Grand Duke of the Heibern House

＜Chapter 35＞

When I got out of the prison and arrived at the entrance of the underground labyrinth again.

Gyrobel’s urgent words echoed in Ruin’s mind.

-for a moment! wait!

Ruin stopped walking for a moment.

It’s because he realized that something had happened from his reaction, which even felt bewildered.

Gyrobel was never easily shaken by anything.

“Tell me, Gyrobel.”

– There, in a very deep place. I feel a weak but heterogeneous soul.

“An alien soul?”

When Gyrobel uses such an ambiguous expression, it means that the target cannot be grasped.

If so, at least that meant he wasn’t human.

“Can’t you feel the level of the soul?”

-I do not know. Endlessly ambiguous and heterogeneous. It’s like it shouldn’t exist… … Could this be an illusion?

Ruin was surprised by Gyrobel’s reaction.

Gyrobel is a demon god whose lofty self-consciousness reaches the sky.

To the extent that such a being would say that his judgment was an illusion.

He faced a situation that could not be interpreted even with his enormous knowledge and experience.

“hmm… … .”

It is the disposition of the soul that even the demons cannot see.

This was something that did not require a grandiose mindset as a great mage.

If you look at the history of the dungeon before and after, there is only one case.

Luin couldn’t hold back the rising laughter.

“The ancestors will collapse.”

The heritage of the founding father who could not be found even after mobilizing all the capabilities of the Grand Duchy.

He had now caught the clue of such an enormous legacy.

“The distance?”

– Still can’t figure it out completely. direction is that way

The place where Gyrobel’s will is pointing.

It was an abyss of unknown depth, the beginning of an endless labyrinth.

woo woo woo-

A bloody haze rises around Ruin.

Without hesitation, the vitality was replaced to generate the power of the demon god, the Blood Judgment.

– You bastard! did that again?

Ruin enters the maze regardless.

Now was not the time to worry about longevity.

Most of the vitality lost due to blood magic is offset by restoring the state of the previous life.

This is because the lifespan rises dramatically the moment you transcend superhumanity.

For now, it was an urgent priority to restore the state of the past by using time as efficiently as possible.

It was clear that if the legacy of ‘Sahol’, the founder of Bern, was certain, it would be helpful to him and his family in any form.

ssssss-

Ruin’s body began to speed up with a bloody haze.

It was moving smoothly like a ghost floating in the air, but the speed itself was processing.

Gyrobel couldn’t help but stick out her tongue at the sight of him flowing like water into the pitch-black darkness.

Because his skills were not as good as his own.

-Third from the left.

-Second from the right.

-This is the first maze.

A fork in the road that appears countless times.

In order to get back to the ground, I had to memorize all the paths I had passed.

After about an hour like that, Ruin’s head became distant.

“Are you still far away?”

– Not even half the distance left.

Even with the excellent consciousness system of the great mage, it is difficult to calculate any more.

In the first place, it might be impossible for humans to memorize all the underground mazes that are entangled like a spider’s web.

In the end, Ruin gave up on using the blood jugong and started walking.

It was difficult to memorize any more, so it was to move forward by carving a mark.

Rurr rrr-

Mana Hall summoned in the air.

There was no system yet, so he couldn’t use magic, but it was enough to leave a unique reverberation in his mana, a magical trace.

how long did it take

At some point, I couldn’t measure the time.

Ruin could immediately realize that there was a problem with his cognitive system.

“Huh… … Heo-eok… … .”

thin air.

Ruin, who had been breathing heavily, managed to control his breathing, which had reached its limit.

“Huh! Huh! crazy!”

A maze that goes so deep that the air becomes thin!

The scale of the underground maze was much larger than expected.

A mind that keeps getting worse.

If you continue like this, your brain will suffer a fatal blow.

‘no. give up.’

Gyrobel is still recovering his true magic. If something went wrong, it was the end here.

It was a life that he had obtained, but he couldn’t let everything go wrong just because of the founder’s legacy.

– Ruin!

‘say.’

Louin didn’t bother to open his mouth to answer.

A situation where you have to save your breath as much as possible.

Even talking was a luxury now.

-It’s coming! Ignoring all the topography of the maze and coming in a straight line! Unimaginable speed! danger… … !

Coming in a straight line, ignoring the terrain?

Ruin was astonished and sharpened his senses.

But I didn’t feel any noise or shock.

at that time.

＜What are you?＞

Ruin’s eyes, opened as if they were going to tear, stare straight ahead.

However, the person who spoke to him did not exist.

No physical form was visible.

No matter how much I looked in all directions with the burning Mana Hall, I couldn’t possibly see the identity of the opponent.

＜… … Are you human? But too complex to be human?＞

This is not even an English word.

A certain ‘will’ that divides and invades consciousness.

For a moment, Gyrobel was shocked.

– Not a soul?

The opponent who appeared did not feel the temperament of the soul.

If it was a soul, it always had its own resonance and scent.

– Ruin! this is!

‘know. It’s a thought.’

Ruin gritted his teeth.

The power to leave thoughts in the cognitive realm.

Unprecedented state that even the one who transcended superhuman could not reach.

This distant form that the great mage Ruin had never reached was the way that ‘he’ of the past often mocked himself.

It wasn’t one ‘he’.

I could feel it the moment it invaded my consciousness.

No malice in any form.

All I could feel was pure curiosity itself.

＜Two souls? How could you? Are you one of the ‘beings’?＞

Ruin added to the surprise.

If the evil spirit Gyrobel was a thought so powerful that it would be mistaken for a soul, it was because he could not have imagined what level the realm of the main body would be.

＜Isn’t it? Well, if you’re an ‘existence’, you can’t be this weak. But it’s so special. It’s such a lonely and sad feeling. say it. what happened to you It’s not you who smells like hell, it’s you!＞

at that time.

ssssss-

Gyrobel manifested with a purple aura.

I didn’t even allow it, but I had come out of Ruin’s soul myself.

＜Wow! I’ve never seen a dog-like demon like you! He must be of a fairly high level to have such a presence in this world, right? Are you a demon? But do you know if it takes too long? If you get caught by ‘beings’ then you’ll be beaten to death?＞

Gyrobel’s already eerie face crumpled even more cruelly.

＜Jji, tear it up and kill it!＞

Gyrobel was convinced through the way the opponent lit a fire in her chest.

That lightness that strangely scratches my temper.

That jerk that I want to rip.

＜I’m sure! You bastard!＞

Gyrobell trembled and looked around.

＜Where is that dog-like dragon that followed you around? Even if I summon my body today, I will grind you guys!＞

Finally, Ruin realized the true nature of his thoughts.

The first human to humiliate that lofty demon god.

The true culprit who made Gyrobel hide in Bern and torment her descendants.

first lion.

The strongest knight in human history.

A person who approached the status of ‘beings’.

Sahol Lemadel Vicerisma Bern.

It was none other than the thought of the great knight.

＜Do you know me? But what is a dragon? Why are you angry again? I did everything for you.＞

＜Ha ha ha ha! Do you think you can live by pretending to be an idiot? Now that I know it’s a thought, finding your body and soul is an after-dinner pastime for this demon god… … !＞

The ferocious Gyrobell’s laughter stopped in an instant.

＜What, what! You are already!＞

I can’t feel the soul connected to the thought.

＜… … dead?＞

Gyrobel had never imagined that Sahol would die.

Lifespan meant nothing to him.

He is a human who has achieved a tremendous level to the point of being acknowledged by ‘existences’.

I didn’t know how great the ‘he’ from the past that Ruin was talking about was.

However, the most powerful being among the humans he experienced was Sahol.

The reason why he has been harassing Berna is because he had the belief that one day he would appear without ignoring his descendants.

No matter how much he thought about it, Gyrobel couldn’t think of an existence that could destroy him.

Because he is the watcher of the world and is much stronger than dragons, a species protected by beings.

＜… … How can thoughts be maintained?＞

More surprising than the shock of Sahol’s death.

It was that the thoughts of the being whose soul had disappeared did not disappear and were maintained.

There was no way to explain the situation right in front of Gyrobel’s knowledge and experience.

＜That bastard’s thoughts! What the hell is your thoughts? I just want to find Bisherisma! hmm? But who was Bisherisma? ah! I’m so dizzy! I want to sleep!＞

Luin’s serious eyes.

There weren’t many things that could be guessed from Sahol’s thought like a child.

He didn’t even know who he was, and his memory seemed even more jumbled.

‘Sahol… … .’

The fact that Gyrobel figured out his true identity so quickly means that a pure heart like that child was his inclination during his lifetime.

family portrait.

The great ancestor of the Heibern family who loftily looked over the earth with eyes so intense that it covered the world.

Considering his life and status filled with distant legends, it was natural that he felt foreign.

＜Evils! you go away Now I hate to see that filthy face! I want to be friends with this kid?＞

Gyrobel stood there for a while.

He had no choice but to return to the depths of Ruin’s soul, retrieving the incarnated descending body.

Exhausted and empty, he said nothing more.

＜Don’t cry. I mean, even I was about to cry. Why are you so sad?＞

Ruin frowned.

I couldn’t understand at all what Sahol’s thoughts were seeing and doing.

＜By the way, am I too sleepy right now? Could I lay down for you? I think it would be comfortable for you.＞

Instinctively feeling the horror, Ruin shouted harshly.

“no!”

＜Sorry.＞

The human soul has limits.

It was a dangerous situation that could lead to mental collapse if he accepted other rituals in a daunting yard with only one Gyro Bell.

But the voice that penetrated my consciousness was no longer heard.

Around the time Ruin hurriedly began to check his mental system.

– This, what a crazy bastard!

In the blink of an eye, Sahol’s thought settled like a root in Ruin’s mind.

Immediately, Gyrobell started screaming as if vomiting blood.

– aaa! Why the hell do you, a human being, do this to me even after a thousand years have passed!

Living with Sahol.

It was a punishment equal to, or perhaps more than, the pain of death for Gyrobel.