Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 110

Episode 110

Ice Flower

“Elic…? Elric!”

Ralph urgently called out Elric’s name as he suddenly started running outside.

But Elric must have not heard, and he has already disappeared.

“shit! I don’t know what’s going on, but… everyone get ready now! “I’m going after Elric like this!”

Following Ralph’s instructions, the SS busily began chasing Elric.

* * *

Elric turned his back on Ralph’s voice and ran with all his magic power.

Then he quickly took out the stone tablet he had in his arms.

It was to understand how the arrangements were going.

and.

[All restrictions have been lifted.]

[Graduation from the arrangement.]

Elric had to frown.

The arrangement… was about to be completed.

The camellia god who was still sitting on his right shoulder tilted his head with an expression of incomprehension.

[Isn’t it all over anyway? There’s no need to rush like this, right?]

The mission in the arrangement is to ‘make the camellia blossom within 100 days.’

And in the process, he learned how to steal General Dong’s power.

Fortunately, Elric successfully stole the Seal of the Cold Wind from General Dong. Not only that, but he had also learned how to mix it with the Seal of Relentlessness and use it to great effect.

Is that all there is?

Didn’t the Camellia God and Otto Han go much further than expected and even successfully learned Gangseojutsu?

This alone could be considered a much greater achievement than Otto Hahn had intended, so there was no need to worry about the arrangement anymore.

but.

There was still impatience on Elric’s face.

An impatience that the arrangements should never be completed like this…

“I haven’t been able to say hello yet.”

[Greetings… yo?]

Unexpected words.

Dongbaek Shin’s eyes widened slightly.

“yes.”

[Why do you want to say hello? After all, these are just illusions… that is, shadows? Anyway, if you leave this place, you are just a fleeting phantom that will disappear without leaving anything behind.]

“I know.”

[But why?]

“I just want to do that. “Do you really need a reason for that?”

[…!]

“Even people who are not particularly close to each other say hello when they say goodbye. But you just want to leave without saying anything to King Yulho? “I could never do that.”

[….]

Elric was so naturally intelligent that he remembered many events from his childhood.

The vassals who quietly turn their backs.

Former vassal families rejecting their sister who cries out for help.

They were hunting for the family’s little remaining wealth while wearing smiling masks.

Until now, he had never shown his feelings to his sister, Hayes, but the wounds suffered by Elric, who was young at the time, were too great.

Among them, there were many people I trusted and relied on who called me ‘brother’ or followed me around as ‘uncle.’

The fact that Elric’s personality became relatively cynical and that he never forgot a humiliation he received may have been due to the shock he received at that time rather than to his family history.

If you don’t come to your senses, there are plenty of things around you that will quickly cut off your nose.

But on the other hand, Elric was relatively weak to people who opened their hearts to him.

My sister did it, Sean did it, and most recently Augustine and Giliti.

And King Yulho was like that.

-I trust people who I once recognized as ‘brothers’ to the end. Even if you’re hiding something. What reason does brother need for helping brother?

Even though I couldn’t help the person who called me ‘brother’ without hesitation, I still wanted to say goodbye.

That is.

Even if it becomes an illusion that no one will remember.

[…So, if the woman I saw was Mervinger, I couldn’t leave even though I was so offended.]

While the camellia god muttered to himself and smiled bitterly.

widely!

Elric was able to reach General Dong’s territory.

Kukuku…!

It seemed like the imaginary world, where everything had been arranged, was about to collapse little by little. Cracks, like broken glass, covered the entire world. A crack visible only to Elric’s eyes.

And below that.

“…Are you here?”

King Yulho was sitting frozen.

I saw many small and large wounds left here and there. The frozen castle and ice shards along his wounds showed how fierce the battle had been. Every time I exhaled, I could see ice cubes falling into the water.

He seemed to believe that it was Elric without even looking directly at where Elric was.

so that.

Elric had no choice but to swallow even more dry saliva.

Why on earth does this person trust him so much?

Even though he doesn’t seem to have enjoyed King Yulho’s favor so far.

Is this really the ‘brother’ he’s talking about?

So Elric couldn’t ask questions such as whether he was okay or not injured. I couldn’t even say the goodbye I said on the way here.

“General Dong…?”

Instead, I just asked what the win or loss was.

This is probably what King Yulho wants to say and is most proud of.

just as expected.

“under! ha ha ha! “Isn’t it obvious?”

King Yulho burst into laughter and then turned his head this way and grinned.

“This body won.”

“….”

“You didn’t think I would lose, did you?”

Elric smiled bitterly.

‘Of course’.

Really, how far does this person’s confidence reach?

Elric suddenly felt like he wanted to learn that posture.

Although others may think I am unlucky or pretentious.

For some reason, King Yulho didn’t look like that at all.

-I want to be that kind of person.

That’s all I could think of.

“Is that possible?”

“yes? Ha ha ha ha ha! There is absolutely no such thing as defeat in my dictionary. “Even though I’m not very good right now, I broke the ice and kicked him out, so it’s safe to say I won.”

Even in Yuan history, General Dong would have resigned from here.

Elric had that thought.

So, on the other hand, I also had that thought.

I want to see the fierce battle between King Yulho and General Dong with my own eyes.

But it was a pity that I didn’t have that opportunity.

Then.

“I guess you came here to say goodbye?”

Elric’s eyes widened at King Yulho’s completely unexpected words.

How… didn’t you?

“why? “Are you surprised that I guessed so accurately?”

Elric could tell.

This was definitely not something I thought about.

It was a certainty.

And King Yulho knew exactly what ‘leaving’ meant.

“Did you… know?”

“No, I didn’t know this.”

“then?”

“I suddenly found out.”

The corners of King Yulho’s mouth curled up.

“I accepted you as my ‘brother,’ but I was still curious inside. “It seemed like there was definitely a story behind wanting to learn Gangchejutsu, but it was a bit awkward to ask.”

“….”

“But I was complacent and thought that he would tell me someday. “As I continued to fight with General Dong, I suddenly saw that.”

King Yulho pointed with his hand precisely to the cracks covering the world.

Elric’s pupils shook.

“As you know, how good am I? There was a wall that had been glimmering up until now, so I jumped over it and started to see so many things I couldn’t see. And then I found out. “Of course, it’s also about you.”

Only then did Elric realize that the halo surrounding King Yulho was shining much brighter than before.

That is proof that you have surpassed the four chains, the realm of creation, and have become Superior, the realm of superhumans…!

Therefore, King Yulho seemed to have realized that the world surrounding him was ‘fake’.

“Chief…!”

“stop. Don’t say it. I’m not that curious about what happened next or about me. I am just me. “What else matters?”

King Yulho’s pupil drew an arc.

“Just focus on this moment. is not it?”

“…you’re right.”

“good. So before we say goodbye, let me ask you one thing.”

“yes. Ask anything. “I will answer everything.”

“no. One is enough. Your full name. What? “You’ve only been calling me by my first name.”

Elric took a deep breath and slowly let it out, speaking in a heavy tone.

“Elric. “This is Elric Mervinger.”

“Mervinger… That’s right. Hehehe!”

indeed.

King Yulho said he had heard of it and laughed while hitting his knee.

And as if that was enough, he stood up.

“My brother Elric Mervinger. As I promised you before I came here, you survived and saved my brothers, so I’ll show you something fun in return. “This is my parting gift to you.”

Toad, toad, toad! Every time

I

twisted my joints a little, pieces of ice that were stuck on my body fell out.

“This is exactly what was able to kick out General Dong just now.”

And then… King Yulho began to demonstrate the movements in person.

Step by step. One movement after another. Very slowly. So that Elric can remember everything so he doesn’t miss a thing.

Elric chased after him with his eyes and sixth senses wide open so as not to miss a single parting gift he gave him.

* * *

“…I hope to see you again someday, if we are meant to be.”

With that said, finally.

Paaaa!

The world of images collapsed with a halo of light.

.

.

When I open my eyes again.

“You don’t look very good.”

Elric could see Otto Hahn bursting into laughter while looking at him.

He stroked his face with his hand. What kind of expression do you think you are making right now? In fact, I couldn’t figure it out myself.

“You gained a lot. “A lot more than Dongbaek and I thought.”

“yes. But this arrangement ‘failed.’”

Otto Han smiled at Elric’s grunting words.

“Why do you think that? “I learned how to steal Donggun and obtained the true copy of Gangchejutsu that I wanted so much from King Yulho.”

“Then what do you do? “In the end, I couldn’t catch General Dong.”

If there was one thing that Elric still regretted, it was that he could not completely find a solution to General Dong.

In the end, King Yulho could not destroy General Dong and all he could do was drive him out. That too was merely a miracle achieved as one’s level advanced dramatically as enlightenment followed in the end.

‘Probably when General Dong came to visit after this, he came back much stronger and stronger than before. Because he keeps learning something.’

That was the scariest thing about General Dong.

That you don’t die.

It means that you become stronger by regenerating and improving your weaknesses based on the experience of dying once.

‘It was… a monster.’

General Dong did not have reason like ordinary demons. However, Elric was able to read the unconditional hatred towards the living from this guy.

A wonder that seeks to kill all life by freezing it.

Couldn’t we see it that way?

“Can’t we retry the arrangement?”

So Elric asked Otto Han while glaring into his eyes. The camellia god riding on his shoulder looked back with surprised eyes.

“haha. “I guess you’re not happy with the results.”

“Because I want to defeat General Dong somehow. Please give me more chances. Just a little more and you can do it.”

And if possible, I would also like to see King Yulho, even from afar.

However, I kept those words to myself.

Otto Han seemed satisfied with the winning spirit in Elric’s eyes.

But he calmly shook his head.

“no. can not do it.”

“Why do you think that? “You can do it…!”

“No, I can’t. Even in Yuan history, how could you prevent King Yulho from failing in the end? And that in just 100 days?”

Elric couldn’t argue further. My face hardened.

“King Yulho… failed?”

“okay. In the face of the crisis called General Dong, he united the disorganized beastman tribes and continued to fight against them, becoming stronger, but ultimately failed in the end. “During the reign of King Yulho, why did the beastmen make such a fuss trying to come under the wall?”

“…!”

“It is a secret history that is not well known to us humans. The empire only remembers King Yulho as an enemy who threatened their existence. Even though the real danger was beyond that.”

“….”

Elric was so shocked that he couldn’t say anything.

King Yulho was later recognized as having surpassed the superior level of today’s 5 chains. And the beast people still remember him as a hero.

Above all… Elric was close to him during the last arrangement, and he was someone whom he could now boast of knowing better than anyone else.

I can’t believe he lost like that.

I couldn’t imagine it at all.

“Of course, King Yulho continued to seek ways to reduce damage from General Dong in his own way. The barrier monument and the tail’s protection that you have seen so far are by-products that were created at that time. Towards the end of his life, he sacrificed himself and succeeded in driving out General Dong all the way to the second thousand, where he originally was.”

The longer Otto Hahn’s words continue, the more.

Elric had to keep his lips even tighter.

“But due to the aftereffects of that time, King Yulho had to close his eyes. After that, as you know, it was all downhill from the royal family.”

Elric looked back at the camellia god.

[….]

She also kept her mouth shut at this moment.

“Why was the ark built? This was because General Dong could not be stopped even a thousand years ago or 400 years ago. “The Demon God’s curse… is that scary.”

The demon’s curse.

Elric remembered the face of the demon god who breathed life into the skin left behind by the camellia god.

Otto Hahn spoke while holding his back.

“The reason why I tried to leave behind the events of the reign of King Yulho that would have happened after my death, and the reason why my descendant, Usden, had difficulty coming here and updating the necessary data was all because of you. Elric Mervinger.”

For a moment, Elric caught wind of air without realizing it.

Your grandfather helped make this arrangement?

for me?

-He did that. He doesn’t know when, but he says that someone who looks like his grandson will come and steal the ‘winter’ that covers the black snow field and bring ‘spring’ in its place.

At first glance, what the camellia god said about my grandfather came to mind.

“Based on the data remaining in the arrangement, I am allowing you to learn how to ‘steal’ General Dong. “Our goal was to be able to face General Dong, who will rise again.”

Otto Hahn’s eyes shined intensely.

“I’m trying to solve the problems that couldn’t be solved here in real life. That’s what you have to do.”

Wizard who swallowed talent