The great mage who transcends by returning, episode 234
“…If you get stabbed in the heart, you die, right?”
You call this common sense a weakness?
Yeon Mi-ryeo looking at me with that expression.
yes it is common sense
A person dies when he is stabbed in the heart.
No, it’s not just humans, it’s natural for normal creatures to die if their heart is stabbed.
The problem is that what we are talking about is the ‘great devil’.
“Yes, they usually die. But the Prime Evils are not like that.”
“…Uh hmm?”
“Because there are no physical vital points for the Great Demons. That means they never take a critical hit from moderate attacks.”
Even if the head is cut off or the heart is pierced, all of these are equal blows to the great devil.
It’s not that it doesn’t get hit, but it means that there is no ‘fatal vital point’.
And it can’t be a very difficult thing from the opponent’s point of view.
Because it means there are no weaknesses.
On the other hand, compared to the Great Devil, humans are exposed to numerous weaknesses.
It’s an unfavorable fight in the first place.
Before the return, mankind was not pushed back in the battle with the devil for nothing.
Yeon Mi-ryeo asked cautiously.
“So you’re saying that general demons don’t have weak points, but the case of blood messengers is different?”
“Yes that’s right.”
In other words, it is not something to belittle as ‘natural’ that the heart is a weakness for Ariok, the archevil.
“Of course, as much as he has weaknesses, he has strengths to offset them, but….”
“…Strengths?”
“yes.”
Again, this is very difficult… ….
“Compared to the others, the physical strength is ridiculously high.”
“…ah.”
At those words, Yeon Mi-ryeo’s expression darkened again.
I said it’s a weakness, but that’s it, by the standards of the Great Devil.
In terms of human standards, Ariok’s body can be said to be invincible and impregnable.
This was the reason it was difficult to deal with Ariok. Clearly, he had a weakness called ‘Heart’.
But the problem is.
All of a sudden, the skin covering the heart was filthy hard.
Even Auras couldn’t properly injure his skin.
If only the heart is stabbed, it goes like a normal human being, but the difficulty is beyond imagination.
Shall we say that he was born to become a warrior?
“…Certainly the sword wasn’t stuck at all. Even swordsmanship couldn’t hurt him.”
“Yes, because I was born that way.”
On the contrary, Yeon Mi-ryeo’s expression darkened even more at my words.
“Even if the heart is a weakness, in the end, from our point of view, it is an enemy with an impenetrable body, right?”
If you can’t pierce the body, of course you can’t pierce the heart.
“I don’t think it’s very meaningful that the heart is a weakness from the point of view of him. We were a family with quite a few masters.”
“….”
“Even though they mobilized those masters, they couldn’t hit the body properly. Even if the heart is a great evil and a great weakness, if it can’t pierce the body… ….”
“Yes, no use.”
It’s a natural reaction.
In the first place, the ‘natural’ I think and the ‘natural’ she thinks will be different.
I didn’t think I could convince her with this.
“But wouldn’t it be necessary to pierce the body?”
“…yes?”
“It is said that there is a number called ‘Nagajungsubeop (內家重手法)’ among the terms of the East Continent Umani Garam.”
“that…You are right. penetrating mirror. There is a way to use inner strength to destroy the inside.”
she continued.
“However, it is a number that works for those who have mainly trained in foreign arts. A blood messenger is by no means a warrior who only trained in foreign service.”
“That is also correct.”
Yes, Ariok isn’t just a hard-bodied guy.
He is learning his own talent, and that talent is also something that should never be neglected.
He is a warrior recognized by the Beast King.
But even so, there is a fundamental problem that even he can’t escape.
“By the way. It is, after all, technically an alien species.”
“…uh yeah?”
“I mean, it came from outside. It means that he is not a person who has lived his entire life here in Garam and trained in martial arts.”
After all, he’s not human.
It means that even non-humans can work in ways that are difficult to think of against humans.
no it works
Because I already know how to get through to him.
Yeon Mi-ryeo said with her eyes shining.
“That means you have a ‘specific way’ to kill a blood lion.”
“I will not deny it.”
“That means I need a cause that I have.”
“It is.”
In the end, turning around, the conclusion is this.
That we have a way to kill Ariok, and for that we need her ‘justification’.
I tried to convince him with several words, but in the end, that was the conclusion.
After
thinking for a while, she opened her mouth.
“…I think the story you told is certainly interesting. But I still hesitate.”
“….”
“It’s not that I don’t trust you guys, I don’t have any money I can give you. Besides, if you go wrong in the middle of dealing with the Blood Lion… ….”
“No need to worry about that.”
I answered firmly.
“The blood lion dies. certainly.”
“….”
“I came all the way here for that. It’s okay about remuneration, too. If it’s a burden, just assume we’re using you.”
“Ha, but that…!”
“It is not selfish.”
I shook my head and answered.
“Even though he suffered a pitiful tragedy, Yeonjia has proved a lot of cooperation up until now.”
“…Hyeop (俠).”
she murmured as if possessed.
“Yes that’s right.”
I remembered what the Beast King had said to me.
– Mikhail’s blood messenger certainly possessed excellent martial arts.
However.
– There was no agreement.
The Beast King frowned and said so.
Ariok had martial arts but no martial arts.
“Isn’t it strange to protect what needs to be protected?”
“…ah.”
At that moment, Yeon Mi-ryeo opened her eyes wide. Then a single tear flowed from her eyes.
“I’m sorry. I suddenly heard that, and a little… ….”
“it’s okay.”
The tears she shed were never light. Tears that do not need to be hurried and should not be urged.
After calming down a bit, she nodded.
“Yeah right…. That’s a joke.”
“That’s right.”
“The values that my family has kept and will continue to protect…. that’s right. I forgot a little bit.”
her eyes came alive
The dark aura from before was quite dissipated.
Now she was definitely the master of the lotus family.
After straightening her posture, she spoke to us in a calm voice.
“great. I’ll accept it. I leave the family’s wishes to you.”
As she said that, she took out the thing she had cherished in her bosom.
“It is the symbol of our love song.”
It was a hairpin as beautiful as a lotus flower.
“Since ancient times, it has been a treasure entrusted to the representative of the family.”
“I will never take it lightly.”
I carefully accepted the hairpin she gave me and put it in my arms.
I accepted the will of one family.
On the day the wish is over, this hairpin will return to her.
Let’s keep it until then.
After that, we talked with Yeon Mi-ryeo about the future.
“…For now, this is all I know.”
Information on blood lions and the trend of the present Garam.
As a member of a famous family, she knew quite a bit of information.
“great. That was helpful.”
“Whoops.”
At my words, Yeon Mi-ryeo smiled and tried to bow her head to me.
“Then, please, the family…“
Oh, don’t keep your head down.”
Of course I stopped in the middle.
“…yes?”
“We have a place to go together. He is a member of the family, so you should accompany him.”
“Now…?”
“Yes now.”
She asked me with her eyes wide open.
“…Where?”
“Eunwon justification…If we want to be sure to suffocate the blood lions, the place we are going to go now is not clear.”
I answered simply.
“Suwanggung Palace.”
The top of Garam, the land where the beast king resides.
Are there more out there?
* * *
“There have been fewer challengers lately.”
A middle-aged man grimaced as if he didn’t like it, and put his mouth on the vial.
I don’t like it.
Just at that moment, a voice came from behind the middle-aged man.
“Isn’t that a good thing?”
“Good things? Doesn’t this mean that the discourse on martial arts has decreased? At the same time, it means that the number of promising warriors who challenge me has also decreased.”
“There has never been a king in history who enjoyed challenging himself.”
“Hehe, am I here?”
The middle-aged man said with a smile.
The king of beasts.
A descendant of the great giraffe and a warrior at the top of this family.
Randomly tangled brown hair and amber eyes.
Its body is well over twice that of a normal person, and its entire body is full of strong muscles.
Just sitting there filled the entire area with momentum that could not be ignored.
“Foreword You worry too much, which is a problem.”
“You have to worry a lot. I am the one who thinks for Your Highness.”
“Anyway, try not to say a word.”
The beast king grumbled and expressed his dissatisfaction with the words of his bookkeeper.
Looking at him like that, the bookkeeper just let out a small sigh.
“…In fact, to be precise, it’s because there are people who kill those ‘unmanned men’ at random.”
“You mean the blood lion?”
As expected, the beast king asked.
“Certainly troublesome. They say it’s some kind of devil, right?”
“Yes, if you heard from outside, he is so dangerous that it would be right to send a slaughter party right away.”
“But not for us.”
The beast king said firmly.
“We shouldn’t do that. If the blood lion was not a warrior, we might have sympathized with the outside world, citing his sinister nature as a reason.”
“…I know. Even so, you are saying that because you are a military man, you cannot punish him with the king’s authority.”
The preface of the bookseller sighed.
When it comes to martial arts, the king is very determined and there is no room for compromise.
But his thoughts were different.
‘It is right to kill the blood lion.’
The number of demons who sympathize with him and make a fuss is increasing. That’s not good for Garam’s future.
But the king doesn’t want it.
And that’s not all.
Garam’s history and tradition also reject such a natural thing.
‘Of course it doesn’t matter.’
We are receiving reports on the actions of the blood lions without omission.
The purpose of the blood lion is to eventually challenge the king.
‘There’s no way the king can be defeated.’
He knows very well how futile the challenge is.
The beast king is strong.
Much more than most Garam warriors think.
“By the way, what should I do about the love song?”
“….”
At those words, a crack appeared in the beast king’s smile.
A fact I had been ignoring.
A martial art he admires.
A story about those who were sacrificed in the process of protecting that value… ….
Even Yeonga was a family that could not be seen as having anything to do with him.
“If I hadn’t been the king, I would have gone to him right away to settle the silver wish.”
“…majesty.”
“I know. It’s hypocrisy. With the subject of protecting martial arts and expecting it, it is natural for the victims to follow suit.”
The blood lion was also a little cunning.
Until now, he hadn’t killed anything against martial law.
The death of the family head of Yeonga was brutal, but in the end, it was a battle that took place through an official life-and-death decision.
In the case of Yeonga, it was a case of running into a blood lion as a one-sided favor.
Absolutely no reason to punish.
…Even if the blood lion took some measures to create such a situation, it was the same.
So the king must wait.
May the blood lion challenge himself.
When that time comes, he can punish the rampage of the Blood Lions with a just duel.
That was when I was thinking about it.
“…hmm?”
Seomun, who was standing quietly next to the Beast King, frowned.
“What is it?”
“It looks like the eldest daughter of Yeonga is in the palace right now.”
“…hmm? If it’s the eldest daughter, will it go Mi-ryeo?”
Seomun nodded his head at the king’s question.
“Looks like you have a companion. Wasn’t there that outsider who captured the sacredness of greenery this time?”
“Hoo.”
Interest turned to the beast king’s eyes.
I wanted to see it in person even if it was because I had suppressed the momentum of the recent greening.
Besides, the child himself… ….
“Let me see for myself.”
With those words, the beast king stood up.
* * *
“This suddenly….”
Yeon Mi-ryeo stamped her feet in the guest room of the King’s Palace with a nervous face.
“it’s okay. Originally, Yeonga was a family that had a relationship with His Majesty the King, right? It’s not particularly rude.”
“I still think it’s disrespectful to the king! ahh… ….”
Even my words don’t seem to calm down at all.
Then Lian, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, intervened.
“Yeon Mi-ryeo.”
“Uh yes…?”
“It’s comfortable once you get used to it.”
“….”
A face that has given up somewhere.
“There will be countless times like this in the future, but if you are already so embarrassed, you won’t be able to endure it. Let’s clear our minds and accept it together.”
“What kind of bullshit are you?”
“It’s not exactly wrong.”
Aileen also smiled and said with a half-assed expression.
“Peace of mind….”
Eileen, who claimed to be a normal member of the group, took a breath.
Anyone who sees you will know where you are as an adult.
Whatever.
“Anyway, the ultimate goal of the Blood Lion is His Highness the Beast King. We will challenge Your Highness and win.”
“…Uhm.”
“Thanks to Yeon Mi-ryeo’s ‘justification’, we have an excuse to intervene in the duel between Her Highness and the Blood Lion. Then we should do our best to use it.”
In the first place, I have no intention of fighting Ariok head-on.
In any case, it is the Beast King who must win a reasonable victory through a ‘confrontation’.
It has to be so to produce results that are clearly different from before regression.
A fair victory through martial arts.
There may be other efficient ways, but at least for me this is the most efficient way.
Even if the beast king himself has no memory, it is to make him overcome the martial that he could not overcome before returning.
Because that’s what I came here for.
“then….”
It was when I was about to say that.
thud.
After exchanging trivial small talk, we stopped talking and stiffened our bodies abruptly.
“This….”
The momentum that suddenly filled the surroundings.
A presence that makes your shoulders feel heavy and breathless.
and soon after
“It is you.”
he showed up
beast king.
Unlike before the regression, my old colleague had a relaxed face.
– I forgot my name.
I remembered what he said to me, not to us.
– But it might be the final battle, so I can’t keep you guys informed.
I smiled unconsciously as I recalled the words that followed.
Yes I know the name he threw away.
The name he passed on to his ‘colleagues’.
But not now.
“nice to see you.”
I said facing an old colleague.
“Your Highness the Beast King.”
Hopefully we can talk about everything openly with each other soon.
