Chapter 180 – Cannibals (7)
【… It’s a bit difficult.]
After defeating Ogre Padophilia King, Veronica did not return as a foal and fell to his knees.
“You must be tired. Just release the transformation.”
I asked Veronica, who was sitting on the dirt floor.
Even the not-so-difficult 〈 Lightning Arrow 〉 requires intense concentration, but what about high-level magic? It must have been damn hard to sing while enduring the physiological pain of the curse penalty.
At my words, Veronica shook her head.
【Don’t hold out until it’s over. I also want to endure and stay like this, but it seems difficult because it is much harder than I thought.]
“Cheer up. Maybe we can figure out how to break other curses later.”
Veronica has gone back to her pony mode. I stabbed the frozen ogre’s body with a spear. Even if you’re a zombie ogre, you won’t have a lifeline attached to you if you fuck up like this.
‘Has item loot gone?’
It’s good that I took care of the relic before turning it into magic.
‘No. It’s not fortunate, isn’t this the most unique item?’
I took out the Rune Stone that the Ogre Cub was cherishing.
A seal with a broken handle.
It was a stone that felt like that. It seemed certain that it was a rune stone because the weathered rune pattern was engraved like the north, south, east, west, and west of a compass.
There is also an embossed pattern on the bottom like a seal. I couldn’t figure out what the pattern was.
It doesn’t seem to be a rune. Maybe it’s the mark of a king that ogre kid was talking about.
‘It’s not the appearance that’s important.’
I stroked the seal. Even just holding it in my hand, I felt a tremendous amount of mana. The corners of my mouth were ascending by themselves. I shouted like Doraemon pulling out a future tool.
“Right! Speaking of relics, this is what it should be!”
Speaking of ancient civilizations, it’s not like a power elixir, but something like this should come out, isn’t it?
‘Fuck. I’m an archaeologist with this taste, but why do power elixirs pop out in ruins gacha and ogres spit epic items in job change quests?’
It was unfair for some reason, but it was okay because I felt bad. Isn’t good good?
【My dear. Show me too I will find a way to recover the mana stolen by him.]
“Oh yeah.”
When I handed the runestone to Veronica, she said with a frown – probably because of the curse.
【The structure is simple. It is an artifact that stores and utilizes absorbed mana.]
“Is it possible to extract only our mana?”
【It is possible. Each rune’s mana has a strong personality. Wouldn’t you be able to tell the difference between ᚲ (Kenaz) and ᚨ (Ansuz)?]
“Oh, that’s right. Tyrsi?”
After remembering that the ogre pup had also taken Tirsi’s mana, Veronica said to Tirsi.
[It seems shameless to call her a girl. Tyr. It’s easy to return the mana you’ve been robbed of, but what can you do? What is recovered will be consumable mana.]
“Yeah. I will only take heart. Even if I got it back, it would be the same as drinking a mana potion.”
【That’s right.】
“Okay? If it’s Tyrsi, I don’t care.”
I nodded.
There is mana that is recovered after being used like the mana that is charged to my mana box, and there is mana that is not consumed instead of being obtained without a trigger like the mana of the rune.
If the mana of the manatong was the coin of the piggy bank, the mana of the rune was the savings account itself.
Even if normal mana is used up, it can be recovered with mana potions or self-recovery, but me and Veronica had their bankbooks stolen, so if they couldn’t get it back, they would have to dig a new bankbook.
【Let’s start.】
Veronica said so and operated the artifact. A strange rainbow light poured from the seal like the surface of a CD illuminated by sunlight. The light was sucked into me and Veronica.
“Oh oh.”
I was amazed at the feeling similar to when learning a new rune with the rune’s mana. The original runes of ᚲ (Kenaz) and ᚨ (Ansuz) were revived. It’s like turning on a light bulb that went out.
【This is all.】
Veronica stopped her artifact and returned it to me.
【I’ll give it to you. All that was left was ordinary mana. It will be useful when you need to spend a lot of mana or recover mana quickly during battle.]
“Uh. I’ll use it as a joint material for the party. Tyrsi? Let me know when you run out of mana in the future. Or will Tirsi carry it?”
“What are you going to do if I steal it? Even a solid relationship of trust collapses in the face of greater gain.”
Tirsi firmly refuses, even raising her hand. Because when it comes to money, he is a person who is certain to make and break a relationship. I answered yes and took the seal.
‘I got a good side income.’
MP auxiliary battery of ancient civilization!
Let’s take turns using this whenever the party needs it.
It would be fucking embarrassing if I just used the one that was 30cm next to Bural, the ogre baby, so I decided to ask Tyrsi to disinfect it later.
【Whoops.】
Veronica did her job and returned to foal mode.
No It would be wrong to say that it returned because it was not its original form, but it was transformed into a horse anyway. Then she bowed with the sound of her hooves.
【I’m glad it ended safely. I will return this later. First of all, since you came all the way here, can I bring the rune stone I was supposed to give you with the mana I collected in this artifact?]
“Miss Veronica. Before that, we need to check whether the promotion examiner is alive or dead.”
Tyrsi interjected. Oh right. To be honest, I forgot too. It had disappeared from her head while fighting an ogre pup.
Perhaps the reunion with Professor Slayer was too touching.
【Ah. It was. I was thinking too much of my own situation. Forgive me.]
“You have nothing to apologize for. … I honestly don’t expect to be alive.”
Said Tyrsi, looking depressed.
Let’s retrieve some of the artifacts and bring them to the guild. Even an adventurer who lives a lonely life must have party members.
【If so, what were you thinking? It’s not even a living opponent, but if you’re looking for a corpse and wandering around this forest, it won’t be possible today.]
“I’m sorry that I feel like I’m leaving it to others, but I have to leave this to the experts. Nordre, are you okay?”
You’re an expert It was a grand feeling, so I was uncomfortable, but I didn’t have anything to say because it wasn’t wrong.
Even if they were given food, the animals that looked at other people’s privacy like beetroot dumplings would be the ogre’s future. With that in mind, my vocation might not be an archaeologist, but an adventurer.
I hit the floor with the window and said.
“So what. But this time, I want to try something different.”
“Another means?”
“Like this. ᚨ(Ansuz).”
I carved a rune on the dirt floor with a spear.
─Suhwaaaaa
A soul rose from the frozen meat of an ogre thicker than my body.
It was as fucking expected, so I didn’t even blink. How could a bastard who was so obsessed with life become a Buddha already? The ogre, who couldn’t give up his own kingdom of Labsil even after searching, opened his eyes.
─This, this!
“Professor, Professor. You’ll catch a cold if you sleep here.”
─Taktak. I smiled kindly and hit the upside-down spear stick on my palm like a club. Then Veronica and Tyrsi showed interest.
【This sign… Dear So you’re in contact with the spirit?]
“A soul? Perhaps an ogre’s soul?”
“You’re right. Veronica. Can’t you see it too?”
【ᚨ (Ansuz)’s spirit is a skill that communicates the will of the caster and the spirit. The soul that receives it can only see the caster. I have no aptitude for the spirit medium system, so I can’t do these skills. I can guess the location with the feeling of mana.]
“Glucman.”
It seemed that rune magic also had problems with aptitude. It was natural.
“But please stop saying that I have a knack for necromancy. I’m a heretic and I don’t want to be chased by scary boys.”
【Your deed is not a private soul, but a requiem. It’s not blaspheming the spirit, so it’s okay, isn’t it?]
“Lehu has nothing to do with the political quality of human society and religious beliefs.”
【Hmm. It’s difficult.]
Veronica fires eyes that say she didn’t understand with innocent eyes. Very difficult? I’m sorry for the fuck.
As the representative of humanity, I apologized and spoke to the ogre.
“Did you wake up?”
—… A vulgar, inferior fellow even blasphemes Jim’s death.
The ogre, whose limbs, or even his land, were intact, looked away as if he couldn’t believe that the pink Minchi at his feet was himself.
But this is reality. I sternly aimed at the spear.
“Do you get a sense of your position? Do you want to say fucking ouch, or do you want to answer as I ask and search carefully?”
─I’ve already suffered death, but I think I’m about to succumb to pain!!!
Since there was a lot of talk, I cut off the legs first. I might touch it with my bare hands and become a Buddha.
─Fuck! When his legs were amputated, Professor Ogre lay sprawled on the floor. It seemed like I was putting on a show alone, so Tirthy said awkwardly.
“Mithril is said to be more effective against demons and undead than poorly consecrated silver. Rather than worrying about being suspected of being a heretic by the executor, you should prepare for scouts.”
“Heh. Shall we think of words to reject? I was uncomfortable with the solemn atmosphere of the religious denomination.”
“Whoops. It’s a coincidence. Me too.”
We laughed lightly. Even in a different world without Puritan-like ideology, the temple was so solemn and solemn that it made me uncomfortable. It felt like judging people based on their faith.
─Keugeuugh!! I have nothing to tell you guys!!
The ogre glared at me and grabbed Gao. I snorted.
Isn’t this bastard transformed into a ghost or undead through a procedure? He ran out of mana, and his body became mush, so even if he became a ghost, he wouldn’t be able to use magic.
It was like the person who finished the marathon was challenging the thigh wrestling. Unless it was an insanely strong bastard, there was no point even if the soul awakened to its ego.
Although it was a shortcut I couldn’t use because I was afraid it would go wrong with the Ada Unicorn Warlock.
“Do you know how to torture a painter?”
I chanted a spell and gave 〈 Burning Touch 〉 to the rune engraved on the blade. Whether he was a painter or a king, any living creature would be happy if someone gave him a warm back and full stomach.
“Wow! Golden Legend Indu!”
I obeyed that eternal law.
He pointed the blade of a spear burning golden to the belly of the ogre.
“Hey. Ogre. I’ll put it in.”
─Kheuheaaaaa!!!
It was a scream that didn’t sound like a king. I guess so. The pharynx is making space for the womb to be created by piercing the stomach, so what is the meaning of toughness?
─Geckuuugh!! Lord, kill me!!
“Look at this bastard?”
However, the ogre continued to grab Gao even after he cooked his offal in his abs pot. What to do If this happens, the forager inside me will try to acknowledge my grit.
“Where is the evil professor’s slut pretending to be a macho!”
It was when I was so upset that I was thinking about how I could turn this kid into a chewing gum. Said Veronica.
【My dear. If it’s okay with you, I’ll help with the interrogation.]
“How are you? He said he couldn’t see it.”
【Yes. I don’t know if it’s a vengeful spirit that’s powerful enough to be noticed by anyone, but if you’re dealing with such a weak spirit, you won’t even hear its voice. Still, it is possible to help.]
Veronica’s horn activated the rune of ᚦ (Thurisaz).
The rune that protects the caster from attack symbolizes great power, defense against it, and resistance.
A rune meaning to be protected by a mighty being and gain peace!
─That’s right…
When it exploded, the ogre fell asleep as if he had forgotten his pain.
Veronica, who drove the ogre to the brink of death like that, asked.
【My dear. Did the ogre sleep?]
“Uh. Didn’t he follow you?”
【You’re asking something obvious. I was deeply asleep, but I made it possible to answer. Except for strongly refusing to answer, I will answer obediently.]
“Really? Mind! Dog Ten Spiritual Haguma!”
─ Clap clap clap!! I applauded Veronica’s skills from the bottom of my heart.
‘That rune also seems to have a lot of application power, doesn’t it?’
After learning it, it was as good as the rune of ᚲ (Kenaz), which was properly picked and eaten. It was a rune that seemed very useful, such as enhancing magic resistance and forced sleep.
‘It’s almost as good as fucking Korean language.’
After all, wasn’t there a good word in Korean that can be turned around with all sorts of expressions?
‘Fuck’, ‘No’, ‘Changryeol’, things like that.
Even in the runes, ᚦ (Thurs) and its variants seem to be comprehensive words reminiscent of anising.
If you think about it, it was just like that. It seems that the Odin I saw in my dream was able to explain almost all the laws of the world with 18 letters.
‘Should I learn that next time too?’
If it’s such a powerful rune, it’s fucking difficult to learn and apply it, but at least I have a foul technique that I can’t compare to others in learning.
I looked at the stunned ogre and made a happy prediction. If my hunch is correct, now would be the right time to think about new runes to learn.
Anyway, there was a way to make the interrogation so easy! It was a confession magic that the fucking FBI would want in exchange for their director Bural!
Veronica said, surprised by my exaggerated reaction.
【And, don’t be overconfident? It is a magic that almost does not work except for very weak or unresisting opponents.]
“Where is that anyway?”
Couldn’t the time for torture have been omitted? I nodded in satisfaction.
If what I saw in the movie is correct, the most important thing about torture is the process of losing physical strength by making the tortured subject starve and exhausted. Because if the Communist Party uses a hypnosis app when the SAN value is reduced, no one can stand it.
“Hey. Hey. Ogre. Can you hear me? Answer me if you hear me. Your body gradually becomes a log… Became a log…”
─It’s great… Log…
There was a reaction when I pushed the bamboo barrel to the window. I thought I should be interrogated like this. I didn’t stop there, I wanted perfection.
Accept the magic of hypnotism that appeals to the unconscious! I declared with a snap of my index finger.
“Red Sun.”
─Exactly!
