Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 30

Episode 30:

Hassan,

that time.

“Miss, is it okay for me to just let that person go like that?”

Chen looked at Isabelle with a concerned face.

While working with Elric all this time, I recognized his skills, but I was secretly quite wary of him, whose identity I still didn’t know.

“You say you’ve been secluded in the mountains for too long, so you’re going to find out news from outside.”

“But…”

“If you were that concerned, shouldn’t you have gone with Chen?”

A very sharp tone of voice.

For a moment, Chen was speechless and could not say anything.

Isabel sighed deeply as she looked at him like that.

In fact, it was because I knew why Chen did not follow Elric. It may have been because he was concerned that Cheongrang would appear while he was away.

But after what happened in Yeti Plateau, Chen’s overprotection was becoming too much.

So much so that even she felt burdened.

“I know what you’re worried about, Chen. However, you must keep in mind that excessive worry and doubt can only limit your actions.”

“…No shame, lady.”

Chen bowed his head.

However, Isabel did not miss the fact that Chen’s eyes still did not change.

“Chen… do you still think there are Ganja among us?”

For a moment, Chen’s eyes wavered.

“also. “You still have that thought.”

“sorry.”

“no. In fact, considering what has happened so far, it is enough to be suspicious.”

Until now, Team 6 of Blue Lang had been following Isabel and her group like ghosts. In some cases, the road they were planning to pass through was occupied in advance.

There were many situations that were too absurd to simply assume that the tracking ability was excellent.

“But like I said, I don’t think what Chen thinks.”

“So you’re saying it makes no sense for Team 6 to wander around Yeti Plateau?”

“that’s right. If there really was ganja among us, would it have taken so long?”

“However, due to the nature of the terrain of the Yeti Plateau, it is difficult for Ganja to secretly leave a secret message. Otherwise, they might have accidentally killed Ganja before that.”

“Maybe so. But isn’t it a bit too much to say that Rick is a ganja?”

There was no need for them to plant new ganja even at the cost of sacrificing 6 trillion won.

“…I’m not making a conclusion, but I’m saying it ‘may be’. There is nothing to lose by being cautious, right? Moreover, it is not only Paul Weil who is targeting the main family. Black and white, red, potato, green and gray… Aren’t all seven lions the same as enemies? “They won’t want to miss this opportunity.”

He has no intention of breaking his stubbornness at all.

He was too maverick.

Isabelle no longer had the confidence to persuade him.

Right now, just thinking about how to deal with my uncle was giving me a headache.

but.

Still, it seemed like something that needed to be addressed before ending the conversation.

“Maybe what Chen said is right. But keep one thing in mind. “If you doubt Rick, that means you also doubt my decisions.”

If Elric is Ganja planted by someone else, there is a high possibility that problems will arise in the future.

But that didn’t mean there was nothing they could do.

Right now, I needed to put out the fire urgently, so I had to trust Elric.

And above all.

‘I trust Him.’

Isabelle decided to believe what Elric saw.

Firm and determined eyes.

It was clearly an eye that only those who had taken the risk could have.

Isabelle thought that she had a clear eye for seeing people.

Therefore, I never even thought that among the people I worked with was Ganja.

“…All right. It may be a presumptuous question, but may I ask how you judge this man, Rick? “In fact, if it’s not Ganja, he can be seen as a mercenary who only cares about money, right?”

At that moment, an image of Elric calling himself ‘customer’ appeared in Isabel’s mind.

Eat!

I started laughing without realizing it, but then calmly shook my head.

“no. “That was probably done on purpose.”

“What do you mean by that…?”

“From the beginning, he helped us for nothing. In the first place, it means that he is a righteous person with a strong sense of justice. Wouldn’t you have thought that a person like that was an escort?”

“then?”

“They realized who we were right away and deliberately created an atmosphere so that the word ‘request’ could be said. “They act like mercenaries who make money.”

“…!”

When a person from a martial family receives help from someone, from an outside perspective, it may be seen as meaning that he or she lacks strength.

It becomes a fatal weakness.

But what if you made a ‘request’ and were saved?

The story is completely different.

This means that they recognized the talent of a talented person early on and used it as their full force right away.

That too becomes the power possessed by the warrior family.

“You deliberately disparaged yourself because your family’s reputation could be tarnished.”

“ah! “Such deep meaning!”

“…hmm!”

Ed, who had been listening in silence until now, looked moved.

Chen also looked surprised, although his doubts were not completely erased. It sounded really plausible.

Isabelle also looked very excited as she spoke.

“Perhaps the reason you went outside now was to check the surrounding terrain. “Isn’t it widely known that wizards, or sorcerers, take their surroundings into consideration when deciding where to live?”

Ed nodded in agreement. Chen also had nothing to say to refute this, so he just bowed his head in silence.

“and…!”

Isabelle wants to add a little background information about Elric.

Kukukuk!

At that moment, the inn shook violently.

There was an earthquake so loud that all the food and dishes on the table fell to the floor, and a huge explosion was heard outside.

Isabel and others managed to keep their balance and turned their gaze towards the window.

There was a huge fire burning outside.

“Fire! “Fire!”

“OMG! My house…! “My store!”

“Andrew! “Where have you been Andrew?”

Several stores were engulfed in fire and people were running around in a hurry. Some people fell to their seats and tried to jump in to rescue the baby at home, but others were caught by the villagers and struggled.

A truly untidy sight.

Anyone could see that it was definitely not a case of confusion caused by natural combustion.

“This…!”

Isabelle’s wide eyes fluttered.

“Miss, you need to leave immediately! Come on!”

Chen was the first to assess the situation and pulled Isabelle’s arm.

“but…!”

“If this is really Cheongrang’s doing, then they would want it to stay like this! “It is heartbreaking to see the damage suffered by citizens, but in times like these, you must remain calm!”

But Isabel couldn’t take her steps away hastily.

My legs were shaking.

I felt like I wanted to collapse at any moment.

From the Georyong Mountains to this city, how many people are being sacrificed because of him?

If it weren’t for him, he destroyed their home where they would have led a normal life….

I hated Cheongrang and I hated my uncle.

Are these ordinary people invisible to his eyes?

How high up are you sitting that you don’t even feel the need to look down?

Kwakwakwak!

Kukuku-

“Miss!”

There was a bigger explosion.

The fire was spreading to the inn where they were.

Chen and Ed’s complexions turned pale.

Isabelle still stood silently and watched the scene unfolding outside the window.

My teeth clenched.

Along with the lethargy, irritation and anger welled up in my chest.

I wanted to go out like this and yell at them to stop doing useless things because I’m here.

On the other hand, I felt strongly that I no longer wanted to submit to such trash.

If you have the strength.

As long as you have talent.

I should be able to defeat them and stand up proudly…!

Like Elric.

‘Why me!’

That was when Isabel’s fists clenched.

“Miss, it’s dangerous…!”

Suddenly, for a moment, the window became brighter. The temperature in the room was soaring that it felt like it was burning.

Beyond the window, a fire was heading toward Isabelle. It was so fast that Chen’s shouts and everyone else’s screams were all drowned out.

Then.

A chilling white curtain came down and covered the fire.

That look.

In Isabel’s eyes, it seemed as if light was shining in this direction from the sky.

Kwaaaaang!

The fire did not hit the inn.

The pure white curtain became a storm consisting of dozens of branches, tearing the fire to pieces and quenching the remaining embers.

And the successive snowfalls completely silenced even the remaining flames!

“Rick!”

Isabel knew who the owner of the snow was, so she opened the window wide and shouted his name loudly.

On top of a half-burnt roof in the distance.

Elric was standing proudly, looking down at the green orchids surrounding him.

The figure standing in the very center of the stage, with black ash fluttering, white snow flakes, and transparent ice cubes and red embers flying together.

It was so magnificent that it made my heart tremble just looking at it, as if I was looking at a sacred painting depicting a legend.

so that.

Isabel had that thought.

I don’t know when it will be though.

Although it may not be possible in a lifetime.

He said he wanted to somehow stand next to me.

* * *

“It’s not enough for these bastards to behave like shit once, they keep acting like shit?”

Badduk!

Elric stood on the roof of the tallest building nearby and ground his teeth.

Because the center of the city as far as I could see was completely in ruins.

From the collapsed walls to the blackened frames of buildings…

Obviously, the fire had only lasted a short time, but perhaps because of the violent explosion, it was difficult to find any intact areas.

In fact, the place where he was standing was half demolished and not in very good condition.

In particular, the victims who had lost their homes and families in an instant looked at him with devastated expressions.

Elric couldn’t help but become even more angry as he watched the blue langurs gathering around him, emitting a sinister force.

『They come to me without knowing that they are going to die.』

Mephisto burst into laughter as he looked at those people.

As someone who was connected to him psychically, he couldn’t help but know how angry Elric was.

『Mervinger’s anger… may be usually quiet, but once it explodes, it rarely subsides.』 He

knew it very well because he had once confronted Mervinger.

Unlike ordinary humans who usually make mistakes when they lose their reason, Mervinger actually becomes colder, harsher, and stronger when he does that!

“【Opening of arms】.”

The magic that had been memorized for a moment was temporarily released, and the magic power was amplified and vitality returned.

A magic field spread out in all directions and took control of the area. Every grain that occurred there was felt in my mind.

The two leaders of the Blue Lang, Beskov and Simonan, quickly overpowered Elric and tried to ask where Isabel was, but for a moment they were startled by the chill running down their spines.

They instinctively felt that they had been misjudging something all along.

but.

“【Blow】.”

Elric was activating the seal of cruelty as he fell down the roof.

The snow is blowing and falling.

A shower of ice fell.

Wizard who swallowed talent