“Let’s go back so we can reorganize and go back in.”
How could such an outrageous act be done?
I came out of the fog with the bewildered Zero and Luna, who took a cautious step backwards.
Stepping back and looking towards the crypt, I saw a white face peeking out from the far entrance.
They must have been waiting for us to rush into the crypt, chased by the Orcs and Lizardmen. Please wait and see if it doubles as psychological warfare.
After washing the soiled Kane and Luna clean, I lit a bonfire and opened my mouth.
“If you go inside, you might not have time to eat something, so let’s just fill your stomach and go in.”
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Crackling twigs burn, and you can hear the cracking sound of the moisture inside expanding.
It would be a good ASMR if not for the situation.
I pulled out a log and sat down to look at Kane and Luna.
“I suddenly remembered and asked, in Labyrinth… … .”
It’s terrifying to even say that.
“A strange nickname was attached to Luna.”
In response to my calm question, both of them look at me as if there is something wrong.
“Monster life… … .”
“No, so what’s the reason for that nickname?”
I cut Kane’s explanation. Doesn’t that guy have pain that you can sympathize with as a male?
“uh… For now, Bocchan. Humanoid races and monsters usually have vital points concentrated in the center line of the body.”
Luna tilted her head and explained.
So Kane nodded when he said it was natural since he was in a position to fight.
Oh, of course, in terms of efficiency, that might be the case! But there is such a thing as national rules!
I deliberately seated Luna in a straight line with the crypt, pretending to nag Luna, and kept watching the crypt behind her ear.
Seeing the white stuff keep coming in and out, I’m wondering when we’ll be back.
At this time, take out some raw meat, stick it on a branch, and bake it over direct fire. Make a fragrant sauce with zero and cook it, and the delicious smell vibrates everywhere.
I wondered if this would go beyond the fog, but the wind blows towards Luna from behind me?
“yes. Then I’ll have mercy unless it’s a really strong enemy… … .”
Luna also nods and enjoys the skewers.
good. I chewed on the meat cut into bite-sized pieces while looking at the white figures that kept lingering around as if I couldn’t come out of the crypt at a certain distance.
“By the way, I’m saying that there is no hula. Zero, you said that you didn’t swallow anyone and made it with only a certain amount of blood and flesh. Is that possible?”
“Ah, that… I have the sympathy ability, which allows me to read some of the emotions and memories of other doppelgangers. It is this body that has the most universal appearance in everyone’s memory.”
“But when he was revived this time, he was revived with his body without materials.”
Even if you ask other doppelgangers through Siren, they don’t know the definite answer.
At my words, Zero scratches his brown hair and opens his mouth.
“I’m not sure either, but I heard you soaked my core in the magic stone potion… I guess it’s because it absorbs a lot of mana.”
I thought about it for a while.
Well, doppelgangers are a kind of special race, so they may need more MP than you think.
I moved my hand, pulled out a magic crystal from the air, put it in my spare pouch, and threw it at Zero.
“Try to see if inanimate objects can be absorbed, or if only mana can be absorbed from magic stones. Oh, and how much of a body do you need to turn into someone?”
“Usually, the more the body absorbs, the more the memory comes in intact. If it’s less than half, you’ll only be able to maintain the appearance. I don’t know if I get stronger later.”
“Then what if you absorb very little?”
“hmm… It depends on the amount, but those who have seen it in person can reconstruct their bodies and change their appearance only for a very short time.”
Normally, a span of hair would be able to maintain the appearance for about 1 to 3 minutes.
Normal doppelganger said that, so I looked at Luna and Zero.
“Doppelgangers have no gender?”
“Precisely, it can change as it is absorbed, regardless of whether it is male or female. Preferred gender is usually fixed, so that is your gender.”
yeah no I asked for Luna’s understanding, got a piece of hair, and gave it to Zero.
“Do this now or when. In the big city?”
“Still, we don’t often see the doppelganger’s transformation… … ”
What does it feel like to change clothes in front of others?
After reluctantly setting up a tent, we cleaned up the skewers that Zero ate before he transformed and came out.
“Brother, why are you taking care of the rest? When you enter the subspace, the taste becomes strange… … .”
“I will take it in my hand. Well, if you wander in the fog for a long time, you might get hungry, so this is better than biscuits with leftover seaweed.”
I still looked out of the corner of my eye at someone waiting for us outside the crypt, then turned my head and met Kane’s eyes.
“you… … .”
“Shh, man.”
Kane, who was about to say something, closed his mouth at my words and turned his head.
“Oh, is it similar?”
“yes? Aren’t they the same?”
“Ugh… It’s strange that I look like that… … .”
Zero comes out of the tent, and it really looks just like Luna.
The clothes were originally worn by Zero, who had a male body, so they came out with the sleeves and pants rolled up.
Pink hair that barely touches her shoulders and slightly darker pink eyes.
The ears with white and soft fur are slightly folded and drooping details.
But the gait is too zero. What would you do if only the appearance was Luna? That gesture or attitude is too zero itself.
That stupidity that comes from the way you walk. Unlike Luna’s timid and cautious gestures, something was loose and clumsy.
It stays that way for about 5 minutes, and then quickly turns into the original zero.
It looks like it doesn’t have to go into the tent.
“It seems that a person who has changed once can change for a while even without a body part. If I practice, I think I might be able to increase the time.”
I thought at Zero’s words as he quietly looked at his palm.
I don’t know how things will work later, but there might come a moment when I, Luna, or Kane’s substitute is needed.
‘Especially me. I think there will come a moment when Caiman tries to kill me.’
Then Zero will die instead… No, let’s not make such a wicked plan already.
I laughed and pulled out a hair of my own and gave it to Zero.
“Practice.”
“yes?”
“Practice.”
In the meantime, one of Kane’s hair. I grabbed Kane, who was moving his head away from my hand, and pulled it out in a lump and gave it to Zero, but Zero’s expression was strange.
“uh… Adelian-sama doesn’t?”
“what.”
“I can’t read the information.”
what else does that mean
Zero looked at me with a confused face, then shook his head, and soon returned Kane’s hair.
“Senior Kane too. Senior Kane… I feel like I shouldn’t be doing something.”
Ha, what is this again?
* * *
We couldn’t force Zero, who refused because his complexion had hardened, so we settled down and returned to the fog.
‘Because there might be a delay.’
This time, Kane naturally led us to the front of the crypt, fighting moderately in the direction I directed with a wink.
“I think this is… … . When I was young, I came all the way here to feed grass, but I’ve never seen a cave like this.”
When I entered the crypt, there was no fog, and there were several stones embedded in the walls that scattered soft light.
“For a ruin, it looks like an oyster. Many of the ruins I saw in the book were temples and buildings made of stone… Isn’t it?”
As Zero looked around curiously at what he said, I opened my mouth casually,
“There is nothing wrong with ruins. If a very old building that is not made recently has magical power, it is called a ruin.”
However, these crypt-like ruins are likely to collapse naturally unless someone lives in them, and stone structures can stand for a long time even without people, so the frequency of discovery is different.
“Light.”
No matter how shiny stones are embedded in it, since it is a crypt, it basically feels dark.
In order to secure my eyesight, I tore up a page with class 2 lights and tried to float a light bulb, but the light that floated round turned off.
“It seems to be blocking the flow of mana like that fog. … who is coming.”
At Kane’s words, I let out a small breath. If I was a real wizard, it would be a big deal. I closed the codex, held it in one hand, and gazed at the end of the dim passage.
“Cluck. Is it okay to enter someone else’s house and use magic carelessly?”
At the end of the dark passageway, white smoke swayed, and the closer it got, the more it changed into a human figure.
rather than a person.
‘It’s like an old goblin.’
Not the kind of pretty appearance that comes to mind when you think of a fairy in general, but a face like a land fairy in the West.
Less bizarre than a goblin, but short and with long ears.
He was dressed in white and his hair was white, so he looked old.
Unlike humans, Zero hid behind me as he came out holding a staff with only four fingers.
“Who is the old man?”
For now, it’s better for me to talk than Luna or Kane.
He jumped ahead of Kane, who gently gripped his sword, and Luna, who leaned slightly forward, to the front and smiled at his words.
“Did you not hear? I said this is my home.”
“Are you the owner of the ruins?”
“You are a human child who is only polite in words and has an arrogant face. Yes. I am the owner of the ruins you are talking about.”
Oh, arrogant trait.
I continued with a face as if I was astonished as possible.
“The rumors were true! So, are you really saying that you can get everything you want in these ruins?”
“okay. There is even a record book containing the secrets of this land in my treasure chest. But only if you win against me.”
Gambler Balbus, I laughed lowly as he wiggled his fingers at the skewer in my hand.
* * *
The place he entered was a small, round room that seemed to have been dug into a wide crypt.
In the room, the walls are decorated with lamps that can be lit without oil or wood, bamboo tubes through which clean forest air flows, mirrors that look like windows but in fact randomly reflect the continent, and in the middle are a large round table and chairs. was placed
“I have lived a very long time. I tasted all kinds of delicacies and obtained countless treasures, but that was only once. Everything is boring.”
On the subject of saying that, my eyes keep returning to the skewer I roughly placed on the table.
“For me, who is bored, the most thrilling thing is, of course, gambling, gambling. As a result, gambling is what I am best at. cluck cluck.”
you know, you know you know well
Although I don’t know much about the Balbus event, I saw it once in a concept article on an Innocent bulletin board.
The video that someone miraculously robbed Balbus and left behind.
‘This happened because I didn’t block the Miracle trait, even though units with the Luck trait didn’t work.’
Who would gather 5 rare miracle trait units and push them in, aiming for a Balbus event?
Thanks to the secret of Balbus shared by the hero who accomplished it, I am in front of Balbus at ease like this.
“So you’re saying that if you win a bet with the elders in any game, you’ll get an artifact in return, right?”
“okay! And rather than the elders, call me Balbus. how is it? Would you like to try it? cluck. But before that, I want to try that one. It’s been a long time since I haven’t eaten much outside food.”
Leaving behind the shaking eyes of Luna, Kane, and Zero, who had never gambled in their lives.
I sat down in front of Balbus and gently pushed him forward as if I was going to give him a skewer. The moment he reached out to pick it up, I pulled it back towards me and opened my mouth.
“Ah, before that, I want to ask you one thing.”
“Mmm! Something! I want to taste it and talk about it.”
Opening the packaging, it has cooled slightly, but the smell of the warm skewers fills the crypt.
“It’s nothing special, I just want to write a contract and start by summarizing what you just said and my conditions.”
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When I opened the subspace and took out the god contract, the eyes of three of my party members, who were anxious, subsided slightly.