Chapter 194 – The Temple
Shuung. Shuung. The head of the undead fell every time they heard a strong wind. Not a few of them had holes in their faces from being hit by large ice picks.
Glaris, the Bishop of the ‘Eye of the End’, smiled bitterly at the sight.
‘There are obviously dozens of undead.’
Not a single one could reach the Elemental Sage. Before I could take ten steps, I became a real corpse and rolled on the floor.
‘He’s a strong Elementalist.’
Glaris had only met the Elementalist once.
Fire Sorceress.
He was a strong enemy. Because the men of Glaris, whose spirits use fiery arrows, have died. He was only able to subdue the Elementalist after losing seven of his men.
However, even that Elementalist was not at that level. There was obviously a limit to the number of fire arrows his spirit could use. It didn’t pour endlessly like that.
Above all, his spirit was only one. Not two like that female elf!
‘This is dangerous. If I do something wrong, I’ll die.’
Even a black magician who deals with death is afraid of death. Rather, it may be that they are trying to understand death because they are afraid of death more than others.
Glaris checked the flask containing life force. Fortunately, unlike Kalita, she had enough vitality. That’s it. There is a chance. He took out a black potion.
Black pill.
A drug that temporarily amplifies physical abilities and mana sensitivity. As good as the drug is, there must be side effects, but Glaris did not know what side effects were.
Not only Glaris, but all cultists, even the cult leader, didn’t know about the side effects.
Because it’s not the medicine they made in the first place. The black pill was a gift the religious leader received from someone.
Glaris was reluctant to take this drug without knowing the side effects, but he can’t help it now. Because side effects are better than death.
Gulp.
As soon as he swallowed the black medicine, the effect went up immediately. An unbearable pain rose along with a thumping sound. The musculature is changing. Nerves have also changed.
The flow of mana felt right.
Using life force also felt similar to using mana, so it was good to say that black magic ability increased.
“That’s great too. I can understand why those insolent bandits would go so far as to bend their heads to get it.”
He drained all the remaining life force from the flask. Before taking the medicine, it is an amount that I would not even dare to take. Now that I took the medicine and my nerves were strengthened, I wouldn’t say I’m relaxed, but I was able to handle it.
So, what do we do now?
In my mind, I wanted to inflict eternal pain with curses and hallucination-type black magic. Unfortunately, however, Glaris specializes in injection molding.
I had no choice but to use ejection-type black magic.
“Death Skull.”
Dozens of black skulls created in the air headed for the Elementalist. The moment it touches you, it will rip your flesh apart and be eaten.
Shush shush!
An incomparable strong wind blew. The black skulls turned into powder and scattered.
“It’s not easy to go after all.”
Glaris stretched out his hand.
Huge black spears flew. The black spear was offset by an equally massive ice pick.
The black window is fake. Doo doo doo. The black chain pierced through the floor and headed towards the Elementalist.
Chew! A huge whip of water smashed the floor. The black chain was also broken.
After that, the fight proceeded in a similar fashion. When Glaris emits new black magic, the spirits destroy it. It looked boring, but Glaris was smiling.
It’s always fun to compete with a good opponent with all your heart.
“Then how about this!”
Glaris used more than half of her remaining health to create a golem.
Shuung. Papabak.
The windblade cut the golem’s throat. The neck was reattached as soon as it split. An ice pick passed through the golem’s head. The hole in the head was soon filled back up.
“This golem is a golem made of life force! You won’t die even if you cut off your head until your health runs out…”
Hooked ominous sound. The tingling pain caused Glaris to lower her gaze to her chest. An arrow was stuck in his chest.
“Oh, dear. I erased Black Shield just because I made a golem…”
Hooked Kwajik. Fast. Kwajik.
Axes, spears, and knives thrown by adventurers were stuck in Glaris’ body. He stumbled backwards with his eyes wide open. The golem fizzled out and disappeared.
Glaris, his defeat was that he had forgotten the adventurers.
“I won!”
Ariel took the Mansephos vigorously. In the middle, when that person suddenly got stronger, I fought a little, but in the end I overcame it. She won
The spears and knives thrown by the adventurers were invisible to her eyes.
Because that’s such a small thing.
‘If it wasn’t for me in the first place, I wouldn’t have been able to endure it and would have died?’
That was right. Because none of the adventurers by her side were exceptionally strong. She must have died from Glaris’ black magic while dealing with the undead.
Her adventurers knew it, and Ariel came to her side and praised her.
“Miss Elf, how amazing! It was the first time I realized today that a spirit is such a great thing.”
“That’s right. Both strength and combat endurance. Are you saying you’re much more powerful than the wizards in our city?”
Ariel’s shoulders shrugged each time they raised their heads. Poor humans anyway. ‘Cause I can’t be without
Ariel laughed.
I felt something out of place.
‘…Wait for a sec. Why am I helping these humans? All humans are my enemies.’
Although she forgot about it for a while, Ariel is an anti-humanistic elf.
There was no need to treat other humans well, even if it was impossible for Yoosung and his companions to do anything about it.
Rather, it should have been hostile.
‘Shall I kill them all right now?’
It can be shattered without even a word of mouth.
“Ariel, what are you thinking?”
The young female adventurer asked with a smile. She is the woman who worked hard to support Ariel.
Ariel gave her a disapproving look at her smile, then she let out a deep sigh.
‘It’s okay. Because now is the time when we need one more. These humans are weak, but somewhat helpful. Also, if you do something like that and get caught by Han Yoo-seong, it won’t end at the level of scolding you.’
With that excuse, she erased her terrible thoughts.
“Okay then let’s go again.”
Before anyone knew it, Ariel was in a position to lead the adventurers. She was more excited than usual, and it was also because the adventurers who saw her strength agreed.
Ariel and her band of adventurers made their way down the hall.
The undead popping up from time to time was no problem, and Ariel grew stronger as they did.
She had walked down the long hallway and down about two flights of stairs.
“…?”
Ariel felt a strange sensation. Something unsettling and creepy. She felt the same way as the other adventurers.
Her face hardened, she fiddled with the handle of her weapon.
“Can I go on with this? I don’t feel well.”
“It is too late to turn back. How far do you think we’ve come?”
“It’s… It’s…”
“Don’t worry. We have that elf.”
One adventurer pointed at Ariel, and the other nodded her head. To them, Ariel was her lifeline.
Ignoring her creepy feelings, I went ahead of her and saw a huge swinging stone door and a gatekeeper guarding it. She was middle-aged with gray hair. He leaned against her door and dozed off.
“What are you doing there?”
“I don’t know. Seeing that guy guarding it, it seems like an important place…”
Discussions were exchanged between the adventurers, and soon five people came forward to surround the gatekeeper. One of the five knocked the gatekeeper awake.
“Um…? What…?”
“Hey cultist man. Let me ask you one thing. What’s inside this, why did you block it with such a big door?”
The adventurer asked with a ferocious expression. At that, the middle daughter made her yawn,
“What is this bastard Glaris doing, why are they here?”
She drew her sword. Squeak. As the sword drew a beautiful curve, the heads of the five adventurers fell with a patter.
“?!”
“What, what! Did you see anyone!?”
The remaining adventurers panicked. In one blow, the heads of five adventurers were blown off. Most did not even see the movement of the sword.
That means that middle-aged man is a great talent.
They were terrified that they might not survive.
But there was one among them who was still elated.
“Are you good enough for a human subject?”
Of course it was Ariel.
“Ah, Weria. Kill that human.”
The water spirit and the wind spirit followed Ariel’s command. Wind blades and ice picks rushed at the middle-aged man.
“Hoo? As an elven psychic… I can sell this for a high price.”
After a brief admiration, the middle-aged man evaded the wind blade and the ice pick with a light movement. He destroyed anything that was difficult to avoid with his sword.
“Uh..?”
Isn’t this
“Eh, Ea, Weria! Don’t look at me! Do it harder!”
– Ying-ing…
-Wheein…
“What? Uh, what does that mean! No strength!?”
Ariel was taken aback, but thinking about it, it was only natural. The spirits consumed a lot of energy to protect Ariel while coming this far.
Of course, the spirit’s power is not infinite.
The fact that she was able to use more power than usual today is thanks to Ariel being able to store up her energy in the forest while she was playing Tang Jia Tang.
But even that power was running out.
And that was devastating news for Ariel and the adventurers who only believed in the power of spirits.
“What is it already over? It’s just a weak Elemental Servant.”
The middle-aged, leader of the Red Riding Hood bandit walked slowly towards the adventurers.
The adventurers hurriedly drew their weapons and aimed at the middle-aged man.
“Oh, don’t come! Kill them!”
“Oh? You are a friend full of spirit.”
The middle-aged man widened his eyes. I walked in front of the adventurer who shouted and looked straight at him.
“How are you going to kill me? Stabbed in the stomach? By cutting his throat?”
“This, what the fuck…”
“I can see your arms trembling…Was that a bluff?”
“You fucking bastard!”
The adventurer raised his sword. At that moment, the middle-aged sword moved. I’m sorry. The adventurer fell into five pieces and fell to the floor.
“What crazy is that…”
The adventurers looked at the five-piece body with bewildered eyes.
– Hiccup.
Ariel was so startled that she hiccupped. Her eyes trembled.
* * *
As she was guided by Maria, she remembered a fact she had forgotten.
‘Come to think of it, I can find Ariel’s location.’
One of Ariel’s enslavement restrictions was that I, the master, could find out Ariel’s location if I wanted to.
I hadn’t written anything for a while, so I completely forgot about it.
I opened Ariel’s status window and clicked on her location emoji. A blue window with two red dots appeared.
At the top right of the blue window, the difference between the x, y, and z coordinates between the red dots was being taught. If that all goes to zero, you’ll be with Ariel.
‘Will Seris and Kara be with Ariel?’
With hopeful thoughts, she and Maria set out to find Ariel.
‘It’s pretty low, isn’t it?’
I went down the stairs, marveling that there was a lower level than the dungeon.
– Creepy.
Goosebumps ran up the spine. My hair stands on end and I have a feeling of foreboding.
“Maria.”
“…Yes?”
Maria was also slightly furrowing her eyebrows, as if I wasn’t the only one who felt the eerie sensation.
“Do you know what’s down here?”
“…No. I know the way from the entrance to the dungeon, but nothing down here.”
Maria shook her head.
Damn, what the hell is down here?
An unpleasant sensation pricked her chest, but she couldn’t help it. I turned on the wolf’s oath and went downstairs, vigilantly.
-…Ah…!
A howl is heard in the ears sensitive to the wolf’s oath. It belongs to a person I immediately ran in the direction of the sound.
“Han Yuseong!”
Maria called me from behind, but she didn’t look back. The important thing right now is the safety of Seris and Kara.
As we followed the sound, we found a battle scene where adventurers were fighting someone.
The adventurers were fighting a middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man swung his sword while leisurely letting go of the adventurers’ attacks. One adventurer’s body was cut in two.
…Can you call that a battle? At that point, it’s a one-sided massacre.
I hurriedly found my party among the adventurers. Once Ariel was easy to find. Because he was trembling at the very back.
‘What about Seris and Kara?’
None of the guys standing there. No way? He looked closely at the adventurers who had fallen on the floor. Fortunately, none of the fallen adventurers were there.
It was only Ariel who was here from the start.
‘What now…’
What the heck I need to save Ariel at least.
Fortunately, the other side didn’t notice my presence. Surprise will be effective.
I held my breath.
The country erased its existence and melted into darkness. The presence has disappeared.
I walked forward slowly. There are no footsteps.
I speeded up my steps little by little. Up to light running speed.
When the middle-aged and I got closer, the middle-aged was pulling Ariel’s hair.
Why did that idiot stay still?
I contracted and relaxed my thigh muscles as if they were exploding. There was a knocking sound, but that’s okay. By the time he noticed, he had already driven a dagger into his side.
Middle-aged eyes wide open. He let go of Ariel’s hair and tried to reach for the sword she had put in her scabbard.
During that time, I stabbed the middle-aged thigh, abdomen, and shoulder once. By the time the middle-aged man’s hand touched the handle of his sword, I kicked Ariel away, and I jumped backwards too.
Huung. A sword strike so fast that it was hard to see cut through the air.
If I hadn’t run back quickly, my head would have been blown off.
“…What are you doing?”
The middle-aged man glared at me and said.
“The owner of the elves over there.”
“Ah… That’s right. Anyway, isn’t stabbing someone in the back too cowardly…? Don’t you have any pride as a warrior?”
The middle-aged man grabbed the wound on his stomach with his left hand. However, there were four places that were stabbed with a dagger. Blood dripped from the wound pierced by the dagger. It looks like it’s pretty painful to look at the rough breathing.
I answered with a smile.
“You are old. Think of it as a handicap.”
