188 – Side Story – Their Story – 4
If you look at the abnormal phenomena that are happening in the world, there are many things that can be overlooked.
I touched the wall from time to time, but something like suddenly soaring into the air could be someone’s gravity magic trap.
The sudden change in recipe might have been due to a change in constellation.
The reason why monsters suddenly appear in the ruins that have already been investigated is…
Lucille slightly averted her eyes. A red jewel that emits a mysterious light.
As a disciple of a sage, she helps people and solves problems like the sage did in the past, but she still thinks that she is much less than her teacher.
That’s because, unlike the sage, he doesn’t know anything.
Even this jewel right now.
It’s been several years since I’ve been researching with Wheelot, but I haven’t been able to figure out what this is.
Other than the name ‘soul stone’, where is it used? I didn’t even know how to write it.
However, other than that this has nothing to do with any substance in this world.
But that’s why this soul stone.
I couldn’t help but be obsessed with unknown and incomprehensible phenomena.
“…Master…”
Lucille unknowingly fiddled with the cards on the table.
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“Master.”
“Hmm…”
Lucille, very nervous, gently grabbed the white robe of the sage next to her.
The place we came together for class was a village not far from the elves’ forest.
There is only one reason why I came to this place where not only elves but also other races often gather.
It was because of the duel competition.
“Did you hear? It is said that Mr. Calz Rosilante, who has already won consecutive championships in this event, participated again this time.”
Kalz Rosilante is an elf, but he is not arrogant like other elves.
A person who is kind to other races and is not stingy when it comes to teaching.
Rather than being an elf.
rather than a wizard.
He was an unusual elf who declared himself to be just one Duelist and got along with everyone.
But that’s why he was a man who was serious about dueling.
“It is said that Mr. Caltz has never lost a single match in all official matches so far.”
“What. It will.”
A powerful duelist with a 100% official duel record win rate.
His reputation for bringing many Duelists to their knees using the World Tree deck was so strong that those who enjoyed dueling would have heard of it at least once.
“Can I beat him?”
For wizards, dueling was not a simple card game.
On the next turn, you have to count the number of times you have to figure out whether to block or evade an opponent’s attack, or use it to counterattack.
In addition, if it goes to the bet, you can even train for responsibility and burden.
That’s why there were many strong wizards among outstanding wizards, and Carlz was one of those wizards.
“Well. Even if I lose, there’s nothing I can do about it.”
The sage spoke nonchalantly, and Lucille sighed.
Still, I want to win the one that came out.
So Lucille clenched her fists.
In this tournament, the opponent’s limited card is submitted as a participation fee, and if you win, you can get the opponent’s card.
In other words, if you lose, you may lose valuable cards.
That’s why Lucille couldn’t help but be quite nervous.
Because the only limited card she could bet was the card obtained as a winning prize in the tournament held in Leidin.
For her, it is a precious symbol of reminiscing about Raidin, who went with Hyeonu.
If you lose, you lose it.
The danger created tension in Lucille’s head.
“Whoa…then I’ll be back.”
“okay.”
Quite a few Duelists had already gathered. Looking around at them, Lucille swallowed her saliva and submitted her limited card.
So the contest began.
“… lost.”
Lucille closed her eyes tightly.
I went up to the finals, but the hand was strangely not good.
No, to be precise, Caltz’s hand came out really well.
Every time the guardians drawn from the card hand were placed, Kalz quickly and calmly destroyed the guardians, and when he used quick attack magic, ‘luckily’ a defensive magic or counter magic hand came out from the card hand.
I tried to attract Caltz with a trap card, but the trap magic was destroyed in the next turn.
The other person’s luck is so good.
It’s as if you have the ability to pull out the card you want when you want.
In the end, Lucille, who was unable to use her strength and had no choice but to be defeated, had no choice but to step back with her head bowed sullenly.
“hahaha. Princess. I will keep this card as a treasure.”
Caltz smiled and shoved the limited card with memories of the wise man into his hand.
Seeing that, Lucille bit her lip.
It is unfair.
It seems that memories with the respected teacher are being robbed.
Tears seemed to flow at any moment, but Lucille held it in by clenching her fists.
Of course, if you use your position as a princess to ejaculate, you can get that card back.
But it shouldn’t be.
Even if you lose, you have to lose nicely.
Because that’s what a sage’s disciple should do.
Lucille barely managed to calmly get down from the podium and approach the sage.
And, it wasn’t until I arrived in front of him that I shed tears.
“…lose… abandoned… black.”
“It looked like it would lose.”
At those words, my heart felt like it stopped.
Could it be that Master didn’t expect anything from him?
With extreme exhaustion, Lucille felt her legs give way.
The Master who saved him.
I felt like I was giving up on myself.
“Master…?”
“No. I would have had no choice but to lose.”
“…yes? What’s that…”
I had a small doubt. Lucille looked at the wise man in fear, and only then was relieved.
His eyes weren’t disappointed, they were just looking at them with delight.
“Still, this is great. Didn’t you score this much against the Caltz?”
“…But I lost.”
The sage raised his hand toward her who became sullen. Then, after stroking her hair, he spoke calmly.
“I told you. I had no choice but to lose.”
“…..”
“He’s a duelist who can ‘draw any card he wants’ when he wants.”
“…what is that…”
Lucille, who tilted her head, looked at Calz in surprise. Dressed in a long-sleeved robe, he smiled leisurely and accepted challengers as the winner.
good-looking impression.
good attitude.
However.
what is behind it.
“…is this a scam?”
“Sagira…”
The wise man smiled and stroked Lucille’s head. The warmth of his touch melts my heart.
“If it doesn’t get caught, it’s just a skill.”
With a grin, the wise man removed his hand and slowly headed towards the podium. And, looking at Lucille, she smiled calmly.
“The teacher can’t stay still while the student is crying. Carlz. Shall we try it with me?”
“…You are the wise man. All right. What about the living room card?”
The wise man took out the unique card ‘Great Magic’ from his bosom, and Calz smiled faintly.
and.
“Fair and fair! Duel!!”
The duel between the two began.
“….Nonsense.”
Their duel did not take long. only 3 turns.
Because the sage completely destroyed Caltz in just 3 turns.
“…Why did that card come from there?”
“Well?”
Hearing Calz’s murmur, the sage laughed.
Then, after robbing Lucille’s card from his deck into his bosom, he held out the deck.
“Shall we try again?”
“…Okay. Today, I will defeat the wise man!!”
3 years ago like that.
Of course, all three matches resulted in the wise man’s victory.
In a situation where everyone was surprised, the sage leisurely took the world tree card from Kalz and the saintess card from the elf and put it in his bosom.
“Remember that there is a sky above the sky.”
“Nonsense… Nonsense… Why? Why?”
The sage walks out, leaving behind Caltz, who was lying limp in his seat with his head bowed weakly.
Then, he gave the three cards he obtained this time to Lucille and stroked her hair.
“Let’s bounce quickly.”
“…Yes?”
Going back to the palace like that, Lucille continued to think.
How the hell did you do it?
How could the sage be able to perfectly arrange all the cards to bet three consecutive or three turn kills?
And why did Carlz get hit so easily without even using his strength?
It is a series of incomprehensible things.
Why did that strong sword not use any power in front of the sage?
Lucille, who was agonizing over the shaking wagon, had no choice but to shake her head and ask in an incomprehensible situation.
“Master.”
“yes?”
“How did you win? No matter how much I try, I can’t find an answer…”
“hahaha. Well, the answer is simpler than I thought.”
“I don’t know…”
“In the end, there is only one truth. If you gather the ingredients one by one, the answer is revealed very easily.”
“…Are there any ingredients that I don’t know about? Caltz must have cheated. But… Wait a minute. Then Master?”
“hahaha.”
“Ha, but. How?”
The wise man took off even his robe and walked out with his arms rolled up.
Does that mean he can cheat?
The wise man grinned at the startled Lucille and snapped his fingers.
At that moment, in his hand was the World Tree card Lucille had put in her hand.
“…how?”
“Every job has an ultimate. And of course…”
“…Is this Master’s ultimate skill? This?”
nod The wise man smiled, and Lucille was troubled.
There were obviously no traces. The deck of cards had clearly been left inside the luggage.
But how could that card be in the sage’s hand?
After thinking for a moment, Lucille swallowed.
It is impossible.
But there is no such thing as impossible.
That’s why Lucille cautiously mentioned materials that were close to impossible.
“…Did you stop time?”
In fact, it is nonsense.
How can a person stop time?
However, he couldn’t help but keep that possibility in mind, and the sage smiled and nodded.
“Correct answer. To be precise, it’s a local time stop.”
“Yeah, is that possible?!”
I couldn’t help but be astonished. Can you stop time
While Lucille, who opened her eyes wide, looked at it, the wise man didn’t take it seriously and drank the magic recovery potion.
“Actually, it’s not as useful as other classes’ ultimate skills. It consumes a lot of magic power, and the time it can stop is limited. Also, the range isn’t that wide.”
“No, that’s amazing enough? When catching strong monsters… if you use time stop…”
“How many times can I use the highest quality magic with the amount of magic I need to stop time. And have you ever moved alone when I was catching a strong monster?”
That too.
As a sage who always moves efficiently and plannedly and knows the weaknesses of all monsters, it seemed that there was no need to use time stop to catch monsters.
“…Easy to catch fast monsters.”
“If you expand the shadow area or use a magic chain, you can catch it more easily.”
“…Uh. Hmm. Bringing something far away easily.”
“What do you do with telekinesis?”
“…Woah, to the girls. There…”
“Do I look like that person?”
“No?!”
I’d rather be that kind of person.
Lucille hid her feelings.
“The stealing… Master is not interested in money…”
I thought it was a great skill, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought it was a wise man’s ultimate skill, the more it was surprisingly useless.
He is a sage who can use all skills of all occupations, and is a sage who transcends his desires.
Because he is like that.
Most of the things that could be done with time stop could be done without using time stop.
“No, that… It’s a great power…”
“In the end, it’s only useful for times like this. And even when dueling, I don’t use it very often. It’s more fun to just do it. This time, though, Carlz cheated and used it.”
What a strange person.
To use that great power for just such a thing.
However, I only thought that I was a wise man because I realized that even that great power was nothing to Master in the end.
“In the end, if you look at the seemingly impossible and the incomprehensible things, the answer will eventually come out. Remember, the impossible cannot happen. And if that happens…”
The sage closed his eyes for a moment and then smiled.
“That’s the world wrong.”
“I see… In fact, stopping time seems impossible…”
“The answer must be somewhere in the world. If there is no answer, it is wrong. Anyway, this is a secret that very few people know. It is tiring to know. You should also shut up.”
Lucille looked at him for a moment before grinning.
“Yes! Of course!”
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“…Whoops.”
When I touched the card, I burst into laughter. It was great back then.
“Whoa…”
However, there is no teacher anymore, and his legacy has been inherited by himself.
so.
Lucille stared at the Soul Stone and thought.
The teacher, the sage, is a person no one can understand, so no one knows where he left.
That’s why Lucille couldn’t easily let go of that soul stone and the incomprehensible things that were happening on the continent.
maybe it is
Because it might be the material to understand the incomprehensible teacher.