Sixth floor of an ancient underground city, the morning of the third day. Mira, who was in good hands, was launching a quick offensive. The first step is to move down from the middle to the bottom.
The six layers, intricately intertwined, change the route to the place of destination, even just from where they descend. And this is another nasty place, and as we proceeded from the vicinity of the Sphere Temple to the lower level, it had a structure that had to be greatly bypassed, even to buildings with key lettering.
However, depending on where you go down, the distance traveled may be shorter than a large detour. The shortest route from which all of this has been scrutinized and derived is the regular route Mira is following.
Mira continued to make good progress, thanking the former aspirants for deriving this regular route.
This is a regular route, by the way, but there are several types. It's a solid route, a route that avoids demons as much as possible, even if it takes some time, a route around an operational facility, and a thorough, short route that shortcuts from a blowout or corridor to another aisle. It should also be noted that it is this thorough and short route that Mira is now on.
"Hmm. I'm hungry first. Let's take a break here."
A few more hours down from the middle layer to the lower layer. After two o'clock at noon. Mira, who finally got the key letters, sat down on the spot and took out the bread and cheese. Buildings with key letters are safe areas where demons do not appear. It also makes for just the right resting place.
(Back then, you logged out here and went to dinner)
Have a simple lunch with that in mind, as you will miss somewhere. And I'm surprised that the cheese I bought to the extent that it was really intense and savory. At the same time, I filled out a note to my mind that I needed to buy this out.
Mira started the offense again after lunch. To the location of the lower sphere temple, it takes four hours to get through the intricately intertwined paths no matter how quickly. It was about half the time I digested that journey.
"No? This feels..."
Mira, who was picking up the Demonic Stone for what Dark Knight had defeated with her face, feels someone's voice, no, signs. That was similar to what I felt the other day when I found the Spirit of the Mansion.
"Well, why don't you leave me alone"
Maybe there are weak spirits near here too. That's what I thought, Mira took off the regular route without getting lost and started looking around relying solely on her senses.
Go around the corridor and enter the trail, peering through the small living spaces one at a time. The signs are very vague and the only thing we know about this neighborhood is that the search is also smudged.
Roads with buildings stretching like shopping districts, stops when you go up, stairs leading to empty abandoned houses when you go down, spiral stretched ramps and disturbed and high piled buildings along them. Strange and ridiculous sights emerge one after another that cannot be seen merely by following the regular route.
Mira stops in such a sight and concentrates on the signs around her. If you are ambiguous and can't even grasp the contours, move and focus again. I went ahead and over it a few times.
"Have you sprung up here?"
When I stepped in there, a fierce roar echoed with my ears stumbling.
About fifty meters square, down a spiral ramp and down a narrow passage, among the lowest layers, a square with nothing. Arriving there looking for signs, Mira encountered the Skull Dragon, nestled in the square as if trapped.
The Skull Dragon is a rare demon of being a medium boss in the sixth layer and rarely appearing somewhere on the floor. Nevertheless, its strength is equivalent to a group of A-ranks. In the sixth tier, which is B-rank, you become a pretty tough opponent. In addition, the only drop item is a very large Demonic Stone. This is a rare item for thirty Demonic Stones available in six layers, but fighting thirty Skeletons is much cheaper for effort and damage than dealing with Skull Dragons. Moreover, because of its giant, it has decided where to appear, and is often in a square with nothing deep behind it. So most of the time it was abandoned like this, and it was famous as a very unfortunate demon.
(Hum... Because there are other priorities now.)
A powerful enemy, the Skull Dragon, but that's for the average adventurer. Just when coin making is becoming fun, Mira's eyes only show for thirty Demonic Stones. But now I was more worried about spirits who might be weaker than coins, than assignments.
"I wish I could at least know the direction..."
Mira slowly meditates her eyes and concentrates her consciousness on the signs around her, turning her back on the skull dragon that continues to roar to intimidate her. Note that I asked the Spirit King that if protection became much more tame than it is now, it would be possible as well. But it's hard right now. The Spirit King can only recognize his surroundings through Mira, so he doesn't know what Mira can't sense. So we need to find it on our own.
─ ─ ……
I'm sure it's closer than it was the first time I noticed. Mira felt certain contours solidified at the signs that were ambiguous.
─ ─ ……
Focus your consciousness deeper. I still can't grasp where you are. But I've had the best response ever. A clearer image emerged, and the outline of the Spirit appeared blurry. Apparently, it's the original spirit. I can see the shape of a person, which is characteristic of the original Spirit. But I wasn't sure until the look on my face.
"Where... where are you?"
From what I've seen, it doesn't seem weak and yes. Mira, a little relieved by the matter, but the figure of the Spirit looks somewhat lonely and squeaks to speak unexpectedly.
"─ ─ … n!
Then it's time. Whether the Spirit also noticed Mira's signs again, or heard Mira's voice, he gave her a fuzzy face and turned around with that sumptuous face. At that moment, Mira felt a small connection with the Spirit. If we follow that connection, we might know where it is. That's what I thought, when I turned my consciousness towards connectivity.
"─ ─... Gaaaaaaaaaaa!
"Yeah, no, loud!
Mira screamed back at the roar of the skull dragon, which kept sounding far away.
The roar that disturbs the concentration every time something happens. If I could concentrate a little bit more, a highly assertive skull dragon that thwarted what the Spirit knew where he was. It set Mira on fire.
Having temporarily interrupted the spiritual search, Mira moves to annihilate the target, which is an obstacle to it.
Heading to the square again, there was a figure of a skull dragon staring at the narrow road, the only entrance and exit. And when Mira reappears there, she just waits and blows a fierce roar.
Are you accumulating anger?
In both the empty orbits of the Skull Dragon, which looked at Mira as intimidating, there was a red light that resembled anger. To the attitude of Mira, who returned immediately after just showing her face once, or against her own bad luck trapped in one square? Again, does it just look like that? All the truth is unknown but relative, the repeated roar finally subsided and a quiet stare began.
"Well, at the corner. Let's make it an experimental bench."
From the end of the battle with Chimera Clozen to this point, there has been no battle with such large players. As a result, Mira had not been able to put into meaningful action any new moves she had come up with. At that time, the skull dragon that has claimed itself. It's a good match for you.
Just a dragon, its body exceeds ten meters. Mira quickly circled her gaze around her surroundings, facing each other without alarm. What it means is to set up a summons point.
(Now, how many wounds can this big bump opponent inflict... Enjoy!)
The work was also familiar, and Mira instantly installed more than a hundred summoning points in the hollow. About a tenth of the number compared to a military summons. Nevertheless, in the first place, the army is a subordinate summoning technique, based on a combination of immortal skills. Though about a tenth, if you summon Dark Knight or Hollyknight from here, even the boulder Mira will consume only mana close to depletion.
But what if it was a partial summons that reduced consumption?
You cut a paralysis on Mira, who sits with a suspicious smile on her face, roaring like a beast, and the Skull Dragon ramps up. It possessed powerful murder weapons such as fangs and nails, but its gigantic body alone had sufficient destructive power.
The body itself is about Mira, who is worthy of appearance. If you hit it straight, you won't just be sorry.
"Then you can take it!
Nevertheless, it is Mira, who was battling countless opponents more than the Skull Dragon. I couldn't have been properly attacked like that, and when I did that with just a simple physical appearance, I just let my eyes shine that it was this one's turn next.
At the next moment, a magic formation extending to a hundred emerges in the hollow. And from there, only Dark Knight's arms, with their big black swords, appeared.
Skull dragon that crashes against the wall and rocks the hall. Immediately afterwards, Dark Knight's arms are sharply swung down toward that gigantic body, which is not out of shape.
Naturally, my arm didn't just wave down. That's too merciless a throw. More than a hundred black swords were speared out of the hands of the Dark Knight.
The black sword, thrown with a slight time difference, pours down as if it were a simultaneous sweep, and is launched with an unbeatable roar.
"... more spectacular than I thought."
That was an overly vivid sight. Seconds after the summons, Dark Knight's arms and black sword had vanished without a trace. But the scars they left remain clear. In seconds of things, Mira stares and laughs bitterly at the skull dragon that has just turned into rubble from the bones of the dragon.
Skull Dragon with A-rank Group Equivalent Warfare. If you're as strong as Mira, you won't struggle, but if you fight from the front, it'll take you five minutes with six dark knights. This time, it's a matter of seconds.
Partial summonses can be exercised in a degree of mana compared to this summons. In other words, with enough mana for about ten dark nights, I was able to produce as much firepower as I could secondarily kill the Skull Dragon.
"This is pretty ineffective!
Skull Dragon debris disappearing as dust. Mira giggles more damned at the unexpected results as she picks up the big demonic stones left there.
Although it is prepared to set up countless summons points in advance, it is not so much a hassle because it is a task that has been repeated more than tens of thousands of times. And simultaneous summons is a move that Mira is best at. Therefore, the rain of the Black Sword, contrary to its power, does not require so much time to activate.
"Next time, let's decide on a cool name!
Mindful of more power than she thought, Mira wrote it down so new in her mind's notes.
The roar, disturbed by concentration, disappeared, both in the raven and in the corner. Now that you can look without worrying, Mira stands in the middle of a large hall, once again concentrating her consciousness and exploring the signs of the Spirit somewhere.
Deep and deep. Now there are no distracting elements, and I can feel a stronger connection to the Spirit than earlier.
Is it a matter of distance, the figure of the Spirit floating behind Mira's brain is still ambiguous, and when the expression is sumptuous but calls via connection, it gives a definite response. Raise your face and turn to Mira's voice in a miserable way.
(Wait for me. I'll find you.)
With that call, Mira concentrated even deeper. Quietly, slowly hand in the connection.
(All right, all right, over there.)
Less than twenty minutes after I started concentrating like that. Finally, Mira succeeded in making the connection stronger by the time she could grasp the direction. And then there's the difference between high and low, but it's starting to feel so strong. From there on, it was enough to call just a few more.
As Mira was feeling the Spirit, the Spirit is also feeling Mira by connection. Such a spirit responded to Mira's call.
"Oh my...!
In response, Mira accidentally raised her voice of surprise. Then he rushes straight out and looks up at the big white wall, which is the penetration of the hall.
"You mean on this other side..."
Yes, the location of the Spirit, determined by a strong bond, was at the far end of the hall where the Skull Dragon was, separated by a white, coal-fired wall.
"This is a mess."
Mira frowned with tricks and a small poke at the white wall.
On that white wall, no doors or holes were seen. I mean, in order to get to the other side, we need to follow another route. But where Mira is now, it's a six-story corner that's way off the regular route. I don't remember, like, the route I can go around on this other side.
further. This intricately intertwined sixth layer. Some lower and upper layers, coming down from the upper layers, going up from the lower layers, etc., even had compartments where they could finally enter.
If the place where the Spirit is, if it was, it would take a considerable amount of time to get there. In the meantime, if Seoul Haul, the purpose of the mission, completes his errands and goes somewhere else, he has no ex or child.
Mira couldn't let go of the Spirit and put it down.
"I wish I could open a hole."
Mira poking a little harder at the white wall than earlier. The sixth floor buildings, walls, etc. were mostly made of materials that could not be destroyed in the same way as the fifth floor tower. I guess it's just close to the deepest part and uses something algo-rest alloy for lubrication.
"But, well, I didn't know there was still room ahead."
In the first place, it was more surprising that there was still space on the other side of this wall.
Mira blurred as she pushed the white wall with the thought of straw, wondering if it was some kind of hidden passage switch. This location, down the spiral passage, is further located in the lowest of the lower layers. Mira thought it was really strange that there was still space in the back of the hall. Even if there is another route, I wonder if there is a path that leads to the same depth as this hall.
(Instead, isn't there a secret in this space where there's nothing?)
There is also a slight mix of hopes, but I turn my suspicions to the space of being such a meaningful place but nothing. Just a known end as a place for a skull dragon to emerge. But wasn't that blind to concealing the truth?
Mira recalls the sixth layer of the map once produced by the aspirants. Now he disappeared with the floating continent. That, but there was an impressive trait there. This hall at the end of the spiral passage was a protruding and deep place.
Now that we know there's room in the back, it's rather weird that there's nothing in this hall. With that in mind, Mira quickly begins to explore the white walls.
Is there anything that could be pushed or fitted that might be common in movies, comics, etc.?
From inside the white wall, I was looking at the left side first, then the right side, that's when.
"Lord Mira. Again, could you touch me earlier? '
And the voice of the Spirit King echoed in Mira's head.
'Oh! Okay. Around here, isn't it?
How reliable is the voice of the Spirit King, which is heard at times of need? I still don't know what the Spirit King will do, but Mira will touch about earlier, as she was honestly told.
Then, on the back of his touched hand, a protective crest of the Spirit King appeared. And Mira understands from that feeling that the Spirit King is analyzing the white walls through shelter.
Then a few seconds, a few dozen seconds went by, and the coating marks faded and disappeared, whether the analysis was over.
"O Lord Spirit King. What, you got it?
Mira inquires with anticipation. Then there was the voice of the Spirit King who, after only a few moments, said, 'This is a surprise'.
When Mira asked what was going on, the Spirit King prefaced that the place was the birthplace of those who had once been called the Ancient Race, and then told her why.
First of all, the white wall in front of you seems definitely made of algorest alloy, close to impossible to destroy. But part of it. Earlier, he said that only where he told me to touch him was formed with a completely different substance.
"With another substance? I can't tell at all...... '
Mira glanced again at that and another spot, but smiles bitterly that there is no slight dust difference in feel or appearance and that she won't notice this.
"And what is this made of?
Mira stares at the white wall and asks somewhere with a full voice of anticipation. Then the Spirit King answered only slightly proudly, wondering how Mira looked like that. "It is a crystal stone of the divine spirit," he said.
"What, then? That was used in the coffin that was sealing the ghost, wasn't it? Then again, this too... '
Divine Spirit Crystal Stone. It is a substance created with the power of God, and the original killer who created the chimeric closen, the coffin where the ghost was sealed, is also new to memory that it was made of this divine spirit crystal stone.
Perhaps there is a ghost sealed across this wall? Such an idea passed Mira's brain.
'No, that's okay. I still remember where the coffin is. It's nowhere near here. More than that, it's a god spirit crystal stone. The fact that this is here means that something only God can interfere with is hidden up ahead. "
God is watchful over people, and they don't interfere in the world unless there's much left to do. The Spiritual Crystal Stone, created with such divine power, is in front of you. I mean, evidence that there's been a lot of extra work here.
"Do, Lord Spirit King. Can you open this?
What the hell was that sealing? What if the spirits ahead were the sealed beings? It is so much so that God interferes. I don't know what it is. But Mira asked the Spirit King that. Because he was connected by the power of protection and felt no harm to the spirits that lay ahead. Then Mira couldn't think of such a spirit, such as leaving it in a place where she didn't understand well.
'... oh, it'll take a little while, but no problem. But Lord Mira. Are you sure about this? I don't know what it is. "
Leave it for a little while and then the Spirit King's words will return. The voice was truly in love with Mira. Mira answers such a voice. We have to leave the Spirit alone.
Sometimes, though, I guess.
Mira confident in her arms quite a bit. Naturally, however, we also know that there are people in this world who are beyond our control even with all our might. If there was such a thing ahead of us, it would be reckless to fight. I'm not giving up, though, just to work out a redo.
"O Lord Spirit King. If there's something terrible going on in there, we'll need to seal it up again. If you can open it again so that it can be closed immediately, I'd like to ask you to do so... '
Instead of breaking the Divine Spirit crystal stone, can it be removed so that it can be used on the lid again? Mira re-said that after thinking about her best.
"The Divine Spirit Crystal Stone is quick to convert into Mana. Lord Mira has a point. Okay. Let's try. '
The Spirit King, who answered that, now once, tells Mira to touch the wall made of the Spirit crystal stone. When Mira touched the white wall according to the word, now the protective crest of the Spirit King floated all over her body, and she began to shine strong.
The power of the Spirit King circles the whole body of Mira, and through his hands is poured into the Divine Spirit Crystal Stone. For starters, it seemed to be analyzing. Unlike at the time of the coffin, it is not involved at the time of making, so it is necessary to scrutinize it.
Enough has passed, twenty minutes have passed. Even the Spirit King of boulders is a substance of divine origin, which doesn't seem so fast. Through his protective crest, Mira felt signs of the Spirit King concentrating sometime.
So, thirty minutes went by. Unexpectedly, when the protective crest shined brighter than ever, the white wall in front of him managed to open a tunnel to the extent that each person could pass through it.
"Oh, not exactly a hidden passage!
White walls made of algoresto alloy. When the Divine Spirit Crystal Stone, which was part of it, disappeared, a long tunnel appeared leading to the back. It's like wearing a puffy hole.
By the way, they said that the Divine Spirit Crystal Stone managed to convert from a physical substance to a spiritual substance as a result of various trials and errors. In this case, the Spirit King boasts that he can block the tunnel by flipping it again at times.
Physically to spiritually. Mira listens in half to the Spirit King's detailed explanation that it is not possible to do so by using the properties of the Spirit Stone. Anyway, I stepped into the tunnel, confirming only that fact that I could block it again.
"Mm-hmm. You think it's the end of the line?
"Sounds like it."
We went straight through the tunnel, about ten meters, where the road was over. There are no sidewalks or anything along the way, just the main road. You can't overlook it. But the way forward is over.
But this is the only suspicious place. That can't be the end of it. There must be something hidden. With that kind of certainty, Mira challenges the white wall in the front.
"O Lord Spirit King. What about this wall? '
Mira asked as she explored if there were any hidden door switches somewhere. I thought maybe it was double blocked with the Divine Spirit crystal stone.
'This is just an algo-rest alloy. Especially suspicious places.'
As Mira pushed and slapped the wall, she was the Spirit King who answered what she felt through her hands, but as soon as she approached, she stopped her words and said sharply, "Lord Mira, this is where I am."
'As for now... is it around here?
Just waiting, Mira puts her hands where she was told.
'Oh, there it is. Definitely.'
As the Spirit King answered so, a protective crest rose and shined throughout Mira's body. Then what do you think? There was a small hole in the wall that was the end.
A hole about twenty centimetres in diameter, open about the height of Mira's waist. When I peered in, I saw something protruding in the back.
I don't feel like Dr. Jones!
Mira shoved her right hand into that hole without hesitation, remembering the old movie she had seen before. Then grab the protrusion and pull it forward a long time. Shortly afterwards, the right wall shifted to the side quietly, and a further passage appeared.
"Not exactly what I thought!
"This is also a very careful construction."
Mira flirting confidently and the Spirit King whining somewhere as impressed. Thus Mira and the Spirit King, who had seen through the scheme, stepped into the aisle willingly.
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