Chapter 1460 – 1460. The Dark Moon
“Bel Thayer….”
I meditate on the name and search for memories. Doesn’t come to mind It’s a game I’ve never even heard of in the original game.
‘Is it just the same as the character I created?’
“You don’t have to take my name too seriously. I’m not even active in Neo London.”
“… Are you from Hamburg Innovation by any chance?”
Hamburg Innovation
It is a city-state like Divine France and Neo London. However, its territory and population are small compared to other city-states. However, the mechanization technology possessed by Hamburg Innovation can be said to be the best in the world.
If you want to turn your body into a machine, go to Hamburg Innovation. The word is just floating around.
“Five. Sharp? How did you know? It would be impossible to recognize by appearance alone.”
“Looking at the mechanical eyes, I guessed. Things like that would be hard to find without Hamburg Innovation.”
In fact, the starting point of the character ‘Chapaguri’ I created was Hamburg Innovation, so I tried it once.
Face, body, voice, personality. It’s a match for the character I set up. Besides, the place of origin is the same. She was certain that I made Chapaguri.
Miraculous.
It was very strange to see my character, who I had only seen through the monitor, face me. And even though we were meeting for the first time, she felt friendly.
But I didn’t bother to express it. I turned around. She is a character I made. So what’s the difference? I made you, now you are mine can’t even say In this world, she lives her own life.
I threw a coin into the fountain.
“For a moment. You didn’t tell me your name. Are you going to do this?”
“… Eugene Meyer.”
“Eugene Meyer. Well. I remembered. That’s a good name.”
“You didn’t type it?”
“I didn’t even change my brain into a machine. Only the arms, legs, and eyes were replaced with machines. Oh, should I include the heart too? No, that’s…. Ha, I don’t know why I’m saying this to you, who I’m seeing for the first time.”
“…….”
A sixth coin was plopped into the fountain.
“What did you come here for? Is it work?”
“It’s a personal thing. I got one piece of information that bothered me. I can’t tell you more. I understand?”
“Okay.”
Perhaps it has something to do with her personal story.
The story of the player character in the original game differs depending on the place of origin and occupation. Her story….
‘I’ll take care of it.’
Me and her have nothing to do with each other. Recalling that point, I tossed the last 7th coin. In the game, if you toss a coin into the fountain 7 times, a message comes to mind that temporarily increases your luck. But nothing came to mind before my eyes.
“Do you make a lot of money? If you’re going to throw money in the fountain, give me some money too.”
“I am not throwing money away. I got lucky.”
“With 70 credits? That’s enough money for a meal at a decent restaurant.”
“If you’re lucky, you might be able to earn more than that.”
“Ha, I don’t believe that. … Are you a fortune teller?”
“I’m not a fortune teller, I’m a wizard.”
“Suddenly, trust is born. 70 credits… Shall I try it too? But does it have to be 70 credits?”
“Whether it’s a 1-credit coin or a 10-credit coin, it only takes 7.”
“Okay? It’s nice to hear that.”
She threw a 1 credit coin into the fountain. I passed her and went out of her town. The sun went down and the dark moon began to rise.
The town was quiet like a ghost town. Everyone will enter the house, lock the door, lie down in bed, and hope that the day will pass quickly.
[Levitation]
Used magic
The body floats upward. I flew towards the 4th largest mountain in the south.
Flying was not so comfortable. It was because the excited black carapace vultures, under the influence of the Dark Moon, flew madly at me.
[Electric Whip]
Those who flew in were knocked out with an electric whip. The crispy black carapace vultures fell to the ground and became food for other animals and monsters.
I think I killed about 30 of them.
Arrived at the destination.
I look around and estimate the location.
‘I saw the cliff before I came down. I have to go there.’
Cooong!
My heart stopped with a loud noise.
Sudden heart attack.
I twisted my face and forced my heart to move using mana.
‘Damn it. A heart attack from the start….’
I glared at the Dark Moon floating in the sky.
In each region, different status abnormalities occur on the day of the Dark Moon. In neo-London suburbs, heart attacks, random illnesses, and hemiplegia are just that. Of course, after a short time, the status abnormality disappears and returns to its original state. The problem is that you don’t know when or where the status anomaly will come again.
After about 5 minutes, the stopped heart started beating again. There was no need to force the heart to beat using mana. That alone made it pretty comfortable.
A cliff came out.
If you look down, you can see a cliff cut vertically. The bottom of the cliff is dark and deep, and I can’t see the end.
‘It’s okay since I don’t have to go down.’
Approached the cliff. Suddenly, the flow of mana changed and ran like crazy. In this state, it was difficult for anyone to use magic. That’s why I didn’t fly right over the cliff.
‘You’ve come to the right place. Well then….’
Look around. It was not difficult to find the delicate blue flowers blooming at the edge of the cliff.
In this world, there are plants that bloom only when the Dark Moon rises. One of them is the blue flower in front of you, Blue Distortion.
A flower with the ability to distort mana. It should be collected only when it is in bloom. When not in bloom, it is no different from an ordinary weed.
I took the box out of my coat. Remove the petals of Blue Distortion and place them in the prepared box. As the name suggests, this flower has the ability to distort mana.
‘It’s one of the essential ingredients when restoring a broken mana rod.’
Dark Moon, and it only blooms deep in the mountains, so the price is very expensive. If you sell it on the black market, you can make a lot of money.
‘One root isn’t enough.’
I looked towards the cliff.
‘The cliff in front of the triangular rock… Hey there.’
Whoa.
I let go of my tension with a sigh and headed for the cliff.
I made up my mind and lifted my right foot and stretched it toward the cliff. My feet did not fall down the cliff and stood on the invisible floor.
‘… Fortunately it worked After all, you don’t have to clear the preceding quest.’
I kept my spirits up. Ignoring the black moon looking down at me from above and the cool wind blowing, I walk towards the cliff.
‘7366. 7366. 7366.’
Memorize the numbers over and over again and walk forward. I stopped my leg at exactly 7 steps. If you look down, you can see the bottom of the dark cliff. If you fall down there, you will surely die instantly.
‘Three steps to the right.’
Thump thump.
‘Six steps to the left. Six steps to the right.’
The moment I safely took my last step, a door appeared in the air. Without hesitation, I grabbed the doorknob and pushed.
It was a three-story space.
Blue skies, fresh air, moist ground.
A bunch of blue distortion bloomed there. Even at a rough estimate, it seems to be 100 flowers.
‘It’s a success.’
I squatted down with a smile on my lips. Collect Blue Distortion petals one by one.
‘A gardener’s secret garden. It’s a secret space that you can enter only when you clear the sub-quests and the Dark Moon opens.’
As you can see, you can get a lot of blue distortion here. I may come back later, but there will be no blue distortion.
Having collected all the blue distortions, I went out the door. It was still in the air. However, the flow of mana returned to normal. It’s because I’ve collected all the blue distortions that hinder the flow of mana.
[Levitation]
I flew through the air and landed on a mountain.
Got into trouble
Do you go right back from here, or do you take a risk and go get something else.
‘Let’s go back. Opportunities don’t just exist today. First, go back and recover all of the Mana Roads, and then come back on the day the next Dark Moon appears.’
There was no need to move in haste. I left my lingering feelings behind and floated in the air.
Kwaaang!
An explosion was heard.
I stopped in mid-air and turned my gaze towards the sound of the explosion. The location is the mountain to the right of the mountain with the clearing. It is a place with hidden ancient ruins.
‘…… Telescope.’
Enhanced eyesight with magic.
Look down into the distance Belt Thayer, whom I had met a few hours ago in front of the town fountain, was fighting Deroid.
Droid.
Robots that welcome humans.
Neo-London’s nobility and citizens loathe Deroids to the point of trauma. This is because Neo London once had a country nearly destroyed by a Droid rebellion. The fact that today’s Neo London became similar to the culture of the Victorian era can also be attributed to the influence of DeLloyd.
‘Looks like Bell is at a disadvantage.’
Decided to help her. She had a question for her. As I expected, she should have been somewhere other than there.
I fly towards Belle and prepare her magic spell.
Grip support.
Lightning’s mana soars into the sky and gathers.
D. Lloyd, with a body of steel and skin of steel, raises his head to the sky. Two red lenses caught me, shining.
In front of them, Bell maneuvered quickly and pulled the trigger of her pistol. Her bullets aim right at D. Lloyd’s head, but do no significant damage.
“Find the Wizard. Estimated level 5. Change target priority. Eliminate humans.”
D. Lloyd raised her arm towards me. Clap clap clap. The arm turns into a gun and is pointed at me. The moment energy gathers at the end of the muzzle and is about to be fired.
[Thunderbolt]
One step ahead of him, a huge thunderbolt fell towards Deroid.
The surroundings lit up as if it was broad daylight. Deroid fell to the ground and did not move.
‘As expected, lightning-type magic works well for machines.’
Got down to the floor Wiping the sweat with the back of her hand and breathing heavily, she looked at me.
“Was it any meddling?”
“… No thank you I’m alive thanks That Droid was in trouble because he couldn’t get armor-piercing bullets at all.”
I looked behind her.
The mechanical door to the basement was intact on the land that had been ruined by the battle.
“Ah, these are ancient ruins I stumbled across. It has nothing to do with the Droids, so don’t worry. Even if I dropped all kinds of bullshit, that door wouldn’t break. Do you know how to get in? You are a wizard.”
“Know.”
“… Really? I just asked once…. Great. Then help me Let’s divide what we get here in half. Now that I’ve found this, I think I can ask for half of it. What do you think about it?”
“Before we share, we should check what’s inside.”
“That too.”
I approached the door.
I stood right in front of the door. I stared intently at the mark on the door. It is a pattern resembling a lotus flower.
“Do you know what that pattern is? I searched but couldn’t find it.”
“It is the pattern of transcendentalists.”
“A transcendentalist? What is it? Are you talking about a superman?”
“No.”
I said looking at the door.
“Only transcendence is our ultimate.”
Gee ying.
The door is open.
