Solo Leveling: Ragnarok - Chapter 121

Chapter 121

The start of the War of Outer Gods.
Back then, Sung Jinwoo personally sallied forth to a far universe with his troops to fight against the enemies of Outer Universes.
Into an all-out war.
[And on that day……. ]
Reminiscing about the intense battle of that day, Beru calmly continued to speak.
[The dragon Kaisel and Ms. Cha Haein have not returned yet despite all these years.]
The command that Sung Jinwoo gave Kaisel was to take Chae Haein safely back to the house.
And Kaisel was never seen after that day.
At that time, Sung Jinwoo did not think much of it.
It was because they have drifted way too far from Earth for the War of Outer Gods.
When the distance between dimensions increases exponentially like this, the connection between Sung Jinwoo and the shadow soldier weakens to eventually end up being severed completely.
Just like how Beru was right now.
It is the reason why Sung Jinwoo is unable to re-summon Beru back to the outer universe, due to the ‘dimensional distance’.
If the distance is too great, mana can not be replenished and they can not be summoned either.
[As you know, young master. The shadow soldiers are summoned through a type of a ‘gate’. By using the gate, you would summon the soldiers who lie waiting in the Shadow Realm into the dimension that you’re at.]
But in the end, that gate in itself is an act of piercing through dimensional walls.
[If the distance between dimensions is too great like this, then the gate can not be directly connected. You will have to tear down the walls of multiple dimensions and fly amongst its gaps yourself.]
One of the biggest examples of that is the Monarch War that occurred back at the nonexistent timeline.
Even the mighty rulers with unfathomable strength took years to reach Earth from their dimensions.
So in those few years, the Monarchs who reached that place beforehand managed to prepare for the war from Earth.
To sum it up, it meant that the location of the war with Outer Gods was way too far from Earth.
Suho’s face turned grim after hearing Beru’s explanations.
“Then my mother back then…….”
[Yes. It would seem like while Ms. Cha Haein was on her way back home on top of Kaisel, an inevitable accident must’ve occurred. Perhaps something like a dimensional rift.]
Right.
An inevitable accident.
It must’ve been an accident that not even Cha Haein, and the dragon Kaisel could’ve avoided.
[……Back then, the skies were covered with dimensional rifts.]
Beru nodded with an equally serious face.
Unlike the heavy atmosphere, Sirka, who sat next to them listening to the entire conversation nodded with a bright expression.
“Yea! That’s why ChaCha always had the black dragon Kaisel next to her!So she’s called the Dragon priestess ChaCha!”
At that, Suho suddenly asked Sirka.
“So where is my mom- no. where is my mother right now?”
Sho’s voice cracked from the long absence of speaking out the word ‘mother’,
He felt like crying.

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Fwoosh-
After exiting the cave, the mana blizzard covered everything that could be seen.
But to ice elf Sirka, it did not bother her at all.
“Follow me. I’ll lead you to the rest of my tribe.”
“…….”
Suho’s face was filled with concern while following Sirka.
While on the other hand, Sirka was filled with excitement from finally meeting Cha Haein’s son that she heard so much about.
“I was born in this forest. This type of weather is a daily occurrence for ice elves.”
And as if to prove her statement, Sirka managed to find her way easily through the mana blizzard.
Her footsteps were light as a feather, and even skipped on top of the thick snow.
Whereas Suho’s feet continued to plunge deep into the snow.
At that sight, Sirka laughed in reminiscence
“Just like two peas in a pod. ChaCha was the same! Try spreading mana thinly over the sole of your feet.”
“Mana on my feet?”
“Yea. ChaCha struggled at first, but she caught on quickly. Since you’re ChaCha’s son, I’m sure that you’ll get it too.”
But Sirka’s expression was full of mischief.
Almost like seeing the very first steps of a young nephew.
‘It took ChaCha a long time to learn though.’
It was explained to be a simple method, but the truth was that this was not something that would come easily to those who were not ice elves.
Even Cha Haein worked diligently to learn this technique.
It would only be possible if you are able to control mana precisely with each step.
“It’s simple, really.”
The corners of Sirka’s mouth continued to flinch while she personally taught Suho.
“We of the ice elf tribe, crawl on the snow even before we can walk. So at first, we coat ourselves with mana instinctively to crawl, and then we gradually focus the area of mana…….”
“Aha. So it’s like this. I think I got it now.”
“Hm?”
Sirka, who was diligently teaching her nephew how to walk, was flabbergasted.
Suho somehow managed to stand on top of the snow.
“What? Is there something wrong?”
“Hmm. It’s not perfect just yet.”
In an attempt to cover up the shock, and to display the authority(?) of an adult, Sirka chose to criticize Suho’s feet.
“Look. See how the snow is a bit pressed? You’re supposed to be so light so you don’t leave any footprints.”
“No footprints?”

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Suho turned to see behind him.
‘It’s true! I only see my footprints!’
How interesting.
A skill that allows you to walk on snow without leaving any footprints.
Once Suho realized his shortcomings, Sirka finally managed to relax and crossed her arms.
“S,see? It could be difficult at first. But if you continue trying…….”
“Ah, like this.”
“…….”
Suho’s footprints no longer remained before Sirka could finish talking.

[‘Skill : ‘Elf’s Footsteps’ has been acquired.]
‘A new skill?’
A new look flashed in Suho’s eyes.
It must’ve been a grand technique, unlike what Sirka has been suggesting.
Sirka stared at Suho wordlessly.
“……No wonder ChaCha spoke so highly of you.”
“My mother did?”
Suho tilted his head in confusion.
“My mother spoke highly of me? There’s no way.”
Every time Sirka talked about his mother, everything seemed like a story of a different person.
After all, Cha Haein that Suho knew of, was never someone who would easily give out compliments nor would they go around town to boast about her son.
And in fact…….
‘She always tried to raise me as normally as possible.’
That darned normalcy, really…….
Thinking about it now, his childhood was the definition of ‘normal’.
His strength and stamina has always been above average, but everything else has been normal.
That was the life of Suho.
‘And my parents always seemed rather proud of that.’
Perhaps Suho tried even harder to live a normal life because of their proud expressions.
Back then, living like that has been considered normal, but thinking about it now, was out of the ordinary.
Most parents would be glad to see that their child is better than others in some ways.
[Cough. That’s because your parents desired that the young master would lead a life of normalcy and…….]
Beru popped out from the sides to retrace Suho’s childhood.
It did not last long.
“We’re here.”
Their steps came to a halt at a scenery.
This was the town of Ice Elves.
But what stole their gaze was the enormous ice sculpture in front of the town.
And surprisingly, that ice sculpture was…….
“Mother?”
[Ms. Haein?!]
Beru and Suho’s eyes widened.
The huge ice sculpture created by the ice elves took on the appearance of the dragon Kaisel and Cha Haein.

»»————-　★　————-««
5 years ago.
The Shadow dragon kaisel never managed to land safely.
It was because a dimensional rift opened right in front of them.
Kwoosh-
With the sudden gust of dimensional wind, Kaisel lost balance and turned its course.
-Kya!
Chase Haein, who was only a normal human back then, clutched the back of the dragon and screamed.
Kaisel tried best to make sure that Cha Haein wouldn’t fall, but it was impossible to escape the hold of dimensional rift.
And turning back was not a possibility as a fierce battle was ongoing from that direction.
At that moment.
The dragon Kaisel replayed the order that Sung Jinwoo gave out.
And that order was…….
‘Send Cha Haein back home safely.’
The safety of Cha Haein.
Kaisel has observed Sung Jinwoo for a while, so it wasn’t difficult to assume the priority of orders, in this case, the safety of Cha Haein.
Remembering that fact, Kaisel dived into the dimensional rift without hesitation.
There was no option in the first place.
Either you get sucked in while trying to hold out.
Or you went in yourself.
The fate would’ve been the same.
So by going in by choice, you could at least choose which dimension to be sucked into.
Thus Kaisel turned towards the rift with the most stable mana.
And the moment the rift was entered, they saw.
The blizzard beyond that chilled the bones.
And the beautiful scenery of frozen forest.
“……So that’s how ChaCha came to enter the forest that we live in.”
Sirka reminisced the scene of that day while staring at the ice sculpture.
The moment that she passed through the rift.
The moment she arrived at this frozen forest.
And the moment she met the ice elves.
Cha Haein…….
Managed to awaken the extraordinary powers that she had long forgotten.
S-Class Hunter.
That mana, which was stronger than anyone else in South Korea.
“And she saved our tribe.”
“From whom?”
“From the Ice spirits of the Echo Forest.”
Echo Forest.
The sanctuary that is said to be a place of death. A sanctuary that not even the ice elves would come out alive after stepping in.
At that moment.
Ding.

[A quest has arrived.]
A system message appeared before Suho.