Episode 478 Palmiro's Trust

After parting with Emilian and the others, I headed for the headquarters of the Adventurers' Guild. The headquarters has a well-stocked reference room, so I decided to do some research there.

　Upon entering the headquarters, I asked permission to use the reference room at the counter. A young woman at the reception desk,

I'm sorry. It's a rule that only B or higher class students can use the reference room at headquarters."

　Maybe it's my face, but I tend to look younger. They thought I was a new adventurer who had mistakenly asked for permission. I pulled out my Class A Adventurer card and showed it to them.

Sorry about that. The reference room is on the east side of the second floor.

　When I entered the reference room, I found Takase, a Class A student, doing research.

We've met in an unusual place."

What are you looking into, Mr. Takase?"

It's still a secret. What are you here to find out?"

There are people out there who want human blood, and I'm trying to find out what they want."

'Hmmm, when you say you want blood, all I can think of is vampires. Oh, by the way, does this have anything to do with the case of the wise Rod Ford's death?"

　Rodford the Wise was a deceased English sage.

What do you mean by the Rodford case?"

I heard he was murdered, though it has not been made public. And I heard that his blood had been drained."

　The word diaspora came to mind.

What are they going to do with the blood of the wise?"

　Takase looked as if he had just remembered something. Then he took out a book from among a large volume of documents and handed it to me.

What's this?"

It's called 'Blood Elixirs. It talks about elixirs made from blood.

Thank you." I will look into it."

　I started reading "Blood Elixirs. In the book, there were several elixirs using blood. But it didn't tell me how to make them. After reading through the book, two elixirs caught my eye.

　One was a magical connection to the blood bearer. The first was a elixir that would enable the bloodbearer to use the magic that he or she had mastered. If an analytical wizard who could use the "arrangement system" drank this elixir, he could obtain the magic that the wise man had in his possession.

This book's true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.

　The other was to change the magic level. The idea was that if one drank the elixir, one would be at the same magic level as the blood bearer.

　However, the effect lasts only three months. After three months, the effect is said to disappear. Incidentally, it is said that the effect is the same even if the owner of the blood dies. In other words, if you learn as much magic as possible during the three months, you can use the magic you have learned even if the effect disappears after three months.

　Learning powerful magic means that power leveling can be done efficiently. This will allow you to increase your power in a short period of time.

　The knife that stabbed Emilian was coated with poison. That poison must have mixed with the blood. I wondered if it was safe to make an elixir with such blood, but then I recalled that since they had prepared the poison themselves, they must have an antidote.

　But why would he want to kill Emilian?　The best I can come up with is that he was looking into the Camégal text. But something about the method of "nekutansia," the elixir that leads to God, which was in the Camégal text, seemed out of place for Palmiro.

　Can Palmyro wait three hundred years to become a god?　Only an earth god could do that. If that were the only way, Palmyro would do it, but it was written that there were other ways.

　And there was a hint of it. It was in the Mycenae Dungeon in Greece, apparently.

I'll ask Director Jikoji to send me some information about the Mycenae Dungeon.

　I requested a meeting with Director Jikoji. I received a call that he would meet with me immediately.

　When I went to the director's room, Director Jikoji prepared coffee for me.

So what's the use?"

I need you to get me some material on the Mycenaean Dungeon in Greece."

"Oh, now you're going to Greece?"

'No, I don't know if I'm going. I just thought I'd check to see if Palmiro had anything to do with it."

　When Director Jikoji heard Palmiro's name, he looked frustrated. He had notified all the countries in the world that Palmiro was using mental attacks to warn them of his misdeeds, but few countries believed him. The name "St. Palmiro" is widespread, and with the backing of the Vatican, Palmiro has a great deal of credibility.

　Palmiro is not directly in the forefront, but is working behind the scenes using people who seem to be his subordinates. The U.S. and other countries seem to have doubts about Palmiro's activities, but they have no proof, so they are unable to do anything about it.

　The Emilian case was also carried out by an adventurer named Lamberto. There is not a single piece of evidence that Palmiro was involved.

Palmiro suffered from an incurable disease.

ramie (Boehmeria nivea var. nipononivea)

He has treated dignitaries and their families from all over the world. It is to be expected that he would not believe the warnings that deny him."

　Director Jikoji told me that Palmiro has built tremendous credibility, especially in Europe. I left the Adventurers' Guild disappointed that governments could not expect much.

　After a while, the material on the Mycenae dungeon arrived to me. I looked inside and saw that it was written in English. Mycenae Dungeon is an advanced dungeon that has been conquered up to the 30th level.

　I went through the materials layer by layer and found a description of the discovery of something called "Djerbe Ruins" on the twenty-eighth layer. In the Djerbe Ruins, many murals remain, which depict people flying in the sky and calling thunderbolts to attack demons.

Sounds like an attack wizard."

'It looks like a hermit. There are not only pictures here, but texts as well.'

　A photo of the mural was also sent to us, and when Metis saw it, he shouted. It was written in sacramental script.

　According to the report, the people who lived at the Djerbe site professed to be the dependents of Nyx, the primordial god and goddess of the night in Greek mythology.

　Nyx is also famous as the goddess who gave birth to many gods; Nemesis, the goddess of vengeance, and Thanatos, the god of death, are also children of Nyx.

Only this mural has text in temple script."

　Métis took up a picture with Elmore's help. Next to the picture of the baby in the womb was a text inscribed in temple script.

　It is said that if one defeats Bahamut, the middle boss of the 30th layer, solo, an entrance to a place called the "Room of Trials" will open. It is said that if one endures the ordeal, a path to a god will be opened. The god is not a god of the earth, but a new child of Nyx, the goddess of the night.

Maybe this is what Palmiro is after."