Chapter 228 - Episode Twenty-Three - The Search of a Certain Collector (3) (Side: Collector)
Having overcome the fourth level of the dragon head’s lair without difficulty, the collector was now moving on to the fifth level, the cave of crystalline stone.
Somewhere in the back of his mind, the collector was relieved to find that not only the fourth level but also the fifth level was safe and sound.
(As expected, he wasn’t that inconsiderate. If the rest of the levels were all in ruins, I was going to torture that sorcerer to death and hang him on the tower for eternity.)
The collector looked at the ceiling and pictured the sorcerer ahead of him in his mind, this way and that, as he pleased.
“If he has blown through the warding of spatial magic, he doesn’t seem to be a normal sorcerer. Did he bring in a magical weapons and try shooting them. Hmm ……”
The collector opened his bandage-covered mouth, flicked out his blue-purple tongue, and licked.
(Looks like he got a rather interesting toy. I’d like to be able to unleash it in a good way, too. I don’t think he plan give it up anyway. First of all, I’ll blow up that sorcerer’s head with that magical weapon and steal it. Fufufu…… I’m sure he’ll be very pale If you knew that your special weapon would be pointed at you. From what I’ve seen of the path he’s taken so far, I’d say he’s quite the brute. There’s no need to hesitate.)
I thought about the time I’ll take away the magic weapon from the sorcerer and laughed out loud.
However, he had no idea that it wasn’t a magic weapon or anything, but just a stroke of magic.
At the time, he hadn’t imagined that the witch’s tower had been half destroyed by a magic bullet that Abel had casually fired to see how it would react when the ward was attacked.
(It might not be a bad idea to try shooting at the nearby territory from the tower at random. I want to know the distance and power first. I can see those fools panicking about the revenge of Altamir. It would also be fun to provoke a grudge from the Dinrat Kingdom, the world’s greatest power.)
It was not uncommon for the collectors to go out of their way to get involved in wars to test the power of the treasures they had acquired, or to deliberately send assassins to fight against those in power.
However, no matter what kind of opponent is chosen, it is rare to be able to perform a satisfactory performance test, as it usually results in overkill.
(Fufufu……For the first time in ten years, my collection will increase. Oh, I can’t help but look forward to it. It’s been decades since I’ve felt this kind of excitement. When I saw the wreckage of the lower levels, I was only worried, but my trip to the Dinrat Kingdom was not in vain!)
Thinking that he had already acquired the treasure, he walked lightly through the fifth level.
A magic beast appeared targeting that collector’s back.
It was a giant bat ……, nearly five meters long.
The giant bat was considered to be one of the fastest and thickest B-rank magic beast, and was considered to be quite vicious.
The giant bat’s eyes flashed and it tried to bite the collector’s shoulder.
The collector pointed his arm without looking behind him. A large sword suddenly appeared and tore the giant bad’s body clean in two.
The slaughtered bodies stick to the walls on either side.
The collector puts his magic power into the greatsword and sends the blood flying.
When the collector removes his hand from the sword, it quickly fades away and disappears.
“This is why I can’t stand stupid monsters that don’t understand power differences. Well, I’m sure there are plenty of humans who can’t tell the difference, though.”
The collector let out a gloomy laugh, thinking of the prince’s men he had killed before coming to the tower, and went on as if nothing had happened.
Already, their names had slipped the collector’s mind.
After that, the collector was not attacked by any magical beasts within the fifth level.
He leisurely stepped into the sixth level, which had been unexplored until Abel’s arrival.
On the sixth level, the collector found something strange.
It was a cube of six shiny, blue metal blocks.
The collector tilted his head and put his face close to the metal cubes and looked at them.
(…… Wow, isn’t that a phantom copper Orichalcos? According to history, there should be very few of these in the Dinrat Kingdom, but …… why is there so much of it ……? Don’t tell me she recreated it? You’ve been holed up in a tower for a hundred years, building these things? The history of the world is about to change.)
It is said that in the era that has now become a myth, there was a high level of magic technology, and it was said that there was a battle of magic with an extraordinary power that was far different from that of today.
It is said that the phantom copper Orichalcos was made in the mythical age.
The fact that some of the technology from the mythical era has been recreated could be the catalyst for the return of that era.
(I’d heard that Altamir was a hell of an alchemist, but …… I never thought she’d succeed in creating the phantom copper Orichalcos. It might not be a bad idea to take her out of the tower, threaten her, and make her my personal alchemist for making my armor.)
While thinking about this, the collector was flipping through the cube of the phantom copper Orichalcos.
(But …… it has a beautiful box shape. I don’t feel any bias at all. I’m sure it’s difficult to process them beautifully due to their high resistance, but that’s Altamir for you. As a playmate, she passes. This seems to be the vault of Artamia’s phantom copper, Orichalcos.)
When I looked at the end of the passageway, I saw a large armor made of phantom copper Orichalcos sitting on the side of the passageway with its head in its hands.
A single sword lay at its feet.
Why it was sitting there was a mystery, but it seemed to have been given a pseudo-will by magic.
It could be a kind of golem.
The collector gazed at the phantom bronze Orichalcos armor, wondering if there was such a thing.
Immediately after, he noticed that the volume of the armor was equal to the volume of a cube.
“……… No way!”
The phantom copper Orichalcos was cold to the touch.
In addition to being highly resistant to magic, the phantom copper Orichalcos is also resistant to heat.
It is capable of maintaining a normal temperature even in the land of ice, as it can dissipate any heat or cold air in a matter of seconds.
Judging from that, it seemed to be right after it had been chilled and hardened.
If you think about it that much, the collector could guess that the sorcerer in question had melted down a large armor guard made of the phantom copper Orichalcos, hardened it into a cube, and left it there.
“…… Looks like there’s a full-blown lunatic up ahead.”
The way he melted down the phantom copper Orichalcos, which is supposed to be resistant to magic and heat, It seems that the collector has changed his mind about the sorcerer, who seems to be one or two ranks higher than what he had expected so far.
The collector’s entire body trembled.
“Fufufu…… It’s been a long time since I’ve had a chance to try out a straight-up treasure hunt. I can’t wait to see how far you can follow me.”
Naturally, he was trembling in excitement.
Collectors have been traveling around the world for hundreds of years.
But no matter how much the collectors cut corners, there was never a proper fight anywhere.
Even a test run of a weapon with tricky movements would be a disappointment if the opponent was a small fish that couldn’t even dodge a straight-line attack.
There was no need to use a weapon that specialized in power. No matter what I use, if it hit them, they die.
Even so, he preferred to use the greatsword because he liked it, but the collector was beginning to feel a coldness towards such a meaningless fighting style.
Most opponents could be dealt with with bare hands.
But he was hoping that this sorcerer would be able to last about five minutes if he cut corners and took him on at random.
“Now I have to decide which one I’m going to try.”
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