Chapter 347

Chapter 347:

A giant ice cave.

In the beautiful light, like a crystal of five colors, Adela rather felt fear.

“The place that was a forest not too long ago...”

Shin Yoo-seong and Adela had been to Ruin Castle to hatch the velvet, which was an egg. The forest around Ruin Castle was cooler than the season, probably due to the sealing stone, but it was full of animals and trees.

But what is this landscape that we see now?

Lewis’s ice cave was like a maze prepared for invaders trying to break into his castle.

“This cave. It’s beautiful on the outside, but it’s only made of ice and crystal... perfect for disorienting. Besides, clairvoyance doesn’t work because of the barrier.”

In addition, Lewis’ barrier has evolved so much that even Shoichi, who has a deep eye, cannot recognize the structure.

“This is a disadvantageous strategy from the start. Lewis has a perfect castle... We have to go through a labyrinth without knowing what traps there may be.”

As Eliza said, going through this ice cave only flowed as Louis intended. As we headed towards the center of the ice cave, the light diminished and the space grew larger.

But that wasn’t the end.

The road to the ice cave continued. If you count the time you walked, you should have reached Ruin Castle already, but the cave was endless like an unknown subspace.

30 minutes.

1 hours.

The time when I was advancing endlessly through the cave.

“...Is this a fork in the road?”

Eliza, who was leading the way, stopped.

What was placed in front of her was a huge temple-like space and three entrances with three scaffolding. Angela, who was watching the scene from the side, caught her eye on the unusual letters engraved on the ice above the scaffold.

“There are enigmatic letters carved into the ice.”

As Angela stared intently at the ice, Lorelai strode over the letters and began to explain.

“...The letters carved into the ice are ancient words. If you set the recognition range to the dimension Louis came from and activate the pocket, it will be possible to interpret it.”

Having said this, Lorelai had absorbed most of the knowledge in Clock Tower Academy’s library, so Pocket’s translation function was not needed.

“Of course, these short sentences can be read without translation.”

Lorelai raised her index finger and blew mana into it. When he put his index finger on the wall, the hot mana melted the ice and carved the letters.

[The most brilliant.]

[Walk the path of the moon.]

[The wisest.]

[The path of the sun.]

[The bravest.]

[The path of the stars.]

Read Lorelai’s translation. Only then did Eliza see the footstool in front of the entrance. At the entrance, the moon in order like an enigmatic sentence. sun. star. Three patterns were drawn.

“This is... Shoichi. Can’t your mind’s eye read what’s on the other side?”

“I see. Clearly that too.”

It was hard to believe, but the mana resonance he had just briefly generated was proof of that.

“So, the place where this entrance leads...”

Eliza looked at the entrance again.

There were 3 entrances and 3 scaffoldings placed in this space, and 3 devices formed the barrier.

What more explanation do you need?

“Someone has to reach the end of the entrance to destroy the barrier and reach Ruin Castle.”

Shin Yuseong’s answer was so simple that Adela stood on the scaffolding at the central entrance.

Slowly- As

Adela stepped on the scaffold, the sun pattern engraved on the entrance rotated half a turn.

“Half a turn. It seems that there are 2 people to enter the entrance. Then... I’m here!”

Angela immediately stepped onto Adela’s platform. Out of a total of 6 raiding parties, 3 entrances were divided by 2 people, and the number of people was just right.

“Then, we have to pair up two people, so the veteran and the students are one...”

Eliza, a 6th-level hunter, tried to pair up with the students one by one, but Lorelei seemed to have a slightly different opinion.

“I think... it would be good to pair up like this.”

Lorelei, who blushed, strongly hoped to step on the footstool with Shin Yoo-seong when she moved.

“What do you understand? It’s a dungeon where the mind’s eye doesn’t work properly, so it must be that they’re more trustworthy than me.”

Shoichi misunderstood Lorelai’s intentions, but Eliza was being persuaded.

“...I don’t know if they’ll be all right. In a way, their experience is better than ours.”

As Shoichi and Eliza stepped onto the platform, the moon pattern rotated. The flow of mana gradually changes as the spell works. Lorelai cautiously approached Shin Yoo-seong.

She always tried to keep a cool mind when attacking, but Lorelai’s heart beat faster just by approaching Shin Yoo-seong.

It was very strange.

Even though Shin Yuseong had only met a few times, Lorelai felt familiar.

In the book, Shin Yoo-seong’s face overlapped with the handsome male protagonist, and Shin Yoo-seong always appeared whenever Lorelai dreamed.

Although the role and appearance are different, the fact that that person is Shin Yoo-seong has not changed.

Perhaps because of that, Lorelai’s heart trembled. It was the first time in my life that I was so nervous.

Yooseong Shin watched Lorelai from the side and put a hand on her shoulder and said,

“...Don’t be afraid.”

Shin Yoo-sung’s voice and tone so soft were so similar to those in her imagination that Lorelai couldn’t help but hold her breath.

“I will protect you.”

Thousands of thousands of imaginations that Lorelai had had failed to overcome a single reality. Lorelai now had no dreams or wishes.

“Yes, eh...”

Lorelai merely nodded vigorously, becoming a girl with blushing cheeks, not an oracle from a lofty clock tower.