< Return of the Duke (2) >
A meaningful line from Raven.
However, Sang-woo, who does not know the taste of power, just tilted his head.
Because I have never experienced anything like standing above anyone else in a society or organization and pampering others.
And, as if he knew Sang-woo’s heart, a nearby griffin rider held out goggles that looked like windbreaks to block the wind.
The griffin rider just smiles and pretends to write on his eyes because he can’t communicate.
Sang-woo also smiled and received the goggles.
“thank you.”
Then another jockey came and saw Sang-woo, who was already on the griffin, and gestured as if to get off.
Come to think of it, Sang-woo still doesn’t know how to control Griffin.
“Ah yes. Please.”
Even when a stranger rode on it, the griffin meekly stayed still without any reaction.
From there, Sang-woo came down and the Griffin rider purred happily.
And Sang-woo climbed back up behind him.
I looked up at my master, Raven, and he was sitting alone to see if he already knew how to ride.
“Master, do you know how to ride a griffin?”
“Everyone knows. How many operations did you ride on these guys?”
Raven tugged at the reins lightly, as if feeling new, and moved the griffin to walk.
It’s like finding a toy.
‘Looks easy.’
Sang-woo also had a chimney-like desire to drive (?) himself, but he kept quiet because he still had experience.
After such a short time
Afterwards, the griffin began to move at the gesture of the leader of the riders carrying Gluttony and Envy.
“depart!”
Along with the rider’s command shouted in the language of the Urensian Empire, which Sang-woo could not understand, the reins tightened and the griffin began to move.
Fluttering –
The big wings spread wide and fluttered, and the griffin flew up into the air in an instant.
“Whoa-.”
The floating feeling of going up against gravity.
However, since Sang-woo and Raven were able to fly themselves, it wasn’t scary or anything like riding a Griffin to fly.
It just feels like an amazing experience.
“Hey, that’s fun. ha ha ha.”
Excited Sang-woo shouted.
As if to answer him, Griffin let out a scream.
Kiyaahiah-
It was uncomfortable.
The dynamic movement created by the fluttering of Griffin’s wings was transmitted through Sang-woo’s pelvis, which was a subtle uncomfortable sensation.
The shaking was so severe that ordinary people would suffer from terrible motion sickness.
In addition, it started to fly at such a tremendous speed that the perceived speed was 7 to 800 km in an instant, and the wind created there hit the face fiercely.
‘This is why windbreaks are needed.’
Sang-woo usually spreads a manama on his eyes when flying or performing rapid maneuvers, so he did not use a separate windshield.
Now, mana control like this was a piece of cake.
Still, with the feeling of experiencing the culture of a foreign country, I put on a windshield and enjoyed the surrounding scenery from the sky.
Between a very gigantic exterior and an introspection.
In between the space, which could have been dozens of kilometers, he saw something familiar to Sang-woo’s eyes.
No, should I say wheat field?
It was as neat as if you were looking at a super-giant farm managed by large American farm owners.
And in the outskirts far away, there was something like a factory facility that seemed to produce weapons and various industrial products.
It was noticeable that there were so many of them that they occupied an area larger than a wheat field.
‘There’s a factory right next to the contact battery.’
A question spread in Sang-woo’s inner mind.
However, as soon as I guessed the reason, I had to nod my head.
I don’t know if it’s possible because of the outer castle and guard barriers, but even though there is a contact battery just a few hundred meters away, it seemed that the fact that there were so many factories was a lot of munitions consumption.
So, they must be factories built for smooth supply and self-sufficiency.
‘As expected, humans are animals that adapt to the environment, so it’s amazing.’
He was a human being, but he talked as if he was not human.
‘But this place has developed to some extent.’
A cultural form that looks like medieval Europe on the outside.
However, if you look inside, you should have established an excellent magic theory that is comparable to modern scientific mana engineering.
Because Archmage Arya is from here.
Besides, the soldiers’ weapons that were fired when Raven appeared.
The weapon that ejected what appeared to be magic bullets appeared to be a combination of modern firearms and mana engineering.
‘Maybe Lucas gave it to me.’
Lucas and the highest levels of the US government knew about the existence of Tibern.
That’s why we must have been negotiating without knowing and helping each other.
In the process, Sang-woo speculated that it must have been modified to suit the ecology of Tibern.
And that guess was correct.
Tibern, which received enormous military support through the United States and the Enlighten Group.
They handed over talented people like Arya and Dubern, plus mana stones, in exchange for negotiations, and in the process, both countries, or both worlds, were able to grow with great mutual benefit.
It was a win-win strategy for both sides.
Thanks to this, the Urencia Empire has made great progress in terms of engineering and science, although Sang-woo is still unaware of it.
Although there are still some outdated artifacts like the Griffin Rider.
However, Sang-woo is still not aware of that fact.
He just guessed and examined the ecology of this place through the surrounding landscape and passed by.
Due to the griffin’s high speed, the entrance to the resistance was close in an instant.
It was wide open, and numerous people were coming and going through the entrance to the inner and outer walls.
‘Is it a system where people live in the inner castle and there are jobs such as farms and factories in the outer castle, so they commute there?’
It was correct.
There was a commercial district inside the inner city, so economic activities there were smooth, but above all, the livelihood of Palantos, the border area, depended on farming and industry.
Looking around, Sang-woo grasps the ecology of the place.
“Arriving soon!”
It was hard to hear because of the wind noise, but the rider sitting in front of Sang-woo made a loud noise.
“all right!”
I don’t know what he meant, but Sang-woo replied that he knew because it seemed that he would arrive under the circumstances.
And as he expected, the griffin passed through the castle and landed in the courtyard of the antique castle in the middle of the castle.
Tadadak-
A griffin that lands softly.
Even though it was a brief flight, Griffin’s back felt hot as if he had consumed quite a bit of energy and energy.
And Sang-woo bowed his head as he watched the griffin rider quickly bring water and feed the griffin.
“Thank you for your effort.”
Fortunately, the jockey, perhaps realizing that lowering his head was a greeting, also greeted him in his own way, putting his right fist on his left chest.
‘That seems to be a greeting method.’
Sang-woo is learning the culture of this place one by one.
And then it was.
“welcome.”
An old man was waiting at the place where the griffin got off, and he started talking to him.
The Urensian imperial language that Sang-woo couldn’t understand.
“Hello.”
At those words, Raven received the greeting with a half-hearted tone that wasn’t even honorific.
However, the old man greeted them with a smile on his face without a change in expression, as if that was disrespect.
“I heard about it through Master Breman. It is an honor to meet you, Duke Raven.”
“What an honor…”
“I’ll guide you right now to the family head. Please come this way.”
Yes.
That man was a butler.
Following the man’s guidance, Sang-woo and Raven entered the waiting room through the garden.
Sang-woo admired the castle with a dull interior similar to that of a medieval castle.
‘They’re really in the Middle Ages?’
Although it was different in that instead of a candle, a sphere made of mana was floating.
and after some time
“Duke Raven!”
A man gasped into the reception room.
Appearance similar to Breman Palantos, who was the captain of the Palantos guard.
It was Taleman Palantos, the current Count of Palantos.
“long time no see. Mr. Taleman… No, it’s Count Palantos. haha.”
Hearing Raven’s profound voice, he stood in front of Raven with a look of surprise on his face and hugged him lightly to greet him.
“You are alive! Truly… a blessing from the Empire.”
Earl of Palantos with tears in his eyes.
He was also one of the people who learned under Raven along with Breman.
“It’s unreasonable to say it’s a blessing. I was just lucky.”
“Good luck. Where have you been? Were you on Earth?”
As if he had a lot of questions, Count Palantos sat down on the sofa in the waiting room and continued to ask questions.
Sang-woo and his friends sitting together.
Raven answered.
“That’s right. After that decisive battle, I was thrown back to Earth.”
“Ah… Black Friday…”
The day hundreds of heroes died at once.
I guess people were calling that day Black Friday.
“Black Friday? Was it Friday?”
“yes. So ever since, the fourth Friday of every month has been a public holiday designated by the Empire. Originally, the purpose was to memorialize, but now it has become a culture to do nothing and stay at home. Because it feels ominous.”
I guess that day had a huge impact.
“Anyway, how have you been? They say Earth is on the verge of being taken over by monsters.”
“hmm? What are you talking about?”
“hmm? According to the information handed down from the empire, I’ve heard many stories that it is on the verge of destruction. Isn’t it?”
A situation where there is a lot of misinformation.
Raven corrected her words.
“Not at all. Right now, Earth has blocked most of the monster waves. Rather, they leave behind monsters and hunt them, using them as a platform for growth. Of course, I don’t know if it’s better than Tibern.”
It was difficult to compare because Raven did not know how serious Tibern’s monster wave problem was because it appeared after Sang-woo wiped out the monsters.
And Sang-woo, who was quietly listening to their conversation.
“Uh… I’m sorry, but can I ask for an interpreter?”
Yes.
Until now, Sang-woo had not been able to understand a single word of their conversation.
– Oh, that’s right. sorry. disciple i forgot you
Raven spoke of her own will, similar to telepathy.
And Count Palantos, who was in front of him, also realized his mistake, fiddled with the necklace, and apologized.
– Oh sorry. I was rude while having guests.
A necklace with interpretation magic built into it.
“Oh, that’s fine. What were you talking about anyway?”
At that, Raven explained that he had a misunderstanding about Earth.
After hearing all the explanations, Sang-woo belatedly surprised.
“yes? What are you talking about? As I saw earlier, this place was just a war. The plate is different from the Earth.”
And Sang-woo explained the size of the monster wave in Tibern and the situation on Earth as he himself experienced.
Then Count Palantos was surprised this time.
-So you’re saying Earth doesn’t have monster waves at all?
“yes. Oh well, it happens sometimes, but the whole world works together to stop it. And usually there are almost no monster waves. It’s not like there’s an awful lot like here that I just swept away when I came.”
Sang-woo’s words that he wiped out the monster wave.
Count Palantos’ eyes widened at those words.
-Then, was it Sang-woo’s job to wipe out all the monsters in the battlefield?
“yes. I got rid of it.”
I thought I already knew everything, but Sang-woo’s answer seemed like he was asking me a new question.
But he really didn’t seem to know.
-If that’s true… Are you a grandmaster?
grand master.
It was a term from this world that referred to strong people like Raven as absolutes in a field.
“A grand master? what is that?”
– A word that refers to the strong. Disciple, if you’re on your level, you deserve to be called a grand master.
Raven’s answer.
Sang-woo took over at those words.
“I say so. I guess I’m a grand master or something.”
However, Count Palantos looked shocked.
-Are you…a disciple of Duke Raven?
in another sense.
< Return of the Duke (2) > End
