chapter 22
22. two-sided system
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If you stay friends with one person for 10 years, it also means that you will see all the places you can’t see.
In other words, it also meant that Beatrix was already somewhat tolerant of Elnor’s bizarre behavior, which erupted whenever she forgot.
“hey.”
Of course, no matter how much she was like that, there were times when she just couldn’t stand it.
I don’t know what the hell it’s for, but the way I showed it from earlier seems to have some kind of emotional insecurity.
Alone, suddenly sighing, or suddenly bloody eyes. While thinking about something, the tension went up and down by myself.
“Why are you like this again?”
“…”
The pen holder snapped and broke in Elnor’s hand.
Beatrix sighed as she saw the pen made of solid ore breaking like some kind of rotten wood.
Elnor’s straining her hands like that is a habit she often displays when she’s ‘holding back’ something.
So, the voice that followed must have been more blunt than usual.
“Don’t make me think of it. I barely forgot about it. I mean, it gets in the way of my work.”
“…Explain it, bitch.”
At Beatrix’s words as she gnashed her teeth, Elnor shook her head instead of answering.
“All right. Talking about it won’t solve it, so don’t worry about it. Are you working hard?”
okay. I’ll have to admit that
Normally, I wasn’t the type to look at work particularly lazy, but the momentum with which Elnor was handling the work was truly terrifying.
“…But since you work like that, it’s a little better. It’s been hard these days.”
“It’s a strange amount of administrative hassle. Do you have any important projects?”
“They say a transfer student is coming from the tribal union. Have you heard the name too?”
Elnor frowned at those words and checked a nearby document.
“Are they the forces behind the coup? The warchief’s daughter?”
“okay. It’s a de facto asylum application. The Empire accepted this.”
If she was the daughter of the warchief, she would in fact be a celebrity comparable to the royal family of the empire.
And if it’s that much of a VIP, the academy side, which insists on equality among students, has no choice but to admit the ‘entourage’.
In fact, it would not be unreasonable to say that the entire family who was pushed back in a power struggle is fleeing.
“In addition, a regular delegation will be dispatched from the Holy Land next semester. The saintess herself is coming.”
“…”
Elnor nodded wordlessly and put the papers in.
For some reason, her expression is more strained than before.
“…If it’s a regular delegation, isn’t it just a convention? Does such a big man need to move himself?”
“I don’t know. There are also rumors that the academy requested something. They said the president’s breath came in strongly.”
Elnor’s expression hardened slightly.
“Why are you so upset?”
“Even if only fragmentary information is gathered, there are things that can be seen. The academy is plotting something.”
“I guess so. Have you ever had one or two like this?”
“Isn’t there something going on even with Dawood right now? It is said that they are plotting something with the daughter of the warchief and the saint.”
“…isn’t it? But can they really get along? In the first place, the level of the two of them is too high to do anything with only one human from the baron family.”
Beatrix narrowed her eyes to answer, and Elnor answered in a clear voice.
It was still a serious, calm voice.
“Common sense makes sense.”
“But why?”
“I feel bad.”
“…”
“Why do you make me think of that man and another woman at the same time?”
“…”
Beatrix touched her forehead.
“What bullshit.”
“When I think of Daud, I want to think of him alone. The fact that you have to think of another woman in such a situation is-”
“Do something. Before you break your head so you can’t even think about it.”
As she growled, Elnor sighed and grabbed the pen again.
“I guess so. Even if I don’t work for a day or so, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
Suddenly, what a day.
Somehow, I worked hard, so did I have to empty my entire schedule for the day?
Beatrix tilted her head and asked.
“why. Do you have any important appointments?”
The sound of another penholder being harpooned echoed openly in the office.
It must be because Elnor tightened his grip as soon as he heard the question.
“Are you billing the bill?”
“So, don’t make me think of you again and again.”
“…Did you explain something and say something like that? just tell me If you leave it alone, you will ruin all the office furniture.”
Elnor thought for a moment.
Then he carefully placed his hand on the armrest of the chair.
Soon, a crackling sound rang out from there.
“…”
How long have you been patient enough to do something like this?
While Beatrix was thinking about that, Elnor finally opened her mouth with difficulty.
It was a very serious, painful, melancholy voice.
“Beatrix.”
“What.”
“I miss Dowd Campbell.”
“…”
Beatrix covered her face.
The headache that I had barely managed before came back.
“Since you asked to meet in three days, isn’t that what you mean by doing all the work until then?”
“…”
“How can I not see you for three days? That’s too much-“
“…It is the last warning. work.”
After Beatrix fired coldly at him, Elnor too pursed his lips and picked up another document.
Fortunately, what was written there was quite interesting to her as well.
“Is it the Full Moon Festival in three days?”
“Oh, is the time already like that?”
full moon festival.
It is the most celebrated day among the imperial holidays.
To the extent that even the academy staff working right next to the void zone put down all their work for a while and took a break.
‘That’s why it’s also the most vulnerable time.’
From the point of view of a warrior who has learned the sword, that’s all I can think of.
Coincidentally, such a holiday coincided with the day I met Dawood by chance.
She smiled and put in the documents related to the Full Moon Festival.
In any case, you just need to remember that three days later is an important day.
In many ways.
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<System Message>
[Updated additional information on the main quest! ]
[ Main Quest ]〖 Chapter 1 – Purifier 〗
[Solve the events that will happen in ‘Eyes of Twilight’ smoothly! ] [ D-3 ]
[ Reward: Benefit from the main scenario branch! ]
I glanced at the window that appeared in front of me.
This window was created after receiving an invitation from the Marquis of Riverback.
‘It’s a quarterly benefit.’
Look at the phrase written on the reward window and scratch your cheek.
It’s a reward I know. It appeared a few times randomly in the game.
As usual, if you reject the ‘offer’ of Marquis Riverback in the Eyes of Twilight, what follows is either the escape or the battle, which is the highlight of the chapter. Like the contents of Chapter 1, the pace is fast.
The branch benefit means that it adds a much easier option to clear than those two options.
‘That’s nice.’
The Purifier is like a Chapter 1 boss, so if you deal with it well once, you won’t be bothered much after that. It’s much better than the subsequent chapter bosses where you have to repeat at least a few boss fights.
It’s a little difficult to deal with that once, but that’s true.
‘This guy was also called to do that well.’
Thinking so, I look at Elijah, who is rubbing his hands next to me saying that it is cold. The altitude where the two of us are is a bit high.
“…”
He will be of great help in my work this time.
I thought flirting would be harder than I thought, but as soon as I said there was something I wanted to ask for, I was even more surprised to see him go OK without listening to the contents.
“You are our friend. What do you have to worry about?”
– Such an exciting comment was a bonus.
He smiled and called Elijah.
“hey.”
“yes?”
“Take this.”
Elijah tilted his head at the object I held out.
“…what it this?”
“What you need.”
Right now I can only explain it that way.
In fact, it seems natural to ask such a question.
What I gave to him was a long iron rod that was several meters long. It’s a road that I can’t even guess its use.
What I’m holding is a disc big enough for at least two humans.
While Elijah tilts his head and accepts the stick I held out, he looks up at the sky. I check my watch from time to time.
The place where this guy is with me is on the roof of Gregory’s building. Originally a building that served as a spire, it is now used as an observatory.
It is one of the tallest buildings in El Fante. Compared to the clock tower in the center of the academy, it’s a bit smaller.
“…I came out because he asked for help. What the hell are you trying to do in a place like this?”
“Collect.”
“…Yes?”
“Wait a little.”
Saying that, let’s aim nearby.
Finally, what I had been waiting for began to unfold.
“…uh?”
At the same time as Elijah, who was next to him, let out such a voice, a group of lights suddenly began to gather at a place so high that even the observatory had to look up.
Even in Elfante, where all kinds of abnormal phenomena occur, it is a phenomenon that only comes once every few months, and even for a very short time, so most faculty members, let alone students, are probably unaware of it. No wonder this guy is upset.
“great. Get ready.”
“Yes Yes? How are you preparing?”
Instruct the floundering guy to hold the stick at an angle to the ground. And on top of that, I roll the disc I was holding well and attach it to the tip.
It probably looks like a spoon lying on the floor.
“great. Lie down on this now.”
“…Yes?”
“hurry.”
Saying that, I lay down on the disc. I patted the seat next to me and urged him to lie down like this.
“What are we going to do?”
As he grumbled like that, he lay down next to me as well.
“So, you want to lie down and look at the night sky up there together?”
“Now is.”
After saying that, Elijah hesitated for a moment before replying.
“…swimming. It looks romantic when you see it shining. What is it, leaving Princess Tristan alone and working on me-”
“Is that romantic? The fence is pretty good.”
“yes? why?”
In fact, for ordinary people, the characteristic of Gregory’s coffin is only ‘high’, but it has a little special value for those who have cleared Sera by installing the DLC.
This is the place where the portal to the ‘behind the scenes’ opens, where materials with all sorts of bizarre effects that never pop out in the main story are dropped.
The space where the angels were swarming before.
“That is the entrance to the world.”
“…”
Elijah looked at the group of lights gathering in the sky alternately as he came out with a look of misunderstanding.
Then, he ponders the meaning of the sentence, and his face gradually begins to turn blue.
“…what?”
“The other side is the entrance to the world.”
“Why does something like that pop up in a place like this?!”
In fact, this reaction is normal.
It’s a world if it makes sense, but if you put it more simply, it’s a demonic world that can be described as ‘hell’ in the world of Savior Rising.
In the first place, it is an area that can only be opened by purchasing the DLC after completely clearing the main story. Survival difficulty, needless to say.
‘…Actually, I don’t want to go this far, but neither do I.’
It’s probably an option I wouldn’t have even considered if the fucking main scenario hadn’t been twisted all the time. Because I have everything I need in there.
He fidgeted with the black card in his bosom, holding his accusation.
The portal that opens in Gregory’s hall is not the only one, but there are many such as the spirit world and the phantom world.
Perhaps the president himself, who handed it over to me, also handed over this ‘key to the other world’ to me, thinking that I would use it for such a purpose.
Even if you collect ingredients, you would have expected that you would enter for a short time and quickly pick up only the materials scattered nearby. Because this egg is such a dangerous place.
So, he would never have imagined that he would be aware of the ‘Underworld’, which is considered the worst in terms of survival difficulty among all other worlds.
“…”
So, I wouldn’t have expected what I would do from now on.
“…Still, it’s fortunate that I’m far away from that place. I don’t think it will have much of an impact on us since it’s so high up in the sky.”
“I guess so. It’s hard to get in and out of there. At least you have to have the ability to go in there and survive.”
It is in that context that portals are created at such a terrifying height.
It is a position where you can barely enter if you have a survival strategy and various skills for each job group.
A priest must have at least enough skill with divinity to make an ‘air bridge’ up there, a knight must be strong enough to reach there in one jump, and a wizard or shaman must have enough magic or sorcery to fly there. holding or…
In any case, it is a place where such complex and powerful restrictions are nested here and there.
“If it’s the way it was, that’s fine. As it is.”
Unless you use very ignorant and primitive means.
“…why do you say that?”
As Elijah said that, his expression became strange.
You probably noticed that your body was ‘fixed’ in the disc.
This must have happened because I activated it by pressing the button on the bottom of the disc.
“…”
“…”
While Elijah kept silent because he wanted something like this.
I heard the sound of an iron bar that had been laid down earlier and it was being driven into the floor.
“…Teacher.”
“yes.”
“No way, no, I really want to.”
“yes.”
The stick is then bent into an arch.
The disk is tilted at an angle as well.
okay.
Like a ‘catapult’ right before launching a stone.
Originally, these two were a set item. Its use is so limited that it cannot be used for multiple purposes. As long as it was embedded in Elfante’s vision warehouse, its performance for its limited use is certain.
To shoot a ‘stone’ caught in a catapult high into the sky, at a very high speed, and with terrifying momentum.
So.
That’s enough power to ‘launch’ me and Elijah to that portal.
“Can we go in there from now on?”
“uh.”
“…on the back side, without any equipment?”
“it’s okay. It will be over soon.”
uh. somehow it works
I am fully confident that it will happen.
I bet it’s fucking dangerous.
“…”
Elijah smiled broadly.
“You really are a crazy bastard, fuck you.”
“…”
without even replying.
My body and Elijah were shot into the air at terrifying speed.
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