[We will be attempting a faster upload rate starting tomorrow. Just one for today. The RIM team is going to be helping out with this series.]
Great Ancient Mage, Destroy (1)
Evan acquired a small piece of rock in the dungeon he first entered. It contained serious energy, but the other members aside from him couldn’t perceive it properly.
“Whoa, this contains energy.”
Then, Evan was surprised at the fact that he could identify the item which he acquired.
“What is it, Master?”
“It’s an item that will help in enjoying a game that has a vast area. There is another one like this in a nearby dungeon. I’ll tell you once I acquire it.”
The dungeon they just cleared was a course for intermediate/advanced adventurers whose existence levels must be at least 100 based on Yo-Ma Great War Zero. However, it was bound to disappear if it weren’t cleared in the first-half phase of the story, so it could be considered as a bonus factor that could only be cleared in the second try. It was an official cheat sheet placed by the production team for the players to catch up with the elevating difficulty of the game.
“And this…”
As Evan cleared another dungeon that was hidden nearby, a rock like the earlier one was found. Evan put them close, and they simultaneously shined with a faint light as they resonated with each other.
“Ah…are these, perhaps…?”
Finally, Maybell reacted. She had seen a magic tool that gave off similar mana in the past.
“Aren’t these the warp gates?”
“Bingo.”
Wrap gate, the ultimate magic facility built through tremendous money, sweat, and blood from magicians. It was the crystallization of the Fantasy where fast travel was made possible through linking distant places with mana. Although it was a useless item for Evan, who could travel anywhere with just one step with his Annihilation Step, it would be greatly used to the others, such as the allied forces.
“Oh, my, the gate in Sher…in my hometown was barely activated through mana from piles of mana stones and treasures…”
“This is an object miraculously made by the Divine Realm in the process of stopping the Demon Realm from connecting to Middle Earth.”
“But the presence of the dungeons here means that the Divine Realm has failed.”
“Well, that’s right.”
To be blunt, this object was a fragment of the Space god. The Space god detected the possible connection between Middle Earth and the Demon Realm. He took immediate action, but he failed in the fight with the Devil. Moreover, the Divine Realm was being connected to the other worlds due to the influence from the Spirit realm, so the Space god gave up on Middle Earth and did his best in protecting the Divine Realm instead. At this time, a fragment of his power that fell off during his clash with the Devil was coincidentally found in the dungeon of Middle Earth. The Great Ancient Mage gained the chance to utilize it in fighting against the Devil after acquiring two of them.
“Fayna will pass out when she finds out.”
“The regions under the jurisdiction of the Space god and the Great Mother Earth are different, so they won’t bother.”
“Putting it that way makes them sound like ruffians.”
Evan thought deeply while looking at the map; then, he placed the warp gate on a vast plateau. This would allow the allied forces to use this gate to clear the nearby dungeons in the future…the warp gate could recognize the owner, so it was possible to completely make it hidden. However, it couldn’t stay hidden during its activation, so the users had to be cautious when to use it.
“But I have alchemy with me.”
“You shouldn’t use alchemy as if it’s your trump card.”
“With the help of the tools made by the dwarves…”
“That goes the same with the dwarves, Master.”
Evan hummed as he installed the anticrime device around the warp gate. With these, the gate’s situation would be briefed to Evan, regardless of his distance from the gate. It even could shoot down uninvited guests.
“Good, and the remaining one…I’ll be back.”
Then Evan held the remaining rocks and moved his feet. He was right in front of the World Tree.
“Our King!?”
“Ah, I’m here to install the gate. This would do, wouldn’t it?”
“Gate…!”
“Your Majesty, have some Elven tea.”
“I’m fine; it’ll be soon over.”
Evan quickly installed the gate like a technician installing an air conditioner in an apartment, then after briefly explaining the gate to the people of the Forest—he silenced the elf that stubbornly tried to offer him Elven tea—he went through the gate.
“It’s working normally.”
“Great, amazing…”
“Connecting two places isn’t something to be amused by.”
Mirole would have taken his words as humility, but Maybell was different.
“Is there something more?”
“You two seemed to have fought severely. There are two more left.”
Once again, the background of Yo-Ma Great War Zero was vast! Because it was mainly about fighting against demons, dragons, and other creatures in the world where there were no distinctions at all, such as borders or countries!
“But they can’t be done as of the moment, so this will suffice. Now, let’s clear one more dungeon.”
“Is it another artifact?”
“Not sure.”
Evan pretended not to know. They had only cleared two dungeons out of the many, and they found the warp gates in both of them, so neither Maybell nor Mirole could ask a question to him, although they were still in disbelief.
“Zero could be searching for the atmosphere inside the dungeon.”
“Oh my, such a good excuse existed.”
“…Maybell?”
“I think you are right! Master’s abilities are beyond expectations!”
However, what they found in the last dungeon wasn’t an artifact, sadly. It was humans who were barely surviving.
“You…ah, are you humans?”
After Evan crushed the dungeon boss, Cursed Cyclops, with just one swoop, they revealed themselves from the secret area hidden within the dungeon.
“Oh, hello.”
“George, it’s dangerous. Watch out.”
“Everyone…stay back. I’ll, I’ll handle it. You, I’m asking if you are human!”
“Whoa.”
Unlike those that didn’t have any sense of organization whom he had encountered so far, this group had an individual who was leading them. He was a young man with dark-grey hair and shining purple eyes. That man was staring at Evan, although he was shivering while clenching his teeth. In his hand was an iron sword that seemed to have been made in a primitive way.
“He is a human. Looking at your appearance, it doesn’t seem to matter to you whether I’m a human or not.”
“It does.”
The man’s shining eyes glowed as he shouted at Evan.
“If you’re human, follow me!”
“Nope.”
“Grgh!?”