Episode 376 Poseidon (2)
“What’s the matter?”
Lieutenant Colonel Bastille, who is in charge of the entire workhouse, hurriedly came running.
Guards wearing captain’s ranks pointed to the depths of the pit and said,
“There was a mysterious explosion in the center of the Level 9 area.”
“It’s a different scale than previous incidents. It looks like an unusual sign.”
“There is still a risk of further collapse due to lava and gas, so we have not been able to investigate it.”
Upon receiving the report from his subordinates, Lieutenant Colonel Bastille spoke coldly.
“Send some prisoners to investigate.”
“Yes? Ha, but if you go down there right now, there’s room for further collapse…” ”
That’s why I’m going to send a prisoner. If you’re exempted from a day’s labor and throw a few pieces of bread, those who will volunteer are strong and strong.”
At Colonel Bastille’s words, the guards fell silent.
Even if they were prisoners, they were willing to sacrifice their lives for a day’s rest and a few loaves of bread.
But surprisingly, there were applicants.
“I’m going.”
Bikir took a step forward.
Then Lieutenant Colonel Bastille also flinched.
“You bastard? What’s your plan?”
“Nothing special. I want some bread.”
“……Hmm.”
Colonel Bastille pondered for a moment.
However, Bikir has been active as an exemplary prisoner without any accidents for the past two years since he caused a riot just once when he first entered the prison.
Colonel Bastille immediately nodded.
“Okay. Can you get down through the fire and gas?”
“If you release the BDSM restraints, it will be possible.”
“Don’t be fooled…”
“I’m joking. I’ll be back.”
Bikir stepped into the pit with a dry jock.
Kurreuk!
The violent gas storms and fiery lava erupting from within the surface were difficult even for Vikir to handle.
At this time, the physical resistance and magic resistance stats that he had accumulated to the limit in Naraksu were of great help.
“Hey Dekaravia. Can you spread the shield?”
[I can only use a little because I don’t have mana.]
“That’s enough.”
At Bikir’s words, Dekarabia set up a small barrier and wrapped around it for several meters.
Hiding behind a curtain of fire and gas, Bikir stepped forward, shaking off the knee-deep lava.
‘……I can’t stand it for long.’
If you continue to stay in a place like this without mana, your legs will burn without a trace.
Bikir teased his steps to find the cause of the explosion as quickly as possible.
Before long, a huge shadow was revealed beyond the brilliant red-colored aurora emitted by the thick sulfur gas and rolling lava.
“……!”
Bikir could tell at a glance. That it was the existence he had been searching for all along.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen it with the naked eye.”
But nonetheless there is no doubt about it.
The deepest part of Level 9, in the middle of Nouvelle Vague.
Are there other ‘blue lava spheres’ that exist here?
Bikir quietly raised his head and admired what was in front of him.
The elliptical sphere, about 5 meters in diameter, covered with blue flames and rolling around, looked like an ‘egg’ of something.
“I found it. Poseidon.”
Bikir reached out and stroked its outer surface once.
Beneath the sphere were roots made of aura extending beneath the ground, which showed fierce resistance to even the slightest impact.
Kwak! Kurleung! Wooreung!
Because of that resistance, it seemed that an extension explosion was taking place in the surroundings.
…puck!
Bikir stretched out his fist and struck the outside of ‘Poseidon’.
Then an amazing thing happened.
Suuk-
Poseidon absorbed the shock from Vikir’s fist.
wiggle!
Then, the blue flames that had been swirling grew, albeit very weakly.
The surrounding light also seemed to become a little brighter.
“As expected. It grows by absorbing external shocks.”
Bikir nodded.
The discovery of this Poseidon is not the end. In the future, you will have to give a lot of shocks to grow.
‘……’The phrase ‘took the same time’ is not for nothing.’
Bikir stroked his chin.
Like the discovery of Poseidon, getting this to work was not something one could do alone.
‘But 90% of what I’ve found is the same as having done it. The rest is a matter of time.’
Of course, Bikir had plans for the future.
…stealth! …stealth! …stealth! …stealth!
Bikir turned and headed back through the lava swamp.
Eventually, everyone who saw Bikir who came up on the bedrock had to be frightened.
“Are you not dead?”
“How did you get to the inside of that hell?”
“Didn’t you just come back from the beginning?”
The people around him whispered, but Bikir didn’t care.
“There’s a strangely shaped mass of lava inside. It seems to absorb shock.”
“……Absorb shock?”
Colonel Bastille made an impression.
I’d rather have something that exploded, but something that absorbs shock isn’t very nice.
That is, from the point of view of digging down a tunnel.
Eventually, as the gas and vapors dissipated, the blue orb that Vikir had spoken of became more and more evident.
An unidentified entity that causes a loud explosion with the slightest touch of the roots of the aura below the ground.
Lieutenant Colonel Bastille raised a large greatsword and slashed it.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
The blue sphere received even the aura of a senior graduate without difficulty.
“Really! I absorbed all of Colonel Bastille’s attacks!”
“Huh? That lump… doesn’t it look a little bigger than before?”
“It looks like an egg, so I feel bad.”
Even the guards were agitated gossip and gossip.
Since that unknown sphere was standing in the middle of the workshop, it became difficult to do the labor.
Even if you want to dig further into the surrounding area, there is no way because it absorbs all impacts from work tools such as pickaxes and shovels.
In addition, it was even more difficult because a huge explosion would occur without exception if the aura’s veins, which were spread like small roots, were accidentally touched.
Colonel Bastille grunted.
“If an explosion of this magnitude occurs even though it only touched a vein like a small root… If that mass exploded, it would be very upsetting.”
Perhaps the entire fortress of New Wave was blown away.
In the worst case, there was even room for extinct volcanoes that were thought dead to come back to life and start volcanic activity.
“Damn it. Wasn’t Newvag a completely extinct volcano?”
However, the veins of the aura rooted around Colonel Bastille and the sulfur gas and boiling magma bursting out in real time are unusual even at a glance.
In the meantime, I thought it was an eruption of old geothermal heat trapped in the ground, but it seemed like I needed to revise my thoughts a bit.
“Call the geologists. We have to start with a full investigation to see if New Wave is really an extinct volcano…”
However, Colonel Bastille’s order was not yet completed.
“What nonsense.”
A tall man in a black uniform walked out from behind.
Colonel Dordium. When he appeared, Lieutenant Colonel Bastille immediately stood at attention and raised a salute
.
“Repeat what you said earlier. What about an extinct volcano? You’re going to do a complete enumeration again?”
“Yes! It’s no different. An unidentified object found in the labor yard of Rebel Nine…”
At the words of Colonel Bastille, Dordium frowned.
“Where can I see you?”
Dordium was guided by Lieutenant Colonel Bastille and descended to the blue sphere.
“If you apply a shock, it is absorbed as it is. And if you touch the veins of the aura underneath, a loud explosion occurs, and the shock is also absorbed into the sphere. If you touch it carelessly, the accumulated shock may be released at once. If is not an extinct volcano but a dormant volcano…
”
Dordium dismissed Colonel Bastille’s words.
And then he spoke again.
“Don’t prolong the construction period because of vague worries. Do you know how many years it will take to do a complete enumeration again? At least ten years.”
“Ha, but…”
“If the construction period is extended, the astronomical budget that will go into it? Will you be responsible?”
“…”
As Colonel Bastille fell silent, Dordium wedged.
“The labor will proceed as scheduled. Whatever the means, meet the construction deadline.”
“…”
“This is all for you too. Level 10 should be completed as soon as possible so that I can get ahead of that damn bitch in my performance evaluation? If I become the prison director, wouldn’t you be promoted quickly and become the warden? .”
At Dordium’s words, Lieutenant Colonel Bastille immediately nodded.
“You’re right, Colonel.”
“Yes. If an explosion happens, then only the trashy prisoners will die. If you’re really worried, the guards tell you to stay away from that area as much as possible.”
After speaking, Dordium emitted black light from his eyes.
“The personnel evaluation season is coming soon.”
“…”
“That bitch Suware puts old Angajumão in solitary confinement. This bitch who doesn’t do much is always getting close to perfect score for that alone.”
“…” ”
On the other hand, what about me? I take the lead in suppressing the riots of the prisoners, go out to procure food, and always do my job as the prison director’s closest aide.”
“…”
“If my quarterly personnel scores are similar to that of that bitch Suware, is it really fair? Why should I be nominated for the next prison director along with that bitch?”
It was the first time even Colonel Bastille had experienced Dordium talk so much.
Dordium finished his speech with a grinning sound.
“So, my Rebel Ten project must be completed on time no matter what. That’s the only way to outperform Suware. If I become the next warden, you’ll be the next warden. You know what I mean. ?”
“I’m just taking it.”
Dordium nodded in satisfaction at Colonel Bastille’s polite reply and disappeared across the hallway.
And Lieutenant Colonel Bastille, who was left alone behind, sighed in worry.
‘For some reason, I feel ominous. Once that explodes, it’s not just a matter of the Nouvelle Vague flying away. Maybe it even affects the climate on the ground…’
Lieutenant Colonel Bastille thought for a while by himself.
But he soon shook his head.
‘okay. It would be a useless worry. Too much worry is my weakness.’
Lieutenant Colonel Bastille decided to resume normal work from tomorrow.
There was no time to argue about this and that since he was involved in the political battle between Dordium and Suware, who were considered to be the next prison wardens among the five wardens.
……and.
‘It’s a good thing for me in many ways.’
Vikir, standing behind a stone pillar and overhearing their conversation, quietly melts into the darkness.
With the bag of bread he received as a prize in his hand.
