– Volume 9, Episode 1,
201. 45 (2)
[Another secret room within a secret room. This is amazing.]
Taesan went inside. After passing through the old, dusty passage, I saw a small room.
There was a rotting skull and a small staff in the room.
Taesan grabbed the staff.
[Stand of the Ice Road]
[Mana consumption: 2]
[Creates a road made of ice ahead.]
It was a staff full of magic that I hadn’t seen in a long time. The effect was a not-so-great effect of creating a path of ice.
[You activated magic extraction.]
[Learned the basic magic, [Ice Road].]
Lee Tae-yeon came here and only took one staff.
Taesan reached for the skull behind the staff.
Kiyin. However, the barrier
blocked Taesan’s reach .
A barrier engraved with numerous magical characters was firmly guarding the skull.
‘It’s just like the story.’
Lee Tae-yeon found a secret room hidden inside a secret room.
And she got the Staff of the Ice Path. There was one skeleton, but he said he couldn’t get close to it because it was being guarded by something.
Taesan gave strength to the hand that touched the barrier. The barrier shook violently and began to show a stronger repulsive force.
‘It must be difficult to break it by force.’
You can break it. However, seeing the resistance, I did not know what the aftermath would be.
Taesan opened his inventory.
[Dagger of dispelling magic]
[A dagger imbued with the magic of dispelling magic. You can break the magic seal. The magic seal that is higher than the level of dispel magic contained in the dagger cannot be dispelled.]
The dagger of dispel magic obtained earlier. Raise your hand on that day.
[You activated Magic Extraction.]
[You got Beginner Magic [Dispel Magic].]
[Beginner Magic: Dispel Magic.]
[Mana Consumption: 10
[Proficiency Level: 1%]
[Able to break the seal of magic ] there is. By increasing the amount of mana consumed, you can increase the number of spells that can be dispelled. I can’t dispel that much magic yet.]
The magic in the dagger disappeared and it became a dagger with no effect.
Taesan put his dagger back and
put his hand on the barrier again.
[You activated dispel magic.]
Keying.
A wave arises around the magic circle. The mana containing the power of dispelling starts to spread across the barrier in waves.
The barrier shuddered violently as if resisting.
Taesan’s mana disappears like water draining away. The barrier slowly begins to crack.
Whoa!
And the barrier that couldn’t hold on is smashed.
After clearing away the flying debris, Taesan lifted the skull.
The skeleton felt a weak magical power. Taesan blew mana into the skull through the hand holding the skull.
Burr.
The skeleton trembled.
A blue light shone in the empty pupils. Bone fragments scattered on the floor began to rise on their own and fit together.
[Oh oh oh.]
The skull’s jaw moves and the voice echoes.
[I didn’t know that this would really work. Should I give it a try?]
My chin twitched. The skeleton looked at my body curiously. He shook his head, as if he was disappointed to see the flesh of a piece of bone.
[As expected, everything is rotten. It’s not Richie, what’s this like.]
“Hello?”
Taesan opened his mouth. It was only then that the skeleton collided with its chin as if it had noticed Taesan’s existence.
[ah. sorry. I forgot the benefactor who brought me back to life. thank you so much. Really.]
There was a deep desperation in the skeleton’s voice.
[Honestly, I wondered if I did something stupid because I knew I would stay stuck in the labyrinth until it disappeared.]
The skeleton wrapped itself in a robe that was all rotting and turning to dust. And the corroded, unrecognizable cane was also held with only bony hands.
[I am
the one who could have become a great wizard. It’s Akisha. Nice to meet you.]
[You encountered the betrayed wizard.]
[Can you guess how much time has passed since I died?]
“I don’t know.”
[Is that so…]
Akisha hit her chin. It seemed like a tongue-in-cheek move. The silent ghost opened his mouth.
[Were you an adventurer too?]
[I was too. It’s like this now. I think you’re the same as me.]
[It’s similar. I’ve never heard of a guy like you.]
A ghost is someone who once went down to the depths. If he didn’t know, it was either.
Either the existence before the ghost or the existence after the ghost.
But they don’t know when that will be. There is nothing in the labyrinth that tells the time.
Akisha asked with a grunt.
[Do you know Mantejak?]
[…Why is he?]
[Because he entered the labyrinth with me. And the guy who stabbed me in the back prays.]
[Come in with him?]
The ghost laughed as if he knew what was going on.
[Okay. An adventurer before me. Yes. You.]
[Huh? Do you know?]
[Don’t know.]
The skull turned half-colored.
[What is he doing?]
[He belongs to a place called the guide of sin in the depths.]
[The guide of sin? What is that?]
[There is such a thing. I live there with the name of a great magician.]
Akisha’s movements
stopped at the ghost’s answer.
he asked in a firm tone.
[Has the name of an archmage?]
[Yes.]
[…Ha.]
A cold laugh echoed.
[okay. If you killed me and robbed me of everything, you should do that. okay. it should be That’s how you get the taste of killing.]
Akisha chuckled. Taesan roughly grasped the situation.
“Is it a betrayal?”
[It’s not uncommon. Labyrinth gains a lot when adventurers fight. The stronger it is, the more it does. Killing one’s comrades for one’s own strength was surprisingly common.]
[That’s right. That happened to me too.]
Akisha said in a harsh voice.
[I was a wizard who excelled more than anyone else in the Mage Tower. Even the owner of the Magic Tower told me that I could reach my place within ten years. They said that after 50 years, it could reach a level that no one here can touch
.]
Akisha continued with anger inside.
[But I didn’t want to be satisfied with that. No matter how outstanding you are, even if you have reached a level that no one can reach, it is a very low level compared to countless transcendentalists and immortals. I wanted to become greater. In order to do that, there was a limit to what could be obtained from the outside world.]
“Is that a labyrinth?”
[okay. Because this is a place where the strong can achieve a higher realm
. I searched hard. and i came in here But I didn’t know either. That one more person came after me.]
“That’s a great magician accident.”
[Right.]
Akisha nodded.
[He must have been talented. He was favored by everyone for being a talent that only appears once in a hundred years. Until I appeared.]
A person who received everyone’s attention, love, and trust loses all of that overnight. To those who have
more talent than oneself .
[I was a little sorry. Still, I thought it would be fine if I went to the labyrinth because I disappeared, but instead, they came after me from there. He said that I would prove that I am superior to you.]
[Keep talking.]
The ghost urged the story as if it were exciting. Akisha said shyly.
[I like it so much.]
[Knowing about the past, there’s no way it wouldn’t be fun.]
[Um… well, nothing special after that. I went down the labyrinth and he followed me. But the innate talent couldn’t be helped. He always arrives at a new floor later than I do and learns magic late.] He
met someone who was more talented than himself. I followed him to a terrible place to beat him, but I still couldn’t win.
Even an ordinary person would have suffered. And if you can’t stand it, it’s also something to have a twisted heart.
[Is that why I killed you? To gain the power you have? You mean that old guy had a past like this?]
the ghost muttered intriguedly.
[On that subject, he went around saying that there was no one better than him in magic. This is fun. I want to see you again.]
[You said that?]
Akisha laughed sobbing. A low laugh followed, then cut off abruptly.
[Are you adventurous?]
Taesan nodded. Akisha
‘s blue eyes burned.
[adventurer. i’ve been betrayed and was buried here. I want to avenge that. Will you accept it?]
“Yes.”
Taesan immediately agreed. In the first place, you have to fight the guide of sin. Since it was an enemy that had to be defeated someday, there was nothing wrong with accepting the quest.
When Taesan answered right away, Akisha gave a rather ambiguous face.
[Thank you for accepting me… I can’t give quests that easily either. i don’t know about you He
said he has the name of a great wizard?] Does
Taesan have the skills to defeat him? Can he grow up to that point?
Akisha had to know that.
[The fact that you’ve come this far is proof of your strength, but that alone is not enough.]
Akisha shook her bony finger. A magic circle was drawn in the small room.
Whoops.
From there, a small golden slime
popped out.
[Golden Slime. It has both physical and magic resistance. It’s a monster that even adventurers on the 50th floor have a hard time dealing with.]
This is the 45th floor. Considering that he became very strong when he passed one of the labyrinth themes, it was safe to say that he could not be dealt with by ordinary adventurers on the 45th floor.
[If you win against this, I’ll give you a quest.]
The slime flew to Taesan after being crushed.
It was pretty fast.
Taesan lowered his sword.
Kwajik.
The slime was crushed and landed on the floor. Shocked, he stumbled and tilted his body.
Taesan trampled on it and took the sword.
[You won against the golden slime.]
“No big deal.”
[…huh?]
Akisha stammered.
[Is this so easy?]
Golden slime. A monster that has Physical Resistance and Magic Resistance.
In other words, it also meant that it was a very simple monster if it had the power to pierce it. Akisha sighed and exclaimed.
[This… He’s a pretty strong guy. There should be no problem.]
[Beginning sub-quest]
[Betrayed wizard. Akisha wants to take revenge on the archmage who betrayed her.]
[Condition: Death of the archmage]
[Reward: Akisha’s greatest and most outstanding magic. And the magical equipment he used.]
[He said he had reached the depths. At that time, you will become much stronger, but it will still be a great reward. The magic I’ve created is something that even the God of Magic cannot disrespect.]
Akisha proudly
waved her finger. Magical power dwelled in Taishan.
[And I’ll give you this.]
[You’ve got the special activation skill [One-sided Mana Barrier].]
[You’ll be able to use it usefully against Mantejaque.]
The blue flames on the skull started to go out.
[Then I will… go back to sleep. When you defeat him and the quest is completed, I will arrive by your side.]
With those words, the skull collapsed
.
I couldn’t feel Akisha’s energy anymore. Taesan came out.
“It’s two now.”
The spirit wants revenge on the spirit king
, and the skeleton wants revenge on the great wizard.
There were two leaders who needed to be defeated.
“Don’t you have one too? Did you say society?”
[…okay. There is her.]
The gray woman. Society Gardenia.
The ghost said she was close to him. However, it was Societ, not anyone else, who devised the plan to kill him.
“Have a lot.”
Taesan murmured and broke through the floor.
After that, there was nothing special. NPCs giving quests did not appear, nor did God’s trials appear.
Therefore, Taesan attacked the floor without any disturbance,
organized the equipment that appeared, and conveyed his emotions to Valencia.
As a result, he was able to reach the 48th floor.
Level up with skill
