79 Episode 79: Contraindicated Crystals

So let's go.

After we finished collecting information in the library, we decided to resume our search.

"Uhm, there's only one."

Even so, is Mr. Ramies still the thought of getting his hair pulled back, though his gaze is still poured on the books in the library.

I'm really a root researcher.

Well, if not, why don't you jump out of yourself into a dangerous ruin.

We leave the library while Lisaw drags Mr. Ramies like that.

"The library had books about a wide variety of demons, but there were also many materials about chimeras. And if you think about the giant chimera you encountered in the courtyard, you're right to think that this site was a facility for studying chimeras."

"Then you might run into the same chimera again."

At the word of Mr. Ramies, Mr. Foca stared in the direction of the courtyard without being just a little strong.

Church officials are tough on Chimera.

But chimeric research also helps in the study of magic medicine, so even church officials can't deny it at all.

"More than that... listen, big guy, you gotta protect the magic bag no matter what!

Suddenly Mr. Ramies says that.

Because even though I found it in this library in my magic bag (Mr. Ramies), it contained many particularly valuable books.

Mr. Ramies' magic bag was already pampered with giant chimeric material in the courtyard, so the books and materials found in the library were to be kept in my magic bag.

For that reason, Mr. Ramies can't seem to care less about my magic bag.

"After all, this was just a library."

Mr. Roddy groans with his eyes on the hidden wall of the library.

Shortly after we left the library, the walls came out of the side and the doors were hidden again.

"Sure, it seemed like a lot of valuable books, but in our time, too. Perhaps at the time, it was just a bunch of books."

Yeah, I'm not a researcher. Don't you see Mr. Liseau or Mr. Roddy around there?

That's not what was stored here, is it?

"No, books weren't the only ones that were here. A number of materials were seen that would be the result of some research with the book. Even so, unfortunately, there are many jargon terms outside my area of expertise that I have never heard of, and I didn't understand most of the content. And I think the wall trick is to keep these research findings from intruders."

Yeah, I think Mr. Ramies is right, too.

Research results are basically materials that will be placed in the library, but mostly materials brought in from outside.

I think this room was originally just for hiding research.

But I guess the goofy researchers usually brought in the material and it's in its current form.

How do you know that? Because we were like that in the past!

Isn't it troublesome to come and go with the library?

Well, still, I think this institute's means of defence are relatively warm.

If it had been the lab I belonged to in the previous life, I wouldn't have said anything about hidden rooms, but I would have been happy to use the research results of the new development in the name of intruder control.

If all intruders are opponents, they're perfect for experimenting with real life levels.

Huh? Of course I wanted you home by warm means.

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"Mm, there's a lot of demons ahead of us."

If you resume your exploration and walk, Mr. Ramies will stop you all.

Probe magic must have caught a demonic reaction.

By the way, although I can use exploratory magic, I was instructed to preserve my magic because of the chimera in the courtyard.

Looks like Mr. Ramies is also good at a lot of massive magic, and he's decided to be thorough with his aids in this quest.

Not only is it really an architecture, but this is an underground space.

Less powerful magic risks caves collapsing and destroying themselves.

"There are multiple demonic flocks relatively close by. If you fight one of the herds, the others nearby could attack you as reinforcements."

"Wanna take a detour?

"No, there's a big magic reaction in the back. Don't worry about ignoring it."

That is what Mr Ramies replies to Mr Lissoe's suggestion.

"Is a large magic reaction a magic item that is powered by the ruins, or the owner of the ruins?

Mr. Ramies snorts at my words, too.

"That's a good chance. Perhaps, but these demons in the back are the Guardians who are protecting it."

"Are you protecting something important, or..."

"Either there's an undead to protect ancient civilization."

Mr. Lodi inherits Mr. Liseau's words.

Undead, it's about a living corpse that occurs when a dead human soul is not detached from the flesh for some reason.

"You undead... you think you have no wisdom? Or do you think he's wise?

Wise and unwise, that is referring to the character of the undead.

The undead, known as the unwise, have no busy wisdom as the word goes, so they are attacked gradually by walking around with urchins, or by allowances to eat the creatures they see.

It's a literally moving corpse, so it rots inside and becomes a zombie, and at the end of the day, it runs out of meat and becomes a skeleton.

And when it weathers to the bones, it finally becomes a spirit called the Ghost.

After all, there's nothing the Ghost can call wisdom, and he's possessed by his lifelong paranoia to finally attack humans.

Besides, the Ghost has no flesh, so it's even more troublesome because it only works with energy-based magic, enchanted weapons, and then sacred magic.

In contrast, the undead, called wise, literally speaks of the undead that remains of intelligence.

Intelligence makes it possible to communicate.

And they can't rot because they have strong ties to their bodies.

For that reason, it is also called the symbol of eternal youth because of maintaining the figure as it has always been, and in the past there have been studies that have deliberately made ourselves an intelligent undead.

Well, church officials got very angry.

And wisdom with strong undead instincts tends to seek blood, such undead is called vampire, and undead with thin instincts and no blood is called rich.

For that reason, Rich, who is not governed by instinct as an undead, is recognized as a higher undead.

"Without wisdom, there is a good chance that the Virgin's divine magic will sweep you away, but if you were wise, don't be a jerk."

I can't help but say so by Mr. Liseau.

Even on the adventures of the Great Swordsman Rygaard, the Rygaards were in awe of total annihilation by Rich, who used the great magic that lurked in the ancient ruins.

"But if there may be wisdom, we need to investigate it."

"Our role in the preliminary investigation..."

Mr. Lissoe sighs at Mr. Roddy's words.

Well, our goal is to investigate this ruin and find out what caused the monster to appear in large numbers.

If there is a dangerous undead, it is our job to crusade the sole.

"Only, if you were wise, would you pray that you were someone you could negotiate with?"

"Whoa, that's Rygaard's story."

"Don't tear it up."

What Mr. Roddy said was the backdrop to the battle between Rygaard and Rich earlier.

Rygaard, who decided he couldn't beat the overwhelming rich, cut through the pinch successfully in negotiations.

He succeeded in obtaining the knowledge he sought as a reward, offering an apology for his angry riches.

And the brilliant triumphant Rygaard gained the prestige that he was not only capable of fighting, but also a warrior around wisdom.

I can't beat a warrior from this story. The Knights of the Nation can teach me that standing around avoiding battles is also important, right?

"Now, kick the demons and investigate the sources of power. The goal is to reach your destination, you don't have to force all enemies against you."

"Shall we go, gentlemen?"

Everyone nodded at Mr. Foca's words.

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In order to find out who the reaction was, we decided to push our way through the passage protected by the hordes of demons.

We unleash magic from a distance to keep our opponents out of their way.

"Chase Lightning Lancer!"

"Freezing Lancer!"

When the hordes of thunder and ice spears unleashed by me and Mr. Ramies disappear into the darkness, the demons scream from behind.

"Next! Wind Arrow Rain!"

"Yes! Thunderarrow call!

I don't think about letting them hit me with certainty because I don't see them.

What we do here is do damage to the enemy unilaterally from a distance.

The enemies who have survived will be dealt with by Mr. Liseau and Mr. Roddy.

It was the chimera, not the demon, that came with the blood.

Although smaller than a courtyard chimera, its appearance is still a structure unlikely to be a natural organism.

"Hmm!"

"Shh!

The injured chimera moves dull and the two slaughter the chimera at risk.

And in less than a few minutes, the chimeras stopped moving.

"The demon's reaction in the direction of progress is gone. There's no sign of any reaction waiting elsewhere."

"Hmm, as I told you before, you're being clingy not to move from the territory you protect. But, well, thank you to us."

"It's convenient that Manaposition can be used all you want, just an emergency request from the guild. I appreciate you firing magic without thinking ahead."

"Thanks to you, my magic will be preserved."

and says Foca, who didn't have to use healing magic.

But it just doesn't show up for a little bit, and it looks like a shame.

"Let's just say we move on."

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As we cut through the battle with the demons, we crossed the door ahead and went into a wide space.

"Is this...?

Besides, it's not just huge, it's the height of the ceiling.

The magic of the lights couldn't illuminate the ceiling.

I'm pretty sure it's many times taller than the ceiling in the room so far.

What the hell did you make such a high ceiling for?

But there were more surprises in this room than that.

"Is this... a research facility in Chimera ⁉"

As Mr. Ramies shouted, this room was filled with various pieces of equipment.

And the device was connected with a cylindrical crystal, some of which had never seen a form of demon, no, the chimeras were asleep.

"Guuuuu......"

Moffmoff, who was following me from behind, shouts loudly as he sees the chimeras.

But that's not the problem.

The real problem was that this facility was working.

The crystal column where the chimera was sleeping glistened, and the equipment to which it was connected emitted low sounds and light.

And the fact that this facility is moving means that the chimeras in the crystal columns are still alive.

If this many chimeras wake up and go outside, it's bound to be a big deal.

"Are you still saying that this facility was responsible for the mass appearance of demons?

Mr. Liseau looks around as he increases his vigilance.

Our aim is to investigate the ruins, but the ultimate purpose is to find out what Mr. Liseau called the cause of the mass appearance of demons.

"Guys, look at that!

Mr. Foca cautioned forward as he advanced to the back with vigilance around him.

"Is that...?

What was ahead, Mr. Foca pointed to, was a mass of cloth that spread over the floor.

"Is that... clothes? But why is my clothes there... No, that's ⁉"

Since the light source was only the magic of the lights, we didn't notice the sole from a distance.

But when we approached the clothes, we understood what Sole was all about.

"This is an ancient man's... corpse!?"

There, one human body had fallen.

The fallen corpse had been cut from his back into pieces, which seemed to be the direct cause of death.

"No, you're not. This isn't just a corpse. It's undead."

"What!?"

Everyone is alert to Mr. Foca's words.

"Look, the skin on the body is too glossy. An ancient corpse would be a bone or a mummy!

Sure, you're right if you ask me.

This corpse was like a normal human being as if it had just died.

But then why is this undead down here?

Does the fact that this undead has been cut mean that someone has been cut?

It was when they all had such doubts.

"Don't worry. Sole's already dead."

"" "" "Eh ⁉" ""

As soon as we hear voices from beyond the darkness, we react instantly to form an outward circle.

"Don't be so vigilant. And well done, the people who made it this far."

"Who is it!

When Mr. Liseau speaks up, Katsunkatsun and footsteps are heard from behind the facility.

It was the man with brown skin, silver hair, and bat wings, or... demons, who showed up out of the dark.

"Demon Man!?"

It was Mr. Foca who reacted instantly.

Because the people of the Church are hostile to the demons who have invaded this world by calling them the families of evil gods.

Nevertheless, for humans in this world, the demons who have suddenly attacked us are enemies even if they are not Church people.

"He said he was a demon!?"

"Are you serious?!?"

Though Mr. Liseau and Mr. Roddy give a surprise, Mr. Ramies did not lose his cool.

"Hmm, there was no record of destroying the demon man in the ruins he had visited before, so I considered the possibility, but I didn't expect to be able to see the real thing."

"Naturally. There is no way we demons will be destroyed like you."

Speaking of which, demons were not confirmed to exist enough in modern times to be treated as legends, were they?

Maybe, but the demons didn't seem to have any teeth on the demons called the white disaster that was described in the library either, so I'm sure they were fleeing back to the original world until the threat left.

"But to say you've come this far, did you defeat the guard dog in the courtyard? … even though it's a failure, humans can do quite a bit of it."

"Courtyard? Failure?... did you make that giant chimera ⁉"

Let the devil sneer at Mr. Liseau's words.

"Exactly, that chimera is one of the results produced by my research. Experiments to create a controllable white disaster!

Experiments creating a controllable white disaster!?

But that's what the ancients who were studying at this site were doing!?

"Well... you took away the research that was going on at this institute until the researchers became undead!

Now you're convinced why there was an undead body.

"Yes, you're right. If you've been investigating the relics of past humans, you'll discover this place. I was surprised when I found the undead who was still doing the research there. Besides, I'm only interested in this undead, my own research, and I've been entertained to say that I'm a demon, but I haven't been a guest in a long time. It would be stupid, wouldn't it?

That's what the demon says. The demon points to the undead who fell and lay on the floor.

"I pretended to be interested in research because it's convenient, and I showed it to him, and he told me a lot about this undead, even though he didn't ask for it. And once I've drawn as much knowledge as I can, I've already used the rest. I decided to cut it out from behind and get the whole study. No, human time research helps me. This undead would be proud."

The demon's face, who said so, had a grin so selfish that it was nauseating.

You either take someone else's grip and treat them like your own, or you remind me of previous generations and make me feel bad.

"Are you also responsible for the mass appearance of demons? ⁉"

"The demons? Oh, the demons we prepared as ingredients for the chimeras. Well, apparently the demons that were leaking from sorting the material and reusing it as food for the chimera escaped."

A demon who is convinced that it doesn't matter what the big deal is.

"You don't seem to have any reflection shards."

"Ha, what do you say we reflect on to the extent that human beings have been annoyed?

In Mr. Roddy's irony, the demon returns it with a mockery.

"But don't worry. I don't need any more bait. Because..."

When the demon waves his arm, the lights light up the facility.

"I guess the strongest chimera is done already!

"Ah⁉"

And we saw that there was a giant crystal standing behind the demon.

Its enormous crystal beauty gave us an immediate understanding of why the ceiling of this facility was so high.

Above all, we nailed to the giant white chimeric body that sleeps in the crystal.

Despite the fact that it was made by inheriting many lives, only colour is in the presence of a unified pure white chimera.

"Come on! Your lives will mark the beginning of the collapse of the human world..."

"SUNLIGHT SAIBURGH!!"

Confirming the appearance of the giant chimera, I immediately unleashed a special blow on the chimera.

Instant instant execution, a holy magic blade in the sun's rays was released from the sword and stretched toward heaven, and I waved it down without hesitation.

And at the next moment, the giant chimera was cut into two straight pieces for each crystal column, sounding the ground and falling left and right.

"" "" "" "... heh?

The voices of Mr. Lissow and the devils overlap.

While they were enemies, they had the exact same look.

What just happened? and.

"We crusaded the giant chimera. After that, defeat the demon and crusade the demons in the ruins, and the request will be complete."

The battle is a must-win in the lead.

If you are an unidentified enemy, it is even better to defeat them before they attack you.

That was the best solution in my battle that I had fought as a hero in my previous life.

"Ki, you. Ahhh."

"What are you gonna do, kid?"

And the demon man who had returned to me and the undead who had fallen rise and rage.

It's too late to be angry...

"" "" "" "Huh?

The undead, who should have died, stood up and accidentally put everyone's gaze on the undead.

I even watch the undead.

"Oh, shit."

It makes me feel like the undead did it.

... uh, what do you mean?