103 – remaining_2 (revision)
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The door to the room where the boss who manages one tower resides is slammed open hard enough to hear a bang. The alchemist’s brow furrowed at the appearance of such an impolite visitor. However, as soon as he confirmed that the person who had appeared was Al Sola, his expression was colored with bewilderment.
As Solar stepped into the room, she told her purpose for coming here. He said he had come to the Alchemist’s Tower to turn his speculation into reality.
She had made her way to the top floor without bowing or looking away, ignoring all the booing from the alchemists on her way up here.
The reason for not using space movement was simple. It was a kind of performance that directly announced that ‘I am here’.
The Alchemist’s Jang also didn’t have good feelings for Sola, so he made up his mind to say something harsh as soon as she came here. However, such rebelliousness further distorted the already angry impression and disappeared without a trace in her appearance. Because I didn’t know what would happen if I went against Al Sola’s heart.
In that way, the alchemist’s intestines were in a state of shrinking to the utmost, and he had no choice but to accept the threat under the guise of a favor she had given him.
“I have work to do after that, so let’s finish it quickly.”
As he said that, Al Sola threw a shard at him. As soon as he received it, his passion for learning began to burn.
“Where did this… come from?”
Solar answered his question. Everything from how he got it to his own guesses.
Rather than trust in the alchemist, the words contained a will to ‘finish the work quickly’, but it did not reach his ears as he was observing the fragments here.
to research something new. That was more valuable than expressing dissatisfaction with Solar.
I was going to start research after seeing Solar go out like that, but…
Sola sat down at her desk and took out fragments of different colors and began to analyze them. An alchemist who started to investigate together after he was hesitant. And they don’t even talk to each other, and the time goes on just fiddling with tools.
“That… Al Sola-nim, I’m sorry, but I’m a bit burdened, so I’m going to sit down for a while…”
“It’s because you’re not concentrating. Concentrate so much that you can’t even hear people swearing.”
“That… uh…”
As soon as I worked up the courage to say it, the words ‘I lack grit’ came back. I can’t even reply to him and turn my gaze to the analysis tool.
If Al Sola had just sat on the sofa and joked around and said that, he would have been kicked out after giving the reason that he was in the way. But to say that, Al Sola was also working hard.
I was working harder than necessary. Even though he was using a tool that required concentration without a break, his eyes were bloodshot and he was examining the fragments without distraction.
The alchemist wanted to rest for a while, but Al Sola was working too hard, so he was a bit wary of resting alone. But I couldn’t even ignore the throbbing head.
“Um… Mr. Al Sola? If you rest a little…”
“Did you find out anything?”
“Uh… no?”
“Then go ahead.”
The alchemist, who had been half raised by Sola’s bloody words, sat back in the chair and began analyzing.
Time passed again, and the alchemist, who had gone beyond his limits, completed the analysis of the fragments.
As the former owner of the magic tower, she passed the analysis results to Solar while being shocked that her guess was 100% accurate.
“Good work.”
The alchemist’s eyes widened at the words of congratulations on the hard work that would never come back normally.
What happened? You said that you worked as an academy after leaving here, right? Did anything good happen with the first hero?
Whatever it was, things worked out well. Didn’t he satisfy his thirst for knowledge and didn’t Sola get the information? I asked because I was curious, but it might not be porridge or rice.
The alchemist, familiar with Sola’s personality, put the fragment back in and looked away from Sola as she tried to leave the room.
A small-scale dimensional gate that replaces mana with demonic energy. As a researcher, this was something I simply couldn’t ignore.
The fragments were carried away by Al Sola, but the information obtained during the analysis together was stored in his head.
ruler. do some research soon…
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Solar immediately opened the door again and started chanting.
Several sentences are overlapped, resulting in an uninterpretable language. After the three-second chanting ended, Solar reached out her hand toward him.
Then the information about the fragments in the man’s head disappeared. As if a hole had been punched in the middle of the brain.
In preparation for an unexpected situation, the alchemist’s memories of this invention and the fulfillment of his intellectual desire were erased.
After perfecting the post-processing, Solar moved on to her next destination. The place she headed this time was the basement of the lowest of the three towers, the lab of the devil worshipers.
I opened the door and went in, but the inside was desolate. Solar furrowed her brow in an empty space devoid of paper documents or dust, let alone furniture and magic tools.
‘what? Are you kicked out?’
It was nothing strange. Devil worshipers were treated as thorns not only in other countries but also inside the Mage Tower. But now it was impossible without them.
It was not because of peace on the continent. They needed someone to extract their knowledge of demons and curses from, and only devil worshipers could satisfy them.
“Hey.”
“Yep!”
He grabbed the shoulder of the passing wizard and asked.
It was quite a funny sight to see an old man with a gray beard straightening his back and giving a well-disciplined answer, but no one pointed it out.
“Where have all the devil worshipers gone?”
“Uh.. those.. worshipers.. if you’re talking about..”
“Tell me quickly.”
“Yes.. Yes! Follow me!”
An old man, stretched out in a straight line from fingertips to toes, leads the way with a stiff gait.
The place where his steps stopped was Changgwan, the treasure house of pleasure, where Solar had asked Ron to never go there.
Solar’s eyes automatically narrowed.
“No, it’s not like that! Devil worshipers here…”
“What did I say? All right. Go ahead.”
I wouldn’t have come here without thinking. It must have been that the devil worshipers were pushed and pushed and pushed all the way here.
Solar, who had no intention of wasting any more time, quickly opened the door.
I felt like the fresh air from outside was being sucked in.
Solar covered her mouth with one hand.
It was so disgusting.
The sticky air itself clearly showed what kind of action was taking place inside, and Solar didn’t want to have anything to do with people like that.
It was not even worth using magic to purify the air. I just kept my mouth shut and went inside to explore a space where a demon worshiper might be congregating.
And found it. A hidden door in a space you might miss if you don’t check properly.
it was locked
It’s a pretty sophisticated protection magic.
But it meant nothing in front of her. As soon as Sola uttered a very small sentence, the protective magic that had overlapped several layers was broken.
That’s what she saw as soon as she opened the door.
Blood soaked the floor.
A fishy smell that you can’t get used to even if you try to get used to it.
Bandages spread red on the ground.
Ron endlessly hurts himself right before collapsing.
A demon watching him with interest.
The devil’s eyes widened. His face was painted with joy and delight at the being called Al Solar, who had penetrated his magic.
At that overreaction, Ron turned his head and looked at Solar.
It looked more painful than ever. Still, he had a relieved look on his face.
Ron, who was staggering with his eyes unfocused, looked at Sola’s face and smiled.
The tip of the dagger in my tightly clenched hand was shaking, and the blade was also covered in a red, slimy liquid.
and said
“Ah, Solar. Come on. I, I did it. I almost went crazy, but somehow I persevered. Because I believed you would come.”
Too proud, as if he were expendable.
“Am I good at holding on?”
“What… what are you talking about…”
pop.
Drops of blood pooled at the tip of the dagger fell to the ground.
It wasn’t a fight. I was sure.
The reason for bringing out the dagger was very clear.
Because the nails weren’t enough.
So, Solar had no choice but to bite her lower lip even more.
His mind, which had been shaken by the teeth penetrating his thin lips despite his meager dental power, regained his balance.
“I did what I could. There’s a devil here. It’s a demon. Admit it. I’ve been good. I’ve done my part. So me…”
As if he had already lost his mind halfway, he began to mutter while looking alternately at Solar and empty space.
It was as if he was putting out what came to his mind in order not to let go of his mind.
Words that do not connect, along with thoughts, are scattered in the air. Faced with a confusing situation, Sola’s eardrums can’t catch his words clearly and start sending them out through the other ear.
Ron’s trembling gaze looked directly at Solar’s expression.
As soon as he saw Solar’s face, which looked like it would cry if he touched it, he lost consciousness and collapsed.
Bleeding ensues. body temperature is lowered; I felt like I would die if I didn’t do anything.
‘This is not the time to panic. There is no room for that. I’ll think about what I saw and why I didn’t tell us later…’
As if the devil smiling brightly in front of him didn’t even catch his eye, Sola started chanting with Ron wrapped around her.
A chant twice as fast as usual. Solar, who concentrated so much and finished the perfect chant without an inch of error. The destination is a place where you can definitely cure him in the current situation.
Their bodies begin to dissipate into a halo of light. Sola didn’t even pay attention to the devil until the end.
The demon left alone looked at the place where they had disappeared and the blood on the floor.
‘ah. It could be a little more fun.’
didn’t kill anyone I lived here for a long time.
Making such an excuse does not mean that its true nature disappears. The devil’s nature to burn the lives of others as well as his own for his own interest. Although Ereon learned the lifestyle of humans by sticking to the continent, he could not get rid of such nature.
The demon had already fully realized what Solar and Ron’s relationship was like, and he understood why Ron was so overreacting. Because he was a demon who studied what was called a curse.
‘No luck. Of course, there are two opposite curses at once…’
He said he was sorry, but his mouth was smiling. As if he had found a way to reach his desired destination.