Chapter 247 - Episode Forty-Four - The Collector (15)
“I didn’t know there was still a place like this in the tower ……”
I muttered as I turned my head and lightly kicked the crystal scaffolding with the tip of my shoe.
I was now standing on top of an eerily shiny, translucent, giant disc of crystal, facing the collector.
The disc was huge, about a kilometer in diameter.
Outside the edge of the disk, darkness stretched out endlessly.
In the distance, there were several black lights swirling around.
This eerie space was the world inside the mirror from which Altamir had come.
There were various spaces inside the mirror, and they were said to be divided into various rooms, including Altamir’s vault, a second vault, an alchemy studio, a laboratory, and a private room.
It seemed that she was living a surprisingly comfortable life, which was good to hear.
And this space was said to be an accidental place that had arisen while Altamir was continuing his spatial magic.
“This space is completely isolated from the outside world, so it doesn’t matter how violent you get. But there is one problem …… You can see that black light swirling around underneath, right? That’s a concentration of dimensional and spatial distortions …… I call it chaos. If you touch it, your body will turn into miniscule particles, each banished to a completely different end of space. It’s not a problem if you’re within range of the crystal, but if you fall outside of it, the worst that can happen is that you’ll be pulled back in.”
Altamir explained to me as she floated in the air.
I was annoyed by the World Tree Ortem I was holding in my hand, so I placed it on the floor.
It seemed that normal teleportation magic could not be used in this space, so I brought the Lapides Sword and the World Tree Ortem with me, just in case.
“When we’re done, you’ll open the space transfer gate again, right?”
“Yes. I don’t want to get caught in the middle of all this, so I may have to wait a little while ……”
I gave a small nod and turned to the collector.
Altamir spun around and disappeared into the mirror behind her, as if she had been sucked into it.
A magic circle appeared and the mirror disappeared.
By the way, I left Mea outside.
Now there is no need to worry about damage to Mea and Altamir completely.
Naturally, the tower would not be adversely affected.
The collector watched as Altamir left, then held his large sword in his right hand and swung it from side to side.
I felt the wind from the sword and pressed my hair.
“Wasn’t that a two-handed sword?”
Whenever a collector wielded a large sword, he always wielded it with both arms.
It was such a ridiculously large sword. If he didn’t do that, the collector wouldn’t be able to handle it properly.
The only time he held it in one hand was when he had to use another magic tool on the spur of the moment.
” “Right King of Shattering, Chromieshkeid Ray”, was created when twin kings were born in the Land of Swords. It was made for his brother, Barondal, the King of the Twin Swords. He is rumored to be the strongest swordsman of all time. It is said that with this great sword in his hand, Barondal’s strength was said to be truly unbeatable, and the story of how he single-handedly took on an army is still told today as a heroic tale. But there exists one more treasure sword.”
The collector waved his free left hand.
The same overwhelming presence of a large sword appears.
But while the “Right King of Shattering, Chromieshkeid Ray”, is a martial blade of great thickness, this one is too thin.
If the collector were to hold it vertically, you would think that the blade had disappeared.
“The name of this sword is “Left King of Rending, Matarglardar Ray” …… In contrast to “Right King of Shattering, Chomieshkeid Ray”, which is a hard sword that crushes everything, this is a very thin sword that is specialized in cutting everything. However, it is not fragile. And it is not just a sword that is hard to handle. In fact, the one who slayed Barondal, the King of Twin Swords, was his twin brother, Berelroy, the other King of Twin Swords who used this ultra-thin sword.”
I remembered the anecdote about the sword that the collector had told me with such pride.
He said it was made before the king of the land of swords was born …… Apparently, the king was a twin.
I did think it was a strange name. Why did the sword have “Right” in its name when it was so obviously a two-handed sword?
“But I! I can easily surpass these two swordsmen who are considered to be the strongest! And here I will prove that I am a transcendent being beyond the reason of the world!”
The collectors lifted his left and right arms, each holding a large sword, and bent over.
He could only handle one of them, probably because he was too old to do so.
“Here I come, Abel!”
The collector shouted triumphantly.
I waved my wand at the World Tree Ortem at my feet.
“Puppet, dance!”
The World Tree Ortem lit up with a glow of magic and leaped in front of me.
I’ve got insurance now.
If he gets too close, the World Tree Ortem will guard them.
I took out the hilt of my Lapides Sword from my pocket and threw it at the collector.
“Go!”
The Lapides Sword flew in a straight line towards the collector.
At the same time, the collector, still in a low position, started to run.
The Lapides Sword speeds up, aiming for the collector’s shoulder.
The collector released his greatsword as if to scoop it up from underneath, sending the Lapides Sword flying up.
The Lapides Sword immediately changes its trajectory and slashes at the collector.
No matter how many times the collector repels it, the Lapides Sword sticks around.
“Aside from being fast, it’s persistent! How can you take so many slashes from my sword and not get a scratch?”
The collector uses both of his large swords to block the Lapides Sword’s slashes.
Because the collector’s large sword is too long, the blade is repeatedly thrust into the crystal-like ground.
The crystal shatters and sharp cuts are made here and there.
“Tch!”
As the collector was about to make an opening from the impact of the Lapides Sword, he somersaulted to get some distance between them, as he landed on the ground, he swung his left and right swords to pull through from the onslaught of the Rapides Sword.
“…… I’d like to have a little more speed. I’m not sure if I’m even close in my response actions. I thought I had enough, but …… maybe I should mix in some feints.”
I put my finger to my lips and watched the battle between the Collector and the Lapides Sword, pondering this and that.
The collector glanced sideways at me, but soon lost his composure and returned his attention to the Lapides Sword.