Chapter 226 – Morbius (10)

Mobius trimmed his clothes. I forced myself to stand up, calming the cold sweat on my forehead and the sound of heavy breathing. He obviously thought he had drained all his strength, but he didn’t know he could use such strong magic right after he was released from the chains.

The basement ceiling collapsed without being able to overcome the magic, and the stairs leading from the first floor to the upper floor were also cracked. Morbius was sure that if he looked down from the first floor he would be able to see the top of his head.

“Sick bastard… Stay still and die.”

And in front of his eyes was a charred corpse. The wizard who stood up against Mobius until the end died without leaving a will. Morbius opened the mana potion on his desk and gulped down. He had to hurry up and replenish the mana he had consumed by suddenly using high-level defense magic.

Because I wanted to finish this experiment before I had to deal with it.

“Still, now there are no hindrances.”

While saying that, Mobius looked at the glass coffin where Sylvia was trapped. The magic-enhanced glass was unblemished despite the previous fight. Morbius ran his hand across the glass, trying to soothe his troubled mind. Now this child will be her granddaughter.

You will be able to forget all the painful memories in the meantime, and you will be able to live a new life.

“Wherever far away, let’s live by reading a book together. Or how about going to another continent? Take a boat, go far away, and learn magic again in a place where no one knows. Because you love to learn new things.”

Saying so, Morbius began fixing his circuits again. It seemed that it would take quite some time to reconstruct the circuit that had been damaged by ice shards and traces of magic crushing. It must have been damaged by something wrong, but the circuit where the faint blue light came in was dyed black.

“This… Do I need to reconnect?”

Mobius was still unaware that the power chamber core had been damaged.

Thud!

Morbius straightened his back again and rose. The heavy roar coming from upstairs was by no means positive news.

Thud!

Rain fell from the cracked ceiling. Mobius thought he was fortunate to wear a wide-brimmed hat. He could vividly feel the small stones rolling over his head.

Thud!

The dirt was pouring with more intense momentum. I could hear people running away in confusion or saying, “The magic tower is collapsing.” Mobius couldn’t understand.

No matter how powerful the magic was, there was no way that a single magic thrown by a tired wizard would destroy the entire mage tower.

Thud!

But it was happening before my eyes. As the sound grew closer, Mobius was able to comprehend the scenery beyond the ceiling. This sound was not the sound of the entire building collapsing. It was the sound of the building floor being pierced one after another, unable to overcome the weight of a heavy object.

“Dae, what the hell! My items in the Mage Tower must have been enchanted with weight reduction!”

Morbius shouted and tore his head off. He still didn’t notice that the Mage Tower’s power room was destroyed.

When the core of the Mage Tower’s power room exploded, all nearby lightweight magic devices stopped working, and they didn’t know that the heavy weight of Imperius stored on the upper floors pressed down on the floor.

In such a situation, the mana scratched through the entire mage tower, temporarily weakening the building, and he did not even know that the weakened building was falling through the floor one by one, unable to withstand the excessive weight of Imperius.

Thud!

The ceiling shook once again with a loud sound that made my heart tremble. A small shadow could be seen through the gap in the cracked ceiling, and in an instant, the entire ceiling was painted black. Morbius gripped his staff long enough for his hand to turn white, gnashing his teeth.

And.

Thud!

Dust flew in all directions with a devastating roar. The mining equipment Imperius, which hit the ground several times and rolled down to the ground, was trembling with blue mana. The trembling equipment with its head turned toward the wall finally gave off a strong light, and the drill rotated furiously, pouring out mana.

Bang!

“Aaaaagh!”

Morbius let out a startled cry and dropped his wand. He sat down on the floor, sweat raining down his face, and hurriedly got himself up with a deep breath. He clutched at his heart, gasping for breath and blinking his eyes, trying to somehow keep himself together.

“Ugh… !”

******

“Wow, fuck.”

I clicked my tongue as I looked at the smashed floor one after another. We sat balancing on the floor that slanted down like a washbasin, and we could only watch Imperius pierce the floor like crazy.

Taffy and Milia grabbed the sorceress as she poured onto the slanted floor with both hands, and Petunia Titi broke into a cold sweat as she held on to the doorknob hanging from her wall. She asked, looking at me.

“What? Eh, is this the plan?”

“No.”

I shook my head and said so. Because this was not planned. Our plan was simple. Taffy breaks into the security room and unlocks it, then we sneak into the elevator and access the top floor. And after defeating Mobius, run away as quickly as possible.

But where did it get twisted? Taffy was turning her head away, embarrassed, and I couldn’t help but laugh. Time was too short to transfer responsibility.

We had to meet Mobius as accurately as possible. Petunia Titi told me.

“Evan. Let’s jump I think it will be okay if we jump down one floor at a time.”

She didn’t wait for our reply. When things got weird, she seemed nervous too. As Petunia Titi hopped downstairs like a rabbit running away from prey, I held out her hand to Taffy and said,

“Hug me.”

“Huh.”

Taffy nodded her head, blushing. After holding me in a princess hug position, she slid slightly over the edge of the broken hole and lowered me down. Milia, who was following Taffy and me, said.

“You look very comfortable. Can’t you pick me up too?”

“You. It’s heavy.”

“…Do I get hurt easily?”

She said that and made her cry. I stroked Taffy’s hair and said to Milia.

“By the way, Millia. Why did you try to catch Mobius? Isn’t it time to remember something?”

But Milia only shrugged her shoulders at those words. I don’t know if it’s because she really doesn’t know, or if she doesn’t want to talk. She was too cooperative to help hunt Mobius simply for her own benefit.

“Rather than that, we have to save Sylvia quickly. Are you a dear child? Huh?”

“That’s right. I have to save you.”

Millia brought up such a story as if to change the subject of conversation. I decided to turn a blind eye to this clumsy evasion behavior that was not like a succubus queen. There was no reason to fight her over this now.

As we went down the floor, things got messier.

There was a place where Imperius smashed the experiment table with his huge body, and the corpses of wizards were scattered around, and there were also scenes where wizards who lost limbs were being treated.

They were trembling with their eyes wide open, unable to accept the indescribable catastrophe that had just occurred.

“Poor you. To be caught in an accident.”

“That’s right, I was unlucky.”

This was not meant to be teasing, it was a heartfelt conversation. Because we had no involvement in this heavy equipment crash. Suddenly, mismaintained heavy equipment toppled over, and the weakened floor collapsed.

Where the hell is our responsibility?

“Evan. If. I broke…”

“Uh huh. Taffy. We are going down quietly now.”

Taffy tried to say if he suddenly realized something, but he wouldn’t let me. Because the trivial accident she caused could not have anything to do with this catastrophe. These idiots who were developing such ignorantly heavy excavation equipment from the upper floors were just idiots.

So we got to the first floor.

Downstairs, Petunia Titi and Mobius were already fighting fiercely.

“It’s crazy? What are you doing by locking a person in a test tube?”

“I am doing my job. Do you understand at all how I feel about losing my granddaughter?”

“I do not understand! Who understands that! Are you crazy? Stop right now!”

We carefully descended towards the collapsed hole. Imperius was looking at the sky at an angle and blowing steam, and Petunia Titi and Mobius were facing each other. Morbius was catching his breath on a fallen cane, and Petunia Titi was trembling with her face flushed red.

And behind Mobius, Sylvia was floating in a test tube.

“Fuck, what is that? Are you dead?”

“I’m not dead.”

Millia said in a subdued tone.

Taffy whispered to me.

“Should I break it down and take it out now?”

“No. Don’t provoke me.”

Morbius coughed and wiped his mouth. Every time he exhaled, his breath made a seething sound. He said, straightening his staff.

“What if I say no?”

Petunia Titi looked at Mobius with a puzzled face. We had no choice but to brace ourselves. Mobius said while drawing a magic circle in the air.

“Are you going to kill me? Petunia Titi. Now my plan has come to an end. I won’t let you go if you intend to hinder me from now on.”

“Ah…”

Petunia Titi’s face contorted.

There was no need for conversation. We had to fight