Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 243

Episode 243:

A splendid return

“Damn it.”

Elric cursed without even realizing it.

Molten iron comes down in a situation where all magical power is restrained?

In Elric’s eyes, it all looked like the River Styx, which separates the boundary between this world and the underworld.

『What are you doing? Run!』

Paaat-

Elric started running forward as soon as Mephisto finished speaking.

Just looking at the speed at which it was filling up, it didn’t seem like much of a threat.

I thought that if it was a device made by King Yulho, there must be something different.

just as expected.

Slosh!

The molten iron that had fallen to the floor seemed to shake violently once, and soon began to rise with tremendous force.

As if a tsunami had occurred!

‘I knew it would be like this!’

Elric gritted his teeth.

The molten metal, which had risen higher than his own height, was bending along the wall, trying to reach his location in an instant.

Boiling steam filled the passage, and the heat was felt all the way up here.

-Ugh!

no wonder.

King Yulho’s laughter seemed to ring in my ears.

‘Shit! ‘What on earth have you done!’

-Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

‘Nimi!’

Elric frowned.

If I asked him this question, it was clear that King Yulhyo would laugh even more mischievously.

Because he was originally that kind of guy.

『I think I’ll get caught if I keep going like this. Is there any other way?』

Mephisto shouted with a nervous look as he glanced behind him.

If Elric fulfills his orders here, he will either die or be tied up here like an earthly spirit.

I’m finally starting to regain my strength little by little, but suddenly I’m stuck in a place like this again?

I didn’t want to die for that!

But Mephisto soon felt gloomy.

Elric didn’t respond, so I turned my head forward to see what was going on, but ended up in vain.

『What…!』

200 meters ahead, there was no floor to step on.

There is only black darkness with no idea where it will end.

It was clear that if I fell from there in my current condition, I would most likely die unexpectedly.

The back is molten iron. There is a cliff ahead.

What should I do in times like this?

-Hahahaha!

King Yulho’s laughter was getting louder again.

‘You think I’m doing this to get out of here!’

For a brief moment, Elric remembered the first time he met Augustine.

When trapped in Cheongyeon’s Jinggung. Wasn’t all magical power locked like this back then?

But he survived.

By somehow generating a small amount of magical power.

Now that I was stronger than I was back then… I was sure I could do it.

“Sigh!”

Elric took a deep breath. The small amount of mana hidden within it bloomed at once, stimulating the dragon blood.

‘This place… is different from Cheongyeon’s Jinggung. It is said that Cheongyeon’s Jinggung was a place to test magical skills. Then here.’

Elric’s eyes shone brightly.

‘Check the rigid body technique.’

『It looks like you found the answer?』

With Mephisto’s voice full of relief.

Faaah!

Elric threw his body violently towards the black cliff.

Dynamic suicide. It was a secret that required quick movement in Gangchejutsu.

Elric has already almost completed the restoration of the Gangseojutsu, not only through Arbae but also through the diary left behind by King Yulho.

So, I was more confident in my movements based on rigid body techniques than anyone else.

Even if King Velence becomes an adult and stands by his side.

Crack!

Elric was the first to kick the wall on the right side of the passage.

Even though the floor had collapsed, the walls still remained, so I thought I would make good use of this space.

Faaah!

‘After this…!’

Elric jumped high near the ceiling and quickly looked down.

To find a place to step next.

‘here.’

Fortunately, the floor wasn’t completely empty.

Although it was very small, there were stepping stones here and there that were barely big enough for one person to step on.

『But I guess he didn’t really mean to run out and die. “I see something like that plastered all over it,”

Mephisto muttered in an expression of bewilderment.

Square-shaped tiles. Even though it was small, it was so small that if it was even slightly distorted, it would definitely fall off the cliff.

Elric calmly fell to the nearest one and stepped forward.

Then the tile fell down like a lie.

‘That’s right!’

However, Elric had a vague guess up to this point.

I thought King Yulho must have been up to some kind of prank in a place like this, so I calmly jumped up high again without panicking.

Whirly!

By using the shape of the wheel to rotate the body like a top and rise, the inertia that kept moving forward was able to be controlled to some extent.

Gurgling!

in between. Far behind, molten iron had reached the cliff and was falling down.

Of course, there was no way the functions of molten iron would stop there.

I thought I didn’t have to look anymore, but it suddenly changed direction and climbed up the wall and up to the ceiling!

The molten iron was trying to get to where Elric was at once, like a wild beast trying to devour Elric.

If you get caught, you die. Elric had to move much faster.

Pot! Papat!

Stinging net –

‘But it’s okay because you’ve gotten used to it to some extent.’

The more Elric moved, the more he could feel his body’s senses coming back little by little.

As expected, it was an advantage gained by strengthening the body while obtaining dragon blood.

‘I learned something from Nahatram.’

When I thought about the sensations I felt when possessed, I was able to immediately understand what kind of movement I had to make when landing to make it easier to switch to the next movement, and how I had to control my muscles to adjust the angle as I wanted when hitting a wall.

Where else is that?

Besides Nahatram, there were Chepeshu and Damir.

Although I haven’t experimented with their power by possessing them yet, I gained a lot from watching their fight while trapped in the unconscious world for quite a long time.

So I was able to pick them all one by one.

Agree.

The sentiments and martial theories that had remained in Elric’s mind, knowingly or unknowingly, were quickly combining at this moment.

『Anyway, those Mervingers…』

Mephisto had to laugh out loud as he vaguely realized that Elric was trying to imitate Chapter 6 of Winter based on the Steel Body technique.

widely!

Then, Elric was able to reach the area where a new floor begins at the end of the cliff.

Even the molten metal could no longer follow him and he was seen falling into the darkness.

“Whoa…! What is it this time?”

Elric narrowed his eyes while wiping his head, which was soaked with cold sweat.

The moment I took a few steps, I could see stone statues lined up all over the place.

Swords, spears, maces… Stone statues each holding a different weapon.

The size, shape, and even facial features were all different.

‘no way?’ I look at you with these eyes.

As Elric

got closer, the statues began to move all at once.

As the head turned this way and the joints of the arms moved, stone dust fell.

“under!”

Elric had to do his best with a smile on his face.

It seemed that from here on, they were trying to understand the level of Gangseojutsu in earnest.

『You are in the middle of a mountain.』

“That is correct.”

Elric’s eyes sank deeply as he answered.

* * *

‘How on earth have you installed so many of these things and not been discovered?’

Boom Boom Quaaang –

Elric instantly broke the arm of the statue that was trying to hit him with his mace, straightened his shoulders and flew away.

Then, the stone statue that had been hit in the solar plexus retreated twice, but was completely shattered on the third collision.

I

brushed my hair, casually stirring the flying stone dust with my hand.

The last stone statue that occupied this section.

Nothing else was visible anymore.

Elric took a deep breath and had to laugh out loud.

Even though there is a facility of this size underground, I thought it had been hidden well without being discovered even once.

‘Or even if it was there, did it all dissolve in the molten iron and disappear without leaving behind a body?’

I thought maybe that could be the case.

Or maybe it was simply that it was so dark under the lamp that I had no idea that there was such a secret place in the normally quiet basement.

‘What is it this time?’

As Elric passed through the passage, he quickly scanned the surrounding area.

But even after walking for a while, nothing came out.

The ordinary path just continues.

『…If I keep doing this, I’m getting more anxious?』

“That’s right. “What on earth is this guy going to do again…!”

Elric grumbled and stopped mid-sentence.

Because we were already reaching the end of the road.

“Is it going to end like this?”

End of passage. A huge cavity was visible.

The moment Elric passed through the aisle with a nervous look on his face.

“and!”

I burst out in admiration without even realizing it.

A dome-shaped ceiling.

A mural full of all kinds of colorful colors.

An altar that can only be climbed by taking dozens of steps.

Because all of them boasted overwhelming majesty.

『It’s gorgeous.』

Mephisto commented very briefly, but he also seemed quite surprised as he was constantly looking around.

During his time, the beast people had not developed this much culturally.

Jerk.

Jerk.

『Hmm?』

Then, when Mephisto saw Elric starting to walk forward, he turned his head to see what he was doing and then twitched one of his eyebrows.

‘There was someone else…?’

I later discovered that there was a person sitting cross-legged at the altar.

A middle-aged man with white hair sat quietly with his eyes closed.

Because of this, Mephisto had to feel quite a bit of discomfort.

No matter how overwhelmed you were by the sight of the group, if there was something like that, you would usually be the first to notice it.

However, after not knowing it until now, I finally became aware of it after seeing Elric move.

Nothing.

It felt like I was just a non-existent person.

I was completely assimilated with my surroundings, to the point where I felt invisible, like a person from this world.

Mephisto had the feeling that he didn’t know if the middle-aged man was alive or dead.

Common sense tells us that there can be no one other than Elric in a place like this, so he must be dead.

There is no sound or presence of breathing at all.

Should I say that it feels like looking at the stone statue I met on my way here?

However, it was still strange to say that it was a well-carved stone statue or a dead body.

A corpse that feels alive.

Doesn’t that make sense?

At that time, Elric stopped in front of the middle-aged man.

‘no. Isn’t there such a case at all?’

Then, Mephisto was belatedly able to think of a being that could overcome contradictions.

reply. It might be possible for a being that has thrown off the limitations and categories of mortals.

Often, everything created by such a being was nothing short of a mystery and a miracle.

He must have been the owner of the thoughts that filled this underground space.

okay.

That middle-aged man was none other than King Yulho.

“long time no see.”

The moment Elric opened his mouth.

Flash!

King Yulho’s eyes, which had been closed, opened.

Wizard who swallowed talent