303 – Day 3 (3)
“It’s cold…”
The half-dragon blew his breath and thawed the frozen hand. When he came, he came with the protection of the blue bird’s feather, but when he left, he could not.
He had to return home bearing the brunt of an arctic blizzard, but even taking that into account, it was so cold that his entire bones froze. The wind was really bitterly cold.
‘Ugh, I feel like I’m freezing.’
Now that the thorns that were emitting cold air have disappeared, the temperature in the North Pole has risen more than expected. Still, it’s enough to easily freeze an average person to death, but it’s not enough to shake even the half-dragon Yanid.
Nevertheless, the reason it is so cold. In fact, you can see the reason just by opening your eyes. But I couldn’t bring myself to complain, so I just muttered in a low voice. The owner of this biting chill walked in silence without saying a word.
Even if snow piled up on his head, he wouldn’t shake it off, and his eyes had no focus. Even though it felt like I was stumbling back and forth, I was able to pass through the rough ice with ease.
As if the magic power around me was in sympathy with my frozen heart, it became even colder every time I passed near it. It became even colder. It was so hard to breathe.
[No matter how you look at it, it’s dangerous, that thing.]
“Shouldn’t we stop it too?”
[What are you talking about? It means we are in danger. Look at those eyes. There’s already nothing to see. Don’t you know the saying that the person who has nothing to lose is the most fearful? I’m completely sick of that now.]
Even the dragon was so overcome by the force that he could only bow his head and say nothing. There was not even life in the eyes of that wolf walking away carrying a heavy ice tube.
I just saw something empty, empty, extremely quiet and gloomy beyond the lightless eyes.
[How do I stop that? If anyone makes a mistake in front of me, he will not live up to his name and will just go away. No one can stop this or that. Empire? It’s impossible.]
The problem is that that woman is now the strongest person on the continent, both in name and reality, now that Grimudo is gone. How many people are left who can receive that Tao? It wasn’t a problem that the continent would turn upside down if he got even a strange idea.
The problem is not the evil god, but if this wolf holds the sword and wields it, it is the evil god. He has already surpassed the realm of what people call a grand master, and has almost reached the limit as a human being.
It’s not that there haven’t been people with this level of strength since history, but there won’t be another person like this in this era. Moreover, that wolf was still young. Who can guarantee that it won’t get stronger from here?
People in power despise and look down on warriors who rely on the power of Ilshin. But the truth is, the people who hold the force in their hands also see them as nothing more than incompetent pigs.
In the past, the Beast King Epirna did not have any support within the tribe. Even though he personally purged the few supporters he had, including his own people, he ascended to the position of king without any opposition. Power without any limitations. That is the fear of the power to do everything.
This wolf, who defeated Epirna and became the Beast King, was still in his teens. I was at an age where I still had more days left to shine. With this level of strength at this age, the dream that Harmael dreamed is no longer an illusion. Regardless of success or failure, we were able to seriously aim for unification of the continent.
It’s just a matter of when you have the will to do so.
Now that wolf is already empty. It seemed likely that after the funeral, he would suddenly go into seclusion and never be seen in the world again. It was no different from having already lost the reason for existence.
It was the same as when the Shinigami fainted in despair and the Heavenly God lost hope and almost crumbled to dust. The only difference was that humans did not die immediately just because they lost their reason for existence.
The dragon and the half-dragon only exchanged glances but could not even open their mouths. Even if I gave him a compliment or something, it was of no use now. Anyway, I heard it with one ear and let it out with the other.
-Uh… I have urgent business to attend to, so please excuse me first. Well then…!
What a shame, Oberta, the evil spirit, noticed this and ran away. Ha, Yanid sighed. Although I hadn’t known him for long, the person in that coffin was a truly warm person.
He was the first adult I felt I could trust. He shed a few tears, but his sadness was nothing compared to that wolf’s.
I knew that if I arrived at the continent like this, problems would inevitably arise, but there was nothing I could do about it. I can only hope that you can get your mind together.
Quagang!
Perhaps she was trying to relieve her anger or something, the girl who left the island swung her sword horizontally. Every time that happens, hot sunlight and cold moonlight shoot out in succession, embellishing the corner of the North Pole.
Without even a few swings, the entire ice hill blocking my path was shattered and rolled into fragments. It’s a hill, but if you put it on the continent, it’s bigger than the mountain behind most towns.
‘Whoa, I’m losing strength…’
The heat from the flash of light made my skin tingle. The half-dragon, who had raised his magic power to create a blackout, looked at the wolf with tired eyes. For some reason, even though he was a half-dragon, he had better physical strength than himself, who had only been drinking water and beef jerky.
That blue wolf hasn’t touched anything in almost two days, and hasn’t even taken a sip of water. I was constantly watching from the side as I was staggering as if I was going to fall down at any moment, but for some reason. Rather, the power it emitted seemed to be getting stronger. The breathing was very faint, but it was the same as it was two days ago.
So it seems like it won’t die if left alone, but I don’t know what happens to people. There is no order to get there, and if you suddenly fall down, you might not be able to get up again.
[The entire Kalkamir Mountains have risen and moved south, so there will be no need to cross the mountains when returning. If you were to take me back in the first place, why would you commit such a penance for something so simple…]
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There was no reason to walk in such an uncomfortable manner in the first place, but Roka nevertheless refused Ajahadaka’s offer to ride on his back. I didn’t know if I wanted to stay in the North Pole a little longer, if I didn’t want to return to the continent, or both.
Perhaps what the girl really wants is to be buried with the coffin she is carrying in this Arctic blizzard. Even if that wasn’t the case, one thing was certain: he was acting as if he had already thrown his life away.
“Shouldn’t we take it down by force before something big happens? “I think it would be really dangerous to do that, so I think we need to stun it somehow and move it south in the meantime.”
The last thing Yanid wants is for a line to appear here. But the dragon shook his head. Stopping Roca now would be crazy, no matter who sees it.
A strong man like that has already given up on living. It was difficult to even guess what would happen if one attempted to subdue it.
If, by chance, it rushes at you, burning its life like stubble, even a dragon will have no choice but to run wild. She still wanted to live longer. I didn’t want to die here with that crazy wolf.
[No matter what we say here, it is of no use. Those ears can already hear only one person’s voice. Even if you try to persuade him with a hundred words, it is meaningless, and even if you use force to stop him, he is too strong. If you stimulate it wrongly, we could all die here.]
“I guess I lost my mind that much…”
Janid glanced at Roca and her tone blurred. She couldn’t even trust the words she said.
Anyone could see that the current Roka was not normal, and the glow of the sunset that occasionally passed through her eyes was almost eerie. Even if the Shinigami, a being that her eyes cannot see, is in front of her, if she sees Roka now, she will have no choice but to keep her mouth shut and avoid him.
‘Wow, what a surprise…’
At that time, the wolf’s ears perked up. For the first time, a light appeared in those empty eyes. I couldn’t figure out where the strength came from, I turned my head around at an unbelievable speed and looked around. But soon he became sullen again.
“It doesn’t smell…”
Before Yanid could sigh in relief, calming her startled heart, the girl who had not said a single word until now flashed her eyes and continued to speak.
“But I heard it? I definitely heard a voice. The master was here. I definitely didn’t hear it wrong. But why? “But why aren’t you there?”
The two dragons were listening to the girl biting her fingernails with a somewhat dumb expression. Then suddenly tears started to well up in her eyes, and from her perspective, it was just scary.
It even made me wonder if her mind had gone a little strange because she was making such dream-like noises. Yanid grumbled in a very low voice.
“What voice did you hear?”
[No.]
“Isn’t this going to cause a really big problem?”
[It looks like something big has already happened.]
Have I fallen so deeply into affection that I have gone crazy? Ah, I could only sigh.
These two also have eyes and are not ear leeches. He didn’t know that the girl had her priest in mind. But she can’t believe she’s broken to that extent.
“I don’t know because I’ve never experienced it, but is love really this scary? “Is that what happens when a person opens their eyes to love?”
[I don’t know. I’ve never done it either.]
The dragon, who was watching Roka with a serious expression, responded.
[But love? That’s not from someone who’s already fallen in love. Look at that. I mean, does he look normal when he’s already talking nonsense? It seems to me that due to a strong attachment, he is imagining things, escaping from reality, and looking for someone who has already left.]
If you break it down, it’s this long, but if you condense it, it can be reduced to just one word.
It was completely delicious. Anyone could see it that way.
‘What should I do?’
‘Even if you ask me that…’
The two people who only exchanged glances paid no attention to each other, and the girl continued to look everywhere with her anxious eyes. In fact, Roca wasn’t as upset as others thought she was now.
First class. A state where you can move the world with your mind. A person who has reached this level cannot be that weak-hearted. She herself felt that the taste was so bad that she could mistake auditory hallucinations for real voices. Still, the mental training and growth I had done so far was not completely in vain.
“Shall I go and hit you in the back?”
[Arthur? Then you could really die!]
But in the eyes of the two dragons, all they could see was a wolf who had either already gone crazy or was about to go crazy.
But today I learned for the first time that madness is contagious. Yanid muttered that to himself. When you keep saying that you see something, you feel like you see something too.
-I made a promise.
And I really felt like I could hear a voice.
-And I couldn’t protect it.
Suddenly, I had a strange feeling that my surroundings were getting warmer for no reason.
-In the end, I couldn’t even say I was sorry.
This is the North Pole.
A place where the sun neither fully rises nor sets completely, but just emits a dim light.
In this place where it is polar night both day and night, bright sunlight shone. Like the noon sunlight seen from the continent, a warm yet intense light suddenly appeared.
Now, he appeared by relying on sunlight instead of starlight, but he did not come in vain.