Episode 18. 3rd Edition 2nd Line (3)
John remembered clearly.
no, how could it be
That day, the day you lost what you thought was everything!
Also, the words of the monster who cut off his leg and took it!
“If you have the confidence to run faster even if you lose one of your legs… Then they said they would accept the third challenge.”
It was John’s voice that was buried in calmness, but Ralph, who knew John in the past, was heartbroken.
John Redner.
It is said that he is called the Unstoppable Sword now, but in the past, the word used to modify him was ‘cloud dragon’.
It’s like a dragon playing in the clouds.
John’s body movements, which honed the Redner family’s arcane horsemanship to the limit, were not enough to be called that.
Even the sword master admired John’s speed.
One leg would have been everything in life to such a person.
Seeing that Ralph’s face hardened, John lightly waved his hand.
“I am the one with the amputated leg, but why do you look so serious?”
“… senior.”
“There’s not much to see. I added the price of new enlightenment to the price of my life… One leg is cheap enough.”
“… … .”
“Puhuh, it wasn’t until I reached this point that I realized. That I could never defeat that monster with what I had. To catch a monster, you need a weapon suitable for it.”
A heavy conversation that we meet and share for 15 years.
Yohan wrinkled his impression at the damp atmosphere and the pitying eyes of his juniors towards him.
“Hey you pig, I’m still up and running! What kind of person are you staring at?”
Indeed, Ralph’s hardened face was relieved at Yohan’s friendly words, which he hadn’t heard in a long time.
He smiled softly at Yohan, who was drinking in succession with an annoyed face.
‘I guess I’m getting old too… I was worried about this person because there was no one to worry about.’
When he was a newbie who had just entered the cradle, John was in his last 5 years.
At that time, John’s talent that Ralph saw was literally a shock itself.
‘No matter how much he lost one leg, this man… It’s Johann Redner.’
Among the countless geniuses produced by Yoram, he is by far the strongest.
The only usurper who was recognized by the Sword Master.
Also, the owner of the back he has been chasing all his life.
Ralph, who recalled this, also erased the heaviness and playfully countered.
“Didn’t I tell you not to call me a pig? This is muscle, not flesh!”
“Ah, it was. muscle pigs. No, is a guy who is old enough to be old enough to still practice that ignorant? How come your muscles look bigger, don’t you?”
“Originally, the older you get, the more muscular your body is.”
“Anyway, your body is too much.”
“Don’t say you don’t know. Because this is just right!”
“What? Are you trying to teach me now?”
“Well, with only a 5-year age difference. Do we have to question that in a situation where we are all growing old together?”
“Uh-huh, what a five-year-old boy! And a guy who’s never won is trying to teach me? There’s nothing wrong with this!”
As John condescended, a vein formed on Ralph’s forehead.
It was my lifelong goal to stand shoulder to shoulder with Yohan, so I stuck with him countless times.
Total defeat, of course.
No matter how much it was defeated by someone who was like an idol, who would be happy with such a result?
However, Ralph, who was about to get angry, hesitated for a moment and then shook his head.
“Let’s not talk.”
“… What? Originally, like an angry wild boar, it’s normal to come out to fight right away, right?”
“What would you do by defeating your current senior?”
Ralph’s story made John’s face harden at once.
He glared at Ralph with a ferocious face.
“What do you mean by that? Are you saying that I, who has become a crippled leg, can’t be your opponent?”
“Don’t be angry. Isn’t that what you meant?”
“Did you hear that?”
“no. If you are a senior… The Johann Redner I know would still be fast and strong even if he lost a leg. Where will the skills that played with me go?”
“… … .”
“But the one I really want to defeat is the cloud dragon Johann Redner, not the unstoppable Johann Redner. The great usurper who challenged the throne! Let me ask you one more time. The current senior… Can you beat the former senior who challenged the Sword Master 15 years ago? Can you be confident that the current senior is the same as he was in his prime?”
John had no answer to Ralph’s story.
After a moment of heavy silence, John’s mouth finally opened.
“After all, you don’t want to see me stick around because my skills aren’t as good as before, right?”
“… If you say that, I have nothing more to say.”
“You son of a b*tch.”
Yohan, who gave an annoyed look for a while, smiled and shrugged.
“Well, there is nothing wrong with what you said. Right now, I’m not in my prime. But promise me.”
In an instant, John’s eyes shone fiercely.
“If the moment comes for me to challenge the Sword Master again… Before that, I’ll add 1 loss to your record and go challenge the sword lord.”
“Puhuh, I’m looking forward to it.”
Ralph smiled eagerly at John’s declaration of war.
As the stiff atmosphere relaxed, Yohan began to grumble.
“No, so there is Shari or not?”
The conversation went back to the main topic after going around for a while.
At the original purpose of the conversation, which he had forgotten for a while, Ralph gave a sneaky look and replied.
“Oh, no.”
“Is your voice shaking?”
“Who, who are you talking about? I am?”
“Awww, you little bugger, you don’t fit in with the big boys. If you don’t want to give it, you’ll say no, but you’re cheating by not saying it again.”
“If you say yes, even if you don’t want to give it to me, you will take it away, right?”
“Heulheul, the years we spent together weren’t in vain, to know me so well. So give it to me, when I say it in a nice way.”
“What is that! It’s hard to find even if you have money!”
“I know very well. Is that why I came to you? Because you have that hard-to-find item, and you can get it for free.”
Ralph’s shoulders trembled at John’s impudence.
Still, he stubbornly refused.
‘Okay… I hope you’re still like a serpent.’
He had followed John’s back all his life and owed a debt to the extent of saying it was a debt.
John is well aware of that, so he must be making such a brazen request.
“hehehe, our Ralph has grown up a lot. Make this senior wait. How do you get the 6th cradle guys to gather together?”
Ralph gave up on Johann’s repeated threats.
And decided.
If it’s going to be taken away anyway, let’s get something from John and take it away.
Let’s try to take advantage of this situation.
As he was contemplating what he should receive, a thought quickly passed through his mind.
At the same time, Ralph’s eyes flashed.
“Okay, I will. step!”
“step?”
“I also have a condition.”
“condition? Joe Ogan? heh heh, i can’t Let’s really gather under me once.”
“Either you do it or you don’t. I will never give it to you if you don’t listen!”
“This child… … .”
Unexpectedly, when Ralph came out strong, this time John took a step back.
“… What are the conditions?”
It’s hard to find easily, so you don’t know when you’ll get it.
Shari was absolutely necessary for her upcoming schedule.
Ralph’s gaze returned to John’s slightly softened question.
What reached the end of his gaze was the round back of Yuri’s head, who had fallen asleep as if dead.
“that… … .”
After losing his luck, Ralph began to recite his conditions.
After a while.
The corners of Ralph’s mouth twisted slightly as he said all the conditions he wanted.
“How can you accept it?”
A very provocative smile and tone.
Facing this, the corner of John’s mouth twisted as well.
“Hoo? That is a very cheeky condition.”
“Are you going to do it or not?”
Yohan’s fishy smile doubled at the provocation that followed.
A smile as if saying, ‘Are you provoking me?’
So, the sound that came out of his mouth was fixed.
“Come on, let’s try it!”
As soon as Yohan agreed, a conspiracy was made on the spot to formulate the details of the conditions.
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Meanwhile, Yuri, who was a few meters away from them.
“Ughhhhh… … .”
He shuddered even in the midst of his deep sleep, as if he was anticipating his own future of misfortune.
* * *
Fainting upon arrival at the destination.
After that, Yuri, who fell asleep for more than 20 hours, woke up the next morning.
After a brief chat with Ralph, John’s explanation continued while the landlord was away for a while.
Hearing all this, Yuri narrowed her eyes and tilted her head.
“What to do?”
To that question, John answered as if he had been waiting.
“Dalian!”
“… why me?”
“What did you hear? Can you explain again?”
“No, I just figured it out. So you’re saying sparring as a condition of getting that shari or something? The grandson of that old Ralph?”
“You got it right.”
“so why?”
“… Is this son of a b*tch trying to play with me again?”
“Whoah, calm down and listen. So, isn’t that Shari an object that can temporarily block my pierced spirit blood? With that, I can turn the mana rod by myself without the need for inspiration to assist me.”
“That’s it!”
“Then you don’t really need shari?”
“Eh?”
“Even if I don’t have that, it’s okay if inspiration always stays by my side and supports me, right?”
“This bastard… How hard is that! After doing that once, my bones crackle!”
Yohan, who had shouted out in tears at being told to do the heavy labor again, was startled when he saw Yuri’s darkened face.
“What? What about that expression?”
“Hmm, so you’re saying that you need that Shari because you’re going to die of exhaustion after all?”
“Yeah, that’s not necessarily the case. If you go into the cradle, can’t I always be by your side? You too have to move according to the cradle’s schedule, but how can I move next to you every time? This is all for you.”
At Yohan’s kind explanation, Yuri’s eyes turned grim this time.
Seeing that blatant expression, Yohan slightly averted his gaze and said,
“Why do you look like that?”
“That is strange. If I had the inspirational nature, I would have yelled at you to shut up right away and get ready to fight… Why are you so kind? profit. are you doing Like someone who absolutely has to involve me in sparring?”
“… … .”
“Tell me honestly, inspiration. Is there anything else other than Shari who got caught in sparring?”
Yohan broke into a cold sweat at Yuri’s questioning.
‘Anyway, he’s like a quick-witted kid.’
As if he had already hardened his heart, Yuri sent a stinging gaze.
With a prickly face, Yohan sighed and raised the white flag.
“ha… yes it is as you say Shari decided to take over first as a condition of sparring.”
“And you made a bet? Leaving Iggy or Ralph’s grandson Iggy?”
“This is why I don’t like quick-witted kids… … .”
“huh?”
“Huh, crap. no. Anyway, that statement is correct. Ralph and I bet on the outcome of this match. I say you win, Ralph says my grandson wins.”
“Hoo? What is the bet product?”
“If Ralph’s grandson wins… … .”
John paused for a moment.
Anger showed on his face.
“If old Ralph wins the bet… … .”
“What if I win?”
“That guy… That guy… You will call me big brother!”
“… … .”
“Did you say you called me big brother?”
“… end?”
“It’s not over! even… I’m even going to say something in the future! cheeky!”
“Is that all?”
“Ugh! Just saying, that’s what you’re saying because you don’t know! Even when the rider of the cradle enters society, the hierarchy is strictly followed! How is it that your jockey or the guy below you is going to call a sky-like sunbaenim hyung-nim and speak rudely!”
“… Kkondae.”
“What dude?!”
Johann with twin wicks in his eyes.
Seeing this, Yuri shook her head.
‘I don’t think he’s doing that as a joke.’
look at me
How angry he was, he couldn’t win his anger and his cheeks were trembling.
Yu-ri, who was shaking her head as if in pity, asked in passing.
“So what if I win?”
“huh?”
“What is the prize I get when I win?”
“Oh, that? No big deal. I decided to get a knife.”
“knife?”
“Ralph is a guy with a reputation as a swordsman. So I needed a knife just in time, so I asked him to make one.”
“I have a lot of greed. The inspirational sword also looked good.”
“What are you talking about?”
“huh?”
“It’s not my sword, it’s yours, of course. Then you went to the cradle and tried to go in without a sword? Are you going to fight with a branch?”
Yuri’s eyes suddenly changed at Yohan’s stupid answer.
“Mine? my sword?”
“okay.”
“The other person is thirteen years old?”
“huh?”
“Didn’t you say that you only need to win 2 games with 3 matches?”
“It did.”
“Don’t worry, inspiration. I’ll make sure that gom-tang won’t even bring out the word ‘hyung’ for the old man again!”
“… The incarnation must not be used.”
“Ah, what kind of incarnation do you even bring out to deal with a 13-year-old? Bear’s grandson… No, bring the cub bear right now! I’m going to kill you very gently!”
Yuri clenched his fists tightly.