Kato Megumi wants to learn magic

If it weren't for the treasure map's function of guiding the direction, Kato Megumi would have been lost in the depths of darkness and would have given up.

It has been more than three months since Kato Megumi went deep into the bottom of the lake, and during these three months, Kato Megumi's greatest feeling was not the problem of being unable to see clearly due to the dimness of the glowstone, nor the heartache of consuming a large amount of magic crystals, nor the loneliness and fear brought by the dead and silent darkness.

Her biggest feeling was that her body became stronger and stronger with the constant squeezing, which even made her doubt whether she was traveling or exercising. Why were there always various opportunities on the road that led to her physical fitness improving step by step?

When he first learned magic carving arrays, because the witch's array was successful, his physical fitness increased many times, and he could use his index finger to poke through an iron pot. At that time, Kato Megumi thought that was normal. Unexpectedly, the witch later said that under normal circumstances, a successful array will awaken some talents, some of which are magical understanding, and some are enhanced memory, but what Kato Megumi awakened was an enhanced physical body.

Now she feels that her body is already very strong, but because of the passive pressure from the bottom of the lake, her physical strength has been further enhanced. Kato Megumi is well aware of this.

From being able to walk only three kilometers a day before having to rest in the space in the beginning, to being able to walk more than thirty kilometers a day before having to rest in the space now, thanks to the constant pressure of the lake water, Kato Megumi's physical potential has been further developed and become even stronger.

You have to know that as she moves forward, she is walking deeper and deeper, which means that the depth is getting deeper and the water pressure is getting heavier. But even so, Kato Megumi's progress is increasing at a rapid pace. She doesn't need to do anything, just persist.

This made Kato Megumi think for a moment that she was a Gundam fighter, not a so-called magician.

After all, being weak wouldn't work for her, and she mostly used her fists in every fight. Combined with her experiences these days, Kato Megumi felt a little bit amused.

No wonder she thought this way. If the steel body is regarded as her body, the fireball is analogous to the flame launcher, the ice arrow is analogous to the freezing laser, and the barrier is analogous to the energy shield, then the picture comes out when you think about it this way.

She - Kato Megumi, is an evolving Gundam warrior, not a weak alien magician. The style of painting has changed.

"Pfft... Megumi, you're right, it really does look like it! A Kato Megumi-brand Gundam Warrior."

Hearing Kato Megumi's helpless complaints and descriptions, Eriri laughed so hard in her space that she rolled over, holding her belly.

"Hahaha, you know what, it really does look like that!"

"Eri-san—"

"!!!"

"Ahem, I won't laugh anymore, I won't laugh anymore!"

Ying Lili quickly straightened her expression and looked very serious, but the wagging of her tail behind her revealed her true feelings.

"It's been so long, why haven't we arrived yet? Even if the lake is big, it shouldn't be like this. Hui, is there anything wrong with your map?"

Seeing Eriri clumsily change the subject, Kato Megumi was quite amused.

"There are indeed some problems, but the map says we need to move forward, so there shouldn't be any problems..."

Kato Megumi thought for a while and frowned. She looked at the darkness around her, took out the map and looked at it carefully, then pointed to the location of the arrow with her index finger.

"Look, the arrow has been pointing in this direction."

The arrow is pointing directly in front of Kato Megumi, and it is obvious that the destination is just ahead.

"Oh fine……"

Ying Lili hung her head, feeling a little weak.

"I have a fear of the deep sea. I keep walking forward in the pitch-black place every day. If it weren't for the existence of space, I would go crazy. Only you can persist in doing so pervertedly."

Eriri stuck out her tongue and complained.

"Ha..." Kato Hui sighed and took back the map, feeling a little helpless, "There's nothing I can do about it. I can only persevere..."

Miss Witch has said before that there is a sense of time and space on the map, and she also predicted through divination that her opportunity to leave this world is here. What can she do?

If she doesn't leave here, she will be assimilated or rejected by the will of the world, and either lose her memory or be rejected into the void. Both of these results are obviously not good results. She can only stick to the result she wants, even if the road is difficult.

Of course, this is only one aspect. The main reason is that this world can no longer provide an environment for growth for himself. The inheritance of magic has been cut off. It may be okay for beginners to get started, but it is impossible to go any further.

If she wants to retire and has no ambition, this might be a suitable place for her to be a layman. After all, her strength is already at the top of this world, powerful gods no longer interfere in this world, and she is still a saint. With these three conditions, Kato Hui can live well here.

Even if there is rejection, what can she do? Whether it is to reduce her presence or to improve her strength, Kato Megumi will always find a way to delay for a few hundred years, and rely on her abilities to stay here forever.

However, she is not such a person. She wants to become powerful, wants to go to different worlds to obtain different energies to make the nebula grow, wants to be promoted, wants to go to the world of the witch lady, wants to see more of the world, and wants to end the cycle of her own world and restore Eriri to human form.

She wanted too much, and this place could no longer satisfy her, so she wanted to leave without any regrets.

Thinking of this, Kato Megumi's steps became more determined. The mud and sand at the bottom of the lake could not stop her steps, and the constant oppression around her was no longer an obstacle. Just like this, another month passed.

She finally arrived at her destination, an underwater ruin that looked both exquisite and dilapidated.

ps: This world will end tomorrow. The author has a new idea for the next world these days, which may involve some settings of monsters.

Original Goblin Slayer: Chapter 291 Chapter The Ruins at the Bottom of the Lake

The reason why it is called exquisite is naturally because the ruins are intact as a whole, without any damage. The whole thing is built with a magical material that can absorb magic power. It is hard and practical, and can be regarded as a precious weapon material even now.

The ruins resemble the style of ancient European churches, with a circular arch more than ten meters high and many white jade pillars standing around it, carved with exquisite patterns and formations, and various murals carved on the walls.

But it is indeed dilapidated. Having been in the water for a long time, the ruins have been covered with a layer of ashes of time. Even with the thick barrier covering it, without the shining light, the surrounding flowers, plants and trees have long withered. It is like a shipwreck in the deep sea, assimilated by the darkness here, dead and lonely.

"Is this the target? I didn't expect it to be a relic."

Kato Megumi tentatively touched the barrier, thinking that she would be blocked, but unexpectedly she was able to penetrate easily.

"Huh?" He couldn't help but wonder, "It only blocks the lake water but not the human body?"

She tried to reach out her hand into the barrier again, and after repeating it several times, Kato Megumi was sure that the barrier in front of them did not block them.

"Isn't this great? Who knows what would happen if we destroyed this barrier? Would the building be crushed into powder by the lake water? Isn't it great that we can go in without destroying it?"

Eriri said.

"Too……"

Kato Megumi blinked and walked into the barrier without thinking any more.

As soon as they entered the barrier, the water pressure that was always there around them disappeared instantly, and Kato Megumi felt dizzy and unable to react. Instead, she felt a little uncomfortable.

After rubbing his temples to relieve the discomfort, Kato Megumi let Eriri come out of the space and carried her along the marble path towards the ruins.

Rather than calling it a relic, it is better to say that what is in front of you is a large building similar to a church. Perhaps because it is preserved by a special formation, the door of the ruins is not like those old gears that break when touched or make creaking sounds, but was easily pushed open by Kato Megumi.

Pushing open the door, unlike the darkness outside, there is a moonlit night scene like a starry sky.

At the top of the building is a magnificent nebula mural, emitting a blue-purple glow. The surrounding buildings are made of meteorite-like powder, reflecting the dim but not dim light, making the entire hall bright.

It was like a modern planetarium. If Kato Megumi hadn't known that he was at the bottom of the lake, he would have really thought that this relic was a planetarium, and the nebula above was not a mural but the real night sky.

"Mei, this place is so beautiful... I don't know how they did it, but you can tell this building is many years old, yet it still looks brand new, and there are beautiful murals that emit light."

"Well... after all, it is an ancient relic... it is the work of ancient magicians..."

Agreeing with Eriri's praise, Kato Megumi began to observe everything here carefully.

No one knows what this relic is used for. The whole hall looks empty. Apart from the bright starry sky mural above, the only thing that attracts the eye is a small bead floating in the center.

The beads are crystal clear, the size of a fist, with a dreamy blue-purple color, lightly staining the surroundings.

Kato Megumi noticed it at first sight. After all, she was so charming and unique, like a huge night pearl, as obvious as a lighthouse standing in the sea, floating in the center of the hall, it was hard not to notice it.

"This bead is very beautiful..."

Kato Megumi exclaimed.

"Beads? What beads?"

Eriri looked confused and couldn't understand what Kato Megumi was talking about.

"Eh? Didn't you see it, Eriri-san?"

Kato Megumi asked, pointing at the very obvious bead in the center of the hall.

"She can't see it. Your friend's magic power is too low to see this thing."

Before waiting for Eriri's reply, Kato Megumi suddenly heard the voice of the witch lady.

"Ah, Miss Witch..."

I don't know when Patchouli appeared beside Kato Megumi. At this moment, she was one foot above the ground, hanging in the air, holding Eriri, who was being questioned, in her arms, stroking her gently, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

And Eriri stayed obediently in her arms, looking tense.

Kato Megumi found it very funny and didn't understand why Eriri was so scared when she saw the witch lady, since she was obviously a very gentle person!

But instead of comforting Eriri, she asked Patchouli.

"Why are you here... When..."

"Hmm? Just now... not long ago, there must be something going on."

Ying Lili used one of her free hands to twiddle the ends of her hair, pretending to be thinking.

"This bead requires a person with strong magic power to see it. It seems to have been recorded by the ancients. Don't you want to take a look?"

Patchouli suddenly said.

“Eh, is that so?”

Seeing that Miss Witch was urging her, Kato Megumi did not hesitate and stepped forward to touch the dream beads. Miss Witch should not lie to her!

However, the moment the fingers touched, the beads suddenly glowed brightly, and chains formed by characters suddenly surrounded Kato Megumi, like a golden band of light, or like a python, trying to entangle Kato Megumi, wanting to engrave something on her body. At the same time, Kato Megumi felt many memories impacting her spiritual sea, like waves after waves, making it impossible to adapt and forced to cope with it.

"Ah, using such coercive means under the witch's nose is really disgusting and despicable..."

Seeing that the string of characters that were like a chain were suddenly about to wrap around Kato Megumi and merge into her body, Patchouli raised her eyebrows, stretched out her slender hand, and gently grabbed it, pulling the chain over in one go.

As she pulled and tugged, the light strip was forced out. At the same time, the light on it gradually turned black, emitting an ominous aura. Then it struggled out of Patchouli's palm with all its might, trying to escape.

Patchouli raised her eyebrows at this change, not caring at all. She lightly tapped the end of the character chain with her index finger.

At this moment... it was like solid ice touching boiling hot molten iron. The tail end of the chain formed by the characters melted instantly, spreading slowly and spreading throughout the body at lightning speed.

In just a moment, the entire character disappeared completely, as if it had never existed, and turned into ashes.

Eriri, who witnessed everything, opened her eyes wide and felt frightened.

This woman is still as scary as ever!

At this time, Kato Hui also opened her eyes, her eyes were full of complexity, and she asked Miss Witch,

"Miss Witch...what happened just now is..."

Patchouli pinched Eriri's ears in her arms and licked the corner of her lips.

"This is a forced contract, but also a curse..."

Original Goblin Slayer: Chapter 292 Chapter The Reasons for the Decline of Ancient Magic

"Is that so?"

Hearing what Miss Witch said, Kato Megumi suddenly realized something, and then understood something.

Only then did she narrate everything she had received.

It turned out that what she received from the bead was the lifelong memory of an ancient magician, and she also learned why ancient magic declined.

The owner of the memory, this great ancient magician himself is a man of great authority and strength, and he was also the leader of the ancient magicians at that time.

The power of ancient magic was unquestionable in the past. From the initial discovery and research of magic, to the later development of ancient magic into many schools, and then under the inheritance and innovation of generations, magic, a power system discovered by humans, has become increasingly large and profound, and is being used by more and more people.

Magic began to penetrate into everyone's life, from the making of daily necessities and the reclamation of farmland to the production of weapons and equipment, the emergence of various powerful forbidden spells and high-energy weapons. Magic spread to every corner and became an indispensable part of a country's own strength.

With this kind of development, magic should be something that is constantly innovating and becoming increasingly powerful, just like technology. Sooner or later, it will break out of the planet and head into the universe, developing at an unstoppable rate.

It should have been like this...it should have been...

However, in reality, people discovered that starting from a certain period of time, magic power began to become thin. People did not notice it at first, but gradually, as the magic power disappeared faster and faster, some powerful magicians also discovered the abnormality.

So they began to search and explore why this happened, studying the history of each generation, and finally discovered that the disappearance of magic power has traces to be found. With the decline of each peak generation, the abundant magic power will experience a period of rapid decline, and that period of time is called the last glory of the era.

They discovered that the emergence of this phenomenon was also related to the game of the Brave Demon King played by the gods. Some powerful magicians also knew that this world was the playground of the gods, a world created to determine the winner and loser, and also a world created by the dead bodies of the gods.

Therefore, this world is flawed. The negative energy body called the Demon King that escapes from the seal every once in a while is proof of this. Magicians have discovered that seals also have their limits and that Demon Kings are also different.

As the world grows, the negative energy emitted by the flesh and blood of gods is also growing and accumulating. The game of God Warriors is an act to solve this problem.

However, this is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. When it reaches a certain period of time, the accumulated negative energy will explode and the entire world will be destroyed.

The gods knew this, and in order to make the game field exist longer, they established some rules. For example, when negative energy accumulates to a certain level and the heroes are unable to resolve it, the world will consume magic power to dissipate the negative energy. When the magic power is consumed, the entire world will fall into the Dharma Ending Period. This period will last for a long time, possibly a thousand years or even tens of thousands of years.

This is why the magic suddenly disappeared, and this is also the reason for the decline of the previous glorious eras.

Without magic power, the long-lived magician became a weak and short-lived ordinary person.

Without magic power, the farm tools and weapons powered by magic power cannot be used.

Without magic, farmland could not be productive and people's life expectancy was greatly reduced.

The reduction of magic power caused panic among the magicians. Without magic power, it was like pulling out their claws and teeth. How could they just sit there and wait for death?