The Second Son of The Marquis Runs Away from Home ~ Lacking Talent, He Abandons Everything and Becomes an Adventurer ~ - 146

Chapter 146: Fifth’s Objective

“This is what happened between Lowd and me in the past.”

Having finished his narrative, Elford took a breath and formed a tower with water. As he looked at it, he murmured sadly.

“I don’t know who released the seal or what their purpose is… I woke up when the seal was broken but immediately went underground to avoid being noticed by Lowd, and ended up in this forest.”

“…Is there any way we can figure that out from here on?”

I took out a copy of the runes inscribed on the tower and the crystal with the seal from my bag. Elford narrowed his eyes as he looked at what I offered.

“What’s this?”

“These are part of the runes inscribed on the ‘Tower to Heaven’ by the person who likely awakened Lowd. It’s a magical tool created by that person. Many people embedded with this were transformed into monsters.”

“I see. Show me.”

Elford received the runes and the crystal with his tentacles and examined them while holding the crystal. He spread out the runes with his tentacles and stared at them with the eyes that appeared at the tips of the tentacles.

“Sorry, but could you tell me the history of how this was used and what those people were doing?”

“Sure.”

While appraising the crystal and the runes, Elford listened to Fifth’s story so far. After a while of contemplation, he held his head with his free hand.

“It seems that the opponent is more troublesome than I anticipated…”

“Do you understand?”

“First, about these runes… From the method and the characters used, I can infer that this is a summoning spell.”

“A summoning spell?”

“It’s understandable if you don’t know. Even in our era, there were very few who knew of summoning spells, let alone practitioners.”

Elford said so and constructed a magic circle with water. It was composed of characters that were also found in the copy.

“It’s a magic that calls forth entities from another world, materializing conceptual beings and bringing them into this world by interfering with another dimension. This type of magic, which interferes with alternate dimensions to manifest beings, is collectively called summoning magic.”

“Interfering with alternate dimensions… Is that even possible?”

“In theory… But this magic has fallen into disuse.”

“Why? If you can summon conceptual beings, that means you can summon even gods, right? I can’t believe such a powerful magic would fall into disuse.”

“The answer is simple. Because no one has ever succeeded.”

“What?”

Voices overlapped in surprise. Elford began to explain the reason.

“First, about the method to call beings from another world… Literally, an immense amount of magical power is required to activate it. It would require gathering all the magic power on this magic continent and more.”

“That’s… certainly impossible.”

“Furthermore, you can’t choose the being you summon. If you use all that magical power and effort to call forth the inhabitants of that world, it might be fine if they are residents of that world… But what if it’s an incredibly powerful monster?”

“That would be catastrophic. It’s a magic that’s not even worth the risk.”

“Yes. Therefore, summoning magic has become obsolete, and another method of materializing conceptual beings and bringing them into this world has become mainstream… The runes of this Fifth are also written in this method.”

“But no one succeeded in that either, right? Isn’t there a possibility that Fifth might fail?”

When I expressed a hopeful view, Elford slowly shook his head.

“Unfortunately, the probability of Fifth succeeding in summoning magic is extremely high.”