[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 184: An 'uhh' (2)

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In the middle of an empty room, there were two male figures sitting so heavily leaning on each other's backs.

Both of them had empty eyes, and clearly had no hope at all.

The two people were Rico and Kaira, who had been in the same place, moody for almost an entire hour.

"Ahhh .. It's free .. We can't get out, we're stuck here forever. The worst part is, there are only men here. We cannot breed and create new settlements. Ahh, hey, maybe? Kaira, want to try it? "

"Keep that stupid thought from me, you fucker! "

Kaira resentfully snapped at Rico, but her irritated expression was only responded to by one cynical smile.

"Even I don't want that, you take it too seriously."

"You don't know when that wild imagination of yours will come true, and you don't know if it's going to be real or not. But, before that happens, I want you to stop thinking stupid things and focus on how we get out of here! "

"Ughh .. Well ... Actually .. I've got one pretty mature estimate. But, I didn't know it would work or not."

"Tell me! "

Kaira quickly grabbed Rico by the shoulder and forced him to spit out all the opinions he had. Even so, it doesn't change the fact that there's only one theory that Rico managed to think about.

"Can you connect with Norman? "

"If I could connect with him, then the city would already be nearby by now. I'm not so stupid that I'll forget all the advantages I have."

After all, Kaira had an object that could connect her to Norman. With that thing, he could ascertain the conditions, and would teleport to the surrounding area if needed.

Unfortunately, the connection had been cut off, and the object that became the connecting medium had become a useless piece of junk.

Kaira explained that, and Rico quickly understood it. Next, Rico nodded and with a serious look began to mutter.

"If your connection to Norman is severed, what about the outside world? "

"Whatchu mean? " ask Kaira confusedly.

He really didn't understand what Rico was saying. Not only did he say it vaguely, Rico didn't even give any additional explanations, leaving Kaira unable to reach the core of his question.

"I knew it from Anzu. You asked Werli to teach you, didn't you? A ritual that can connect you to 'them'."

" ……… "

Speaking of Werli, she has the full name Werli sera Natra. The Natra family was not a big enough noble, and they also did not manage a single territory. Only, they had a position as subordinate nobles serving Duke Alexander, who was the Iris family.

Aside from that advantageous yet inconspicuous position, the only thing that made them able to take center stage was their ability in magic and their thirst for knowledge.

About 1 century ago, the ancestors of the Natra family who were not yet nobles put forward one theory, which indicates the existence of another in the world. Their theory is difficult to understand, and is only considered one of the many theories out there that state the origin.

'The existence of the unknown', so they call it. They consider the position of 'They' to be above humans, and can be equated, as well as cannot be aligned with the gods.

Basically, they did not know whether the existence of these 'They' were indeed categorized as gods or not. It was because they did not know whether these 'They' were really real or just a mere delusion.

Too many teachings on mysticism present their existence, yet none can prove the authenticity of their presence.

However, recently, the Natra family began to routinely publish the results of their new research.

It was a proof of justification that stated that the existence of 'They' was true.

The proof comes with everything that Werli, their heir, and the one who has the blessing of the goddess have found.

Werli was able to hear the subtle whispers that gave him a lot of knowledge. That's a good thing, if the whisper doesn't give him a misleading path.

The problem is, all the knowledge that 'They' whisper to him contains only the way and the path that is misleading.

"And you really believe that? "

Kaira turned to Rico, and gave him an ambiguous smile.

"I did ask him to teach me a few things, but in the end he gave me nothing useful. The only thing he taught me was to focus on everything around you, not magic, not physical, and not consciousness. Do you understand what that means? I gave up on understanding it after a few minutes."

"Not magic, not physical, nor consciousness .. Does that mean anything? He could've tried to convey something, but couldn't."

Rico positioned his hand on his own chin and started muttering. Kaira who saw that could only smile wryly while giving an additional explanation regarding Werli.

"Well, but even if he could hear all the whispers. Anyway, he said the way it was fixed was misleading, and he also told me that he could only hear their whispers, too, without being able to exert any influence on the figure or whatever was behind the whisper."

Rico ended his thinking session, and seriously looked at Kaira, while Kaira who felt a change in her atmosphere naturally held her breath and straightened her own body.

"After some thought, doesn't Werli seem like he's been frustrated lately? Does it have anything to do with the whispers he hears? "

"The chances are not small. I suspect that he could get out of control if he received more whispers. Fortunately, he could limit how long or how far he could come in contact with them, so he could cut those connections whenever he wanted. Of course, with enough effort."

Rico thought back, but before he returned to that calmness that filled his mind, Kaira again pulled her consciousness out and asked.

"Now, tell me what solution you're thinking."

Not only did he not answer, Rico even gave a look of annoyance at Kaira.

"Can you connect with them? "

" … Why did you ask me to do that? "

That is the basis for all the questions. Even though he had been close friends with Rico, it did not mean that Rico would be happy to give him all the information he needed.

To dig deeper, Kaira needs to use a convoluted and quite troublesome way. The worst part, Rico is a really sharp guy, opposite to his looks that look like a brainless fool.

However, contrary to his estimates, Rico easily divulged the information.

"I want you to connect with 'He' who might have something to do with this dungeon. I think it'll work, considering everything we've been through."

" … What do you mean? "

Even though Kaira had deepened Rico's words, she still didn't understand the meaning. It was probably due to his lack of knowledge of everything related to this place.

Looking at the curious Kaira, Rico then resignedly explained.

"This place is a dungeon that is under the sea. We both know that. But, why is it here? And how can we be sent here? "

"… Terneth."

Kaira naturally mentioned that name. Indeed, the two of them had made the same conclusion, that Terneth was the mastermind behind all this.

"We know that the culprit is most likely Terneth. But, how did he do it? He was connected to the group that ran the island, but where did he know about this dungeon? "

"It could be .. 'cause there's someone who's been in it and reported this place to her."

It was a simple conclusion, but Rico quickly shook his head.

"I thought so at first too. But, did you realize it? There was not a single sign that indicated a trace of someone's existence. Even if this place had been explored many years ago, there should be one or two marks still left. But, there's no one."

"Also, how could he accurately separate us all? My guess is, not only are we separate, but it's likely that there will be some people who are also in different groups."

In short, they had all been split into several groups.

How did Rico come to that conclusion? Kaira wondered, but could not find anything that answered her.

"So far, Terneth has been great at magic, I admit. But, from what we saw in his assault on Eisen earlier, he could only make a simple teleportation by swapping his position with someone else. Technically, there is no way he can create complex teleportation magic and keep us all apart accurately. That's weird, do you feel that too? "

"Now you say it .. It's weird. No matter how good Terneth was in magic, performing large-scale and complex teleportation magic like this would require better abilities from a royal mage. He was eliminated while being a candidate for the position, so it should be impossible for him to have a higher ability. Then … "

Kaira started muttering to herself, and finally came to one final conclusion.

He and Rico simultaneously flicked their fingers and made a sound.

" "There's 'other's' involvement! " "

Both have come to the same conclusion. At least this makes it easier for both of them to make their choices in the future.

Rico saw that Kaira had understood him, and started to look down.

"That's what I want to ask of you, Kaira. I want you to connect with the person who worked with Terneth. If my guess is correct, then this person who cooperated with Terneth is an entity similar to the one that gave Werli a whisper."

That's all Rico could think of. After all, there was no way Terneth would experience such a drastic increase in strength in such a short period of time. He took longer than that, Rico was convinced by his statement.

That was why, he connected everything with the foreign entity that kept whispering knowledge to Werli.

The knowledge that the entity whispers gives it an epiphany, but with a misleading path.

A reckless person like Terneth would definitely not hesitate to establish a relationship with such an entity.

"The church probably knows something about this, and I'm sure there are some organizations that also know about 'their' existence, but. Focus on finding a way out, that's our job now."

"I guess .. I have an idea. Ideas that don't sound so good. Even so ... Do you want to help me? " kaira said with a fierce smile.

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"This place … "

Lilith admirably looked around her, and could not help but cheer.

The place that he, and they found this time, was an extremely spacious cave. It's dark enough, but it's not a scary kind of darkness. Many rays were emitted from tiny light particles floating around.

The surface of the cave's walls and ceiling was between dark blue and black, making it look like the night sky.

The hanging stalactites made everything even more beautiful, even though the shadow of the fear of the stalactites that had suddenly fallen still haunted them.

In addition to all that, there are also other aspects that complement the beauty of the cave.

It was a lake whose water was very clear, too clear to the point that they could clearly see what was at the bottom there.

Several small fish with a bluish-white light emitted a certain part of their head adorned the pond, and enhanced the aspect of beauty that this cave possessed.

Everything seemed so beautiful, it just seemed like a dream.

"This is similar to the cave recounted in one of Mr. ..'s fairy tale books … "

Chloe started muttering to herself, but no one heard her mutter.

Everyone is focused on their own business.

Stella was looking seriously at the surroundings, while Lilith and Levina were looking at the pond with bright smiles on their faces.

Levina innocently put her hand in the water, and tried to reach one small fish that was there, but his sudden movement actually made all the fish around scattered and swam away from him.

Her expression began to turn grim, and Lilith who saw it refused to give the grief a chance to fill Levina's cute face.

He began reciting a single spell, and inserted one end of his finger into the water.

Before long, several fish began to gather and swim around Lilith's finger as if she were dancing.

Aside from the two who were cheerfully playing around with the fish, there were only two others who had different levels of seriousness.

Stella and Chloe. They naturally processed that this was a strange situation.

While Stella understands nothing, and tries to figure it out on her own, Chloe, on the other hand, is attacked with an overwhelming sensation of deja vu.

He was trying to dig up his memories that might be related to this place, but it might be difficult when he realized there were too many fairy tale memories in his head.

At least he knew that this cave was the result of his memory projection. He naturally understood that.

And when he finally remembered it, a look of anxiety and panic was evident on his face.

"Stay away from the pool! "

Unfortunately, the warning came a little late.

A great shock ensued, and Lilith and Levina by the pool naturally slipped and fell into the pool.

It was not a problem because Lilith could swim, but, the problem was, the existence that was within the pond itself.

All the water in the pool started to move like a big wave that came at high tide. Until, a hill, made entirely of transparent water appeared.

The water in the pond had manifested itself into a strange fluid creature. He continued to move incessantly, as if trying to communicate with them, but none of them were able to make sense of his intent.

Chloe just frantically looked at Levina who was on the inside of the 'creature. He looked fine, and it seemed that he could also breathe normally despite being inside this liquid creature.

"Ahhh .. Here it is. The fountain of happiness in the story of 'Two Foolish Wanderers' … "

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(AN: Sorry if this update or the next update will be a little messy, I'm focusing on the midterms. I really need to fix my grades.)