Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 88
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The being lying in the sarcophagus roared.
Grow up!
Taylor, who was nearby, had a clear view of his master’s throat: loose teeth, a twisted tongue, a throat with a hole through which the other side could be seen.
The master’s screams continued. In fact, that was not the case, but Taylor’s time had just been extended.
The reflex accelerator was activated. Neural amplification occurred, accelerating sensory reception and brain command issuance.
As time went on, even the screaming scenes became like a slow-motion movie. The voices that were cut off abruptly just sounded funny.
Taylor immediately took out his Mana Sword and swung it. The blue trail was aiming for the master’s neck. Most creatures would die if their necks were cut off, and undead were no exception.
If they had any sense left, they would have tried to talk to them, but every being that roamed the labyrinth was hostile to the explorers. So they unconditionally launched a preemptive strike.
In fact, Taylor didn’t even go through this thought process. His instincts from decades of living as an explorer guided him.
In the slowed time, a blade made of magical power approaches the master’s neck.
Snap!
A translucent membrane appeared and sparks flew. Waves rippled around the area where the sword made contact, and the waves that had been pushed outwards converged inwards again.
pop!
Taylor’s body flew backwards with a sound of something exploding. Magicware, which had checked the owner’s vital signs, administered a stimulant. As his hazy mind came back to normal, he could hear the surrounding sounds clearly.
“Mom, cure! Help!”
The roughly memorized spell dyed Shiva’s hand white. As he gently accepted Taylor in that state, light quickly seeped through his back.
“Thank you. If it weren’t for the emergency measures, I would have suffered internal injuries. The magic that guy uses… it’s no joke.”
While Taylor was squirming, Alan analyzed his enemy.
Name: Unknown
Race: Underworld
Feature: Wizard
The skeleton visible through the torn skin was very similar to that of an underground man. The owner who had raised his body held a white staff in his hand. The tip of the staff, made of an unknown material, was aimed at Allen and his group.
Aaaah!
The sound of a swarm of mosquitoes flapping their wings suddenly filled the space. Perhaps because it was a primeval forest, or perhaps because of the magical effect, each mosquito was the size of a fist.
“What the heck···.”
“Shield!”
Taylor frowned and aimed the shotgun, and Shiva called out the name [Embrace of Loving Kindness], which sounded too long.
Meanwhile, iron balls were flying in all directions. If it were a real mosquito, it would obviously be a useless attack, but thanks to their size, they fell one by one.
When the body fluid of the fallen mosquito hit the ground, it vaporized with a hissing sound. Even to an untrained eye, it was a vicious liquid.
“You’ve only squeezed in a bunch of disgusting combinations.”
“It’s still doable.”
Alan aimed his iron staff at the mosquitoes. A straight line of flame shot out from the tip, erasing the disgusting insects like an eraser. Perhaps influenced by this place, even the flames were black and white.
His curiosity was piqued, but there was no way to resolve it during the battle. In addition, a strange noise caught Alan’s attention.
There was a rattling sound of bones from the common wall, and the creatures of the primeval forest appeared in the form of bones. Despite emerging from the rocks and dirt, their bodies were clean.
“Seeing you even use necromancy, if you had been bitten by a mosquito, you would have lost your life and magic power.”
“The evil labyrinth monsters are reborn as vicious undead···.”
Unlike Alan, who calmly described the situation, Shiva was furious and his beard trembled.
“Yeah, it’s as disgusting as loan interest.”
“Did you use private loans too?”
“That’s what they say.”
“Let’s get moving first.”
Alan pointed to the passage he had used earlier. If you were here, you would be surrounded by enemies. You couldn’t even turn your back against the wall, since it was protruding from it. However, the passage was an exception.
Since we were positioned on the aisle side, we only had to watch three sides. Taylor took the left side, and Shiva took the right.
Shiva, who had been mumbling until now, clenched both his fists.
“[Pure Death]”
If there was Turn Undead in magic, there was Clean Death in sacred law. It purified evil magic or vengeful spirits, and divine power stayed in the corpse, preventing corpse explosion or linked magic using bones.
The spell also followed the user’s tendencies, and was not a projectile, but a fist-like shape.
Taylor used his Mana Sword and Shotgun, while Shiva used her fists to dispatch her enemies. They were weaker than when they were alive, only bones left, but there were too many of them.
“Alan!”
“The wizard is losing his magic power. His magic circuits must have become tangled due to the sudden deployment of the shield and the consecutive use of magic.”
“Then that’s right. There’s no way I would fly away so pointlessly… Eek!”
The only good thing is that the master summons the undead and takes no additional action.
Alan would normally have pressed down on this situation with his firepower, but he couldn’t do that because he had left the boxes and carts down below while climbing.
While I was thinking about what to do, my eyes met with Zion’s on the other side of the passage. She retreated without anyone noticing and just stuck her head out.
She was so good at hiding her presence that even the skeletons passing by didn’t notice her.
When I made eye contact with Alan, my mouth fell open.
‘Can I help you? I’ll take 8, you take 2.’
At first, Alan thought he had misread the lip movements. He shook his head at the ridiculous suggestion. This one couldn’t show his lips because of the mask.
‘Then split it half and half.’
Crackle crackle.
‘You don’t like it? Then I’ll take 4, no, 3···.’
The ratio was drastically reduced. Why would Taylor take out the sword…? Alan shook his head as bad words came to mind.
Anyway, Zion is not good at negotiation, and for some reason he looks impatient.
‘Is there anything you absolutely must take? If so, did the Breakers know about this place from the beginning?’
It was true that Breaker was a good company. With Zion’s skills, it would have been much easier to destroy the evidence, but they were just stamping their feet.
Maybe the leap of thought was too far. But what can you do? The world that Alan had experienced so far was one where he had his nose cut off even with his eyes open.
‘Does it vary from person to person?’
If it had been Omar, an agent who resembled a thug, it wouldn’t have been strange to attack him right away.
‘No. Don’t judge a book by its cover.’
Alan handed the cane to the robotic arm. It used its long reach to strike the wolf’s skull. The other robotic arm grabbed the horns of an approaching mountain goat and threw it away.
And he surveyed the battlefield. The enemies were pouring in endlessly, the master was gradually regaining stability, and the vanguard was growing tired.
The expected outcome was not good. Either they retreated without any gains, or they were struck down by the master’s extraordinary magic.
If Alan had been a normal magic engineer, it would have been like this. The rune pen that was dancing on the spider’s belly was retrieved from Alan’s waist.
The six spiders that had followed me here moved stealthily. The battlefield was so chaotic that the ones slightly larger than the palm of my hand were not even noticeable. Except for Zion, who had a sullen expression.
The spiders that had moved behind Alan climbed up the wall to the ceiling. The ceiling of the common was rough like a cave, making it easy for spiders to hang on.
“Alan!”
“Just a moment. I’ll try using some magic.”
This time, Taylor only called his name, but Alan understood the meaning and answered.
“magic?”
“If it doesn’t work, we’ll retreat.”
Unfortunately, this is what exploration is like. It wasn’t my mortal enemy, and there was no reason to risk my life. I was just trying to eat well and live well, so what would be the point if I died?
“Zion, that Goyan guy···.”
Actually, it was more embarrassing to be the one helping. But I had been an instructor before, and since I was there first, I had the honor of calling out to them as the owner.
Alan looked up at the ceiling. The six spiders moved to their respective positions according to their master’s will.
The process by which a wizard casts magic is very complex, but to put it simply, it goes through the following process.
Create a magical structure within your body.
Recite the spell with your mouth and draw it out, expanding it at the same time.
At this time, I filled in the missing parts with imagination and intuition.
Alan was eliminated from the first stage. Whenever he tried to construct a structure, waves of mana would wash it away like a sand castle. If hypermania had only advantages, it wouldn’t have been classified as a disease.
‘Then what if we create the structure externally?’
Since the structure or formula is not precise, it is naturally weaker than the magic performed by a wizard.
Still, it wasn’t an impossible attempt. The dwarves’ satellite magic was also an explosion that came from numbers and scale rather than precision.
Opinions differ on which is more important, quantity or quality, but one thing is certain: if there is an overwhelming advantage in one, there is no need to consider the other.
Three of the six spiders moved. Each had a large rune written on its belly, and the one that moved first had…
[sheen]
A brilliant light appeared in the black and white world. White stems stretched out in all directions, centered around the spider. Up to this point, there was no noticeable effect.
Then on the guy’s stomach.
[negative]
He rejected the life that was falsely given. Those who lost their lives should not walk the earth but become nutrients for the next generation in the ground. That was the law of this world, the principle of circulation.
The last one is [purification]
Washes away the dirty matter. Drives away the magic power containing evil intentions and fills it with purity.
When the magical power of Alan and the owner of this place collided, a backlash naturally occurred, and because of the backlash, the movements of the undead whose magical power was twisted became noticeably slower.
There were problems not only with his movements, but also with his durability and strength. At first, he would be silenced by two or three punches from Shiva, but now he would turn to dust just by brushing past him.
The difference is bigger than you might think. If it collapses three times faster, this side can save that much energy and release it to the other side.
The undead surrounded this side, but in return they were surrounded. Taylor and Shiva, who had gained momentum, pushed them back.
“I’ll just cut off his neck. Shiva, protect Alan.”
“No, just a moment.”
The beam of light that melts the undead is a type of installation magic, inspired by mine streetlights and dwarven satellite magic. Naturally, the magic breaks when the spider, which acts as a medium, is destroyed.
The owner of the sarcophagus instinctively knew this and attacked the children clinging to the ceiling, but the spider had legs and was able to move freely.
Her buttocks swayed as she ran away, moving in various directions. Whether it was because of her anger or because she naturally turned her head along the thread of her magic, her eyes met Alan’s.
Grow up!
He let out a roar that was still incomprehensible. At the same time, a sphere of light formed on the staff that the owner was holding.
It was a black and white world, so the original colors were unknown, but that didn’t matter. Alan had no intention of watching the magic be completed in the first place.
Three out of six have used purification magic. So what are the remaining three doing?
The guys hanging from the ceiling above the owner’s head fell down one by one.
The explosion of the spider that launched first stripped away the shield, the second flame consumed the master’s body, and the spider that launched last purified his magic.
Unlike the spider that died in the explosion, the other spiders survived until their bodies melted into flames. And as soon as Alan’s connection with them was severed, the undead horde also turned to ash.
“May you rest in peace in your mother’s arms.”
“We’ve taken care of the landlord, so now it’s ours. So where should we start?”
“Brother, your choice of words is a bit···.”
“Well, so what? It’s true. It’s surprising!”
Taylor turned around as a beam of light suddenly passed nearby. Smoke was billowing out of one of the mechanical arms.
“What’s wrong? What’s the problem?”
“We need to do a confirmatory kill.”
There was a gaping hole in the master’s charred chest. Alan had no intention of throwing away the lesson Novak had taught him.
Alan just rolled his eyes.
“ah···.”
Zion let out a sigh of regret. Zion’s expression and his posture that seemed as if he would jump out at any moment were also the basis for judgment. Perhaps he was thinking of helping and demanding a share.
Alan’s thoughts were right, and only after he pierced the master’s chest did the black and white world regain its original colors.
End