Genius Corpse-Collecting Warrior - Chapter 174
Royal Capital Ekhlahim (2)
“You had a hard time walking the long way, warriors.”
Phew. Tsarina let out a small sigh and looked closely at the group.
Dallen thought as he watched the pure white steam flowing from her mouth. You’re walking. I came on a sleigh.
Of course, no matter how much he did, he had no intention of engaging in a meaningless joke with a 6th rank wizard.
Even more so, if the being is pouring all of his or her power into blocking the devil’s army.
“Finally, all the forces we’ve been waiting for have arrived. “They said Warsaw will be there within a few days, so it’s time to make a decision.”
“When you say decision…do you mean that you will bring the devil’s army into your territory?”
“That’s right, Topju. “I have been holding back the demons for fifteen days with the power of the Frost Throne, but I cannot hold them off forever.”
Tsarina’s voice was loud enough to echo across the wide snow field, but her lips were moving slightly as if she was talking to herself.
Lips quivering every time you stop speaking. Cheeks and forehead twitching painfully from time to time.
It was proof that using the power of the Frost Throne was a considerable burden, even for a 6th rank wizard who could fight the Great Evil head on.
Previous tsars who lacked capabilities would probably have died within an hour of sitting on the throne.
“Shun’s obsession with fighting is beyond human imagination. But we, the Tsardom, have no intention of playing into his hands and bowing down. We need to give a proper punch to the guy who looks down on us as mortals. “Isn’t that right?”
Charina smiled weakly, moving her icy cheeks over and over again.
Felber nodded and walked away. As befits a cautious strategist, it seemed as if he had once again confirmed her will as a party to this war.
At that time, Bjorn, who was standing at the back of the group, stepped forward. He said.
“Well, really… I don’t know what to say… Are you feeling okay?”
His usual cheerful voice was gone, and his speech was awkward, uncharacteristic of a dwarf.
While the group looked like they were asking why, Charina slightly tilted her eyebrows as if she was surprised.
She soon smiled faintly.
“It’s okay, great-grandfather. Still, you act like you know. Since he hasn’t shined his nose in over a hundred years, I thought you thought it was just the result of one night of playing with fire…”
“Oh, no. Absolutely not! Whatever other people said, I meant it! How…”
“Fuhu, I’m just kidding. Thanks to the blood you passed on, we were able to protect this country. “If I didn’t have an aptitude for rune magic, I wouldn’t have been able to use the Frostbald Throne, a legacy of the ancient dwarves, as well as I did.”
Tsarina smiled playfully. And Dallon stroked his chin as a habit. what. That dwarf is Tsarina Joskov’s ancestor?
The scandal that Dwarf blood may have been mixed into the tsarina’s bloodline at the time was something Dallon was familiar with, having heard about in numerous episodes.
In some episodes, I saw him using rune magic himself, so I thought it wasn’t a completely impossible story.
That’s because I never once thought that it might be a one-eyed master craftsman.
Based on common sense, who would guess that a crazy dwarf who throws bombs into the devil’s mouth would be related to a noble lineage?
‘I was wondering how the gunpowder technology that was being developed in great secrecy in the Empire and the Tsardom was stolen… I guess there was some kind of background behind it.’
Now that I think about it, when the Tsarina mentioned Bjorn, she also talked about the Kaladrakum dynasty.
When playing the game, the settings for the one-eyed master craftsman, which were hidden behind various veils, were revealed one by one as time passed.
When I glanced at the expressions of the group, I saw that everyone except Felber was shocked.
Tsarina continued speaking while exhaling white breath.
“Starting today, we will slowly weaken the power of the Frost Throne. The demonic forces will reach here in about a week. “I hope everyone gets some rest and makes their final preparations.”
After speaking, she turned her gaze straight ahead again.
A face starting to become covered with thin ice. Beyond the snow that had suddenly begun to thicken, the image of the throne gradually became blurred.
Dallen left the hall with his party.
Before he left the door for the last time, I could hear Tsarina’s voice softly in my head.
[And watch out for Dallan. There is a shadow stalking you in this city.]
***
That night.
Following the guidance of his attendants, Dallen and his companions unpacked their belongings in an empty room in the palace and left the palace alone late at night.
We headed across the deserted streets to the northern outskirts of the city.
To be precise, it was a narrow back alley with a view of the castle wall beyond its outskirts.
A tap –
a light pushing step.
I stepped on the wall and roof of the building and kicked the air a couple of times, until my eye level reached the battlements on the castle wall.
If I fly around here any longer, I might catch the attention of some sensitive guards. Dallon decided that way and hid himself in the shadows.
「Hoemyeong(回冥)」
Blurry gray light fluttering in the darkness.
Not only the sound but also the movement of magical power is extremely faint.
Dallen jumped over the gap in space and quickly reached the top of the spire, balancing on the steep roof without difficulty and looking out over the city.
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssing….
A magic light burning in the eyes.
Magical power that infuses the five senses to their limits.
The darkness of the night could not obscure his vision, but what he wanted was more than simply seeing through the darkness.
‘Ackerman’s drawing method.’
The power that created a map of the entire fourth floor of the labyrinth, where it was impossible to cut it to an actual measurable distance.
By combining the power of the drawing method with a view that overlooks the entire area beyond imagery, it is created as a new unique skill.
「Dream Tracking(Dream Tracking)」
The ability implemented based on the ability to see even the palace of the King of Dreams is to track down objects seen only in dreams and imagination.
In some ways, it has a similar function to the searcher’s left arm fragment. Of course, a search area encompassing the entire continent could not even be imitated.
Nevertheless, in that it can find objects that are not in the memory of this body, it is a far superior ability than the searcher’s left arm fragment.
Memories inherited from the gray warrior.
Specify a target in the memory, use it as an activation condition, and cast the newly acquired unique skill.
Hwaaaaa!
Magic power drains rapidly and the clock expands.
The limit beyond the horizon, which cannot be physically crossed, was easily broken.
The range of visibility quickly expands northward beyond the horizon.
What caught at the end was a huge frost storm.
Hwi─────
Is this even though it has begun to weaken the Frost Throne’s power?
The powerful spell that froze a wide area into space gave a completely different sense of intimidation than when viewed through the monitor.
The magic of the Frost Throne that can stop even a large army of devils.
「Payeong’s Magical Eye」
With a vision that penetrates fantasy and mystery, you can penetrate inside and open the contents.
Clutter. Cough…
What filled my eyes was tens of thousands of frozen monsters and an army of corrupted barbarians that was more than twice that number.
Could it be that the power of the Frost Throne is gradually loosening?
On the frozen ground, the strongest monsters were trying to move even a little.
Sigh….
The next thing I saw was dozens of demons frozen as well.
Basically, the power of demons was completely different from that of monsters, so they were clearly taking one step at a time every few minutes.
[What are you trying to see?]
Maybe I didn’t understand the misdeeds going on in the middle of the night?
On the cliff beyond the image, Jeokchang asked in a languid voice.
Dallen didn’t answer. Even so, it takes a lot of concentration and strength to see a place over a hundred kilometers away.
“…….”
We go beyond the endless hordes of demons and monsters and dig a little deeper into the back of the army.
Jeok Chang’s question was reasonable in its own way, but there was also a part that caught the eye in a certain context.
The reason for pouring out magical power and peeking over the horizon cannot be simply to see the storm on the Frost Throne that will block the demonic forces.
Because we already knew that dozens of demons were coming down and that the power of the Frost Throne was preventing them.
[I did something, but now I can’t believe it…]
Only then did Jeokchang realize Dallan’s intention and looked up from beyond the image with a surprised expression.
Sigh.
Finally, a figure caught at the edge of his vision slowly raised his head as if he was aware of Dallen’s gaze.
[Huh─]
He laughed.
I couldn’t see it properly.
The body is vaguely dark red, as if a child had roughly painted it over with paint.
In the distorted shape, the only clear eye is the color of blood drops.
The shape was so distorted that it was difficult to properly recognize it, but it was not difficult to recognize who it was.
Memories left behind by the gray warrior.
The object that Dallon searched for with his unique skill, Dream Chase, was the entity that marked the end of that memory.
Because it was the evil spirit Shu.
[I heard that he killed Ztank in Calchas, so I wondered what kind of guy he was, but he was more talented than I thought, right?]
The guy said. It was a voice with a clear smile.
Even though it was the only one capable of moving in the frozen space, it did not leave its range.
An attitude that seems to have no regard for the safety of the dozens of demonic armies or the invasion they are carrying out according to the will of the lord.
All he could feel was a faint excitement writhing on top of his drowsiness, as if he was waiting for something to please him.
[It is said that the well of Yeokcheon foretold you… I hope you pass my test. If you are still alive after the fight, come north.]
Both eyes slowly widen.
A red shimmer extending beyond the horizon and staring directly into Dallen’s gaze.
The guy said.
[I’ll see you then.]
Huaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
The field of vision quickly fades away.
The range and distance of the watch rapidly decrease, as if a rubber band was pulled to its limit and then released.
Dallen, whose mind became dizzy from the rapid change, closed his eyes for a moment.
I feel sick, like I’m going to get motion sick. This was the first time since I surpassed the human body that I felt this way without any trauma.
[…This is surprising. So that Sun himself descended on the continent.]
And while Dallan was calming his senses, Jeokchang muttered as if he could not believe it.
[It even seemed like he threw away most of his existing power and strength in order to force his descent. The five evil gods will always growl and devour each other.]
“…….”
[No matter how crazy they are about fighting…is it possible to make such a decision unless you are prepared to lose everything?] “
Why are you so crazy? “Thinking deeply.”
Dallen chuckled. He slowly opened his closed eyes.
My vision was still a little dizzy. I felt a little better when I gently rubbed my eyes.
“If he has descended, he has descended, and if he wants to fight even if the conditions are unfavorable, then so be it. Isn’t that right?”
[…….]
“Maybe it’s because he’s an old man, but he seems to be worried in a strange place.”
Jeokchang did not answer. A subtle silence flowing over the cliff. Dallen smiled softly and shook his head.
It’s not that I don’t understand.
A true dragon, a being powerful enough to rival the devil from birth. Even though Red Spear had the greatest power among them, it was by no means comparable to the power of the evil gods who were the masters of the five great hells.
‘Rather, you would know the gap more vividly. Right now, the Dragon God is one of the evil gods and has been fighting with Sun for a long time.’
Nevertheless, the reason Dallen can take it lightly is because he has experience reaching a future that has never been reached before.
Hundreds of times facing the apocalypse.
A long journey that exceeds thousands of hours in abbreviated time beyond the monitor.
It’s not that Dallen has never had the experience of cutting off the head of an evil spirit in countless repeated plays.
So he could be sure.
‘This is an opportunity.’
Although it may be an incarnation with limited power, it is an opportunity to knock off the head of one of the evil gods.
And if this weakened its power, the Northern Front would also have some breathing room.
As the end approaches, the apocalypse is coming from all directions. Having spare power on even one of the fronts would definitely be a huge variable.
The unstable future is constantly twisting and changing.
However, that is why we have no choice but to look further afield when designing.
Of course, for that to happen, the ability to prepare for the fight right in front of you is also important.
After completely relieving his dizziness, Dallen lightly jumped off the roof of the spire.
[Did you know that direct comments about age are rude to all women, regardless of race?]
“…Huh?”
And for the first time since learning the step, I lost my footing in the air and almost fell.
[What is that reaction? Even though you seem like an insensitive and dull savage, you have a flashier tongue than anyone else. Are you going to make an excuse for not knowing even such basic manners?]
“No, that’s not true….”
[Huh, really. So, does that mean you can’t believe that I have a female body?]
Actually, there is that, but it feels like I didn’t expect it rather than that I couldn’t believe it.
“…….”
More than that, I just can’t believe that my silence until now was just because of those words.
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