Chapter 216 – Orihalcon (2)
Once on the surface, we hid and went outside Mozriun.
The reason for hiding was not only to avoid the undead, but also to consider how ‘people unrelated to the accident’ would behave at the scene of the accident.
Think about it. Isn’t it too suspicious to be a group walking leisurely in a place where gunshots and explosions are exploding? If I were a cop, I would 100% remember it.
There was a reason for our sneaking out.
“Oh my God!! Why did you come out so late!!”
However, I couldn’t ignore the entry records at all. When we came out of the entrance, a soldier jumped out of the Germania Kingdom army that was lined up. It was probably an administrator assigned by the kingdom.
“Evacuate quickly!! Did you hear the explosions in the city?!”
“Sorry. I thought it was dangerous, so the initial start was delayed.”
As discussed, Dana made an excuse. Something was happening in the city, so I couldn’t move quickly. It was a good enough excuse.
“The access record is——”
“I have already done it!!”
The manager, obsessed with evacuating civilians, inspected his belongings at the guard post as if roasting beans with lightning. Did he think that the person who entered through formal procedures would not be the culprit? It was almost like looking around in a bag.
“What is this slate?”
While showing concern that something might happen, the officer in charge pointed to the stone slab that caught the eye of the ‘only’ among our luggage. It was a stone slab without any patterns on the front and back, resembling stone floor tiles.
I cleared my throat at that question.
“It’s just an item related to magic. There is a party member who uses earth magic.”
“Ah, you are an adventurer. Okay. No problem. I don’t know what’s going on in the city, so please evacuate as far away as possible.”
“Yes. It seems that all the other adventurers and peddlers have evacuated, right?”
“Because you were the last.”
After being kicked out by the courteous banquet, we came out to the meadow to Kudses. It seemed that the army of the Germania Kingdom was led by someone like a captain to search the city.
“Senior, why is that person in such a hurry~?”
Lalilura asked as if she didn’t understand. Is it because I can’t see the scale of what I’ve done? Well, if you saw it in person, you would have wondered why you went into such a dangerous place as you saw it.
“Because someone could have caused a terrorist attack. Even if the castle wall collapses, it will stop with zombies roaming around the meadow, but it is clear which one is easier to manage the undead: a plain without shields or inside the walls.”
“Aha! I’m sorry about something♡”
“If I say sorry, I should be sorry for robbing the ruins.”
I gave a small answer and took out the ‘ordinary stone slate’ that had passed the inspection casually.
─Pasasak.
He broke the rock cap Veronica had put on with his brute force. Because of the runaway or the awakening of [Gerture], The physical strength of the basic state was also slightly increased.
─Ugh! She put her hand on it while blowing mana into the stone slab with the magic circle on it. As if immersed in sleep, I put my hand into the stone slab and took out a copy of the magic book.
“〈 Portable Subspace〉. No, is it higher level magic than that?”
“I don’t know the human magic system, so don’t ask about the name of magic. It seems that he just used that magic circle and Orihalcon to fill the subspace with mana.”
Veronica restated the value of the tablets.
The thing we worried about the most as we got out was the inspection of our belongings. Inspecting passers-by’s goods was something one wouldn’t normally do in another world, but in an emergency, it was more than enough.
The space in the catacombs could be hidden. Because Fran and Veronica used earth magic to destroy Yerna’s hiding place.
However, if he was inspected while escaping, he would have found out the farmed items.
There was also a line about Veronica hiding and getting out of there with rune magic, but it wasn’t a good way to think about when she was caught. Where did the colt that went in with you go? It’s embarrassing to ask such a question.
At that time, it was this stone tablet that Veronica presented.
A magic circle that sends things to sub-space like an inventory in a game!
Taking advantage of that effect, we put in all the items we farmed. And it passed the inspection by hiding it so that the magic circle would not be damaged.
‘I could have legitimately claimed ownership, but…’
I don’t know how far the organization called 〈 Compilation Battalion 〉 is reaching, but it couldn’t be that way.
“Sister Veronica. Isn’t this also an artifact of an ancient civilization~?”
Lalilura clung to her shoulder and dipped her finger into her slate and pulled it out. Ah, the magic circle connected to the space looks strange, but this guy has become friends with Veronica again.
“It’s not an artifact class. Even in modern times, subspace technology has been developed.”
Dana took off her gauntlet and wiped away her sweat, answering instead. Because Veronica doesn’t know the level of magic development in the human world.
“But, is that really expensive? Specifically, I bought about 100 of my husbands, who were 2 silver, and sprayed them with weapons, enough left over.”
“Can’t you just tell me it’s worth a few gold? If you put it like that, you’re a fucking slave wife too.”
“Call me master, not wife. I won’t put it on the used market until it breaks.”
“Lalilura. After 50 years, if you see a Kitai male slave that is overpriced at the slave market, be sure to buy it.”
“I absolutely hate it☆ Oh, but I’ll think about it in 5 years!”
She babbles for a moment and puts the slate back in her bag.
“The connection between space and space is reproduced with modern magic. If it sends creatures or becomes a skill that leads to the other world, it becomes a problem of a completely different level.”
It was the difference between traveling around the world and traveling in space.
With that said, we went back to Qudseth.
The carriage only went one way, so I had prepared to camp on the way back. I was able to sleep outside overnight and return to the inn the next day for lunch.
“What do you say to Lillian? I wouldn’t believe it if I said Professor Neg was an asshole.”
“What the heck? I must say I couldn’t find it.”
“I’m sorry, but I have no choice but to do that. … Let’s write a letter.”
I wrote a heartfelt letter of sympathy to the poor master’s colleague who had been tricked by Yerna. Thanks to her, I was able to get rid of old Yerna before he did anything, so she was grateful for that.
“——Well then, the time has come for Norr to explain.”
Fran said when I left the letter at the inn.
Fran is so calm and kind, but I shrank from the charisma I show every time I get into an accident. What are you talking about, if Dana has the personality to scold her while hitting her back, Fran has the personality to sit down with an expressionless face and make her confess.
Which one is more frightening, the franc is three times more frightening.
“Talk is, um, that’s it? The one I messed with.”
─Nod. Four people nodding their heads as if asking what they were asking.
They confirmed that they were of the same mind, but all of a sudden, their eyes focused on Lalilura.
“Four? Why, why?”
Lari Lura didn’t know what she meant, but she seemed to quickly figure out what it meant.
“… Ah yes. Okay. Are you saying I shouldn’t hear it?”
Lalilura covering her eyes as if she was slightly hurt. Unlike Fran, Dana, and Veronica, who knew everything about my situation, there were many things that Lariru did not know.
Her wives and Veronica realized that my runaway was, of course, related to what Odin’s heir was doing. Because of that, he sent his eyes to Lalilura.
Dana corrected herself as if taken aback by the reaction.
“Oh, no, I don’t mean get out. I’m just worried that you won’t be able to keep up…”
“Larilura, you can stay too.”
I intercepted Dana’s words and said. Her face brightened as if she were happy.
“Aha♡! After all, seniors have eyes to see people! I will keep my mouth shut and keep it a secret for the rest of my life♥!”
“I won’t tell you any secrets. I’ll just tell you roughly what happened.”
“Oh, is it bullying? Is this also bullying? But I guess it makes sense!”
Lalilura cheering her up by doing her up and down headbanging workout.
Although I was a little uneasy, I believed in Ralilura. She’s going through a lot of danger with this guy, too, but isn’t it true that she’s alienating her from her story altogether because she might break up someday?
As for the company, she ostracizes hard-working employees, saying that they will soon change jobs.
One of her cousins had a similar experience, and it lasts for a fucking long time. Every holiday, she curses her old company and says she needs to do well in her job.
At the company, it seemed to have been dropped to hide the company’s secret, but the cousin was telling everything he knew as revenge for being bullied.
‘Perhaps it would be okay if it was Ralilura.’
I thought so and raised her hand. ─Shuwak! Beast return kicked in and covered her palm.
“I will start talking. This is just my opinion, but—”
I explain it like that.
The story started with the statement that beast return seemed to be a special skill for practicing mana.
To summarize:
The more that mana (= Old God’s mana) accumulates, the stronger the beast return.
The trigger for that mana to increase was anger. I think I have a bit of an anger control disorder because of that.
The reason why I ran amok was because I lost my reason in anger without being able to do anything.
The trigger for the anger was Fran’s fall.
So, the special mana I had been accumulating was running out of control, and my magic ability was strengthened.
That was pretty much the explanation.
“Rage… Was it because of Fran?”
When Dana finished the first chapter of my explanation, she clenched her chin distraught.
She then glances at me and looks at me. Damn easy to understand I said cheaply.
“Dana, even if you got hurt, the outcome would have been the same.”
“… Is it Tina that I think so? Wouldn’t it be?”
“Don’t be cute if you don’t want to be found out. If I did, I would have thought, ‘What if my husband doesn’t mind even if I get hurt?'”
“Ah fuck, I don’t know why I would be embarrassed if someone I know so well said that!!”
She retrieved the pillow that was brought to her by using the tricks of Tai Chi. No, that’s what I said. It’s my older sister.
“Anyway, from now on, noona, take good care of yourself. If you go somewhere and get beaten up, you’ll put a bounty on your sister’s husband that day. Behave well.”
“Don’t show off to an asshole that I got my nose pierced, you bastard.”
Dana growled like she would have climbed on top of me and bit my throat if it were her family. Fran laughed and raised his hand.
“But according to Nord’s words, isn’t it only magic ability that has been strengthened? To see that… I remember how powerful it was.”
“Uh. I was going to talk about that too.”
This time, I explain the function of the catacombs.
Just like a 3-hour movie with a running time of 3 hours, the caring mind put in time to rest in the middle. This is civilization
The reasoning content was almost at the level of delusion——because there was no evidence——but no one objected to the logical content. Half of it feels happy to be trusted and half feels burdened.
“It’s hard to believe that the gloomy catacombs were relics for gathering holy mana. If so, do you remember the magic tips you acquired then?”
“At all. Because I was completely ecstatic.”
I wonder if there was some kind of trick, it felt like it had grown a tail and moved it as if it were its own body. I couldn’t even think of how to do it, so I don’t remember anything.
‘It’s a pity to hear and see. I wish I could have saved even one.’
As I was thinking that, Lari Lura let out her moan.
“That elf’s alter ego stole mana from the ruins and pulled out its limbs, but it still grew like a troll? You manipulated the city’s mana and defeated it?”
“Yes. It seems that he remodeled the magic circle over there and sent mana directly to the alter ego.”
It was a dual structure that reduced the risk of injury while fighting and avoided mana poisoning.
In this damn different world, it seems that even criminals can’t do it if they’re stupid. Or maybe you’re tough enough to handle stupidity.
“… Are you okay?”
“Because it’s okay. It was as strong as the master class with its mana and strengthening teeth, so I couldn’t even hit it because I beat it.”
It wasn’t really my strength, so I wasn’t proud of it. At that, Frank twisted her head.
“Master? Something like a sword master?”
“If you put it that way, it would be close to an Archmage.”
Yes. Let’s pretend it’s an Arch Mage. Spear masters are not easy to deal with.
A master class leading to the start of the Archmage.
The superman and supergirls of another world who can carry out important national responsibilities with only their own strength.
‘At the time of the master class, it was said that it was rare for individuals to be affiliated with a country because the work they could do was so great.’
Adventurers with Gold, Platinum, Mithril, etc. Are scouted and go to a better place, but there are also master classes among adventurers who remain tenacious and keep their convictions.
Of course, there were only two or so adventurers.
It was said that the current master class, the adventurer, had a strong will from the beginning, and remained with the pride that he would succeed wherever he was and whatever he did.
There are many adventurers who have their legs torn while imitating that old-fashioned mind. Sounds like a story about a master’s coworker living somewhere fucking.
‘Because everyone thinks they’re different from everyone else.’
Then, if you lose 1 million won in a draw game and can’t draw the character you want, you’ll know what you’re doing.
In another world, that stake would be life instead of money.
Anyway, I, who had poured and used the darkness and negative mana that filled the city to my heart’s content, was enough to look at it calmly. Master class. In the adventurer’s class, a skillful person just below the highest rank.
Grand Master is almost an honorary position, so the highest rank that Master usually refers to is correct.
Of course, that didn’t mean that if I ran out of control, I would become as strong as the master class.
Wouldn’t it make a huge difference in what a master swordsman could do if he only had a toothpick as his weapon? My basic mana barrel wouldn’t have been able to completely penetrate the ceiling of the underground ruins.
“I hate to imagine it, but even if it happens again, I don’t think it will be as fucking strong as it was back then.”
In games or comics, I can see it with a mindset that it will work out whether or not it goes wild, but it feels different when I lose my temper and go wild.
It feels like carrying a grenade in your pocket that may explode at any moment.
Patients with real anger control disorder, not a concept, also experience a lot of stress in their daily lives. I have a high boiling point, but it is difficult because the size of the incident that occurs after crossing the threshold is different.
‘… What if I had more mana?’
There won’t be many special cases like Mozuriun.
Now that I know the cause, I will try to hold back my anger. I’m going to have to become a master of fully focused Lamaze breathing.
“My dear. Bring out the Orihalcorn. Let’s test the function.”
“Uh? Oh yeah.”
He took out a white square pyramid from the stone slab and gave it to him. If I analyze this magic circle well, it would be convenient to carry luggage, but I wonder if there is a way.
─Paaah!
Veronica illuminated her pillar with the rune of ᛊ (Sowulo), which symbolizes the sun. The light-attribute mana that flew around Orihalcon swirled and sank under the pillar.
“… I gave up control of mana and it flows downward. It sounds like the Orihalcon you’ve been hearing about is true.”
Veronica reacted like an archaeologist who discovered a city that had only been heard of in legends. I asked while looking at the light-attribute mana stagnant like water.
“My explanation is now complete. I also want to ask about that Orihalcon.”
“Of course I think so too. Okay, where should I start…”
Veronica picked her words and picked her fingers.
“Orichalcon is a metal from the age of ancient civilization that has been handed down orally by the Bicorn people. It was discovered after the end of the Mythical Age, but at that time, our clan already lived apart from other races, so there is no exact knowledge.”
“What. Don’t you guys also leave a record in writing?”
I’m a bit surprised Just looking at Veronica’s research on the rune stone, the level of Bicorn’s knowledge was high. Do you think that each member of a deity can pass on such knowledge only through words?
“The Prophet said so. Don’t leave knowledge in writing.”
To my surprise, it was Veronica who added a simple comment. Is it for religious reasons?
“Let’s get back to talking. This alloy appears to have a small amount of orichalcon implanted inside the mithril. I used it to condense the mana of light you mentioned.”
─Suck. Veronica holding up a square pillar. The mana of the light attribute that was pooled in the base disappeared.
“Orichalcon’s effect is a mana conductor. It’s the same as Mithril in that respect, but the level of retention is crucially different. The person who built the catacombs fixed mana with this Orihalcon and sent it to the magic circle connected to the subspace. That is why mana continued to exist despite the long years.”
“A mana conductor. Is it useful for things like grant magic?”
As far as I know, it was the most useful medium for conveying mana.
“It’s too wasteful to write something like that. Don’t we just have a way to put this to good use?
However, it was Veronica who raised the corner of her mouth as if it was absurd for my words.
“I came to this country to find magic ingredients. If it’s Oryhalcon, you’ll have enough left over with that ingredient. It won’t disappear even if you use it.”
─Break it! Veronica poured mana into the pillar and said
“Let’s go to the sea. The last ingredients needed for the shade are there.”
