97 – The Trial of Nothingness – 28
“What are you, kid?”
“Kid…Kid? Me?”
“So who else is here besides you?”
Looking at [Appraisal], This man’s level is about 200. Among the guys I’ve met so far, the highest level was Aloken, who was a little over 100…200? Isn’t he actually the strongest in the world?
“The fact that a non-orc human came up here… You defeated Gurush… Was he that weak?”
The man by the name of Mars stroked the messy beard and looked at me curiously.
But isn’t that man cold? The bottom was just plain cotton pants, and the top was not even worn. I’m confused as to whether it has resistance to cold or if it’s okay because it’s just a monster.
“Why did you come up here? If you’re like a treasure hunter, just go back. There is nothing here.”
“No, not that…”
“Whoa, whoa, why are you walking around when you think it’s dangerous for a guy who’s stumped by an avalanche? Go back.”
No, do you know who this man is as a child… Of course, it may seem that way to a level 200 person, but he is clearly a 24-year-old adult.
“Come on, let’s go back… Um? But looking at it now, you smell familiar.”
“To…?”
Smell? What is that all of a sudden…
“This smell must be… A little girl?”
Sure…
At that moment, as if responding to Mars’ words, my shadow began to boil.
When the shadows move so violently… Except when Veronica appears…?
“Veronica?”
Veronica suddenly emerges from my shadow and reveals herself openly.
She was Veronica who was extremely reluctant to show herself to anyone. Why did she act like this…?
“What is it, the girl was right.”
“This is Veronica, not the little girl.”
“Yes, yes, but why are you coming out of there?”
‘…?’
Veronica and Mars skillfully started talking in front of me as if they had known each other for a long time.
Of course, I didn’t understand the current situation at all, so I put a ? Above my head and ended up with a dumbfounded expression……. To be honest, I don’t think it was a very good expression.
“…What is it? Could you please explain?”
“Can’t you see it?”
“Then you don’t know, how do you know?”
Am I a prophet? What is the great sage? How can I know just by listening to you talking?
“Mars and I have known each other for a very long time.”
“..Mars?”
Wait….. Veronica….. Uses her honorific title..?
The cold-blooded Queen Veronica? Will the sun rise in the east tomorrow?
She used to be a very eccentric and arrogant Veronica, so I was shocked by the fact that she used her title of honor. Is that man named Mars really that great?
“Mr. Mars is much older than me. Shouldn’t we use honorifics?”
“Couldn’t it be… are you using honorifics for people older than you?”
“…What do you see me as?”
Then damn everyone I’ve met so far is younger than Veronica…
“Kuhhh?!”
“Shut up. And Aloken is older than me.”
Ah..! Rib hit..!
“Hmm… Did you come here to make me laugh? Then it seems like a failure.”
“I’m not, so why don’t you say something strange?”
“Keuhehehe… I get it, I get it.”
Mars looked at the sighing Veronica and at me lying on the floor, laughing heartily.
Someone in pain is going to look for it….. But I don’t know why, but the black fog seems to be stronger than before..?
“So… There’s no way you came to see me for no reason, so tell me what you’re talking about.”
“Okay.”
Mars yawned and put on an expression as if everything was bothering him. There seems to be no particular idea.
However, the moment he heard Veronica’s next words, Mars’ expression began to change rapidly…
“I am here to take the test of nothingness.”
“…What?”
Koo-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gung…!
In an instant, Mars contorted his face like a demon, and a massive earthquake began to occur around the ground he was standing on.
This is not a natural earthquake. It wasn’t even an earthquake created using mana.
This… Was an earthquake caused by Mars simply emitting spirit.
“Tell me again? What?”
“…He said he had come to take the test of nothingness.”
Koo-Goo-Gung-!!
The earthquake gets stronger.
What the hell is a test of nothingness to say sh*t like that? If you get it wrong, you’ll end up with an avalanche that’s twice as large as the one you’ve been through before.
“Do you understand the meaning of what you said?”
“Of course.”
“I thought you were different from your father…But in the end…”
“But I am not taking the test.”
“… Huh?”
At that moment, Mars stared at Veronica with an expression of ‘what bullsh*t?’.
Then the earthquake disappeared as if it never existed, and my body was completely covered in cold snow due to the aftermath of the earthquake.
“You’re not the one taking the test… What kind of horse sh*t is that?”
“This side is taking the test.”
“Who… is that?”
‘That’s… You’re talking too harshly.’
I brushed off my eyes with [Psychokinesis] And Suzaku’s flame, and I stood up and met Mars’ eyes.
Marth’s eyes are like, ‘This bastard? Why?
To be honest, Mars is level 200, but isn’t it a level I can mess with? I need to put my eyes on it
“Are you kidding me? It’s obvious that he’s so flimsy that he’s going to collapse on his own while climbing a mountain. A guy like that takes a test of nothingness?”
“Don’t worry. He deserves it.”
“What is the qualification, do you think this is an easy test like an adventurer’s license?”
“It will be easy. If it is that man.”
Mars frowned upon hearing Veronica’s words. It was as if he was saying ‘I’m sorry’.
Isn’t it rude to make that face when you’re staring at someone?
“…Could it be that you, little girl… Do you think this guy is a king?”
“That’s right.”
“Higo…What can I do with this naivete… Do you think it will be possible?”
“It is possible. Isn’t there evidence of that in front of my eyes in reality?”
“Ehh tsk tsk… I thought he was a rather clever kid, but he’s secretly squeamish…”
Mars bit his tongue, turned his back, and started walking towards the top of the rocky mountain. It was as if he was saying, ‘Go away because there is nothing more to say.’
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to eat, you bastard!”
“The test is…”
“Go away! It’s a test and whatever, disappear right in front of my eyes!”
Mars waved his hand wide as if not to follow him and disappeared through the fierce blizzard.
I wondered how he could walk so fast on this sloping road, but that didn’t matter now.
“I have to follow Mars.”
“…Looking at your attitude, it seems like you don’t want to give me even a single bean?”
“Isn’t it said that there is no tree that cannot be felled by taking it 100 times?”
“That is wood and that is reinforced concrete.”
“Just be quiet and follow me.”
After that, I took a long journey with Veronica to the top of the rocky mountain again.
I thought it was near the top because Mars appeared, but it is said that it was not even halfway there. sh*t life.
“Keuugh…”
– Be careful. The summit will have a stronger mana storm than this.
As we got closer to the summit, it became difficult to endure mana storms and low temperatures.
If it’s this cold even though I’m wearing a red dragon scale robe that is said to easily withstand minus 50 degrees… Wouldn’t it be about -100 degrees below zero?
“..How much left..?”
-It’s just a little further to arrive.
“..That’s the 7th time already.”
-This time, I’m serious.
My mother always said that when I went hiking with her family when I was little…
She always has a hard time climbing, so when I ask her, ‘When will we arrive?’, She remembers that her mother said ‘We will arrive soon~’ exactly 14 times.
“Keuuu on…” A sudden storm…”
-It’s a mana amplification phenomenon. Carefully.
At that moment, the mana storm started to get very rough.
A mana amplification phenomenon. A phenomenon in which naturally generated mana is amplified by some action.
It’s such a rare phenomenon that only a handful of people have seen it in their lifetime…
I don’t f*cking understand why that’s happening right in front of my eyes.
“[Psychokinesis]!”
I can’t. If you don’t fix your feet, they’ll fly away any minute, so let’s use [Psychokinesis] And bury our feet between the eyes.
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It’s dangerous, but you’ll be able to hold out until the mana amplification ends.
‘Ugh… It’s cold…’
It’s cold, I’m hungry, and thanks to [Road], I’m not sleepy, but I’m tired.
I put the beef jerky in a small portable bag… But the mana storm is so strong that the moment I try to take it out, it will either fly away or be torn apart.
If I had known climbing would be this hard, I would have filled my stomach….
Shhhhh…!
‘Heuk!’
– Endure it. If this time passes without incident, the front is normal.
Easy to say. I’m actually going through, I’m about to die.
“Ugh…”
-…Wait, I think there’s someone over there.
“Who…Is there?”
Hearing Veronica’s words, she raised her head and looked ahead, and saw a black human figure in the distance.
Is it Mars? No, he’s too petite to be called Mars. Narrow shoulders and low height… It was more like a woman’s body than a man’s.
“Uh…? What…”
At that time, the mana storm that I was constantly harassing me began to weaken and then completely disappeared.
At the same time, the cold that was close to minus 100 degrees also disappeared along with the mana storm, and the environment turned into a picnic-like environment in the back garden behind the house.
“What is this…”
“Oh, are you a guest?”
When I followed the woman’s voice, I saw a beautiful woman with impressive blue hair looking at me with a smile.
Anyway, the identity of the black figure that I just saw must have been this blue-haired woman.
“It’s been a while since I had a guest.”
“…Who are you?”
“You mean that?”
The blue-haired beauty answered my question with a blush on her cheeks.
“My name is Celeste… Please call me Celeste for short.”
-O King…! Be careful!
Be careful? Could it be that… Contrary to what she looks like, she’s a very dangerous woman?
-That…That…That b*tch! Tails from the start!
“?”
Yes?