Chapter 416
Dark Land.
“It must be an unusual place.”
The Archduke of Saint-Ouan muttered quietly as he walked through the misty ground.
– Pajik!
-Kaeng!
Before the Archduke could even use his hand, one of the monsters was struck by lightning from nearby wizards and turned into ashes and disappeared.
The Grand Duke of Saint-Ouan was now entering the labyrinth with his wizards.
It didn’t start the moment you entered the labyrinth, but it already started the moment you entered the area surrounded by thick fog.
The Grand Duke and the Wizards were carefully, step by step, exploring.
“The concentration of mana in the atmosphere is irregular.”
“Yes, I feel that too.”
Although he couldn’t see through the fog, the Archduke’s senses felt the mana around him fluctuate.
Originally, the mana in the air was supposed to maintain a constant concentration even if it was not uniform. The fact that such mana is always changing means that changes are constantly happening around you.
“The surrounding environment is changing in real time according to our movements. The monsters that attack us are not real life, but variables created by this labyrinth.”
The Archduke is not a clumsy wizard.
That’s why, unlike other adventurers who recklessly beat the monsters of the labyrinth without paying attention and move forward, the way they deal with the labyrinth was several levels higher.
Do not move recklessly.
This labyrinth is not something that can be broken through by moving.
As the Grand Duke knew, rumors of this labyrinth spread throughout the continent.
This labyrinth was already known as a bonanza that everyone in the Dark Land didn’t know about.
That’s why the fire moths were constantly twisted.
There are adventurers who wander for days and days and return as super-corpses, and there are adventurers who have not returned.
Those who return with several books of magic from the labyrinth that sucks in countless adventurers like the ant hell get a thousand gold.
Nevertheless, since the central part has never been broken through, the Archduke personally led the elite.
“Compared to the number of adventurers entering this labyrinth, don’t you feel that the number of people you come across is too small?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Before entering the labyrinth, the Grand Duke collected information from those who actually experienced the labyrinth at a nearby base point.
This labyrinth sucks in a huge number of adventurers, but most of them come back safely.
It was to the extent that I wondered if the labyrinth itself was not made for killing, but rather made people wander and return exhausted. The magical beasts that were created were close to minor things that the Grand Duke did not even need to step out.
So, those who came back exhausted were repeating entering the labyrinth after finishing their preparations. With the hope that one day we will be able to reach the depths of the labyrinth.
The fact that even if you keep failing, you can keep trying again was the reason why this labyrinth attracted adventurers.
It’s a very low chance, but you can find a magic book of great value, and your life is relatively less dangerous. So adventurers are bound to be twisted.
So the Grand Duke knows that there are a huge number of adventurers wandering in this vast area.
So, if I could actually see the people in this labyrinth, I had to face another party of adventurers.
However, the Grand Duke had only encountered an adventurer’s party once while wandering around for several hours. When they saw the Archduke’s party, they became frightened and disappeared as if they were running away somewhere.
“Looks like the dimensions are overlapping. Is there not just one labyrinth, but dozens or even hundreds of labyrinths overlapping each other? Maybe that’s why I can’t run into other people.”
The Archduke guessed that the reality of this phenomenon was the labyrinth, which is the same space but overlaps, so everyone enters a different path.
“The depths of this labyrinth are not important, just figuring out what this labyrinth is will change the world.”
This labyrinth itself was no different from the main body.
It is a labyrinth in which hundreds of dimensions are overlaid on a single space and the surrounding environment changes in real time. The Grand Duke sensed the mana around him, made a guess about the reality of this labyrinth, and came to a conclusion.
“This labyrinth changes the path so that we cannot reach the deep in the first place, so we will not be able to reach it unless the master of the labyrinth leads us inside in the first place.”
Since it is a labyrinth that changes in real time, it is impossible to reach the exit either way in the first place. If you wander, you lose your sense of direction, and if you walk here or there, you will end up wandering as the owner of the labyrinth intended.
The subordinates await the Grand Duke’s judgment.
The Saint-Ouan family with a long history.
A family that went from being a leather tanner to becoming a loser in a region with a single method called magic.
Also, Saint-Ouan is a family famous for never forgetting the roots.
Although he had power and glory, he was obsessed with it and did not forget the fundamentals of being a magician, and has been honing and polishing magic for generations. The magician’s extreme meaning has been handed down to his successors.
Nonetheless, the right way.
Never intoxicated by the lust for power.
He has always shied away from wicked and evil powers, and has kept away from unclean things, keeping in mind that the extremes of magic are never achieved through the power of infidelity.
The reason why the Saint-Ouane family is famous is not only for their outstanding magic skills, but also for their purity, which never gets close to apostles.
The apostle is not pure, but it is a way to quickly improve your skills, but in the end, it is only the apostle’s way that you can become familiar with it.
The archduke focuses on the flow of mana around him.
This labyrinth is structured in such a way that the moment you enter it, you have no choice but to become a lost child. The moment you take a step, you enter dozens of hundreds of virtual dimensions arranged by this labyrinth.
No matter how much I wander inside this labyrinth, I can’t find the exit, so there is only one way to enter the exit.
You have to get out of the virtual dimension of the labyrinth, which is overlapped with hundreds of layers, and head to the original dimension that actually exists.
“… … .”
The Archduke finds a way.
Sensing the overlapping dimensions, and only one way within the overlapping dimensions.
The only way to get out of this labyrinth is to break through the path to the original dimension.
It is not to find life in the labyrinth, nor is it to destroy the labyrinth.
It was a task that would take months even for an advanced wizard. As much as her path in this labyrinth was complicated, it was also difficult to calculate her only source of life.
Finding the real path in real-time changing and creating dimensions, the Archduke was no different from trying to find the eye of a typhoon by breaking through the wind in the middle of a storm.
however.
Geniuses who will remain in the history of magic are not born for nothing.
Harriet de Saintoine is the daughter of the Archduke.
“Here you go.”
That’s why, it’s only natural that the archduke’s intelligence can’t be compared to that of a decent wizard.
– Kurleung!
When the Archduke waved his hand, the air opened its mouth and opened a dimensional door.
“Everyone follow me.”
His subordinates walked in following the Archduke as he headed towards the exit.
The Grand Duke who had walked through the gate looked around. It was an expression that did not feel pride or pride for breaking through this labyrinth where countless adventurers and wizards were wandering.
Of course, he did what he could do, so his expression was devoid of any inspiration.
“There is not much difference.”
Although they broke through the labyrinth, there was still fog around them, and there was no big difference from the places they had been walking until now.
“The flow of mana is stable.”
“Yes, it doesn’t look different, but this seems like the right place for us to reach.”
The flow of mana that used to go wild and change the surrounding environment has been stabilized. The labyrinth is no different from a vast dimensional portal that spreads over the surrounding mountains. It is a barrier that enters a virtual dimension the moment you enter it.
So, the inside of the actual labyrinth was bound to be a peaceful area without any devices or labyrinths. There is only a thick fog.
There is no need to get lost, so now you just have to find the lich’s grave somewhere here. If Lich’s tomb had such a barrier, it would take quite a while, but the Grand Duke had already found the way to destroy it.
“Remember. We are not going to take the spell book.”
The Grand Duke walks slowly and speaks to his subordinates.
“There is no way an unclean being could study pure magic. We will destroy most of those spell books. Those who seem to be blinded by vain desires should return, and the way will be opened.”
“Your Highness, however, the discovered spell book may have considerable magical value.”
“I guess so. Obviously it will.”
The Grand Duke already knew the value of the discovered magic books.
“You may build good with evil power. Surely it will.”
The Archduke is unaware of the value of power, and knows that power depends more on the will of the person who holds it than on its nature.
“But in a world where most people do not accumulate good even with good power, what about evil power?”
Even paladins and priests do evil as much as they breathe, so it is too easy to expect that evil powers will influence the world for good.
The evil power is to keep away even its appearance.
That is the minimum line the Grand Duke thinks. Also, this is a teaching that has been passed down for a long time in the Saintoine family.
Magic was already too strong, so the Grand Duke’s judgment was that stronger magic might harm the world.
The Archduke does not take the new vision of magic and the new discoveries accumulated by the lich, but goes to destroy it.
how long did it take
“There is someone.”
“Right.”
The Archduke saw someone’s shape faintly visible through the fog.
Are you the master of the labyrinth?
Or are you a visitor to the same labyrinth as yourself?
The Grand Duke believes in his own skills, but he is not conceited.
Since he had pierced the labyrinth, someone else could have pierced the labyrinth. Therefore, it is possible that there are people who have broken through the labyrinth before the Archduke and are walking ahead.
“Don’t be afraid. I have no intention of being hostile.”
Before rushing into action, the Grand Duke expressed his intention. If the opponent were to use their hands, they would have to face each other, but there was no reason to bleed.
Being in the space corresponding to the exit of the labyrinth that could never be reached, it was clear that the opponent was an unusual being.
The figure turned its head at the voice it heard from behind.
-… … .
It was a woman who looked at the Grand Duke with her head turned in silence.
A cold-looking woman with long black hair wearing a simple outfit and a cape.
He was unarmed and his skin was white.
“I thought there would be a successor.”
The woman speaks quietly in a monotonous, cold tone. There was no hostility or sympathy in that calm gaze. Of course, since she was a skilled person who could break through the labyrinth, she couldn’t be treated carelessly, but the Grand Duke found it difficult to determine the woman’s true identity.
“Did you come to find the dungeon?”
“So to speak.”
The woman bowed her head slightly as if to say hello and replied.
“Usually, I would just pass by, but since the situation is the situation and the place is the place, I have to ask. I am Rafael de Saintoine of the Duchy of Saint-Oman. May I ask you where you are and who you are?”
The woman tilted her head slightly and stared at the grand duke.
It was an expression that showed no fear or curiosity about the existence of the archduke or the fear of the many wizards behind the archduke.
“Luna.”
The woman with the name of the moon speaks quietly.
“It’s called Lizaira’s Luna.”
The Grand Duke did not know the name of the village.
“It’s the name of a place I don’t know because my knowledge is short. I’m sorry.”
“It’s natural that you don’t know about it because it’s a small village in a secluded mountain valley.”
A woman from a secluded mountain village broke through the labyrinth first, which the archduke, who was well versed in magic among the archmages, had broken through.
Neither the grand duke nor any of the grand duke’s subordinates believed the introduction that he was a rural villager. But the woman, as if she wouldn’t explain further, she just stared at the Archduke.
A calm stare that shows neither hostility nor favor.
It was unknown whether he was an enemy or an ally, but the Grand Duke was reluctant to send that woman in front of him or run ahead of him.
Although she appeared to be a young woman, the Grand Duke did not know how old she was. Those who have mastered the operation of magical powers are numerous and have appearances that do not fit their age. Isn’t that the case with Saviolin Tana, the leader of Chanapell?
No matter how you look at it, the opponent didn’t look like someone close to the master of the dungeon or labyrinth.
However, if this person arrives to secure the magic book, a fight becomes inevitable.
The Grand Duke tensed and opened his mouth.
“Since we don’t know what each other’s understanding is, I’m planning to destroy the dungeon and incinerate the magic book. How about you?”
“There is nothing to do in the magic book, so if the grand duke’s business is like that, there won’t be any clash of interests.”
If you enter a place that has become famous because of magic books and have no interest in magic books, why are you here? She couldn’t believe the unusual woman she had never met, but she didn’t seem willing to share the superficial hostility.
“Since we are going the same way, how about accompanying us?”
“As long as it’s okay, Grand Duke.”
The expressionless woman smiled faintly at the grand duke’s proposal.
Although he did not know, the Grand Duke had a strange idea that this woman would not become his enemy. But it is not in the nature of the archduke to rely on such intuition.
The moment he was about to move forward with the woman next to him who paid attention and introduced himself to Luna.
“Oops, I thought there were already passengers.”
A young man emerged from the forest on the side through the fog.
One more person besides the woman.
The Grand Duke narrowed his eyes at the fact that there were more people who broke through the labyrinth.
Rather than being taken aback when she saw the new man, the woman just stared at him, her attitude not much different from when she faced the archduke.
The man scratched the back of his head with a smile as if something was missing.
“The situation is the situation, so I say it with reaping. They all seem to be great people, but if we fight now, nothing will be good for each other, so why don’t we talk about it in detail after we’ve sorted it out?”
The man who appeared suddenly got the main topic out of the way.
The woman is not interested in the magic book, but the man’s side does not hide that the purpose of the dungeon’s magic book is.
At the point of breaking through the labyrinth, there is no doubt about each other’s skills.
It was a story about trying to kill each other after breaking through the road first, because even if we fight now, it will be like doing something good for someone else.
A woman whose intentions are unknown.
A man with overly obvious intentions.
The Grand Duke thought for a moment, then nodded.
“Don’t let that happen.”
Even before revealing the true nature of the dungeon, the Grand Duke agreed with the saying that dividing the numbers was a bad idea for each other.
“Rafael de Saintoine.”
At the Archduke’s introduction, the man smiled.
“My name is Rossor Dewin.”
This was also a name he had never heard of before.
