Chapter 86. Greed (1)
Sinastar.
Two different swords.
‘Brother, use it. Don’t leave it anywhere. this time.’
If I think about it, Danu never told me what that sword was. Calian, who received an unexpected gift, was foolishly convinced that it was a real star fragment.
Forgetting that if that were true, Danu, who brought the sword of the ‘past’, should have been able to bring back the old Calian, Bern, or Serenti before she fell asleep, to this time.
‘It must really be my sword.’
Of course, it was the same with Planz.
Now that time had passed since then, it seemed unlikely that the smart Plantz would still not know the truth about what his sword was made of. However, he was not worried that Plantz would throw away the sword even if he knew its identity.
This is because Briesen’s blood clearly flows through Plantz.
This does not mean that the green peas are soaked with their rotten nature. This means that even those round peas can’t help but be sword-wielding. Even when I wasn’t greedy for my own life, wasn’t I only greedy for Raven and the sword?
Even though he now knew that the writing on the sword was Arsene’s handwriting, it was probably the same reason why he carried it around without a care in the world. No matter whose handwriting is engraved on it, the fact that Sinasta is a good sword does not change.
‘I won’t leave it behind.’
How much more could they refuse just because it wasn’t a piece of a star? There’s no way Plantz would let go of something that was reduced to a blade forged from Bern’s memory rather than a piece of a star…
‘This time.’
‘yes.’
No.
“Biadhanur. I heard it’s called that.”
So Calian took back the half of the Sinasta that he had given to Plants and did not break it. If you know what you know, just keep writing what you know. If you don’t know, just keep writing what you don’t know.
Instead, I was confident.
I waited for the right time.
While dealing with Sinastar with Planz countless times, Calian’s aura was never broken. In that case, even when Danu was in front of him in the end, the sword would not break and he would not be able to deal with it.
‘It has been renovated.’
Moreover, Sinasta was a sword that was re-refined after Danu made it and gave it to him.
‘It was made in the same form as the one used in Briseen.’
The blacksmith named Rotten was neither a wizard nor a sword master. They were not descendants of the dwarves who were exterminated during the War of the Two Gods, who were said to be the best in handling metal. He was not a blacksmith with a reputation for extraordinary abilities. He was an astute and skilled blacksmith I just happened to meet.
So, whether it was once part of Danu or not, it is a sword that has somehow changed its appearance due to the unquenchable flame that blacksmiths say they use.
So Danu.
Therefore, Danu.
“It’s a life that has grown on its own. You’ve chosen a good name.”
It wasn’t God.
Like Sispanian and Arnaizel, Danu was ultimately a living, breathing ‘life’. It was not an immortal being.
“No way to be noble about such a topic.”
Calian moved his arm.
Ani burrowing deep into Danu’s body. I tried to do so, but in the end, I was unable to scratch anything and just got rid of the red sword that stopped.
– Pop.
– Drip.
And then he quietly lowered his head.
Instead of just blocking Calian’s aura, he looked down at Danu’s branch, which pierced the shoulder of the person holding the sword. I smiled for a long time as I watched the thick blood trickling down the branches that scattered light in all directions.
The bright red lips fiercely raised and the provocation of a fierce beast leaked out.
“In the end, you and I are all the same bastards.”
I raised my sword again towards the old tree that had lost patience in the face of humans who had barely lived for a hundred years before dying.
– Ugh!
I read the even bigger and stronger protective mana surrounding the huge tree.
There was no need to block all of Danu’s vast mana. In fact, it would be correct to say that he does not even have the ability to do so. But I didn’t care. What Kalian was trying to create was not a huge crack that would cut off all of Danu, but just a small, small gap big enough for a small slit blade to fit through.
So, I could see a range that was just as big as one fist. Calian’s own mana flowed as if covering the flow of mana that formed Danu’s shield. He moved in the same manner as Danu’s mana and allowed his mana to seep through it.
Haven’t you tried adding aura to mana, mixing aura with magic, and manipulating mana and magic arbitrarily so much that you’re already sick of it? Because I was born again and have survived until now with just one talent.
Oh, of course.
– …… Kugung…
I said I was used to it.
I didn’t say I was good at it.
– Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Crashes still happen.
Calian has not yet resolved the conflict between the magic power and aura within his body. So wasn’t Kalian putting off the big burden of the moment by giving the new circle a space large enough so that the two wouldn’t have to clash?
Since he is such a Kalyan, how could he have just realized his ability to integrate his own mana with Danu’s mana?
– Ugh…
I just say, “I don’t know, let it all go to waste” and leave it alone.
– Cooung, boom… Coo goo goong…!
Kalian’s mana fluctuates, unable to mix with Danu’s mana, which has a different nature.
Danu’s mana tangled in it flows together. It swirls endlessly and begins to push back against the forces that have not assimilated with me.
I left it alone.
I left it shaking in all directions.
– Excited!
Instead, I worked diligently on other things.
For reasons such as those that bounce off due to unstable collisions or those that refuse to blend in and escape, all of the unclaimed mana that was freed from the power that guided me was taken away. He sent it back to Danu’s shield and repeated the same thing.
The time was so short that the elves, who were still unable to approach from a distance, could not even swallow a single dry spit. He did so for a split second, barely enough to blink his sharp, light purple eyes.
After that, he unleashed his mana once again.
He spread his mana as much as he could between Danu’s and Danu’s. He took control of Danu’s mana that was widely spread around him. He held on to it and continued to create collisions. Absorbed it again. Since this was happening in the protective shield surrounding Danu, the aftermath of the collision would be felt by Danu. So that wasn’t something Calian had to worry about.
– Kuung… Kuung!
He dispersed the power of the great desert warrior who knew how to use magic, grabbed the auror sent out by the harpy, and extorted it in the same way as the mana block used on Zeon was restored to inactivity.
Danu’s mana.
It wasn’t long before Danu, who had been watching Kalyan’s remaining tricks, spoke up.
“I told you. You cannot harm me.”
“Remember and tell me about the time when my hand cut off your roots.”
“I warned you. I have no reason to continue tolerating you.”
“Then my ancestors will also lose their understanding of you.”
“Why do you have to do this?”
“Why are you asking that?”
Danu, who was said to have the utmost patience and never harm anyone, pierced his right shoulder and held the sword while offering one shoulder to Danu’s branch.
I lifted it up.
I stubbornly raised my right hand and grabbed the sword. I gathered all the aurors that would create hundreds or thousands of blades.
“You scratched it.”
– Coogung…!
– Ugh, wow!
“me.”
– Wow…!
I swung my right arm, which I deliberately raised.
– I’m crying!
The accumulated blood poured out from the wound on the shoulder where Danu was forced out of the branch.
Of course, that didn’t matter either.
This condition can be cured by eating raw oysters and sleeping for a day.
– Kugugoong… Uuuuuung!
I cut down all the branches of Danu that were extending back.
Thick drops of blood bounce back as long blue-silver hair gets tangled in the wind. He gathered his magic power without even paying attention to his deep wounds.
I somehow caught the energy of the red aura that was scattering like a wildfire in the path of a storm. After putting all the magical power of the wind into the red blade, he slashed it at Danu as if he were swearing.
– Quaaaaaaaa!
The sword was inserted as if driving fangs into an open wound. The claws of the generous beast that had endured so far were thrust through the gap in the protective shield that had been painstakingly opened.
Not just roots, but thick stems. Not the transparent branches and beautiful leaves that can be dropped at any time, but in the middle of the thick trunk.
– Kagagagak……!
– Coogung… Coogung Coogung!
– Kwasik!
I put my sword in like that.
– Rumbling….
– Paaaaaa!
A light bursts out so bright that it is difficult to open your eyes.
So Calian laughed.
As if revealing hidden fangs.
* * *
– It’s noisy.
– Oh, can you hear me?
– well.
– I didn’t expect to hear it. How amazing.
– so. What on earth is my brother doing now?
– Chop a tree. To take out the peas.
– …… cheer up.
– yes.
* * *
Chase did that.
‘Bern. If you need to talk to someone you can’t communicate with, don’t try to force the conversation.’
Anyway, beat up the bastard who can’t communicate and have a look.
‘When words do not match each other’s eye level, no matter what you say, it will eventually fall on the other person’s ears. So first of all, try to get the other person to look at you properly. If we stand at the same eye level, conversation will occur naturally.’
‘Yes, brother. I’ll take it to heart.’
If you get hit, it hurts, and if you get bruised, it hurts. When it hurts, it feels unfair, and when it feels unfair, it tends to glare at you.
As we looked at each other like that, it was impossible not to continue the conversation. So, there is nothing wrong with what Chase said.
‘……Did I understand this correctly?’
‘That’s right. understand.’
‘But I don’t know why I’m feeling so anxious again.’
‘Brother, you don’t trust me too much.’
‘How can you not believe it? He is my only younger brother in the world.’
‘Then why do you have such ugly eyes?’
‘no. Just go and do your work.’
‘yes.’
It would be necessary to hear Chase’s opinion in depth to see if he really meant it that way, but in any case, Bern understood it that way and understood it well. I engraved my heavenly brother’s words deeply in my heart.
“Danu.”
Even now that I became Kalyan.
“Come out. Don’t hide.”
It was different from the past, when a root was struck by an attack intended to cut off all of the organs. On that day when, fortunately or unluckily, he was attacked, it was clear that Danu persevered and overcame it. But this time was different.
Of course, the fact that Danu persevered does not change.
In any case, if he wants to, he will have the ability to swing that branch again or trap Calian somewhere inside him and not release him until he dies.
The only thing that was different was the eye level.
Kalian clearly removed Danu’s protective power and sent an attack through it.
“Do you think I am being patient with you out of fear?”
It must have been surprising and upsetting to see someone who was considered a mere human tolerate barking and biting with his own generosity.
About the situation where you were injured by a sword handed to you by a mere human.
“And you Danu.”
The sunlight disappeared and a new light appeared.
The countless elves who had been watching until now were no longer visible. The distant sea disappeared, and the thick smell of salt also disappeared.
Calian, standing upright and alone in the space where Danu was suddenly dragged into, responded. The bleeding had stopped, but my shoulder was still throbbing.
“Do you think they understood me because I was afraid of old trees and things like that?”
Three stairs.
I remember Randel, who knew that Calian had many uses, but ultimately thought it was a good tool that could be just placed three steps down and looked down.
A rose.
I remember the time when Kalian showed interest in what he said about roses blooming, but ended up not looking at him properly, so I plucked his roses and had our first conversation.
There is a clear difference in degree, so if Cornbeard hears this, he will definitely dislike it and get angry, but in any case, it reminds Danu of the old Randel. Of course, that didn’t mean Randel caused such extreme irritation, but the resemblance was not out of the question.
“I told you. You said it wasn’t a big deal either.”
“With that kind of faith, is it so unhesitating to cross my line?”
“If he had been hit by anything, he shouldn’t have been hit by my sword. The bastard who couldn’t block one of my swords and attacked again today because he was scared… forgot what I did just now and said he was patient and crossed the line. “You shouldn’t even talk.”
So, I dealt with Danu just like I did with Randel.
I treated Danu just as Chase had told me.
“An incompetent bastard who couldn’t even protect himself properly dares to take someone into his hands and use them as he pleases.”
He dragged Danu down to where he was standing.
In this way, I was at eye level with Danuwa. Only after doing that did I try conversation.
“So are you teaching me?”
“Who is teaching whom? If you are a bastard who understands and cannot understand, you have already said it verbally. If you cannot understand and understand, then why should you teach him?”
Danu didn’t answer.
Then why on earth are you doing this to me? You’re probably thinking something like that.
“Tell me what you ordered Whitlin to do. Tell me what your relationship is with Zeon. Tell me what weakness they caught that made you so obedient to your personality that they opened the path to the forest. Tell me what you were planning to use the Harpy Magic Stone for. Your Grand Elder. “I’ll send you a personal apology for what happened in Kairisis and Whitlin. Don’t get us into your own way again.”
Therefore, Kalian only spoke about what he hoped for.
“And give me my brother.”
Without leaving out the most important thing.
