Chapter 661 – 654 Fragments
On the way back to her house after putting a simple dress on the naked Norn, Hwanin thought of the story the crazy woman had told her.
‘Is it an ordeal…’
For the past five days, Hwan-in, who had been thinking about and estimating the reason why the fragments had been lodged in her head and chest, came to a conclusion.
‘It was just unlucky.’
He is a Hwanin whose sense of humor has become very sharp while training to obtain phase flow and reverse flow and strengthen them with core force.
It’s inferior to Ah-yeong’s hypersensitivity, but at least the level of noticing a certain kind of touch directly applied to her is very sensitive enough to surpass her hypersensitivity.
Chills and chills during dates with her girlfriends were the result of such training.
I did, but at the time the shrapnel was driven in, I couldn’t feel any hostility or intent to kill. This was the reason why she concluded that she was unlucky.
Hwanin thought that the fact that the fragment seal was stuck was just a product of coincidence.
Five days ago, she didn’t notice the moment when shrapnel was stuck in her head and chest, because her senses and head were confused at the time.
At that time, she was overcome with a strange sensation that she could not describe in words.
It feels like all the blood points in the body are wide open. And the feeling of something flowing out of the open blood.
People often describe the flow of blood as the feeling of life escaping, but it was different from that feeling.
“…”
Something that flowed out was connected to the sky, and something from the connected sky also flowed down and entered the body.
The fragments of the soul that had been melting over time hardened… Regardless of whether this can be called a material, Hwanin was half-sure that the reason for hardening was because it reacted to something.
‘I did, but the crazy woman said this was an ordeal.’
Ordeal can be interpreted in two ways.
One is the artificial training and hardships others make to test their will or character.
The other is when you encounter difficult and dangerous events, accidents, etc.
It was difficult to guess which side of the ordeal the crazy woman was talking about. One thing is for sure, I knew something about the fragments…
‘Is fragmented phosphorus a higher level of energy than is widely known?’
This fragmented person cannot be detected by phase power, holy magic, or spirit magic.
Ah-yeong is a 7th-class priestess. Yurupa is also a 7th-class mystic who creates extremely excellent magic tools and magic tools, and Hwanyeon is also a good spiritist who interacts with high-level spirits without a contract.
Even though Hwan-in informed them of their location, they could not detect the fragment.
However, the Mad Madam recognized her without even touching her, and the Great Saint mobilized acupuncture and a kind of acupuncture to detect that she seemed to be a branch of the soul.
It is reasonable to see it as something that is one step higher than spiritual skill, such as divine magic, magic, and myeongju, which are one step higher than sorcery, secret arts, and witchcraft.
“…”
Something… It feels like there is a light fog in my head. A clue to the solution is in front of me, but there is a fog in between, so it seems like I can catch it, but I can’t.
When Hwan-in, who hadn’t even considered the option of opening her hand to a madwoman, let out a small sigh out of frustration. A smaller, warmer hand took his hand.
Looking to her side, Norn takes his hand, looks at him, then smiles and waves his hand back and forth.
Hwanin, who looked at that innocent and innocent smile for a while, smiled and held Norn’s hand tightly.
What if this and what if that?
It wasn’t that his strength was sealed at all, and his physical abilities were slightly reduced along with a slight sense of lethargy.
The reason why his physical ability fell is probably because of the sense of weakness that the fragment man was blocking the flow of spirit energy.
Some soul arts can’t be used, but once you get used to the flow, even that won’t matter.
Because humans are creatures that make a path and move forward if there is no path.
I also have strong girlfriends.
The group of Hwanin, who disguised themselves to avoid public attention, escaped the distortion wall of Palatum and headed north.
Perhaps because it has been a carriage move for the first time in several months, Kurti, Kufin, and Kura are excitedly pulling the carriage and running.
For a while, the number of people running along the road decreased drastically, and when only the horizon was visible, Hwanin and women gathered on the roof of the carriage.
Ah-yeong drives the carriage while the others sit around the map and listen to Anne’s explanation.
=We will move along the plain between the Jiude Great Forest in the north and the Quanzhou Mountains in the south. On the way, there is the Portonio Grand Canyon between the Cheonju Mountain Range and the Yuin Mountain Range, and if you cross here and pass the Great Plain of Hiarid, you will reach the Cheonam Mountain Range.
=Looking at the map like this, it looks like a short and simple journey.=
In response to Baekryeogang’s impression, Anne shook her head and said.
=From here, even to the middle-class city of Niran in the Grand Canyon, is it a long journey that usually takes a month to walk?=
= Is it that far… ?!=
When he looked at the map, the distance seemed short, so Baek Ryeo-gang, who thought it would take a while, is surprised.
After leaving Yeongdo and stopping by Alsop, passing through Hraslind and reaching Palatum, it was about a month in terms of simple travel distance.
But from Palatum to Nirain is 1/3 of the distance, no matter how you look at it? 1/4? It didn’t seem like that much.
Anne brought Hwan-yeon, who was standing on the map, in the palm of her hand, and then pointed to the beltikal mountain range, the largest mountain range on the map, representing the ice caps with a range of hundreds of kilometers.
=I don’t know why they didn’t fix it, but about this vertically, centering on the Great Mountains of Beltical? Accumulation is a bit strange where it becomes. It should be 2 times smaller and 3 times larger than what you see on the map.=
Then, isn’t it a story that the Great Plain of Hiarid is three times wider than what is visible now?
While Baek Ryogang was dazed with her mouth slightly open on a scale beyond imagination, Yu Lepa crossed his arms and said, emphasizing her breasts.
= Maybe because the Beltical Mountains are so big, they didn’t draw it like this because of the incongruity. =
=Anyway, I have to be nervous from now on. All of the areas above the Quanzhou Mountains are the territory of the Evil Faction, so monsters and demons will often attack.
= Dew is right. I’ve heard that the Evil Faction often targets the upper ranks between Nirain and Palatum. When camping, you’ll have to be more vigilant than usual.=
“I have something to say about that vigil.”
Hwanin, who had been quietly listening to the story, took out two artifacts from Aspen.
It is an artifact that he received from Count Feldricks after educating Rimin, a refuge for wanderers, and a protective barrier for Luxomi.
“From now on, I plan to entrust the night watch to the souls of Argentea. In a situation where you received an artifact for camping from the Count, you don’t have to bear the burden of reducing your combat power due to vigilance.”
“Ah. Hwanin, are you thinking of using that?”
Pretending to know Hwanyeon, the women stare at each other, saying, ‘What are you talking about?’
The time when the sun just disappears below the horizon. When it was time to prepare for camping, Hwanin instructed Ayeong to stop the wagon.
“It’s time to camp, so I’ll show you rather than explain in words. Hwanyeon, will you harden the ground?”
“You mean horizontal?”
“Okay.”
Hwan-yeon, who flew up from the stopped carriage, calls the middle-class spirits of the earth and proceeds with the leveling work.
There was a thump, thump, and vibrating sound from the ground several times, and a certain spot changed into a straight line.
It seems to have been pressed as it is without picking out stones or pebbles and without cutting the bushes, but it is well leveled and hard enough to raise only a little dust even if you kick the ground with your feet.
=So put it on the ground facing the entrance…=
On such a land, Yurpa read the Wanderer’s Resting Place item recorded in the Artifact Encyclopedia again, and gently placed the palm-sized, square, one-story house-shaped artifact on the ground.
= Yes. Now I’m going to add phase power.=
= Uh Sister, can I just put it in? If you suddenly grow up, won’t unnie get caught up in it too?=
=It’s okay~.=
The moment Yurpa crouched down with those words infused phase power into the relic, the relic quickly grew to the rear and quickly changed into a single-story house with a height of 5m and an area of about 30 pyeong.
=Wow.=
=Oh~.=
At first glance, the wanderer’s haven, resembling a red brick one-story house with a roof in Korea, was literally a haven for travelers.
A bath and two toilets for washing the body, a decent-sized living room and an attached island kitchen. And three rooms.
Anne, who put her carriage next to the house, packed her belongings, and entered the sanctuary, looked around her for a while, then called Yurpa and Isilite to ask.
= Yes. For some reason, don’t you remember the doryeong’s house in the other world?=
=Did the lady think that too?=
= It’s different, but it feels similar. =
= I also want to see oppa’s world…=
= Me too…=
After looking around the living room for a while, Hwanin stared at the island-style kitchen common in Korean homes before standing in front of the sink.
“…”
She flipped the handle of the faucet, which she was so used to and even tired of.
Shoot aaaaa
Clear, clean water gushes out of the faucet. When you turn the handle to the right, ice-cold water comes out, and when you turn it to the left, hot water comes out.
When I set it in the middle, it was adjusted to a moderately hot temperature.
= Doryeong Doryeong! Isn’t this the Boiler panel? Right?=
= Master. There is also an air conditioner here.=
Seeing what they were pointing at, Hwanin approached the panel and pressed the room temperature control button.
When the room temperature is set at 27 degrees, the floor in the living room gradually warms up with an extremely weak vibration.
“… It must have been a Warp Wanderer who wished for this artifact. Koreans too.”
Hwanin murmured at the traces of Koreanness seen in many places, and Yurupa nodded as well.
=Because it is difficult to implement the overall details in detail unless you have lived it yourself.=
= With. Yuri unnie, does hot water come out here? How does this work?=
=The phase power used to grow the house is used as an energy source. Everyone look here Are there lights in the ceiling? Remember that blue means your phase power is full, and the lower you go to green, yellow, and red, the lower your phase power. You can charge phase power here.=
Beep
In the meantime, Shilu, who was wandering around the living room curiously as if he liked the heated living room floor, lies flat on his stomach.
Anne and Yurpa knelt down and touched the floor with their hands in admiration.
= And… This is the real artifact.=
= That’s right The floor is too warm. You can sleep on a futon here.=
Hwanin also took out Luxomi’s protective barrier, a gray shield-shaped artifact, hung it on a blank wall on one side, and left the house with her girlfriends to check the outside.
= That’s a protective shield. I can see the outside clearly.=
= If it was blocked, it would have been difficult to stay up all night, but it worked. =
The range of the shield is a hemisphere with a radius of about 50m centered on the house.
Hwan-in, who had Hwan-yeon dig up the ground, found out that the protective shield was a sphere.
In this way, it will be able to detect what is entering the ground.
As a test, I took out a balance and hit the shield, and the gray shield gurgled and cried as if an earthquake had occurred. It’s a strange sound that doesn’t wake up even after a deep sleep.
As I adjusted my strength and touched the protective shield, I realized that it did not cry to the extent that grass insects or small animals touched it, but that the sound came from physical contact at the level of an obvious attack.
=Yuli unni, do you know how long the shield lasts?=
= Um~. It is said that it will break if a level 4 melee worker hits it with full force.=
=It’s just an alarm, but I need to put a meaning on it.=
Hwanin, who nodded her head, ordered Anne to bring the angel’s body here in her carriage.
= Ah! I guess you were planning to use an Argentea scout by possessing an angelic body!=
“Okay. Since there are six of them, I plan to turn five into surveillance and possess one as a watchman.”
=Good idea!=
Anne rushed to her carriage and carried her 2.5m tall angel on her back.
“As a result of watching your performances, you, as an adjutant, are considerate and have a broad perspective, and are useful. In the future, when there is work, you move the celestial body.”
“I obey the command of the Holy Emperor.”
The other five souls were very sorry for the order and showed envy of the lieutenant, so Hwanin told them the reality to inspire their will to work.
“This celestial body is not perfect. Being from a heterogeneous species in the labyrinth, there is a fatal flaw that the body collapses over time and inflicts terrible pain on the body. The pain will be as painful as dying again as a soul.”
“…」
“…」
“If you want, I will accept support. Instead of the lieutenant, those who will be possessed by the Celestial Body should step forward.”
There was no support.
“His name is Imorell.”
=That’s right, Seongje-nim.=
Hwanin, who stared at the adjutant of the Argentea scout who worked hard to adapt to the body of a celestial body and moved his wings, continued.
“You have two things to do. One is to stay vigil while camping like now. Another is escorting Yurpa when I and my women enter the labyrinth.”
=I will definitely follow the command of the Holy Emperor.=
Immorel bowed her head in front of Hwanin. Watching Immorel like that, Hwanin gives additional instructions in an emotionless voice.
“You entered the body, but you are not alive. So, even if her body is broken, if something goes wrong with Yurpa, make sure she doesn’t get hurt.”
=Yes.=
Hwanin, who nodded her head at Imorel’s calm and composed answer, instructed the Argentea scout spirits to be alert and then entered the resting place.
As soon as you open the door, the smell of spicy hot pot wafts in.
It’s spring, but it’s still cold at night, so it looks like they’re cooking hot soup.
Hwanin entered the living room, smelling the smell that stimulated his stomach. Since he had a sedentary lifestyle, he could see Anne, Yurepa, and Ayeong sitting on the warm living room floor and talking.
= It’s a story that the great sage stopped working 20 years ago. Twenty years is a very long time unless you are a long-lived species like the Fleurs. What if I die?=
= Yes. The race or gender of the great sage is unknown, so I’m worried… If you raised a successor or disciple, you’d be a little relieved.=
= Because there was an organization member who was active in Cheonam. El Minne says she is collecting information so hard that even three of her bodies are not enough, so please wait a bit. =
Norn, now in the form of a beautiful girl, lies next to Silu hugging her pillow and flapping her little green wings while Isilite and Baek Ryogang are making dinner in the kitchen.
Hwan-yeon, who was watching Isilite and Baekryeo-gang’s cooking on the island, looks back at him.
“Why did Hwanin come in alone? Doesn’t he feed you?”
“I am training for physical adaptation. Even a heterogeneous species needs to eat something to maintain its body, so you have to feed it.”
After answering, Hwanin walked to the living room and put the reward box he had received from Regent Teiamus on the table in the living room.
“Ah. There was that too.”
=What is that?=
Ah-young, who smelled the treasure, secretly clings to Hwan-yeon and asks.
“This is the reward the Palatum Regent gave to Hwanin. I don’t know what’s inside. Hwanin didn’t even check it and immediately stored it in Aspend.”
= Oh. The box is big, what’s in it? =
“Isn’t it full of gold coins inside or something like that?”
= A… That’s not it. The sound wasn’t that heavy when my brother just took it out. If it was full of gold coins, it would have made a loud thud?=
But when Hwanin took it out, there was a light, crackling sound. This means that there is something valuable inside.
Yu Lepa and Anne also show their curiosity and approach, Norn also holds Silue in his arms and makes her eyes shine next to Anne.
Seeing that, Anne smiled and patted her Norn’s head.
=There will be nothing to eat inside?=
“No way…」
As if steam had leaked, Norn turned his head and clung to Hwanin’s side.
Hwanin stroked Norn’s head, thinking that he was still far from becoming an adult, and called Isilite and Baekryeogang, who were almost ready to cook, and opened the lid of the antique wooden box.
= What are many? A set of clothes, gloves and shoes, a few books… Ah, this is a high-ranking proclamation?!=
= Sister Anne! Me too! Show me too!=
When Hwan-in holds up the proclamation and hands it over, Anne and Ah-yeong focus more on the proclamation than other items.
What follows is…
=Heathrond royal high-ranking esoteric book and magic enchantment tools. Did you really give me the enchantment crafting tools used by the Palatum royal family?=
“Yurpa will take care of that.”
And a phasestone pouch. There were 10 Grade 6 Phase Stones inside, but these alone are worth 2220 gold coins.
Hwanin, who had stored the phase stone pouch in Aspen, held up a neck armor the size of three ring boxes.
There was a crimson coin in the box, which was carved with a wing shape comparable to that of a wooden box.
=Oops!=
=Ah, this is a red war!=
= What? Red war?!=
= Red war?=
Each of the three boxes, each smaller than the palm of your hand, contained one red coin. It is a coin with a flaming bird like a phoenix on the obverse and a high peak that looks like Cheonju Mountain on the reverse.
= Wow… It’s the first time I’ve seen that red war. By the way, have you ever seen Anne?
= Yes. I saw about 100 made here and there in the family treasury.=
= Hick. 100…=
The use of hongjeon is very limited.
For example, when one aristocratic family makes an important request to another aristocratic family, or in a situation where a life-and-death decision is to be made, or when a great deal of assistance is needed.
This is because the war itself is also a means of proving the prestige of the family depending on how much it has.
In the first place, the number is very small because it does not create a public war unless it is a special event. Nobles and barons who can touch red wars are said to be counts and 5th-class barons.
For this reason, it is treated as a strategic asset based on its usefulness even if it is not a publicity of its own country.
=Give me three of those…=
The women’s eyes sparkled at Hwanin’s presence.
The fact that the regent gave him 3 crimson coins means that he was regarded as a count or an honorary marquis or duke.
Hwanin also said with a satisfied expression on his face as he stored three red coins in the aspen.
“If this is the case, it can be useful in dealing with a great sage.”
=Ah?=
=Oh, that’s right.=
Finally, I looked at the remaining clothes. One pair of white clothes, gloves and shoes.
= This is… What? Full body tights?=
When Anne lifts up her clothes, as she said, elegant tights that gently reveal her grace like a cloud spread out. Yurpa muttered while examining it carefully.
=This feels like a sleeveless bodysuit rather than full body tights… Hmm?! This is an artifact!=
= Huh? Really? Is this an artifact?=
=Which artifact is it?=
When Anne and Isilite, who are slightly surprised by the word relic, ask a question, what about Yurpa? I let out a sound of bewilderment and, sweating profusely, put on my analytic monocle and look again.
= Oh, isn’t it? … Ah. It’s a given artifact. It must have been obtained from the core of the labyrinth of level 6 or higher.=
=… 6th grade?=
=Level 6 Labyrinth?=
In an instant, the same thing popped into their heads.
Anne examines the bodysuit and puts on a suspicious expression.
=Couldn’t it have come from the Labyrinth of the Sea of Rising Clouds?=
= Come to think of it, the pattern of the bodysuit looks a bit like a cloud. Here is the pattern that wraps around the left thigh, the abdomen and the right waist.=
=… Is it real?=
= So…=
A feeling of pity appeared on the faces of the women.
According to the circumstances, it seems that the item was acquired by killing the giant fish monster, but if they had caught it, wouldn’t it mean that the regent Teiamus would have given them another gift?
“It is just a conclusion. There’s no guarantee that we’ll get it if we catch it. It could be that the equipment has become a sorcerer.”
The women nodded to Hwanin’s plain story and immediately began to squeal over the design of the clothes.
= If you look closely, this is very erotic… The fabric with the cloud pattern is thin, so you can see through.
=How do you pee when you wear this? Should I take off my holly?=
= What are you talking about? … Anyway, being sleeveless is a bit naughty. If I wear this, I think I can see my armpits.=
= Yul’s older sister. Are these the artifacts that gave you the shoes and gloves?=
= Um~ If you look at the power you feel, it looks like a magic weapon, right? Anyway, it’s not in the Artifact Encyclopedia, so I guess I’ll have to take some time to figure out its function.=
According to her explanation, her Hwanin handed over her body suit, her gloves, and her shoes to her, asking for her feelings.
“The hotpot is all boiled and the rice seems to be finished, so let’s have dinner.”
=Yes. I’ll prepare a meal soon.=
“Ayoung, go out and ask Imorell to come in.”
=Yes!=
