Episode 219
His friends were embarrassed, but Lee Han remained calm.
This was because he was acting based on valid grounds, not personal feelings.
‘As long as there is no Dergyu, the White Tiger Tower guys will never cooperate with me. On the contrary, if it causes a disturbance, it causes it. If you make a fuss in a situation like this, you could get Rock Drake’s attention.’
Yoner tilted his head at that explanation.
“But you can’t just leave it alone…”
“let’s go.”
“……”
Lee Han amplified the invisibility magic and took a step forward.
Yoner followed after him with a subtle expression.
* * *
“Everyone, don’t move.”
“Ugh… Ugh!”
The White Tiger Tower students were astonished.
I couldn’t help but be surprised when the Blue Dragon Tower students suddenly appeared out of thin air.
“Well, what is it? It was Wodanaz.”
“Actually, it’s not something to feel safe about…”
One of the White Tiger Tower students muttered.
Lee Han decided to remember the face of the guy who just muttered.
“Don’t make a sound. “If you make a sound, I will attack you.”
“I know even if you don’t say so. Wardanaz. “We are not some kind of new recruit.”
“?”
The White Tiger Tower students didn’t seem to understand the current situation.
Lee Han thought about how to say, ‘You are now subdued. If you put down your weapons and surrender, you will be treated as prisoners according to Einroguard regulations.’
“I was already looking for you. Wardanaz. “I came here because Dergyu earnestly asked me to do so.”
“!”
Lee Han paused.
Surprisingly, these White Tiger Tower students came to cooperate!
“……”
The students of Blue Dragon Tower, who realized this fact too late, exchanged glances with each other.
‘…What do we do?’
‘For now, let’s pretend we don’t know anything.’
‘Doesn’t the way we’re holding our canes look a bit suspicious?’
As soon as Lee Han gave a signal, the Blue Dragon Tower students who were holding their wands to use magic lowered their hands.
His posture seemed a bit suspicious.
I asked if White Tiger Tower students also felt a strange atmosphere.
“But Wardanaz. “Why do I have so many friends…”
“As you know, the library is dangerous.”
“So is that so?”
The White Tiger Tower students, who had been puzzled by the murderous energy emitted by the Blue Dragon Tower students, nodded as if they were convinced.
Gainando whispered, not yet understanding the situation.
“When will we attack?”
“attack?”
When Yoner gestured, the other friends quickly subdued Gainando.
Lee Han said without changing his expression.
“It was about when to attack Rock Drake.”
“Rock… attacking Rock Drake???”
The White Tiger Tower students looked at Lee Han as if they were crazy.
I knew that Wodanaz was a crazy archmage who devoted his life to all kinds of magic and visions, but I never thought he was that crazy!
‘Oops. ‘I made a mistake.’
I was in a hurry so my excuse came out a bit strange. Lee Han quickly explained.
“It didn’t mean that they would necessarily attack Rock Drake, but rather that they would attack when it was truly unavoidable.”
“Yeah…yeah.”
“Ooh, you’re going to do it when we’re not around, right?”
Despite the explanation, the White Tiger Tower students had already taken two or three steps back.
No matter how unavoidable the situation was, the thought of attacking Rock Drake was too scary.
Even the student from the most powerful knight family didn’t think, ‘Now that it’s like this, I’m going to attack Rock Drake’…
“…done. “Tell me why you came.”
* * *
In fact, the students at the White Tiger Tower were in much better situations than the students at the Blue Dragon Tower.
Unlike the Blue Dragon Tower students, whose only strengths are their family background and magical abilities, the White Tiger Tower students basically have the ability to take care of themselves no matter what is thrown at them.
To that extent, the White Tiger Tower students moved a little more actively.
– Divide into groups of three and find your way!
If you were confident, it was much more advantageous to split up and move.
Lee Han would never do such a reckless thing, but as you know, White Tiger Tower students are people who never lose when it comes to bravery.
And this time, luck was on my side.
-found! Here’s the door leading down!
-Bring the others too! Tell them you found it!
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As one group found a way down, Durgyu pleaded with his friends.
-I’m sorry, but can you do me a favor?
-It depends on what kind of request it is. Durgyu.
-Do you remember the last time I gave you two pieces of butter sponge cake?
-…okay. You just have to listen. What?
-I wish I could sneak over and tell my friends at the Blue Dragon Tower about the location. It would be better if I went in person, but I’m afraid I’ll be noticed.
-what?! why!? As expected from Wardanaz…
-…It’s not like that. That’s because I owe you something. You too, think about your honor as a knight. Do you owe anything to Wardanaz?
-…It’s not there, but…
The White Tiger Tower friends were speechless at Dergyu’s words.
They also had honor as they came from a knightly family. I couldn’t completely deny the fact that Lee Han helped me.
however…
-No matter how much I put my honor as a knight on the line, I suffered too much.
-that’s right. We’ve suffered too much.
Whether it’s honor or something else, I’ve suffered too much!
But in the end, the friends could not defeat Dergyu.
When words like ‘honorably’ and ‘repaying favors received’ were mentioned, as someone who came from a family of knights, I couldn’t ignore them.
-I really don’t want to go.
-that’s right. Wardanaaz knows what that bastard will do.
-If you’re going, I’ll increase the number… Isn’t this number not enough?
* * *
“That’s why we came here at Dergyu’s earnest request.”
The White Tiger Tower students completely omitted the lines they grumbled and complained about.
Lee Han was slightly moved.
‘Durgyu…’
Durgyu was proof that even among the White Tiger Tower students, there were people who had a conscience and knew what honor was.
I never thought I would help you like this.
“You managed to come looking for Wardanaz? “Didn’t you really hate being associated with Wardanaz?”
“…joy. I don’t put those personal feelings into what I have to do. People from noble backgrounds probably don’t know. “This responsibility as a knight.”
“We didn’t care one bit about any enmity with Wardanaz. All I could think about was the debt I owed to Wardanaz. “Because that’s honor.”
‘I guess these kids really didn’t want to come.’
Lee Han thought to himself.
The Blue Dragon Tower students were upset, but didn’t say anything.
It was true that I was indebted to him just by showing him the entrance leading down.
“okay. thanks. “Then will you please guide me?”
The White Tiger Tower students took the lead and began taking the Blue Dragon Tower students with them.
There was no problem finding the way because the terrain didn’t change, but it wasn’t completely easy.
“It’s Rock Drake!”
The monster that had been harassing the students throughout this dungeon attack was still wandering around the wilderness.
As the Blue Dragon Tower students made painful expressions, the White Tiger Tower students spoke confidently.
“what. Don’t you know how to deal with Rock Drake?”
“Do you know?”
“of course. “I ran into Rock Drake once on the way, but if I didn’t know how to deal with him, how would I have gotten here?”
Lee Han was surprised by the confident attitude of the White Tiger Tower students.
‘Is there a way to descend only from a knight’s family?’
Lee Han was also a student in the Wardanazu family who read as many books as he could find and received additional study on various monsters from Professor Lightning Walk.
However, there was no trick to easily dealing with Rock Drake.
what?
‘If it’s a method that only comes down to knightly families, you can’t miss it.’
“ruler. Look!”
The White Tiger Tower students lay face down on the dusty dirt floor. They didn’t care even though the hot, dry dirt soiled their clothes, hands and feet.
“Rock Drake’s vision is higher than expected. “If we lie down like this, he won’t be able to find us.”
“And in this condition!”
One of the White Tiger Tower students started crawling on the floor. As much as my body shouldn’t rise, I crawled like a bug rubbing the ground.
One of the Blue Dragon Tower students watching muttered.
“That looks like a bug…”
“Shh. Quiet.”
“Did you see it? “If you crawl like this, you can avoid the rock drake.”
“I’ll just cast an invisibility spell on you.”
The White Tiger Tower students who were shaking off the dust stopped at Lee Han’s words.
…uh?
Is that possible?
“Do you know how to do something like that?”
“It’s possible.”
“…But why did you order us to do this?”
“I was going to learn your methods if they were better.”
“……”
Despite the explanation, the White Tiger Tower students glared at Lee Han.
* * *
“Over there, the hill slanting to the side is where the entrance we found is.”
“Right.”
Lee Han nodded as he confirmed the appearance of a hill with a steep cliff about 4 to 5 meters high.
It seemed like it had probably gone up the gentle slope on the other side.
“…for a moment. Are there any students who haven’t passed yet?”
“well? why? “Do you have any friends left?”
“It seems like there is.”
Lee Han strengthened his magic power by pouring it wastefully around his eyes.
Then, the students of the White Tiger Tower on a hill in the distance came into view.
‘Are you waiting for friends who haven’t arrived yet? ‘To teach me how to go down?’
If that’s the case, the friendship between knights is truly amazing…
– Stop it! Stop him from coming up!
-Take out all the potions you have! If Rock Drake comes up, he dies!
“……”
Lee Han frowned at the sight of the White Tiger Tower students hurriedly running from place to place with their mouths gaping.
The White Tiger Tower students, unaware of the speed, were chattering next to them.
“Wardanaz. No matter how good you are at magic, finding a path like this is a completely different thing…”
“Tsk.”
“…Did I act too proud? “You’re not angry, are you?”
* * *
-The door is locked. How do I open it?
-Check the nearby library. There may be a key or a way to open it.
-okay. …It’s Rock Drake!!
-what? Opening with Rock Drake? How do I get Rock Drake from here?
-no! That’s Rock Drake!!
Rock Drake appeared in front of the White Tiger Tower students who were wondering how to open the door leading down.
-■■■■■…
While the students expressed various emotions such as fear, despair, and intimidation, Rock Drake narrowed the distance and took a position in front of the hill.
Then he glared at the students.
Even people who don’t know much about monsters had an expression full of dissatisfaction that could tell, ‘That creature is very dissatisfied right now.’
How long has it been?
The White Tiger Tower students, who had been hesitating and sweating, could no longer hold on when their opponents did not move and took the lead.
-Go… Are you warning me to go?
-Let’s get moving!
-What about the door? Is it a door that goes down??
-Is that important now?!
As soon as he finished speaking, Rock Drake began to advance.
It wasn’t a terrifying charge to trample on the enemy, but the intimidation of just walking up the hill was beyond imagination.
“It’s coming this way!!”
“Somehow take the time! Even if you go down the other side, you have to take your time!”
“Bring all the extermination potions you have! Throw it!”
“Prepare your magic. Aim for the eyes! “You have to threaten them somehow!”
Sigh!
A water bead flew from somewhere and hit Rock Drake right on the nose.
Rock Drake, who had been walking slowly, turned his head at a speed that was incomparable to before.
It was a move full of frustration no matter who saw it.
“It’s okay… it’s okay, right? Wodanaz?”
“well…”
“……”
Lee Han was looking at Rock Drake with a cold, indifferent expression. The White Tiger Tower students next to him inadvertently remembered what they had heard earlier.
-It was about when to attack Rock Drake.
-It didn’t mean that he would necessarily attack Rock Drake, but rather that he would attack when it was truly unavoidable.
‘…This, you bastard. Are you really trying to catch me now…?!?!’
