[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 192: Absurdity (9)

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"Mmm? I remember, when we finished crossing the spirit gate, you said that the journey of the spirit world was different from what you knew. Whatdoes thatmean? "

Hearing that question, Norman once again smiled bitterly.

"Heheh, that's because the sound of his whispering sounds like it's stronger than usual. I should have gotten used to the journey through the spirit gate, since Kaira held items with similar functions, she said, but I didn't expect that the spirit gate we passed through was so strong that it had such a terrible effect."

"Once, yes … "

Now Noelle remembered, with Kaira, Norman could travel far in a short time. That was probably because they used the method of 'traveling through the spirit gate' to shorten the route.

Now, Noelle had gotten answers to some of her questions. Although he was still made confused and curious about some things, it was not a problem as he could search for the answer himself later.

Noelle saw that the baked fish was ripe, and immediately ate one of them.

After waiting for almost 30 minutes, Cryll finally returns, swapping places with Norman to take care. After that, they finally came to a conclusion.

Exactly as Noelle thought, the time here was proceeding very slowly.

The three of them had already swapped places several times, and it should have been about 6 hours late. However, the position of the giant eyeball is quite far from the position it should be.

Despite knowing that, they did not hurry and continued their round of guarding as planned.

Until finally, another morning arrived.

They had already gone through the night with the same guard rotation, and had not found any changes. Other than the harmless little animals, there were absolutely no monsters or beasts here, which caused them to relax a little of their sense of vigilance.

With her eyes still closed, Noelle rolled to the side and fumbled around the place. Whatever he did, he couldn't find it.

Noelle immediately opened her eyes that had lost the light, then realized.

(True ... I am separated from Olivia .. )

If this was a normal day, then Olivia would definitely be by her side, saying good morning while kissing her cheek. Of course, it doesn't happen here.

Noelle with a rather bad mood tried to get up, and looked outside her tent.

His internal clock was gradually recovering from a sleeping condition, and this should have been quite early in the morning.

However, as soon as he came out, he saw that the sky was still a bit dark, with those giant eyeballs peering out from behind the thick clouds.

Noelle glanced at the simple pendulum she had made to measure time. Based on that, he found that there were still about seven hours until the 24-hour round was completed.

(We will probably move faster than we should. )

Since they had already ascertained the safety level of this place, things like guard rotation were no longer needed, so they could immediately move and move from the place as quickly as possible.

Noelle warms up for a moment, then exercises lightly to complete her daily schedule.

When he finished, he would swing his own sword with repeated movements for a long time.

Cryll and Norman wake up in the middle of their training, and they immediately wash their faces in a small river not far from their campground.

The river water had a temperature so cold that it pierced into the bone. Fortunately, the three of them had quite good resistance to such temperatures. The water itself was not as cold as the water in the royal capital when winter arrived, so this was relatively ordinary.

After discussing for some time, the three of them finally agreed to depart earlier than planned.

The three of them walked down the wide forest while leaving a sign to mark the path they had passed. This is useful to anticipate if they are stuck in a 'maze'.

This trip has taken more time without them noticing. Now, they had found one of the things that could possibly be a clue to get out of this place.

"This … "

What they found was ruins. A temple ruins to be exact.

The supporting stone with many beautiful carvings, yet it had moss growing on it, scattered all over the place, making everything there look like scrap.

Noelle unhesitatingly walked up to one of the stone pillars there, and with her finger traced the beautiful and delicate carving.

Pursuing her, Cryll and Norman jump over every barrier that existed, and finally arrived beside her.

"Noelle, this … "

Noelle nodded. "Minerva kuno … "

The carving on the stone is not an ordinary carving made for the sake of beauty, but a series of words composed using the ancient Minerva language.

Noelle was able to figure it out because she had just learned the ancient form of Minerva from Norman.

"Don't read it, it's possible it's going to make us go through something bad."

As Norman explained earlier. The ancient Minerva language was used for rituals. If it is read haphazardly, then it will probably disturb the 'something' that is out there.

Noelle and Cryll nodded, then turned to look at the gap formed between the several stone pillars.

The crack formed a door that led directly underground, turning all the pillars into a beautiful entrance for her.

It was very dark, as if no light from outside could enter it. That was not a problem for Noelle who had good eyesight in a dark place. However, that might be a difficulty for Cryll and Norman.

Noelle raised one hand, and created several small-sized balls of light that floated around her.

"No other choice, come on in."

This ruin was the only one they found among the dense trees, so they could only inspect it to find a way to get out of this place.

After passing through the gap, what greeted them there was a staircase leading down, with total darkness causing them to be unable to see anything. If there were no balls of light from Noelle, then their eyes would be completely blind.

Just by entering it a little, they could already feel its strangeness.

The place they were standing right now was only about two meters away from the gap formed between the pillars, but the darkness there was very abnormal. There was no light entering, as if there was a barrier placed at the entrance.

The three of them walked down the stairs, while observing the walls and ceiling filled with various writings from the ancient Minerva language.

It was only limited to looking, and they did not dare to act further by reading it.

The writing itself is made by a sculpting method that is done directly on the surface of the stone, thus creating a very clear basin.

After some time, they finally reached the end of the stairs. The three of them instantly prepared for what was to come while looking around.

Noelle takes out Verstand which has been resized to be smaller, and gives Langen to Cryll. Nornan himself still uses Aligma as before. With his magic capacity, he could easily fire thousands of magic bullets using it.

Soon, however, they realized that there was no danger at all. The three of them simultaneously instantly relaxed and lowered their vigilance.

Noelle took a few steps forward and made the surrounding light particles scatter all over the place. That way, the pitch-black place is now filled with bright light so that it will not make it difficult for them to see what is there.

The first they saw at that moment was a stone slab, gigantic in size and towering upwards, standing majestically as if unaffected by the flow of time that befell him.

"An inscription … "

It was exactly as Cryll said. The stone was a slate, or better known as an inscription.

Standing firmly with no movement, the stone had various words carved on it, using the ancient Minerva language.

Norman's eyes slowly lost their light as he resignedly sat on the ground, looking at the inscription.

Noelle ignored him, and began to examine the surroundings. As a result, there is nothing.

In addition to the walls with many strange ornaments that carried the vibe of the old world, there were only candle holders hung at some point.

If they were to exclude that gigantic inscription, then this room was very worthy of being said to be an empty room.

"I don't think we have any other choice … "

Noelle put on a bitter smile as she walked closer to the inscription. He intends to read it.

If he could, he wanted to avoid the risk by getting out of this place. But, not necessarily he'll find a way to get out there. Moreover, he remembered how long time had been running, and he could only find one of these mysterious alien ruins.

The chance to find other ruins may be very small.

Noelle expanded the range of the light bulb, and began to float using a hint of gravity, putting herself in the same position as the first line of the sentence.

"Prepare for the worst situation" Noelle told Cryll and Norman, waiting below.

Both of them simultaneously raised their vigilance and prepared with their respective weapons, as Noelle tried to convince herself to read the sentence.

"Well, what we will find here .. 'The white and gold, who became the mysterious ruler in the dreamland, who mastered the path of illusory light and fog. Enjoy all the dishes, and share them with his followers. Who gave the calamity of fear to his enemy."

Line by line Noelle recited using the ancient Minerva language, making the entire room vibrate violently. Despite that, Noelle did not stop, she continued reading as if that was all she could do.

"The one who likes beautiful stories from fairy tales and the past, as well as 'He' who does not like sadness. 'He' who created an imaginary garden, who showed good memories to everyone, also who showed nightmares to everyone."

The sentence ends there. No more continuation.

For a moment, nothing happened. Noelle was the one who knew it the most. As he read the sentence, he sensed that his magic energy was gradually decreasing by a large amount.

(I understand ... Saying a certain sentence using the ancient Minerva language will absorb my magic energy bit by bit, and just now .. That should be the name of honor for someone, it should be, and reciting it using the ancient Minerva language would only drain a large amount of my magic energy. Heh, it was only a moment ago that I learned it, and now it has been faced with a direct practice.)

Regardless of what Noelle was thinking, the room began to show a slight change.

Some candles started popping up in a lit state in the candle holder hung on the wall, and they all lit up with a beautiful blue flame.

Noelle naturally narrowed her eyes and paid attention to each of those candles. There was an unknown radiance of energy there, but he could not find the source no matter what he did.

Noelle raised her hand and prepared to launch an attack using magic, but nothing happened there.

"What's going on? "

Cryll, who still did not understand the situation could only be confused. Noelle and Norman.

"It's weird ... Did we miss something? "

Norman tried to guess, but did not manage to get a single idea in his head.

Then, Noelle shook her head. "No, we didn't miss anything. It's just .. Maybe we should finish one more ritual."

" … You're right."

Thinking about it logically, that was exactly what they had to do.

But seconds later, the three woke up. What ritual should we do next? There's no clear lead here.

After a few minutes of silence, Noelle finally snapped her finger instinctively as she got one idea.

Cryll and Norman simultaneously gave her a questioning look, but Noelle didn't even care about them. He solemnly looked back at the inscription, and reread the inscription written there.

About three minutes later, Noelle nodded. "I understand … "

Cryll and Norman were about to ask what he meant, but Noelle had turned her head first and answered a question they hadn't even asked.

"The "next ritual may be a true ritual process. To do that, we may have to find the name of the true honor of this existence."

At that moment, both of them were shocked. They finally realized the awkwardness.

Usually, in the process of ritual, the honorific name of their do'a target will only have at most about six verses. But, the name of honor written on the inscription clearly exceeded its limit.

Perhaps that was why nothing special happened when Noelle recited it in the ancient Minerva language.

"I understand the point. But, how are we going to find the name of that true honor? "

Cryll wanted to ask the same thing.

Noelle only nodded briefly, and turned to stare at one of the lit candles.

"The answer is I'm thinking. Clearly, the clues are in this inscription."

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20 minutes later, they finally collected all the honorific names they could try for the ritual.

There were about 17 names of honor that they managed to find, and no one knew which was true.

Noelle even spent a lot of time just for this simple code breaking.

After several failures in matching, they finally found one appropriate honorary name.

It read: "You are the intruder of the outside world. Who loves fairy tales and the past."

His honorary name only had two verses, and it was quite simple.

After reading it aloud enough with the ancient Minerva language she had just mastered, Noelle finally felt a change again.

However, a terrifying sensation suddenly appeared.

It was like his heart and heart had been gripped by an invisible hand, and his throat was like it was filled with molten metal slowly solidifying. His eyes warmed up, and blood began to flow from the ends of his eyes, nostrils, and the crevices of his teeth.

Cryll and Norman experience the same thing, but it's only limited to their ears. The sensations they felt were different from Noelle.

Maybe it was because they only listened to it, whereas Noelle recited it directly, so the effect would obviously be very different.

After a few minutes of struggle against that terrifying sensation, the pain that Noelle was experiencing slowly began to disappear.

The solid metal that seemed to be stuck in his throat had also disappeared, as if it had returned to its liquid form and entered directly into his stomach.

The candle that lit up with blue flames around them quickly showed a change. The fire became bigger, and the temperature also turned hotter.

Until finally, countless light particles emerged from the air, filling the room with a somewhat dazzling light.

One by one the particles of light were connected by a line of foreign light that suddenly appeared; and then, the particles connected by that line of light formed a gate with many symbols in its frame.

Noelle, who had recovered from her condition, walked up to the gate and looked at her while stunned.

"So the ritual to open the gates is to call out the name of his honor, yes .. I hope this will not result in anything bad … "

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