103 – The Trial of Nothingness – 34
The second-floor exam ended more blandly than expected.
There was a big happening, but it can be said that it was finished in its own way. I didn’t use nearly half of my health and mana.
However, there is a problem in that he almost became a half-ass as soon as the [Rod] Disappeared. Don’t you know Maybe you’ll encounter an enemy that seals your unique ability later.
“Hmm…What are you talking about?”
Do I need to train my mental strength in preparation for when the [Road] Is off? But I’m not a warrior in the Three Kingdoms, so I won’t be able to get stronger if I meditate a few times.
Hmm…Let’s set a target for now. Even if the [Load] Is roughly off, it grows to the point where it is not much different from when it is on…. Would this be enough? But in fact, I can tell you by experiencing the off state myself, but it must be very difficult.
No matter what anyone says, Park Ga-on, who lived in Korea, was a clumsy kid who couldn’t even ride a ride.
“What..Put that aside.”
We were given a long time of 5 hours while clearing the 2nd floor exam. The reason why the test time is different from the first floor exam is probably because the second floor library is about twice as large as the first floor.
‘I have to find it here..? Before that, the probability of a hidden piece like the first floor is not clear.’
I’ve been looking for it for 5 hours, but I didn’t find anything! When it comes to the ending, nothing could be more futile than that.
But…
“I have to find it…”
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You’ll be given 5 hours anyway, and it’s much better to go looking for hidden pieces than play and rest during that time.
It’s annoying, but let’s work hard.
Look around…
“This is a low-level fire magic book? There is also this.”
“What is this? A study of magic? What do you even consider when you can just use the system if you have one?”
“For beginners how to use magic? It’s enough to just use it. There are even things like this.”
That’s how I searched for about 3 more hours.
But damn nothing comes out.
“… f*ck.”
All I can get my hands on are thick magic books that seem to exceed the basic 400 pages. I didn’t see anything that could be called a hidden piece.
Unlike the first floor, which was easy to distinguish thanks to the mana vortex, the library on the second floor has all the items intact. In other words, it means that it is difficult to find the hidden piece.
“Not this, not this, not that…”
Books Books Books Books.
Yes, books, are there any other things in the library besides books anyway?
That said, there is a high possibility that the hidden pieces are also in the form of books, but the books in this library seemed to be more than 100,000 units even if you count them roughly.
But 5 hours? No, if my judgment is correct, even if I give it 5 days, I won’t be able to find it all.
“Hmm…Should I just give up and go?”
Anyway, hidden piece literally means ‘hidden’.
It’s good if you have it, but there’s no big problem if you don’t.
In fact, if I had selected [Road] From the beginning, I would have cleared the 2nd floor exam without any problems.
“Still, I don’t know what the next test will be like, but I’m a little worried about just going…”
But still, having it is better than not having it.
“…Hmm…Hmm…?”
At the moment I was thinking about it, a question suddenly popped into my head.
“…Where is the book about the chimera?”
All the monsters and magic that appeared in the second floor exam were a kind of alter ego materialized in the book.
For example, monsters appeared in books related to monsters, and magic appeared in books with less magic.
I went around for 3 hours and read several books about monsters and magic at the time of the test, but I didn’t get much out of it.
However, the book in which the boss monster Chimera appeared has not yet been found…
‘….There is no way they put a hidden piece that cannot be found in the system. The most likely one is the book the chimera came out of.’
I wonder why this came to my mind after 3 hours, but I was quite annoyed in my head, but soon I regained my senses and started looking for the book where the chimera appeared.
‘I’m sure…wasn’t it about here?’
The location where the Chimera appeared was already forming a mountain with numerous books piling up.
In other words, we have to find the book where the Chimera came out again…
“f*ck…”
If you do this on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors, you will really curse. Really.
***
“I found it!!!”
[Immortal Chimera Transmutation Method]
A black book boasting a needlessly ominous title.
This is it. This is definitely the book Chimera came out earlier.
‘But… Immortality?’
It was pretty tough, but that’s an immortal chimera? That’s kinda…
“But is this a hidden piece?”
I didn’t even know it was a hidden piece until the purple crystal ball I picked up on the 1st floor was activated. That means there’s a high chance that the second floor hidden piece will be like that too…
“I think it’s a bit different though?”
Fortunately, unlike other types of books, this chimera synthesis law book has a slightly different shape.
First of all, unlike other books that have the same width, height, and length, they are about 5 cm longer. And something openly exuded the force of ‘I am an old book.’
‘Take it for now.’
If this isn’t a hidden piece, I’ll argue with the system… No, Elizabeth. Wasn’t it true after making it so suspicious? Really sure…!
Sweet..
……What, why did I get a momentary chill? It seems to have suddenly become cold..?
“I will go to the third floor exam.”
[Would you like to take the 3rd floor exam?]
“Uh.”
[Starting the 3rd floor exam.]
With the system window, my vision reversed and a completely different place was reflected in my eyes.
“This is…”
[The 3rd floor is the gymnasium.]
[The subject of the 3rd floor exam is ‘Proof’.]
[Kill the enemy.]
The subject of the 3rd floor test is ‘proof’.
The content of the proof test itself was like the 1st and 2nd floors… No, rather, it was simpler than that.
“…You mean I can defeat you?”
-…….
As soon as I entered the third floor, a black man standing 50 meters away caught my eye.
He is about 180 cm tall and is not wearing any clothes. However, that doesn’t mean it looks old.
‘Isn’t that the criminal from Kox?’
Yes. The man in the distance is black. Literally, the whole body is covered in black.
A statue with no hair, no clothes, no genitals, just painted real black. It is a visual that reminds me of a famous mystery cartoon that I often watched on TV when I was young.
[Physical attacks are not allowed in the 3rd floor test.]
“Ohh..Is that so?”
The restriction of the 3rd floor test is ‘no physical attack’.
For me, it was a much more advantageous constraint than the 1st and 2nd floor constraints. After all, magic is the main focus.
-……
“Can’t you talk…? I’m sorry.”
We, the black criminal, seem to be unable to speak. It doesn’t seem to be able to make a sound because it didn’t have a mouth before that.
“Okay then let’s finish it quickly.”
To be honest, I had to hold on on the 1st floor and attack the quantity on the 2nd floor, so on the 3rd floor I had to endure the mana vortex and deal with monsters… I thought something like that would come out.
But what is this? A one-on-one match? Was it only using magic?
I can’t lose this unless I want to lose it. It was to the point of regret that I had taken care of the books while working hard on the second floor.
“The Spear of the Void.”
-……
Now, let’s take a big blow…
-ខ្ញុំឃ្លាននៅព្រឹកនេះ។
“?!”
Just as I was about to launch the spear of emptiness, a man in black who was standing still in the distance reached out his hand towards me.
Then he muttered a language he couldn’t understand at all, and began gathering a huge amount of mana in his hands.
“Chit! Launch!”
Sensing that the situation was going strangely, I quickly fired the void spear, but it was already too late.
-អាហារថ្ងៃត្រង់គឺជាហាងងាយស្រួល។
“!!”
Dense and intense black mana erupted from the black man’s hand.
Should be avoided. That’s dangerous.
“[Psychokinesis]!”
I quickly flew up into the sky using my telekinetic powers and watched the ominous mana emitted by the man in black from above with a serious expression.
That’s probably because that mana was very familiar to me…
“Chaos mana..?”
Yes.
The mana that the man in black used was definitely the mana of chaos. It is also 100% pure chaotic mana.
‘No matter how much chaos resistance I have, that’s dangerous…’
I had a fairly high level of [Chaos resistance], But for some reason, I strongly thought that if I came in contact with that black man’s chaos magic, I would be in big trouble.
-សម្រាប់អាហារពេល្ងាចខ្ញុំទើបតែញ៉ាំនំប៉ា វ។
‘The next attack is coming..!’
The man in black started chanting the next spell right away, not wanting to give me a chance to rest.
But I’m not an idiot, and I won’t fall for the same trick again.
“Typhoon!”
-?!
When I used Typhoon at great speed, the man in black couldn’t stand the void mana and flames of Suzaku flying through the Typhoon and stopped chanting in the middle.
“Void Spear!”
The man in black is losing his senses because of the typhoon. Now is his chance. He should make the most of the deal. I don’t know how high that guy’s stamina is.
-តែឥឡូវខ្ញុំធ្វើការម៉ោង៣ហើយឃ្លានណាស់។ ក្រោម!
“?!”
However, as if the black man would not be taken lightly, he quickly prepared for the void spear by installing a mana shield around him.
Song speed, mana concentration, and judgment are all excellent.
This… I don’t think it will be an easy fight.
***
“It’s the 3rd floor… it won’t be easy.”
Ezebet leisurely watched Gaon taking the 3rd floor exam while leaning back on a chair.
The subject of the third-floor exam is ‘proof’. It’s not an easy test.’
The 3rd floor was created with the motif of when Elizabeth showed ‘proof’ to rise to the position of the 11th seat along with the position of the owner of the tower.
Killing the fallen master of the mage tower in front of one’s ‘king’. That was Elizabeth’s ‘proof’ and trial.
“…The position has changed now. Your majesty.”
Ezebet made a vague expression and let out a timid smile.
He was tested in the past, but he laughed at the fact that he was now testing him on the contrary.
“…But it doesn’t mean you can’t get through to the 5th floor…?”
Oh no way.