But, it wasn’t n time after all.
Suddenly the entire floor of the room is shining in a red pattern similar to something like a circle while the pattern rose upwards from the surface.
As a matter of fact, even if we are told to escape, since we can’t move similar to completely having your foot’s sole affixed to the floor by instant glue, the choice to flee disappeared.
“A magic square! But it was impossible to detect it!” (Burkhart)
There are many traps, using magic spells, existing in the historic ruins from the time of the Ancient Magic Civilization.
Naturally we were taught about a majority of them in the lessons at the prep school. If it was a trap using normal magic spells, it might be possible for a magicians, having a certain degree of competency, to detect it.
“Tsk, we were careless!” (Burkhart)
“Burkhart-san! I can’t move my feet!” (Wendelin)
“Sorry, it appears my intuition has grown dull compared to the time of my active duty. Since I don’t know to where we are going to be transferred, do not release your battle stance!” (Burkhart)
“Have you given up already?!” (Wendelin)
At the same time Burkhart-san finishes to say this, I sense the same feeling when I chant the teleportation spell. It was a feeling like being sucked in somewhere. No sooner than that I ended up loosing my consciousness.
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“… This place is?” (Wendelin)
“Who knows? I don’t know anything but the fact that we were forcefully transferred.” (Burkhart)
Although we were successful in stopping the activity of the dragon golem in the underground ruins located in the Palkenia Grasslands, we were moved to some place by the forced transfer magic square that was impossible to detect due to our careless advancing beforehand.
This was my understanding of the current situation.
When I woke up I was reminded of this by Burkhart-san.
Surveying the surroundings, I also confirm the appearances of all the other party members. It appears that we have avoided being in a situation of being transferred to different places.
“That magic square, it seems to be a type of mana absorbing magic square.” (Burkhart)
“Mana absorbing type?” (Wendelin)
“Yes” (Burkhart)
As for mana absorbing types of magic squares, even if it is something drawn in usually it is something you can’t perceive.
It is impossible to be seen by the naked eye. On top of that, if a magician, possessing mana above a certain specified amount, comes, it will trigger the mana absorption.
“It’s a deadly trap dedicated to magicians… ?” (Wendelin)
“It isn’t a type that directly kills you… Isn’t that nice… ?” (Burkhart)
There appear to be cases of some magic squares amongst the mana absorbing types to suddenly cast something like offensive magic.
However, if that’s the case, dealing with it will become simple conversely, Burkhart-san tells.
“It will end by defending against the offensive magic with a magical barrier.” (Burkhart)
And, thanks to that offensive magic being a one-time-only thing, it appears that the magic square will break after that.
Rather, it looks to me that the method of the forced transfer magic square this time is much more of a threat.
“This place, where might we be?” (Elise)
It was a place with approximately the same size and a not overly much different structure of the previous room.
The sole difference was something like an installed plate in front of an ascending stairway.
“What’s written on the plate?” (Ina)
“It has written 『Welcome to the Deadly Inversion Regulation』.” (Wendelin)
The language and characters from the Ancient Magic Civilization period isn’t that different from now.
For example, 『i』 was 『wi』 and 『e』 was 『we』 and such. (T/N: Of course the differences are in hiragana, so for those interested it is: 『い』 -> 『ヰ』 and 『え』 -> 『ゑ』)
Also the phraseology was to a certain extent old.
Considering all that, there is a rumor that the results of the professional research by the royal academy are only few.
If you look at it calmly, it isn’t that awful, but since it is a place of employment for nobles and the prominent young people, it ends up as a gossip of 『Bumming around idly』 in society.
Because they aren’t able to irresponsibly make publications either, there are also many replies such as 『Under Investigation』 and 『Unknown』. Because of that there were many sarcastic people calling it 『It’s at the level of telling fortunes with a crystal ball』.
“『Deadly Inversion Regulation』, it is?” (Erwin)
“This thing can certainly be called something resembling the journey to the other world (death).” (Ina)
Like this, being forcefully transferred from the underground ruins to another place, it is impossible to return from there alive without breaking through it.
With the derivation of 『Inversion Regulation』, even if we originally went downwards descending the underground ruin, we wouldn’t survive without heading for the lowest floor in order to jump to the surface.