The Death Knight Became an Escort Knight for the Saintess

59. Body moving alone with the mage master

59.

After entering the end of the passage, the inside of the mage tower welcomed the two of them. The saintess never thought that there would be a scene more surreal than .

Saint Ecelia thought that she seemed to be floating in the air. It was only after she blinked a few times that she realized that it was her illusion. But it was a fairly common-sense guess. If everything floats upside down in a space, that would be enough.

The inside of the Magic Tower was ‘upside down’. The doors on the walls of the mage tower were upside down, and the handles were usually placed at the bottom of the door, but they were at the top. Tables and chairs were also suspended in the air “Upside down.”

At the edge of the wall, passages protruding from the wall with handrails were connected to each other by stairs, and the central part of the tower without passages was open. No matter how deep it was, the bottom was hidden in the darkness. And, as befits the ‘upside down’ thing, there was a flat place at the very top that could be called the ‘floor’. The saintess seemed to be dizzy in her head.

Sacks or baskets filled with ingredients were upside down, floating in the air, probably left behind by the ‘suppliers’ who had come in before them. They were all tightly sealed. She thought she was simply concerned that the ingredients would burn out, but in reality it was clear that the focus was more on the ingredients escaping from the container when flipped.

In the distance, a wizard wearing a long red robe reached out from the railing. It wasn’t a futile suicide attempt like a wizard. He sat down in an overturned chair and pulled out some parchment from a drawer on the desk. Of course, the parchments almost fell off. It means ‘up’.

Even more absurd, the table and chair are turned upside down, while the wizard sits as if the chair and desk are upright. He was resting his butt on the bottom of an overturned chair.

Witnessing her surreal scene with her upside down and gravity reversal thread, the saintess felt as if her own thoughts had been overturned in that moment. When she almost fell over her sanity, her escort knight caught her. She gasped weakly for her breath and looked at her escort knight.

Placing his hand on her body, Zer Pied stretched out his finger and pointed to her right. Ecilia nodded her head. Zer Peed reached out her hand to the hollow wall to her right without hesitation. As if waiting, the wall turned smoothly. It was as Serna said. Essilia held her breath for a moment as she stretched out into the space that the mages used as her escape passage in case of emergency.

She thought that the saintess had passed a lot of time, but only then did she realize that in reality she was the opposite. Less than three minutes had passed since she had seen the interior of her mage tower. She would not have been able to escape her eyes and enter this space if much time had passed.

“You’re not surprised.”

After seeing the wall close smoothly again, Jer Pied nodded her head at her whispers.

“Because it’s not the first time I’ve seen it.”

“The situation where everything flips upside down and falls upwards?”

Fall up. He thought it an interesting expression. He said as he walked down the dark and slightly narrow aisle. Of course, the latter was entirely due to his gigantic body.

“But it is not a magic cast by a group of wizards. The casting range of the magic is also limited to the inside of this tower. My former contractor was able to spread this much magic alone in a wider range than this.”

Esilia swallowed in considerable surprise.

“If you are a former contractor… Are you talking about that troll witch?”

“Yes.”

The saintess saw the escort knight nodding her head without hesitation, and for some reason she thought it was absurd. She tried to keep her words as calm as possible, trying to squeeze the unknown absurdity into her. And, as always, her hard work is not synonymous with success.

“A troll witch with those big eyes, impressive chins when she laughed, and her eyes that curved like crescent moons?”

“Yes… cow.”

She seemed to suddenly lose her own lady’s voice. Jer Pied thought it was her own illusion. Because she couldn’t find out why her voice was cold. He tried to clear her mind of that delusion and continued her explanation.

“She alone could break a mountain range, she could create a tidal wave. Her command was full of homunculi she created. She drew her magic circle all over the continent, and wanted to make the continent itself function as a single magic circle.”

Esilia knew that too. She is a witch of sacrifice. She was nicknamed her because she was about to sacrifice an entire continent of hers for study, with the blue knight of death at her side. The fact that she tried to sacrifice the largest continent among her continents was enough to tell her witch skills. Apparently, the name of the witch you saw in the book…….

“Rianer el Kadash. One of the best wizards I’ve ever seen. I can still see her homunculi advancing. She was the only wizard who created so many of her homunculuses.”

At the sound of her witch’s name, a kind of nostalgic voice that squeezed through her mind, Escelia jerked her head towards her own escort knight. Her escort driver wasn’t looking at her. He was looking in front of her.

Of course, in a situation where you don’t know when and where something might pop out, it wouldn’t be strange to be vigilant. But for some reason, she felt a twist in her stomach. The saintess bit the inside of her lip. She swallowed hard once. The saintess opened her mouth. She couldn’t control her tongue.

“It seems that the knight is more interested in that Rianer.”

“Hmm?”

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The sudden words made it difficult for Zerpied to understand the contents. ‘What the hell are you talking about?’

“I am the current contractor.”

“That… What do you mean?”

Cilia took a deep breath. It looked like a sigh, and it looked like a deep breath she was trying to calm herself. Zer Pied blinked her eyes once, then looked at her own lady. She wasn’t looking at herself. The saintess said while maintaining her gaze fixed in front of her. As she said that, the saintess had to suppress the way her lips kept protruding in front of her.

“If anyone sees it, they will think I am not a contractor.”

“I am not a contractor… You are the current contractor.”

“That’s why, if someone sees it, they will be mistaken.”

It was difficult for the Death Knight to understand what her saintess was saying as she kept pouting her lips. Do you feel like you’re not a contractor just because I’m talking about former contractor Rianer? But the Death Knight couldn’t figure out why. Because Rianer…….

“… But Rianer is dead. She is no longer my contractor.”

Celia seemed to be taking her mind off of it. What the knight of her escort said calmly struck the saintess’ mind in an instant. It was. She is dead witch Eccilia thought she didn’t know why she was suddenly feeling so inexplicable, she felt a strange twist in her insides. And why did she say that to the deceased?

“No… So I….”

“It must have been that she came to the eastern continent where she met her, so she became more talkative without me realizing it. As you said, you are my current contractor. I will be careful.”

The saintess didn’t know what to do about her plainly spoken Death Knight. As she wiggled her fingers, Celia lowered her head.

“…… Sorry.”

Zer Pied shook her head carefully.

“Okay… ….”

Essilia lifted her bowed head as the knight of her escort suddenly cut her off. Ahead of her was an overturned door. It was the end of the aisle. If it was for its original purpose, the wizards would have come out of this door and escaped through the hidden wall to the outside of the Mage Tower. It was the exact opposite now. The two recalled what Serna had said to themselves.

‘If you go to the end of the hidden escape passage, there will be a door. You can’t open this door carelessly. This door is used in case of emergency, so it is connected to all the wizards’ rooms in the Mage Tower. Just open it and it will be randomly selected and sent to any wizard’s room. So when you reach this door, do as I say.’

Zerpied touched the door slowly. After groping for her door, the Death Knight, who found the location Serna said, knocked on the door with the back of her hand at that location. A total of three beeps rang out. Knock, Knock, Knock. Then she raised her hand and gave it a big tap on the top of her doorknob, which was great by Zer Peed’s standards. Finally he moved his hand to the center of the door and knocked on it five times.

“… Did it happen?”

“I guess so.”

I did as Serna told me, but nothing changed. It didn’t feel like anything unique. He wasn’t a wizard, and he wasn’t very knowledgeable about magic. And it was the same with the saintess.

Zerpied mentally prepared to take out his spear and shield, and cautiously turned the doorknob. The saintess had to swallow her saliva without realizing it. The doorknob above it turned with a squeaking sound.

Her thick smell tickled the saintess’ nose. The saintess almost covered her nose with both hands. And fortunately, she was able to stop it by pinching her nose with one hand. She had to cover her mouth with her other hand.

In the middle of the room, on a large desk, was none other than bubbling flesh. Bondi had a hard time thinking what part it was. It was far off to expect such a thing from a mass of flesh bubbling like liquid.

Under the lump of flesh, a complicated diagram was drawn in a row as if it had been drawn with chalk. At the end of each scheme was placed something like powder, a bowl of solution, or a small iron nugget. The light that made my eyes dizzy danced along the schematic.

The light moved back and forth between powder, bowls, and iron lumps placed at the end of the diagram. Every time they came in contact with light, they also glowed, and each time the flesh boiled more intensely. On one occasion, beams of light split as they brushed items placed at the end of the schematic, in which case the lights simultaneously touched the items and emitted light.

A section of the flesh, boiling more intensely than ever, rose like a bubble. It looked like a tiny arm. Ecilia wanted to believe that it was an illusion. She had to and she did. Zerpied, who was watching the scene, muttered.

“Looks like you came along well.”

Cilia nodded her head hurriedly. She looked like she was about to vomit.

‘If I opened the door the way I told you to open it, you guys would have moved to the high-ranking mage Belcher’s room. What equipment did you guys say you were looking for? It was also an equipment worthy of attention from wizards. If it’s that kind of equipment, it’s highly likely that it’s stored in the rooms of wizards with high skills. It’s because they’re the kind of kids whose intuition can be solved only when they investigate themselves.’

‘I… But what if that Belcher is there when you open the door? Wouldn’t that be a big deal then?’

‘Don’t worry about that. If you wait until the time I tell you, you won’t meet her. At that time, I’m in the middle of researching in another lab.’

‘But… That was years before Miss Serna escaped! How can you be so sloppy… !’

‘Ha, even if the number of wizards has decreased, this lady doesn’t know too much about wizards. Wizards rarely change habits once acquired. If you don’t go back to the checkout, the bastards who will bubble up and have seizures are our orderers. And it’s no wonder that it’s less flimsy than you think.

Because you guys are recognized as wizards thanks to me. If you just go in, the alarm will go off right away, and the magic installed to remove the intruder will be cast and it will be a frenzy. So time it right.’

It felt like nausea, but Esilia didn’t let go of her body. She had no time to waste. She doesn’t know when the Belcher will return if she doesn’t get the time right. She made eye contact with her escort driver, nodded her head, and started searching one side of her room. Zer Peed moved her body to the other side.

“Hey driver, can you tell me again exactly what that equipment looks like?”

“A silver bracelet. A bracelet that shines in pure silver. It will stand out from other silver bracelets because it is completely pure silver.”

However, let alone silver, there was nothing that looked like a bracelet. Ecilia felt embarrassed that even though it was such a characteristic item, she could not find even a trace of it.

“… It doesn’t seem to be here?

“I guess so. I can’t find it either. Go to the next room.”

After closing the drawer, Zerpied knocked on the door in the same way Serna told him to open the door to the next room. It was the wizard’s room, which was empty at this time. In this way, it was their method to search the room at the right time to find the silver bracelet.

The moment the door was opened, the saintess felt nauseated again. There was something tightly tangled in one corner of the room. They were transparent coffins, into which liquid gushed. It was a red liquid.

The saintess tried her best not to look at the shape reminiscent of her blood vessels. Ecilia quickly searched her room, focusing her mind on her search. But what I was looking for didn’t come out.

Looking back at her escort driver, she quickly nodded her head as if he thought the same and moved on to the next room. What awaited the two this time was something red and tough, like a plant, but rising like an awl. It was like a muscle. Zerfied saw it and slightly frowned.

–

What awaited them in the next room was a pleated lump in a vat of liquid. Similar to the brain. Unlike a normal brain, it looks like it was made by attaching parts of different brains together. As soon as the saintess entered her room, she immediately immersed herself in her search. She didn’t even look at it.

–

“This is the last room. The room of Travagos, the magic tower master.’

“… Driver, it’s not like it’s not here, is it? Or not… Since you said it’s in the form of a bracelet, wouldn’t it be that the wizard carries it himself? There is a possibility!”

“I can’t believe it, why would you expose a research subject outside of anything else? Mages almost treat their research subjects as if they were their own lives. A wizard’s workshop is like their base, so it’s safest to keep it here.”

With that said, Zerpied opened the door. The saintess seemed about to faint. It was a large beating heart, floating in the middle of the room. She has a heart the size of her head.

I saw something similar in other rooms, but unlike those that had similarities to body parts, it was undoubtedly a heart. Zerfied glared at his heart.

‘Is it necromancer?’ He immediately shook his head. Necromancer is magic that casts non-living things. It’s not like magic that makes only body parts move alone like that. Seeing a sight he had never seen before, Zer Pied glared at it as if he were about to stab it, then turned his head away. The first priority was to find the bracelet.

However, the bracelet did not appear there either. The saintess said to the escort knight, ignoring the huge heart that was beating in the air. There was a slight hint of despair in her voice.

“… Not even here…. Knight, we… What should I do… !”

“Calm down, Esilia. Look back slowly Is there a place we haven’t been looking for?”

Cilia shook her head. Zer Pied also pondered, but she was nowhere to be found. I searched everywhere I could find it. By the time she moaned at the deepening thought, she said Esilia was ah! She did and she exclaimed.

“Underground!”

“Underground?”

“When I first entered, the middle of the mage tower was open! The lower part! We haven’t even been in there yet!”

At Lady’s words, Zer Pied nodded strongly. Certainly, that was the only place left now. To do that, I had to get out of here first. To hasten, he turned toward the door and stretched out his hand.

The door is open. It wasn’t what he opened. His hand hadn’t touched his handle yet. The door opened, and a fifty-year-old human male wearing a white robe appeared.

“… Yes, this time his acceptance exceeded our expectations. Proof that his prediction was correct. I’m advancing to the checkout. So we need more test subjects… Huh?”

The man who muttered something to himself laughed at the saintess and death knight in the room. Ecilia seemed to be strangling her as she smiled while revealing Heoyeon.

“Intruder. I was just in need of a test subject, so that’s good.”