Episode 243
“I saw it wrong… no.”
Giselle’s voice trembled.
Surprisingly, kurare lizards were coming this way.
‘Why?’
Kurare lizards were clever monsters.
There was a lot of paralyzed prey and they were targeting those with slow movements, so there was no reason to chase down a threatening wizard.
why…
-■■■! ■■■■!
-■■■■■!
The lizards made an even sharper noise than before and shot out paralyzing venom.
Clap! Clap!
Anyone who could see it looked like he had been feverish and had a poisonous venom.
“You seem like persistent bastards… Bones, shoot! Shoot! “Shoot!”
Bone fragments rained down like a shower, plowing the ground and tearing through the bushes.
The lizards evaded in a hurry.
And cried even more.
-■■■■■!!
“ah.”
Lee Han realized why the kurare lizards were chasing the two, leaving the weak ones alone.
Giselle noticed it too.
“…They’re chasing me just because I hit them.”
“I know yeah.”
Lee Han immediately agreed.
Giselle was about to swear for a moment but held back. There was nothing good about her fighting on the same side.
“Wodanaz… Moradi…!”
“For us…!”
The White Tiger Tower students who were retreating down another path shouted in hushed voices.
It was clear that Lee Han and Giselle misunderstood that they had sacrificed themselves for them.
“You guys are really stupid like dogs…”
“what?”
“Don’t worry, retreat!”
I wanted to hit Lee Han too, but I held back.
I wanted to show off later that it had already turned out like this.
thud!
One lizard could not resist and attempted to attack. The lizard cried out as it collided with the fast-flying shield.
Papa pa pa pa paak!
Lee Han condemned her without mercy. The lizard that had been baptized with bone fragments could not come to its senses and ran away to the side.
‘It’s not good.’
This charge was stopped, but it wasn’t a good sign that the monsters’ patience was running out.
As the number of lizards continued to increase, it became difficult for even Lee Han to stop them.
Even if everyone falls and only one person succeeds in charging, it’s a loss…
Giselle must have been thinking the same thing as she pulled out her dual swords and shouted harshly.
“Wardanaz. I make time! When will my magic power recover!?”
It seemed that Giselle was mistaken in thinking that Lee Han had temporarily run out of magical power.
Otherwise, Lee Han, who had been good at defeating the White Tiger Tower students so far, had no reason to use only black magic.
“It’s not a problem with horsepower!”
“what?”
“It’s not a problem with horsepower. “It’s difficult to control precisely because I stay up all night.”
“…This crazy… Pfft!”
Giselle stabbed the lunging lizard hard in the mouth and took a step back.
“Are you saying that?! “Why on earth did you stay up all night?!”
Climbing a mountain requires a huge amount of physical strength.
I didn’t understand why I stayed up all night ahead of that.
Wardanaz is not a White Tiger Tower student…
“I have too many assignments.”
“……”
Giselle was momentarily speechless.
It was an unimaginable answer to which no refutation could be made.
-Come to the river.
“?!”
The two were surprised by the sudden weighty voice.
-Come to the river. Those lizards don’t like the stream here, so they won’t chase you.
They didn’t know who was talking, but Lee Han and Giselle immediately turned and headed toward the river.
In the current situation, I thought there was nothing more to lose.
-■■■… ■■■…
When I dipped my waist up into the river water with a splashing sound, to my surprise, the lizards that were chasing me stopped and only glared indignantly.
Giselle said as if it was hard to believe.
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“Do you see that? Why on earth do those lizards do that? Wardanaz? …Wodanaz!”
Giselle’s eyes widened as she saw Lee Han falling forward.
‘Paralysis poison?!’
Obviously the lizards’ attack didn’t hit, but why?
-You collapsed because you were tired.
“…yes?”
-I collapsed because I was tired. Are you a new student? Usually, freshmen won’t study until they collapse from exhaustion. It’s fascinating.
“……”
* * *
When Lee Han opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a shield floating in the air.
‘Where is it?’
Seeing that he was lying on the soft animal skin, it was clear that he had entered some kind of cabin or something, not the street.
When I turned my gaze, I saw Moradi sitting on a chair. Lee Han put his hand into his coat pocket and checked the items.
‘hmm. ‘You didn’t take anything.’
-Are you afraid that you might have lost something? Nothing is lost.
“!”
Lee Han was startled by a voice coming from high up and raised his head.
The giant I had never seen before was sitting at the entrance of the cave, facing Moradi.
Moradi placed both fingers on his temples and stared intently at the table. He was so focused that he didn’t even seem to notice that Lee Han had woken up.
‘What’s going on?’
When the giant did not seem hostile, Lee Han stood up and approached.
Surprisingly, what was placed between them was a chessboard.
‘It’s the end game.’
Lee Han looked at the pieces and placement on the board and realized that the game was in the latter half of the game.
And Moradi was at a disadvantage.
-Let’s do it slowly, though? Nothing will change if you think about it more. Even if you make a mistake in the opening game, you can recover in the middle game. Even if you make a mistake in the middle game, you can make up for it in the end game. But in Endgame, there is no such thing as that.
‘hmm. If nothing else, you have a knack for making your opponent feel bad when playing chess.’
Giselle bit her lip so hard that it bled.
After thinking for a while longer, Giselle laid the white king on its side. It meant I lost.
“…I lost.”
-Don’t feel too bad. Because there are not only stupid giants in the world.
The giant spoke in a gentle voice.
Of course, this was no comfort to Giselle. Lee Han understood the other person’s feelings.
A wizard loses at chess to a giant known for being stupid.
Wouldn’t it be like that if you lost to Guy Nando at chess?
“Um… if it’s not rude, may I ask your name?”
-Well, it’s not difficult.
The giant told me how long he had been living around here, and that he enjoyed small talk and bets with magic school students and professors every now and then.
“Well, but…”
-Are you curious about the source of my un-giant intelligence?
“I apologize if this was a rude question.”
-no. You might be curious. But I don’t think I can give a satisfactory explanation. Think of it this way. Aren’t there people who are particularly stupid among people?
The giant was certainly logical. It was difficult for Lee Han to refute.
“understand.”
-okay. Thank you for your understanding.
“…But why play chess?”
Upon hearing the question, the giant shrugged his shoulders.
-You said you like betting.
“Would you like to make a bet during this?”
Lee Han was astonished by Moradi’s greed.
How greedy you are…
Giselle shouted nervously.
“I left it there because you fell, you son of a bitch!”
According to the giant’s words, the giant talked to passers-by, but did not force a bet.
However, the story is different when debt or grace comes in between.
The giant’s logic was that since he brought the collapsed Lee Han to the giant’s cave and nursed him, the wizards should also repay him accordingly.
“What repayment do you mean?”
-There are a few things.
The giant hit the wall. There were lists written in crooked letters.
-What to do to wizards who lose a bet
1. Deep cleaning of the cave basement (be sure to throw away all expired potions and relabel them)
2. Organizing the library storage (it seems to be hiding among the books)
3….
-If you choose one of these and do it, there will be no debt left on either side.
Lee Han looked through the list again.
At first glance, it didn’t seem like it would take long, but Lee Han knew very well how much evil was hidden in the simple ‘to-do lists’ given by professors.
‘There is a possibility that the basement is larger than the cave. The same goes for the book storage.’
-If you don’t like this, you can make a bet with me.
“It’s a bet… Is it possible for it to be a competition based on horsepower?”
Lee Han asked quietly.
Then the giant smiled and shook his head.
-Betting should be fair. What fun would there be in a bet that only benefits me? Likewise, we do not accept bets based on strength.
“No… it’s okay…”
-If there is a bet you want, take it out. If it’s fair, I’ll accept it.
‘I like the horsepower competition.’
Lee Han clicked his tongue.
Because of the giant’s useless consideration, work became tiresome.
‘I understand why Moradi chose chess.’
The giant was more formidable than I thought.
Since they lived much longer than the students, they must have had more experience and knowledge, and judging by their wise appearance at first glance, they had the potential to excel in wisdom as well.
Lee Han looked at the chessboard again.
At least in the current situation, the only way to guess the giant’s skills was in chess.
The problem is that I am not confident in chess.
Lee Han never thought of himself as being good at chess.
When I entered magic school, I beat a few opponents, but that was only because my opponents couldn’t handle me.
In the past, when I was with a professor, my record was terrible…
“Can we discuss this for a moment?”
-as you please.
“Moradi. Moradi.”
“why.”
“Why did you move Rook here? “If we just fixed it on the 3rd line and moved only the king to avoid the check, we could have ended up with a draw.”
“……”
There were times when I was more annoyed by correct comments than by incorrect comments.
Lee Han was like that right now.
“Why did you move?”
“shut up. a little.”
“Was it a mistake? Right. By any chance, what kind of opening did that giant have?”
-Do you plan to try chess again? Not bad. But you’d better think carefully. You might regret it.
“To make things fair, would you mind leaving out one or two pieces?”
-You can’t do that because you don’t know each other’s skills. Instead, I’ll allow you to listen to it from a friend.
The giant sat leisurely and waited.
Lee Han suddenly felt nervous at the relaxed look that only Go Soo could show.
‘shit. Listening to it, it seems like a pretty aggressive style. ‘Can we get a draw?’
Basically, what Lee Han was aiming for was a draw.
It would be nice to get lucky and win, but if not, aim for a draw for the next bet.
‘With the skills I heard from Moradi, I think I can do that.’
The problem is when the opponent hides his or her skills.
Lee Han prayed that his opponent had skills beyond his expectations.
* * *
30 minutes later.
Lee Han was astonished.
“…no…”
-Off…
“…I think it’s over.”
-wait for a sec. Just 5 minutes.
“no. It’s over, right? Even if you move from here, the knight is blocking it, and if you move this way, the pawn is blocking it.”
-…wait for a sec. Just 5 minutes though.
“……”
The giant’s chess skills are better than expected…
…It was very weak.
As Lee Han tightly blocked and held on, the giant tried to force his attack and destroyed himself in vain.
Lee Han looked at Giselle.
‘It’s just that Moradi couldn’t let it go.’
‘I feel uncomfortable for some reason…?’
-You lost. I lost.
The giant admitted as he laid King down.
Lee Han asked with a sigh of relief.
“Then can I go now?”
-No.
“?”
-You just avenged your friend’s defeat. The grace that saved me remains.
“…Have you ever worked as a professor at a magic school?”
Due to the other person’s lack of conscience, a question inadvertently came out of Lee Han’s mouth.
