Episode 184 Episode
70. Calsis Calcis’ explanation was as follows.
Yuma was struggling with an unknown monster. It was a monster with a bizarre appearance that had never been seen in a monster encyclopedia, and its blood was uniquely purple.
At that point, Yuma gnashed his teeth as he repeated Amanzo’s name in his mind.
The goblin shark’s sudden attack and the giant waves all felt like Amanzo’s work.
There was no possibility. Well, anyway, even that backbone is a god.
Humans don’t know, but God might be able to control natural phenomena to some extent.
“I thought you were a grandmaster. It’s been a while since I’ve seen such formidable swordsmanship.”
Calsis said that the battle between Yuma and the monsters on the beach was truly spectacular.
However, the strange thing is that in the eyes of Calcis, Yuma was unconscious.
In fact, it was. Yuma was fighting monsters in an unconscious state, just like when he cut Amanzo in the wreckage of the underworld.
The battle was slowly leaning towards Yuma, and Calsis, who was watching, decided to help Yuma after thinking about it.
It was because he decided that the first thing to do was to get rid of the monster, whether it was an assassin who came to kill him or not.
When Calsis joined in, the monster ran away. However, Calsis could not stop the monster from taking the woman in the process.
It was said that the monster spread its wings like a harpy, an extinct ancient creature, and snatched the woman away.
However, he also said that he fell over the cliff near the beach and dropped the woman, as if the injuries sustained in the battle with Yuma were serious.
Afterwards, Yuma collapsed, and Calsis took her and looked after her for two days.
“So I’m on my way back from searching that cliff side.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find your companion.”
“Whoa… Do you remember the woman’s dress and hair color?”
“It was black hair.”
It’s Natalie.
Katherine was red and Cheryl was brown. Yuma let out a sigh of relief at the fact that Natalie was still alive.
“What if a villager found it and took it away?”
“From here, you have to go down the forest road to the nearest village. Even that village belongs to the small side of the Luskan duchy. Since there has been no news for two days, there is a high probability that bandits, thieves, or tourists took it.”
The light of Azif, the original destination of the party, was a free trade port between the Principality of Luskan and the Kingdom of Sylmar. It was a one-day carriage ride from the light of Azif to the Principality of Luskan.
“It is the Duchy of Luscan. Fortunately, it’s not that far. I must leave immediately to find my companion.”
Yuma made eye contact with Calcis and said.
It seemed true that he had saved her, but she couldn’t fully trust Calsis. Seeing what the assassins were doing, there must have been strange stories.
Above all, I couldn’t afford to be involved in such a thing now. It was an urgent priority to check the fate of his colleagues and bring them back together.
“Bamol.”
“Why do you do that, Calsis?”
“I’ve been looking for your comrades who saved you for the past two days and were dropped by monsters. At this level, I can be called a benefactor to you.”
I’m kind of anxious. Yuma blinked while waiting for Calcis’ next words.
“So please do me a favor.”
“Tell me.”
Calsis put down his pipe and took out a silver disk from his chest and showed it to Yuma.
On the original plate was written the following sentence:
-Aquatic knight Calsis Silvers Guardian of the Aether royal family.
“My real name is Calcis Silvers. I was a knight protecting the royal family of Ether.”
Ether was the surname of the royal family who ruled over Sylmar. Although exchanges between the East and the West were distant, even Yuma knew at least that the royal family of Ether was the royal family of Sylma.
Besides, it’s Silvers.
Yuma remembered the story of Theron Silvers from Juan. However, he did not ask what kind of relationship he had with Theron.
“Please tell me your real name with your own words. You are not Bamol, but another name.”
Khalsis glanced at Ascalon and said.
The names of Yuma and Duran Zach were engraved on Ascalon. Calsis had confirmed Yuma’s name while he was unconscious.
“…Yuma. Yuma Drake. That is my real name.”
After confirming Calsis’ serious attitude, Yuma told me her real name.
“Yuma Drake. I won’t stop you from leaving immediately to find your comrades. However, I am a knight of the royal family of Ether! In other words, Yuma, you are indebted to the royal family of Ether.”
“So what is your request?”
“One day, can’t you lend your strength just once for the honor of the Aether royal family?”
Yuma looked at Calcis and opened his mouth.
“Please swear one thing first. I’ll give you an answer later.”
“Oath to what?”
“How you rescued me and everything I saw along the way. Please swear to me that the things you have told me are all true without any lies or embellishment.”
Yuma was in a situation where he couldn’t completely believe Calcis’ story. It was a somewhat out of the ordinary story that I accepted right after coming to my senses after a shipwreck.
“I swear by the pride of being a guardian knight of the Aether royal family and my son, Kanshu. Yuma, you were fighting monsters, and your fellow woman was picked up by monsters and fell over a cliff.”
“Haa…
Yuma let out a long sigh, and Carl Sis offered a pipe. Yuma took the pipe and sucked deeply, thinking for a moment.
‘Let’s calmly trace our memory… Damn, I don’t think I lost my mind immediately after being hit by the waves.’
It was frustrating.
The moment the waves hit the boat, Yuma tried to grab Natalie.
And, given his personality, there was no way he would have held on to Natalie and turned away from the rest of his colleagues.
As he continued to search his memory, he remembered grabbing Natalie and then bursting the auror sphere to block the waves falling on Katherine. Yuma was regretting it.
I remembered the tactile feel of Catherine’s small, soft hand that I had held at the last moment.
He should have thrown himself at Katherine, not Natalie. It was because Catherine was much weaker than Natalie.
Tulka had jumped off the ship beforehand, and it seemed that Barlinan had activated the protection artifact.
Katherine and Sheryl Cog Igor ‘Tulka!’
It was as if he saw Tlka biting Katherine and Cheryl after a big wave and placing them on the wreckage of a broken trading ship. Cog and Igor seem to have been put up by Tulka in the same way.
But I wasn’t sure.
There was not even a single clear memory. Even the part about fighting monsters didn’t come to mind at all.
‘Probably not dead…
except for Cogg and Cheryl, everyone was a person with a strand.
As I calmed down my excitement and rummaged through my memories, I didn’t think they were dead for some reason.
Besides, it was not long before the land.
The problem was Natalie.
It was fortunately out of misfortune that the injured monster left her, but according to Calsis, she is currently missing.
‘Where the hell do I have to start looking.’
If this place was Kyle’s empire in the west rather than the east, it wouldn’t have been so stuffy.
Because Kyle had numerous forces to be Yuma’s hands and feet, and his influence was enormous.
If you post a notice specifying the reward, the people of the entire empire will move to find Yuma’s colleagues. If you ask the imperial family, you might be able to get help from the imperial family’s special lease.
However, the land on which Yuma was now standing was the unfamiliar eastern Luskan duchy. There was no half of Yuma’s support here.
With the exception of Ascalon and the White Dragon, he lost all of his cash and valuables. It felt like my head was stuck in the ground.
But it wasn’t Yuma’s way to be depressed just because he had an unfortunate accident.
Anyway, he woke up and was unharmed.
‘Let’s stay calm. Neither Natalie nor her colleagues would have died. It will surely be alive somewhere.’
Even if a thief or bandit took the fainting Natalie, there was a high probability that she would be safe.
What did the bastards dare to do with Natalie, who is approaching the level of a high-ranking sword master?
It would be fortunate if she did not teach the thieves a lesson in blood and slaughter.
Of course, it was also possible that the bastards harmed Natalie, who had temporarily lost her powers. However, Yuma decided not to think such a terrible thought.
Because I have to find her and her colleagues from now on. Having the unconfirmed worst-case first in mind is distracting.
Even when she fell in disarray in the fishing village of Ferol three years ago, Yuma did not stay still, saying that she was dizzy and at a loss. To solve the problem, we had to move first.
Yuma nodded as if he had made up his mind.
“I understand, Calsis. I haven’t heard the detailed background, but I will add my strength to the royal family of Aether. But there are additional conditions.”
“Is it not enough to save your life?”
“I am very grateful to you for saving my life. However, since the honor of the royal family of Aether is at stake, one more small condition can be added.”
“Huh… tell me.”
“In order to find allies, we need information. Introduce me to the largest intelligence dealer in the Principality of Luskan.
Or an intelligence dealer operating in the light of Azif.”
“If you help me that far, will you really use your strength for the honor of the Ether royal family?”
“exactly. I will help you without asking or questioning.”
Judging by the mention of the honor of the royal family, it was a story related to the battle for rank between the Bona Mana and the royal family.
The lord of Khalsis must have lost his honor in the battle for rank, and as a result, he must have lived in a remote village like this.
It was not difficult to resolve the dispute between the royal families of a small country.
Yuma could see the inside of Calsis.
I want to get help because I feel a sense of debt, but I’m careful because it’s a royal family job to explain properly.
It was a perfect heart for warriors with strong pride but lacking in ability.
However, Yuma did not classify Calsis as an incompetent and useless person.
In any case, it was because Calcis was his benefactor.
Even if Calsis was truly mean and weak, Yuma would not have completely ignored him.
Jump!
Calcis stood up and grabbed Yuma’s hand, which was placed on the table.
“Will you really do that!?”
“I swear by my name. But I trust you will understand that for me, finding companions comes first.”
“There is one person who comes to mind right away when it comes to the Jung reward that works in the light of Azif. Go find him and pay the price, and you’ll get some information. By the way…
“Is there something wrong?”
A dark cloud covered Calsis’s brightened face.
“As you can see, there is only one deaf old man and his little son.
I can’t leave them alone and go to the city center where the information dealer is.”
Khalsis added that the deaf old woman had once been the maid of honor of the Aether King.
“In that case, just give me the map. It won’t change our promise to that extent.”
Calsis stood up, grabbed a map of the Luscan Principality, and held it out to Yuma.
He also handed over the silver disc he had just shown to Yuma. The silver disc was a badge of honor.
“Why is this disc…?”
“I will have to pay the information dealer. No.”
Yuma smiled faintly and pushed the silver plate on the table back toward Calsis.
“You can make that on the way.
Don’t worry.”
If he received something like this, there was a risk that his mind would become tired when he helped the Ether Kingdom later. Yuma told me to bring some bread and boiled eggs.
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