Chapter 238 – Sleeping Flame (5)
A rune that realized its true meaning.
In other words, just like Veronica, she could learn a rune that would activate just by memorizing a spell.
For some reason, the rune curse on humans didn’t work on me. Maybe it’s because I’m from Earth, so I’m not cursed, I just think.
‘Of course, I can’t use runes if they don’t suit my aptitude.’
The limits of magic aptitude are not much different from runes.
Just as Veronica can’t talk to spirits with ᚨ (Ansuz), I wouldn’t be able to use transformation magic to the level of Veronica.
Still, figuring out how to understand the true meaning of the runes was a good harvest. Until now, I didn’t really know how to enhance the runes.
Because ᚨ (Ansuz) was obtained by doing samba-samba with the souls imprisoned in the golem.
‘Come to think of it, even then, the amount of absorption was no joke.’
At that time, the souls trapped in the golem clung to me and achieved enlightenment.
In the process, he shared the mana of the rune he had. Perhaps that is why the awakening of the runes he had just acquired was possible.
I guessed the mana contained in the seal.
‘One, two, three… Nine servings?’
It seems that you can strengthen one rune with the mana of the rune that can learn 9 normal runes.
‘I don’t know why this giant had rune mana.’
As far as I know, this bastard didn’t use runes.
‘Is it a mystery of the mana succession phenomenon?’
Perhaps the old god’s mana that the giant had was replaced with rune’s mana.
In modern magic, it is common to obtain the mana of the Old God through runes.
Maybe that’s why I misunderstood that it could only be obtained from rune masters until now?
Mana succession is a phenomenon of ‘absorbing similar mana’, so it didn’t seem strange that the old gods’ mana resonated with each other.
‘… I’ll think about what rune to strengthen later.’
I took a deep breath as I put the seal in my pocket.
It was a daily occurrence to be full of unknowns. If you think about it, isn’t the answer coming out? Let’s just rejoice that it’s dog gain.
“My dear. Is there any way to skin the giant?”
Veronica, who followed me, asked.
Ah, fuck. That’s it too. This baby skin doesn’t crack even when I swing a spear.
“Write… Sleep. I’ll try.”
I pumped out what little mana I had left and raised the beast return claws.
‘The spear is usually sharper, but…’
The higher the output of Beast Return, the sharper the claws.
It was natural. It just doesn’t work because it’s inefficient.
For the same mana consumption, the full buff state was better in terms of cost-effectiveness. In other words, it was a skill that cost more mana than the fuel efficiency double buff.
─Shwaaaaa!!
To conserve mana, she only activated Beast Return on her right thumb.
With the mana absorbed from the giant, the mana barrel increased slightly. Still, mana did not recover.
I’ve done full recovery twice today, so it’s hard to recover anymore. Again, the side effects would come out if I recovered.
It’s the same as doing three sprints in one day that you can’t even lift a finger. I could cross the rainbow bridge in a hurry.
“Cut it down, please…”
I stabbed her thumb nail into the skin like a cutter knife.
─Suddenly.
“Five!”
Skin pierced by Beast Return’s claws. I had no time to rejoice, and my complexion hardened at the fierce consumption of mana. Damn, I’m not good at dismantling.
─Clearly.
I am diligently nailing my nails to get at least one more piece of blue leather.
It’s a creature with limbs, so it might be objectionable, but it just feels like skinning a kangaroo. It’s not because they look like humans.
‘Having a face is more like a dick than a face.’
Fuck. While cutting the neck, we met eyes. Vomit comes out
This bastard, the mask melted as I searched for it. A face with one eye open is 100 times more disgusting than peeling off the film between skin and skin.
‘Can I cut this off and use it for the eye socket like Medusa’s neck?’
That’s what I thought, but I didn’t want to carry something like this even if it got smaller.
Even if it’s a corpse that’s been searched for, just looking at it makes your body shudder. Any bastard who wants to carry this in his bag must be a man with a lot of mental problems.
─Quarreureung!!
Then he threw lightning bolts at the giant, who had completely peeled off his skin and became like a raw chicken.
There was still a lot of water mana left in the corpse, so I thought they would buy it if I sold it to the Wizards Guild, but I thought it would be annoying to ask what it was, so I just burned it.
Chii profit…
A giant who burns easily because he takes off his skin.
If electricity is passed through the mana of the water, it’s even weirder. This kid’s defense was all leather teeth.
“Ouch…”
I saw a heavy leather strap on the back that would fill two or three chests of drawers. Is it because I ran out of mana? I’ll break my back
It was so heavy that it was hard to carry around even when folded. Veronica smiled bitterly.
“What if I leave it alone and pick it up when I go back? We have not yet achieved the purpose for which we came here.”
“Damn it. I should.”
I need to get the burning branches too. I put down the bundle of leather.
─Whoa!
Look at the fuck It’s a fucking rock. Very.
Can this be processed into armor?
Well, if you give me money, I’ll take care of it.
“But Veronica. The exit is blocked, so what?”
“You have to go lower than here. There must be a different way.”
Veronica speaks while floating an Orihalcon pillar. The radar seemed to be pointing that way.
─Swoop.
She searched for about 10 minutes and it was as she said. A barrier of illusions was hidden in a space that I thought was a dead end.
This time, it was a barrier only visible to me.
“Fuck, I’m not feeling well.”
“Fighting, Master.”
Anyway, only when it’s fucking like this is the owner. I sighed and tightened my butt and clenched my fists.
──Beast Return 140%.
“Woody Ruid, Smash!!!”
─Quaaang!!
I broke the barrier by activating the beast return part.
Bitter. It’s fortunate that the barrier didn’t get tighter. If the strength of the barrier increased every time I passed a stage, I almost had to return once.
We go beyond the cave where the heat steam rises like that.
It was more difficult because I couldn’t do an ice pack with a frozen punch.
“I’m running out of power… It gets hot…”
“The heat is getting stronger. It is a sign that arrival is not far off. Be patient a little longer.”
“Nefueeng…”
As we progressed, another barrier appeared. This time, it was a barrier that only Veronica could see.
Damn, what is the standard for this barrier? As I was swearing at everything in the world with my discomfort level rising, Veronica’s complexion brightened while sweating.
“My dear. After analyzing the barrier, good news came out.”
“It’s hot and I’m losing my energy, so let’s get down to business.”
“If you pass through this barrier, you will have resistance to high heat. If you cross this road, you won’t have to feel the heat anymore.”
“Muyaho!!!!”
I hurrahed and ran out, but bumped into a barrier and fell.
My first encounter with the ground was the worst.
Different World Unpublished Togeza ON.
“Gyaahiah ahhhhh!
─Pulp!! Veronica laughed as she twisted her body like an octopus on a fire.
“Cook cook. You have to listen to the explanation until the end. You cannot pass through alone.”
It was Veronica who smiled at the Korean’s impatience and held out her hand.
“Come here. Take my hand and let’s go together.”
“Hey, if you go over here, lava will come out, isn’t it… ?”
“Maybe. There must be a reason why the magic that gives resistance to fire was cast on the barrier.”
Mr.
I crossed the barrier like a kindergartener crossing the crosswalk holding my mother’s hand while muttering curse words.
─Kurrureung!
My spear, which refuses mana, struggled for about a second before closing its mouth.
In front of the sophistication of the spell applied to the barrier and the amount of mana, he was good at controlling his anger. My window just becomes a steamed ball. You look like a tattoo bully who gets quiet in front of a gangster.
─Buck. Tboob.
When the light floated and proceeded through the limestone cave, another wide space came out. But it was different from where the giant slept.
─Rest.
It was a real hell here.
‘A child. There’s real lava and it’s fucking.’
Me and Veronica looked at the underground lava waterfall in awe.
Lava Falls was a very literal expression. A charred wall stretched across the entire surface, and red heat ran around the wall like neon wires.
And as the rock that touched the wall melted, it became a waterfall and flowed down.
‘This thing is underground, but the volcano isn’t active?’
How can this be called a mystery of nature?
I want to hit the archaeologist. Amman says it’s a different world, but isn’t it a bit too fucking fantastic? If the National Geographic PDs go on a business trip here, I will write a letter of resignation from my seat and throw it away.
It would have been difficult to breathe if it hadn’t been for the barrier that put the fire resistance on it.
‘The fact that they applied the buff means that they considered the people who came in.’
It was said that the bicorn prophet wanted someone to reach here.
There was one more reason that made me think so.
A stele of a different material from the rock in the cave existed away from the waterfall. Me and Veronica made eye contact and went in front of the stone monument.
It is a stele with nothing written on it.
However, it did not appear to be natural. It was shaped like a carved book.
─Paaaaa!
As we got closer, light poured from the stele.
We are reflexively vigilant. I even prepared to draw mana from the seal.
However, the light of the stone monument was not a magic that threatened us.
【──You are the first to reach this point.】
What the stone monument reflected was a familiar hologram.
A person——no, a god.
She was a bikon woman. Her 2 horns were longer than Veronica’s and her face looked like she was in her twenties. Her attire is simple cloth. This also resembles the Romania dress worn by Veronica.
“A rune stone?”
Muttered Veronica.
Perhaps this stone stele was a rune stone message box used before and after the mythical age. I didn’t notice because the stone monument was so big.
【Okay. This video is a record of Rune Stone. Think of it as an artificial spirit left behind to answer questions from descendants.]
“… Wow, the video answers everything.”
I am amazed at the automatic response of the Hologram Bicon. Veronica looked at the stone monument with her own eyes and said.
“It’s the alter ego magic in the magic of transforming spirits. It is a very high-level technique.”
“Elementalization?”
“How many times have you seen it? The alter ego of the Heavenly God and Franc’s sparrow-shaped golem I saw in my dream. An elf named Yerna also used clones with similar magic.”
“Ah, that’s it.”
Because he is an alter ego who can communicate without the person himself, it felt the most similar to Odin’s alter ego. I asked while shedding my bicorn alter ego.
“What magic is it exactly?”
“To put it bluntly, it is a golem in the form of a spirit that pours souls, spirits, and knowledge into it. It is impossible even for me to make it move without a master.”
“… Doesn’t that spirit over there seem to be of a very high level?”
Even if we talk, there is no response. The way he put his hands together politely and didn’t move at all was like an NPC. If it was Odin’s alter ego, it would have been time to say 20 words already.
Veronica carefully observed the hologram.
“If you don’t speak Germanian, you probably won’t be able to respond. I only know about the avatar of the heavenly god you showed me as an alter ego that responds as smoothly as the real person.”
【Speak in German? So what.]
I cleared my throat and spoke to the stone monument’s hologram.
【Oh, well. Hello?】
【Yeah. Hello.】
A hologram bicorn that returns laughter. Looking at it like this, it seems that it is really alive, but seeing that the smile quickly returns to its normal expression, it seemed that the automatic transponder was correct.
【The name of the Asher family is Veronica Eclipsis. It is an honor to meet you.]
Veronica greeted, lifting the hem of her dress lightly.
I couldn’t help it that I had an attitude as if I was dealing with an older person. If our predictions are correct, Veronica’s ancestors would be correct according to the genealogy.
Is that why? To put it bluntly, Veronica asked cautiously, even though she was nothing more than an alter ego.
【I know that even asking such a question is rude, but… May I ask your ancestor’s name?]
【──────.】
The hologram that received the question thought about it for a few seconds, like the waiting time of an arithmetic device, and then answered like this.
【──The name of “That” Body is Astoria Magidora.】
A strange name I’ve never heard before.
But the title that came next was familiar to me too.
【The only prophet (Volva) of the Bicorns who survived after Ragnarok.】
