< Chapter 36 - Caraval >
Chapter 36 – Caraval
It was a month after the ‘incident’ that made Kang Jin-ho jump into Hero Chronicles 2 in earnest that Outboxer 009 met Yellow Storm again.
‘I finally found it.’
Actually, I had been tracking him since the incident a month ago, so it was more like I finally met him rather than found him.
It was Yellow Storm who had not logged into Hero Chronicles 2 for about a week for some reason.
‘Are you a student? No, you must be a student.’
That’s also a beginner’s course.
I thought maybe it was because it was an exam period and I couldn’t log in.
Anyway, the important thing was that Yellow Storm had reconnected, and Outboxer009 was now stronger than Yellow Storm.
‘One month.’
Over the past month, Outboxer009 has poured all his energy into Hero Chronicles 2.
I buried the game settings in my head, did what I called real work, and spent every 24 hours a day immersed in Heroes Chronicle 2 except for the time I was sleeping.
To be honest, I thought it was stupid and a huge waste of human resources, but I did it.
I wanted to do that.
‘That’s strange.’
When I put my hand on my heart and thought about it, Outboxer009 was definitely a good person, but that didn’t mean he had a good personality.
That is to say, he was a person with a so-called lingering personality.
But this time it was a little different.
I’ve never been so caught up in something just because of a single swear word I heard in passing.
‘That’s amazing.’
Yellow storm.
It’s okay to be proud.
In the past ten years, only three people have ever made me this obsessed with a specific thing.
Outboxer009, who had a thought in his head that would make his old colleagues frown and click their tongues if they heard it, looked forward again.
I smiled at the expected situation.
“Eww!”
Yellow Storm was defeated by the fierce attack of the unique monster lured by Outboxer 009.
[Help me! Help me!]
Outboxer009 smiled as he looked at the help message popping up and continued on.
Yellow Storm took down the half-captured boss monster in one breath with the scrolls and poison dagger he had prepared in advance, then turned around in style.
And then I met the yellow storm and my eyes.
Although Yellow Storm was dead and a corpse in the game, it was clear that he was looking this way because he was busy opening the help window.
‘I don’t recognize you.’
It was a little disappointing, but it didn’t matter. Outboxer009 took out the Feather of Resurrection as if he was going to revive her. He burned the Yellow Storm’s child and then put the Feather back in and said.
“I’m really bad at games.”
Stop-
The sound of something breaking.
Of course, it wasn’t actually heard, but Outboxer009 could tell.
The various messages floating above the Yellow Storm’s corpse immediately proved it.
[Excessive profanity will result in disciplinary action.]
[Excessive profanity will result in disciplinary action.]
[Excessive profanity will result in disciplinary action.]
“See you next time, John.”
What is this that makes me feel so good?
Outboxer009, who laughed heartily, turned around, and message windows appeared again behind Outboxer’s back.
[Excessive profanity will result in disciplinary action.]
[Excessive profanity will result in disciplinary action.]
[Excessive profanity will result in disciplinary action.]
[Hey you bad boy!]
“Yeah, right. You’re really bad at games.”
Outboxer009 waved his hand without looking back and left, while Yellow Storm continued to struggle and shout something.
Not at all pretty, really messy,
It was the first meeting between the two people that Yellow Storm remembered.
&
And now.
Breathing in the fresh morning air, Uther looked down at Cordelia who was sleeping soundly.
Even though the morning sun was rising and most of the people around her were awake and preparing to leave, she was still traveling alone in dreamland.
Uther, who was quietly looking at Cordelia’s face as she babbled like a baby, smiled slightly and brought his face closer.
He spoke affectionately, shaking my shoulder gently.
“Our princess, it’s time to wake up, right?”
Cordelia responded to the soft voice.
It’s already been over two months since I started traveling with Yuder.
As she heard Yuder’s voice every morning, just as Pavlov’s dog drooled when he heard the bell, she naturally said “daddy” first when she heard our princess’s voice.
“Euuum··· Daddy··· I’m sleepy······. I want to sleep more··· Cordelia will sleep better······.”
As expected of Cordelia, who is weak in the morning, she couldn’t even open her eyes and just mumbled.
Uther shook Cordelia’s shoulder again and said.
“Come on, our princess, shouldn’t you wake up now? It’s morning, morning.”
“Euuuu······.”
Cordelia groaned again, and instead of turning over in bed, she moved her arms lazily and continued speaking, still half in dreamland.
“Umm… Please, Dad… I’ll carry you and sleep more… Cordelia’s going to become a kangaroo tribe….”
That was it.
If it had been a normal situation, Cordelia would have either just thrown a tantrum at Uther and dozed off, or gotten a little more sleep, but this time it was different.
For a moment, my eyes opened in a flash.
‘Gaze?!’
A sharp, stabbing gaze from behind.
Cordelia’s instincts went crazy and the bell rang, and thanks to that, Cordelia came to her senses and was able to see.
“Our… princess? Dad? Kangaroooo?”
There’s a blonde beauty with her arms crossed, looking at me with a cold face.
Cordelia loves herself dearly, but at the same time, her sister.
Not mom, but sister.
“Eww!”
Cordelia jumped up from her seat with a strange scream, and Adelia wiggled her eyebrows and returned the blows she had received from Cordelia yesterday.
“Ugh, ugh.”
That’s what you usually call each other.
You just call me dad.
It seems like you’re very used to being called princess.
It seems like you get carried so often that you even ask to be carried while you’re sleeping?
“Ugh, ugh.”
Cordelia floundered under Adelia’s lukewarm gaze and eventually covered her face with both hands.
“Ah, no. So··· that······.”
The sight of the pretty girl, blushing all the way to her neck, curled up in a daze, was violent to the hearts of many, and everyone around her stopped what they were doing and looked at Cordelia.
Naturally, Cordelia’s other-worldly cuteness has grown even greater.
“hmm.”
And one person.
Gail, who was preparing to leave like everyone else around him, looked towards Cordelia and Adelia and said without hiding his warm feelings.
“You’re cute.”
“It’s lovely.”
Yuder agreed with a pleased smile, and the brothers opened their mouths at the same time once again.
“Miss Adelia.”
“Cordelia.”
The brothers looked at each other.
It was Yuder who spoke first.
“No, bro. In that scene right now… That, that Adelia sister’s cute point is….”
I was so flustered that I spoke specifically without realizing it.
And Gail, who was ten years older than him, answered leisurely.
“Isn’t it cute how she gets excited while teasing her little brother? I’ve always thought that Miss Adelia really resembles Count Chase.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
This time, Yuder had no choice but to agree without question.
“Shouldn’t we start saving them sooner or later?”
“That’s right.”
Instead of trying to send a help message, Yuder, who was smiling brightly, quickly approached Cordelia, who was struggling to find him.
And half an hour.
Yuder, who was standing in the middle of the Great Storm Tribe marching towards the Basin of the Beautiful Snow Wind, glanced to the side.
Cordelia, dressed in the traditional garb of the Great Storm Tribe to avoid being noticed as the various northern tribes gathered, was walking with her lips pursed.
‘That’s amazing.’
The rabbit’s ears were drooping, as if it reflected its emotions. Of course, the rabbit’s tail was also drooping.
“Hey, Cordelia.”
“why.”
In response to the curt reply, Yuder brought his face closer and whispered.
“Do your legs hurt? Should I carry you?”
Cordelia, who would normally be happy to be picked up, was different this time. She suddenly crumpled her face and hit Yuder’s upper arm as she spoke.
“Get out of here, you devil.”
If I get picked up here now, won’t everyone be looking at me?
Especially Adelia.
“Hey, you did that on purpose?”
“Huh? What?”
“Don’t be so daunted. When I woke you up earlier, you said something about being a princess on purpose, right?”
Because it was Yuder who knew best in the world how he would react.
Could it be that they are doing this on purpose to cause trouble?
“Hey, how do you see people?”
“A swindler? A bad guy? A beast? A thief?”
“No, even if the front is like that, doesn’t it feel like a feast of words as you go towards the back?”
“But you still acknowledge the front.”
“Excuse me, Miss Cordelia?”
“I don’t know. Anyway, I was in trouble because of you.”
“Umm… I’m sorry about that. Should I carry you as an apology?”
“No, you devil. Stop tempting the good lambs to the path of evil.”
Because even now, I could feel Adelia’s sharp gaze piercing from behind me.
If you take just one more step from here, you’ll hear a “huuuung, huuuuung.”
“Well… then there’s nothing I can do.”
As Uther shrugged, Cordelia slumped her shoulders and said,
“Ugh… It was more comfortable when it was just the two of us.”
Because Cordelia was always carried by Yuder or rode in a sled pulled by Yuder for about a third of the travel time.
“Yeah, it was nice when it was just the two of us.”
Cordelia, who was innocent, nodded repeatedly at Uther’s words.
And a little ahead of those two, the Red Wind, riding on a large wagon, hugged the rough snowfall tightly and spoke.
“Mr. Rough Avalanche.”
“Yes, Red Wind.”
“Can I do it well?”
With the help of Uther and Cordelia, he was able to become friends with the powerful ancient spirit, the Phoenix.
Of course, the reborn Phoenix was still in a baby-like state and could not yet use the power it had in its prime, but it was still a Phoenix.
If we compare only the simple firepower, the red wind was three times stronger than before – no, at least five times stronger.
‘My older sister taught me a lot of things.’
Cordelia, despite being a sorceress, had a great deal of knowledge of elemental magic.
Red Wind gave detailed instructions on how to fight and how to coordinate with the Phoenix, and it was surprisingly perfect for him.
‘You helped me a lot too, oppa.’
It was questionable where he got it, but Yuder had almost perfectly mastered the fighting style of Sun Song, Caraval’s opponent.
Of course, since Red Wind had never met Sun Song in person, it was unknown whether the fighting style that Yuder had shown would be exactly the same as Sun Song’s, but Red Wind still trusted Yuder.
Since Yuder said it was real, it had to be real.
‘My older brother helped me too.’
Gail also helped, although it was only for one day.
Since Yuder is smaller than Sun Song, there were bound to be some shortcomings even if the fighting style was completely reproduced, but Gale filled in those shortcomings.
‘This is really great.’
How can someone imitate someone else’s fighting style like that?
Gale was able to recreate the Sun Song fighting style almost as perfectly as Uther, and Red Wind was able to acquire a more realistic feel.
And now.
Red Wind felt uneasy.
It was inevitable.
This time the fate of the wild lands was literally at stake in Caraval.
Red Wind was a young girl.
Up until now, the only thing I had done that was worth taking responsibility for was taking care of a horse at home, so I had little experience.
For her, Caraval was too much of a burden.
No matter how hard I practiced, every morning when I opened my eyes, I felt as if my whole body was crushed by fear.
‘What if I can’t win?’
If you lose.
So, if the Bladesong tribe becomes the leader of the Eastern Alliance.
Of course, just because the Bladesong tribe became the leader of the alliance, the Great Storm tribe wouldn’t suddenly be annihilated.
It was a gathering in the East to liberate the West from the siege of the devil’s followers.
Win or lose, the Great Storm Tribe and the Bladesong Tribe were allies, not enemies.
But even so,
“Red Wind.”
“Yes, Mr. Rough Snow Avalanche.”
“Don’t worry. It’ll be okay.”
“Really… is that true?”
“Yeah, trust me. And those too.”
“Sister and brother?”
“Yes, those two trained you. I hate to admit it, but I am one of them. A great one. I can understand why the Golden Dragon King would recognize a non-wild man as his guardian.”
If Uther and Cordelia had not come, Rough Snowfall himself would have become corrupted along with the Sanctuary and become a monster.
The beautiful snow wind would have become a crazy monster, and the Blade Beak Canyon would have become a land of demons.
Bluebeard’s holy land must have been taken over by demons as well.
Two people prevented all that from happening.
That’s why the rough avalanche acknowledged the two people.
“Even if you can’t trust yourself… can you trust these two?”
“Yes, I believe you.”
Because they were the two people who saved him from the auction house.
“It’s a temporary measure. In the end, you have to trust yourself. But if that’s hard right now… Trust the two of you. And you know the two of you, don’t you? If you were lacking, you would still be harassing me in some way.”
“That’s true.”
Because the two of them were really strict when they were training.
As a girlish smile spread across Red Wind’s face, Rough Snow Avalanche continued speaking with a pleased expression.
“Is this your first time going to the land of gentle snow winds?”
“Yes, it’s my first time.”
“Then you will be able to see something really wonderful. There is a wide field in front of the basin. The waves of the green field swaying in the wind are truly spectacular.”
“Wow, really?”
“It’s true, isn’t it?”
Fresh green fields not covered with snow.
It’s not far now.
It was about to come into view.
however.
“what.”
Why can’t I see it?
Why is there such a large burn mark where the fields used to be? Where did the fields go? Why do I keep thinking of the collapsed rock mountain?
What happened?
How did it happen-
“no way.”
The head of the rough avalanche turned. The red wind also looked at the same place as if it had made a promise.
And flinch.
Cordelia instinctively caught the two people’s gaze and flinched.
I tried to avoid the gaze of the rough avalanche and the red wind, but it was no use.
[Come here for a moment?]
The voice of the rough avalanche rang in her head, and Cordelia grabbed Uther’s arm.
“Oh well, I guess there’s nothing I can do.”
Uther, who had been walking ahead as if hiding Cordelia, encountered the rough avalanche, and the rough avalanche saw Cordelia instead of Uther.
He sent glares demanding an explanation to Cordelia, who was much kinder, more honest, and more innocent than Uther.
“Uh··· So······.”
“therefore.”
“That’s it, the field······.”
“The field?”
“This, it was there, but it wasn’t there.”
What does this mean?
Instead of continuing, Cordelia tugged at Uther’s arm, and Uther began to explain himself again.
&
“They are destroyers, destroyers.”
As the rough avalanche spoke its heartfelt words, the ranks of the Great Storm Tribe came to a complete halt.
Because we reached the entrance to the Basin of the Windy Snow.
“Bio welcomes the Great Storm Tribe!”
When Gounnun and Clear Eye, the great shamans of the Gounnunbaram tribe, shouted together, people gathered from all over.
Most of them were from the Gounnunbaram tribe who had gathered to welcome them, but among them were chieftains from other tribes who had come from far away for this Caraval.
“Rough Avalanche, Brother.”
“Good night, it’s been a while.”
Rough Snow Avalanche jumped down from the cart and ran on all fours to Goun Snow Wind, and Goun Snow Wind hugged Rough Snow Avalanche tightly in his arms.
“You’ve become a lot cuter.”
“It just so happened.”
“But still, you are my brother. I feel reassured when we are together. Thank you for coming.”
The smiling Kounnunbaram released the rough avalanche from his embrace and faced the Red Gale, the chieftain of the Great Storm Tribe.
“The Red Gale meets the gentle snow wind.”
“Welcome, Red Gale. We welcome you and the Great Storm Tribe.”
The Red Gale and the entire Great Storm Tribe were greatly impressed by the friendly attitude of the Gounnunbaram.
Although she appears as a small girl, she is clearly a wild god who transcends humanity and is worshipped by those who dwell in the wild lands.
“Okay, let’s go in for now. We need to get rid of the after-effects.”
That was the moment when the gentle breeze spoke.
The rough avalanche suddenly turned around, and so did Cordelia, who was arguably the most intelligent of all those present.
It hasn’t been seen yet.
I couldn’t even hear a sound.
But after a while.
I heard footsteps.
A distant vibration shook the ground, and the sound of a large horn carried on the wind.
“Song of the Blade.”
A warlike warrior tribe that clashed repeatedly with the northern ravens.
And he who leads them.
The chieftain of the Blade Song tribe, who is no exaggeration in saying that he is the strongest warrior in the East while the Red Wind is sick.
“Nine blades.”
And his son, Sun Song, a participant of Caraval.
They advanced, raising a number of large and colorful flags. They sang loudly and beat drums as they approached us.
There was half a day left until the start of Caraval.
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< Chapter 36 - Caraval > End
