I knew it was about resonance!
I still dont quite get that!
Of course, you, as the Master, would have no problem mastering it but youve only been learning magic for less than half a year, right? Maybe thats why its taking so ti.
Well
I doubt Id be able to do it even a few years later.
As I was tilting my head in confusion, Carla smiled brightly, as if to reassure .
But dont worry! This ti, Ive prepared a thod that might be a little helpful for you! Lets try it as soon as we return to the dormitory!
Carla exuded anticipation with her whole body. Unable to voice my doubts, I awkwardly nodded.
Okay Ill give it a try.
At the end of the left path, we finally arrived at the Core Room.
The places weve been calling rooms were actually just expanded drainage areas with no doors and empty spaces.
But this place was an exception.
The Core Room was originally a kind of staff room controlling the sewage treatnt facilities of Atlantis.
This place was a proper room, through and through.
Moreover, due to the spatial distortions centered here, the Core Room has preserved its original form from 300 years ago.
Yes, 300 years ago. The scene from the midst of the War of the Gods remained as it was.
The walls of the square room were all covered in blood, and rmaid corpses were strewn about over unidentifiable devices.
However, all the corpses were disfigured beyond recognition.
A corpse with its eyeballs gouged out and stones inserted in their place, another stripped naked with one side of its chest cut open and stuffed into its mouth, and another with its facial skin peeled off, among others.
Everyone frowned at the sudden, horrific scene.
This is
Ugh!
An unpleasant mory cos to mind.
A ritual perhaps?
No, Senior Faye. Its not a ritual but a ga. Fishern are narrow-minded predatory monsters. You know their traits, right?
Discord. And cruelty towards the losers.
The attribute of narrow-minded predators was jealousy.
The cultists and monsters following the creature couldnt tolerate anyone being better than themselves.
Even if they bow their heads for now, they were filled with thoughts of bringing down the opponent soday.
Were there exceptions? Perhaps only the narrow-minded predators themselves and the high-ranking officers directly appointed by them?
Beyond these, they probably never even truly followed the other Evil Gods.
Thus, the followers of the narrow-minded predators caused discord wherever they went and were excessively cruel to those they defeated.
Have you seen the appearance of the Fishern? They are part fish, part human, just like rmaids. But Fishern are treated as monsters, while rmaids are considered sentient beings.
Thats because the Fishern behave like monsters, isnt it?
I patted the puzzled Iris on the head.
Right. Fishern possess their own intelligence and civilization but they are too barbaric and violent.
If their behavior were moderately violent, they might have been considered sea barbarians. After all, the Eurelia Continent was ho to a diverse array of races.
But Fishern were too extre. They were a nuisance in the sea even before they beca narrow-minded predators.
Unlike barbarians, who would respond to a request for dialogue without drawing weapons first, these creatures were filled with intentions to kill and enslave at any attempt.
There had been more than one or two instances where they struck from behind those who thought they had successfully negotiated.
Goblins and orcs, regardless of their intelligence, were classified as monsters for the sa reason.
Coexistence was simply impossible.
But Fishern themselves believe theres no difference between them and rmaids, except in their appearances.
In terms of technology, character, strength, and many other aspects, they are different.
They dont care to see those minor details. Thats why they are considered narrow-minded.
I see.
Iris nodded as if she finally understood.
They had to be outright jealous of others.
That was the only condition the narrow-minded predators required from their followers.
Anyway, the Fishern had been jealous of rmaids for a long ti, and the massacres that ensued in their quest to usurp the rulership of the sea were quite brutal.
Despite being extinct for a long ti, rmaids, known for their beauty regardless of gender, showed no trace of such beauty among the corpses here.
Any part that looked even slightly pretty was rcilessly mutilated.
Thats why I hate both the Evil Gods and their followers.
This was the aftermath of the cultists uprising. That is, if one played through the latter half of H&A, they would encounter scenes even more grueso than this.
Knowing it was a ga did little to mitigate the discomfort, but how much more disturbing must it be now that it has beco reality?
I clicked my tongue unknowingly for a mont. Suddenly, my gaze was drawn to a corpse in the center.
The only corpse with an intact face.
But as if to compensate for that, there wasnt a single intact spot from its neck down to the end of its tail fin.
Lying on a desk, it almost looked like a sacrificial offering for human consumption.
Which, in fact, it was.
This rmaids corpse is the core of this dungeon.
The last manager of the drainage route that beca the invasion path. The 3rd Princess of the Atlantis Kingdom. And a sacrificial offering to praise the achievents of the Evil God, the narrow-minded predator.
Wasnt this a perfect candidate for the dungeons core?
Wasnt the core supposed to be an object, Master?
A corpse isnt a living thing.
Though we were a bit distant now, approaching closer would reveal the core emitting a unique, brilliant, multicolored light.
The other won wore expressions of dismay, while Iris simply smiled bitterly.
The atmosphere, buoyant in anticipation of the dungeons imminent clearance, quickly dampened.
To lighten the mood a bit, I clapped my hands lightly and continued.
Clap, clap.
Co on. Its all sothing that happened 300 years ago. Lets focus on what we need to gather.
Ah, right. You said you needed my alchemy, Junior? What do we do here?
Its simple. This was the place controlling all of Atlantiss drainage. Such an important facility was always managed by a mber of the royal family
High-ranking people always have a habit of hiding important things sowhere. We just need to find that, right?
We already know the location. The lock magic must have been broken when the narrow-minded predators forcibly lifted Atlantis. We just need Senior Fayes alchemy to open the box inside.
I tapped the floor near the desk with the corpse of the rmaid princess a few tis with my foot, feeling a spot that sounded a bit different.
Invisible force, beco my hand. Force Grab.
One of the strongest psychokinesis spells I could use. Pouring a generous amount of magic power into it, even thin tal should easily bend.
Crack.
The floor was forcibly torn open with the sound of sothing breaking.
Inside, there was a small box and a letter.
I opened the letter to find it matched exactly with what I had read in H&A.
Roughly, it talked about her being the 3rd Princess of Atlantis, and how she ca to take charge of the drainage area to sohow stop the incoming Fishern.
And then, her unfulfilled wishes were listed one after another.
A will with sowhat solemn and regrettable content.
But the important thing was the last line written.
If only we had a little more ti, if this potion had been completed, would anything have changed?
Obviously, the potion she referred to was in the box.
I handed the box made of unknown tal to Faye.
There should be an unfinished potion inside. Please complete it, Senior Faye.
Is there a recipe?
No. If there had been a recipe, it wouldnt have just listed the ingredients unfinished like this. However, I do know what the final result is supposed to be.
The legacy of Atlantis that granted permanent underwater breathing and, to a lesser extent, the ability to control water.
The Blessing of the Sea.
It was originally intended to be crafted to bring Sword Masters or Arch Mages of other races.
Had masters capable of exerting their full strength underwater after consuming the Blessing of the Sea co to their aid?
The destruction of Atlantis might have been inevitable with the intervention of an Evil God, but perhaps the extinction of the rmaids could have been prevented.
Well, that was all hypothetical.
Im certain you can create sothing by combining the potions here. But the thod has to be figured out by Senior Faye.
A multi-combination potion? It seems like it will take so ti Cant we just take it and make it elsewhere?
One of the ingredients is a potion called the Essence of Atlantis, which loses its effect the mont it leaves this place.
Then theres no choice. Give a mont to try.
Mixing several potions to create complex and new effects was known as multi-combination.
300 years ago, this was a theory just coming into prominence, and they couldnt produce it in ti
But now, its possible.
The long war and 300 years had dramatically advanced various technologies, including alchemy.
And since high-ranking alchemists had started to share their knowledge, any competent alchemist could find the combination by now.
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