Chapter 75
Chapter 75
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 75
Chapter Title: Warrior, Moved
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Beren immediately asked Anima why she had come outside.
"Why should I tell you that?"
"You're not going to tell me after all? Anyway, Anima, can't you go back to that Abyss Pit you came from?"
"I came out into the world with a clear purpose. More than that... the Abyss Pit."
Anima thought the dungeon's name sounded pretty cool.
In any case, Anima could input information into the recording orb just by thinking about it.
And she kept gaining more information from her conversation with Beren.
"Is it true that the Abyss Pit used to have 100 floors in the past?"
"Yeah. But as far as I know, the results now show it's a single-floor dungeon."
"That makes sense. It wouldn't make any sense for the gods to have made a mistake and left Father on the first floor."
"Or maybe the being you call 'Father' keeps making new rooms or floors even now, just like he is."
Really, would it be normal for someone as strong as Balak to be on the first floor?
Because of that, Anima was carelessly inputting incorrect information into the recording orb.
Soon after, Anima judged that she could extract high-quality information from Beren and continued the conversation.
Beren was spilling everything he knew like a sucker.
A little while later.
Having squeezed a decent amount of information out of Beren, Anima began to stretch her body.
Now, there was only one piece of information left for Anima to obtain.
"Beren, how about sparring with me?"
"You said you don't do unnecessary killing."
"That's why it's a spar. To be honest, I want to check just how strong the hero who shone in the Great War really is."
"Then it's good for me too."
Shring...
"I also want to know how powerful that 'Heroes' Graveyard' is that my juniors were so terrified of."
"Good choice."
And so, Anima obtained information on one of the strongest heroes of the current era.
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The battle between the two unfolded in the span of an instant.
Amid the storm-like barrage of sword winds, Anima succeeded in deflecting all the strikes since her entire body was a weapon.
"Your body being a doll means you have none of a fighter's weaknesses, huh."
"That's the difference in our natures."
"So that's why my juniors struggled."
Pop.
Soon, when Beren swung his sword diagonally, Anima read the trajectory, slipped her fist in to deflect it, and punched with her other hand.
But Beren had predicted the situation and moved accordingly, so the fist cut through empty air.
After that, the two showed formalized movements like a game of Go exchanging moves, clashing ten times before briefly separating.
Soon, in the momentary silence as they glared at each other, their eyes narrowed simultaneously, the ground exploded beneath their feet, and the second clash began.
'It's not just deflecting attacks—he forces the opponent into the movements he wants.'
Beren instantly saw through Anima's combat style and began devising countermeasures.
Immediately, his sword rotated from left to right, aiming for Anima's shoulder.
Anima read the trajectory and twisted her body to counter with her knee.
If Beren were to dodge most efficiently here, he would just shift his body sideways.
But he met the incoming knee head-on.
Clang!
"If we only fight in exceptional situations, it'll be to your disadvantage?"
"Then break through those exceptional situations."
In the fight against Beren, who moved like an acrobat, Anima was gradually losing the flow but found the situation amusing and began trying even more varied approaches.
Moreover, she was a combat doll.
Soon, she began analyzing all of Beren's information while her pupils mechanically flickered, running through hundreds of battle simulations in a short time.
Now approaching Beren in an instant, she no longer moved solely on reaction speed.
She simply pressed on with attacks bordering on precognition.
But Beren read those moves.
Thud!!!
Before the sword strike could land, Anima moved a bit faster and dove for Beren's waist.
However, Beren drew the dagger at his waist and deflected the attack like a shield, then spun half a turn in midair and swung his sword behind his back.
The attack bounced off Anima's forearm, but since Beren had aimed for that, he ignored it and thrust his sword into the joint between Anima's parts.
Caught off-guard by the vital strike, the exposed Anima forcibly twisted her body.
"You dodged that?"
"Huh..."
And so, as they traded attacks, they grew increasingly excited, wanting to test each other's strength.
They gradually unleashed a bit more of their power to see how the other would respond.
Because of that, the County of Sebekir, where they were fighting, began to fall into chaos.
"My territoryyyy!"
"B-Baron! We need to evacuate!"
Because of the two beings clashing at speeds invisible to ordinary eyes, a mana storm erupted.
And while Beren and Anima were gleefully trading blows, in the Papal Palace, the heavenly messenger Ilesia gave a revelation to Lumien.
"Mother of Glory, why do you say this...?"
"Oh, it's nothing."
But seeing Lumien, Ilesia still felt awkward and gave her that look.
Since it was an unintended change, she let it slide and opened her mouth.
"There will be a being who has emerged from the Abyss Pit right now."
"Are you referring to that doll stirring up the Empire lately?"
"Yes. So do not attack the doll."
"Pardon?"
The gods were currently monitoring the Abyss Pit to some extent.
They knew why Anima had come out of the dungeon.
Moreover, Anima was practically Balak's clone.
As long as they didn't touch her first, it was obvious she wouldn't cause much trouble.
She could even repay the debts owed to the beings inside the dungeon.
Finally, communications with the dungeon interior were currently cut off.
If things went really well, it could open a channel to communicate with the people inside the dungeon, so the gods issued a revelation not to attack Anima.
Hearing this, Lumien was dumbfounded...
But when the one she worshipped said to do it, she had to obey.
Soon, the information spread to the imperial palace and everywhere else.
"Don't touch that dangerous being?"
"What in the world..."
"Hmm... come to think of it, wasn't that being made by the gods too?"
"Huh? Yeah, that's right."
The Abyss Pit was originally created by the gods.
So, outsiders who didn't know the internal situation pondered it and realized Anima could be seen as the gods' creation!
While everyone struggled to figure out why the gods had given such a revelation, the friendly spar between the two ended well.
"Hahaha! To think such a powerhouse exists! That was truly an enjoyable spar!"
"Man... what kind of power source lets you output that much?"
"Hm? Didn't they export the heart of the Iron Labyrinth's master to the outside? Hasn't the result come in yet?"
"I'm weak on that side of things..."
"Then nothing to be done. Time to part ways?"
"Yeah. But really? You won't cause trouble in the Empire?"
"Of course."
Having obtained everything she needed, Anima quietly vanished after their final exchange with Beren.
Beren mulled over his conversation with Anima as he moved on.
Among it, the most exciting part was!
'My father and uncles will be waiting for you ahead, Beren.'
'Me?'
'Yes. So I hope you have a fun time in the Abyss Pit too.'
Thus, Beren advanced forward with expectations for the Abyss Pit, his original goal.
Anima, meanwhile, easily shook off her pursuers and began installing a relay device in the forest.
But Anima was such a bizarre existence that she drew the attention of another.
"Come out."
"Oh dear, caught me?"
A woman's voice came from the forest.
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While the outside world was thrown into great chaos because of Anima.
Inside the Abyss Pit...
"I-I didn't know my dungeon had such an awesome name!!"
"Lord Balak, you like that so much?"
"Of course!"
Ah... this is the name of a late-game dungeon.
Truly excellent naming.
"More importantly, Skeleton Merchant, the information coming in is a bit garbled. Why is that?"
"Just as there's a restriction preventing me from speaking of this place, when information comes through, it gets affected by the restriction, so the text glitches a bit like this. Still, this level is pretty good."
Huh, so it's not that easy to obtain information?
But I prepared for this situation.
That's why we have code words and ciphers!
Before my son left, we made ciphers based on memories from my past life.
Soon, some text appeared in my recording orb.
[ Father is in a place where the ■■ of the ■ place is similar to the scene where the blonde freckled bitch betrays the male lead. ]
"Lord Balak, what does this even mean?"
"Hahaha! It's our code!"
This is exactly it!
How would the people here know about that!
Honestly, in my past life, pretty much every fantasy story was out there.
Now that there's nothing new and even vending machines go to other worlds, how could there not be overlapping tropes with the current world's situation?
Anyway, when that super famous webtoon from Hel-Joseon came up, I immediately realized what this place used to be.
"To think it was a '100-floor dungeon' before I came here!"
"Uh...?"
"Hm? Skeleton Merchant, what's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing! Something urgent came up, but the ascension system seems to be working fine, so I'll take my leave!"
It's been a while since I saw Kari an that flustered?
Maybe his superior called him, so I'll let it be.
Alright~ Now that information is rolling in from outside, all that's left is to manage the dungeon.
And right on cue, the expected situation happened!
'''Purgason!!!'''
'Oh, Heroes. You arrived quickly.'
'Hold on, let me ask... Huh?'
'An unfamiliar face...?'
Anima suddenly came out of the dungeon.
So, what's the best choice outside?
Go to the second one and ask.
And I told the second one it's okay to tell.
'There was a similar doll with just a different color in the previous room, and the reason the original doll came out was for information!?'
'We can't subscribe to outside newspapers.'
'Sigh... true, but the outside is in an uproar right now.'
'We might have to leave right away if we're not careful.'
'Are you going after Anima by any chance?'
'Was that doll's name Anima? Anyway, who is this guy....'
'Oh, hello!'
''''?????''''
Ugh... Seeing Damphir move more like a doll than his daughter-in-law is making me feel even more awkward.
Still, that'll improve with time.
Afterward, as the situation unfolded as I expected, I put away the video magic tool.
And continued checking the information my son was pulling in.
As expected, the outside is a bit better than medieval times.
There's a massive empire with absolute monarchy on one continent.
And various kingdoms around it.
The quintessential fantasy map setup.
By the way, what is this information?
[ Around 2:30 PM, discovered a demonkin of the same race as Father. ]
There's another demonkin like me outside?