Chapter 172
Episode 172
[Notice: Secrets of the Forgotten Territory Reveal Hidden Locations!]
[Notice: Dimensional Key’s effect will expire!]
[Remaining Time: 4 minutes 43 seconds… 4 minutes 38 seconds… ]
[Reminder: Enter Hidden Street and purify the twisted portal!]
Damian passed through the portal leaving the system message in front of him behind. As I passed the round oval-shaped shimmering aura, the dark purple space began to change completely as if it had never been like that.
Centered around a circular plaza with light streaming in from the ceiling, old waterways intertwined like a labyrinth, and four huge water gates built in all four directions.
And the blue water that was flowing leisurely in the distance was falling down the drop of the sluice gate, which seemed to be several tens of meters long, and let out the sound of breaking water.
“What is this place?”
“…waterfall?”
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!
Just looking up at it was enough to call it a superb view, and a scene so far away that they couldn’t even guess how much water was pouring from the floodgates was unfolding in front of their eyes.
[Notice: New terrain information has been obtained!]
[Current location: Shantalia Ruins] [Notification:
New
location information has been updated!]
“How could a structure like this exist under Crescent Point?”
As the system’s insipid voice resounded, Ser Kim and Yui Jing tilted their heads.
It was a system message announcing the new location.
As if it was just a dream that they were in the old castle Agilante, there was not even a hint of the Forgotten Tower where Damian and his party were standing.
“Santalia Ruins. It is a type of ancient aqueduct that existed before the ancient castle Agilante was built. It is speculated that it was used not only as a breakwater to block waves, but also as a fishing route in the form of hunting fish that came in through a maze-like waterway. Margrave Akrasia Yu is said to have built his own castle on top of this historic site after expanding and reconstructing it. ”
“aha…?”
Poof!
Eventually, as Damian looked around the colossal waterway reminiscent of a city and chanted in a low voice, the heads of the party began to move along with his gaze.
“I don’t think we need to look far this time.”
“…?”
At the same time, Damian fixed his gaze on one spot and smiled at the same time.
“That’s…”
As Damian chinned toward the circular plaza surrounded by floodgates, the group’s heads began to move towards one place as if possessed.
It was a whitish figure reflected through the stone structures rising like high-rise buildings.
At first glance, the things wriggling from far away look like bugs, and when you see them in a dark form, they look like waste water from a sewer.
However, it didn’t take much time to notice that it was a kind of mana reaction, not a living creature.
Twisted Portal.
An arched stone structure about three meters high, erected above the circular plaza, stood in the middle of the circular plaza.
“I finally found you.”
“It took a long time.”
Woo woo woo woo!
As the sound of the wind flowed from the circular square, Viole and Gomatak spat out a short podium.
It was the gloomy echo they had heard before.
The sound became more and more clear each time we went down towards the forgotten land of Beecheo, the bottom of the old castle Agilante.
And as soon as I got down on the floor like a checkerboard of 100 pyeong, the sound I heard when the guy who had the key to the dimension was attacked.
Silky, the place where they were standing was the top of one of the four sluice gates, and although it was quite far from the circular square, none of the party did not hear the gloomy sound coming from the twisted portal.
That was also because the grotesque sound was gradually echoing to such an extent that not only the round square, but even the sound of the falling waterfall felt like noise.
“Now—you worked really hard to get here. I thought they would tear each other apart if they were unlucky, but fortunately they didn’t. The warped portal probably didn’t have room for that. Seeing that it doesn’t look that good at first glance, it seems that saving time in Phase 2 was quite a blow to him.”
match!
As Damian clapped his hands and turned around, the group’s gaze returned to him. The arched door, which trembled as if something was going to pour out at any moment, was engulfed in black light enough to tell at a glance that it was contaminated.
Although the appearance was no different from the warp gates at the top of Leafre built in numerous cities, the crystals slowly rotating on the stone pillars on both sides radiated a thick aura with dark purple mist.
In addition, since the aura flowed down and turned most of the floor of the circular plaza into a puddle of mud, it goes without saying that the level of contamination of the twisted portal had already progressed considerably.
Right now, they didn’t show any abnormal reaction, just pouring out a dark purple aura, but since the twisted portal was completely engulfed, it was because it was difficult for any of them to guess when and how the sudden phenomenon would occur.
“As you may have guessed, the final phase of the twisted portal is to break the magic stones on either side of the gate to stop their function. As it is engulfed by the energy of the other world, it boasts a small amount of shield and a lot of blood, but there is nothing that can’t be broken if there is no interference. Of course, if you have a certain level of penetration, you should be able to defeat it without too much difficulty with the magic stone’s durability.”
“Huh…”
“I don’t think it’ll be that hard if it’s as Damian said.”
As Damian raised his index finger again and continued the explanation, Yuijing and Ser Kim nodded with their eyes shining.
In fact, it seemed like crossing the ridge of the arm.
A wave of dimensional monsters that appeared from the Great Hall.
A secret wife of a forgotten territory hiding a gimmick that you wouldn’t even dare to venture into.
The level of Phase 1 and Phase 2 they had been through could be said to be something that would not be dared to be done in normal cases, but as long as Damian was present, their party could not be said to be normal.
This was the reason why the party didn’t get nervous even though the contamination progress of the twisted dimension had already been irreversibly stained.
It was because the existence of a guide, which can be said to be the basic of the expedition, and the circumstantial assumptions and investigations of the phases that lurk in each phase were already virtually omitted due to Damian.
“I don’t think the distance is too far.”
I’m going to go to the middle of the day!
While Damian was looking over the circular plaza, Viole pulled her crossbow and set it down on the floor.
At the same time, the slowly drawn bowstring was a bonus.
Even at a cursory estimate from where they were standing to the circular plaza, it was so faint that it seemed to be several kilometers, but seeing that they were pulling the strings regardless of the sad scenery, it didn’t seem that far away to him.
Soon, white steam soared from Violle’s whole body, and at the moment when his angry muscles were twitching dynamically, a ray of light stood in the eyes of Ser Kim and his party.
[Ranger]
[Piercing Arrow]
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo of course of that of Piercing Arrow of all kinds of Piercing Arrows
< Piercing Arrow >.
The terrifying bombardment added with the fearsome attack power of < +11 Blue Wind and Moon >, the exclusive patent of Olhim Ranger Viole, flew precisely toward the twisted dimension gate.
– Burger is also Burger King: Viole! Violet! Violet! Violet! Violet! Violet!
– Miran is a princess: Wow ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha – I’m sorry I dragged it to
show you this Is that the power that can come from a ranger? The real Violet is a legend
– a dog that barks in admiration: Whoa! Wow wow wow! kong! I’m sorry! Kreureu… bruised! Whoops! kkong kkong kkong!!!
– The chicken is also the wife’s house: Ah hahaha Actually, it was a cannon, not an arrow hahaha
– Ruinous nickname: (A corn that almost freaks out the goddess)
– Yangjeong clicmi: No;;; Teacher, why are you bombing because you want to destroy the magic stone?
– I believe Junpyo: How much damage did Piercing Arrow do?!
– This is Yeriella: ㅁㅋㅋ To be honest, it’s more amazing that I raised it to +11 than that lol
….
pass ss ss!
As Viole’s piercing arrow shook the round square and exploded, chatter in the live streaming window began to rise simultaneously.
Looking at it again, the thrill was as strong as a day.
As the chat window said, it would never be thought of as an arrow, so it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was an artillery bombardment.
However, unlike the loud explosion, the reason why Viole suddenly narrowed her eyes and hardened her face was not just because the distorted portal was difficult to see due to the dust that exploded with the explosion.
[Twisted Dimensional Gate]
HP: ■■■■■■■■■■
The system window that popped up before his eyes had informed him of the vibrancy of the twisted Dimensional Gate to the point where the piercing arrow was indistinct.
“Uh… I forgot to tell you one thing. That’s pretty close to zero damage for ranged attacks over a certain distance. This is all the more so because the twisted dimension gate is in the form of a building, and it is an established theory in the academic world that the energy of the other world that surrounds it is actually unmoved by tolerable physical force. Of course, it wouldn’t matter if it was a large-scale wide-area magic with enough power to blow up the entire dungeon.”
Woo woo woo!
As Damian spoke, the twisted portal wriggled once.
Yes, that bleak sound was a bonus.
At first, something like a haze shimmered around the twisted dimension door, but eventually it took on a certain shape and rose above the dimension gate.
Soon after, the fact that it was floating in the air, drawing a parabola as if it were a ghost, made everyone except Damian goosebumps.
“ghost…?”
It was also because something that had risen from the twisted portal was roaming the air, letting out a continuous wail as if it were trying to find them.