Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 73

Episode 73

: Burnt Snow Field

“I heard that humans were discovered in my country’s territory and are being transported away. Is that correct, Prime Minister?”

Chancellor Norus bowed his head in response to the question posed by Velence, the king of the city-state ‘Antromov’.

“Yes, my king.”

“But why haven’t I heard anything?”

“I decided that it was not an issue worth worrying about, so I did not report it.”

“It’s nothing to worry about! The fact that the eternal evil enemies of our race and the enemies who led our royal family to destruction have dared to trespass on national laws is not a matter to be concerned about! I am not young! “You are fully qualified to see, hear, and make judgments about these issues!”

Norus smiled bitterly at King Velence’s scolding.

‘If a seven-year-old tiger cub is not young, then who is young?’

The Heilang clan, which Norus belonged to, was a vassal family that had served the Hoin clan, a member of the royal family, for generations.

Although he was serving a master who was much younger than his grandson, following the legacy left behind by his ancestors.

Lately, I’ve had to get the feeling that it’s becoming increasingly difficult.

Not only was he old, but the political strife surrounding the young king and the city was constantly eroding his strength.

‘Plus this damn thing too.’

Exciting!

Norus quietly lowered his head while secretly grabbing King Velence’s left breast, which was beating violently as if it was about to explode.

King Velence looked a little sorry when the old vizier, who he expected would nag as usual, didn’t say anything.

Then, I asked a question that I was secretly curious about.

“so. “What about humans?”

Norus did not miss the curiosity in King Velence’s young eyes.

They talked about being an evil enemy of the tribe and an enemy of the royal family.

In fact, King Velence had a vague curiosity and yearning for the ‘outside world’, like most children of his age.

“They say there was nothing special.”

“Where do you say your hometown is?”

“I don’t know yet.”

“Age is?”

“I haven’t received the report yet.”

“How many people? “I heard there’s a wizard. Is it really true?”

“I still don’t know.”

When he said he didn’t know enough to ask the question, King Velence couldn’t help but pout and grumble.

“What on earth does the Prime Minister know?”

“I know a lot.”

“So what is it?”

“Don’t you know a lot about the fact that the king drew a map of Yoeda last night?”

“Iik! “That is blasphemy against the king!”

“this! I made a big mistake in my beliefs. Honey, I think I’ll plead guilty and resign. Please allow it.”

“Iike!”

King Velence could not bear to say so and had to pound the throne with his fist.

As always, Norus took a step back, thinking he should stop teasing the young king at this point.

“The criminals will soon be transported here to the palace. “Then try to question him directly.”

“This human is coming here?”

King Velence suddenly had a complex look on his face.

Along with curiosity about the humans he will see for the first time in his life, fear of notoriety since his ancestors, and the will to never show weakness.

‘okay. This must be it. Even though I was being eaten by this guy day by day, the reason I was able to hold on was to see this person’s future…!’

Norus secretly bit his lower lip as he watched King Velence clenching and unclenching his small fist.

‘I hope I can last 10 more years… no, 5 more years.’

Exciting!

Exciting!

As if to ridicule Norus’s promise, his heart beat more violently. Because of that, a lot of blood appeared on the back of my hand, but it finally subsided.

* * *

“The King of Antromov awaits to question you personally. “You people may be ignorant of manners, but if you show even the slightest sign of disrespect to the king, you will be summarily punished.”

How surprised I was when I heard that the Myoin woman whom Elric had personally rescued was actually the captain of the royal guard.

The Myoin woman, who identified herself as ‘Irina’, glared at Elric and the others and instructed the soldiers to bring them directly to the king.

“hmm! “My knees are already getting cold thinking about sleeping on the cold prison floor in my old body.”

“You too, brother? Me too. Huh! “What kind of trouble is this because I suddenly came to a black snowy field unexpectedly?”

Augustine and Gillity were glaring at their only student, asking when he was going to stop doing this boring act.

Elric could not see the teachers’ gaze at all.

Rather, my mind was full of thoughts that things might turn out much more smoothly than expected.

‘There were still some Tigers left, right? I can meet him from now on?’

The Tiger people, who had called themselves the ‘royalty’ of the beast people for generations, eventually became extinct due to various wars….

That was the common belief established in magic circles.

In fact, after the death of the last Tiger King, the beast people, who had frequently threatened the empire from the north, became disorganized due to internal strife, and now only remained as a foreign race.

But what if that’s not true?

‘Is this… maybe an unexpected jackpot?’

What if the integration of the Beast people has not been achieved so far even though the blood of the Tiger people still remains?

It was clearly because I lost the strength to do so while practicing the Gangseojutsu technique.

The authority of lineage will eventually fade if it lacks power.

Helping restore authority to the royal family?

At this time, how much value will rigid body technology have?

“Hehehe!”

『You’re so excited that you’re thinking of selling it for a very high price.』

Mephisto, who was already looking into Elric’s head, clicked his tongue and shook his head.

[I heard that the Baekto tribe has a habit of digging underground tunnels in gold mines. Is that correct? It is said that the Western people only collect shiny things. Also…]

『How is it that this aspect is so similar to our ancestors? Tsk!

No matter how much they have fallen, they must have a lot of heritage as they are a royal family.

Elric entered the central hall with that thought in mind.

“The criminals have been transported away.”

As Irina and the soldiers bowed on one knee and bowed, King Velence, who was sitting on the throne, nodded.

Below them, about a dozen officials were lined up and staring at them for a long time.

“It was hard.”

‘You’re a kid, right?’

I put a lot of force into my voice to appear dignified, but I couldn’t hide my youthful appearance at all.

‘But it’s cute… huh?’

I guess it must have been around seven years old?

The young Tiger King had sharp eyes and sharp fangs like a tiger, but his chubby cheeks, puffy like steamed buns, were very attractive.

I could see Hayes’s eyes, who were almost indifferent to cute things, already getting bigger.

‘What should I do with this?’

Elric was quite embarrassed.

I was thinking of selling the Gangseojutsu at a high price.

I wondered if this was the only way I could get the right price.

I didn’t think that a cute little boy like Okdongja would be able to learn Gangchejutsu right away and go on a rampage.

‘But I have to give it a try first.’

Since most of the beast people were known to be fighters, they could have tried to subdue them by force.

Since Augustine and Gillity were there, I figured that escaping wouldn’t be that difficult.

“Are you humans? We would like to ask why you, who are said to be living under the wall, invaded our territory. “You must answer truthfully and without lies…!”

King Velenze tried to proceed with the interrogation of the criminal as if he were reading a language book, but had to stop midway.

Because Elric suddenly cut off the horse’s waist.

“You said king, right?”

The minister next to the throne stepped forward.

“bloke! How cruel! “How dare you raise your head so rigidly against human subjects…!”

“You fell to the side.”

“Old man?”

“You’re going to talk to your king right now, right? If you intervene in the middle of something like this, don’t you think it would be a crime to blaspheme the king?”

“Hey, that, that…!” Goyan!”

The old minister’s face instantly turned red.

『This guy hasn’t even started yet and he’s reacting like that. Just exchange a couple of words and I’ll fall over backwards. Tsk tsk! He seems like a weakling. “The majestic beast race has become much weaker over the past thousand years,”

the minister shouted, completely unaware of the fact that because of him, a certain Great Demon King had devalued their race.

“Captain of the Guard! What on earth are you doing! “Don’t drag that criminal out right now!”

“Stop it.”

“But, O King!”

“Let me talk. okay. Is there anything you want to say?”

King Velence’s eyes were sparkling.

He could have been angry that he was cut off mid-sentence, but it was more like he was curious.

He also showed quite a bit of dignity.

‘I think this might be a little easier to persuade than I thought?’

Elric asked, curling the corners of his mouth.

“Do you know magic?”

“I’m a little interested… but it’s human technology.”

Elric didn’t miss the moment when the young Tiger King’s eyes were filled with stars, but then he glanced at the minister right next to him and barely managed to calm them down.

‘okay. No matter how great you are, there’s no way you wouldn’t be interested in magic. By the way, is that strict-looking old man really powerful here?’

The real person didn’t know what he was thinking, so he didn’t say anything.

But even he was shaken by Elric’s next words.

“Then what do you think about Gangseojutsu?”

“What is that…?”

All ministers and officials, including King Velence, reacted violently.

“If you were to sell it, how much would you pay?”

Elric threw a bomb there.

The ministers all tried to shout out what nonsense they were talking about, but Elric moved before them.

Kwasik!

The moment I applied too much force to the restraints that were binding my hands, the restraints quickly shattered and rain water fell on the floor.

“Protect Your Majesty!”

“The criminal has been released from his restraints! “Hurry and subdue it!”

While the ministers and officials were scrambling to protect the young Tiger King, Irina and the Royal Guard urgently rushed to Elric.

“Heulheul.” Now I can finally get rid of something that’s a bit frustrating. What should I do? “Would you like me to help you?”

Augustine grinned and immediately broke the restraints as if he was finally relieved of his boredom.

“no. “I will take care of it.”

“The beastmen won’t be that formidable, right?”

“But I have to sell the goods, right? And you said that you have to keep fighting to become better at magic?”

“When you’re young, it’s best to hit and fight a lot.”

“I don’t know if I’ll end up with a bone disease.”

Elric answered like that and launched himself at the SS unit that was running towards him.

As the magic power was released and the seals of cruelty and ferocity were activated at the same time, a bitter cold wave instantly filled the central hall.

He was about to sell the Gangseojutsu directly to the beastman tribe through a demonstration of force.

“Ugh! Well then. “I thought there was something strange about him coming here so quietly.”

“But now I don’t have to see Master Elric’s acting fuss anymore, right? “I am quite satisfied with that.”

“I sympathize with you, even though you are my younger brother. “It’s going to get noisy here too, right?”

Sean and Carl Hayes followed suit, casually removing the restraints one after another.

“Pahaha! “The mess is my favorite sight!”

Giliti immediately burst into laughter as she saw her disciple equipped with magic weapons.

The restraints that bound the group were of a low standard.

Meanwhile.

The Royal Guard, who suddenly exposed the one and only king to the assassins(?), were soon clashing with Elric.

Quaaaang!

Damn enemy –

The moment the fists of the soldier in the lead…no, the fighter, and Elric collided, a strong explosion occurred and the marble floor they were standing on froze, causing the ice to spread in all directions in an instant.

“Whoosh!”

While the fighter was unable to overcome the strong repulsion and took a few steps back, Elric showed no signs of doing so.

Instead,

he leaned forward and fiercely swung his five fingers bent inward.

It’s like that.

It was like watching a tiger about to start hunting.

Rigid body technique.

The appearance of Meng Hao (猛虎出present).

It was the moment when a complete body technique was revealed to the world for the first time in hundreds of years.

Wizard who swallowed talent