Heavenly Inquisition Sword

Episode 1278. Who the hell made Abyss?

The road that followed the coastline curved inland.

Even after walking for more than 3 hours along the road, the coastline did not come out again. It is completely inland.

The inland of the Abyss did not resemble the great forest, but resembled the central region.

Even in the forest, the sky was clearly visible.

Because it was a pioneering area, there were traces of camping in every place worth resting.

The traces of stone ovens and pieces of blackened charcoal are in good condition.

The area around the campground was full of unknown feces.

Seeing that, Elio frowned and asked.

“Hey Mer, why is it so dirty here?”

“It’s because it’s a road frequented by adventurers and mercenaries.”

“Do you often visit here?”

“Because it’s going around the pioneering area in a big way. Adventurers and mercenaries who first enter the Abyss basically pass through. They go round and round and decide what to do.”

“Are you saying that dogs and cows go through it at least once?”

“you’re right.”

“No, then you can build a toilet or something in the campground.”

“I’m not going to come back, so I don’t care about the future.”

“Damn it. With his humanity.”

Elio shook his head excitedly.

I don’t know why the lower world and the upper world are so similar.

“Aye! tho! If I come back here, I will not be human.”

Luna Mylus smiled and said to Elio who grumbled.

“Don’t talk like that. What are you going to do if you ever come back?”

“Please. Even the Ushas Undra is dirty, so I wouldn’t be in a place like this.”

“It does.”

Everyone in the party nodded at Elio’s words.

Because even in their eyes, the campsite was so dirty they wouldn’t want to come back.

Around 5:00 PM, Fabian shouted at Merdef in the lead.

“Merdef! Let’s eat in a clean place tonight! It’s a little early, but if you see a good place, stop.”

“yes!”

Merdef answered loudly.

Yesterday at camp, Baron Fabian Cloud stepped on some unknown shit.

After that, whenever I opened my mouth, I would say ‘a clean place’.

It is not unknown to Baron Cloud’s feelings, but there is no such place among the frontier camps.

Still, I plan to find the cleanest campsite I can until the shock wears off.

This is when Merdef tightens his eyes and looks around.

Suddenly Tinelock raised his hand.

It means that something appears ahead.

Merdef held his breath and slowed down because the level of the other lock was far above his.

Naturally, Tine Lock took the lead.

After turning the forest road, an open field suddenly appeared.

As soon as I descended Mount Parton about ten days ago, I couldn’t even see that common mound in a field so wide that I could see the horizon like a desert.

When Tynelock flinched at the unfamiliar scenery, Merdef, who followed him, said.

“This is Everyma Plain. It is located in the center of the frontier area. It means we’ve already come this far.”

“Is that the place where there is an open-air gold mine?”

“Yes, from here you will often meet adventurers and mercenaries. It is the most comfortable place for beginners.”

“Has anyone found gold?”

“About one in a thousand people find something like gold or silver.”

While the two talked for a while, another party left the forest.

Everyone stared blankly at the plain where the horizon could be seen.

Most of them are from the academy, but looking at them in person, they look amazing.

Suddenly, Fabian pointed to one side with his finger and shouted.

“It’s a carriage!”

About a kilometer ahead, I saw three wagons and about thirty people.

Elio, who was looking at the field, asked Merdef.

“Mr. Mer, is there a road here too?”

“There is no road. I am going to look at the constellations.”

“until when?”

“As you go along, you will see Mount Petra at the end of the plain.”

“Where is the mining mine?”

“yes. From there, I can go to EXO in one day.”

“Are you crossing Mount Petra?”

“no. Beyond the mountains is unexplored territory. If you go around the road under the mountain, you will find EXOD.”

“Is Mount Petra attached to the backwoods?”

“That’s right.”

“Isn’t that dangerous?”

He said that he did not know what monsters and monsters would emerge from unexplored lands.

“It’s risky, but nothing is as surefire as mining. It is directly managed by the kingdom, so ordinary adventurers and mercenaries cannot enter.”

“Are you saying it’s a forbidden area?”

“We do not block access to Mount Petra. It’s so wide you can’t stop it. We only control the entrance to the mines being developed by the kingdom.”

“Can we develop other mines?”

“Of course, development is free… but adventurers and mercenaries can’t afford the cost of mine development… so they’re only developing in the kingdom.”

“So the adventurers and mercenaries gave up?”

“no. Rumors of ancient artifacts are circulating these days, and there are many people who want to mine them. However, it is not a proper development like the kingdom, so you can see it as imitation.”

“Antiquities?”

“It is said that the war between the southern kingdom and the empire is also to monopolize the ancient artifact.”

“Ah…”

Elio shook his head.

It seems that the steel golem of the age of sorcery is called an ancient artifact.

The steel golem has been put into the battlefield, but it must have been hidden really well, considering what we don’t know yet.

Fabian, who had been listening quietly, asked as if floating.

“Do you know what an ancient artifact is?”

“There are rumors that it’s a golem… but I’m not sure. How well hidden in the southern kingdom.”

“How did the rumor that it is a golem come about?”

“The refugees were talking about it. He said he saw a strange monster on the wire. The magic engineer who heard the story of the monster said, ‘It looks like a golem.’”

“Then it must be a golem.”

“Were there golems back then?”

“Why do you think there won’t be?”

“Even the outstanding magic engineers in the Mage Tower haven’t made a golem yet. But how could the people of the past…”

“Is there any evidence that the magic engineers of the past were worse than now?”

“That’s right, technically or academically… aren’t these days better?”

“I’m a prosecutor, so I ask, but mana. Good luck finding the lodgings. Should I keep my distance from them?”

Along with the horse, Fabian waved his hand as if telling him to leave.

Merdef nodded with a shy face and walked back with Tynelock.

The three wagons were built in the shape of a triangle, and the Gothram mercenaries resting inside them watched Elio and the others with sharp eyes.

Nine is a dangerous number to travel around the Abyss, but there is no wagon that can be said to be essential.

His appearance seems too comfortable to say that he was attacked and lost by monsters.

Perhaps among them there is a high-ranking wizard who can use sub-space.

With that thought in mind, the mercenaries – even though they saw two dazzlingly beautiful women – pretended not to have seen them.

But not everyone is like that.

In every group there are men blinded by lust or self-conscious.

The three whispering men jumped up and ran out of the carriage.

Soon after, they naturally blocked the front of a pair of men and women at the rear.

“Wait a minute, I am Tommy of the Gothram Mercenary Corps. It looks like they followed us. What are they doing?”

Starting with Merdef and Tynelock, who were ahead of them, Fabian Howard, who followed them, stopped to Crea, Baron Solon.

On the contrary, Earl Larva Omar, who was at the end of the party with the paladin, moved quickly.

He did so with the intention of having a conversation with the mercenary on behalf of Count Elio Lagoa.

However, Elio’s response was faster than that.

“Before that, let me point out one thing. First of all, we didn’t follow you. And to answer your question, we are adventurers. Are you okay?”

“It is short. Is there any evidence that you did not follow us?”

“evidence? A lot. Sir Omar, this man wants to show us our abilities? If you destroy the three wagons over there, you might find out.”

Elio pointed at the wagons gathered on one side of the field with his fingertips.

Count Larva Omar said with a laugh.

“It is a merciful decision.”

After speaking, Count Larva Omar ran like a gale and swung his longsword.

Three wagons collapsed on longswords covered with mana blades.

Returning to his original position, Count Larva Omar took the Mana Blade with a nonchalant face – burning like a pillar of fire – and then cut the sword.

The three men, who saw the mana blade right in front of them, did not even breathe with their pale faces.

Elio said to them.

“Can you believe we didn’t follow you? why no answer? Are you saying it’s still not enough?”

Elio snapped his sword.

In an instant, the longsword hanging from the man’s waist slid out and flew toward the carriage.

Quaang-!

With the sound of an explosion, a wagon that had been sitting on the ground shattered into pieces.

“Do you believe I have to show you more?”

Tommy, who was standing there with a puzzled expression at Elio’s words, shook his head vigorously.

“Oh no! Enough! I was mistaken! Forgive me!”

At some point, the longsword returned and entered Tommy’s scabbard again.

Elio, who had been staring at Tommy and the men, said in a calm tone.

“Go see.”

Tommy and the mercenaries hurriedly ran to the wagon.

Elio shouted at the mercenaries who were shivering inside the collapsed wagons.

“Gothram mercenaries! I did as Tommy told me to, so if you have something to say, tell Tommy!”

Seeing that, Luna Mylus shook her head excitedly.

“It’s mean.”

“Hehe, it should be fun like this.”

As soon as the situation seemed to have been sorted out, Merdef and Tynelock moved again.

Unlike forests or mountains, you can camp anywhere on the plains.

Merdef stopped after the Gothram mercenary’s wagon had moved so far that it could not be seen.

Elio took out a tent and a bed from the Mahadam (space warehouse).

Merdef and Tynelock, Baron Howard Solon, stuck together, pitched a tent, and made a bed.

Elio, who was sitting in a chair alongside Luna Mylus and looking at the horizon, suddenly said,

“I think sister Abyss is a bit crazy.”

“What are you talking about?”

“The direction of the sunset is different. There seems to be no east, west, south, or north here.”

“Did you even manage to notice something like that?”

“Isn’t there really no east, west, south, or north?”

“I told you. Abyss is a space of chaos. Don’t you remember the ‘flying whale’ and the ‘floating jellyfish’ that fly through the air?”

“I can’t believe that there is a world like this under that deep ground. Who the hell made Abyss? No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like it was made by Mana Phras.”

“Why do you think not?”

“Because the use of mana and aura is limited. It wouldn’t be possible in the world created by Mana Phras.”

“You are smart.”

“Compared to my sister, I’m stupid, but if I get to know myself, I’m fine.”

“I will admit it.”

“So who made it?”

“I don’t even know that far yet. I can only guess who it is.”

“Who are you?”

“I’ll teach you that when you’re a little more confident. It would be good for you to know.”

Luna Mylus was silent.

Then, deep down, he hoped and hoped that his guess was wrong.