< Chapter 107 - Bibo (Ending Maker emoticon attached) >
Chapter 107 – The Secret
Red blood spread.
The dry earth greedily swallowed the blood, and Uder took a step forward. Rain began to fall steadily from the dark, black sky.
Blood spread.
Mixed with rainwater.
They were absorbed into the earth together and disappeared.
Uder continued to walk. The sword in his hand slipped and fell to the floor, but he did not pick it up.
Holy Sword Barisada.
As its name suggests, it is a holy sword. It is the strongest sword in the human world, and it is Yuder’s own beloved sword. After slaying countless demons, the sword itself has reached the realm of mythology.
But for Uder, it was also an object of curse.
The sword that killed Cordelia.
A sum total of curses stained with the blood of many who loved them.
fell to the floor
Uther continued on without a care. He approached the man lying on the ground, bleeding and near death, and sat down without a hitch.
It was a mine.
But not now.
Like Cordelia, she was the one who eventually regained her humanity.
He smiled awkwardly.
He rolled his eyes to find Yuder, even with his empty eyes that he could no longer see, and then at one point he said.
“You are truly the best rival. There is no one else but you.”
The voice was thin and weak.
But a bit of that unique refreshing feeling remained.
A child who loved heroic novels.
A pure and kind boy who one day wanted to be like the main character in a heroic novel.
Lucas vomited blood.
He, who had been Yuder’s last remaining comrade and eventually became an enemy like Cordelia, began to cry in the pouring rain.
It wasn’t because I was afraid of death.
Rather, there was a sense of relief that I was able to escape from a world full of despair and that I no longer had to suffer.
However, the reason I shed tears was because of Yuder.
It was because he was worried about Yuder’s feelings, who had to endure the loss of his soulmate, his best friend, and his lifelong rival.
Lucas vomited blood again. And then he realized.
The humanity that had been briefly restored by Barisada was disappearing again.
The devil that had settled deep within his body and soul was once again rising and trying to take control of Lucas’ entire body.
Lucas gritted his teeth again.
He reached out to Yuder, who was sitting there like a shell of a person, unable to do anything.
“Uder.”
Uther looked this way. He could see it. So Lucas gritted his teeth. He said the cruelest words.
“Kill me.”
While I remain human.
Before I become covered in demonic power again and pour all kinds of curses on you.
There was a scene like this in the Built Vine Heroes Chronicles.
That’s why Lucas cried so much. He was too kind and pure to show a tragic and cool appearance like the main characters in heroic novels.
Sorry.
Sorry.
I left you alone, so I made you do this.
Lucas remembered the moment he stabbed Scarlett.
He did not forget Caesar, who was dying in his arms.
Uther placed his hand on Lucas’ chest. He had to say goodbye for the last time, but he couldn’t bring himself to open his mouth.
That’s why Lucas spoke first.
“It’s a shitty world, but still… I’m glad I could fight with you. I think it was good.”
His voice was weak, perhaps because his consciousness was fading away.
Uder nodded, swallowing his tears.
“Me too… I liked it too. You, you… were the best rival.”
It’s not Maximilian.
Neither is Leon.
Lucas, you are the best opponent I have ever met.
We were best friends.
“of course.”
Lucas laughed while crying.
He placed his hand over Yuder’s hand, which was on his chest.
Now it was truly time to come to an end.
Uther unleashed his energy. He destroyed Lucas’ heart. He took the life of his last remaining comrade with his own hands.
It rained.
It swallowed up all the sounds in the world.
That was why there was no sound in Uther’s scream. No one heard the sound of him collapsing on Lucas’ chest and sobbing.
The rain stopped.
The sound came back.
Someone approached me, stepping on the wet ground.
She picked up the Holy Sword Barisada that had fallen to the ground and approached Yuder.
“Juder Bayer.”
It was a beautiful voice filled with regret.
She lay down on Lucas’s body and caressed Yuder’s shoulder as he cried. She held him in her arms as he cried like a child.
Archangel Raguel.
One of the archangels who descended to the human world on the day of the Great Summoning.
Auriel, the Archangel of Judgement, said:
Give Juder Bayer his sword again.
To give him the will to fight again.
Auriel’s words were not wrong. Uder was the strongest swordsman in humanity, whom even the archangels could not easily deal with.
The wind sword he wielded when he reached Geomri would surely reach the great lords of Hell.
But even so,
Is it right to continue forcing the current Yuder to fight?
Would it be right to hand a sword to someone who has just killed a close friend and tell him to get up and fight again?
“Cordelia······.”
Uder whispered and cried.
Before the Great Summoning, before many were forced to become mines, Nanas were struggling but happy.
The times when Cordelia was with us.
Raguel read Uther’s memories, and so he embraced Uther just as Cordelia had done.
Instead of telling him to get up and fight again, he held Uther in his arms like Cordelia had done.
The rain stopped.
It didn’t rain anymore.
But the sky was still black and dark.
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“Uder?”
Cordelia, who was flying low towards the Orange Gate, stopped in surprise as tears flowed from the eyes of the unconscious Uther.
“Yuderya?”
I called out carefully again, but there was no answer. It seemed like he was still deeply asleep.
But why are you crying all of a sudden?
Did I have a sad dream?
Like a scary dream.
Although the time was of the essence, Cordelia could not run again right away.
Because when I saw Yuder’s tearful face, my heart ached as if it had been torn apart.
Why is that?
Why do I feel so sad?
Cordelia wiped away Uther’s tears. She briefly held Uther’s head to her chest and caressed his back.
“Cordelia······.”
“Yeah yeah, I’m here. I’m here, Yuder.”
As he spoke affectionately, a look of relief appeared on Uther’s face. He still seemed to be asleep, but his expression became relaxed, as if he had been reassured by Cordelia’s own voice.
‘thank god.’
Because we can be together like this now.
Because I can wipe away your tears.
‘uh?’
Cordelia blinked at the thought that occurred to her without her knowing, but she didn’t think deeply about it.
After pinching Yuder’s cheek for no reason, he started running towards the Orange Gate again.
[Lady Cordelia.]
“I know.”
Cordelia responded very quietly to Melissa’s low warning.
Elf Rangers, Elio’s subordinates.
These were people who sympathized with the rebellion that Elio had started, not the rebellion.
There was no way he wouldn’t be loyal to Elio.
Are you just leaving Elio captured by the enemy?
It was a lot. The reason the elf knights retreated in the first place was partly to reassure Cordelia.
‘You’re just waiting for an opportunity.’
Orange Gate was once Elio’s jurisdiction.
Perhaps news had already spread that Elio had been captured.
Cordelia herself is ambushed at the Orange Gate.
They rescue Elio and kill themselves to silence him.
‘Of course I have thoughts on this too.’
It wasn’t like they were just going to the Orange Gate. Cordelia had her own plans.
Cordelia concentrated her consciousness.
After making a pact with the Spirit King of Storms and Lightning, Cordelia gained the ability to read the wind.
All things carried by the wind.
Facts the wind knows.
I figured out the number of elf rangers moving silently in the bushes.
Nineteen.
There was more than I thought.
Because of this, Cordelia was conflicted for a moment.
‘Should I go with Plan B?’
I always felt like I had to go with Plan B whenever I made a plan, but I couldn’t help it.
“balm.”
[Yes, Cordelia. Leave it to me.]
It was right after Melissa answered.
A strong wind rose from Moonlight and swept through the surroundings. Then Cordelia, who tore through the wind and soared up, fired magic bullets in all directions. She attacked the elf rangers in the bushes, then turned around and flew towards the Orange Gate at full speed.
Chojajak!
It was that very moment.
The elf rangers who had been hiding in the bushes suddenly appeared and started chasing Cordelia at full speed. They gave up hiding and ran, and their speed was truly amazing.
Just a few seconds like that.
Cordelia, who saw the backs of the elf rangers who had gone far away, released her invisibility magic and stood up.
Since a fairly large magic stone was used, the illusion magic should last until we reached the Orange Gate.
“Well, good. Operation success.”
Melissa spoke softly as Cordelia smiled brightly.
[Lady Cordelia, this is not flattery, but… you are truly amazing.]
Because there were so many magics available.
Among the elven wizards of Magellan, who were Melissa’s former masters, there were very few who could use as many types of magic as Cordelia.
Cordelia let out a laugh at Melissa’s sincere compliment, but her body was honest. She danced a shoulder dance without realizing it.
“Anyway, let’s go quickly. They might notice and come back.”
[Yes, let’s hurry.]
Plan B with Yuder.
The Shadow Forest, destroyed by the Great Summoning, was a paradise for monsters, and Uder and Cordelia, who were the rotten ones in the second story of the Natural Heroes, knew about the Shadow Forest well.
‘Because there was a quest before the grand summons.’
A hidden place in the shadow forest.
A place located between the Red Gate and the Orange Gate, created by human hands, not elves.
Cordelia rarely got lost, even though she didn’t have a precise map in her head like Uther did.
This is because he has good eyesight and a good sense of smell.
“It’s over there.”
Targeted location.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was the perfect place to hide for a while until Yuder woke up.
Cordelia, who had been flying without hesitation, stopped at one moment.
I stopped under a very large rock and looked closely at the smaller rocks around it. I tried rearranging the rocks based on my body’s memory rather than my head’s.
Then something amazing happened. With a creaking sound, the floor opened up, revealing an underground passage.
[It’s an institution. Indeed, this would be less noticeable to the elves than magic.]
It was just as Melissa said.
If it was a place hidden by some kind of magical illusion, it would have been discovered long ago by the elves who are sensitive to magic.
[But what kind of place is it?]
Who made this?
Cordelia shrugged in response to Melissa’s question.
“This is where the Log Master’s secret lies dormant.”
Of the five treasures of the Log Master, three were located in the Empire, and one of them was located right here in the Shadow Forest.
‘Since I’m going to do everything, I have to take care of any bad news.’
Cordelia smiled and hurried into the underground passage, her eyes wide open. She had no choice.
“Scarlett?”
“Pink bomb?”
Inside the underground passage.
Scarlett was standing in a place decorated like a temple.
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“What happened?”
“No, the underground passage suddenly opened and I was about to fight.”
Cordelia shook her head as Scarlett dropped the sword she was holding.
“No, but more importantly, why are you here?”
Why are you here?
But the absurd thing is that the same thing happened to Scarlett.
“Why are you here like that?”
“I have circumstances.”
Scarlett smiled bitterly as if she found the answer obvious, then nodded.
“I guess so. With the black cloak stretching out like that. Wait, isn’t that Elio Lombardi? The crown prince of House Lombardi?”
When Scarlett asked in surprise, Cordelia smiled and answered.
“Oh, that’s right. He has his own circumstances. To put it simply, he’s a traitor.”
“There are so many things that have been omitted, so I feel like I should listen to the circumstances… Anyway, let’s close the passage again for now.”
As Scarlett said that and started the engine, Cordelia, instead of helping, looked at the other side – more precisely, towards the firmly closed stone door and asked.
“Were you solving a puzzle?”
“It seems like there aren’t enough clues… but I wasted my time because I didn’t want to waste my time coming this far.”
Judging from the way he spoke, it seemed like he had only been here for a short time, but that was not the case.
Judging by the amount of trash in the corner, it looks like they’ve been suffering for at least a week.
“What about you?”
Scarlett asked quickly, perhaps concerned that Cordelia was looking at the trash.
Cordelia laid Uther and Elio down on the floor and answered while scratching her cheek.
“If I tell the story, it would be too long, but let me summarize it this time. While I was passing through the Shadow Forest with the Royal Knights to bring back the Emperor who had escaped from the High Priest, I was attacked by the traitor Elio. I came here to take a short break and avoid being pursued.”
Scarlett’s face turned into absurdity at Cordelia’s story, but she soon regained her composure.
It was an absurd story, but it was also a very Cordelia-like story.
“Yes, since you came to the empire, you should at least show us the emperor.”
In the royal capital, the guardian deity and the king appeared, and in the south, the ancient black dragon appeared.
It would only make sense if someone as good as the emperor came out.
“What about Scarlett?”
“As you can see, I came here to find Bibo. I have to become a Log Master.”
It was a much simpler and more valid story than Cordelia’s.
“But Pink Bomb. Did you come with just Black Cloak?”
“Huh? No. Lucas and Kaisha came too.”
“okay?”
Scarlett nodded as if it was nothing to Cordelia’s words, but it wasn’t true.
He asked in passing, lightly brushing back her hair.
“How is Prince Lucas these days? Is he in good health?”
It was really a trivial question.
But Cordelia, with her wild instincts, was able to see through it in an instant.
That look of concentration, even though it seems like she’s doing nothing. Eyes that look slightly anxious, yet expectant. Cheeks that are slightly flushed.
“Ugh.”
Cordelia smiled with a sly expression, and Scarlett narrowed her eyes.
“Pink bomb?”
“I’m doing well. I’m not just doing well, I’m also super cool and strong. You’ll be surprised when you see me.”
“okay?”
Scarlett again pretended as if nothing had happened, but Cordelia could tell. At this moment, Scarlett’s heart rate was racing.
[Hey, is that a person?]
As Melissa expressed her petty doubts, Cordelia continued to have dark thoughts in her mind.
Scarlett faces Lucas.
Lucas and Scarlett’s couple.
‘Oh, wait.’
Caesar is with us now.
Lucaisado is also in the process of building up.
Cordelia thought again.
The confrontation between Kaisha and Scarlett over Lucas.
The conflict between love and friendship.
‘oh.’
That would be fun.
“Pink bomb?”
“Huh? No. It’s nothing. Hehe.”
It was a suspicious sight, but Scarlett decided to move on. She had more questions.
“Anyway, where is Prince Lucas now? If you guys are running away, isn’t Prince Lucas in danger too?”
“Uh… maybe?”
Scarlett’s face became dumbfounded once again at Cordelia’s answer.
“Hey, what are you talking about? And why are you so calm?”
Cordelia scratched her cheek at the slightly teasing remark, but she couldn’t help it.
“Because Lucas got stronger.”
“uh?”
“Because I really got stronger.”
Especially since I was with Caesar right now.
It was not an unfounded belief.
At the same time, under the shadow forest.
Lucas was proving that Cordelia’s faith was true.
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