Chapter 570
570fury
70. This side(3)
Immediately after being swallowed by the black disk without even being able to do anything, the first thing I felt was a strange feeling of floating. The second was an eerie silence.
I've never experienced it, but I would say it feels like I was thrown into outer space..
Instinctively, I turned around and grabbed Ellen, who was struggling with her eyes tightly closed. Immediately after pulling the small body into my arms.
Wow!
This time, a dark gray semi-circle appeared from behind and attacked us..
As the vision changed dramatically and the sense of floating disappeared, Ellen's screams regained their sound..
“-Ahhhh!”
The moment I realized that I was plummeting from the top of my head, I reflexively twisted my body..
crackling.
Fortunately, I regained my balance before I hit the floor and was able to land rather softly..
“What is this - what have you done??”
“Because I didn't do it.”
“Clearly a dimensional seal…….”
“It seems like a dimensional seal has been activated, but I don't know what's going on. and now,”
Ellen, who was suddenly in my arms, still looked confused. I patted him on the back a couple of times and then lowered him to the floor..
“Let’s start by understanding the situation..”
sreung.
Ellen only looked around when she saw me pulling out my sword..
“……This is.”
The place where we were standing was an unrealistic and bizarre space that made me feel dizzy..
It was as narrow as a small room, and everything visible was black or gray. There was no light coming in from outside, and there were no candles or torches on, but it was strangely bright. It seemed as if a gloomy light was flowing from the colorless wall..
“…….”
As Ellen and I fell silent, silence filled the room..
The humid and stuffy air is annoying for no reason. The faint, but acrid and fishy smell also gets on my nerves quite a bit..
Ellen muttered doubtfully, taking out a gray-white birch wand from her pocket..
“……two dimensions?”
“I think so?”
The situation up to now, that is - even if we leave aside for a moment the dimensional seal that was activated arbitrarily and the passage filled with darkness, we could understand it in the realm of instinct. That this is not Middle Earth..
For a moment, I thought I had entered the 'Dream Territory', but I quickly realized that I was not..
The realm of dreams was a space entirely subordinate to me, and I was able to exercise all the power I could imagine as if I were a god. The feeling of omnipotence that used to accompany that power was no longer felt at all..
“I'm sure it hasn't gone beyond the basic level.?”
“That's impossible.”
Ellen shook her head in denial, with a pretense of sternness..
“Although there was a considerable amount of magical power gathered into the dimensional seal... … . Still, it wasn't at the level of doing something as outrageous as transferring to another dimension..”
Traveling to another dimension is a miracle that is considered the same as resurrecting the dead. So, it means that you haven't fallen into another dimension such as the spirit world or the phantom world..
Then there was only one answer left..
“Is it quasi-dimensional? Like a dream territory?”
Ellen nodded silently and slowly raised her mana. For a moment, the air gently swayed, and the guy narrowed his eyes..
“……What is this again?.”
“Why, what is it??”
“I feel something strange. All kinds of magical powers... … . The pressure is enormous.”
“What are you talking about? Explain it so I can understand.”
“Literally. Mana, morale, spiritual power, dark magic... … It seems like a strong mixture of energy from several different dimensions. How could something like this be possible in just a quasi-dimension? No, it's a quasi-dimension..”
I was troubled by this guy's random noises. I was confused as to whether I needed magic power or if I had to break the seal with camouflage..
‘I was hesitating because I was concerned about the fact that I didn't have much left of the camouflage elixir that Raph gave me, but Ellen, who sensed my concern, raised her hand..
“Even if you break the seal, nothing will change... … . It won't help much anyway..”
“It won't help?”
“I told you, there's a lot of pressure.”
Ellen, who had gathered her mana while exploring the surroundings, let out a tired sigh..
“This quasi-dimension is full of unpleasant energy. It feels like the surroundings are full of dirty molten iron..”
According to the guy, the magical pressure was so great that most wizards couldn't even light a candle..
If Ellen, who is the High Master of the palace and has 51 points of magic, finds it annoying to take care of Mana, then it must be too much pressure for me. I could understand that breaking the magic seal by giving up camouflage would not be of much help..
What Ellen and I noticed next to the strange atmosphere and magic was the structure of where we were standing..
“……This is the same room we were in just a moment ago..”
As if there was noise, everything was colored gray and black. However, through the silhouette, I could make out a low, shabby bed, a table tilted at an angle, and a chest full of miscellaneous household items..
In other words, it was a carriage repairman's house located in a back alley of the old town - its innermost structure was exactly the same as the room where the boy with servant's disease was lying..
“Come to think of it, over there.”
“hmm.”
In the middle of the bed that Ellen pointed to was Inyoung, with slightly darker noise. The brightness was noticeably lower than the surrounding area, so it looked as if the spot had been scooped up with a shovel..
“…….”
Ellen and I made eye contact without saying a word. It was an incomprehensible space..
Let's take a look around the room, focusing on the bed. Suddenly, an old memory - a memory from the time I played Dark World - flashed through my mind..
Characteristics that seem to be a mixture of multiple dimensions, strong penalties, and a structure that resembles reality.
‘Pocket Plane of Undergod’, a field that rarely appears during Expedition play, felt exactly like this..
Of course, the pocket dimension of the egoless God was full of various monsters as well as mysterious treasures, so it was a place where bloody battles took place from the first moment you entered. This was far from a ‘peaceful’ atmosphere..
Still, since there were significant similarities, there was probably information worth referencing. I gently brushed my beard with the back of my hand and suggested it to Ellen..
“Let's go out.”
“……Let's go out?”
“Because I don't think we'll get an answer just because we're here. If you search around, you'll find an exit or a clue..”
“Be optimistic too.”
I grumbled, but both he and I had no other choice..
“Okay, okay. What the heck.”
Ellen took a deep breath and gestured towards the door, and I took the lead, adjusting my knife..
There wasn't much of a difference outside..
Just like the master bedroom, the old living room was also full of gray-scale noise. Through the structure of the interior and the furniture placed here and there, I only guessed more strongly that this was a space that projected reality, Middle Earth..
I passed through the front door and went down the stairs with my five senses on edge. Eventually, nothing happened until we were completely out of the three-story house..
“……I'm a little embarrassed.”
The colorless back alley, filled with a strange sense of silence, stretched out in all directions like a spider web, like a disk. It felt like I had suddenly fallen into the middle of a maze and was extremely embarrassed..
“Should I use a magic seal??”
“It'll be okay?”
“What can I do? I don't know what kind of place this is, and there's no way.”
“That said, the dimensional seal is an unknown object. Basically, it is a magic tool that contains the power of transference..”
“so?”
“What I'm saying is that you need to handle it with extreme care..”
Ellen chewed her lower lip and expressed her concern..
“We fell here because the dimensional seal worked on its own. Will we be able to return safely even if we artificially infuse magical power??”
“Umm.”
“Of course, it's a relief if you return to where you came from, but what if you're transferred to a completely different place? You might end up lost at the border of the dimension..”
There was nothing to refute..
It's not that I haven't used dimensional seals, but each time it was related to the Dream Territory. This was the first time I had been dragged into a bizarre quasi-dimension like this..
After a short discussion, Ellen and I decided to postpone using the dimensional seal as a last resort..
By the time the conversation ended like that.
“…….”
A small sound passed my ears..
When I turned my head to where I felt the presence, Ellen also raised her wand..
“Why, what is it??”
“just did something…….”
“where?”
“It's like this way.”
The presence was felt near the stone stairs leading to the basement, located right next to the elongated house..
I walked forward with a bit of tension and a strange sense of anticipation at the same time. I was about to go down the stairs, but a startled Ellen grabbed me by the hem of my coat..
“Are you kidding me? I'm going to go in there?”
“If you don't go in?”
“wait. Let me check first..”
The guy who blocked me quickly summoned the ‘Dance Spirit’. Unlike usual, where it suddenly appeared with a simple hand gesture, now the wind only blew after waving the wand and reciting a few syllables of an incantation..
“go.”
Faintly silhouetted spirits flew underground following Ellen's instructions. It was a swift movement like a sparrow..
“He said it was burdensome to use magic.?”
“I told ordinary wizards it would be like that..”
I burst out laughing at the shrug that omitted the afterword, “I’m not an ordinary wizard.”.
At that time, Ellen, her expression hardened, looked back at the bottom of the stone steps..
“There's something.”
Even before he finished speaking, I could sense a subtle noise echoing from below..
One by one-
It was similar to the sound made when several horses are running. No, it was the sound of hooves that were much lighter than that..
By the time the sound became clear.
That's it-!
A ferocious howl. It was a ferocious roar that could never have been human..
“……Ellen, step back.-”
“Flammae, lumfere!”
Before I could say anything, Ellen was already reciting the spell. As I took a deep breath every three or four words, my chest puffed out and my mana exploded..
Purrrrrr-
White flames erupted from the tip of the wand and enveloped the guy's body like a whirlwind..
“Hey, hey! Wait, I need to find out what kind of guys they are.!”
“Succendent eam, ogui avenue wune.”
Did my dissuasion work? The speed at which Ellen recites the spell has slowed down slightly..
Of course, that was only for a moment, and as soon as the heads of goats with horns appeared in the darkness, he held out his wand..
“Adobe'sche!”
“wait, my experience-”
Grumble!
A roar so heavy and fierce that it was hard to believe it was a sound made by flowing flames. White and red flickering ‘flame waves’ poured down the stone steps..
-Wow!
The goat heads, no, the ‘Warriors of Ushtu’, who were running up the stairs in droves, were engulfed in flames, leaving behind only a short life..
Ellen's fire wave had as much impact as its heat, so the low-level descendants of the evil spirit were swept deep underground without even leaving behind a single handful of ashes..
“…….”
I hung down my sword in futility. Ellen, who was taking a breath as if she was feeling refreshed, looked confused..
“what's the matter? something is wrong?”
“……No, whatever. Rather than saying it was wrong.”
As I trailed off, I felt the familiar burning sensation in my left wrist again..
Wow.
“uh? this,”
“This time too?”
“Uh, I didn't do it..”
Just like when I came here, the dimensional seal was emitting a pure white light. The only difference is that I felt a strange gravitational force, as if someone was pulling my arm..
Googoo googung goong.
At the same time, the ground beneath my feet began to shake as if there had been an earthquake..
It was, after all, a familiar experience. It was similar to the vibrations I experienced when wandering through various quasi-dimensions before fully occupying the realm of dreams. That devastating vibration felt when the entire quasi-dimension collapsed..
“Ellen, this way.!”
“Wow!”
I instinctively realized that I had to move as the dimensional seal pulled, so I grabbed Ellen's hand. No, I just put the guy on my shoulder and ran away..
The source of manpower was very close..
It was none other than the place where we first fell, the master bedroom of the carriage repairman's house..
Ugh!
As expected, my intuition was correct, and instead of a boy's silhouette lying on the shabby bed, there was a dark half circle..
“Going!”
“Uh, where!”
Ellen, who was wrapped around my shoulder, screamed without knowing what was going on, but I jumped into the dark semicircle without a moment of hesitation..
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
“-Ahhhh!”
After passing through the dark space and landing on the floor, Ellen's screams regained their sound again..
“Eh, Elle- no, girl.!”
“Ugh, uhh?”
Simos, a one-eyed magic swordsman with a shocked expression, quickly ran to me and helped Ellen down..
“Lady, Nari. What on earth is this?.”
“Are you both okay??”
Unlike Simos, who couldn't hide his embarrassment, the black-robed wizard Uroan looked very calm..
“I'm back, I'm back?”
“huh. As you can see.”
Ellen, who had been staggering due to loss of balance, looked around while being supported between me and Simos. And only then did he sigh deeply, as if relieved..
“……Ha, what kind of mess is this?.”
“I was worried. After hearing the screams, I came up and found that both of them had disappeared from nowhere... … . What on earth happened??”
Not only did Simos ask a question, but Uroan also looked puzzled..
Just as I was about to answer for Ellen, who was trying to catch her breath, I heard a startled gasp from the door..
“Hey, Darren? Oh, Lord of light-”
When we saw the carriage repairman's wife collapsing, Ellen and I turned towards the bed..
“……uh?”
“this-”
Neither I nor Ellen could speak..
There was no one in the shabby bed. There was just a pile of fine ash in the shape of a small person..
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