Episode 670: Opponents (1)
“Oh Hyo-hyo, what on earth happened?”
Victor Dreadful laughed at the alarm that signaled an intrusion from outside.
It was a reflexive laugh, but he was embarrassed on the inside.
“This place must have been hidden in great secrecy, but it’s not like it’s a place where someone can find it just because someone broke in.”
But An intruder appeared… What he meant was that among them there was
someone who, like him,
had a very good eye for mechanical engineering.
“I guess not?”
Victor stroked his beard once and then glanced behind him.
“Right now, we are sending out the test subjects we have prepared, but looking at the situation, I don’t think they will be able to hold out for long.”
The test subjects were created to attack the enemy from the inside.
They are waiting for the intruders . Even though a considerable amount of time had passed since they had left to stop it, the external alarm sounds did not stop.
In other words, it meant that the test subject had not been able to rule out the intruder.
As if to further confirm the suspicion, a series of thumping sounds were heard from afar.
Soon, a crackling sound was heard. With that, the passage bulkhead of the secret laboratory was broken.
The other party knew where he was and came looking for him.
“It’s really unfortunate. If only I had made it with Nikolai, it wouldn’t have ended up like this.”
Thinking about it again, Nikolai didn’t make it properly. The God of Mechanical Devices was disappointed…
If it had been him, he could have made it a little better and very successfully.
But there was no need to dwell on what had already passed.
Victor had many things to make and things to make in the future.
“Now that it’s like this, the intruder’s You have to deal with it…”
Quang!
The door to the laboratory where Victor lives was shattered.
It was a huge steel robot that entered inside with the sound of clanking footsteps.
“Hoo.”
Victor, who saw the smoke subsiding and fully exposed, was not surprised by its majesty, but rather expressed admiration and curiosity. I felt it.
“That’s amazing. Could it have been made using all the scrap metal that was piled up outside?”
“Are you Victor Dreadful? Just by looking at it, it looks like they captured a person and conducted an experiment…”
“Oh Hyo-hyo… This is surprising… I can’t believe it was a dwarf girl who noticed where I was…”
Sheridan was sitting on top of the robot…
To be exact, he was close to wearing it on his body…
‘ The Magia Giant produced in Isla Machina had that kind of feeling… A
Magia Giant made by combining the strengths of a steam golem and a powered suit.
What Sheridan was wearing was exactly similar to that.
A little more than the Magia Giant for wizards. All he did was slightly modify the design to suit himself as a dwarf…
However, considering that the components of that powered suit were materials lying around near the entrance,
the assembly skills that Seridan showed were truly world-class. It was worth calling ·
‘But how? It wouldn’t be something that could be made just by combining the materials.
It would be possible to create a similar form that could be called a powered suit.
But actually moving it and producing high output power is a completely different story.
Victor’s gaze is the center of the powered suit. I looked at
the strange power shining softly from within.
“What on earth is that?”
“what?”
“You use a unique core… It’s not a magic stone, but it feels a little different… Hmm… You made such a suit on the spot with the unique properties of that core…”
Victor immediately wondered what the cube-shaped core embedded in the center of the suit was. Realized:
“Oh Hyo-hyo! I see… I saw it somewhere and it looked similar to that person’s!”
The man in Victor’s memory came to mind ·
First Order Leslie ·
The magnetic core that could be said to be the crystal of metal magic he used was exactly like that ·
“It looks much better than Leslie’s, so it must have been made by a more advanced wizard, right? ”
“Well, shouldn’t you be more concerned about your life rather than liking it now?”
Even though Sheridan was so sarcastic, he couldn’t help but be surprised by Victor’s insight.
I didn’t expect him to recognize this right away when he saw it.
In fact, the core of the huge suit that Sheridan was currently riding was not a magic stone, but a magnetic core.
Made by Ludger. A powerful metal cube·
Through it, he combined discarded metals to create a machine of the type he wanted·
Sheridan’s suit did not simply imitate its appearance, but boasted enormous output and power·
“Oh Hyo-hyo, I see… Well. “I didn’t plan on just letting it happen to me. I’ll show you something cool, too.”
A brass-colored liquid began to move around Victor.
It boasted a smooth surface that looked like molten metal, and it moved around and suddenly rose up in the form of a lump behind Victor’s back.
It was a product of science created by Victor. It was a liquid golem…
Science and science, engineering and engineering…
Two people at the peak of their talents collided…
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“Should we go inside this?”
This is the real passage connected to the inside of the fortress.
The veins of other saints could not be opened. The final barrier·
Of course, the condition for opening the door is to respond to the power of God·
And Ludger was the only one who could do it at the moment·
“Lifting the first stage of the sealing technique·”
A small hole appeared above Ludger’s head·
A similar figure appeared before as well. It was a hole, but this time it was so small that
a person’s finger could barely fit in. Of course, a door opened so small could not be caught by the spirits of the gods.
However, it was enough for the power of the gods flowing from beyond to come through.
Ludger I placed my palm on the stone door.
The moment the power of God seeped into the inside through the stone door. Then,
the
round stone door rolled to the side and opened.
From the outside, it was just an ordinary stone door, but when it opened, what was revealed on the inside was completely different.
“It was well-organized.” “It looks like a temple…”
Surna whistled as she looked at the scenery inside.
Should I say that it resembles a temple that disappeared a long time ago?
The lighting was sufficient thanks to the moss and plants on the ceiling giving off a soft sky blue light.
Ludger and Surna looked at the temple. They headed to the center…
The heart of the Holy Kingdom of Bretus, where no one had been able to enter until now…
The two finally arrived there…
But this wasn’t the end…
To be exact, it was just the beginning…
“Heathcliff, you’ve been wandering around the continent looking for something. “I went around…”
Ludger looked back at Surna without saying anything…
“And coming this far means that you’ve finally gathered all the relics that were scattered throughout this world…”
“Yeah… You probably don’t know either… They were originally gathered once 500 years ago. “I saw it…”
Surna nodded in approval…
“That’s right… I shouldn’t have done that back then…”
“You seem to know… What on earth does this relic mean…”
Ludger said and took the relic from his pocket. He took out the pieces…
There are a total of 7 pieces gathered like that.
Surna, who saw the relic that forms a small disk when put together, said in a voice full of emotion,
“You who collected this will also know… Who made this relic…”
“The gods I made it…”
“Yes… Relics are things made by the gods… If you really want to be honest, they’re like toys to them… But this relic you have is different… It’s an item created by the combined efforts of several gods… The power of the gods resides in one of them at the same time. That means there is…”
“Unlike other relics, it must be said that it was created for a different purpose from the beginning…”
Ludger’s eyes turned to Surna…
“And you know the true use of this relic…”
“That’s right… You who collected it also vaguely know. You probably know that, right? What is the purpose of that relic…”
“It is the key to break the cage…”
“Break the cage… Looking at what Lumensis has done now, it fits perfectly…”
Surna said, looking around the underground temple…
“The machine. “Aren’t you curious why such a precise mechanical device is hidden inside the Holy Kingdom of Bretus, where I am not well versed in science?”
“I’ve been curious for a long time… Why there is a space like this under the castle…”
“This place was originally there before the castle was created… And Galaharad’s inner castle was also built for that purpose…”
That’s right…
Where on earth is this place? When I asked who created it, the answer came out easily…
“Did the gods create it in the distant past, before the creation of the Holy Kingdom of Bretus?”
“Yes… A god with deep knowledge in making things especially paid a lot of attention… They worked together to create this land. ” I prayed that no bad luck would happen…”
“It’s bad luck…”
“For example, one god monopolizes all authority and rules the world as he pleases…”
This place was arranged for that…
In the distant future, an evil being will become omnipotent. Arrangement to prevent people from trying to create this world with one force…
“This place is practically like an altar… And what you should place on that altar is the relic you have…”
“Lumensis, who already knew that fact, suffered an unfortunate death. To prevent this, the Holy Kingdom of Bretus was built on top of this altar on purpose…
Did you say that it is dark under the lamp?
Who would have imagined that underneath the Holy Kingdom there would be an altar capable of destroying the Holy Kingdom?
“Was this why you interfered with the work of Plante and the Ancient Kingdom that day 500 years ago?”
“Yes, the method of using the world tree’s life force deserved praise, but it wasn’t enough. The relic you had was meant to be used here in the first place…”
“Why didn’t you collect it yourself?”
Ludgar was curious about that…
If Surna knew the importance of this relic, he had to collect it himself and keep it in his possession…
“I told you… Only authorized people can use this item… And even though I look like this, I am not a person…”
“It could have been done by someone else…”
“Who else? “Who on earth do you trust to entrust this to you?”
Surna smiled self-mockingly…
“If I had kept it, this relic would not have found its owner… It would have been obscured by darkness like me and not have been able to return to its original owner…”
“Is this because I am its original owner?”
“Because you came this far…”
His voice was filled with confidence…
“Didn’t you react something when you first encountered this fragment?”
“····”
Ludger was a little startled by Surna’s words·
Reaction when first encountering the fragment·
Although it happened more than 20 years ago, there was no way he could not remember·
Dry well· A damp and cool place where not even the light could properly enter. ·
While waiting for his own death there, he discovered a sparkling fragment in the faint light ·
The moment he held it in his hand as if possessed by something ·
Ludger saw with his own eyes the ‘miracle’ that the fragment gave ·
“That reaction It looks like something happened… What did you see?”
“What I have to get back…”
“What is that…”
It wasn’t an exact answer, but Surna decided to be satisfied with the fact that Ludgar wasn’t completely hiding it.
“I believed that one day the relic would find its owner… So I’d rather not touch it.” I didn’t want to…”
“It might have fallen into the hands of Bretus…”
“Yes… it actually did… The first fragment you acquired was from here… But look now…”
Surna spread her arms wide…
” Everything was made to go right… That’s what this world is… Not a prison that confines possibilities, but a place where you can freely develop a better future…”
“For a devil, those words are quite hopeful…”
“On the contrary, you, a human being, are so full of hope.” It’s cruel… People in the past were all full of romance…”
“You can’t deny that…”
If you think about the ways people in the past tried to learn magic, it was exactly like that…
They don’t hesitate to wonder what kind of foolish behavior this is. He committed it without doing so.
The purpose must have been the passion and romance of wanting to achieve something.
“Lumensis is trying to fix this world in the most beautiful form that he remembers. It was a cult for that purpose and its followers. But those believers were The moment they could not overcome their desires and chose their own path, Lumensis made a decision…”
“Since there is no one they can trust, they are planning to intervene in the Underworld themselves…”
“Yes… That is the vessel that will contain their power and personality. It’s you… Heathcliff…”
Surna smiled and walked to the center of the altar and raised his head.
His eyes were vague as he looked at the soft light pouring from the luminous moss on the ceiling.
“But before that, Lumensis was betrayed by someone he trusted. It was a very big blow… It was half his own karma…”
“Saint Archensis…”
“The apostles of Lumensis have been human since ancient times… Maybe that’s why they had two powers…”
One was used by Salesin. The power of brainwashing…
The other one was the [Judgment Eye] used by the saint… To be exact
,
it was the power of [Future Vision]…
“It happened…”
As Surna said that, images of the past were reflected in her eyes…