Chapter 612 – Void’s Mighty Darkness.

“Master. Are you going to leave them alone?”

Euclid, who scribbled a quill on the parchment at the words of a respectful male butler, was flawed. He moaned.

“They are suspicious of the basement door.”
“It’s okay. It looks flimsy, but that door is covered with all sorts of security techniques.”
“But…”
“Ah. If it’s the heir’s cutting sword, it could destroy security magic in an instant. In that case, an alarm would go off.”

Euclid laughed that it was enough to deal with it at that time.

“…Somehow. If the plan goes wrong.”

The male butler with an anxious face.
Euclid put down the quill and smiled coldly.

“…Don’t you trust me?”
“…”

Deacon Nam narrowed his eyes and suddenly trembled in surprise.

“I’m sorry… I…”
“…Yes! It’s okay! You’re the butler of our family.”

Euclid narrowed his eyes and tapped him on the shoulder.

“What? Even if I don’t step in, my daughter will take care of it.”
“…Yes. He’s sure to do something about it.”

Euclid blinked his eyes at Butler Nam’s ecstatic face and asked.

“By the way, is the space for confession ready?”
“Ah. Yes! Ixia-nim said it would be possible this evening.”
“Yeah… That’s right.”

Euclid nodded his head in satisfaction.

“Now. Heir… Will you be able to find out our secrets? Is it really you who is the object of the prophecy? Woo hoo hoo…”

***

Enter Boyd’s hidden room.

It took a long time because of the male butler who was standing guard rather than the security technique.

Maybe he was nervous, but he stood in front of the door for a long time and spoke loudly, but in the end, he was a human being, so he had no choice but to go to the bathroom or go to work or leave.

As an ordinary person, this is an unavoidable limitation.
He has a lot of employees, so if he had to work shifts, he might have had to use a bit of a wild method.

Anyway. Contrary to the sloppy-looking guards, a very powerful high-ranking spell was hung on the door.

To some extent, even at the Fryunar Academy, where geniuses gather, the clever young head of the family is a high elf and an even better person. It was to the point that even though they had the same palyu, they said to each other, “Why is there such a difference in level?”

There were dozens or hundreds of crime prevention magics.
What’s even more surprising is that this anti-crime magic wasn’t installed before, it was probably put on by the time we arrived.

I could indirectly know Euclid’s goosebumps skills.
Well, I still have spirit magic.

All kinds of crime prevention magic on chains were great, but my spirit magic, decomposition magic, disintegrates all magic.

Even the anti-crime magic that will sound when security is released.

Luckily, Euclid didn’t add anything other than magic.
Installing a physical security system in parallel would have been a bit tricky.

Anyway, we unlocked the security, ducked down, passed the chains, and walked confidently down the aisle.

The aisle was very pitch black.
It wasn’t an exaggeration, it was to the point where I couldn’t see an inch ahead.
Perhaps this was Void’s technique.
Whether it was physical darkness or not, even the light of the spirits summoned by Palyu did not dispel the darkness.
The strange thing is that you can clearly see the person next to you.
Reluctantly, I held her hand.

“?!?! Now, sleep…!? What, what what…!”
“If you make a mistake, you will fall. Let’s hold on for a moment.”
“…Yes, yes.”

Oddly modest demeanor.
Flareon, who was watching us, giggled.

When I looked to her side, her physical ability was less than that of her arms, and she was walking straight and without any discomfort.
Is that because of the demons in the shadows?
I’m really curious about this. The true identity of the demons in the shadows.

Fortunately, however, the darkness dissipated as we passed through the aisle.
It was still dark, but it was a little better with torches.
Hey But this is lucky.
[Flavor…?]
Horror game luck!
This gloomy and frightening feeling of hanging a torch in a dark basement.
Kya this is this
This is an adventure!
A beating heart feels good.

“…Why, you’re pounding too… That’s right.”
“?Yes?”
“Ah, no..! Ugh… This stupid heart..!”

A palryu that beats his own chest.
Why is he like this

“It’s wide.”

As Flareon said, it was unnecessarily wide.
What though Nothing seemed to matter.
What is the purpose of this cellar? Usually when you think of a basement, images of a warehouse come to mind.
Does a warehouse with few people need to be so wide…?
At that time.

Thud.

There was the sound of huge footsteps in the distance.
Hearing the mysterious footsteps from beyond the darkness, Palryu gripped my hand even tighter.
It must have been an act done unconsciously, but let’s enjoy this feeling…!

Well, just kidding.

“Come this way.”

As he took the two of them by the hand and led them, Flaon pulled his hand away.
Did you feel bad…?

“Sleep.”
“?”

Why do you grab my collar
What is a dog leash?
Judging by the sadistic expression on his face, he seemed to be really like that.
I was stunned, but I didn’t show it and took the two of them to the wall.

The location is so exquisite that it is not even illuminated by torchlight.
If the opponent is dull, it wasn’t a matter of just skipping over it.

Seeing the light shining in the distance, I knew my thoughts had faded.
It wasn’t that the opponent was holding a light or something.
It’s just that the light of magic naturally emanates from the body.

Thud. Thud. That thing walking heavily was definitely not a human figure.
It walks on two legs and has the face of a tiger.
It was truly bizarre that his face was shining, but his body was overflowing with darkness.

The figure is also the figure, but the problem is that our position is highly likely to be found out because of that shining face.

…Can I have no choice but to bell?
However, it is still unclear whether they are hostile to us.
Somehow it feels different from normal monsters, so cutting is a little hesitant.

That moment.

Charleup!

Darkness enveloped us.
Palyu tried to scream in surprise, and I covered her mouth with my hand.

Thud. Thud.

The Witchbeast passed by without finding us and disappeared into the distance.

Only after that did the darkness dissipate and I let Palyu’s mouth go.

“What, what was…?”
“It’s my skill.”

Actually, it happened in Flaun’s shadow, but she keeps the shadow a secret from others, so let’s assume it’s mine.

“Whoops. It’s a smart puppy.”
“…”
“Huh? Meng… What?”

While Palyu tilted her head, he held her hand and led her in the direction the witch came from earlier.

“Wait…! Where are we going?”
“The Witchbeast, who roams around like scouting, has come from over there. It must be something, isn’t it?”

Palryu nodded her head slightly to see if she understood.

“I see… But you. Why do you think you’re excited?”
“It’s an illusion.”

Throbbing. Throbbing.
A monster in a basement like a dungeon…? Kya…!

“Let’s go.”

The Witchbeast was not one.
As we moved forward, we saw beasts walking on two or four legs.
The numbers I’ve seen so far are in the tens.
Certainly, Euclid and Boyd must have had some kind of power to control the monsters.

Also, the Witchbeast seemed quite intelligent.
They weren’t just messing around, they were looking around, and some even yawned.

Because of their high intelligence, poor stealth will quickly be noticed.
If I were alone, I would erase my presence and hide by clinging to the ceiling, but Flareon’s shadow was the most certain.

Using her powers appropriately, we traveled a considerable distance.

Her shadow erased not only her presence, but also her energy.

“What is the purpose of the void?”

Palryu was out of luck.

“What are you doing in a space this big, what are you trying to achieve…?”

It’s a somber voice.
He had been suspicious of Boyd all this time, but when he discovered something really suspicious, he looked grim.

Did he still want to believe that they belong to the same teenage family?

“I could have made a living by selling the magic stones and amassing a lot of money. But Euclid is plotting something secretly by even firing his employees.”

Palryu, who looked around, trembled as if she was terrified.

“What does he want and what he wants in this gloomy place, abandoning even human greed?”
“Well…”

I pondered a bit.
What are Euclid and Boyd unhappy about with their current situation?

The answer came quickly.

“Maybe you want to quit your mission?”

The voice and the words overlapped completely.
Flareon and I looked at each other.

“Oh, that’s wonderful.”
“…”

As I defiantly stroked her hair, she rather gently closed her eyes.
Also, having a dog pet the head in the shape of a mouth is actually nicer than I thought. Says this year.

“You’re quitting your mission…?”
“Yes. I think so.”
“What is that…”
“Think about it. Wouldn’t it be fun to be in a remote place like this, where no matter how much wealth you accumulate, there’s no one to brag about and nothing to enjoy with that wealth?”
“…That, I understand. We Elves and Winte also have such thoughts.”

Palyu’s voice became more gloomy.

“But in the meantime, if you say you’d rather go out than to splurge on something… At least we’d have thought of a way to ensure a break.”

Well, if he complained about wanting to quit his mission, he would have helped out with something as a teenage family.
Well, there are other hypotheses.

“At first, I’m sorry. Like you said, I thought about asking for help, but maybe I changed my mind in the middle?”
“Is it different…?”

My imagination is like this.
The Boyd family has managed the magic stone forest for thousands of years and has lived a noble and ascetic life.

The contradiction of accumulating great power and wealth but not being able to use it must have been difficult for the young and energetic Euclid.

Didn’t Euclid come up with this idea when he saw three well-to-do inland families, no… Ordinary people living happily?

I’m patient, but why are they enjoying everything?
I want to break everything.
All the things that brought me to this fate.
By destroying this barrier created to protect humans. I want to get rid of everything.

There must have been many things that made Euclid hate humans.

Looking at the data, it is said that there are overflowing people who come in to collect magic stones in the magic stone forest they are managing. People from the teenage family say they are suspicious and always criticize.

Euclid, who was hit here and there, had come to resent everything before he knew it, and he might have come to hate this world itself.
If that’s the case, the fact that Askatlov’s seal is broken within two days may also be what he did.

If you want to burn the world, what disaster is there like the Eight Great Kings?

“…That…!”

Hearing my thoughts, Palyu’s complexion turned very pale.

“Well, it’s just a fun imagination. According to this imagination, there are more than one or two strange parts.”

For example, the fact that they dared to call us as a risk factor to resurrect Askatlov.
Well, if it’s something like a game, there might be circumstances where we have to sacrifice ourselves to complete it, but…

“I just said this as a joke, so don’t be serious. Euclid seems to be quite easygoing. Doesn’t it seem like he’s going to set the world on fire or he’s not the kind of person who would do that? This cellar, which looks plausible, doesn’t seem like much if you get to know it.”

Wouldn’t it be better if you were guaranteed a rest by whining like the horse of the second class?

“Are you blind?”
“…”

Why are you angry This elf…

“That’s not the only thing suspicious.”

Palyu and I looked at Flaon.

“Forest of Magic Stones. No matter how famous the ten heroes, the ancestors of the teenage families, have maintained a technique that can cover this vast area for hundreds or thousands of years… Is that generally possible?”
“What do you mean…?”

Palyu’s face became serious.

“The people you mentioned earlier are sacrifices that Void asked for in the afterlife and suddenly disappeared. I wonder if they used them to set up something in the forest.”

At those words, Palyu’s face hardened.
And I remembered what looked like a person hanging from a tree I saw when I first came to the Magic Stone Forest.
Was that a ritual to amplify the effect of the spell?
…Probably not.

The reason why Askatlov is sealed in the first place is because of the sealing that the dimension’s will gave to the barrier, although it may have had the virtue of Void’s barrier.

Maintaining a seal may not be as difficult as you might think.
However, Flareon, who did not know about the will or the law of cause and effect in the Ryunar dimension, continued the hypothesis he sputtered.

“If that’s the case, I’m bound to lose my senses when it comes to eliminating people. Besides, since we’ve had a record of saving many lives with minimal sacrifices so far, shouldn’t it be okay to eliminate some of the people in the world… Maybe you’re thinking the same thing? Ufufu .”

Judging by the way he speaks, it seems that Flareon is speaking half-jokingly, unlike Palyu, who listens seriously.
It’s a joke no matter who hears it, but Palryu was seriously considering it.
I felt uncomfortable with the difference between the two.

“Falyu. Flaon. What do you guys feel about Euclid?”
“He’s handsome. The head of a teenage family is bruised…”
“Not the taste. Do you feel uncomfortable with him?”

The two women, who blinked, answered.

“No. Not so much. Rather, he has a likable personality, right?”
“Very reluctant. I don’t know what he’s thinking…”

The two girls looked at each other with conflicting evaluations.
…This, maybe.

I felt the flow of mana unique to Euclid that I felt.

And then. The light that shines brightly next to us.

“…”
“…”
“…”

It was a face.
The face of a huge bear made of magic stones.
The guy who was staring at us trying to penetrate us opened his mouth.

[Kuwaaaaa ah ah ah ahhh !!]

“Kyaaaaah?!?!”
“Aww!!”

Palyu and Flaon were startled.
I ran with the two girls at my side.

[Kwaaaaa! Seo Ra-!!]

Are you talking?!
Looking back in surprise, I was even more frightened.
The giant face of the floating bear was literally nose-to-mouth.
That’s a lot of speed…!

I strengthened my legs and used a few movement skills to increase the distance and then spoke to Palyu.

“Second class. Let yourself fly.”
“Ah, ah… Now, wait a minute…!”

The moment the spirit of her second class was summoned, I entrusted her to her spirit and held her plaion in the posture of holding her princess.

“Plane. Wrap your arms around my neck.”
“I see.”

Plain, who calmly put his arm around my neck as if wondering when he was surprised, didn’t stop there, but stroked my head as if he was proud.

“Because big dogs have this taste.”
“… Growl.”

Shall I ask like a dog?

“Why, why did you throw me away and Mr. Flaorn…Kyaaaaa!”

Right behind Palryu, who was about to protest something, is the face of a large bear.
We ran away, and I cheered with excitement.

Okay! Horror games should have a chase scene!

How far did it run
The dark cellar disappeared and there were countless lights in the distance.

They are magic stones.

As seen in the magic stone forest, numerous magic stones forming a tree.

“The magic stone is sharp. Be careful.”
“Kyaaak!!”
“…Second class! Here!”

Gomtaeng’s face entered the narrow jungle of magic stones that he couldn’t pass.
Palryu, who leaned into the wind, scattered tears.

Chow!!

I managed to get in through the narrow bushes.
I won’t be able to pursue it any longer…

Gurrrr!

[Kwaaaaang-!]

What.
Gomtaengi opened his mouth wide, swallowed the magic stone, and grew much bigger.

Oh fuck
A feature like that is a scam.

[Seora-!!]
“Kyaaak! Kyaaaaa!”
Haha!”
“Oh, it’s a dog with an innocent laugh.”

How long did it run like that?
At some point, the bearded face stopped.
No, to be precise, his face distorted as if he had been crushed and he was thrown out.

The bear face wandered around the area with a face of embarrassment, but could not come this way.
It was as if there was a transparent wall in front of it.

[Kuh…]

Squeak. Face is gone
Is the chase scene over?
It was kind of fun.

“Ugh…”

Blood flowed from the arm of Palryu who landed next to him.
It looks like it was cut by a magic stone.
I touched her body and healed her with interference light power.

“Thank you… Hee?!”

Palyu suddenly hit his buttock.
…What’s behind me?
Monster?

I slowly turned my head and opened my eyes wide.
There was something
It wasn’t alive.

It was…A corpse.
A corpse with the lower half of the limbs severed.
Not one, but dozens, hundreds, thousands…
They were united and stood tall as pillars.
In the middle, a corpse without a head was also sparsely seen.

Palyu muttered in a hollow voice.

“…Is this… What…”
“Hmm.”

I also moaned.
Is this true? If it’s true, you’ve crossed the line.
Unlike Palyu, who was surprised, Flaon jumped out of my arms and touched the corpse.

“…Similar to a corpse I happened to touch when I was a kid. Certainly, this looks like a corpse.”
“Hmm…”
“Besides… Ha.”

Mate. As Flaon clapped his hands, the dark space suddenly became bright.

It didn’t matter what skill he used.
The important thing is… The sight in front of you.
There were dozens and hundreds of human pillars beside us.

Yes, columns of thousands of corpses, hundreds.

In this vast space, they even looked reverent as if they were performing a sacred ceremony.

And a huge hole in the middle of the chaotically arranged pillars.
We walked there as if possessed.

I lowered my head, but all I could see was darkness like an abyss.
It occurred to me that there must be something there that stimulates the primal fear of humans.

Palyu stretched out his trembling hand and spewed light green Ryunar towards the pit.

The light of Ryunar illuminates the abyss… And fills it…

Eight. Eight. Eight. Face. Leg. Eight. Guts. Face. Leg. Face. Eight. Eight. Thigh. Leg. Leg. Body. Body.

“Uweek…!”

Palryu vomited.
Tears were leaking from her jade-colored eyes.

“How… How…! A descendant of a hero would do something like this…!”
“…It’s a carnage.”

The smile disappeared even from Flareon’s face.

“What kind of ritual… No, I don’t even need to think about it. Seeing that the witch didn’t come in here, I can guess.”

Okay.
Perhaps… It has the effect of preventing the monster from passing through the barrier.

Flareon seemed to believe that this space gave such an effect to the entire Jinma Forest.

“Let’s see who did this.”
“Yes?”

When Flaon stretches out her hand and points to her pillar… The energy of mana is felt, and a video is sent out into the air. Of course, the source of power that made it possible was the shadow.
That’s interesting. Everything works.

[Whoops.]

All of a sudden we all stared at the video at the sound of a young woman laughing.

Standing in this space in the video was… Ixia.
She lays many corpses on her floor.
A dreamy beautiful girl standing in the middle of the corpses lined up on the floor.
The sight seemed so grotesque.

[Ahaha! Ahahaha!!]

The purple Ryunar that came out of her body becomes a needle and thread, stitching together and shaping the corpses.

Right.
Were these pillars made by Ixia?

“Assembling and disassembling as hobbies… Are you referring to people?! Crazy…!”

Her arms groaned. She cried in anger.
Flaon also had a cold face.

“I thought they were good people. Maybe my eyes are rotten too.”

The two girls looked at me as if asking for judgment.
I said, bending my neck.

“Let’s go to the deepest place first.”

At my words, the two girls narrowed their eyes.
It wasn’t that I didn’t hear it, but it seemed that I didn’t understand.

“Uh… Yes?”
“Drach going in there?”
“Yes. We’ll have to see what’s there. Down there, there’s something other than a corpse.”

Saying that, I walked to the pit.

“I wonder what’s in that pit.”
“For a moment. Wait and see First, ask for support…!’

Ignoring Palyu’s words, I jumped into the pit.
My heart races.
Do you know There might be an Ascatlov down there…

***

Courage!

The door to the audience room where people were greeted was opened roughly.
It was the male butler who jumped in.

“Lord, master…! I can’t see them anywhere…!”

Euclid sitting idle on a purple throne watching him sweat profusely.
His empty eyes seemed to say that everything was no fun.

“Calm down, it’s not confirmed that you’re in there yet.”
“But…!

That moment.

Gurg ruck.

A magic stone formed next to Euclid and a being appeared.
It was the face of the bear that had been chasing Dre earlier.

[Yu, Euclid…!]
“Where is the beast stepping on here?”

At Euclid’s cold tone, the bear’s face flinched… Not a sigh.
Even the male deacon was like that.
After a while, the bear face spoke urgently.

[It’s a big deal…! The people you mentioned… Entered the control room!]
“What…! You goddamn idiot! I told you to pay attention to the patrol just for today!!”
[We all took care! But I still don’t know how he got in!]

Watching the two men fighting, Euclid slowly stood up.
Suddenly, Ixia also appeared in the room, smiling with a meaningful smile.

“Ku-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k-k…”

The two subordinates stopped fighting at the sound of laughter and looked at the housekeeper. Laughter rang out as if that were a trigger.

“Ugh, haha, haha-!!!!”

Euclid frantically spreads his arms and snaps his fingers. There was madness in those eyes.

“Ah, that’s so cool…! You’ve broken through all of my spells and reached our secret…! Keuuhahaha! Destruction!! Are you saying you’re going to destroy me, who is about to bring ruin to this world, first!! Euhhahahahahaha! “

Ruin.
The sight of Euclid smiling as if he had lost his mind as he directly stated the goal that Dre had jokingly thought of gave rise to goosebumps.

Even so, you can feel the dignity of a giant.
He… Was truly evil…

“Father.”

Gying!

Purple power spread all over Kua and soon became a barrier.
Euclid stopped abruptly, and his daughter, Ixia, who called him… Erased the meaningful smile and spoke with tears in her eyes.

“The space of confession has been activated… You don’t have to do that anymore…”
“Miss…”

The deacon’s voice sounded sad and Gomtaeng exhaled. And… Said Euclid.

“Fucked.”
“…”
“…”
[…

With his arms down, he didn’t look like a black man at all.
Euclid gave a melancholy voice with a normal teary face.

“You must have misunderstood this 100%, right? It’s a doll, but you’d think it was a person, right?”

Silence passed, butler Nam finally opened his mouth.

“So, when I said earlier if I was going to stay like this, would it be nice if you moved… Just as if you were just trying to cheer up because you were scared…”

The bear face glared at the male butler.

[Hey!! Quiet! I must have known Euclid would end up like this!]
“Sheesh.”

Whether the two men fight or not, Euclid murmured gloomily.

“I’m really fucked… What should I do?”