Episode 154 Secondary sleep phase (2)
Generoker and Valentina look at Lois sleeping.
The two smiled as they looked at their son sleeping in the cube.
“This normally chilly guy looks so gentle when he sleeps.”
“Isn’t my son so pretty?”
Lois was now quite large, reaching 17 meters in length, but in their eyes, she was still just a small, young dragon.
The two couples couldn’t take their eyes off Lois for a while.
At that time, Valentina asked as if she was worried.
“really… “Will what you say happen?”
“maybe.”
“why… … .”
I listened to Generoker and looked at the parenting diary he wrote.
Still, what Lois experienced during her first sleep phase was unbelievable.
An unknown force trying to harm his young son.
Anger welled up in Valentina’s heart.
‘What on earth is wrong with this child!’
Generoker said calmly, looking at Valentina with a stiff face.
“They say that’s Lois’ fate.”
“Even though!”
Valentina also knew it well.
This means that Lois was born with unprecedented talent.
I was overjoyed when I first found out, but my heart changed when I found out what Lois was going through.
‘If I were born normally… ‘I wouldn’t have had to go through anything like this.’
Perhaps understanding Valentina’s sad feelings, Generoker wrapped his arms around his wife’s shoulders.
“are you okay. My son is strong, right? “Even though they were exposed to such danger every time, they overcame it on their own without even asking us for help.”
Lois took care of the ordeal she faced and solved it with ease.
In some ways, it was truly an honorable thing to do, but Generoker and Valentina were very upset because it seemed like they were going to carry everything alone.
“So, I guess I should try being a parent right now. To the extent that my child cannot be swayed by fate… “Let’s help him grow well.”
“… huh. okay.”
Valentina leaned her shoulder against Generoker’s chest.
Under the warm gaze of her parents, Lois fell into a deeper and deeper sleep.
* * *
There are many hermits living throughout the Nokchi Mountains.
Hermits are equipped with basic armed forces as they lead a life in the mountains infested with monsters.
Some of them were tired of the world and came to the mountains, or they were people who left wealth and fame behind and devoted themselves to training solely for personal goals.
And in the middle of the Nokchi Mountains, in a deep place where no one can reach, there was a hermit.
Hung- Hung-.
A man engaged in swordsmanship training in a valley overflowing with waterfalls.
His body, which wielded a long sword with one hand, was so strong that it aroused admiration from those who saw it.
But what was even more surprising than his physical body was his actual age.
The man is 136 years old this year.
However, from the looks of it, he appeared to be only in his mid-fifties.
Hung- Hung-.
The arduous training unbefitting his age continued for a while.
After a while.
“Whoa… … .”
Steam rose from the whole body of the man with the sword raised.
He caught his breath and looked at the slowly darkening forest scenery.
‘Is it still…? … .’
An impatience arose in the man’s heart.
‘When on earth…? ‘I wonder if I can break through this wall.’
A shadow appeared on the man’s face.
His name is Brad Leon.
He was the former head of the Leon family, one of the marquess families of the Howard Empire.
Approximately 80 years ago, he was a famous warrior on the Spring Continent, so famous that he was called “Bread of the Storm”, and he was also a man of great standing who turned his family from a count into a marquis through his achievements in numerous battlefields.
Afterwards, at the age of 70, he resigned from his position as the head of the family to train younger students, and at the age of 100, he left his family and came to the Nokchi Mountains.
Brad gave up everything he had achieved and had only one goal.
Breaking down the wall that was blocking the 1st tier and climbing to the top tier.
Although I lived in the mountains for 36 years and worked hard at training, the wall of top tier still felt far away.
‘Is this the limit of my talent? … .’
A sense of futility filled Brad’s heart.
Thanks to reaching Tier 1, reorganizing the body, and dramatically increasing lifespan, I have somehow survived until now.
However, the increased lifespan has now reached its limit.
Unless you reach the top tier and undergo another body reconstruction, your given lifespan will end within a few years.
‘It’s a shame. It’s a shame… … .’
Even though I have lived nearly twice as long as an average human, I still have regrets.
‘If only I had a little more time… … .’
The frustration that came from realizing his own limitations was constricting him.
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He considered himself talented, and those around him praised him as a genius.
However, he could not accept the reality that he could not reach the top tier.
The frustration welling up in my heart soon turned into impatience.
“There is no way I can end up like this… … .”
And this became greed.
‘Somehow… ‘We have to find a way.’
How to extend your lifespan nearing its limit and reach the top tier.
“Whatever it takes… … .”
The moment when your head is filled with greed.
There was information that flashed through his mind.
A rumor that secretly spread among the hermits in the Nokchi Mountains.
[Near the left fang of the earth, there is a land where pure mana gathers.]
The land where pure mana gathered was a place that those who trained elemental powers visited with their eyes lit.
If you practice there, you can achieve several times more efficiency compared to the same amount of time.
However, the reason why the hermits just watched the land even though it existed was simple.
Because that place was called forbidden.
[Those who step into the forbidden area will struggle and die in pain.]
I don’t know who first spread this.
However, the hermits near the Nokchi Mountains accepted this rumor as a fait accompli, and it was also the reason that stopped people from going to Prohibition for a long time.
Brad’s face became cautious after recalling that information.
‘It is a land where pure mana gathers…’ … .’
If you continue to practice like this, nothing will change.
A light flashed in Brad’s eyes while he was thinking.
‘If you don’t reach the top tier anyway, your body will fall apart within a few years… … .’
In that case, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to believe the rumors and give it a try.
With that decision made, Brad turned and took a step forward.
Jeopuk-.
Soon his body shot forward.
The direction he is moving in.
At the end of it lay Genelocker’s rare.
A human being blinded by greed set out to find a forbidden place that no one had been looking for for a long time.
This happened one day 10 years after Lois fell asleep.
* * *
“son… … .”
Valentina looked at Lois’ sleeping face.
In just one more year, Lois’ second sleep period will end.
Valentina was relieved that the problems she had been concerned about for the past 10 years had not occurred.
“Get up quickly.”
Valentina swept away the cube surrounding her son and turned around.
With that, Valentina left, and Lois’ sleeping room was soon enveloped in silence.
* * *
A man was running up the mountain at high speed.
Crack-.
Brad’s new model, which was climbing the mountain without hesitation, stopped.
He straightened his back and looked at the towering left canine of the earth.
On the side of the sharp peak, a basin resembling a flat molar filled his field of vision.
‘There it is.’
Brad was puzzled by the sight of prohibition that he saw for the first time.
‘Do you really mean that place is prohibited?’
That land, which seemed so ordinary at first glance, was a forbidden place among hermits.
Putting his doubts aside, Brad slowly approached the ban.
“… “Is there nothing?”
The basin, which was open on all sides, felt empty.
I couldn’t figure out why a place like this was called forbidden.
Bred wandered around the basin for a while.
But no sense of discomfort was found anywhere.
‘Did I come to the wrong place?’
After that, Brad looked around for a while and shook his head.
‘there’s nothing.’
After confirming that the area was safe, Brad immediately sat down on one side of the basin.
Then I went straight into the elemental power breathing technique.
A little while after that.
“Whoa… … .”
Disappointment flashed across Brad’s face as he took a long breath.
“why… … ?”
A ban known to gather pure mana.
But to Brad, this place wasn’t much different from other places.
Fearing that he might have felt something wrong, Brad continued practicing the breathing technique.
As a result, Brad realized that his feelings were not wrong.
“Were the rumors of the ban false?”
Brad sighed.
A desperate desire for the top tier.
Because of this, they even found a ban that says you should never set foot there, even at the risk of your life.
However, the reality of the ban was not as great as rumored.
“shit.”
Brad decided that there was no need to stay here any longer and got up.
Just as he was about to turn away, a strong wind blew across the basin.
It was just a breeze, but it stopped Brad in his tracks.
“huh?”
The attribute power that Bread uses is wind.
So he could feel it.
There was something strange about the wind blowing into the basin.
There was puzzlement in his eyes.
‘The wind… has disappeared?’
Even the wind had a flow.
However, the wind blowing in the basin stopped flowing at a certain point.
Brad, who was looking closely at the point where the wind flow was cut off, waved his hand.
Hwiik-.
The wind that rose from his fingertips moved forward, and soon the flow disappeared at the same point.
When Brad saw this, a look crossed his eyes.
‘There is something!’
Bread takes a close look at the peculiarities he discovered.
‘It’s an ordinary cliff… … .’
The place where the wind disappeared was the edge of the basin, the cliff area.
If I hadn’t noticed any abnormalities, I would have just left.
He looked at the place carefully and soon made a decision.
‘Let’s go down.’
An ordinary person might not know this, but a cliff of this magnitude was not a problem for him who reached Tier 1.
As soon as he could make up his mind, he threw himself off the cliff.
The moment when I felt like my body was falling down.
widely-.
Brad’s feet touched the ground.
“Huh!”
While he was spitting out his flagship, the surrounding scenery changed.
“W-what is this?!”
Surprised, Bred drew his sword and looked around.
However, all that can be seen is a passage covered in pale light.
After confirming that there was nothing around, Brad lowered his sword.
When he was relaxed enough to perceive the situation, he was surprised by something else.
“What mana?!”
The density of mana spread everywhere was unusual.
It was so pure that it even cooled my lungs.
Davenbread’s face brightened.
Looking around, he slowly stepped into the passageway and as he walked down the slightly sloping passageway, he realized one thing.
‘The lower you go, the more pure your mana becomes!’
As if bewitched by the high purity of mana, Bread went lower and lower.
How much did it take to do that?
A huge stone gate appeared in front of him.
There was a small warning sign attached to the majestic stone gate.
* * *
Outsiders off-limits!
Miscellaneous merchants are prohibited from entering!
If you are not afraid of repercussions, come in!
* * *
Brad shook his head at the warning sign that seemed to be hundreds of years old.
‘Is it a dungeon? … ?’
Occasionally, dungeons created by ancient monks were discovered.
Although the phrase “outsiders and merchants are prohibited from entering” was a bit strange, I thought this place might also be a dungeon.
Brad was delighted at this.
‘The legend of prohibition was real!’
That meant, in other words, that danger lurked beyond this stone gate.
but.
‘We can’t come this far and back down.’
If this was a wizard’s dungeon, I didn’t know that there would be research items close to treasure, or ancient elixirs, etc.
Even if there were no such by-products, Brad wanted to go inside.
‘Even at the beginning, mana of this purity is distributed… Then, how much pure mana is gathered inside there?’
If he could make such a place his training ground, it was well worth the risk.
Brad, who quickly made up his mind, ignored the warning and pushed open the stone gate.
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