chapter 21
Episode 021. Laguz
“stop. Everything is here.”
Aaron, who was sitting on Rhaast’s back, looked down at his feet and said.
After descending the cliff a few meters, I saw a small gap hidden between the rocks.
A small hole barely big enough for one person to fit through.
It seemed like it would be difficult for the two of them to go in together.
“Is that a cave? Are you sure?”
Rhaast asked in a suspicious voice.
It was more like an ordinary hole made by natural erosion than a cave.
I couldn’t imagine that there was something inside.
“Are you sure. I’ll go alone, so wait upstairs. Drop the rope.”
“Is there any way I can get in? It seems too dangerous alone.”
“There is only one entrance here. it’s okay, go up The reason I asked to carry it in the first place was to save my strength.”
Aaron got down from Rhaast’s back and put his legs on the rock.
And when he stabilized his posture, he threw the torch and flint in his hand.
It was a skillful movement, as if he had already been there several times.
“Then I’ll wait upstairs.”
Raast, who watched Aaron anxiously, eventually gave up helping and climbed the cliff.
When I came down, I was able to carry Aaron on my back, but going up alone was a piece of cake.
After a while, he reached the top of the cliff and lowered the rope to the entrance of the cave.
“Be careful!”
“okay!”
Aaron confirmed that the rope had come down in front of the cave and pushed himself into it.
The entrance to the cave was smaller than what the eye saw.
Even though I deliberately took off my armor and came naked, my skin was scratched and blood was seeping out.
“a little bit… … Go further… … . done!”
When I passed the seemingly endless entrance, I finally got out of my body and breathed.
“Whoa. How difficult was this?”
When I passed this place in the game, I just wore out my stamina a little, but when I experienced it myself, it was not unusually difficult.
After a moment of catching his breath, Aaron groped for the torch and flint he had thrown in earlier.
Tak- Tak-
He hit the flint and set it on fire, creating a bright spark that lit up the surroundings.
He stood in the middle of a pupil made of rocks.
A huge space where you can’t see the ceiling no matter how much you tilt your head back.
It was so large that the light from the torch could not reach the wall and was consumed by the darkness.
“Good find.”
Although he might be overwhelmed by the size and darkness of his pupils, Aaron was not taken aback.
The structure of this place was already imprinted in his mind.
A narrow entrance in the middle of a cliff and a huge pupil that cannot see an inch ahead.
It was a place I had visited several times while playing Buff.
“It was like this.”
Aaron, who was walking to the middle of the pupil without hesitation, stopped at some point.
He thought for a moment, then put the torch on the ground and covered it with his clothes to extinguish it.
As the faint flame disappeared, the pitch-black darkness that lurked around him fell upon him.
Aaron was not taken aback and slowly opened his eyes and looked around.
After several minutes passed, a faint blue light shone in his eyes, which were searching for light.
“also.”
Aaron nodded as if he knew that and strode towards the place where the light led.
“Here you are.”
Aaron, who finally arrived at the source of light, got down on one knee and murmured.
In the middle of a pupil full of darkness.
On a square slab the size of a palm, a geometric pattern that glowed blue was engraved.
Laguz.
Symbolizing purification and healing, this blue letter provides infinite vitality to its owner, and can also pass that power on to nearby living beings.
Although the healing speed is not as fast as potions, divine powers, and elixirs, it was much better in terms of versatility in that it healed everything that had an adverse effect on the body.
“It shouldn’t be anything special this time.”
Aaron clenched his fists, remembering the time he obtained the Turisaj rune.
The element of ‘ordeal’ that did not exist when playing Buff.
When going through trials, the sense of déjà vu doesn’t activate, so whatever happened, I had to solve it on my own in the end.
When dozens of rock hands popped out of the water before, I thought my heart would drop.
“Whoa. You have to get down to make money.”
Aaron took a deep breath and placed his hand on the stone slab containing the runes.
Then, the rune engraved on the slate wriggled like a snake and soaked into my hand like a sponge sucking up water.
Chee Hee-
The next moment, the absorbed rune pattern slowly appeared on the back of his hand, and white smoke rose.
“Ugh!”
Aaron grabbed his left hand and clenched his teeth.
Extreme pain like when you get the Turisaj rune.
The pain was so severe it felt like my entire left arm was burning.
“Quickly, we have to get out.”
Aaron grabbed hold of his distant mind and trudged on.
Judging from my first experience, it takes some time for the next gimmick to activate after learning the rune.
If you escape from here before then… … .
[who… … An ancient secret… … Do you covet… … .]
Kurrr!
Aaron had just picked up the torch.
Suddenly, along with a low-pitched voice that resonated throughout the pupils, the feet began to tremble violently.
“Are you late?”
Aaron quickly lit the torch and looked back.
Dozens of stones the size of houses rose from around the stone slabs engraved with runes and merged into human figures.
“Stone Golem? Why is that thing here?”
Aaron took a step backwards with his mouth slightly open.
A golem is a magical weapon created by wizards to use in war or to protect something.
The golems made in the present era are at most slightly taller than humans, but even with the size of their legs, they far exceed the height of an adult man.
[48]
Red numbers floated above the completed golem’s head.
“sh*t. Isn’t that too much?”
Aaron muttered with a tired face.
I didn’t even feel the pain in my arm when I saw that ignorant size and level.
[He who has found the power of the beginning. Prove your qualifications.]
The same message as when I first got the rune came up in front of my eyes.
The golem moved next.
Boooooong!
A heavy wind roared in the darkness, and a whitish stone fist fell overhead.
Her hair stood on end and her breath caught in her throat.
“Turisaz!”
Kwak Kwak!
As I tore off my immovable leg and threw myself off the ground, my fist landed on the spot where I was standing and the entire pupil shook as if it were about to collapse.
“Keugh!”
After rolling over the hard cave floor for a while, moans naturally flowed out.
My arms, pelvis, and ribs throbbed as if they were about to break, and a sick feeling rose from within.
‘The first ordeal was medicine.’
thud! thud! thud!
Even while my eyes were spinning, I could hear the thumping footsteps very well.
When I looked up, I saw a golem running toward me with a heavy body.
His body was so heavy that every step he took threw dust and debris from the ceiling.
“I just need to destroy the nuke.”
Aaron quickly got up and glared at the golem.
All golems only work if they have a magic core.
The location of the nucleus depends on the wizard’s discretion, but in the case of the gnome, it was embedded near the left shoulder.
“It’s too much to catch.”
He shook his head as he shot the glowing blue core while holding the hilt.
In the case of Gedrik, whom he dealt with before, he was able to catch it thanks to Baron and Gardi’s time-consuming, but now the golem’s target was only Aaron.
No matter how weak it was, it was a suicidal act to run into a guy with a gap of nearly 40 levels alone.
“How do you get away with that?”
Aaron calmly looked around while calculating the distance to the golem.
To get rid of him, I had to get out of here first, but the only way out was so narrow that I had to twist my body for a long time.
It seemed that this space was designed to be accessible only after defeating the golem in the first place.
“If there is no space, I can make it.”
After thinking for a while, Aaron started running straight toward the entrance.
thud! thud!
As Aaron moved, the golem also turned.
The sound of footsteps behind him grew louder every minute.
‘now!’
As he reached the entrance, he kicked off the wall and jumped the other way.
Kwak!
As soon as I left my seat, an intense explosion erupted.
Kurrr-
When the impact was applied to the entrance, a crack spread like a spider web around the place where the fist was inserted, and eventually the wall completely collapsed.
Through the large hole, I could see the moonlit panoramic view of the Tmolin Mountains and the dangling rope.
“done!”
Aaron involuntarily sang joy.
Now that we’ve cleared the entrance, all we have to do is lure him to the other side… … ?
“what?”
Aaron, who was preparing to run expecting the golem to come after him again, hesitated.
It was because the golem, which I knew would come after me, stood motionless.
“Is it broken?”
Aaron, just in case, approached the golem.
Booung!
He waved his fist as if he had been waiting for Aaron to come closer.
My heart sank at the unexpected reaction.
Golem knew exactly what Aaron was thinking.
Its purpose is to keep this young human from leaving.
I had to go to the cliff to escape anyway, so I didn’t chase it and stood there.
“You’re smarter than I thought when it comes to rocks.”
Aaron gritted his teeth and glared at the golem.
In this case, there are only two paths to choose from.
Either sit here and starve to death, or break the bastard’s core and escape.
“Let’s rest for a while.”
Aaron sat far away from the entrance, his legs stretched out.
As expected, the golem did not move even though it showed a gap like this.
“Raguz.”
After staring at the golem for a while, Aaron closed his eyes and chanted rune language.
Then, I felt a refreshing energy around the top of my head, and the pain that had been tormenting my body disappeared as if it had washed away.
[Synchronization of the rune language, Raguz, has been completed.]
[Spirit has decreased by 12%.]
[Caution – Dizziness occurs when mental strength is below 50%, and faints when it reaches 0%.]
[Current mental strength: ???]
When I used the rune, a guide message I hadn’t seen before came to mind.
Apparently, the detailed consumption value was opened due to the use of the second legacy.
“I guess this was the cause of the dizziness.”
It would have been better if he could have known his current mental strength, but it didn’t seem possible yet.
“Whoa, good. Runes are no problem.”
After checking the message, Aaron relaxed and relaxed.
Even if you enter a golem’s den, you can live as long as you are alert.
If you think about it over time, you will surely come up with a method.
‘wait… … Come to think of it, isn’t that magic too?’
Aaron, who was quietly observing the golem, muttered to himself.
The golem’s core is protected by powerful magic, making it harder to destroy than other parts.
So, when dealing with golems, it was common to break limbs to incapacitate them rather than aim for the core itself.
“Turisaz.”
[Spirit has decreased by 8%.]
Aaron recited the language of runes, then hooked his hands and slammed them into the ground.
Kwadeuk!
The hand that received the power of the rune pierced the hard stone floor without difficulty.
However, this was not enough to destroy the golem.
[Spirit has decreased by 8%.]
As he recalled the language of runes once again, the red haze that ran through his body grew thicker.
Quad Deuk-
As he clenched his fist, his fingers on the floor crushed the stone like sand.
As expected, the more mental power was consumed, the stronger the power of the runes.
“Keugh.”
Confirming the power of the rune, Aaron frowned and raised his hand.
The hand pulled from the floor looked fine, but I felt a sharp pain as if all my fingers were broken.
[Caution – Your body strength has reached a critical point.]
Then, a red warning message flickered in front of my eyes.
Using the Turisaj Rune would make the body hard, but it seemed that there was a limit as well.
“Raguz.”
[Spirit has decreased by 1%.]
After using the healing rune, the trembling hands finally calmed down.
It was a kind of phantom pain, so I was worried about what would happen if it couldn’t be treated, but it was unfounded.
As seen in the game, Raguz healed all kinds of wounds and pain.
“Let’s try it.”
Aaron shuffled the message with his hand and clenched his fists.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that what I was about to do was crazy.
A crazy thing that only he can think of and only he can succeed.
The blue eyes glaring at the golem showed little enthusiasm.
Tadak!
Aaron, who had finished preparing before long, gnashed his teeth and jumped out.
Only I am immune to magic
Author : Sileng
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