Episode 200
“How?”
Charles asked me for details.
“hmm. You will know when you see it.”
It’s faster to show than to explain.
“Miho.”
I gently stroked Miho’s hair one last time.
And as soon as I got up, Miho’s body started to change.
The change was instantaneous.
“wow.”
Looking at Miho who finished the transformation, Charles let out an exclamation.
The body has grown from the size of a kitten to the size of a large dog.
Its five tails have become much more plentiful, and its two eyes exude the sharpness unique to adults.
Previously, on the lowest floor of the Huaelian Prison, it was Miho’s battle stance as she chewed and swallowed Tkish at the end.
“It’s been a while, and I’m sorry for overdoing it again. Let me ask you a favor.”
Miho nodded his head with an expression telling me to trust him.
At the same time, flames shot up all four legs.
It was the flame of the soul shining translucently.
I rode on Miho’s back as it was.
“Then I will go.”
“… … draw.”
Captain Charles waved his hand with a dazed expression.
“let’s go. Miho.”
The flames of the soul that shook Miho’s four legs expanded.
And the next moment, Miho was running through the air.
It was Miho’s unique movement technique that uses the flames of the soul to run through the spiritual world.
“Whoa. It’s definitely much worse here.”
All the energy of Mt. Baekdu is concentrated here, in heaven and earth.
In other words, all energy is directed upward.
It was only natural that Mana above Heaven and Earth was more distorted.
“Miho, are you okay?”
Miho calmly nodded as if there was nothing wrong with him.
It’s fortunate that Miho is okay.
Even if something goes wrong with me, Miho will do something for me.
‘I wonder if I can last about 10 minutes.’
The time he could endure in this terrible mana was at most 10 minutes.
When 10 minutes start to pass, it will slowly start to rot away from my skin.
Maybe after 15 minutes, my flesh will become sticky like gum and flow down to the ground.
To that extent, the mana here was serious.
Is this really mana right? I would believe it even if it was just poison.
I continued to breathe without absorbing the miasma as much as possible.
About 30 seconds passed like that, and we arrived at the place where Laplace was blooming.
“Miho. If anything happens to me, I will ask you a favor.”
With Laplace in front of me, I finally calmed down my breathing.
Excluding all external mana, only absorbing air.
Mana directs my breath through inner mana.
After taking about three deep breaths,
‘Let’s begin.’
I just stretched out my hand.
Ooh, ooh!
When I touched my hand, Laplace emitted a bright light.
* * *
‘… … Because I’m a bastard.’
Shin Ha-yul, riding on a gigantic nine-tailed fox, is concentrating all his attention on collecting Laplace.
Looking at such a minister, Charles stuck his tongue out.
‘I can’t believe he can move mana so calmly even in that terrible miasma.’
The transformation of the nine-tailed fox was surprising, but what was even more surprising was Shin Ha-yul’s ability.
To handle mana so perfectly in the center of heaven and earth.
I don’t know where you look at that and you’re 18 years old.
I think cognitive dissonance will come from the word 18 years old.
‘I’m already doing that to see what will happen in 3, 5, 10 years… … .’
Perhaps Shin Ha-yul will continue to grow by renewing the youngest record.
After 10 years, won’t we reach the 8th circle?
‘Anyway, isn’t the 8th circle a bit much at the age of 28?’
The year before last, Charles, a genius recognized by Sofia, reached the 8th circle.
It was the year Charles turned 37 years old.
That was also very fast, but you reach the 8th circle 9 years faster than that?
I honestly can’t imagine.
8 circles in your 20s.
‘No, I think it’s possible again if it’s him… … .’
It was absolutely impossible from common sense, but for some reason, it seemed possible if it was Shin Ha-yul.
I thought so.
‘I’m sure my madam really sees.’
I applaud Sophia’s wisdom once again for recognizing such a genius at a glance and deciding to firmly support it.
I wonder if it was a move of God to choose the real Shin Ha-yul as the successor.
… … At the time, it wasn’t something that Charles, who asked if he needed to risk everything to his servant Ha-yul that much, didn’t mean it.
“Should I buy all the stocks of Madosinga’s affiliates?”
Charles is not very interested in money, but there is no reason not to scratch a lottery ticket that is sure to win.
As long as the next family stock of Madosinga is Shin Ha-yul, the stock price of Madosinga will rise by 100%.
Probably 10x in 10 years, no. It will soar more than 100 times.
‘Even though I don’t know much about stocks… … . A person like that becomes the head of household, but there’s no way the stock price won’t go up.’
good. Once we get back, let’s put all the extra money into it.
Charles made up his mind.
Aaaaaaa-!
At that moment, light shimmered around Shin Ha-yul as if it were exploding.
The light was so intense that I could even feel it through my eyelids.
Such intense light continued for about 10 seconds.
Light slowly dying out.
Charles slowly opened his eyes.
“wow.”
At the same time, an exclamation burst out without my knowledge.
“That’s Laplace.”
The moment Shin Ha-yul confirmed the appearance of Laplace, a medicinal herb, hugging him like a treasure chest. Unknowingly, exclamations came out of my mouth.
“It doesn’t look like anything out of the ordinary.”
A dreamy herb that looks as if the sky is made of herbs.
A celestial flower emitting a translucent blue light was asserting itself in a clear form.
* * *
From Mt. Baekdu to the eastern side of the coast.
giant tortoise. The Elysium Turtle passed out and fell.
“after. A dog like a dog. It really holds up.”
Parade put one foot on the Elysium Turtle’s carapace and pounded it.
It was a look and gesture that I didn’t like very much.
“If you wake up after that, then I am not responsible.”
Behind the parade, Shadow threw out a hint.
“I was hit with your magic, but I’ll wake up just fine.”
Elysium Turtle was directly hit by Shadow’s shadow magic.
It can’t happen no matter what
bang! bang!
Parade slammed the carapace as if to end Patience’s resentment.
It was so powerful that it made a sound like a missile exploding.
Of course, the Elysium Turtle’s shell was intact.
It’s because it’s not a fragile shell that can cause problems with that much power.
flinch!
At that time, the giant body of the Elysium Turtle moved.
“Wow fuck!”
Surprised by that, the parade fell back as it was.
Did you really wake up?
Just to vent your anger like this?
Parade swallowed dry saliva.
“… … Chew. You’re freaking out.”
Fortunately, the Elysium Turtle flinched only for a moment.
There was no sign of waking up.
“That’s why I warned you. If you become a monster of this level, even my shadow magic will not be able to put you to sleep 100%.”
“… … should have said that sooner 이 빌어먹을 새끼야.”
Parade stood up from his seat with a frown.
“I’ve said it before. If you’re going to blame it, blame your stupid brain with a terrible memory.”
“What is this bastard?”
Parade just glared at Shadow. It was a bloody look, as if it was going to eat you right away.
“If you have time to gawk at me, go ahead and tame it.”
As if Shadow couldn’t lose, he made an expression of displeasure with the world.
“You called me for such a chore. Tsk.”
“… … .”
Parade’s expression was relieved by Shadow’s not talking to himself.
It wasn’t really apologetic.
‘that’s right. I have to catch this guy quickly and lead Shadow towards the duo.’
If this continues, Shadow will return. Before that, he has to finish everything.
Only then can he take revenge on the duo who dared to kill the ‘Thunderbird’, which was supposed to be his precious pet.
“Then I first… … .”
“Hey. Why would you? You came all the way here, so you just want to go?”
Parade smiled and approached Shadow.
“I can’t just send back the comrades who came all this way for me. Here’s another amazing delicacy. It is one of the delicacies that can only be tasted in Mt. Baekdu. I’ll give you a special taste. Eat and go.”
I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like delicious food.
Not to mention, these are delicacies and delicacies that can only be tasted at Mt. Baekdu.
I could never refuse.
“… … Seriously, no need.”
“… … uh?”
Of course, this is just the idea of Parade. Not everyone in the world is crazy about delicious things.
‘Eating is just an expendable act for replenishing nutrition.’
Furthermore, Shadow has lost his sense of taste because of Umbra’s shadow.
How could such a proposal work for such a Shadow?
“… … I’d like to say, but it’s a bit intriguing.”
However, this is an offer that cannot be refused for operational reasons.
It’s so useless that I don’t even know ‘I don’t need it.’ I replied, but considering the promise with Shin Ha-yul, I will have to follow the parade first.
“Oh, right? Then it is. Mmmmm.”
The parade swallowed the embarrassment and became a proud expression.
After all, no one can refuse delicious food.
I nod my head while thinking about it.
“Of course, I don’t intend to stay long. I have the next mission.”
“Ah, of course. I’ll prepare it soon and feed it soon.”
Parade laughed meaningfully.
“let’s go.”
That’s how Parade and Shadow moved towards Mt. Baekdu.
* * *
After collecting
We left Cheonji and headed for the eastern plains where we were supposed to meet Shadow.
Laplace, who had finished collecting, was placed in ‘Aes’.
Now, all you have to do is return home, refine Laplace under Mimir’s supervision, and make it from Laplace’s tears.
‘Now I just have to wait for Mr. Seok-hyeon to come and get the remaining materials.’
I said that everything would be ready by next Friday or so.
You just have to wait until then.
It wasn’t long before the completion of the elixir.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
At that time, the sound of a huge greatsword ripping flesh resounded loudly.
It was the sound of Charles tearing apart the monster through his telekinesis.
“Ah-oh. Because invalidating the blow is really the most difficult.”
Looking in the direction of the sound, Charles was walking towards us.
Behind it is the corpse of a giant gorilla.
The upper body and lower body are completely separated, and they are rolling on the ground separately.
“sorry. have you waited long? It took a while because it was a hit-invalidating monster.”
“It’s a long wait. That’s right, it’s 1 minute. You worked hard.”
Metal Kong, an A-Rank Tier 1 monster with the special property of invalidating hits.
Despite being a monster that is equivalent to despair for wizards who focus on telekinesis, it took less than a minute to deal with it.
“I just cut that… … Did you use telekinesis?”
“uh. After all, telekinesis is magic that applies power from a distance. If it is condensed as much as possible and sharpened like a knife, this is possible.”
“… … okay.”
It condenses the telekinesis into the thinnest possible and makes it like a knife.
Easy to say, but this is also a method that is just as difficult as inducing electrons.
When it comes to true psychokinesis, no one can surpass Captain Charles, right?
“It’s more time than that… … . Aren’t you coming?”
The current time is 5:57 PM.
Less than 3 minutes left until the time I promised with Shadow.
“Because it’s a job to induce him as naturally as possible. The error is bound to be large. wait slowly… … .”
talking like that
Suddenly, we felt a great force coming towards us.
“Captain!”
“know!”
As if Captain Charles had noticed something approaching, he immediately took action.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
I perfectly blocked the giant darting with my telekinesis.
A gigantic body that bounces off against the force of telekinesis and lands lightly on the ground as it is.
“Velvet Tiger… … .”
One of the non-ranked endangered species living in Mt. Baekdu.
Velvet Tiger.
He was glaring at us, spitting out his life.
thump, thump!
At that moment, a loud noise was heard from behind.
It sounded like a giant kicking the ground and running.
Trees fell like cans of millet, and a giant tortoise reminiscent of a jewel appeared between them.
Elysium Turtle.
The remaining one was a disaster species outside the ranks.
“Hey, I heard that the enemy will meet on the single wooden bridge. Do you meet all the enemies of Tkish here?”
Above the Elysium Turtle.
A man looked at us and raised one corner of his mouth.
“One is a first-timer. Is one of them old?”
Leader of the Black Magic Tower, Parade.
He greeted us with a ferocious smile.
