Chapter 72 – Ancient Ruins

#072.

We stood in front of a frozen snow mountain.

“So what do you think?”
“I don’t think there are any ancient ruins on this mountain.”
“Are you talking about this mountain? But..”

Looking at Mark, who was speechless, he pointed to the mountain next to him.

“But I don’t think so. Maybe the entrance is over there, but the passage leads to this mountain?”
“Passage? Um… You sure could?”

Listening to my words, Lina looked at the mountain next to her and nodded her head, saying there was a possibility.

Mark thought for a moment and stroked his chin to see if he could guess.

“Come to think of it, a river suddenly swelled a month ago and the canyon collapsed. Maybe that’s why…”

“Then I guess there you go!”

As I chimed in, Mark also stopped stroking his chin.

“Then let’s go. We have to find the entrance anyway.”

Even if we couldn’t attack, once we found the entrance, it was a good thing, so we headed straight to the next mountain.

“But are we the only ones who know about this place?”
“Well… Maybe there are others.”
“Um… But you couldn’t have reached the inside, right?”
“If there are traps or monsters, that would be the case. You have arrived.”

As we chatted, we arrived at the gorge in an instant.

Below, the frozen river reflected the stars in the dark night sky.

“Then I’ll go down first.”
“Okay. Be careful.”

Taat!

After talking to Mark and Lina, I threw myself straight down the gorge.

If the weight of the whole body is lightened by applying the cool island, it would be okay to just jump down, but you can’t show it.

As I stepped on something like a protruding stone in the middle, the floor quickly came closer.

Percussion!

“Um… That’s fine.”

I wondered if the ice would break the moment I stepped on it, but fortunately there was no problem.

As soon as he raised his hand to let her know he was safe, Mark hugged Lina and slowly began to come down.

It was dangerous, but Mark came down to the floor safely.

“Whoa.. That’s hard.”
“When you go up, leave it to me. Rina noona is pretty, so I’ll carry her specially.”
“Whoops.. Is that so? Please take good care of me then.”

At my words, Lina stroked her hair as if she was grateful, and Mark didn’t respond much either.

‘Tsk tsk… I’m not too vigilant.’

If I’m a bastard who’s aiming for NTL, how can I trust people like this?

Because of these people, I have been living with them until now, but at times like this, I am worried.

“Then let’s look around.”
“Okay. It seems to fit here. It is unusual that the river bed is frozen this much.”

Certainly, the riverbed alone felt much colder than other places.

“Maybe there is an entrance under the river?”
“It is very likely. But you can’t cross the river. We need to find another entrance.”

I didn’t know how deep the river was or where the entrance was, so I couldn’t just dig the bottom.

Because the amount of aura is not infinite.

Tumble- tumble-

I walked on the ice and looked around.

Ice below, wall to the side, sky above.

No matter where you look, you don’t see anything like ancient ruins.

As I continued moving, I arrived at the place Mark had told me about.

“Mark. Let’s go.”
“Okay. It’s definitely broken.”

One side of the canyon had collapsed, and rocks large and small irregularly blocked the road.

Took! Took!

I knocked on the rocks, but nothing was there.

As I moved like that, I suddenly felt a strange sense of incongruity.

‘What?’

Looking at the collapsed rocks, I suddenly saw a weak but cold air leaking out.

“Wait a minute. It’s strange here…?”

He approached slowly and began to lift and remove the piled up rocks.

Goo-goo- cooung..

And when I carried dozens of them, a black cave was revealed.

There, in real time, a tremendous amount of cold air was emanating from it.

“Mark. I think this is the right place.”
“I see. Then.. What are you going to do?”

Mark doesn’t think I’m going to step down from here.

That’s the answer.

I have no intention of leaving here.

“I’ll come and go. Wait here I’ll be back soon.”

Mark was silent at my words, but Lina rebelled.

“Lie! Dangerous. Let’s go in together. Huh?”
“Sister. Can I be honest?”
“Uh..?”
“They both get in the way. I’m much stronger than you two think. So wait here. And keep in mind. If my sister dies, Mark dies too.”

When I drew the line firmly, Lina bit her lip and she backed away.

Then he took one look at Mark and nodded his head.

“Okay. Sorry. But if it’s dangerous, should I come out right away?”
“Sure. Wait a minute I’ll be back soon.”

I am really confident

Because?

‘Because my sixth sense doesn’t respond.’

Of course, you can’t blindly believe in it, but you can’t not believe it either.

Because it’s a skill that saved my life time and time again.

After making eye contact with Mark and Lina for the last time, I went inside.

Blazing-

I took out the torch I had prepared in advance from my pocket and lit it after transforming the form of the Auror.

It wasn’t that he had learned how to perform fire-specialized auras, so he had no lethal power, but it was possible to set fire to it.

When I lit it like that, it was short, but the inside was revealed.

“Wow what is this..”

It was damaged here and there, but the walls were smooth and strong.

I got goosebumps from the cold air that flowed from inside.

Without slowing down, he headed straight ahead.

“How far are you going down?”

I muttered that for more than ten minutes as I felt like I was going down underground, but I saw a bright light in the distance.

“Oh. It’s outside!”

Whoa!

Feeling the light gradually getting brighter, I ran out and saw a wide empty lot.

“Oh.. What is this?”

Then, when I looked up at the light coming down from above, I saw a rock emitting a brilliant light.

“Is it a mana stone?”

When I took out the communication magic tool and looked at it, I could feel that there was a difference in size, but it was definitely similar.

“It would be expensive if I sold it.”

I don’t have a particular desire for money, but when it comes to money, the more money the better, so I had the urge to take it.

However, after examining the structure, I gave up.

It was because the entire cave would collapse if the mana stones were removed.

“Then let’s go get the technical book!”

When I took my eyes off the ceiling and looked at the front, I saw a building that made my heart flutter.

The door was wide open, and cold air was emanating from it.

As I slowly approached it and looked inside, a pitch-black abyss-like darkness appeared.

“Isn’t there a mana stone attached here?”

Looking at the ceiling, I saw that there were mana stones hanging from it.

However, because of its small size, it did not emit light, as if it had already consumed all of its mana.

Blazing-

I lit a new torch again and went inside.

Goo! Goo!

The sound coming from inside made me nervous.

When it collided with the walls on all sides, it resonated like an echo, making it difficult to determine the direction.

Still, let’s keep our focus as much as possible and move forward-

“Suck!”

I saw something flying.

It instantly reflected the light, revealing a sharp outline, and flew into the chest.

Kaaang!

As soon as he pulled out his sword and bounced it off using running water, several flew in.

‘Is it an ice fang?’

That was the identity of what he saw in the short moment of being thrown back with a sword.

Kang! Kaga River! Ting!

He slashed every ice fang that came flying by, and threw a torch in that direction and charged.

Whoa!

The air exploded with explosive acceleration and rang loudly in all directions.

Fuck!

The flying torch collided with something and was finally revealed.

“Slime?”

A slime wearing an ice hat was shooting ice fangs from its great claw.

“Guuuuu!!”

The guy fired even more forcefully, probably angry at the torch burning his forehead.

But the trajectory is too simple.

‘What’s this..’

To be honest, it was a fairly steamy opponent for me, who expected an extremely strong enemy.

I approached right away and swung my whip at its core.

The aura whip that bent and flew away pierced the hole in the guy and hacked at the nucleus.

And..

Pew!

Its body exploded, spraying its bodily fluids.

“Wow… That’s amazing.”

I hurriedly backed away to avoid it, but an incredibly sweet scent wafted from the bodily fluids.

I don’t know if all slimes are like that, but this slime’s body fluids are quite sugary.

I was about to eat, but I hurriedly headed inside.

After that, slime appeared periodically.

There were also pitfalls…

“I see everything.”

I couldn’t avoid my eyes that saw death itself.

I thought I could see death on the floor, so when I fired an aura and attacked, the trap malfunctioned and was destroyed.

As I broke through the traps and slimes in that way, at some point they disappeared as if they had been washed.

“Are you almost there?”

I reached a place after walking for about 5 minutes, suppressing my pounding heart at the thought that I could finally see the technical book.

“This..”

It was similar to the room I saw at the academy where I followed Eris one day.

To be precise, the tools I saw there were lined up there.

Laboratory tools such as beakers and droppers.

“Is it like a magic lab?”

As I looked around, I saw a skeleton.

“It’s still there…”

It seems that the clothes are also properly treated with magic.

“Well, otherwise there shouldn’t be anything in this room…”

Speaking of ancient times, as far as I know, it is at least several thousand years old, and it is common that all of them have weathered or faded away during that time.

If that’s not the case, it’s like using preservation magic, and that’s going to be—

“It means there will be valuables.”

So where should you look first?

That’s of course…

“What do you want to have?”

Approaching the skeleton, I immediately started searching for it.

Sigh-

“The robe is empty… No pants, and the inside pockets… Oh! There is!”

Something elongated was caught in the inside pocket.

When I grabbed it and took it out, it was a thin, long test tube that is commonly found in science labs.

Inside, a cool blue liquid was bubbling and bubbling.

Dig!

The status window immediately popped up.

“…A potion made from condensed slime?”

Its identity was a potion using the slime he had killed while coming here.

The effect…

“Eating makes bodily fluids sweet? No, where should I use this..”

What do you mean the bodily fluid becomes sweet and is used for?

Of course, if the saliva is sweet, the woman won’t be offended when kissing, but…

“Uh? For a moment. Does bodily fluid make semen sweet?”

Suddenly, I had such a question.

Of course, I have no intention of testing it myself.

“What can I do..”

After thinking about it for a while, I had no intention of giving it to anyone, and it was annoying to sell it, so I decided to just eat it.

‘Because it’s not bad for the body…’

“Gulp! Gulp! Puha..!”

The cool liquid bubbling with bubbles slid down my throat like jelly.

And that moment.

Dig!

A status window popped up.

“Oh.. Is this a unique skill?”

『Sweet bodily fluids – Bodily fluids have a sweet smell and taste.』

A very simple and fairly useless ability.

I don’t know if it’s because of its rarity or what, but it was recognized as a unique skill.

“It still tastes good.”

After licking my lips for a while, I left the skull behind and headed straight to the study next door.

Palak-

When you grab any book in front of you and open it, you see an unrecognizable formula.

“…”

I took a quick glance at it and tossed it into my inventory.

After searching through the study and stuffing it into the inventory repeatedly, the study became empty.

“No?”

You’ve come this far, but you’re saying there’s no technical documentation?

After thinking about it for a while in the study, I started to search everywhere in sight.

“Not this, not this… No, fuck, is this really the end?”

I was shocked mentally for a while, and then I sighed deeply.

“Ha.. Let’s go somewhere else for now..”

There was only one more room.

Exactly what caused this uproar.

Powerful cold air was emanating from the only remaining room.

He went straight ahead, protecting the aura around his body.

Knock! Knock!

The colder it got, the stronger it got, and the ground was frozen.

Even with my light steps, the old floor crumbled and made a noise as ice grains stepped on it.

When I entered the room completely, I could see a huge slime.

“Why is the slime so big?”

A giant ice slime with a length of 10m was trapped in a glass coffin and fell asleep.

As I approached right in front of me, I saw a note.

【Slime onahole production diary】

“Are you crazy?”

As soon as I saw the title written in large letters on the notebook, I immediately said that.