City of Backstreet Nymphs - Chapter 42



42 – 042 – Oinoi and the Little Stationery # 6

042 – Oinoi and the Little Stationery # 6

A frozen structure under a glacier.

It seemed that Oinoi recognized the structure.

“It means that Oinoi knows this place… ! This towering spire is clearly the bell tower of a temple…. This Oinoi, it seems that this place is like a temple of a certain god… !”

It is said that the fixed cracks in Sejong City are part of the temples of the god ‘Baldur’. And the building under this glacier seemed to be a temple of some god.

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“How do I get down to this frozen place?”

Lee Jin-ah stomped the ice floor with her foot.

The floor was extremely hard, and even with the brawn of an Awakener, you couldn’t even make a crack in the ice field.

I thought that it would have been nice if Seo Ye-rim was there.

Seo Ye-rim is an S-class fireman.

This kind of ice should melt easily.

However, Seo Ye-rim was not present.

This is what I have to do in the first place.

It is also not good to rely only on others for help.

“Let’s find it. There may be gaps. Your mother may have fallen into that crevice and she got stuck underneath. There must be a gap somewhere.”

I was convinced that Lee Jin-ah’s mother was alive down here. If so, she must have had a reason or method for her mother to go underground.

Lee Jin-ah asked soon.

“Why don’t you ask the squirrel and the honey ant?”

“No. The weather is too cold.”

The weakness of Kyeongkong and Angangi was that they were weak against the cold. It was too cold in this arctic region, and it was certain they would freeze to death if left unleashed.

I can’t make my friends like that.

That’s why you can’t just suck your fingers like this-.

I took a whoo-exhale and then I got my breathing right.

“I am a manipulator. He is more adept at handling the mana that comes out of his body than the mana he handles inside his body. Now I’m going to spread my magic wide and shoot it at the floor.”

In other words, it meant that the mana within me was scattered on the floor like water. Then there might be a magical power that escapes downward.

It was a story that might be a weakness or a doorway to this glacier floor.

“Magical deployment.”

Shut-.

I spread the mana inherent in my body in all directions while casting self-suggestions.

SSS-.

The concentration of magical power in my body has decreased, and the concentration of magical power in the surrounding area has increased.

!

-Zuji… !

It seemed that Kengkeongi and Angangi soon came to their senses.

An area with a radius of about 20 meters created by the magic I exuded.

It must have been strongly influenced by this realm because I was a snarl and a roar that usually reacted to my magic.

!

Kyeongkong slithered down to the floor as if he didn’t feel the cold.

-Zuji… !

Angang stepped on the glacier, moving as if stretching his body, which had been dulled by the cold.

It was the same with Oinoi.

“It is warmer than I thought… ! What this oi-noi says is nymph-friendly warmth… ! The owner of the house is to use this power instead of a boiler from now on… !”

To use my [Magic Expansion] Instead of the boiler?

If so, you can save on gas bills.

But it was easier said than done.

Taking control of the mana that escaped from the body was as difficult as trying to control the breath I exhaled outside.

If I lose my concentration even a little bit, my mana will lose control and scatter into the air-.

“I have become the central circle of magical power, just like the earth attracting the moon. You can look around while maintaining this sense.”

I can do all these things.

After admiring it so much, I felt something strange in my head.

There was only one spot in the 20 meter radius where the magic leaked.

“Kong-kyeong-ah, ang-ang-ah, go to the spot I am pointing at.”

Shut-.

I took out a laser pointer from my waistband and pointed it at a certain point.

Kyeongkyeongi and Angangi go there.

!

Kyeongkong, who went there, shouted something.

I still don’t know what you’re talking about.

Instead, Lee Jin-ah’s expression brightened.

“Kongkyongi is delighted… !”

It was.

Lee Jin-ah was a person with the ability to read the emotions of animals.

I headed to the spot where the kongkong was spinning.

Then, a small hole, like a finger, appeared, and a wind noise was heard coming from there.

“Here.”

I took a stick out of my pocket.

Soon, Oinoi responded.

“It is a warm flare… !”

“It looks similar, but this is specially manufactured dynamite. When used, the chemicals inside react and generate ultra-high heat for a brief moment. Then you can widen this entrance. Get out of here because it’s dangerous. And close your eyes and cover your ears.”

I moved Oinoi and Lee Jin-ah far away.

And I also pressed the switch using the wireless control device I had installed after about 50 meters away.

“Detonation-. Blasting-.”

aaang-!

Beep-.

5-Ton trucks rushed at full speed and heard a sound that sounded like they were bumping into each other. It was a bonus that the pressure of the explosion quickly spread through the air.

It’s been a long time since I’ve used a bomb, but the power was strong.

“hehehe… ! This oi noi, even though she was covering her ears, the sound was so loud that it made her deaf… ! I want you to check if this oi-noi’s ears are not as long as the long-eared elves… !”

Oi Noi seemed to have covered her ears a little less.

It sounds like you’re hearing tinnitus, right?

Fortunately, Oinoi’s ears were pointed and short, triangular.

“I’m fine.”

“I can’t hear what you’re saying… !”

Hearing will return soon.

As I expected, after about 5 seconds, Oinoi regained his hearing.

Ohinoi said.

“There was a big hole in the floor… !”

Big hole.

Oinoi said so, but the hole was very narrow from my point of view. Only enough for one person to go down.

It was an explosion big enough to knock down a tunnel in the mountain, yet to make a hole just this big.

The ice must have been hard.

“Then, let’s hang a hook and a rope here and go down.”

Fortunately, the hole was deep.

I set up a drop rope nearby and secured it to my waistband.

Looking at this process, Lee Jin-ah admired.

“You look familiar. Also deals with bombs. Wasn’t the bomb something that could only be used with a license?”

“Why, even when you were sitting in elementary school eating lunch, I went around places like this. You went up to C-class faster, but of course I have more experience.”

Talking about it, it was a little awkward.

It doesn’t mean that I, who worked diligently as an Awakener, fell behind the kid who was eating lunch in elementary school.

Well, from now on we can go forward again.

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After descending about 50 meters underground, her feet touched the floor.

The floor was flat and, although frozen, it had a structure in the form of an artificial building.

“The temple trapped under the ice.”

It was quite tasteful.

Although it was a situation like this, it felt like romance.

Beep beep, beep beep-.

We followed the vital signs of the radar and arrived at the inside of the large temple. Common – of vast shrine.

The statue of the goddess standing tall there is majestic.

“Nice.”

When I admired it, Oinoi said.

“It is a statue of the goddess Demeter… ! The proof of this is the way she holds the grain of rice and the scythe for harvesting… ! Demeter is a very kind goddess even to her nymphs… !”

Is she the goddess of grain and harvest?

Why is the temple of such a goddess so frozen?

Even Oinoi didn’t seem to know that.

“Even this Oinoi doesn’t know why the temple is frozen like this… ! Earlier, when Kore married into the underworld, she was frozen like this… She has already reconciled everyone… !”

It seemed so.

Kwaaang-.

Then something appeared through the solid ice floor.

They had very large noses, long limbs, blue skin, and drooling from half-open mouths.

Four fingers and a clumsy grip.

It was Lee Jin-ah who figured out the identity first.

“f*ck, that’s a troll!”

Troll-.

A monster that is said to appear in high-risk rifts.

Soon, Oinoi was startled.

“Like the long-eared elves, they are fairies from distant lands… ! Of course, it is not a good fairy like a nymph, but a bad fairy… !”

It was.

I have heard that trolls are a vicious tribe with hard and thick skin and difficult to defeat due to their extraordinary regenerative power.

And his personality is also ferocious.

His physical strength is so strong that he grabs a strong bodybuilder left and right and tears them apart.

The treatment risk was grade B.

This means that you must have a B-class, a high-level Awakener, in your party to defeat one.

There are four of them.

“Gruaaa!”

“Gerrr!”

“Gerureu-.”

“Truerrr-.”

Lee Jin-ah said.

“Everyone must be mad!”

That’s enough to know even if you don’t have the ability to read emotions.

Jiwoong-.

I took out my beam saber.

“Head!”

Then he ran vigorously and cut off the troll’s leg. Even if the skin was hard, the joints would be weak.

Chow-.

In fact, the troll, whose knee was slashed, fell and rolled on the floor.

“Guaac-! Mmm, it’s the head. Lingan-. Liar-! Kill-! Tear it up! You said it was my head, but my legs, ghah!”

“I like expensive weapons. The weak points of the human form are almost the same.”

Smooth-.

However, new flesh was quickly sprouting from the cut wound.

That was the moment.

Gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg -.

There was a sharp sound, as if someone were pounding a gong noisily.

When I turned my head, someone in the distance hit the metal plate with a stick and shouted.

“Ugly fairies are saying to get away quickly… ! This is the sanctuary of the goddess Demeter… ! It’s not a good place for alien species to invade… !”

It was covered with a lot of fur, so it was very rich and strange.

Yeok yeok yeok yeok yeok yeok-.

“Quaaagh! It’s too noisy—!”

“I’d better step back for now—!

The four trolls covered their ears and ran away as someone in a fur coat continued to tap the iron plate.

Jjoreureu-.

The furry guy is now coming towards us.

The guy immediately saw Oinoi and was delighted.

“Ah-! Now I see that there are not only nasty alien species, but also native fairies, nymphs… ! Nymph sisters… ! It is very nice to meet you like this… !”

“Ah-! I thought it was a hairy monster, but now I feel like a nymph sister… ! This oinoi is the oinoi, the nymph of the ditch… !”

“I am Koris, the nymph of ice water… !”

Chak-.

The person who identified himself as Corris took off a tuft of his hair to reveal a face with blue hair cut short. He resembles Ohinoi, but his eyes are blue and have a cool feeling.

Shut-.

The two nymphs now put their foreheads against each other.

What are you doing?

“Oinoi, what are you doing?”

“Nymph sisters greet each other by touching their foreheads… ! If you greet like this, you will be able to know the other person’s age or health condition… !”

It was a strange greeting.

Soon, Oinoi spoke to Koris, the nymph of ice water.

“Coris… ! Let’s go outside with this oi noi… ! It is said that such a cold place is not good for nymph sisters… !”

“This Koris is a nymph of icy water and can withstand the cold, but I agree that this is a terrible place… ! But… To get out of here, you have to defeat a terrifying monster… !”

Terrifying monsters.

What the hell is that?

Corris shivered and was very frightened.

A condition that seems difficult to explain.

Then someone came towards us.

“I will tell you about the monster.”

It was a woman’s voice.

She was holding a spear carved from icicles, and she was wearing armor made of fur and bones, and she looked very warm.

Shut-.

Lee Jin-ah was surprised when the woman finally revealed her face.

“… Mom… !”

“Mom? Are you… Aren’t you? Sun Ah! Yellow hair! My daughter!”