Vol 3 Chapter 4 (2/2)
“……What?”
Majic looked at his hand
“Looks like I wasn’t concentrating properly”
“You’re useless”
Cleo said, as she grabbed Majic’s shoulder
“Who’s useless? At least I tried to do so”
“You little bastard, how dare you try so like that”
(crap!)
Kozen shouted, as he charged Majic with his single-handed swordBut Cleo was faster, she met Kozen’s attack before it struck Majic, she used her sword to shi+eld him
Dortin atching the whole thing, he wondered what he could do——but there wasn’t enough time He rehting, one of the men was cut down as soon as he pulled out his weapon But he didn’t know if this fight would end the same way
Cleo had been trained to use a sword——but now the assassin had disarht without a weapon Even Majic couldn’t do anything to stop the assassin, sie of despair
The only thing Dortin could do is throw stones, that’s the best he can do in this situation
(damn it)
Dortin picked up a stone off the street, he threw it in the direction of the assassin After a few seconds, the assassin cried out in pain
It was then that they saw the back of the assassin, it had disappeared Though if you looked closer, you could see a black shadow covering his entire back Kozen collapsed onto the ground, and started twitching wildly
“damn it, it followed me!”
“Ah……”
Dortin looked around to the others——the children and their parents had run away Their positions were taken by other onlookers
“What’s going on?”
Cleo said slowly No one answered No one wanted to answer
Then suddenly——black ar into the air, then it puround, he didn’t move after that
A hole then appeared in Kozen’s shoulder, and a black mist poured out
The mist started to take a human shape, then someone in the crowd shouted:
“It’s the curse of Fonogorosu!”
With this cry, the crowd started to screa so
“You——yesterday I didn’t notice you——you sorcerer!”
The ghost took on the appearance of a nervous young man, it turned to Majic, and said:
“Find hiorosu!
“Aren’t you Fonogorosu?”
The spectre ignored him, it just raised its arms and cried:
“The debt must be repaid!”
Boom!
A gust of as sent out in all directions——for a moment, it was like the area was stuck by a sers ran around in a panic, shouting, screas
Then, the winds stopped
The croas gone, Vulcan was lying on the ground, but the assassin, Cleo, and Majic were gone, the black armour and spectre was too“Ho did I get myself into this?”
Dortin sat on the ground, he didn’t knohat to do He fixed his crooked glasses, and said:
“This is a great day, an assassin and a ghost appears……when did it all go wrong?”
This sentence didn’tthat came to mind for Dortin
He then slowly approached his brother Vulcan, as lying on the ground
“Brother, brother, brother”
Dortin started to shake Vulcan
“Cleo and Majic, they’re gone!”
Vulcan sat up, and began rubbing his head, while saying:
“Hhost captured them”
“Oh……”
Dortin looked around He see
“……I think we should tell that loan shark……”
He didn’t say his na about, he reluctantly said:
“I just know he’ll blame us”
“He ht not cause trouble for us……”
Vulcan ignored him
“You kno he is, he’ll probably try and shove a shake down our throats”
“But it wasn’t our fault”
“Obviously”
Vulcan sighed, then both of them looked upwards into the sky“Kiev……Fonogorosu?”
Orphen said, with a hand on his chin The sink was covered in moss, he couldn’t see as inside
“My father——Kiev Fonogorosu, do you know him?”
There was an eerie noise co from the sink——if you looked carefully, you could see the sound was coated cylindrical tube above the sink
He looked back, Hirietta rushed towards him
“Is it alright if I leave?”
“Why?”
Although she asked, it see——she squinted one eye, and gave him the same mischievous smile as usual
Orphen slowly sighed
“The next part is to be spoken only between ”
“Okay”
He agreed, and she left the roo door
Orphen then turned around to face the sink
“I don’t know orosu, all I know is that talk about him and his as made taboo by the elders…”
He fiddled with his dragon pendant——proof that he was fro
“My teacher, he expressed interest in Fonogorosu’s research for some time I have seen some information”
“For some time?”
Orphen irritably scratched his head, and said:
“Fonogorosu’s research, he wanted to elevate human kind to another existence My teacher, Childman——”
He paused for aabout what he would say next
“He said that when Fonogorosu was born, he was ence of a few hundred year old geniuses”
“I see……”
The sink was intrigued by this information
“If that is true, father probably would not have co, his research wasn’t about brining huher plane of existence”“What did you say?”
“Because of his findings, Kiev Fonogorosu’s research was not recognized by the Tower of Fang——every night he repeated this He…”
The tone of the sinks voice changed, it now spoke quietly
“He was able to overcoanism”
“Able to overcoical……”
Orphen repeated
“About the Dragon——”
When the sink spoke next, it was almost poetic:
“In ancient tiic, there was six races who stole their ic fros……their descendants, ic”
“Your father and me?”
Orphen said
“Can you use ic?”
“No Although I aic But , he was too busy with his work”
The voice now spoke in a self-deprecating manner
“So……there’s no way for me to deal with a man-made beast”
(Man-made beast……)
Orphen said in his head, he wondered if everything that’s happened up to this point was because of this man-made beast If so, then——
“Ah!”
Orphen snorted
“Don’t be silly——there’s no way soic of the Dragon Race, their fighting power is far beyond anything huine”
“Then, you will survive, won’t you?”
The sink said cal The roohts flickered
“The man-made beast was only a test subject……father wanted to phase it out in favour for a more powerful man-made beast It could be said, that this is evolution Did you know? Long ago——when huical powers, they weren’t that powerful But as tiroever, even now, they still cannot overcoon Race”
“But there’s only so much humans can achieve Recently, the number of powerful sorcerers have decreased when compared to the past”“All will be eliminated, at least I think so”
The voice froitated as he looked at the tube above the sink, it was h a hole in the ceiling, it must lead somewhere outside“The next step of human evolution, is not to save the past……but to i it But such steps will not save the high level sorcerers froedy cannot be avoided……”
“Is this your father’s point of view?”
Orphen said, as he crossed his arms
“Yes Yes My father wanted to challenge such a tragedy That’s why accelerated evolution is needed”
“I would like to say I have no interest in such a thing But, because of these reasons the Goddess’ in the hall are marked, it’s so sad, they were antiques”
Orphen joked, but he didn’t get the response he wanted The sink continued talking as if he said nothing
“As a result, my father died He really wanted to enhance human values, but in the end he couldn’t control the monster he created Father called it a man-made beast, I called it a failure Then in father’s study, he did soinable”“……In layman’s terms?”
“He did so foolish”
The sink said flatly
“It was criminal, dozens of people were sacrificed for his research”
Orphen thought about the celebrity who built the Inn——and his tragic death outside the village Although it didn’t matter, he had to ask
“……How many victims?”
“Just count the number of wooden boxes”
Orphen looked at the pile of wooden boxes At first glance——there was likely more than a dozen, but less than twenty
“A box for animals——snakes, rabbits Three elements were put in the box, sis I don’t know the production ate the artificial creation of an ani ability, he conducted human trials in secret He would open the boxes frorow to full size This was the only way to keep an uncountable monster”“Wait, hold on a second——”
Orphen thought of so
“Wouldn’t this process result in all kinds of monster?”
“Yes For exae snake”
“Ahhhh!”
Orphen re from yesterday, he saw Dortin coe snakeskin in it
When Orphen told the sink this, it wasn’t pleased
“I see——Hirietta never mentioned this, nor did she speak of any e……”
“Well”
“That wooden box——my father called that artificial beast’s box…Pandora's Box Some of his other experiments are unaccounted for, some were lost in the disturbances, some werewas taken right in front of me, I would be helpless Your friend probably found one of the boxes which were thrown in the forest I’m unsure if he let the creature out of if it was already open, this is troubling……”
“damn it!”
Orphen cried out, as he squatted on the ground
“A , one day I’ll kill him!”
Of course, he’d have to recover his money first
“……I see, there must be three of these man-made beasts in total A spectre, a snake man, and a hand”
“The first one is Samii”
“……What?”
“As for the snake man, that’s Kikyuiht have been in the same box”
“What…the names don’t matter!”
Nuh Orphen’s mind Round and round, these nize them
(Saorosu’s assistant Is that why he’s a ghost, because Fonogorosu failed in his experiments He sacrifice all those poor people, he secretly used humans in his trials)
Orphen couldn’t help but think of all the pain and suffering that Fonogorosu caused on those people
“Fonogorosu transformed his assistants into terrible creatures!”
Orphen instinctively shouted
The sink went silent——Orphen walked towards the sink covered in lass
“Answerthose people into specialized combat weapons!”
“Father——”
“Don’t give me any of that crap!”
Orphen punched the sink again This ti
“You aren’t his son! You are Fonogorosu himself!”
He had no proof to back up his clai to defend itself Orphen went on to say:
“Fonogorosu may have had loved ones! But he hated humans, that’s why he used them as test subjects! He transformed Samii into one of those creatures!”
“……If that’s the case, then you should be able to handle the as a sorcerer……Krylancelo”
The sink said cal the sink, and took a step backwards
“Based on the inforave me……I want to see if you can——help hly trained in the Tower of Fang, you have a variety of weapons in your arsenal It’s said that you can kill people with your bare hands, even if you don’t remehting a man-made beast any different than a person?”
“My teacher……”
Orphen clenched his dragon pendant, his voice now hoarse
“My teacher, he was a genius Just as tough as any h he wanted his students to inherit his skills, but none of them were ever a match for him……”
He sed a mouthful of saliva, and went on to say:
“So he taught each student different things I just happened to learn fighting techniques, but even so, he still wanted me to achieve more He nurtured my abilities, not manufactured them And——”
Orphen clenched his teeth
“I am not Krylancelo, I am called Orphen!”
Just as he finished, he heard a noise——it came from above him
“Ahhhhhh”
(Screa?)
As he thought at that, suddenly——
Fro fell and landed in the sink
Muddy water flew out of the , Orphen couldn’t help but shout“Sword of Light, whom I do release!”
A wave of light and heat hit the sink, it exploded Glass frage poured onto the floor, Orphen them saw a familiar person in the sink“Majic!”
Orphen was covered in hed for a while, you could clearly see there was tears in his eyes
“Master! Where did you go?”
He cried Orphen didn’t knohat to say, but he knew he had to apologize
“I-I’m sorry”
“Sorry isn’t good enough! Cleo’s dead!”
“……What?”
Those words suddenly beat Orphen senseless He pretended not to understand——he then saw so at his feet Majic looked down too
At his feet, was a big fish about two th From his point of view, it looked like a tuna But this fish had features unlike any other he had seen, the fish had red gills which started to swell——it couldn’t breathe, it lay there motionlesslyThe fishes belly——hite, it looked wrapped in shi+ny silver scales, and there was a human shape beneath the fish scales It was like a snake sed someone, the fish’s entire body ollen like a snakes too A nose and h you could only see the outline, it seeether It’s htly, there was a hose in its h for anyone to see, it went from the fishes mouth to the sink
But even now, the fish didn’t move
“What is this……?”
Majic asked, as he pulled pieces of moss off him
“What the hell He transformed himself into an animal……the fool”
“……Hey?”
“This was probably Raorosu……I’m not sure
Then……
Orphen could feel the ate, the hairs stood up on the back of his neck
Fro came a blanket of darkness, it slowly came towards them
“Did you think you could escape——Fonogorosu——”
He then looked at Majic, he was tre
“I saw an opportunity to escape, I jumped into the shaft……but Cleo——”
He could not go on Majic’s eyes were filled with tears, he entire body was tre
“You’re looking for Fonogorosu? Sorry, he’s already dead”
But the spectre——Samii stubbornly shook his head and said:
“That orosu—— “
“Huh……”
(This isn’t right……what the hell is going on?)
Orphen clenched his fists, he didn’t knohat kind of ainst a spectre, only God knew……
At that time, a voice came from behind Orphen——it was Hirietta, she said:
“Welco——this is my real client Samii”End of chapter 4