102. Inside the Manma War [2]
102.
“I guess I should take care of Gemini.”
“Yes?”
Escelia looked at him, startled by her sudden words.
“Where are you going?!”
“It’s not like that. As you just saw, this place is dotted with unseen traps. Although it’s best to get past the traps without triggering them…… , I’m honestly not sure. That’s why I’m asking you two. I will be at the forefront, blocking the most active traps, so please protect Gemini in the meantime.”
The traps just now were arrows and harpoons. It was an ordinary arrow and harpoon, except for the extremely sharp and fast throwing speed, but what should be noted was that the place where they were standing was still at the entrance.
In other words, it was at best a weapon designed to warn intruders. If you do it wrong, you are likely to lose your life. I didn’t know what type of trap there was, but it was hard to think that there was a trap with weaker power the deeper I went inside. It was a trap devised by none other than demon gods themselves, and demon gods whose nature was close to destruction could not treat intruders favorably.
Recognizing the meaning of the words, the two elves nodded in agreement. Ecilia wiggled her fingers, as if she was a little bit like Zerpiede, but she was nervous about falling, but she had to nod her head countless times without seeing the Death Knight’s sharp eyes.
So the method they came up with was exactly the same situation as now. Zerfied walked first, a little farther in the front, followed by Ferien, Esilia, and Frigate, and the three of them walked in a horizontal line. The aisle was large enough to fit the size of the Ten Thousand Horses, so three people could stand side by side.
“Keep down – !”
Ferien and Freygit pressed down Esilia’s soft platinum hair at the same time. An ax blade resembling a large half moon rushed into the spot where her head had just been. About half of them were broken. At the same time, a huge sound rang out from the front.
-Koo-goo-gu-gung – !
I heard the death knight’s cry through the thick sound.
“Sorry! It flew so quickly, so the reaction was a bit delayed! No one is hurt!”
“I’m fine, knight!” “Me too! Postposition!”
“No… Guess what…… !!”
The two elves faced each other at the sudden sound of a child’s babbling, then turned their heads to where the sound came from. So, to the lower part. There was a saintess with her face buried in her floor, her arms spread out and flapping like her wings.
“No… !! Let’s go…… !!!”
It was because the two elves held the saintess by the hand and made her bow down before the saintess had time to respond.
“Ah.” “Sorry.”
The two immediately removed her hands from the back of the saintess’s head, but it was too late. The saintess’ soft cheeks were left with a lot of pressure marks. Her white skin was marked with pressure, making her look very funny. In return, the two elves had to go through a terrifying experience that they couldn’t even open their mouths to. With the saintess puffing out her cheeks, she shot the two elves.
“Are you okay?! I thought I just heard something.”
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At that time, Zerpied, who was in the front, approached with a stride. At the Death Knight’s voice, the saintess opened her mouth and covered her flustered face. It was the worst choice.
“What happened? Wait, why are you covering her face? No way… Are you hurt?! How hurt are you?”
“Oh, no… ! That is… !”
The saintess was even more flustered and covered her face, but of course she couldn’t stand the power of the Death Knight. The Death Knight, who so easily removed the hand of the saintess who was covering her face, spat out a single word at the sight of her.
“Ah.”
Blinking a few times, he cleared his throat and said.
“Well, that, I’m really glad you weren’t hurt. …… Then let’s go do some more reconnaissance. What’s going on… Noodle… Call me right away.”
After his words, the Death Knight moved forward at a high speed.
The two elves turned their heads at the same time as if they had promised. And looking at the stone wall mixed with dark and medium golden color, I earnestly hoped that there might be some special meaning hidden in the stones and lines of stones arranged in disorder.
That way, she won’t feel the stare of the saint staring at them with her weeping eyes, her cheeks puffed out as if they were about to explode.
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“Wow… ….” “Her…… !” “Crazy…… !”
About 10 minutes later, the three people who reached the spot where the Death Knight passed by simultaneously spit out a vain breath mixed with the meaning of being ridiculous.
All over the place, blades of the same shape as the one that just passed were broken and fell to the floor. It was an ordinary half-moon-shaped blade, but its length approached Esilia’s height. It was purely an illusion to think that the days that passed them before were halved. It was only about a third of it left.
But what surprised them most of all was that the number of them was almost thirty.
The types of traps that make up the passage have become more diverse. From simply ejecting cold weapons, to exploding a certain section, to dropping nets with electric current from all sides (probably devised by the demon of lightning), to stones three times the weight of Gorgon falling from above, etc. .
And Zerfied’s ability to dismantle traps became more and more proficient, and after two and a half hours Ferien and Frigate were getting used to handling the tiny bits of traps he had missed.
The act of passing through the passage was transformed into ‘viewing the results of dismantling the Death Knight’s trap’. If Zerphied, who is about 600 cubits ahead of his party, dismantles the trap first (if it was someone else’s standard, it would have to be called a battle with the trap), the three people follow behind and see the result of what he has done, and dismantle it in some way. Inferred that
“This must have been broken by the knight swinging the spear.”
“I think Huchi used a fist, but this one has a bumpy cut.”
“Or maybe the driver just ran into it with his body.”
Looking at the eight pillars protruding horizontally from the wall, the circumference of which was estimated to be possible to cover only by the efforts of three people, the three people exchanged opinions on how to break these eight pillars in half.
At first, the two elves stuck out their tongues at the result of dismantling the trap, but after two and a half hours, the initial doubts disappeared. The special space called Manmajeon was enough to make me forget those miscellaneous thoughts. The two elves almost took these abilities of Zerfied for granted.
“Um…… , Then wouldn’t it be that Huchi threw himself, using a spear on one side and breaking the other with his fist? Looking at this place, the cut surface is clean.”
“Oh! Isn’t that a great idea?”
“Let’s ask the driver when we arrive.”
“What are you asking?”
When the Death Knight’s voice was suddenly heard, the three raised their heads while screaming colorfully. And the moment I looked up, I realized they were near the end of the aisle.
The end of the passage was a huge door.