episode_0053

Again the earth shook violently up and down.

“I knew this would happen?”

I couldn’t confirm exactly who it was, but I definitely saw someone standing at the entrance over there.

“It was like that earlier too, these guys really…”

It’s obvious as you can see.

They are the guys.

Those fucking spies.

I don’t know how you figured it out, but you must have known I was going to the dungeon and followed me here.

It is clear that they are even trying to get rid of me by taking advantage of the special environment of the dungeon.

‘You fucking bastards, you don’t want to get blood on your hands, right?’

It was clear that he was not targeting them openly, but was secretly hiding and sending mana into the magic circle.

The earthquake before, and this one too.

If the same thing happens twice, even a country can’t help but notice.

The shaking of the earth stopped again quickly, but the hole in the center is in a bad state.

It suddenly expanded significantly earlier, but I wonder how it will change this time.

Judging from the fact that the magic circle on the floor was activated, it is clear that more mana flowed in.

Then, in the end, the hole will get bigger and there is a high probability that a lot more monsters will get pushed out.

“Dallot! The hole is not normal. Hurry up and secure an escape route!”

“I’m already doing that! But they keep on sticking around…”

Dalot is already dealing with the skeletons that are crowding towards the exit.

The same goes for Huey and Angelica after that.

Dealing with multiple skeletons doesn’t seem like a big deal.

But the real problem is the sheer number of these guys that just won’t go down no matter how much you catch them.

‘Is there any way to plug the hole?’

If there’s a way to make a jinn work, there’s bound to be a way to stop it.

It was time to come up with some countermeasures.

You never know when the guys outside might pour mana into the magic circle again.

If this continues, we will all get tired at some point and eventually become food for the bones.

“You’re screwed, kids!”

Crunch! Crunch!

After destroying three skeletons in one breath, he took advantage of the brief moment of respite to stab his sword into the ground.

“Fuck!”

It was so hard that it didn’t go in well, and even when I drew it sideways, the magic circle wasn’t damaged at all.

It was as if the earth was saying that it was impossible to damage the magic circle in such a simple way.

Meanwhile, the hole in the center continued to expand in size.

This time even red sparks flew around the hole.

No matter how you look at it, it feels like something is going to happen.

“…!?”

And then the incident finally happened.

Thick arms that passed through the pitch-black curtain.

Black liquid dripped from the tips of the four-pronged fingers, and the liquid that fell to the floor emitted smoke.

The tips of his fingers had sharp claws that looked like they hadn’t been cut for a year, and he grabbed the head of the skeleton right in front of him in one breath and crushed it.

No matter how you looked at it, it was heterogeneous.

The guy wasn’t a skeleton.

‘I thought the Skeleton King would show up…’

Next to the arms are the shoulders.

Next is the head.

It was so big that I had to squeeze through the hole, which was large enough for a bus to pass through, as if I was going through a narrow door.

The body of the creature, standing on two feet like a human, had dozens of protrusions sticking out like snakes and shaking.

“Adrian! It’s dangerous! Get here quickly!”

It wasn’t a situation where I could go just because they called.

Between me and Dalot and the others, there were dozens of skeletons holding swords, and they were rushing at me from all sides, not just that side.

On the contrary, there is no way the guys can run towards me to protect me.

“Fuck…’

The curse just came out on its own.

While avoiding the ceaseless attacks of the skeletons, I couldn’t take my eyes off the giant thing that appeared in the center for even a moment.

The creature, which seemed to have just hatched from an egg, looked around at its body and then slowly turned its head.

Two horns point upward, and a rock-like face gazes this way.

“What kind of soybean bastard is that?”

The bastard’s expression gradually distorted.

Kuwaaah!

Suddenly it roared like a snake.

At that moment, as if by instinct, I stretched out my left hand forward.

This is the end of sword training.

* * *

Whoosh whoosh-

The flames that stretched out from the tip of his hand soon turned into a blaze, engulfing hundreds of skeletons.

It covered not only the higher-level entities contained within it, but also the giant boss monster that had just emerged from the hole in the center.

But even in the midst of all that, they charged at me, and I clenched my teeth and vomited out more mana.

At that moment, the red flames gradually turned blue, and the bones of the skeletons that were moving while on fire began to melt like liquid.

Kuwaaak-

Unlike the quiet skeletons, the large monster screamed so loud that his ears would rip.

Dozens of skeletons around him were swept away and crushed as he thrashed in pain.

Although I didn’t recite any special spells, I felt like the mana circuits inside my left arm were working like crazy.

Fully operational.

It’s as if he’s finally having a relationship with a woman after enduring it for a year.

The feeling of reaching climax after a long period of orgasm and spitting out all the accumulated semen in one breath.

But there was no pleasure, and all I could see before my eyes were the melted remains of a monster.

It only lasted a few dozen seconds.

‘Fuck, it’s not like I’m being premature…’

In just that moment, it felt like all the mana inside me was poured out.

It was my first experience.

I just threw it all out like this.

“Haa… Haa…”

Sweat pours down like rain from all over my body.

My vision was blurry and my legs were shaking.

It was only when I was the last to notice the awful smell of smoke, like a burning corpse.

“Ugh…”

Just as the vomiting started, I heard the guys’ voices.

“Adrian! Are you okay!?”

“Excuse me… Are you okay?”

“What the… What the heck is Adrian…”

It wasn’t like I defeated all my enemies with one spell.

If that had happened, these guys would have been caught up in the flames too.

However, nearly 90% of the skeletons were burned in one go.

Even the giant boss monster that had just appeared was finished in one breath.

“What the hell, what did you do?”

“Huey…”

“Yes! Ma, go ahead.”

“Shut up… ”

“……”

I barely managed to keep myself from falling with Angelica’s help.

The expression on the face of the guy who was supporting me looked very complicated, but now was not the time to talk about that.

Even the fire was so powerful that it could have instantly reduced a giant monster to ashes, but the hole in the center was not affected at all.

Even now that the boss is gone, it’s spitting out skeletons again.

I was barely able to catch my breath while Dalot cleaned up the remaining skeletons.

After drinking the highest-quality potion I brought, I felt my body, which had been aching, become refreshed.

Of course, it didn’t seem like it would be possible to extract mana right away.

“Stop going back. Before something weird pops out again.”

“Yeah…”

“Hey, Adrian.”

“…?”

“What should I do with those?”

“What?”

“Over there… Can’t you see those?”

Beyond the finger Huey pointed at, there were sparkling grains here and there on the floor.

“There seems to be something really big over there…”

“Is it a decision?”

“Yes. Maybe… Should I go and get it?”

I nodded slightly without answering.

Only then did Huey run out excitedly as if he had been waiting for it.

As Dallot was left to clear out the remaining monsters, and even Huey, who had been a nuisance, moved away, Angelica, who had been quiet, opened her mouth.

“That magic…what was it?”

“What the heck? It’s just common elemental magic.”

“……”

“Why?”

“That’s weird. Blue flames… and the scale too…”

“Oh, really?”

Is it such a strange thing in this world?

“Originally, fire turns blue as its temperature rises.”

“…?”

“Ah, let’s talk about this later.”

Actually, I was also very surprised.

I was planning to defeat the boss in one go with maximum power, but the color of the flame suddenly changed.

‘I’m sure there was something like this in the guy’s thesis…’

Among the methods for efficiently utilizing magical power, there was written about raising the quality of magic and expanding its scope.

According to that paper, the magic I just used was a truly inefficient and wasteful failed magic.

‘There is room for improvement…’

The future is uncertain.

The black one is still in its crawling stages, and it seems like it doesn’t even know the ‘ma’ in magic yet.

“Sigh…”

“Why are you sighing? Is it because I don’t seem to understand?”

“Huh? No, that’s not it…”

“Are you saying that I can’t handle mana right now? You didn’t even explain it properly?”

“No, that’s not it…”

Angelica, who was supporting me, forcibly pulled my arm away from around the guy’s neck and put some distance between us.

“Now that you’ve drunk the potion, walk alone.”

“…..”

I stared at the face of the guy who had moved away.

I don’t think he’s just acting crazy.

Rather, it seems like he is just acting, and that he is deeply troubled.

‘hmm…’

Well, I can completely understand the guy’s position.

My skills, which I taught as a disciple, are improving by leaps and bounds day by day, but I myself cannot control my magical powers, so I had to get help from Huyna and Dalot several times today.

He was once known as a swordsmanship genius, so what must his inner thoughts be like?

So, we need to see the guy’s mana circuit as soon as possible…

‘Really… I guess I won’t be able to see it forever, right?’

Then it’s really a big problem.

Even though I’m telling him to wait a little longer now, I can’t say later that it was too much.

If I hadn’t even slept, I wouldn’t have known.

At this rate, I’m going to end up being a shameless person who gaslighted Angelica and got her.

So, I definitely want to return the guy’s body to its original state…

“What are you looking at?”

“It’s hard to walk. Stop being such a girl and come here and help me.”

“……”

“Come on!”

If that’s the case, he has to stay by my side from now on.

Just like now.