a countermeasure.
On the other hand, I also had to investigate what was happening in Maple World right now.
“I guess I won’t be able to attack the blue level right away.”
“that’s right.”
In that situation, it was honestly impossible to conquer the Blue Grade Mystic Gate that had been collected.
In other words, from El Palm’s point of view, there was no longer any reason for them to remain here, in Edelstein.
The income was already sufficient.
I also figured out the identity of the core I got from the Celestial Creature, and I also secured more items than I wanted.
‘If it’s now.’
And I also confirmed the strength of my colleagues.
‘You can conquer that place.’
Thanks to that, El Palm was confident.
‘The 500 Mystic Gates that appeared in the ancient ruins.’
The confidence that you will be able to conquer places that were previously thought to be impossible!
In other words, it was a place that absolutely had to be conquered.
It wasn’t just because there were great items there.
‘If left alone, Victoria Island will burn.’
Victoria Island suffered untold damage because of the monsters that came out of there!
The hunt that had to be done from now on was that kind of hunt.
‘Take care of it before the door opens.’
On that day of destruction that will come soon, let’s reduce the damage we will suffer on that day even a little!
Of course, it wasn’t easy.
If it were easy, El Palm would never have considered conquering that place an impossible task!
Anyway, now was the chance.
‘Before it gets noisy.’
If that place becomes known to the world, countless people will flock there.
It was the worst situation for El Palm.
So, it’s time to move as quickly as possible.
So El Palm said.
“Then I have a request.”
“A request?”
“Our party is… … .”
That was the moment.
“Commander-in-Chief!”
A man came in urgently to where they were, where Wingmaster Orca was sleeping.
That was extremely rude and dangerous.
This was where none other than Wingmaster Orca, a precious hostage, was being held.
So, it was usually impossible to come in like this.
Because it was something that had been done before.
In other words, it means that the person who just came in is not an ordinary person!
The person who actually appeared was none other than Cheki.
He came in urgently wearing a bear mask and said.
“Something big has happened.”
“Is it a big deal?”
“A blue-grade Mystic Gate has appeared at the ancient ruins of Partem on Victoria Island.”
Commander-in-Chief Sigmund had a gut feeling at Cheki’s words.
If he, of all people, came here in such a hurry to say this, then he was no ordinary Blue Rank.
“It’s for 500 people.”
The highest difficulty level of the Blue Grade Mystic Gate has appeared.
“Is that why?”
In fact, even taking that into account, it was difficult to understand why Cheki had come in such a hurry.
But El Palm was different.
He knew why Cheki was making such a fuss.
“The boss monster there has been revealed.”
“What if it’s a boss monster?”
Because I found out the identity of the boss monster that appears there.
“It’s Guardian Angel Slime.”
On the other hand, Commander-in-Chief Sigmund looked as if he was hearing that explanation for the first time.
In reality, not many people knew about that monster.
Only those who have read ancient books like crazy know its name.
Cheki was the same.
“I don’t know the details.”
However, the reason Cheki came in such a hurry was for another reason.
“The problem is that the item that comes out of there is Fried’s brooch.”
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