MEMORIZE

Chapter 449 The Last Fortress =========================================================================

Humans knew.

And I knew the use.

a great war

The decades-old war over the initiative of the continent, under different beliefs, left only great wounds and severe damage to each other.

Will you protect it, or will you take it back?

Therefore, it may not have been able to back down further.

And

The final battle in a mountain range where humans and dragons put an all-out effort to end the long, long war.

After I came down the hill, I was speechless when I saw the fortress in front of me. This fortress was literally the last fortress built by humans before the final showdown.

How on earth can I put it?

From above, it was foggy, so I couldn’t see it in detail.

However, when I came down from the hill and saw it in front of my eyes, I could feel a new dignity. The dimly visible size of the fortress was truly tremendous. I don’t think any medieval army can penetrate it. I guess the idiom “Nan-Gong-Bul-Rak” is used at times like this.

“I didn’t think you’d find it as soon as I brought it up.”

“It took me almost a week to find it.”

Looking back calmly, I could see Heo Jun-young and Cha Sa-rim talking about various things. The same was true of the other Clan One. We were talking about the fortress or just staring at each other from afar. I clapped a couple of times to draw attention.

“Now that we’ve discovered the remains, it’s time to go excavating.”

“He. Are you going in right now?”

In fact, the main goal is not excavation, but rescue of Ahn Hyun. So I made a light joke to discover Anhyeon, but no one responded. Feeling a little upset, I was positive.

“Yeah, you don’t have to waste time. We’ll have to look for a drawbridge.”

“Is it a drawbridge?”

Vivien tilted his head. Watching Sun Yoo-woon give a rough explanation, I turned my eyes and looked at the fortress. Then he quietly began to move towards the fort.

A good fortress is often built in a strategic location that overlooks the surroundings with a wide view.

But this last fortification is different. On the contrary, it was located downwards and stood with its back against a huge mountain behind it.

I don’t know why it was built like this, but I thought maybe it was the camp of drainage.

“By the way, this mountain range is really disgusting. I’ve been through a lot, and now I have to explore the ruins again.”Oh, my God.”

“Whoa, cheer up. We’re here to rescue Hyun. And do you happen to know? I wonder if there’s a powerful dagger here.”

As soon as I heard the tone of Yoojung and Hannah’s comforting voice one after another, I felt like my feet were turned off.

“Huh?”

Looking down calmly, I could see a pit dug deep enough to be over 10 meters. It seemed to be a moat to prevent the invasion of the enemy, as it continued along the wall.

Just ahead of the moat was the fortress wall, which looked well over 15 meters. There was also a circular tower at the end of the wall, which seemed to form a double structure that separated the inside and outside, considering that there was another wall at the back of the tower.

The height and structure of the walls are enormous, but the fact that they remain like this even after a long time was admirable.

I suddenly got greedy. If you know the architectural design of the fortress, it seems that Magia’s defense, which will be opened by the end of this year, could be further enhanced. Oh, it’s a magical city anyway, so does this matter much?

“Oh, this is so foggy. I can’t see it clearly in the original….”

“I know.”

A sudden voice. Clan One, who grumbled with this deep voice, must be Shin Jae-ryong, and Clan One, who answered with a short and low voice, was definitely good luck.

“It was originally foggy, but I don’t think it was to this extent…I think I feel a bit weird. Clan Road, I’m afraid…Ms. Ansol?

Shin Jae-ryong, who was giving advice with his tongue three or four times, suddenly stopped talking. When I looked back to see what had happened, I don’t know why, but I saw Ansol turning white.

“Miss Ansol? Miss Ansol!”

“…Huh? Yes, yes!”

“What’s wrong with you? White-faced….”

“Oh, no. It’s okay. Everything’s fine. I just feel weird all of a sudden..”

I moved on without delay. Because he knew the user information of Ansol and the ability he had shown, he always pointed it out whenever that reaction came out.

“Come on. How do you feel?”

When I went close and asked, I felt the Clan members’ eyes were on me. Ansol shook his head and smiled softly. It was a forced smile.

“Oh, no. I don’t care.”

“It’s okay. Tell me.”

“It’s just… my heart aches and I feel sad all of a sudden.It’s not that weird. I’m sorry to bother you.”

“…Well, I see.”

A silent message asking no more questions.

Ansol’s face looked very confused. I don’t think I’m going to tell you even if I persistently bite here, so I nodded and moved to the front. Then he waited to calm down and began to walk along the wall. If you walk along like this, you will find the place where the drawbridge is.

It didn’t take as much time as I thought to find the drawbridge. Perhaps the first direction we walked was the front, but after about 10 minutes, we could find an old drawbridge that was struggling to lay on the sea floor. I was worried that it might collapse, but when I stepped on it, I couldn’t hear the creak.

“Well, I’ll go inside.”

Just before crossing the drawbridge, several clan members had moved on their own.

So far, there have been many cases of dusting and changing to a floor during combat, with me and three close classes at the forefront and priests and wizards coming further inward. And since we don’t know what will pop out inside the ruins, Seon Yu-woon and Hannah had moved from side to side to be as flexible as possible in dealing with the unexpected situation. This is because the class is an archer, so it has a good feel.

It was the dark and dark entrance of the castle that greeted us as we crossed the drawbridge. As I took a step inside, I could see a passageway with no light visible like an endless tunnel. When Hanbyeol and Shin Jaeng carefully memorized the light spell after checking that there were no signs of abnormality by turning the mana detection. Soon after the surrounding view was secured, I took another step.

And I felt an endless silence.

…quiet. It’s too quiet even if it’s quiet.

‘…this is so weird.’

Walking down the dark aisle, I was seized with a sense of uneasiness. This is because the ruins looked really dangerous when I stood on the hills with the former Istanbul Lowe.

That’s to say, I felt an instinctive fear. Han So-young also felt a similar sense, so she summoned the Queen’s army and sent it first. Then, the summoned army disappeared without a sound or a rumor.

The sensation I felt at the time was so strong that I had been turning the mana sense to the maximum extent since I came down. But at least so far, nothing really bothers me. As if the vicinity or interior of the fortress was empty.

Still, I didn’t let my guard down, thinking that I might have something else to do if I went inside.

Walking for about five minutes at a snail’s pace, we found a door that was tightly closed. This is probably why there was no light when entering the entrance.

It was a little strange that there was only a door inside the entrance, but when I checked carefully with a third eye, I could confirm one thing.

‘There are signs of a recent opening.’

Technically speaking, the iron door in front of us now was not closed. It was so thick that it almost looked closed, but the side of the door and the border of the door frame were subtly misaligned. And the scratches on the door frame were clearly showing that they had been closed and opened more than once recently.

Saliva falls to your throat. It’s been a long time since I felt nervous. It wasn’t a tension from lack of skills. I was nervous about the fact that no one was able to target me in the first and second rounds, and that it was a place where I didn’t know anything.

I calmly calmed down and touched the cold cold iron door. Given that the doorknob is not visible, it seems that it will open if you push it as it is.

As I turned around before pushing, I saw Clan members staring at me with nervous faces. After sending a signal to be careful with my eyes, I slowly flexed my hand.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…!

The iron door began to open little by little with an unpleasant noise. A ray of light flowed through the crevice.

As he pushed it away with force, the door opened wide with a sound that seemed to break. With him, the freezing cold air came and swirled all over.

Cyrillic!

At the same time, the sound of someone pulling a demonstration rang the passage, but there was nothing in front of them. It’s just as empty as I expected.

One thing that’s unique is that fog is more severe than outside.

Heo Joon-young stepped forward and looked inside the fortress and made a slight frown.

“Unexpectedly, the fog is very thick. I’ve improved my eyesight, but I can’t even see 10 meters ahead.Now I doubt if it’s a fog.”

I think King Shin said earlier that he felt weird, but I also agree.

As Heo Joon-young said, the view is blurry despite the fact that he has raised his safety to the fullest. It was hard to see the floor, let alone the view from the inside. I almost misunderstood that we were in a cloud zone.

Anyway, this opened the iron door. I looked inside quietly and took a careful step.

Rattle!

It was then. I suddenly felt a strange sensation on my toes.

When I lowered my eyes to see something, I could see the empty things piled up as if they were overlapping through the fog flowing through the house. I bent down for a moment and lowered my arm, and soon I caught a faded white stick.

No, it wasn’t a stick. This is…

“Frame group.”

As Heo Joon-young said, human bones were clear.

I threw what I was holding straight away and strode inside. And I had to hear a steady rattle from the bottom every step I took. This means that the land we are now standing on is covered with countless bones.

Clan members groaned as they followed.

I stopped walking again. Whether he noticed that he was in agony, Daeun and Heo Joon-young came close among the Clan One who was in the lead like me.

“It may be difficult to cope with such limited visibility…”Kim Soohyun. What are you going to do?

“I’m thinking.”

I answered with a third eye and a mana sense, scrutinizing the surroundings. Heo Joon-young looked around with me and shook his head, smacking his lips.

“It’s definitely a strange area.”

“That’s what I think. I get goosebumps when I come in for no reason.It’s too quiet even though it’s quiet. As if something was crouching.”

“Agree. The fact that the bones are still in their original form, or the fog-like clouds and so on. There are more than one strange thing. I’ve never seen such an ominous area.”

“Why don’t you go up somewhere high and learn the terrain first, rather than going straight up?””

I’m thinking about it.’

For a moment, I thought I’d want you to shut up without realizing it. But soon he closed his eyes and calmed his chest.

My nerves have become more sensitive than necessary. In other words, the habit and habit of doubting suspicions has been invoked after a long time.

In a way, it was frustrating, but the place I was standing now was an area that no one knew. Due to the nature of Hallplane, which kills people by accident, knocking on a stone bridge was an essential choice to increase the survival rate.

“Let’s go up high first….”

“More than that…. Why don’t we just go inside?”

While quietly repeating Daeun’s words, Vivienne stepped in to see if it had approached. When he opened his eyes and looked up, Vivien continued, wetting his lips with his tongue.

“I agree that something is wrong. But I can’t see it well from here, so can I go up there?”

“So you want to go inside like this?”

“I mean, is there a point in your life? Weren’t you going in anyway? Or maybe we can summon my magic corps and make a mess of it?”

“Dismissed.”

I immediately dismissed Vivienne’s words.

One of the rules when exploring remains is to maintain prayer binics. It’s the standard to approach the center without drawing as much attention as possible, so there’s no need to pick up a hive.

Of course, I don’t doubt Vivien’s ability, but the method had already proved ineffective in the first round.

Soon after I finished searching around, I stared reflexively at Ansol.

Suddenly speechless, Ansol still had a sad face. But there is no fear on that face. He was so sad that he only showed signs of ignorance.

“Hmm. Many of these places have a central cause. For example, a square, or a building that looks unique. That means we’ll find the cause, and we’ll eliminate it.”

Coughing in vain, I was lost in thought for a moment at Vivien’s words.

There’s definitely something inside. I’m sure.’

Now I was feeling like a storm before something happened. Many Clan One, as well as me, said they felt a sense of uneasiness in the place. But with the third eye, I couldn’t find anything, so it was crazy.

But as Vivien said, it has to go in anyway.

Does this mean you’re going in knowingly?.’

“…I’ll go inside.”

Eventually, I decided to follow Vivien’s opinion, and I stared forward, directing entry into the interior.

Ten meters ahead, there was a stairway that consisted of about 20 stories. If this is the entrance of the ruins, it may be considered as a full-fledged interior as soon as you climb those stairs.

I’ve got my mind firmly. Then he took a step toward the stairs in front of his eyes, awakening his senses all over his body.

And that was the moment.

“I am….”

At first glance, Ansol’s little talk to himself.

“…I hate heroes.”

He whispered into his ear, which had become very sensitive.

============================ Review of the work ============================

Oh. I’m sorry. I fell asleep while writing today, but when I woke up, it was past midnight. I was freaked out and woke up right away. (sighs) It’s almost like day and night are reversed. I hope I can get back to my school life soon. First, I’m going to do “cool cool” quickly. 😀