Chapter 37. True Repentance (2)
Push Shook!
A colorless gas was pouring out of the ceiling.
At the same time, the sweet scent tickled the tip of his nose.
I touched the languor deep in my heart.
An aroma that is said to put even an elephant to sleep in one shot.
A gas of death that never wakes up if you fall asleep like that.
It was an attack of sleeping gas full of Asonia extract.
Fuschuk!
The closed space was filled with Asonia aroma gas.
If a normal person were here, it would have collapsed immediately.
That one sleep would have been a great crisis that would lead to eternal rest.
but here now
The two people trapped inside the airtight steel wall were a little different.
‘Well, it’s the same as the novel.’
Lloyd looked around with a calm gaze.
In the meantime, his nose and mouth were filled with the deadly aroma of Asonia.
But there was no sign of drowsiness on his face or in his eyes.
“Are you okay?”
“uh.”
His lips answering Xaviel’s question.
A white leaf had been bitten on his lips early on.
It was the leaf of Insonia, the only awakening herb that neutralized Asonia’s sleeping effect.
‘I prepared in advance.’
Steel walls and lethal sleeping gas.
It was also the contents of the novel Iron Blood Knight.
So, you can prepare in advance.
For several days on the way from the Orc village to this place, whenever I saw an Insonia flower, I picked a leaf.
I gathered it up and put it in my pocket.
I had it in my mouth beforehand.
Thanks to that, no matter how much I inhaled Asonia Aroma, I couldn’t fall asleep.
Of course, it wasn’t without its downsides.
‘This is very spicy. Could it be that it’s the principle of waking up hot with spicy kangdem?’
It seemed that way.
Insonia was really spicy.
It wasn’t just spicy.
The biting lips seemed to be on fire. No, it just felt like being deleted.
‘I’m glad I’m Korean.’
Fortunately(?) he was Korean.
What are Koreans like?
Isn’t it a harsh nation that eats chili peppers with red pepper paste?
So was Lloyd.
When it rains, I crave something spicy, so I ordered fire chicken.
He said that it is better to sweat when the weather is clear and hot.
It was similar even after my family went bankrupt and I started living in a poor gosiwon.
Even if I ate triangular gimbap for a meal, I chose the spiciest one.
The species-specific anti-capacity against capsaicin that he naturally cultivated throughout his life was of great help now.
In other words, he could endure the burning pain and continue biting the leaf.
“Are you okay then?”
Lloyd asked, enduring the heat on his lips.
Xaviel let out a rare yawn.
“yes. It’s just that I’m a little sleepy.”
“I’m sleepy? how much?”
“I guess it’s like the feeling of spring fatigue that I haven’t felt in a long time.”
“okay?”
“yes.”
Actually, that was just about it.
I did get a little sleepy.
However, he was a patient with severe insomnia.
As is the case with all insomniacs, he made every effort to achieve his dream of sound sleep (?).
The basics of counting sheep.
A sleep mask is also standard.
I also tried a foot bath in the bath.
I also burned incense, which is said to be good for a good night’s sleep.
I also tried meditation for peace of mind.
Yoga, which is said to be popular in distant countries, was also tried with grunts.
I even smelled this Asonia Aroma scent, which I am currently smelling.
Even so, it was difficult to fall asleep, so how many nights did I have to spend with the blood vessels of the whites of my body bursting out?
He wasn’t someone who could easily be attacked with such drowsiness.
Thanks to that, on the one hand, I had a sad feeling of sadness.
‘Whoa…Compared to Lloyd-sama’s lullaby, this is not sleepy.’
Have I really become a body that cannot fall asleep without the lullaby service?
Anxiety arose that she might not be able to escape from that human for the rest of her life. On the one hand, a deep and dark sense of shame like espresso soared.
A sigh came out of my mouth.
That’s how Xaviel cast a difficult reality denial and pulled out his sword.
It’s good that they’re both safe from the sleeping gas, but that doesn’t mean they can’t stay trapped here forever.
“Shall we break through the steel wall?”
“no.”
Lloyd shook his head at his question.
“You’re not going to just cut or stab it, right? Are you going to use blasting? If I do that in a confined place like this, will my eardrums burst in a refreshing way?”
“….”
Xaviel quietly lowered the sword he was carrying.
Instead, Lloyd picked up a steel shovel.
“Let’s just dig downwards. I’ll make oysters, so follow me.”
“All right.”
Lloyd started shoveling.
On the other hand, I did not forget to activate the exclusive option of the dark psychic skill.
‘Energizer.’
Ding dong.
[The energizer, an optional sim method, is activated.]
[The efficiency of the double circle is maximized.]
[You never get tired for 10 minutes.
]
hooked! Papak! Pak!
The steel shovel performed a dazzling dance.
A bucket of dirt was scooped out with each hit.
In an instant, a pit formed on the floor.
At first knee-deep.
Then waist-deep.
Later, deeper than height.
Lloyd, who dug the burrow vertically, immediately changed the direction of the shovel.
‘This is the opening of the tunnel!’
The duration of the Energizer option was 10 minutes.
Enough time to dig a tunnel to pass under the steel barrier.
Lloyd moved forward with a dazzling yet fierce shovel.
In the meantime, Xaviel calmly followed.
Looking at Lloyd’s back as he shoveled, he thought quietly.
‘It’s like a puppies.’
I’ll remember it and use it next time.
One day, if Lloyd-sama fools me with words again, I’ll have to fight back with this.
So I wrote down my resolution on the notepad in my heart and looked around.
He prepared for the warlock to attack from the top of the tunnel.
A few more minutes passed in that state.
“hey.”
Lloyd’s call was heard.
“Come forward. Then, stab the sword obliquely upward and blast it. got it?”
“Is the eardrum okay?”
“uh. It’s not about hitting steel.”
“All right.”
Xaviel nodded.
After digging a tunnel and passing under the steel wall, it was time to go upstairs.
Of course, it was impossible to go up quietly with a shovel.
If you do, you’ll be a good target for warlocks.
“Please step back.”
Shortly after confirming that Lloyd retreated to a safe range.
Xaviel raised his sword.
Pulled.
stabbed
Fu hook!
At the same time, the three circles surrounding his heart rotated at high speed.
The angle of the rotating circle was twisted.
The two circles clashed rapidly.
A fierce clash ensued.
…!
A shockwave traveled through the heart.
It ran like a runaway along the blood vessels.
It was further amplified while reaching the distal end of the muscle.
It rode his elbow and wrist fingers and permeated the sword.
Following the path of the sword, it stretched out in a straight line.
It exploded.
Throwing Chemistry-!
From the inside of the tunnel, in an oblique upward direction.
A 10-meter-long range was caught in an explosion of mana and evaporated.
A long tunnel was built along the range.
“let’s go! at a whack!”
Lloyd, who was covering his ears, shouted.
The two quickly exited the tunnel.
Like two beasts escaping from a zoo, they jumped out.
The black magician’s eyes widened to the size of a lantern.
“Huh? What!”
It was the defense posture of the dungeon that he believed to be strong.
But how can it be so easily neutralized?
I couldn’t believe it even though I was watching it.
‘Nonsense. That silver-haired guy ran away a few days ago because he couldn’t even open the entrance properly?’
In fact, the warlock had been closely watching the situation around the dungeon for the past few days.
It was because of the silver-haired knight Xaviel who tried to enter the dungeon a few days ago.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been trying to break in.
Although he got caught in the magic circle near the entrance and retreated, he didn’t feel taken for granted.
It was because he did not die even after being caught in the magic circle.
So the black magician thought.
I think he will come back soon.
‘Surely, that expectation didn’t go wrong.’
Of course, being a black magician, he wasn’t just sucking his fingers in the meantime.
After the silver-haired knight retreated, the dungeon’s defenses were reinforced for several days.
The number of magic circles has doubled from before.
After that, I felt a bit relieved.
I wondered if this dungeon would be safe.
But suddenly, a silver-haired guy and a stranger he hadn’t seen before suddenly appeared in the deepest part of the dungeon here.
Even from the entrance, without touching a single magic circle!
‘I was surprised.’
I was genuinely surprised.
I didn’t even know they were coming this far because they entered without touching the magic circle.
The bewildered warlock activated a final defensive trap.
It was a trap that blocked and imprisoned intruders with steel walls and put them to sleep with lethal gas.
‘But…Even that could be pierced!’
Two intruders now soaring over the tunnel.
It wasn’t a normal bet.
Get caught while being careless
The warlock immediately put his hands together.
“Khaaap!”
The hands gathered in front of the chest formed a special shape.
A hand sign made with bent and outstretched fingers.
Mana flowed according to that number.
The flowing mana was rearranged according to a specific rule.
A 10cm black magic circle was created in front of the black magician’s gathered hands.
He stretched out his hand.
“Tah!”
Shu Chemical-!
The magic circle roared.
The monster poured out an unknown liquid as if vomiting stomach juices.
Chow!
A thick slimy liquid stretched out in a straight line.
It attacked Xaviel as it was.
At that moment, Xaviel’s sword split the space.
Chow!
from bottom to top.
The blade of the sword, rising vertically, flashed.
A sword wind blew along the path of the flashing blade.
The liquid that covered him was split vertically by the sword wind. It was divided into two lines left and right. Pushed by the pressure, it flew to both sides.
Chiyiik-!
Suddenly, the rock covered in liquid melted as it boiled.
Meanwhile, Xaviel was already making a charge.
right!
“…!”
The black magician’s eyes were stained with astonishment.
The magic he cast was to fire extremely acidic venom.
It was, of course, an unstoppable attack.
This was especially true with swords and shields.
No, I believed it was.
‘But you cut it off? Just the wind pressure created by swinging the sword?’
Is that possible?
crazy
That silver-haired knight is truly insane.
‘Could I become a sword master?’
Maybe it is, I thought.
That was on a different level from the sword experts he knew.
However, I didn’t mean to just go easy on him.
Poison froze in the black magician’s eyes.
“Kahah!”
With a fierce spirit, he knelt down on one knee.
He spread his arms wide and pointed down.
He touched the ground on either side with his palms.
Cracked fingers dug into the ground.
The extreme!
Depending on the degree of bending of each finger and the depth of digging into the soil, the array of mana changed again.
The changed arrangement of mana engraved a new magic circle on the ground.
Roll!
The black magic circle wriggled.
Soon, he trembled and knocked on the ground.
That moment.
Bang!
From the ground, a gray grip poked through the dirt.
I grabbed Xaviel’s ankle, who was rushing towards the warlock.
“…!”
And that wasn’t all.
While Xaviel paused for a moment.
Dozens of hands pierced the ground and sprouted like bamboo shoots.
At first, just a hand.
wrist below it.
Eventually, the forearms and shoulders.
In the end, a half-rotten face came up.
“Wow! Whoops! Big memories!”
A glutton who became frantic to devour the flesh of a living human.
It was a ghoul.
“Gyaahiah!”
Ghouls randomly rose up around Xaviel.
The number reached 50.
Xaviel, who stopped charging for a moment, was surrounded in an instant.
A smile of repentance bloomed on the black magician’s face.
‘Khahahaha! This isn’t just a ghoul! It’s on a different level from ordinary, crappy ghouls that just move slowly and have no intelligence! These are truly works that I created with countless reagents and strengthening magic circles over a hundred days and nights. Skin as hard as granite! Move as fast as the wind! Even the ferocity of slaughtering living beings while absolutely obeying my orders! Not only is each one comparable to a Death Knight, but it is a weapon itself that can handle even dozens of sword experts….’
squeak.
It was before the warlock’s smile had fully bloomed.
A cool flash flashed around Xaviel for an instant.
After that, a wind like a thousand year old ice blew.
All 50 enhanced ghouls that were rushing towards him came to a standstill.
And they all made the same sound.
“A ghoul?”
That was the end.
Tuduk.
All 50 ghouls were decapitated.
The head fell to the floor.
Followed by arms and legs.
waist and torso.
cut in turn
The chunks of meat that were once called hardened ghouls fell apart like broken Lego pieces.
Patter.
A cold silence passed.
In silence, Xaviel turned his head.
His gaze, like frost, turned to the warlock.
“Do you have any more friends to call?”
“….”
At that moment, the black magician realized.
oh i died today
