271 – 259.Desert Ruins-4
A maze of ruins so wide that one doubts whether there is an end.
For the trek, it was necessary to proceed while paying attention to physical strength, but Bern and his party had no such leisure.
Stable progress was impossible unless one escaped the pursuit of the bizarre-looking Mimic.
“Master, wouldn’t it be better to confront each other rather than run away?”
“Even if you want to, it’s impossible because the slate spit out by Mimic will be damaged.”
“If it was a stone slab, you stored it in a subspace. “Then it’s being kept safely, isn’t it?”
“It only took a moment, but I confirmed that the slate and Mimic were connected as one. I struck you once with the back of my sword to save the chaos, right? “The fine cracks that were made at that time were still left on the stone slab.”
If you kill the Mimic, the stone slab will be damaged.
Similarly, if you destroy the stone tablet, the Mimic will end, but Bern was unable to read the contents of the stone tablet.
In the end, he had to interpret the stone tablets to avoid her pursuit without causing any harm to Mimic.
“Ah! “There is a gap on the left side ahead that people can pass through!”
“Okay! “Let’s go in there.”
“Yes!”
The gap that Meryl discovered was wide enough for only one person to pass through.
Meryl and Hades, who are small in stature, entered relatively easily, but Bern was blocked at the entrance.
The space is so narrow that it is difficult to enter even without the two swords at the waist.
Moreover, the distance between Mimic is gradually narrowing, so Bern took out a stone tablet from subspace and handed it to Hades.
“I’ll keep running away, so you guys stay here interpreting the tablets!”
“Yes?! Ha, but I don’t know how to interpret ancient script!”
“If you, the lich, and Meryl, the wise man’s daughter, join forces, it may take time, but we will definitely be able to interpret it!”
Hades and Meryl were the most knowledgeable people Bern knew.
That’s why he was able to trust and entrust the stone tablets to them.
“Destroy the stone tablets as soon as the analysis is complete!”
Bern, who drew Mimic’s attention with a loud cry, ran away again.
An extreme escape drama in which there must not be a single dead end until the analysis is completed.
But what he did not know was that the real danger had not yet arrived.
***
“Whoa…” ! Huh… ! Huh… !”
I ran while controlling my pace so as not to be caught by Mimic.
I’ve been running for 30 minutes already.
I wanted to show off my luck in never coming to a dead end even though I have come across many crossroads so far.
“I wish I could have this kind of luck in gacha games!”
Now the memories from before possession are blurry.
It’s only been a little over a year since I was possessed, but it felt like it was Bern from the beginning.
But no matter how hard I try, I don’t think I can become the honest Bern in Adokchoe.
I was not Bern as I had the same body but no noble spirit.
‘My name is…’ ….’
I don’t remember.
I could remember it, but I didn’t put any effort into it.
Because my real name has no value in this world.
It’s bittersweet, but now I am Bern, and Bern must take responsibility for everything I’ve done.
“hahahaha… !”
I don’t have the slightest desire to go back, but I don’t know how things will turn out in the world.
If my possession ends, this body will return to its original owner.
I hate to even imagine it, but since I was essentially borrowing his body, I couldn’t complain.
So, I want to at least give him the happiest ending.
“At least we should avoid the stigma of being a boxer!”
I ran with my teeth clenched to avoid being caught by Mimic.
I ran around endlessly and worked on checking the inside of the ruins.
I wonder if it has any meaning since only the similar structures and sand bricks are connected, but there were also subtle differences.
‘Every time you pass a crossroads, the arrangement of the bricks changes… ….’
I saw differences at every crossroads I had encountered so far.
It’s hard to notice if you don’t have keen eyesight, but at least I wasn’t that dull.
[It seems like there are differences in the placement of bricks in each area.]
‘Did you make it that way to make it easier to distinguish?’
[I’m not sure about that, but I guess the contractor’s guess is correct.]
It means that the arrangement of the bricks serves as a kind of guide to prevent one from getting lost.
Then who are the different arrangements for?
Of course it’s not for intruders.
Even if one recognizes that such a device exists, it is of no help to someone who comes to the ruins for the first time.
‘As expected, there seems to be another guy wandering around inside the ruins.’
I felt a sign of presence at the end of the road I was walking on.
It would be nice if it was Duraz, but unfortunately there was only one sign that could be detected.
“…… Damn, I’m cornered.”
In the distance, I saw a being wearing a black cloak covering his face.
It was clear that he was undead, as he had the smell of the dead at the tip of his nose.
Probably not because vampires have strong blood. So, is it a mummy wearing a mat?
“Prah, can you control it with necromancy?”
[It appears that interference is impossible because some kind of power surrounds it.]
“I guess we have no choice but to get rid of it.”
Unlike Mimic, there is no problem at all if you kill it.
I drew a magic circle with my hand that had raised my magical power and advanced.
Because it was an unknown opponent, I lightly struck lightning on his head with the feeling of keeping him in check.
Then, the black cloak that was standing there suddenly leaned back and caught the lightning strike with its abdomen.
To be precise, the lightning strike was absorbed into the abdomen and disappeared.
“What is that…?” … !”
An amazing scene was unfolding before my eyes, to the point where my words were cut off mid-sentence.
An undead that stood up again after casually receiving lightning magic.
The body of the undead, which had been hidden behind a cloak, was revealed.
The face was still covered, but the body was human.
However, his skin was extremely pale and he had a body similar to that of a woman.
“I’m going to turn. What kind of abnormal s*xual desire is this again?”
The problem was that he was just an exhibitionist because his chest and groin were covered with bandages.
A cross-dressing woman, who often appears in romantic comedies, wearing a pressure bandage?
Her problem was that her breasts were so big that they felt like the bandages were going to break.
If you ask me if I’m excited, I’m not.
Even if you have a great body, would you be excited if you catch a lightning strike with your stomach?
I was just afraid because I didn’t know what kind of abyss Mira might have.
[You’re not really fascinated by that body, are you?]
“Can’t you see my hands are shaking right now?”
The mimicry of human limbs that is being followed now is outside the range that humans can accept.
I quickly gave up thinking that the mummy in front of me was normal.
“Anyway, I know that magic doesn’t work, so I cut it down… !”
I took out the Prach and glared venomously at Mira.
At the same time, bandages flowed out of Mira’s arms and lunged at me like a snake.
I tried to cut off the bandage, but the yellow bandage suddenly turned black and became hard.
In the end, the bandage could not be cut off and ended at the point where it was cut off.
But even after the bandages were thrown off, they came flooding back to me again.
[Do not spare your strength.]
“I guess I have to do that.”
As mana was replaced with magic energy and magic energy was replaced with sword energy, Prah’s runes turned red.
When I swung the sword filled with red energy, the bandage that had been so strong was easily cut into pieces.
The moment when they were about to cut the mummy’s body in half along the grain of the bandage.
Mira turned behind her and she started running away.
“Hey! “Don’t run away!”
It wasn’t something I should have said as I was running away from Mimic, but I couldn’t help but feel strangely bad.
Because it was no different from an exhibitionist demon committing a crime of public indecency and running away.
Probably something similar happened to Grandma Morks’ party.
“Let’s see how far we can run away!”
He squeezed out his sword energy for a long time and flew it towards Mira.
Just before the sharp sword touches Mira’s legs. Mira suddenly turned on her back and caught her sword energy with her abdomen.
She showed the ability to absorb even her sword energy in the same way as lightning.
This means that unless you cut it directly with a sword, all long-distance attacks are meaningless.
I followed behind Mira, who clicked her tongue and started to run away again.
“That place… ?”
Mira, who had been running in front of her, suddenly turned her body to the right and fell into the gap between her walls.
Unlike the gap that Hades and Meryl entered, the entrance was wide and I was able to follow in this time.
Naturally, she felt better as she was able to escape Mimic’s pursuit.
But she did not let down her guard as there was still an unidentified mummy left.
“Light.”
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A small sphere of light was created above her hand, illuminating the dark space.
If you look at the subtle light visible from the other side, the gap in the ruins seems to be a secret passage leading to another space.
I quickly exited the passage, confident that Mira would be on the other side of her.
“Oh, I think I was lured into this?”
The large space was filled with bandages.
I felt like I was in a jungle full of spider webs.
A black shadow wandering through a jungle made of bandages.
Convinced that it was the mummy from before, I took my stance.
“It’s becoming a nuisance.”
As Mira walked around in her bandages, she showed off her dazzling movements.
Mummy goes back and forth in all directions through rope action that cannot be found even in wrestling.
It has reached a level where my eyes cannot detect it by moving faster so that I cannot predict where it will attack.
It was like being caught in a trap created by Mira.
[Are there any measures?]
“Either cut off all the bandages or…” ….”
I raised my magical power and used the material transformation magic circle.
The magic target is all objects within a 1 meter radius. The substance to be converted was set to ice.
“We have to make it so that the bandage cannot be worn.”
“Hibb?!”
It was at that time that Mira, who was diligently wearing bandages, was about to jump down from above to attack me.
Unfortunately, the last bandage I stepped on turned into ice and I slipped, so there was a long pillar of ice where I fell.
Moreover, as she fell and her area was her crotch, a cute moan came out of Mira’s mouth.
If it were a man, it would not be surprising if he died of shock a long time ago.
Of course, just because she was a woman didn’t mean she couldn’t get sick.
“Uh…. “I’m sorry.”
Mira was lying face down on the floor, her body trembling pitifully.
I wanted to rub the injured area, but if I did that, it would end up being a caress, so I could only watch.