Chapter 883 – Ep.881 the Collapsed Empire
If I were given the chance to go back in time, I would tinker with the magic circuit without even thinking about it.
“Ugh, Sibeol… It’s so hard, really…”
Obviously, according to my plan, I had to go down very comfortably, like rappelling, with the rope hanging down.
I was sweating so much that my whole body was soaked, like a child splashing in the water somewhere, and I felt very dirty.
And what about how difficult it is?
For efficiency and safety, you tie two railings together and slowly go down. In order to do this, you have to untie one of the two-pronged flames and repeat tying them every time you go down one step.
And as any intelligent person who learned something in elementary school knows, every time the rope was reduced from two to one, my balls, which were already dizzy as if I was hanging a heavy weight, felt like they were being squeezed further down, and cold sweat naturally broke out.
“Heo-eok, heo-eok, fuck, I won’t do it. It’s dirty so I just walk… !!”
In the end, I had to hold on to the railing and pull myself up the stairs.
In fact, it came down enough to come down, and as I said at the beginning, the further down I went, the stronger the power to curse the divinity became, and as proof of that, the pain also increased.
Maintaining the bullwhip doesn’t require as much concentration as before, but one of the reasons was that the depth to the bottom was so deep that I didn’t want to take risks.
I had to consume sanctity to reduce the pain, but in the process, I couldn’t hit my daughter while hanging on the wall, so I quickly emptied the divinity in my balls by infusing more sanctity than necessary to maintain the fire whip.
As a result, as the sanctity rapidly decreased, the pain became somewhat negligible, but on the other hand, due to the lack of sanctity, there was also a problem with the durability of the fire whip.
In other words, the bullwhip had weakened to the point where it could no longer bear my weight, so I had to climb up the stairs again, even if I didn’t want to fall to my death.
“Whew, after all, people have to live with their feet on the ground.”
I felt better just because the horrible weight pulling on my balls was gone.
“But I have no idea how much is left.”
When I stuck my head out of the railing, I was greeted by pitch black darkness above and below.
No matter how much I thought about it, it seemed quite difficult to just walk down.
When I applied oil all over my body and slid down the stairs, I felt like I had been down for almost an hour.
“… “It looks like a street worth running on, doesn’t it?”
About the height of a three-story building.
About that distance down, I could see the stairs on the opposite side.
The distance from where I was standing now to the other side was twice that much.
It was a problem that an ordinary intellectual would never have to worry about, but fortunately or unfortunately, I was a man who was a little far from an ordinary intellectual.
‘It wasn’t much of a problem to get to the fifth floor.’
It’s because the sound is a bit loud.
In reality, there was almost no shock to me.
‘But the railing is a bit annoying.’
After leaning on the railing and thinking about it a little more, I came up with the result.
“After all, people have to use their bodies.”
I held on to the end of the stairs and stretched my body down.
No matter how much I thought about it, it seemed better in terms of stability and other things to just fall down and then hold on to the part of the stairs that would reappear rather than jumping over to the other side.
‘If the situation arises, you can save once with the bullwhip.’
There will be a huge backlash that will make your balls drop, but you won’t actually fall…
“As expected, it’s a good thing you didn’t come with Marvius.”
If he saw me now, wouldn’t he be scared and run to me and nag me about this and that?
“Hurry before I start to doubt…” …”
The moment I was about to let go of her hand.
One very important fact flashed in my mind.
“Fuck. What should I do when I go up?”
It was truly the worst in many ways.
**
Percussion!!
“… “I somehow came here.”
The huge stone slabs finally came into view.
There were a few dizzying moments where my spine felt cold and my asshole felt tense, but I succeeded in coming down without any trouble.
‘If it’s this high, I think I can just jump.’
After roughly calculating the distance to the floor, I decided that it would be enough to run, so I immediately let go of the stairs.
Percussion──!!
The sound made by the soles of the shoes hitting the hard floor rang out loudly and unnecessarily.
“My fingers hurt more than the soles of my feet.”
I lightly eased my stiff fingers and looked around carefully.
About a hundred stone slabs arranged in a circle around the center.
And eight doors embedded in the wall at regular intervals.
‘Before I leave, I should take a look and see if there’s anything worth taking.’
Beyond that door, sacred relics made by my father-in-law in the past will be stored.
That’s what Le Viel said, and since she couldn’t see beyond the door herself, she couldn’t be sure.
“Big.”
If I could, I would have spread the feeling and looked around, but even though there was almost no divinity, the concentration of the curse was so strong that it made my balls go numb, so this time I had to step out on my own.
“Adrian~!!”
I called her name out loud and slowly looked around.
First, I walked to the center along the path made of stone slabs that formed a round wall.
‘This place is a mess…’ .’
“Adriaan~!!”
Tighten your lower abdomen! Even though Jugo and Viggo shouted at him to leave, there was no significant reaction.
‘Good idea… Good idea…’
I suddenly remembered what happened with Irina, so I quickly shook my head to shake off the distracting thoughts.
After coming out of the stone slab again along the way I came, I walked slowly again.
‘This time… ‘Isn’t it coming out?’
While I continued to call Adrian’s name with my mouth, I periodically checked not only the left and right sides, but also the ceiling and back, to be on the lookout for the guardian I met at that time, who could appear at any time and from anywhere.
‘Isn’t it here?’
There were four doors I passed, so it was safe to say I had gone about halfway.
No, is it true that he is really trapped somewhere in the imperial palace in the first place?
People say that Adrian is trapped, but none of the traitors, including a pink slut, know the whereabouts of the place where Adrian is trapped.
They just say it like everyone knows.
‘This is the problem with the confession system…’ …’
In reality, it was false information, but if you believed the information to be true, it would be of no use as a confession or anything.
I think it’s probably the best way to screw over someone who’s trying to use confessions.
“Eight…”
We finally arrived in front of the eighth and final door, and found no trace of Adrian.
‘Because there’s still some inside left.’
It was one of two things if I couldn’t find Adrian here.
Adrian is not trapped in the imperial palace.
Or maybe there is another place we don’t know about.
‘If it’s the latter, it’s very difficult…’
I opened the doors one by one, desperately hoping that Adrian was trapped somewhere among the eight doors.
The scenery beyond the door was nothing special, just a small space with huge boxes neatly placed.
“Fuck, isn’t this really here?”
The seventh door was opened, and the eighth and final door was next.
Now that the guardian wasn’t the problem, my steps naturally became faster.
The moment we arrived in front of the eighth and final door.
“… ?”
Another closed door a little distance away caught my eye.
The door I came out of after checking was left open rather than closed.
This is because the size and shape of the doors were all the same, making it difficult to distinguish them.
Sweet.
“Use…” …”
Unless I was such an idiot that I even forgot what happened a few minutes ago, I was certain that the door I had just grabbed and pulled was the eighth door.
Of course, beyond the eighth door was just a bunch of boxes, just like the rest.
‘Fuck, Adrian isn’t even a thing, so why am I suddenly thinking about the water bath sensor?’
As I walked toward the ninth door, which seemed suspicious to anyone, I tried to clutter my mind with things that had nothing to do with Adrian as much as possible.
Dal-kak.
Even pulling on the handle made my hand feel heavier.
“Son…”
I was about to call her name, but I was shocked and closed my mouth.
It’s not like Adrian from Schrödinger.
If Adrian existed out there, there was no way he would disappear just by calling his name now, but the water bath sensor kept getting on my nerves, so I became cautious for no reason.
Sigh.
I pulled the door, even being careful to swallow.
“How about…”
What should I say about this?
First of all, the scene beyond the ninth door had a very different atmosphere than I expected.
Of course, in a good way.
“It’s really a good thing I came alone.”
On a mat that looks very soft.
“Uhm…”
She was able to find Adrian curled up with her body holding a suspiciously sparkling crystal ball in her arms.
