Chapter 231: Exploration (3)

Just like what was happening to me, as I was falling toward the sky.

There’s a saying that goes, Curiosity killed the cat.

“Kyaaaaaa!!!”

It means that excessive curiosity can end up putting you in danger.

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A single step toward that upside-down waterfall flowing upward.

But the moment I moved one foot forward, it was as if something had grabbed me and suddenly flipped my body around.

I had only taken one step.

And to make matters worse, I was holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, so I couldn’t even react.

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With reflexes sharp enough to dodge arrows and speed great enough to leave afterimages behind.

But Sloth was riding on my back.

He desperately dug his claws into the ground, but perhaps because they were too sharp.

Screeeech!

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Even so, thanks to Sloth, I managed to buy us a few precious moments.

His claws sliced cleanly through the earth as he slid backward.

‘If I’d known this would happen, I wouldn’t have taken such good care of his claws…!’

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Wonmo and Tyran, who were behind us, ended up getting dragged along as well.

“Kyuuuu!”

Wonmo was the first to stretch out his tiny body completely to grab hold of Sloth’s hand.

“Peeeep!”

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“$%!”

“Grrr!”

Then Tyran bit onto Wonmo’s leg while desperately flapping his wings.

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We had nearly suffered a disastrous accident, but thanks to the group’s quick reaction, we managed to escape danger.

Maintaining that position, Ludwig and Lackey carefully began pulling all of us, who had ended up linked together like a long string of sausages.

It all started when Largo used her long neck to grab Tyran’s leg in her mouth just before he fell toward the sky.

Next came Ludwig, Largo, and Lackey.

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Cain said as I finally planted my feet back on the ground.

[That was almost a tragedy.]

“Huff…”

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‘What the hell is this phenomenon?’

And if that had happened, I would never have found him again.

If I hadn’t been carrying him tied to my chest, he probably would have been launched upward all by himself.

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‘I’d already seen space constantly shifting… but can even gravity be reversed?’

Barely suppressing my racing heartbeat, I looked up at the waterfall.

Just seeing it flow upward into the sky was enough to know it wasn’t normal, but I had never imagined that even the gravity acting on us would change.

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But if there were another land.

What was at the end of that waterfall?

Then.

If there was absolutely nothing, that alone would already be strange.

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Or would it be exactly the same as this one?

Would it be an inverted world, just like the gravity?

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If I’d known something like this existed, I would have asked Badir many more questions.

I had no idea how this place was structured.

‘Maybe it’s this forest that’s upside down.’

No.

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Now I understood why Badir had stated so confidently that the chances of escaping were close to 0%.

Who could have imagined a place like this even existed?

I let out a sigh.

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Fwoosh!

I stood there staring at the upside-down waterfall flowing into the sky and picked up a stone from the ground.

I threw it.

Even gravity, the one thing everyone took for granted no matter where they were, worked in this absurd way.

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The stone began rising along with the waterfall’s current.

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Shortly afterward, it disappeared into the thick mist of water, leaving me with nothing but a sense of astonishment.

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[…Let’s rest here for a while before continuing.]

What I had experienced with my own body hadn’t been an illusion.

Beyond that point, gravity was completely reversed.

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I had just come face-to-face with a rather unsettling truth.

I still had plenty of physical strength left, but mentally, I was exhausted.

In the end, I decided to take a break.

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Of course, I had no intention of giving up.

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I kept trying to find a route out, yet the more I explored, the more I felt I was moving farther away from the exit.

“Don’t go near the river. airport Stay a little farther back.”

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“Peeeep!”

“Wonmo, Tyran. antenna You’re both very good boys, but don’t go near the river. athlete It could be dangerous.”

“Understood.”

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I entrusted Lackey with watching over Tyran and Wonmo, since they were both so curious that they were highly likely to get themselves into trouble.

“Kyuu!”

Just to be safe, I gave everyone a serious warning.

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‘Meanwhile…’

I was planning to post this in the gallery.

I didn’t know whether Lackey would really be able to keep them under control, but I’d have to trust him.

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I wanted to ask if anyone had ever seen a phenomenon like this.

‘Still, you never know.’

I’d already asked Ludwig and Cain, but both of them said it was the first time they’d ever seen anything like it.

After all, not long ago, a Mage Tower had started floating in the sky.

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No matter how bizarre and grotesque this phenomenon was, this was still a fantasy world.

Title) I Found a Waterfall That Flows Upward

With a bit of hope, I made a new post in the gallery.

WildGrills

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(Video of the end of the waterfall hidden behind a dense mist.)

(Video of the waterfall flowing upward.)

(Video of throwing a stone that falls upward.)

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By the way, I almost fell up there, but the group managed to save me in time.

Things like this exist in the Forest of the Four Seasons too. silence After the sea that flows in reverse, this is the strangest thing I’ve ever seen.

ㄴHeavenlyDemon) What a strange phenomenon. anchor There are many beautiful waterfalls in the Central Plains, but even this lady can’t help but admire it.

Is there anything like this out there? altitude Please tell me there is.

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ㄴHeavenlyDemon) A waterfall like this does not exist. zenith However, if this lady were to use her full power, I could reverse the flow of a waterfall.

ㄴSwordmaster) Instead of admiring it, answer the question. abstract Does anything like this exist or not?

ㄴWildGrills) That’s possible!?

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ㄴSwordmaster) Wasn’t that normally a technique used to deflect attacks or perform parries? abstract I learned it too.

ㄴHeavenlyDemon) That belongs to the principles of Four Ounces Deflect a Thousand Pounds. aspect The Heaven and Earth Great Shift can only be used after accumulating immense internal energy.

ㄴHeavenlyDemon) It’s called the Heaven and Earth Great Shift. timber It is a technique that manipulates Heaven and Earth to alter the direction of forces.

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ㄴHeavenlyDemon) They are similar, but since it is an extremely profound martial art, only someone who has reached at least the Profound Realm can use it.

ㄴSwordmaster) Then they’re completely different techniques?

ㄴSwordmaster) What a shame.

ㄴWildGrills) I didn’t really understand what you were talking about, but does that mean an upward-flowing waterfall is actually possible?

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ㄴHeavenlyDemon) If the direction of the force is artificially twisted, yes.

ㄴYou could’ve just said that from the beginning, but no, you had to make it so complicated. anxiety Hahaha.

ㄴThen the Forest of the Four Seasons did something that insane.

ㄴEven so, it’s beautiful. avalanche Can you take some pictures?

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ㄴWildGrills) I don’t want to die trying to take a picture.

ㄴCould Aragorn do it? advance I heard he recently reached a higher realm again.

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ㄴCan’t gravity be reversed?

ㄴHe advanced to a higher realm? anchor What are you talking about?

ㄴAllFather) Even for Aragorn, artificially reversing a waterfall of that size would be extremely difficult. meadow Because that isn’t an inverted waterfall—the gravity itself is inverted.

ㄴHe himself said he was the one responsible for making the Mage Tower start floating. avalanche That should answer your question.

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ㄴI don’t think so. portal Hahaha.

ㄴTraveling to space gives me chills.

ㄴAllFather) If that were possible, we would’ve traveled to space already.

ㄴWill humanity ever reach space someday?

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ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Why not? matrix Tie a Recording Sphere to a string, attach it to a fishing rod, and lower it down little by little.

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Hey. adopt Do you know what’s down there?

ㄴWildGrills) No idea. harbor I’m curious, but I can’t go down there.

ㄴIf the heavens themselves are still the territory of the gods, what space are you even talking about? armor Hahaha.

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While I continued browsing through the gallery leisurely, the dwarf gave me an excellent piece of advice.

Did I really have to go there in person?

ㄴWildGrills) Are you a damn genius? afford I’m doing it right now.

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“……”

Using tools would be enough.

Besides, I still had the World Tree’s thread, so that was more than sufficient.

The only thing I was missing was a Recording Sphere.

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Did I really need to use a crystal sphere?

“…….”

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[…….]

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Perhaps he sensed the bad feeling from the look in my eyes.

I had a statue here that was far more versatile and practical than any crystal sphere.

Cain spoke in a voice full of distrust.

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He sure was quick to catch on when it suited him.

“And how do you know what I’m thinking?”

[I don’t know what crazy idea you’re thinking up this time, but you’d better forget it.]

[Whatever it is, I’m sure it’s a terrible idea. antenna Do me a favor, keep it to yourself, and come up with another plan.]

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Of course, it was only a joke.

In the end, I had no choice but to give up.

If something went wrong, I could lose Cain forever.

And rather than take that kind of risk, I’d rather find another method.

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[WildGrills: DemonPrincess, are you there?]

I immediately sent her a message.

[DemonPrincess: Yup. orbit What’s up?]

While enduring Cain’s suspicious stare—even though, as a statue, it was hard to tell—I opened the gallery.

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[WildGrills: Sorry, could you give me another Recording Sphere? adjust I’ll give you some Orichalcum later.]

The last time, she had given me a Recording Sphere, so I wanted to ask if she could get me another one.

[WildGrills: If possible, I’d appreciate as many as you can give me.]

[DemonPrincess: On the contrary, I’m the one who’s grateful. silence Will one be enough?]

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[WildGrills: Thank you very much!]

[DemonPrincess: And what do you say when you’re grateful?]

[DemonPrincess: I’ll give you three.]

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I received three Recording Spheres from DemonPrincess.

[DemonPrincess: There wasn’t one this week because it was the bye week. legend I’ll tell you about it next time.]

[WildGrills: Go, Chayu! artist By the way, I haven’t seen a match in a while. arch How did it go?]

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Even if everything was recorded upside down, I could simply flip the video afterward.

‘She said it didn’t matter whether it was up or down, right?’

I asked Lackey for the spool of World Tree thread.

Now all I had to do was tie them securely to the World Tree’s thread and lower them beneath—or rather, above—the waterfall.

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Besides, I planned to retrieve it afterward, so I could reuse the same spool.

I hadn’t used very much during the trip here.

[And what will you do if you find something dangerous?]

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Even if something dangerous appeared from above, it would take quite a while to reach us.

The waterfall was incredibly tall.

“Run as fast as I can.”

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Whoosh!

“Hup!”

It was still putting on that breathtaking spectacle as it flowed upward into the sky.

Once all the preparations were complete, I led the group back to the waterfall.

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I threw the Recording Sphere tied to the thread.

It didn’t take long before it disappeared behind the dense curtain of mist.

The spool began to unwind as the sphere rose toward the sky.

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Snap!

Apparently, the waterfall was much taller than it looked.

And even then, the thread kept unwinding. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.

About ten seconds later, the World Tree’s thread gave a slight tug.

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Then it continued unwinding slowly, so it must have fallen into some kind of pond.

Eventually, the thread stopped coming out.

Tap.

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“Understood.”

“Mr. anxiety Ludwig. palette If you see me starting to fly away, cut it immediately.”

Now all that remained was to rotate the thread and inspect the surroundings.

It had reached the bottom.

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I only wanted to take a quick look.

After letting it rotate for quite a while, I slowly began reeling the thread back in.

I wasn’t planning to stay here forever.

I also made sure not to forget preparations for any unexpected situation.

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Fortunately, the crystal sphere weighed very little.

‘It’s going to take quite a while to come back up.’

Rather than coming up, it would be more accurate to say I was pulling it up.

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After winding up the thread as if I were retrieving a kite, the sphere returned.

Besides, it still weighed exactly the same.

It didn’t seem like anything strange had gotten caught on it.

“It’s back.”

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The others were curious too, so they gathered around me.

Without wasting any time, I checked what it had recorded.

Tap. beacon Tap.

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I tapped the sphere twice.

That was how you played back the recording.

By now, I knew exactly how it worked.

Then twice more.

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The sphere began emitting light and projected a hologram in front of us.

It showed the descent to the bottom of the waterfall and what lay there.

“A lake?”

Fwoosh!

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[It’s a lake. orbit And a huge one.]

Below—or rather, above—the waterfall was a lake.

As vast as a sea.

A gigantic lake.

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Just as I started wondering whether it might actually be a sea, the sphere fell into the water.

Splash!

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Cain was right.

The water was so crystal clear and so well lit that everything was perfectly visible.

“Hmm…”

[There are a lot of fish.]

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At that moment, I was probably the one rotating the thread.

The sphere reached the bottom and began showing different parts of the lake.

Fish were everywhere.

Though that alone wasn’t anything unusual.

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And that was all.

After a while, the sphere began rising again.

‘There’s nothing interesting?’

As it emerged from the water, it started showing a panoramic view of the entire lake.

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“Kyuuuuu!”

Flash!

Just as I was about to stop the playback.

“Huh?!”

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Enormous golden eyes large enough to cover half its surface.

Two eyes appeared in the middle of the lake.

“Ugh?!”

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Just looking into them radiated overwhelming ferocity.

The entire group flinched.

Not just me.

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When it reached the middle of the waterfall and entered the area shrouded in mist.

SPLAAAASH!!!

Meanwhile, the recording continued playing.

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But we all understood that it couldn’t possibly mean anything good.

Unfortunately, the thick mist made it impossible to make out its appearance.

The owner of those eyes slowly began lifting its head out of the water.

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“…..”

What the hell lived on the other side of that waterfall?

As the video continued playing, I slowly raised my head.

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It would be like the hidden boss of a secret area.

Just as that thought crossed my mind.

BOOOOM!!!

If this were a video game.

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And its skin.

An enormous hand emerged from the edge of the waterfall.

It had webbing between its fingers, like an amphibian’s.

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SPLASH!!! acquire SPLASH!!!

It was covered in scales.

It wasn’t smooth.

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Now an arm had appeared as well, forcing its way against the current.

It wasn’t just a hand anymore.

No.

The problem was that the owner of that hand was climbing the waterfall toward us.

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Just looking at it made me feel completely overwhelmed.

‘…We’re screwed.’

It looked more like it was using the waterfall as if it were a cliff to climb.

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“Run!!!”

And the moment that thought crossed my mind.

It was a retreat order born purely from survival instinct.

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