Chapter 132 Kentron Mountains
People called the Kentron Mountains, referring to the mountains at the northern end of the continent.
It was because of the coniferous trees that fill the mountain range and the sharp top of the mountain range.
In addition to that, it also referred to various monsters that inhabited the mountain range.
Their sharp claws and teeth were feared by people.
That is why no nation in history has conquered the Kentron Mountains.
Arriving at the beginning of such a notorious mountain range, Yoo Seo-jun got off his horse and looked up at the mountain.
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‘I’ve heard of it, but it’s definitely steep.’
The entrance to the mountain, where conifers were densely growing, was like a passage into darkness.
Even though it was a sunny day, it was dark.
“I guess this has come this far with you. Do you know the way back?”
It seemed that the horse had to be returned.
Just by reducing the time it took to get here from the capital, the horse did its job.
First of all, when I put down the things I needed, he started stomping his feet as if he sensed my intentions.
Hee hee!
I calmed down and said.
“Whoa, I’m fine. So, go back.”
purr.
The guy who calmly felt my touch went back the way he came from after doing a turejil once.
Looking at the back of the guy, I put all the things I put down in the magic bag and started climbing the mountain.
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The attack of the monsters started within 10 minutes of climbing the mountain.
Kiaag!
The one who suddenly jumped out of the shadows was a mountain goblin.
Unlike the goblins that usually live in caves, they lived outside the caves and had the habit of attacking while hanging from trees.
I twisted my body at the same time as the sword and cut the guy on the right, then immediately turned to the left and cut it diagonally.
Wow!
Kiak!
However, their attack has just begun.
The guy rushed from behind and clung to my back.
“Edaforce!”
As I called upon the earth element, I felt the thing on my back fall away.
Looking back, the giant’s hand had risen from the ground and grabbed the goblin by the back.
“Throw it away.”
Edaforce threw the goblin as it was.
bang!
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No matter how hard he threw it, the goblin flew off and the tree it hit broke and the goblins hiding nearby fell out with it.
When I raised my thumb, the hand that rose from the ground also made a thumb up and disappeared.
‘It’s training anyway, everyone come out and help me.’
With my request, a large amount of mana drained out, and colorful mana with the personality of the six elements appeared around.
[Are you really okay?]
In response to Anemos, the element of wind, I said, looking at the goblin group running from the front.
“Wouldn’t that be training?”
[Puhahahahaha. This guy, the more you look at him, the better he gets! good! I’ll let you run amok as you please.]
The dark element Zofors formed a black mist at the same time.
[Watch despair in the dark.]
Kieeck!
Zofors’ attack, which started with a gloomy voice, made the surrounding monsters scream.
All those who rushed at me stopped and struggled, hurting themselves.
Spaw!
I passed between them and started slashing the monsters.
pushing me to the extreme.
It was the most effective training method I know.
After passing the goblins and escaping the dark fog, another group of monsters rushed as if they were waiting.
“Fidor!”
At the same time as I called, Fydor, the element of water, started making icicles using the snow accumulated on the ground.
Chajajang!
Those who rushed at the sharp icicles that rose up in an instant were either pierced or staggered back.
“Anemos!”
I borrowed the elemental power of the wind to cross the icicles and cut down the hesitant ones.
At the same time, the fire element Pyre began to burn the monsters without a trace.
“Good!”
With that momentum, I quickly started climbing the mountain.
The mountains were high and the ranges were wide.
And the monsters started to run incessantly.
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Spaw!
With just one sword strike, the massive ogre’s neck fell off.
I was quite surprised by Yggdrasilian’s cutting power.
An ogre’s skin could only be cut off with an aura on it, but Yggdrasilian easily cut it off even without an aura.
[Is it time for a break?]
While I was catching my breath, Zofos said regretfully.
Did you come halfway up the mountain?
The corpses and blood of countless monsters were all around us.
Kreurreung.
Keruk! Keruk!
Gooo!
And among those corpses, the three monsters I summoned gathered together as if they were talking to each other.
That was the new thing I learned about summoning skills.
Monsters with summoning contracts did not fight each other even if they were in the same space.
Udang-tang-tang!
Of course, there were times when we disagreed with each other a bit.
“stop!”
When I shouted, the three of them stopped biting each other.
It seemed like he knew why they were doing that.
It seems like a ranking problem, but it must be a monster’s instinct.
“The Orc is the leader. Don’t vomit.”
When I decided, the orc straightened his shoulders and put on a satisfied expression.
The depressed wolves and bears were given different positions.
“You take my escort. Will that work?”
kong! kong!
oh oh!
The two guys quickly settled down on either side of me, as if they were happy that they had positions too.
I said, riding on top of the wolf.
“Let’s speed up from now on. Run to the top in one month! On the way, I need to find Master Charley too. Anemos, please work hard for that.”
[I do.]
Feeling the energy of Anemos soon disappearing, I gripped the wolf’s fur.
There were many mystical points of the Kentron Mountains, but the most important among them was the ‘resting time’.
After showing overwhelming inaction like now, the monsters didn’t run for a while, perhaps feeling fear.
Me and the elements called that time ‘rest time’.
Climbing the mountain while riding on the wolf’s back, I reviewed the summoning skill again.
[S rank] [Respond to summon]
[Lv.12][Summon target: 3/5]
┗Chief of the West Orc (summoned)
┗Dwen Forest Wolf (summoning)
┗Dwen Forest Bear (summoning)
The mountain range was a system where stronger monsters appeared as you climbed up.
Ogres started appearing, so trolls and giant monsters would soon appear.
The level of the summoning skill was rising quickly as he continued to fight while summoning the summoned beast.
As the level goes up, the number of summoned targets increases, so I had to raise the level as much as possible this time.
“We need more summons. From now on, don’t kill the strongest guys in the group, leave it to me.”
[i get it.]
[I do.]
Listening to the elements’ answers, I looked ahead again.
It was time for the monsters to appear again.
bang! Oh oh oh!
Unsurprisingly, with a roar, the broken trees flew up and cast huge shadows.
[Yoo Seo-jun, is mana okay?]
I smiled at Zofos’ concern.
“Since when did you start worrying about me?”
[Don’t get me wrong. It’s because you can’t enjoy this fun anymore when your mana runs out.]
“Don’t worry about that, it’s almost infinite unless someone artificially dissipates mana around it.”
That’s why I’ve been able to keep all six elements and summons so far.
After the last realization, it was possible to draw the lack of mana from the surroundings.
My mana was being emptied and filled at the same time.
[Force, what the hell did you do with this guy?]
[It has nothing to do with me. These are all achievements realized and achieved by myself.]
Zofors prepared an attack while whining at Force, the element of light that was still.
[joy! Yoo Seo-joon, didn’t you ask me to lead you to the limit for training?]
“okay.”
[I will do as you wish. You’d better be prepared.]
Zofors consumed mana faster as if he had been warming up until this point.
The mana he consumes is starting to exceed the rate at which I replenish it.
“Kuh! Where, do it.”
I said, concentrating more on refilling the empty mana.
Then, a strange thing happened.
The snow around them began to melt and the trees began to wither.
Dismissed!
[Zophos! stop!]
Force exclaimed urgently.
However, Zofos seemed unwilling to stop.
Three giant trolls appeared in front of us and brandished their clubs recklessly as if they were blind.
I struggled to maintain my mana while avoiding the blind club.
[Yoo Seo-jun! You are in danger if you continue like this! I could lose you! Then it becomes an unconscious mana disaster!]
It was the first time the force had shouted so urgently.
It didn’t always feel warm like the element of light, but it was burning itself white like fire and shouting.
As he said, I soon felt my limits.
He couldn’t stand the speed of mana draining any longer.
At the same time, the speed at which the surrounding nature is being destroyed has also increased.
[We chose you and you should know how to deal with us. Now this is rather being used by Zofors!]
With Force’s final words, I stopped absorbing mana around me and focused on Zofors.
[What!]
When I focused on the dark element of Zofors, which I had left freely, I was able to pull him as if grabbing his back.
“I was a little careless this time. Admit it.”
[Do not be ridiculous!]
“Don’t be funny to me! you did it on purpose that’s your personality It is darkness itself.”
The summoned beast was unsummoned and all other elements returned.
He focused all his mental energy on Zofos.
It was my mistake to trust him just because he acknowledged me the other day.
Zophos was an element that was the source of darkness.
When I first met him, he asked me if I was going to betray the demons.
“Do you really want the world to be out of balance?”
Without the cries of the Force, I would have been unable to grasp his true intentions.
[No, it is to maintain the balance of the world.]
“what?!”
Destroying me and making the demons invade successfully is to maintain the balance of the world?
[Then, are you guys attacking the Demon Realm to maintain balance?]
From what Zofos said, I could see why he was doing that.
“Is it like that? You mean you’re not on either side?”
[Yes, it is true that I am the source of the magic used by the demons, but there is no need to abandon my duty. I am the master of magic, the master of darkness. They don’t rule me.]
Yes.
Elements are the masters of the fundamental forces.
What they help me is cooperation, not obedience.
I wasn’t meant to be their owner in the first place.
It was just the owner’s choice and permission.
“I knew it, but what you meant was that we were borrowing someone else’s power.”
human awakening.
I recalled Gilliant’s words once again that this was only the beginning.
Making that power completely your own would be true awakening.
And I was already becoming that way.
It was because of the characteristics of the Link Master that I was able to realize that well.
Due to the nature of having to borrow someone else’s power, I tried to make it my own through training.
[I already realized.]
And the balance that Zofors talked about changed my perspective so far.
“In addition, whether demons attacking or us attacking is the same as breaking the balance?”
[Yes.]
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Now all of Zofos’s actions made sense.
However, there was something wrong with him.
“Zofos, there’s something you’re mistaken about.”
[I? It can’t be.]
“No, even you are so conceited that you forgot something. We are not going to destroy the Demon Realm.”
[what?]
I said, watching the three trolls still struggling.
“The demons are not coming to destroy the human world of Fantasia, but our earth, which is a completely different world. And try to conquer it.”
[okay.]
“But we are only trying to stop the plan. It’s not like they’re trying to conquer the Pandemonium and put it under our feet.”
The purpose itself was different.
So the balance will be maintained.
Demons will continue to live in the original location of the Demon World.
to keep the world in balance.
The Force and other elements said they chose me to do so.
My goal was to stop the demon king’s plan and prevent the demons from recklessly crossing the other world.
I had no intention of conquering the Demon Realm and putting them under my feet in the first place.
It is simple revenge for people other than me to go to the demon realm together.
Revenge for the loss of colleagues and family.
If they hadn’t touched us in the first place, we wouldn’t have had to do any of this.
“That’s it. stupid.”
Upon hearing my story, Zofos remained silent.
Krrr.
And soon the trolls stopped struggling and started growling as they looked down at me.
[Kuk, kuk, kuhhahahaha!]
Zofos laughed and spoke in a grim voice.
[Boy, I’ll keep watching to see if you can truly keep that word.]
Zoforth left those words and went away.
I held up Yggdrasilian and glared at the trolls.
Perhaps, this is also a test of Zoforth.
Try to win with your real strength that you have learned so far, not with the strength of others who borrowed it.
Power went into the hand holding the sword.
“Yes, I will pass the test properly.”
I circulated the remaining mana all over my body, created an aura on my sword body, and ran to the trolls.
oh oh oh!
The trolls raised their clubs high and howled as I moved.