I Became the Weakest Summoned of the Genius Summoner - Chapter 513
513 – A Clue to Share
After the old woman and the push and pull, the number of spirit souls to be traded has been determined.
The old woman wanted the Soul of the Crystal Rod obtained from defeating the Seeker’s Fragment, but without it, there might be problems with advancement, so she rejected the offer and ended up exchanging many of the remaining souls.
[The transaction was completed with 25 Souls of Crystal Ride. Just once. I will show you the way, so you must not miss it.]
The old woman changed into a businesslike tone at the moment of transaction.
Even her voice changed to that of a teenage girl, and the wrinkled back of her hands changed to that of a very smooth young woman.
And then I saw one of her eyes and lips of her, and just by looking at that part of her, she had enough magic to steal my entire attention of her.
‘She’s not a fixed entity… It’s really fascinating… I feel like I’ll be happy just by looking at your face her endlessly. Is this a fascinating process?’
[Ohhohohohoho! Even skeletons have eyes to see. So, do you want to stay here with me for the rest of your life?]
‘…’
[Calmness] Was activated like crazy in her head and woke me up.
And at that moment, I was able to return to the dark space again with the feeling of my mental body being thrown away by a powerful force.
‘Ugh… The head. Can’t you let me go a little more gently?’
As I held my head and waited for the headache to go away, I suddenly remembered the old woman’s last words
‘That old woman definitely said she would see me again. I don’t know if I’ll ever see her again, but I hope I can supply her with the ingredients to satisfy her.
[Did you have a good trip?]
‘Huh? Master! Why did you suddenly disappear?’
[Hehe, if you criticize me, I won’t know about what you went through.]
‘Yes? Why? I remember it clearly.’
[Because you still have a lot of dishes left. I don’t have space to contain it.]
‘Ah…’
I felt like I knew what Master meant.
Master, trapped inside a small sphere, cannot even remember meeting the old woman.
‘You may have exhausted all your strength by sending me to that space in the first place.’
I once again felt that it was a great opportunity to meet Master.
I want to repay you somehow, but the only way to do that would be to kill Blue Eyes.
‘What on earth is that old woman? Where did we go?’
I became curious and asked my teacher.
[Old woman? I guess that’s how he seemed to you. It’s stagnation… In the infinite universe, there are various beings that have lived for a long time.
Many of them, at some point, stop caring about walking the path themselves, and he is one of those beings. The space you went to is the ‘absolute space’ created by Him.]
‘Absolute space…’
It seemed to be a different concept from unique space. But it was too far from now for me to reach.
[Okay. They say that even beings who were at the beginning of this universe cannot invade ‘absolute space’. Among the goals set by those who have reached the level of a seeker, the most important one is to create such a space.]
‘Okay. How on earth did you find out about that?’
[There is nothing known about that either! However, it is something you learn naturally as you walk down the street.]
‘··· Anyway, once we have obtained absolute space, what happens next?’
[No one can define the path one will take after becoming a seeker. Only you can know. I’m just letting you know that there is a way like this.]
‘Are you saying the choice is mine?’
[Okay. Aren’t you already doing that? Ultimately, it was your choice to come to me to solve your problem.]
After those words, Master could not give any more advice.
Master, fluttering in the air, returning the way he came.
As he walked silently next to him, he suddenly realized that he was alone.
‘It’s a truly mysterious place…’
I had the absurd thought that perhaps this dark space was also someone’s absolute space.
‘That can’t be possible… The space that Lainey penetrates can’t possibly be space.’
I went straight to Lainey.
(Oh! You came right away?)
Lainey, who has been waiting for me for a long time.
‘As soon as…? That’s right.’
In fact, it seems like I spent quite a long time in the old woman’s space, but it would be better not to think about time anymore.
‘More than that, Rainie. Can I make a few more requests?’
(Huh?)
I entrusted all the contaminated elixir of life fragments to Lainey.
(Ugh! Don’t point those dirty lumps at me!)
Rainey started a fight and ran away to the back.
(How many of these are there in total? Where do they keep bringing things like this? Ilwol is going to kill me!)
‘No way. Why would I want to hurt you? I’m sorry, but I have to ask you a favor. If you make this into pieces and collect ten, you will get a great item.’
(Well, honestly, I don’t want to do it, but since it’s a request from my friend Ilwol, I’ll especially grant it!)
‘······.’
For some reason, my conscience is severely pricked.
Laney had the justification of gaining magical power from me, but in fact, since she had been doing it for a long time, she was essentially providing a free service.
Lainey is always bright and lively, but she is not stupid.
A perfect equivalent exchange may not be possible, but if this continues, problems may arise in maintaining the relationship.
Suddenly, the old woman’s words came to mind.
[As you said, there is nothing free in this universe.]
‘Nothing is free. A price… A price.’
From noble mtl dot come
According to her, I must pay Laney a fair price.
Even if I’m already giving equal value, considering Lainey’s amazing potential, it wouldn’t be a bad choice to erase her debt.
What can I do to achieve what Laney wants?
‘First, give me something to eat.’
Tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-
Today, Rainie absorbed her magic with great suction power.
(It’s delicious—!! The flavor gets stronger as time goes by, right? This time, a slightly cool and refreshing flavor was added!)
Every time I consumed magic power, Laney told me how special the taste of my magic was and how it was different from before.
‘Well, that’s right. Can you maintain that huge body with the amount you eat now?’
(Actually, it’s very difficult when you don’t come.)
‘Then eat as much as you can. ‘Because I have enough magical power.’
(Really?! I really suck a lot?)
‘Let’s see how much we can eat.’
(Hehe, I’m excited.)
‘······.’
What Laney wants is to live with us.
It would be perfect if it was linked to my swordsmanship training.
I moved my gaze along Lainey’s roots, which were still cracking the air while absorbing magical energy.
‘It’s no different from before. Even with Laney’s mysterious power, it will take a long time.’
(Turn it off… I can’t eat it anymore!)
I waited until Laney was sufficiently full, then headed toward the crack in the air.
‘I was absorbed until my magic power was low.’
You can see Lainey’s stomach swelled like a mountain.
I feel like I really ate as much as I could, but I think I have one more reason to increase my magical power.
‘Let’s get started soon.’
Woooung─ Buuung──
I swing my sword thoughtlessly into the cracked air.
Even if it feels like something is being cut down, it can also feel like you are just shoveling into empty space.
‘It’ll work if you do it! Let the black flame explode!’
As I swing more than a hundred times, Lainey comes up behind me and is staring at me.
And as the swings exceeded 500 times and passed 1,000 times, I felt Lainey’s gaze become even hotter.
It was even more awkward for me because the child who was always loud became so quiet.
Grrrr!
Just then, the black flame was activated, breaking the long silence.
(Wow… It’s pretty…)
There was just a black flame rising up into the sky, and it strangely blended in with this dark space, creating a mysterious atmosphere.
And.
Damn enemy─
‘Huh?!’
For the first time, a meaningful bursting sound erupted from the crack in the air that had been closing over and over again.
‘Lainey! It’s time! Let’s beat together!’
(Huh? Ugh!!)
We worked together and knocked on the crack without stopping.
How much time has passed like that?
‘Crazy?!’
– An other-dimensional channel has been created in the ‘space of darkness’.
What I had done in the end paid off.
‘oooh!! It’s done!!’
(aaah! Really? What is it? What happened?)
‘You can’t see this hole and message?’
(I can see the hole, but I can’t see the message!!)
A swirling other-dimensional channel the size of my fist.
‘It’s still small, but it can definitely be expanded.’
I reached out my hand there.
Then the message that it was still too early came to mind.
– It is an incomplete passage. Find the key and open the door.
‘Key…?’
(Huh? Key?)
‘They say they need a key. What does this mean?’
But the system no longer responded.
As if asking you to solve it.
‘Hmm… Yeonhee opened the summoning door herself and moved. I don’t have that ability. It has the possibility of summoning… But if you think about it, widening this hole has nothing to do with the summoning gate.’
Expand your thoughts and go back in time.
A method I often use when facing unresolved problems.
‘To get what you want, you need the corresponding value…’
There was no need to think for long.
Let’s hand over something valuable like the ‘Border Sanctuary’ that I am growing.
‘How about this?’
A chunk of the by-product of the devouring creeper was placed on the crack, but the crack fluttered for a moment and there was no significant change.
‘··· It seemed like it would work, but it doesn’t work out like a border sanctuary.’
[Border Sanctuary]
A chunk of wood larger than a dump truck was pushed little by little into the border sanctuary.
Then, the size of the sanctuary expanded to a visible extent.
The by-products of the great monster took quite some time to be digested in the sanctuary, so the sanctuary was expanded whenever time allowed.
The sanctuary has now grown to the size of a fairly small convenience store.
Here, we were adding options such as line-of-sight blocking, escape prevention, and non-existence, but advanced options such as escape prevention required more materials than expected, so it seemed like it would take a considerable amount of time to fully equip them.
First of all, the short-term goal was to keep our house safe by putting it in a sanctuary. That’s not important now.
(Wow! The strange square has gotten bigger!)
‘I have no idea how much material I would have to put in this space to be able to protect you.’
(Huh? Protect me?)
‘Because I don’t know what will happen when I go out into the outside world.’
(I’m touched that you thought of me that much.)
What I was concerned about was the number of cases where Rainy could not adapt to the Earth’s environment.
Lainey is a being so pure that she makes dirty things clean.
When I think about the level of pollution in the world I live in, I feel dizzy.
‘Because if you’re really unlucky, it could end up like that.’
First of all, I learned that monster by-products cannot widen the crack.
‘If we use the potential of performance together, can we see other changes?’
When I return, I will ask Yeonhee if I can come back to this space.
It would be a waste to use up the number of earrings used.
In the end, we couldn’t find another way and just clashed with our bodies.
Still, it expanded from the size of a fist to a little more, but it was time that allowed Laney, who had a huge body, to pass in this way.
(But the gap won’t get smaller again! It will be resolved soon, right?)
‘Well, then.’
At the current slug-like pace, it will probably take at least 5 years. I have to find another way somehow.
*
She returned to her house, but Yeonhee was still lying on her bed in the same position. It’s surprising that she didn’t forget to summon me.
“Are you here? Hehe… I’m sleepy.”
It was rare to see Yeonhee complaining about being tired, but it seemed like the fatigue that had built up rapidly over the past few weeks had finally reached its breaking point.