(EP.319) Rivals of Fate # 5
319 – Twins are Fateful Rivals #5
I like games.
So, when explaining various things, I usually use the game as an example.
For example, let’s explain the current situation as a game.
The boss monster that appeared in front of us as we traveled through all kinds of mazes and dungeons full of mysteries.
And a secret passage that can be entered through the key he dropped.
If we compare it to a game of what lies behind this secret passage, we usually see about two options.
The first is the reward room.
It’s like a room that gives a break for hard work and a proper reward to the heroes who defeated the boss monster.
A room full of gold ingots, and a pedestal with a magical scroll or sacred sword that no one had ever discovered, placed in a mysteriously permeating sunlight.
It can be seen as categorical.
“The finances of our family are not good enough. I wish there were lots of gold and silver bars! Maybe there are idols made of gold! That’s what we melt and sell!”
silkygoat was the goat. cry
Narmi seemed to have no doubts that behind this winding, narrow passage there was a chamber of treasure.
It would have been nice to have been convinced that there were terrifying guards and maze-like terrain to protect the treasures. However, the case of Mirna was different.
“Maybe there is a more terrifying monster, Narmi. It’s not good to be too excited.”
What Mirna considers is the second item that arises after the boss’s room. The key given by the boss of the labyrinth was when the truth was only the way to the more terrifying boss.
We just defeated the middle boss.
In fact, the truth may be lurking behind this turbulent and dubious road. It was also common in games.
It was when I wandered through the dark cave, calmly anticipating which of the two stories Mirna and Narmi would be true.
Finally.
After the narrow passageway, a space that can be expressed as quite wide appeared in front of us.
The ceiling is several meters high, and the width to the left and right is so wide that it is difficult to estimate the width of the cavity. It was only for a moment that I was slightly overwhelmed by the vastness and tensed up.
“Sister, look at that!”
silkygoat was the goat. cry
Narmi raised her hair upright and pointed her finger at something.
“… bone?”
Like Mirna’s murmur, it was someone’s ashes.
A skinny skeleton that looked white all over. The strange thing is that its body is covered in shiny plate armor.
It’s creepy.
However, to Mirna and Narmi, it seemed that there was nothing strange about bones. In particular, Narmi approached without warning and took a look at the shape of the armor.
If the skeleton suddenly moves, what would you do with such boldness? Soon, a reassuring story is heard from Narmi.
“The ashes have been dead for so long, I don’t think even necromancy can handle them. Not even a fragment of the soul. It doesn’t look like he’s going to worry about anything or anything!”
Only then did I and Mirna feel at ease. Now we followed Narmi closer to the skull. As I got closer, I noticed a strange thing.
It was held in the bare hands of the skeleton. Because that stuff is just starting to show up.
kettle?
It was a kettle with a long spout and a lid on the back of the handle and on the head. Narmi seemed to think so, too, so she made a little fuss, saying, “What kind of kettle is there!” Then Mirna corrected it.
“It’s not a kettle, it’s a lamp. A tool to put oil on and set fire to. It looks very old. Why is the skull hand lamp in this place? ?”
“Sister, there’s something written on your foot here!”
Me and Mirna bowed their heads at Narmi’s story. Indeed, as Narmi said, there are letters on the floor that look as if someone had scratched them with a knife.
The kind of ancient language that is hard for me to read. Mirna also stutters sporadically, whether it is difficult to interpret.
“The instrument of aspiration. fairy. grant wishes cost. With the feet of wickedness. Sealed in magic tools. Simultaneous progress of two lights and two mantras is necessary for liberation… .”
Mirna’s words ended so vaguely. Perhaps because it was a very old place, the characters were damaged, so a complete interpretation seems impossible. It was then that Narmi showed her imagination.
“Maybe the wish-granting fairy is sealed inside this lamp?”
Shh. Narmi reaches out her hand towards the lamp. At that defenseless yet fearless act, Mirna shouted, “Narmi, you can’t touch me carelessly!”
That was the moment.
The moon, wobbly-.
The body of the skeleton holding the lamp in its hand collapsed to the floor like a marionette doll untied.
The armor and bones were blown to pieces and all that was left was the ivory-colored lamp. At the same time, something strange happens at the entrance we came in.
Drooo!
wurr.
After a rock rolled from somewhere blocked the entrance, there was the sound of something very collapsing. I can’t say for sure, but I can tell you that we are sealed in this space.
Mirna Draco is shocked.
“Oh my God, it must have been a trap! Narmi, this happened because you touched the lamp arbitrarily!”
“I really, I swear I didn’t touch anything! My sister screamed loudly, and the skeleton lost its center and collapsed!”
* * *
ㅡ Kyu-Iing.
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Cloudling Yingying, who had been flying for a while, sat on my head. He must have been tired of moving around to find a gap in this space.
“… … .”
“… … .”
silkygoat was the goat. cry
Narmi and Mirna, who had been chatting for a while, are now in a state of lull as if they are tired.
Thinking it was an opportunity, I slowly opened my mouth.
“For now, we will decide who is responsible for it later. For now, let’s talk about how to get out of here. Because I don’t know how long this space will be okay.”
Once you get out of this place-.
Let us know that that is our number one priority. The sisters nod their heads as if in agreement with each other. Then Mirna asked a word.
“Isn’t it possible to have a conversation with Marmar and the others?”
Unfortunately, I had no choice but to shake my head at this question.
“I keep trying. No magic power. It seems that the inscriptions around here are blocking the magic.”
I only found out after a while though.
In this perfect secret room, strange phrases and phrases were written on every wall. Those are old lines that even Narmina and Mirna cannot interpret.
“Listening to Sir Tae-oh, these words seem to serve as magical protection. It is said to be common in ancient ruins. It’s the first time I’ve actually seen it.”
“It’s my first time too!”
“Um, is that so?”
In response to my appropriate response, Mirna explained a few more words.
“Because it was common for pagan priests to engrave magic protection techniques to deal with wizards dispatched from Angmar Kingdom.”
He said that magic is a relatively short-lived technique.
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Compared to the difficult and inconvenient ancient magic, the followers of Light and Salt armed with convenient and powerful magic expanded their power by subjugating heretics and heretics at random.
To deal with such wizards, the heathen devised a magic jammer – magic square.
It was said that the magic protection technique engraved on the opal Belhawk’s body was also improved and devised by improving the technology of these pagans for the modern age.
Shh.
I tried to light a ball of light on the palm of my hand just in case.
The most basic first-level luminous magic – light.
If you know a little bit of tricks, it’s a magic that can bloom very easily just by imagining the splendid sun, so it was a measure of magic ability.
silkygoat was the goat. cry
Normally, when I squeezed my strength, I could light up a light that was much bigger than the size of my torso. Right now, it is barely possible to create the size of a soccer ball.
“Certainly, mana operations are difficult.”
The sense that the execution of the magic was being interrupted was vivid. It’s like someone grabbing my shoulders and arms and legs and pulling me tight.
Thanks to you, it’s a little bit, but I’m nervous.
Because I, who has been doing all sorts of things with convenient magic recently, had to go back to being an ordinary and incompetent kid if I lost even that one advantage.
“My sister, Tae-oh. Listen to me.”
silkygoat was the goat. cry
Narmi gets our attention. In Narmi’s hand is an ivory lamp.
“It is said that the fairy sealed in this lamp will grant wishes. Can’t we just ask him to release him and get us out of here?”
silkygoat was the goat. cry
Narmi was asserting that the fairy of the lamp would make her wish come true. Is the story of the magic lamp spreading like a fairy tale in this world?
Of course, her older sister Mirna was cautiously pessimistic.
“Narmi, there was also a saying that there is an evil price behind it.”
“Your sister may have misinterpreted it. And, even if that were the case, this guy would be in a state of being only a soul without any substance. Is there anything my sister and I can’t control?”
“Ugh… , sure, you are right.”
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Conservative and safety-oriented Mirna was being persuaded by enterprising and challenging Narmi. Obviously, in the current situation, Narmi’s story is tempting.
Thinking it was an opportunity, Narmi continued.
“However, this lamp is neither brittle nor broken. not even open. It seems to be sealed very tightly, but I don’t know how to unlock it. Your sister is good at sealing art.”
Shh.
silkygoat was the goat. cry
Narmi holds out a lamp to her sister. Mirna, who received it, looked at it for a long time and gave a light evaluation.
“For such an important tool, it is the norm to make it difficult to unseal the seal easily. In the previous sentence, I was told to proceed with two lights and mantras at the same time… .”
Looking around, we found large luminous crystals carved into mirrors at the left and right ends of this space.
That it reflects light from the luminous crystal installed on the ceiling.
“You may have to put those two lights on this lamp. In the old days, puzzle-type seals were often like this.”
Mirna’s opinion seemed very reasonable. So, following Mirna’s words, we decided to place the lamp in the center and release the seal by shooting light from the crystals on both sides.
But someone needed to hold it to shoot the crystal light into the center. So Narmi and Mirna disperse to the left and right of the room, respectively—.
Shh.
I also had to lift the lamp high to get the angle right.
“Narmi, the mantra is going to be the basic ABA˚ mantra. I think it’s important to recite at the same time, so don’t miss the timing!”
“okay!”
aaa
When two intense lights shone on the lantern.
The twins started muttering something to each other in one voice.
“—-“
“—-“
A strange melody and tone that I cannot understand. It was a very mysterious feeling to say it at the same time as if it were one person.
That was then.
Tickle, rattle, rattle.
The lamp in my hand vibrated with a strange feeling. There is a huge hamster in it and it is very similar to struggling to get out.
And finally, bang! With a loud noise, something soars high into the sky. It was the lid of the lamp. That was when it fell to the floor and made a very loud noise.
aaa
A strange chill emanated from the open lamp. When I wake up, my feet are filled with smoke like the dry ice of the stage set, so there is a lot of tension.
– You’ve finally been released. a thousand and one hundred and fifty years. After eight months and seventeen nights, this body came to taste the air of the world of Sava.
I heard a strange voice over my head. A voice as clear as beating a xylophone.
When I lifted my head, I met the eyes of a woman in loose clothes and a veil on her face, just like the dancers. He was very relaxed, lying and swimming among the strange clouds.
―The people who freed this body from you guys.