Episode 409. Four days, time to reciprocate (1)
The seed of the world tree.
The size of the sprout is as big as the size.
One new chick is lightly enough to hold.
“I like how cool it is.”
Prosnax moves its beak.
We must faithfully carry out the orders given by the Dark Dragon.
Prosnax showed mercy to humans.
“You may concentrate on inspecting Antonium. The buds of the World Tree will be examined by me and the cheeky dragon knight. Are you confident, brave knight?”
“…yes.”
Skaarl nodded with a porcupine.
Nam Tae-min was dumbfounded.
I murmured as I turned around abruptly.
“Scalar, that one is also whimsical. He said he would be happy to die if he could meet a dragon someday. Why are you like that now when the dragon is right in front of you?”
The only person who could answer that question was Skal.
Skaarl glanced at Prosnax.
Rather, if it was in the form of a dragon, he would have gladly obeyed the command.
however.
majestic.
Where is the dragon in fantasy and a chick?
What is this snarky tone even?
But it was an undeniable reality.
[Class Quest: Dragon Blood]
Dragon Knight, if you want to climb a dragon, smell like them. Only pure dragon blood can make that possible. Drink dragon’s blood and be recognized as a fellow countryman who shared blood with them.
– Acquire hemolysis. (Optional)
-Build a relationship with Bingryong Prosnax. (optional)
The system does not lie.
The newly added quest objective is that talking chick.
It says Bingryong Prosnax.
“For now, try rubbing the shoulders of this body.”
“…yes.”
king of all things.
“Not cool. Okay, tell me something interesting.”
“…yes.”
fantasies about dragons.
“Tsk. You still have a long way to go on my back.”
“…yes.”
It was miserably broken.
The biggest problem is that this is the beginning of the hardship.
But did I say that even a tragedy looks like a comedy when viewed from a distance?
Nash William, the imperial palace wizard, spoke to Nam Tae-min.
“I only heard about adventurers through rumors. You seem to have infinite possibilities. You are courageous! Lord Skal will be listed in the history books of the Empire someday.”
Nam Tae-min nodded.
‘I deserve to be treated like that.’
The only hidden class dragon knight. Nam Tae-min, who had seen Skaal since the early days of the Arcana Continent, was well aware of that deceit. Nam Tae-min answered with a smirk.
“If I want to leave my name in the history books of the Empire, I will have to work hard too.”
If this is a good-will competition, wouldn’t Mr. Ho-yeol allow it?
enthusiasm springs up
Nam Tae-min was just warming up lightly.
Suddenly, Nash’s steps stopped.
“Why can’t barbarians be listed in the imperial history books?”
“No, it can’t be. It’s not like that…”
Nash’s gaze was directed to the walls of Antonium.
Shuk—
Nash continued, raising his finger.
“See? What is that? At first glance, it looks like a plant. Since when did you see something like that on the wall… I didn’t see anything like that until yesterday.”
A sensory organ closer to that of an animal than a human.
Nam Tae-min looks at the wall with a wide view.
Then it really looked.
“Does that look like a thorny vine?”
“yes? A thorny vine?”
“The sharp ones are like rose thorns…”
Maybe they are trying to hang thorns instead of barbed wire to prevent them from crossing the wall recklessly. However, considering the height of the walls of Antonium, it seemed meaningless.
Nam Tae-min touched his chin.
“Unless it lifts the ground like our commander-in-chief’s magic… You won’t be able to climb up the wall with something like a ladder. And no matter how sharp the thorns are, it’s not enough to pierce this kind of armor, right?”
“you’re right. The empire won’t come up with lax measures.”
Nash nodded vigorously. He was an imperial wizard who knew the circumstances of the empire well. That’s why I couldn’t understand the thorny vines on the wall.
“Could you please wait a moment?”
If it was my older brother or the senior mages of the Mage Tower…
he might have guessed something.
Nash sent a telepathic message.
“You want me to keep an eye on the wall?”
Banshee accompanied Hisagi.
Hisagi didn’t like it, but it was an inevitable combination.
What if Nam Tae-min or Leonie accompanied Banshee?
“It’s true, aww. So what is that vine? I want to burn it.”
…because it seemed like something out of control was about to happen.
Let’s think calmly.
Hisagi looked at the situation without being swayed by Banshee’s reaction.
“Chief Benshi Mage, can you guess anything?”
“Hmm, well.”
The eldest son of the famous wizard William family.
Banshee had no history of violating even the most demanding standards for formality. When Hisagi asked formally, Banshee also answered formally as a senior.
“Even this Banshee William is hard to understand that Antonium’s thorny vines. Listening to the return telepathy, it seems that Senior Matisse Bellier is no different from me.”
Hisagi bit his lip.
Is it an unusual thorny vine?
Not even a day has passed.
I was already starting to feel the void in Ho-yeol.
“Wait, who’s there?”
However, it seems that even the gap was expected.
Soon, Ho-yeol’s arrangement began to show its presence.
without looking at anyone
Didn’t even pay attention.
From the low-lying sewer.
“Emilio, the king of scavengers.”
“If it’s Emilio…?”
“Our king informs the temple allies of the situation in Antonium.”
“!”
The scavengers came to the scattered allies of the temple to convey Emilio’s words. If you are inside Antonium, you should be able to find information about that thorny vine without difficulty.
Soon the expected news came.
“Everyone in Antonium was eaten by that thorny vine.”
“…!!!”
The first word came out unexpectedly.
even without prompting.
Even if you couldn’t believe it, the back story continued.
“A human who touches a thorny vine turns into a rose blossom. Layer by layer, two petals sprouted from that skin and covered the body. It means that it will eventually turn into a rose flower.”
“Damn it.”
Leonie responded reflexively. Bellier, who was accompanying Leonie, also completely agreed with Leonie’s answer.
That’s because it didn’t make sense even if you looked at it from the Mage Tower’s point of view.
“Even the highest level of magic cannot transform a human into a rose. No, even if it were possible, it would consume an enormous amount of mana. But you made everyone in Antonium like that?”
Wow!
Meanwhile, Nash roughly grabbed the scavenger’s hem.
“I am serious now, Scavenger. He who is merciful may have fully trusted even you, but I mean not. So where is Emilio now?”
The scavenger caught by the collar gave a crooked answer.
“You can’t trust us?”
“Yes, how could you come from the bottom…”
“This is why the imperial palace bastards.”
“what?”
Wow!
The scavenger spat on the dirt floor.
“This is why it should have been dried to the end. Emilio risked his life to enter the imperial palace! Do you know where the thorny vines came from, the famous imperial palace wizard? Those thorny vines that came pouring out from the bottom of your imperial palace!!”
The scavenger stole the teary eye.
It had to be.
He just hid in the sewer and avoided his anger.
They saw the inhabitants of Antonium being eaten by thorns.
Because I watched carefully as it turned into a flower.
“…A thorny vine sprouted from the imperial palace?”
Seruk.
Nash’s hand, which was holding the hem of his dress, loosened. Nash raised his head and looked at the ramparts. If that was true, then the thorny vines appeared on the castle wall.
The whole of Antonium…?
“If you still don’t believe me, listen up.”
“!”
“What kind of sounds are coming from beyond the walls?”
Nam Tae-min, who was silently watching Nash’s back, was startled.
I found out belatedly.
Even if you sharpen your sensitive hearing like a beast.
I couldn’t feel any sound or presence.
“how…?”
Nash and Nam Tae-min.
Bellier and Leoni.
Single Matisse.
It was a moment when everyone couldn’t catch up.
Only.
“It’s simple, Hisagi’s apprentice wizard!”
Benschman spoke confidently.
Hisagi was taken aback by Banshee’s words.
Is that a well-founded confidence?
Or is it a habit of a senior wizard who wants to brag in front of himself as an apprentice wizard?
But is it that the eyes of suspicion don’t even come into my mind?
Bubbly.
a bold step.
Banshee approached the walls of Antonium.
“The exact cause is unknown, but Antonium was covered with thorns that turned humans into rose blossoms. Also, to find the cause, the king of scavengers, Emilio, entered the imperial palace. That means…”
Blue eyes flashed.
“This must mean Chief Lee expected even this! Indeed, the true power of the Magic Tower. Are you saying you have to foresee this much of the future in order to rise to the position of Chief? After all, the seat of chief is not easy.”
clearer eyes.
“Then the order you gave us is understandable. Do not enter Antonium no matter what happens for four days. Because we have no way to bring back humans who have turned into roses. If so… here’s the question. Hisagi apprentice.”
“…I’m listening.”
“Does this chief have a solution?”
Hisagi asked in shock.
“No way…”
Banshee let out a satisfied smile.
“That’s right, what if it was 『Reversal Magic』 that Chief Lee founded and only Lee Chief can manifest? It should be enough to break the crisis. Then another question. You may answer this time too, Mr. Scavenger.”
“…me too?”
“Contemplate Antonium. What is the hidden meaning behind the brief command given by the Chief? By the way, I am very familiar with the chief’s metaphor.”
Shrugging shoulders.
There was no discouragement in Banshee.
Because he was the one who accepted even discouragement as a positive. Banshee’s affirmation, which had added his own excuses to all applications that had been disapproved, was shining.
The moment of silence ends.
Banshi knew it and continued.
“Those thorns crawling out of the Antonium. Desperately stopping Chief Lee for four days while he was away. That is our real mission.”
“…!”
“It all makes sense.”
Bensh was questionable.
“Indeed, Nash was only part of the superficial reason.”
It’s just that my younger brother is an imperial palace mage.
Was it the reason why I was denied permission to launch?
Absolutely not.
Even if Marcelo Tower Lord thought so.
“Chief Lee has foreseen my use up to this point.”
Finally, I realized the reason why Chief Lee asked for the reason for leaving the pagoda.
The time has come for me to act.
Banshee slowly began to raise his magic power.
Hisagi hesitated.
‘Even if it’s a senior wizard, the opponent is…’
It was an unknown thorny vine that swallowed Antonium.
If Prosnax, an out-of-standard existence, joins.
the story will be different
however.
‘I won’t even be able to pay attention to the seeds of the World Tree.’
In the end, it means that there is no choice but to block the flood of thorns with the current power. Hisagi wondered. Is it possible? No matter how many senior mages there are in the Mage Tower…
“Apprentice Hisagi and scavenger-kun. Consider it lucky.”
“…good luck?”
“Because you are the first to witness my arcane magic.”
However, Hisagi was underestimating.
Arcana Continent’s best armed group magic tower.
The senior mages, who are the leaders, after the cataclysm.
Because they had never revealed their strength to the world.
As long as it has a strong ability.
Because they were well aware of the weight of that ability.
But now things were different.
Senior Wizard of Fire Magic, Banshee William.
Wasn’t there a greater justification for him now?
Before long, flames rose from Banshee’s body.
“Did you say four days?”
The heat of each syllable.
Uncontrollable flames spread throughout the area.
The thorny vines that had been climbing the walls stopped growing.
It starts to dry from the tip.
No, it starts burning itself.
A tone that doesn’t even feel light.
“In the trust of Chief Lee, who believed in me completely.”
Lord of Flames.
Flame Emperor.
Banshee William finished speaking.
“Enough time to reciprocate.”
.
.
.
Bingryong Prosnax.
The chick fidgeted with the fluff.
Is this the mage tower’s blonde-haired kid?
“There must have been a very nice person.”
“…Are you talking about me?”
“Don’t you dare interfere in my self-talk. A self-proclaimed dragon knight.”
“…yes.”
“Compared to that, you are a long way off.”
How dare you let this body feel the heat.
that kid.
Isn’t it quite different from the appearance?
