The great mage who transcends by returning, episode 231
“What do you think of martial arts?”
One day the beast king asked me.
It was pretty out of the blue.
In the first place, it is the moment when the battle for the future of mankind unfolds one after another.
There was no room for everyone.
No, everyone was depressed in the first place.
Everyone has had the experience of losing a precious relationship in some way, and they are losing it right now.
It was strange that he wasn’t depressed.
However, the king was a bit different.
What should I say?
At least he did not express his sorrow for the lost.
On the contrary, they went around bragging about their deaths.
A death worthy of martial arts.
“well. I’m a wizard, so I don’t know much about unmanned people.”
“Well, you, who prioritize reason, don’t know. Oh, I don’t mean to disparage you. It’s just a difference in direction.”
“Yes, I understand.”
It’s not a matter of right or wrong.
It’s just that each walks a different path.
“For me, martial arts is a hybrid.”
“Is that so.”
“Everyone has their own martial arts. The same goes for you, Mikhail. You may not be aware of it, but you also have your own martial arts.”
“Uh um….”
A buzzing sound.
As always, the beast king’s words were a bit difficult to understand.
After saying that, the water king took out the gourd he always wore around his waist and took a sip of his drink.
I wasn’t sure what the thoughts of that face staring blankly at the moon were, but… ….
Well, the king of beasts was always like that.
Contrary to his rugged appearance, he was quite sentimental.
“Those who sacrificed themselves today also proved their martial prowess.”
Shaking the vial to and fro, he poured a little of the drink on the ground.
It’s like doing your own tribute.
“So never mind.”
“…ah.”
Only then did I know
That the Beast King dared to say incomprehensible words and spin his words round and round was his own method of consolation.
That day is the day I was defeated.
The plan I came up with was completely seen through by the Great Devil, and we had to suffer considerable damage.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t discouraged.
“I am…it’s okay.”
“Then I’m glad.”
The king said that and laughed.
Equanimity without any shaking.
I asked him
“How about you. Even so, it is inevitable to be discouraged that there are endless victims like this… ….”
“Oh, of course, that doesn’t mean I don’t get discouraged. Of course, it’s best if this situation doesn’t happen.”
he let out a bitter laugh.
“But it happened, didn’t it?”
“….”
“Then you should just look ahead. Like it or not, this world has become a battlefield. If so, isn’t it the law to think and act as a warrior?”
He had a conviction.
Honmu as a warrior.
Somehow, I felt like I could understand his martial arts.
“You know my situation, right?”
“Yes, I know.”
Of course, as a colleague, I know for sure how the beast king came to be with us.
“Yes, I was defeated once.”
“….”
“My martial arts was broken once. It shouldn’t have been broken, but as a result, I was broken once.”
That day was a duel in which the king could not retreat.
And it was a duel that should never have been lost.
But he was defeated.
To the Archdemon named Arioch.
“But have I been completely devastated since then? I mean, did you become a disabled person without standing up?”
“No.”
“yes. After all, we are supposed to stand up. It means that you should never sit back, even if you have to mull over countless regrets later.”
Looking at the moon in the night sky with eyes full of emotions, he continued his speech slowly.
“So, don’t be discouraged, Mikhail. we are not… ….”
The beast king looked at me and smiled.
“You are right.”
* * *
I remembered the memories before the regression.
Garam, the land and kingdom of the Beasts.
Until the demons intervened, Garam was a fertile land where beastmen lived in harmony.
There was not much exchange with the outside world, but it had its own culture and tradition.
The power was by no means small, and the skilled beastmen who called themselves warriors sometimes made the world shake up.
the problem is….
That the devil intervened.
To be precise, gray blood.
Iron Fist Ariok.
That the great devil directly intervened in Garam.
Even as a legitimate ‘challenger’, not simply for aggression.
Ariok was a class called an outlier even among the great demons.
He swears by my fist.
Surprisingly, to some extent, they were quite similar in nature to the Beasts.
To some extent, it could be considered the same.
okay.
He was both a demon and a warrior.
Even if his disposition is cruel and selfish, the king should not refuse a warrior’s confrontation.
That is the royal tradition.
As a result, the king was defeated.
The meaning of that defeat was very great.
It wasn’t a battle that started with light things in the first place… ….
The authority of the Beast King fell, and Ariok seized the fallen authority.
That’s how the garam shook.
It did not collapse due to infighting.
However, that momentary shaking was very fatal to Garam.
‘…Yes it was.’
In many ways, retracing the events before the return was bittersweet.
What if the Beast King hadn’t been defeated?
Or, what if you had prepared more reliably from before?
It’s about thinking about such a meaningless possibility.
Of course, that doesn’t make any sense anymore.
Because now that I have gone back in time, I really have the opportunity to realize that possibility.
like you’ve done so far.
“Come to think of it, did you say that Garam this time? Is it okay to go directly to the Beast King?”
“No, that would be difficult.”
“…why?”
“Because we have nothing.”
Answering the guy’s words, I turned my gaze to ‘Garam’ in the distance.
“There’s nothing to gain from revealing that you’re a hero there. Of course, it will be difficult to meet a high-ranking person as comfortably as before.”
“huh? why is that… ….”
“It’s because of the Prophecy War.”
The butler nodded as if it were natural.
“Because the Beasts were a race that suffered considerable damage during the Prophecy War.”
“As expected, I know the butler well.”
as the butler said
The prophecy war waged by the Churches in the past.
Even the beastmen were caught up in the process of the epic shoveling.
Perhaps the previous king died then.
…Whatever.
The important thing is that the Beasts are grinding their teeth quite a bit with the shoveling that the Kyokuguk had done.
The warriors are chosen from the religion.
Rather than just being picked, a hero is treated as a representative of the kingdom.
then.
“What am I in the eyes of the beast people?”
“An enemy bastard to chew and kill.”
“yes.”
In short, I don’t know about other places, but this is a town where the title of ‘Hero’ acts as poison.
“Then, it means that you have to hide the fact that you are a hero and work in Garam differently than before.”
“yes.”
“After all, your purpose this time seems to be to meet with a high-ranking person, but how can you make contact without a title?”
Ryan’s question was valid.
So far, I have easily handled many things using the title of ‘Hero’.
But Garam is different.
In particular, isn’t the purpose of this work, after all, contacting the Beast King?
No matter what country it is, it can’t be easy to meet the king.
“Of course it is not easy.”
“then….”
I spoke right away before Rian could say anything.
“Therefore, we practice ‘breaking the seal’.”
“…Breaking the seal?”
“Yes, what is the most famous ‘title’ for Garam?”
“Uh um….”
“It is a city of warriors.”
I explained simply.
A strange country where martial arts decide everything.
All of Garam’s beasts, big or small, are eventually unmanned.
The only thing that is not unmanned is a newborn baby… ….
“And there are numerous forces based on martial arts in this Garam.”
“Hoo.”
Usually it’s a family coat of arms.
The Hu clan, the Miao clan, or something like that. And there are also a lot of families with great honor in each place.
“Garam is uniquely capable of challenging the king if he is a warrior with a certain degree of guarantee.”
“…her.”
this is very special
In general, the authority of the king in the state must never be challenged, and must be solidified without the slightest gap.
Of course, it is natural to leave no gaps to challenge authority.
But Garam is different.
If necessary, you can challenge the authority of the Beast King at any time.
It’s just that no one has ever been able to defeat the Beast King.
Successive kings have sacrificed themselves for Garam, but have never been defeated by a challenger.
therefore.
‘It means that the defeat he suffered before returning was the first of its kind in history.’
first defeat.
He was defeated by an ominous being called the Great Devil.
It really wouldn’t be strange if Garam was shaken once.
“Then, as soon as you enter, you can just challenge the family to a duel, right? If you win, you will gain the honor of that family.”
“That’s it.”
However, it takes too much time to build them up one by one.
“All the beast tribes living in Garam have nameplates with their ‘honour’ written on them. That’s the standard for evaluating that person in Garam.”
“…hmm.”
Jeonggongbeop is to go into a garam without anything and break the seal.
“But there is a problem.”
“problem?”
“Yes, it is really good to go straight-up, but this takes too much time?”
Of course, I have no intention of wasting time unnecessarily.
First of all, there is not much time.
“Is there any good way?”
I nodded proudly at Ariandel’s question.
“It’s simple. All you have to do is to beat up and plunder any bandits who may have bases around here.”
“….”
The faces of the four people looking at me subtly changed.
“…No, but now let’s plunder the bandits?”
“In the first place, you have to be prepared to be plundered to be able to bandit.”
Notoriety is also fame.
Among the bandit groups, there were those who were as famous as Garam’s famous families.
bandit?
rather good
They’re people whose job is to eat people’s backs in the first place, so they can just beat anyone at random like a bounty hunt.
No need to wait, it’s the best.
“excuse me….”
Then hesitantly, Ariandel raised his hand and said.
“…Bandits are criminals who plunder the innocent, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Of course, there are going to be people who commit murder as a routine, right?”
“It is.”
“Even human trafficking….”
“There will be people who do.”
“ah.”
Ariandel said firmly.
“Break your head.”
“….”
Anyway, roughly like that, the bandit looting of the hero’s party was decided.
* * *
“Fuck the fuck!”
The leader of the mountain forest in Mu-ryeong started running like crazy.
He was once living a good life commanding the whole area.
The size of the living room was so huge that even the most talented could not dare to do anything about it.
Of course I was certain.
It was the conviction that he would not be wrong unless the Beast King himself came.
But why the hell!
“What the hell are you doing… …!”
“The last one!”
A blond man ran after him madly, his bright red eyes exploding.
At first glance, you can feel madness in the smile he makes while chasing after him.
‘Fuck this is not it!’
In an instant, the wild vegetables he was so proud of fell apart.
It’s not that it’s a bit out of shape.
All of a sudden, balls of fire fell from the air, and all of them flew away overnight.
And that was at the center of it.
Blood dripping on the red-stained staff. Two eyes wide open like madmen.
The king ran to his death.
Unfortunately, the mad monster was faster than that.
“ah.”
Wang Xin finally closed his eyes with a resigned expression as he saw the staff approaching right in front of him.
I never thought I would end my life alive being beaten like a dog by a magician with a staff.
‘Fuck.’
oh life… ….
