Episode 24. On the way to the rally, and the strongest man on the continent,
a moment of silence.
Soon after, Karon jumped up and touched the bookshelf and opened the barrier to the lab.
“Follow me.”
As I followed him inside, he frowned in thought as if in agony.
I was conscious of the sword at my waist as I prepared to summon Nickel to prepare for an unexpected Charon attack.
Among the artifacts that exist in this world, it is an object that competes for the primacy.
They may suddenly become greedy and attack me.
Perhaps that wouldn’t happen if it was a cool-headed Charon, but there were a number of possible cases, so I couldn’t be relieved.
As I watched Karon’s reaction, I relieved myself by confirming that his breathing and muscle movements gradually relaxed.
“How do you know the Codex Apocalypse?”
“I heard from the black magician. He said that what he had was ‘laziness’… ….”
“Where are things now?”
“I put it in subspace along with the skeleton I got during the battle that day.”
“You managed to hide your true identity well. Not like you.”
He shook his head slightly, but nodded as if nothing had happened.
Karon paced around the lab as if he was in trouble again, then let out a sigh.
“Describe the shape.”
“It was a cube of cubes. It was black and could be turned like a Rubik’s Cube.”
“Huh, I can’t even ask you to take it out.”
Caron, who said something he couldn’t tell if he was talking to himself or to me, propped his arm on the research bench and continued to sigh.
“it’s a shame. But your stomach will explode.”
I see you have the same problem as me.
okay. How could you, a professor, have such an abomination? Just give up cleanly.
“Are you going to report to the meeting?”
I finally asked the question I had been waiting for.
In the first place, it was to throw a bait at Charon for this.
If I can’t use it, it’s a hundredfold better to sell it at a fair price for the rally.
The problem is that I didn’t have a way to contact the assembly, but that’s solved by caron.
I used to be used all the time, but finally I am using you too.
After hearing my words, Karon sighed without answering as if the conflict had not ended, and eventually nodded.
“okay. that would be for the best Instead, I will take everything I can get from the meeting.”
When you see a talking cod, it’s like he’s found the Codex Apocalypse.
“I will put a call to the meeting. Just in case, leave some time available so that you can attend the meeting at any time.”
“All right.”
In the end it worked out as I expected.
It was correct to expect that Charon, who is always cool and rational, would not do anything strange because he was blinded by the Codex.
“Go away now. I need an idea.”
“yes.”
“But Adrias.”
“yes?”
“What is that sword?”
Charon saw the sword hanging from my waist and asked.
I said awkwardly scratching.
“Since I was about to die this time, I got one for self-defense.”
“Your stupidity is still the same. Okay, now go out.”
I don’t know why Diane and Charon are laughing at each other.
No, the famous wizard in our neighborhood, a man named Gandal X, also used a sword and a staff at the same time?
I saw it clearly with my own two eyes!
Still, I’m glad it gave me the impression that I was still as stupid as before.
* * *
Contact came much sooner than expected.
As soon as the next day came, Charon’s call followed, and we immediately prepared to attend the meeting.
Somehow, because things were things, there was a feeling that the meeting was calling in a hurry.
“Are you ready?”
“yes. professor.”
He says it won’t take long.
I’m just nodding my head that I’ll be able to come back at least for the weekend.
‘indeed.’
If it is delayed, it is unavoidable.
Anyway, it’s a codex issue, but it’s more important than attending lectures.
When I thought about it, I wondered if the crisis would come sooner if the page of sloth was turned over to the rally.
I don’t know much about the gathering at this point, but it wasn’t that old, so I could roughly guess how many codexes I’d collected.
It probably has the body of the Codex Apocalypse and a page or two more.
The world won’t perish right away if one more is added here.
Whether it’s right to turn over the page of indolence is the second thing, I have to live with me right now.
What will happen later is what the future me will solve.
‘Maybe I don’t even have to deal with it.’
This is not a game.
As such, it seemed clear that the actively moving playable characters would grow exponentially, unlike games.
If there’s one problem, it’s their direction, but I’ll try to coordinate that much later so that the world doesn’t collapse.
Caron’s luggage and some of my luggage in the carrier, chasing after Karon who was ahead.
Looking at it this way, it was as if I were his assistant.
‘If I graduate like this, I might be able to become an assistant.’
Unfortunately, Adrias’ longest life span was his fifth year at the academy.
Most of them died before then, only in the first playthrough of the game, right before graduation.
At the time, I didn’t even know that Adrias was a villain, so I’ve kept him alive for quite a while.
“Adrias.”
“yes. professor.”
“Let’s check our magic after we return to the meeting this time.”
“yes?”
When I asked back in embarrassment, Charon gave a pitiful look and spoke again.
“How long are you going to be satisfied with just one summoning magic? Know that anyway.”
He was speaking in a roundabout way, as he was outside the lab, but in the end, that word meant that he would be taught a new black magic.
In the last battle, I had a battle where I was confused about whether I was a wizard or a warrior, but it was fortunate.
‘I can’t use it carelessly anyway.’
It was always a welcome thing to learn new magic as my understanding increased because I had been studying magic diligently recently.
In terms of games, it was gradually becoming a jap-chae, but that didn’t matter.
Sleep or wake, survival comes first.
‘If you cut ties only with Charon, the minimum survival is guaranteed. Do you really need this guy to learn black magic? ….’
I sighed at the reality of chasing after Karon, but what can I do?
If you don’t want to die from Karon right away, you should follow him.
* * *
I rode the train for quite a long time.
It took nearly 10 hours, but Caron’s claim that he could be back within the weekend turned out to be half a lie.
‘이 개새끼.’
But I couldn’t say anything.
Because I was guessing in the first place.
Even after I got off the train, I thought about the punctured attendance rate for a while, but I quickly erased it.
It doesn’t matter now.
Charon immediately bought a carriage and a horse in the city after getting off the train and beckoned to me.
“Drive.”
“…yes.”
Now they even use Maburo.
The problem was that I had never driven a wagon.
“That professor.”
“Why?”
“Actually, I have never driven a wagon.”
“…worthless bastard.”
So, why buy a wagon in the first place?
Is the money so rotten that it overflows?
However, contrary to my thoughts that he would resell it, he got on the driver’s seat himself.
“Sit next to me.”
As he said, I sat next to the driver’s seat, but I thought there must be a reason why I bothered to get a wagon.
“professor. Is there a reason you bought a wagon… ….”
“quiet. From here on, I will go without saying anything.”
Looking at it now, I could feel that Karon’s nerves were extremely sensitive.
At the same time, I also came up with a hypothesis.
‘Can I be attacked?’
Seeing him so tense, there was no other reason.
It’s strange that I’m nervous just attending the meeting, but I’m going to have a good time.
There was no clear information about who was attacking and why, but it was possible to guess this time too.
‘There might be people who are aiming for the Codex.’
No matter how secretly you contacted the assembly, there will eventually be a defector inside the assembly.
Besides, if the black magicians were close, how close would they be?
In the end, everyone will try to take care of their interests.
It was something that the black magician belonging to the assembly could have mercenaries or the mercenaries who put in their fortunes, or they could go out to steal it themselves.
‘Wagon, but why… ….’
This point was still questionable, but it must have meant something.
Starting from the city, we continued eastward.
It was a city near the eastern end, but as I went further east, I was able to recall a place.
‘Caught forest witch Morshe.’
It was a forest that was considered forbidden.
It is a forest where all sorts of bizarre things happen due to mana anomalies. Typically, when you walk on two feet, the plants around you wrap around your feet, so you have to move on a horse or mount.
‘That’s why I bought a carriage.’
There was one more anomaly.
Every time you speak in the forest, mana is drained, and when mana is depleted, mental manipulation that is only activated in the forest takes place.
It’s not that it consumes so much that I can’t talk, but at my current level, talking for about an hour will probably run out of mana.
It is an anomaly like a star.
The reason why he bothered to visit such a place was probably because Morshe, one of the authorities of the black magic meeting, was staying.
The place and time of the meeting are always randomly selected, but this time it seems that Morche’s Nest won.
As I was thinking about Morche for a moment, a man jumped out of the bush and blocked the carriage.
Hee hee hee!
“Whoa whoa.”
Karon hurriedly read his words.
“You arrived on time.”
said the man blocking the carriage.
And I could think of a certain character from the man’s appearance.
‘no way?’
It was a little different from the graphics in the game, so I only pointed out the characteristics, but it seemed to fit, so I shivered all over my body.
“Can I ride?”
The man who spoke casually was a middle-aged middle-aged man with white hair neatly brushed over with pomade, as opposed to an untrimmed beard.
On my back was a long object that looked like a staff wrapped in cloth, but I knew what was inside.
Charon swallowed and asked.
“At the meeting…Are you participating?”
“uh. why? Can’t you?”
“no.”
“Then ride?”
Caron also seemed embarrassed because he was an unexpected person.
We just watched silently, not paying attention to the other’s carefree boarding.
That’s right.
Because the opponent was none other than one of the strongest on the continent.
If it was a game, we would have met in the later battles or ruins, but I still can’t believe it.
I couldn’t believe it, so I must have checked it two or three times.
“You bought the wagon too cheaply.”
The man who opened the window leading to the driver’s seat grumbled.
Then he saw me and waved his hand happily.
“hi. little boy What is your name?”
“This is Adrias Cromwell.”
“Cromwell? Ho?”
what? Do you know our family?
“Hey Charon.”
“yes. Did you call?”
“Have you touched Cromwell already?”
“….”
for a moment?
Wait a minute. What are you talking about?
As I spoke as if there was a story about a family I didn’t know, my head started spinning like a motor.
“Hmm, so….”
“no. it’s okay. you don’t have to say It’s too much for you anyway. Hey Adrias Cromwell.”
“yes?”
“Please struggle hard. haha!”
The man, Salem Yedidiah, who spoke incomprehensible words, laughed heartily, then took out an eyepatch from somewhere and fell asleep.
It was hard to follow because the situation and information were so out of the blue.
When he glanced at Charon, he said quietly.
“This is Salem Yedidiah. You know, so I won’t go into detail.”
“….”
I didn’t look at it out of curiosity.
I thought about talking about my family to Karon, but in the end I held back.
I didn’t have any guesses at all, and it didn’t seem like he would tell me that I was asking.
But one thing was certain.
That there seems to be a secret story in the Cromwell family that I don’t know about.
When I was immersed in my own thoughts, Charon called me.
“Adrias.”
“yes.”
“Soon there will be a forest. The name of the forest is ‘the forest that can be caught.’ You must have heard of it at least once.”
“yes. I know that talking drains mana and you shouldn’t walk on two feet.”
“okay. I just need to know.”
However, before we even arrived at the forest, we met uninvited guests.
Omens began with words.
hee hee
The horses, which suddenly began to suffer, gradually began to slow down.
‘Still, he’s a nobleman.’
“Still, you’re a nobleman.”
My thoughts and Karon’s thoughts overlapped.
I thought it was a fairly decent attack in an attack that started softer than expected, but Charon seemed to have the same thought.
Eventually the horses slowly came to a halt and languished.
Then, a shady energy gathered around them, and damp moisture filled the air.
There was only one warlock with these characteristics.
‘Dragan of the deep sea.’
A stronger opponent than expected came out.
It hadn’t been revealed yet, but judging from the gentle attack method and this moisture, it seemed likely.
If Charon is the mid-boss of the early chapters, Dragan of the Deep is the mid-boss of the mid-to-late chapters.
Of course, the strength was different.
“hello. Caron Diplan. Long time no see.”
As expected, the opponent who came up from the floor without realizing it was Dragan.
He was wearing a bowler hat and tuxedo, wearing monocles and smiling kindly.
Karon frowned.
“Dragan. I didn’t know you would attack me.”
“It’s an assault. I’m just here to make an offer.”
It was a well-spoken suggestion, but in the end it was clear that he was aiming for a page of indolence.
It was then.
“what. Why did you stop?”
Karon and I trembled and looked back nervously, whether or not Dragan was in front of us.
Salem Yedidia. A demonic being that is not welcome anywhere in the sun or in the dark has risen with a stretch.
