Genius Corpse-Collecting Warrior - Chapter 139

The Burning Granary (2),

the low street sewers, and the ancient ruins beneath the Holy Knights headquarters.

Since taking on this body, I have already had the experience of stepping into a maze-like structure several times.

Dallen’s senses and intelligence, which had grown over time, were enough to find his way at low distances without much help.

However, reducing the number of times you get lost to just one or two is one thing, but it is a completely different story to never deviate from the path even if it is your first time going there.

While the former could be accomplished simply with excellent senses and intelligence, the latter required deep knowledge and understanding of the structure called the labyrinth itself.

‘And among the many superhumans, the one who is known to be the most knowledgeable in this field is Rakita Ackerman, the creator of this skill.’

Treasure Hunter. Destroyer of the labyrinth. A rare grave robber who plundered King Mong’s underground palace and dug up nearly ten tombs of an ancient desert dynasty.

Rakita Ackerman was a superman who left behind numerous achievements and a name, but all of them were always overshadowed by his final achievement.

It depicts the inversion of the 4th floor of the labyrinth, known as the labyrinth within the labyrinth, ‘Immuhaewolryeong (暗墨奚越嶺)’.

Since it is a secret left by a person of that caliber, it is not strange that it was given a C grade even though it is a skill not directly related to combat.

And now.

“Dallen! A hundred meters ahead, in the alley on the right! The front right door!”

Ackerman’s drawing method was fundamentally changing Dallon’s concept of ‘road’.

‘The shallow and wide void beyond the ceiling is the result of corrosion. It is a trace of water leakage as flowing water passes by. It means that the main sewer passage was once connected this way.’

‘The space between the walls is too large to be considered an ordinary sewer. It is a space created from the beginning with a high probability of people living in it in mind.’

‘The foul smell coming from the fur of a giant rat. They’ve been nesting for a long time. A giant sewer rat needs at least three entrances and exits to make a home. There must be a passage leading outside.’

“From the front, through the door on the right…no, Dallen! “It’s the door on the right…!”

Quagwang—!

For the first time, he completely ignores Sienna’s guidance and accidentally breaks the sewer wall to open a passage.

A musty smell wafting from the empty space inside. Dallen lightly jumped up the old rat hole that stretched upwards.

Quagwagwang!

With a light swing of the fist, the old inner wall shatters and new passages reveal themselves.

Sienna, who followed behind, quickly rolled her eyes and said:

“…Unbelievable. This is at the level of creating a shortcut. “Dallen, do you ever want to work as a sewer cleaner?”

“That won’t happen.”

“Tsk, that’s a shame.”

Sienna brightened up the surroundings with a light joke and began guiding again.

Dallen followed the guide at the head of the group, but would change directions from time to time to create a faster route.

The five and sixth senses that allow us to intimately perceive the surrounding area.

and Sienna’s knowledge of the sewers and low streets.

The new logical structure called the drawing method used these two things as ink and filled the empty drawing paper in my head with brilliant brush skills.

It was an art that went beyond simply observing the size of space and the connection of structural passages.

If interpreting maps and finding shortcuts is the limit of Dokdo.

The realm of drawing is to twist existing paths, create new shortcuts, and even pioneer paths that did not exist.

And the further I went, the more I realized that Sienna’s knowledge of sewers was deeper than I imagined.

‘I broke the walls and ceilings and opened the way more than ten times, and I never once got confused about the current location.’

As soon as we arrive at a new place, we change the route without hesitation and start guiding.

It felt familiar, as if I was walking around the neighborhood in front of my house, but realistically, I wouldn’t have set foot in every place.

Rather, it would be closer to narrowing down the candidate group in an instant by looking at the surrounding environment, such as the altitude smell felt by the sense of air flow and the density of the magical wind.

Sienna was a wizard who was not just sensitive to changes in the environment, but had an outstanding talent for analyzing and utilizing them.

‘Well, if it wasn’t to that extent, there would have been no need to visit in the first place. ‘I didn’t put him at number 0 on the recruiting list for no reason.’

For some reason, I felt relieved. Dallen laughed out loud.

Did I know that the decision I made in the corner of the inn room more than half a year ago would play such a decisive role?

The apocalypse constantly reached out beyond his expectations, but the same was true on the other side.

The current reality is that we are caught in the evil spirits’ trap and are running around trying to stop their schemes.

The fact that this current wave of crazy apocalypse feels like their struggle is probably not just my mood.

Sreung-

Dallen stopped in place, raising the corners of his mouth fiercely.

He lightly jumped up from his seat, holding the drawn holy sword with both hands.

The point of the sword is towards the low ceiling of the street.

It was time to get to the ground.

***

Quagwagwagwang—!

The flagstones are broken and the dirt floor backs up. The silt that had risen fell again like a waterfall.

Four people emerged from the falling dust.

There was a female knight dressed as a paladin, a wizard wearing a boy’s wide robe, and a large warrior.

“…It’s quiet.”

Paladin Lucia said. Her blue eyes sparkled with the brilliance of divine power in the darkness.

“It’s not that the magical power has disappeared. In fact, it feels darker than when it was at the bottom. The Vine Witches and Warlocks have already begun their activities.”

“that’s right. The magic wind is unstable. This means that a large-scale summoning is either being prepared or has already occurred. “Either way, we need to hurry.”

Sienna received it. Dallen nodded and sheathed his sword.

There was no one on the narrow road between the five-story towers.

Overturned boxes and wooden barrels. A money bag lying around after losing its owner.

Tools used for farming also appeared to be scattered here and there, unorganized.

Although traces of evacuations remain here and there, there are no direct traces of fighting.

It is clear that a fight broke out in the western district, but the aftermath has not yet reached here.

“Siena. Please guide me in the direction of the main road.”

“You think they targeted the warehouse areas?”

“exactly. Considering the numbers encountered on the lower streets, the warlock’s drug-addicted vagabonds must be in the thousands at most. “If it’s on that scale, it’s no longer a case of drug smuggling.”

When it became clear that a witch was involved, Dallon did not think that this was simply a request for methamphetamine.

Drug smuggling is just an intermediate step.

The reason the two evil gods united was, of course, to achieve further goals.

“…okay. “This should be considered a war.”

Sienna spoke with calm eyes and reached the same conclusion as Dallan.

War.

Although the devil’s army has not yet invaded the earth, this was a clear declaration of war against the labyrinth city.

And no matter how it started, the group was now in the middle of that whirlpool.

After a brief reorganization, the group moved immediately. The place we arrived at after breaking the ceiling of the low street was the western district of the Bronze District.

According to Sienna, this area is Area 54, where mushrooms are grown.

It was a true story, seeing as there were mushrooms rolling around in boxes and round towers about five stories high.

“Interrogator, if it is not rude, may I ask what those towers are? From what I’ve read in the literature, I understand that the western district of Falcion is a place specialized in farming.”

Even though they look mature, is the curiosity that is unique to their age not going anywhere?

Everyone in the group burst into laughter at Parn’s question, which was full of formal adverbs.

“That’s called a vertical farm.”

“Vertical farm…? So are crops growing in there?”

“yes. Wheat, barley, and even fruit. Since this is a mushroom cultivation area, I wonder if mushrooms will grow here. “It’s my first time seeing it in person.”

“Wow…”

“Let’s do the field trip later and focus on the operation first.”

Parn, who had opened his mouth with wide eyes, added those words and became disciplined again.

Even that was funny to Dallan. He looked around at the surrounding towers without smiling.

‘Falcion’s vertical farm. It’s one of the crystals of platinum street magic engineering.’

Vertical farm.

A smart farm in the 21st century Earth.

Vertical farming was one of the decisive reasons why the labyrinth city of Falcion could serve as a bastion and ark for humanity.

No matter how large Falcion is, it is impossible to feed millions of people through conventional agriculture.

The problem is that transportation in this era is not as developed as it is in modern times, making it difficult to survive solely on external supplies like existing cities.

The founders, who foresaw the problem more than a thousand years ago, created vertical farms so that Falcion could become self-sufficient in its own food.

Using horsepower as a power source, it has become possible to grow crops with minimal light, water, and soil.

‘They say advanced science is indistinguishable from magic. This might be the opposite.’

Kugugoong…

At that time, a faint tremor came from under my feet. Dallen shook his head and let his thoughts go.

Lucia was right. It is never too late to expand your horizons.

If we didn’t hurry up, the place where we needed to expand our horizons could disappear.

***

The group was soon able to reach the main street.

Unlike the complex, which was full of vertical farms, the main street was densely packed with shops.

The scene is not much different from the southern district, except that there are twice as many food stores.

And the scene was on fire.

“…It looks like it has already been swept away.”

Lucia muttered as she looked at the building engulfed in fire.

Hundreds of corpses were strewn around the burning buildings.

More than 80% of the bodies were of vagabonds, but the bodies of guards were also seen sparsely.

The eyes were unable to close comfortably until the end, as if they had died after being eaten half alive.

“…….”

Dallen stared into empty eyes and turned his head towards the burning building.

Fortunately, not all buildings caught fire. This is because most of the buildings along the main street have high ceilings, so they are not often made of wood.

It didn’t seem like they had intended to set the fire in the first place. When I saw the addicts fighting at low streets, I wondered if they even had the intelligence to wield a torch.

“Off…”

Then a faint groan was heard. It was inside a two-story building that had burned down and was half collapsed.

Dallen skimmed over the rubble and entered the building. As we cleared away the rubble all the way to the first floor, we saw an injured guard sitting in a corner.

A guard who did not let go of his broken sword until the end even though his entire body was burned and his flesh was torn off here and there.

As Lucia healed him with divine power, the guard quickly regained consciousness.

He said as he looked at Dallen with his eyes regaining focus.

“We have to stop it…”

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