Episode 242
a brilliant return
A city full of silence at night.
Elric was leisurely crossing the night sky.
『Is this where the beastman king or something you mentioned last time lived?』
“yes. “That’s right?”
The reason why Bjorn was once considered the best city in the eastern region was very simple.
This was because the ruler of the beast people, who had become the losers of the northern part of the continent 400 years ago, had tried to make it the second capital.
At that time, quite a lot of infrastructure was installed.
Naturally, the population also concentrated there.
However, after the beastmen retreated back to the black snow fields for unknown reasons, the empire considered this a shame and intentionally blocked the development of Bjern City.
So now it has become a place that very few people remember.
Elric, who heard the story about King Yulho’s safe house from King Velence, could well understand that this place was very important.
『But a long time has already passed since the beastmen retreated, so why would the safe house still remain?』
Mephisto tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.
If humans considered the rule of the beastmen a shame, then of course there was no way they would leave things related to them alone.
“Why can’t I go to a safe house?”
『… ?』
Mephisto tilted his head as if he didn’t understand, but soon had to burst out laughing when he saw the place Elric had arrived.
『That makes sense!』
The place where Elric arrived was the city hall building.
Where the mayor appointed by the empire conducts business.
But now, it was taken over by the Red Lion Army, but has now been taken over by the Star Wars Army, leaving it empty.
I couldn’t find a single person, so there was only a bitchy atmosphere.
A prisoner who hated the empire so much set up a safe house in a building built by the empire?
It would have been even more strange to notice this.
‘Anyway, King Yulho is also a very unique man. ‘How did you come up with such a strange idea?’
King Yulho, whom I met at Arnbae, was definitely a unique person who was different from ordinary people.
So, I guess Elric was that much more appealing to me.
“Let’s see, the fountain with the eagle statue… “It’s over there!”
While recalling the drawing of the city hall that he had secretly requested from Ate, Elric was soon able to arrive in front of the large fountain in the center of the building.
Water was falling like a waterfall from the beak of the eagle statue, which looked as if it would soar high into the sky at any moment.
“【Find】.”
Elric spread his mana scan widely.
From now on, I haven’t heard about the exact entrance location of the safe house or what its internal structure is.
If you have any concerns.
‘I’m a little uneasy because this guy did it… .’
In King Yulho’s diary given by King Velence, the safe house was described as follows.
-I don’t know who will come, but I made it a surprise party. ha ha ha. It’s a shame I can’t see it in person.
… Doesn’t that mean that they are fully prepared to give trouble to anyone?
‘I thought I would have been very old when I put this here… . ‘You’ll have some maturity by then.’
No, is it more like King Yulho to be immature?
anyway.
Elric just hoped that he could enter the safe house without much difficulty.
‘it will work out somehow.’
In fact, Elric was confident in himself.
Even at this moment, the dragon’s blood was filling the body with power, and there was no need to mention magic.
Since possession could be attempted if necessary, Elric was confident that he would pass without much difficulty no matter what tricks King Yulho had planned in the safe house.
‘Are we here?’
Then, Elric realized that the area behind the fountain, where the water was not pouring, was empty.
I moved towards it and touched it with my hand.
It was definitely a very slight sound, but it sounded foreign.
『Is it there?』
“yes. But this… .”
『Why are you doing that? I think it will just open. If you do this… Wow!
Mephisto touched the area that Elric had touched, and then applied his magic to strengthen it.
By absorbing Azazel’s power, he was now able to perform physical actions to some extent, so he smiled in satisfaction as the brick was naturally pushed inward.
However, as the bricks continued to fall, Mephisto lost his balance and fell down.
“I was trying to say that I had to go down carefully because it seemed like there was no space inside.”
Elric looked at it in bewilderment and then threw himself into the hole.
It was so deep that I had to fall down for a long time.
“【Fall slowly】. 【Light up brightly】.”
While it was possible to simply project fragmentary intentions with the words used previously, it was now possible to give ‘concrete’ instructions.
As the air resistance surrounding Elric increases, the speed of his fall decreases significantly.
The surrounding area, which had been covered in darkness, became very bright as a pure white sphere of light emerged.
‘It’s deeper than I thought.’
The passage leading to the underground safehouse was very long and vertical.
A height so great that you could fall to your death unless you use magic or have excellent martial arts skills.
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That wasn’t the only problem.
Well, bang!
Pew pew pewpew-
Suddenly, the sound of mechanical devices rotating along the walls was heard, and iron arrows were fired one after another at Elric.
The angle and movement were so sharp that one wondered if this was a place that had stopped functioning for the past hundreds of years.
“【Round around】.”
Elric breathed magic into the winter seal and quickly spread his hands in the air.
Then, a lot of frost condensed in the air, forming several layers of blue protective film.
Cha cha cha chang!
Taetaetaeng-
Countless iron arrows bounced off one after another. The protective shield was shattered several times and then restored again.
“This guy… . “Are you planning on turning everyone who comes here by mistake into hedgehogs?”
For an ordinary person, or even a person with a certain level of discipline, just falling would be enough to drive him crazy.
Only after installing so many threatening devices… . This was absolutely not at a level that could be called a ‘prank’.
widely!
Elric muttered incoherently, and was finally able to land on the ground.
But he still couldn’t relax.
Suddenly, the air felt heavy, and an invisible pressure was pressing hard on my shoulders.
“… “Big!”
At the same time, there was a sound of something being locked all around him.
Clap-
Clap-
“This… !」
“The magic will be locked… !」
Elric raised his head to see what this was, and then had to open his eyes wide.
Suddenly, the magic power that was coursing through my body began to subside like a lie.
The six winter chapters, including Nahatram, seemed to be shouting something, but they soon faded and were buried.
It was a curse.
It’s also quite difficult.
“【Get away】!”
Elric instinctively felt threatened, and injected a lot of intent into his magic power, maximizing the output of the seal.
If things continued like this, all the magic would be locked away, so I tried to wash away the curse somehow.
Faaaa!
‘The activation is cancelled… ?!’
The effect formed at Elric’s fingertips and then shattered.
The magic field was formed and then unraveled again like a skein of thread, scattering in all directions.
Crash!
Then the magic power was completely locked away.
“【Resolve】!”
“【Wash away】… .”
“【Crushed and scattered】!”
Elric tried to shake off the curse several times after that.
Thump, thud!
The magic formed and then broke each time. The magical power still did not budge.
Complete redemption of mana.
Something unbelievable happened.
“… “What is this?”
“hey. Why don’t you just come down?』
While Elric was perplexed, he suddenly heard Mephisto’s voice from beneath his feet.
Since he couldn’t use magical power, his senses were dulled, so Elric turned his head to see where Mephisto was, and then said, ‘Puh-hwa-ah!’ I burst out laughing.
Mephisto was crushed under his feet.
“What are you doing there?”
『Isn’t it you who is stepping on my head? Come down quickly!』
Elric quickly came down to the floor.
Mephisto also slowly stood up with a blank face.
His behavior was truly outrageous.
Like a straw doll, there were piles of iron arrows sticking out all over the body, and even the prints of Elric’s shoes remained on its face.
Moreover, all the fake good momentum that had been flying just a moment ago had disappeared.
It was to the point where I had doubts as to whether he was the Great Demon King who showed such great intimidation against Azazel in the unconscious world.
As his magical powers were restrained, he also returned to his original, normal state.
“Shit! The king should just remain in the room… ! Why do you have to follow me just because I’m bored and see something like this?』
Mephisto grumbled back and forth in an irritated voice, then frowned and asked.
『What on earth is that beastman king?』
“What are you talking about?”
『I heard he died more than hundreds of years ago? But how can he leave behind such strong thoughts?』
Elric followed Mephisto and raised his head upward.
Well-
Ceiling, walls, floor… Through the bricks, the sound of the mechanisms clicking together could still be heard.
This means that trap institutions still remain in various places.
In a situation where my magical powers were restricted, I was momentarily at a loss as to how I could pass through all of these places.
Elric was able to sense what Mephisto meant.
“Are you saying that the reason why all magic and magic were restrained was because of the will left behind by King Yulho?”
“okay. If that much time had passed, the thoughts would have disappeared to some extent, but there is no trace of it at all. rather… I feel like I have become stronger as time goes by.』
A deep furrow formed between Mephisto’s eyebrows.
『There is usually a saying about something like this.』
“The world of imagery… .”
“okay. It is the realization of one’s imagination drawn in one’s mind into reality. To be able to do something like that, you have to be far above the rank of ‘superhuman’, at least by your standards.』
It was never easy to physically realize what was imagined. This also meant that all the laws had to be twisted to suit one’s taste in a certain area.
And in order to maintain it semi-permanently… It also meant that one had to surpass even the ranks of superhumans.
This is what people often call these people.
Semi-god.
A person who has half-stepped into the realm of godhood… .
‘King Yulho was that great?’
Actually, if you think about it, it made a lot of sense.
Even King Yulho, whom Elric saw at the arrangement, already possessed outstanding skills at a young age.
If he had continued to train and perfected his body techniques after that, it would have been possible.
‘But why on earth is it in a place like this…? !’
I still don’t understand why this world of images was built.
But he couldn’t continue his thoughts any longer.
『… Something else is starting.』
Elric wanted to know something, so he turned his head in the direction Mephisto was pointing, and ended up heading towards the flagship.
Far away.
The ceiling seemed to be spinning, and boiling molten iron was falling like a waterfall to the floor.
Wizard who swallowed talent
