Chapter 123 – Adventure’s Lightning Mage (9)
The bottom of the valley cracked open, revealing a passage leading down. Orca laughed at the open passage in the middle of the valley.
“I thought the constellation theory was true…”
She didn’t seem to believe it even though she did it herself. I was confused as well, so I blankly stared down the aisle.
Then, suddenly, he came to his senses and asked Orca.
“What are you going to do now?”
“What? I’ve come all the way here, but I have to go downstairs. Pack your things.”
“How about preparing dinner?”
“Stop complaining and leave it alone. What to eat after her visit?”
She did as Orca said, extinguishing her bonfire and taking her backpack. I walked over to her waiting in the aisle. She stuck her head out to check the inside of her aisle.
“As expected, there is no such thing as a torch. I need to turn on the pendant.”
She grabbed the pendant and cast her spell. The pendant shone like a flashlight and illuminated the front.
“I will go down first.”
It was right that I, who uses the body, took the lead over Orca, the wizard.
She set her foot towards her steps. Click. I heard splashing water. It is because of the creek water flowing down the stairs.
As I went down the aisle, the orca followed me. We descended the stairs, relying on the light from the pendant.
“…What is so deep?”
Orca murmured angrily.
What made it so was that we moved for about 15 minutes by feeling. However, only the stairs are still illuminated by the pendant.
As the stairs continued endlessly in a narrow and enclosed space, a vague fear came. I couldn’t help but feel annoyed when the valley water filled it with moisture.
We went down for a while longer and finally came to the end of the stairs.
“I can see the end of the stairs.”
“Whoa, let’s go quickly and get some rest. Going down is also a job.”
We went down diligently and got out of the stairs completely. After being in a small space for a long time, I felt a pleasant sense of freedom when I came out to a wide space.
I took a moment to catch my breath and turned the pendant to look around.
The place we came down was a huge space made of stones. There were no special patterns or murals.
Instead, six gigantic statues were erected. The middle of the statues erected in two rows is empty like a road.
‘Am I telling you to walk over there?’
Orca and I faced each other. I nodded and walked between the statues.
Meanwhile, Orca saw a statue and opened her eyes wide.
“Isn’t this Julius?”
Julius?
Isn’t it the elf who left a legacy here?
I turned my gaze to the statue Orca was looking at. A long-haired handsome man is holding a lightning bolt. Pointed ears proved he was an elf.
‘Elf… Come to think of it…’
I turned my head to look at the other statues. The appearance and armed equipment were all different. However, they all had one thing in common: their ears were pointed.
“The statues here… Six incarnations?”
Likewise, Orca, who was examining the statues, gave a voice of admiration.
“Six incarnations?”
“Uh. They were the elves who led the heyday of elven civilization 500 years ago, before Sieghart formed the Union. It didn’t appear in the history books of the empire, but I was able to find a record from the artifacts left by the ancient elves…”
Orca looked around, inspected the statue, then jerked back to me.
“Han Yuseong! Do you have any parchment left?”
“Is it parchment? Why are you looking for that?”
“This should be left as a painting. It will be a new discovery for the Society!”
Did the passion for learning explode because of discovering the unknown? Her sharp eyes shone brightly.
But unfortunately…
“I didn’t bring parchment.”
I didn’t intend to listen to it.
Think about it. A person who has never painted before would now paint six portraits?
How much trial and error will be required and how long will it take?
It was terrifying to imagine that I wanted to go home early.
That’s why I pretended not to have parchment paper in my backpack.
“What, what…?”
Orca’s excited expression hardened. Her cheeks twitched weakly.
“Is that a lie..?”
As if I couldn’t believe it… No, I think it’s more appropriate to say I don’t want to believe it. I shook my head at her with her eyes wide open.
Despair appeared on Orca’s face.
“I didn’t bring the parchment… Yes, I could… I could… Huh? Didn’t I tell you to pack the parchment before we set off? At that time, you said you definitely took care of it, right? But no? Did you accidentally leave it there? Ah, yes, you can’t… Can’t you? Why, why parchment? I should have brought the parchment and left something else behind. For this discovery, I could have eaten at least one meal… No, I could have skipped a week!”
At first, I muttered like it was nothing. However, his voice gradually grew louder and later, with his eyes wide open, he grabbed my shoulder and shook me.
Could this be Gradient Fury?
I can feel the hot anger in her eyes.
Suddenly, I remembered what Patrick had said.
-All wizards are psychopaths. Don’t be fooled by the fact that he looks normal on the outside. The moment you get swept away by the desire for knowledge and the desire for honor, there are no such twins.
When I heard that, I thought Patrick was exaggerating. Let’s correct His words were extremely realistic.
Chijik!
Look at this. Doesn’t it bounce from shoulder to lightning now?
Just because I didn’t bring a piece of parchment, I let go of my mind like that. It was an attitude that could not be called a sane person.
However, even so, it was not something to be overlooked. Just try that lightning strike the water that wets the floor right now. I will be crispy on the outside and moist on the inside.
I sighed and raised both hands.
“It’s a joke. The parchment is well stored in the backpack.”
“That, is it?”
Only then did Orca smile.
“Yes. So calm down a bit. Get rid of that lightning too.”
“Huh?”
Orca’s gaze went down to her own shoulder blades. She cleared her throat at the crackling lightning and groomed her.
“Hmmmm… You too, why are you making such a joke? Scare people Okay, can you give me some parchment?”
“Do you really need to do it now? Now, you go inside and do it when you come out. Isn’t that right?”
At that, Orca narrowed her brows as if she didn’t like her. I frowned the same because I had no intention of conceding any more.
“…Yes, then. Because that wasn’t the purpose…”
It was Orca who retreated this time. She must have thought there was no hurry.
Orca and I started walking again. Orca looked at her statues with regretful eyes, but as I accelerated my steps, she hurriedly followed.
After passing the last statue, a narrow passage appeared again. It wasn’t as long as the stairs I had come down. I was able to reach the next space in no time.
“This is…”
The newly arrived place is empty unlike before.
Except for the profile pictured in front of us of a man holding a lightning bolt.
“What is that painting about?”
“Hmm… I think that’s Julius too? But why is there nothing here, only that…”
It was then.
The pupils of the Julius mural moved.
The pupils that used to look straight ahead in terms of murals stared straight at us.
“What is that…”
There was no room for surprise.
Lightning flashed from the pupils of the mural and hit the floor in front of Orca with a single step. On the floor where the heat rises, there is a text that was not there before.
I opened my eyes and read the text.
“I, if I claim to be Julius’ successor, prove my courage…?”
Coogu palace.
The wall in front of us, which had been blocked off, cracked and went down.
There was an arched passageway.
In the aisle, a half-moon-shaped knife moved left and right at certain intervals. There were many round holes in between the sections, and the spears protruded and went in and out of the holes repeatedly. The floor is covered with red-hot stones.
“What is this… Han Yuseong, what is written on the floor?”
“I am here to prove my courage.”
“Courage? So, are you saying that I should at least pass over there?”
Orca stared at the trap-infested aisle with a bewildered look.
She sighed and told me.
“Get out of the way for a moment.”
“What do you plan to do?”
“What? You have to break it down.”
Orca closed her eyes and chanted her spell. Blue lightning crackled from her body. The more the spell was cast, the higher the quantity and quality of the lightning flashed, and when the spell ended, the lightning disappeared like a ghost.
Orca held out her hand.
“Chain lighting”
Quarreung!
The blue lightning that started from her hand hit the aisle. It didn’t end once. After two or three more blows, she lowered her hand.
The passageway hit by the lightning was obscured by billowing black smoke.
“Whoa… Let’s go in now.”
She said in a voice that said she was relieved. I didn’t even check the condition of the aisle. Is it because I trusted my magic to say that?
I thought it was cool.
If the results were good, it would have been even better.
The passageway, free of heat and smoke, was surprisingly intact.
Everything, even the traps inside.
“…What?”
Orca frowned and chanted the spell once more.
Kurleung!
Her lightning was more powerful than before.
Still, there was nothing wrong with the aisle.
Then too.
Next time too.
Dada next.
The aisles and traps were perfectly fine.
“Nonsense…”
Orca looked down the aisle with a stunned expression beyond surprise.
“Isn’t it real? Hallucination magic?”
She approached the aisle and reached her hand toward her heated stone. She didn’t touch her, and she seemed to only check the heat around her.
“The heat is real… But what is this…”
She looked at her hands in disbelief.
I walked over to her side. A passageway full of traps is right in front of you. I turned on the Wolf’s Pact and focused on my senses.
Click! Click!
The sound of sharp spear blades filling gaps in the aisle and then re-entering.
Suwoong! Suwoong!
The sound of the half-moon-shaped blade moving savagely, and the wind brushing my cheeks every time it happened.
And even the heat rising from the floor.
Sight, hearing, and touch claimed that the traps in front of them were real.
But the sense of smell.
Werther’s, Wolf King’s sense of smell whispered to me.
All of these are fake.
This trap, which doesn’t smell like rusty iron or heated stones, is just a trick.
Then what I do is simple.
Move your legs All you have to do is take a step inside.
As I made up my mind, sight, hearing, and touch stopped me.
Can’t you see that bloody blade?
Can’t you hear that sharp sound?
Can’t you feel that hot heat?
They warn me
The moment you step into it, the soles of your feet will be cooked, and before they are fully cooked, your fragile body will be torn apart.
However, I still put my right foot out.
I’m not doing this without thinking.
The mural said to prove your courage.
What is courage
Furthermore, what kind of courage does Julius, the hero of the elves, want?
It wasn’t difficult to answer.
‘If you decide that the path you have chosen is the right one, believe it and move forward.’
This is something I read in an autobiography in the past.
Most of the people who were called great men and heroes twisted and twisted the words of that kind of content. Julius would be no different from them.
Believe me
I trust my sense of smell.
I believe in Werther’s sense of smell.
Believe and go
“Han Yuseong?! What are you doing?!”
The voice of an astonished orca came from behind. At the same time, I can hear the sound of running this way, but it is too late. The soles of my feet were already placed on the heated stone.
Chi profit.
The sound of shoes and flesh cooking sent danger signals to my brain.
At the same time, the sound of the wind cutting closer. When I turned around, the semicircular blade that had gone all the way to the left approached me.
“Han Yuseong!”
I closed my eyes as I heard a sound close to screaming.
And…
Shuung!
The semi-circular blade passed through me. It soon turned into powder and scattered. The sharp spear blades and the heated floor were the same.
It’s all fantasy.
