Chapter 254 – Episode 254
Blue Seal’s barracks.
After breaking up with Iroha, Jiha returned to the barracks.
I was thinking of meeting Pyran for a while and then going back to the inn.
A familiar face approached Jiha who was heading to the annex where Pyran was staying.
It was Narsha, a small but feminine body.
“Let’s talk.”
“Follow me and do it.”
As the basement walked forward, Narsha followed with a straight face.
“It’s an important story.”
“What?”
Jiha finally stopped walking at the nuance that it was not a simple complaint.
Narsha lowered her voice.
“Those corpses… What is it?”
“Did you recognize it?”
She had Narsha examine the corpses of Heinrich and Quarrytti, to be exact, the magic stone embedded in her chest.
Narsha only frowned at her.
“… I, so Dirga, use magic stones when making weapons properly. I’m not an expert, but I’m good enough to know the function of processed magic stones. But I’ve never seen that before.”
“Tell me specifically.”
“… It’s a converter.”
Narsha often acted on her own, but she seemed shocked inside.
“It’s forcibly converting a person’s life and physical strength into magical power while giving them special abilities.”
“A trade of life and power…”
She underground nodded.
There were many races in Wordsland, and there were also those who lived forever.
I’ve said it, there are still quite a few participants in the Millennium War that ended hundreds of years ago.
How would the men at Alex’s party, who were socially successful at heart but ignored by women because they lacked power, would react if they knew this?
What if you could get magical power instead of cutting your lifespan in half for the next 500 years?
“It will depend on the person. Specifically, how much will life expectancy be reduced?”
“It’s the first time I’ve seen it, so I can’t be sure. It will decrease the more you use it, and it will change depending on the suitability with the subject. Moreover, it’s not that stable, so if you overdo it, you’ll die…”
Narsha swallowed her dry spit and stared down at her basement.
She had her basement reaped, but she still had no clear picture of what was going on.
“Answer me. What is that? What is going on?”
“…”
The basement thought for a moment.
Narsha was shining her will for the first time.
“You didn’t see Longtao’s body. Longtao was wearing that too.”
“What? Then…”
Narsha’s face turned white.
The fact that Rong Tao knew how to use her magical powers was a fact that she, who grew up next to her, did not know.
Narsha, who understood everything, said with a firm face.
“… Longtao never said he knew about magic stones. No, you can’t develop a magic stone like that by yourself. Answer me. Who is this? What? Who made this up?”
“…”
“Answer me! Who killed Longtao!”
The basement narrowed its eyes.
If I told her about Uroboros now, Narsha would literally roll her eyes.
I’ll bet everything on Rongtao’s revenge and I won’t listen to anyone.
I can’t write if I’m in a rush.
“It’s still too early for you to hear.”
“What?”
As Jiha stepped away, Narsha quickly grabbed his arm.
For the first time, Narsha made an earnest request towards her basement.
“Please…”
“How do you know what to do?”
“…”
Narsha bit her lip at the voice that stood on the underground day.
It was an unusual response for an underground who expected that she would immediately put her revenge on her lips.
“… I need to know.”
“What?”
“I, I… I didn’t know anything about Longtao. I thought you were just using me. Because if you are next to me, the escorts will gather. She thought that she was going to make her own subordinate. And it did.”
Narsha said in a trembling voice.
“I knew that wasn’t everything, but… I still couldn’t stand it. It would have been better if she had asked me to be honest, but she was so angry even thinking about it.”
“…”
“But now I know. Longtao didn’t want me to know. She’s doing something dangerous, so she didn’t say anything to keep me out of it.”
Narsha shook her head slowly.
“I know Longtao did it for me. Okay… Thank you. But I need to know I don’t want to know anything anymore Even if it is dangerous, I will know for myself, see it with my own eyes and judge it.”
“…”
“So, if you are my assistant, let me know. What do I need to know?”
As Narsha looked straight up, she said firmly… Underground laughed.
I kind of like it now
“The name of the organization is Ouroboros, and Lungtao once belonged to it, but he left. Ouroboros sent Shade to kill Longtao.”
“…”
Not knowing the enemy’s name, Narsha was silent.
It is a face that reflects many emotions.
“I am still looking into the organization. I’m sorting things out little by little, so I’ll tell you when it’s clear.”
“… Are you going to fight them?”
“If you block the front, you have to clear anything.”
Narsha nodded her head.
I thought that if I kept going underground, I would have a chance to get my revenge on Ouroboros.
Then she added, as if she remembered it belatedly.
“Those two magic stones have different development times. The thing embedded in the body of an elf has improved its function.”
“Can you easily obtain such a magic stone?”
“… A development like that would have had to be attempted with a large amount of magic stones. And magic stones are precious minerals. Individuals are not beginning to buy in bulk, and in the case of purple, it is especially more controlled. Someone upstairs stole it.”
At the gaze of the underground, Narsha hesitated before putting it in her mouth.
“At least Unique, no Legend is involved. If not, I can’t explain it. Moreover, such research does not happen in a day or two.”
Narsha’s face was removed after deducing that Ouroboros was a powerful secret society that had been going on for a long time.
She has a high nose, but the moment she mentioned her legend, she was nervous.
“… Are you still going to fight?”
“Then why don’t we fight?”
As her basement laughed, Narsha shut her mouth.
She turned the topic of the basement.
“Well, now that I know it, what are you going to do?”
“I’ll look into magic stones a bit more, but it’s not my specialty, so there won’t be many new ones. And…”
Narsha thought, then she said.
“Magic stones are expensive and valuable, and the only races that consume a lot in Words Land are Dirga, Dwarves, and Elves. If I find out about Dirga’s magic stone consumption flow and find out about the other two races… You should be able to guess where the magic stone Ouroboros uses leaked from.”
“Good idea.”
Jiha praised Narsha’s ingenious idea.
“Try. First, from Dirga. I will talk about dwarves and elves separately.”
“Okay. And…”
Narsha hesitated for a moment, then she added.
“You don’t do anything dangerous.”
“I am always in danger.”
“…”
Narsha stared blankly at the laughing basement.
She could turn her head underground and then he met her eyes.
“… What.”
Side.
Jiha kissed Narsha on the cheek.
Narsha’s face was dazed, then she pressed her cheek and, startled, backed away from her.
“Uh? What? What?”
“Just do well. Good luck in the future.”
“… Oh, are you going to take care of it?”
Narsha, with a confused expression, stepped away from her, then ran after her.
With a reddened face.
She nodded her head underground and turned her body around.
While confirming that she can use Narsha well in the future.
Corridor.
As she passed the entrance to the annex and went inside, she stopped when she saw a strange face approaching in the basement.
It was a man with dark blue hair.
Pale skin, dry face, cold eyes sunken, each had a different color.
One side is blue, the other side is red.
“Who are you?”
The man did not stop even when the basement looked and asked.
As his opponent tried to pass without even looking, Ji-ha raised his arm to block it.
He blocked it while using a combat posture, generating magic power.
“Where are you from?”
“…”
The pale-skinned odd-eyed man was a ghost.
The basement looked at the opponent and shed a laugh.
“I heard that ghosts are a rare species, but I see them often these days. What’s the matter?”
“I saw everything to see.”
“What is that business? Should I know you as the owner of this house?”
The barracks were an underground stronghold.
With such an outsider coming in and out at will, what the hell was the vigilance like?
‘He’s a strong guy.’
The strong recognize the strong.
Ji-ha deliberately sloppy, showed a gap and crossed her legs, but the man didn’t care.
Even in such a small response, you can see the enemy’s skill.
Judging from his restrained gaze and well-groomed face, he has a lot of fighting experience and is capable.
Ji-ha was looking at the two long swords hanging from the man’s waist, and the man said.
“Are you underground?”
“Don’t use your first and last names, just call me Jiji. I don’t know how many times I’ll have the chance to sing in the future, but…”
The basement said softly.
“So you asked what business is?”
“It’s the way back after it’s over.”
“…”
Jiha stopped laughing and swung his raised arm.
Capital, the man also tilted his upper body to avoid it, and one tempo later, he aimed his arm at the side of the basement.
An attack clad in magic on both sides, not something to be seen easily.
As Jiha blocked the counterattack with his right arm, the man backed up and took up his stance.
It was a light battle, but I felt intuition that each other was formidable.
“Where are you from?”
Jiha asked as he lowered his hand to his waist.
The man answered firmly.
“Ouroboros.”
“… Ah.”
Jiha, who grabbed the hilt, let out a laugh.
“Were you Alex’s friend?”
“It is just a comrade with the same meaning. I heard you would agree… I guess not.”
“Huh? No, no. Trying to get into Ouroboros. I’m getting ready to go in…”
Ji-ha glared at the opponent while picking up voices that were not even in his heart.
The man also had a hideous face.
“You’re going to have to kill me.”
“He’s not the one to come in. You must kill me.”
Even though they didn’t even make a proper statement, they had the same intention to kill each other while they could.
Bloody? Are you crazy?
‘This guy is also the one who has seen a lot of blood. If I leave it, it will get in the way later.’
In terms of strength, he was on par with Alex, no, higher than him.
I had a gut feeling that Jiha was stronger than anyone I had ever met.
But if there’s a fight here, the underground troops will come running like bees, and they can be eliminated more easily.
The man also had the same thoughts as the underground.
The opponent in front of him would become an obstacle in the future, so his intuition crossed his mind that he should deal with it here.
Neither is afraid to see blood!
The underground and the man drew their swords at the same time and rushed at each other.
‘The place is a hallway, and mobility is poor.’
The basement immediately cast a blaze dance.
This special ability, which creates sparks along the movement with little magic power, has the effect of restricting the movement of the enemy in a small space.
Chaeeng!!
As the two swords filled with magical power collided, a powerful ripple spread out.
Clink!
Intangible ripples from the overwhelming magical collision caused the windows in the hallway to explode.
Despite the dizzying scattering of glass fragments, the two men’s eyes widened.
If you close your eyes here, you will be killed by the guy in front of you!
‘We don’t know each other’s special abilities, and since it’s a small space, we try to take the initiative first. This guy thought so too!’
The man was also surprised to find out that Jiha had the same idea.
As the underground put more magic into the Gladius, the man also responded.
When too much mana was concentrated in a short time, the interlocking blades trembled.
“Stop.”
A woman’s voice interrupted the confrontation between the two men.
The voices grew even louder as both the underground and the ghost focused on pushing back with their swords while glaring at each other.
“Stop it, brother!!”
Pyran Amout shouted at the man.
