Chapter 137 – Day Trip Dungeon (5)

“As expected, it was a resonant story!”

I still don’t know about that!

“Of course, Master can learn it without any problems, but… Master hasn’t learned magic for half a year yet, has it? Maybe that’s why it takes some time.”

“Well….”

I don’t think I’ll be able to do it in a few years.

As she tilted her head, Karla smiled brightly as if to reassure her.

“But don’t worry! This time, I’ve prepared a way to be a little helpful to the owner! Let’s test it as soon as we get back to the dorms!”

“…….”

Carla exudes anticipation with her whole body. She couldn’t bear to make a weak sound, so she nodded her head awkwardly.

“Yes… I’ll give it a try.”

***

After going all the way to the left, we finally arrived at the core room.

The place that I had been calling a room so far was actually an empty space without a door because the drainage channel had just been enlarged.

But this is an exception.

The Core Room was originally a staff room that controlled Atlantis’ sewage treatment facility.

This is literally a proper room.

In addition, space distortion occurred around this place, so the core room retains its original shape from 300 years ago.

Okay. 300 years ago. It is said that the scene in the middle of the war of the gods remains as it is.

All the walls of the square room were covered in blood, and the bodies of mermaids were strewn over unidentified devices.

However, they were all corpses with no intact corners.

A corpse with eyes gouged out and stones inserted in their place, a corpse naked and with one breast cut off and biting into the mouth, a corpse with the skin on its face ripped off, and so on.

Everyone frowned at the sudden, terrifying scene.

“This….”
“Oops!”
“It brings up unpleasant memories.”
“Consciousness… Is it?”

“No, Senior Fay. It’s not a ritual, it’s a game. Fisherman is a narrow-minded usurpation-type monster. Do you know its characteristics well?”

“… Dissension. And cruelty towards the losers.”

The attribute of narrow-minded usurpation is jealousy.

The cultists and monsters that follow him cannot accept that someone is better than them.

Even if you lower your head right now, it’s a feeling full of thoughts of bringing down your opponent someday.

The only exceptions are their owner, the narrow-minded Chantal, and the high-ranking officials appointed by the narrow-minded Chantal himself?

Other than that, even if it’s another evil god, I’ll never sincerely follow it.

Therefore, narrow-minded followers of usurpation cause discord wherever they go, and are more cruel than necessary to opponents who have been defeated by them.

“Did you see the look of the Fisherman? There is a difference in body parts, but like a mermaid, it is a half-half-half-half-half-fish. But fishermen are treated as monsters and mermaids are treated as sub-species.”

“Is that because Fisherman behaves like a monster?”

He patted the head of Iris, who tilted his head.

“Right. Fishermen also have intelligence and have their own civilization… It is too savage and violent.”

If it was at a reasonable level, it would have been regarded as a savage in the water. There are so many different races on the continent of Eurelia.

But Fisherman went too far. Because it was a nuisance to the sea even before serving narrow-minded usurpation.

Unlike the barbarians, who responded to a request for a conversation without drawing their weapons first, they were full of thoughts of killing and enslaving their opponents in any attempt.

It is not once or twice that he even stabbed those in the back of the head who were relieved to know that the negotiations were successful.

That’s why guys like goblins and orcs are classified as monsters no matter how smart they are.

We can’t live together.

“But actually, fishermen think there is no difference between them and mermaids except for their appearance.”

“… Skill, character, or power. Other than that, they are different in many ways.”

“It’s narrow-minded because you don’t want to see such small things.”

“Huh.”

Only then did Iris nod her head as if she understood.

Cover up and envy your opponent.

That is the only condition that narrow-minded usurpation requires of believers.

Anyway, Fisherman has been jealous of mermaids for a long time, and because of that, the massacre that took place while usurping the ruler of the sea was quite brutal.

Even after a long time since extinction, mermaids are famous for their beauty regardless of gender.

However, in the corpses here, not even a fragment of such beauty can be seen.

Because I cut all the parts that look a little pretty.

“This is why I hate evil gods and the things under them.”

Contents after cultist uprising. So, when you play the second half of H&A, you often come across scenes that are worse than this.

Even knowing that it was a game made me feel uncomfortable, but what about now that it has become a reality?

It’s been awhile since I clicked my tongue without realizing it. Suddenly, his gaze turned to a corpse in the center.

The only corpse with an intact face.

However, as if instead, there is not a single spot from the neck down to the tip of the fin.

It looks like some kind of human sacrifice because it’s lying on the table.

Although the offering is actually correct.

“That mermaid’s corpse is the core of this dungeon.”

The last manager of the ditch that became the invasion route. The third princess of the kingdom of Atlantis. And sacrifices made to praise the feat of usurpation with intolerance to evil spirits.

If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be a good object to use as the core of a dungeon?

“… Wasn’t the core an object, Master?”

“A corpse is not a living thing.”

“…….”

Right now, it’s a bit far away, but if you get closer, it will emit a brilliant five-color light unique to the core.

The other women with stunned expressions, and Iris, who just smiled bitterly.

Clearly, the excitement of clearing the dungeon just a moment ago had subsided in an instant.

He clapped his hands lightly to get some attention.

Mate.

“Now. It all happened 300 years ago anyway. Either we’ll take care of it or we’ll take care of it.”

“Ah, yes. Junior said he needed my alchemy, right? What can I do here?”

“It’s simple. This is the place that controlled all the drains of Atlantis. Because it is such an important facility, one of the royal family has been in charge for generations….”

“High-ranking people always have a habit of hiding important things somewhere. Can I find it?”

“I already know the location. A narrow-minded usurpation would have forcibly lifted Atlantis, and the lockdown magic would have been broken as well. It’s just that I need Fei-senpai’s alchemy to open the box inside.”

A desk with the corpse of a mermaid princess that has become a core. When I tap the floor nearby with my foot a few times, I feel a slightly different part of the sound.

“It is an invisible force. Be my hand Force Grab.”

Among the telekinesis magic I can use, it’s the strongest magic. With plenty of mana poured into it, even thin metal would easily bend.

Wooddeuk.

The floor being forcibly torn off with the sound of something breaking.

Inside was a small box and a letter.

When I sneak open the letter, it is written exactly the same as what I read at H&A.

Roughly speaking, she is the 3rd princess of Atlantis and has come to take charge of the drain in order to somehow stop the approaching fishermen.

And the stories that he couldn’t tell during his lifetime were listed.

A will with a little spleen but sad content.

But the important thing is the one line written at the end.

‘If I had a little more time, if this elixir had been completed like that, would something have changed?’

Of course, the elixir refers to what is in the box.

I handed a box made of an unknown metal to Fay.

“There will be a potion made in this place. Please complete that, Senior Fei.”

“… Do you have any recipes?”

“No. If it had, it wouldn’t have been so unfinished and only contained materials. But I know what the finished result will be.”

A legacy of Atlantis that grants permanent underwater breathing and, albeit slightly, the ability to manipulate water.

Blessings of the sea.

Originally, it was intended to be made to bring sword masters or archmages from other races.

What if master-level strongmen who can drink the blessings of the sea and generate electricity underwater came to support them?

As long as the evil spirits intervened, the destruction of Atlantis could not have been prevented, but the extinction of the mermaid race might have been prevented.

Well, it’s just a what-if story.

“I’m sure you can make it by combining the potions here. But Fei-senpai has to figure out how to do that.”

“Multi-combination potion? It might take a while… Can’t we just take it and make it?”

“Among the ingredients, there is a potion called the Essence of Atlantis, but it loses its effect the moment you leave it.”

“Then there is nothing you can do. I’ll try it, so wait a moment.”

Mixing multiple potions to create complex and new effects is called multi-combination.

It was a theory that was just emerging 300 years ago, so I couldn’t come up with it in time….

It is possible now.

Long wars and 300 years of time have led to the rapid development of various technologies, including alchemy.

Noble high-ranking alchemists are starting to share their knowledge.

Now, any skilled alchemist has come to the point where he can find a recipe.

In fact, it didn’t take long for Fay to create the Blessing of the Sea.