Episode 127
Episode 127
The gigantic ‘wraith’, who pondered for a while with his words blurred, answered.
-I do not know.
“You don’t know?”
Jeron frowned and asked back.
It is said to be a being made up of residual thoughts, but not knowing its name when it was alive was beyond the scope of understanding. However, when the gigantic ‘wraith’ spoke in a slightly confusing voice, I felt like I had a rough idea of what he was talking about.
-Once again, I am a residual thought. It’s just a lump of memories. The memories I had during my lifetime and in my soul until the last moment are who I am now. So, if ‘I’ don’t remember, I don’t know either.
“So, the act of remembering thoughts and expressing emotions are also natural phenomena based on memory?”
-Yes.
As the huge ‘ghosts’ nodded, Jeron realized why the ‘ghosts’ looked like criminals from ‘Detective COX’.
‘You have been worn away by time and have forgotten yourself.’
‘Ghosts’ must have existed in the dungeon for a long time. Both alive and dead, he was bound by the dungeon’s core and could not gain freedom.
I couldn’t imagine how horrible and painful that time must have been.
It was enough to make me forget my own existence. Even though the spiritual body has disappeared and exists as residual thoughts, the memory has not disappeared. So, they wanted to gain freedom by removing the dungeon’s core.
Even at this very moment, as Jeron was asking, the face of the gigantic ‘wraith’ was distorted in pain. Nevertheless, I couldn’t help but ask.
Because I didn’t resolve my suspicions about the giant ‘ghost’ until a little while ago.
‘It’s good to be sure.’
If anything happens, it is his responsibility from then on.
This is because the person responsible for removing the dungeon’s core was Xeron.
If it turns into an incident big enough to affect the continent, the Viscounty of Perian will not be able to avoid it either. So I had to be as careful and suspicious as possible.
Jeron stretched and stood up.
“Please tell me how to remove the dungeon core.”
-Just stick your hand into the core of the dungeon and dismantle the power.
“I like it because it’s simple. “What about compensation?”
-Once you remove the dungeon’s core, it will appear in front of you.
“It’s nice that the ending is neat.”
Jeron didn’t quite understand what he meant by appearing in front of him, but he didn’t ask. It doesn’t matter if it’s a lie. The real reason he came back was because of the energy spreading around the dungeon’s core.
‘At first, I thought the core was being drained to maintain the dungeon.’
Reverberations of mana remained throughout the dungeon. However, when I came to the ‘wraith’ area, the mana became noticeably thicker. She thought it was the core’s defense system, but it wasn’t.
It should have been oxidized to nature, as if the remaining thoughts were bound to the dungeon’s core and became ‘wraiths’, but they could not, so it was the remaining mana that was left behind.
The remaining mana did not circulate for a long time and became cloudy.
no.
The correct word was that it was tainted. In normal cases, the remaining mana could not be used, so you would have to wait for it to dissipate naturally or purify it with the help of the church, but Jeron had a martial art called magic attack that specialized in handling the evil energy.
Even though it was said that the reverse blood magic gong did not follow the method of Sima Dao Dao, it was a clear fact that the fundamental magic was magic. So it was worth a try at least once.
-Go quickly.
The huge ‘wraith’ couldn’t contain his excitement at the fact that he might be freed from the dungeon’s shackles and be liberated forever, so he urged Jeron.
The other ‘ghosts’ seemed to have vaguely sensed this as well and began to gather one by one, creating a white wave. It was a gloomy sight that gave me goosebumps. However, if you listen to the conversation between the ‘ghosts’, there is no other comedy like this.
-hey. hey. Really? They say you can really remove the core?
-Would I be human if I knew that?
-You crazy guy! Since you don’t know that, you must be a ‘ghost’!
-uh? That’s right.
There were also ‘ghosts’ who had these conversations.
-ah. I want to eat hot stew.
-You got stew here.
There were also ‘ghosts’ who had conversations like that.
-The innkeeper’s daughter was so pretty.
-You have trouble standing up in the morning, right?
-Let’s take a look today!
-OK! It’s time to settle the fight from a hundred years ago!
There were also ‘ghosts’ who fought needlessly.
Their faces were blurry and white enough that I could only tell that their features existed, but for some reason they seemed excited.
‘Do you have hope?’
Jeron was lost in deep thought.
If they had not come this far, the ‘ghosts’ would continue to live as residual thoughts tied to the core of the dungeon.
no.
Can we say that they are alive?
‘Ghosts’ were ‘clumps of memories’ left behind after even the soul disappeared. It is difficult to say that such a being is alive. But they laugh, talk, and suffer like living creatures.
Even Jeron, who had experienced all kinds of mysteries, found it difficult to say for sure.
‘Erdin. ‘What if it were you?’
Jeron wanted to ask if Erdin was here.
I thought he would give a different answer than me.
* * *
Erdin had a dream.
It was only natural to realize that this was a dream.
Because just a few seconds ago, I was fighting Bahur.
‘Where am I?’
Erdin looked everywhere. It was a space painted pitch black. All I could see was pitch black darkness. I walked forward slowly. The darkness was endless. Even though I ran, there was only darkness.
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It’s an unpleasant space. My whole body becomes increasingly heavy, as if it is being engulfed in darkness. You shouldn’t stay here forever. I felt like I would never return to reality again. You have to get out as quickly as possible.
‘Where should I go?’
I ran with all my might, but I couldn’t escape. Then, at one point, a soft light like fog appeared and a person’s back was visible.
I could tell who it was even without seeing their face.
“Mr. Jeron?”
It was a familiar light.
It was the back of Jeron that I always looked at from behind.
“Jeron!”
Erdin smiled brightly and ran away.
It was so close that you could touch it if you stretched out your hand.
Jeron stood still, motionless, as if he hadn’t heard his cries. But for some reason, the distance did not narrow.
I was embarrassed, but I ran over and called Jeron again.
“Jeron!”
There was urgency in his voice. When there was no response this time, I bit her lip. At that moment, Jeron’s back began to move away little by little.
I call him again.
He asks me where I’m going and yells at me not to go.
“ah… … !”
Jeron was seen walking into the hazy darkness. The thought that even if she stretched out her hand she would never be able to reach Jeron’s back, she felt extreme despair, isolation, and loneliness.
The moment Erdin’s knee touched the ground, Jeron stopped.
Then he looks back and says:
“Yumma.”
“… … !”
“What are you doing and not following me?”
The moment Jeron finished speaking, my vision went dark.
* * *
“… … .”
Erdin slowly opened his eyes. I saw an unfamiliar ceiling. I feel a soft bed supporting my back. She stood up, removing the soft blanket that covered her body. Since I woke up unconsciously, all I did was stand up. However, the aftermath was not something that could be resolved through unconsciousness.
“Ugh!”
My whole body is throbbing and in pain. no. It wasn’t at a throbbing level. It hurt like I had been hacked to pieces. My legs felt weak and I sat down on the bed.
I slowly raised my hand and spread my palm. She was shaking.
The hand that stuck its finger into Bahur’s chest does not move. It didn’t seem like it was broken, but it seemed like it would take some time to recover. Not only the hands but the body itself was in bad condition. I need to do nothing and rest for a few days.
‘Anyway, I managed to survive.’
I saw Jeron at the last moment. So her tension went away and she lost her mind. Seeing her alive and well, I was able to guess Bahur’s final fate, even though I couldn’t see it with my own eyes.
“I really want it. “Please come a little earlier.”
Erdin grumbled. But it wasn’t resentment. It was just a simple complaint. This was possible because the opponent was Jeron.
Squeak.
“uh? Mr. Erdin, are you awake?”
The door opened and Malcolm came in. He spots Erdin sitting on the bed and approaches him with anger. In his hand was a bowl of stew.
Growling.
The moment the smell of stew hit my nostrils, my stomach rocked violently.
“eat. Eat quickly. “Because you’re going to be very hungry.”
“Thank you!”
Erdin blushed and took the bowl of stew and ate it hungrily. The quantity was quite large. It was three times the amount eaten by an average adult male. But it wasn’t enough. The hunger wasn’t going away.
“How many days has it been?”
“few days?”
Malcolm blinked. Erdin asked back carefully.
“uh… So how many weeks? one month?”
“What are you talking about.”
Malcolm said with a chuckle.
“Not long ago. Approximately 3 hours? I guess about 4 hours have passed? Can you see outside the window? It’s night now. “Mr. Erdin came to his senses very early.”
Erdin looked out the window and nodded.
“Then my… “What about Aaron?”
“I don’t know either.”
Malcolm spoke again as Erdin looked embarrassed.
“no. I’m not kidding, I really don’t know. Brother Aaron gave Erdin some first aid and told me to take him to a safe place, so I quickly got out of the dungeon. I felt like it would be a distraction if I stayed there. Then he appeared a moment later and said he had some business to attend to, and that he wished Mr. Erdin well, and he went back into the dungeon. “I said it would take about a day at the most, so if you wait, he will come back.”
“hmm. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I’m guessing he’ll come back on his own.”
“yes! That’s it!”
Malcolm smiled brightly and clapped.
Erdin also stopped worrying about Jeron and asked for more stew.
* * *
“Hitch!”
Jeron wiped away the snot with his hand.
-Do you have a cold?
“That’s not true, I think someone is talking about me… … .”
-… … ?
“Anyway, there is something like that.”
The giant ‘wraith’ nodded and looked at the core of the dungeon with a nervous face. The moment will soon come when you will break free from bondage and gain freedom. There was no time to worry about anything else.
“Then let me begin.”
Jeron reached into the dungeon’s core.
Puzzle-!
The barrier spread around the core was activated. A magnetic field was formed to prevent Xeron from approaching. The power of the royal wizard who created the dungeon seemed truly extraordinary, befitting a time when people lived in harmony with mythology.
It was so strong that my skin would have been scorched if I hadn’t been wearing a shield.
‘I can’t believe it’s this strong even after thousands of years have passed.’
I can’t imagine how powerful he must have been when he was alive.
Zeron twitched the corner of his mouth and neutralized the magnetic field.
yet.
The moment I accessed the Dungeon Core’s main system, my eyes widened.
“uh?”
fantasy,
