The Black Fog that Devours - CH 120

‎(Kurokiri POV for the whole chapter)

In the morning, Izumi abruptly expresses this to me.

“I want to train, so I want to go on a trip with Moyasuke.”

“Woof!”

The trip itself would be fine. With the present pace of my research, it will most likely take a long time before we are capable of attacking the Octopus King’s stronghold, and in the meanwhile, we must enhance our individual abilities.

Therefore, I have no problem with that. The problem is…

“Izumi is speaking normally… that’s…”

“What… exactly is… ah! No way, it couldn’t be that the God of Calamity…”

“T-this must be a dream…”

In any case, Ichiko, Ryo, and I are all speechless, with gaping mouths and dumbfounded expressions.

But our reactions are inevitable. After all, we are facing Izumi who never utters coherently.

“If I can go, can I go right away?”

“A-ah, hold on a minute. Let me get in touch with the Fox Princess and send you to the continent, so wait a minute.”

I am the first one to recover from Izumi’s words and contact the Fox Princess in a bit of a panic.

By the way, the method to reach the continent is to take advantage of the Long-distance Transportation Formation which is used in the trade between the Fox Princess and the Sugar King.

If someone other than a Kitsunejin sought to utilize this method, they would be subjected to a number of demands.

Well, Izumi and Moyasuke can manage with Mugi’s help over there.

“I understand.”

Izumi consents, so the negotiations begin.

Despite her nagging, the discussions with the Fox Princess are successful with her agreeing to it.

She demands a handful of Cuélebre’s scales in exchange, but I suppose that’s a small price to pay.

Izumi then set off on her journey.

The plan is for her to head to Europe via Russia, and when she returns, after the completion of my Ultra-long-distance Transportation Formation, I plan to use that to transport her.

Who knows how many years that will be…

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Now that Izumi has departed, the development of the Ultra-long-distance Transportation Formation has resumed here as well.

Incidentally, as for the diving technique, I heard that the Fox Princess is also working on it, but it may take several years to achieve the desired results.

I told Chirito to do his utmost when it came to the mind-reading part.

“Oh, so this is the most fundamental of the fundamentals, the syntax for teleportation.”

“It’s vastly more complex than anything we have encountered up to date.”

The “Andon of the Magic Detector,” which stores the syntax of various teleportation-related skills, is currently floating in front of us, and the syntax is being emitted piece by piece to the outside. What we’re observing now are the laws, theories, etc., for instantaneously teleporting substances of the bottom layer of syntax.

“How should I put it, the amount of knowledge required of the user as a prerequisite is too much, my eyes are beginning to hurt.”

“If it’s only to the extent that your eyes hurt, that’s still not so bad. I’m starting to suffer headaches.”

However, the process is too intricate and challenging.

To summarize how intractable it is, it is like reading an article in a specialized journal that deals with cutting-edge research in a specific field without any prior knowledge of the subject involved.

Moreover, there is no dictionary or anything useful like that.

“Just hang in there for now. You’ll grow accustomed to it… or rather, deciphering it seems to be an intense ordeal for the spirit, and as long as you do not go haywire, your status will gradually elevate and you will get adjusted, even if you do not like it.”

By the way, my spirit is already up by 1.

“I see… Even so, this is unpleasant…”

Ichiko continues to read the syntax with a small smile on her face, despite her unnerving and aloof appearance. Incidentally, Ichiko’s status is a bit insufficient to read these syntaxes, but since her own unique skill is originally transfer-based, if she limits herself to reading the syntax of transfer-based skills and does this very slowly, it seems she will be able to manage.

“Well, you know what? If this drives you crazy, I’ll take care of you for the rest of your life, so don’t worry.”

“I’m not relieved in the slightest, so I’ll be careful.”

I wonder why the moment she brushes off my thoughtful words, she reverts back to her former state of mind.

Forget it.

“But then again, I don’t have nearly enough data.”

After reading through one sentence, I stop the emission and let my eyes rest.

As I only have one eye, fatigue kicks in rapidly.

“Well, there are only two kinds of examples.”

Ichiko also pauses to stretch her body and repeatedly blinks.

The two types that are currently being studied are the “Long-range Teleportation Formation” and Ichiko’s ≪Sword of the Formless King・Weak≫.

“After all, I wish to have other teleportation skills… such as ≪Short-range Teleportation≫, ≪Flash Step≫, ≪Gateway Of A Mirror≫ as data. Furthermore, some of the syntaxes of teleportation-type skills are used to deliver magical power to a designated spot, so it could be worthwhile to look into that as well.”

I list the things that could be used as data.

However, since most teleportation skills are scarce, information about the possessor of such skills is often extremely limited.

Moreover, the explosive-type skills include a very small amount of mass. Therefore, as reference data, it can only be used to reinforce the techniques.

“In any case, this means we still have a long way to go…”

“I suppose so…”

As we both gaze up at the ceiling in a daze, we remark on such things.

“Is it possible to call Lady Ryo and have her use ≪Heal≫ to recover from my weariness for more efficiency?”

“It might work if we are careful not to let her see the data…”

In any case, gathering teleportation information and reconstructing it to the stage where it can be utilized will undoubtedly be a long-running saga.