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45 The Tower of Causality (5)
A bedroom in a huge mansion in the heart of the capital Hubris.
On the bed of such a bedroom, one of the Omaryeongs, Serkia, who was called the Anti-Magical General, was lying on the bed.
The reason she was here was simple.
Because this mansion itself was one of the hiding places of the demons that were made in case of an emergency.
Since the last time they attacked Prince Zion, heretical inquisitors of the Eyes of the Imperial Palace and the Cult of Light have been pursuing them, and it is this mansion that has escaped their pursuit.
who would have ever imagined
That the object he was looking for with his eyes wide open still exists in a mansion in the middle of the capital.
In fact, Hwangseong’s eyes couldn’t even catch her tail.
It certainly wasn’t a bad thing, but
“ Turn it off!”
On the other hand, the condition of Serkia lying in bed was very bad.
He couldn’t even move properly because he suffered a fatal heart-piercing injury from the spear that Shion threw the other day.
In addition, when the spear was pierced, Heukseongha, who had penetrated into Serkia’s body, was constantly eating her magic, making her condition even worse.
at that time,
shudder!
The bedroom door opened and a man with serpent-like eyes and two horns entered.
It was the Demon Hisselor, one of the ‘Six Claws’.
“ How are you, are you feeling better?”
Hisseller asked, walking slowly towards the bed.
Serkia knew.
Hisseller’s question was not really because he was curious about Serkia’s own physical condition.
In the first place, he was just a consumable item of no particular value.
Even if he were to die right now, the author would not blink an eye.
“… … A little bit better.”
“ Yeah? Good.”
In fact, Serkia’s condition wasn’t good enough to tell that the answer was a lie if you looked closely enough, but Hisseller was passing it on without noticing it.
“ Do you know where Sion Agnes is? He said that he confirmed that he was not in the Imperial Castle last time.”
“ Not yet. There are a lot of restrictions here because we have to move away from their eyes.”
“ I want to see you again soon… … .”
Hisseller murmured with a look of dissatisfaction with the answer.
After the first intense meeting, Hisseller’s mind was all about Zion.
‘ Six Claws’.
So, I wanted to quickly rip off his limbs, pull out his heart, and eat him in front of him.
“ Besides, it’s just too boring to sit still like this… … . ah!”
Hisseller, who had been muttering like that with bored eyes, snapped his fingers as if he remembered something.
“ The blonde-haired man next to Zion Agnes when we raided.”
“ Are you talking about Prince Rubrios?”
“ Yeah, did you say that the first prince was also looking for us?”
“ Yes.”
“ Hmm… … .”
In response to that answer, a question came out of the mouth of the demon who had been tapping the window frame of a nearby window with his finger.
“ How strong is he?”
* * *
second floor, the door to the trials on the third floor did not open immediately.
-The ordeal of the third floor is being prepared. Please wait for a while.
With the voice of the ordeal helper, Yeong-Rang’s body just completely disappeared from the spot.
Shion knew why the trial on the third floor did not open immediately.
‘In order to take the ordeal of the third floor, all the participants must gather.’
We will have to wait here until all the participants, commonly known as the ‘4th period’, either break through the ordeal of the second floor or fail.
at that time,
“ It’s been a while.”
A voice came from the other side.
Sion’s eyes turned to him. Unlike the other participants who only looked at this side with complicated eyes, but did not approach, Lane, who was approaching the nearby area, came into view.
Originally, she was talking to Sion, but she didn’t have time, so she was the first to talk to Shion.
“ Do you remember me?”
“ A little bit of a name.”
In fact, she knew most of the information about her as well as her name, but Shion didn’t dare say that.
Because there was no need to be suspicious.
“ Isn’t it different from the last time I saw you?”
“ It is you.”
To Lane’s words, Shion responded briefly.
And the words were sincere.
‘ Is that one of the warrior’s companions?’
At first glance, Lane’s level was just about getting a reputation in one area.
However, it was no exaggeration to say that her current level is just below the ‘Seven Heavens’, judging from the strength and energy she has shown in the battle with purgatory this time.
Incredible growth.
She was the first to awaken, and it must be because she stayed with the hero for a long time and shared her destiny.
Did you think that greetings had come to this extent?
“ Actually, I want to ask you something.”
From Lane’s mouth, which had been silent for a while, a voice that entered the main topic came out.
“ What?”
“ The Witch of the Black Forest.”
Her face turns cold with him.
In fact, there were a lot of things I wanted to ask the man in front of me, from how I got so strong to what my true identity was, but the top priority among them was what happened in the Black Forest.
“ At that time, I lost my mind while fighting a witch. But I do remember that you stood in my way right before I lost. What the hell happened after that?”
“You ’re asking that because you want to know the whereabouts of the witch, right?”
“… … right.”
Lane, who looked at Sion with swaying eyes at the words that seemed to see through her own heart, nodded her head.
“I have a question, why are you trying to find out where the witch is?”
Looking straight into her eyes, Shion asked.
“ Because I have to kill you.”
An answer without even a single hesitation.
“ Why?”
“ You would know. That that bastard killed all my friends.”
Just thinking about it, anger fills through the cold reason.
Of course, even if he met the witch now, there was no guarantee that Lane would be able to win.
Actually, when we met last time, I couldn’t be your opponent.
But even so, he could never stand still.
I had to kill the witch, but this maddening rage seemed to be fading away.
at that time,
“ I’m sorry.”
A cold voice came out of Shion’s mouth, who looked at Lane for a moment.
“… … What?”
“I said it was pathetic.”
“ What are you saying now? … !”
Before the angry shouts that flowed out of Lane’s mouth, who had his face contorted like a demon, were not completed,
“ Just ask me one thing.”
Zion’s mouth opened again.
“ Did the witch really kill your comrades?”
“… … !”
“ I can’t answer. It wasn’t the witches who killed your companions, but the close friends who betrayed you by falling into the Purification Church.”
It was an obvious fact, and it was also a fact that Lane had been ignoring until now.
“ But what killed Rihanna… … !”
“ If I hadn’t been killed by the witch at that time, I would have executed it with your own hands.”
“… … .”
“ You just needed something to unleash the anger boiling over your loss and failure. Only the Witch of the Black Forest was the best fit for him.”
poignant and direct words.
And at the same time, it was something that only Zion, who knew the circumstances before and after, could say anything.
“ No… … If there were no witches in the first place, there would have been no Purification Church, and then there would be no such thing… … .”
Lane mumbled as if in denial of Shion’s words.
Zion didn’t answer that.
Even if she doesn’t have to refute it, she knows best that what she’s saying is absurd.
‘ Up until now, that anger might have been the biggest driving force behind me… … .’
Now was the time to fix it.
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Maybe it was because Riosina and Lane had to fight together later.
If that was the case then, it would be very difficult.
at that time,
3rd floor.
The ordeal helper’s voice rings in my ear.
with him,
Shrek-
The darkness I saw when I first entered the tower began to cover Zion and the people in the cavity.
“ I hope the next time I see you, you won’t be pathetic.”
Shion speaks in an indifferent tone to Lane, who still has a blank expression on her face.
The moment Zion’s voice ends,
Whoops!
The new form of people completely disappeared on the spot.
* * *
– Your current ranking is number one.
-1 As a perk above, you can designate a location that starts at the ordeal on the 3rd floor. Do you want to specify?
It was the voice of the ordeal helper that rang in Zion’s ear before moving to the next place.
“ Yes.”
With him, Shion nodded and accepted as if he had waited before the explanation of the ordeal on the third floor continued.
It was also true that I was actually waiting.
Because this privilege was a necessary device to quickly satisfy the second condition for the ‘secret ordeal’.
“ Location is based on people, not terrain.”
As soon as a single name came out of Zion’s mouth following those words, the darkness surrounding Sreuk was lifted and his view returned.
What was reflected in Zion’s sight when he returned was the grass and trees that filled all four sides like a mountain, and numerous other participants who looked around and grasped the situation.
‘You sent it right.’
When Shion found a group among them and smiled, he entered the ordeal on the 3rd floor.
The explanation of the ordeal assistant began to follow.
– Acquire the famous jade (命玉).
– Participants who have acquired five or more gems will obtain the minimum qualification to move on to the next ordeal.
– After a certain amount of time has elapsed, additional points will be given differentially to the top 20 participants who have obtained the most gems.
– Myeong-ok exists in ruins hidden all over the 3rd floor.
– Participants are given one gemstone by default.
The moment such a helper’s explanation ends,
Pot!
The number 1 appeared above the heads of people including Zion.
Perhaps it is to indicate the number of gems they have.
‘ Are you going to start right away?’
Still looking to one side, Shion thought.
The ordeal of the 3rd floor was completely different from that of the 2nd floor.
second floor emphasized solidarity and cooperation, the third floor induced competition among the participants from the beginning.
3rd floor ordeal wanted to drive the reward of the ordeal to some superior, not all of the participants.
Therefore, it was right to see that a large number of participants were eliminated from this ordeal.
at that time,
“ In this ordeal, it seems important to find the ruins in order to obtain the gemstone, so how about cooperating with the people here?”
Among the people who looked at each other and grasped the situation, a knight with a huge long sword behind his back stepped forward and opened his mouth.
“ If this number of people work together, we will soon be able to meet the conditions.”
Like the second floor, he thought that this ordeal would be easily overcome if we cooperated with each other.
The third floor was very spacious to look at, and there must have been a lot of hidden ruins.
It’s not unreasonable for everyone here to rise as long as they don’t greedy for additional points.
But one thing.
There was something wrong with the article.
Thinking other people would think the same way as you.
“ Do you really need to go looking for the ruins?”
With a strangely excited voice coming from behind,
Whoops!
A single thin sword pierced the knight’s chest and protruded forward.
“ There are famous houses all over the place right in front of you.”
The one holding such a sword was a man with a skull tattoo on the side of his neck with a burning blue natural flower in his eye socket.
“ Big, gagging!”
With eyes that could not be understood, the knight who alternately looked at the man and the sword that rose from his chest stopped breathing.
Pot!
The number 1 floating above the man who killed the knight with him changed to 2.
The eyes of the people who were looking at the sudden situation fluttered.
At the moment when a cruel smile appeared on the man’s face when he saw the changed number, Suga Gagak!
“ Ouch!”
Dozens of people with the same skull tattoos moved at the same time and began to indiscriminately slaughter other participants in the vicinity.
“ Sa, the killing leaflet!”
A cry of astonishment erupted from the mouths of some who recognized the skull tattoo.
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Murder Flyer Motherless
A group of criminals descended from the Church of Murder, one of the now extinct catastrophes, and notorious throughout the Empire for its unimaginable cruelty and madness.
The movement was so daunting and one of the ‘Twelve Seas’ was the leader, so the power was so great that even the Empire had trouble dealing with it.
“ Why are they all here together? … !”
“ Do, run away!”
People who are terrified by the appearance of a criminal group that appeared as a whole from the beginning do not even think of rebelling and begin to scatter and run away.
“ Where are you running away from?”
Suga Gak!
“ aah!”
A slaughter leaflet that continues the massacre by chasing after such people.
“ I don’t understand why you need to find the ruins when there is such an easy way… … Well?”
One of the members of the killing squad saw a man standing there, unlike the others, who did not run away.
Have you not figured out the situation yet?
Or are you afraid to move?
“ Keehee!”
Whatever the case, it didn’t matter, so the members who burst into madness rushed towards the man in a straight line.
A man who doesn’t move until the members reach right in front of him.
“You didn’t run away, so I’ll kill you so you don’t get sick.”
Finally, the member swung his weapon towards the man without hesitation.
But the attack did not reach the man.
“ Thank you for that.”
The heterogeneous darkness that erupted from the man with a low voice, Kwajik!
Before that, he had completely swallowed his whole body.
Kwaduk, Kwaduk, Kwaduk!
“… … ?”
The members of the killing squad who stopped the massacre at the eerie sound emanating from him turned their heads toward the man.
“ They say there is no need to find the ruins.”
The moment the man, Shion, smiles sinisterly while facing them,
“ I agree with that statement.”
The darkness that engulfed the members began to spread in all directions and encroach on the surrounding space.