193. Tartarus (1)
The city of dwarves, Ironban.
Sepia was stunned with blank eyes. Ethan is gone. I didn’t even know where it had gone or what had happened.
“Ethan… , Where are you going?”
The dwarf who last saw him said that Ethan had pursued the enemy. If so, it meant that Edan, who pursued the enemy, did not return.
Was it because he was pursued by the enemy to become Ethan?
‘It can’t be… .’
It was difficult to imagine Ethan being beaten by someone. Even though I knew that, the thoughts continued biting the tail after tail. Then someone knocked on Sepia’s door.
“Are you in sepia?”
Someone said it, and when I heard the voice, it was Arthur. After permission was given, Arthur cautiously opened the door.
Arthur hesitated on what to offer comforting words.
“sepia… .”
It was Sepia who had been wandering in the underground labyrinth longer than anyone else. Even when the party asked to leave because it was late today, Sepia persuaded everyone and asked them to explore the labyrinth one more time.
He tried to find Edan by wandering around in a radius of several hundred meters around the battlefield. However, Ethan was not found even after six hours of searching.
Sepia let out a short sigh. It felt cramped, as if a heavy stone had been placed on my chest.
“Arthur… . Where did Ethan go?”
Even if you ask Arthur about it, Arthur will not know. If dead, it was normal for a body to be found.
Apart from Sepia’s feelings, this mission was complete.
He dealt with the Church forces hiding in the underground labyrinth and rescued the Dwarf miners who were being held by them.
Now all that was left was to return to Istvan. However, neither Sepia nor Arthur could move their feet easily.
It would have been better if I had seen a dead body.
If a hero or a candidate for a hero was reported missing, he had to report it to the hero’s federation. However, Arthur couldn’t easily get the word out to Sepia. It had been twelve hours since Ethan had disappeared.
“Did you have some sepia dinner?”
Sepia shook her head. I wasn’t hungry.
“Shall I bring some soup?”
“I’m okay… .”
“Okay, I get it. Feel free to text me anytime if you are hungry or have something to say.”
It seemed that she was not feeling well, so Arthur slinked back. I felt like I needed some alone time.
Sepia was again left alone in a deserted room. I wanted to find Edan somehow.
‘How can I find Edan?’
Suddenly, Sepia picked out the things she could do one by one. tracking magic? It was only possible by casting magic from the beginning.
Or should I go into the labyrinth alone and find Ethan?
Sepia sighed and slowly moved her gaze. The stuffy air in the room irritated the lungs. And at the end of that gaze, a book came into view.
It was the magic book, Remegeton.
A sorceress with the supernatural ability to tell the three truths of this world.
‘perhaps… . Could Remegeton tell me where Ethan is?’
As soon as she thought about it, Sepia hurriedly opened Remegeton. Then he wrote on it with a quill pen.
– Lemegeton. I want to know the second truth.
On the white paper, smeared ink permeated and disappeared, and a reply was written on it.
-It’s been a while. Sepia, my master. So what do you want to know?
―Ethan has disappeared.
―Did Ethan disappear…? ?
I wanted to know whether Ethan was alive or dead, and if alive, whether he fell to the ground or rose to the sky. That was all Sepia wanted to know right now.
―So, if Edan is still alive, I want to know more about Edan’s location.
-wait. my master Are you really going to use the second right of truth for something like that?
For Remegeton, it seemed like making a wish in a meaningless place. But to Sepia, Ethan was more precious than anyone else in the world.
-He’s the guy who’ll be back soon. wait. My master lacks faith.
―But I’m so worried… .
I was worried that even if I returned, I would not be seriously injured again. I thought it would be nice if he came back without getting seriously hurt.
-Wait a little longer. my master
-great. Then a day. I’ll wait just one more day.
* * *
devildom.
Helya’s confidant, Astal, took out a red ore from her bosom. While chasing Edan in the labyrinth, he picked up what had fallen on the floor.
Unlike jewels, the red ore was rough in its unprocessed state, but powerful energy was swirling inside the ore.
“Helia-nim, this is Astal.”
Astal approached Helya and knelt on one knee. And he held out the ore he was holding in his hand.
“My master. I would like to dedicate the things I found during my mission to the master.”
“What I picked up during the mission… ? What is it?”
Helya flicked her finger and ore rose into the air. The ore soon landed softly on her palm.
It was an unusual thing even at first glance.
Helya’s eyes twinkled and a smile formed on her lips. Like a skill ball, it was something that might give the user new skills or powers.
Her gut feeling was telling her that.
Helya freed the demon. A strong wind blew as if a typhoon had hit the area.
And as if resonating with the magic, the red gemstone vibrated. Soon, the ore split open and the energy inside it permeated Helya.
pounding.
Helya’s red eyes were dyed a deeper red. Astal, who was watching her from the side, cautiously called the owner’s name.
“Master Helya?”
Right after the aura permeated, demonic energy seeped in all parts of his body. A smile was drawn on the corner of Magi’s mouth, which was so strong that he could not control his strength.
That the ore was an artifact was seemingly guessed. However, he did not know that it would give him such strong magic.
Soon, Helya burst into laughter.
* * *
I swung my sword.
The blood on the blade splattered onto the floor. Ahyeon couldn’t say anything easily with her surprised eyes.
We fought alone, so I think the expression “us” is wrong.
So far, I’ve moved forward, slashing at the hellhounds that came at me.
Of course, the crystal ball was out of order, and all we had to do in this dark and monster-infested place was to keep going.
The number of hellhounds he had caught seemed to be in the triple digits. Ahyeon looked around with tired eyes.
Everywhere you looked, you could easily find the corpses of hounds that had been dismembered or missing limbs.
“Oh My God. The watchmen of Tartarus are strong enough to exceed the Death Knight per individual… .”
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Why do you want to tackle the writer himself when he says that? Yoon Ah-hyun’s reaction seemed to keep appealing because she was afraid that someone might not be the writer.
“Isn’t each Death Knight’s combat power different?”
“But there is such a thing as an average.”
“ah… , yes… .”
I straightened my grip on the holy sword. There was still one hellhound left dozens of steps away.
“Runtar! Please take care of the rest.”
Runthar nodded and created a stream of fire in the air. A blazing stream of fire soon hit the hellhound.
bang!
The explosion made the hellhound roast with a sizzling sound. And Runtar came close to me. In an instant, the surroundings became as quiet as the deep sea.
[master… . Well, it seems that my physical condition has become strange.]
Is it because I’ve been working on it for too long?
I looked at Runthar with worried eyes. Soon, light poured from Runthar’s body.
When the light stopped, Runthar suddenly became a man with red hair.
“Hey, Runthar… ?”
Soon, Runthar’s laughter echoed around.
[master! finally! Finally, I became the Spirit King!]
Contrary to their worries, Runtar was promoted from a higher spirit to a spirit king. Unable to contain his joy, Runthar flew through the air like Peter Pan and poured out flames.
“Wow… . Great!”
Suddenly, a big smile hung on my lips. Finally, Runtar became the Spirit King?
From the day I first signed a contract with Runtar until now, the days I had suffered passed by like a panorama.
It was Runtar who spent a lot of time together besides the battle on Arvia Island and the battle on Atlon.
[Ugh! hahahahaha! Finally, the spirit king! Beyond the previous spirit king, I inherited the throne!]
Really, are you really Runtar, who was like Tia’s lower spirit?
“Wow… , only one year The real heart becomes magnificent.”
“Wait a minute, did you become the Spirit King?”
I decided to ignore Yoon Ah-hyun’s voice. Also, it was clear that there would be blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
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Just as expected.
“Nonsense. In order to become the Elemental King, at least a hundred years based on the Elf Elementalist… ”
No one listened properly, but Yoon Ah-hyun recited the setting diligently. Either way, I congratulated Runthar.
[The best choice in my life is to sign a contract with Master Edan! This Runthar! I will protect Master even at the risk of my life!]
Runthar flew around me and laughed loudly. Then he landed softly beside me and shouted.
[master! Hurry up and call Letea!]
“Why Letea… ? Are you trying to brag?”
As if asking why he asked such an obvious thing, Runthar nodded. Eventually, I called Letea. I didn’t want to pour cold water on myself today.
The surroundings seemed to get cold for a while, and then Letea appeared.
[Master, what’s going on… ?]
Soon, Letea met Runthar’s eyes and narrowed her eyes. Runthar was now in human form, just like her.
In other words, he became the king of spirits.
[Can you see it! Letea! This body has undergone super-high-speed upgrades in just one year! In the end, he rose to the position of the Spirit King!]
Seeing Runtar like that, Letea smiled.
[Put! cute. Do you really like being the King of Spirits?]
[This body only took a year to become the Spirit King! Letea, you said it took 70 years, right?]
Why are you arguing over something like that?
Well, in the meantime, Letea teased Runthar a lot about not being a spirit king.
[Yes, anyway. I was promoted faster.]
[Now, such trivial provocations do not work for this ‘Spirit King’ Runtar.]
Then I heard footsteps and turned my head.
A woman was walking slowly in the dark. It was a woman with silver hair and red eyes.
And the woman was shedding a huge sense of intimidation, enough to make her nervous just by approaching him.
