Chapter 70
The Thing I
was Looking For
Translator : PolterGlast
"..."
I was speechless at
the sight before me.
The colorful bouquets
were of colors I had never seen since coming to this world.
Some of the flowers
looked like blue roses, others like rainbow-colored dandelions.
And in front of the
flowers, there were several elaborate weapons and ornaments, making the stone
swords and mirrors I had seen in the dungeon so far look like toys.
There was a sword that
was transparent like crystal, and a robe that emitted a divine, faint
rainbow-colored light.
When I used Mana
Perception, I got a "high" reaction from all of them.
I see... Mana
Perception also reacts to magic tools.
While being fascinated
by the jewelry that shone like gems, I didn't miss the fact that I also felt
mana from the coffin behind them.
And this isn't Mana
Perception, but pure sixth sense... I felt a pressure from that coffin that I
had never felt before.
--When I observed the
coffin closely, it wasn't pure white.
There were several
irregular black spots floating on it, like moles on a body.
Is it deteriorating
over time...?
Zuzu...
"--!?"
The coffin, which
hadn't moved at all until just now, began to change.
The top lid slowly
began to slide sideways.
As if to remove the
obstacles under its feet, the ornaments moved to the left and right on their
own.
The top lid moved...
and came off completely.
With a heavy thud, the
lid fell to the ground.
And from inside,
slowly... it revealed itself.
"..."
What appeared and
clutched at the edge of the coffin was a skeleton.
It was wearing bluish
metal armor all over its body, and a sword was hanging at its waist.
At first glance, it
looked like a Skeleton Knight with upgraded equipment.
But I was struck by an
incredible sense of incongruity.
What is this skeleton?
I don't feel any mana at all...
[Masaru!? You're
alive!?]
Varietta-san's voice
echoed in my brain.
...That's right, what
did he say?
If you can't feel mana
with the Mana Perception skill, there are two possibilities.
Either it doesn't have
mana in the first place, or...
"When it has too
much mana to be measured--!"
The scenery around the
skeleton began to distort.
The scenery bent and
warped around the skeleton, perhaps due to its overwhelming mana.
Or was it that my
vision was distorted by the overwhelming difference in ability?
The skeleton confirmed
my presence and lowered its waist slightly.
At the same time as it
entered battle stance, a pitch-black aura erupted from its entire body.
An ominous dark mana.
(What the heck? It's
not even using magic yet... is it possible for mana itself to be visible?)
An unprecedented
pressure and an unprecedented phenomenon.
While whipping my
head, which was trying to stop thinking by rejecting understanding, I managed
to step back without stopping my movement.
"--[Home]!"
It hadn't even put its
hand on the sword hanging at its waist yet.
But I immediately
activated [Home].
Fortunately, it's a
boss, so my gift wasn't restricted, and I felt the doorknob on my left hand.
At the same time, the
skeleton took the sword in its hand and rotated it clockwise.
"Holy Magic
Reversal..."
The skeleton's ominous
aura disappeared instantly.
The jet-black mana
that had been surrounding its body disappeared, and in its place, a divine
light mana appeared.
Looking at it, what
was supposed to be a skeleton until just now had a pale blue body.
Does that mean it can
also become a revenant?
"Lightning
Bolt!"
I pulled the door open
and activated the magic as I turned around.
When I tried to close
the door, the monster, who seemed to have regained its body from its previous
life, drew its sword a clattering sound.
And while jumping up
lightly, it released a cross-shaped slash.
The slash remained in
the air as a line of light.
And when the monster
landed, it released a thrust as if to push it out.
"Grand
Cross!"
What I saw out of the
corner of my eye was an extremely thick beam of light flying towards me from
the hovering slash.
The thickness itself
wasn't as thick as Judgment Ray, but perhaps because it was more compressed,
the light it emitted was so strong that I couldn't open my eyes.
I fell to the ground
the moment I closed the door.
Booooommm!!
The technique that
that monster released blew away the door of my [Home].
While almost falling
from the impact, I managed to stay at the entrance.
With that much power,
I expected the door to be broken.
While touching the
broken hinges of the blown-away door, I shouted with all my might.
"Refresh!"
The broken door was
repaired in an instant.
I could feel an
incredible amount of MP being sucked away.
This is the first time
I've fixed a door, but... I've used up almost all of my MP.
"Haa, haa,
haa..."
Only my rough
breathing echoed in the house.
I stared at the door
for a while.
"...Did I manage
to escape somehow?"
I shuddered as I
recalled the monster I had just faced.
Most of the reason was
fear, but it was also true that there was a slight joy in it.
The place looked like
a tomb no matter how one looked at it, and the monster with overwhelming power.
No doubt, that
place... was the one I had been looking for.
"The deepest part
of this [Knight's Holy Remains]--"
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