EP.115 Escape from the bottomless pit
“Ah. It’s a nostalgic feeling. How long has it been since I stood here giving lectures?”
Is this the first time since Tyr went out of control? After a moment of sentimentality, I started the class by tapping the chalkboard on the chalkboard.
The regressor who had been pushed out of the lecture hall because of me had a somewhat grim expression on his face.
“90 days? How is that going?”
“Sleep, don’t be in too much of a hurry.”
It’s time to work for a long time. After smearing alchemy light on the tip of the chalk, he tapped the blackboard.
How to escape the bottomless pit I read from Lieutenant General Ebon. Originally, I was going to hide it tightly and only know about it, but to get out, I can’t do it with my own strength, so I’m revealing it specially.
He said while taking out the paper wallet he had prepared in advance.
“everyone. While you guys were playing tangja tang in this abyss, I went through all sorts of troubles to find a way to escape the abyss.”
Holding on to the golem, applying for supplies, inspecting all the items that come down, and engaging in psychological warfare with the golem.
It seems that the peaceful days have passed, but behind the scenes I have made steady efforts. And finally.
I just found out by reading Lieutenant General Ebon’s memories.
…I feel like everything I’ve done so far is pointless, but I hope my efforts are worth it.
“As a result of disassembling all the items that came down from the military, I found out a shocking fact. That’s right.”
I said that and scattered the contents in the paper bag on the podium. The fine particles gently rolled across the unfamiliar floor.
The regressor tilted his head.
“soil?”
“That’s right. Dirt!”
Sheep, who discovered a great fact, exclaimed with arms wide open.
“Everything that was dropped here from the military! Whether it was a parachute, worn, or filled in a tiny gap! All of them contained soil from the ground!”
This is the fact that I have found out after meticulously researching each one so far.
when you’re just playing
“Originally cursed by the Earth Mother, not a single speck of dust falls. Otherwise, there would be no collapsed ground around a hole this big. Even if you throw a grain of sand into the abyss, it will automatically stick to the wall and fall back into Mother Earth’s arms… But! So this dust can be a catalyst!”
The regressor, who had at least some magical knowledge, immediately understood what I meant.
“catalyst?”
“yes! The bottomless pit is an infinitely falling land. But where is infinite space in the world? The earth is round, so if you fall forever, you’ll have to get to the other side! But we don’t. because!”
I drew two straight lines on the blackboard. Cutting off the middle to show that it is infinitely long, I drew Tantalus and put a big question mark on it.
“Because coordinates and space itself lose their meaning in this abyss! Here, everyone is a lost child who can only fall infinitely!”
“…but if space itself has no meaning, on the contrary, in order to reach what is in it.”
The regressor who caught his senses muttered to himself. I gave a big nod and hit a big asterisk on Tantalus.
“That’s right. In the vast sea of darkness in the night sky, the light of the lighthouse becomes the goal, indicator, and coordinate. This Tantalus also decided to become the indicator of the abyss. how?”
From here on, the facts I found out were my guesses plus the memories I read from Ebon. I shouted it in front of everyone.
“Because I was blessed by the priestess of Earth Mother when I built this Tantalus! None other than the whole land!”
“…I managed to agree to that. The abyss must be a place that should never be approached by the priestess of the earth goddess.”
yeah i thought so too
Regressors are also credited with finding out this fact. No matter how much you think about it, the ‘she’ that existed in the regressor’s recollection was the priestess of the Earth Mother.
“Even if the entire land is made of concrete, its essence comes from the ground. Concrete made from blessed sand and gravel was used to compact the ground and erect the building. However, in any case, this concrete is a human-made structure, even if its origin is earth. Tantalus, standing on the border between the body of the Earth Mother and the human building, was able to strike a precarious balance.”
The only land within infinite space.
It shouldn’t exist, but it made a prison on the contradiction that is openly real.
“Only one thing is needed to get here. It is the catalyst… dirt that can identify this place. Just hang it and drop it, and it will naturally reach this place, just like rainwater eventually flows into the sea.”
The bracelet that led Finlay here and the supply box. They all had dirt inside.
Butterflies were also hanging soil. It’s just that the butterfly was the king of cats who were promised a safe landing, so they didn’t need a parachute.
Anyway, I understand the principle. Use what’s left now.
“Now here’s the problem… We needed dirt to get to Tantalus, down in the abyss. If so, what should be the catalyst to ascend from this abyss to the ground?”
The first to raise his hand was the Undead, but cold water goes up and down, and even between the Undead there is a gap. He pointed to Tyr, who slightly lifted his parasol.
“Yes Tyr!”
“…that.”
Tyr hesitated for a moment before answering with a frown as if he really didn’t like it.
“It must be the light of the sun.”
“Oh oh. That’s right! As expected of Seonghwangcheong’s nightmare and the person who was called the existence of the reverse sky, you are knowledgeable!”
You got the answer right on the first one. it’s a shame.
“oh! Wasn’t it a tree branch? You’re heading to the sky!”
‘Isn’t it a heavenly angel…? This is the space itself, so it can’t be a catalyst…?’
I should have listened to these two wrong answers.
I want to say something right now, but it’s annoying, so let’s skip it.
“yes. It’s the sun! If the earth in the abyss is a lighthouse, the lighthouse in the sky is the sun. We can only escape from this abyss by climbing up in sunlight!”
I applauded Tyr for the correct answer. Tyr asked calmly after waiting for the applause to stop.
“However, this abyss must be a place where sunlight does not shine. How can I get sunlight and go up here?”
I thought so too. However, I realized this Tantalus’ blind spot.
Tantalus is surprisingly bright. As if mimicking the sky, bright daytime lights and dark nighttime lights alternately illuminate the prison, so during the daytime your eyes will open naturally and you will get used to the bright light.
So I didn’t even notice until Ebon looked up at the sky.
far above the bottomless pit. that it is not always dark.
“It’s not that the sun doesn’t shine. Sometimes the sun shines, but we don’t notice it.”
Golem ordered Tyr to convince him. He said that it is not yet time to go up, and he said, ‘I can’t go up that way’.
However, if the abyss is a space from which no one can escape no matter what, the warning is quite suspicious. Whether they want to go up or not, if you leave it alone, you won’t be able to achieve what you want anyway, so there’s no reason to stop it.
That question was resolved with the appearance of Ebon.
Ebon waited for the ‘time’ on the roof to escape to the ground. That means the door opens at a set time.
That must have been why the golem was trying to stop them both. Vampires who don’t eat, don’t drink, and don’t feel bored… keep climbing until the door opens and sunlight shines on them.
He was worried that Tyr might escape by force, so he asked me to stop it.
“The time when the noon sun is at the top of your head. When there is no choice but to reach a group of light that extends infinitely no matter how deep it is.”
The puzzles are all put together. I assured myself.
“That is just three months later. The moment when the noon sun passed over the abyss for a moment three months later. That moment is your only chance to escape.”
It was a great discovery, but the response was smaller than expected.
Anyway, right after the regressors declared that they could leave after 9 months. Even if it was reduced to one-third, there would be no significant repercussions.
“That’s great, phew. Did you even figure out the secret of the bottomless pit?”
Only Tir, who was interested in my story itself, was genuinely delighted.
Anyway, being able to leave after 90 days is encouraging. Now that you know the structure of this abyss, you can always escape even if you miss the next opportunity. You don’t have to be hung up on ‘her’ who may or may not come to you.
If I were alone, it would be impossible because I couldn’t go against gravity, but with Tyr and the regressor it would be possible…
“Huh? I know?”
Then, as if he had suddenly remembered, the regressor asked a question.
“How did you know? Did you get it from the lieutenant general?”
To be precise, I read the lieutenant general’s thoughts.
Lieutenant General Ebon only knew what time the ‘door’ would open, but he did not know the exact principle. I just knew that I could go up when the sun was shining.
haha The general only needs to know the password, and it is not necessary to master the principles of cryptography.
I just picked up the information they had and followed it up and came to a conclusion.
But since it’s annoying to explain, I roughly nodded.
“Right…”
“Probably not! He was almost dead when I hit him with my fist! I was speechless!”
The Undead answered before me.
The look on the regressor’s expression, which is gradually increasing in doubt. I opened my mouth and glared at the Undead.
this ignorant! Why did I ask you to cover your ears!
The Undead also widened its eyes after seeing my expression.
‘Is it something I shouldn’t have said? Hey, there are so many secrets. okay I don’t care about it.’
request. It’ll be embarrassing if I become more suspicious than this.
A mysterious existence that I met while passing by in the bottomless pit.
It’s good to be remembered just like that.
That’s why I’m trying to get out of the abyss as quickly as possible.
“then? What did you do with someone who couldn’t even speak?”
When the regressor inquired, the Undead rolled his head for a moment, then raised his thumb and shouted.
“Most of the teachers muttered something to themselves! I can’t say for sure because I’ve covered my ears! Perhaps the teacher found the answer to the abyss on his own and confirmed it with the lieutenant general!”
‘All right! With this, Sensei must have become a greater being!’
…it’s gotten even more suspicious!
Say you stole information from the lieutenant general. That’s pretty close to the truth!
“You figured out how to escape the bottomless pit yourself? That’s great.”
The regressor pretended to be indifferent, but on the contrary, he muttered while focusing all his senses on me.
“But I get it. Certainly you are not an officer.”
“haha. that’s right. I am a laborer…”
“A mediocre laborer cannot kill the colonel. You can’t even bounce the cherry blossoms. Everyone knows that I am not an ordinary laborer, but how long are you going to hide it?”
A slow, groaning motion. The regressor asked, not expecting much, but with hope.
“Are you really not going to reveal your identity?”
‘If you give me… assurance. Whether you can believe it or not believe it… if you can judge it…’
It seemed that my existence was too annoying for a regressor at the end of the suspicious disease.
A heart that wants to believe and a heart that cannot believe in spirit coexist. To the extent that even the regressor himself was at a loss.
But it can’t be helped.
Now that I’m alive, I won’t have to prepare for the next round.
If so, I’m going to have to get over this situation somehow.
I sighed and said.
