The Last Adventurer Chapter 222

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Chapter 64. The Inner World (1)

One.

“A new era has come!”

When the Mystic Gate appeared, all the adventurers in Maple World were happy to get excited.

“In this day and age, risking one’s life and going on adventures is the duty of an adventurer!”

Everyone willingly and without hesitation threw themselves beyond the Mystic Gate.

It was truly a time of madness.

“It’s a bit like that now.”

But now that the Mystic Gate has appeared and some time has passed, there is no such madness as there was back then.

In fact, everything was like that.

At first, you won’t look back because of the excitement, but once you get used to it, you’ll start to take care of yourself.

Moreover, the era of Mystic Gate brought about an explosive increase in adventurers.

The Adventurer’s Association also made an announcement.

“After the introduction of Mystic Gate, the number of adventurers with Circle 3 or lower has increased by more than 20 times.”

The quantity and quality of adventurers has grown explosively due to the Mystic Gate.

Of course, no matter how much the number of adventurers exploded, there was no problem making a living once you were a 3rd circle adventurer.

And when life gets rid of its problems, there are quite a few adventurers who stop going on adventures.

That is, the adventurers thought.

I feel like the risk of dying is too great compared to the merit of challenging the Mystic Gate.

I started to lose my body.

It was around that time.

“What would you do if you knew what boss monsters and items were beyond the Mystic Gate?”

“What the hell are you talking about? How do you know that?”

“No, so what are you going to do if you know? I’m just asking. Okay? What are you going to do?”

“What should I do? If there’s someone I can catch, I should go and catch them.

“… … Can you possibly catch Junior Balrog?”

“What the hell are you talking about? You want to go to Sleepywood Forest right now? Hey, how hard is it going to be to meet Junior Balrog there?”

“There is a way.”

“What method?”

“Is there a way to know what boss monsters and items appear in the Mystic Gate?”

A method that will completely eliminate any reason to sacrifice your body has appeared, a method that will truly change Maple World.

To be exact, an item came out.

“The alchemists of Magatia have done it. Using this magnifying glass, you can view information about the Mystic Gate.”

Of course, at first, no adventurer believed that.

“Hey, where did you get scammed again! Does that make sense?”

A story that is so far removed from common sense.

“There’s no way things in this world can be solved that easily!”

“That’s right. Even if there was something so great, they would probably only use it among themselves. Would we hear about it?”

Above all, if it were true, it would have been too compelling a story, and that made me even less inclined to believe it.

But the doubts didn’t last long, because I kept hearing more and more.

“I heard that magnifying glass is real?”

“Who said that?”

“Iru, he said it was real.”

“Iru? A 6th circle adventurer warrior?”

Evidence that this item is real.

The pinnacle was the Adventurer’s Association.

In response to repeated requests from adventurers, and questions about the truth of the matter, the Adventurer’s Association finally spoke.

“The effects of this magnifying glass item are real.”

Of course, the Adventurer’s Association added here.

“So far, yes. However, I cannot be certain as I have not yet gathered enough information. Adventurers, please be careful.”

Warning.

But the adventurers didn’t see any such warning. No, if you saw that warning, it wasn’t the adventurers.

“It’s real!”

Adventurers have once again begun to challenge the Mystic Gate, driven by madness.

And the madness was incomparable to that of when the Mystic Gate first appeared.

“The adventurers are out of control.”

Cheryl’s expression as she spoke looked more worried than ever.

It was worth it.

The control she was talking about was not at the level where adventurers would simply not listen.

“Fighting to the death over the Mystic Gate is the norm, and looting and rampage are on the rise.”

Adventurers have become no different from the outlaws of the Elnas Mountains.

In fact, the entire Maple World had become a world of outlaws.

There was no need to explain how terrifying it was.

“Because of that, the Maple Union has now reached a state of panic.”

The lawbreakers of the Elnas Mountains existed virtually exclusively there, in the domain of the Lion King’s castle.

So it was impossible for the Maple Union to manage them.

But Maple World was different.

When a problem arose, adventurers from the Adventurer’s Guild, including the Knights of Signus, as well as adventurers from each city and town had to step forward.

Because Maple World isn’t just filled with adventurers.

In particular, the Knights of Signus were experiencing unprecedentedly hectic and busy days.

“The problem is that in the midst of all this, something important has come up that needs to be done.”

In the meantime, Maple Union has been given a huge task.

“You must have heard the story.”

The task was one that none other than El Palm knew.

“El Palm, the Mystic Gate you conquered is where the party formed by the Maple Alliance failed.”

“yes.”

“And you also checked the bodies of the dead adventurers?”

“Yes, they killed each other.”

The failure of the Maple Alliance was not due to the difficulty of conquering Mystic Gate, but to traitors.

‘It was a betrayal, just as I expected.’

That was the moment.

“We took several measures with the existence of a traitor in mind. We asked them to leave information in a password.”

Cheryl told El Palm something he didn’t know.

“And according to the will they found, the traitor looked a little different than a traitor.”

“Different?”

“Suddenly, my colleagues who had been laughing and chatting started coughing and started slaughtering people without any emotion, like robots.”

El Palm’s eyes narrowed at that explanation.

This is not a story of a simple traitor.

It was a very serious story.

“Are you sure you coughed?”

“That’s the explanation.”

Moreover, if we listen to this explanation, it is highly likely that their change was caused by some external factor.

‘Did you make a poison that creates traitors?’

El Palm did not laugh as he thought about that.

That wasn’t a joke.

‘Then everything changes.’

Because it was a very serious story.

That was why it was time to find out the truth, and that was why El Palm knew why Cheryl had come.

“There’s someone I know.”

“is it so.”

That there is someone who can give you an answer to this.

“Follow me.”

2.

El Palm, he wasn’t surprised by anything.

The days he lived through had made El Palm into a being that could never be surprised.

‘oh my god.’

But the moment he saw the woman lying in the hospital bed in the deepest and quietest part of the secret headquarters of the Resistance, El Palm couldn’t help but be surprised.

Even El Palm showed surprise on his face, if only for a moment.

“Do you know her identity?”

That was the kind of being.

“Aren’t you Wingmaster Orca? The one who created Blackwing.”

‘One of the commanders of the Black Mage’s legion.’

The being lying in the hospital bed right now was someone who would astonish El Palm and anyone who knew her.

‘how?’

Moreover, El Palm knew.

Her notoriety, of course, is how she brought down adventurers and Maple World.

That’s why I was even more curious.

“Did you catch it?”

Because as far as El Palm knew, she was definitely not someone who could be captured by the Resistance right now.

“I wish it were so, but unfortunately I found it. Fallen.”

El Palm’s expression hardened further as Commander-in-Chief Sigmund continued his explanation.

If, as she said, they had captured Wingmaster Orca, it would have been a huge achievement for the Resistance, but if he had just been discovered, the story would have been more complicated.

Because it meant that whoever defeated Wingmaster Orca was now in control of Blackwing.

And given the circumstances, there could only be one person.

“Now my guess has become a certainty. Blackwing is now completely under Gelimer’s control.”

The most dangerous mad scientist in Maple World.

The worst combination in every way.

On the one hand, El Palm understood.

‘If it’s Wingmaster Orca, it makes sense that he would have information about the Mystic Gate and be trustworthy.’

The reason the Resistance is willing to bet its fate on this Blue-tier raid.

Instead, questions remain.

It’s highly unlikely that someone as skilled as Wingmaster Orca would have been tortured or otherwise leaked information.

“How did you get the information when you were in a coma?”

Above all, even before the torture, El Palm had seen that Wingmaster Orca was in very bad condition.

Barely able to sustain life.

It was almost impossible for a being of this caliber, let alone anyone else, to become so weak from a mere physical wound.

That means they suffered some kind of mental shock, and it was even more difficult to extract information from them.

Cheryl cleared up any doubts about him.

“There is a mirror. You can enter the inner world of the person reflected in the mirror. It is a kind of dream-like world, and the memories of the person reflected in that world are stored.”

Of course, that alone didn’t solve the question.

Because it was hard to believe.

“Heins helped me.”

But the moment that name was mentioned, all doubts were resolved.

Even if others didn’t know, it wouldn’t have been strange for Heinz, who could be called the master of magicians, to have created such an item.

At this point El Palm understood.

“You want me to go into your inner world and get some information.”

“In the inner world, there are monsters that protect that world. The stronger the target, the stronger they are. The inner world of someone like Wingmaster Orca cannot last even a single day unless you are an adventurer of Circle 6 or higher.”

Here El Palm did not raise the question, “Why don’t you just send the 7 circles?”

In the Resistance, the 7 Circles were comprised entirely of command staff members.

Each and every life is worth the 7th Circle, and those who are more important than that are thrown into the inner world of the one who was the owner of Black Wing?

The risk was too great.

Above all, El Palm knew.

“And the important thing here is to find the memories and information of Wingmaster Orca. Those memories are contained in a box like a treasure chest.”

The ability needed in the inner world is not the ability to catch monsters, but the ability to find treasure.

“Also, the inner world has several layers. The deeper you go into the layer, the deeper memories you can find.”

At the same time, it is the ability to find one’s way.

“It’s seven days. We have to go as deep as possible and bring back information within seven days. Also, the number of people who can enter at one time is limited to seven.”

And the ability to do all of this as quickly as possible within a limited amount of time.

In other words, it was the stage for the El Palm party.

Because in Maple World, there is no adventurer who is better at such things than the El Palm Party.

That’s why El Palm didn’t worry.

‘There is no information more certain than the memories of Wingmaster Orca.’

Because this was the best opportunity.

‘Whatever the information is.’

An opportunity to learn about the plans and tricks of the followers of the Black Magician, which were previously impossible to guess.

“I will go.”

The answer comes right away.

Cheryl said cautiously in response.

“If you die in the inner world, you die in reality too. It’s a very dangerous place.”

El Palm was not particularly impressed by those words.

“There is no place without danger for adventurers.”

Because it was like that everywhere he had ever been.

And El Palm never once gave in to danger and took risks.

Commander-in-Chief Sigmund nodded at El Palm’s appearance and said.

“Okay, let’s get the party started. When will we leave?”

To that question El Palm answered:

“I’ll do it in 30 minutes.”

“yes?”

“There’s no time. We’ll leave in 30 minutes.”

fantasy,