Whether you know it or not (2)
“All data of the Urban Expansion Development Plan have been stored in archives that are physically blocked from the network since the destruction was finalized 20 years ago.”
Aris, who had been holding on to her cold attitude, changed her expression to an absurd one, and Hina raised her glasses from the side.
“The location is Area 6, designated as the fourth closed area.”
“Unlike District 13, which is completely covered in a veil, it is also a place where our agent’s information network has some outlines.”
Palad grinned and put his hand on the strategy table and asked.
“Doesn’t it seem funny that an agent who was struggling to protect the closed area is now trying to steal the information of the closed area?”
“….”
There was no answer.
Palad, who confirmed the calm atmosphere, quickly turned the arrow to someone else.
“Well, in case of emergency, the high-ranking person who showed his face here will take care of the aftermath, so don’t worry.”
[After hearing the deputy director’s words, I’m not relieved… … .]
Mayer sighed and nodded.
[I can’t put any more burden on you who are directly on the scene. I will take responsibility for that part and ensure safety.]
“Then it’s decided.”
Pallad yanked open a shelf on one side of the car.
Objects in it are quickly thrown at personnel sitting inside the vehicle.
“Let’s become bandits for this city, just for today.”
A mask with only enough holes to expose the eyes when worn over the face.
Lennok and Aris sighed almost simultaneously.
* * *
Closed area.
It refers to the zones that are prohibited from entering even in the megalopolis, which is numbered and stretches endlessly outwards.
It is used as a place for pilot operation of risky policies or facilities, and there are areas whose reason for existence is not even known, such as Area 13.
Area 6 is one of those areas that have relatively frequent access to the outside world among those closed areas.
A huge cement wall that rises without knowing the end. A command vehicle stopped in front of a steel gate with [6] written in black paint.
“By the time the megacities were founded, District 6 was the center of administrative affairs.”
Palad, sitting in the passenger seat, stuck his head out and muttered as he looked up at the gate.
“Since the council and city hall moved, it has been used only as a place to keep business records. High-ranking city government officials must have been here at least once.”
“Is it impossible to access the archives with the authority of the deputy director of the agent?”
Ilya, who was fiddling with the mask he was wearing awkwardly, asked.
“If the only thing to do is to find the location of facilities that have been relocated from closed areas to undeveloped areas, there is no need to use such drastic methods.”
“Using my authority, the only thing I can do is pass through the gate in front of me. In order to enter the internal facilities, each person has to obtain permission to enter.”
“….”
“If there is one positive aspect, it is that it has been more than 10 years since the access rights for District 6 were renewed. It means the city has relatively old-fashioned security.”
said Palad, turning to the personnel inside the command vehicle.
Basically, an archive of old documents and records that have been determined to be destroyed. It’s not surprising to say that it’s relatively less secure than other classified areas.
There won’t be many people who are interested in the secrets buried in the undeveloped district now.
“So you’re saying you’re going to tear apart the archive’s security formula by force?”
Palad nodded obediently at Aris’ words, which seemed to be full of energy.
“Not to mention Ban, and Professor Richellen is also an authority on magic array-related research. With the power of two Aspect Wizards, isn’t it difficult to destroy a security technique that has been updated for 10 years?”
“You speak so easily.”
“I know. But Team Leader Marcia taught me that when planning a strategy with superhumans like you, you don’t have to go too far.”
“….”
This is the part where you can guess what kind of operations Evelyn has usually succeeded in agent.
As Lennok shook his head, Pallad clapped his hands.
“I’ll split the group up ahead of time right here. As soon as we pass through the gate and arrive at the archive, we will divide into three groups and start the operation.”
Palad and Hina, who are agents and people involved in the field, block the archives, take time, and six freelancers, including Illya, break through the archives.
After subduing the guards, Lennok and Aris break through the archive’s barrier and take out the data and escape.
“It is stealing data from a closed area directly designated by the city council. If I fail, I might have to step down as deputy director.”
“….”
“However, if successful, we may be able to obtain a crucial clue to attack the Defense Force Command. Are you ready?”
There was no answer. Everyone silently checked their equipment and magical powers and chose their breath.
Palad immediately nodded.
“Then let’s go.”
Woooooo!!
At that moment, the gateway that confirmed the agent’s request for entry slowly rises upwards, emitting a heavy roar.
Hina, sitting in the driver’s seat, immediately drives the vehicle to the archives located deep inside District 6.
Eight people jumped out of a vehicle that had stopped in front of a heterogeneous building like a Greek temple and started running.
Papababat!!
Masked Illya and the other Freelancers run into the archive lobby, knocking out the guards.
Lennok, who had been watching him, looked back.
“Let’s go soon.”
Despite Lennok’s words, Aris was staring blankly at the masked figure.
“Looking at it, it’s clear….”
“…professor?”
“Oh sorry. It moves fast.”
“….”
Aris walked past Lennok and started walking at a brisk pace.
As Lennok followed, she spoke first.
“Agent Deputy Director. There were many people who said that he was like iron blood because his hands were so cruel, but it’s very different from what I’ve heard.”
“Is that so?”
Aris turned her head.
Through the mask, her blue eyes shone clearly.
“On the other hand, someone called a blood-crazed wizard seems much more calm than I thought.”
“….”
“As expected, I can’t believe the rumors.”
After saying that, she stepped into the archives.
In Lennok’s arms, left alone outside the archives, Darby sticks her head out.
[You are still a terrifying human being. Making the master’s heart rate fluctuate with just a few words.]
“…Quiet.”
[Every word seems strangely poking at the core. How long do you think the Master can hold out?]
“At least not now.”
Lennok sighed, holding the cheeky little fox by the muzzle and hiding it under his coat.
Even if Aris had a different reason for participating in this operation, it was impossible to answer her question right away.
“Look at the reaction some more…. If you’re sure, let’s think about it then. After this operation is over.”
[It’s not like a Master to put off solving the problem.]
“A strategic retreat is sometimes necessary.”
[Isn’t that just a cowardly excuse?]
“….”
Lennok moved on, vowing to turn off the toad house for a while when he returned.
“Because I have work to do now.”
* * *
A wide staircase leading down to the basement of the archive.
More than dozens of guards patrolled in front of the underground archive passage that was dozens of meters deep, and overlapping barriers prevented outside invasion.
Illya, who leaned over the top of the stairs and hid herself, said to Lennok and Aris who had followed.
“I’ll subdue it without killing it, but if things drag on for a long time, it might be hard to get my hands on it.”
“….”
“as soon as possible. If it is difficult, you will have to judge whether you can do it or not and get out of it.”
“all right.”
Ilya nodded at the words of Aris, who changed the mask with a nervous expression.
“I will go first.”
A small elite, all of whom are level 6 or higher.
Even right after he entered the area legally using the authority of Pallada. It shouldn’t be difficult to aim for a somewhat defenseless gap.
Wedge love!!
“100 million!”
“Ugh…!!”
“That enemy!”
Inside the archive located underground, a series of low death murmurs resound.
Immediately after that, the barrier surrounding the archive activates and the moment when the intruder is recognized and the alarm is about to go off.
As if Lennok and Aris had promised each other, magic was generated at the same time, suppressing the operation of the barrier from both sides.
Woooooooooooo!!!
An eye that can accurately determine the source of magic at the point where the barrier is activated.
The skill of concentrating mana on that spot in an instant to subdue it. A move that would be impossible without the bold idea of suppressing the barrier by force.
However, the methods the two tried were very similar, as if they were reflected in a mirror.
Aris turned to Lennok and Lennox nodded.
“Let’s go down.”
The interior of the archive underground vault where the advanced vanguards swept through once.
Lennok and Aris walked out through the stunned guards and began to search the archive door.
A huge vaulted door made in a perfect circle. Hundreds of complex magical power circuits flowed gently on the surface, and the cracks between the doors were tightly closed without the slightest gap.
Apart from the fact that the security techniques were not updated, it seemed clear that they were continuously being managed.
Aris, who had her eyes closed with her hand on the thick archive iron door, spoke quickly.
“11-fold password security. We prevent artificial intrusion through random designation variables applied with a 6-dimensional function. Every time a password system is forcibly broken through, the next firewall twists and twists the existing one.”
“If you don’t have the key, that means, in effect, don’t come in.”
Lennok asked.
Aris nodded.
“Apart from its complex structure, it is not unsolvable. Masterpieces created by high-ranking masters tie the central coordinates to the imaginary dimension, making it untouchable.”
Are you talking about the same method as the ruins that were sealed in the fortress? Lennox naturally nodded.
“There is a reason Palad said that. I’ve seen similar cases of barriers in the outskirts.”
“Then it should be easy to understand. It is important not to understand and destroy the structure of the barrier that gives severe variations like this, but to reverse the pattern of response when magical energy invades from the deepest part of memorization.”
Whoops!!
The magical energy formed on her thin fingers changed like flowing water and flowed through the cracks in the door.
“Put magical power into the keyhole and change shape accordingly whenever the barrier changes. After detecting and memorizing the linkage changes of 66 magic patterns of 66 dimensional functions out of 11, turn it upside down and interpret it.”
“understand. Is there anything I can help you with?”
“Please remember the place where the reaction changes as it is after the magic I sent and connect the pattern. Originally, a magician to memorize magic patterns in this way would be needed as much as the numbers on the password wall, but… … .”
Aris looked away and said.
“It won’t be too difficult for anyone who knows about this method.”
Aris’s words are somewhat meaningful.
Lennok didn’t know what it meant until he channeled his magic through a crack in the archive door that followed her.
Kagagak!!
The 11-fold barrier that changes dozens of times at the moment it moves inward and moves in the opposite direction.
If you let go of your nerves even for a little bit, at most, the flow of magic that has extended inwards will be cut off and traces will be left inside the barrier.
A security technique that makes you take risks just by attempting to disarm the barrier. Its sophistication is unbelievable that it is security that has not been renewed for 10 years.
The only way to unlock the lock here is to connect the mana beyond the barrier without making a single mistake, then reverse the flow and release the barrier in the opposite direction.
After memorizing a series of magic patterns, reproduce the concept in the opposite direction, as if it were reflected in a mirror, and release the magic as if inserting a key and turning it.
It was the exact same principle that Lennok did when explaining the results of his research on summoning magic to Aris.
“….”
Naturally, Lennok’s eyes turned to the back of Aris, who was kneeling and concentrating.
Did she know this from the moment she grasped the structure of the barrier?
A stream of magical energy reflected like a mirror. There are very few magicians who can go beyond simply manipulating mana elaborately and instantly reverse the flow and unleash it.
Here, if Lennok reversed the flow of magical energy according to Aris’ request and delivered it to him after realizing it.
Is one of Aris’ inner questions turning into certainty?
‘That’s amazing.’
Aris’s attitude of trying to grab the fragments of the truth without showing anything on the outside and without questioning Lennok is indeed prudent.
No, at this point, should I say that it is a researcher-like idea to bet on a game through intellect?
A very sophisticated yet timid approach that seems to be paying attention to something.
Lennok, who had reached that point, withdrew his mana as it was.
Chijik!!
Aris, noticing the abnormality, turned her head.
“…What happened?”
“Interpretation is over.”
“yes?”
At the same time, the shadow wriggling beneath Lennok’s feet stood up.
Shiiik!!
A bunch of black shadows took shape instead of magical power and dug into the inside of the barrier without hesitation.
The shadow, which maintained its shape without hesitation even in the gaps in the constantly twisting barrier, turned over along the flow chart interpreted by Lennok.
Like inserting a key upside down inside, he opened the barrier from the inside.
Charrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
Aris opened her mouth slightly.
“No, wait…. Just do this alone… … ?”
“As I dug into the inside of the barrier, following the concept taught by the professor, I got a sense of it.”
Lennok replied.
“It looks like you use this method when you open the barrier.”
It seems that Aris deliberately asked Lennok to find out how to reverse the flow of mana.
It would be enough if Lennok alone reversed the entire flow of mana and unleashed the barrier.
The process of replacing the water flow that Aris chose as a transformation with a shadow and unraveling it will not be noticed by Aris as it continues from the inside of the barrier.
After that, only the result of the archival door being opened and the material in hand remains.
cooong!
Thousands of hard disks revealing themselves from behind a slowly opening door.
Hundreds of thousands of piles of papers, dozens of times larger than that, are packed in thick boxes and arranged on a cold shelf.
“I will call the others.”
said Lennok, who stood up.
“Looks like the two of us won’t be enough to dig into the archives.”
“…great. I’ll wait here.”
Lennok whispered quietly as he left the cellar door behind Aris.
“My victory.”
[…] … Where was the game at stake with what the master just did?]
Darby, who was hiding in his arms, asked as if he was absurd.
“There was a high level of psychological warfare where we competed for each other’s intellect. You can’t understand a spirit that eats electricity in a toad’s house.”
[Rather, I think I’ll be more suspicious because of that performance.]
“Even so…It was the best. It was such a difficult opponent.”
Something resembling a sigh flowed from within the coat.
[Should I say this is great or pitiful….]
Alice’s eyes were strangely shining as she looked at Lennok’s back.
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