I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 239

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 239

Hill House

After examining it for a long while, Belo nodded his head.

“No doubt about it. This is lost technology.”

Jinhyeok, who had been sitting quietly, swallowed dryly.

The so-called Lost Technology.

It was something that frequently appeared in fantasy comics and movies.

Usually, things made with this technology boasted ridiculous performance.

“It’s not something that would blow up a city the moment you use it, right?”

“Fortunately, that won’t happen. It’s not in the form of a bomb.”

“Then the moment you press a button, a laser that erases mountains gets fired?!”

Belo raised his head and made eye contact with Jinhyeok.

Eyes that were sparkling frighteningly.

It seemed there was some misunderstanding.

“There are occasionally such things, but most lost technologies are cases where their utility gradually decreased until they were completely forgotten. This is the same.”

The sparkle in Jinhyeok’s eyes faded.

His expectations must have been enormous.

“Your eyes got big too, Belo, so I thought it was something extraordinary.”

“I’ve been appraising for a long time, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen such old technology. First, let me tell you the purpose of this sphere.”

Belo rotated the sphere once and continued speaking.

“It would be containment. It’s wrapped in double and triple layers to prevent whatever power is inside from leaking out. Looking at the material consumption and effort put in, it’s extremely inefficient, but the intention to confine seems to have been achieved.”

“Can we open it?”

“Yes. It should be possible. I have something made specifically for this kind of work. Please come this way.”

The place we arrived at following Belo was a small square room.

In the center was a table that looked like a workbench, along with inventions resembling robotic arms.

“Ooh. Did you make these, Belo?”

“Huh? No. I’m terrible at inventing. These are things I received as payment for appraisals. I use them quite handily.”

“I, I see.”

I had forgotten for a moment.

Roco’s words that he was excellent at appraisal but had no talent for invention.

Belo placed the sphere on the workbench and spoke.

“It won’t explode, but some of the power inside might leak out a little. Is that okay?”

“Yes. We need to know what it is first.”

“Understood. Then I’ll open it.”

Belo operated complex buttons and joysticks to move several mechanical arms simultaneously.

Not only were the movements delicate, but various tools popped out as needed.

It reminded me of Inspector Gadget from my childhood.

Belo concentrated and manipulated the sphere for quite a while.

With creaking sounds, a crack formed in the center of the sphere.

When he carefully separated the core using the mechanical arms.

Swoooosh…!

A red-tinged gemstone appeared.

Rather than simply red, it was a gemstone that the expression “blood red” suited well.

Belo leaned forward and let out a gasp.

“What in the world is this… This is incredible energy. That old-fashioned technology seems to have worked properly. To hide this much energy so completely without a trace.”

“It doesn’t look very mechanical.”

“Right. This isn’t something that can be made with artificial technology. This is, how should I put it, something more high-dimensional…”

“Alchemy.”

I turned my head at the suddenly heard voice.

Ellia was staring at the gemstone with a strange expression.

Ellia slowly approached and shrugged her shoulders.

“Well, well, I have no face to show my master? Not recognizing something I made even when it’s right in front of me.”

Belo looked back and forth between Ellia and Jinhyeok with a surprised face.

Not only did they bring a Dokkaebi Lord, but they also made such a tremendous energy source.

What kind of people are these?

“Hmm. I didn’t expect this to still exist.”

Ellia picked up the gemstone and drew a strange smile.

At the same time.

Ding!

[Through an excellent appraiser, you have helped Elia Posen, the Alchemist of the Stars, discover the Philosopher’s Stone!]

[The clear condition for the 18th Floor of the Mythic Tower has been achieved!]

[You can now enter the 19th Floor of the Mythic Tower!]

Ding!

[Elia Posen, the Alchemist of the Stars’ Epic promotion Quest ‘The Timid Alchemist’ begins!]

# Elia Posen is the creator who made the Philosopher’s Stone.

# By fate’s trick, the stone has returned to its creator’s hands once again!

# The clear condition will be achieved when the Alchemist of the Stars faces the past she has been avoiding!

Ellia quietly looked down at the stone and nodded.

“Finally, my promotion Quest has appeared?”

“Yeah. It says to face the past you’ve been avoiding.”

“As expected.”

Ellia smiled and handed over the Philosopher’s Stone.

“Master should hold onto this for now?”

Ellia, who handed over the stone, stared into space with a strange expression.

“To move forward, one must face it.”

Ellia muttered to herself and put her arm around my shoulder.

“Then shall we go? To confront what I’ve been avoiding.”

I nodded and stared at the Quest inscribed in my status window.

The Timid Alchemist.

What could have happened?

[Entering the 19th Floor of the Mythic Tower ‘The Lonely House Built on a Hill’!]

A hill with a refreshingly clear view.

It was a place that naturally brought the word “peaceful” to mind.

“It’s been a long time.”

Ellia closed her eyes and took a breath.

I also took a deep breath following her.

The refreshing phytoncide scent entering through my nose.

The air was as good as in Yodel Forest.

“Did you live here for a long time?”

“That’s right. About a thousand years?”

“Oh.”

I could tell it was long, but it was a number that didn’t quite sink in.

“Master. If you ever go to Gearheim again, please take me with you?”

“Of course. Belo seemed to be eagerly anticipating it.”

Before giving thanks and leaving the 18th floor.

Belo, whose eyes had been sparkling, had grabbed my hand firmly.

He asked if I could please visit once more with Ellia.

He said he wanted to have an in-depth conversation with the alchemist who created such an incredible thing.

“Hehe. Since he saw the Philosopher’s Stone that I made, it’s only natural? Being an excellent appraiser, he would have recognized its true value.”

Ellia nodded along with her self-praise.

There was something strangely similar between Belo and Ellia.

Since they had many overlapping interests, despite the huge age gap, they would surely make good conversation partners.

“Well then, shall we go inside?”

Ellia stepped forward and grabbed the door handle.

Despite struggling several times, the door wouldn’t open.

Renia, who had been watching, silently approached.

“Hey dokkaebi friend, I can’t break it, right?”

“I know.”

Renia nodded lightly and turned the door handle.

Crrrrreak!!!

He put so much force that the ground beneath his feet shook, but the door still wouldn’t open.

“It’s war!”

“What what!! What are you doing without Momo!!”

It seemed they had rushed over from splashing around in the swimming pool early in the morning.

Kancheo was soaking wet with his fur drenched, while Momo was equipped with a large duck tube.

The other friends also finished manifesting shortly after.

“Kick!”

Dark burst into mockery, perhaps because Renia was struggling.

Fortunately, Renia was too focused on opening the door to hear it.

“Renia, wait a moment. If it won’t open even like this, there must be another condition. Ellia, don’t you have a key or something you used to get in?”

“Ah?”

Only then did Ellia slap her forehead and look around the flower bed.

Kancheo clicked his tongue at this sight.

“Three-thousand-year-old granny, this won’t do. The number of times you forget things is getting worse by the day…”

Thwack!!

Kancheo got hit by a swung flower pot and rolled away.

“It went really far!”

Momo put her hand to her forehead and gave a chubby thumbs up.

Ellia winked with a smile, seemingly satisfied with that good hit.

“Did you find the key?”

Hiding keys under flower beds or in milk boxes must be universal worldwide.

I quickly turned the key before the angry Kancheo could re-manifest.

The moment I heard the click, a strange light swept past my eyes.

“Master, behind you.”

I turned my head at Seira’s words.

The key seemed to have been the trigger.

Golden particles filled the area around the hill.

The particles began to move and started taking on some form.

‘Two of them?’

Two girls of similar height.

What the light was creating was a story about these two children.

Scenes of them holding hands and running around the hill, lying down flat to look at stars.

Or lighting a small bonfire to cook and eat food.

Though the forms weren’t clear, I could tell how long the two had spent together.

“Is that Ellia and Ellia’s friend?”

Ellia nodded with a smile.

“A friend I spent a hundred years with. She was a half-elf. We cooked meals, studied alchemy, chatted, lay down to watch constellations, then fell asleep. We did everything together.”

A few more shapes were drawn.

The color of the light began to change.

The light particles lost their golden color and became somewhat murky.

From that point on, she became invisible.

The friend who had spent a hundred years with Ellia.

All that was drawn was Ellia sitting alone, researching something.

“Half-elves had a chronic disease back then. They would suddenly become unable to get up without any warning symptoms.”

Even as Ellia spoke, the murky particles continued to form shapes.

Shapes that lasted much longer compared to when they were golden.

It didn’t show the exact flow of time.

But I could still tell.

The moments Ellia spent with her friend were ridiculously short compared to this period.

Whoooosh.

The particles that had been growing murkier now turned bright red.

At that moment, Yodel Ranger Unit Captain Kancheo re-manifested.

Kancheo climbed onto my shoulder and pointed down the hill with his finger.

“Captain. There’s something down there. I tried to take a look but it’s too far down to see clearly.”

I turned my gaze toward where Kancheo was pointing.

I couldn’t really see anything…?

I frowned.

For just a moment, something had wriggled.

Soon after, my presence detection also caught something.

Whatever it was, it wasn’t just one or two.

Numbers that filled the area around the hill and then some.

Before long, the area below the hill began to be dyed in red light.

‘How eerie.’

Though distant, I could tell.

That light was the glowing eyes of beings that had just awakened.

“Yodel Ranger Unit Captain Kancheo! I’ll sweep them away!”

Just as I was about to take out a heavy machine gun from my inventory, Ellia placed her hand on Kancheo’s head.

“Eh?”

Kancheo looked up at Ellia with a dumbfounded expression.

It was behavior she would never normally do.

Ellia stepped forward and opened her mouth.

“Master, please leave it to me.”

Ellia put on the Star Gauntlets and stared down the hill.

“That too is part of the past I must face.”

I looked at Ellia and quietly nodded.

At my reaction, Seira and Dark quietly put away their weapons.

“Shall we go?”

Ellia stepped down the hill.

At the same time, something began to be drawn in the sky.

Dozens of transmutation circles summoned by the Star Alchemist.

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