73. Stalker (7)
73. Stalker(7)
Arisha’s Forbidden Library Exploration event is a famous event even in the original work for the content of deceased characters. The mansion where the Forbidden Library is located has a five-story structure, with three floors underground. Inside the mansion, the player must head upstairs while avoiding Snow Woman, the maid.
In the process, the goal of this event is to have a boss battle on each floor, head upstairs with the key the boss was holding, and finally enter the Forbidden Library. It’s not an official story, it’s an event made to be played in the second round.
If you want to know why this kind of event is old-person content, the reason is that in this episode, all characters and monsters have the same level, and the monsters that appear act like the player.
Excluding allies who are stabbed by weaknesses, stabbing status ailments and weaknesses, using consumables, etc. That is, it behaves the same as the user. We even run away if we check our team’s strength and think that the win rate is low based on factors such as attributes and conditions.
For that reason, it is impossible to play Diljjak, but it is designed so that elemental or weak points attacks can be extremely effective. Since this content itself is focused on exploration, you can get information about the monsters that appear when you walk around the mansion, and you have to collect that information to clear it smoothly.
If there is no information, it is really difficult content, but on the contrary, if there is a strategy and the proficiency enough to implement it, the Forbidden Library event is an event that allows one-person play as the main character.
Since I am a late person from , Of course, I know the weaknesses of all the monsters here. In other words, if you want to, you can progress while defeating the boss with Eldenia. I thought about doing that for my training, but isn’t it a bit special now?
Someone stimulated the Dumchid Dumchit tree, putting us in danger. You can’t drain your stamina until the identity of the person who touched the tree is clear. Thinking so, I decided to use a trick.
“Ears, ghosts!?”
“Yes, there are ghosts and monsters here too. But he’s not a strong guy. Really scary ghosts come from the gray forest.”
“Oh… It’s a ghost, I’m really scared!”
“You look very happy when you say that?”
At the word ghost, Eldenia smiled brightly. It seems to have the mindset to purify or achieve Buddhahood.
“Although most of them are created ghosts, there are some ghosts with real stories. This time, I’m going to see that friend.”
“If there is a story… ?”
“I was a student at Arisha Academy a few decades ago. He is a student who died in an unfortunate accident.”
“Ah… “
When a heavy story comes out, Eldenia’s face instantly darkens.
“Then… I am.”
“No. It is a ghost that has released all grudges. I’m just living here for a hobby, so you don’t have to worry too much about it.”
“What, what? A hobby?”
After talking that far, I heard the bell ringing from the snow woman and hid her body. After waiting for the snow woman to disappear, we headed to the basement. It took some time to lift the curse hanging in the basement.
“What will happen if I don’t break the curse?”
“You go round and round the same place. Hurry up because time is running out.”
That’s how I entered the second basement floor and entered the first room. The room is structurally the same as the tiered classroom, and there is a girl standing on a podium, staring blankly in front of her.
It was Eldenia who had been making strong noises such as saying that ghosts are not so scary and that she would purify herself, but when she actually faced a ghost, she crossed her arms around my arm to see if she was afraid. I approached the lecture table with Eldenia.
“Stand… senior.”
“It’s okay. Because there is no direct harm done.”
“But… “
Wise went somewhere a little while ago, he looks completely frightened. After looking at her and smiling at her, I approached her ghost. The ghost has its back on us and only looks forward.
“Hello. I am a student at Arisha Academy.”
“…… “
“I’d like to ask for directions.”
“…… “
A ghost ignoring my words. After a moment of silence, Eldenia hugs my arm even more tightly. She is shaking her body finely.
“Looking for a way to go up—”
ㅡ『Go down.』
“You can come down.”
ㅡ『Go down.』
“Come down.”
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ㅡ『…』
The ghost, unable to speak, slowly turns around and looks down at us. Her face was pale purple, and she had no eyes, nose or mouth. Eldenia, who was terrified by such a sight, buried her face in my shoulder.
ㅡ『Go down.』
“I want to go to the 5th floor. Ruler. Come down.”
ㅡ『Go down.』
“I will drop you off.”
After I dropped her, Eldenia. I grabbed her spear and pierced the middle of her lectern. The ghost lowers her head, looks at the podium pierced by her spear, then turns and stands with her back to us.
“It’s over. Now the ghost will come down.”
“My, are you coming down? That, then… “
“Yes. With one simple favor, he’ll take us to the 5th floor. Close your eyes, saintess-“
I was about to tell El Denia to close her eyes. The ghost turns towards us. It was then.
ㅡ『Go down aaa!」
“Quaaa!”
The ghost, which had been slowly turning, slammed her face into us with great speed, and suddenly, with a loud noise. The ghost suddenly had eyes, nose and mouth, and it was said to be a ghost, and blood was dripping from every hole in its face.
The problem was Eldenia. She must have been quite startled by the ghost that suddenly hit her face, and let out a tremendous scream and let go of her mind.
“Ahhhhh!”
“Stand up, saintess!”
“Ahhh!”
Eldenia burst into tears. Losing her mind, she gathers her divine magic to create her bow, and then she shoots arrows all over the classroom. Although she thought she would be surprised, she didn’t think she would cry, which is quite embarrassing. Ghosts are also quite embarrassed by the current situation. It’s backing away from us.
Pajik!ㅡ Kwajik!ㅡ
“Ahh! Ugh, don’t come! Ozzy, kk. Don’t come!”
Howling arrows fired indiscriminately were destroying the lecture hall. If even one of those arrows hits the ghost, a big trouble will happen.
With that thought in mind, I threw myself away and covered the ghost.
“Ahh! Go away! Go away! Gaaa!”
Eldenia is weeping and shooting magic arrows here and there. Then an arrow flies straight towards the ghost. I gripped the spear and struck the flying arrow from top to bottom.
“Holy Lady! Eldenia! Wake!”
“Ahhh! aaah!”
At that time, another arrow flew by. This time, I took a stance and swung the spear to hit it with a spear. However, I couldn’t hit the arrow perfectly with my proficiency, and as a result, I got a wound on my shoulder.
f*ck!ㅡ
“Ugh… “
“Ahhh… ah… “
When blood splattered from my shoulder, then Eldenia came to her senses. Once she put her hand around her divine magic. And once on my bloody shoulder. One last look at the ghost.
“My… What am I?”
“He ran out of control by himself and shot arrows at me. I was more afraid of ghosts. Isn’t it?”
Let me turn my head and look at the ghost and say that. The ghost that was shaking in the corner nodded slowly. When the ghost and I agreed to say that I was afraid of Eldenia, her eyes shook violently.
“My… I… scared… “
She seems shocked, but she shakes her head and comes to her senses, then jumps her gun and looks at my shoulder. Then she covers her own mouth with one of her hands.
“I… to the senior… Sorry. Ah, I didn’t mean to do this.”
While saying that, Eldenia healed my shoulder using healing magic. While treating her, it is her bonus to shut her eyes tightly, blaming herself for her mistakes.
If you think about it, I covered the ghost. Rather than avoiding the arrow, he chose to parry it, and was wounded. As if Eldenia didn’t care about those circumstances, she kept blaming herself.
“I’m sorry. Senior… I am… I guess I shouldn’t have followed you here. After treatment… Also, I’ll be back.”
“Eldenia… “
“I’m sorry. Really. Ugh, really… Sorry… “
Shocked by the fact that she attacked me, she begins to whimper and shake her shoulders. I patted Eldenia on the shoulder.
“It was an accident. Even the saintess knows.”
“Ha, but… I hurt you.”
“No. Since the saintess healed her, she counts it as nothing. And, when the saintess dies, I have to explore this scary mansion alone.”
“I’m here alone… “
I took out a handkerchief made from her moist tree bark and wiped El Denia’s eyes.
“With tears in my eyes. Mistakes are made by everyone, right? I’m really fine.”
“That… All right. I’ll make sure this doesn’t happen next time. Sorry.”
“Yes. That’s it. Because I also reflected. Will you stay by my side and protect me?”
“Yes. Okay.”
Eldenia nods her head, and she crawls into the seat next to me and puts her arms around her. She has no eyes to see, and since she is in a weak state of mind and body, she decided to leave it alone. If she crosses her arms when she goes out, you should warn her not to do this.
“Hey… “
While comforting Eldenia, her ghost talks to us. Eldenia frowns and looks at her ghost. She seems to be warning me not to touch it.
“I came down… Sorry. When I’m standing on the podium, I’m not myself… I’m really sorry I made you cry.”
“It’s okay because I solved everything. My name is Shiza, 2nd year Woros Blood.”
“That… I am. What was my name?”
A ghost asking what his name was. There was no way I would know, so I shook my head.
“Anyway, sorry to startle you. I didn’t mean to. You said you wanted to go up to the 5th floor, right? As an apology, I’ll take you there.”
“Please, what if I meet a snow woman on the way?”
“It’s okay. Since you’re my guest, I won’t do anything harsh to you. Then let’s go right away.”
Originally, you have to clear the quest given by the ghost on the podium. I was sent to the 5th floor, but thanks to Eldenia, the ghost’s mind was freed, so I was able to skip the quest and head straight to the 5th floor.
It may not have been intentional, but thanks to Eldenia, it was shortened by more than an hour. Back at the store, she followed the ghost down the aisle, thinking Eldenia would make her her favorite strawberry dessert.
A snow woman met on the way. When Snow Woman looked at her ghost standing on her podium, she quietly backed away and ran away. When the first floor was breached, the second floor boss declared war and attacked. The boss on the second floor was beaten by a ghost overnight, and he knelt down in the corner and raised his hand.
“That… Why can’t the undead even shout at the ghost?”
“Ah, that is.”
I was about to answer Eldenia’s question. I could see the shoulder of the ghost who was guiding us in front of us trembled for a moment. They seem to be enjoying this situation.
“Wherever you go, career is important. That ghost standing in front of us is the eldest here.”
“Ah… age… How is Spring Autumn?”
Eldenia asked the ghost walking ahead.
“I am 78 years old. The oldest after me is a 56-year-old armored warrior. Among the friends who were born when the Forbidden Library was created, I reincarnated once in the middle, so in the current situation, I’m the highest in rank. That’s why everyone is afraid of me except for the owner of the Forbidden Library.”
“Oh, because of the age difference… “
“I’d be happy if you said career.”
El Denia nodded her head at the correction of her ghost. She did so and she got to the 5th floor. The hallway on the 5th floor looked like an ordinary hallway that stretched out in a straight line, but also the windows. It was a bizarre hallway with nothing really, no visits.
Here, the ghost took a step ahead and opened its mouth.
“A guest has arrived”
Stillness flows. It was then. As the hallway becomes distorted, the structure begins to change. A mysterious phenomenon where the walls turn and the floor goes out. As Eldenia disappears from the floor she was stepping on, she hurriedly grabs onto the wall near her.
“It’s okay. It just looks like the floor is gone.”
“Ah!”
Perhaps feeling ashamed of her behavior, Eldenia, her face reddened, moved away from her wall and stood next to me.
In this way, the structure of the corridor is changed, and it is instantly transformed into a spacious library. Bright sunlight streamed in from the large windows in the library, making me wonder if it was the same building as the dark mansion we were in a moment ago.
El Denia spits out her exclamation and turns her head to look at her book. Then she lowers her head towards a woman with long red hair who is sitting at the reception desk in the library.
A red-haired woman sitting at her reception desk, she casually takes off her witch hat, which she was wearing, and throws it away. Then the ghost who had been lowering her head raised her head and opened her mouth.
“Hello. A guest came and brought me up like this.”
“You did a great job.”
“Yes.”
The ghost turns her body and beckons to the table in front of her reception desk.
“Let’s go.”
“Thank you.”
I took Eldenia, who was looking around, and sat down at the table in front of the reception desk.
“A guest. It’s been a really long time. Hello.”
“Hello. Arisha Academy Shiza Class 2nd Year Woros Blood. This is Eldenia, a first year student in the same class.”
“Nice to meet you. I am the owner of this Forbidden Library. My name is Arisha.”
The red-haired sorceress, Arisha, smiles coquettishly while saying that.