Chapter 185
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A knock was heard again.
When there was no response, he knocked again.
“Is anyone inside?”
A voice was heard.
A voice I hear for the first time in my life.
It was something businesslike and dry.
“I came from the International Tamers Association. Shin Ha-yul Mr. Are you inside?”
Certainly, I had heard in advance that the Tamer Association would visit for an inspection in the near future.
Looking at the circumstances, the auditor of the real tamer association is correct.
“Shin Ha-yul?”
But no.
This man is not the auditor of the Tamers Association.
Miho’s sharp gaze, his momentum, proved the man’s true identity.
‘… … Shadow.’
The man knocking on the door right now is Shadow, an executive of the Black Mage Tower.
“hmm.”
The man let out a nasal sound as if he was troubled by the continued unresponsiveness.
The feeling that it might be good is conveyed as it is.
“… … You’re in trouble.”
Even in his monologue, a troubled expression comes out dripping.
Even though I knew it was acting, I couldn’t find the slightest suspicion. To that extent, Shadow’s acting was perfect.
‘… … Let’s start by contacting Captain Charles and my father.’
Fortunately, Shadow doesn’t seem to have any intention of taking a coercive action.
While I was wary of the shadow outside the door, I operated my phone with one hand.
[Shadow Surprise Help]
I entered text briefly so that only the doctor could be conveyed as quickly as possible.
‘If my father flew by himself, he could be here in 3 minutes. Captain Charles will be nearby, he should be able to come in a minute. If you hold out until then… … .’
With that thought in mind, I entered my father’s and Captain Charles’ numbers and pressed send.
however.
“… … what?”
[Could not send message.]
My message never reached my father or Captain Charles.
‘Outside?’
It was the same with the walkie-talkie that I had received without knowing.
It was just crackling, and there was no contact whatsoever.
Radio waves are completely blocked.
“You are quick-witted.”
An electric current ran through my back.
Cold sweat broke out along with chills.
“As expected, my eyes weren’t wrong.”
A voice heard earlier in the depths of Faelian.
A distorted voice, unidentifiable as male or female, resounded coldly.
“Finally found.”
A voice full of joy.
At that moment, the inside of my room started to turn black.
Just as black food spreads in an instant on pure white Korean paper, my room was instantly eroded by the shadows.
“Didn’t you say you’d see me again soon?”
The front door eroded by the shadows swelled like bubblegum.
And from there, a man covered in shadow, Shadow, appeared.
“Nice to meet you again. God’s rate.”
the man laughed
Because the entire face was covered in shadow, I couldn’t see the expression, but I could say it.
The man is smiling as brightly as he can right now.
As if responding to the man’s emotions, the surrounding shadows tremble with joy.
“hmm. Are you saying you don’t want to answer? I’m sorry. This is because I missed you so much that I even left my place of work to find you.”
Beyond the modulated voice, the emotion of joy is transmitted as it is.
This man is currently in high spirits.
“… … What do you think?”
With Miho standing in front of me, I set my mana so that I could fight right away.
perfect foreplay.
If he showed even the slightest suspicious movement, the tension was raised to the limit so that this side could move right away.
“To use such large-scale magic in the middle of Korea. Are you even going to commit suicide?”
“joy. It is impossible to detect my magic. The proof is that no one is coming to help you right now.”
This man, Shadow’s magic, specializes in hiding something.
That’s why even though Obelisk Academy used such large-scale magic, there was no response. Because no one noticed the shadow’s magic.
“It must be right now. But it’s not long. It doesn’t matter how good your shadow magic is. Here is Korea. Among them, the Obelisk Academy dormitory boasts the highest level of security. Within three minutes, you will definitely be caught.”
“You have a lot of confidence in the barriers of this dormitory.”
“Because it is trustworthy.”
No matter how much Shadow’s magic boasts excellent concealment power, magic remains the same.
And as long as he’s a magician, he can’t avoid the magic detection technique of Obelisk Academy.
The barriers installed here, at the Obelisk Academy, are that strong.
“okay. Admit it. The magic formulas installed in this dormitory are considerable. It is impossible for me to ignore it anytime.”
Shadow chuckled.
The feeling of being very happy comes through unfiltered.
“But how is that? Three minutes is more than enough time to kill you.”
“… … well. Do you think I can last less than three minutes?”
If I were alone, I wouldn’t have lasted even 30 seconds, let alone 3 minutes.
Because I couldn’t properly respond to Shadow’s magic, which was in a dying state before.
‘But I have Miho.’
A nine-tailed fox who controls the soul and eats fallen things.
It’s not impossible to hold on for 3 minutes as long as he’s there.
“Let’s see where you are. Like back then, your magic. We will completely erase it.”
His words and expression were pretending to be relaxed, but cold sweat was pouring down his back like rain.
“I will completely erase it… … is it. Kuk-kuk.”
The atmosphere is heavy.
I was so nervous that one second felt like one minute.
“If you play more than this, I think Satan will be really angry.”
At that time, Shadow suddenly said something out of the blue.
“It’s a joke.”
Raise both hands and make a gesture of surrender.
“I’m not here specifically to kill you.”
“… … .”
My eyes grew even sharper.
I have no intention of being vigilant about such nonsense.
Far from being careless, my senses became even sharper.
“Think calmly. Do you think he would have invaded Obelisk Academy like this openly if he had intended to kill you? Are there better opportunities out there?”
“… … .”
I actually thought it was weird.
Why did you aim for me at this timing?
You can aim for when you go outside or during training, but why did you aim for the timing at the most heavily guarded Obelisk Academy?
It was a choice that could not be understood by common sense.
“I’m here now to give you trust. I’m aiming for the timing when you’re in the safest place, at least when you can listen to me.”
“… … Are you saying you want to talk to me?”
“okay.”
The darkness that covered Shadow’s face slowly lifted.
It’s not just the shadows covering the face. The shadows covering the body began to disappear altogether.
“I have come to offer you a deal.”
Disarm and show what you see.
Is that also a sign of trust?
“I will give you all the information I know about the Black Mage Tower.”
My eyes widened in astonishment.
Handing over all the information about the Black Mage Tower?
Information that the executive level knows?
“In exchange for that information, all I want is… … .”
Shadow lowered his gaze and looked at the nine-tailed fox in front of me.
“My strength. It is the disappearance of the shadows.”
“Shadow… … extinction?”
My head got complicated at once.
* * *
‘Three days would be enough time to think.’
‘I’ll contact you again in three days.’
‘Then see you later. God’s rate.’
‘… … Think carefully. It will never hurt you.’
Shadow left those words and disappeared in an instant.
Just as the darkness disappears as the sun rises, the shadows that engulfed my room disappeared in an instant.
“Did the shadow master make that suggestion?”
“uh. What do you think the purpose is?”
After Shadow disappeared, I went straight back to Mimir’s room.
Then, I told Mimir what had just happened and asked for his opinion.
“You asked me to extinguish the shadow… … .”
Mimir’s expression was quite serious.
As if he had a lot of thoughts, he put his hand on his chin and was lost in thought.
“The trap is… … It won’t be.”
The first thing I thought about was the possibility of a trap.
I wondered if he had planned something to get me into a trap.
However, I soon realized that the possibility of a trap was not so great.
“It’s not impossible, but probably not. If you were going to sell a trap, there was no need to go out like that.”
If you’re going to dig a trap in the first place, there’s no reason to take such a stupid approach.
You infiltrate the Obelisk Academy yourself, and openly plant a wary of me like that?
What kind of idiot would dig a trap that way.
It’s not very likely that it’s a trap.
“yes… … .”
As if Mimir came to the same conclusion as me soon, he stopped thinking about the possibility of a trap.
Mimir’s expression became more complicated.
“What does it mean to ask for the shadow to be extinguished in the first place? Why do you insist on erasing normal abilities… … . No matter how much I think about it, I don’t understand.”
Shadow is a unique black magic that only Shadow possesses.
It is also an all-weather fraudulent magic that is fraudulent in terms of effect and power.
Why did he ask for such magic to be extinguished?
I couldn’t quite understand that.
“… … I do not know either.”
Mimir shook his head slowly.
He also has a frustrated expression.
“Is there anything you don’t know, Mimir?”
“… … Everyone knows me.”
“It is, but… … .”
Is there something Mimir doesn’t know?
It was quite strange.
“What about the shadow magician, hasn’t anything been revealed in the past?”
To think that Mimir, who knew everything about T’Kish, the Heroic Spirit, didn’t know about Shadow at all.
Was it that a shadow magician was that rare?
“Even in the past, shadow magicians were rare, or nothing was revealed, or something like that. I really have no information at all.”
“No information at all?”
“uh.”
Mimir looked at me with sharp eyes.
“Something like a black magician who can handle shadows… … It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”
Mimir heard it first.
that means that.
“You mean that among the warlocks who belonged to the Veil Empire in the past, there was no one who could handle the shadows?”
“huh. There was no magician who handled the shadows in the Bytenor Empire, let alone the Veil State.”
“… … .”
My eyes narrowed.
A special black magician that did not exist even in the heyday of black magic in the past.
“No, in the first place, that Shadow. Are you a black magician?”
“uh. I saw that he had corrupted mana in his body.”
Shadow is definitely a black magician.
that’s for sure
“no. Except for what can be sensed by Shadow’s body. I’m asking if you detected the corrupted mana in the shadows that Shadow was dealing with.”
“… … in the shadows?”
“uh. Black magic based magic usually detects corrupted mana in the magic itself. Think back to the time when you fought against a high-ranking heroic spirit.”
When fighting Tkish… … .
“surely… … The spiritual body he was dealing with felt like a crystal of corrupted mana.”
“okay. that. Did you get that feeling from Shadow’s shadow as well?”
“In the shadow of the shadow… … .”
I remembered the previous battle with Shadow.
The huge mouth of the shadow monster that flew towards me.
What did I see in his hideous mouth?
Was that mouth a crystal of corrupted mana?
The answer came quickly.
“… … no. Shadow’s magic, I didn’t feel that the shadow was something born from corrupted mana.”
Shadow’s shadow is not something born from corrupted mana.
“Then is it magic?”
“Magic… … . no. I didn’t even feel that way.”
My expression became more and more serious.
“I didn’t feel any magic in the shadow of the shadow.”
“That means there was no mana effect?”
“no. There was a mana effect. So… … . Oh, how can I express this… … .”
I thought for a moment.
“There was a mana effect, but I have to say that it doesn’t seem like magic I know… … . ah! okay.”
Let me say it this way.
“It felt like it wasn’t magic that started with the bi-tenor ceremony… … Can you understand me?”
“The non-magic feeling that started with the Bytenor ceremony… … ?”
Mimir’s eyes widened.
“Something that didn’t originate from black magic, nor from bitenorism… … .”
As if realizing something, Mimir’s pupils widened.
“Heir. One last question. The mana that was felt in the shadow that the shadow man used was… … Wasn’t it mana that seemed to come alive with the natural power of nature?”
“Ah, yes, nature! It just felt like that. If an ordinary shadow had will, I wonder if it would have that kind of mana.”
“… … okay. I mean.”
Mimir kept his mouth shut.
As if he had finished organizing his thoughts, his face became refreshed.
“Heir. Listen carefully. The shadow he carries… … .”
Mimir looked me straight in the eyes and said.
“The source of mythical magic. There is a very high probability that it is a relic from the Age of Mythology.”
