Solo Swordmaster

#699. thank you.

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“Hmm.”

while walking slowly.

One more time to look around.

Rin sighed, letting go of her concentrated senses.

“I am still far away. How can you miss such an obvious place?”

[It’s nothing to blame yourself for. It’s more strange that the Dmitri brothers found the place in the first place.

]

After preparing for the day.

Arriving at the place where the legacy of the Dark Dawn is presumed to be, Rin clicked his tongue.

“I never thought there would be another space like this hidden under the closed tunnel.”

Dmitri guided us.

There was a stronghold of the counter-revolutionary army.

A hidden tunnel beneath the Gulag.

Ekatriche shrugged her shoulders at the deeper underground that she reached after digging further down the maze-like twisting road.

“Because there were many mines around here even before Gulag was built. Maybe it was created then?”

“…Gulag was probably made almost a hundred years ago. Are you saying this was a mine that was closed then?”

“Or is there no reason for a place like this to exist?”

“Okay.”

Lynn made a suspicious expression.

It was just a closed mine, so it took a lot to pass it.

A strangely straight structure.

A clean space for a tunnel.

And above all, the strange feeling felt in this space made Rin’s eyebrows furrow.

“Silly princess, how come you don’t feel strange here?”

“It is as Lynn said. This space may have originally been a simple shaft, but it is not anymore.”

“That means…”

“Yes.”

Ainsha, who had been following Rin’s sleeves tightly, nodded her head with an expressionless face.

I don’t know if it’s another princess.

He is the most sensitive in the Seven Dragons.

Also, as a priestess of the Taoist League, she could not help but notice the suspiciousness of this space.

Especially since I’ve been looking for a place like this for a long time just over a year ago.

“This is already a labyrinth.”

“…was it like that?”

[If it’s a labyrinth, is that a dungeon?]

“Don’t worry, revolutionary. The labyrinth we are talking about is different from that dungeon.”

Instead of following him as it was useless anyway, he reassured Bachemenski, who remained in the Gulag and kept only communication connected.

Lin muttered.

“Rather than that, it’s more like Tartarus (Τάρταρος) of the Holy League.”

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Among the many magics created in the Silver Age, only three surpassed the Miracles of the Gods.

One is the devil’s wish.

The two of them are Avalon in London.

And finally, Tartarus.

It was the last fortress built by the gods of the Bronze Age to stand against the seven dragons.

Of course, the war eventually ended with the dragon’s victory, and the gods barely managed to survive after a peace treaty close to total surrender.

But in other words, even the seven dragons had to make a peace treaty with the gods.

The reason was in the underground labyrinth of Tartarus.

created by the curse of God.

Strengthened by the death of a god.

By swallowing even the corpse of a god.

In the end, Tartarus, the hell of the people, has been completed as a labyrinth that eats even the gods.

It was a difficult task even for the seven dragons to catch and kill all the gods who persisted there.

[…Isn’t that something we should be more concerned about?]

In that sense.

Bachemensky’s point was right.

Unlike common dungeons in this Iron Age, Tartarus was not something to be taken lightly.

However, Lynn shook her head.

“Not to that extent. It’s just that this cursed air is similar.”

[I think it’s a problem at the point of the curse…]

“Well, that’s it.”

Compared to the 666-floor quasi-hell completed by the curse of God, it was vastly insignificant.

However, Rin scratched the bridge of his nose at the unpleasant air, like a stench that was vaguely evident.

Even Rin, who had lived a long time, hadn’t come across such a vast and cursed space often.

“It is most likely a curse derived from the legacy of the Dark Dawn. It’s like a haunted house.”

“Hmm, then if you trace back this curse, it will be easy to find the legacy of the Dark Dawn?”

“It is not easy. Powerful Curse space also twists. In Tartarus, it’s not uncommon to get lost for years after a wrong step.”

“That’s Tartarus. It’s not that far here, is it?”

“You still have to be careful.”

“It’s okay, because we have a sister.”

Ainsha moves cautiously because you don’t know what will happen in the cursed space.

There is a final weapon called the Sword Master, but what reason to hesitate is Yekatrice.

At the end of the silence between the two princesses, who did not back down an inch from each other and quarreled, Rin finally opened her mouth.

“I guess we had better hurry.”

“Look, doesn’t your sister say this too?”

Yekathrice was elated as if she had won the final match of the Syscom World Championship.

On the other hand, Ainsha pointed out with an expressionless face.

“…it’s dangerous to rush in Lee Labyrinth.”

“I know. But now I need to take a risk.”

Even if Yekathrice shunned Adolf, it’s only a matter of time before they find out that they were away.

Are you being chased by the sword master?

Do you break through the labyrinth with all your might?

If you ask which of the two is more dangerous, it has to be the former.

Rin, who persuaded Ainsha by saying that it is better to hurry even if it is overdoing it, frowned and added a word.

“More than anything, it bothers me.”

“I’d like to know what’s going on.”

“I don’t know exactly, but I have a feeling I’m missing something important.”

Enter the Gulag.

The first time I saw the suicide case…

no, since I saw the Legacy of the Dark Dawn on the auction house before that.

Seeing Rin unable to straighten her frown at the sensation of the vague discomfort becoming more pronounced, Yekathrice smiled strangely.

“You mean by feeling?”

“okay.”

“Then the answer is decided. yes?”

“…”

Since the sword master’s intuition cheat key has been added to the all-around answer of a woman’s intuition.

There is no reason to hesitate any longer.

Yekathrice talking with a grin.

I even looked at her dissatisfied for a moment.

In the end, he stroked Ainsha’s head instead of answering by clasping his sleeve.

Lin said calmly.

“Then, please guide me, revolutionary brother.”

[It will take some time to figure out the internal structure, but I’ll try my best.]

So…

underground exploration began.

Bachemensky, who did not follow directly, but instead uses his experience as a researcher to operate a drone.

Under his control, dozens of drones airlifted from Bahamut made a topographical map of the labyrinth.

Using the sword master’s intuition, Rin found the direction where the energy of the curse was felt.

In addition, Ainsha picked out the wrong path with her disheveled foresight.

compared to what was expected.

The search went surprisingly easy.

only until the middle.

“…is this far?”

[Sorry… Crackling. Apparently, the radio field… I’m still here…]

“Don’t worry about it, revolutionary bro. Because narrowing the scope this much is enough.”

Maybe because it went deep underground.

Or is it because of the cursed energy?

Of course, the drones stopped moving one after another.

When communication with Bachemensky was cut off, their search, which was like a thief, had to slow down a little.

But Lynn didn’t care.

Rather, it only increased the speed.

…as if being chased by something.

A curse that gets thicker and thicker.

The feeling of foreboding that became clearer made Rin hurry.

Ainsha and Yekatrice, who felt an unusual atmosphere from Rin’s attitude, also neglected the rest and rushed to explore together.

After all, it’s only half a day since we started exploring.

just around sunset time.

they could find

In front of the stone gate that tightly blocked the passageway where, at first glance, the legacy of the Dark Dawn Society could be found.

However, the moment I found the stone gate.

They had no choice but to pause.

“Oh, this is just a coincidence. I never expected to see Master in a place like this.”

A grinning, grinning cowboy.

“This must also be karma.”

A monk bowing his head respectfully.

“This is why I told you to hurry, but in the end you caught up!”

“Don’t be too angry with the things you got confused about for a while, hyung. After all, you are ahead of Master.”

“Is that what a writer who confidently set out and lost his way would say?!”

A Plague Prince wearing a bird beak mask.

And…

“Sorry. If you had come a little later, I could have greeted you more kindly.”

A smiling boy in a military uniform.

To some extent, I was prepared.

However, it exceeded even that expectation.

In an unexpected encounter with the bonus, including the three disciples, Rin inadvertently opened her mouth.

“Damn it.”

“Don’t be so angry. Meister no…”

While talking to Rin.

A young boy with a closed mouth.

Adolf opened his mouth again with a meaningful smile.

“Lynn.”

“…”

And…

a short silence passed.

Billy blinked.

Gandhi laughed softly.

Pascal shuts his mouth.

As they looked at Adolf, who was smiling single-mindedly, and Lynn, who was frowning, they made strange faces.

“Huh Allario?”

After being hardened for a long time.

Billy, who opened his mouth on behalf of them, let out a scream-like shout with a face full of fear beyond confusion and shock.

“Master, is it really possible that you and the priest have such a relationship?!”

“Do you want to lose? You son of a bitch.”

“Then why are you looking at the priest calling you by his nickname? If it’s Master’s, he’ll start off with the blade of anger like a Master’s.”

“…”

Adolf smiled and said in place of Rin, who lifted his twin wick at the pointed point.

“Don’t get me wrong, the death penalty. It’s because I’m specifically allowed to call Rin by her first name, and it’s not because we have a particularly deep relationship.”

“…Ah, is that so?”

“Is that so…?”

Acceptance is the only answer.

‘Isn’t that what it is?’ Or, of course, he expressed his feelings on his face, saying, ‘Isn’t that a deep relationship?’

The eyes of the two disciples who were looking at her with very subtle eyes made Rin immediately frown.

And I was worried.

I thought I’d gouge out their eyes right now.

But in the end, Rin couldn’t put that thought into action.

It wasn’t just because he allowed Adolf to call his name because he promised to do a favor.

Because there was something I had to check first.

“How did you find this place?”

Of course, the fact that they were able to discover this place was thanks to Adolf’s information about the smuggling route of the counter-revolutionary army.

But it would have taken much longer had it not been for the information that Bachemensky had gleaned from the prisoners.

But how did they reach it faster than they did?

Looking at Rin who asked with a hard face.

Adolph chuckled.

“Oh is that it? There is someone who leaked information.”

“…give me the information?”

“Yes. Thank you for your cooperation in that sense.”

so naturally.

Turn your gaze to Rin.

Looking at the silver-haired girl.

Adolf added a meaningful word.

“Thanks to you, I was able to make Rin my bride, traitorous princess.”