Chapter 261. Do you know Jewel? (2)
“Are all people on land like this? How can you not trust others like this? Then open your ears and listen carefully. I will prove that I am not lying about the Jewel of Truth.”
“Yes. yes.”
“First of all, the jewel of truth is not just a mere mythical mythical being.”
“Yes. So?”
“It is true that it really existed.”
“Yes. What about it?”
“To be precise, until the second mythic age, when only spring and summer existed in the world, there was definitely a jewel of truth in the sea.”
“Hmm, is that so?”
“exactly. Really.”
“Um, so?”
“It is true that it really existed.”
“Ummm, how about that?”
“It’s okay, but it disappeared after that. No, it collapsed!”
“Hmm, is that so?”
“….”
That land human bastard, should I hit just one of them?
The mermaid Rotorua, who was explaining hard, turned red.
My fists were clenched involuntarily.
if only i could
if you still don’t mind
I wanted to close my eyes and hit that nasty human chestnut-like back of the head with a hammer just once.
But he displayed miraculous patience.
I remembered the teachings of adults in my distant childhood.
‘Let’s wait. be patient You just have to be patient. They said that the secret to a clam embracing and raising a pearl is patience. So I have to be patient for now.’
An entity other than oneself who is interested in jewels.
The human Lloyd I met today was the first such being.
However, I couldn’t stand the momentary sadness and couldn’t miss this precious meeting.
said Rotorua, trying to dampen the spikes in blood pressure in her carotid artery.
“…Whoa. speak straightforwardly The Jewel of Truth is not an object.”
“What if it wasn’t a thing?”
“It was a building.”
Rotorua’s words continued.
“It is said that the most brilliant pearl and treasure-like building built in the sea was the jewel of truth. It was truly huge, magnificent, and splendid. Even though the age of mythology has faded and collapsed.”
“Hmm.”
“Now can you believe me?”
“Hmm, well?”
“….”
“The jewel was not a thing, but a building. Well, it sounds like a story that could be made up with just a little bit of hair, right?”
“I didn’t lie. really outside Putting together interpretations and inferences from some of the records and various relics excavated by our ancestors so far, the jewel of truth was indeed a building. sure It wasn’t just a building either. It was simply gorgeous, but not useless.”
“Then what was it?”
“It was a magic circle.”
“Is it a magic circle?”
“All the elements of the building, from the foundation to the floor and pillars to the ceiling, all elements were a huge magic circle forming a magical structure.”
“Hmm, to sum up what you said, are you saying that the Jewel of Truth was a huge building and itself a magic circle?”
“Exactly.”
believe me
That person showed interest in what he said!
A smile bloomed on Rotorua’s lips as someone who saw hope (?).
Now I feel like my story is being eaten a little bit.
I wonder if that person will believe in me for the first time.
I was happy.
I was excited.
It was from then.
Mermaid Rotorua’s tongue moved as hard as a balloon doll installed on a typhoon day.
“It is said that every element of the building, from the foundation to the flooring and beams and roof, was designed and built according to the flow of magical power. It is said that the whole building looked close to one giant intelligence.”
“A sapient body?”
“He was a being with magical intellect, capable of thinking and reasoning on his own, and coming up with logical answers.”
“Hmm?”
Lloyd’s eyebrows twitched slightly as he listened to the explanation.
As soon as he heard Rotorua, he thought of a concept he was familiar with in Korea.
‘Are you talking about artificial intelligence like AI?’
Well then, the building that was called the jewel of truth.
A jewel that was said to be no different from a magic circle.
the reality….
‘It was like a giant artificial intelligence supercomputer that works with magic power, right?’
The building itself was a supercomputer.
It’s just that the way it works is based on magical powers, not science.
Thinking like that made me understand what kind of existence the jewel of truth was.
Rotorua’s explanation continues there.
Hearing that, I was able to understand the jewel of truth more clearly.
“Literally, the Jewel of Truth was a building of magical intellect. He was wise and wise. Thank you for giving me a clear answer to any difficult and complex question. It is said that he was a great being who gave the most accurate and wise answers by reflecting the truth and facts, from trivial personal worries to enormous agony that would decide the fate of this world.”
“But one day it collapsed and disappeared?”
“exactly.”
Rotorua nodded with a grimace in her eyes.
“According to records, on the last day of the Age of Mythology, a great disaster shook the whole world. In the aftermath, all beings in the world waged a war of survival to survive. The Jewel of Truth was swept away by that war….”
“Is it destroyed?”
“maybe. I’m assuming that it was the work of those who feared that the jewel would fall into the hands of the enemy and be put to use.”
“but.”
Lloyd nodded.
I heard and saw it.
A magical artificial intelligence supercomputer that answers any difficult question.
If you get your hands on such an existence, you will have nothing to fear in the world.
Especially in times of trouble when everyone is fighting a war of survival for their own lives, the jewel of truth would have been an incredibly useful and threatening weapon by itself.
‘So the last person who used it must have destroyed it. let no one have To prevent it from being used.’
Perhaps you yourself would have made a similar choice.
Thinking that far, Lloyd felt a sense of collapse as if his legs were about to come loose.
‘That means the Jewel of Truth doesn’t exist any more.’
Come to think of it, it was.
An artificial intelligence building that existed in the Age of Mythology.
I know it was really cool and dopey stuff.
But in the end it was destroyed.
I had it before, but now I don’t.
That means….
‘Tsk. I shoveled it.’
To come to this distant mermaid kingdom to find something that doesn’t even exist anymore.
Just looking at it, it seemed like I wasted my time.
“All right. Then I’ll just let you go back.”
“…hmm? What does that mean?”
Rotorua hesitates while excitedly explaining about Jewel.
He asked in this direction with wide eyes.
“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t trust me? Isn’t that why we decided to look for jewels together when we can trust each other?”
“Um, it was. But I heard that the jewel was destroyed.”
“exactly.”
“That’s why you do it. What do you do when you find the jewel that is broken? I wouldn’t even be able to use it.”
It was true.
It wasn’t just an object, it was a huge building.
It wasn’t just a building, it was an elaborate supercomputer magic circle.
that’s broken
But let’s find the traces and excavate them?
It was obvious I couldn’t use it.
“Actually, I was exploring the gem for actual use. But I heard it was broken. It was such an elaborate magic circle and building. If I can’t restore it perfectly, it won’t even work.”
“That’s right.”
“Isn’t it? However, it will not be possible to restore the sophisticated building of the past with only traces that must have passed thousands of years. Isn’t it?”
“It is not so.”
“…yes?”
Rotorua shook her head resolutely.
Seeing that, Lloyd raised an eyebrow.
“Isn’t it? So, is there any way to restore it?”
“Of course.”
“How sure are you of that?”
“Because there is a blueprint for the jewel.”
“Do you have blueprints?”
“exactly.”
“Where is it?”
Lloyd felt his heart race.
‘Wow. There was a blueprint!’
Then you don’t have to struggle to find the gem.
Just carefully analyze and study the blueprints and build the building!
However, his fluttering anticipation was cooled by Rotorua’s continued words.
“The prison has collapsed. There is a record that the site itself had an elaborate blueprint for the jewel engraved on it.”
“….”
“So we have to excavate the site where the jewel was. Then I have hope that I will be able to restore the jewel intact. So did all my ancestors. That is why I have been clinging to excavation without losing hope through dozens and hundreds of generations.”
Awesome.
‘In the end, I have to find the site where the jewel was.’
Lloyd licked his lips.
‘Still, I’m glad it wasn’t a complete waste of time to come this far.’
I saw it while listening to Rotorua.
Although the jewel was destroyed.
so it disappeared though.
If you find the site of the jewel, you can get the blueprint.
So, with the blueprint, it seemed that he could somehow restore the gem.
‘Because building and making something is something I’m used to at least.’
Hope was peeking out.
On the other hand, I thought it was good to try fishing, doubting Rotorua again.
‘That mermaid, excited with resentment because of my doubts, talked about almost everything she knew.’
Literally, I was blown away.
Thanks to this, I was able to get information about Beauok so conveniently, quickly and clearly at a glance.
At the same time, Rotorua’s true intentions could be glimpsed to some extent.
‘At least I’m sure he’s not a con artist.’
I could see that he was genuinely sorry.
Of course, swindlers with excellent acting skills would be able to show that kind of appearance.
But Lloyd could be sure Rotorua wasn’t an impostor.
The reason was simple.
It was thanks to the message floating in front of my eyes in real time.
Ding dong.
[The mermaid Rotorua feels nervous and disappointed with your iron-clad attitude, which seldom believes in its true feelings.] [The
mermaid Rotorua’s affinity for you has decreased by -2.]
[Current relationship with the mermaid Rotorua: + 14]
[The relationship with the main character has deteriorated slightly, but there is no RP confiscation.]
[Currently owned RP: 2482]
‘Because like this, the affinity has already been opened.’
A message popped up in front of my eyes.
A faint smile crept across Lloyd’s lips.
He was convinced by his experience so far.
Affinity relationship that gives you RP.
It wasn’t open to anyone.
The affinity system opened only when the opponent was sincerely subsumed by this side’s forces.
In other words, the message of goodwill with Rotorua started to appear like this?
‘It’s proof that I’ve already made up my mind to become a person on this side.’
Such determination does not come out of lies.
Even those who want to cheat on us cannot have such a resolution.
In the first place, the affinity system itself would not open with such a person.
Thanks to this, Lloyd can now trust Rotorua.
‘Thanks to my doubts, I confirmed something important.’
The smile on his lips grew slightly wider.
that we can trust and work together.
that was important
This was especially true in a situation where the restoration of fate had to be prevented, like now.
‘There’s not even three years left. From then on, starting with the Count, everyone will start dying one after another. We don’t have much time to stop it. There’s no more time to waste being fooled by someone else.’
Therefore, it would have to be based only on perfectly reliable information with a completely reliable person.
tricked by someone
I foolishly believed and got caught.
There should never have been such a waste of time.
So it was.
I deliberately doubted Rotorua.
I acted as if I was crossing a stone bridge or a tungsten triple-coated bridge with an Ohama.
He did not hide any of his doubts.
Rather, it pressed Rotorua through suspicion.
Thanks to this, I was able to grasp the sincerity of Rotorua.
“Then, according to what you said, all you have to do is find the grounds of the jewel, right?”
“Right. That’s all.”
Rotorua was delighted with this question.
“So you trust me now? Are you participating in the treasure excavation?”
“Hmm maybe?”
“Maybe?”
“I would like to hear a little bit about how they were excavating.”
said Lloyd.
“According to what you said, didn’t you say that you’ve been working on excavating gems for dozens or hundreds of generations?”
“It was.”
“However, even though it has been a task that has been clinging to it for a long time, hasn’t it been possible to find the site where the gem was located?”
“That’s right.”
“So I can’t help but be suspicious.”
“Do you have any doubts?”
“What kind of inefficient method did you use to find the jewel after tens and hundreds of generations of excavation?”
“that….”
“that?”
“I just dug hard.”
“Are you digging?”
“I just dug it. really.”
“….”
I stared at Rotorua.
Did you feel embarrassed by the gaze from this side?
Rotorua’s face turned red.
“I was digging the seabed with a shell shovel. I don’t miss a single day of hard work.”
“You can’t be sure that you’ve been digging all the seas in the world like that, right?”
“Ah, my ancestors did that, but….”
“Then what about now?”
“Through my own research, I came to the conclusion that the jewel’s site is near the Arctic Ocean. That’s why I stopped digging and overturning the entire world’s seabed.”
“Instead, they must have been digging up the entire Arctic Ocean floor. alone. Is that correct?”
“Right.”
“….”
Lloyd was at a loss for words.
I was wondering why I couldn’t find it even though I’ve been hanging on to excavating jewels all my life.
‘He’s the ultimate leader of inefficiency.’
seas around the world.
No, even limited to the waters of the Arctic Ocean.
What is the area of the ocean floor?
But to think he was looking for it shoveling and shoveling all by himself.
So it was a very simple matter of probability.
Lloyd clicked his tongue involuntarily.
“Tsk. So I couldn’t find it.”
“what?”
“no. done Let’s go together then.”
“Where do you mean let’s go?”
“The site where you were working on the excavation.”
“Ah, so you’re joining the excavation?”
“No. I’m not participating.”
“then?”
“To end the excavation in an instant.”
Come on, take the lead.
to guide you
A confident smile formed on Lloyd’s lips as he pushed Rotorua’s back.
The inefficiency of digging the seabed with a jingle shovel to find a site?
Now, he thought, it was time to put an end to that inefficiency.
The reason was simple.
‘survey.’
Tsutsutsutsutsu!
As soon as I arrived at the excavation site with Rotorua’s guidance, I activated my surveying skill.
His eyes scanned the area carefully.
All seabeds within the scope of the survey.
Terrain data down to a depth of 5 meters below it began to be scanned in an instant.
