source of power (1)
A stone gate that firmly maintains its shape despite being worn over time.
And the murals and writings that give off a gloomy atmosphere.
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“This is it.”
The building the soldiers found was in a small gap in the canyon wall.
Who would have imagined that there would be an entrance in between?
Perhaps it would have been difficult to find if it had not been for an order to search the walls intensively.
Of course, since I had already found it, it didn’t make any sense.
‘I never thought I’d see things I’d only heard in the news.’
An unknown ruin built in the land of barbarians like a ghost.
The gaze looking at the entrance was revealing anew pleasure.
But that wasn’t all that the Magic Tower Lord followed.
“… … Your Highness, are these the real ruins?”
“Yes.”
“Huh, my God.”
Relics that have existed since the distant past.
The traces and knowledge there had valuable academic value, and sometimes became the source of money for adventurers who made astronomical amounts of money.
… … So far is common sense.
However, if it was in the land of barbarians, the words were different.
“The ruins located in the land of the barbarians, who made something like a grand joint… … !”
The mage lord’s expression hardened.
At the level of barbarian civilization, there was no way they could make something like this.
No, I will definitely say that it is impossible. At most, all they could make was an improvised fort.
If so, this obviously meant that it was a ruin that was close to a mystery.
“This is a northern remote area where continental people have never reached… … .”
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The magic tower owner looked at me while sweeping the building in front of her with her finger.
Indeed, complex emotions were revealed.
“… … I can’t believe it even after seeing it with my own two eyes.”
“It is not unusual. Because human eccentricity is unpredictable.”
“After all, does this also mean that it is a product of ordinary human beings?”
“The obvious.”
However, this place was a ruin in the barbarian land.
Who made it, why, and what it contains.
That alone makes it impossible to dare to estimate its academic value.
“Oh oh! oh my god!”
Thanks to this, it was Layton who came here with the help of the Mage Tower Master.
“Lord of the Magic Tower, look here! The writing at the entrance is an ancient language!”
“Ancient language… … It certainly seems so.”
“Yes, I am sure!”
Layton has been studying ancient universities for a long time.
After he left the Commonwealth Empire, he went through ancient records with full support.
And now, he was showing off his achievements to the fullest.
“These must be ruins made by ancient wizards!”
“Huh!”
They succeeded in penetrating the true identity of this ruin at once.
The magic tower owner threw a surprised look at me and asked for the truth.
Of course, I’m not the one who doesn’t know that. But I just flicked my eyebrows and looked at Layton.
‘It’s really amazing to get the right answer right away.’
Yes, it was as I was sure. This was a place where traces of ancient magic lay dormant. It also contains a very big secret.
“It really is a dreamlike space!”
Layton was scanning the surroundings so thoroughly that he almost touched the wall.
It was completely different from the first appearance, which was tired of the cold of the barbarian land.
I looked at it and turned my gaze to the owner of the mage tower.
“Can you grasp the scale of the inside of the Manaro Ruins?”
“I already tried, but it was impossible. Perhaps the flow of mana is twisted.”
“Well, it’s unfortunate, but it’s a matter of course.”
My shoulders shrugged.
It was already expected to some extent, so it didn’t matter.
That’s because the country that discovered this place before returning was the same.
“By the way, I heard that the soldiers have already tried to open it.”
“okay.”
“However, considering that there is no big story yet… … It must mean that it is a structure that requires a special method.”
Even though it was a stone gate, it did not budge, and it was harder than most steel. Even Layton, who tried to push it just in case, gave up.
however.
“What is the special way?”
I twitched the corners of my mouth and put my hand over the stone gate.
Blasphemy!
“… … !”
“Hut!”
Then, the stone gate showing off its majesty began to crack.
Surprised shouts from the Mage Tower Master and Layton continued. It was embarrassing that the door, which hadn’t even moved, started cracking just by touching it.
and.
Kwagwagwang!
In the end, the stone gate was torn like a piece of paper and collapsed beyond recognition.
“Hey, why is this all of a sudden… … .”
The two of them looked at the place where the stone gate was located and was in vain silence.
There, only the interior of the ruins, where only dust is scattered with the black mouth open, can be seen.
Layton asked, leaving his embarrassment behind.
“Me, Your Highness?! Can I destroy this as it is?”
Apart from the stone gate that collapsed just by touching it, this place is a ruin made by ancient wizards.
You don’t know what will happen if you break it carelessly.
But I brushed off my dusty sleeves and indifferently threw out my answer.
“It was just a stone gate that was locked with magic. Other than that, it has no meaning.”
“Yeah, but if you forcefully open it, the inside will collapse… … .”
“I’ve come across too many useless records.”
“hahahaha… … .”
When he said that, Layton scratched his head with an awkward smile.
Of course, that worry was not for nothing. In fact, most of the ruins were often maintained with magical powers to prevent intruders.
‘But not these ruins.’
I didn’t know everything either, but I did know what was at the end of this place.
It was an obvious ‘hint’. Proof that these ruins were never designed to collapse.
That was enough.
“Go in.”
“Ah, I see.”
I walked past Layton, who was so stiff, and walked into the ruins.
It was in the dark, where you couldn’t see an inch ahead.
* * *
Northern nights are cold. Especially if it’s now that winter isn’t all over.
For this reason, there were many cases in which the northern part was built underground to avoid the cold wind.
But this basement was unusual. The chill you feel as soon as you enter the ruins. Ironically, inside this underground space, a sharper wind was blowing than outside.
“It’s a maze.”
The mage tower owner, who was lighting up the surroundings with magic, said.
… … Six roads that can be seen where the gaze is heading.
He tried to find a way by spreading mana, but unfortunately, mana slowly dissipated as soon as he got away from the body of the master of the tower.
“I guess it was because of this place that it was impossible to detect from above. Since the flow of mana is twisted, it seems impossible to find out more.”
“Right.”
It was the same with the feeling of the knight.
In a way, the situation is similar to Tibar Gorge in Arendelle, where a magical storm raged.
The twisted flow is what hinders the circulation of qi.
“You must be saying that you have to go through on your own from here.”
“Me, Your Highness. If you break through the wall of the labyrinth just like you broke the stone gate… … .”
“It will not withstand the load and the inside will collapse.”
“ah.”
Layton shook his head sullenly.
I shrugged my shoulders and recalled what had happened before returning.
‘Mirror… … .’
A street corner consisting of a total of six directions.
It was the entrance to a maze-like ruins made up of riddles and traps.
Didn’t even the country that discovered this place conquer the labyrinth until the very end?
If there was more time, the attempt was canceled by barbarians who noticed the intrusion here.
But it wasn’t entirely without income.
Thanks to that, I succeeded in getting a little hint of the identity of ‘it’ sleeping inside and the ruins of ‘ancient times’.
Well, now I’m going to use that hint.
“What was written on the writing at the entrance?”
“… … ah! Please wait a moment.”
Layton answered that and took out something.
It was a notebook in which the words of the entrance were written down. The guy looked at it and started to interpret the meaning of the ancient language.
“Let’s see, there are elements in the earth where the sun shines… … The labyrinth where the shadows are bound will follow the light to find the way… … .”
“… … Look, is that all?”
“Yes, Lord of the Tower. That was all that was written at the entrance.”
“Huh, there aren’t even clear instructions on what to do.”
In the end, in order to find the way, it was said that you had to follow the written ‘light’.
And perhaps one of these six roads is the one related to ‘light’.
… … It was a question and answer that caught the floating clouds.
Even in an ancient dungeon where there might be some kind of trap.
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“… … !”
It was then.
The Mage Tower Master and Layton hurriedly turned their heads at the sudden sound of footsteps.
Perhaps what they saw was me as I was striding down a street.
“majesty?!”
The sixth street on the far right.
I was convinced as I walked there. Perhaps this is the correct answer.
In fact, the clues were already out.
‘Ruins made by ancient wizards. And the clear word element and the six roads.’
… … okay.
It meant the six elements, the elements of magic.
fire, water, wind and earth.
and darkness and light.
No matter how many years have passed, the meaning of the elements of light and darkness has changed and disappeared.
It was like the truth to ancient magicians.
So, the road they talked about was the sixth road, symbolizing the element of ‘light’.
Because the naive wizards wouldn’t have changed the order of the elements once established.
‘It didn’t take a long time to explore the inside for nothing.’
It was later than the discovery of these ruins that it was discovered that light and darkness were also elements of magic.
The Federation Empire’s revelation of the secrets of the Holy Empire and the truth about the Warlock.
If you think about it, their actions were no different from helping me.
‘Well, rather than that, it could mean that I was good at bringing him.’
My gaze briefly landed on Layton, then fell.
“Follow me.”
“majesty!”
I didn’t care, and I heard a shout full of bewilderment behind me.
But what will they do? Even reluctantly, I had no choice but to follow.
But it didn’t take long to realize that it was the right choice.
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“hmm!”
“Oh!”
How many minutes did you walk? Lights began to appear at the corner of the road that began to bend like a maze.
A magic wall lamp installed on the wall. The light was coming from there.
Surprised by the momentary commotion, Layton said in a trembling voice.
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“It’s rain, it’s light. uh, why… … .”
“I see…” … .”
It was natural to be surprised.
I thought it moved for no reason, but in the end it seemed like it was the correct answer.
“If I had gone the other way… … .”
“I must have been caught in the rushing traps.”
“That, like that… … !”
That’s how I answered their questions.
In fact, the other directions were lined with ancient magic traps.
It was also a trap suitable for each attribute. Fire, the element of the first path, is like falling into pouring lava… … .
Since this place was literally the path of light, it was natural to look at it.
“That doesn’t mean there aren’t traps here, though.”
“… … yes?”
visor!
“Huh!”
dump-
Layton stumbled, startled by the sudden flash of something.
He then wiped away a cold sweat as he looked at the cloudy shield blocking his path and something that had fallen on the ground.
“Fire, arrows… … .”
“Aiming for a gap in the correct answer, you fired an invisible arrow with light.”
“okay.”
“If they had been weary, they would have been pinned down.”
The magic tower master said, erasing the barrier he had raised in an instant.
I just laughed when I saw it.
Even though it was still in the early stages of Ruins, it was a trap suitable for Perk or ‘Light’.