Chapter 771,
Chapter 190. Maliette Hester’s lore site (1)
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Both Leedt and Yuria also completed the verification of the Sails.
It was right that he, like Luce, submitted an application purely to join the Barmal Union.
Of course, Quawl was most excited about the fact that a ‘complete ultra-long-range communication device’ might have been developed over three hundred years ago.
“If what is written on this paper is true, that engineer named Jen is probably a genius on the same level as me. It’s very interesting that our Valeria ancestors couldn’t have fabricated it. But what does it mean that the bodies and souls of Jen and your ancestors remain in Valeria’s lore?”
< All the knowledge and achievements of Zen Rutbert, as well as my body and soul... will remain in Maliet's Battlefield. If the enemy can't find it, forever. >
It was a sentence written on the paper Saiel gave him.
“I don’t know either. Is it just a metaphorical expression, or is it actually sealing the body and soul through some method? I guess I will have to go and see for myself.”
“If it’s the latter, then Jen Rutbert and I Quaul might be able to meet. You too will be able to see your ancestors in person.”
“No matter how special our family’s magic is, I don’t think that’s even possible. However, it is certain that the lore has remained undiscovered by Ziffle until now, so there will be a great harvest no matter what.”
If Ziffle had discovered Maliet’s lore site, the tower owners’ wands wouldn’t have had a simple calling function like they do now, and Sails wouldn’t have been alive.
“Yes, yes. It takes a little bit to be careful because the place called the lore site is very notorious, but… You don’t have to worry because I’ll go with you, right? There won’t be many terrible traps in this world that even that guy can’t handle.”
“Before I met Jin, I always did well even when I went to dangerous lore sites alone, so don’t worry. Until I return, please organize all the materials related to communication devices.”
Long-distance jumps were frequent, so Kwaul simply repaired the Red Owl.
The area where Malliet’s destination was located was an island named ‘Honka’. Since it was an uninhabited island located in the northern part of the empire, there was no need to worry about unnecessary friction with enemies.
However, the problem was that the conditions for entering the battleground were somewhat difficult and difficult.
“My ancestor named Malliet… seems to have been a bit peculiar.”
When the red owl arrived at the sea near Honka Island, Valeria said.
“I know. Looking at the entry conditions, I wonder if that’s an area that can be done with magic. No, definitely not possible.”
Jin summoned Shuri and said.
Shuri pushed the red owl floating in the sea and swam towards Honka Island.
[Mya mya mya.]
“Hello, Shuri. Some of the conditions will be pranks, or some sort of test masquerading as pranks. However, no matter how strange it is, it is the condition left by the ancestor, so I will follow it.”
“hmm.”
Upon reaching the island, Shuri shook herself off and bask in the sunlight, and Jin pinned the red owl to a suitable spot on the beach and made it invisible.
“Is gin ready?”
“okay.”
“Then let’s try one at a time.”
After saying that, Valeria cleared her throat in embarrassment.
‘Recently, the teacher’s personality has improved a lot. If it was like before, no matter how ridiculous and embarrassing it was, I would have said it in a dry way.’
Thinking so, Jin smiled inwardly.
However, he also felt embarrassed and funny.
“First of all… when you get to the island, you have to circle the trunk twenty times and touch the ground.”
When Jin asked, Valeria nodded.
Whoever arrives at Honka Island to enter the lore must circle the trunk twenty times and touch the ground.
That was the first condition.
After looking around for a while, the two assumed the elephant trunk pose.
Then, one by one, they started spinning twenty times in time.
“Put.”
“Big haha!”
As soon as we touched the ground together, laughter broke out without anyone saying it first.
The second condition was to climb a tree that lives on the island and imitate the monkey’s cry.
Even though they burst out laughing while fulfilling the first condition, the two of them became confused when they heard the monkey cry.
“Oukiki…”
“Ouki…”
Shuri tilted her head as she saw them.
Then crawl on all fours and roar like a lion, sing two folk songs anyone knows, and so on.
The two fulfilled all of those conditions, becoming more and more inexplicable.
Both of them were blushing.
“…well, I think it’s a strange experience.”
“Hmmmm, now that we’re done, it’s time to connect the Pentagram.”
On the island of Honka, there were five magic devices made by Maliette.
Jin and Valeria rode Shuri and searched for the location of the magic device indicated in the letter one by one.
Every time Valeria channeled magic into the device, a blue light rose.
When all five devices were opened, the light soon changed to a line and became a pentagram connecting the entire island.
The party went to the center of the Pentagram and settled down.
“I wonder what kind of Guardian will come out.”
The final gateway was to deal with the guardian summoned in response to the pentagram.
“Probably a golem.”
In the letter, only the summoning of the guardian was mentioned, but nothing was said about combat power or other matters.
After a while the ground started to vibrate.
Jin wasn’t nervous at all because he had the idea that a guardian, be it a golem or something else, could never be his opponent.
[Nice to meet you… Those who have visited Maliet’s lore.]
Puha-!
Suddenly, the ground in front of the group opened up and something huge appeared.
‘toad?’
A creature resembling a toad.
The guardians guarding the battleground were not golems, but monsters like Ozdok and Vilam who could speak human language.
[My name is the owner of Honkai Island. Reveal your names.]
“This is Jin Runkandel.”
“Valeria Heister.”
[I feel like the hitters who come to me one day come with human beings, not hitters. In any case, when I felt it in the ground, I realized that you faithfully fulfilled all of Malliet’s requirements. If I had skipped even one, I wouldn’t have appeared.]
The two of them brushed their hearts inwardly, feeling that those embarrassing actions weren’t completely useless.
“It’s good. Is it the end if I defeat you now?”
At Valeria’s question, Honka tried to nod.
Recalling the memory of scolding the two humans (Jen Rutbert and Hester who brought him) about 350 years ago.
However, Honka glanced at Jin and thought to himself:
‘…If I fight with that human named Gene Runcandel, I won’t even be able to find a bone.’
Honka is by no means a weak being.
A monster who had lived for thousands of years and made an inner circle and formed an ego could not be weak.
The only problem is that the opponent is Jin.
[That’s right… stop stop. I’ll just let you go in, so stop.]
As Jin put his hand on the sword-clad belt, Honka eventually decided to stop fighting.
“It’s convenient if you do that, but why?”
[You’re too strong… Although Malliet’s lore site has a reputation for being dangerous, Valeria Heister. I have no conscience. So why bring this monster? Aren’t you trying to make it too easy?]
Jin and Valeria blinked their eyes and didn’t answer.
I didn’t expect the Guardian to react like this.
“You made a wise choice.”
Jin said as he lowered his hand from his waist.
[There are conditions instead.]
“Conditions?”
[…In the lore ground, there are various traps and equipment that Maliette set up with great difficulty while she was alive. Malliet was very pleased with them, considering them her own works of art.
]
[Yes, Valeria Heister. It is thanks to Maliette that I settled on this island and began to use the name Honka. Malliet was obviously an oddball, but she was my only friend. Anyway, I can’t
see the monster you brought in destroying those works in vain.]
[I don’t have that level of authority.]
“Then what do you want me to do?”
[Don’t break any traps, just pass them by. For the successors who will come after you. You wouldn’t say you hate even that much effort, right?]
The next successor.
At those words, Valeria felt something surge in her chest.
Just a few years ago, she was completely alone in the world.
However, now he has friends with Jin, he has become a family with the roots of Leed, and the monster, who was a friend of his ancestors, was telling him to think about his descendants.
[You should have gotten here much sooner. The difficulty set by Malliet is said to be tailored to geniuses in the midst of growth. So, Hester, who came with an engineer three hundred and fifty years ago, suffered greatly. Well… Actually, I only started remembering everything recently.] It was only recently that
Honka remembered Jen and Onn Heister from 350 years ago, and even remembered Maliet, his only friend.
Until the Zifle’s manipulation of history applied to the Hester family weakened, Honka did not leave the island with only a vague sense of mission.
“I’ll do that. Let’s get in without breaking a single one.”
[Okay then, I’ll trust you and open the battleground.]
Honka’s gigantic body rolled back and forth two times.
Then, a thick iron gate installed under the hole where Honka came out was revealed.
[Go. And leave this red jade tomb behind. Let’s play while you guys go home.]
[Mia-mian-ang.]
As soon as Jin opened the iron door, an unbelievably bright light pierced the eyes of the two.
So, just as they were about to open the shield, Honka, who was outside the cave, blew hard at them.
The wind from the mouth shot like a cannonball was pushing the two of them through the door.
The first trap was a 1,000-way cliff.
[Sheesh, this is the only prank that seems to work for them. Even that won’t have much effect.]
As Honka said, the two of them didn’t panic at all even as they fell underground.
After all, when it falls to the floor, it is enough to offset the impact by generating a sword wind or magic power.
[Maliette, I think this time it will end blandly. Let’s promise the following. Still, it feels good to see that your descendants haven’t lost their pulse.]
[Miaah.]
Honka said that and stretched herself with Shuri.
