Chapter 766 – The Crown Dances in the Palace (7)
***
─Stumble. The guard guarding the ruins fainted.
The guard fell helpless as I let go of his neck. It was stunned.
Rummaging through his pockets, Rox approached. He took a bell from his waistband and waved it. -With my daughter. Like a bell on the glass door of a fucking cafe, mana waves rang. The fainted guards awoke. But the eyes were not focused. I asked while touching the ruins door. 〈『Sleepwalker’s Invitation』. It’s a relic.〉 According to his explanation, it is a tool that enables actions that are ingrained in the body even while sleeping. In other words, those guards went back to their jobs. Only the spirit is left in the land of dreams. 〈It’s good that you don’t get attacked at night while camping. If you use it once, your memory will be blurred for about an hour, but in this case, it is not a side effect, but a positive function.〉 “Because I will forget about us… Yo.〉 Roxy answered. Even if you are usually attacked while sleeping, it seems to have been used as a front-panning guard item that allows you to fight for a while before waking up. That looks useful. Rox snooped while inserting the bell. “Would you open the door?” Currently, the adventurers who came to find the ruins under the pretext of protest, the Tiberius Mercenary Corps, and the members of the Winston Exploration Corps had stormed into the guards. 〈Control the entrance to the dungeon? Are you the emperor, not the fucking baron? Uncle, where is your conscience?〉 〈… But really, our captain’s back is laid?〉 ‘What do you know? We don’t have to fight mercenaries or monsters, and it’s enough to ride the crew.〉 As I focused on my senses, I heard a commotion from behind. Of course, this was a commotion of our own making. ‘It was nice that the guards didn’t force us out with my family coat of arms, but I think I went to ask Baron Sellustia about our permission to enter the ruins.’ Winston laughed at Roxy’s sarcasm.
“So you’re sneaking in like this?”
I sympathized with Rox’s words and opened the door.
Kugu Palace… The door to the ruins was wide open.
If it was locked with the technology of an ancient civilization, it couldn’t be opened so easily.
The baron or someone else had opened it, and put a lock on it with modern magic. And that kind of soldering magic. If you analyze the formula and dismantle it, it’s fine.
Said Larry Lura as she pulled out her map.
This is a rough map I made after looking inside.
〈Did you copy the internal map? … Yo?〉
〈It also matches the actual structure.〉
Three people talking like a roundabout song.
You wouldn’t believe it even if you read it with clairvoyance. So I just copied the map with a 3D aerial view. On the pretext of copying the real map.
As long as this map matches the actual remains, my words are quite persuasive.
I threw the
It was a different inventory from the lack of artificial mithril. The small medallion is portable, but there were many restrictions on putting things in and taking it out, but this is a temporary version that solved that problem.
〈What item is it?〉
〈You can put things in or take them out of the subspace that spreads inside.〉
It was made with a motif from Kiara’s scroll inventory.
‘I don’t allow stealing.’
It’s a physical examination. You can do it later.
‘Even if it’s a ruin that isolates the space inside and outside, inventory magic works.’
However, objects outside the ruins cannot be moved by putting them in a subspace.
This means that even if my wives contact me or send me something, the letter does not reach my slate.
However, it seems that this is also a thing of the modern world.
Perhaps thinking of it as the elder’s capital, Rox’s eyes lit up with anticipation, as if imagining a future self who would become like me—a person supported by the elder.
〈… Is it a space magic item that stores things regardless of type? How much is all this… Yo?〉
Roxy also forgot the situation and admired it.
And Winston asked quietly while checking the item I gave him.
Like a quick-witted old man.
The risk of being scattered and the delay in retrieving the artifacts while walking together.
After discussing the risks for a while, we decided to diversify. Me and Rarilu decided to start at the entrance and brushed off the bonanza that I checked on my way back and forth.
However, the recovery was entrusted to Lalilura.
After 10 minutes of busy movement, I turned on my clairvoyant.
─Keying!
I even activated perspective mode and scanned the sky over the ruins with an aerial view. It was dizzy because it was so different from a person’s vision, but I just endured it if I thought it was directing a movie or a cartoon.
‘It looks like a cross section of a 2D dungeon exploration game.’
Boundaries are sufficient. Larry Lura pulled out a bunch of her puppets and swept up whatever she could find. Because I didn’t have time to check the contents.
How much time has passed like that
Their cobwebs reflected in my clairvoyance.
The encampment of the soldiers who control the ruins.
The blue-haired baron who proudly appeared there.
‘The guys I saw back then are hiding.’
8 people. The number of people did not increase. After talking non-authoritatively with a friend who was supposed to be Flavus, the baron defeated them and approached the ruins.
I took out my Valkyrie. Our forces, including the wives, are gathered in a fairly close area. Kelnonia is a little far from here.
‘With one shot of
If they come in, lure them inside and surround them from the front and back. Tiberius brother and sister and Winston, who are recovering artifacts farther in, are safe.
‘It won’t take too many Valkyries to keep us from retreating… Should I just take out three?’
5 to 9.
If you are confident in your skills, you will dive in. Anyway, even if I just took out 20, there was no mana charged to act as a mithril class.
Even if you take out more, is 7-8 the limit?
‘I spent most of my mana while fighting Wooshin, so it can’t be helped.’
That’s when I looked at the enemy.
─Bingle. A blue cobweb with its head raised.
Baron Sellustia greeted her aristocratically as she met her eyes as I looked down with clairvoyance. Pain ran through her eyes as I tried to look away from her in surprise.
─It’s hot!
“Damn it!”
The swearing came out, but it didn’t hurt.
Is it tingling? It looked like dust had gotten in, but that wasn’t the problem.
Support position…
The clairvoyance did not activate again.
‘Did he recognize my gaze and bounce it off?’
“Senior! Magic items are dead!”
Ralilura said, shaking the inventory that had been stuffed with artifacts. I made an impression.
“Has the space magic itself been blocked?”
It is enough to block the clairvoyance derived from Odin’s eye. Even in the golden age, what else could not stop the technology of human civilization? Even the slabs in the inventory stopped working, and I became a little nervous.
A technique that prevents
Has the technology that I’ve been concerned about since the Atlantis Raid appeared now?
‘But even the clairvoyance is blocked, and it affects us from outside the ruins isolated from the outside?’
Could such a thing be possible?
No, it must be possible. I actually ate one.
The siege plan collapsed. It was me who learned in the lab that if you obsess over a collapsed project, it’s perfect for fucking up. I stopped trying to develop my five senses.
Fortunately, it was a wise hesitation.
I’m going to have a good time ─!!!
“Kyaaak?!”
As the unpleasant noise pierced her ears and resounded throughout the ruins, Rari Lura covered her ears. I was trying to figure out how close those bastards were while developing my hearing, but I almost fucking fucked up.
“Is it a revenge war? You are very eager.”
She opened the shield and bounced the mana, muttered.
Those motherfuckers are pros too. He was a formidable enemy because he came to grab and kill each other.
─Stay. I pulled the elastic bast cotton ball and canceled the transformation.
It’s a return to the forager body that I missed.
“Stop the raid operation. Even the escape was blocked.”
“Eww… It doesn’t really matter.”
Rari Lura also took off her elf skin and unlocked her ears and body transformation.
I looked at the map as I pounded Brunak on the ground.
“Leave the other party, and we’ll have a fight here.”
***
Enforcers from the 99th Battalion ran through the ruins.
The baron’s magic prevented the sniping from leaping into space. While paying attention to the distribution of stamina, Jael was a little surprised by the stamina of the baron leisurely following them.
The smiling baron only nodded his head.
It was the moment when I turned the corner of the ruins. Kwurreung-!!! A mighty bolt of lightning filled the passageway and rained down on Zael. I couldn’t even detect mana.
Zael’s hand made a seal.
It was a good alley for a surprise attack, so it was expected. The wind shields activated simultaneously by the eight Executors passed the lightning. The aisle exploded and a cloud of stone dust rose.
Expected surprise. However, only the power of lightning was on a different level. The 99th Battalion, which confirmed the mana that had been cut off, quickly spread out and spread out.
‘Another surprise was allowed. The enemy got ahead of me on the first move.’
‘But the damage was taken into account from the beginning!’
Running three-dimensionally, kicking off walls and the ground, they found a pair of men and women among stone fragments and smoke. A pink-haired puppet master. And–
Jael exclaimed ferociously.
‘Can you put ‘phone’ in your name? It’s the lord’s agent.〉
Nord answered skillfully.
Was it him who carried out the ambush? Or is the subordinate hiding separately?
It is those in charge who consider the question. One of the bailiffs warned in spirit.
─Upper left and right! Three existences that appear to be Valkyries!
-Block with 1 set. Push it into the butchery.
As if following Jael’s command, God’s soldiers swooped down with their shining spears.
─Keep in mind Valkyrie’s encounter records! Don’t even think about winning in close combat!
Valkyrie. Soldiers of God who are born from Goddess Freyja’s throne.
The record of that engagement has been handed down to the Imperial Secretariat. Beings that specialize in thorough fighting techniques and powerful magic even beyond the realm of masters.
Chaeeng!! Chae Chae Chaeng—!!
The executor drew his sword and cut them off regardless of his wounds.
〈There is a limit to human strength and ability to cope even with technology that is superior to anyone else.〉
Zael, who succeeded in the siege, said.
〈Even the master class is like that. Just as your underlings unilaterally pushed us outside the ruins, we too are a group whose main goal is to prevent the enemy from exerting their power.〉
Nord looked at the Celustia man.
Instead of answering, the 99th Battalion reviewed the completion of the Dosakjin in terms of magic techniques.
But the inside wasn’t that cool.
‘… How? No, how far do you know?’
You know the name of the 99th Battalion, whose very existence is a secret?
The bailiffs never even chatted outside the baron’s mansion. Considering the possibility that the baron might have betrayed him, Jael put an aura on his sword.
-Kagak! Nord’s spear drew a line on the floor.
“I wonder why you know?”
The baron answered as he opened the book.
〈A smart guy doesn’t have a good first impression. Especially a man with a weapon.〉
That was exactly what he had done as soon as he had driven out Winston and Tiberius.
Half-opening his eyes, Nord nudged Zael and his baron with his index finger.
〈By the way, did you not share the information? Surprisingly, you guys don’t get along very well, do you?〉
〈… Baron.〉
It’s like a little guy who can’t even help.
He was an aid to no avail except to prevent the enemy from escaping.
Nord also put an aura on his spear.
“Your subordinates didn’t know anything. I’m looking forward to it because you seem to know a little better.〉
Executioners who shared their will through mind and heart did not even go through an order to attack. Sssss… !! Thick mana spurted from their entire bodies in formation. The mana force field, which turned into tangible energy, covered Nord and Lalilura. When Nord’s face hardened slightly, Zael struck right in front of him. The Valkyries intercepted some of them. The five executors spewed out mana while stepping on regular steps. The force field actually pressed the enemies with murderous power. ─Bright! A Nord who cuts out three Aura Blades. Anyway, the output of the aura was amazing, and the attack was only a light check. Chae-chae-chae-chae-chae-!! The sound of metal exploding like shaking a basket with blades in it! Nord stuck out his tongue, believing in his defense and guarding some attacks with his body. 〈Vast mana and group collaboration become a blade that kills the strong.〉 The Dosakjin of the 99th Battalion was a formation that consumed the enemy and saved the allies. A master class master or transcendence monster did not have the ability to inflict fatal wounds on a single executive. However, humans have human tactics. The source of any monster’s power was mana. If you constantly pour even a cup of water into the molten iron, it will eventually cool down. ‘The mana consumption is intense. Is the mana that was covered in the first place the cause?’ Nord frowned at the speed at which the blows accumulated and the tight formation. ‘There is no damage, but mana flies away.’ Even if you use magic to break the formation, it is useless. There was no gap when shedding or avoiding and replenishing the formation. It was to the point where I felt that way even though there were only three opponents. Nord’s senses were right. The name of the high-ranking magic that the 8 executioners invoked was
-Chaeeng!
Even without contact, the magic that annihilates mana in pairs consumes Nord’s mana every second. Efficiency is maximized because the executioners share the burden of consumption.
Even a Sorcerer from the Wizards Guild would die of mana exhaustion in about 10 seconds even if they stayed still.
Including the actual attack, the mana shed is 2 to 3 times that of all the Executioners. When 9 people gather, even the dragons cannot blow out a handful of flames unless their hearts are overworked.
That’s why Jael’s eyes trembled incessantly.
“Lightning Missile.”
Pajijijijik-!!
Even the dragons were caught in the loop of the butchers’ waning, the Nords were shooting magic. Her inexhaustible mana pierced her blade and electrocuted Zael.
─Jjwoong!!!
The Executioners, who were not defeated by the Nords in terms of skill, succeeded in inserting the tip of the sword into their bodies. Zael also stabbed the blade, which was wrapped in aura, into the middle of his empty back.
4th effective hit already.
Her men also put their swords together at least 10 times.
The master class master I killed the other day seemed to be weakening by this time.
Nord is not a real master class either, although the number of people has increased by 1/3 from 9 to 3. You can see the level just by looking at the action. By this much he must be exhausted if he has been attacked.
〈Could you call me the Intelligent Elite?〉
So what does this guy mean?
Blood Demonic Art
Kaiser Phoenix
Pew-!!
The flames exploded and burned the left half of the body of one of the executioners.
How are you still moving? Why is it still possible to cover the whole body with mana of an unknown defensive type, and continue to consume mana to emit intense spear skills?
Nord stepped on the advance and pulled the spear.
─Suddenly!
One bailiff, stupefied by the unquenchable flame, lost its head to Brünak.
