episode_0166
by fnovelpia“It’s been a while.”
“Huh… … I never thought it was real.”
Medis frowned.
It must have been sad to be hit with a pot while sleeping, but when I was lured out in the middle of the night and followed him, I realized where the cute baby Hwansu had gone and was it me who showed up?
It must be a little embarrassing.
However, the reaction was boring, probably because it was already expected.
The guy quickly regained his composure and asked.
“You… What is it?”
“Tirus.”
“… Isn’t that girl’s pet? how… … .”
Ronica’s pet.
The man who defeated the devil.
Who would have thought it would go on like this? It’s a tone that contains a bit of resentment.
However, I did not answer.
“I’m Ronika! We ate together, but you forgot our names?”
“Huh?… .”
Okay.
Ronica, who was waiting in the alley, came out.
I also listened to what Ronica said.
“Soon, my disciple will catch up to your strength.”
“… What on earth is this? Why did you call me to a place like this? Are you really planning to drag me aside and kill me?”
“What are you saying! There’s no way our nigger would do something like that for no reason.”
“Yes. I don’t do it without a reason.”
“… Are you saying you do it for a reason?”
Medis just looked on in bewilderment.
At the same time, it seemed as if he was wary of us as he slowly took a stance with one foot out.
I need to calm down first.
“Don’t worry. No matter how much I do, I can’t commit murder on the 5th floor.”
“Then why did you call me?”
“Do you want to go to the 24th floor with me?”
“24th floor? The 24th floor!?… Why all of a sudden?”
“I will take you to a spirit called Atrot. It is simply to help.”
“Art Lot… .”
Atrot said.
I’ve already had contact with Medis once.
I don’t know what they talked about, but Medis looked interested.
It was probably roasted and boiled with good words.
“Going to the 24th floor… Did you make a deal with the Spirit King?”
“There is no need for further explanation. That’s right.”
“… But how? Are you taking me to the 24th floor? And if you disappear arbitrarily, the instructors will find you?”
“I plan to tell the training center director and pretend that I am descending the mountain. It’s not difficult for me to even put you on the bus.”
“Suddenly… .”
The guy was worried.
I don’t know why, but it seemed like he was contemplating something important in life. I couldn’t confirm it with past life records, but he’s probably a guy with a deep story.
I don’t know if my life is at stake.
I didn’t worry for long. Medis answered with a half-given expression.
“Day… Take me to the 24th floor.”
“Well thought out.”
Because I was planning on kidnapping her if she refused.
When it was completed successfully, Ronica smiled warmly and held out her hand to Medis.
“Okay then, please take care of me. Let’s do our best to reach the 24th floor.”
“… … You did a good job hiding the man’s identity.”
“Well~ I didn’t know that either?”
“What… That’s it.”
The guy turned his head and answered.
It’s like he doesn’t want to become friends.
The handshake was also ignored, but Ronika said she understood.
“Are you very shy? I’ve always suspected it since I went alone.”
“No!!”
Well, what do you think?
We haven’t seen each other for a long time.
There is no reason to become friends.
“With that, you both go back. I will explain it well at the training center.”
“Yes!”
“Chesh… .”
Since we had to leave right away in the morning, I sent the two people back to their lodgings. All that remains is to secretly visit the training center director and ask for help.
This time, they infiltrated the dormitory again.
*
The training center commander’s lodgings.
With the appearance of a phantom beast, I looked into the tightly closed room from the window railing on the first floor.
Ten male instructors are spread out here and there.
Shaking my head.
This is impossible.
Unlike the cadets, they all have bright spirits. Even if you force open the window or use magic to infiltrate, several people will stand up and interfere.
This makes it difficult to get help.
There will be a need to change the strategy.
Sze-
I headed to the last room.
This is the accommodation where female instructors stay.
There are only 7 people, a relatively small number.
There is no need to notify the training center director. He is so established that it is safe to say that Chalosi runs the actual training center.
If you tell him, he will take care of it and pass it on to the training center director.
The problem is that the window here is closed too… .
Okay.
Chalosh is a wizard who is sensitive to mana.
If you cleverly send a wave of mana just to Chalosh, he will notice.
hook.
Mana was filtered through the window.
Clumped mana has physical power, but scattered mana can pass through objects. However, the effect is less effective… .
“… Hmm?”
It was enough to touch the Chalosh in the room.
Fortunately, the operation was a success.
There are very few people who can distinguish the direction of mana, but as expected, Chalosh was very sensitive to mana.
If I were the head of the training center, I would have ignored it and gone to sleep. There are just so many ignorant Aurors.
“… … … .”
Chalosi immediately turned his head to the window.
Our eyes met.
“Ah… .”
After looking at him in confusion for a moment, he gets up and approaches the window.
Grumble.
The window was opened.
Just like with Medis, he motioned with one hand for me to follow him and then headed outside.
“… … … .”
A slightly stiff expression.
After briefly turning around to make sure the instructors were sleeping well, Chalosi climbed through the window and followed me without hesitation. His motor skills seem to be quite excellent as well.
Maybe a war mage?
Those who specialize in combat.
Do it. As a warlock, Croshell had extraordinary tracking skills.
He will become a great talent later.
width, width.
A deserted alley.
◎︎ Use hand drawing.
Pot!!
Transformed into a human body and turned around.
“… … As expected.”
Chalosh is the one who discovered my identity.
The guy nodded as if he had expected it and then asked what he was curious about.
“What on earth are you? Why does such a powerful phantom beast stay with Cadet Ronica?”
“He is my disciple. I’m teaching from the side. There is no other purpose, so stop doubting me now. He looked at me every chance he got.”
“… … … Could it be that the castle was destroyed… .”
“Pretend you don’t know. Nothing good will come of turning me into an enemy.”
“… You probably didn’t come here to tell me that. What business did you call me for?”
“I plan to take Ronica and Medis on separate buses. So I came to ask for help to pretend that I had descended the mountain.”
“Camouflage. It’s not difficult. The reason is… … Maybe you won’t tell me?”
“Of course.”
“Then I have a favor to ask.”
“Please?”
“I want an interpretation of ancient magic.”
“You knew I did it.”
“Because it’s impossible without you.”
“It’s not difficult.”
Transaction completed.
Chalosi took out the interpretations submitted by Ronika and Fiona from her sleeve. When I saw him carrying that thing around, it seemed like he was hanging on it day and night.
So, I guess this was a personal favor.
I completely revised and lectured on the mana array on the spot. Even if you don’t realize it right away, you will soon understand because he is such a smart guy.
“Such multiple activation forms… Thank you for letting us know.”
“Then, please ask me tomorrow.”
“Don’t worry. Since I have learned a lot as a wizard, I will definitely handle the work.”
This completes the preparation.
It is time to climb the tower in earnest.
*
“Ronica, Medis. Two cadets decided to descend first due to personal reasons. Accordingly, this instructor will personally lead the tour.”
The next morning.
I headed to the gate first, pretending to descend with Chalosi.
Astradic, Lapis, and others looked at her in confusion as if wondering why, but Ronica just smiled and escaped.
So in front of the gate.
◎︎ Use hand drawing.
After returning to human form, I had a separate party with Medis and Ronica.
“… If you are too late, you may be caught, so you must descend the tower within two weeks at the latest.”
“Don’t worry.”
Chalosi gave a warning.
I will leave the tower within 2 weeks.
The instructor waiting outside leads the mid-descendants separately, and it is said that they must join them and go to the training center before the main unit descends.
Is there a time limit?
We’ll have to move quickly.
It may take months or years for some people, but for me right now, it’s not that difficult. It can be done in just 2 weeks.
“Thank you for your help. Instructor.”
“Okay… I’m trying to be careful.”
After Ronica’s final greeting, we used the gate to move between floors.
◎︎ Enter the 7th floor.
◎︎ Entrance road. Ourion Gate.
Cliff area.
Currently, there are a total of 4 trials on the 7th floor that the training center has completed. If you break just one more here, you can go to the next floor.
Why hesitate?
“Follow me, both of you.”
“Yes.”
“… Follow along on your own.”
Tadat!
I recalled my memories and moved to the trial area.
I even stole the memories of those who climbed towers like Astradic with my past life skills, so I know almost all the forgotten paths to lower levels.
I ran through the zone according to my memory.
Tadadat!!
Ronica and Medisda ran after them. The two had similar speeds, but Ronica was slightly behind.
I ran at that speed.
A glance.
As I ran, I briefly glanced far behind.
I think there was something watching… .
I guess it’s because of my mood.
About an hour.
◎︎ Enter the trial area.
◎︎ Trial – The secret of Obias’ lake.
◎︎ Defeat the monster at the bottom of the lake.
We stopped in front of a lake.
“I’ll take care of it and come back. Please wait about 1 minute.”
In “?… .”
“… What are you trying to do?
“You know it when you see it.”
Hehe~
Plop!~
Without even answering the two people’s questions, I dived into the lake alone.
I swam all the way down.
This is a difficult boss raid trial for the 7th floor, but it is one of the fastest dungeons you can beat if you have enough skills.
All you have to do is kill the boss monster.
Normally, multiple parties would have to go on a rampage to summon and deal with random mobs for the boss to appear out of the lake, but that’s not necessary.
Stop by and visit us in person.
The difficulty of the boss is high, so it’s standard to have multiple people working together, but it’s not for me.
Just hold your breath deeply.
‘This should be enough.’
Summon a magic sword.
Slash away.
Slash away.
Sigh!! Shuuuung!!!
The sword energy flew into the depths.
Because I was underwater, my power might be halved, so I cast the slash a few more times. After overusing the play’s techniques in a short period of time, my arms started to go numb.
But this should be enough.
A few seconds later.
“Quoaaa!!!!!”
Whoa!!
Intense crying swept through my whole body.
That’s not an angry sound. It is a cry of intense pain.
From what I remember, it was a huge octopus.
◎︎ Obias’ master has died.
◎︎ Cleared the ordeal.
◎︎ Achieved 1000 points of public value.
I’m starting to feel out of breath.
It quickly swam back to land.
Pong!!
Jump lightly and land on the ground.
“Is it over already?”
“I can’t believe the ordeal was broken so quickly… … .”
Ronica asked curiously, and Medis muttered in disbelief.
I said it without hesitation.
“Go back to the gate. You will have to move quickly to get to the 24th floor.”
The good thing about a party is that even if you’re nearby, the trials are shared and broken together. Thanks to this, the two achieved the 8th floor qualification.
And we plan to maintain this pace until the 24th floor.
“… Yes!!”
“… … That’s really crazy power.”
I continued climbing the tower.
*
Right after the black party arrived on the 7th floor.
“Where are we going?… ”
A man muttered suspiciously.
The man’s name is Sylvester. He is a wizard who is carrying out a top-secret mission after receiving a letter from the king.
The mission is simple.
Monitor Ronica.
Find out her powers.
Therefore, a few days ago, I spied on the training camp group from afar. As a 6-star skilled person, he could hide his presence and secure visibility from a very far away, so there was no need to worry about being caught.
But suddenly, I thought the surveillance target was going down the mountain, so I started climbing separately.
Cadet Ronica is the surveillance target.
Red-haired male cadet.
and… Even the phantom beast that transformed into a human.
I had no choice but to follow.
So I ran and followed the cliff area on the 7th floor.
It’s quite fast, so in order not to miss them, use magic appropriately –
Startle.
I immediately fell to the ground.
Because the man who was running looked this way.
I couldn’t understand.
I can’t believe I can feel the gaze from such a distance.
Sylvester is a special wizard who draws maps and monitors the situation on the battlefield. There has never been a strong person who has noticed surveillance from a distance.
It was like that until just now.
I almost got caught.
If I had used magic, I would have definitely been caught.
So I followed along with more caution.
I trained hard physically just in case.
fault. fault. Blame it!~
They stopped at a lake.
‘Is it Obias Lake?’
The sight I saw here was truly amazing.
Among the 7th floor fixed trials, this is a trial of considerably higher difficulty. A total of three parties are allowed, and close to 100 people must participate to reach the appropriate level of difficulty.
It was definitely that kind of place… .
“Quoaaa!!!!!”
Phuong!!!!
The whole lake was shaking.
It was the sound of a Kraken dying.
What’s even more surprising is that the dark-haired man who was accompanying him did it alone.
In less than a minute.
“The Kraken is a monster that even I can’t handle… .”
Sylvester was caught in confusion.
Given the circumstances, it looks like a black-haired man is putting two people on a bus… I had no idea how strong that man was.
“Obviously… Was it a return of water?”
Thanks to this, I have enough to report on.
That phantom beast is a powerhouse that easily surpasses 7 stars.
The girl’s power itself was unknown.
Climbing separately with the red-haired cadet.
“… I guess I should give up chasing.”
The intended purpose was achieved.
Immediately, I decided to throw myself out.
Sylvester has good intuition. It’s dangerous enough just to have almost been caught once.
Communication between the tower and Edelin is not possible, but you can send a message of about 3 sentences to other awakened people by paying a public value of 1,000p.
“I should go to a safe place first. It would be dangerous if we monitored the author further and were caught-”
Deep!!
“Wow!!”
But it was already too late.
Before I could realize anything, a sharp piece of metal protruded from my shoulder.
‘Tsk… Who is it? ‘I was too distracted.’
When I glanced at it, it looked like it had been pierced by a sword.
I turned my head with difficulty.
“Are you saying you were spying on my daughter?”
I see an armored knight.
Additionally, he was surrounded by two knights who seemed to be of the same level as him.
“When on earth… .”
“No way, I came here… I never thought there would be a leech like this. There must be a lot to talk about.”
“… … for a moment! Grand Duke. I’ve seen this guy before. He is a wizard who spied on our military base during the war, created a map, and took it out!!”
“Ho? I guess so.”
“The crime of spying on the princess. I will personally torture you and find out why.”
“I will join you too. Not only did he steal the country, but he also kept an eye on his daughter. Sir Roanna, please have the knights climb to the 20th floor instead of me and settle down in a suitable place. When the interrogation is over, I will follow you right away.”
“I accept orders!”
Sylvester couldn’t do anything.
No, it was difficult to understand what they were saying.
If I were to guess roughly, it seems like it was during the war with the Duchy of Trubia, when I was stealing information as a spy… … .
‘These people can’t believe it!!… .’
Knights of ruin.
Dangerous.
Are you saying they created a faction in the tower?
Besides, she’s a daughter.
Are you subject to surveillance?
This is top secret.
We need to inform the kingdom somehow.
But how?
Can you run away?
What if I rebel here?
What if you escape with magic?
Creepy.
I felt it.
Before that, his throat is cut.
You can tell as much as you have good intuition.
The survival instinct that has kept him alive all this time is speaking.
The Armor Knight is a fearsome warrior. Feeling like your throat is sore. A deathly threat that threatened to kill me if I moved was touching my neck.
just… .
I had no choice but to be dragged away.
The royal family’s top-secret mission was not carried out, and no one has seen him since.
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