Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 362



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Disciple (2)

As soon as Alan woke up, he went out to the living room. As he moved, the skylight opened and the morning sunlight poured down like a laser.

The light that had been coming down in a straight line flowed down as soon as it touched Alan’s body. This is not a metaphor. From the moment when the volume of Manaheart increased as it reached depth 6, the magical power that Alan emitted began to affect the surroundings.

Alan’s magical power control was unparalleled, but it was not enough to fully control his magical power. As the capacity control increased day by day, he became burdened, so he loosened the reins a little.

Thanks to this, the protagonist hiding his power was a story from another world. Lower-level magic users took care of themselves, and those of the same level or higher could only guess at the realm.

As Alan sat down on the sofa, the little boy returned from checking the treasure vault.

Kyureuk!

The little one actually enjoyed the pressure of the magic. He settled into Alan’s lap and rubbed his head against his forepaw, asking to be petted. Alan scratched the little one’s chin gently and closed his eyes.

Recent events have surfaced in my memory. Catan possessed by a demon from the deep, or fused with a coveted body.

‘It’s not easy to find traces of Catan.’

The world slowly removed his traces as if it had made a promise. Because Katan, who was not an ordinary person but was famous enough to be given the title of ‘Ka’ and had contributed greatly to modern civilization, had his body torn to pieces and divided among themselves as soon as he died.

‘It would be shameful if greed spread throughout the world.’

But if someone were to ask Alan, “Would you be any different?”, it wouldn’t be easy to answer. That’s how fascinating Catan’s body was as a test subject.

Finding his footsteps was difficult. If he had any disciples left, it is unknown, but they either disappeared after Katan’s death or died in mysterious accidents.

‘A murder disguised as an accident. A series of bad luck.’

At first, the former’s voice was dominant, but now it is half and half. With Katan dead and no one to protect his disciples, public opinion naturally tilted.

In this world, power is authority, and a voice without power is nothing more than a mirage that will soon dissipate.

Alan covered his left eye with his palm.

‘One knows who is under someone’s protection.’

Sandra the seamstress.

The new continent where Soldos resides is made up of the North Continent and the South Continent, and she is the ruler of the Primeval Forest, which occupies a vast area in the South Continent.

Last time, I just backed off when you showed me the runes of Catan, but if you face me directly.

‘You won’t send it, right?’

If you look at yourself objectively, you are a rare specimen. Walking around normally, reaching depth 6, and having excessive magical powers, you are the stuff that makes anyone drool.

That’s why we accepted members of an external force into the party. The reformed Mother Church is trustworthy, and the Breakers and the Eselma Tower are supposed to keep each other in check.

There is no such thing as ‘absolute’ in this world. The seemingly kind Chairman Jake orders his agents behind the scenes, and Lumiere Matapju, who is like a health addict, forces her disciples to compete with each other and force the employees to bleed.

‘I guess I was thinking of cutting the boat when the time came.’

All the forces and superhumans he encountered. But in reality, Alan grew too strong too quickly.

Some might say it’s negative or a leap in logic, but Alan is not complacent.

The first words left by the spirit of Catan were, ‘Trust no one.’ Even that left a residual thought hidden in Alan’s mind.

Anyway, I excluded the Taikorim ruled by Sandra from the investigation. I’ve been gathering information by requesting Kiri, but even after quite some time has passed, there has been no news.

I opened my eyes to the sound of the door opening, and Taylor came out of the room. His face looked to be in his early 40s, and his solid muscles stood out. The red scales that appeared here and there on his skin were particularly vivid thanks to the morning sunlight.

Taylor approached, pulling out his Mana Sword.

“Alan, look at this.”

The blue blade made of magical power was dyed red. The talent of Dongwha Yul was intact, so it was a form in which the cutting power of Mana Sword was added to the power of Taylor’s Aura.

“How is your body?”

“Very good. If I had a body like this when I was young, I would have burned my youth to the ground.”

“How is the training method?”

“There’s been no progress. It’s not a brain expansion device problem.”

Taylor’s training method is objectively worthless. Who would learn a training method that only strengthens mental power and magical power control? Even the raw material for strengthening is magical power.

I left it alone to observe the changes, but it was time to look for other training methods.

“What’s the difference between you and me?”

“It’s the difference between talent and magic power.”

“Ugh···.”

Maybe it’s because I’ve been held back by my talent my whole life, but whenever I hear that word, my heart clenches.

Although he had obtained the body of a dragon through Allen’s physical flexibility, it was difficult to say that he was talented because Zion, Nicola, and Shiva were nearby.

“Why did heaven create me and give birth to them?”

“If Taylor is the standard, then the number of ‘them’ is huge.”

As Zion appeared and answered Taylor’s question, Taylor’s expression became even more gloomy.

Kyureuk!

But it soon brightened up. The little boy who had been busy hiding at the mere mention of Taylor allowed her to approach, and now he even approached her actively.

Taylor taunted Zion by pointing at the kid riding on his body.

“Aren’t you jealous?”

“no.”

Zion wasn’t very interested, and instead, Nicola was getting impatient.

“Ugh, I want to touch a dragon too. Alan, I want to be a dragon too···.”

“We are running out of materials.”

The consumption of Yong In-hwa’s blood was terrifying. It had 90 liters, but after experiments, verification, and refinement, only 10 liters remained.

“You should have 30 to 40 liters more depending on individual differences.”

“I can’t be happy.”

The little one perched on Taylor’s head. Taylor froze in an awkward position, not wanting to be touched.

Alan looked at the sight and thought.

‘The little boy thinks of the old man as a servant.’

The reward that Changhae gave was the recipe for making a guardian soldier and a dragon. If he said that he made a dragon because he needed a smart servant, then he was right.

The atmosphere was chaotic from the morning, with Shiva trying to take out the holy water but being stopped, and the little boy avoiding Taylor’s hand as he tried to sneak a touch.

Alan pondered how to utilize Taylor’s assimilation rate. Just as his thoughts reached Titan, Kiri contacted him.

[hi.]

[It’s been a really long time.]

[Are you telling me I’m late?]

[that’s right.]

[Ahaha, the jokes have increased quite a bit.]

Kiri sent an encrypted file while laughing and chatting. As soon as Alan received it, he unlocked it and looked through the contents.

[The password is···.]

[I got it.]

[It’s a shame that I wouldn’t have suggested that you join the crew if you weren’t a dungeon explorer.]

[···.]

[I interrupted your concentration. Give me another request next time!]

Alan combed through the information Kiri had sent him. Instead of skimming through it like he usually did, he skimmed through it very slowly.

‘Catan died 25 years ago···.’

He challenged the Maze City’s labyrinth, was mortally wounded, and died before he could reach the ground. If Katan was mortally wounded, how must his comrades have felt?

‘Many dead, 3 survivors in hiding.’

The location is also shown, but the attached photo only shows the ruins. This means that they are dead or have taken refuge in the outskirts.

‘The body was left behind, but there was no one to claim ownership or guard it.’

It was a wise decision to retire. If I had been stiff and weak, I would have been terribly broken. In the mortuary of the Mother Church’s Love Hospital, Katan, who had been sleeping, was scattered all over the world.

The process was not smooth. The current Sarang Hospital was a newly built building after moving to a new site.

‘As the hospital collapses, mercenaries collect corpses, someone attacks the transporter, and the person who took them is attacked again…’

It was a series of robberies and thefts. As a result of the clash of force and force, Maze City looked like it had been hit by a natural disaster.

Alan unfolded the photos of the scene at that time. The collapsed buildings were easily visible, and the bodies were strewn about like decorations. There were also photos of the city defense forces moving out to suppress the chaos.

‘That’s too bad.’

If I had been there at that time, I would have obtained many experimental specimens. The scattered corpses and broken magic tools were valuable in themselves.

I had a rough idea of ​​what had happened, but it was a new experience to confirm it with information that I thought had been deleted.

That’s all for my reminiscence about Catan, and I looked for traces of my disciples.

‘Airplane accidents, medical accidents, laboratory explosions…’

All parties involved in the accident died on the spot. If it was not someone’s scheme but a combination of bad luck, the probability of this happening was only once in a thousand years.

‘What if there is a secret organization that controls knowledge?’

Alan took out the assumption he had kept hidden away on the other side of his mind. If it was their doing, then he could understand it.

Chairman Jake, a descendant of Jacob, was ranked number one on the suspect list, but his fascination with dungeon exploration was far from knowledge control, so it was put on hold for the time being.

Zion sat quietly beside him. The little boy who had been sleeping on his lap jumped in surprise and dove into Allen’s arms.

“What are you doing?”

“I was looking at the Catan data. What is the purpose of the control?”

“uh···.”

Zion was speechless at Alan’s constant questioning. Nicola, who had been pretending not to hear, answered instead.

“It’s a monopoly.”

“Say it again.”

“Um… When you try to prevent danger in advance, like by prohibiting entry?”

“Oh, that’s what I was going to say…”

No one believed Zion’s words, but if they tried to refute him for no reason and he kept insisting on sparring from the morning, they would get tired and stay silent.

Alan opened the next document while gathering his thoughts. The missing people were all dead or alive, so he just remembered them and read the list of survivors.

‘One each in the Ministry of Defense of Soldos and the Magic Tower on the Western Continent.’

There were only two people whose whereabouts were clear, and they were in positions that were not easy to meet. The reason they survived was also because they were originally related to that side.

‘A son of a noble military family, the son of Matapju.’

Now the only option left was the list of missing people I had previously put aside.

‘Oh, there’s another one.’

There was a place where the old Sarang Hospital used to be, and now it was a district guarded by the city defense force. It was covered with all sorts of security magic, and only soldiers with confirmed identities and long service were drafted there.

‘There are many other interesting mysteries besides that.’

Maze City, which houses a labyrinth, has grown rapidly and become the largest city in the world.

But the stronger the light, the darker the darkness. Darkness tempts people, and those who are drawn to it leave behind another secret and disappear. Secrets are hidden throughout Maze City, and among them, there are quite a few terrifying areas.

Those who do not know call it the city of opportunity, intoxicated by the splendor it has achieved through development, but those who have the ability to guard against darkness call it the city of magic.

“He’s thinking dangerous thoughts again.”

“Brother Alan, you are a tough wave to stop. All we have to do is change the direction a little bit so that no one gets swept away. Let’s just cheer you on.”

“He’s looking here. Are you calling him?”

“her···.”

“What are you doing? You said you were cheering me on.”

Taylor gave Shiva a firm push on the shoulder. Shiva approached, stroking his beard.

“Brother, why did you call me?”

“I’m talking about the old site of Sarang Hospital.”

“I don’t know.”

“It’s not a lie.”

“What would I do by deceiving you, brother?”

“Is there anyone who knows about that?”

“At that time, there were so many brothers and sisters who were in the arms of their mothers that even the church was quiet. Oh, there was Archpriest Liberio. He was serving in Maze City at that time as well.”

“Oh, your high priest?”

The inside of Alan’s numb eyes lit up. Shiva grabbed his beard and shouted.

“No! Even if you are my brother, you cannot open the head of the high priest!”

“When did I do that?”

“Isn’t that true?”

“Yes. You think I’m too cruel.”

No. Nicola swallowed her words. The scene she had seen in the underground workshop before was still vivid in her mind.

When I came back from my stay at the top of the tower, a large device resembling a round fishbowl appeared. I got closer to it because I was curious about the fog-filled interior.

‘I was surprised.’

A ghost with a distorted expression appeared and was pulled into the fog by something. Nicola heard a faint scream echoing.

The true identity of the fishbowl was a device that squeezed the soul and extracted its unique magical power. It is now called the soul furnace, but its original name was the hell furnace. It was named that way because the necromancer who visited hell modeled it after the energy generating organ there.

Nicola knew his way around the underground workshops.

‘The number of guests inside continues to increase.’

Would a soul visit hell on its own? But if it portrayed itself as good, there was nothing to say.

Nicola followed Alan, who was going out heavily armed as usual. When there was no case, she would go out to find a case, which was very tiring, but it also made her grow quickly.