Chapter 424
The Dark Mage King had previously conducted research on mythical magic.
“Is it three years now?”
The result of that research is the ‘Darkness’ that I used two years ago.
“Shin Ha-ryul. at that time. Do you remember the mythical magic I used to use?”
“Of course I remember.”
It can only be predicted that he is a god who deals with ‘darkness’.
I don’t know anything else.
“The name of that magic is Nox. Dark magic derived from the holy relic of Nox, the god of darkness.”
“… … Knox.”
His name was Knox.
“It is assumed that Nox held a fairly high position among the gods.”
In the divine realm, the god who deals with light was at the highest level.
And light is symmetrical with darkness.
Naturally, Nox, the god of darkness, would have stood in a position comparable to him.
“Have you talked to Knox?”
“okay.”
“… … Is that so.”
As expected, the Dark Mage King met with Nox and seemed to have directly transferred his powers to Nox.
He must have indirectly obtained the information that Knox is a god who has risen to a fairly high position through face-to-face conversation.
“Among the things I heard from Knox at that time, there was something about Mora.”
“Are you Knox?”
Knox brought up the story of Mora?
Why?
why?
“Speaking of Mora, he advised me to find Mora.”
“Why Mora… … .”
Knox is a god who belongs to the side of the evil god no matter who sees it.
It is a relationship and friendship with Mora, and there is a high probability that there is nothing.
There is no reason to advise you to find Mora.
“It would be better to simply look for it. It wasn’t meant in the same way. find unconditionally Knox said so.”
“… … must?”
“okay. I said that if I can’t find Mora, I won’t be able to handle my power.”
The Dark Mage King shook his head, saying he would get sick of it even thinking about it again.
“Thanks to you, I had a bit of trouble. How much time and manpower was invested to find a holy relic whose name is unknown… … .”
“for a moment. wait a minute.”
The words just before are words that cannot be overlooked.
“You said you wouldn’t be able to use your powers until you found Mora?”
“okay.”
“however… … Did you write it?”
“It was still lacking, but I succeeded in using it.”
“That means… … .”
The Dark Mage King laughed.
“okay. I succeeded in finding Mora.”
The Dark Mage King found Mora.
By finding Mora, the contract with Knox was safely fulfilled.
That was the word.
“Three years ago. I found it two months before fighting you guys.”
The Dark Mage King licked his lips with a somewhat regretful expression.
“I’m sorry to think about it again. If only I had found it a little earlier… … .”
If so, the darkness that the Dark Mage King handled would have been incomparably stronger.
Then we wouldn’t have been able to win.
“It is fortunate for us.”
“hmm. It’s fortunate for you.”
It would be unfortunate from the Dark Mage King’s point of view, but from my point of view, it was fortunate.
“anyway. Then I found the holy relic of Mora, the goddess of time. I found it and hid it somewhere.”
It was unexpected.
I thought the Dark Mage King already had Mora in his possession.
“Where is that?”
The Dark Mage King laughed.
It was a very meaningful smile.
“well. It’s a little too much for me to say it bare-mouthed.”
“… … .”
I did, but still.
There’s no way the Dark Mage King would come out so easily.
You seem to want something.
“If I don’t find Mora now, the world will fall into the hands of Bale Stoll. That’s not what you want either.”
“surely. That’s not what I want.”
The Dark Mage King continued with a smile.
“However. After defeating Bale Stoll. Being overbearing is not what I want.”
“… … .”
It was a fairly predictable answer.
Although the Dark Mage King is lending a hand to us due to circumstances, he is originally an enemy.
The enemy of the enemy can be seen as an ally, so we are just holding hands.
“From my point of view, it’s just a loss for one side to win overwhelmingly.”
If the battle ends with our overwhelming victory, what will happen next?
nothing to say
The Dark Mage King will leave this world without any room to try.
The more energy left on our side, the sooner the end of the Dark Mage King will come.
The Dark Mage King is worried about that.
“What do you want?”
I understood the position of the Dark Mage King.
From the point of view of the Dark Mage King, it is only natural that he set conditions.
‘I will never hand it over unless I put a condition on it.’
There was no way Morara would just hand over a powerful hand.
It is better to accommodate the requirements of the other side as much as possible.
That’s the surest way.
“I will tell you in advance. Conditions that are too unreasonable… … .”
“No need to worry about that. If I present excessive conditions, it is like attaching a bigger lump to the future by trying to remove it. I know better than anyone else that you cannot accept such an offer.”
“… … You know me well.”
“I have to know. I’ve been spending a few days with these two.”
The Dark Mage King shook his head as if he was getting sick of it.
It seems that he was caught between Sain-sama and Sofia-sama and suffered quite a bit.
“Anyway, you don’t have to worry about that. What I want to offer as a condition is not that big of a deal.”
No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t seem like you’re going to offer any conditions.
“… … First, let’s listen.”
It is not too late to think after hearing the conditions.
I listened to the words of the Dark Mage King.
“It only takes one time. I hope they give me a chance to come out when I want.”
Any chance to get out?
“Are you asking for the right to move your body unconditionally, without Sein-sama or Sophia-sama’s permission?”
“okay.”
“that… … .”
It is a very strange condition.
I expected something grandiose. Absolutely not.
But if you think that it’s really not a big deal, it doesn’t seem like that either.
“first… … It doesn’t seem like something I can agree to.”
The right to use your body.
That’s not me, but Sein-nim and Sofia-nim’s permission.
“It is something you will agree to. These two are in the position that it doesn’t matter if you allow it.”
… … I thought.
It wasn’t.
Sein-sama and Sofia-sama handed over the choice to me.
… … You left me with a headache.
“Why are you so worried? I don’t think I’ve given any particularly unreasonable conditions.”
The Dark Mage King smiled leisurely with a relaxed expression.
He seemed confident that I would not refuse.
“You don’t have to take it too seriously. This is simply a promise. There is no such thing as coercion. Just because you made a promise here doesn’t mean you have to keep it. If the situation doesn’t go well, you can ignore it. It’s just such a small promise.”
“… … That’s why I’m thinking more.”
The conditions presented by the Dark Mage King are too strange.
‘I wondered if he was trying to balance the two sides by taking away the initiative of the body from Sein-nim at a crucial moment… … .’
that’s impossible
Whatever the promise, Sein-nim is holding onto the initiative of the body.
If you think Sein-sama won’t hand it over, that’s it.
Since it was just a ‘promise’ with no coercion whatsoever, such a thing was absolutely impossible.
‘What on earth were you thinking when you set that condition?’
What are the benefits of that condition?
What was the point of making such an offer?
I can’t even guess at all.
so something is wrong
That’s why I’m thinking about it right now.
“If you don’t mind, you can just refuse. Seeing as he’s so reluctant to answer, he must have another way to find Mora. You just have to find it that way.”
The delay in reply seems to have convinced me that there are other means.
surely. If there was no other way for me, I wouldn’t be thinking so deeply right now.
It was a reasonable inference.
“… … Is that really enough?”
“okay. when i want The right to take the initiative of this body 1 time. That is enough.”
“… … Promise or something, it would be impossible to come out in a situation where Sein-nim doesn’t understand it, right? Do you still want that condition?”
“okay.”
“… … .”
It was an incomprehensible proposition.
What the hell is the Dark Mage King aiming for?
What are you aiming for with such an offer… … .
‘… … no. Let’s not think too deeply.’
Thinking deeply will only sharpen your nerves.
Now is the time to require firm determination rather than deep consideration.
“great. You do.”
When you think objectively, it is a condition where there is nothing to lose on this side.
‘If you use Finis, you can find Mora. It will take at least a week.’
The price of saving a week’s time is just making a promise that you don’t have to keep.
There is no reason to refuse.
“hmm. consent It seems that the means you have are time-consuming means.”
There was no reason to accept this condition if you had the means to find it quickly and reliably.
The fact that he accepted the proposal while thinking about it proves that there is some problem with the means he has.
The Dark Mage King must have thought so.
“Good thing. I was worried about what would happen if they rejected my offer. I’m really glad.”
The Dark Mage King said with an expression that could not be found even after washing his eyes and looking for relief.
It was a very suitable expression to arouse discomfort in the opponent.
“… … Okay, tell me where Mora is.”
I can’t be dragged around by the Dark Mage King like this.
I went straight to the main topic.
“Mora is in a place you know well.”
A place I know well?
“… … It must not be in Korea.”
Korea is the only place I know well.
“no. Unfortunately, not Korea.”
“then… … .”
Except for Korea, the places I know well are… … .
“I think I said something wrong. I should have said it was in a place you would know.”
“… … .”
The nuance of the words has changed so drastically.
“no. You and me. And it must have been right to say that it is in a place related to the two inside me.”
“… … Here in a place related to the net… … A place I know well… … .”
There is only one answer.
“The former home of the Black Mage Tower… … Are you?”
3 years ago.
The land where we had our final showdown.
The castle of the Dark Mage King and the home of the Black Mage Tower.
“That is correct. Mora hid it in the Black Castle.”
Black Castle.
The place where Mora was hidden was the Black Castle.
“Detailed location… … I do not know either. I remember where I originally put it, but… … . I don’t think I’ll be there even now.”
“… … I guess so.”
It’s been 3 years now.
Black Castle has become a place no one can step into.
This is not to say that entry is prohibited for specific control reasons.
Entry is prohibited for reasons of danger.
“Because it collapsed so thoroughly… … . It is natural that he is not there.”
The Black Star has now completely collapsed.
Due to some incident that occurred a year and a half ago, the structure was completely destroyed.
“What can I say with my mouth? It won’t be that easy to find Mora. The inside is already in a labyrinth-like state.”
Black Fortress is a magic fortress built by the King of Black Mage using all sorts of magic.
From the barrier to the internal structure.
There is no place where magic is not used one by one.
The fortress collapsed.
As it collapsed, all the magic and magical devices installed inside collapsed one by one.
“It is absurd to think about it again. You’re thinking of destroying that castle? Whose head is this idea coming from?”
So the collapsed magic and devices were mixed, rubbed, and fused.
As a result, Heukseong now became a labyrinth, no different from a dungeon.
“Black Castle was not destroyed by us. It is an incident close to terrorism carried out by the remnants of the Black Mage Tower.”
“indeed. Was it like that If that’s the case, it’s not that I don’t understand.”
The Dark Mage King laughed.
I sighed when I saw such a dark mage king.
“I was hoping things would be a little easier… … .”
Then it is.
It seems that this matter will not be easily solved.
