Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 364



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Disciple (4)

The magical power flowing through the barrier was so great that even ordinary people could feel it, and the magical power circuits flowing through the rough outer wall were denser than capillaries.

But as soon as I entered the restricted area, the barrier was no longer visible. Beyond where the wall had been built, all I could see was the ruined city.

A closed world. That was exactly what the place Allen was in right now. The circulation of magic power inside and outside was completely cut off, making it impossible to understand the outside situation.

‘This place is isolated. Like the remains of a crematorium.’

What should we call this area, which contains the old scenery of Maze City and only has light and dark?

Liberio, the answer sheet, was right in front of him. He walked slowly through the darkness, holding up the white light sphere that appeared between his horns like a lantern.

“Your Highness, why did you isolate the space? This could be called another world.”

“You have a good eye for detail, just like I heard.”

The light source floating overhead cast shadows on Liberio’s face, creating the illusion that his wrinkles were getting deeper.

“25 years ago that day, Maze City was overrun by scavengers.”

“It must have been big.”

Scavengers are those who make a living from the trafficking of organs. It was a very fitting choice of word, as the corpses of Catan were their target, whether they were nations or large groups.

“As you said, there were a lot of big guys. Tier 7, you’re probably more familiar with Depth 7. Those guys also participated.”

“Then this must be the result of a collision of images at depth 7.”

If depth 6 takes out images little by little, depth 7 takes out the world stored in the mind and changes reality. A deer is different from a horse. However, if depth 7 calls a deer a horse, it becomes a horse.

It means manipulating reality and changing it to your liking.

Darkness was creeping in at that moment. Alan quietly observed the darkness. He finished interpreting it to the point where he could intervene, and reassembled it.

A black stone appeared in the quiet world and made a clanging sound. Alan held the stone in his hand and looked at it in Liberio’s light.

Shiva examined the stone carefully, true to his dwarven instincts.

“Have you finished interpreting it already?”

“Only a part of it. I used the part I interpreted as a shell to confine the darkness. Originally, I tried to drive away the darkness by covering the point of view I observed, but it’s not easy. I need to create a stronger anchor to fix the point of view I saw, but I’m wondering what method would be best. I could learn time magic or runes, but since it’s a legendary mystery, it’s unclear who owns it or where it sleeps… The only answer is a labyrinth, but the Red Land is a tough class, so I’ll need more preparation. Or should I raid the Soldos National Security Agency? There should be some clues to the information I need there. If I get a job as an advisor to the Samramansang, it’ll be easy to break through the security….”

“I don’t quite understand what you’re saying…. All I know is that you shouldn’t do the last thing you mentioned.”

“It means that the manipulation of reality has failed.”

“Your Highness, you know very well. I don’t know what to do. Do you know anything?”

Liberio made a face as if to ask me why I was asking such a difficult question, and then walked away. The darkness came back as much as it had been chased away. Another light sphere was added between Liberio’s horns.

“As you said, this place is a result of the confusion of the mental realm.”

“There must be a reason why it’s still intact after 25 years. Did someone risk their life to expand their territory? It could be a coincidence, or the core could be intact.”

“What is your judgment?”

“I believe there is a core. The High Priestess must visit periodically to adjust the barrier or purify the core.”

Liberio looked at Shiva. He saw him hiding his hip flask in his beard, then shook his head.

“If only you were half as smart as Brother Allen···.”

“Your Highness, comparison is the beginning of depression. Only when you learn to love yourself and affirm your current situation, can the door to happiness open.”

“Did Brother Allen oil it for you? Only your tongue got smoother. Hmm?”

Liberio sensed a light rising beside him and turned his eyes. The lantern that Alan had taken out was emitting a light similar to the one he had created.

“You learned the prayer from Shiva? You were family.”

“No. I combined the magic of sari and sorcery.”

When a religious person who had trained their divine powers, such as a cult, was cremated, a substance called sarira emerged, which was a stone that had condensed divine power. The same was true for the reptilians who radiated divine powers from the labyrinth.

“Commandment? Brothers and sisters….”

“Brother Allen, there’s no way that would happen.”

“Are you sure?”

“At first, I couldn’t see it.”

Liberio made a complicated expression, but only calmed down after hearing Alan’s explanation.

“You really know how to tease old people.”

“Brother Alan is always like that. Thanks to him, he never gets a blocked heart vessel.”

Even Alan created a sphere of light filled with divine power, so the darkness could only watch from afar. Thanks to this, his movement gained elasticity.

We passed overturned vehicles, roads that had turned into valleys, and buildings that had collapsed like dominoes. The darkness hidden in corners where light could not reach continued to whisper something.

“Beware of deception.”

There was no one like that. Alan’s spirit was so strong, and Shiva was a promising candidate for the Mosin Church, even though he acted like a fool.

“Your Highness, you have too many worries. I can come alone. Haha.”

“Laugh out loud now.”

“···.”

Shiva’s laughter suddenly stopped. Liberio would never have said something like that, not even as a joke.

The place we arrived at was a world of pits all around, as if a meteor had fallen. There was also a deep crater that had turned the mountain upside down.

“This is where the Love Hospital used to be.”

Even if you said it was not a hospital but the middle of a battlefield, anyone would believe it. And it was very large for a hospital. This must have been the result of the area of ​​the mind running wild.

Liberio strode along the narrow path between the pits. Alan followed behind him, looking into the pits.

‘I can’t see it.’

The darkness that filled the pit hindered observation. If possible, I wanted to pitch a tent here and study it.

The darkness was alive. In the stagnant darkness like a swamp, black hands would suddenly pop out and grope around, or they would gather like a swarm of mosquitoes, waiting for an opportunity to approach.

However, the divine power filled with solid faith was a counter to the unclean magic power. When the white light became stronger, it twisted its tail and ran away to the other side.

Liberio’s footsteps finally stopped. Only this place was flat, as if it had escaped the artillery fire. Around it, the torn doors of the morgue refrigerator were strewn about.

“We’ve arrived.”

Liberio pointed to a 10-foot-tall boulder swirling with white and black. Whenever the white took up a certain area, a human figure appeared inside.

“Who are you?”

“A disciple of Katan, and the one who opened the realm of the mind. He tried to protect his master from a group of scavengers.”

“It failed.”

Liberio nodded. Just looking at the corpses scattered across the world and the restricted areas, the result was obvious.

“Something is seriously wrong with having two people of the same class as my companions.”

“That’s why the restricted area was created. If only they had burned the corpses, they could have protected us from the greedy ones…”

“There must be a reason why it couldn’t be done. Anyway, many brothers and sisters were sacrificed back then.”

“Have you thought about revenge?”

“Are you talking about the whole world?”

It was a tragedy triggered by the madness of the group. In order to determine right and wrong, as Liberio said, we need to ask the world, but is that possible?

“Those who directly harmed my brothers and sisters will be buried here, and I will be forgotten.”

“You are generous.”

Alan also has a target for revenge. Those who forced him to flee Lanka are Soldos and the military regime in Lanka.

Taylor may think he’s forgotten the past, but he’s sorely mistaken. Alan always remembers.

Liberio stared at Alan silently.

“There are volcanoes under the sea, too. Do you have one too?”

He blurted out a word and then slammed his palm against the rock. It seemed as if the conversation was over.

“I periodically purify the core of the forbidden area. Normally, I would be careful about changes, but today, you have to suffer. Damn it.”

“yes!”

“Cheer up.”

“Your Highness, if you say something ominous….”

A magnificent aura burst out from Liberio’s body. Light exploded around him as if the sun had descended. The darkness fled in surprise at the sudden flash, then returned with a growl.

It was much more aggressive than before. It changed from a look at a strange animal to that of an avenger facing an undead enemy.

The swamp in the pit stirred. Black hands that had popped out touched the ground and pulled up the hidden body.

A long, black human figure emerged, its arms long enough to reach the ground, and its facial features completely obscured.

“That brings Shade to mind.”

“Brother, it doesn’t seem like this is a time to observe things leisurely.”

“Please use divine magic.”

“Please call me the Holy Law.”

Shiva carefully held the lantern that Alan had handed him. His whole body felt filled with strength as if he had touched a sacred object.

As the prayer was recited, Shiva’s body turned white. The light flew in all directions and indiscriminately assaulted the bodies of the dark monsters.

Alan took in the monster’s eyes. He carefully examined the part where the divine light had ravaged it.

‘Found it.’

The nucleus of the monster was visible. And it was over.

As the flash of light emitted by Shiva subsided, all the monsters surrounding the mortuary disappeared. Shiva’s shoulders rose.

“Brother, have you seen the power of the holy law I unleashed? Ahem, I did receive help, but···.”

As a priest, I still had my conscience, so I added a small comment.

Alan nodded slightly and stretched his hand forward. [Psychokinesis] pulled the monster’s cores scattered in all directions. Oily rocks piled up at the foot, and Shiva found small holes.

“No way? How did you do it?”

“We observed and controlled the nucleus.”

“Please explain it more simply.”

“I saw it and drilled a hole.”

“Isn’t the explanation just a little too short? Your High Priest, we’re done here….”

Shiva shut his mouth when he saw Liberio. He was breathing divine power into the stone and absorbing the darkness with his body. The bulging veins and tendons were pitch black. He nodded his head to show that he was okay.

A moment later, Liberio, who looked like he was covered in tar, collapsed on the floor. Shiva quickly ran over and rubbed his body.

“Are you always like this?”

“I told you that I would take it slow if you came alone, but you already forgot.”

“Oh, I remember. It was easier than I thought. Ah!”

Liberio gently pulled Shiva’s beard. Even though he only pretended to do it, Shiva screamed loudly, saying that he was going to die.

“Easy. If you can’t deal with the nukes, they’re almost immortal. If you can see them, you can interfere. What an enviable ability.”

Anyone can control it to some extent if they see it. However, to do so, they would have to break through the layers of defenses or the mind.

Shiva said, guarding his beard tightly.

“Brother Allen is really great.”

“It’s not easy, since you just performed heart surgery with your eyes and no surgical tools. I was hoping you’d have a hard time, but tsk…”

“Your Highness, you are going too far.”

It took some time for Liberio’s skin to return to its original color, so Alan observed the boulder.

‘The nuclear domain is also a piece of the imagination, so if we utilize it, can we unfold it even in a small way?’

At that moment, the white and black energy of the stone began to shake violently. The spirit eye caught sight of a whitish figure. A very cloudy figure, bound in chains, struggling to somehow escape from the stone.

The lips of the soul twitched. I put my ear to it because it seemed like it wanted to say something.

[···ㅁㅗ.]

“Speak clearly.”

[···Give me your body···.]

The spirit reached out to his head. Alan slapped his arm away. The spirit eye resides in the eye, so it has the word ‘eye’ attached to it, but it has a very complex ability.

Alan took a deep breath as he watched the writhing souls. He was truly worried about the future, a world where even souls were greeted with robbery.