Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 365



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Disciple (5)

The abilities of the spirit eye are diverse. It can see spirits without special procedures, and its ability to interfere with spiritual powers is greatly enhanced.

But every ability comes with a small price to pay.

Have you ever heard that evil spirits target the bodies of great mediums? Just as I reach out to the mirror and the other side puts its palm against me, interaction is the norm in areas where the mysterious intervenes.

A body filled with spiritual power is easy to possess, and the dead long for the warmth of the living, so those with spiritual eyes are always targeted by ghosts.

Although it has some side effects, the benefits are so great that it is the magic eye that any shaman would want.

[···Give it to me.]

From the moment Alan activated his spirit eye, the soul bound to the stone began to glow.

The black and white energy stirred even more fiercely, and torn clouds gathered in the sky, circling like a flock of crows.

The darkness that covered the ruined roads, the collapsed buildings, and the pits surrounding the hospital site stirred. It approached slowly, making a thud-thud sound.

The entire realm of the mind was shaking with the ferocity of someone about to rush in, but it did not send out dark monsters like it had at first.

‘You are observing me.’

The territory itself was cunningly waiting for its time, like a predator, to bite the nape of its formidable prey in one fell swoop.

As an unusual current flowed, Liberio jumped up. His skin was covered in black spots as he was in the middle of purification.

“What all of a sudden···?”

“Hmm···.”

“Damn, you seem to know something. Just tell me.”

“I don’t know anything, but I had a feeling something strange would happen with Brother Allen.”

“···?”

Liberio approached Alan with a look of complete incomprehension. Naturally, the boulder also approached him.

“The reaction is more intense than usual. Did the problem occur because the purification speed was increased too much?”

“That’s not it. Here, do you see?”

“I know about the existence of the spirit. I brought the necromancer several times but it was quiet, so I don’t know why it’s acting like this today.”

Liberio could not properly sense the ghost. Life and death are close, but like two sides of a coin, they cannot face each other. That is why the psychic eye that allows the holder to overlap the two worlds was special.

“There is a soul bound to a stone.”

“Can you see my face clearly?”

“It’s just bland.”

The ghost looked like a mannequin. It was either tied up for 25 years and had lost a lot of self-consciousness, or it was just a residual thought resembling a soul.

“I assume it is the fusion of the three souls that created the Forbidden Zone. They visit periodically to purify it and infuse it with divine power.”

“Purification? All I see is scenes of the restraints becoming stronger.”

“If you tie it up tightly and send it to the afterlife, it will be purified.”

“That’s right. It’s fun.”

“Don’t equate danger with pleasure. That’s the problem with labyrinth explorers.”

The labyrinth is dangerous, and the explorer pursues danger. If you were to undergo a psychiatric examination, the only conclusion you will come to is that you are not of sound mind.

Shiva, who had been wary of the whispering darkness, stepped forward. He was holding the sari lamp that Alan had given him.

“Your Highness, just escape.”

“When the magic inside you is shaking, the door will close tightly. If you want to get out, help me calm it down.”

Liberio touched the stone with his stained hands. He pushed the light of divine power hard, and the more he did so, the stronger the chains that wrapped around his soul became.

Squeak!!!

As the nucleus was manipulated, the field of vision screamed. The dark skin that had coiled like a snake peeled off, and an even blacker thing emerged.

Strange shapes emerged from the black fog. They would rush forward as soon as they took shape.

Shiva used the lantern to purify Liberio’s body. He was a promising young man of the Moshin sect and a strong man of Depth 5.

Alan pressed his ear against the stone and listened to the voice of the spirit. Thanks to Liberio’s divine power, the incongruous noises overlapped.

[Death···. Pig···.]

More divine power was needed. He took out all the relics he had collected while hunting the reptilians with deep faith.

The sari was made into a necklace by stringing it together, and an object to support the balance was added using a dragon point.

“I will wear it around my neck.”

“Brother? What is the skull you put in last?”

“This is the skull of a reptilian, presumably of a priestly rank. It has been compressed using [molecular assembly].”

“···.”

Alan put the necklace on Shiva, who had a trembling expression. The monk suddenly turned into a primitive shaman, but the performance was certain.

As Shiva’s divine power quickly consumed the taint in his body, Liberio emitted a much more powerful light, which made his voice more audible.

[Kill me! Do you think I’m going to take this? Tear me to pieces! You dirty pigs don’t give up. …Please let me go.]

The voices of a ferocious man, a vicious woman, and a frail woman were mixed together. It seemed like the fusion of three souls of depth 7.

“Your Highness, was Katan’s disciple a woman?”

Liberio nodded, as if he was having a hard time. Alan’s eyes were focused on the high priest in front of him, but also took in what was happening behind him.

Darkness surged. An army of black monsters rose up. They resembled living creatures, but they were terribly twisted somewhere.

Horses with manes that reached the ground bared their fangs, the wings of birds had waving tongues instead of feathers, and from the ground, eyes with optic nerves bulged out like periscopes.

‘Even if I and Shiva are there to increase the purification tempo, the change is too drastic.’

When I wondered how I could purify myself in the past, the answer appeared to me on its own. There was a corner where Archpriest Liberio believed.

A white pillar fell through the dark, dull clouds. Masses of divine power thumped around the hospital. Now I see that there was someone else who was the main culprit in creating the pit.

Eight pillars formed an octagonal wall, blocking the advance of darkness.

‘This is the holy dharma of the Mother Church.’

The Seongbeopjin, which had invested numerous religious figures and assets from Maze City, was able to block the attacks from the Imagination Realm quite effectively.

But the dark monsters advanced without fail. As soon as one monster stood in front of the barrier, the waves behind it rushed in and crushed it.

Chewy!

The sound of a hot soldering iron being used echoed from all directions, east, west, south, and north. It was accompanied by a horrible, nauseating smell.

The monster, which had lost half of its body, fell forward with a thud. It was not a terrible sight in a world where only black and white existed.

Anyway, they had started to pass through the barrier, so they had to be stopped. Alan opened the thigh armor of the power suit and searched inside. He left the box outside, and used [Space Manipulation] to compress and take the necessary items.

Alan ran his thumb over the deck of cards. The cards made a squeaking sound as they rubbed against each other. When he pulled one out, he saw that it was engraved with a female automaton holding dual swords in reverse.

‘Olga.’

It was an automaton created from data extracted from Olga, who wielded twin swords.

Alan threw the card. It flew like a javelin and flew over the head of the monster that had just escaped the barrier.

It was no mistake. The card exploded and the automaton fell towards the monster. The sword flashed dozens of times, and the monster turned into sliced ​​ham.

‘Oros.’

The overweight guy grabbed the tail of the crocodile-like monster and swung it like a blunt weapon. The monster, just breaking free, was hit and thrown back into the barrier. The automaton grabbed the guy’s head and slammed it into the barrier.

‘Larissa.’

The automaton spun smoothly and gracefully, but the final kick broke the back of the tree-like monster.

They were all physical automata. Wizards could do it too, but to perform magic at a level that satisfied Alan, they needed a soul.

‘Should I ask Nicola for a little bit?’

I shook my hand, thinking that if Nicola had heard it, I would have rushed to the police station. I had used all the space compression cards, and the automatons that had popped out were doing a good job of defending the barrier.

Alan walked towards the boulder. The chains that bound him grew thicker, and the rebellion of his soul grew fainter.

‘Can we take out the overlapping souls?’

Before he could even draw a question mark on the question in his mind, his body moved. Alan put his arm into the soul’s chest. Only then did Liberio and Shiva see the soul.

The spirits that had been waiting for an opportunity welcomed the contact. They burrowed into Alan’s body and tried to escape the chains.

If he had been an ordinary shaman, his body would have been taken over long ago, and a monster that even had control of the psychic realm would have appeared.

[Killed…? You’re not an ordinary pig. ···.]

The reactions of the souls who witnessed Alan’s lofty mental power and his boundless resistance to mystery were varied.

‘It looks like a twisted star.’

Regardless, I just focused on my work. In Alan’s eyes, the overlapping souls were just like that. He also thought that if he kept overlapping the star characters, they would become souls.

As I fiddled with the souls, tangled like spaghetti, to untangle them, I received various responses.

[Kill me! Where are you touching? ···Let me go.]

For a depth of 7, the resistance was much weaker than I thought. Anyone who has been weathered by time for 25 years, fought over control by three people, and been bound by all sorts of magic would be the same.

[Kill me! Hands off! …Please help me.]

Alan put his arm deep inside, intending to pull on the part that was still loose and cut it off.

Both eyes shone brighter than ever. The left one was dyed a color like a clear sky, while the right one was a soft green like an ancient forest that held mystery.

He grabbed the soul in his hand with a strong grip. The soul was pulled out with a feeling of something snapping.

[Ouch! It hurts!]

The poisonous woman was a disciple of Katan. I could feel a magical power similar to the energy contained in her left eye.

[Kill me. ···Don’t leave me behind.]

Other souls also tried to escape from the boulder, but Alan closed the crack without thinking.

The soul of the poisoned disciple was as faint as a mirage that would dissipate at any moment. It was so weak that it was hard to believe it was a soul of Depth 7.

Liberio said, taking his hand off the boulder.

“If you’re thinking of freeing your soul, then stop. If there’s a problem with the nukes and the restricted area is breached, the entire area will suffer from serious contamination.”

“You’re so cool.”

“There is no reason for the living to care about the dead. Make a clear distinction between life and death.”

Although Alan freed his disciple’s soul from its chains, it was still attached to the boulder.

And as Liberio said, I didn’t want to take a chance. There was the issue of contamination, and the attention that would be focused on it. If something went wrong in the restricted area, who would be the first to be blamed?

‘I have no intention of selling my name anymore.’

The disciple, whose name had now been erased, woke up and sat cross-legged on a boulder. He struck the other soul with his heel and drove it inside.

The turbulent realm of the mind became calm. But everyone knew that it was only a temporary phenomenon.

The disciple still looked at Alan with a blank expression.

[You’re doing pretty well. I’ll say thank you. Then go.]

“I have a question.”

To Liberio and Shiva, it seemed like Alan was just talking to the air. The disciple reacted sharply to Alan’s words.

[Kid, this older sister’s head really hurts right now. She’s lost too many memories. So, can you go and collect your thoughts?]

The disciple was about to go into the boulder, perhaps because she was tired, but Alan stopped her.

“If you have good knowledge, share it. The more you share good things, the better.”

[to···.]

*

Shiva came out of the restricted area and laughed.

“Your Highness, it was easy considering you scared me.”

“Next time, let’s go just the two of us.”

“I can’t possibly break the promise I made to my party members. I’m busy exploring the dungeon… Ahem.”

Shiva said it was easy, but that wasn’t true. It depended on the compatibility between the energies and who entered.

Alan patted Shiva on the shoulder and pointed to the soldiers.

“Brother, why are you doing this?”

“Look carefully.”

The Lizardman officer’s eyes also followed Alan’s fingers. One of the soldiers was lowering his head, his slightly exposed mouth ripped all the way to his ears. This wasn’t a metaphor, it was real.

Kwaaah!

The soldier roared. His gaping mouth was filled with the fangs of a beast.

“Catch him!”

At the officer’s command, the soldiers fired their net guns. Every time the soldier, engulfed in darkness, scratched the floor with his fingernails, a furrow was created in the concrete.

The darkness of the Forbidden Zone turned people into monsters. Maybe all living things.

Alan summoned a chain and dangled one of the officers who had been scurrying away. Its snout was like that of a wolf, and it looked like a human mouth stretched out without any fur, which was disgusting.

“It looks interesting.”

In the brief moment that the door was opened, the darkness that had escaped a little bit brought about a change. The darkness of the imaginary realm was by no means an easy opponent.

“I was short-sighted. But, brother?”

“yes.”

“I believe you brought along a few stones that have crystallized the polluted energy···.”

“Silence is golden.”

Alan had already blocked out the sound, so Liberio could not hear. He blessed the officers and men and turned his head.

“What did you talk about?”

“I had to turn off the sound for a moment because the conversation was about parties and dungeons.”

“Who else can you trust than the one who teaches the method of cultivation to patients you had no connection with?”

Liberio went ahead. Shiva shouted, ‘You must not do that. You are being deceived!’, but this time his voice was muffled.

“fizzle···.”

Alan put his index finger to his lips and thought back to the conversation he had had with his disciple.

She had no intention of sharing her knowledge freely, and she had forgotten many memories.

[Should I trust you for letting me go? I don’t trust anyone. The Moshin religion, they’re the same!]

[Artificial eye? Would you believe me if someone forcibly cut off that dwarf’s beard and glued it on his chin?

She was a hedgehog herself, curled up into a ball.

Alan paused, briefly assessing whether the soul was under his control. Even though it was weakened, the soul of Depth 7 was very strong.

[Get rid of those sinister eyes!]

As the words that said that the souls left behind by Kamai should not be treated carelessly and Taylor’s words that souls were once people began to fade, she said:

[Since you helped me, I’ll tell you one thing. □□□□□□.]

‘The labyrinth is interfering.’

[I knew it. You said you reached the red land, right? Then look for the shining tower on the 53rd floor.]