839 < 836.5. Guardians of the Ancient Ruins Ⅱ (2) >

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- No, you've only tried to hit that 15 times?

- Are they idiots?

The lowest level of demonic ruins.

The three evil gods who created these ruins were gathering around the Black Crystal Ball.

Of course, the evil gods gathered in the ruins were not their true selves.

They were not able to come down to the middle line at will, but they sent down a self-made self using spiritual power.

But apart from that, the three evil gods staring at the orb with quite an interesting look.

What they were watching was, of course, Ian and his group, who were challenging the test of the ruins.

- I'm too good at fighting for a fool...

- Tuarez, are you scared?

It's just that those idiots are consuming too much energy, and I'm getting pretty tired.

- So am I.

- Me, too.

- Phew...

They had lived viciously and obstinately long ago seen many challengers, and in some ways Ian was just one of them.

But one thing was certain, apart from that.

The status of the challenger in a long time is never unusual in any direction.

- It's quite surprising that one of the middlemen has that much combat power.

- No, it's even more surprising that there's a middleman who can't solve a puzzle like that.

- I agree with Qutanus. I wonder if they're deliberately destroying our bust.

- How did those idiots end up in the middle?

- Well, I'd suggest we reinforce the middleman's test standards in the Syndicate to keep the fools out of the midfield.

The Evil Gods Quatnus and Ragtos initially thought that new challengers would soon fall.

If it took more than two hours to get through the first gate, I knew the evil spirits would fall from the beginning at the second, stronger gate.

They did not look into the crystal sphere from the beginning, and they thought it was because Ian's group had been weaker than the demons at the first gate for a long time.

But unlike the two evil gods, Tuaren felt something strange from the beginning.

The first gate was a gateway made up of his spirituality, and I felt from the beginning that a great spirituality was being sucked away.

Every time I created one, it consumed his spiritual energy.

Ian wiped out so many demons, his spirituality was sucked out to a ridiculous level, even though he was pouring water into the poison below.

"You're not just going to be humiliated by a middleman, are you? If I did, I'd be ridiculed by those burns for at least 1,000 years.... ’

Tuares looks back inside the crystal sphere, confused.

Now that all the tests have been passed, Ian's group has set foot inside the 'Tower of Thorga’ in the center of the ruins.

Torga's Tower, which has a structure contrary to Serga's Castle Tower, except for the fact that it is perfectly symmetrical from the white floor to the twenty stories below.

There are ruins on the top floor of Serga's Castle Tower, but there are ruins on the bottom floor of this tower.

If the challengers made it all the way down to the twentieth floor of the dungeon, he would have to deal with them himself to protect the final gate.

Now it was his turn among the three evil gods.

‘Yes. No challenger has come down to the bottom of the Sewers for hundreds of years. No matter how ignorant they look, it won't be possible to get to the bottom floor. ’

If his body were to come face to face with the challenger, he wouldn't have to worry.

A middleman with no credibility will be able to crush it with power.

But Tuarez, who has to face the challenger all the way, is just the man he was created to be the middleman.

I told Quatnus and Ragtos no, but in fact, he was very afraid.

‘Ugh, even if it was a little less spiritual... …. ’

Tuares chewed it up, twisted the crown and began to meditate.

Just in case that middle-aged monster came down to the bottom floor, we had to recover at least a little bit more.

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A dark passageway slowly lit up, and a huge dome-shaped space appeared in front of him.

A sprawling space with dark red colors and dark smoke.

Ian sees a black tower rising in the middle, sparkling in both eyes.

For Ian, who had experienced the ruins of the Holy Spirit, the situation was quite familiar.

“Here we are at last. ”

With Ian's muttering, Lilson opens his eyes slightly and asks straightaway.

His face seemed to know something.

“Where am I? ”

“Well……. True ruins, right?”

“That's what I mean... ”

In response to Ian's somewhat bizarre answer, Lilson shakes his head.

But Ian's story did not end there.

“You have to be careful now, brother. ”

“Why?”

“In order to get into that tower, you're going to have to break a huge barrier. ”

“An enormous...... conclusion? ”

As she asked, Ian nodded and replied with a serious voice.

“Yeah. It's probably harder than it's ever been. ”

What he remembered was the seal of the last Holy Spirit to enter the holy tower.

The result of the three Guardians' fierce difficulty.

‘In the ruins of the Holy Spirit, this last seal was very difficult compared to the first seal. It's probably the same here, given the similar structure. ’

After rolling his head, Ian walked tirelessly toward the tower, and a few moments later, Ian's eyes started flashing again.

I found something unusual that I hadn't thought of.

Serga's Castle was deeper underground, but this place is higher to the ground, right? ’

And the moment Ian came up with that idea, a new system message appeared in front of the group.

- Tyring!

- We've approached the evil ruins, the tower of Thorga.

- The Guardians of the Ancient Ruins awaken from their sleep.

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The barrier guarding the tower at Serga's Castle was like a gauge that determined the level of the challenger.

Of course, Ian passed at the top floor once, but every time he failed, he was designed to go down to the basement and challenge to his own level.

And Ian had the following conjecture about the system:

‘Maybe it was designed to differentiate rewards based on their grades. ’

When Ian cleared all the Holy Spirit's holy towers, he gained dozens of 'Holy Spirit's Light’.

And using it like money, I swept through the ruins on the top floor.

‘If I hadn't achieved the highest score in the gateway to the Castle Tower, I wouldn't have been rewarded enough. ’

Not a confirmed fact, but a close guess.

‘So we must pass this conclusion once and for all. There is no currency here like the light of the Holy Spirit, but in the end, the goal for the reward will be similar. ’

That's why Ian began to focus his mind, raising more tension.

In the Ruins of Evil, the quest window was created every time the barrier appeared, so he thought it would be the same again.

And by the time Ian came up with those ideas, the system window was blurred out in front of his eyes as if he was waiting.

- Enter Thorga's Tower (Hidden) (Explosion)

You have passed three basic trials to gain the power of evil spirits.

And at the end of the test gate, I finally reached the tower of Thorga, where the ruins are buried.

To enter the Horse Tower, unlock the last remaining barrier of the Evil Gods.

Once you clear the perimeter, the Guardians guarding the tower will cease to function.

Enter the inside of the tower to grab the demonic ruins on the lowest level of the tower.

Quest Difficulty: S-

Quest Condition: Clear the Demon Test Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ.

Timeout: 120 minutes

* If the pieces of the bust are misaligned, all assembled (obtained) fragments will be destroyed.

* This is a powerful seal that cannot be unlocked with the 'Necklace of Purification’ item.

Reward: Enter Thorga's Tower,???

Ian nods.

There was nothing in the quest itself that I didn't fully understand.

The new information also means that we have to go down to the bottom, not the top of the tower.

Do I have to do the puzzle again? ’

But next time.

Ian's calm expression began to deteriorate.

As the quest window disappeared, new messages came to mind.

- Tyring!

- From now on, demons appear around the tower.

- You can get ‘Devil Fragments’ by defeating demons, and you must combine them to complete the Ancient Lithograph.

-Complete a total of 1,500 Dark Fragments to complete three ancient slates depicting the Evil Gods.

- Guardians guarding the tower will cease to operate once all slates have been completed and placed in their designated position.

At the same time, all the system messages are flashing red light from the north, southeast, and southwest of the tower.

And it was not difficult to notice that the light had to be inserted into the floating place.

It was made of heavy black stone, one stone at a time, and a place for the stone to be inserted in the center of the stone in a rectangular shape.

But the problem was also the difficulty of the slate that had to be made.

“Isn't this a crazy quest? ”

Nearly screaming, Ian nods and agrees.

“1,500 pieces in total. ”

“There's not even one board, there's three. ”

“ ……. ”

“Shouldn't you be telling me what pieces belong to which plate? ”

“Besides, this time there's a time limit. ”

“Ha……. ”

Ian's pupils, which recheck the quest's contents, begin to shake like an earthquake.

It's been so dark for the last year, it's been so dark.

Can me and Lilson fit the whole slate in three hours? ’

Ian shakes his head.

No matter how you roll your head, this was an impossible mission.

Fortunately, it was a two-dimensional puzzle, not a three-dimensional puzzle, but a situation where there were many more pieces and three puzzles mixed together.

There is no answer.

"Who the hell created this content?" ’

Ian roars furiously, whistling his nostrils.

But that's when.

An ignorant thought came to Ian's mind.