Chapter 34
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Chapter 34
Andra’s face slowly began to harden. She tried to keep the conversation going, considering she was indebted to him, but the other person didn’t seem to want that much, seeing that he was quarrelling with her like this.
“Why don’t you take a look at your actions too? Then you’ll know that the cause of the fight started with you. It’s not me who’s shameless, you…”
However, her words that gave strength to her voice did not continue to the end. Andra’s gaze was directed over Dustin’s shoulder. She seemed to have found something. But Dustin didn’t turn his head. This was because he thought it was also Andra’s trick. There was a high probability that if he’d turn his head, she would slap him while he had his guard down.
“Dustin Airak, what is that?”
I-It’s shining! Is it only visible to my eyes? Andra pointed her finger behind Dustin and asked in haste. How childish the question was, Dustin knew it was acting, but he almost turned his head away.
“Do you think I will be deceived by such a trick?”
“Did people only live by being deceived? It’s real!”
“You think I don’t know you’re trying to make me turn around?”
“Then why don’t you just sit there foolishly by yourself!”
Andra jumped up from her seat. She started heading straight to Dustin’s back. Her steps, which were quick steps, suddenly turned into leaps and sprints. It was a very desperate move.
“Andra Avellin!”
Dustin could only turn his head and look where she was pointing with her finger only after Andra disappeared in front of him. And there, a faint light was twinkling, as if to tell that Andra’s words were true. Dustin immediately got up from his seat and started heading there.
The light was coming from one side of the curved wall. Andra quickly approached the wall. Then, a small opening appeared. It looked as if it was artificially created because the cave was square, its corners made of straight and rectangular stones, like the entrance to a single stone structure.
Andra stood in front of it and was startled without knowing it. Centering around the entrance, the stone was full of the ancient character, Morgennis, that she had seen before entering the dungeon.
Morgennis was still an unfamiliar text to her, but she could be sure. The words written on the entrance were definitely the words Andra had seen on the mural before falling into the dungeon for the first time.
“Yes, that was the phrase.”
Looking back, she definitely remembered. Andra was muttering to herself while Dustin, who arrived just in time, frowned.
“What?”
“The words I saw on the mural at the Aslan Ruins. It’s this.”
“Are you sure?”
“I’m sure. Look, like back then, only those words are shining alone.”
Andra said hurriedly in an excited voice. As she said, only the words on the head of the entrance alone were shining brightly. This was the light Andra had discovered.
“What does it mean?”
Dustin glanced at the glowing words once, then looked at Andra. But sadly, Andra only shrugged her shoulders, and she didn’t give him an answer that satisfies him. Rather, she made remarks that baffled Dustin.
“I do not know.”
“What, you don’t know? Didn’t you come along as an archaeologist in the first place?”
“Yes, I came in as an archaeologist. I am not a linguist.”
Andra let out a small sigh. Don’t look at me like that. She was frustrated, too. She told Dustin exactly what she had heard from Professor Jakalic before entering the dungeon.
“That’s an ancient script called Morgennis. It was discovered 100 years ago, but it is still an undeciphered text. It’s not that I can’t read it—no one in the world can read those characters.”
Andra was also frustrated with that fact.
She was curious as well. What was the meaning of that phrase? Why did it appear to her and drag her into the dungeon? And she really wanted to know why it was still shining in front of her and enchanting people. It wasn’t just her curiosity as a scholar, but if anyone was in Andra’s position, they would have wondered the same thing as her.
“It seems to be connected here from somewhere.”
Dustin sensed a faint breeze blowing inside the opening. The flow of air told him that this opening was connected to another place.
“What will you do?”
He pointed to Andra with the tip of his chin inside the opening. Are you going in? At that question, Andra looked inside for a moment. Without a single ray of light, it was very dark inside. To be honest, it wouldn’t be strange if a trap was suddenly activated from the wall and a spear flew in. But Andra clutched her hand into a fist tightly.
“Do you think we have a choice?”
If they didn’t go inside, they’d have to wander back and forth day and night in the dungeon again. All or nothing. Andra decided that she would make this one-time choice that was close to a gamble. She was going inside.
“It was after I saw those words that I first entered the dungeon. Perhaps that phrase is the most relevant to this dungeon.”
“So?”
“I’m going in. I can’t live forever in a dungeon with no future like this.”
She should do something. Andra made up her mind and stepped forward. As her body entered the opening, darkness swallowed her in an instant. Dustin couldn’t help but follow Andra. Again, darkness swallowed him up in an instant.
Andra, who entered the cave, was the first to create a small light with magic. Now was the time for her to use the magic she had saved. The ball of light shone brightly as it floated above her. Thanks to the light around them, the two were able to walk along the passage with ease, not knowing where it would lead.
“Wow…”
Andra burst into admiration as she walked forward. Because every wall was full of paintings that she had never seen before. Andra soon learned that the paintings were ancient paintings. The lifestyles often seen in the paintings resembled those of ancient times. Above all, the unfamiliar descriptions in the picture all showed magic.
What that meant was clear.
The ancient era of magic when it flowed freely.
And the magic kingdom at its golden age, Hezel.
The murals were showing the life of the people who lived in Hezel. It was a subject that Andra would have originally written for her graduation thesis, which was also why she impulsively decided to become an archaeologist.
Andra couldn’t take her eyes off the mural. The data that so many scholars have been searching for was right in front of her. Endless, too! She felt her heart pound like it was going to explode.
“Dustin Airak, you don’t know how great these are, the things you’re looking at right now.”
Andra said with a look possessed by the mural.
The Magic Age was the period with the least data among the other eras of ancient times because it was the shortest period of them all. In fact, it was embarrassing to even call it an era since it was less than 60 years. It literally appeared and disappeared like magic.
In fact, the official name of the Magic Age in the academic circle was the ‘Lost Age’, and it is only called for the special meaning, so the Magic Age was not officially recognized as an era.
It was for the following reasons.
First, the historical evidence was insufficient. Since the period was so short, it’s natural that the data left behind was relatively scarce compared to other eras, but even after taking that into account, the traces and evidence of the Magic Age that remain today were really poor. Even though scholars wanted to continue their research, there was such a scarcity of data to the point that they’d given up repeatedly.
Second, it was impossible to analyze the found data. The original interpretation and deciphering was an act of unraveling based on the information that had existed in the past. The Magic Age belonged to the great circle of ancient times, but in fact, it was an independently developed society, and very little information could be found. Therefore, it was difficult to analyze even the relics of that Magic Age itself.
“Everything here… If you knew how much historical value it is, you wouldn’t be able to sit still.”
Andra muttered to herself as she tried to put her hand close to the mural. And then she was saddened. It’s deplorable that these important pieces of evidence were in the dungeon. If this place had been discovered earlier, the Magic Age would have been officially recognized as an era.
‘That’s why they couldn’t find any traces of the Magic Age until now.’
She felt like her insides were being ripped apart by the material that had been buried. But on the other hand, her will to live and go out of the dungeon rose within her. She really wanted to live and spread this mural to the world.
“I really can’t believe it…”
The magic kingdom, Hezel, had achieved more dazzling development than any other era.
A world more perfect than it is now, that utopia was Hazel.
“Ah!”
At that moment, Dustin hurriedly grabbed Andra, who had almost tripped because she wasn’t looking in front of her. He stared at Andra with a displeased face and led her hard in front.
“Can’t you get yourself together? What you need to focus on right now isn’t this mural but the road ahead.”
“What kind of mural do you think this is! How can you say such nonsense?”
Andra shook off Dustin’s hand and shouted in disbelief.
“This mural you speak of could completely change the world!”
Half exaggeration, half truth.
The Magic Age, where magic was practiced as if breathing, suddenly collapsed. No one knew why—they could not find out why it fell. Even so, despite the lack of data, many scholars were clinging to the Magic Age.
The reason the Magic Age fell. Thinking about it, it could be the key to the revival of the Magic Age.
To find the answer in history.
This was what scholars think about in common.
“It could be that all the power we have now comes from this.”
Andra now knew for sure where the roots of her raw magic had come from. And the magic that connected Dustin and her. If she could study this mural, she may be able to figure out how to get rid of the pattern on her wrist. She can’t believe he just called it ‘the murals’!
“That’s why swordsmen…”
All right, at least they have to be at the right level to have a conversation. Andra glared at Dustin, then quickly turned her head to move forward. After all, there was no doubt that it was something that an Airak could not even do. As soon as she broke the spell, she wanted to get away from Dustin. Andra walked forward, ignoring her secretly heating lower abdomen.
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Chapter 34
Andra’s face slowly began to harden. She tried to keep the conversation going, considering she was indebted to him, but the other person didn’t seem to want that much, seeing that he was quarrelling with her like this.
“Why don’t you take a look at your actions too? Then you’ll know that the cause of the fight started with you. It’s not me who’s shameless, you…”
However, her words that gave strength to her voice did not continue to the end. Andra’s gaze was directed over Dustin’s shoulder. She seemed to have found something. But Dustin didn’t turn his head. This was because he thought it was also Andra’s trick. There was a high probability that if he’d turn his head, she would slap him while he had his guard down.
“Dustin Airak, what is that?”
I-It’s shining! Is it only visible to my eyes? Andra pointed her finger behind Dustin and asked in haste. How childish the question was, Dustin knew it was acting, but he almost turned his head away.
“Do you think I will be deceived by such a trick?”
“Did people only live by being deceived? It’s real!”
“You think I don’t know you’re trying to make me turn around?”
“Then why don’t you just sit there foolishly by yourself!”
Andra jumped up from her seat. She started heading straight to Dustin’s back. Her steps, which were quick steps, suddenly turned into leaps and sprints. It was a very desperate move.
“Andra Avellin!”
Dustin could only turn his head and look where she was pointing with her finger only after Andra disappeared in front of him. And there, a faint light was twinkling, as if to tell that Andra’s words were true. Dustin immediately got up from his seat and started heading there.
The light was coming from one side of the curved wall. Andra quickly approached the wall. Then, a small opening appeared. It looked as if it was artificially created because the cave was square, its corners made of straight and rectangular stones, like the entrance to a single stone structure.
Andra stood in front of it and was startled without knowing it. Centering around the entrance, the stone was full of the ancient character, Morgennis, that she had seen before entering the dungeon.
Morgennis was still an unfamiliar text to her, but she could be sure. The words written on the entrance were definitely the words Andra had seen on the mural before falling into the dungeon for the first time.
“Yes, that was the phrase.”
Looking back, she definitely remembered. Andra was muttering to herself while Dustin, who arrived just in time, frowned.
“What?”
“The words I saw on the mural at the Aslan Ruins. It’s this.”
“Are you sure?”
“I’m sure. Look, like back then, only those words are shining alone.”
Andra said hurriedly in an excited voice. As she said, only the words on the head of the entrance alone were shining brightly. This was the light Andra had discovered.
“What does it mean?”
Dustin glanced at the glowing words once, then looked at Andra. But sadly, Andra only shrugged her shoulders, and she didn’t give him an answer that satisfies him. Rather, she made remarks that baffled Dustin.
“I do not know.”
“What, you don’t know? Didn’t you come along as an archaeologist in the first place?”
“Yes, I came in as an archaeologist. I am not a linguist.”
Andra let out a small sigh. Don’t look at me like that. She was frustrated, too. She told Dustin exactly what she had heard from Professor Jakalic before entering the dungeon.
“That’s an ancient script called Morgennis. It was discovered 100 years ago, but it is still an undeciphered text. It’s not that I can’t read it—no one in the world can read those characters.”
Andra was also frustrated with that fact.
She was curious as well. What was the meaning of that phrase? Why did it appear to her and drag her into the dungeon? And she really wanted to know why it was still shining in front of her and enchanting people. It wasn’t just her curiosity as a scholar, but if anyone was in Andra’s position, they would have wondered the same thing as her.
“It seems to be connected here from somewhere.”
Dustin sensed a faint breeze blowing inside the opening. The flow of air told him that this opening was connected to another place.
“What will you do?”
He pointed to Andra with the tip of his chin inside the opening. Are you going in? At that question, Andra looked inside for a moment. Without a single ray of light, it was very dark inside. To be honest, it wouldn’t be strange if a trap was suddenly activated from the wall and a spear flew in. But Andra clutched her hand into a fist tightly.
“Do you think we have a choice?”
If they didn’t go inside, they’d have to wander back and forth day and night in the dungeon again. All or nothing. Andra decided that she would make this one-time choice that was close to a gamble. She was going inside.
“It was after I saw those words that I first entered the dungeon. Perhaps that phrase is the most relevant to this dungeon.”
“So?”
“I’m going in. I can’t live forever in a dungeon with no future like this.”
She should do something. Andra made up her mind and stepped forward. As her body entered the opening, darkness swallowed her in an instant. Dustin couldn’t help but follow Andra. Again, darkness swallowed him up in an instant.
Andra, who entered the cave, was the first to create a small light with magic. Now was the time for her to use the magic she had saved. The ball of light shone brightly as it floated above her. Thanks to the light around them, the two were able to walk along the passage with ease, not knowing where it would lead.
“Wow…”
Andra burst into admiration as she walked forward. Because every wall was full of paintings that she had never seen before. Andra soon learned that the paintings were ancient paintings. The lifestyles often seen in the paintings resembled those of ancient times. Above all, the unfamiliar descriptions in the picture all showed magic.
What that meant was clear.
The ancient era of magic when it flowed freely.
And the magic kingdom at its golden age, Hezel.
The murals were showing the life of the people who lived in Hezel. It was a subject that Andra would have originally written for her graduation thesis, which was also why she impulsively decided to become an archaeologist.
Andra couldn’t take her eyes off the mural. The data that so many scholars have been searching for was right in front of her. Endless, too! She felt her heart pound like it was going to explode.
“Dustin Airak, you don’t know how great these are, the things you’re looking at right now.”
Andra said with a look possessed by the mural.
The Magic Age was the period with the least data among the other eras of ancient times because it was the shortest period of them all. In fact, it was embarrassing to even call it an era since it was less than 60 years. It literally appeared and disappeared like magic.
In fact, the official name of the Magic Age in the academic circle was the ‘Lost Age’, and it is only called for the special meaning, so the Magic Age was not officially recognized as an era.
It was for the following reasons.
First, the historical evidence was insufficient. Since the period was so short, it’s natural that the data left behind was relatively scarce compared to other eras, but even after taking that into account, the traces and evidence of the Magic Age that remain today were really poor. Even though scholars wanted to continue their research, there was such a scarcity of data to the point that they’d given up repeatedly.
Second, it was impossible to analyze the found data. The original interpretation and deciphering was an act of unraveling based on the information that had existed in the past. The Magic Age belonged to the great circle of ancient times, but in fact, it was an independently developed society, and very little information could be found. Therefore, it was difficult to analyze even the relics of that Magic Age itself.
“Everything here… If you knew how much historical value it is, you wouldn’t be able to sit still.”
Andra muttered to herself as she tried to put her hand close to the mural. And then she was saddened. It’s deplorable that these important pieces of evidence were in the dungeon. If this place had been discovered earlier, the Magic Age would have been officially recognized as an era.
‘That’s why they couldn’t find any traces of the Magic Age until now.’
She felt like her insides were being ripped apart by the material that had been buried. But on the other hand, her will to live and go out of the dungeon rose within her. She really wanted to live and spread this mural to the world.
“I really can’t believe it…”
The magic kingdom, Hezel, had achieved more dazzling development than any other era.
A world more perfect than it is now, that utopia was Hazel.
“Ah!”
At that moment, Dustin hurriedly grabbed Andra, who had almost tripped because she wasn’t looking in front of her. He stared at Andra with a displeased face and led her hard in front.
“Can’t you get yourself together? What you need to focus on right now isn’t this mural but the road ahead.”
“What kind of mural do you think this is! How can you say such nonsense?”
Andra shook off Dustin’s hand and shouted in disbelief.
“This mural you speak of could completely change the world!”
Half exaggeration, half truth.
The Magic Age, where magic was practiced as if breathing, suddenly collapsed. No one knew why—they could not find out why it fell. Even so, despite the lack of data, many scholars were clinging to the Magic Age.
The reason the Magic Age fell. Thinking about it, it could be the key to the revival of the Magic Age.
To find the answer in history.
This was what scholars think about in common.
“It could be that all the power we have now comes from this.”
Andra now knew for sure where the roots of her raw magic had come from. And the magic that connected Dustin and her. If she could study this mural, she may be able to figure out how to get rid of the pattern on her wrist. She can’t believe he just called it ‘the murals’!
“That’s why swordsmen…”
All right, at least they have to be at the right level to have a conversation. Andra glared at Dustin, then quickly turned her head to move forward. After all, there was no doubt that it was something that an Airak could not even do. As soon as she broke the spell, she wanted to get away from Dustin. Andra walked forward, ignoring her secretly heating lower abdomen.
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