The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

469 – Breakthrough

There was a chase by the pontoon pontoon, but thanks to Ellie’s great magic, the Ross rescue team was finally able to reach the end of the stairs. While Kane, who was carrying Ross, fell to the floor and took a moment to catch his breath, Aria and Ellie used magic to set up a barrier around the door to prevent the pontoon leader from following him.

“The restoration curse was added to the barrier using synthesis magic, so it won’t be easy to lift. In the meantime, we have to break through the 9th floor and get to the 10th floor.”

Ellie asked, staring at Kane, who was sweating.

“Are you okay? There might be something here. “You may have to keep running without stopping.”

“… “That’s enough.”

Kane let out a long breath, took out a homemade recovery medicine from his reagent bag, drank it, and stood up.

“Let’s move.”

But before long, they had no choice but to stop. There was a city in front of me. Not the modern city where Ross lived on the 8th floor, but a city with a design that can be seen in other worlds. The splendid, huge, and teeming city bore a complete resemblance to the capital.

There’s only one difference… .

The species living in that city are all goblins. A goblin who created a civilization by using witchcraft and magic to overcome the limitations of their species. That was the race that ruled the 9th floor of the tower.

Kane groaned as he saw the goblin soldiers guarding the city with magic from afar.

“I see a pillar in the center of the city. “To get to the 10th floor, you have to go into the city.”

At Kane’s words, Ellie bit her lips with her hand and pondered. The opponent is only a goblin. It would be right to think and act like you are dealing with a short person.

“… Can we avoid battle and pass by?”

Ellie immediately shook her head at Aria’s muttering.

It might be possible if goblins simply gathered together and formed a civilization like humans, but these people were no different from humans wearing goblin masks.

“Looking at the state of the city, it’s obvious that alarm magic has been installed. If you look closely at the pillar near the entrance, it looks like an artifact that detects camouflage magic has been installed.”

“Then what… ?”

Ellie said with a stern face.

“It might be easier if goblins imitate humans.”

“… ?”

*

The goblin guard who inspected the carriages and people entering and leaving the city noticed that not one carriage was slowing down.

“Stop, stop… “Hmph!”

Rather, the goblin who dodged the speeding carriage by throwing himself took out a whistle from his pocket and tried to sound the alarm.

The goblin, who had put a whistle in his mouth, thinking that the mayor of the city had strengthened his guard in case an intruder suddenly appeared, opened his mouth without realizing it when he saw the carriage lying in the place where it had passed.

Tuk-!

“This is real gold…” ?”

The goblin didn’t even care that the whistle in his mouth had fallen to the floor and was busy reaching out and picking up the gold nugget that had fallen on the floor. There was even gold the size of a fist.

With this alone, he could quit his boring security job and live leisurely by opening a small fruit shop, so it was natural for the goblin to forget his mission and turn away.

Ride, ride, hit!

The attention of the goblins focused on discovering a dangerous carriage running at an alarming speed within the city. Could there be an accident? The goblins, who were looking at them with anticipation and worry, soon widened their eyes as they heard a suspicious sound.

Clink-! Clink-!

At that suspicious and attractive sound, the heads of the goblins who were looking at the carriage turned fearfully towards the place where the sound came from.

“Hmm?”

“W-what is that!”

“Hwang, it’s a golden carriage! It’s a carriage full of gold!

There was gold lying where the carriage passed. When the goblins realized that all the stones that looked like stones commonly found on the side of the road were real gold, they lost their senses and rushed towards the street.

“Give it to me, I grabbed it first!”

“shut up! “I saw this first!”

“Wow, this is the biggest!”

“Then give it to me!”

Soon the place where the carriage passed was filled with violence and chaos. Occasionally, people would strangle each other or join forces to assault each other in order to obtain a gold nugget the size of a fist.

Other goblins, who didn’t know what was going on, joined the crowd and accidentally picked up the gold, making the confusion even worse. It was difficult for the city guards who discovered the commotion to understand the situation due to the large number of goblins following the carriage, like children following a disinfection truck.

“What the hell is going on? “Are there riots happening?”

“I don’t know about that… Everyone is holding gold in their hands!”

“Ooh, shouldn’t we join in too?”

“I see… ?”

While the city was in chaos, the carriage carrying Kane, Aria, and Ellie began to run unhindered to the middle of the city.

Simply using magic to break through to the pillar with the stairs was tantamount to suicide. Because three people are going to fight the entire city.

Eli’s chosen strategy was to get to the pillar as quickly as possible before the opponent realized the intrusion and responded. It was an Ellie-like choice that preferred a safe situation where variables were controlled.

Kane gave a thumbs up to Ellie, who was working hard to control the carriage with magic.

“It worked!”

Ellie’s strategy was simple. He hijacked a goblin carriage heading to the city, cleaned out its interior, and then used Kane’s alchemy to turn all the stones on the roadside into gold.

This was possible because Kane was able to change the properties of minerals with the knowledge he gained from the pieces of the Emerald Tablet.

It wasn’t even just a gimmick, it was perfect, real gold. Thanks to this, the goblins, who still had some suspicion and caution when they saw the gold that fell on the ground, completely lost their senses the moment they realized that it was not a trick, but a real golden stone.

Even if something as improbable as gold suddenly falling from the sky happens, if that event brings great benefit to me, doesn’t it somehow feel like it’s probable enough?

So, even though driverless carriages raced madly through the city and gold poured in endlessly, everyone prioritized filling their pockets over suspicion. Because the goblin’s nature is telling him that it is time to move his hands before he thinks.

While Kane and Aria worked hard to spread gold out of the luggage compartment, Ellie, who was driving the carriage, noticed a sign prohibiting traffic and a huge barrier installed to block entry and exit of the pillars, so she slowly reduced the speed of the carriage and said,

“You can’t travel by carriage anymore.”

“It’s enough that I came here comfortably.”

Kane checked again to see if Ross, who was being carried on his back, was securely tied, and handed the magic stone bomb to Aria and Ellie.

“You know how to use it, right? Put magical energy into the magic stone and throw it. Then it will explode.”

“okay.”

The reason why the Messiah Club was able to quickly reach the 5th floor of the labyrinth was largely due to the advance team’s information, but it was also thanks to Kane’s magic stone bomb that was very effective.

The Messiah Club, which had not yet reached the realm of transcendence, broke through the fourth floor of the labyrinth where the advance team struggled without losing anyone… There was help from Lycan, but this was because he recreated the magic stone bomb as much as he used it and used it generously.

Ellie got off the luggage compartment and watched the surroundings until Kane and Aria got off the carriage. Fortunately, the goblins on the wall didn’t do anything.

They didn’t yet know why the city was in chaos, and their only job was to prevent anyone from climbing the stairs.

Still, they remained faithful to their only mission. As Ellie approached, she sounded the alarm and went on alert.

“Stop! There is a curfew here. “Turn around the carriage and go back immediately!”

The strong attitude of not allowing anyone to enter was easily suppressed by Ellie’s synthesis magic and Kane’s magic stone bomb.

Kwaaang―――!

“let’s go.”

Ellie, who cleared the way, took the lead. The goblins that came rushing in with the remains of the collapsed barrier drew their swords and rushed towards Ellie, but they were all engulfed in flames before they could even get close.

“―――!”

The goblin wizard tried to use his telekinesis to crush Kane with the remains of the barrier, but Aria used her stronger telekinesis to turn the debris back and eliminate the goblin wizard.

“Stop the intruders!”

The goblins who guarded the entrance to the pillar just in case were goblin knights who had reached the realm of transcendence.

They were described as green-skinned elves and were not at all afraid of the power of the magic stone bomb.

“go away.”

However, due to Ellie’s synthetic magic, which had raised her skills to a level similar to that of the future great wizard, the Goblin Knights had no choice but to pull out to avoid losing their lives.

How can you block the path of someone walking down a passage made of flames?

After exiting the passage of flames, Ellie immediately held out her staff and checked the inside of the stairs.

“thank god. “I can’t see the enemy.”

As goblins are naturally suspicious, they did not allow anyone near the stairs out of concern that even fellow goblins might climb the stairs.

“Okay, let’s go to the 10th floor like this”

Kwaaa!

Kane’s voice was drowned out by the loud noise coming from behind. Turning her body, Ellie shouted as she spotted the pontoon flying in a straight line, destroying the city with her terrifying momentum.

“Run!”