Episode 145
Otto Hahn
Meanwhile.
At some point, Elric stopped paying attention to Sophia and the others.
『It’s the same.』
[Iknow, right. Anyone can see that this is the place Otto Hahn left behind.]
The feeling Elric and Mephisto got as they passed through the dungeon’s hallways was ‘familiar.’
That’s right too.
‘The structure is the same. Angawa, which I saw at the tomb of the Snow Mountain King.’
The location of the stone chambers along the corridor, the interior, and even the arrangement of the contents inside.
It looked so identical that it seemed as if it had been copied and pasted.
Of course, given its scale, this place was much larger than the safe house.
There were many more rooms that could not be seen in the safe house, and the dungeon guardians were roaming around freely.
Still, anyone who was familiar with Mervinger would never have known that the original owner of this dungeon was from Mervinger.
‘And then I saw that the door was open too.’
Elric guessed that the dungeon had recently been unsealed after seeing the magic scent flowing through the dungeon and the level of consumption of the magic circle.
Although it is not clear, the time when the seal was opened was approximately when Elric was in the black snow field.
‘If we assume that this place opened on its own when we acquired the seal of winter, then it must have been about a week.’
But in the meantime, treasure hunters discovered it and robbed it. I felt like I was really unlucky.
No, should I say I’m lucky?
Thanks to them, I was able to find Saga without wandering through the forest.
That doesn’t mean the stolen items were lost, but they were even returned to their original places like that.
‘As a bonus, I am getting a piece of the seal and a dead stone.’
Tsutsutsu-
The shadow also fluttered loudly as if it liked it.
Hul’s thoughts were filling up his hunger for the first time in a while by eating as many dungeon guardians as they appeared.
The purity of Magi is very high. This is very rare.
Mervinger… I heard that it is a natural enemy of humans. Did he even know how to deal directly with foreigners?
This is unexpected.
In fact, this was something Elric also wanted to know for sure.
Mervinger was a being who represented humans and stood at the antithesis of humans.
However, Otto Hahn not only used demons to restore Mervinger’s magic, which was in danger of being lost, but also created a new type of seal under the name of the Seal of Winter to restore ‘winter’.
And the dungeon guardians guarding this place all contained demonic energy, and each had a piece of the seal of the winter world.
How on earth can this be explained?
Elric always had doubts in his heart, and he was unable to come to any conclusion yet.
Of course, it wasn’t that there were no points to point out.
“At some point, out of my thirst for greater power, I became tainted by a demon and caused great harm to the world, and I was able to realize my mistake too late… 」
Wouldn’t the content of the voice I heard when opening the arrangement for the first time be a clue?
‘You can probably find out the exact details here.’
You will also be able to know what King Yulho remembered about himself.
anyway.
Putting these doubts aside, meeting Sophia and her group was full of advantages.
In the end, Elric decided to conclude that he was lucky to have met Sophia and the others.
“If you turn into the hallway on the right here, you will find the way into the deep… .”
In addition, Elric even directly guides the path, which could have been confusing. Could it be better than this?
Of course, if Elric opens his mind’s eye and traces the structure, he will be able to find the way, but I liked the fact that I could skip that annoying work.
Kiaa!
Damn it, blah blah blah-
After destroying a small number of ghosts that appeared at the right time as if playing tag, Elric was finally able to reach the final point.
‘Here it is. ‘The center.’
When I slightly opened my mind’s eye, I saw that the magic circle and mana flow flowing within the dungeon were all heading towards this room.
Elric asked Sophia and the others, still speaking in a blunt voice and pretending not to know anything.
“Are you saying there are colleagues trapped beyond here?”
“yes. There… There is a scary guy. “Be careful.”
Sophia and her group’s faces were full of fear.
He wasn’t just acting to lure Elric into a trap, but he seemed genuinely afraid.
Because I was even preparing to run away if the situation occurred.
Elric also nodded sharply because he could already feel something unusual stirring beyond the door.
“Then I will open it.”
The moment Elric opened the door wide, a void appeared that was much larger than any room he had seen before.
It must have been a laboratory, full of glass tubes and flasks of all kinds of bizarre shapes.
and.
On the long wall running to the left and right, there were ten ghost knights standing with a menacing look in their eyes.
The heads of the ghost knights, each holding various types of weapons such as the Bastard Sword, PoleX, and Morning Star, turned in this direction.
Flash!
An eye light flashed between two hazy snowballs that seemed to be covered with a white cloth.
“Hey, hey!”
“Woah, ten people are reacting… ?”
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Unlike Elric, who had entered deep into the cave, Sophia and the others who were still lingering near the door all turned pale.
In fact, they were lucky enough to come this far, but ended up losing a large number of children when they woke up the ghost knight.
When they first arrived here, there was only one ghost knight they encountered.
With just that one corpse, they were driven to the brink of annihilation.
But I never thought that all ten would react at once.
I thought that no matter how much Elric had shown overwhelming magical power so far, it would be difficult to deal with them all at once.
‘What should I do?’
‘I have to run away now… !’
Sophia and the others quickly exchanged glances, trying to decide whether to run away or not.
however.
Woo-woo-woo-
Ooooh-
The ghost knights suddenly gathered in front of Elric, and instead of raising their weapons, they knelt down on one knee and began to bow their heads.
“Uh, huh?”
“W-what, what on earth…” ?”
It looks as if he is a loyal subject attending an audience with the monarch.
At that moment, the magic sword hanging around Elric’s neck was emitting a brilliant light.
However, Sophia and the others, who had no idea about the context, could not help but express their astonishment.
I tried to figure out what was going on, but there was nothing I could do because I had so little information.
But either way.
Elric now completely ignored them and began walking deeper into the cavity again.
Then the ghost knights got up one by one and quietly followed behind them.
The attitude was so solemn and reverent that Sophia and the others who were watching it swallowed dry saliva without realizing it.
“Uh, what should I do?”
One of the men looked back and forth between Elric’s back and the outside of the door with an anxious face.
Half of my heart wants to go into the center, where there is sure to be more treasure, and half of my heart wants to run away like this.
It was like instinct was fighting against instinct.
“Let’s just follow along.”
Sophia corrected that with a firm tone.
He even tried to go inside, as if he had made up his mind about something.
“hey! “And then what if they turn around and attack us?”
Another man hurriedly grabbed Sophia’s arm and stopped her.
“then? What if it goes back like this? “The guardians in the hallway won’t attack us?”
“Well, that’s… !”
“There are probably more guardians still alive than the ones that wizard killed. Previously, I was lucky and survived, but now it must be difficult, right? I’m already in too deep. So it’s better to go in until the end.”
“Yeah, right?”
“Well, it seems like what Sophia said is correct… .”
“And I don’t know what tricks he used, but I’m sure that wizard has unlocked the secret of this dungeon. “Then we can’t leave it alone.”
The two men exchanged glances and nodded loudly. Desire flickered again in the corner of my frightened eyes.
They were the ones who discovered this dungeon. But when I thought that it could be taken away by another bastard, I became angry inside.
Just as they had originally planned, they would have Elric unlock all the secrets, and then they would just attack him and eat the results. That greed reared its head in my head again.
Depending on the situation, I might be able to kill the other two kites and take it all by myself… .
Once I thought about it, there was no longer any reason to be afraid.
“good. “Let’s go in.”
“I take the lead.”
“no. “I will stand.”
Unlike the first time, Sophia snorted behind her back as she saw the men fighting back and forth, saying they would go in first.
Because I knew from the beginning that these guys were planning to betray their comrades as well.
Although they were grouped together as a ‘group’, in the end, their greedy nature leads them nowhere.
You guys do whatever you want. Because I will be the one laughing last. Sophia smiled slightly, then hid it again as she entered the cavity for the last time.
thud!
The door closed by itself.
* * *
Faaaa!
Elric walked slowly deep inside.
It wasn’t just about going inside.
I walked following the guidance of the light emitted by the magic sword. The light leaking from the diamond was reaching the wall inside.
Tsutsutsu-
Kikiki-
Ten ghost knights quietly followed behind Elric. It seemed like they were even providing an escort for fear of leaking to the side.
‘these… Were you Otto Hahn’s descendants when you were alive?’
I had no choice but to assume that because I had experienced something similar in the tomb of the Snow Mountain King.
Those who are so loyal that they want to protect the karma of their lord even after death.
Elric briefly wondered if he would be able to live on, rebuild his family, and create such loyal followers and trustworthy colleagues.
They were probably strong people who achieved high levels when they were alive. The power each of them possessed clearly seemed to be no less than that of the Snow Mountain King.
Kiing, croaking-
When Elric reached the final point where the light reached, the stone wall shook violently. The stone wall rose upward with the sound of the machinery turning.
Then the hidden internal space was revealed.
It must have been used as a bedroom, with various famous paintings hanging on the walls, a bed, and a desk.
But what caught Elric’s eye was the rocking chair placed deepest inside.
Things like the extinguished brazier and finely laid carpets around it showed that Otto Hahn had rested here.
And actually, there was someone in the rocking chair, quietly sleeping deeply with their eyes closed.
Elric recognized who he was right away.
Otto Hahn.
The great progenitor who was said to have placed Mervinger on a rock was waiting for his distant descendants there, hundreds of years later.
Wizard who swallowed talent
