chapter 15
15 – The 7 Wonders of Denbergen (3)
‘Hmm, I said it confidently… ….’
It’s a text I haven’t seen in 17 years.
When I got the dagger that magically woven the map of the underground secret passage, I was busy deciphering it and studied it deeply, but after being reincarnated, I had no interest in it.
Of course, not only did his instincts remember his combat skills, including assassination, but he was confident in his constant training even after his reincarnation.
However, looking back now, my knowledge of ancient characters is vague and difficult to remember.
‘I think I can decipher it with a bit of time.’
Still, the memories haven’t completely disappeared, and knowledge remains vaguely in my head somewhere, so I slowly read the ancient characters written on the door.
At least I can’t say that it will be over soon, but I felt like I could figure it out with a little time.
The 30 minutes I had promised with Josef had passed by more than half, and I didn’t want to procrastinate any longer.
‘It would be okay if I stopped by myself later and thought deeply about it.’
Above all, I couldn’t stand to see him openly bring in Charlotte and other outstanding commoner students and try to control them at will.
Someone might say it’s something that I, a nobleman, don’t have to be involved in.
However, at one time I was a commoner suffering unjustly for lack of power among such wicked people, so I couldn’t stand to see it.
If I had lost both my parents and was left alone in my previous life, if a kind noble had come and helped me, my life might have changed completely.
‘It means I don’t know how the world works.’
Fortunately, I was not in the first order.
Me and Charlotte were quite a bit behind, so the other first-year freshmen were one step ahead of the two of us and were called out by Humpton and took turns going to the front.
Meanwhile, using my excellent eyesight, I slowly and calmly began deciphering the letters on the door one by one.
“Mr. ?”
Meanwhile, Charlotte glanced at me curiously, tilting her head.
But I was so focused on the door that I had no time to answer.
Time gets tighter as the person in front of me leaves.
While the frightened freshmen slammed into the door, tried to open it with wire, and used magic that didn’t work, I paid no attention to the ancient letters.
“Keuk keuk, it’s fun to see kids’ shows. Next?”
Humpton and his gang ordered the freshmen to open the door, then sat next to each other to giggle and sneer.
Try to open the door that won’t open. At first, they try a few times out of a desire to compete, but after a certain amount of practice, everyone realizes.
This door can never be opened by one’s own strength, and Humpton and his gang are just harassing the new students and feeling the joy.
Because he hated being used as a toy to entertain him, the other freshmen would do a few show-offs and give up the silly challenge without properly inciting him.
“Who’s next, is that him?”
I was wondering because the next order didn’t come out quickly, but it must have been my turn.
‘Damn it, I’ve only deciphered 70% yet!’
Detoxification is a daunting task even with all my concentration, but it was obvious that if I went forward, even the places I had been working on would be crushed.
Because Humpton can’t just leave me standing there, motionless, staring at the ancient text written on the door.
It was obvious that I would order my subordinates to grapple because it wasn’t fun, and then I’d probably not be able to stand it any longer and throw my fists at the poison.
“Can I do it first?”
But at that moment, as I was frowning, someone screamed instead of me.
The freshman who volunteered with a clear voice was none other than Charlotte.
‘Charlotte?’
Come to think of it, it was like that. Ever since I asked her to go with her to the place where she was called by her senior, Charlotte had been stomping her feet in her guilt.
She didn’t say it directly, but it was clearly written on her face that she was sorry that she was a servant, that she was no help to the boy, and that she was a burden.
In fact, even though I know I don’t think so.
She says she wants to help me somehow.
So, after reading my mind, I decided to take a turn to pass the time, although it was originally a later order than mine.
He was so quick-witted that at the mansion he would notice and bring me something before I even said I wanted it, so he was still looking right into my heart.
“It’s okay, young boy! I’ll open it so it doesn’t come until the boy’s turn!”
Charlotte whispered so that the others couldn’t hear him.
Even that was a bit of a hindrance to me, but I nodded with a serious face.
It can be said that there is still 30% left, but if you think positively, you have deciphered 70% in a fleeting moment.
Unlike the other students who gave up on the challenge and quit, she was sure that if Charlotte would give her a little time, she would be able to crack it perfectly.
“Please.”
So convinced, I glared at the door again with bloodshot eyes.
Since there were few characters that were immediately recognizable, the elimination method was gradually applied to each character.
After recalling the alphabet of ancient characters, erase the vowels, leave the consonants, then divide them into categories and apply the elimination method again.
It took a long time to repeat this pattern, but the answer was clear.
Bang-! Bang-! Quaang-!
Meanwhile, Charlotte was really serious about breaking down the door.
Doesn’t he try to break it by smashing his body into a tightly closed door several times, or trying to tear it apart as if breaking a doorknob?
But, of course, those efforts had no effect on the ancient enchanted door, and it only drained Charlotte’s energy.
“Ahhh!”
However, Charlotte did not give up and continued to challenge.
I thought Charlotte was trying to make time for me when she was just leaving, but she wasn’t. It was my mistake.
I wasn’t trying to kill time, I was really trying to break down the door on my line so my turn wouldn’t come at all.
Even though I intuitively felt that it was impossible, I just had a single determination not to cause any trouble to me.
“Hee-eok, hee-uh, hee-uh… ….”
“…… Hey, what is that?”
“Why are you working so hard?”
“What, I’m scared. He’s weird….”
Even the Humptons were terrified by her constant challenge.
As I thought from the time I came in, there is a one or two year age difference.
If she has lived her life, how much more she has lived is the ‘pride of a senior’.
Those great failing seniors were so overwhelmed by Charlotte’s 10-string torso headbutts, which were a mixture of loyalty and madness, that they slumped behind her.
“Keep hahahaha! Look at that b*tch’s breasts swaying!”
All the while, assuming that the captain is the captain, Humpton constantly pointed his finger at her Charlotte and laughed, but the laughter drowned out her playfulness.
Everyone could notice that it was nothing more than a forced smile to keep the spirit from being suppressed.
It was only natural, in a way, that everyone in this room, and perhaps even Humpton’s men, felt deeply offended by his appearance.
“Stop.”
But neither Humpton nor the other students stopped Charlotte.
I said it out loud.
“Stop it, Charlotte. It’s enough to stop.”
After detoxifying the remaining 30%, I trudged forward and stood in front of the door holding Charlotte’s limp body.
The Humptons, unaware of what was going on for a moment, remained motionless and gaped.
I looked around at the trash and clicked his tongue in contempt.
“Didn’t I tell you to open the door?”
“…… Oh, that, yes.”
“I’ll open it now, so don’t move anyone.”
I patted Charlotte on the back and whispered softly.
“Good job.”
“Huh, huh… My, please send me….”
Charlotte fell asleep after the tears he had been holding back burst.
I held her like a princess so she wouldn’t feel uncomfortable and stared at her door.
From now on, I just read the sentences made of ancient characters as I interpreted them.
The archmage who created this door was kind enough to tell me this.
– ‘Stand in front of the door and read along… ….’
The way to open the door was not a key, nor strength, much less wit.
The ability to read and understand ancient text messages left by someone.
Perhaps the ancient letters have been lost in 500 years, and there is no one left in the world who can read except me.
No, the person who made this door knows, so I wonder if there are at least two of them.
‘…… I’m not sure if it’s a human.’
I read the sentences in ‘The door that never opens’.
“We are waiting for you forever.”
Koo-gu-gu-gu-goo!
As soon as I put a period in the sentence, the whole basement started to vibrate.
A stone or pebble fell from the ceiling, and the ground shook, making it difficult to stand properly.
Everyone present here was shocked by the powerful shaking that they had never experienced before in their lives.
“Heh, hee hee hee profit!”
“What is this!!”
“Ah, the dormitory is collapsing!!”
“Earthquake? Is it an earthquake? Really?!”
“Run away!”
The freshmen and the Humptons made all sorts of fuss and ran out of the basement with their feet on fire.
But with Charlotte on my back, I just stood there.
“I should have told you not to move?”
Humpton’s gang, who had hurriedly fled, hardened like stone at my cold voice, which pierced even the loud vibrations and echoed in the basement.
I took the opportunity to carefully set her Charlotte down in a safe place and looked behind her.
Even if there are a lot of numbers, if the situation is chaotic externally, the group’s solidarity and cooperation will be inferior to those of animals.
Because I was well aware of that, I accelerated right away without hesitation.
Hooung!
“You crazy bastard, what are you doing! If we don’t run away now, not only we will die, but you too…….”
“Live burial is good. At least where are they buried?”
Concentrating on my five senses, I kicked off the ground and ran.
Because of the vibration, it was difficult to stand still, but the sense of balance was also a kind of sense.
When the Humptons stumbled, I could run as normal as if I were walking in my own bedroom.
Thanks to that, putting a fist in the face of their leader wasn’t even an issue.
“This bastard… Heck… !”
Of course, Humpton also tried to resist to some extent, probably because he was a senior in his own way.
However, the moment he lifted his left foot off the ground, an unbearable vibration hit his left foot, and he lost his balance and fell over.
And I never miss any gaps my opponent showed.
f*ck!
“Kuuu!”
Originally, it wasn’t a fist loaded with enough force to knock a person down.
I was only 17 at the most, and I wasn’t in very good shape.
But it was a fatal blow to Humpton, who lost his balance, and he let out a painful moan as he fell and hit his knee on a hard stone.
I took the opportunity to beat him with both feet.
“Ah! aaagh! Sorry! Sorry! I’ll apologize! You can apologize! This f*ckaaa!”
“I will die here anyway. To die by being crushed by a stone you die too okay? You all die together in one place.”
“Sir baaa! Please! Please save me just once! Huh?! I’ll give you money! Money!”
“I don’t need money. Are you going to die anyway?”
“Hee, hee hee hee hee!”
Humpton’s face turned white as if he really thought he was going to die.
Well, no matter how hard you have lived, it must be scary to think that death is right around the corner.
Seeing that a man bigger than me was trying to escape by crawling, there were literally no human cockroaches.
“Oh, don’t think about running away.”
“Quaaagh!”
“He is so noisy.”
The moment Humpton had already collapsed, I didn’t miss a chance again and put my weight on his ankle.
Humpton can’t escape without someone’s help.
As a last stand, he shouted at his men in full force, revealing his ugliness unfiltered.
The arrogant look of the man who, just a few minutes ago, giggled and laughed at his juniors’ rudeness was no longer to be found.
“Help! Help me!”
“I said it was noisy, but it doesn’t change.”
“Mi-sorry! Shut up! I’ll shut up!”
“I won’t be able to walk for a while anyway, so can you make me stop talking?”
I strained my hands to force open Humpton’s gutter-like mouth and gripped his serpentine tongue.
Then he shook his head with a white face.
“Are you quiet?”
Hmm, it’s been a while since I’ve been threatening like this, so it’s a bit awkward…….
‘Still, it feels old and nice.’
I decided to bring Leewin, Elfin, and the me before I met Justina for a while.
At that time, as a brutal assassin, my hands were always bleeding.