Episode 116: Iron Trial (2)
-you… … .
Mira opened her mouth. It was a voice as dry as a desert sandstorm.
-How did you get in here? How did you operate the engine? No, even if the organ had been activated, there would have been no way to break the seal?
Mira’s eyes turned to Damien’s wrist and noticed the Erebos tattoo drawn there.
-You… … !
Mira’s pupils grew even wider. Her skinny face twisted.
-How come you have this! Among us, she is the only one who knows the location of the main body!
Damian strained his hand to pull his arm free. But Mira’s grip was stronger than she thought.
-i get it! That woman betrayed me! I knew this day would come someday! She shouldn’t have accepted that woman!
Mira shouted, glaring at Damian.
-You fool! Do you know what that thing is?! Do not use it carelessly! Don’t let it see the light! This is something that should be kept hidden in the dark forever!
Damien narrowed his eyebrows. I couldn’t understand what Mira was talking about.
What was certain was that Mira was not friendly towards him.
-Destruction will come soon! The whole world will be plunged into darkness!
Mira’s eyes glowed red.
-Now that it is like this, I will take it! I will prevent destruction with its power!
Muscles extended from the mummy’s chest and covered the sculpture of Erebos.
A huge amount of black magic exploded around Mira.
The aftermath sent Damian flying backwards. Damian immediately got into position and landed.
“What’s going on?”
Damian looked straight ahead with an expression of incomprehension.
Mira was standing up. Every time she extended her joints she made a clicking sound.
“Hey, it’s because I don’t understand the situation. “Why don’t we start with the full statement?”
-I mean, give it up quickly!
“It’s not a situation worth talking about.”
It was when Damian was about to open the subspace and take out the Cheonri Sword.
Black particles began to gather around Mira. Soon, a smooth sphere was created.
Dozens of spheres circled around the mummy. Every time the sphere touched, the stone walls and floor were chipped away.
It was not dark magic, but the power of corrosion.
“You want to use the piece as a power source?”
The piece of Erebos was a mass of enormous power.
Those who obtained the fragment gained tremendous power and were able to use the power of Erebos.
One time, a village farmer who was farming got his hands on a piece of Erebos and fatally injured High Class.
But the price was too great. The person who used the Piece of Erebos not only lost all reason, but also lost his life before being able to last a day.
“There is no way with a thousand li sword.”
Because Damian was chosen by Erebos, he was safe from the power of corrosion.
But Cheonri Sword was not like that. Damian’s infusion of magic gave it resistance to corrosion, but it was not complete.
In particular, it was clear that if it touched even a little bit of that black sphere, it would be ruined.
Damian closed the subspace again. And Erebos was realized.
As soon as she saw Erebos, Mira’s face became even more distorted.
-Are you saying you won’t just hand it over?
When Mira stretched out her hand towards Damian, a black sphere shot towards Damian.
Damian’s eyes were busy. He read the trajectories of all the spheres and found the optimal route to block them.
Damian was about to swing his spear.
Suddenly the sphere dispersed like smoke. Not just some, but all spheres disappeared at once.
“huh?”
-What is this… … .
Mira looked down at her chest with a surprised face. She was turning gray from where the piece was embedded.
-Oh, no… … no… … ! It can’t be like this… … ! For me… … I have a mission… … !
The entire body instantly turned gray. It soon disappeared without a trace.
There were only pieces lying where the mummy had been.
“There was no real soul left, but a thought form.”
Damian, who was looking at the scene from afar, spoke briefly.
The lingering feelings left behind when an intelligent creature dies are called thought forms.
The stronger your attachments were, and the more outstanding your abilities were in life, the stronger your thought form became.
“It’s a thought form to the point that I mistake it for a soul… … .”
He was probably a master class or better when he was alive.
But no matter how strong it was, the thought form was just a thought form.
The piece of Erebos was as powerful as it was expensive. It was not something that a thought form could handle.
So, as soon as the power of the piece was used, it disappeared.
“Why did such a great person die in a place like this?”
Damian, who was thinking about Mira, recalled what he had said.
“I said that using Erebos would lead to destruction.”
It was something I had never heard before in my previous life.
Dorgo, who collected the pieces of Erebos, also never once mentioned destruction.
“There is no need to seriously listen to things like thought forms.”
The thought form was like a remnant of the original and did not have proper intelligence.
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As such, there was nothing more foolish than taking his words seriously.
Above all, when Damian used Erebos in the past, he never felt any strange signs.
“Besides, Erebos is safer if I carry it with me than if I hide it.”
Damian wasn’t the only one collecting Erebos.
Dorgo must also be using his forces to collect the pieces of Erebos.
In fact, wasn’t the hilt of the Erebos sword that Damian had found from a group of warlocks serving Dorgo?
Even if Erebos was hidden, Dorgo was sure to find it somehow.
It would have been much better for Damian to own Erebus than for it to be misused by Dorgo.
“Still, it’s better to remain vigilant.”
The lesson Damien learned from his past life was to always be prepared.
A little carelessness can lead to a fatal mistake, and that mistake can ruin everything.
“If there is even the slightest sign of danger, I will take action.”
If Mira’s words are true, Erebos could not only bring about destruction but also prevent it.
Considering Damian’s talent and the power of Erebos, any dangerous event could have been prevented in advance.
“Erebos, absorb.”
Damian held out the handle of Erebos toward the piece.
The piece turned liquid-like and stuck to the broken blade.
When you find a piece, it is automatically restored and takes shape. Thanks to this, I didn’t have to find the pieces in order.
“Now it looks a bit like a weapon.”
The days were only slightly longer, but they looked more menacing. It now has the appearance of a weapon.
Damian transformed Erebos back into a tattoo.
“What is this again?”
There was a ring lying where the piece had been.
Judging from the material, it seemed to be made by carving the bones of some living creature. There was an unidentifiable pattern engraved in the center.
Judging from the fact that it maintained its shape despite the corrosion, it was not an ordinary object.
It was time for Damian to reach for the ring. Suddenly the entire space began to shake.
He quickly took the ring and ran out.
As soon as Damian came out, the stone walls and floor began to grow mushrooms, completely filling the space.
Damian couldn’t help but be surprised by the sight.
“It wasn’t a cave, but the space was expanded using magic.”
The space where the mummy was was similar to subspace. By widening the gap in space, a place that could not have existed originally was created.
Needless to say, it was a very high level magic. Even the Grand Wizard couldn’t use this kind of magic.
“There is no way a priest could use such advanced magic, and someone else used it… … .”
It was a time when Damian was in trouble.
The iron wall surrounding the trial center rotated. The place that was the entrance to the space was covered with a steel wall.
The entrance in the ceiling opened. Light poured in and the faces of Cheongyeom and Seonghwang were seen.
“Lord Damien!”
Cheongyeom shouted with a happy expression on his face.
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“I-I’m just wondering what to do with this…” … .”
Malta was at a loss as the iron door would not open.
“Originally, this would have allowed us to intervene in the agency… … .”
The engine could be activated by controlling the intensity of the knocking on the iron door.
The problem was that this method of operation did not work now.
“Did I touch it wrongly during repairs last time? Or is it because it’s so old that the parts are broken?”
Malta was deep in thought as she circled around the iron gate.
At that time, something fell from the sky. An old man was holding an old woman in his arms.
It was bright and crowded.
“Malta! I heard that Sir Damian is trapped in the Crucible! “What do you mean!”
As soon as he got off Cheongyeom’s arms, Seonghwang shouted to Malta.
While the two were chatting for a long time, they heard the news that Damien was trapped in the ordeal.
Because it was an urgent matter, Cheongyeom came rushing here with great success.
“Well, that is…” … .”
Malta’s face hardened. Since Malta was the first to propose the Iron Trial, it could not avoid responsibility for this matter.
“What on earth is wrong with the institution?” … No matter how much I manipulate it, it won’t open… … .”
“I’m saying that now… … Get out of the way. “I will destroy it!”
The testing ground was a place created by dwarves using their vision.
It was so difficult to break that a middle-class Auror could barely break it if he bombarded it all day.
However, it was different when it came to the Auror Blade used by the Master.
“Oh, no! This institution is a treasure created by our ancestors!”
“People are trapped now, is that even a thing? “If you don’t get out of the way, I won’t let you go!”
It was time for Cheongyeom to yell.
The iron door slowly began to open with the sound of metal fitting together.
The three quickly headed to the entrance. I looked down and saw Damian Haxen standing there.
“Lord Damien!”
Seonghwang smiled brightly and shouted.
Damian lightly kicked the ground, came up, and dusted off his clothes.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Fortunately, nothing happened.”
Seonghwang breathed a sigh of relief at Damian’s words.
“What on earth happened?”
“I don’t know either. “This is what happened when I put a dagger made of rare metal into the groove according to the iron test.”
Damian gave up the joke.
The situation was too complicated to explain. In times like these, it was best to pretend not to know.
In any case, the space where the mummy was located has already been destroyed, so even if you investigate, you won’t be able to find it.
“There has never been an accident like this before… … .”
Seonghwang looked back at Malta and said.
“Malta, we will ban the use of the Iron Crucible for the time being. “I need to send my craftsmen to thoroughly investigate the cause of this incident.”
“yep! All right! “I’ll call the craftsmen right away!”
Malta shouted loudly and tried to run away. Malta was such a success.
“Malta, why are you going? “Don’t you have other things to do?”
“Yes, yep? What are you saying… … .”
“Shouldn’t we give the Spiritual Holy Sword to Sir Damian as promised?”
Malta’s face hardened at those words.
“There was a minor accident, but Sir Damian passed the iron ordeal on his own.”
“Well, that’s… … .”
“I will leave the investigation into the cause of the incident to another craftsman, and you can quickly go keep your promise.”
Malta hesitated and spoke to Seonghwang.
“Your Holiness, no matter what, a spirit-level holy sword… … .”
Seonghwang glared at Malta without saying a word. Malta broke into a cold sweat due to the strange feeling of intimidation.
Malta slowly looked back at Damian. I spoke to Damian with a very earnest face.
“Sir, can’t I replace it with a high-grade holy sword?”
Damian snorted at those words.
“Please don’t talk nonsense.”
