Chapter 656
Chapter 166. Traces of the Kaldran snowfield (3)
Jin’s hand holding her red hair was shaking slightly. Jin put his hair in his arms and walked inside the cave.
The exterior, which Zephyrin was in charge of, was also being tidied up. In the first place, the knights attached to her did not have the anti-air ability to deal with a dragon on par with Zephyrin.
“Hey, it looks like that unlucky demon dragon is almost done. If you do well, you might lose your head?”
“It’s not over yet, Sandra Zipple.”
“is it so? It looks like things have been sorted out.”
“Reinforcements are coming.”
Sandra tilted her head and looked at Hedo.
“What do you mean? 12 riders.”
“Concentrate for a second, Tower Keeper. At first, I also thought that the spirit energy was concentrated only near the cave, but as soon as the battle started, I began to feel a slightly different spirit energy from far away.”
Hedo, who closed his eyes once and raised his senses, immediately showed a look of surprise.
Even in his senses, a new aura was felt in an extremely subtle way. It was as small as looking at a small insect hiding in the grass, and it was an aura that could never be recognized unless you looked for it with certainty that it existed. Especially in the blizzard of the Kaldran snowfield.
“Did you feel this… without paying attention otherwise?”
“From some point on, marriage felt especially good. It’s not one place, they’re flocking from all over the snowfield. We’ll probably get here in an hour. Besides, more reinforcements will come after them.”
If it’s a mixed phase that feels weak from the point where the distance is over an hour, the scale when you meet nearby will of course be enormous.
“Could you come and report the situation to Tower Keeper Zephyrin?”
At those words, Sandra’s eyes lit up with a flash of light.
“Go quickly! And come as late as possible.”
As soon as Hedo was away for a while, Sandra’s head exploded with joy at being left alone with Jin in a cave like this.
Besides, Jin was walking very slowly.
Of course, that was to investigate this cave where Valeria disappeared in as much detail as possible from the beginning, but Sandra decided not to think that way.
“Coming to think of it, this is the first time Jin and I have walked together like this. It’s so good…?”
Jin was so focused on observing the inside of the cave that he couldn’t even hear her. Sandra chatted for a while before grabbing Jin’s shoulder.
“Are you very precious to Jin?”
“okay. You suddenly ask something obvious.”
“It may not be his hair. So don’t be too impatient.”
“This is the hair of the person we are looking for.”
“How can you be sure?”
“Because it’s an uncommon color.”
Of course, Valeria is not the only owner of red hair in the world.
However, Jin clearly recognized that it was Valeria’s hair, and it was an area that was difficult to explain in words.
“If I am kidnapped somewhere next time, will you come looking for me like this?”
“It will depend on the situation.”
“It’s very cold, but it’s cool, so forgive me. But even if you say so, I believe you will come to rescue me.”
“I don’t want to go through this again. So always hang out with the Tower Keeper.”
Sandra twisted her body in excitement while Jin continued to observe inside.
‘Still, as Ronil said, I can’t see any singularity…’
The cave wasn’t that deep. Even though it seemed to be halfway there in just a few minutes, Jin didn’t notice anything special.
From then on, even Sandra stopped chattering and started searching the caves for Jin.
‘There is still a marriage period because the knights have always been resident, but since Valeria disappeared, the Garden of Swords has not touched this place additionally.’
It is a land where an important person has disappeared, but only personnel have been deployed, and no hands have been touched.
What that meant was clear.
“Anyway, Runkandel… No, the Garden of Swords seems to be very careful here, honey. Even though Hester was gone, he hadn’t dug the ground or knocked down the inner wall. Even the icicles are all fine. They must be decades old.”
“I was thinking that too.”
“I said that the tomb of the first patriarch of Runkandel was subspace, right? I think he was looking for a way to enter that subspace. If you know that Runkandel is a subspace.”
“That sounds like a possible story.”
Eventually, when we reached the end of the cave, Hedo, who had gone to tell Zephyrin the news, returned.
“Oh, why are you already here! He was kind and nice at the time, but he’s like a mass of muscles that doesn’t notice.”
“The other side was also organized, and Zephyrin said he would scout accurately first. He also said that, if possible, he would delay or annihilate the arrival of troops as much as possible.”
“Okay, Tower Keeper.”
If Zephyrin did that, it would add more time for the additional troops to arrive, but it was difficult to gauge how much.
The end of the cave was hollow. It was full of a transparent film of ice, like salt crystals, but there was not a single part of it that had been broken and re-formed.
“Ronil’s brother is right when he said there is only one way out. The only way to get out of here is to either go back the way you came or break the ice wall… Well I can see why the family couldn’t find the Hester survivor after so much hunting.”
Even though Jin and Sandra continued to explore the magic response remaining in the cave, nothing special stood out.
The blue window of record magic that Ronil had seen was also gone. It was only natural that the sorcerer had disappeared.
‘Before disappearing from here, Valeria was not contacted for about two months… and left no clues about Temar’s tomb in Tikan.’
If so, there was a high possibility that Valeria was in such an urgent situation that she couldn’t even contact Tikan for those two months.
And at this very point, she disappeared. With a little hair cut.
‘…Sir Ronil couldn’t properly meet his master, but it’s certain that Rosa’s knights fought against Valeria.’
Valeria must have found this cave after fleeing the battle. Ronil tracked down Valeria, and so did Runtia.
No matter how I tried to combine the information I heard from Ronil, the incident was only getting blurry.
Ten minutes have already passed.
“I have the feeling that Horseman 12 is a trap. Rosa Runkandel must have expected you to come here.”
“Perhaps.”
“In that case, you should have deployed more troops, prepared for an immediate surprise attack when we entered, or Rosa Runkandel herself should have appeared. Don’t you get the feeling that Rosa Runkandel is just giving you time on purpose?”
Jin nodded. He, too, had that part in mind all along.
“As the tower keeper said, Temar’s tomb is assumed to be here. It could be that I guess there is a way to get in there and wait.”
Suddenly, the image of Padler Runkandel flashed in Jin’s mind.
‘Lord Padler is most likely the guardian of the fifth tomb. But if the Prophet brought Lord Fadler out of the tomb, then he has entered the fifth tomb at least once.’
But why is Rosa giving me time as if she wants me to find this.
‘Is it because Valeria is still in the tomb? For some reason, the Prophet who came out of the tomb doesn’t know how to go back in.’
The problem is that even Jin doesn’t know how to enter the tomb. There were no keys or guides like the first tomb.
Time was passing incredibly fast.
“The 12th Horseman.”
“Tell me, Tower Keeper.”
“It will be difficult for us to get back here. If it turns out that you have no other choice, Rosa will completely blockade this place. So why don’t we try something they haven’t done and leave?”
“Are you sure we want to destroy the cave?”
“okay. Other than that, it doesn’t seem like there’s anything else to try.”
“I will not destroy the cave. Even if we go back without a harvest today, I don’t want to take away even the slightest reason for coming back later.”
“Then do you intend to stay like this? You need to be cool.”
For Hedo, not putting Sandra in danger was more important than finding Heister.
Especially when the situation was so hopeless.
“Hedo! You are a very precious person to Jin. Think of something more groundbreaking!”
“It’s better than standing still, ma’am.”
Hedo was right.
If it didn’t look like it would yield anything else, it was necessary to go back and reconsider the search as soon as possible.
“I’ll try one last thing, and if it doesn’t work, I’ll go back.”
“Good idea. How?”
“I will fill the cave with aura. If there is no response, I will withdraw without further delay.”
Jin sat upright and released his spirit energy. When using the key to the first tomb in the past, Murakan also injected a large amount of aura in this way.
‘Perhaps the space itself is the key to responding to aura. Please open…!’
In fact, the fact that Valeria entered the tomb cannot be established if the aura was necessary.
Jin was just grasping at straws.
Aura quickly rose inside the cave.
However, there was no reaction even when Jin released a large amount of spirit energy that made him sweat in an instant.
Sandra, who had been watching, bit her nails and turned her head to Hedo.
“Hedo, do something more.”
“I don’t think there’s anything I can do to help. I am not a Reiki user, lady.”
“Then pray! Don’t stay still.”
“…a prayer?”
“Yes, I mean, do it right with all your heart. Mr. Jean, please help me find Heister.”
Sandra closed her eyes and held her hands. Hedo sighed as he watched her, then took the same pose next to her.
I wanted to know what this was, but I couldn’t help it because it was obvious that if I didn’t do it, there would be another commotion.
And it was at that time that Jin was shocked as if he had been stabbed in the back of the head.
‘Suddenly, the aura is being absorbed into one place…!’
It is the first time that a change has occurred.
Jin immediately moved his gaze to the convergence of spirits. It was the place where Sandra and Hedo stood side by side and prayed.
“Hedo! your sword! The sword is shining and making something. Heaven has answered our prayers!”
“I’m watching too, ma’am. What the hell is this…”
Jin was enveloped in a strong intuition.
Hedo’s sword must have been the key to Temar’s fifth tomb.
