Chapter 780
In the world, there are numerous events and possibilities that follow.
The problem is that none of them are certain.
No matter how developed civilization is, no matter how advanced science has reached an area that has never been reached, there is no 100% flawless thing.
After all, it is a human job, not a machine.
even more so.
But at this moment.
“Is the neck wound healed? Michael?”
Looking at the trembling gray eyes, I was convinced.
That this unbelievable question, which started from a very small clue, finally revealed its dark reality.
That he had finally driven him, Michael Silbert, to the precipice.
But I wiped the smile from my lips.
Than the joy of turning the tide of battle
Because the hatred towards the opponent in front of him was even greater.
I despised everything in that all-grey company.
“You bastard bastard.”
A voice that came out of her lips broke the silence.
And unlike the previous time when I revealed the identity of the Skeleton King, no one in the audience laughed at me this time.
No, now they did not fully understand what they had just been told.
Or the unexpected truth
couldn’t even accept it.
“Now that… … What the hell are you talking about?”
It was the voice of the Kronos guild leader. I opened my mouth with my eyes fixed on Michael Silbert.
“Ask, directly to the person concerned.”
In the suffocating silence, hundreds of pairs of gazes were directed at Michael Silbert.
Of course, among them were supporters of the bastard he had already known or did not know through the investigation.
“Looking at it earlier, everyone worked hard back and forth
I was sucking it up, but it seems that no one has properly informed me of one of them. Well, I would do just that. is not it?”
Michael Silbert stared blankly at me instead of answering.
It was as if the countless thoughts that were floating around in his head by now could be read in his gray eyes, which still had ripples.
but.
“Don’t roll your head so hard for nothing. You already know, right?”
As long as all the formulas were established, the answer came out.
“Michael Silbert.”
It’s like getting out of a maze you’ve been wandering for a long time.
And after passing through the walls blocking all sides, at the exit we finally reached, a person was waiting.
light and darkness. A gray-colored monster that has been standing somewhere in between and crossed a river of no return in the end.
The edge of the veil that hid its true nature.
“you… …
I let out the breath I was holding back.
“It’s F*cked up now.”
Michael Silbert suddenly thought.
When, how, and where did it start to diverge?
However, no matter how much I tried, I couldn’t find an answer to my question.
Because all of this current situation originated from one existence.
Even if he finds out the answer, the opponent in front of him must be another variable
would have created
‘Jin Tae-kyung.’
Another name for an infinite variable.
An Asian young man who is too young, reckless, and even frivolous to stand in his way.
But now even Michael Silbert had to admit it.
That young man was not just an obstacle to be cleared, but another wall that had to be broken.
‘It’s hot.’
Like the light in those black eyes
heat up.
At the same time, the scar on the nape of my neck, which still remained like a stigma until now, was painful.
Took.
Michael Silbert groped his neck involuntarily.
However, when the cold touch of the armor that covered her neck to hide the wounds was transmitted to her fingertips, she suddenly burst into laughter.
excuse? rectification?
It’s meaningless in the current situation. It just gets colder again.
Just as a single drop of water splits a rock, a bottle of potion the size of the palm of your hand was enough to topple a mountain called Michael Silbert.
‘As long as the body can’t accept the mana contained in the potion, any excuses will be useless.’
Only doubts remain.
How did Jin Tae-gyeong come to know this secret? A double-edged sword marked with countless risks and uncertainties, the question of whether she ever had the heart to stab herself was questioned.
That is why Michael Silbert chose questions instead of excuses.
“I ask you one thing. How did you know?”
….
….
A short question to Jin Tae-kyung. However, the aftermath of that one word was really great.
“now… … what?”
“Hey, guild leader.”
It was those who ardently supported Mikael Silbert who were most shocked by the words, which were practically recognition.
But he’s hardened like a statue
He did not give his allies a glance.
Just like Jin Tae-gyeong, who revealed the truth amidst people’s criticism, he just repeated the same words over and over again.
“I asked how you knew.”
And the answer I heard right away was shorter than the question posed earlier.
“Siegfried Basman.”
“Siegfried?”
“Yeah, he did a lot of research on this and that before he died.”
Hiss!
An instant resounding porosity.
Michael Silbert, who caught a piece of paper that flew like an arrow with two fingers, read the title written on the top line.
“… … The compatibility of mana and magical power.”
“Before he was a great mage, he was the best monster scholar of his time. He must have studied everything.”
“There must have been no research materials left.”
“I guess so. As far as is known.”
Michael Silbert silently raised his hand
I looked down at the Lin paper.
It only took an instant for the fast-moving gray eyes to read and understand everything.
“Studying the possibility of coexisting with the human body by accepting the magic of monsters. It’s a crazy thing that anyone can say that a geek like Siegfried Bassmann can say. of course… …
Jin Tae-gyeong’s low voice rang in my ears.
“Maybe it wasn’t for you.”
Michael Silbert raised his head. Before you knew it, the terribly crumpled paper,
engulfed in flames in the grip of
Hwareuk. Fighting.
Ashes scatter. Beyond that, a pair of sunken eyes glowed with reddish heat.
“It seems Siegfried Bassman was curious about that too. But even that one failed to prove it in the end. No, maybe he stopped studying because he thought he had violated a taboo.”
Jin Tae-kyung looked at the flying ashes and continued.
“Maybe it was his will not to leave such data behind. or kill him
I don’t know if it was someone’s will, but… … There are very few data left for that study. Thanks to that, it took me quite a while to find it.”
“Do you think I killed him just for this?”
“I thought so at first.”
” Initially?”
“okay. But you got rid of Siegfried Basman for another reason.”
“I won’t deny it, but I want to ask why you thought that way.”
“Simple. you have this study
It’s not flimsy enough to leave it.”
Immediately after hearing that, Michael Silbert, who had been silently looking at Jin Tae-kyung, laughed out loud.
“Thank you for that. If even you treated me like an idiot, I would feel sorry for you.”
“Thank you. Not just an idiot, but treated like an asshole.”
“But there is no clear answer yet. It would not have been enough to suspect me with just this data.”
“No, that was enough.”
” why?”
“If a crime is committed, it makes sense that the ex-cookie who lives nearby is the first to be suspected.”
“… …
“I was looking at the research materials that were few and far between, and I suddenly had that thought.”
Jin Tae-gyeong turned his head with a contemptuous sneer.
Now that the truth about the great mage’s death, which had been full of doubts, was revealed, the shocked audience stood frozen and stared at only the two of them.
“If Michael Silbert, that bastard is really already half-man, half-horse. I wondered what it would be like if this absurd research data had already been turned into reality.”
In complete silence, Jin Tae-gyeong reflected on the moment when the thought first occurred to him.
In front of hundreds of pairs of eyes and ears. On the stage that was thoroughly planned from beginning to end by someone other than himself.
He opened his mouth like a main character in the spotlight alone.
“Then… … Finally all the puzzles fit together.”
That assumption, which no one could have come up with, was the last piece to complete this complex puzzle.
The reason why Michael Silbert was able to recognize the Skeleton King’s identity.
The reason why he was only one of hundreds of heroes during the Cataclysm, but was able to grow from a dragon’s tail to a head.
And the reason why the growth of the Odin Guild started with Cheon Tae-min’s disappearance and the reason why it didn’t show up even at the blue dragon’s funeral attended by celebrities from around the world.
All because of one thing.
“Magic power.”
Jin Tae-kyung slowly turned around. She continued, looking at her gray eyes that were no longer shaken.
“I don’t know how or why that happened, but… … You could become stronger by absorbing mana. Like a monster.”
However, at the same time, because he had mana, he perfectly controlled the balance of the energy and hid it, so no one could find out his true identity.
Even the Skeleton King.
It was to the point where it was difficult for even him, a monster, to clearly define what the modifier ‘unpleasant person’ meant whenever he had a conversation about Michael Silbert.
If there is one person in this world that Michael Silbert fears more than anyone else and must hide his identity, it is only one person.
“Tian Taemin. If it were him, he would have recognized your true identity.”
And the moment when Jin Tae-gyeong’s low voice reached everyone’s ears.
One person’s dry lips long silence
It broke and simmered.
“Yes, I had to live with my breath for a long time because of that. A very long time, similar to the life you have lived so far.”
Thirty years have passed, but Michael Silbert still remembers it clearly.
It wasn’t long before he gained new powers.
The gaze of the absolute, who was staring at him precisely in the midst of countless people gathered in one place.
At that moment, the fear that gripped the entire body.
At the time, he possessed absurdly little magical power, so he did not receive any more attention, but the fear he felt that day did not easily disappear.
Even after Cheon Tae-min disappeared as time passed and he found out the secret of Area A from Siegfried Basman.
He didn’t even attend Lee Jung-ryong’s funeral.
Unfortunately, the information he had could be wrong.
Because Cheon Tae-min might encounter the only being there who can see through his true nature.
but… … .
“one thing. You are misunderstanding something.”
With a low voice, Michael Silbert awakened a huge energy that was sleeping deep inside his body.
Light and darkness had already been mixed for a long time, but since one day, that turbid, unheard-of energy that has been deeply stained with amplified darkness.
“The only person I fear in this world is not here.”
Goo Goo Goo.
A gigantic air wave that rose up like a wave pressed down on all sides.
do-that*i
L=HW
