The Second Son of The Marquis Runs Away from Home ~ Lacking Talent, He Abandons Everything and Becomes an Adventurer ~ - 188

Chapter 188: Altar (Aria’s side)

The intensity of the battle between Berg and Lowd could be felt from the tower’s tremors. Despite the shaking, we continued forward and ascended.

“The flow of magic is gathering ahead.”

“That’s where the core is!”

Led by Shurin, we reached the solemn door leading to the top floor beneath the rooftop. Upon opening it, we surveyed the room.

It had a completely different appearance from before. The walls and floors, which were originally white, were now filled with glowing crimson ancient inscriptions. As a result, the surrounding area where ancient inscriptions were engraved had turned black.

The ominous presence emitted from the intricate spell formations stabbed at our senses. At the back of the room, there was an altar, and a large crystal, radiating an even more sinister glow, was accompanied by various weapons.

“That crystal… There’s no mistake, that’s the core!”

“Ugh!… Let’s do this, both of you!”

Flame slashes, water spears, and arrows imbued with wind were unleashed towards the crystal, but shadow walls and stakes emerged from the floor to block the attacks.

Black puddle-like shadows appeared on the floor, and from the shadows rose Fifth, clad entirely in a black robe.

“Fifth!”

“I won’t allow it… Especially now that my grand wish is about to come true.”

With those words, shadow creatures like Shadow Stalkers and Black Widows filled the room as if emerging from nowhere.

“Truly… this is unbearable!”

I cleaved through the attacking Shadow Stalkers in a straight line, while Serena narrowed their direction with barriers, and Shurin’s arrows took down the Black Widows.

Fifth waved his arm, summoning Iron Golems from the walls. Then, he chanted an incantation unheard of by Shurin, and crimson ancient inscriptions appeared on the Iron Golems and Shadow Stalkers, intensifying their attacks.

“No way… “Madness Bestowal”!?”

“Madness Bestowal” was classified as dark magic, a forbidden spell due to its history of being used by a cult leader to turn followers into fearless berserkers. To use it on monsters…

The monsters increased their momentum and began to approach again. Despite being consumed by the arrows and losing half of their bodies, they relentlessly attacked, starting to crack Serena’s barrier with their overwhelming numbers.

“I’ll cast a new barrier!”

Serena constructed a new barrier just before the old one was broken. Shurin also changed his strategy, focusing on high-powered arrows rather than quantity.

However, even if we defeated the monsters, Fifth continued to summon more, and not only that, he enhanced the monsters with auxiliary magic in addition to “Madness Bestowal.”

There was no time to hesitate. To overcome this situation, I mowed down the monsters to create an opening and then prepared my sword.

“Serena! Close the barrier!”

Seeing Serena and Shurin entering the barrier, I dashed towards the oncoming monsters and shouted powerful words.

“Flame Dress Deployment – Alluring Flame Ruscadite!”

The crimson flames swept through the room…