324 – [5] Love Craft
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Fortunately, there was no need to make a rope by weaving clothes together.
This is because among the articles the knights had, there were quite a lot of ropes.
We tied these ropes together.
Long enough to go all the way down underground.
“Shannon, do you know how to tie this so it doesn’t come loose?”
“Oh, give it a moment. “You can tie it like this.”
“Wow, thank you.”
“If you’d like to thank me, I’ll come back later…” … “You know, right?”
“…… Ah.”
Anyway, I finished tying the rope and checked that it was strong.
Then, the rope was tied tightly to the body and the pole.
“Um…… “At what signal should I pull Mr. Xian up?”
“That? Just scream loudly and pull me up. Anyway, even if you shout, it will be heard a few floors deep.”
“Yes.”
“And I will yell when I stop at a certain floor and go back down, so please don’t relax too much.”
“I understand.”
I headed straight downstairs.
Shannon untied the rope tied around her waist little by little, sending her downstairs.
Little by little, little by little.
Ropes of a short length continued to unravel.
I carefully looked around, holding on to the little bumps and debris on the wall.
However, due to the darkness, at some point I had to infuse magic into my eyes.
Then, more things hidden in darkness came into view.
In particular, the staircase, which had not even an inch left, was very impressive.
Clicking her tongue, she reached the 6th basement floor.
I grabbed the iron door and opened it.
I had to apply a lot of force as it was probably twisted after being hit by the debris.
Kikik─
The sound of scratching on the blackboard filled the room.
With a frown on my face, I headed beyond the iron gate and a darker space appeared.
If it were a game, a ghost would appear, and I would have to beat him to get something.
The downside is that this is not a place where ghosts can be found.
Sure enough, contrary to the atmosphere that seemed like there was something there, there wasn’t a single meaningful object.
It wasn’t organized at all and everything lying around was trash.
At least there was something that looked like a measuring or surgical machine.
But those were things I didn’t really need right now.
“I guess that’s where the magic comes from.”
I headed straight downstairs.
Sadly, the downstairs was also the same.
Magic power was still flowing from the lower floor, and there was nothing special on that floor either.
This was the same for the floor below.
“Damn, how far do I have to go down?”
Honestly, I’m scared.
That too, a lot.
I go down endlessly and there is nothing to be gained.
It’s dark everywhere, and even the slightest movement makes a creepy sound.
I felt like I was in a horror game where I was exploring something underground.
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If you keep doing this, something won’t attack you from behind, right?
Those are the rules of horror games.
At first, you only apply pressure with sounds or shadows, but as you head further into the darkness, you suddenly jump out and create a chase.
As I thought that much, my hand kept reaching for my waistband.
And not long after, his hand moved away from the sword.
– 9Th floor underground
“Huh? “There’s another door?”
Up to the previous floors, there was only one iron door on each floor.
But there was another iron gate here.
“Pictogram on a green background…… ?”
A door that clearly shows that it is an emergency exit.
It was hope that appeared after despair and fear.
However, if there is hope in this situation, there is also despair.
I stopped in front of the emergency exit.
This was because magical power flowed endlessly right in front of my nose.
From the moment I opened the door and walked in, it seemed like something very pleasant was going to happen.
Do I need to bring an explosion scroll?
No matter how you look at it, it would be crazy to confidently go over there.
But it was crazy to stay like this.
If I stay here with Shannon any longer, I might die, seriously mummified.
I’m still not eating well.
That future was increasingly turning into a constant.
With an instinct that prioritized survival, I opened the door and looked around inside.
A long hallway led to a distant place.
In my personal opinion, it seemed like a place connected to another building.
I slowly moved forward, looking around.
And then he stopped walking again.
The reason was that an even stronger magical power could be felt in the hallway.
It’s not like some kind of nuclear weapon exploded.
It was the first time in my life that I had seen magical energy gushing out like radiation.
Even if I went, I thought I would have to discuss it with Shannon before going.
I gave a signal to Shannon and headed back to the 5th basement level.
The light gradually becomes brighter.
Shannon pulled me up by the tail.
“Is there anything strange in the basement?”
She asks with anxious eyes.
I nodded.
“There was an emergency exit on the 9th basement floor.”
“Emergency exit?!”
“It seemed like an emergency exit that went to the building next door, not directly to the ground.”
“Ah… ….”
A strange sense of disappointment was in his eyes.
Huh? Why?
This is the person who sang when we went out not long ago.
After thinking about this carefully, I thought it was because it was not a convenient means such as an elevator.
Well, it was worth it since it meant having to delve into that dark basement again.
“Then when do you plan on going there? … ?”
“Of course we have to leave right now, right?”
If not now, get out sometime.
Honestly, I don’t know when the building will collapse, and I don’t even know if what’s down there is magic waste or a gate.
Even if they said I would leave after a day, I was planning to shout out the opposition.
Final exams are right around the corner, but wasting more time is something even time-rich people would be reluctant to do.
“Ah…… Then, Mr. Sian…… Finally… ….”
“Oh, well, that can happen later. “Let’s go down together first.”
“Yes…… ? Even later…… “You say it works?”
“Yes. Don’t be like that. So, let’s come down together.”
Shannon’s expression, which had darkened, brightened again at the vague answer.
She nodded her head with her innocent smile.
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Me and Shannon went down to the 9th basement floor in order.
It was different from the last time, where as two people went down, someone from above had to untie the rope.
I went down holding on to the rope with pure strength.
Of course, I couldn’t go down quickly all at once.
For that reason, Shannon had a hard time in the dark and difficult environment.
How many times did I have to comfort the woman who was screaming that it was the last time and then go back down?
The letters “9Th floor” Appeared blurry in my eyes.
I landed right beyond the iron gate on the 9th floor.
I was struggling and caught Shannon as she came down, barely holding on to her own weight.
“Hehe, hehe…” … “Thank you.”
“Then I should have just gone down and not done anything else in the middle.”
“Hehe…… I’m sorry…….”
Shannon rubbed her back as if it still hurt a little.
How did he come down while holding his own weight with such physical ability?
“By the way, is your arm okay? “I think she must have had a very difficult time.”
“It’s okay. Hehehe. Anyway, in addition to her arms, she came down with her tail in the middle supporting her.”
Somehow.
It seemed like the line was shaking a lot in the middle.
Once it was confirmed that there was no major problem with her body, the next thing to do was to go there.
However, since there was a possibility that she might not be safe, she advised Shannon.
“Because I can feel a lot of magic from over there. Be careful.”
“You feel a lot of magical power?”
“Not to a very large extent. Still, it doesn’t feel normal. “Can’t you feel it, Shannon?”
“Not really…… ?”
She’s a wizard, but what should I do if I can’t feel her magic?
Her Shannon’s skills are beyond this ─
“Huh?”
No, wait a minute.
If you’re a wizard and can’t feel magical power, what is that?
No matter how much I thought about it, it was strange.
We carefully headed to the door at the end of the passage.
She motioned for Shannon to prepare her weapons and magic just in case.
I also clung to the door with my sword drawn.
Glass on the door.
When I looked out there, something that looked like a lab caught my eye.
Kikik─
I carefully headed beyond the door.
Like other places, everything was a mess.
“Oh my…… Someone made a big fuss…….”
“Shh.”
While looking around, I found a door that looked identical to the iron doors I had seen many times before.
It seemed like light would arrive soon.
I walked towards the iron gate with great joy.
I quickly pulled the door handle.
“Huh?”
There was not even a slight movement.
I pulled around and looked at the door and found that the hinges were greatly distorted.
Could it be that this place didn’t collapse too?
I continued to pull the doorknob, hoping not to.
“Sseuup, why is it so tight…… ? It won’t work. Mr. Shannon?”
I called Shannon for help.
But, she was staring at the other door.
Unfortunately, it was a place where a large amount of energy, unknown whether it was magical power or something else, was flowing out.
I was startled and quickly approached Shannon.
He gestured with his hand telling me not to open it, that it was dangerous, and that I could die.
But the response from the other side was that that was not the case and to look inside.
“Look at that.”
“…… Lab?”
Something that looks like graduate students ran away after struggling.
In the middle of it, a long silver box was placed on the table.
“What is that?”
“I see. First of all, I can’t see anything that looks like a living thing. I don’t think there will be any major problems if I go in… ….”
I was a little anxious.
But I was also curious about what this energy was.
We slowly opened the door and entered.
Then he looked around and looked at every corner as if he was going to fight right away.
Inside shelves, on top of boxes, under chairs.
We searched all the places that could have been overlooked.
“It’s nothing special.”
“Except for the box over there and the safe over there.”
The strange energy filled the room, so it was unclear where exactly it was coming from.
If there was one thing that was certain, it was that this silver box here and one of the safes over there were the source.
“First of all, the safe…… I don’t know if I can open it. “We’ll open that one later, but let’s open this one first.”
Of course, before opening, I checked by shaking the box and listening to the sounds inside the box.
It would be a big problem if a bomb was planted inside.
“Umm…… Mr. Sian. “I think it’s just a long stick.”
“A stick?”
“It makes the same sound as when I received the cane I ordered online.”
Is it really such a useless item?
When we opened the box, it turned out that it was not such a useless item.
“…… Window?”
“So…… “It looks simple.”
No more, the spear that Ines mainly used.
It was the same length as the one that was abandoned on the 5th basement floor.
However, this did not mean that it was a commercialized window.
There was no special decoration or flashy coloring.
It literally feels like a sample or prototype.
Why on earth is something like this here?
“Couldn’t it have been made by graduate students and then thrown away?”
“Ah, no matter what. Graduate students are not slaves who make these things. “They are people who conduct academic research and write papers.”
“I heard that last year, a professor at the Academy was arrested for ordering graduate students to make ego swords… ….”
“… ….”
Just the worst.
The slave training center itself.
“…… But it seems a little strange to be arrested with just such instructions. “I think there must be another cause.”
“Oh, I heard they were trying to get a soul from the cemetery to put into the sword.”
This is why it is privatized.
When the edge of management advancement strikes, think that the time has come.
I shook my head and picked up the spear in the box.
Disappointingly, it felt nothing more or less than the feeling of holding on to a spear.
If it is a window, you may say that the feeling of holding the window is normal.
Considering the situation and location, it could have been a little more special.
I looked around the silver box to see if there was anything else.
The floor was opened, and something like a report popped out.
On the front of the report it was written:
“Love Craft?”
“Wow, that weapon looks really strong.”