Act 1: Chapter 27: Cocytus Capture

Act 1: Chapter 27: Cocytus Capture

I, who was dropped into the 91st floor of 《Cocytus》 by Lunaire’s magic... was buried under the rubbles of stairs that were also dropped down along with me.

After I managed to get myself out of the debris, I took out the recovery’s miracle drug from my 《Dimension Pocket》and drank it as I decided to take a rest in that place.

This whole area was covered, from the floor up until the ceiling, with a mountain of debris.

Lunaire’s 《Dimension Fissure》 was simply too terrifying.

Although I was not yet able to use the same magic since right now I was still at the 17th rank of space-time magic, I doubt I could produce the same level of destruction as her at the same level.

In the very first place, there was a high chance that my magic will spiral out of control if I ever used it at my current level.

... But, she was truly merciless when she pushed me down from there.

I guess the effects of 《Ouroboros Ring》 invoked once when I was buried under the rubble.

She might have gone as far as that so that I wouldn’t ever even think about going back but still....

「Thank you very much... Lunaire-san. I’ll do my best on my own from this point.」

To be honest... I rather go back to Lunaire’s place than leave this place.

But, she went all out to send me out of this place and to enjoy my life as a human.

I’ll definitely come to visit this place again someday. Now I’ve to finish my master’s last order: to go out and see the world with my own eyes.

This dungeon was apparently covered by an extremely powerful barrier which limits the use of long-distance teleportation.The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.

But, I might be able to find something that could bypass that power.

As long as I found that “something”, visiting Lunaire from the outside might be simple enough.

I bowed at the mountain of rubble, towards Lunaire on the other side of that rubble, turned around, and went even further into this area.

Lunaire had told me that I just need to reach the 100th floor and to go to the surface by using the special teleportation circle in there.

After walking for a while, I met a dead end.

... as long as one couldn’t destroy the wall, that is.

I pointed my finger towards the wall while spinning a magic circle.

「Time-Space Magic, 19th Rank; 《Graviburn》」

The black light spread across the wall and was compressed.

「I’M HunGrYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!」

I heard the wailing cries of the Gluttony Mimic, who was crushed in the middle of the now, crammed wall.

Gluttony Mimic’s body became a dark and syrupy liquid that was scattered around.

《Cocytus》’s monsters were no match for me.

How do I explain it? The devils that came out of the 《Distorted World of the Cursed Mirror》 were far more powerful than the monsters in 《Cocytus》.

I mean, every SINGLE one of them was an extremely dangerous being. Only super-rank magic worked on them and even at my current level, they could force me to activate the《Ouroboros Ring》.

There was this one case when I attacked an idiotic looking goblin-like devil in that place with my sword only to get the tables turned on me, as it suddenly transformed into something like a clione with a huge mouth. It resulted in me losing half of my body.

Contrary to its soft-looking appearance, that guy’s skin was basically a tough nut to crack.

Which reminded me, that fake goblin might be the strongest opponent I fought in the《Distorted World of the Cursed Mirror》.

Suddenly I recalled Lunaire’s words.

[I’ve packed grimoires, spare weapon, and miracle drugs in that bag for you. And please be careful to not accidentally release the devils inside the《Distorted World of the Cursed Mirror》 when you’re training inside.]

Though it slipped from my attention due to the situation at that time, she did say 《Distorted World of the Cursed Mirror》.

... Why did she give me such a dangerous item?

Surely it would be easier for me to raise my level if I had this item but... t-the responsibility is a bit too much for me...

.... That aside, it seemed I wouldn’t meet any problems along the way towards the 100th floor.

Though I had no idea how big the size of each floor was, let’s capture the 100th floor as fast as possible.