Chapter 99

The chest is moist.

The back of his head was hot, but his neck was warm. Still, raising the body was unreasonable.

It’s like I’m dreaming of something.

“Don’t die, Rox… … .”

I realized later that it was the voice of a hoarse child. The hand gently brushing her hair belonged to Hira. It smelled familiar.

Surprisingly, the body was light.

“I mean get up… … .”

“woke up.”

“Japanese… … ?”

When I open my eyes, brown and gold hair sways from side to side. Their eyes are opposite to each other, so they match strangely.

“resurrection!”

He raised his upper body.

I tried to act as if nothing had happened, but the back of the head, which had been beaten straight up, made me frown in pain.

It’s like I’m feeling a little dizzy.

“Rockstrin… … ?”

“This happened. No, can I get up? Are you okay?”

Still, the effect was good.

Hearing my lively voice, Baeller and Frid also came running.

“I have a bit of a headache. Why is everyone crying?”

I was only knocked out after being hit in the back of the head once, but it was a reaction as if a dead person had come back to life.

Baeller quietly pointed his finger behind him. It was Hira.

“Ugh.”

Hira’s wet skirt was dyed bright red.

A normal person’s head wouldn’t bleed like that, right?

‘Oh.’

I wasn’t human

Having seen with my own two eyes that a fairy survives even if its heart is pierced, it seems that a fairy can survive even if its head is slightly broken. that is great.

Yes, Derek clearly said so. It must be that all the fairies’ talents were focused on their faces.

Isn’t it the part where the face and head are separated, so maybe it was okay?

“Is that all my blood?”

“Yes. therefore… … .”

“I thought you were dead.”

“Are you alive, Rox?”

“Are you okay?”

The four words overlapped.

I really didn’t know how to explain it. He just laughed and said.

“Looks like I’m a bit strong.”

“Rox!”

Ai-nim and Hira, who were hugging each other, finally fell after 10 minutes.

I guess I’ll get used to this now. Counting the number of times these guys cried was meaningless.

“Frid, look at my hair.”

“Eh, do you mean me?”

“It’s amazing. If it bleeds that much, it means that the skin was not torn, but shattered.”

“Ugh… … What.”

Frid panicked and groped the back of my head up and down.

“Okay.”

I got a feeling too.

Even if I put my hand on it, it was fine.

“Are you all right?”

“I know. It’s a bit hot, but it doesn’t hurt that much.”

The pain subsided at some point, and if I had to compare it, it was just a bruise from a hard bump somewhere. It hurts a little when you touch it.

It was to the point where I felt uncomfortable that the liquid soaking my hair was all my own blood.

“How long have you been down?”

“About 30 minutes.”

“What happened to him?”

The one who broke the back of my head and threw me down.

“He would be dead by now.”

“You’d be dead by now?”

“Upstairs is all gone now. It was probably him who knocked down the stairs.”

It is said that a smoky smell came in right after the binge drinking. It wasn’t magic, it was a huge amount of gunpowder.

It seems that he was hiding in another room by himself, and returned to the room he had already explored while I went down underground with the crew.

Did you say you wouldn’t die in peace?

They must have planned to destroy the ruins and be buried alive together. Maybe it’s still a valid plan.

“So you can’t go upstairs?”

“It was dangerous before, but now the ground has completely collapsed… … .”

The soil, which had maintained its firm shape, had already lost its balance once in the aftermath of the explosion.

Digging through the ceiling with earth magic was also difficult.

“What did you find here?”

“Me and Lord Baeller searched once more, but nothing came up.”

“this.”

is this a bit harsh?

Even if you try to find a solution, shouldn’t you have a means? At least in Areas’ prison, there was a window through which the child could escape.

“A few lines of old words are already written… … .”

“What? where?”

This guy is talking to the end.

I urged Freed to head to the tortured language.

“By the way, can’t even you read the ancient language, Your Highness?”

“It was too difficult.”

“I’ll take a look.”

This time it was written in large and clear letters on the wall.

ELEVATOR NEEDS

TWELVE CORE.

“Nothing other than ‘need’ means ‘need’… … .”

“lift?”

I casually muttered a familiar name.

You need twelve cores?

“A lift?”

“Lox, can you interpret everything?”

I nodded.

I am probably the only one who can interpret the archaic language without restrictions. Actually, I didn’t think there would be much to write about.

“It says the elevator requires twelve cores.”

“You mean the elevator in our tower?”

“It means the same thing.”

If you say 12 cores, you can guess. In the first place, the only thing I had was the supply type magic core.

If so, that’s the answer.

“There is an elevator somewhere in the ruins.”

“Can you go up if you find it?”

“But I don’t know where. It could be upstairs, which has collapsed.”

If you don’t know the exact location, you have no choice but to dig around the ground all day. The group doesn’t have that much leeway.

The water is almost gone.

Then Baeller said.

“Rockstrin. You said this room was ‘almost’ the same size as the upper floor.”

“It was.”

Come to think of it, it was a general expression for a Baeller. If I said almost, there is a difference.

“If this is upstairs.”

Baeller drew an oval on the floor.

A pizza shape divided into 8 slices by drawing 4 lines. This is the structure of the ruins.

“This is downstairs.”

Then I start drawing again on the right side, but it wasn’t an ellipse.

It looks like the 8 rooms have already been fragmented and retreated little by little from the center. If so, what is the conclusion?

The center, where the rooms point together, is empty.

“Even in the Tower of Truth, the elevator is in the middle of the building.”

“Let’s go.”

I moved my feet right away.

A sharp corner of a fan that narrows the room. It was also a house.

It was an ordinary structure, no different from any other house, and there was nothing in particular that Frid found.

The only peculiarity was a long, square pit dug in front of an empty wall.

It was in every corner room, so I thought it was a hole dug without much meaning.

“I think there will be only 12 of them.”

I opened the bag and took out the magic core.

I started filling them in one by one, and when there were 12 of them, the pit was filled exactly.

Flash!

“Hut!”

“Ahh!”

“What?”

A variety of short screams broke out. It was because light suddenly burst out of the popular magic core.

It wasn’t just the light.

“Something sounds… … .”

“I can hear you too.”

Weee… … .

It was a mechanical sound that is not often heard in this world view. Thermurge’s elevators are quiet.

“It’s getting closer.”

Whoa!

After about a minute, I could hear it well without having to put my ear to the floor. Something is coming up from below.

Kugu Palace!

“Everybody back off!”

Dust fell from the ceiling. The room trembled anxiously, as if it were about to collapse. The moment when the sound finally came right in front of us.

ding!

“uh… … .”

drooling.

What I thought was a wall was pushed open with a clear sound.

“… … It’s an elevator.”

“It’s an elevator.”

“Yes.”

I thought I was looking at it wrong.

It was a world far removed from the ruins of soil, sand, and dust.

Wall covered with a soft cloth. The white floor seemed soft to step on. A long golden handle that goes around the waist.

It wasn’t much different from the elevator in the Tower of Summer Turge.

“Shall we ride?”

“I think a better future awaits than dying here.”

“I agree.”

It is quite large, so there is plenty of space even for five people. If there is one thing that is unfortunate.

“The light on must be the current location, right?”

“There’s a light up there.”

There was only one button to go down. There were no options.

Drooling!

As the door closed, the elevator slowly began to descend.

The speed was so fast that it was difficult to control the body without holding on to the handle.

“Senior, can you calculate the height?”

“It’s impossible.”

There was nothing to accurately compare the rate of fall.

However, after riding the high-speed elevator in a high-rise building a few times, I could roughly guess.

Until the elevator starts moving, accelerates, slows down, and stops again.

‘The 40th floor… … ?’

over 150 m.

Since the ruins had already descended about 50m underground, they were now down to 200m underground.

To be honest, it’s a bit scary.

“Hira. How deep is the mine in Yuxilla?”

“About 140m. why… … ?”

“No, just. I think it came down to that level.”

“yes?”

ding.

It’s not even hundreds of meters, it’s rather scary because it’s a moderately realistic depth.

All the members, including me, stood with their backs against the wall and away from the door. I didn’t know what would come out.

thud! Drooling!

“It opens.”

He had cast plenty of unrestricted wind and fire magic. It was because there was no law that said that monsters should not pour out as soon as the door was opened.

But.

“It’s bright… … ?”

What appeared beyond all expectations was a bright and spacious cavity.

Half of the height of the elevator was empty, and the ceiling was so high.

The entire floor was made of marble and was packed with bizarre and splendid patterns that had not been seen even in the imperial family.

“It’s not even hot.”

“Iknow, right.”

Since entering the Menlua Desert, the heat that had been sweltering here also disappeared as if it had been washed.

There is no particular threat, and there is no sense of crisis. Looking at the open front, my mind is refreshed as if I am watching the sunrise.

One problem.

“by the way… … .”

Hira asked cautiously.

“How much further do we have to go?”

“I know.”

It’s wide open.

It was truly expansive.

“Yes, Rocks.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Is that the horizon?”

“Perhaps.”

hollow ceiling. bright space.

The endless marble floor.

That’s all.

“We can go back to Summer Turge… … ?”

Since Hera asked, I had no choice but to give a hopeful answer.

“Where is the road anyway? I have to keep going.”

“But Rocks, it’s the horizon.”

“The horizon is not that far away, child.”

Ainim hit the candle, and Baeller responded.

“How far are you?”

“5 km.”

“Pick me up.”

I grabbed the hand of the child who was pulling on the collar and looked at Frid.

“Can you carry two people?”

“… … It’s too much.”

“You’re having a hard time these days, Frid.”

Despite grumbling, the members eventually moved forward. All of a sudden, I remembered what Philip had said at the time.

‘If only the ruins lead to the center of the Menlua Desert… … .’

surprisingly. About 60 km from here is the center of the Menlua Desert. There is a high probability that you will probably discover the cause of the desert.

But I don’t really want to know.

“Sir Rockstryn, good news!”

“What?”

“Now the water magic is being used.”

“know. You drink a lot, child.”

“Ahaha. Kuck. Keck.”

While drinking water excitedly, he patted Frid on the back.

Walked, walked, and walked for a while.

It was sixteen hours later that I finally stopped walking.

“What is this… … ?”