The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 411
412 – Creating an Island
Lamine and Eunice received memories related to the third floor of the labyrinth from Ross immediately after Raelan’s explanation. While the two were sorting out their memories, Ross caught Conrad trying to leave the basement.
“hmm? “Do you have anything to say?”
Ross looked around, motioned for me to follow him, and headed up the stairs first. Conrad followed behind and arrived at the room Confsion used to receive guests.
“It seems like you don’t want people around you to know.”
Instead of answering, Ross took off his mask. Conrad sighed involuntarily at that gloomy and devastated face. Ross’ face was very tired. He looked so tired that if he leaned back anywhere, he would immediately fall asleep.
“I have something special to ask of you.”
“Of course, I’ll help you with anything.”
Ross looked at Conrad for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“This memory.”
When Ross created a snow globe containing memories, Conrad placed his hand on the snow globe in a rather familiar manner.
Conrad, who had absorbed the memories delivered by Ross, opened his closed eyes and let out a deep sigh.
“There is a homunculus from the church among the students… He’s also one of your precious friends, and Principal Leora’s best disciple… “There is a reason why your face is not nice.”
Conrad suddenly felt worried about Ross. In a short period of time, Ross lost his beloved Luna and Nelson, whom he considered his benefactor. In addition, the parents of a friend whom he cherished were also killed. For the average person, it is difficult to maintain one’s sanity.
But Ross didn’t break down. Conrad looked directly into Ross’ blue eyes. And then she realized, looking at his expressionless face. Contained in the transparent pupil, there is an area that can only be possessed by humans when they reach a certain level.
“… “Have you reached the realm of the transcendent?”
“… .”
Instead of answering, Ross lightly stroked his face with his hand. He didn’t seem particularly concerned about becoming a transcendental person. Conrad looked at Ross like that and was able to get a little idea of what plan his close friend had made.
‘Is this really what you wanted?’
Conrad asked inwardly. He didn’t think it was right to plan on destroying one person. Even if it is a way to save the world, it does not change the fact that it is a cruel act that can never be forgiven by the person involved.
But the dice have already rolled. Nelson used his death as an opportunity. It’s not that it didn’t even work. So Conrad did what he could. Just like the madman who saw everything and took over Nelson’s plan… To be silent.
“… “What’s your favor?”
When Conrad changed the subject, Ross only glanced slightly.
“Arya… Please keep her safe without anyone knowing. “As the orchestrator of her world, you will be able to prevent Arya from turning into a bomb.”
“Of course, that is the job of the principal responsible for school safety. But according to her memories, in order for Aria to continue to be normal… “You’ll need someone else’s life force like you do now.”
“… “I will solve that.”
Seeing Ross smiling bitterly, Conrad nodded silently.
***
Raelan’s prediction was correct. The road to the labyrinth was filled with more people than before. Rumors spread throughout the continent that the treasures and relics obtained by those who returned from the labyrinth, and the direct rewards given by the labyrinth, were a great opportunity to completely change a person’s life.
[You have re-entered the labyrinth.]
[The current location is on the 3rd floor.]
As soon as the letters in front of me disappeared, the wind blew from somewhere and swirled around my body, making me feel like I was floating. As her dark vision became brighter, she realized that she was falling from high in the sky.
“Ellie… !”
In the air, I extended my hand to Ellie, who entered with me. Ellie, holding my hand, took out her wand from her bosom and used her magic. Smoke flowed from the tip of her wand and enveloped Ellie’s body. Then, the speed of her fall decreased significantly, giving her enough time to turn her head and look around her.
Ellie, who was looking around, waved her wand and fixed her bangs that were blowing in the wind and said.
“It’s really a place where there’s nothing but the sea.”
As Ellie said, the third floor of the labyrinth is a place where nothing but the sea exists. Strictly speaking, the setting is that the world was destroyed by a great flood and the city was submerged under the sea.
However, unlike an environment that existed only on the sea, it was not a place where water warfare was the goal. Creating an island on the 3rd floor where life can live and nurturing it well was the condition for heading to the 4th floor of the labyrinth.
“Get ready, Ellie.”
“okay.”
Before falling into the sea, Ellie poured out her magic towards the sea. Then, huge yellow bubbles began to form in the sea where his magic touched. This was the initial appearance of the soil that formed the basis of the island. Although it looked like foam, it was clearly dirt, so we were able to land safely on it.
“I’ll start decorating.”
While Ellie skillfully controlled her magic power to mold bubbles into the next level of dirt, I looked down at the clear sea water to see if there was anything I could grab. Fortunately, the place we landed was above the city. It was a good location to obtain items that could help the island grow quickly. I nodded and said to Ellie.
“I started from a good place. “I will also settle down in a suitable place.”
“okay.”
I looked around to make sure there was no competition and released my magical energy to create my own bubble on the sea. He embodied the spear of shadow in the form of a paddle, stepped on the foam, and rowed the spear to move little by little away from the island Ellie created.
After reaching a distance that would not interfere with each other’s growth, I laid the foundation for the island by using magical power to create bubbles and continuously overlap them, just like Ellie did. Due to the difference in magic handling skills and amount of magic, when I barely reached halfway, Ellie was already roughly in the form of an island.
Ellie, who used ice magic to create a floating platform on the sea, came to my island. Her condition was to grow the island with each individual’s magic, so there was nothing she could do to help Ellie lay the foundation of her island.
Except for giving advice from the side.
“Can’t you make your magic more detailed?”
“… .”
“No, it feels like I’m releasing magic power through my entire palm… “It feels like covering the bubbles rather than simply overlapping them!”
“… .”
“Now the output is different on both sides. Concentrate more on releasing magical power from your left hand. “You can do that much.”
As the lecture continued, I stopped releasing my magic and turned my head to look at Ellie. Ellie, who had been admonishing me endlessly next to me, tilted her head when she saw my gaze.
“why?”
“Somehow, I feel like Raelan.”
“… do you want to die?”
I stabbed the lily mask I was wearing with the tip of my wand and concentrated on releasing my magic again in silence. Ellie, who was continuing her lesson next to her, heard a plopping sound quite close by, so she tapped me on the shoulder and told me to do it alone, and then headed back to her island using her ice.
As I was releasing my magic, I heard Ellie’s voice warning someone.
“If you don’t turn it off, I’ll drown you.”
A person who fell into the sea near the island was struggling, but luckily found Ellie’s Island and swam towards it. The man carrying a large ax on his back did not stop swimming despite Ellie’s warning and shouted.
“Sleep, wait! Where can I find something like that? This is all there is to an island in the middle of the ocean! Honestly, just because you come in first doesn’t mean you become the owner of the island!”
“What can I say, this is the island I created. So get out.”
“… I am an officer of the Adventurer’s Guild! You will definitely regret what you did to me now! “Not welcoming adventurers is an act that will cause great misfortune!”
Ellie said, tapping the mask on her face with her wand.
“You don’t know what this mask is?”
“What is that strange mask? “Are you famous?”
Ellie scratched her head, probably not expecting the man’s answer.
“… “Do you know who Lily is?”
“lily… ? “Do you like women? Shoot, don’t shoot!”
The man shouted while dodging the ice spear thrown by Ellie.
“Stop, stop! “I entered the labyrinth after exploring dungeons for a long time, so I just don’t know who Lily is!”
“If you don’t know, you have to die.”
As Ellie tried to shoot the ice spear again, the man spoke urgently.
“Well, I’ll go somewhere else! “I won’t even come near you!”
After thinking about the man’s words for a moment, Ellie transformed the ice spear so that it could climb up and sent it in front of the man. The man, struggling with her limbs, barely managed to get out of the sea by swimming through the ice created by Ellie.
The man, who was taking a moment to catch his rough breath, glanced at Ellie, calculated the distance, and burst out laughing.
“Kkeke, you stupid b*tch! “This is the only island around, so where else would I go!”
The man drew up his magic power and flew towards the island with tremendous jumping power, putting his hands behind his back. He was trying to pull out the ax he was carrying on his back.
Stuttering.
“… ?”
The man who landed on Ellie’s Island clearly didn’t have the ax that felt heavy on his back before he jumped, so he used both arms and fumbled with his back in disbelief before turning around. He must have thought he had accidentally dropped the ax into the sea.
The gaze of the man who was looking for an ax while looking at the ice platform that Ellie had made and the sea continued to rise until he made eye contact with me.
“… .”
“… .”
I used space magic to lightly shake the large ax I had stolen when the man rose in the air.
“Hey, thief- gagging…” !”
Before the man finished speaking, the ice spear Ellie created pierced his chest. After finishing killing the fallen man, Ellie suddenly muttered with a disappointed look on her face.
“… “Oh, I’m going to drown you.”
I pretended not to hear anything and worked hard to lay the foundation of the island by releasing my magical energy using the method Ellie had taught me.