Chapter 112 - 111 - Restricted Area

Craaakk... Craaakk... Like a hard-boiled egg that had been peeled off, I could see the giant magic crystal in front of me split in two. Like a fossil preserved inside sedimentary rock, I saw a monster’s skull, still intact within this giant magic crystal. I released my magical energy and closed the small portal connected to the black hole. I did it slowly and tried not to do anything rash after seeing the miracle unfolding before my eyes. The giant magic crystal, which resembled a piece of horn, was split in two, with the corpse imprinted as a fossil inside. I glanced at Hermione and Mei, who were shocked by this discovery until some magical energy began to surround the giant magic crystal that had split in two. With the giant magic crystal split in two like this, I feels like being forgotten by the sages from another world, and my re-examination suddenly disappeared. Hermione and Mei forgot about me until my eyes were filled with the system screen showing a countdown, as if the Master Quest I was on had developed into something else. [ System Notification: Master Quest Update! ] [ System Notification: You must infiltrate floor B-7 to retrieve your grand prize, a Homonculus body, who being experimented on by one of the sages from another world! ] [ System Notification: Remaining time 00:32:45. ] I narrowed my eyes after seeing the limited time like this and immediately observed the situation that was happening at this time. The sages from another world and the staff of the Special High School seemed interested in the discovery that was currently replace my presence. That made me immediately take this opportunity to infiltrate a room that was targeted by my Maid Order ability. Like being in a Virtual Reality game, I can see the path I have to take and detect someone’s presence based on the mini map that appears in the left corner of my view. "I didn’t know my Maid Order abilities would develop in such a troublesome system," I muttered as I sneaked into the deepest part of the building until I found an elevator that was used to go down to the lowest floor. I didn’t mind getting into the elevator that was currently in front of me, and the doors elevator wide open, but the path that I was seeing in my sight this time was leading to a ventilation shaft that was connected to the elevator in front of me. "I-I have to go into this ventilation shaft?" With a strange feeling of forebodings, I opened the ventilation cover, which coincidentally was not locked by a bolt and was shaped like a cat’s entrance. Nyiittt... Entering the ventilation hole that was not locked by a bolt, my eyes were filled with the system screen, which currently showed me that I was in a forbidden place that was strictly monitored by the sages from another world. [ System Notification: You have entered a restricted area! ] Besides getting the notification of entering a restricted place, I also got another warning from my Maid Order ability that made me swallow my saliva. Glup... [ System Notification: At this point, you are not allowed to trigger the alarms that have been set by the sages from the other world. ] "My Maid Order abilities seem to say and sound it’s quite easy. Even for a game that focuses on stealth, it requires practice and knowing the path to take. I don’t even know which room I’m heading to retrieve the body of the Homonculus that has become my prize," I grumbled as I observed the ventilation duct that connected to a staircase that went down. Without enough lighting and darkness at the bottom, I could feel that floor B-7 was quite deep. My gaze shifted to the edge of the elevator beside me. "Should I take the elevator or the stairs?" I muttered to myself after seeing the bottom of the elevator connected by a thick steel cable. [ System Notification: If you use the elevator to go down to floor B-7, it will trigger a pre-installed alarm! ] "Ugh, this Maid Order ability of mine seems to know what I’m thinking right now, huh?" I continued grumbling as I forced myself to position my body to get ready to go down the stairs. I positioned my body to immediately descend by jumping, while holding my magic cane, which was ready to open a black hole portal that would reduce the speed of my falling body. Tangg!! Taaanngg!! Taaannnggg!! I deliberately made a sound on this suspicious-looking iron ladder and heard an echo that indicated this place was quite deep. "Damn... I have to get down in less than half an hour?" "What kind of challenge are you giving me, my Maid Order ability?" I grumbled, not getting a response from my Maid Order ability. Taking a deep breath and preparing myself for the free fall, I immediately opened several small portals that were sucked my body into the black hole, heavy gravity. By positioning my body, so that it was falling down properly, I could estimate the depth of my body that was falling, along with the several small portals that were connected to the black hole in front of me. I have to do this complicated way, because the countdown of the Quest reward that I have done is waiting for me. "Troublesome Homunculus body, I’ll be coming to you soon..." I said as I jumped down into a free fall. Swoosh!! Wuussshh!! Nggiingg!! As my body was falling at high speed, I immediately opened several small magic portals connected by black holes. Swwiisshh... Swwiisshh... Even though the suction generated by the black hole was quite weak and the airspace in this place was too vast, it was enough to make me fall with full control. Just in case, I created several passive portals two hundred meters away from my falling position. In a vast and dark place like this, I felt like I was falling into an abyss that had no end. My eyes immediately fell on the countdown, which showed that five minutes had passed since I fell. "I feel like I’m falling into a bottomless pit." "I’m not being tricked by my own Maid Order abilities, am I?" Just as I was doubting my Maid Order’s abilities, my eyes suddenly saw a light that marked B-1. Swoosh!! I, who was falling at full speed, passed through a large gate with dazzling light that marked B-1. "Was that B-1?" "It’s quite deep, too." "Now I’m falling towards B-2?" As I was saying that sentence, my gaze immediately shifted to the light source from a large gate that marked B-2. Swwuusshh!! Just like before, I fell fast enough to pass through a gate that marked B-2 and was bright enough for the naked eye to see me falling like this. Swoosh!! My gaze returned to the large gate that marked B-3 until I began to understand the position of B-7, which was not far from the position of my body, which was falling like this. I immediately enlarged the magic portal connected to the black hole as an air brake that prevented my body from falling too fast. Just like a ship or train that can’t stop suddenly, I have to brake my falling position early, before passing through the big gate that marked as B-7. My eyes quickly caught sight of the large gates that marked B-4, B-5, and B-6. With the right calculations, I could see the large gate that marked B-7 before my eyes. "Huupp!!" I immediately threw my body to fall on a metal ramp that seemed to be used by the elevator to lower its passengers. Tap... Tap... With my footsteps, walked carefully, I arrived at my destination to retrieve the Homunculus body that had been gifted to me by my Maid Order ability. "Yup, I’ve arrived at my destination, now what?" I asked my Maid Order ability, which suddenly directed my gaze to a path I needed to take. "I have to go through a path like this again?" "It’s so tiring..." I was forced to enter floor B-7 through a ventilation duct that wasn’t secured by strong bolts. I don’t know if it was because of its remote location, but it felt like I was entering a secret facility built by sages from another world. I entered the dusty ventilation duct and got my uniform dirty. I held back my disgust at entering the dark ventilation until I took out my smartphone to use the flashlight. Ctaakk!! When the flashlight from my smartphone shone brightly, I could see that the cellular signal indicator from my smartphone was not working, it was the same as if I had entered an area that was not covered by an emergency signals. With a feeling of displeasure in my heart about this, I immediately entered the ventilation duct based on the path provided by my Maid Order ability. By tracing the fairly wide ventilation ducts and their active fans, I could feel that floor B-7 was big enough to be used by sages from another world, especially with the ventilation ducts starting to be clean of dust and dirt. Unlike the ventilation ducts that were connected to the outside, the deepest part of this vent was quite clean of dust and dirt, after seeing some tamed slime monsters nesting inside. I, who was sneaking inside the ventilation duct, had to pay attention to the mini map at the edge of my vision, which showed various traps that had been prepared by the sages from another world. Before I realized that it was a trap located outside the ventilation duct, I felt quite stupid about this. My infiltration ended at one of the damaged ventilation shafts. I immediately got out of the ventilation duct to see the situation around me. Ktaakk... Nyyiitt... Stepping slowly out of the ventilation duct, I was greeted by a variety of modern-looking magical equipment. I don’t know what facility I’m entering. But, I was surprised by various kinds of transparent glass tubes containing various kinds of monsters inside. "What place am I infiltrating?" I muttered to myself as I looked around until my eyes landed on one of the transparent glass tubes containing a human body. "Isn’t this..." I immediately approached the transparent glass tube containing various kinds of people inside. Like watching an illegal human experiment, I read a handwritten note left by one of the sages from another world. What I am seeing right now is the body of a human from another world who is in a coma after her body was crystallized by a mysterious natural phenomenon that made the sages from another world research this mysterious phenomenon. "The giant magic crystal I split... contains something from their world?" "What the fuck?!" I, who realized this, was a little surprised after understanding this.