We made our way down, using the intangibility function of our cloaks.
As we passed through the walls, like ghosts, Maria and I descended the stairs and have hidden passages that should have kept strangers away.
The building was structured in such a way that it had so many levels—even underground.
Mana Gems provided illumination, and the structure seed to be built using a rather strong alloy as the base material.
The walls had a tallic gleam to it, but I chose not to focus on those for too long.
I sensed so activity in every floor, making curious as to what exactly the Netherlores were doing in such secret underground structure.
'Ti to find out!'
Fortunately, I ca prepared.
Summoning my Automatons—all of which had the [Unknowable] effect on them—I sent them to the various locations we bypassed.
'That final spot underground... that's the goal!'
I spotted so many Magic Traps and defences.l as we ventured deeper. Unfortunately for the Netherlores, none of them were going to be of any help.
They couldn't sense Maria's presence or mine. Besides, even if they could, we would simply pass through them.
'It's perfect!'
My heart sohow raced in both excitent and dread as we got close to the blot in space.
What I was sensing from there almost felt... forbidden.
'Could this be it? The big Netherlore secret?' My thoughts rang.
Soon, we arrived close to the point where Mana was basically nonexistent. Maria and I halted, now standing before a door.
'I don't know what exists beyond this door. It could be dangerous. If you want, I could teleport you away and take care of this myse—'
One glare from Maria made realize I had said sothing unnecessary.
~We've already co this far together. Let's end this the sa way.~
I couldn't agree any more.
As we both nodded while grinning ear to ear—at least, it felt like that was the expression she made.
'Alright. Why don't we pass through this—'
As I touched the large tallic wall, my body felt hard and stiff.
"U-uh?"
I wasn't intangible—or invisible—any longer.
'What in the...?!'
It was unexpected, but the [Unknowable] effect on my hand had gone.
Realizing this, I quickly removed it from the tallic wall—causing another strange phenona to occur.
'It returned to its invisible state...?'
Why? What was happening?
'Could it be Anti-Magic?'
No—my [Unknowable] was a product of the Tower Arcana. I extrapolated one of it's space-bending functions to allow myself beco intangible and non-visible.
Kind of like I was at a particular place, and also not there at the sa ti.
Anti-Magic couldn't interfere with Laws that complicated. It simply offset the effects of Magic made from Mana and Miasma.
Besides... this didn't feel like Anti-Magic.
There was no trace of Mana or Miasma behind the door.
There was no trace of anything!
"We'll have to destroy this door. There's a possibility we've already been compromised. To get what we want, we're going to have to love quickly."
Magic perhaps wouldn't work, even if I attempted to destroy the door with it.
'Let's find out.'
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>SHUUUUUUUU<
The mont my Mana or Miasma attack touched the surface.of the door, it dissipated. There was no resistance at all. The Spell simply lted away into nothingness.
'This is serious. So it doesn't just offset the Spell or disrupt the process... this stuff simply kills it.'
As I observed the door, I wondered what kind of elent it was.
If only I could use Magic on it, things would be much easier, but it just looked like a pitch-black tal door.
~What should we do now? Give up?~ Maria's thoughts echoed in my head.
Give up? ?
It appeared Maria Helmsworth did not know very well.
When confronted with impossible tasks like this, I found it very hard to detach myself from exploring all the possibilities.
Unless every single route was cut off, I wouldn't stop! This obsession was a great strength of mine, but also a flaw.
As I pondered on what next to do, a sudden thought sparked in my mind.
'Hm... why don't I try this?'
I reached out for my Subspace and brought out a card. It was, of course, an Arcana—one of the two that I had currently had in my possession.
'[Strength].' I smiled at the glowing card.
It glead with its usual malleable energy—taking fluid-like form and several colors whole warbling.
I sohow had the inclination that this would work. And so...
'What Spell should I try with this? Maybe a Fireball?'
>VWUUUUUSSSHHHH<
Before I even completed my thought, the Arcana's took the form of glowing ember, and flas suddenly manifested in front of .
The intensity was unlike anything I had ever felt, though it was in minimal form.
'It... read my mind and generated the Spell?'
I hadn't fully deciphered the capabilities of [Strength], but at this point I was understanding even more.
'The energy I'm sensing from it isn't Mana or Miasma. It's sothing else entirely...'
However, compared to what was behind the door, the power of [Strength] felt better... more familiar.
'I can't explain it, but... it feels so different, yet so familiar.'
Two new different forms of power were currently evident before . And I had no idea what to call them!
'What matters now is that I don't think the door can resist this fireball. I'll think about the rest later. For now... let's get what we want!'
~Agreed.~
The fireball spun as I directed it at the door.
>BOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!<
The door was instantly destroyed—burned to nothing.
'A-ah!'
That wasn't all!
The blazing trail kept burning through everything, until it finally died out.
I was amazed by the destructive capability of a single ball of flas—sothing that would qualify as Basic Magic by normal standard.
Sure, I knew it was denser and more powerful than a normal fireball, but not to this extent!
As I watched the simring hot smoke and glowing embers left behind by the fla's attack, I was beyond shocked.
'E-everything in its path... got destroyed!'
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