episode_0147

‘I found it…’

Even if I haven’t arrived in China, has it been 10 days already?

I finally found the magic lake I had been looking for.

‘The location… is more noticeable than I thought.’

I sighed in relief and observed my surroundings.

The dungeon was located in the middle of a cliff that was at a right angle.

There was a cave-like hole in the middle of the cliff, and once inside, the fog was so thick that it was impossible to see with the naked eye.

I slowly raised my hand and tried to stir up the fog. The dreamy fog dispersed here and there according to the gesture of the hand.

‘oh…’

A cool and clear feeling was conveyed. My body trembled, feeling as if I had put my hand in ice water.

I went into the fog.

My body was buried in fog. The sensation I felt in my arms expanded to my body.

It was easy to breathe, and my chest became clear as if something had been opened.

I couldn’t help but smile as I felt like the fatigue of the past few days had completely disappeared.

‘The purity of magical power is high.’

This fog is made of magical power.

It is not ordinary magic power, but a fog composed of very high purity magic power.

The purity of the difference is such that one might think that the miscellaneous magic felt outside is stained water.

Fog is leaking from the inside of the cave.

As we went deeper inside, the fog became thicker.

At some point, I stopped walking.

When I stretched out my hand and knocked on the air, I felt a solid and transparent wall.

It is a dungeon barrier that prevents outside intrusion.

‘thank god. Still, I found it…’

Without realizing it, I breathed a sigh of relief.

The land of China is extremely large.

It is difficult to find the entrance to one of the dungeons.

It would be possible only if we mobilized the power of observation, but would it be possible during vacation? If you ask me, I was honestly a little anxious.

It wasn’t just walking around non-stop and measuring the location, I also did a lot of other things in between.

Dealing with miscellaneous criminals including the Four Gods, dealing with neglected monsters, other simple relief work, etc…

In order to keep up with him, he alternated between uninhabited areas where he was eaten by monsters and areas where humans lived.

The route has become several times longer. To be honest, I was worried that it would take too long.

Could it be that there is no income like last time in Sifnaha? There were concerns, but fortunately, it was discovered early.

‘You’re lucky.’

I finally said this.

I laughed and tapped the wall.

It should have been like this last time in Sifnaha…

To be honest, I had very little luck in Sifnaha. It was not a trip without luck, but full of bad luck.

Nothing was going right, and a strange disaster struck me, and I ended up crossing the Three Islands.

It was to the point where I wondered if the world just hated me.

‘Even if you regret it, nothing will change.’

Of course, even if I took my anger out on it now, nothing would change. Rather, should I bow to the heavens in gratitude for finding it easily this time?

I knocked on the wall one after another with meaningless thoughts.

The dungeon is basically a subspace divided from the Earth, and the dividing line between the dungeon and the Earth is the barrier.

Also, between the barriers… in short, there is an entrance to the dungeon that is accessible.

Usually the entrance is expressed in the form of a vortex. It is the same as that of the gate terminal.

If you throw yourself there, you will cross the barrier through a winding path and get to the other side.

What I am knocking on now is not the entrance, but the barrier.

The swirl shape is not visible, and is blocked by a barrier that is transparent but cannot be seen inside.

But strictly speaking, it is the entrance.

‘The entrance to the Magical Lake was so damn bad.’

There are various types of dungeons, and among them, Magical Lake is the type with strict entry requirements.

Somewhere in this land of China, there are entrances to the magical lake.

According to the original, there are probably a couple of entrances, but even if you find them, most of them are closed.

These entrances open randomly depending on the time of year.

I had a hard time finding it, but it may be closed or open.

I looked through the original for a while, but couldn’t find any specific conditions. It just opens and closes arbitrarily.

Well, you don’t need any preparations.

The conditions are just like luck.

So if you really want to get in, you have to sit at the entrance and wait for it to open, or break the barrier and enter.

‘But if you break it, all the magical power will be scattered.’

The magical lake has only one use value.

It is full of high purity of magical power inside, making it useful for raising the magical power stat.

However, if you break the dungeon barrier that contains magic power, the pure magic power inside will be mixed with all the miscellaneous magic power.

For that reason, in order to enter the magic lake, you have no choice but to kill time until the entrance opens or rely on luck.

of course…

‘I am different now.’

I concentrated my mind.

I put my hand on the barrier. I accepted the sensation felt at my fingertips.

The dungeon is a subspace that belongs to the Earth but is separated from it.

A barrier is a wall of space that divides such spaces.

‘Manifestation, the power of space.’

Space can interfere.

– Ugh…

My arm vibrated.

The surrounding space shook as if that was the starting point.

The shaking spread as if a stone had been dropped into a calm lake.

‘There’s no need to break it. There is no need to work hard to separate it.’

It is not destruction or amputation.

Very small fix.

All you have to do is accept the barrier that removes what is external, just for a moment.

Dungeon wall.

I fixed part of the barrier right in front of my nose.

The sensation in my palm changed. The once solid barrier gradually became soft, like slime.

-Sooo…

The hand that had been resting on the barrier gradually became buried.

‘done.’

It’s a success. It didn’t take much mental energy either. I crumpled my body into the wall.

And finally, the wall gurgled and swallowed my body.

The unique feeling of distantness that one feels when crossing spaces struck me.

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– Shoot…

The sense of distantness subsided, and the sound of the waterfall entered my ears. Just the sound alone gives a refreshing sensation, as if your head is being washed clean.

My senses came back.

He calmly conducted observations and gathered information from around him.

‘oh…’

Observation gathered a lot of surrounding information.

I opened my mouth and exclaimed in admiration.

As befits the name of the dungeon, there was a lake right nearby.

A calm waterfall that falls like a stream of water on one side of the lake.

The lake water sparkles as if sprinkled with stardust, and vibrant yellow leaves float on it.

Spreading green lawns surrounding the lake.

A large gray rock lying between the lawns.

A Medan tree whose stem does not grow straight but has yellow leaves that are bent and bent in various directions.

Is it coming from a waterfall? The thick fog that spreads across the dungeon centered around the lake…

The word minister came out of nowhere.

I’ve seen many dreamlike places before, but I’ve never seen one as overtly fantastical as this one.

It was appropriate to say that it was a place in a picture.

If you browse the internet, you will probably come across a dreamy picture of a lake like this.

It was so beautiful that it could be likened to that way.

‘hmm…’

I approached the lake as if I was fascinated.

As I approached the edge of the lake, the waves came crashing down like waves.

I took off the mask covering my face.

Then a cool breeze hit my face all at once.

– Phew…

It’s easy to breathe. It was nothing compared to what I felt at the entrance to the dungeon earlier.

The air you breathe in is sweet. I didn’t actually feel the sweetness, but the air was clear enough to make me think so, and the purity of the magical power was beyond my imagination.

‘You’re in the right place.’

There is no doubt about it.

This was the magic lake.

‘There are no monsters…’

Still, I looked around closely just in case. I wondered if there was a threat hidden in the beauty, but fortunately there were no monsters.

Likewise, there are no traps. After checking him, I opened the entrance to sub-space.

‘come out.’

The space behind me split apart.

Spirits spewing out five colors soon popped out from the cracks splitting left and right.

These are lower-level spirits who have made a contract with me. Because the five attributes were evenly contracted, the color was consistent.

Although my level wasn’t high yet, I wasn’t very self-conscious, but I guess I liked this space, so my body trembled and spread out in all directions.

Even spirits like pure magical power.

However, there were a few bright clusters of light near me that did not spread far.

‘are you okay. You guys come and have fun too.’

– Ugh…

After stroking the things that were waving around my body a few times, I seemed to be satisfied and followed the spirits that had already left.

There is a pretty cute aspect to the halo theme.

I smiled and looked at the lake for a moment.

As the name Magic Lake suggests, the lake water was the significance of this dungeon’s existence.

Lake water filled with magic of extremely high purity.

Because it has a very high purity of magical power, it is called magical capacity, and for me, who has many twists and turns, this lake was a necessary environment.

‘…I guess it’ll be okay.’

After all, no matter how much you observe, there is no such thing as a trap.

There would be no threat of a blade suddenly shooting out and piercing my body.

He nodded and took off the robe he was wearing.

He took off the equipment he wore under his black robe and the various subspace pouches hanging from his belt and placed them on the rock at the edge of the lake.

He also took off the arm sleeve covering his right arm. Although it was unpleasant to expose the burn marks, it was inevitable in order to absorb them properly.

Instead, the wings of the sky are worn.

The Heavenly Wings are an artifact that performs better when possessed of pure magical power.

It’s not as good as my horsepower, but it has a lot of capacity, so there’s no harm in feeding it a lot.

For some reason, it kept changing into the form of a suit of wings and walking with the feathers of the sky wrapped around me.

As I took off all my clothes, it felt like fog was hitting my body.

‘I’m glad the air is relatively warm.’

With a sigh of relief, I briefly dipped my toes into the lake.

Ripples spread across the lake centered on tiptoes. The yellow leaves floating on the water swayed with the ripples.

Fortunately, the lake water was lukewarm.

And then, pure magic seeped through my skin.

‘Wow…’

Suddenly, my body trembled.

A warm and cool energy seemed to seep into my body through my skin.

Even though I was trembling from that strange sensation, I moved forward and took a dip in the lake.

It’s quite deep. Thanks to this, I was able to reach a depth where only my head would stick out when I sat down.

It was quite comical to see the body submerged in lake water and the head submerged in fog.

– Fuhu…

In that state, I took a deep breath and inhaled it. The cool air and pure magic filled me.

Even through the lake water I soaked in, I was able to breathe in the magical power.

‘Magic friendly.’

I pulled it even further.

I’m not very relaxed.

Not satisfied with natural absorption, he drew in and absorbed more magical energy thanks to his unique ability.

The absorbed magic power was transmitted to the core through the circuit.

My core was pounding. A smile came to my mind as I felt my core suddenly expand after being lifted several times.

The core, which had not had much capacity for a while, showed signs of growth.

‘I’m going to have to stay here for a few days.’

I plan to visit again in the future, but I have to make the most of my visit.

‘Suho’s proof… will come out in a few days. For now, let’s stay until then.’

With that thought in mind, I gathered my wits again and drew in my magic power.

A new ripple occurred centered around me.

My body itched a little.

* * *

‘…should the plan be postponed?’

Gyeong-won, the head of the Four Gods Church, gritted his teeth as he watched the loss of contact continue to pour in.

Branches that had been providing sacrifices were being spread throughout China one after another and are being destroyed at a rapid pace.

How many branches have collapsed in the past week? It was quite close to one hundred.

There was a disruption in the supply of offerings. As it is, proper ceremonies cannot be performed.

The culprit was clear.

The full power of Taesan, which suddenly entered this land, is crushing various criminal organizations.

In the process, even the branches of the Four Gods Church are being destroyed.

To be precise, it is being divided into several branches and destroyed.

One side in particular is destroying its branches like crazy.

The branch he destroyed alone accounts for half of the branches that have been destroyed so far.

‘The location has been exposed. What kind of junk…!’

There is a question. No matter how many internal personnel there are, no one knows the locations of so many branches.

That didn’t matter now.

The reason Gongwon is gritting his teeth is that the plan that has been in preparation for the past ten years is in danger of being pushed back.

Since there is a problem with the supply of sacrifices, the Two-Headed Poisonous Dragon’s conjuration ceremony cannot proceed.

Should we actively supply offerings even if it means moving the remaining branches?

No, if you do that, you will be caught by the association again.

Last time too, I really barely escaped. If he is caught this time, based on the information from last time, the Association’s hunting dogs will never miss him.

‘shit…’

Gyeol-won gritted his teeth. Again. Last time, the association pushed in, but this time, Taesan’s thugs are pushing in and interfering with the plan.

It’s the same reality. Although I was filled with jealousy, the reality was cold.

All Gyeol-won could do was give away what he had to give and cower with what he should not give away.

‘…Yes, I’ve already waited for over ten years.’

There’s something I can’t wait for the next few years. If they stay still for a few years, they will get tired of it and leave.

Then you can go ahead with your plan again.

Gyeong-won made that promise.

─Perform, do it.

“……!”

At that moment, Gyeol-won’s eyes widened as the will struck his soul. Then, without hesitation, he knelt down and put his head on the floor.

– Boom!

“Si, my God…!”

My voice trembled with emotion and trepidation. I closed my eyes and put my head on the ground.

Nevertheless, Gyeol-won could feel the eyes looking at him.

Huge and expansive eyes that seem to cover the sky.

Yellow eyes and vertically slit pupils.

A difference of class felt there that cannot be explained.

“I will perform the ceremony…!”

It would be dangerous to perform the ritual now. His tail is caught by the association, and Taesan, who is in the midst of biting him, is given not his flesh, but his important bones.

Does not matter. It is the command of the god he worships. Even if you give up your flesh, it doesn’t matter one bit. Also, God may be able to make predictions that even Himself cannot.

Gyeol-won put his head down on the ground and shed tears as he realized once again that he was a god.

-……

The giant eyeballs looked down at the believer’s appearance with distaste.

A gaze as if looking at something worthless.

Eventually, the eyeball slowly turned its gaze and encountered gazes glaring in this direction from a similar height.

Eyes that feel blatant hostility.

There is no action.

It was as if I was watching an animal that was trapped in a cage and was struggling to come out, baring its teeth.

But it’s the same here too.

Restrictions have not yet been lifted.

It would happen soon, but it wouldn’t happen right away.

I closed my eyes.