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Chapter 426: A Rude Guest
Chapter 426: A Rude Guest
Chapter 426: A Rude Guest
At an underground facility in the southern region of the Empire.
I was fishing through documents at this facility.
They have many documents on Saint Leticia. Apparently, they continued their research based on the data they collected when they kidnapped her.
These guys never learn.
Damn youSilver
Turning around to face the source of that faint voice, I found a mage in a black robe standing there.
But he was only standing.
His whole body was covered in blood and he looked like he is about to collapse.
So someone did survive huh?
Everyone who put up a fight when I took this facility was crushed against the wall by my barrier. After all, it would trouble me if the fight went wrong and the documents get damaged.
After throwing the documents I discovered through the transfer gate, I slowly approached the mage.
With the little power he has left, the mage cast his magic toward me but it could not break my barrier.
Why.with all that power.why do you not understand our research, our inquisitive mind.!?
I dont even want to understand.just how many lives do you want to sacrifice to satisfy this inquisitive mind of yours!?
I push the barrier toward the mage.
Just like the others, the mage was pushed by the barrier and crushed against the wall.
Time to move on huh.
This base was a miss.
I managed to find some of their researches on Leticia but that is within my predictions.
It is not what I want to know.
What I want to know is Grimoires endgame.
The driving force behind their actions is their inquisitive mind.
That attitude itself is not wrong as a mage but the method they chose is wrong.
However, these mages would not try so hard if the objective itself did not interest them.
The question is what this inquisitive mind of theirs is leading to.
Whatever it is, it cant be good..
I can guess what it is to a certain extent.
But I still can not be concrete.
Deciding to confirm my hunch, I transferred away.
My next stop is an abandoned castle on the western frontier.
I was looking down on this abandoned castle from the sky.
Their base should be deep underground.
The defense here is solid. Clearly above that of the other bases.
They have multiple barriers deployed to defense the underground facility and physical defense provided by the castle itself.
According to Zandra-aneue, the leader of Grimoire is an elusive person known only as [The Grand Duke]. It appears that only their executives have ever met with this person.
And this base belongs to one of their executives called [Haagenti].
This executive seems to have had close ties with Zuzan.
And among their personnel inside the Empire, this guy seems to rank the highest.
Being a little rough here shouldnt be a problem right.
Muttering so, I point my right hand toward the abandoned castle.
As expected, hitting it with a chanted ancient magic spell might destroy the base along with the valuable documents inside.
Thats why.
Lets go with quantity over quality.
Magic bullets emerged around me.
The number exceeds a thousand.
Even if I said quantity, the power packed in each of these bullets is equal to that of a spell fired by your average mages at full power.
I hurled them all at the abandoned castle at high speed.
Upon impact, the castle was pulverized and the facilities under it were exposed.
The multi-layered barriers were hit over and over until they disappeared and the upper part of their underground base was destroyed.
Then, finally, the magic bullets were exhausted.
I toned it down too much huh.
When I slowly descended down, I found people collapsing here and there.
Most of them have already stopped breathing.
The impact from the bullets was enough to pulverize their base. Naturally, those insides wouldnt be safe.
However, the lower level seems to be intact.
After I discovered a staircase, I slowly headed down to the lower level.
With a barrier capable of protecting this lower level, it seems that Grimoire has a mage that I will have to watch out for.
After I kept heading downward, I arrived at a large room.
This place seems to be some kind of laboratory.
I thought that we had a rude guest coming today butits just an SS-rank adventurer huh.
Deep inside that underground room was a young woman in a lab coat.
The glasses fit her very well and give her the image of a researcher.
But my instinct is telling me.
She is dangerous.
Are you Haagenti?
Indeed. I am currently acting as one of Grimores executives. Well, since you are here, you must have known that already right.
I have a question for you.
After you destroyed my base to the point beyond recovery, you want to ask me a question? Dont you think thats a little rude?
You have no right to say that either though.
I tapped on the floor with my right foot.
The water snake that was slithering around the place immediately burst open.
Haagenti probably prepared that to attack me.
Good grief.half-baked power really is a sin dont you think.
Whether my power is half-baked or not, do you want to try it out?
Nah, thats okay. I have no need to do that anymore.
Saying so, Haagenti snapped her fingers.
At that moment.
My field of vision was wrapped in water.
A stationary type water barrier huh.
Its a special cage I developed. Feel free to stay in there until you exhaust yourself.
Haagenti said that like a parting word.
It seems that she has already lost her interest in me.
She probably gauged my strength from the previous attack and judged that I can not break through this cage huh.
Looking down on me quite a bit huh. My SS-rank isnt just for show though?
While protecting myself with a barrier, I walk out of the water cage.
Without the barrier, my body would have been minced meat already.
However, that cage is not strong enough to hold me.
Wh,at..?
Whats wrong? You dont look so carefree anymore though?
change of plan. That was wonderful..I will keep you here.
Treating me like a specimen huh..well, I dont have any right to comment on that.
After all, I only see her as a source of information.
We are similar in this regard because we do not treat each other as a human.
Ive already attacked other bases butI was actually troubled because they were too weak..they were too fragile to be the proper outlet of my anger you see!
I approached Haagenti while releasing my magic power.
And without fear, Haagenti also walked toward me.
To think that I still cant see the bottom of your power.such an abnormal specimen.do stay here as my research material by all means!
And you are going to be my source of information. You will tell me everything!
Haagenti also released her magic power and our magic power began to affect our surroundings.
The wall started to tremble like the earth was shaking.
Then, we point our right hands toward each other.
TLN: Lets see if anyone have been reading Ars Goetia