Episode 387 Single Bridge (1)
Rudger wasn’t too surprised when Rimray, who should have been left alone, appeared.
He calmly accepted the reality in front of him as if it had just happened.
Rimray asked, deep wrinkles around his eyes.
“Did you know?”
“To be honest, I was dubious.”
“It was dubious.”
“Because it has changed over time. When the elder first approached me, I had my doubts. Why did a person like this come? There was a good reason, but it was hard to fully convince. However, the attitude I showed later allayed my doubts.”
At least the friendly attitude he showed towards Arfa was genuine, not acting.
no.
Maybe everything I’ve shown you so far is real.
That is why Rudger was not convinced.
“And yet, you kept guarding me.”
“yes.”
Rudger honestly nodded.
Upon returning to the study and discovering the hidden location, Ludger hid it from the others.
Right after that, it wasn’t Sempas or Roina that came to Ludger, it was Rimray.
“Did you finally find that hidden space? Rather than running away after seeing the shadow knight, he thought of breaking through. I looked down on you too low.”
Rimray ran a hand through his white beard.
“Since when? It made me feel confident.”
“When the door closed and we were separated from each other. Do you remember?”
“It did.”
“Thanks to the School of Truth acting freely, we were able to move apart as well. But I saw an opportunity there. I was sure that the murderers hiding inside the mansion would definitely contact me through some method.”
“to you? why?”
“What are you hiding here?”
“Yes, John Doe. You notice really fast.”
Limray finally burst out laughing.
Rather than being absurd, it was so accurate that it was close to pure admiration.
“But nobody caught up. then you were sure The reason they didn’t catch up.”
“It wasn’t that I couldn’t catch up, it was that I didn’t have to. And, of course, the reason is that someone has already attached it.”
“Are you satisfied now that that person has appeared in front of you like this?”
At Rimray’s words, Rudger shook his head.
“I feel sorry for you.”
“…That’s absurd. I cheated on you and now I have done the irreparable. And yet you are not even angry.”
“If I had come across this without knowing anything, I would have been quite embarrassed. But if you already know, none of that will happen.”
It was the same with Limray.
He naturally accepted that Rudger was not very surprised when he saw him in the first place.
As Rudger foresaw this situation.
Because Limray also predicted that this would happen.
That’s why I couldn’t hide my bitterness.
It means that this catastrophe was determined in the end and could not be avoided.
“If you hadn’t shown up here, I would have left you unaware until the end.”
“Compared to what is known to the public, you are quite benevolent.”
It was not the attitude of John Doe, who killed his subordinates even for the slightest mistake.
But what does that matter now?
“Don’t you know that you can’t do that anyway?”
“yes. So I feel sorry for you. I hoped my guess was wrong, but it turned out to be right.”
“Me too. I’d rather be defeated by the Shadow Knights. But it didn’t. your skills are so good The reason I came all the way here was because I wanted to.”
But in the end, the word “maybe” came true.
“What did you do with Samuel who took him away?”
“That guy? I safely handed it over to the other wizards.”
When he said he didn’t kill him, Ludger looked at him with a surprising look.
But come to think of it, there was no reason to kill him.
Rudger delivered an ultimatum.
“I will ask you one last time. Do you have any intention of stopping here?”
“Then why don’t you stop?”
“If I didn’t, I would die. Is there anything I can do?”
Come to think of it, Rimrey laughed.
Before long, he wiped the smile off his face and stared at Ludger.
Unlike usual, the eyes that were cold and sunken showed a firm meaning in the center.
“Unfortunately, I also have reasons not to stop.”
“Is that so.”
“Do you feel sorry for me?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“Everything in the world is like that. Strife, antagonism, and conflict eventually arise for their own reasons.”
“I agree.”
Rudger looked back at Arfa, who was standing next to him.
“Arfa.”
“leader. I…”
Arfa tried to say something with a serious expression, but Rudger cut him off.
“Back off.”
“But the leader.”
“I understand. I’m an enemy, so I’ll have to fight But Arfa. Can you really fight with the elders with all your heart?”
At that question, Arfa’s pupils fluctuated greatly.
Arfa glanced at Rimray.
It reminded me of the pleasant conversations I had with him a little while ago.
“I…”
I don’t want to fight Grandpa Rimray.
But even so, he couldn’t let Rudger fight alone.
“It must be embarrassing.”
“…..”
“I understand. But Arfa. In life, moments like this always come. We have to decide what to choose, even in the midst of confusion.”
“Maybe there’s a way to make things better without fighting.”
Those words were so foolish, they sounded like the words of a dreamer straight out of a fairy tale.
But Rudger did not laugh at Arfa.
Without reprimand or scolding.
He just had a faint smile on his lips.
as if it’s a joke
“Arfa. Things in the world don’t go well. Bad intentions lead to bad things, and good intentions lead to worse things. That is the world now.”
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Rudger thought the words were very touching.
“Why?”
“No one knows why. Me too. So we have to find out why.”
We must continue walking this road.
And you have to find the answer at the end of it.
“The choice we have to make is very simple. It is not to stop the path you are walking now.”
That is.
Because it was a given duty as a person living in this world.
Arfa lowered his head as if he realized something.
“sorry. Because I was fooling around.”
“Okay. Rather, I want you to keep that innocence forever.”
Rudger liked Arfa’s childishness.
Because I don’t like it very much when a child looks at an adult’s eyes.
“Support the fallen and retreat. If you stay here, you will be swept away. Both of them have lives on the line, so simple first aid is all that is needed.”
“yes. all right.”
Arfa immediately picked up the fallen Roina and left.
Rimray, who had been watching until then, opened his mouth.
“As expected, you are different from ordinary guys.”
“Is that so.”
“okay. We’ve become enemies now, but it’s as you said. What we do is simple. It doesn’t stop.”
Rimray muttered in a self-deprecating voice, and then closed his lips.
No further conversation was necessary.
There is no way for everyone to have a happy ending.
The two people who did not stop met on a single wooden bridge.
two people
there is only one road
One of them must fall from this spot.
Down there, called the shadow of the world.
Charreuk.
Limray slammed Seokjang to the floor.
“As a senior in life who respects you, I will give you just one piece of advice.”
“Speak. I will listen carefully.”
“You will have to do everything in your power to fight me.”
Pooh!
At the same time, an eye light exploded from Rimray’s eyes.
It wasn’t just eye light that overflowed in blue.
A strong wind blew around Rimray, flapping his robes.
Mana with a clear shape shuddered violently.
It was like seeing a huge brazier burning with mana.
“If you don’t, you and your comrades behind you will die.”
“I thought so even if I didn’t have to say that.”
The previous battle had consumed quite a bit of mana, but because of the mana that had been arranged, Ludgar also generated mana.
[Ather Nocturnus]
A black shadow surrounded his body.
A shimmering shadow covered the top of his head, starting with his toes, and covered his face with a crow mask.
Rimray is a 6th tier Lexorer level wizard.
It was not an opponent that I could fight while watching.
‘Diary Torah with the 6th tier wizard.’
Come to think of it, it was the first time I’d experienced it.
It wasn’t that there wasn’t a 6th tier wizard among the opponents I’d fought so far, but it wasn’t a purely one-on-one battle.
‘Even the opponent doesn’t think I’m weak, so I’m not vigilant.’
The air shuddered and the space around Rimray seemed to distort.
Rimrey’s magical power was so strong that it caused such an illusion for a moment.
The atmosphere trembles as if there was an earthquake.
I couldn’t get rid of the tingling feeling on my skin.
This is the strength of the Lexorer Wizard.
Rimray intended to do everything in his power now.
‘The moment I relax even a little, I die.’
6th tier mage.
He is also a veteran with a lot of practical experience.
Of course, even within the same 6th tier, the level is different.
In that sense, Rimrey was by far the strongest among the human wizards Ludger had ever met.
The first ball was taken by Limray.
Wow!
Mana swirled and rotated above Rimray’s head, and before long, a splendid spell was drawn.
To concoct such a complicated formula on the spot without any preparation.
It was an unbelievable sight to see, but the power of it made even more sense.
At the same time as a dazzling flash of light flashed, it attacked Ludger at close range.
A simple ignorant attack consisting of releasing pure magic power.
So fast and powerful.
─This cannot be stopped.
Rudger immediately threw himself sideways to avoid the shelling.
It was possible because his physical ability rose dramatically by wrapping himself in magic water.
If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t even have reacted.
However, the magic cannon flew again in the place where Ludger had avoided.
In the first place, Rimrey didn’t even expect it to end with this blow.
This time, the position is also exquisite so that you can not avoid it.
Rudger was forced to hide under the shadows.
As if falling into a swamp, Ludger’s body slid under the shadows.
Above them, a bombardment of enormous magical energy swept past.
The magical bombardment was powerful enough to leave scars on the mansion, which was not damaged by anything.
Rimray rolled his eyes and quickly scanned the surroundings.
He wasn’t surprised that Rudger had disappeared.
Calmly looking for Ludger to appear somewhere.
At that moment, several magical reactions occurred above his head.
A torrent of arrows fell, followed by ice and fire currents with flashing flashes.
An attack that completely covers within a 10m radius centered on Rimray.
However, Rimray did not move a single step from his seat and lightly shook his seat.
Charleung.
Countless solid lines pierced through the rain of elemental arrows.
After a while, the arrows exploded.
Colorful explosions filled the air with dizziness.
Rimray did not lose his composure even in the midst of the flashes of light.
Right after that, Ludger burst out from Rimray’s shadow and stabbed him with a sword stick.
A surprise attack from behind your back.
Rimray thumped the ground while spinning the stone scepter in his hand.
Kwaaaa!!!
A huge storm of magical power raged around Rimray and spread out as if drawing concentric circles.
The magic storm pushed Ludger away, who was about to surprise him from behind.
Rimray turned his back and aimed his sword at Ludger.
Spells were drawn around the stone scepter, and merciless magical artillery fire was fired in succession.
Ludger shrunk into a dot in the air and disappeared from his seat.
“It’s magic that transcends space. You surprise me one after another.”
A magic that instantly dodges any attack.
Even based on that, it walks without hesitation in close combat.
Rimray engulfed the whole space of the hall, generating even stronger mana.
Sensing an abnormal reaction to the scattered mana, Rimray reached out his hand.
Magical power fluctuated in the empty space, and eventually Ludger appeared from there.
“But it’s not perfect. It doesn’t seem to be easy to operate in such an overcrowded magical environment.”
“…..”
Covering the entire space with his magic.
I didn’t know that I could destroy the magic that hid between the shadows and cross space like this.
It was a method that could be done because it was a 6th tier wizard.
‘Even so, the mana flowing through the mansion itself would be formidable, but to push it away and fill it up with your own mana.’
An ignorant but effective method.
Rudger thought so, but brought his left hand, which was not holding the sword stick, to his waist.
The black revolver he drew quickly spewed fire.
Tata Tang!
Instead of using Silence of Fire, Rimray blocked the magic bullets by enclosing a magic barrier.
The barrier didn’t budge, but Rudger didn’t stop pulling the trigger.
Rimrey’s eyebrows twitched at that sight.
‘The direction of the bullets…’
The bullets made of magic moved in the air at odd angles and changed direction.
Rimray, who saw the dazzling movement of the bullets that disturbed his eyes, densely surrounded the barrier.
If you don’t know where they’re flying, just block the front and you’re done.
The moment I thought so, the magic bullet disappeared in the air.
Rimray saw a chilling flash appear before his eyes.
Can even magic bullets jump through space?
Rimrey’s head quickly grasped the situation.
Puffup!
The bullets that appeared from inside the barrier exploded in the air.
It was because the thread of magical power that Rimray spread pierced through.
A level of skill to shoot a flying fly with an arrow.
Rimray unfolded it without difficulty.
“It’s quite the way.”
On the subject of being a wizard, hiding a sword inside a staff and using a gun that shoots magical bullets.
“It’s still not enough.”
It was all in an extraordinary way, but it was infinitely insufficient to reach this side.
Rimray stared at Ludger with a gaze asking if this was all.
And I couldn’t help but frown.
It was because Ludger was smoking a pipe under a crow mask resembling a plague doctor.
In this situation, there was no way I could suddenly smoke.
Wasn’t he a man who wouldn’t even talk about such things normally?
‘Is it doping?’
All the attacks I’ve done so far were nothing more than buying time for that.
Moreover, the reverberation of blue magical power that rose thickly around Ludgar.
It was slowly pushing away the mana of Rimray who had taken control of the space.
‘If it’s doping at that density, there’s nothing strange about being damaged.’
Rudger was holding on to it.
Or maybe that’s an unusual constitution that doesn’t matter to that extent.
No matter what, the moment I was about to decide that this side’s job would not change, Rimray saw it.
A golden glow emanating from Ludgar’s back.
