Chapter 55 · 10 min

Chapter 55

Too lacking caution

Seo I-hyeon looked up at the sky.

Clouds thickly gathered. That is the moon not visible.

"Moonlight pond if no moon how becomes?"

And another strange thing.

That factory. Windows few. The building also not that large.

The problem is the point that all windows are covered.

That is meaning from the start whether clouds gathered or not no occasion of moonlight entering inside there.

"How making ether circuits with the moonlight pond like that? Not understanding."

Seo I-hyeon thoroughly scanned the surroundings with the shadow eye. Lastly confirmed whether just in case there is a person guarding.

"None."

Too complacently neglected? Believing won't find out anyway?

Slight sense of incongruity. Seo I-hyeon tilting his head walked toward the factory.

"No CCTV either. Security this lax okay?"

As if saying come in if wanting to come in, right.

Really until now no one who found that factory of Etherix?

No way.

Clearly someone would have found. Maybe a high person of the Management Bureau might know the location.

Naturally someone would have attempted infiltration.

That wouldn't be the Management Bureau, but anyway wouldn't have come with good intentions.

Yet until now the factory running intact means kept well.

Meaning there is a reason one can neglect like that.

So one must not let guard down.

Arrived at the factory. Still not entered, but probably here also inside the barrier. Seo I-hyeon didn't feel at all though.

Originally would have just passed without knowing. But now Seo I-hyeon is not alone.

Seo I-hyeon took out two magic books from the bosom.

Now no one so one can take out the magic books without hesitation.

The two magic books floated in the air.

These days the two floating in the air like that frequent, that also not free. All things using Seo I-hyeon's mana.

Not at the beginning, but now whether familiarized with Seo I-hyeon's mana these days very without hesitation using.

Of course not what how doing with mana. Just floating in the air or moving a bit violently, or when protecting oneself from impact using mana.

To use the magic book's magic thoroughly other price not mana is needed. The price of Seo I-hyeon's body.

Anyway the reason Seo I-hyeon took out the magic books is to confirm the barrier so asked that first.

"Here barrier, right?"

Flutter.

'Breath of the Avesta' flipped the pages.

Rustle.

[Yes! Here barrier. Wow, a very high-level barrier.]

"Level high?"

Rustle.

[Yes! Not anyone can enter, and even a function of sending a signal if a person with strong power forcibly pushes in a high-grade barrier.]

"Sends a signal?"

Seo I-hyeon's expression hardened. Somehow too neglected. So this.

Rustle.

[Yes. A barrier sending two-pronged signals. One nearby, the other a bit farther.]

Seo I-hyeon scratched the back of his head hard.

"Aish, really. Will become bothersome."

Rustle.

[Why bothersome?]

"Why. Signal going means someone comes here. Have to fight so bothersome."

Rustle.

[Signal, didn't go?]

Seo I-hyeon flinched then looked at 'Breath of the Avesta'.

"Signal, didn't go?"

Rustle.

[Yes!]

Seo I-hyeon looked at 'Breath of the Avesta' with speechless eyes. What answering so brightly and fuss.

"Didn't say a barrier sending signal?"

Rustle.

[Also said a barrier not anyone can enter. And the owner is not anyone.]

"Huh? Not anyone?"

Rustle.

[Of course. And I who uses the owner's ether also not an ordinary grimoire. Well, I originally not ordinary though.]

Rustle.

[Thanks to that that pathetic grimoire also became not ordinary.]

Seo I-hyeon turned his head at the words 'Breath of the Avesta' said and looked at 'Bug Praise Theory'.

'Bug Praise Theory' unfolded the pages and flapped as if good seeing itself.

Well, anyway if signal didn't go enough. Almost bothersome, fortunate.

Seo I-hyeon roughly guessed why oneself could enter the barrier without any interference.

'Probably because of my mana.'

Mana filling the whole body tightly. Very special and pure and pure mana originating from the sea of mana would have neutralized the barrier.

Well, similar things not none at all in that world so could accept easily.

"Let's go."

Seo I-hyeon moved steps. Then the two magic books floating in the air followed Seo I-hyeon.

Seo I-hyeon opened the factory door. And flinched then tilted his head.

"What this? Empty?"

Inside the factory really nothing. Just empty. Clearly saw carrying ether circuits inside this earlier, but even that none.

Seo I-hyeon first tried to enter inside. But, just trying to step inside suddenly 'Breath of the Avesta' flew and blocked in front of Seo I-hyeon.

Rustle.

[Owner too lacking caution.]

Seo I-hyeon stopped steps and looking at 'Breath of the Avesta' chuckled.

"Hey, where a person with more caution than me in the world. I'm a person careful every time walking one step."

Rustle.

[Knowing what kind of place there is carelessly entering? One has to prepare something.]

"...Prepare?"

Seo I-hyeon couldn't refute the magic book's words. Right words. Knowing where there is carelessly entering.

Even earlier tried to confirm with the shadow eye, but the shadow eye couldn't even enter inside.

Rustle.

[Owner seems having a peculiar confidence.]

Seo I-hyeon this time also no words to say. In fact not that such mind none at all. Because oneself is immortal.

But even if immortal not perfectly safe.

"Yeah. One has to prepare."

Seo I-hyeon briefly worried. How preparing good? What one has to assume?

"First when entering inside there, one has to assume going over to another space. Preparing to get out from there is right."

Seo I-hyeon exhaled a deep sigh.

"Haa. It can't be helped?"

Wanting to resolve without pain, but seems one has to hurt once inevitably.

Seo I-hyeon briefly worried then called White.

From the shadow White surged. Sticking three swords on the back, and holding one sword each in both hands.

"Let's go in one go. Cut my arms and carve out the heart."

Seo I-hyeon said that and spread both arms wide and closed his eyes.

At that moment, White swung the swords held in both hands. How quickly swung only afterimages faintly remained.

Thududuck.

In one go Seo I-hyeon's both arms were cut, and a hole pierced in the chest.

The two arms and heart falling on the floor at the same time entered the shadow.

The poured blood also the shadow contained all.

In the place the arms disappeared arms grew again. As if blowing an arm-shaped balloon quickly grew continuously.

The hole in the chest also quickly filled. Naturally the disappeared heart also arose again.

Seo I-hyeon rolled on the floor.

Couldn't even scream. Just opened the mouth wide and rolled on the floor like that for several minutes appealing pain.

"Shit, dirty painful. Uheuk."

Seo I-hyeon who raised the body pouring out sorrow muttered quietly.

"Arms one cutting enough why cut two? Damn."

Still handling all at once a bit less painful. Because arms too painful the heart side nerves a bit less used shall one say.

Anyway the important thing is the heart.

Seo I-hyeon briefly worried.

The reason for worry is to choose the material that becomes the base.

Now in Seo I-hyeon's shadow warehouse there were the guys who used rune magic put before, and the crawling old men.

There teeth harvested from the bugs 'Bug Mania' summoned.

And various materials 'Bug Mania' was storing small.

What needed for Seo I-hyeon now is a guy who safely holds the tool made with the heart and hides.

So no need to particularly fight well. Rather has to be fast and secretive. Has to be able to hide well.

Seo I-hyeon who briefly worried first took out one corpse of the guy who used rune magic.

And took out all the corpses of the crawling old men.

Arms also two arose, just making two subordinates is enough, right.

Among them one making with human corpse, the other using the crawling old man decided.

But the reason taking out all the crawling old men is to distinguish jade from stone among these.

Not all anomaly corpses the same. Some quality good some a bit fall.

Seo I-hyeon thought of picking the best quality one among these, and stuffing the rest all there.

This possible because all the anomalies here the mucus on the building rooftop made.

Of course no matter that being able to crush that into one is a thing Seo I-hyeon can do.

"Such a thing even the witch couldn't do."

Seo I-hyeon muttering like that examined the anomaly corpses one by one. Picking good quality corpses because much experience ended soon.

This almost unrelated to senses regarding mystery. If senses good helpful, but even without enough.

Seo I-hyeon picked the best material.

And drew a magic circle on the floor and put the picked anomaly corpse on it.

Raised the hand and connected mana and the magic circle then recited the spell.

"Void connection. Inner expansion. Foundation construction."

The magic circle melted and flowed and gathered on the anomaly corpse. Then the anomaly corpse dyed dark red blood color.

"First first stage complete."

Seo I-hyeon drew a magic circle again under the anomaly corpse that made the base like that.

"Operate."

The magic circle spat dark red light.

After that simple. Seo I-hyeon threw all the remaining anomaly corpses into the magic circle.

The anomaly corpses melted as soon as going up the magic circle and were sucked into the original dark red corpse.

Like that all anomaly corpses crushed into one.

Now time to make in earnest.

"Au, bothersome."

Seo I-hyeon drew a magic circle again and placed the anomaly corpse on it. Whether crushed tremendously many anomalies into one the material state just amazing.

On it put one of the arms cut earlier.

Now time to recite the spell.

"Void connection. Void exploration. Binding. Domination."

Continued the spells consecutively.

"Fusion. Input. Fixation. Mixing. Settlement. Connect to the shadow."

The arm and the anomaly's flesh melted and crushed. And all that seeped into the anomaly's bones.

A tremendous amount of blood entered.

Of course fully expected.

The magic ended.

"Rise."

The dark red bones raised the body. The height small. A bit larger than the crawling old man degree. That is about Seo I-hyeon's chest.

"You... Red."

Naming with bone color convenient.

Anyway made the third subordinate.

And right away continued to the fourth.

This time the guy who used rune magic.

The process simpler than when making Red so ended sooner than expected.

This guy compared to other subordinates blood also much less entered.

Suddenly the arm used on this guy became regrettable. Still what can one do. Since made one has to use well.

"You..."

Briefly worried the name. This guy color white. White already used so one has to use another, but didn't come to mind quickly.

"Whitey... a bit so. Au bothersome. Just let's say Walker."

Anyway since pulled intending to use as a worker an appropriate name.

Now one last remaining.

Seo I-hyeon drew a magic circle on the floor and took out own heart from the shadow and put on it.

Raised the hand and connected with the magic circle and mana then recited the spell.

"Void connection. Void's door. Milestone swimming the void."

The magic circle melted and gathered on the heart. From the shadow a massive amount of blood was sucked into the heart.

The heart began to compress gradually. And soon became a red jewel. The size only one thumb joint.

Seo I-hyeon picked that up. And handed to Red.

"Keep well. And hide well."

Red nodding received the jewel and preciously wrapped with both hands.

Seo I-hyeon handed the gun and bullets to Walker.

"You use this."

Walker received the gun then skillfully operated and filled the bullets. And the rune characters on the gun faintly shone.

"Huh? You use rune magic?"

This not because of the material. A talent the guy brought from the void had.

Anyway well. Thought a weak guy, but unexpectedly might be useful.

Now preparations ended.

That red jewel is connected with Seo I-hyeon. That jewel is a milestone. Wherever Seo I-hyeon is one can know the place that jewel is.

Even if that place a place beyond dimensions.

Movement one uses the remaining one eyeball is enough.

After using that one has to pull eyes again, but it can't be helped.

"Dirty long took. Alright, let's go."

Seo I-hyeon entered inside the factory with the two magic books.

As soon as entering the factory, the world changed.

"Well prepared."

Seo I-hyeon stroked 'Breath of the Avesta' floating next to.

'Breath of the Avesta' proudly moved largely up and down in the air.

Well, not seeming unable to go out again, but still no harm preparing.

Seo I-hyeon looked around.

Certainly the world changed, yet here was inside the factory.

The factory and another world peculiarly overlapped.

In the center there was a pond. Really a pond full of blood water. That exactly the moonlight pond, right.

Seo I-hyeon approached the moonlight pond. But at that time 'Bug Praise Theory' dropped on the floor then began jumping.

"Why that like that?"

Then 'Breath of the Avesta' answered instead.

Rustle.

[That pond, making a fuss saying can't give to itself?]

"Wanting that?"

Rustle.

[Yes. If eating that can raise the rank. Touches own origin.]

"Really?"

Seo I-hyeon stroking his chin briefly thought. The conclusion came out soon.

"No harm. Tell to eat."

Rustle.

[Says can't eat just.]

"Picky too."

Rustle.

[Says would be good if the owner cooks deliciously?]

Seo I-hyeon looked at 'Bug Praise Theory' with speechless eyes.

"I'm not even a cook what cooking deliciously?"

Seo I-hyeon chuckled then nodded.

"First let's see a bit."

And began looking around the pond and surroundings, and this world in earnest.