Chapter 289

Naturally, torches that could be flashed remotely were also a means of preparation in case an underground prisoner escaped.

[Lord, master. I’m so scared here… … .]

Kirrr… … .

Bell and Charlotte were already scared and clinging to Roan’s body, which was a normal reaction even for students.

And this torch had another important meaning in the map called ‘Siotric Building Underground’.

Hwareuk—!

‘It’s blue… … .’

[Aaaah!!]

It just so happened that the lights all changed to blue at once.

Stand tall─

Roan stopped in place for a moment and looked around.

The hallway illuminated by blue torches made the gloomy atmosphere even more like a scene from a horror movie.

Cracking─

At that time, I saw someone running from the corner of the hallway with black clothes fluttering around.

Roan calmly followed it to the corner.

[W-what is it?]

“It’s no big deal. If you’re scared, you can stay in the bag.”

Bell thought for a moment and decided to just sit on Roan’s shoulder and wrap his tail around his neck.

It looked like he was scared to put it in the bag.

Roan turned the corner with only Charlotte in his arms.

A still gloomy brick-lined hallway.

With the blue torches lighting up, the hallway without a door to the room gave the impresSion that it was the same as before.

Roan looked again at the corner at the other end.

Tad-da-dak-!

This time, the hem of the dress disappears once again.

‘It’s a vengeful prank, it’s annoying.’

The Vengeful Spirit’s prank was an event that occurred with a certain probability when entering the basement of the Theotrics Building.

It doesn’t had any special meaning, but was actually a fun event meant to increase players’ tenSion.

There were many different patterns, but when you see a spirit that circles the same corner over and over again.

‘Doldol-ie’s game of tag.’

It was called by the name.

… … If you think about it, it might had been a time-honored tradition for Acherandir students to give names like ‘~i’ to the spirit beast.

anyway.

Roan frowned slightly and walked back towards the corner.

It seemed like he was full of determination that if he was caught, he wouldn’t be left alone, even if he was a ghost or something.

Ta-da-dak- ta-da-dak- ta-da-dak-

As Roan knew, every time he turned a corner, the hem of the clothes on the other side disappeared, seemingly visible or invisible.

Of course, the stairs I came down from were already turning in the same direction everywhere, so I was trapped in the ghost’s play.

Sreuk─

OccaSionally, the eyes of the portrait on the wall would follow Roan as he passed by, but he was long past the stage of being surprised by this level.

In general, the way to break Doldol-ie’s game of tag was simple.

All I had to do was just walk until the event ended.

If you walk like this, you will eventually reach the end.

Tappuk─ Tappuk─

[uh… … Huh?! Someone is coming!]

You witness a vengeful spirit, aka ‘Doldol-ie’, walking towards you wearing a black dress.

[What, you were an ordinary person? Phew… … . I guess they built the wrong building.]

Kirrr──

Bell and Charlotte were relieved to see that he looked more like an ordinary person than they thought.

‘I’m not an ordinary person.’

[?]

At Roan’s words, Bell narrowed his eyes and looked at the spirit’s appearance a little more closely.

Of course, there was no way that the soul that was attached to the Theotrics Hall like a ghost would be fine.

For example, at first glance, that Doldol-ie appeared to be wearing a black dress.

[Hee, hee Iik───!!!]

In reality, it was just a ghost with a severed head floating on a black cloth!

It’s a vengeful spirit that appeared when the cloth covering its head came loose.

If you look closely, blood was dripping.

However, because it was black, it was not very noticeable.

In addition, the sunken eyes that looked like dark circles were even more creepy because they were traces of dried blood that had been shed during life.

… … However, there were times when assistants or advanced course students at the Theotrics Center walked around looking similar, so it was important not to make hasty mistakes.

Anyway, when Roan recognized his identity, Doldol-ie started flying at an even faster speed.

Bell freaked out and crawled behind Roan’s back.

Wow─

Meanwhile, the tail wrapped around Roan’s neck gained strength.

‘… … ‘Loosen your tail.’

Roan thought that if he had the chance, he should try to strengthen Bell’s courage.

There was no need for Abyeon Yong, a ghost catcher, to be frightened by such a trivial vengeful spirit.

[Oh, oops!]

Anyway, the moment Doldol-ie flies in and lands right in front of the player, the player came to his senses again at the underground entrance, as if waking up from a nightmare.

In general, that was.

‘The escort of a swaggering ghost.’

As Roan used the circuit ring to perform defensive magic, many white spirits were summoned around him.

It was a magic that even blocks Soldera’s eclipse holy magic.

At best, there was no such thing as a spirit wandering around the Theotrics Hall.

Tung—!

I couldn’t use any strength and just bounced back.

Doldol-ie must had never imagined that he would be thrown out like this, and even with his hideous ghost face, he performed a feat that embarrassed him.

‘Looking at Hector, I think he’s worth just looking at.’

Did he even read Roan’s thoughts?

Sigh—! Tung—! Tung—!

Doldol-ie made his hideous face become even more hideous.

And I ran into the ghosts guarding Roan a few more times, but there was no way the situation would change.

She soon found out.

That you met the wrong person.

Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu???

Doldol-ie’s gloomy voice was filled with astonishment.

Why was there a warlock here?

Have you been caught?

It was full of the same meaning.

Indeed, it was a magical vessel worthy of a vengeful spirit that had wandered underground in Acherandir for a long time.

‘Scream that this ghost with only his head left will be in big trouble! ‘The endless mirror prison of the Void!’

However, by that time, Roan had also completed the black magic to sort out the situation.

Sereung─ Sereung─

Golden mirrors appeared like walls on all sides, above and below Doldol-ie.

Each mirror reflected the image of Doldol-ie when she was alive, that was, an ordinary female warlock.

Ugh ───

Doldol-ie let out a long cry, but soon.

Cooung— Cooung—!!!

In an instant, he got caught between the mirrors that seemed to be attacking him.

As if that wasn’t enough, the mirrors gradually became smaller.

Tong─ knock knock─

Eventually, like a golden orb, Banjjak turned into something and fell to the ground.

Doldol-ie, the venerable spirit of the Siothric Pavilion, met the wrong person to play pranks on and ended up trapped in a bead.

The Void’s endless mirror prison.

It was a magic that was used to trap spirit monsters or souls using Void.

It was possible to summon it later, use it as material, or even release it again.

‘This is my first time using it in Acherandir, but I can solve it like this.’

Who would had known that Holy Academy would catch a dark magic spirit through black magic?

Roan thought it was a good idea to learn Void.

If Doldol-ie’s game of tag ended in a normal way, it would end there, but if it was suppressed in any way, it would slightly increase the core values ​​of mental strength and sex and magic resistance.

‘and… … .’

Roan picked up the marble that had fallen on the ground and put it in his pocket instead of his lucky bag.

Since I was on my way to meet Kaina, I might had something to use.

It would be best if that didn’t happen.

Grumbling─

Once Doldol-ie was subdued, the torches and terrain in the hallway returned to their original state.

[Wow, master, what was that just now? The golden mirror is shaking!]

Kirrr—! Kirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrlit!!!

Bell and Charlotte, who had been frightened by the sudden appearance of the ghost, cheered at the master’s great majesty.

[Please teach me too! Golden Mirror!]

‘Hmm, it’s still too early for you.’

[Peeing… … .]

Since his soul was connected through Rally of Sworn Allies, Bell may be able to use Void someDay, but it will take more time to use it this quickly.

Charlotte had nothing to say.

“Anyway, this place….”

Roan looked around.

If you were defeated by Doldol-ie, you will be summoned to the underground entrance, but if you defeat him, he will start in a random location.

“You’re lucky.”

This time, fortunately, it was a reasonable distance away from Professor Kaina’s laboratory.

If it was too close, Kaina might had felt his energy, and if it was too far, it would had been troublesome to find it, so this was just the right amount.

Roan walked a little further and eventually found Professor Kaina’s lab.

Knock-

‘I came here with my own hands… … .’

I thought I could be caught, but I never imagined that I would get in on my own.

If Roan can enter and exit the lab safely, it will be a great achievement for Roan as a warlock.

[Master, do we really have to come here?]

‘… … Well, for now.’

Knock-

─ Yes~

When I knocked, Kaina’s bright voice came back from inside.

It was a voice that did not fit the gloomy atmosphere of the Theotrics Hall.

“It’s Dark. Because of the Bell of Eternity—”

Clap!

Before Roan could reveal his purpose.

A loud noise was heard inside.

Kwaang-!!

“Student Darc, I’ve been waiting for you!”

Kaina came out and greeted Roan with a very excited face.

“……Ah, yes. Thank you for welcoming me.”

Roan nodded hesitantly.

This was the first time that saying I was waiting sounded so scary.

However, Kaina, who had rushed out without hesitation, glanced at Roan’s face and then tilted her head.

“Huh? But you’re a Darc student!”

“Yes, Professor.”

“The atmosphere has changed a bit?”

“!”

Roan was startled.

[Oh, I told you not to come!]

So did Bell.

Of course, my friends immediately noticed that Roan looked slightly different than before.

However, even when the same words were said to Roan’s friends and Kaina, the weight was completely different.

‘… … No, Kaina is also friendly to begin with.’

Anyway, Roan was silent for a moment, hiding his nervousness.

“This is some sort of dark magic….”

Sniff-sniff─

Kaina closed her eyes, truly horrified, and began to sniff around Roan.

And what he said was also extremely unsettling.

Roan waited for Kaina’s reaction, fully prepared to strike at any time.

Soon, Kaina returned to her seat and smiled brightly.

… … In the past, when the Shackle of Ash Life was revealed in a scene seen through the eyes of a prophet, he had a similar expresSion, so even though he laughed, I couldn’t feel relieved until the end.

“I can’t feel any dark magic around the Darc students! How can this be?”

“…….”

“No matter how noble a priest is, he can feel some natural dark magic. This is just like last week’s McGodal-dong.”

Roan was speechless.

In fact, both were very relevant to him.

False Divinity joked to Roan, who was very nervous.

Ugh—!

Still, it’s better than saying you can feel dark magic!

‘Then you can get hit by the hammer of immortality instead.’

I don’t like that. I really wonder why the world created such a thing.

False Divinity immediately declined Roan’s friendly invitation.

Anyway, there was nothing good about continuing to talk about Kaina and the dark magic near him.

‘If you don’t feel the dark magic, you should praise it, so why doubt it…’ … .’

No matter how hard you try not to get caught, things just end up going awry.

“Of course, I think it’s all because Darc’s student behavior is fair and he practices his devout beliefs!”

Contrary to what Roan thought, Kaina praised him, but it didn’t really sound like a compliment to the listener.

Rather, it seemed like a warning to be careful because the hammer could fly off at any time.

“…I think I’m still lacking a lot, Professor.”

Roan shook his head and said to Kaina.

Kaina’s eyes widened as if wondering what that meant, and then she grabbed Roan’s hand.

I flinch!

‘Arrest?’