107. Dark Spirit King
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A weekend without appointments.
Sepia was far away, so she looked out the window. Soon, she turned her eyes to the magic book spread on the desk.
Grimoire, Remegeton.
A sorcery book obtained from Dragon’s Nest, Atlan.
It was a book with many blank pages.
The exact use of the magic books was unknown. However, what is certain is that Sepia has become the master of the magic book.
Because Sepia’s name was engraved in the preface of the book of magic.
and today.
Sepia found the phrase written on the next page of the introduction.
On it was written the words ‘A paragraph of truth’. Sepia dabbed the ink on her quill and scribbled.
―So, what does this ‘section of truth’ do?
The way to know the use of books was to communicate with them. When Sepia’s name was first engraved in the preface, Sepia was puzzled.
Because he had never engraved his name on the preface. It was from that day. That day, Sepia also read the magic book.
I wanted to learn a new magic. As much as Ethan became stronger, he wanted to become stronger as well.
While reading the book, there were some sentences that I did not understand. Sepia underlined that part and put in a ‘?’.
Then the book sucked up the ink and gave the answer ‘!’ Eventually, the underscore disappeared along with the ‘!’.
-What are you?
―This body is the strongest, best, and largest sorcery book and Remegeton that holds the secrets of the world.
The answer came back when I wrote in case I was wondering. It was a great pride to see him speak in such a way.
―A cursed artifact?
―If the world was cursed, wouldn’t I be cursed?
This time, the middle 2 sick reply came back. Sepia narrowed her brows and seriously contemplated whether she should use this book as kindling a fire.
―If you keep talking nonsense, I will burn you.
―Even if I burn, I will not burn.
-Then cut them in pieces and throw them into the sea.
—… …
A person who would like to do sepia. I didn’t want to be the owner of a book I didn’t like.
―I’m a person who does what I do.
-I’ll keep that in mind.
It seemed that he had become a little obedient.
– Introduce yourself. Who knows where you came from and how you might harm the user or the world like a demonic sword?
―I have existed since the world existed, and I choose my master.
Again, the middle 2 sick answer came back.
After hearing the story, Sepia was chosen as the master, and it seemed that those who were not chosen as the master would not even get a chance to learn magic.
‘It could be a lie in the first place. I don’t have much trust. Still, if it was a dangerous item, Calciatere wouldn’t have given it as a gift. Or at least he gave me a warning.’
Still, there was nothing wrong with being careful. Even after that day, Sepia communicated with Remegeton from time to time, but she didn’t trust her too much.
Somehow, it didn’t seem very useful, other than being able to answer the owner.
To ask about the ‘short circuit of truth’, Sepia raised her quill again.
―What is this page supposed to do?
– Answers the truth to what you ask. The world’s secret, someone’s secret, your past, etc. However, only three questions are asked.
I was curious, but there were many things I wanted to ask.
Whether she will marry Ethan, when she and Ethan kiss for the first time, what memories Ethan has lost, and so on.
‘Ugh, looking at it, it’s all about Ethan… .’
I was somehow ashamed.
As I was about to write something down, my hand, which had been scribbling with the quill, stopped. He said he had three chances.
‘As expected, it would be okay to save it for later… .’
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cellar.
Kanion recalled the fresh blood on his hands. No matter how many times I washed my hands, the thick and disgusting smell of blood did not go away.
Yesterday, Luna died.
The blade pierced Lunia’s back and protruded through her abdomen. When he came to his senses, everything was over.
“It is over. everything is over… .”
committed a murder It wasn’t like a fair duel. Even after falling into a panic, Kanion managed to manage the scene somehow.
But.
Even in the hotel lobby alone, there were numerous staff. Some of you may have seen Luna come out of the dormitory.
‘Can I hide everything and go to the academy?’
I wondered if it would even be possible to properly attend the academy. One arm is not moving properly. I was lucky if I got a low score in the evaluation and didn’t get suspended.
‘Confess everything?’
With the connections of the warrior family, he could somehow avoid the death penalty, but he had already done something to tarnish the family’s honor.
“Your father will advise you to commit suicide.”
What if you reject that too? He could have killed himself in the family without even knowing a mouse or a bird. Even if they ran away, they had to wander the continent while living as fugitives for the rest of their lives.
There will be bounties on taverns and inns.
Then, naturally, the bounty hunter will pursue him.
One day, I could have eaten poisoned food and died. The moment you fall asleep may be the last moment you are awake.
“f*ck, it’s all because of that bastard.”
Ethan.
Ethan! Ethan! Ethan… ! When I remembered the name, my teeth gnashed. wanted to kill him
He wants to kill everyone he loves.
Tia, Sepia, Tesha, Arthur, Anya… .
The inner darkness wriggled. He needed a place to pour out his hatred and anger.
‘f*ck. I wasn’t inviting her to a hotel or something.’
The reason I chose the hotel each time was because I didn’t want any trace of a woman to be found by other partners.
Pain crept into my left shoulder.
Kanion gasped and grabbed his left shoulder. He turned his eyes to the magic circle drawn on the basement floor.
It was a magic circle prepared to summon the spirit of darkness.
‘Revenge. Kill the bastard and his friends.’
There was no way to go back anyway. He gripped the blade of his dagger.
Dark red blood dripped onto the magic circle.
In an instant, the place slowly became dark.
I rubbed my eyes once. It was not an illusion. Darkness spread and engulfed the surroundings.
There was no way that Kanion, who had excellent sensitivity to spirits, would not notice it. It was a dark spirit.
‘You have succeeded in calling the Dark Spirit. And with this much mana… .’
It was at least a senior Dark Spirit. In other words, it means that it could be the spirit king.
-Did you call me?
The spirit’s voice resounded in the narrow basement. Dark red eyes floating in the air were glaring at him.
‘Yeah, if it’s this much magic… . I can take revenge.’
Kania laughed out loud once. Dark spirits have the ability to materialize. Physical harm could also be inflicted through darkness.
“My name is Kanion Amos. I am the elemental sage who summoned you. Give your name and be courteous.”
―This is the dark spirit king, Vergos.
Dark red eyes curved like crescent moons.
“I will make a contract with you. Dark Spirit King Vergos!”
A being made of ice appeared behind Kanion. It was Gartea, a higher level spirit of water and ice.
―Master, the opponent is the spirit of darkness. Unlike elemental spirits, it eats away not only the caster’s magic power but also the soul.
Gartea’s voice came through the transmission.
“Shut up. Gartea. Who told you to show up without even summoning it?”
The spirit had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
“Bergos! I will make a contract with you!”
Bergos grinned.
“The contract has been made.”
A gloomy voice replied. Soon darkness wrapped around Kinion like a snake. At one point, like dizziness, I felt dizzy.
However, a huge power was pulsating throughout her body.
Darkness loomed behind Kanion.
A pitch-black darkness engulfed his left arm. Soon, where the darkness disappeared, a bigger and thicker arm than before appeared.
It was so huge that even the palm of his hand could grab and crush the head.
However, the left arm was tinged with black as if it had been necrotic. Canyon laughed out loud.
Laughter echoed in the basement’s low ceiling.
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Of course, the undead army had other uses besides combat. It’s just tempaming.
“Collect all the adamantium embedded in the shield.”
“I will fulfill your order.”
As soon as the order was given, the guys moved diligently. There was not a single word of reply.
They collected the adamantium embedded in the shield with their daggers. Of course, I also brought all the brass armor.
In my mind, I wanted to put them on and equip them with decent armaments like the Knights, but the armor was all dented or cut, so it seemed impossible.
They were the ones who stopped moving only when they were completely destroyed in the first place. Still, I thought it would be possible to bring it and sell it, so I put it in the shadows.
I decided to share the remaining amount after selling it with Reus and Arthur.
“Adamantium this size could block that much magic?”
Arthur observed Adamantium, which was the size of a thumbnail, with curious eyes.
Adamantium.
It is one of the three rare metals along with orichalcon and arcenite steel.
If Orichalcum is light, soft, and has high magical conductivity, adamantium is heavy, hard, and has the property of blocking magic.
This was the reason why they were called the wizard’s mineral and the warrior’s mineral respectively.
That’s why there is a saying that shields are made of adamantium and staffs are made of orichalcum.
No matter how much it has the property of blocking magic, Arthur seemed to be quite shocked that the dark ore blocked his magic.
“Even at that size, since each of the shield soldiers had their shields, the mana might have been dispersed. More than anything… . They didn’t use magic or magic. It seems that it was designed so that mana or demonic energy would not work in the first place.”
So, instead of being unable to use magic or demonic energy, the watchman himself had high resistance to the opponent’s magical energy or demonic energy.
Arthur blinked his eyes as if wondering.
“Even these days, where magic engineering has developed, it’s the first time I’ve ever heard that magic doesn’t work.”
“It must be an ancient weapon.”
In fact, ancient weapons are correct.
If you make an army with such a guy, there is no answer, but now there is a setting of lost technology.
It is said that a genius dwarf made it.
But Arthur has a way to sweep them. Instead of blue magic, use golden magic.
It says it’s magical power, but the blue color is blocked and the gold color is eaten. It is an obvious main character correction.
anyway.
We shared the adamantium and moved on. I passed a few columns that I could see in the Parthenon.
By the time it was getting dark, we decided to camp. The campfire blazed with a crackling sound.
A few embers scattered into the purple sky.
For dinner, we settled on bread and meat from Arthur’s inventory. I decided to leave the vigil to my undead soldier.
“Ethan, are you… . Is it Odysseus?”
Reus, who had been stirring up the blazing fire, opened his mouth. Perhaps he mistook me for Odysseus.
Greek quirky Odysseus. But I had to pretend I didn’t know.
“What is Odysseus?”
“… It is nothing.”
The guy immediately got up and pulled out a sleeping bag from the subspace. I also covered the sleeping bag I took out of the shadows.
I could see the purple sky full of vision. The purple sky without a single star was desolate.
I slowly closed my eyes.
The next day, after two battles, we were able to reach the huge stone gate.
On both sides of the stone gate, long walls like the Berlin Wall cut across the ground.
It was the entrance to the boss stage.
