The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time

Chapter 213 Episode 175: Something I can't forgive even in a vision

It is not as cold as the middle layer of ice fields and snow mountains, but it is cold enough to keep the ice from melting.

When they reached the eighty-five layers, they saw dozens of ice pillars standing near the entrance.

"Bochan, I think this is the ice statue."

Looking closely at the pillar of ice pointed by Sam, he was not a pillar but an ice-covered human.

The challengers outside the Boundary Mountains, as seen by the challengers inside the Boundary Mountains, had two types of stone statues and ice statues. The ice sculpture is probably immersed in the ice pillar.

"Yes. Did the witnesses think that it was a bad taste object that Gufadogan created for warnings or hints of trials?"

With that said, he approaches one of the ice statues, and when looking through the ice, there is almost no equipment like a stone statue, and he looks like underwear.

However, unlike the stone statue, the color of hair, eyes and skin can be confirmed. T r a n sl at ed by Ｊp mt l .co ｍ

"But it doesn't seem to have been frozen here."

"This one has a burn mark, and it looks like it's intact but the neck is cut off."

As noted by Rita and Thalia, a close look at the ice-covered corpse showed fatal injuries that did not seem to have been borne at this level.

Some ice statues appear to have been cut into pieces and then combined like a puzzle before being covered with ice.

It is elaborate. Apparently, the guess that this might be a warning or hint about a trial is correct.

"According to the record, the ordeal at this level was known as" the temptation of temptation. "

When the challenger progresses to some extent, the view is wrapped in fog and various hallucinations can be heard from behind. Voices of close friends who should be out of the dungeon, or families who are already dead, can be summed up, saying, "It's dangerous." Tr ans la t e d b y Jp m tl .ｃ om

"And there have been two sets of challengers in the Border Mountains that have been able to take on this challenge so far, but none have broken through."

Iris told her, shouting through documents summarizing the information she had heard from the challengers, including Godwin. I have been challenging every year for a hundred years, but I have reached this level.

"Is there any record of how you lost?"

"They both seemed to move forward to keep up with the temptation, but ... they were trapped in a pitfall, and they were suddenly hit by a monster approaching in the fog."

"I see, can't we just break the test by resisting temptation?"

Eleonora and Ira frowned on the information she had heard from Iris, guessing the viciousness of this ordeal.

"It takes more than two months for Vandaloo to reach this eighty-five layer. For other challengers, it would take more than three months ... No, it would be normal. Mental fatigue shouldn't be small.

The temptation from a close person there ... Even if you know it's a hallucination, you won't be able to shake it off easily. "

"In addition, traps and ambushes hidden in the fog are waiting even if you shake off your temptation. It will be about Vandalou with [Danger Detection: Death] magic that can overcome the trial without prior information."

If you think it's a test of your mental strength, you can block your view, place traps and enemies, and even have physical obstacles.

"If it's just darkness, you can see as much as daytime with [dark vision] ... but fog and smoke are a little bit."

Darkness does not hinder visibility for the abyss vampire Eleonora and the undead Ira. However, it was impossible to see through the fog and smoke physically present in the air.

"Gufadgarn may have expected a vampire challenger ... what is Iris? It looks like I'm seeing me and my little girl alternately

"No, they both have breath and I think it's reliable."

Tr a n sla ted by jpｍtl.co ｍ Iris, who was impressed by the conversation between them, honestly answered, and Ira and Eleonora blinked. And they turn to each other silently.

Belmond watched the situation and removed a small hourglass from his luggage.

"So ... fight!"

When Belmond crossed his arms and declared the start of the game, Ira and Eleonora began a wrestling quarrel.

"Now !? What are you doing?"

"It is physical communication to maintain a smooth relationship. Iris, if you do not go down, you will be involved."

Belmond responds to surprised Iris with a cool face.

"Can I stop ?!"

"No problem. No weapons, no martial arts, no sand until the sand in the hourglass falls. If I don't stop, I'll take control."

"Iris, those who can't build a relationship other than competing are ... warriors."

The rules were fixed, and I rephrased halfway through, but with the words of my father, George, Iris reluctantly withdrew. However, they turn their eyes to the two who keep fighting.

"A little girl"

"Yearly increase"

Ira and Eleonora, who compare their strengths with both hands, have released a killing that can stun even feared knights.

Even if you know it doesn't exist, I'm not worried that it will develop into a killing fight.

Tra nsl at ed by ｊpｍ t l.ｃ om "So what about this statue, Bo-chan?

"It's less than the stone statues above, but I don't know which is the corpse of Heinz's fellows after all."

On the other hand, the Vandaloos and others were sculpting ice statues in a warm atmosphere. He doesn't seem to mind killing.

"Well, was this person? I feel like I'm familiar ... but I feel like I'm ... this is an elf woman, blonde ... "

Speaking of which, I once saw my face before I was caught a lifetime. Darussa, who remembered it, looked into the ice statue from a while ago and tried to recall his memory, but it did not seem to be going well.

"... Vandaloo, what was the color of your eyes?

"Mom, you don't have to try to remember. You don't have to remember, you've only seen Martina once, and you haven't seen it closely."

Vandalu comforts Dalcia, who looks so depressed, that he can comfortably remember what he does not remember.

In fact, Martina, who was a spirit magician in The Five Colored Blades, would have been a rearguard, not an avant-garde, and she would have been behind Heinz and Deliza when Darussia was captured.

After being captured, he was tortured by the High Priest Gordan and burned. That was about a decade ago. Perhaps in her memory are the High Priest Gordan, who performed torture and fire, and the vanguards of The Five Colored Blades.

If you can't remember your face, it's easy.

And Martina died in The Trial of Zaccato a few years after Darussia died. Elf adult women have not changed appearance in a few years, but their hairstyles may have changed.

"Yes, it's impossible. If you were wearing the same equipment as when you caught me, you might remember. '

And the ice-covered corpse is stripped of equipment and almost underwear, so it seems that the impression changes more and more and it does not seem to be associated with faint memories.

"But Darucia, there is also an ice statue where you can see the guild card."

T r a n s la t ed by ｊp m tl.ｃ o ｍ However, as Saria says, unlike the stone statue, the guild card was visible on only one side. The guild card is a magic item that can display the status of the owner on the back side, but the front side has the name and alphabet representing the adventurer guild grade.

"I saw it, but nobody seems to have a card with the name Martina?

"Sure, some people don't have a card. Guild cards are broken, missing, or buried, and some people can't see it. "

"It looks like you're lucky to get between the cuts."

"I wish it would still be buried in the cleavages"

"But the ice statues you can see are at least C-class, and most are B or A."

Regardless of Rita lamenting, Vandaluu, who had taken his alter ego and glanced at all the ice statues, noticed that almost all of those who could see him were top adventurers.

Probably those who can't see the guild card are the top adventurers and the knights and mercenaries who have the same abilities.

"If you guess from the difference in the number of statues, the challenger turned into a stone statue above is a weak person who died immediately in the upper layer. The ice sculpture here may be a corpse of a strong man who has advanced to some extent. '

"I don't know why I'm splitting even though I'm not undead,"

"Whether Gufadogan pays tribute to the dead or doesn't mean anything?"

"And after all there is no spirit"

As you might guess, the important thing is that there is no spirit. Thanks to that, I still can't see which is Martina, an Elf female spirits friend of Heinz.

The ice statue has five elf women.

"Elves should have absolutely fewer numbers than races ... but there are quite a few."

"The elf is more magical than the race and has a longer life so you can gain more experience. That's why I remember hearing about a millennium ago that the ratio of race and elf would not change much for the top adventurers. '

Eleonora and Ira, who stopped fighting because the hourglass sand had run out, joined the conversation as if nothing happened.

Looking at her back, Iris wondered if both of them could be on good terms, but decided to remain silent this time. I had a feeling that the fight would start again.

"What do you do, Husband? It's not bulky for five people, and I think you can narrow it down if you look closely."

Belmond suggests this by looking at the hand and body of the ice statue.

"... Let's stop. It's troublesome to prevent the ice statue from being damaged in the upcoming trial."

Before attempting "The Trial of Zaccato," he decided to take it if he found it, but the difficulty of this dungeon was somewhat higher than he had expected.

Also below this level is an unknown area with no prior information at all. It would be better not to take extra luggage.

You might get it if you ask Gufadogan on your way back.

"Friend……"

"Tsukihagi ...?"

"I'll increase it after the test, right?"

Lapiesage and Yamata, who had been expecting to have more splicing friends, were sorry, but decided to proceed without compromise.

"For the time being, let's go outside with only those with undead and [mental pollution] with me at the top."

We will renew our minds and try the trials only with those who are hard to receive the effects of hallucinations. A few steps beyond the ice statues, fog rushes in and blocks the view of Vandaloo and others.

"----. [Screaming] You can tell the approximate position of the enemy by the reflection of the voice that you put out with your skill. Um ... Belmond, the cutting thread in the direction I pointed."

"Understood"

Just like a bat catching insects in the dark, Vandaloo finds an enemy lurking in a distant place, and the thread that Belmond manipulates goes away.

Every time she fluttered her thin finger, she said "GA! ? 'And a short scream and the sound of several wet things falling on the ground.

"Surely [Knoichi]. Let's make a bowl, shuriken, and fishnet tights."

"My husband ... I was working for [Knoichi], but I don't think I have the opportunity to wear fishnet tights."

Belmond, who usually wears a tailcoat and sticks his legs, leans his neck. Why net tights in the first place? No, it might be a stylistic beauty because they also wore Empress Sakunoichi of Zanarpadna. Should I wear it even from under clothes?

While thinking so, he manipulates the thread to eliminate obstacles.

"... For us alone, it may be easy if we are careful about traps."

"Ira, turn right and dash"

"Hah--Huh! ?

"Ira, it's a hallucination."

In response to Vandalou's orders of reflexive hallucinations, she grabs her chain and stops Islay, who tries to turn right and dash toward the entrance.

"Well, I'm disqualified if I don't know if Vandalu's voice is real."

"Eleonora, come here"

"Yes, Vandaloo!"

"... I wondered if this would happen."

Vandalou squeezed while holding his extended tongue around Eleonora's arm.

Apparently, it doesn't matter much if you're less susceptible to mental effects. Moreover, the challenges of this hierarchy seem to be imposed on the undead.

"Vandaloo, come back early. Here!

"Yes, Van. That is dangerous. "

"No, Vandaloo! That voice is not me! Pauvina should be on Sam's bed now!

"My mother's voice can be heard in stereo. One pitfall, two, and one traversal."

Apparently, this level of hallucinations is not a mental condition that directly echoes the heart, but a normal, lifelike sound that can be heard from the ear. Neither [Mental Pollution] nor [Deformed Spirit] will be effective.

"I guess it sounds completely different?

"Ha ha ha ha! It's a win of our loyalty and faith!

"Valkyrie, maybe we just don't have ears?

"How do we recognize sound in the first place?"

Only Legion seems to be able to distinguish between real voices and hallucinations. Perhaps because, as we have said, there is no corresponding organ in the ear.

However, there is no hindrance in continuing to advance as Vandalou at the head avoids traps and eliminates enemies in advance.

(No stairs going down?)

But Vandaloo, who went on, wondered that there was no way to go down, no matter how many times she analyzed the dungeon structure with the Labyrinth Creation skill.

Will it not appear until you go a certain level?

It was possible, but he suddenly noticed that the pitfall that had already been evaded and passed was gone.

"... the sight is blocked, the traps and enemies endless in front. The hallucinations are" here "and" that is dangerous. "In other words, behind and before are dangerous.

Everyone can turn right. The hallucinations are correct. ''

Speaking of that, Vandaloo turns around on the spot. Belmond and his colleagues were all embarrassed by his sudden actions, but they did not oppose the confident Lord.

But carefully following the return to the entrance to Vandaloo, there were no pitfalls or enemies. The fog cleared some day, and behind the ice statues, there were stairs leading down, which were not present when entering this level.

"Is this one?"

To the confused Belmondo, Vandalu answered.

"I've forgotten about it ... Zachart's words were," Sometimes I'll listen to people's advice. "

An ice statue on this level .. The figure that freezes with its back to the entrance warns that it will fail if you move forward. And the content of the hallucination was the advice of the truth.

"Well, what a honest twisted trial ..."

Belmondo involuntarily cheeks his cheek. In a dungeon entitled "Trial," go back and follow a voice that you can clearly hear after you have progressed once.

It is not an easy decision.

"I agree. I don't like my taste ... well, it's good."

"I'll tolerate this time."

Eleonora and Ira touch their wrists and chains, respectively, with some joy.

"Well, it's a dungeon that puts a challenge on the challengers, and you have to know that you don't have a good taste. You'll be wrong to complain."

Vandalou then walked down the steps leading to the next level.

"[Screaming] skill level has been raised!

"The Trial of Zaccato", ninety-five levels. Here, Vandaloo wanted to turn the previous sentence he said at the 85th floor.

The challenge at this level was to create a vision of the most feared sight of the challenger.

"Van, are you okay?"

The Pauvinas, who had not been tested for virtual images, did not see the vision. Probably, when creating a virtual image, he reflects on his personality and memory to create a vision.

"Vandaloo, is there something? No, are you watching?

Legion took the test for the time being, but had no vision. Apparently, they couldn't decide what they were most afraid of with their souls fused.

"……wait a moment please"

In the eyes of Vandaloo, the only one who sees a vision, the people, friends, and fellows fall down wrapped in fire. There was a spectacle of the members of Heinz and Alda who were supposed to have done that laughing.

They were smiling fresh or relieved.

"Now justice has been achieved. The world will be saved."

I know it's a phantom. The illusion of the effect of [Deformed Spirit] is faint, and the voices of Heinz who can hear them are mixed with noise and lack reality.

If it is true, you may feel the heat of the flame or the smell of blood, but it is not.

A clear fake. If you're trying to see through illusions and overcome your fears, you've passed. It's really simple.

But I don't really care!

"... [Death gun]"

Releases [Death Cannon] and [Condensed Death Bomb] of [Hades of Magic] toward Phantom Heinz. If you hit it directly, even those who are comparable to S-class adventurers will be deprived of their vitality and hit with a magic without a lot, but it will be ineffective due to the illusion.

Phantom Heinz keeps laughing.

"Vandaloo !? Calm down!"

"Eleonora, I'm very calm. No, I'm confused. If you think about it, it's not so cool to shoot a [dead gun] into a lifeless vision."

(How do you calm down and counteract the illusion?: Does physical attack still need to be done? The heat and explosion of [Fire Death] may be effective, but it is dangerous if the blast comes here.

So, death spirit magic?)

She fires a black skull fire bomb, [Blast Fire], but Princess Levia has gone through the vision as it is. After that, the screams of "Gyaaaaa !?" resounded, and after a while she came back as embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what to bake. Did you have a demon over there?

"I'm sorry, I forgot that this vision was only visible to me."

Apparently, he regrets that he hasn't been calm down yet, but realizes that he wasn't completely hit because he touched the illusion.

But the illusion only shook a little. There are other, more effective means of attack.

(If it ’s [the devil's fragment]?)

Thinking so, throw [Devil King's Horn] and [Devil King's Shell] toward the vision and use the barrel made of [Devil King's Blood] [Artillery], [Devil's Eyeball] and [Devil's Luminescent Organ] Also emits combined rays.

However, they all penetrated the illusion, and from the distance they heard the screams of roaring and demon-like creatures that had been placed, but the illusion still shook slightly.

"Well, everyone is going down a little! Weifang is cut off calmly!

"I can't stop this way"

"Vandaloo, moderately!

Volks and Sam take some distance from Vandaloo, who continues to attack into a vision they cannot see. Meanwhile, Vandaloo stopped thinking again and was thinking.

(It doesn't mean that physical attack power has no effect, but isn't it really magical?) But there's only non-elemental magical magical bullets ...

The death attribute magic version of [Magic Bullet] has been combined into a [Death Gun] to form a [Death Gun]. By converging the [magic bullet], the range and power should be improved.

"[Astral withdrawal], [Transcendence] ..."

Increase the head of the spirit body and further split. Activate [Parallel Thinking], [High Speed Thinking] and [Transcendence] skills.

Convergence of non-attribute magic that spreads quickly to the fingertips to the utmost. However, it does not go well. Trying to spread quickly, making an explosive sound.

In the illusion, Heinz is still laughing with other Aldaists. I don't care for the people of Tarosheim who are close to Vandaloo, who have fallen.

"Even if it's an illusion, you can't leave it alone."