Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 242

Episode 242:

A splendid

return. A city full of silence at night.

Elric was leisurely crossing the night sky.

『Is this where the king of the beast people you mentioned last time lived?』

“Yes. “That’s right?”

The reason why Bjorn was once considered the best city in the eastern region was very simple.

This was because the ruler of the beast people, who became the losers of the northern part of the continent 400 years ago, tried to make it the second capital.

At that time, quite a lot of infrastructure was installed.

Naturally, the population also concentrated there.

However, for unknown reasons, after the beastmen retreated back to the black snowfields, the empire considered this a shame and intentionally blocked the development of the city of Björn.

So now it has become a place that very few people remember.

Elric, who heard the story about King Yulho’s safe house from King Velence, could well understand that this place was very important.

『But it’s already been a long time since the beastmen retreated, and the safe house still remains?』

Mephisto tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.

If humans considered the rule of the beastmen a shame, then of course there was no way they would leave things related to them alone.

“Why can’t I go to a safe house?”

『…?』

Mephisto tilted his head as if he didn’t understand, but he had to burst into laughter when he saw the place where Elric had arrived.

『That makes sense!』

The place Elric arrived at was the city hall building.

Where the mayor appointed by the empire conducts business.

But now, the place was taken over by the Red Lion Army and then taken over again by the Star Wars Army, leaving it empty.

I couldn’t find a single person, so there was only a bitchy atmosphere.

A prisoner who hated the empire so much set up a safe house in a building built by the empire?

It would have been even more strange to notice this.

‘Anyway, King Yulho is also a very unique man. ‘How did you come up with such a strange idea?’

King Yulho, whom I met at Arnbae, was definitely a unique person who was different from ordinary people.

So, I guess Elric was that much more appealing to me.

“Let’s see, there’s a fountain with an eagle statue… over there!”

While recalling the drawing of the city hall that he had secretly requested from Ate, Elric was soon able to arrive in front of the large fountain in the center of the building.

Water was falling like a waterfall from the beak of the eagle statue, which looked as if it would soar high into the sky at any moment.

“【Find】.”

Elric spread his mana scan widely.

From now on, I haven’t heard about the exact entrance location of the safe house or what its internal structure is.

If you have any concerns.

‘I’m a little uneasy because it was done by this gentleman…’

Even in King Yulho’s diary given by King Velence, this is exactly what was described about the safe house.

-We made it a surprise party even though we don’t know who will come. ha ha ha. It’s a shame I can’t see it in person.

…Doesn’t that mean that they are fully prepared to give trouble to anyone?

‘I thought you would have been very old by the time I put this here… You should have grown up by then.’

Or is it more like King Yulho to be immature?

anyway.

Elric just hoped that he could enter the safe house without much difficulty.

‘it will work out somehow.’

In fact, Elric was confident in himself.

Even at this moment, the dragon’s blood was filling the body with power, and there was no need to mention magic.

Elric was confident that he would pass without much difficulty, no matter what tricks King Yulho had planned in the safe house, as he could try to possess him if he had to.

‘Are we here?’

Then, Elric realized that the area behind the fountain where the water did not pour was empty.

I moved towards it and touched it with my hand.

It was definitely a very slight sound, but it sounded foreign.

『Is it there?』

“Yes. But this…”

『Why is that so? I think it will just open. If you do this… Wow!』

Mephisto touched the area that Elric had touched and then applied magical power to strengthen it.

By absorbing Azazel’s power, he was now able to perform physical actions to some extent, so he smiled in satisfaction as the brick was naturally pushed inward.

However, as the bricks continued to fall, Mephisto lost his balance and fell down.

“I was trying to say that I had to go down carefully because it seemed like there was no space inside.”

Elric looked at it in bewilderment and then threw himself into the hole.

It was so deep that I had to fall down for a long time.

“【Fall slowly】. 【Light up brightly】.”

While it was possible to simply project fragmentary intentions with the words used previously, it was now possible to give ‘concrete’ instructions.

As the air resistance surrounding Elric increases, the speed of his fall decreases significantly.

The surrounding area, which had been covered in darkness, became very bright as a pure white sphere of light emerged.

‘It’s deeper than I thought.’

The passage leading to the underground safehouse was very long and vertical.

A height so great that you could fall to your death unless you use magic or have excellent martial arts skills.

That wasn’t the only problem.

Just hit it!

Pew pew pewpew –

Suddenly, the sound of mechanical devices rotating along the walls was heard, and iron arrows were shot one after another at Elric.

The angle and movement were so sharp that one wondered if this was a place that had stopped functioning for the past hundreds of years.

“【Round around】.”

Elric breathed magic into the winter seal and quickly spread his hands in the air.

Then, a lot of frost condensed in the air, forming several layers of blue protective film.

Cha cha cha chang!

Taetaetaang –

Countless iron arrows bounced off helplessly one after another. The protective shield was shattered several times and then restored again.

“This guy…does he plan to turn everyone who comes here by mistake into hedgehogs?”

If you are an ordinary person, or even a person who has achieved a certain level of discipline, just falling down is enough to make you lose your senses.

With so many threatening devices installed… this was absolutely not a level that could be called a ‘prank’.

widely!

Elric muttered incoherently and was finally able to land on the ground.

But he still couldn’t relax.

It felt like the air suddenly became heavier, and an invisible pressure was pressing hard on my shoulders.

“…big!”

At the same time, there was a sound of something being locked all around him.

Clunk-

clack-

“This is…!”

“The magic will be locked…!”

Elric raised his head to wonder what this was, but had to open his eyes wide.

Suddenly, the magic power that was coursing through my body began to subside like a lie.

The six winter chapters, including Nahatram, seemed to be shouting something, but they soon faded and were buried.

It was a curse.

It’s also quite difficult.

“【Get away】!”

Elric instinctively felt threatened and poured a lot of intent into his magic power, maximizing the output of the seal.

If things continued like this, all the magic would be locked away, so I tried to wash away the curse somehow.

Faaaa!

‘The activation is cancelled…?!’

The effect formed at Elric’s fingertips and then shattered.

The magic field was formed and then unraveled again like a skein of thread, scattering in all directions.

Crash!

Then the magic power was completely locked away.

“【Resolve】!”

“【Wash away】….”

“【Crush and scatter】!”

Elric tried to shake off the curse several times after that.

Tonta tonto!

The magic formed and then broke each time. The magical power still did not budge.

Complete redemption of mana.

Something unbelievable happened.

“…What is this?”

“hey. “Why don’t you come down now?”

While Elric was perplexed, he suddenly heard Mephisto’s voice from beneath his feet.

Since he couldn’t use magical power, his senses were dulled, so Elric turned his head to see where Mephisto was, and then said, ‘Puh-hwa-ah!’ I burst out laughing.

Mephisto was crushed under his feet.

“What are you doing there?”

『Isn’t it you who is stepping on my head? Come down quickly!』

Elric quickly came down to the floor.

Mephisto also slowly stood up with a blank face.

His behavior was truly outrageous.

Like a straw doll, heaps of iron arrows were sticking out all over his body, and even the prints of Elric’s shoes remained on his face.

Moreover, all the fake good momentum that had been flying just a moment ago had disappeared.

It was to the point where I had doubts as to whether he was the Great Demon King who showed such great intimidation against Azazel in the unconscious world.

As his magical powers were restrained, he also returned to his original, normal state.

“Shit! The king should just remain in his room…! “Why do you have to come along and see me like this just because I’m bored?”

Mephisto grumbled back and forth in an irritated voice, then frowned and asked.

『What on earth is that beastman king?』

“What are you talking about?”

『I heard he died more than hundreds of years ago? But how can such strong thoughts be left behind?』

Elric followed Mephisto and raised his head upward.

Just like that –

the ceiling, the walls, the floor… I could still hear the sound of the mechanical mechanism working through the bricks.

This means that trap institutions still remain in various places.

In a situation where my magical powers were restricted, I was momentarily at a loss as to how I could pass through all of these places.

Elric was able to sense what Mephisto meant.

“Are you saying that it was because of King Yulho’s will that all magical power and magic were restrained?”

“okay. If that much time had passed, the thoughts would have disappeared to some extent, but there is no trace of that at all. Rather… I feel like I have become stronger as time goes by.』

Mephisto’s forehead furrowed deeply.

『There is usually a saying about something like this.』

“The world of imagination….”

『Yes. It is the realization of one’s imagination drawn in one’s mind into reality. To be able to do something like that, you have to be far beyond the rank of ‘superhuman’, at least by your standards.』

It was never easy to physically embody what you imagined. This also meant that all the laws had to be twisted to suit one’s taste in a certain area.

And in order to maintain it semi-permanently… It also meant that one had to surpass even the ranks of superhumans.

People often call these people this way.

Semi-god.

A person who has stepped halfway to the realm of God….

‘King Yulho was that great?’

Actually, if you think about it, it made a lot of sense.

Even King Yulho, whom Elric saw during the arrangement, already possessed outstanding skills at a young age.

If he had not neglected his training and perfected his body technique after that, it would have been possible.

‘But why on earth is it in a place like this…!’

I still don’t understand why this world of images was built.

But he couldn’t continue his thoughts any longer.

『…something is starting again.』

Elric wondered something, so he turned his head in the direction Mephisto was pointing and ended up heading.

Far away.

The ceiling seemed to be spinning, and boiling molten iron was falling like a waterfall to the floor.

Wizard who swallowed talent