Episode 378
Episode 124. Cobble Free Country (4)
When the movement started again, the three people who had been trained all night slept on top of Tulka, unaware of the world going on.
Most of the wounds were treated by Ariel using herbs and Dragon Eye, but the mental fatigue was considerable.
It was only natural that he had heightened his senses for several hours in extreme darkness.
No matter how big the tulka was, it was not easy to sleep with three men spread out. The three people unconsciously pushed each other away and talked in their sleep.
Took.
Movement stopped for a moment as Zecca fell to the floor. Zecca didn’t wake up even though she hit her head on the floor and snored.
Toulka also naturally bit Zecca and threw it onto my back as if nothing had happened.
[The hairy one lost. Bring it.]
“Aang! damn!”
Igor passed the magic stone fragment into Rakir’s small hand.
they bet Who falls first off Tulka’s back.
Igor bet on Marlon, and Rakir bet on Jeka. Yuma was not included in my ki target. It was because he didn’t think he would fall.
[Kyahahaha, that’s delicious.]
“It was hard work…
Igor and Rakir’s ‘spelling of magic stones’ happened often right after they returned to the West.
Igor enjoyed gambling with Rakir after stealing a few pieces of magicite from the upper warehouse or borrowing them from Puang.
The problem is that so far Igor has never defeated Rakir. 20 out of 20. Even so, Igor constantly gave out the battlefield to Rakir.
[You must have run out of magic stones by now. How about I bet five for the next round.
] I will win this time!”
Seeing that, the true knight, Milina Spazer, shook her head. It was difficult to admit that such a swindler-like demon and an unnecessarily hairy retard were Yuma’s relatives.
‘Did Baron Drake usually hang out with people like that…
Thinking that far, Milina suddenly turned her head and glared at Ariel.
As a member of the Spazer family, which had been ruled by Rugal until recently, she couldn’t help but cry when she looked at the dragon.
Still, it was uncomfortable to head to the free country with the dragon, and that damn dragon even hurt Yuma, whom he had promised to pay his allegiance to.
From her point of view, even if she was beaten to death, it would be okay.
But apart from staring at Ariel, there wasn’t much Milina could do.
After losing the last magic crystal to Igor and Rakir and borrowing another magic crystal from Rakir and losing that as well, the night came.
The three people in the tulka woke up at the same time, even if it was a promise.
Even though they slept so long, the faces of the three people were full of energy.
Dinner this time was soup. However, it was an incredibly nutritious meal with as much jerky and meat powder as water and even dried dragon turtles.
The three of them gobbled up five bowls of it in one go, and swallowed Ariel.
‘I don’t know who suffers and who suffers…
To be honest, Ariel found it hard to understand why they were so enthusiastic.
It is true that he offered to teach the dragon tribe spearmanship, but it was foolish to overuse his body in the current situation.
What if you get seriously injured before arriving in a free country?
There is a loss of power that should be ready to fight right away.
In addition, the dragon tribe spearmanship was not a skill that could produce significant results even if it was crammed for 20 days.
‘What kind of lives do these people really risk so easily? To be honest, at first, I tried to scare you and tell you about the dangers of magic, and I was going to teach you properly after I went to the Cobble Free Country.’
What are those twinkling eyes? Ariel had no choice but to take the three of them and enter the second day of training.
“I warn you, Ariel, don’t expect to see her today. If you see an opening, think about killing it for real and stab it.”
Marlon said while pulling out Yurix. Yuma and Zecca nodded as if agreeing.
It was said lightly, but it was by no means bravado. They really want to die anytime.
“Everyone is crazy. Do you value your life?”
Ariel’s way of asking such a question was even slightly tinged with anger.
Almost two months have already passed since I first met them. Ariel was a dragon that few people were close to, except for her older brother, Orlando, even among the dragons.
The first meeting with the three people was unpleasant. I wanted to kill them because of the humiliation of delivering cigarettes, and then I fell into self-destruction because of the shame of being defeated.
However, the actions of these young human men somehow warmed her heart.
Even if they are the same dragon, it gave a different stimulus to Ariel’s values, which have always valued distance in relationships.
Ariel didn’t hate them anymore. The grudge against the cigarette delivery and the rude words and actions of the three of them.
But to say that it’s okay to actually kill me is so casual. For the first time since she was born as a dragon and has been living for over a thousand years, she feels a sense of ‘sorrow’.
“Why are you making that face? Did I miss something?
Ariel hardened her expression as Marlon asked with an innocent face.
“no. Okay let’s start training.
Today, I will deal with only fog walks without any illusion magic.”
As I said yesterday, the three practiced without wearing armor. Ariel’s training method was the same as yesterday, and the three of them greeted the morning with injuries similar to yesterday.
She really wasn’t strong enough to kill them. And the three of them also noticed that she wasn’t meeting their needs properly.
After three days of such training, Marlon eventually made the mistake of turning against Ariel.
“Ariel We are serious! If you’re doing it because you don’t want to be informed properly, would you just tell me!”
Marlon, who went to Ariel’s tent and shouted, turned and walked away without hearing an answer.
Zecca panicked and followed Marlon, and Yuma sighed. Ariel curled up inside the tent and blinked.
‘These days, I’m experiencing my emotions fluctuating every time…
Sweep.
Yuma bit into the pipe and pushed back the entrance to Ariel’s tent.
“Ariel.”
tt ᄋ “Don’t take Marlon’s whining too much. It seems that he’s on his nerves, probably because of the pressure of falling behind these days.
I will apologize on your behalf.”
“It won’t be enough after this night to apologize for the wrong he did to me. Marlon is strong enough, so why are you so nervous and angry with me? Did I do anything wrong?”
said Ariel in a low voice.
“No way. Ariel did nothing wrong. I’ll go and beat it up.”
“no. There must be some… reason. No matter how rude he is, isn’t it enough to get mad at me for no reason?”
“It seems to me that he is complaining rather than angry.
About Marlon’s own powerlessness.”
“grumbling?”
Ariel looked up and met Yuma’s gaze.
“Yes, Marlon is probably the one who got closest to Ariel among us, but he must have been quite shocked when Halun attacked. Ariel-nim was attacked right in front of me, but I couldn’t even respond properly.”
“Why? I’m not weak enough to need his protection. Even if I was killed by Halun at that time, I would have thought that it was not Marlon or you guys’ fault.”
Yuma felt as if he was talking to a human girl rather than a white dragon.
“What if it were the other way around?”
“what?”
“Conversely, how would you feel if we were in danger of dying and Ariel-sama couldn’t do anything?”
“I wouldn’t have felt that way. You died because you were weak, and you have no obligation to suffer because you couldn’t save me.
It was a cold reply.
However, Yuma knew very well that this was not Ariel’s intention. It was because Ariel’s face looked very sad when she said that.
“I can see why Marlon and Ariel became so close.
Anyway, Marlon apologizes for being good at arguing. Get some rest. Oh and.”
Yuma, who was about to turn around, stopped for a moment and continued.
“I’m sorry for saying that it’s okay even if I kill you. Not only me, but everyone grew up in a harsh environment, so you accidentally put Ariel in trouble.”
After leaving the tent, Yuma went straight to Marlon. He had already heard what Zecca had said and was sitting on a rock regretting his actions.
“Go and apologize, man. Why are you whining and fussing at Ariel-nim?”
Marlon accepted the pipe that Yuma held out.
“…When I met that kid named Hallun in Rochshire, I wondered if it would feel like if our boss became an enemy.”
“You know what I mean, so go ahead and beg politely. And don’t release your impatience to others. Didn’t Captain Hugo tell you that?”
Marlon didn’t answer and headed to Ariel’s tent.
And all night I had to soothe Ariel from crying. He awkwardly tapped his shoulder with his hand, which had become infinitely hard and rough after only touching sword and soil every day.
* * * Suher Snow Field.
A boy was walking through a blizzard and the murderous cold of over 50 degrees below zero. Wearing a torn and frayed gray robe.
The endless snow field, but strangely, the boy’s footprints were not left.
like a ghost
While walking for a while, dark smoke suddenly spread over the boy’s body. The smoke surrounded and narrowed the boy, but he took a stance with his rusty sword indifferently, as it often happens.
[Not here…]
An unpleasant voice scratching the ears spread through the smoke. As the boy did not respond, the smoke coalesced into a grotesque shape.
Eventually, the finished form of smoke looked like the silhouette of an ogre. However, it was not a real ogre, and the boy’s rusty sword shook as if it were vibrating.
And the smoke in the form of an ogre was torn into hundreds of branches.
The fragments of smoke that soaked the snow field made a dull sound as if they had mass.
In fact, the smoke was clumped together like burst flesh. The boy bent down and lifted a piece of smoke buried in the snow and put it into his mouth.
It had been his food all the way from Rimt at the edge of the East until he arrived here.
The boy closed his eyes once, looking at the pieces of smoke that fell like flesh. Then, while trying to pick up another piece that had fallen right next to it, he hurriedly removed his hand and started walking again.
There were still no footprints left in the snow.
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