Hellmode ~A Hardcore Gamer Becomes Peerless in Another World with Retro Game Settings~

Chapter 576: The God of Magic Isiris’ research facility

chapter 576: the god of magic isiris' research facility

for 4 entire days allen continued spending the spirit stones abigayle obtained to gain skill experience for generation.

the morning of the 5th day they were all gathered in the magic ship's dining room, including dogora who only took breaks from training at such times.

"we still aren't there yet? i want to go to the earth labyrinth."

dogora complained about the long trip while gnawing at meat between two pieces of bread.

"it's strange, piyon also said that most temples should only take around 3 days of travel time."

(apparently the paradise of primordial beasts is the furthest one and that one only took 3 days.)

the magic ship used many magic cores linked together, making it really fast.

(wait i didn't notice because of dogora's tantrum, but are we under attack?)

the magic ship's alarms started ringing loudly.

"what? is it a ghost attack?!"

kiel was easily startled, and was the first one to jump on his feet.

'umm, commandant? can you hear me? isiris' temple isn't here! we searched for nothing!!'

the magic devices of the magic ship broadcasted larappa's shouts.

allen's group hurried out and headed to the control room, where the screens showed what was outside.

"huh? that's..."

kiel gasped when he saw the screens.

(oh wow!)

"there's nothing there. what's the meaning of this, larappa?"

allen was lost for words, so cecile spoke instead of him.

there was nothing outside, just a vast empty expanse.

"wait, look here allen. the divine compass..."

piyon told allen to look at the divine compass, which was making the wheel spin wildly.

it reminded allen of tv shows were compasses would spin aimlessly when exposed to strong magnetic fields in forests.

"wait, could it be that this is actually the god of magic's temple?"

"maybe, it's been that way since we arrived last night, but we can't find it anywhere here..."

piyon replied awkwardly.

meanwhile allen wished that they had let him know the day before it was already like that.

the screen showed nothing. they had continued searching in case the temple was really small, but that yielded no results.

(maybe i should call kuwatoro. actually no, she's busy with the earth labyrinth.)

kuwatoro's special skill [thousand-mile eyes] would help scouting the area, but it could not be used without kuwatoro. helmios' party was also in the earth labyrinth.

(merus, isiris' temple isn't here.)

allen used sharing to talk to merus who was in the earth labyrinth.

'isiris' research facility? i believe it was attacked during the reign of the previous demon king, so she asked desperado to hide it in another dimension.'

desperado was isiris' husband, and allen had met him when they crossed the gate of judgement.

(i'm glad i brought larappa along. though i'd like to get some progress heading to the paradise of primordial beasts.)

larappa and some of her dwarves had come along. they all venerated isiris, and were curious to research her creations there. the magic ships stored there were enough to get them excited.

seeing them like that made it hard for allen to tell them to head to their next destination already.

in the end, he decided that piyon would set course and travel there alone.

"so this is where the god of magic isiris is."

cecile wanted to meet isiris as soon as possible to receive a trial.

"i wouldn't know. i'll let the hawks go on ahead."

since the area was so big, he sent bird e summons to scout ahead.

there were also magic ships hanging with thick chains from the ceiling, which looked like whales in a museum exhibit. but no matter how far the summons went, there were only magic ships and cube devices.

"there's something in the center."

eventually they went to the center, where a device surrounded with a glowing magic circle was placed.

'you must be allen.'

the cube floating in front of the magic circle spoke to allen.

"yes. what is this?"

'an elevator magic device.'

"where is the god of magic isiris?"

'i don't know. but the floors above are the god of magic isiris' research facility.'

"and down?"

the large octahedron looked like two pyramids joined at their base.

'the floor below is the god of space and time desperado's dimensional control region.'

"can we go downstairs then?"

'i'm sorry, but you don't have permission to enter god of space and time desperado's region.'

"why are you even asking that? can we go up?"

cecile was fed up with allen's usual roundabout way of dealing with things, so she took over talking with the cube.

'of course. which floor would you like to go to?'

"i guess there's multiple floors up there. take us to the floor directly above us for now."

'understood, please step inside the circle.'

everyone walked into the circle. then the circumference lit up with a strange pattern and the group was teleported one floor up.

"hey! there's just golems here now."

"boss, there's golems we've never seen before here."

"why are you looking at that without asking for my permission? and where are we?!!"

"...maybe it would've been easier for them if we went together with piyon after all."

"it's fine, don't worry about it. i'll send my hawks to investigate and see if the god of magic is here."

the bird e summons flew carefully through the gaps between the golems.

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