Transmigrating to the Otherworld Again Chapter 177

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00177 <-- Episode 177 Marriage is Crazy (2) -->

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A deep night when the waning moon casts a dim light.

Along the long wall that runs north of the castle, Lilstein walks alone.

Beyond this barrier, there is a forbidden area that no one is allowed to approach. It is where Lilstein’s personal magic laboratory, known as the Red Tower, is located.

In this place, which holds all kinds of magical secrets, Lilstein has painstakingly installed a powerful barrier.

I was confident that no matter how great a magician or swordsman they were, not even the Sif Queen Levina, they would be able to sneak in here. At least I had that much confidence.

Of course, it might not be impossible if you try to enter by blatantly destroying it, but that’s not infiltration anymore.

‘But still, Levina can’t let her guard down.’

Upon arriving at the entrance, Lisstein used his search magic to survey the surroundings, just in case Levina was hiding there.

There was no one around.

This time, I checked the barrier magic on the main gate. If someone had entered, there would have been traces left behind.

There was no trace. There had been no intruder.

‘Okay, no problem.’

As the gate opened, Lilstein stepped inside the barrier. A red tower rose high in the middle of a barren garden.

He walked along the garden.

With each step he took, part of the barrier that stretched across the garden cracked open, allowing him to enter. Not only the gate of the barrier, but the garden itself was also another defensive magic circle.

The defensive magic circle was also functioning perfectly. There were no intruders.

Upon arriving at the main gate of Matap, Lilstein calmly recited the opening words.

“In the name of the one who holds the right qualifications, I command: Open.”

A huge iron door made entirely of the magical metal Aureltium opened wide.

You have to break through the triple barrier system, from the main gate of the barrier to the large garden and the main gate of the magic tower, to finally enter the Red Magic Tower. It was a truly thorough security system bordering on paranoia.

As he closed the main door to the tower, Lilstein smiled faintly.

All the barriers were functioning normally. It was clear evidence that there were no intruders.

‘Haha, I guess even Leviathan couldn’t crawl all the way here.’

He had guessed Levina’s true intentions. Nevertheless, the reason he let her into the palace without any trouble was because he had full confidence in her.

Lilstein descended the stairs of the tower into the basement. As he passed, the magic lanterns would light up on their own, illuminating the darkness, and then go out again.

The corridors of the Magic Tower are enveloped in darkness as Lilstein disappears.

In the thick darkness, silver eyes suddenly sparkled.

It was Eun-hyung’s Levina with a bitter smile.

‘It sure was great, Lilstein. There was no way he could just hide away.’

Lislestein’s magic was truly amazing. Even she could not find a way to avoid this complex and vast magic barrier.

I admit it.

His magic can never fool even the Queen of Thieves.

‘But a human like Lilstein can be fooled.’

Instead of creating a perfect magic tower barrier, Levina chose to deceive Lilstein personally.

When the exploration magic is deployed, if her entire body is wrapped in a silver shield, the magic will clearly detect her presence, but to those who can perceive that information, it will only be recognized as an ordinary terrain feature.

If you move in that state, you will obviously be caught and cannot pass through the barrier, but you can fool Lisstein.

After that, while Lilstein himself released the barrier and entered the magic tower, she also followed behind him, hiding in his shadow.

Of course, if Lilstein had maintained his navigation magic while moving, he would have been immediately discovered, making infiltration impossible, but he didn’t go that far.

Even Lilstein already knew that Levina’s method of hiding in the shadows of her opponents was a method. However, he had not yet considered that she would be shamelessly following him, hiding at his feet.

They both know each other’s tricks so well, how could they do something so stupid?

That’s where this simple technique comes into play.

The essence of trickery is not quick sleight of hand, strange tricks, or complicated schemes. They are merely means.

The real trick is to break the other person’s confidence.

Levina knew very well that the best time to deceive someone was when they thought, “Surely you wouldn’t do that.”

‘Magic has no flaws, but humans have flaws.’

No matter how powerful the floor master was, Lilstein was human and possessed an inescapable human spirit. She targeted the gaps in that spirit with precision.

The result was a success.

‘Well then, let’s see how important a secret it is to be kept so tightly bound.’

***

Even for Levina, hiding behind Lilstein’s feet and following him was a task that consumed a great deal of concentration. So, after entering the magic tower and breaking through all the boundary systems, he kept some distance and recovered his stamina.

When she regained some of her energy, she followed Lilstein again.

The stairs led down to the basement.

I go down carefully, but it’s quite deep. Maybe more than 20 meters?

‘Why did you dig the ground so deep?’

Levina continued walking, puzzled.

It was then that her complexion hardened.

‘oh!’

Suddenly, there was no sign of Lilstein.

She was still using her senses to constantly check the location of her opponent. As expected of a swordsman of the god level, her accuracy was also at a terrifying level. She had clearly sensed that Lilstein was standing on the lowest floor of the basement just a moment ago.

But at some point it disappeared.

‘It’s gone?’

Levina tensed up and prepared for battle, gathering all of her energy. She didn’t know if Lilstein would notice and plan a counterattack.

In that state, I go down the stairs carefully, one step at a time.

Finally, we arrived at the lowest level.

It was an ordinary stone chamber. There was really nothing there. Not even a single bookcase or chair, let alone any of the strange tools you might see in Magian’s laboratory.

All there was was a red circle drawn on the floor of an empty stone chamber.

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‘What is this?’

Levina looked around. There was no other exit visible except the passage through which she had entered.

Just in case, I roll my feet a little.

Thump… … .

The idea was to investigate whether there was another space beyond the wall by listening to the echoes of sound.

‘There is no such thing as empty space.’

It was a dead end.

‘Then where is Lil Stein?’

I can’t figure it out like this. Levina closed her eyes after thinking for a moment. If I can’t figure it out with just my senses, I have no choice but to use another method.

Saaaaa… … .

An invisible thread of speculation began to emanate from her entire body. It was so faint and weak that even Levina herself had to concentrate as much as possible to discern it.

This was a new technique she had invented to capture opponents who could not be detected by the senses.

If it touches even the weakest living thing, this thread of speculation will disappear. That disappearance will reveal the location of Lilstein.

‘No matter how perfect the magic is, it cannot erase existence itself.’

Still not there. There really isn’t any sign of Lilstein anywhere.

Levina was embarrassed.

‘What happened?’

It was then that a strange sensation struck her nerves through the thread of speculation.

‘uh?’

It was a familiar feeling. It was the very feeling I had felt while mastering the martial arts and the heavenly realms.

‘Is this a trace of space shaking?’

The traces did not lead to a red circle drawn on the floor, but rather to an ordinary, unremarkable stone wall on one side of the stone chamber.

Levina approached the stone wall cautiously, of course without touching the wall or anything.

The priority is to carefully examine the stone wall and carefully assess the situation.

And yet, at one moment, suddenly, everything around her changed.

“omg!”

Levina took a step back in surprise. But it was too late.

She was no longer standing on the lowest level of the Red Tower.

Before I knew it, I was in a corner of a huge, unidentifiable cave.

“……what’s this?”

***

It was a wide circular space, about 10 meters high and 30 meters wide.

All sides are blocked, and the only light source is the magic lanterns lined up on the ceiling, and it is unclear whether it is above ground or underground. There are no windows, but the air is clear. There seems to be a separate ventilation shaft.

Standing in the middle, Levina looked around.

Inside the space, there were nearly 200 large crystals lined up, and strange structures of unknown purpose were intertwined. The walls and floor were also covered with complex patterns that seemed to be magic circles.

It’s a pretty typical Magian research facility.

‘The Red Ivory Tower? Or another secret facility in Lilstein?’

Anyway, one thing was certain.

This is not the Red Tower. It is a completely different place.

‘You mean you moved through space? Is that possible with magic?’

Levina was shocked when she found out that she was doing the same thing with her own weapon. Well, she thought that it was a divine skill that only she had, so it was surprising enough to find out that Lilstein had the same ability.

Levina calmed down and spread her wings.

‘First, let’s check… ‘

Although it was impossible to achieve a range as vast as that of Seongshihan, she was now a swordsman of the god level. If she lowered her accuracy, she could expand her detection area to a radius of about 200 meters.

Within moments, Lilstein’s presence was detected. There was another space on the other side of this huge space, and he was moving towards it.

Levina breathed a sigh of relief. Judging from the fact that she didn’t come back or anything, it seemed that Lilstein hadn’t noticed her presence.

‘That means this teleportation isn’t Lilstein’s magic.’

If it was magic that he had personally performed, he would have noticed something wrong right away. Perhaps he had managed to obtain an imperial artifact.

‘Well, I thought it would be like that when I, who didn’t care, automatically teleported as soon as I got near it. If it was magic controlled by Lilstein, he would have at least put a lock on it.’

Anyway, it was an embarrassing situation.

All she wanted was information about the inside of the Red Tower. She had no idea that she would travel through space and end up in a completely different place. She had never thought that something like that was possible.

If you get caught by Lilstein in this situation, it will never end well. There is no longer any need to infiltrate and get information. The first priority is to find a way to return to the original location.

‘But how do I get back from here?’

Levina, feeling embarrassed, approached the center of the space. She was going to go back to the place she had arrived at by teleporting.

Nothing happened. It seemed like the exit and entrance weren’t the same. Or maybe there was a separate way to get back.

‘Then I have no choice but to hide myself until Lilstein arrives and then bury myself when I cross the space… … .’

Levina broke out in a cold sweat.

This is so reckless. There is no guarantee that it will succeed.

‘This is driving me crazy.’

As she was looking around, one of the lenses suddenly caught her eye. The moment she saw its inside, she was impressed.

‘What is that?’

A middle-aged woman was trapped frozen inside the lens, without a single thread of clothing.

It was a crazy sight, but in fact, it wasn’t that surprising since the Magian’s cryogenic preservation of people was a surprisingly common sealing method (in fact, Seong Si-han had said something similar when he first met Alita). It was just a frown.

‘What are you doing, Lil’ Stein?’

Levina clicked her tongue and examined the other crystals.

The situation was similar. They were all imprisoning humans.

However, the members are unusual. There are no adult men, and they are all women, children, or elderly people.

Suddenly, Levina’s face hardened.

‘Is this by any chance… … .’

There was something I found curious while gathering information on the Crimson Knights in the past.

Why are all the summoned Earthlings healthy adult males?

There was no question as to why Lilstein had made an adult male Earthling into a superhuman swordsman. After all, an adult male would naturally be more advantageous in combat than a woman or an old man.

What was puzzling was how Lilstein could summon only healthy adult males from among the Earthlings.

‘Wasn’t that it?’

It makes sense if the humans in this crystal are Earthlings.

If they summoned not only healthy adult males, but summoned a large number of them and only selected healthy adult males, and then froze and sealed all the elderly and weak who exceeded the limit of control, then it doesn’t make sense.

‘Then why did you seal them away?’

Levina thought quickly.

The facilities are excessive to simply use them as Crimson Knights and seal the remaining personnel. If the rest are deemed unnecessary, they can simply be killed. The fact that they were sealed separately like this means that they have some important purpose.

‘Just a reserve force for the Crimson Knights? Or is there something else?’

There is too little information to make a deduction. More investigation is needed.

Levina took a step. She was moving carefully inside the common area, looking around. Suddenly, the entire scenery before her eyes changed.

‘oh!’

When I came to, I was back in that empty stone chamber. I had teleported back to the lowest level of the Red Tower.

‘this…….’

Levina was filled with a sense of relief at being back where she came from, but also a sense of regret at not being able to dig up any more information.

Her gaze involuntarily turned to one side of the stone wall. It was the exact same place she had jumped over just a moment ago.

‘If I go that way, will I be able to get back to that place?’

Levina, who had been thinking, shook her head.

‘No, it’s too dangerous.’

There’s no guarantee that the space tunnel will remain open. What if I get greedy and go through it again and can’t come back?

Luck tends to turn into misfortune the moment you try to test it.

‘That’s it for today.’

I’ve got a pretty useful pack. I’ve reached the heart of Lilstein’s secrets, so this alone is enough to put pressure on him.

She abandoned her greed and stepped out of the stone chamber. Since she was already infiltrated, she intended to search around the inside of the Red Tower as well.

‘I can’t leave here until Lil Stein comes back anyway.’

Just as when he came in, he had to ask Lilstein when he left. There was still plenty of time.

With a faint smile, Levina began to climb the dark stairs.

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