Chapter 73 – Ancient Ruins

#073.

An unimaginable identity!

“I thought he was a slime lover..”

But what the hell was he trying to do with such a giant slime?

I opened the note out of curiosity.

“I hate couples.”

It’s not unusual from the beginning.

After that, the common grumbling of sympathy was written.

And the conclusion was this.

「That’s why I make a slime ona hole in hopes that you won’t suffer like me. If we spread this all over the world, the people who suffer will no longer…”

Widely!

“You’re crazy.”

If you want to make a living body real doll, what do you mean by Ona Holo?

It is of no use to me who does not masturbate.

After staring at the notebook for a while, a fact suddenly came to mind.

“What? How did I read the ancient language?”

It was obviously the first time I had read it, but I was able to fully understand it.

After tilting my head for a while, I thought about how it was and changed my mind to something else.

“By the way, that bastard’s essence is an elixir…”

The note said that the essence that makes up the giant slime is a kind of elixir.

If you eat it, does it increase your magic power?

Of course, I had to be careful because I had a lot of cold.

“It’s okay because I have Exceed.”

A universal aura technique!

I believe you will be able to afford it.

With that thought in mind, I focused my mind right away.

‘Empty moon!’

Thinking of that, I stretched out my hand.

So far, it has only been spread with a sword, but Gongwol is a skill that transcends space, so a sword is not necessary.

My hand dug through the space and immediately appeared in front of the slime’s essence.

“Oops! Cool!”

I put on an aura, but my hands started to freeze rapidly.

I trembled from frostbite, felt my senses disappear, and hurriedly grabbed the essence and pulled it out.

That moment.

“Kooooong!!”

The giant slime opened its eyes and let out a roar.

“Ugh!”

Jira, who was sharpening her senses, suffered even greater damage from that roar.

As I stepped back and looked up, I felt he was watching me.

‘Strong..’

I almost wondered if it would be similar to when I saw Hughers.

But that’s for a while.

His body began to gradually melt from the outer part, probably because his essence had disappeared.

“Gooooong!!”

When it was reduced by half, the roar was reduced by that much.

And eventually, when it became as small as a fist, Kieng! Kieng! The old man had completely disappeared.

“Whew~ I thought you were going to die.”

After breathing a sigh of relief, I hurriedly opened the information window of the essence.

『Giant Ice Slime Essence – The essence of an ice slime that has lived for 1000 years.▶』

Clicking on the icon opens an explanation.

“There is not much difference.”

The explanation is no different from what was written in the note.

I took a quick look and put the essence into my inventory.

“Ugh, it’s cold.”

As everything was condensed essence, the coldness was beyond imagination.

I only held it for a while, but my hands were frosty.

Of course, thanks to the automatically circulating aura, the frost was melting quickly, but it was still dangerous.

“By the way… Is it because of that?”

The giant slime was too unconventional, so I didn’t pay attention, but I saw a long passage on one wall.

“It looks like a secret passage…”

It seems to have been opened due to malfunction after a long time.

The passage was connected to the ground at an angle in a straight line.

And the direction…

“It is Mount Morach. That’s why the cold has risen…”

My guess is that the impact of the river swelling and collapsing the canyon broke the magic that suppressed the cold air, and at the same time the original entrance collapsed and the cold air leaked out through the secret passage.

It was a very unfortunate coincidence.

After looking at the secret passage for a while, I was lost in thought.

“Shall we eat right away? Or should I go outside and talk?”

I wanted to eat the essence right away, but it was a bit difficult to think of the two people waiting outside.

“Um… I’ll have to tell you to go back first.”

If you run fast anyway, it will only take a few minutes.

As soon as I came to that conclusion, I jumped like a fly and headed for the two.

It was dark, so he couldn’t see his eyes, but his sharp senses allowed him to grasp the surrounding terrain in detail.

In less than a minute, I got out of the cave.

“Lie! You’re all right!”
“I’m glad you’re safe. Is that why there was a harvest?”

As soon as he saw me, he looked at the two anxiously examining themselves with warm eyes, then spat on his palm.

“Tweet!”
“What..? Lie? What are you doing?”
“…”

The two of them suddenly spit on their hands. Could it be that I’m crazy? I saw it with a look.

So he held out his hand and said.

“Sniff it.”
“…I’ll take care of it.”

Mark was silent for a moment, then pushed Lina away and took her nose in her hand.

And..

“Hmm? It smells sweet. Is this what you got?”
“Yes. There was nothing special.. That’s what I got at least.”
“Um… That’s too bad. Will you go back then?”

I shook my head at the hand gesture pointing towards the Dykers estate.

“No. I haven’t looked back yet. First of all, the two of you go back. I will be gone by tomorrow.”
“I get it. Is it really okay inside?”
“Yes. Didn’t you feel anything strange?”
“Is that weird?”

Mark frowned as if he didn’t understand what I was saying.

But Lina, who was sniffing to see if she could smell my saliva, spoke with an exclamation.

“Ah! Come to think of it. Aren’t you cold anymore?”

Lina, who went to the cave, waved her hand and looked at me as if it was right.

“That’s right. I’ve removed the cause from within. Go faster than that.”
“I get it. Instead, please come back as soon as possible. It would be a big deal if the fact that we robbed the ruins was known.”
“All right.”

As soon as the story was over, we headed back the way we came.

Then he carried Lina on his back and put him on top, then said hello.

“I’ll go. See you tomorrow.”
“Don’t overdo it! We will be in the carriage.”
“Yes.”

Taat-

After briefly saying hello, we headed back to the ruins.

While consuming the essence, you will inevitably become defenseless, so this is the perfect place.

“Whoa.. Then shall we try?”

Sitting on what appears to be the bed of the owner of this ruin, I took out the essence from my inventory.

Sssss-

Jeongsu was still emitting intense cold air.

In the center, things like a cluster of stars twinkled and emitted brilliant light.

He stared at it, took a last breath, and swallowed it in one fell swoop.

Gulp!

As soon as I put it in my throat, the essence became like jelly and flowed into my stomach.

And it spreads cold air from the stomach to the whole body.

『I took the elixir. It converts into karma.』

The moment I tried to draw it, it was rapidly absorbed, and a window like that came to mind.

“Wow.. What a dog?”

I’m still dumbfounded, but if what is written is true, it’s a truly amazing ability.

This means that you can increase your karma if you only consume elixirs.

Although elixirs are rare, they are not without spirits.

Of course, you have to have a lot of money, but…

“Wow, didn’t Karma go up by 1000?”

It must have been because it was the first time he had consumed the elixir.

The first time I killed a monster, I gave it a lot.

Even so, 1000 is a very large amount.

In order to learn the extinction spirit, another preceding skill is required.

Does that require 3000 karma?

“Hmm.. How many months will it take?”

After thinking for a while, I got up from my seat.

“I need to go back soon.”

If this was the case, I could just go with him, but it became annoying.

After taking a look inside for the last time, I left the ruins as they were.

Then, following the familiar path, we left the cave and went straight up the canyon.

“None either.”

I looked down at the mountain from the gorge, but I couldn’t find Mark and Lina.

Wow!

As if the effect of removing the essence had already appeared, the ice shattered easily and melted properly when I stepped on it.

Looking around, the entire mountain was slowly melting ice.

As I walked, paying attention to slipping, I immediately saw a carriage.

“Oh! Are you coming already?”

And the coachman, who was sitting near the bonfire in front of the carriage, stood up to welcome him.

“Are the other two inside?”
“Yes. You just came and went in.”

Jump!

“Lie! Are you here soon?”

Before the coachman had finished her words, Lina opened the door and stormed out.

Already sensing this, I pushed Lina away from her arms and said playfully.

“Ah, sister. I won’t touch a woman with a former owner. Please leave her.”
“Ahh… Really. Do you get hives all over your body if you don’t play for a day? Just kidding all the time.”
“Then it’s better to be serious? I was afraid my sister would fall for me.”
“Stop joking! Is it cold Come in quickly! Then please!”

Lina asked the driver and she dragged me into her carriage.

She then picked up the warm blanket she was wearing and draped it over her body.

“You’re here. I’m glad you’re safe.”

And Mark, who was waiting inside the miri, looked over at me and smiled.

“Of course. Even if you die, it’s okay because you come back to life.”
“Haha. Yes, I think you might be able to. Go to sleep Aren’t you growing up?”
“Yeah~”

I tried to sit down at Mark’s words, but hesitated.

‘Come to think of it, I’m not very tall…’

It’s been almost a year since she broke up with her lovers, but during that time, she wasn’t very tall.

Especially..

‘It seems like they don’t sleep when they’re dead…’

He grew older, but his height remained the same.

It only grew a little during the 5 months when it was alive, but it didn’t grow much during the 6 months when it was dead.

This meant that if I continued to die, I would grow old and my height might stop here.

‘That’s not possible…’

It meant that there was a resurrection skill, but it could not be used recklessly.

As she was contemplating the mechanism of the skill, Lina asked curiously.

“Lie? Aren’t you sleeping?”
“Ah yes. Sleep.”

It must have been strange to see her slumped in her seat and lost in her thoughts.

‘You’ll find out if you keep going..’

At present, information is too scarce to draw conclusions.

She erased her thoughts and closed her eyes.

***

“But are you okay? Even if it’s a secret.”
“Okay. Didn’t you already say you had enough money? I was just trying to get one last bite.”

On the way back to the manor, she asked about her request, so she just chose not to report it.

In fact, it was a natural choice to not get caught.

“All right. But what are you going to do now?”
“Um… I’m going to do an inn.”
“Is it an inn?”

Lina interrupted my question.

“Okay. Does Mark do some cooking?”
“It is.”

Surprisingly, Mark is a family man.

Even when I was homeless, Mark was always in charge of cooking.

“Can’t I serve and Mark cook? Of course, if you get pregnant, you will have to hire someone.”
“Aren’t you pregnant yet?”
“Of course! I-I didn’t have time…”

Certainly, it was right before I received the commission that he revealed that fact to me.

If I were to get pregnant now, I had to do it while I was in the ruins.

But the two weren’t crazy enough for sex.

“Kuhm..! Well anyway So it seems the party will have to disband here. I’m sorry.”

Mark clears his throat and changes the topic.

“What should I do? But what are you going to do until the inn is built?”
“In the meantime, I’m going to teach Lina how to cook, just in case.”
“That’s right. I’m just serving, so that’s why.”

In the end, I nodded and said that I had to do it alone from now on.

“Therefore. I have to have sex from now on. You mean you can’t be with me?”
“What… What are you saying! You idiot!”

Fain!

Lina slapped her on the back at my prank.

“Right.”
“Oh no!”
“Then don’t you?”
“That, so… Uh…”

As I continued to tease her, Lina couldn’t deny it and blushed.

While looking at her happily, Mark pressed her head.

“Lie. Do it in moderation What are you doing to my wife?”

It wasn’t until she saw Mark’s stern expression that she realized that she had crossed her line.

“Sorry. I won’t do it anymore.”

Even if it’s like me, if Mark sexually harasses Eris or Nia, he won’t be able to stand it.

It occurred to her that she was acting too carelessly to think of anything for herself.

If you think about it, it feels like my mental age has strangely gotten younger since I came to this world.

‘Is the mind following the body?’

I wondered inside her, then looked at Lina and lowered her head.

“Sorry. I could not speak. I won’t do that again.”
“Ugh… Be careful. Even in front of other girls, you won’t be popular.”
“I know. Are you forgiving me?”
“Uhhh, yes.”

Lina grinned at her my apology and stroked her hair.

She was Lina, whom she now treated like her half-brother.

After she thought about what to do, she arrived at the manor in an instant.

“Then please visit me next time.”
“Yes. Thank you for your effort.”

Mark held out the money and said, and the coachman said hello and pulled the wagon away.

“Then let’s go in and rest. Because I didn’t get much sleep.”
“Yes. Go in.”

As I slowly returned to the inn, I heard the voices of people around me.

“I know that? I heard the mountain is gradually melting?”
“Okay? Someone must have attacked the ruins. I would die of envy.”
“I mean! Maybe he ran away right away?”
“I don’t know. Could it be hiding?”

In that way, the estate was buzzing with stories about the ruins.

It seems that rumors about the incident on the mountain have already spread.

“Mark. If it was a little later, it could have been a big deal, right?”
“That’s right. I had no idea things would change so quickly.”

Mark and I were talking about this and that, and Lina crossed the arms of the two of us and she dragged me.

“Both of you lower your voice a bit. Because you can hear it.”
“Um… I’m sorry.”
“All right. Then let’s go quickly!”

Mark quietly apologized, and I answered briefly and hurriedly moved on.

The next day was a continuation of the hunt.

I woke up in the morning alone, received the request to annihilate, and overturned the entire mountain, killing monsters.

Then, when the sun goes down, he returns to the inn and uses Exceed to relieve his fatigue and kill the bullies in the slums.

As I quickly accumulated karma in that way, time passed quickly.

And when I suddenly came to my senses, it had already been a month.