Episode 117
“Umm…”
“Where is this, master!”
Damian let out a moan as his body was engulfed in light and his eyes flickered at the same time.
My eyesight was slowly returning.
However, if there is something slightly different from before, it is that the body that was on the top floor of the tower is now standing in the middle of the spacious room.
And it was the fact that a stranger was standing across from him with his hands behind his back.
“Hello, are you Lunos?”
“…”
Sweep!
As Damian pretended to be there, the man who had been peering out of the arched window turned around.
He was an old man with gray hair.
With a height of more than 180 cm, a blunt, hooked nose, drooping aegyo skin and deep wrinkles.
The dark spots blooming here and there and the protruding clown look like a gloomy black magician, but the gray hair that comes down to the waist and a neat beard give off the loftiness of a sage who has mastered the logic of the world at first glance.
Refining the white robe with delicate gold patterns also played a part.
Because the room surrounded by antique clothes and celestial night sky gave me the illusion that I was in another dimension.
“Your face is full of worry. A wandering pilgrim in search of the truth.”
“…yes?”
So, Damian tilted his head at the old man’s words, while thinking that he might not be the golden hand, Runos, but a kind of pseudo fortuneteller.
It was because it was something that happened, but it was because the first thing to say was to see a person’s face.
“If you came because you were worried, you came very well. Because I am the Master of this Magic Tower and the Golden Hand, Runos, who represents the Principality of Parma in both name and reality. It may serve as a guidepost for those of you who are wandering in search of the truth.”
“Aha yes. hello.”
“So, why did you step all the way to Ye?”
As Damian lowered his head, Runos sat down at the round table and spread his sleeves.
Indeed, it was the curiosity of a master of the Mage Tower.
At first glance, he seems to have realized all the knowledge in the world, but he asks straight-forward and sharp questions hidden behind his intelligent eyes.
In the magic tower of alchemy, where everything is weighed by gains and losses, it was a basic passive to take relatively less damage compared to the amount the customer paid.
It was the sound that it came out automatically, instinctively, even if it was not intentional.
So there was no way that Damian didn’t know what the meaning of the words was implied in it, even though he was doing this kind of cloudless dialogue
. Other people don’t have much faith.”
“Are you a pity?”
“yes. Are you all right?”
dump!
Demian sat across from the round table, answering Runos’s question, which happened in one motion that even the owner of this room, Runos, was not aware of.
In other words, this 10-year-old old player never flinched in front of Runos, one of the owners of the Mage Tower.
He was showing a seasoned aspect of asking him a question first.
“Chuck! Something else is not okay! I’ve heard that he paid quite a lot of money for research expenses…”
“That’s too much praise.”
Fuck!
When Runos burst out laughing, Damian smiled.
It was to the point where I wanted to hit it with one blow.
Not just one or two pennies, but a whopping 1 million gold!
The value of the jewels that Damian paid for Arwin was tens of millions of won in cash.
It could be said that it was part of the price of his life he earned from participating in the defense of Aldeon Fortress the other day.
It was said that the amount was not light enough to be easily burned as an interview fee.
The money sleeping in the safe is literally Damian’s blood and flesh.
It was because it was the creed of a man named Damien not to spend a penny on anything except for family and friends.
“…you.”
“yes. Mr. Lunos.”
“Why do you open your eyes that way?”
“Eyes… do you mean?”
Swoop!
As Damian secretly blinked his eyes, Runos narrowed his wrinkled eyes.
There wasn’t a dark corner somewhere.
Even though Damian blinked his eyes for only 0.1 second, Runos was by no means a meek person.
Besides, it was only natural for Runos to feel this uneasy, as long as he did not know what Damian had in his eyes.
Even if the human in front of him now squeezes out the other person’s soul.
It was because he was like the incarnation of capitalism, where he had to get what he wanted without fail.
“Ah, stop without realizing it… I couldn’t hide my excitement when I saw John’an of the famous Mr. Runos in person. Please be generous with an open mind.”
“is it? Khumm…”
Damian stood up from the round table and lowered his head 90 degrees, and Runos coughed suspiciously.
The atmosphere was as calm as ever.
It seemed that a very dangerous energy was emanating from the adventurer in front of me, but who was this polite young man I saw?
Although he had reigned as the Master of the Mage Tower for decades, Runos felt a chill creep over him for some reason as Damian lowered his head.
‘Was I too sensitive…? It seems like he spent too much energy dealing with the VIP yesterday…’
Therefore, Damian, with his greasy lips, made even Lunos, who boasted decades of experience, feel anxious.
He was showing off a formidable way of living to the extent that even his own atmosphere changed completely.
“Well, let’s put aside those things between us and get to the point. What do you want?”
“I… that’s not something I can easily tell you about.”
“Ugh! This man, who do I look like!”
“He is the living legend of the Golden Hand alchemists who create something out of nothing, Runos.”
“That me! Do you think there are things you can’t make!”
“Of course not, but…”
Minus the amount!
When Damian blurted out, Runos screamed.
If someone you didn’t know saw it, you’d look really angry.
Although he was reluctant to stare at himself, if he was a master-level alchemist, he would have to clearly distinguish between public and private life.
No matter how much Damian had a different mind, he must have been a new adventurer who had never tasted the spiciness of the magic tower.
Runos felt his mouth watering involuntarily at the sight of Damian.
It was said that it was never going to end with just one or two.
Considering that usually only 500,000 gold is spent on a master-level interview, Damian was willing to pay twice that amount.
‘Whoa whoop whoop…!! After all, the adventurers of the other world…!’
Fuck!
So, Lunos laughed inwardly and, while pretending to be solemn, began to place his hands neatly on top of the round table.
If his thoughts are correct, Damian is either a conglomerate adventurer with considerable financial power, as reported by Arwin.
Or it was because he must have been a hukou who did not know much about the world to the extent that he willingly ripped off most of his property.
“Let’s talk about it frankly. I have received something from you, so shouldn’t it be worth it?”
“yes. Then…”
Runos said while stroking his beard, and Damian lowered his eyes and half-opened them.
It was a terrifying look that could not even be compared to before.
Why did he spend a lot of money and time to get to this place?
Among them, the reason why he came to nominate Runos, the golden hand.
It was obviously because of his outstanding skills, but in other words, it was also the fact that there was no one else who could make the item he wanted.
It was a material that boasted such a precious value.
The money that went into production was also money, but the important thing for Damian was getting the item he wanted within the budget.
“Have you ever heard of the tears of the world tree?”
“Oh, yes. World Tree… Tears of the World Tree?!”
“yes.”
When Damian spoke to him, Runos’ face instantly turned into the flagship.
It was a reaction as if he had heard that the demon king had returned.
From the eyes wide open like those of an owl to the wrinkles like a distorted old tree.
And as Damian looked at him regardless of his harsh reaction, Runos soon began to ask with a puzzled face.
It was because I felt like I was being stopped by him for some reason.
“Tears from the Three World Trees, what the hell are you going to use them for?”
“Everything has its own circumstances, doesn’t it? Sometimes, it is sold as an ornamental product for high-ranking people because it is the bottom’s physiology…”
Ssik!
When Runos asked, Damian smiled.
Contrary to the bloody question, it was a clear smile.
< Tears of the World Tree >!
This hero-grade material item was the crystal of the world tree sprouted through the gathering of the will of causality, and it could be said that it was something that could not be seen.
It was because the world tree itself spanned half of the middle world and half of the spirit world, and the place where the world tree was located was thoroughly protected by the fairies.
But, are you trying to get the crystal of such a sacred tree with just a few words?
Such a thing could not have happened on the continent of Arcia, and it should not have happened.
“Can you make it?”
“…!”
Unless it was synthesized with highly advanced alchemy.
“Hehe, the tears of the world tree…”
Damian asked, and Runos broke out in a cold sweat.
It was a somewhat difficult request.
Is there anyone else who wants to make tears for the World Tree?
Of course, if it was Master Alchemist Runos, who occupies the top position in the Alchemy Tower, there was nothing that couldn’t make the world tree cry.
It was said that it could be done.
However, if the problem is that the Tears of the World Tree boasts the most terrible level of difficulty among the alchemy that Runos has honed, the problem is… “It’s not
difficult to make, but there is a problem.”
“Is it a problem?”
“Yes. It is a very serious matter.”
flash!
For those who know the world tree’s tears, it could be said that Runos’s eyes lit up at Damian’s words.
Maybe it was because this moment was his last chance to escape.
“What is the problem?”
“What’s the problem, you bastard!”
Food Duck!
As Runos’ eyes brightened, Damian and Munchhi crossed arms at the same time.
It was a sad look.
If the appearance of him just before was the naivety of an innocent young man, the man now crossing his arms in front of him has an intimidating atmosphere resembling that of a gangster.
And Runos felt as if a giant snake, several meters tall, was glaring at him while entangled in this unknown atmosphere emanating from Damian.
“That’s…”
Every word!
Before he knew it, Runos felt cold sweat running down his body like broth, and he had to explain to Damian how difficult the tears of the World Tree were to make.
“… now you understand? Currently, our Alchemy’s Mage Tower doesn’t have materials like this! So, even though I can make the tears of the World Tree, that is difficult due to the circumstances of the Mage Tower!”
“aha.”
And while Damian slowly nodded at the words of Runos.
The moment you open your subspace inventory and put your hand in it.
“Heeheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?!”
cooong!
Runos could not help tearing his chin as he looked at the bundle that Damian had taken out of the subspace inventory.
“This this this this…?!”
“It’s a gift. For our golden hand, Runos.”
It was almost the size of a man’s height.
