Academy’s Genius Swordmaster - Chapter 217

217. Reunion

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“Elthea.”

Ronan’s mouth fell open. The silver hair and ruby-studded eyes were a feature I could never forget, even if I had only seen it once. Adeshan asked in bewilderment.

“…Does anyone know?”

“Perhaps.”

“Ro Ronan? Where?”

Ronan didn’t answer. He moved like a sardine dazzled by the devil’s lamp.

met. We finally met.

Elcia and Ronan’s eyes met as they suddenly turned their heads. Standing still, he put his hand to his mouth and shouted.

“Elcia! I’m here to see you!”

The voice that had crashed into the cliff echoed and resounded. Upon hearing her name, Elcia raised her eyebrows. She stopped the hand that was stroking Hylan.

– Pyoo oh oh!

Suddenly, Hiran spread his wings and took flight. A strong wind blew through the body, but no one except Adeshan paid any attention. Ronan approached her and explained the purpose of his coming to the Sea of Wraiths.

“My name is Ronan. The building in the sky…what was it? I came after looking at the map in Dreemur. I don’t know who left it, my father or you…”

A fairly good explanation followed. It contained only brief and essential information, so even Adeshan, who was hearing the story for the first time, could understand the context. Whenever she unintentionally heard the secrets of the world, her shoulders shrank.

“I thought something like that would happen in the sky…”

However, Elcia didn’t show any reaction other than blinking her eyes. It was to the point where it was suspected that she had secretly replaced it with a wax figure.

It was a car that I was contemplating whether I should use an aura to pull it, even if it was somewhat rude. Suddenly, Elcia turned her back and started walking. Ronan’s eyes widened.

“Wait a minute!”

Reflexively drawing his sword, Ronan activated his aura. The sunset-colored beams of light shot toward the cliffs mixed with the polar lights, creating a surreal landscape once again.

However, Elcia had already disappeared over the cliff. Ronan inserted the knife and set Aradan’s body down on the floor. His mana-enhanced thighs swelled to burst.

“Damn it, I can’t miss it like this.”

“Ro Ronan!”

bang! Ronan leaped from the spot, leaving behind the embarrassed Adeshan. I don’t know why they called them and avoided them. This time I had to catch it.

“Shit, when did you get there?”

Ronan, who reached the top of the cliff with only five jumps, let out a sigh. Elcia’s back was already so far away that she couldn’t see it properly. Footprints at regular intervals marked the path she had walked.

“Stop!”

Common sense made me wonder if that speed was possible, but there was no option other than honest pursuit. An unexpected chase ensued. bang! bang! Every time Ronan jumped off the ground, large pieces of ice bounced up.

The bizarre pursuit continued for nearly an hour. Strangely, the distance with Elcia did not narrow. I thought I had caught up with them, but when I came to my senses, I was already far away.

The scenery of the icy sea was quickly passing by both sides of my field of vision. Ronan, who was trying to leap again, stopped on the spot.

“Hee-euk… what is it?”

Elcia was nowhere to be seen. The footprints that were supposed to be left on the snow were all gone. Breathing out, he clutched his forehead.

“There’s no way this can’t happen…”

I was able to take pride in not taking my eyes off of him even once. It was impossible to miss. It is even more so that even the footprints that were fine disappear.

It was in the midst of Ronan’s drool at the strange phenomenon. A voice came from behind me that sounded like I was about to catch my breath.

“Okay, got it…!”

“Adeshan.”

bang! Finally landing next to Ronan, she got on her knees and caught her breath. My speed was slow because I was carrying two backpacks on my back.

“sorry. It is very important.”

“Haaa… no. Things like that happen, too. Why did you suddenly stop?”

“Elcia is gone. It can’t be like this.”

I tried swinging my sword in the air, wondering if it was illusion magic. But nothing happened except the sound of the blade cutting through the wind. Adeshan, who was fiddling with her frozen hair, opened her mouth.

“Hmm, it looks like you tricked your eyes with magic. Would you like to swing your sword? Because you can cut mana.”

“I just tried it and nothing happened.”

“okay? It’s strange… I can definitely feel the mana surrounding it.”

The way Adeshan muttered was full of conviction. Ronan’s face became more serious. If she said that, there must be a reason.

‘Is it a different type of magic than before?’

Shall we try one more time? Ronan, who took a deep breath, sharpened his senses. In the gradually widening and clearer field of view, I began to see things that I had not seen before. The same traces of mana he had seen in his father’s room were shining bluish on the ground.

‘This is…’

Sparsely connected traces were swaying like a bonfire, gathering together at a distance of about three steps. If it had been before Haeju, his energy was so weak that he could not even detect it.

I seemed to know what to do. Ronan, who had strode forward, plunged the tip of his sword into the core of mana without delay. hooked! With the feeling of dipping a sword into water, the surrounding scenery began to change.

“under. It’s real.”

Ronan chuckled. The landscape of the ice field subtly changed, and Elcia’s footprints, which had been cut off, reappeared. A right-angled triangular structure that looked like the entrance to a facility appeared not far away.

Elsia was standing in front of him. If there was one problem, it was the translucent turtle that appeared last.

The red turtle that stood between Elcia and the two of them was huge, like five ogres gathered together. The shell protruded like a burial mound and was blazing like hardening lava.

A head resting on a long, wrinkled neck was looking down at the two of them. Seeing this, Adeshan screamed in fright.

“That one!”

After diligently taking animology classes, she knew. The turtle in front of him was Bayardo, a high-ranking flame spirit. An incarnation of fire that can burn a village or a mountain just by yawning.

Most elementals, if not as high as Hiran, were of such a high level that one could not even make eye contact with them. Is that also the spirit that Elcia commands? Bayardo, who had been looking down at the two, opened his mouth.

“Ahhhh…”

“Fuck.”

Ronan spat out a curse. Dark red flames were seething deep within its huge throat. He shouted as he blocked Adeshan’s way.

“Damn it, get down!”

“Yes!”

Adeshan did just that. At the same time, flames poured from Bayardo’s mouth. Wow! The fire, thick like a liquid, was made of pure mana.

Ronan drew his sword and set it upright at the same time. Wow! The fire split left and right and passed beside the two of them. The heat hit Ronan and Adeshan so much that they couldn’t open their eyes properly.

“Keuuuk…”

It was difficult to open my eyes properly. At that moment, Ronan realized that it was this turtle that had burned Barca’s secret army. Bayardo burned them, and Hiran took care of them, including evolution.

“…what the hell are we going to do now?”

Bayardo seemed unwilling to stop spewing fire. Ronan gritted it. I don’t know what the intention was, but if it was just a joke, it would have gone too far.

“Do it in moderation!”

In an instant, La Mancha’s blade was dyed bright red. Ronan, who spurred forward, swung his sword across the lot in front of him. Poo-! The sword flew through the flames and hit Bayardo’s face directly. The crescent moon that split his flat face in half came out through the back of his head.

“Muuuuuu…”

Kung! Bayardo’s huge body tilted and collapsed. Just like the flames, the body made of pure mana became particles and disappeared. Ronan hurriedly turned around and asked Adeshan by the shoulders.

“Adeshan are you okay?!”

“Ugh. are you okay.”

Fortunately, there appeared to be no injuries. Called by name out of nowhere, she blushed. When Bayardo disappeared, Elcia appeared behind him.

“What is this bitch doing with me now…”

Ronan was about to shout as he grabbed the hilt of the sword. Suddenly, Elcia lowered her head. A beautiful voice flowed from under the white hair.

“nice to meet you. Ronan.”

“…do you know me?”

Ronan’s eyes widened at the unexpected reaction. It was a polite attitude, as if treating a superior. Elcia raised her head and continued.

“yes. I’ve known you since you were born. And congratulations on passing the test brilliantly.”

“test?”

“yes. What you just went through was the process needed to prove your identity. Anyone who inherits his blood will be able to find and cut mana that others cannot see. It is my role to guide you, who came all the way here in search of answers.”

Elcia said she had been waiting for Ronan to come for a very long time. That seemed to account for his lack of hesitation or pretense in his words and actions.

I explained that the illusion magic and the fight against Bayardo were all part of the test. It seemed that there was no malice in speaking quietly. Ronan sighed lightly and pointed to Adeshan behind him.

“For whatever reason, it doesn’t matter. He wasn’t hurt either.”

“yes?”

“It’s fortunate. If things went wrong, you would have died here.”

The tone was calm, but the momentum was not. Elcia’s eyebrows twitched. A tinge of blood that made his fingertips tingle was oozing from Ronan.

After all, blood can’t be deceived. She muttered a little to herself and lowered her head again.

“…forgive the rudeness. I was only concerned about Ronan-sama’s test, so I couldn’t care about my companion.”

“I’m fine now. Anyway, what is this building doing?”

Ronan raised his head and looked at the triangular structure. A metal door of unknown material hung on a surface perpendicular to the ground. For some reason, it gave off a similar impression to the ruins I saw in Dyinhar. Elcia said.

“It’s a warehouse where plant seeds were kept.”

“seed?”

“yes. It is one of the ruins built during the most brilliant period of the world. It was built to prepare for destruction, but in the end it was never used. Now that I’ve remodeled it…”

Elcia suddenly dragged her words. It was like someone who unintentionally talked about a painful past. A damp gloom crept across her beautiful face. Eventually, she stopped talking and turned her back.

“…The introduction was long. follow me at once I have someone to meet.”

“Who should I meet?”

Instead of answering, Elcia operated the mechanism attached to the iron door. On the square metal plate, buttons with numbers from 1 to 9 were closely attached.

Beep beep. When Elcia pressed the buttons in a specific order, the entrance opened. A long, narrow staircase led down to the ground. The left and right sides of the stairs were lined with round lights at regular intervals, much brighter than torches and easier on the eyes. Ronan tilted his head.

“Is that a magical light?”

“no. It is a product made by modifying a material called a light emitting diode. This is also a skill that has been put into practice.”

“Light emission…yes?”

I couldn’t understand what the hell was going on. The two of them followed Elsia. Ronan, who saw the iron gate from the side, exclaimed in amazement.

“What is so thick?”

The door made of an unknown metal seemed sturdy enough not to distort even if the dragon stepped on it. Adesyan, who was originally interested in such things, was also shining brightly next to him.

“Wow…”

Anyway, the three of them continued walking. It took almost 20 minutes just to go down the stairs. After passing through about three of the same iron doors as the one at the entrance, this time a large and wide hallway appeared. It was as bright as daytime, and it seemed like the luminous thing I was talking about was used here too.

“Elcia. I have something to ask you…”

“Later. Meet him first.”

I had 50,000 questions, but Elcia didn’t respond to any of them. To all the questions, the only answer that I would talk to after meeting someone was cold.

It was good that the story was developed around the main topic, but I also thought that this was too urgent. Greet them as they please, test them as they please, drag them into the basement as they please.

‘I’ll explain later.’

However, there was nothing else to do, so Ronan silently followed her. Would it have taken another thirty minutes? Elcia, who had stopped in front of a certain gate, looked back at the two and said.

“Now we are all here. Never make a fuss or touch anything.”

Ronan raised his eyebrows. It was different from the ones I had seen so far. The size is much larger, and the fact that it is attached to it gives a strong impression that it contains something important.

Elcia operated the button on the wall. Push-Ik…with the sound of wind escaping, the thick iron door opened to the left and right.

A white gas of unknown composition leaked out like mist. Seeing the scenery inside, Ronan and Adeshan’s eyes widened.

“This…!”

There were all sorts of mechanical devices in the square-like room. A bluish glow filled the space. Various lines crawling across the floor like the roots of a giant tree. A blue halo leaked from a glass tube in the center of the room.

A man was floating inside the glass tube filled with liquid. I couldn’t see his face because he had his back to the door, but his back was surprisingly familiar.

‘no way.’

I suddenly got goosebumps. Ronan’s heart started beating fast. Elcia, who closed the door, opened her mouth.

“Greetings. Our eternal savior and creator of Nebula Klazie. And…”

She dragged her horse for a moment. It was only a moment, but it felt like an eternity. She smeared saliva on her lips once more and continued.

“Ronan is your father.”