Chapter 130
My Villains Episode 130
34. Soul Shaman(2)
After going down the steep slope of Donghyeol, a wide cavity appeared..
“Is it really a mine??”
“I think so..”
According to the whispers coming from behind, this place seemed to be some kind of mine. In addition to the fragments of the cart seen at the entrance, all kinds of boxes, pickaxes, ropes, carts, boards, and wooden beams scattered throughout the cavity added to the horror..
Through the simple search that followed, we were able to obtain an unexpected clue..
I asked a question as I looked closely at the lumps handed to me by Archer Cole..
“……Gold? golden?”
“ maybe.”
“Well, it's not like copper.?”
The person who answered my question was Prosecutor Simos..
“There are very few minerals that are this yellow and opaque. There's a case of pyrite, but it's definitely gold..”
At her assertion, I held the lumps in the light of a torch. There were a dozen randomly shaped pieces of gold ranging from the size of a fingernail to the size of a finger..
“And, if you can break out a gold nugget of that size, it means that your profitability is ridiculously high..”
When I gave him a look demanding an explanation, Simos continued..
“When you look at gold ore, it often looks like just a lump of stone. The reason such a piece of gold falls so low is... … . It's definitely not normal.”
I asked, handing the gold pieces back to Cole..
“where did you find this?”
“It was hidden among the junk in the corner..”
“Did the miner hide it? … . person is‘?”
“There were some clothes and gloves, but no people..”
“……Even the corpse?”
“Even the corpse.”
I feel like I'm caught up in something complicated..
Suddenly, Dionea... … . Well, I remember hearing a meaningful conversation while I was hiding..
- Just considering the debt I already owe to the Count is enough to make my back buckle. If you extend your hand any further, the mine and everything else will be taken away..
-Brother, this is not the time to be greedy.!
-Isn’t this all done with you in mind? Do you want to live on a small patch of land? like me!
It was a conversation between Baron Mallory and another man. I didn't think about it at the time because I had other things going on, but now that I think about it, I find it very suspicious..
A debt to the earl, a mine, and a man who calls Baron Mallory his brother.…….
I thought for a moment and shook my head. What was important now was not to find out the story behind this mine, but to follow the strange flow of magic power..
Maybe it was about an hour down through the hollow? Thick beams and supports supporting the ceiling began to appear. Looking at the traces of artificially breaking the rock and digging into the ground, it seemed certain that this was a mine..
Not long after entering the tunnel, we came across several points where the road diverged. But there was no need to get confused on the way..
“The left one?”
Ellen, who was following, nodded quietly..
Magical energy was flowing from the left shaft. The magic power was so strong that even mercenaries unfamiliar with magic could feel it..
After entering the tunnel on the left, a very strange scene unfolded before us..
“……what's this?”
The tunnel, which had been as dark as darkness just a moment ago, was filled with bright indigo light. It was a beautiful but incomprehensible scene, as if the sea was rippling on the ceiling and the sky was spreading out on the floor..
It is natural that light becomes weaker the further away it is from the light source, but the strange indigo color cut off at one point. The pitch-black darkness of the tunnel and the bright indigo light beyond were facing me.…….
“It's a crack.”
“Ellen, take care..”
Ellen, who left my voice behind and flew away, stretched out her hand toward the line that separates darkness and indigo. The hand that was carefully extended made contact with something with a ‘pop’..
“0-0 ” —■ r that •
“what's the matter?" Ellen narrowed her brows for a moment before opening her mouth..
“I read it in the palace.”
“ what?”
“How to artificially bring about dimension.”
The world of indigo was surrounded by a film that looked like water droplets. Ellen touched the curtain and continued her explanation..
“It seems like a branch of the spirit world was taken and grafted onto the present world. The spirit world is pouring in through the crack that formed..”
“It's pouring in? Well, like water?”
“okay. Like a river pouring through a crack in the dam.”
“So, the magic power of the spirit world comes in.?”
“No, the spirit world itself is flowing in. This is the characteristic of all dimensions except the present world. Liquidity and Instability……
Druid Xanavas stepped forward..
“It's Akanku Karamek's work..”
“Why on earth is that bastard doing something like this??”
“He was the best soul shaman in the plains. In particular, he handled the souls of beasts very well..”
The souls of beasts. I saw a summoning shaman..
“Karamek broke the taboo of being a sorcerer..”
“It's taboo?”
Utequai, wearing a dolme on his shoulder, answered instead..
“captured the human soul.”
“I caught you?”
“It made me unable to leave. She couldn't be held in her mother's arms.”
“she?”
“Karamek's wife.”
“……He captured his wife's soul.?”
Haha, this sounds like some kind of idiot again.
“So, he used necromancy with his wife's soul.?”
Xanavas shook his head at my question..
“It's a little different. Karamek tried to turn his dead wife's soul into a spirit..”
Ellen burst out laughing..
“Turn your soul into a spirit? There's no way something like that is possible..”
“Karamek must have believed it was possible. Because he has experience turning the soul of a beast into a spirit..”
Ellen's mouth opened slightly..
“……So, you made spirits that were not chosen by nature into spirits? artificially?”
“ yes.”
“How could that make no sense?……
“I told you. He is Choi Won Choi
He was a soul shaman..”
Ute Kwai added to Ellen, who was speechless..
“right. He was the best shaman since my mother created the meadow..”
…… Wait, you're the best soul shaman of all time? This makes me feel uneasy for some reason. Come to think of it, when did I raise a soul shaman?.
As I was silent as I was racking my brain, Atalanta asked Xanabas..
“So, why did he bring the spirit world here??”
“6Years ago, Karamek failed to transform his wife's soul into a spirit. In the process, it was discovered that they were holding souls, and they were expelled from the grassland..”
“So?”
“Maybe he wouldn't give up. Since it is difficult to turn a human soul into a spirit in the present world, I would like to try it in the spirit world..”
“So, what happens if I leave this alone??”
“There are three cases: Either the status quo will remain like this, or the point where the dimensions meet will be cut off... … Ellen, who was lost in thought, opened her mouth..
“The dimensions completely overlap. That's dimension conflict.”
Atalanta, who was listening, scratched her cheek and expressed doubt..
“Well, if the status quo continues and the dimension is disconnected,?”
“Nothing will happen.”
“Then, if that guy named Karamek turns his wife into a spirit and disconnects the dimension again, nothing will happen.,”
Ellen frowned and interrupted Atalanta..
“Nonsense. It is impossible for a mere human to control the dimension. Moreover, the power of the spirit world is still growing little by little. Soon you'll lose control.”
“ O ugh”
--- That •
It was about the time when Atalanta fell silent..
Sooooo.
The strange sound was heard at the back of the mine shaft, along the path the party had passed..
“••••••what?”
“Is it a person?”
A series of strange crying sounds began to echo everywhere. As the party finished preparing for battle, the torches held by the mercenaries began to cast shadows on the other side of the tunnel..
Turn it off!
A fierce howl erupted, and shadows began to run. The blurry thing looked like a human shape..
“coming!”
“Arrow, shoot arrow!”
Amias shouted at the clearly felt hostility..
Ellen's frost pick, Atalanta's purple spear, and the archers' arrows split the mine shaft..
That billion-
As I caught a glimpse of several people falling to the ground, I pulled out the bloody blade. When Hrunting scattered red sword light, their appearance was revealed..
“Holy shit,”
What was running toward me with its mouth wide open was something that resembled a human. The head, torso, and limbs were clearly human, but traces of animals or plants were sprouting all over the body..
If there were leaves growing on the chin or the nails were curved like hooks, it was in good condition..
There were monsters with all kinds of terrible appearances, including one with what looked like tree roots sprouting from its shoulders, one with its entire body covered in stiff fur, and one with a lump of wet rock hanging in place of its head..
Turn it off!
“Ugh, what are these again??”
Even though I said in horror, I moved my body instinctively. Every time you raise your shield or swing your sword, a human-like monster falls down..
It didn't take long until all the more than thirty monsters were defeated. Contrary to their hideous appearance, they were not very strong..
Druid Xanavas looked at their bodies and his face turned pale..
“That's terrible. These are people who have been invaded by the spirit world..”
“Are you saying this is a person??”
“It must have been a person. At one time.”
Xanavas looked back at the party and spoke in a cautious tone..
“It appears that the spirit world is closer than expected. People without magical powers can be dangerous..”
“what does that mean?”
“If you don't have magic power, you can't resist erosion..”
Xanavas pointed to the other side of the tunnel, to a world colored in indigo..
“It will be especially severe in cracks. It probably won't last even an hour and will turn into something like that..”
The faces of Amias' gang turned pale. Well, who would want to become such a mindless monster?.
“Anyway, we have to get into the cracks.?”
“……To stop Karamek, yes. I have to go in.”
“Only people with magical powers should enter..”
“If you are born with even a little magical power, you will be able to last much longer than an ordinary person. In particular, people with massive magical power like Ellen have a very low chance of being eroded..”
As people's eyes gathered, Ellen shrugged her shoulders with a nonchalant expression..
“What are you looking at??”
When my eyes wandered to the road, I sighed and said,.
“Then there is nothing we can do. People without magic stay here.”
There was no objection.
A total of eight people decided to stay. It was the Amias gang, the warrior Agos, and Vittorio..
As the rest were about to enter the crack, leader Amias smiled bitterly..
“……Hmm, that didn't help in the end..”
As I remained silent, Utequai, whose face was entirely covered in combat makeup, tapped Amiis on the shoulder..
“Watch your back.”
“Back, you mean??”
“be right. If someone knocks down the mine, we'll be buried alive..”
“ ah.”
Amias smiled and nodded..
“Please come back.”
“okay.”
After sighing and laughing, I led seven party members into the crack..
Inside the crack, in a word, it was a different world..
At first, it felt like I was walking on sky. Beneath the transparent floor was full of sky blue, and when I looked up, the sea was rippling above me..
It is a dream-like landscape that can never be found in reality..
“This is the spirit world……
“To be precise, the space in the present world is filled with the spirit world..”
Ellen's explanation suddenly made me lost in thought..
Originally, the spirit world could not be experienced during the campaign. It was a level I was lucky enough to encounter while clearing the campaign and playing content called ‘Expedition’..
The scenery I saw then was similar to what is unfolding in front of me now. Of course, there was no comparison between the scrap of graphics displayed on the monitor and the reality unfolding in front of us..
After walking for a while and slowly getting used to this strange scenery, I said, “Hey, look at that.!”
What Atalanta was pointing at with a loud sound was none other than the sky..
Shoot-
The sea that had filled our heads was pouring down.!
“Crazy, what the hell is this?-”
“Heo Eok,”
We froze in that majestic view of the falling sea, unable to even think of resisting..
Gooooo!
However, contrary to expectations that we would be trapped or swept away by the fierce water, the sea split on both sides with us at the center..
Kwa-kwa-kwa!
The water split right above my head, forming a waterfall and pouring down in all directions. It felt like a huge amount of water was being poured onto the plastic umbrella. Looking down, bright blue water was rising where the sky used to be..
The strange scene of the ocean pouring in and the overwhelming roar made us freeze in place, not even able to move..
“poi, poi.”
Before I knew it, Ellen was in my arms, shaking like a baby bird..
“It's okay, it's okay.”
I stroked his arm with a trembling hand..
Gooooooo.
How much time passed like that before the roar finally stopped. We slowly emerged, drifting in the deep sea, as if caught in a bubble of air..
And finally, the air bubble we were carrying rose above the sea.
Shoot.
Standing on the blue water, we looked around with anxious expressions..
“……I'm out of my mind.”
“Marta'ae.”
As we slowly came to our senses, another air bubble rose nearby..
“That one-”
“what?”
The sea water splashed around, and what emerged was a man with his skin painted white..
“Finally, finally, finally.”
He wore a colorful cloak with stars and bones on it. As if folded wings, the hem of a white cloak hung over the surface of the water..
“You guys are here.”
Earrings made from carved bone, a pendant sparkling with rainbow colors, and a stone tablet held in the left hand caught the eye..
“My first vision.”
The man slowly turned around. He was a beautiful man with a wide forehead, thick eyebrows, and a slim jawline..
“Those who will bring back love.”
The eyes, black even to the whites, turned towards us. It was an eye that looked into my soul, something I had experienced once..
“ Nice to meet you.”
The man, Spirit Shaman Karamek, smiled at us..
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