Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 415



Only Noblemtl

Eldorado (7)

The jaguar fixed its one eye, burning like the sun, on the innocent people and slowly descended the stairs. With each movement, the insides could be seen through the holes that seemed to have been eaten away.

Kyaaaaak!

He let out a roar full of hostility. Black smoke rose from the jaguar’s hot breath.

Taylor eyed the Jaguar, which was the size of a large bus.

“What is that kid’s identity?”

“It has to do with El Dorado.”

“The dwarves at the bank did something?”

“No. It’s the ancient civilization of El Dorado.”

“Is this the Leviathan of Atlantis?”

The sparrows near the school are said to sing poetry, and since we have been together for a long time, I immediately thought of a similar relationship. Compared to a transcendental creature like Leviathan, the jaguar was somewhat inferior.

“You’ll know when you try it.”

First of all, seeing that there was no response to the child’s magic, it was difficult to hope for luck with the dragon’s bloodline like that time.

“Leviathan?”

Cliffrunner was so quiet that I momentarily forgot he was waiting right next to me.

“Don’t you know?”

“I know that a monster whale appeared in the sea off Coastland. I formed a team with skilled men and went hunting, but I couldn’t even smell it.”

“You wanted to catch Leviathan? In the sea? You came back alive without meeting him.”

“You have to try to know···.”

Cliffrunner’s words suddenly stopped. The jaguar, which had been lying down in a hunting pose, jumped up. Using the sloping surface of the pyramid as a stepping stone, it accelerated and ran across the roof of the building.

The Titans stepped forward in front of the guy who had arrived in an instant. My pupils filled up as I saw the five steel giants standing in front of me.

The jaguar didn’t stop, though. It jumped, contracting and releasing its leg muscles. A dark shadow fell over the Titan’s head.

[Just a simple beast.]

The Titan on the Ibex side reacted. He threw his spear, ready to be thrown, in one breath. A blue bolt of lightning struck the Jaguar’s stomach.

The spear, which appeared to be a pillar due to the amount of magic put into it, erased matter in its path. The jaguar thought so too.

But at the point where the spearhead and the ship collided, waves rippled. The transparent waves gradually took on colors and reflected the surrounding scenery. It was a mirror. The figure of the Titan who threw the spear was reflected most prominently.

[Ugh!]

At the same time, the pilot screamed. The spear he had thrown at the jaguar had pierced his shoulder and continued to the ground.

The jaguar landed on the staggering Titan’s back, opening its mouth wide and biting its head with its fangs.

Kwajik!

My head cracked open in an instant. If there had been a cockpit inside, red jam would have spurted out.

The jaguar, having torn off its head, opened its mouth once more. It tried to chew on the spot where it sensed the pilot’s presence, but was stopped by another Titan.

Taylor slashed the Mana Sword upwards. The red pillar advanced, eating the air. On the other side, Shiva’s fist aimed for the hind legs.

It would have been normal to hear the sound of meat being cut or beaten. However, all that could be heard was the loud noise caused by the clash of magical powers.

The surface of the jaguar’s hide shimmered like a mirror. The reflections of the Mana Sword and the fist blocked Taylor and Shiva respectively.

Anyway, I managed to separate them, but the jaguar was running wild among the Titans. Even when I tried to grab the one floating in the air, it strangely avoided them by bouncing its body.

“It’s like a reflection in a mirror.”

“Children, did you hear that?”

Cliffrunner relayed Alan’s words to his subordinates. They had also guessed this, so they refrained from making any major attacks and just circled around to keep a close watch.

“I’ll come out too.”

“Just watch. I’ll do it once the analysis is done.”

Alan held out his hand, stopping Cliffrunner. A pitch-black portal appeared in the sky, and seven large rune-engraved pillars fell down, surrounding the area.

Chains imbued with the aura of [Binding], [Adhesion], [Weakness], [Slowing], [Paralysis], [Atrophy], and [Exhaustion] shot out from the pillar and were fired at the jaguar.

The guy who was severely restricted in his movements by the Titan’s siege was quickly captured. The jaguar, whose limbs, neck, tail, and torso were all caught, resisted fiercely, but the more he resisted, the stronger the chains became, and his own strength gradually drained away.

“What kind of magic is that?”

“It’s [Cheonrajimang]. It’s not magic, it’s runes.”

“Isn’t that it? Expressing it as a rune is a pointless stubbornness···.”

Cliffrunner felt the visor staring at him and shut his mouth. It wasn’t just a day or two that magic users were acting strangely. As they got stronger, it got worse.

‘I’m the most normal.’

Cliffrunner looked at the jaguar, smearing nourishing cream on his horns and chewing on a monster horn growth accelerator.

They had held out for quite some time against the five Titans, but now their fate was over. The Titan pilots approached with the utmost caution, remembering to reflect their attacks.

Shiva approached the head and tightened his grip on the jaguar’s neck. The beast’s powerful roar became lower and weaker. Its single eye bulged as if it was about to shoot, and its tongue hung down.

[Have you seen, brothers? This guy only reflects attacks that are above a certain speed.]

Now that the verification is complete, the next step is a breeze. The Titans pulled the jaguar’s limbs and made it look like a cat tied to an operating table. The jaguar’s body stretched out into the shape of the letter ‘大’.

As Alan climbed onto the ship, the jaguar put up a fight, but it couldn’t shake off the Titans and [Heaven’s Net].

Alan held out his hand. The blue blade, which lightly ignored efficiency, shot up. He slashed it against the leather a few times, and his heart pounded.

‘maniac.’

Cliffrunner felt the cross-section of the broken horn. He had done so many dissections that no blood flowed from the jaguar’s open chest.

Beep!

An automaton with a cubic body opened its stomach and kept taking things out. Objects of a size that should not come out were also constantly coming out.

‘It must be an expansion of space. That’s plastic, and that’s a pump?’

Cliff Runner finally smelled blood. It was a sticky, unpleasant smell. It must have been because he had eaten so many people.

The jaguar’s end was as tragic as that of a ferocious beast. Each part was vacuum-packed, labeled with an identification symbol, and placed in the stomach of the automaton.

Cliffrunner touched his broken horn once more. Victory means survival. In that sense, he was a victor again today.

Taylor was talking to Shiva when he saw a laughing goat and twirled his finger around his temple.

Nicola kicked the remaining clump of fur off the floor.

“It’s big, so there’s a lot of trash.”

“El Dorado, the eternal paradise···.”

“What are you talking about? Are you under mind control?”

Nicola’s face turned pale all of a sudden and she quickly moved away from Alan. If Alan was really going crazy, there was no answer.

“This is the phrase written in the square.”

“after···.”

The thought of being trapped in a test tube faded away. Nicola approached Alan again.

“There was a labyrinth script. But this is paradise?”

Nicola looked at the pyramid that had been transformed from stone to gold by human sacrifice. Gold had the power to excite the human heart, but he was very uncomfortable knowing that it was soaked in blood.

“What is paradise?”

“Shall we go catch the culprit?”

Everyone who heard Alan’s words nodded simultaneously.

The corpses that fell from the pyramid were floating in the red lake. The lake stank because of the blood.

Capturing Goldhand was easy. The blond, golden-toothed, golden-eyed dwarf stood alone in the center of the pyramid, dazed.

“hello.”

“···.”

There was no answer. When he charged the key with electric magic and poked it, Goldhand’s body convulsed. Only then did he look at Alan with eyes that had regained some light.

“Where the hell am I?”

“Don’t you know?”

Goldhand muttered something strange. He looked at Cliffrunner standing behind him even though Alan asked him a question.

“You, a contracted mercenary, why are you on their side? Hurry up and keep your contract.”

“This was before you offered us up as sacrifices. Are you perhaps senile? You’re not at an age where you’re going to get dementia already.”

Taylor’s shoulders twitched slightly. Goldhand frowned and glared at Cliffrunner.

“Sacrifice? What does that mean?”

“Are you crazy because of the strange sun?”

Cliffrunner was as thorough as a mercenary. He thrust the recorded video screen in front of Goldhand’s eyes. Still, he had a blank expression.

Alan and Cliffrunner locked eyes.

“weird.”

“I agree. It could be that the Pyramid was going crazy because of the psychic waves it emitted in the beginning. Don’t you know why, Mr. Cliffrunner?”

“Well, I haven’t heard anything other than a request to defend this place.”

“Mr. Goldhand was a discarded card.”

“Even though he’s the chairman’s son? Well, it’s normal for those in power to stab their own children when necessary.”

I went back out of the pyramid. The gold was turning into black stone again.

“When the blood dries, it goes back to how it was before.”

“Or by stealing the offering.”

Alan agreed with Nicola. After hunting the jaguar and searching the surroundings, he didn’t see any items worth obtaining or any special phrases.

I tore the space with the key and went outside. The mountains and the lake were visible again, and the pyramid rising above the lake was twisted as if it had been weathered by time.

Alan sent a message to Luca at the command center.

[Gold Hand has been captured.]

[I hope you’re okay. I’m so glad.]

[Have you heard other people’s testimonies?]

[Of course. The Chairman, no, Goldeye did something he shouldn’t have done. He was not only greedy for gold, but he was eaten instead.]

This was the thing that the dwarves of El Dorado were most careful about. It was a disgrace to be ruled by desire without being able to control it. They had to always remember that they were the center.

[He lost himself.]

[Have you secured the location?]

[I’ll let you know as soon as the search is complete. Would you like to come to the command center?]

[yes.]

Alan disconnected the call. The Cliffrunner who had been waiting said goodbye.

“Scary friend. I hope we don’t have to fight anymore. Then I’ll take my leave now…”

“hoof.”

“what?”

“You promised. Just leave it.”

Alan was content with one hoof like a horn. Cliffrunner limped away as fast as he could.

Alan went to the command center. The command center was a large vehicle that could be called a mobile armored fortress. As he entered through the door opened by the private, he saw Goldberg sitting at the top seat.

“You’re here. You’ve been very active this time too.”

“Then take better care of it.”

“You’re right, young lady. Of course it would be like that.”

Goldberg laughed loudly at Zion’s attitude of looking for the things he had entrusted to him. Then he pressed the button on the chair. A large screen on the wall rippled and a conference room appeared. One side was made of glass, so he could see the city at a glance.

“father.”

[Are you done?]

A dwarf who looked like Goldberg appeared on the screen. It was Goldberg’s father and challenger, Goldhammer.

[I persuaded the other clans with the information you sent. They also said they would join in and help Goldeye’s tyranny.]

“That’s fortunate.”

[He’ll be in the conference room soon. Oh, he’s here.]

The conference room door opened and dwarves with their entire bodies dyed in gold rushed in. They looked as if they were overflowing with desire for gold. As they sat down, Goldhammer explained the chairman’s mistakes and the events of the day.

[That should be enough. With this, I will strip you of your position as Gold Eye President···.]

At that moment, there was a loud thud outside. As Goldhammer began to question, the conference room door opened and Goldeye appeared. They looked very much like brothers. The only difference was the golden crown they wore on their heads.

[What is this?]

[Little brother, my blood relatives still support me.]

[The story is already over···.]

Goldhammer’s eyes widened. Just moments ago, his clan members, who had been threatening to tear Goldeye apart, were standing around him.

[You just have to deal with one bug. Or will you defend your honor?]

[···I will follow.]

Goldhammer agreed with the chairman’s opinion. He turned around and rushed toward the glass window. Goldeye watched the screen that Goldberg was looking at.

[There was one caterpillar left.]

I heard the sound of glass breaking.