Chapter 1324 – Grindel
Hachii.
He is an intangible uncle and a man who looks exactly like me, being very handsome and manly.
[Conscience…?]
[Wow…]
Shut up!!
Anyway, I know that he is the only person in the Grindel family who took care of the intangible, whose mind sometimes becomes dizzy just from the information he heard.
They said he was missing.
Anyway. That person must have been a very popular person, not only to Muhyang but also to other people.
This is what it means to see this powerful, beautiful wizard embrace me when I first see her.
Thump!
“Uncle…! Where have you been all this time…!”
I didn’t know this girl because of her robe. My body is bigger than I thought…?
I was wondering if I should pat him on the back, but the intangible was staring at me.
“…Oh, no!!”
“What.”
Muhyeong didn’t say anything, so he raised the corner of his mouth, asking why he was doing such a damn thing, and at that moment, his younger sister Yang also jumped away from me.
“Uh, huh? Your voice is a little different…?”
“Look carefully.”
Muhyeong said, pointing to the corner of his eyes.
“Unlike your uncle, aren’t you too rotten?”
“…”
Her younger sister Yang didn’t say anything, but her face showed deep sympathy.
Still, it was clear that he was a man of sense, seeing as he didn’t react to Cheek-hyung’s words in front of people he met for the first time.
Therefore.
“This Seabellom!!”
Swish!
“Wow!”
I tried to kick him in the stomach, but he dodged it.
“How dare you insult my eyes! As your boss, I will punish you!”
“I messed up again…!”
After fighting hard, she was overpowered and lay face down on the snowy field, wheezing, when her younger sister, Yang, said,
“…Tohute-nii. You’ve changed.”
“It’s not Tohute.”
The intangible that was holding me down spoke as if it were spitting out something, but her younger sister Yang once again called out “Tohute-nii” In a more stern voice than before and then grumbled in a low voice.
“Even if you change your name, how can you adapt in just one day?”
Muhyeong must have given up on correcting the name and scratches his head nervously, then pretends to do so with his fingers. He pointed ahead. Ahead, white steam was boiling from the remnants of the heat, and underneath it was something that looked like railroad tracks.
“What happened to the threat magic? Is it okay to throw that much magic over there?”
“It’s broken.”
“Breakdown?”
The intangible made a strange face.
I also felt a little strange.
If it breaks, don’t you just fix it?
As far as I know, threat magic that gives power to an object and causes monsters to avoid humans and avoid humans is difficult to cast, but the reward itself is a very easy magic.
For Grindel, who is known as one of the four greatest wizards, receiving that magic reward would have been a piece of cake.
Her younger sister Yang said with a sigh.
“Repair is being done consistently, but destruction is faster than repair. The monsters these days have become strangely strong.”
Her explanation is that the number of monsters powerful enough to ignore threatening magic has increased significantly, causing damage to the magic circle and the railroad tracks that are used as a medium.
“Then you won’t be able to run a transit business.”
She smiled wryly as if her intangibility had gone well, and her younger sister Yang, who saw that, smiled the same wry smile.
“Of course. Of course. That damn old man has added another wrinkle to his forehead.”
I saw these two smiling evilly at the same time. It seems like they are brother and sister.
I approached Nelf, who was standing still, and asked.
“Intangible guy. Did you have a younger sister?”
“Ah. He’s not my biological brother, but my cousin. Grindel has a lot of family.”
Nelf is my little sister. No. She smiled at her cousin sister Yang.
“That person is Orute. There are four more cousins of Muhyeong’s older brother who are around that age.”
“Hoo. Four people.”
The family was bigger than I thought, right?
Come to think of it, I think the incorporeal bastard sometimes talked about her two younger cousins. Did you say she was a sister?
Seeing as they didn’t even say a word about the other two, it seems like they don’t have a good relationship with each other.
At that moment, Oru Teyang looked at Nelf and bowed her head respectfully.
“It’s been a while, miss.”
“Yes. It’s been a while, sis.”
Nelf greeted me with her awkward face.
“So. What are you doing with your brother who ran away from home, Lady Nelf, and a man who looks like your uncle in this dirty place?”
Discomfort.
I felt uncomfortable with these words.
It was like that before too.
This person did not recognize my face.
It’s not like I’m doing anything, it’s just me selling my face to the world.
Also, by Elunar standards, I have quite a unique appearance, so they say it leaves a strong impression upon seeing me.
Still, Orute did not recognize me.
The reason she didn’t recognize me was because Hachi was such a strong memory for her, so even though she knew a guy like me, he may have been the first thing she thought of.
However, it is strange that there is no reaction even when looking at Nelf now.
There is evidence that Grindel attacked Waikatsu, and even if he was not involved, isn’t it normal to be a little embarrassed by Nelf’s appearance during our visit?
It’s possible that she had a daily life that had nothing to do with her faikatsu… But I got the impression that she didn’t know anything about her world.
When I glanced at the intangible, the guy was grinning.
Ah. This laugh. It’s a slightly annoyed laugh.
The guy opened his mouth softly.
“It’s still the same. This place.”
“Still the same. Always.”
Oh Lute took out her wand.
Oh. It seems like it’s been a very long time since I’ve seen a wizard holding a wand.
Ji Yiing as she extends her wand beyond. A red line shot forward.
“It’s cold here, so let’s go to the building first.”
It’s not a house, it’s a building.
Orute took the lead.
We sent her carriage back and followed her.
I thought I was going to keep walking like this, but there was a means of transportation available.
It was a mysterious creature that looked like a horse and was a familiar used by wizards.
It felt like it was a high-quality familiar several levels higher than the familiar in the carriage I rode in earlier, based on its appearance and abundant mana.
The familiars were waiting with the reins hanging from a carriage with no ceiling.
We got into the carriage.
Jiyiing.
A barrier was erected not only around the carriage but also around the familiars, and immediately the horses ran out.
Miss Orute held out her cane and said, “Paaaaa!” A bright beam of light extended far into the distance.
The horses followed Orute’s direct line of sunlight, but they were very fast.
Within a dozen minutes, a huge mansion was visible in the distance.
Hwiooooo.
Black night. A magnificent mansion revealed through a snowstorm.
Although it did not have fancy carvings or patterns like other noble families, it gave the impression that it had at least some elegance.
Grindel’s symbol is engraved on the gate and the upper part of the mansion.
Miss Orute’s laser was shooting out a pattern at the top of the mansion.
I looked at the mansion and asked Muhyeong.
“It’s a bit late to bring it up here, but can you come in?”
It looks like he ran away from home and hasn’t been here for a few years. Will his parents accept their obnoxious son?
Muhyeong shrugged his shoulders at my words.
“Maybe.”
“If you go in, you go in. What is Amado?”
“They don’t care about me at all. They won’t care whether I come in or not.”
At that time, she said Oh Lute as if she was dumbfounded.
“He was so carefree after doing something like that.”
“You doing something like that?”
Orute took an intangible look at my question.
This intangible bastard. What did you do when you left?
“…Don’t worry, we won’t block the entrance itself.”
They say they are like that, so you have to believe it.
As the carriage approached the door, Kugugung. The huge iron window opened left and right with a heavy sound.
“What is it? Has it declined like it should?”
Intangible made a mocking voice again.
“Why? Because the iron bars are old?”
He looked at me with a pitiful face for my doubts, and my fist almost went flying, but I held back.
I endured it well. Goddre.
It was Nelf who answered my question.
“Huh? What happened to the sentinel familiars?”
Perhaps there are usually gargoyle-like familiars standing guard at the door.
I looked at the intangible and the guy shrugged his shoulders.
“Originally, crude familiars come out to meet us. They say they show off their stature.”
Phase. In other words, suppressing the momentum.
Orute also agreed.
“These familiars are unnecessarily large and have poor fuel efficiency… But where have they all gone?”
“It feels so good not to see the crude things.”
The two siblings giggled at the intangible sneer.
“Clumsy… But a great servant?”
Nelf said as if scolding, not only intangible but also Orute. He smiled darkly.
These two. You really hate Grindel.
It was then.
Tingling.
“…”
Tingling. Tingling.
I feel a prickling sensation.
I turned my head in the direction where I felt the sensation.
At the end of my field of vision, obscured by the snowstorm and darkness, I saw a small building.
However, I was more concerned about the house next door that appeared to be used as a warehouse rather than that building.
“Hey, Mr. Orute. Is that Changgo?”
“Yes?”
Oh Lute turned to me, looked where my finger was pointing, and then blinked.
“Can you see the warehouse from here?”
I don’t think I’ve used any type of vision expansion magic… Orute muttered, then caught my gaze and said, “Ah.” She moaned.
“That’s right…”
Kugugu—Palace.
What else?
The earth shakes violently.
It almost made me wonder if an earthquake had occurred.
But the strange thing was… I felt a huge number of presences.
Like animals rushing to escape when a disaster occurs, numerous things were running somewhere.
“What…”
“…”
Orute let out a puzzled voice, and his intangible face hardened.
Fault!! The intangible figure jumped out of the carriage and quickly ran somewhere, and we followed behind without knowing what was going on.
“What!! The trials should have taken place months later!!”
Orute gritted his teeth and said.
She seems to know something.
The place where the intangible ran towards was the main body of Grindel Mansion.
The incorporeal figure kicked open the huge door and continued running.
I chase after him frantically, but he keeps going down. Go down.
What. Why is it so deep underground?
What is the space for?
After running for a few more minutes, the stairs ended and an open entrance without a door appeared.
I can’t believe how many people came down with the steps of those of us who are closer to superhumans than ordinary people.
How deep is it? This basement.
And… This swarming presence.
There are numerous signs here from all directions. It was racing towards the center of this underground area.
I was almost sure of it before, but the identity of this presence became clear when I felt it closer.
This presence is a monster.
“Uh…”
Nelf also seemed to have noticed the identity of the presence, and his face looked slightly tired.
Slurp!
I drew my sword and trotted forward.
After walking through the passage beyond the open entrance for a few minutes, an exit soon appeared, and beyond the exit there was a wide hall.
There was a huge hole underneath, resembling a Colosseum, with small holes like ant holes on all sides.
Monsters are running through that hole.
This hole. Okay. It’s the Colosseum.
Huge familiars were sitting around this spacious Colosseum, and wizards wearing robes with Grindel’s emblem on them were standing next to them.
Rumble
This vibration is heard from every hole.
This presence.
Monsters roar in the passage!! It roared.
The roar echoed and resounded viciously throughout the underground.
And in the middle of the holes stood a young boy.
A boy with brown hair who is sure to become a handsome man in the future.
The kid was holding a stick and setting up a barrier.
His face looked calm, but he was unable to completely hide his nervousness and fear, so his face was trembling.
But. It’s a face I feel like I’ve seen many times before.
Right next to you.
“…It’s really still the same.”
Immediately after Muhyeong gave a flat voice.
Quaaaaang-!!
Monsters appeared from holes everywhere, as if a river was overflowing.
The monsters could not overcome the momentum and tangled among themselves, rolling around or clawing and biting each other.
However, the monster’s most formidable prey, and the target that its instincts commanded to kill, were, of course, humans.
[Crrrr!]
[Karak!!]
The monsters that discovered the little boy rushed at him like a swarm of insects.
The boy took a deep breath and raised his staff to strengthen the barrier, and immediately monsters attacked him.
Kang-! Kakakakang!
A sound like hitting a fish tank rang out.
For someone so young, the strength of the barrier is incredible.
There’s nothing we can do with monsters of that level.
Picture. Just at that level.
Rumble.
The vibrations of countless passages can still be felt.
At the end… There was also a powerful monster that could tear that barrier like a piece of paper.
I glanced at Orute and the Intangible.
The two people stood still.
While Orute was stamping her feet with a nervous look on her face, Intangible… Had a face that seemed as if she was reminiscing about something.
That moment.
I felt a presence up there.
“Defective.”
In the midst of this commotion, Muhyeong raised his head at the sound of a clear voice.
Much higher than the Colosseum. Sky.
Five people were standing on a floating rock.
The very front. Standing there was a middle-aged man, handsome and dignified… Who didn’t look much like him on the outside, but whose eyes were exactly like the intangible.
He was looking at the intangible as if he were looking at a bug.
No.
It wasn’t just him, it was everyone standing around him.
But. Only the middle-aged man showed pure disgust, the rest had other mixed emotions.
But that’s not important now.
The kid is about to die.
At that time, the middle-aged man spoke.
“Where are you?”
“…Under.”
Muhyeong twitched the corner of his mouth.
Fault.
I jumped down.
Hwareuk-!!
Flames ignited the sword, and it became as large as a building.
I just pointed the tip of my sword downwards, Quaaaaa!! I struck the floor with my sword.
Bukuooooo!
The fire exploded, spreading everywhere like a wave and swirling into holes everywhere.
The monsters that were racing all at once turned to ashes.
At that moment, the mana that dominated this area suddenly cut off.
Kuooooo…
The fire that burned all my enemies stopped and seeped back into my sword.
“Uh, uh…”
The boy, who was still holding the barrier, was pounding his buttocks and wiping out tears and snot.
…This kid. I might be younger than I thought.
I pulled out my sword from the ground and looked up.
And he said it with a grin filled with ridicule and contempt.
“Hello. I am…”
I am your son’s friend. The moment you want to say that.
“Hachii!!”
Of a middle-aged man, no. Flowers bloomed on the lips of all of them.
