Seiju no Kuni no Kinju Tsukai

Episode 34: Holy Ruins

There were many students gathered in the square in front of the Holy Ruins.

This square houses a three-story building called the Holy Monument Hall.

We were also briefed by instructor Joseph after the art class about the Holy Monument Hall.

The Holy Monument Hall is where you can support students in preparing to dive into the Holy Monument and more.

For once, the building is in the name of a place to rent a room in the hall to discuss the policy of the attack, but there is also a great deal of other support.

It provides support for the wide colored aspects of matters related to the search for the Holy Site, such as the loan of weapons and protective equipment, the sale of tools and preserved foods to assist in the search, the process of applying for a class exemption during a long-term search, and the purchase of crystals obtained in the site.

By the way, you may prepare your own weapons and tools.

Look at the square.

There you can see the students making circles and sitting down and discussing something at the table.

There are also several crystal lamps in this square, so even as the sun sets, the darkness will not inhibit your vision.

Sensibly, would there be many freshmen?

Well, since it is today that freshmen have been banned from entering the Holy Ruins, is it also natural, if not natural, to flourish?

Plus, it looks like a lot of senior students are coming to see how the Rookies are doing in the fun half.

I didn't realize one thing when I chased Mr. Currier earlier, maybe because, after a moment, there was a bunch of students over here.

"Hmm?"

That's... that's Mr. Ira.

Um, I guess we're with... the upper classmates who were eating at the same table at lunch.

Will they also go to the Holy Ruins from now on?

Everyone is not in uniform, but in armor and cloak, but in a dungeon attacking manner.

Mr. Ira is lowering to his waist, Sabel.

Does it emphasize ease of movement, and the protective gear also feels relatively light?

Somehow, there was an overall stylish vibe.

...... Ira, it's nice.

Just look around.

I don't see Mr. Cecily or Ma Lu.

Haven't you been here today, or have you, again, already dived...

…………

Well.

I don't know what to do.

Just try diving into one tier today and come back soon......

We also need to work out a policy on how to attack in the future with solo.

and then.

At the corner of the square - surrounded by iron fences and ceilings, a square and flat staged place surrounded by blue and white light.

On the four corners of the stage stands the embedded majestic pillar of the crystal, and the crystal embedded in that pillar also emits strong light.

"Oh, you're here."

Several guards, who sat in nearby chairs and refrained from doing so, rise up, pull their swords out of their sheaths, and gather around the stage.

At the next moment, five students armed with swords and armor appeared on the square, black stage floor.

And one besides those five...

"Geaaaaa!"

What emerged with the students was a white ghost with wings - a gargoyle.

The demons up to the fifth tier were constantly checked in the demonic atlas of the sacred ruins distributed after school, so I quickly found out.

... even RPG is a classic monster.

One of the students, who saw the sight, said without looking set up and panicked.

"Gargoyle? What do you mean, they went all the way to the four levels?"

The gargoyles that emerge, just like those first giants - cyclops - still dissolve like they were acid coated.

While being driven around by five students, Gargoyle makes a golden sound, hitting the iron fence and ceiling, hitting his body many times.

But soon he was enslaved by one student, and melted and vanished.

The other students who were watching how things went quickly returned to their conversations and preparations as if nothing had happened when they saw that Gargoyle had vanished.

The students who showed up with Gargoyle also open the door part of the iron fence and come out of the cage, breathing relief.

They are students who have returned using a transfer device inside the Holy Ruins.

Sacred ruins are quite kindly designed, and there are transfer devices in each hierarchy that transfer them to the ground, he said.

but when the transfer device is activated, it takes about five minutes to enough to be transferred.

Moreover, after activation, a large number of demons spring up.

So, occasionally, oh, so together, demons are transferred.

Anyway, if the demons of the Holy Ruins leave them on the ground, they will melt and disappear, so they haven't been seen as much of a danger, but nevertheless, school side policy seems to take into account such considerations as enclosing the transfer destination in an iron cage or deploying guards to help them in times of need.

For once, the retired saint said he was packing it in the hall as well.

If you become a Saint Tree Man, you probably won't have any trouble getting a job after you retire.

Um, even... a transfer device.

Sure, with a handy device, there is...

…………

Yeah...... right, what's a round waist, and let's go to the Holy Monument Hall first.

Thus I turned my foot to the Hall of Holy Monuments.

"One long sword and leather armor... and a pair of exploratory clothes?

"Yes."

The person in charge of the counter writes even the name of the borrowed item onto the paper in a familiar way.

I borrowed clothes to wear when diving into the Holy Monument, such as long swords (no sheath) and leather armor in the Holy Monument Hall, and then exploratory clothing (I hear exploratory clothing is not mandatory, but most students wear exploratory clothing because many hate to have their uniforms dirty or torn).

This is how the school side lends the least amount of equipment to students who can't afford the money.

For me, it's a very grateful system.

The equipment for the loan has been pushed into the warehouse behind the hall, and out of what has been used, the student himself brings it under scrutiny.

These are fundamental and, if damaged, there is no obligation to compensate.

The reason for this is that most of the loans were left by graduates and others with a sense of donation (only exploratory clothing, by the way, is a supply from the school side).

I changed into borrowed gear in the dressing room, and I went back to the counter.

"Er... can you keep this, then? Lions for a year, at Sorora Kurohiko."

"Lions for a year, that's Sagara Crohiko...... ok, ok"

After writing the grade and the pair and the name on the name tag, the person in charge puts the name tag on the uniform he received from me.

"Do you want to apply for food or class exemption?

"Yeah, because I'm just planning on touring the first tier today. I'll be right back."

"Maybe... you're alone today?

"Yes, I'm alone"

"Well... is it ok if you visit one level or so... yeah, I hope you find one of the crystal shards as well. That way, I can buy some more decent gear."

"Ha ha... I hope you find it"

"And be careful not to be 'eaten' by the ruins at best."

"Yes, I'll be careful"

After such an exchange, I left the Holy Monument Hall.

There were still a lot of students in the square, but they seemed a little less than just now.

I am at the end of a gate carved with intricate tattoo sculptures - aiming for a staircase to the empty basement and moving on.

That is the entrance to the Holy Monument.

As we passed through the gate, the guards and seniors standing in front of the gate threw us words of support.

Inside it's like, 'Oh, you're a curseless man! Can you afford the offense on your own? Hang in there!' What a voice some people called me.

"Ha... but good luck..."

Pass through the gate in a whirlpool of fear.

…………

Inside, it was so exciting.

So one thing, take a deep breath.

…………

All right.

Get in the mood and start walking again.

The stairs weren't dark.

Thanks to the pale light emitted on the blue and green by the walls, the vision is ensured.

Instructor Joseph had explained that this was due to sacraments full of sacraments in the Holy Ruins.

It seems that a fine crystal buried in the wall reacts to its saccharin and this kind of luminescence occurs.

It is said that there are few phases in which pine lights and lanterns will be needed within the Holy Ruins thanks to this.

When you cut the stairs, you arrive in a slightly larger room.

There was also one guard here.

Behind the room is an open, double-open stone door.

"Hmm? Are you alone?

"Yes."

"... sounds like a lot of light clothing, all right?

To the guard who asks, I returned the same answer as I did when I was in the Holy Monument Hall.

"Well, then... are you okay? But be careful not to be 'eaten' by the ruins, okay?

I nodded as I replied, diving through the back door, I walked further down the stairs.

- It's eaten by the ruins.

I don't know if this can be called one of the properties of the sacred ruins, but thank you for this sacred ruin, if you are alarmed, "accidentally following" a little further, just one more level...... what a breeze that many students get the wrong draw.

That's what people describe as' eaten by ruins'.

... Well, from people with dungeon-based games or something, I don't even know how that feels.

That's how I finally set foot in the first tier of the Holy Ruins.

"Ho... Is this the First Hierarchy of the Holy Ruins..."

The width of the aisle is enough for two humans with swords to fight side by side and have a little room.

"... Oops"

I pointed the long sword at the ceiling.

Hmm.

Is the height enough that you can't reach the tip of the sword by pointing the long sword at the ceiling?

At that time, the sound of the stone hitting something echoed.

Maybe the internal structure of the Holy Ruins has changed.

Anything holy ruins are ruins, like creatures, and they change their structure every time they enter.

That's why mapping makes no sense.

This is also why we cannot build buildings within the Holy Ruins.

Gaze around.

I don't see any other students.

According to one theory, the Holy Ruins also say that the ruins themselves are willing to separate the parties from each other so that they do not meet each other in the aisle, etc.

On the other hand, there seems to be a theory that in large rooms and elsewhere, encounters with other parties are higher......

Hmm.

What this means is that the chances of meeting other students in the aisle in the ruins are low...

What a thought, I could see the flames burning in the darkness far away.

... So, is anyone fighting?

Or even on the first tier, do demons appear after all... no, you do... you do... you do... you do...

I drop my gaze on my right arm bracelet.

This is what I received at the hall counter before I borrowed weapons and protective equipment.

The bracelet is fitted with a black crystal.

Apparently, the further down the hierarchy, the more transparent this crystal turns into.

In other words, the school is judging and evaluating the reach hierarchy due to changes in the color of the crystal.

Although no details on how to determine this have been revealed, it is said that all irregularities, such as processing into crystals, have so far been detected.

Well, even though the name is carved in once, maybe some thought about it, stealing the bracelet of the one with the amazing reach hierarchy and digging in his own name...

... I'm not going to do anything wrong.

Well, and.

I'll take a look at the corridor that's broken left to the right.

Hey, why don't you give it a whiff?

Occasionally, there are doors in different colors than the blue-green walls.

At the end of these doors, they may be connected to rooms with demons, or they may be connected to stairs leading up or down the hierarchy.

And there.

Guh.

My belly bug rang.

…………

Hmm.

You're hungry...