Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 389
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Catacombs (4)
Larissa only sees half the world. Even the ice-blindness doesn’t change that. The pact with the dragon has also turned the reptilian’s healthy right eye into a piece of junk.
Although he may have seen less of the world than others, the body he gained in return gave him more than enough advantages to offset his weaknesses.
‘Not now, though.’
Even though the reptilian body was much stronger than a human’s, it was weaker than a body blessed by a dragon. Naturally, its power was also greatly reduced.
‘So I made up my mind···.’
Larissa’s head snapped up. The assassin with a fearsome air appeared, clearly in front of her, but suddenly flew away like a spaceship rocket and turned into a star.
I had a feeling something was fishy from the moment I landed on the training ground, but now I was sure.
‘Someone is interfering with the labyrinth.’
The labyrinth is the greatest mystery and unknown, and even the dragons who seem omnipotent to human eyes are restricted by the labyrinth. Of course, it is a secret known only to those who know.
Larissa was one of those people who knew. Her father was Roman Grinstone, the owner of Roman Company.
‘collector?’
The first person that comes to mind is the one who caused a commotion at the Breaker’s annual event and magically intervened in other floors, and the news spread far and wide.
But he has been the center of attention since he attacked the Samramansang large server. He has never been to Maze City, and there is no reason for him to help him.
Larissa thought of the most suspicious person.
‘It’s definitely Mr. Allen. I’m sure of it.’
For people like Alan, the question ‘how?’ was of little use. They easily accomplished what others deemed impossible.
The faces of the seven people in depth, including her father, flashed through Larissa’s mind.
They are superhumans who can even change fate alone. 6 and 7 are just one number apart.
‘That’s the wrong classification.’
The gap between 7 and the others was so huge that it had to be put in a different area from the start.
Anyway, I knew who was helping me, and I could easily deal with a depth 6 assassin, so I threw away my hesitation and caution.
He immediately lowered his posture and shot out like a bullet. He ran up the stone steps and entered the Assassin’s Cult’s main camp, which was carved out of a valley.
As we entered, a dark corridor appeared. The torch holder, recognizing Larissa, lit up with a faint flame. From the shadows that appeared, assassins jumped out.
It was a very quiet and stealthy approach. But Larissa could see it all. Enemies hiding behind the suddenly translucent walls were even highlighted with red outlines.
“thank you.”
I don’t know if you can hear it, but I’m grateful and I elbow the assassin who jumped out from the side in the jaw. The head of the guy who jumped out of the shadows collided with the wall.
An eerie crashing sound echoed through the gloomy passage. The sound did not end with just one crash.
Larissa stomped on the head that was sticking out from below. She stomped hard and jumped up, pulling the guy out of the ceiling. She strangled him mid-air and threw him towards the blade that was sticking out from the side.
The thick scent of blood filled her nostrils. Larissa smiled, feeling her heart beat faster.
I kicked the blade that had pierced through the reptilian I had thrown away with my toes. I trapped the broken blade with my leg a few times and kicked it hard towards the darkness.
Knock!
The assassin, who had been shot in the neck, fell to the ground. Larissa kicked the head of the assassin, who was still breathing, and advanced.
After passing through the dark passage, a wide space appeared. In the center was a dragon statue, and the shadows seemed even darker because of the torches on the ceiling.
‘There are thirty enemies.’
Thanks to the outline that Alan had marked, I was able to quickly determine the enemy’s numbers. Normally, I would have retreated or drawn in the reptilians that had invaded with me.
“Please.”
I held both hands together and looked up at the sky beyond the ceiling. Doing this, I felt like a priest praying to God.
But the sight of the thirty assassins disintegrating into dust was a sight that gave rise to faith where there was none before.
Larissa waved her hands in the air and headed down the next corridor. Then, suddenly, she asked the air.
“Can’t you just take me down there?”
I stopped and waited for a moment, but nothing changed. Larissa, who had been thinking, came up with an answer of her own.
“Are you trying to investigate this before me?”
Then a soft, formless hand pushed my back. It also gently stroked the top of my head as if telling me not to worry.
Larissa’s body stiffened. No, it would be more accurate to say that she surrendered her body to her hands.
Alan looked down at the world in the pitch-black darkness and realized that he had made a mistake. The size difference was so great that he had unconsciously touched Larissa as if he were touching a child.
“It looks like you like it, so it’s okay. Why do you keep pointing down?”
I wanted to figure out why, but once Larissa entered the passage, my gaze was fixed on her surroundings. Naturally, the scope of my intervention narrowed.
Larissa, who had been enjoying the caressing without realizing it, fanned herself with her hands and ran into the next passageway.
‘The reptilian body is difficult to control···.’
Only she will know what the truth is.
Larissa’s aggressive breakthrough continued. She jumped into death traps without hesitation and rushed into the midst of assassins preparing for a joint attack.
Because my body was weak, I actively used techniques that I would normally destroy with force. While I was practicing martial arts for the first time in a long time, I had some doubts.
‘It would be easy if you helped me from the beginning···.’
Larisa recalled Olga’s passionate remarks.
“Surely not in this situation?”
He squinted his eyes and stared at the ceiling. Judging by the overall picture, Alan was observing himself intently.
If it had been anyone else, I would have gouged out their eyes right away, but the thought of Alan doing it was creepy, but somehow it didn’t feel so bad.
Larissa tapped the ball and exited the passage. This time, the room she appeared in was filled with black fog.
‘The enemy is the same, thirty. But they are stronger.’
Larissa identified the enemy’s location with a red outline. But then the outline suddenly disappeared.
“Mr. Allen? Are you telling me to give it my all? Please don’t do that.”
Allan’s help had disappeared without a trace, and instead of an outline, only cold hostility was flying like arrows from all directions.
‘He’s not a person to joke around with.’
If that’s the case, then something happened over there too, so I had to finish this up alone.
Larissa is not a sloppy person. She jumped into the challenge without hesitation because she was confident that she could handle it.
As I ran my fingers over her thigh area, a white boot appeared. I tapped it, and this time the white color spread over her entire body.
Larissa’s entire body was covered in armor that seemed to be made of pure white clouds.
‘The Dawn Armor is normal. I should have had it by dawn, but a lynx stole it···.’
The reason why the sword that Zion acquired is called Dawn instead of ‘Sword of Dawn’ is because it changes its form depending on the user. Just like now.
Larissa opened her mouth slightly. The identity of the armor covering her glove was Yeomyeong.
‘This is for me? Then where did the lynx go?’
‘Uh… what is it?’
Another voice entered Larissa’s mind. It was a familiar voice, yet unpleasant to hear.
‘Breaker’s Cat? Get out of my body!’
‘I’m the one who’s going to say this! What’s with the armor? It’s my sword!’
As Zion shouted, the gauntlet transformed into a sword. Larissa, who grabbed the sword, panicked, but there was no time to argue as the assassins rushed at her.
But then his arm moved on its own. He slashed like a flash, cutting down three black assassins at the same time.
‘I’ll do the attack. You just dodge well.’
‘Don’t make me laugh!’
Larissa refuted, but for the time being she avoided the combined attack. The moment she spun around, the blade also swirled and cut down the enemies that approached her.
The two spirits controlled one body, and their hands and feet somehow worked well together. If a problem arose, the power of the dawn and the dawn armor would fill in the gap.
Alan was also busy, so he didn’t have time to watch the two’s uncomfortable cohabitation. He stopped observing when Larissa entered the room, and stared into the thick darkness.
Darkness whispered and rippled. It crawled across the floor, exhaling sticky breath. It spread its wings and showed its presence. There was something out there somewhere.
Alan stood up. No, he thought so. This place was similar to all things in the universe, so his thoughts soon became his actions.
“light.”
Speaking of light, a sphere of light appeared, much larger than the one Larissa and Zion were in. The sun chased away the darkness.
Alan looked around and found something out of place. He saw darkness that stood out even in the strong waves of light. He approached it.
The speed of thought is infinite if you have the mental strength to endure it. The moment you make up your mind to go, you stand face to face with darkness.
Alan looked up at the towering darkness. It was a dragon. Its night-time claws were sharp, its scales were deep, and its red eyes were ferocious.
What was different from the dragon stereotype was that instead of sharp teeth embedded in its snout, darkness swayed like tentacles.
“You must be feeling suffocated.”
[···.]
The dragon was bound in translucent chains. The chains that bound the mountain-sized dragon caught Alan’s curiosity. As he approached, the dragon’s body trembled violently.
[░░!!]
It was trying to devour Alan while emitting an unidentified roar. Or it was trying to do something through Alan.
I kept my distance and watched the chain. I used my magical powers and my spiritual powers. Even though I used my magical powers to the point where a dot of light appeared between my eyebrows, I couldn’t see the entity.
Alan was concentrating when he suddenly felt an intense gaze. He realized that the ferocity in the dragon’s eyes had slightly faded. Now was the time to try to talk.
“Can you hear me?”
[Why do you bother me?]
“What does that mean?”
[Unauthorized knowledge brings destruction. Why do you not accept it?]
It was only then that Alan realized that the dragon was looking at the sphere, not himself. As he twisted his body in his chains, the darkness around him began to rush toward the sphere containing Larissa and Zion.
‘It’s a mental strength befitting a dragon.’
If it were to be released into all things, it would cause enormous damage. The news would report on enormous property damage every day.
But Alan was not afraid. The dragon, restricted by the labyrinth, was a match for him. He had originally destroyed the pool of blood and distorted the ritual of the altar for this purpose.
The sun that Alan had set up shone even brighter. The darkness heading towards the sphere hesitated greatly.
As the dragon twisted its body, the darkness grew even stronger. Alan also used his magic power to the max. His eyes and forehead glowed with light.
Even with the constraints of the labyrinth, the dragon’s mental power was transcendent. Alan’s concentration was being reduced in real time. However, there was still a lot left.
An ordinary person would have already knelt down and been consumed by darkness, but Alan’s mental capacity was like the ocean. It was also the result of a training method that gave up on strengthening the body and focused only on strengthening the brain.
‘I should have checked why Ms. Larissa came in so confidently, but I blocked it all out.’
Alan looked at the sphere with a sense of regret. The world was collapsing, as if the darkness had blocked it and the ordeal had ended quickly. The place where Alan’s mind had stepped foot was the same.
I looked up at the dragon in the collapsing world. Now the dragon also took Alan in its eyes.
[How? They must have all died···.]
With a blink of an eye, Alan’s mind returned to his body. Zion and Larissa were holding each of his shoulders and shaking them gently.
“Oh, please wake me up a little later···.”