Disciple of Immortal

Act 1: Chapter 27: Cocytus Capture

I, who was dropped into the 91st floor of 《Cocytus》 by Lunaire’s magic… was buried under the rubbles of stairs that were also dropped down along with me.

After I managed to get myself out of the debris, I took out the recovery’s miracle drug from my 《Dimension Pocket》and drank it as I decided to take a rest in that place.

This whole area was covered, from the floor up until the ceiling, with a mountain of debris.

Lunaire’s 《Dimension Fissure》 was simply too terrifying.

Although I was not yet able to use the same magic since right now I was still at the 17th rank of space-time magic, I doubt I could produce the same level of destruction as her at the same level.

In the very first place, there was a high chance that my magic will spiral out of control if I ever used it at my current level.

… But, she was truly merciless when she pushed me down from there.

I guess the effects of 《Ouroboros Ring》 invoked once when I was buried under the rubble.

She might have gone as far as that so that I wouldn’t ever even think about going back but still….

「Thank you very much… Lunaire-san. I’ll do my best on my own from this point.」

To be honest… I rather go back to Lunaire’s place than leave this place.

But, she went all out to send me out of this place and to enjoy my life as a human.

I’ll definitely come to visit this place again someday. Now I’ve to finish my master’s last order: to go out and see the world with my own eyes.

This dungeon was apparently covered by an extremely powerful barrier which limits the use of long-distance teleportation.

But, I might be able to find something that could bypass that power.

As long as I found that “something”, visiting Lunaire from the outside might be simple enough.

I bowed at the mountain of rubble, towards Lunaire on the other side of that rubble, turned around, and went even further into this area.

Lunaire had told me that I just need to reach the 100th floor and to go to the surface by using the special teleportation circle in there.The sourc𝗲 of this content nov(𝒆l)bi((n))

After walking for a while, I met a dead end.

There was a golden shield on the wall in front of me.

How nostalgic….

I approached until I was right before the wall and just as I picked up that golden shield.

In that moment, the wall in front of me suddenly opened up and formed a huge mouth.

「As I thought.」

I kicked the ground to dodge the giant mouth that was about to eat me.

The wall made a crunching sound as its mouth formed into a sneer-like shape.

「D-D-Don’T…」

I crushed the golden shield in my hands.

The shield then lost its golden shine and then turned into dust in the next moment.

「… Strange, you’re actually moving like a turtle.」

Gluttony Mimic, it was the same kind of demon who ate my arm before, when I had just arrived in this place.

It was a sly demon who made food or gold to trick others demons or adventurers alike and ate them during their moment of carelessness

Although it took me of that time quite some time for me to understand what had happened to me, the current me could capture every single detail of its movement, starting from when it formed its mouth till its movement when it tried to eat my arm.

It might be the effect of raising my level huh.

「R-R-Regret….」

The mouth on the wall closed and then rapidly vanished.

According to Lunaire, Gluttony Mimic’s forte was its ability to move along the wall of the dungeon and used it to shield its real body from an outside attack.

It was as if they were the wall itself, that was why many were unprepared against them.

It was also why there’s a saying that defeating a Gluttony Mimic who goes into hiding was really difficult.

… as long as one couldn’t destroy the wall, that is.

I pointed my finger towards the wall while spinning a magic circle.

「Time-Space Magic, 19th Rank; 《Graviburn》」

The black light spread across the wall and was compressed.

「I’M HunGrYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!」

I heard the wailing cries of the Gluttony Mimic, who was crushed in the middle of the now, crammed wall.

Gluttony Mimic’s body became a dark and syrupy liquid that was scattered around.

《Cocytus》’s monsters were no match for me.

How do I explain it? The devils that came out of the 《Distorted World of the Cursed Mirror》 were far more powerful than the monsters in 《Cocytus》.

I mean, every SINGLE one of them was an extremely dangerous being. Only super-rank magic worked on them and even at my current level, they could force me to activate the《Ouroboros Ring》.

There was this one case when I attacked an idiotic looking goblin-like devil in that place with my sword only to get the tables turned on me, as it suddenly transformed into something like a clione with a huge mouth. It resulted in me losing half of my body.

Contrary to its soft-looking appearance, that guy’s skin was basically a tough nut to crack.

Which reminded me, that fake goblin might be the strongest opponent I fought in the《Distorted World of the Cursed Mirror》.

Suddenly I recalled Lunaire’s words.

[I’ve packed grimoires, spare weapon, and miracle drugs in that bag for you. And please be careful to not accidentally release the devils inside the《Distorted World of the Cursed Mirror》 when you’re training inside.]

Though it slipped from my attention due to the situation at that time, she did say 《Distorted World of the Cursed Mirror》.

… Why did she give me such a dangerous item?

Surely it would be easier for me to raise my level if I had this item but… t-the responsibility is a bit too much for me…

…. That aside, it seemed I wouldn’t meet any problems along the way towards the 100th floor.

Though I had no idea how big the size of each floor was, let’s capture the 100th floor as fast as possible.