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Chapter 43. Orbis Tower (3)
5.
Miner, she showed me the five rings she had made on my wrist.
The moment of awakening to the 5th circle.
Everyone who saw it was speechless for a moment.
It is true that I was aiming for the 5th circle awakening.
It was true that it was what I had been hoping for.
‘Was the 5-circle wall this easy to get over?’
But that was because it was very difficult, and perhaps even impossible.
And the fact remained the same.
The wall of the 5th circle was, even at this moment, a wall of wailing and despair for adventurers.
“This makes a total of 5 circles.”
And that wasn’t the end of it.
“What? Everything?”
“What? You didn’t know?”
“what?”
“What the heck is that?”
Miner looked at Ralph with her horse, and everyone followed suit and looked at Ralph.
“Hey, you too?”
Only then did Ralph show me his wrist and say,
“I also became a 5th circle.”
“No, when?”
“It’s okay.”
“It’s been a while? But why are you telling me this now?”
“If you reveal that you’re a 5th circle member, won’t you have to work harder?”
The rest of them laughed in disbelief at those words.
That was it.
“ah.”
Devo looked at El Palm as if he had just remembered something.
“Boss, I’m sorry for suddenly interrupting you. So, what is the reason why the monster Elijah became extinct?”
“that…….”
At that point, El Palm thought briefly and then answered.
“I do not know either.”
“You don’t know?”
“It went extinct hundreds of years ago. And even before that, the number of Elijahs was extremely small. There is no information about it. I have no way of knowing.”
“I see. I thought it had some kind of amazing effect that made it extinct. Why not? It’s like it’s good for stamina, and then it goes extinct like a ghost. I thought it was something like that.”
“I wish I had. It would make a lot of money if I sold it.”
El Palm did not respond to Debo and Ralph’s subsequent words.
There was also no need to answer.
Keuhehehe!
“this!”
Because a roar that pierced the clouds came down on them.
And in an instant, the thick clouds that had been shrouded in that roar dispersed, and soon everyone was able to see.
“Boss, that?”
“okay.”
A monster of immense beauty, resembling a lion, with black fur, a white mane, and two red horns, but incomparably larger than a lion, as large as an elephant.
“Eliza was called the goddess’ pet.”
Elijah.
“I guess I’ll have to go straight into battle.”
He came to the El Palm party first.
6.
The thief Phantom, he was a man with the most beautiful smile of all.
And he was a man who never lost his smile.
It was never easy to see his face lose its smile, at any time, at any moment, in any desperate situation.
Even on that day when he sealed the Black Wizard, in that moment of despair, the phantom thief Phantom never lost his smile.
But now, the phantom thief Phantom was looking at the letter with a stern expression.
It wasn’t the first time I’d seen this letter.
Because I could already see the fold marks several times.
Of course, it wasn’t because the thief Phantom had a poor memory that he read the letter over and over again.
Rather, there was no content in the letter.
It was a blank sheet of paper.
There wasn’t any hidden content or anything like that.
Still, the reason why the phantom thief read the letter over and over again was simple.
‘Lirin.’
The person who sent the letter was a woman named Lirin.
It wasn’t a name known to the world.
However, it was one of the most important names to the thief Phantom.
‘Aran’s assistant.’
In the process of sealing the Black Wizard, all six heroes met with an unfortunate fate.
There was nothing strange.
It was none other than the Black Wizard who was to be sealed, and even if everyone died, it would still be a profitable business if the sealing was successful.
To be honest, even the phantom thief himself still couldn’t believe that he was alive.
What’s more surprising is that he wasn’t the only one who survived.
Aran did so.
She too was sealed in the never-melting glacier of Lien.
Lirin was the last one waiting for Aran to wake up.
The last remaining one after countless of Aran’s original followers left, unable to endure the long wait.
She sent a blank sheet of paper to the thief Phantom through a route she had never told anyone else.
The thief Phantom knew what this meant.
‘Aran woke up.’
The fact that the letter was sent meant that Aran had finally woken up.
Because Lirin would never have done anything until Aran woke up.
The problem is that they sent a blank sheet of paper.
‘Sending a blank sheet of paper means you are concerned about information leaks.’
The fact that they were even wary of conveying any information meant, in other words, that the current situation was not good.
It means that there are people around Aran who are after her.
‘Like me, he was cursed by the black wizard and lost his powers.’
It also meant that there was no power to do anything about them right away.
In the end, the blank letter meant only one thing.
‘That’s why you need my help.’
Ask for help.
In fact, the situation of the phantom thief Phantom was not good either.
Having lost all his strength, he was now making a desperate and life-threatening effort to regain it.
In the meantime, you move to help Aran?
It’s like putting your hand in the mouth of the black wizard’s followers who are chasing him, those ferocious wolves.
Of course, even so, the phantom thief Phantom moved willingly.
He wanted to help Aran by using the abilities he could.
‘The heroes wake up at the same time.’
It wasn’t just because Aran was a hero like that.
‘This is a sign.’
Okay, I got it.
‘A sign that the black wizard is awakening.’
It couldn’t be just a coincidence that the heroes who sealed the Black Wizard woke up at the same time.
That was why the expression on Phantom Thief’s face was so hard now.
If the Black Wizard were to awaken again, I wouldn’t be able to stop him.
‘There is not much time.’
First of all, there was not enough time.
‘There’s no Fried.’
But the biggest problem was that Fried, the leader and focal point of the six heroes, no longer existed in Maple World.
To be honest, Phantom Thief didn’t have the confidence to fight and win against the Black Mage again without Fried.
That wasn’t all.
‘I don’t even know who the Black Wizard’s followers are.’
While the six heroes were asleep, the followers of the Black Mage had planted their followers all over Maple World.
The force was enormous.
Every time the Phantom Thief confirmed with his eyes that he could see the truth, and every time he tried to find the traitor, he was surprised.
The situation was that desperate.
‘El Palm.’
In the midst of all this, the one who gave some hope to the thief Phantom was none other than the adventurer El Palm.
I felt it the moment I saw it.
That he is no ordinary adventurer.
Six heroes, adventurers who have built something worthy of that great name.
‘I don’t think you can replace Fried.’
Of course, the thief Phantom did not think that El Palm would be an adventurer who could replace Fried.
‘Because no one can replace Fried.’
Not only El Palm, but no adventurer in the world could replace Fried.
‘The only one who can fill Fried’s place even a little is the new Dragon Master, Evan.’
Evan, who became the Dragon Master of the Onyx Dragon after Fried, is probably closer to Fried.
‘The only thing I can’t see now is the silver moon.’
At that point, the phantom thief came to mind.
‘The day all six of us meet may be the last… … Fried, you clearly said so.’
And then he stopped thinking.
I went through repeated agony.
But there was no answer, and the phantom thief eventually stopped worrying and continued with his thoughts where he had stopped a moment ago.
‘El Palm, that should be enough of a card though.’
Nevertheless, the abilities and results that El Palm has shown so far have been surprising and promising.
That’s why.
This time, I was given an unreasonable mission.
‘If it’s El Palm, then you will find the answer to the mission I gave you.’
Appeared in front of that thief Phantom.
“You’re here. This time it took a long time.”
At El Palm’s appearance, the thief Phantom said with his always wonderful smile.
“So what’s the result?”
To that question, El Palm pulled out his red horn before answering.
The moment he saw it, the Phantom Thief’s smile deepened.
“It is Elijah’s horn.”
“If you brought this out, does that mean you know about Elijah’s horn?”
“If you make a special potion using Elijah’s horn, you can overcome the 5-circle wall.”
“Yes, that’s why Elijah went extinct. There’s no way adventurers would leave behind the ingredients for a potion that would break through the 5th circle wall, right?”
El Palm, because he brought it.
“Anyway, it’s correct.”
Because I brought directly to Phantom the Phantom Thief the method of making his comrades into a 5-circle.
In other words, the thief Phantom did not think that El Palm would make his comrades into the 5th Circle in a short period of time.
It was impossible from the beginning.
In other words, what the thief Phantom wanted to know here was the adventurer’s knowledge that El Palm had.
‘As expected, the adventure knowledge is enormous.’
Because in the future, in order to do what Phantom Thief wanted, it wouldn’t be possible to just have outstanding skills.
“Okay, so there are two left.”
Of course, I had no intention of concluding the deal here easily.
“You have four companions, but you have two horns. When you make a deal, all of your companions must have passed the 5th circle barrier, right?”
“you’re right.”
“So, by the way, I have another pair of Elijah’s horns.”
I made a suggestion.
“how is it?”
An offer you can’t refuse.
El Palm responded to that suggestion without hesitation.
“No need.”
“Yeah! You don’t need it, right? Huh? What?”
And for the first time, the phantom thief felt embarrassed by that answer.
That was about it.
“what?”
To the extent that the Phantom Thief was surprised, what El Palm said was something that even the Phantom Thief could not have imagined.
“It’s literally true. You don’t need it.”
What made him even more surprised was that the thief Phantom knew that what El Palm was saying was not a lie.
Because no one could lie in front of him.
So, this means that the real El Palm made all his colleagues into the 5th Circle as he promised.
‘how?’
Something even the phantom thief Phantom didn’t expect.
Of course, this was something El Palm did not expect.
El Palm also thought that what the Phantom Thief wanted was to find a way to overcome the wall of the 5th Circle.
‘If everything goes as planned, by giving Elijah’s horn here, I will have made all my companions into 5 circles.’
After that, strengthen the El Palm Party with the horn of Elijah that you have.
Of course, it couldn’t be free.
The thief Phantom must have suggested it while giving Elijah’s horn.
‘Instead, the trade items would have been different.’
I’ll give you something other than Fried’s legacy.
And it was a reasonable enough proposition.
Elijah’s Horn was no longer an item that could be found in Maple World, but could only be found beyond the Mystic Gate.
Even that wasn’t something that could be easily obtained.
El Palm, before he went back in time, I only heard the story of him capturing Elijah three times.
Because it was a monster that was harder to see than Balrog.
It was amazing how he was able to overcome the 5-circle wall without any effort.
It means that there is no shortage of sufficient trade.
But now the story is different.
El Palm no longer needs Elijah’s horn.
“Now give it to me.”
Well, now all you have to do is keep your promise.
“sorry.”
At those words, the phantom thief said with a smile.
“I have no legacy from Fried.”
From the beginning, I had no intention of giving Fried’s legacy.
That I lied.
That was a very creepy statement.
El Palm risked his life to climb the Orbis Tower, knowing that it would give him Fried’s legacy, but that was a lie?
And you even laugh out loud while spitting out such lies?
A situation where you should be cursing beyond feeling bad.
But El Palm didn’t do that.
I didn’t swear.
It wasn’t because El Palm had great patience and perseverance.
I just knew.
‘If you’re the thief Phantom, you can give me Fried’s legacy, an item that can replace it.’
The phantom thief will pay the price.
It was as expected.
“How about another item instead?”
Phantom Thief, he suggested.
Of course, El Palm had no intention of accepting the offer meekly.
What El Palm needed wasn’t a valuable item.
Right now, it’s a Crimson Balrog, an item that would be helpful in catching that monster.
That’s why I planned to lead the negotiations no matter how long it took until the item came out.
But El Palm’s determination was of no use.
“How about Luminous’ collection?”
fantasy,
