Episode 452 Immortality

Four days after the theft of the Dragon King's blood, the "Beard of the Dragon King Catfish," which had been displayed on the wall of the German hero Schreiber's mansion, was stolen. The three men who stole it headed for the United States.

　Three days later, at 2 a.m., a shadow broke into the Adventurers' Museum of America. The trio easily leaped over the wall and stuck to the wall of the building, then began to climb the wall in a bouldering fashion, using only their arms and legs.

　The three men went up to the rooftop, pried open the lock on the rooftop door, and entered. They seemed to have checked that there were no alarms or other devices installed here.

　The three of them go down the stairs from the rooftop to the second floor and head toward the exhibition hall in the back. A light is seen from the corner of the passageway. One of the three pulls out a knife and holds it ready.

　The moment the guard came out of the corner, he plunged his knife into its neck. It was a professional move. The guard was dead before he knew what had happened.

　He carries the corpse into the bathroom, hides it, and quietly pulls out a knife. As blood begins to run down the bathroom floor, they hurry out of the restroom. When they come to the front where "The Fangs of the Serpent Apophis" is on display, the three of them search for the alarm and disarm it.

　A grinning man removes the "Fangs of the Serpent Apophis" and puts it away in his magic pouch.

　By the time the other guards came looking for their friends, the "Fangs of the Great Serpent Apophis" were gone and there was no sign of the intruder. There was a great uproar when a guard was also found murdered in the bathroom, but few clues were left behind.

　It was a brilliant job and quite different from the Syrians who broke into the Green Pavilion. It was clearly a professionally planned crime, the work of St. Palmiro's followers, the men of Luberti.

'Luberti, did you have all the materials?'

Yes, I was able to obtain the "Blood of the Dragon King" in Japan, which I could not find by any means. It seems that Master Palmiro is very lucky.

It's not luck, it's ability. I don't care about that, I'm going to make Amrita."

　This is Palmiro's villa in Italy. With the materials I had been collecting from before, "Blood of the Dragon King," "Fangs of the Serpent Apophis," and "Beard of the Dragon King Catfish," all the materials for Amrita were ready. Incidentally, the Dragon King's blood is in an unchanging bottle. Goto and his team won the bid for the immutable bottle that they put up for auction.

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　Here they also had a complete set of custom-made machines that they had prepared to make amrita. The production of Amrita began using those machines as well.

　The complicated procedure was carefully worked out, and it was three days later that the amrita was completed. The finished amrita appears to be a liquid like red wine.

'Luberti, bring me a specially prepared container.

"Thank you."

　Luberti brings three long, thin thermos bottles and carefully transfers Amrita from the beaker-like container into the thermos bottles.

For three. One would be enough for one, but oh well."

'Mr. Palmiro, you should keep these two bottles for yourself.

　First, Palmiro receives only two bottles of Amrita and puts them away in the storage ring. Then he receives the remaining one, looks at it carefully, and takes a deep breath.

Now it's time to take the first step toward God."

　Palmiro carefully gulped down the amrita in his hand. At that moment, Palmiro's eyes turned bright red. Then, magical power overflowed from Palmiro's entire body.

　The room of the villa was filled with an amount of magical power that exceeded the warm-up performed by a class-A magician. Unable to stand it any longer, Luberti hurriedly left the room.

　The moment Luberti walks out of the room, he hears what sounds like an explosion in the room. For an hour or so, the sound of something breaking is heard, but then it becomes quiet. Luberti enters the room.

"Dear Palmiro."

　I heard laughter.

'Immortality, at last, I have it. ...... I'm getting closer to God."

　Seeing Palmiro laughing in the broken room, Luberti was relieved to see that his appearance was no different than before.

　However, upon closer inspection, his eyes had turned red. The only difference in appearance was the eyes, but the amount of magical power leaking from his body was beyond human.

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　Alisa and her friends came to the Green Pavilion. That day I was reading the newspaper in the workroom. It contained information about the Syrians who had invaded here.

　It seems that those Syrians were adventurers who were equivalent to the top of the D class. They had just committed a crime and had been banned for five years by the Adventurers' Guild.

　Alisa and her friends entered the workroom, chatting happily, and sat down on the sofa.

I checked it out, sir."

　When Yukari told me what she was talking about, I wondered what she was talking about, but then I remembered that she said she was going to look into Amrita.

What did you find out?"

Yes, I went through the books on magic potions at the university and found the ingredients needed to make Amrita.

　According to Yukari's story, the precious materials of "blood of the Dragon King," "fangs of the serpent Apophis," and "beard of the Dragon King catfish" and several other materials are needed to make Amrita.

Speaking of "The Fangs of the Serpent Apophis" and "The Beard of the Dragon King Catfish," I heard news that they were stolen. There seems to be a high probability that Parmillo and his friends stole them."

　I was not aware of the news that it was stolen. It seems certain that Palmiro and his team are working to create Amrita.

If this continues, Palmiro will become immortal. Will he be all right?"

　Chika seems vaguely concerned.

I, too, feel insecure."

　Alisa is also anxious.

　Nevertheless, Palmiro is not active in Japan. It would be too reckless to go to Italy to retrieve the blood of the Dragon King.

'Maybe they've already made Amrita.

　I nodded to Métis's words as a possibility.

In that case, what kind of immortality would Amrita grant?"

　Alisa tilted her head.

I suppose so. Immortality is still good, but in what sense is immortality immortal?"

Like slime, you cut it off and it comes back on again."

　Amane said something a little spooky.

I think they're going to come back to life like the demons in the dungeon."

　When I express my opinion, Alisa and the others look disgusted.

　Alisa looks at me.

'Then I guess I'll have to seal it with the sacred sword Gram.

　That would mean I would have to seal the deal, which would be an absurdly dangerous job. I'd have to send the information to the US and Germany and make sure the whole world hunts down Palmiro.

　If the information comes from a Class A adventurer, the world will not ignore it.