Meikyuu Toshi no Antique Shop

Ahead of "Orgol the Corpse," Fujiwara continues to arm.

Apparently, the appraisal work has already been completed, but my hands stopped there and I went into long thinking.

As a result of the analysis, it appears that this grant tool has been subjected to triple magic.

One is its ability as a granting instrument.

This means you can acquire powerful Necromancer magic skills in exchange for the soul of the user. That caligula seemed by this power to have followed the undead monster or transformed itself into an undead superior species called the King of Death (No Life King).

The other is the magic music played by Orgol's tone.

This is about forcibly collecting part of the soul of the dead and replacing it with a corpse. The point is, it's the cause of the night. The soul obtained, by the way, seems to be turned to food that keeps spinning Orgol's internal institutions (asthma and haguruma) and to aid the user's necromancy.

And finally, a curse.

The resentment of the producer of Orgol, or former user, is a clinging magic circuit, he said. It's described there as' defiling the soul of those who prevented it from playing ', and if we're going to even touch the lid of Orgol, there's a pretty extensive' scream 'going on. It seems to pollute the spirit of those who hear it and cause it to die mad.

In other words, to stop the 'Hundred Nights', you have to stop Orgol, but the curse gets in the way. The trigger condition is that not touching Orgol is not a problem, but stopping the music itself, so you can't get your hands on the detour.

"Is there no way to stop Orgol without being cursed?

Igor asks Fujiwara, who continues to remain silent with a rugged look on his face.

I'm not going to do any more than show this guy that he's still going to keep his job. But if I had said a word of "give up," I would have closed the lid at that time in exchange for this body, even if it was meant to harm my men or him.

"Avoiding the curse is easy in itself."

……

That was an unexpected response.

"I just don't like this grant tool being interrupted from playing. I mean, if you wait till the song breaks off finale..."

Fujiwara, while explaining, gently closed the lid when she touched, in the main, 'Orgol of the Corpse'.

"Look, you're right"

"Ooh...?

The music breaks off in a nice place, and then it is silent.

There is no sign that the curse and the doings he was talking about will happen.

"... but then, Lord Fujiwara. What is bothering you?

Still, Fujiwara's expression remained harsh.

If we stop the "Hundred Nights Fantasy," the phenomenon of the dead becoming corpses will stop. That's the grief of this labyrinth city.

Now that it has been achieved, what more do we need to worry about?

"Me, too, initially thought this would all have a piece on it.... but unfortunately, it's not. Because stopping the Hundred Nights doesn't erase the corpses that have already occurred."

……

Igor is breathtaking.

Earlier, Caligula disappeared from the hall after the red hungry. The doubts I had about the behavior dissolve.

Why didn't he even look at The Orgol of the Corpse, which is supposed to be important?

That's because you didn't have to.

There are still countless undead monsters outside this hall on the castle grounds. He thought he could get it back at any time, more than he could follow it.

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"Totally...... how dare you do it. My favorite (Elizabeth) is ruined because of the use of that grant tool."

I was finally able to sink the red hungry.

I don't listen, I don't need a corpse (carrot). Not to mention if it stops moving, it's just a corpse. It's no longer worth any use, so at least it's nothing more than feeding the other corpses.

I can hear you... bob... and start to devour your bones.

"... Fair enough. There is one red hungry man, disappearing, but nothing stands in the way. There are still a lot of carcasses left behind."

Let's not strangle ourselves with cotton and twitching anymore while giving hope.

We don't know anything. Let's teach them something called real despair.

Let me remind you that no matter how much I appreciate it, I don't see myself winning.

Thinking of that despair that would come to their faces at that time, Caligula immersed herself in a trance.

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Shh, shh, shh.

Sounds like a sudden wake-up call. It's not just the floor, it's shaking the whole hall violently.

"Is this...!?

"That's not good"

Apparently, from the outside of the wall, something huge is shocking a strong force.

You must be trying to break the castle.

Columns shake violently and, along with massive amounts of dust from the ceiling, chandeliers, woodworking, etc. fall one after another.

Now that the rubble has blocked the exit path, there is no way to turn back and flee the original path.

Fortunately, the benefits of the 'Sacred Flag' were still ongoing and Igor's body was protected by the sanctuary, but his impatience for the worst he would be visiting was on the increase.

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And finally, the walls of the hall collapse completely.

The other side - that is, when the outside of the castle became dewy, what was spreading there was a nightmarish sight.

The first thing that showed up was a giant skeleton.

That monster with a back length that overlooks the castle just looks down at this one as it grabs the nearly collapsed walls of the castle and collapses.

The skeleton is like boiled blood or hardened with blood that is sent out to the heart - black.

Based on his physique, he seems to be more likely to be a superior species of the red hungry.

And most desperately, the two circles you see behind it.

The undead monsters can overflow the grounds. That number did not seem to be the ratio of the Expeditionary Force.

Caligula's mockery echoes from nowhere.

"You can praise me for being able to stop Orgol. Because I lost my way of getting a new corpse. [M]... but that's all. There are still so many troops in this hand. I can give you a little respite for anything. You should roll out the tools you're good at, like you just did. You can freeze it as long as you want and burn it. Of course, I don't think I can do anything about it."

I guess he's convinced of the victory.

Fujiwara already said it was an egg ahead and ran out of tools in hand. So it is impossible to open up the status quo with his power. By and large, this situation is usually not a number that can be resolved by means of a grant instrument. For example, it wouldn't be on a scale where a hundred ghosts hunt in full condition would be manageable.

But Igor was still going to stop the "Hundred Nights" even though it was not.

If anyone can get out of here and take 'Orgol the Corpse' all the way to the safe zone, this one wins.

Of course not.

But fortunately, thanks to the sanctuary, besides Igor, some of his men were able to recover to the point of movement among his subordinates. If only a few of us, including Fujiwara, could have missed it while we managed to buy time, we would surely have made our way to the ground.

"Lord Fujiwara-!?"

But there was only one Fujiwara before he spoke, about to move forward.

A little, for a moment, I doubt his sanity. Because I saw what was in his hand (...) and realized what I was about to start.

"What the hell are you going to do?

It wasn't the usual serene look on its side. But I don't see the idea of making this place a place to die, or the rush to escape somehow. All I could ask was the determination to decide what it was.

"Mr. Igor, if you can, stay in the sanctuary."

"I guess we have a chance, don't we?

"... excuse me. But I think this is the best way."

I have no choice.

Igor sighed and decided to entrust everything to him.