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Episode 169. The Spirit Master’s Tower (2)
“It only appears in legends. I don’t even know if it really exists. I’ve never seen it myself.”
The Prochest Tower owner shook his head.
What Ethan wanted was something that Topju had only heard of as a legend.
“The ancient spirits are only the stuff of legend. Even if they did exist, they have long since disappeared, Master Ethan.”
Ancient spirit.
Ethan intended to make a pact with the ancient spirits on this Prochesht Tower.
‘Then you can clear the third quest to survive as Ethan Wickers. And you can also supplement Extinction.’
Of course, there are many different types of ancient spirits, so you may not know which spirit you can make a contract with.
‘I also failed to make a contract with the ancient spirit several times.’
In order to make a contract with the ancient spirit, you must first revive this Prochesht Tower.
‘You just have to breathe life into the dead land.’
All we have to do is eliminate the fundamental reason why this land was ruined and reconnect with the spirits that were completely severed.
However, even so, there were cases where a contract with an ancient spirit could not be made.
“But doesn’t the ritual remain? And I heard that the ritual has been passed down through the generations of the tower lords of Prochesht.”
When Ethan spoke, the tower’s eyes widened.
“How do you… … .”
“I found out while reading an old document.”
Of course, this isn’t what Ethan reads now.
“… … It is exactly as you said. There is a contract ritual that has been passed down through our family. It is a ritual that allows us to make a contract with ancient spirits of great power. However, it is difficult to conduct the ritual now. First of all, as you know, this land is dead, and there are no materials needed for the ritual.”
If this ritual fails, you will not be able to make a contract with the ancient spirit.
Of course, if you revive this land, it will be possible to make contracts with ordinary spirits.
‘The Prochesuit spirit masters also help in both material and spiritual ways.’
It is possible to make a contract with decent spirits, even if they are not ancient spirits.
But Ethan wasn’t going to be satisfied with that.
‘If you were satisfied with that, you would have already made a contract with the Fairy Queen in the Fairy Forest.’
Ethan wanted to perfectly clear the Survival -3 quest as Ethan Wickers.
‘If it’s an ancient spirit, the reward would be great.’
Although he almost died in the fight with the Twelve Apostles, the experience actually worked out well for Ethan.
It’s like a preventive injection.
“So it’s impossible? Then there’s nothing we can do. We just have to leave. We can find traces of the ancient spirits again. The tea was delicious, Tower Lord.”
When Topju started groaning, Ethan stood up from his seat without hesitation.
Then, the embarrassed tower owner hurriedly waved his hand.
“Oh, no, no. Please wait a moment! It’s true that we don’t have the ingredients! But we can get them!”
The tower’s eyes shook.
That determined look on his face as he immediately gets up from his seat when he is told he can’t give her what she wants.
Topju really wondered if Ethan had the ability to revive this Prochesuit.
“Then please find it and contact me.”
Ethan noticed the thought and immediately turned away, not giving her time to think.
Then the tower keeper’s urgent cry was heard.
“No! No! I will save you right now. I will save you right now and prepare the ritual.”
Ethan, who had reached the door, stopped for a moment. Then he turned his upper body slightly to look at the tower.
“Rubin! Is Rubin not here?”
“Yes, my lord!”
“Prepare the sparkling agate powder right now! Take out the fairy wings that were stored in the warehouse and pack them well!”
“Huh!? Sparkling agate powder?”
“Go to the Felix Duchy and tell them my name! Go to Archmage Hansen and tell him to pay off the debt you owed me back then!”
The House of Felix was the most noble house in the South, belonging to the Twelve Star Houses.
Ethan smiled to himself as he spoke of the sparkling agate powder. That agate powder was the most important ingredient in the ancient spirit contract ritual.
‘If you process that powder, what you get is the Philosopher’s Stone, the highest grade magic material.’
Topju, who had been speaking urgently, took a deep breath and looked at Ethan again.
“These are the materials needed for the ritual.”
“I guess I was too hasty. I’m sorry.”
Ethan naturally turned around and sat back down in his chair.
“To revive Prochesht, we need your full support, Lord Tower.”
“I will do it. But this tower is not mine. All the wizards have gathered to form the tower. I am merely acting as the captain.”
“So, we have to convince them.”
“Yes, give me some time so I can convince you.”
“No, I will go myself. Please guide me.”
* * *
“Huh? What is that… … Lord Tower. Even so, how many of these people have come here in the meantime!”
The butt-top owner suddenly got angry.
Chortek, the tower lord of this Prochesht spirit master’s tower.
He had been with the tower owner for a long time and had seen the rise and fall of this spirit tower.
Even after the Prochesht Estate became like this, he did not leave this place and tried to revive it somehow.
But those efforts always failed.
It was because there were so many trashy people trying to somehow get something to eat from this dead land.
That’s why the top hat couldn’t help but be more sensitive.
“Watch your words, Butapju! This is our Roanna’s teacher! And he is the one who will bring Prochesht back to life!”
“yes……?”
The owner of the tower was momentarily flustered, as if he didn’t know.
“You’re Roanna’s teacher… … ? If that’s true, then that’s what Roanna used to say every day… … .”
“This is Ethan Wickes.”
Ethan held out his hand.
Suddenly, he grabbed Ethan’s hand. He clearly thought that he had just treated Ethan as a fraud.
Although he must have been feeling quite upset, Ethan had a very kind expression on his face.
Chortek looked into Ethan’s eyes. He couldn’t take his eyes off Ethan’s hazy eyes.
“It is only natural that the Lord of the Tower does not trust you. How many swindlers have there been up until now? How many of them have come, saying they will revive the dead land, but then run away after taking only the sweet water.”
Ethan held the back of the tower’s hand tightly with his other hand.
“Don’t worry. I’m not like those guys.”
A teacher at the prestigious Ibeka Academy.
And when he realized that the Ethan in front of him was the one that Roanna had been praising so much, Butapju’s stiff expression began to loosen up little by little.
-Prestige comes into play.
“I don’t think you would make such a rash remark, since you have such a great reputation. I was very rude. Please forgive me.”
The butler bowed his head.
The reputation he had built up so far, combined with Ethan’s background, dispelled any suspicions of the Butthead.
‘This is the taste.’
If Ethan didn’t have a high reputation and solid background, it would have taken quite a while just to bring up the subject and get permission.
“But… … Could you tell me why you came to help us? Is it because of Roanna… … ?”
“No. Of course, Roanna is a great student. I saw her today, and even though it’s vacation, she seems to have been training quite diligently. She even got her white gloves dirty.”
For a moment, Topju’s eyebrows twitched.
Are you saying that you were even looking at such trivial things?
“As expected… … you are a true teacher.”
“I have come to this Prochesht to perform a ritual that has been passed down through generations. To make a pact with an ancient spirit.”
“Ancient spirit? Isn’t that something that only happens in legends? Did you come all the way here just for that legendary story?”
The buttapju looked puzzled.
I thought for sure you were going to propose something huge.
It wasn’t easy to revive this land. But an ancient spirit?
For a moment, the butler’s expression hardened.
“You want me to make the legendary story… come true. In exchange for reviving this land.”
I figured it out when I thought about it a little differently.
Ethan’s offer was enormous.
Aren’t you asking for the impossible to become possible?
“That’s impossible… … .”
“The Lord of the Tower said that it was impossible to revive this land.”
Ethan said with a smile.
“I will make it possible. So please help me ensure that the ancient ritual can proceed.”
“I will. I will definitely do it. So please save our Prochesuit.”
Ethan nodded at those words.
“I’ll try.”
Impossible.
But you never know until you try.
-You have received the quest!
-This is a quest with the highest difficulty level. Be careful!
* * *
“It started with the previous tower master. The previous tower master was a great spirit master and magician who made a contract with the spirit king.”
Topju explained why the land became the place where Prochesht died.
The previous tower master, who had outstanding skills enough to make a contract with the Spirit King, was the one who created the golden age of Prochesht.
“But he was too greedy. The previous tower lord, my grandfather, tried to make contracts with other spirit lords as well.”
But a problem arose during the process.
“I tried to force myself to open the gates of the spirit world and make a contract with the spirit king, but the scent of it came from the demon world. The demons interfered with the ritual, and the power that should have opened the spirit world ended up opening the gates of the demon world.”
A great number of demons and devils poured out from the open gate of the demon world.
“It was literally hell.”
The top owner shook his head.
“You may be wondering, why does the Prochesht Estate look untouched when something like that happened?”
The top host explained.
It was the Spirit King who took charge of all that.
“The Spirit King does not usually make contracts with humans. However, my grandfather had an exceptional affinity for spirits. That is why the Spirit King made an exception. He made a contract with my grandfather despite the opposition of other high-ranking spirits.”
And the result was the current Prochesht.
“The Spirit King was badly injured. He declared that he would never make a contract with humans again, and he absorbed all the spirit power in the land and disappeared.”
Prochesht, with its spirit power and life force gone, became a truly dead land. As if it were a lie, all spirits stopped coming to this place.
This is why Prochesht fell.
The previous owner of the tower who had caused this situation eventually died from illness, and his son, who was supposed to be the next owner, also died soon after.
In this way, he, the grandson of the former tower lord, became the current tower lord.
At first, I tried to revive Prochesht somehow.
But after experiencing despair at the hands of several scammers, he eventually gave up.
During that time, Roanna, who had crazy talent, was born.
From then on, he began to think again about the Protestant revival that he had once given up on.
“I want to be a proud father to my daughter. I think all the wizards in the Tower of Magic think so. I hope that Roanna, who came down like a blessing, will not be caught by us.”
Roanna grew up under the education of her father, the Tower Lord Prochesht, as well as the many wizards and spirit masters of the Magic Tower.
That’s why everyone in the Magic Tower was Roanna’s teacher, and they treasured Roanna very much.
That’s why I hoped this place wouldn’t be an obstacle for her.
I wanted it to be a place that could support her whenever she needed strength.
-I got information about the quest.
– Clear the quest based on the information.
‘The goal of this revival quest is to revive the land. To do so, you must find the spirit king who has absorbed everything and left.’
But the spirit king had lost all trust in humans and was nowhere to be found.
‘After using all means possible to find the Spirit King, we must then cure him.’
The quest’s clearing conditions themselves seemed simple, but completing the prerequisite tasks before that was extremely difficult.
It’s not called the ultimate difficulty level for nothing.
‘But I already know how.’
Ethan can clear this extremely difficult quest using a method other than the one he previously knew.
‘The existing method is too difficult.’
Even if you know how to clear it, it is quite difficult to proceed to clear the quest.
But the method Ethan has come up with now is much easier than before.
‘One is a new world.’
And the last one was where Ethan’s eyes were now.
“How have you been, Roanna?”
It was Roanna.
fantasy,
