Episode 158
Burren, who was sitting on the floor of the cave, raised his head.
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Numerous traces of swordsmanship were carved on the walls and ceiling of the cave. It was the sword marks left by the heavy duty prosecutors who entered this cave.
“It looks just like graffiti.”
Among them, there may be sword marks of the first Jungmujeonju, but all I see now are crooked marks like scribbles drawn by a child with a pencil.
But that wasn’t a joke, it was a sign of serious sword training. The reason why the sword marks were left as if they were shaking was because the flow of mana in this cave was slightly twisted.
‘That’s why it was meaningless to train here.’
Previously, I had heard from my second brother that there was no point in training here.
I didn’t pay much attention at the time, but now it’s clear. It meant that it was difficult to get something even if you practice because of the discrepancy in mana that occurs in this cave. At the very least, only a little bit of mental strength.
It was the only thing I could do here to spend a boring time with a little headache in a place where it was difficult to practice properly.
“However… .”
Burren clasped her hands on the ground tightly.
“I can’t.”
Because my target is that monster.
Even after a week, the battle between Raon and Horain was not erased from his head.
Horrain is a genius who became the constant leader of the Lightning Troupe at a young age. In order to catch up with Raon who defeated such a strong man, we must not waste time here either.
If a guy who developed swordsmanship that he thought was already completed, he must have been practicing unchangingly even in a place where the flow of mana was like this.
“Whoa.”
Burren caught his breath and stood up and drew his sword. His eyes lit up as he took on the new swordsmanship posture he had learned during his one year of living in the Levün Desert.
‘If this is completed, I will not be pushed by Raon’s sword.’
The martial arts of the Levün Desert that were obtained through the survival test went beyond the simple concept of strength as a swordsmanship. If you learn it properly, it will become a sharp tooth that can be pierced even by Raon, who has reached the highest level of Expert.
Whoo woo woo!
A squash wind in the desert that dries up even the sand. Muhak, containing the wind of death, bloomed from Beren’s hand.
* * *
Raon constantly rotated the ring of fire and did not even move.
Is it because of the focus? As his thoughts narrowed, he gradually became accustomed to this distorted mana. I now have a headache and hardly feel short of breath.
‘That’s not the only good thing.’
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Not ordinary mana, but fragmented, twisted mana was accepted and purified, resulting in an exponential increase in the achievement of the Ring of Fire during this short period of time.
Chee hee!
The five rings were completely rotating, of course, and a new ring was being created at the end.
– Hey, you bastard!
As he was about to focus on forming the sixth ring, Lars’ irritable voice rang in his ear.
“ha… .”
Raon sighed and slowly opened his eyes. Lars, covered in blue cold, was sharply grinding his teeth.
-What are you doing without eating or sleeping for three days?
“three days? It’s been three days?”
-Yes! The main king endured this hell by starving for three days. If you have a conscience, go out and serve the annex meal!
“Stand out.”
He pushed Lars who was trying to stick to him, and unfolded the wrapping cloth next to him.
-The furoshiki… .
“why? Whenever you want to eat this.”
-Have you heard that and ignored it until now?
“It’s more annoying than ignoring.”
I heard Lars chattering, but I kept ignoring it because it would cause more chaos if I responded.
“You are not the lord of wrath, you are the lord of gluttony, aren’t you?”
– Whoa, what nonsense!
“When a food-lover wants to eat even this tasteless bread, it’s not that it tastes good, it’s that he wants to be full.
-Bo, Bon King is a noble wrath lord who loves the world of gourmet! Comparing him to that little rabbit! Apologize right now!
“Rabbit… .”
Just as
It wasn’t a wild boar, it was a rabbit, so it was quite an unexpected nickname.
‘This is also information.’
Like a chatter, Lars releases important information without realizing it. If you remember now, it will be of great help someday.
Raon grinned and picked up Nadine Bread. It had a round shape like a full moon and was brown like a ripe sweet potato. Although it looks delicious, the characteristic of this bread is that it has no taste.
-Well? It looks pretty tasty, doesn’t it?
Perhaps because he had starved for three days, Lars saw the appearance of the bread and drooled a stream of cold from his mouth.
“okay?”
He grinned and asked for a bite of Nadine Bread. It was as tough as chewing a bunch of rubber bands, and there was no taste at all. I laughed at the scent of a past life that I felt after a long time.
– Knock out… .
Ras didn’t really taste like anything at all. I didn’t know that chewing rubber was real, so I opened my mouth as if I was nauseated.
– Hey, this is a sin! The sin of food! Eat this and laugh! After all, you are clearly a demon!
I don’t know how many times I hear the devil’s voice from the demon king.
“It’s edible.”
Raon chewed and swallowed the last piece of bread and patted his stomach. A feeling of fullness that fills you up in an instant. The taste was not bad, but one effect was certain.
-Bread only to make one’s stomach full, a scary food. What kind of horror is this… .
Lars looked at Nadine Bread and trembled. I’ve seen him many times, but it’s the first time he’s been so terrified. I’m not sure if it’s a gourmet or a glutton, but I think a fool is right.
“Well?”
After drinking the water, as they tried to operate the Ring of Fire again, they heard footsteps from outside the cave. The sound of footsteps I heard made me feel anxious.
“You are coming now.”
Raon used Glacier to lower the temperature of his left hand, making his hands pale pink as if they were wearing frostbite.
He was able to operate Auror for a short time thanks to purifying the mana inside his body with the ring of fire.
As I prepared my posture and waited, the faces of two people suddenly appeared from the corner. They were General Urrek and Training Instructor Lev.
“Huh! Sa, alive… .”
“You, are you okay?”
The two of them looked at themselves as they sat quietly, and their eyes widened as if they had seen a ghost.
“Of course it’s fine.”
Raon smiled softly and nodded, and their faces became paler as if they had been put on white paper.
“Ugh… .”
“Well, there’s no way it’s going to be okay, I can’t feel the twisting of that disgusting mana while I’m here… .”
Lef, who was approaching slowly, frowned and grabbed his chest. The twisting of mana coming up from the cave made his stomach churn.
“Lef. Shut your mouth!”
Urek covered Lev’s mouth and stepped forward. He also bit his lip as if he felt the distortion of Mana.
“Is there really no problem?”
“It’s a bit noisy, but as a prosecutor Sieghard, I have to endure this.”
“Joe, a little… .”
“Well… .”
Lev bit his nails, and Urek didn’t speak for a while, then forced a calm expression on his face and nodded.
“good night. It’s been three days now, so let’s hold on to the rest of the 11 days.”
“All right. By the way… .”
Raon smiled faintly and faced the shaky pupils of the two of them.
“Why did you come here? It’s a two-week asceticism, but if you come to visit me like this, it will interfere with your training.”
“You cheeky!”
“… verification process. Sometimes accidents happen inside the cave.”
Urek dried his eyes and explained the situation.
“okay.”
Looking at his trembling lips, it was clear that it was a lie. He grinned and nodded his head.
“Then would you like to go? I have to go on with that penance.”
“i get it. Then see you later… .”
Urek, who was biting his teeth and backing away, looked at his left hand and narrowed his eyes. His eyes lit up for a moment, then he blankly headed for the exit with the Sun Lev.
‘Also.’
Raon smiled as he watched the shadows of the two disappearing.
‘It was as you said.’
Seeing that the two of them came, as the self-proclaimed gourmet Demon King said, the flow of mana in the other caves did not seem to have been distorted to this extent.
Urek tried to manage his expression, but it was meaningless because of Lev’s bewildered face. They were right that they chose this cave to feed themselves.
But it was rather helpful.
This place he chose to torment himself was a great advantage in reverse. In 3 days, the Ring of Fire grew beyond what I had practiced for more than 3 months.
-for a moment! Did you put the cold in your hands to deceive them?
‘okay.’
-Then why did you deliberately pretend to be sick when you confronted that poor guy?
‘right. With this, they think I’m weak against cold, and I’ll use the cold when I attack later.’
Actually the strongest cold.
Raon recalled Urek’s expression and smiled coldly.
– He’s crazy. He’s really turned his head… .
Lars mumbled something like a ghost and stuck out his tongue.
‘You were great too. You felt that the mana warping in other caves wasn’t that strong here.
– Hmm! That is the greatness of the king. You can feel the energy not in the cave next door, but in a distant place.
Lars pricked up his ears as if excited by the compliment he had not heard in a long time.
-If you feel grateful to the main king, leave immediately. Go out and get the Pineapple Girl’s Pie… .
“Then let’s start again.”
Raon felt the two of them coming out of the cave, and sat back down and closed his eyes.
-hey! hey! Raon!
Lars shook her head as if it was absolutely no way, but Raon had already closed her eyes and fell into the ring of fire.
-I don’t like rubber buns anymore!
* * *
“Hey, what the hell is that guy?”
Lev shook his head as if he did not understand.
“The more sensitive the cave is, the more difficult it is to endure, but I don’t know how this guy with the highest level of Expert can survive!”
I didn’t come out for three days, so I went in with the intention of picking up the body, but he was perfectly fine.
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No, the complexion was better than before entering.
“Your expression is also very relaxed.”
Urek bit his lip.
“Like mocking us.”
“That, that… .”
“It’s not that it’s okay, it’s that his eyes were cool as if he realized something. He seems to have adapted to that twisted mana. Thanks to you, that damn bastard will be stronger.”
“Sin, I’m sorry… .”
Lev bowed his head. There was nothing to say because it seemed to have helped Raon by doing things that were not directed.
“How about taking it out now? If you give me an excuse… .”
“It’s meaningless. His doubts will turn into certainty.”
“Ugh!”
“Why did you do such a useless thing!”
As Urek continued, Lev’s shoulders shrank like a boiled octopus.
“Whew… .”
Urek sighed as he turned around and saw the first cave that Raon had entered.
‘I must have touched the wrong thing.’
From my experience so far, you shouldn’t touch such a person. If you are forced to touch it, you should definitely finish it.
‘Still, it is not without a young harvest.’
I was convinced when I saw the pink hand I saw earlier. The wound on Horain’s frozen hand a week ago has not yet healed. Raon’s weakness was obvious.
‘I have something to tell Jeonju.’
Urrek’s eyes sank as cold as ice.
* * *
Raon never opened his eyes after Urek and Lev returned, and operated the Ring of Fire.
Among the five rings that collide and intersect countless times, a small, thin ring was crafted like a glass bottle.
‘A little slower.’
When creating a new Ring of Fire, it must not collide with a previously completed Ring. Therefore, as the number of rings increases, it becomes difficult to make new rings.
‘Even if it’s slow, you have to go straight.’
Just like a cicada larva endures nearly eight years to come to the ground. A new ring of fire was formed very slowly, avoiding the five rings that interlock like the gears of a clock.
He threw away all unnecessary thoughts, rotated the existing ring of fire, and poured all his heart into creating a new ring of fire.
beginning and end.
The beginning and the end of the ring of fire, which seemed to be unreachable like eternity, began to slowly approach each other.
‘Now is important.’
The longer the new ring of fire, the more likely it will collide with the existing ring of fire.
Like a craftsman making pottery, he raised his concentration even more and refined a new ring of fire.
Chewy!
The fifth ring of fire spins violently and clings to the new ring of fire. He managed to avoid it by twisting the ring of fire finer than his hair.
Every time he escaped a crisis, his back was wet with a cold sweat. I don’t know, but right now my whole body is drenched in sweat.
But there was no time to feel that stickiness. Because even a small mistake could cause internal injuries because it was not enough to shatter all of my efforts so far.
Whoa!
Just before the ends of the ring of fire meet. Once again a crisis is coming. The first ring and the third ring resonate, putting pressure on the new ring.
‘You have to drain it.’
The twisted mana was delivered to the new ring of fire. In an instant, the ring of fire bent into a curve and released the pressure.
‘now!’
A crisis is an opportunity.
Raon accepted a large amount of mana at the moment when he escaped the crisis and extended the beginning and end of the sixth ring of fire.
Chee hee!
A new ring that was connected as smooth as a line drawn by a master with a single stroke cut through the twisted mana and began to rotate.
Woo woo woo!
The six rings of fire resonated, and the bursting beats crossed my brain and caused a huge shudder as if the sky was opening.
[The new
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[The two strands of the Cold Curse disappear.]
[You will be able to see and feel more.]
[The spirit level rises.]
[All stats increase by 5 points]
Raon clenched his fists at the shiver that rose from his body. Laughter came out of ecstasy like shock.
Unfortunately, he did not reach the Master, but he was sure that the huge wall blocking the curtain had collapsed in half.
– Oops!
Lars, who was speechless because of the taste of the bread, saw the message and opened his mouth.
-Bo, why are you showing contempt as if you were giving it to the subject of taking everything out of the main body of the king! You damn system!
Lars ran around saying that he didn’t know anything else, but his abilities were all his own.
But Raon, who woke up, did not see the message or Las. I swallowed dry saliva, unable to take my eyes off the wall of the cave.
“What, what is this… .”
Sword marks like graffiti spread throughout the cave. The old traces were flashing gold.
2 strands of cold are gone let’s go!!
He is getting rid of his curse sooner than I thought