Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 123
Episode 123:
Winter War
When King Velence and his party entered Furie, what they found was the sight of a half-destroyed city.
Just a few days ago, the largest city in the Black Snowfield was already more than half destroyed and could no longer be called a city.
But when I saw the wild flowers blooming among the crumbling ruins, I felt strange.
After hearing that they had defeated General Dong, they personally captured the remnants of Fury.
Still, after seeing it with my own eyes, I felt completely different.
My spine tingled.
Is it fear or excitement? Or impressed?
It was a feeling that was difficult for them to pin down and express.
[and! It’s a flower, it’s a flower!]
[It’s spring, it’s spring!]
[Wow!]
[Can I call other friends now? Is that so?]
The winter flower gods were still wandering around the sky with excited faces, but when they spotted Elric who was capturing the beasts of Fury from a great distance away, they quickly ran towards him.
Elric also noticed them and a smile bloomed on his face.
“Are you here?”
[Yes!]
[What on earth did you do?]
[That’s right! How did you do it?]
The gods of winter flowers were anxious to hear Elric’s saga in person.
The fact that they could finally wake up other sleeping flower gods made them happy.
“Your help has been great.”
[Our help?]
[Why our help?]
All the flower gods, including the god of repair, tilted their heads in the same way. The sight was so cute that Elric burst out laughing without even realizing it.
“There was a flower scent that you guys gave me, right? With that, we defeated winter. “There’s nothing better to call the season like the scent of flowers.”
[hmm? Um…!]
[Uhmmm!]
[I don’t know what you’re talking about!]
[It just means that things went well thanks to you guys. If it’s hard to understand, just accept it.]
The camellia god lightly waved his hand as if asking Elric why he was going to explain it in such detail. For children, it was best to simply explain things at their level.
just as expected. The winter flower gods, who had been lost in thought for a moment, all had bright expressions and turned from the camellia god to Elric.
[Is that so?]
[Can you think so?]
“Yes.”
[Wow!]
[We defeated winter!]
[That’s right! We helped Elric defeat winter! Let’s go!]
[Let’s go!]
The gods of winter flowers were busy dancing excitedly among themselves again. At the same time, the scent of flowers pouring out was more fragrant and thicker than other times.
Is it because of that?
“Oh oh oh! “The gods are dancing!”
“A divine dance…!”
“What are you all doing? “Hurry up and stop offering praise!”
The prisoners all got down on one knee, bowed their heads, and began to pray.
It was the same for Fury’s beasts.
In the meantime, under the orders of King Blood and Barasen, he had no choice but to neglect the Flower Temple and even commit the crime of blasphemy by setting it on fire.
To begin with, the beast people are a race with strong animistic tendencies, including sky worship. Naturally, they had to have strong respect and worship for the flower gods, so they were all busy being polite.
The sight of countless beasts, both blood and blood, lying down on the floor and worshiping the flower gods seemed somehow pious.
The only one who looked at them with disapproval was the Dongbaek God.
[After treating them so cruelly, they still can’t come to their senses and are acting so immature… Sigh! I’m really more worried about the future.]
The camellia god sighed as the earth collapsed. I guess I’ve defeated General Dong now. I couldn’t even imagine how much more proud those children would become if ‘spring’ came and the doors to the temple of other flowers opened wide.
And the more this happens, the more the beastmen will support the flower gods.
It only caused more headaches for me to have to lead those noisy little kids.
If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have put so much effort into decorating the flower garden. I think it’s been like that since then… But there was no longer anything that could be done about the worries that Camellia God had.
Then she looked in the direction where Elric was.
[Rather, what do you plan to do now, General Dong?]
“Cold, cold wind, snow… We have gathered all the ingredients that make up winter, so shouldn’t we complete ‘winter’ now?”
Elric took out the ice crystal and examined it quietly.
When I first received it from Otto Hahn, it had been transparent enough to allow me to see the other side, but now it was filled with a milky color.
[Do you know how to complete ‘Winter’?]
“I haven’t heard it, but would I know? “Do you know anything?”
[If you say you know, you should know. If you don’t know, you should say you don’t know, right?]
“What do you mean…!”
Elric looked at the camellia god with a strange smile and tried to keep asking questions because he thought she knew something.
Kukuku…!
Suddenly, Fury had to stop talking and hastily turn his head towards the epicenter due to a violent tremor that shook the ground.
Somewhere… an alien energy was being sensed.
* * *
Following the successive surrenders of Fury’s beastmen, the Antromorph Allied Forces, including King Velence, were rapidly taking over Fury.
“…also. “That’s bullshit!”
Badduk!
Judas, who was still possessed by Andrew, or Andrew’s body, had his jaw crushed and he had to grind his teeth.
I came here in a hurry, barely able to defeat General Dong’s cold and darkness and forcibly take away the vitality of his fallen subordinates, barely able to sustain my body.
In the meantime, the whole situation has already come to an end.
To him, it was just absurd.
How long had it been for a day or two that he and his organization had worked hard to lure King Blood and get his hands on General Dong?
It was almost 10 years. 10 years.
It was here that the demons were defeated in the Great Demon War and Grigori reached out as he managed to rally his forces again.
And now, if the integration of the Blood King’s beasts was successfully completed, he would have finally been able to obtain ‘North Wind’ and ‘Hanseol’…
Mervinger intercepted them in just one morning and completely overturned them!
So I couldn’t help but feel angry.
but.
The biggest problem was that the distance was too far for his main body to come here to solve this mess.
While investigating an incident that occurred in a northern slash-and-burn village, I became involved with the Inspection Bureau and was now in a situation where I had to ward off those guys.
‘Come to think of it, I guess the reason I ran into trouble with the inspection bureau was because of that guy!’
It was as if nothing was going right because he was tied up with Elric Mervinger from top to bottom.
Regret rose up to my chin again, thinking that if I had known this would happen, I would have done it sooner.
Before that, he was a desperate person who couldn’t build up magical power, and his family was in ruins, so he thought there was no need to get the attention of the empire by touching him right away, so he left it alone.
That thought was wrong from the beginning.
‘Then there is only one way left to me.’
Judah’s eyes shone fiercely.
‘Awakening the demon planted in the Blood King.’
The good news is that at some point, the King of Blood began to become immersed in demonic nature by chasing after strangers instead of cultivating the Way.
I calculated that if I awaken that demonic power, even if I cannot retrieve the North Wind and Snow Snow right away, at least Elric will not be able to awaken its power right away.
After making that judgment, Judas took action without hesitation.
“Demon God. And demon king. Look upon us, your subjects.”
He raised his hand blades, pulled out his long nails, and stabbed them deep into his left chest, where his heart was.
Puhwaak!
Blood splattered over my chest. Thick blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. Following it, black magical energy began to leak out and spread.
The intention is to completely burn not only the demon energy of the other subordinates who had been brought in to come here, but also the demon energy of Andrew, the owner of the body.
Human sacrifice.
In performing ancestral rites, the most effective thing is the offering, and among them, life boasts the greatest value.
Since you sacrificed so much, not only your life but also your seal, how could they not like it?
“Your wish has been granted.”
Judas lost consciousness at the last moment he heard that voice. It bounced off Andrew and returned to the main body in the distance, and the offering quickly fell apart and soaked into the floor.
Tsutsutsu –
The ground turned pitch black. The color of death, which creates a completely different feeling from the ground where wild flowers used to bloom. It spread quickly like ink in a puddle of water.
And above that, the fire that had clearly been extinguished suddenly arose in a big way. Wildflowers were burned and the once moist earth became dry again. Flames rose high through the cracks that cracked like turtle shells.
Kwakwakwa!
The fire demon, which had only a red color until it was wielded by the King of Blood, now took on a black color, symbolizing demonic energy, and spread wildly.
As the flames tangled randomly, it began to take on the bizarre shape of a giant fox with seven tails.
According to Judah’s wish, Azazel granted him strength, and the Blood King’s soul responded to it, transforming him into a mystery.
Wow!
The mysterious man wearing the mask of the Blood King, no, the Blood King, let out an instinctive cry and opened his mouth wide.
Dark red flames scolded the earth and passed through Fury’s exact center.
“That, that, that…!”
“what? “Isn’t the Blood King dead?”
“I don’t know! Avoid blood! hurry!”
The prisoners began to hastily run away from the flames, fearing that they might be swept away by the flames.
[Why are they doing that!]
[The stench is terrible!]
[It stinks like a gutter!]
[It smells like Mephisto!]
The flower gods shouted in disgust. It seemed more urgent than when General Dong appeared. This was because the mysterious magical energy was so strong.
『Those…!』
Mephisto glared at them as if he didn’t like them, but the Winter Flower Gods urgently shouted at Elric.
[You can’t let that continue!]
[The black snow field will return to a snow field again!]
[‘Spring’ won’t come!]
[It’ll just be a drought!]
[You’ll end up like General Dong!]
Elric said those words. I understood that the spirit of the King of Blood would become another mystery like General Dong and would forever make the Black Snowfield a harsh environment again.
‘Somehow I felt like things were going to be resolved too easily.’
Elric quickly sent a message to Hayes, who had followed King Velence.
[sister! Lead all the beasts and get out of here!]
[You!]
[I’ll take care of it myself, so hurry up!]
Hayes looked worried at Elric, who was about to jump into danger again, but when he realized that his voice was serious, he hurried to meet King Velence and others. City leaders were advised to flee.
And in between.
Paaat –
Elric jumped out toward the mystery and took out an ice crystal.
“There are so many different things, really. There was heavy snow just a little while ago, but now it’s a drought? “Just do one thing!”
But unlike his tone of voice, his eyes were shining more seriously than ever.
‘General Dong was said to have destroyed King Hyeolmi, but now such tricks are no longer possible.’
Moreover, I don’t know what kind of trick they used, but the mystery has become much stronger than it appeared when it was alive.
I couldn’t tell if it was because I was burning my soul as fuel, or if I had some kind of mutation as I became a complete human being.
Elric realized that there was only one way to put it to sleep.
‘I tried to do more research and proceed… but this is where I completed ‘Winter’.’
The moment the thought ended.
Without delay, Elric pushed the ice crystal he was holding into his mouth.
Hwaaak –
At the same time, the seal of cruelty and the seal of cold wind spread light together, causing resonance.
“【Come, Winter】.”
A cold wind began to swirl around his body.
Wizard who swallowed talent