Episode 158. Cellok (2)
Phew.
A blue orb that emits intense light.
– Hehe, I guess I’ll get to see the extinct species thanks to you.
Haneke’s voice was full of satisfaction. However, Rubin’s mood was not so relaxed.
Before he knew it, he was holding the blood frost that he had put in his subspace pocket. His eyes looking at the blue orb were not filled with curiosity like Haneke, but with wariness.
‘Will the griffon follow my orders obediently? I’m not sure.’
Now, what filled Rubin’s mind were the moments from his past life when he had fought fiercely with Blue Eyes.
Dozens of vassals and twice as many Roinecros had to die because of Blue Eyes.
A fierce battle ensued to eliminate the bastard, and in the end, it was none other than Rubin who broke Blue-Eyed’s heart.
‘We might have to fight. It’s not like we can compare to the plant monsters.’
-Maybe it’s more than Rosenthaler, if that’s what you described.
That might be true. Rubin nodded, thinking that the day was long.
After Rosenthaler and the plant monster, now a griffon? Rubin held the bloodfrost tighter.
‘I tried to make you follow me, not Perga.’
That was the reason why he chose the blue orb from the ‘hidden merchant’ Benitez. At that time, Per was a target for elimination, so he simply wanted to intercept one of his weapons.
But as time went by, I couldn’t help but feel one thing more keenly.
This griffon may not be Per’s weapon, but it can’t be his weapon either.
‘Maybe he exists for Perman.’
It was a new possibility that arose after Per and Enzo learned that they were on the ‘Chains of Awakening’.
In addition, Rubin had previously experimented with Celesne, and discovered that the blue orb did not react to strong mana, but only to Per itself.
Only by the side of the sleeping Per did the blue orb regain its vitality and enter a safer state.
Phew.
The griffon’s heart thumped. Darkness no longer recognized the blue orb as an ordinary object. The life itself, which had not yet become aggressive, was wriggling.
-There’s a crack. A crack has appeared in the blue marble.
As Haneke said, the light on the surface of the glowing blue orb was fading and spiderweb-like cracks were forming.
Saaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh.
The cracks began to crackle and blue smoke began to leak out.
‘Is that smoke turning into flesh?’
The smoke coming out of the crack enveloped the blue orb, and it formed something. Since it was Rubin who had faced it on the battlefield, I knew right away that it was the body of a griffon.
‘When I killed the griffon and took out its heart, this is why it was shaped like a blue orb.’
-You seem alert but not anxious.
‘If we remain enemies, we can fight them. It won’t be easy, but I’m confident we can eliminate them.’
Why? Because now, in every way, I have surpassed my previous life.
‘I just want to check.’
-what?
‘I wonder if this griffon can still be Per’s guardian. Then I can feel much more at ease.’
Unlike my previous life, this time Per will be on my side at the front lines. Then Blue Eyes will also be on my side.
So Rubin waited. Until the blue eyes were fully formed.
‘It’s over.’
The smoke flowing out of the blue bead was now completely incarnated. The blue bead disappeared into the body and was no longer visible.
Sssssss.
The last of the incarnations was a single eye that sprouted on its head. A single pupil dotted with blue.
Soon, souls began to dwell in the eyes, and the sharp gaze became vivid.
“… … .”
The upper body of a bird of prey, the lower body of a wild beast.
Blue feathers and a single blue eye.
The man’s eyes, filled with doubt, wander here and there. He wonders where he is and who this person in front of him is.
When their eyes met, Rubin clenched his bloodfrost tightly.
But the next moment, this time Rubin’s eyes were filled with doubt. Something completely unexpected had happened.
“Where is this place?”
“… … !”
A huge voice that shakes your head.
He couldn’t help but doubt his ears. Rubin had never thought that griffons could speak. He had never seen the blue griffon speak, even when facing the enemy.
“Were you able to speak?”
At that moment, the griffon’s blue eyes became sharper.
“You ‘could’? You say that as if you know me.”
Not only does he speak, but he also appears to be of a not-so-low level as an intellectual being.
Indeed, when I fought him, it wasn’t just a matter of armed conflict. He was a clever and clever guy, so the assassins and Roynecro were killed without a fight.
“Rather than pointing out my slip of the tongue, wouldn’t it be better to introduce yourself first?”
Fortunately, he didn’t seem to sense any hostility from the guy, so Rubin slightly relaxed his grip on the Bloodfrost.
Was it strange that Rubin’s attitude seemed to not only be fearless but also let his guard down?
The griffon began to observe. It flapped its blue wings a few times and circled around Rubin. As it did so, it scanned the corpses of the plant monsters piled on the ground.
“Is this what you did? These ‘Galax’ corpses.”
“These guys’ names were Galax? I was curious because it was the first time I saw that monster.”
“Nowadays, isn’t Galax uncommon? No, more importantly-”
“… … ?”
“The dagger you hold in your hand. It seems to be one of the Soul Weapons. Amazing, amazing… For a young human to be recognized as the master of a Soul Weapon.”
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Rubin was truly amazing. I can just ignore the fact that he knows about unnamed plant monsters.
But it was unexpected that he could recognize Bloodfrost with just one glance.
“For the master of such a soul weapon, it wouldn’t have been difficult to organize even a few dozen Galax.”
“If you want to hear about me, introduce yourself first. Who are you? Are you a variant of the griffon?”
The guy laughed lightly at that question.
“Look, what you call a griffon is nothing more than a subspecies of me. It’s rude of you to ask me if I’m a griffon.”
Anyway, the lively attitude continued. Rubin also let his guard down and continued the conversation.
“I apologize. Griffins are extinct now.”
“That’s a bit of a shame.”
From these words, Rubin inferred one thing. This guy had said that plant monsters were not common in the ‘present’ era, and he had spoken as if the extinction of the griffon was surprising.
So, is this not a birth but a resurrection?
Like hibernation?
In fact, the guy was talking as if he had just woken up from a very long sleep.
“I may look like a monster or a demon to human eyes, but I also have a name. Selok. That’s my name.”
I only knew him as ‘Blue Eyes’, but I didn’t know he had a name called Cellok.
Selok circled around Rubin again. Then, he stood face to face with Rubin and suddenly spread his wings wide. It was a moment when Selok felt even bigger.
“… But you are not like that.”
“What do you mean it’s not?”
“The reason I ‘woke up’ again. It’s not you.”
Rubin was certain that the reason he had woken up was referring to Per.
“I was born with the mission to protect the ‘chosen wizard’. That is the only reason I die and am born.”
“You die and are reborn?”
“Didn’t you see? The process of me waking up.”
“Is that what you were talking about just now? The one that broke the blue marble?”
Selok nodded his beak up and down in a way that seemed to suggest a smile. He soon gave a candid explanation. It seemed as if he did not perceive Rubin as an enemy.
“Yes, I break the heart and come out, and I embrace it again. It is an egg, a heart. That is how I become immortal.”
“hmm.”
Rubin’s sleep. Rubin was the one who destroyed Cellok in his previous life. After extracting his heart, he clearly destroyed it. The heart was shattered into beads and scattered in the wind. Was it all a mistake?
I had my doubts, but I could resolve them later.
“To protect the ‘chosen wizard’.”
“Yes, but you don’t seem to be ‘that’ person. First of all, you don’t seem to be a wizard by nature.”
Rubin nodded. The chosen wizard is referring to Per. Then, is Selok related to the ‘Chain of Awakening’?
At that moment, Selok continued speaking. But this one word was one that made Rubin feel the caution he had let go of for a moment.
With just one word, Blood Frost read Rubin’s will and instantly created a blizzard along with the howl of the sword.
Wheeeeeeee.
“…What did you just say?”
“I don’t think you didn’t hear it.”
“Say it again.”
“If you want. I said you smell like Roynecro.”
You also know about Royne Crow’s existence?
Even if there is no hostility, if the opponent knows of the existence of the Assassin Sword Master, the story is different.
Rubin swallowed hard and did not let the darkness remain silent any longer. He transformed into an aggressive darkness and surrounded Cellok.
But despite Rubin’s sudden change in mood, there was still no fighting will in Cellok’s eyes.
“Look, I have no intention of fighting you here. I think it would be best to calm down your spirits a bit.”
“It was beyond my expectations that you knew Roynecro.”
“Really? Anyway, I just feel a little sorry about that.”
“it’s a shame?”
“Since the griffon is dead, why isn’t Roineclaw dead?”
“What… does that mean?”
“Oh, you don’t know? Well, maybe you don’t know. Then, can I tell you this?”
“… … ?”
“Just as the griffon is a subspecies of me, the Roinecrow is also a subspecies of ‘that guy’. It means that there is a unique origin. A higher intelligence that rivals me.”
Rubin raised his hand and paused for a moment. He needed to catch his breath. This wasn’t just a matter of learning something new that he didn’t know before.
It was one step closer to a secret that only the Roinen family could access.
“Nameless human.”
“… … ?”
“Why don’t you calm down that spirit weapon first? Anyway, I have no intention of fighting you. You smell like Roynecro, but apart from that, I also feel my master’s strong trust in you.”
My master is probably Per Lorenzini, you mean Oscar Tunio.
The child’s immense trust surrounded Rubin like a fragrance, and that was the only reason he didn’t feel any hostility from Selok.
On the other hand, what if Rubin hadn’t gained Oscar’s trust? That would mean that Selok would have attacked Rubin as soon as he woke up.
If I had faced him, would I have been able to win?
Well, nobody knows.
‘Whew… This is a much longer day than I thought.’
Rubin thought about it again.
* * *
At that time, the students were having lunch and starting their afternoon classes.
Until the morning, I had just entered the cave and was just passing the time in an excited mood, but now the real gathering activity was about to begin.
“That thing that looks like a stalactite is also a plant? I’ve never seen anything like it before.”
“Miss Chloe, I’ll do it for you.”
“Okay. I’ll do it.”
Chloe was actively collecting magic nuclei, and Celesne, standing next to her, was sensitively reacting to Chloe’s every movement.
“… Tch.”
Even taking into account that she is an imperial noble, Dahlia feels inferior to Chloe again because she feels like she is the only one acting like a noble.
Her gaze naturally turned to Oscar. He should be talking so loudly that his ears were bleeding by now. My ears felt so empty.
Oscar had actually been chatting all morning. The only quiet moment was when Celestia revealed the special lunch boxes she had packed for the entire crew.
They were talking so much that Celesne secretly suggested that they continue their lunch.
It was such an Oscar, so why did he suddenly become quiet?
The same question occurred to Chloe and Celestia as they were talking about Oscar.
The two were talking like this until they noticed that Oscar had become quiet.
“Miss. Is it really true that the mana of that commoner… no, Master Oscar is that great? To me, he just talks too much.”
“I want to practice magic properly later. Seriously. Oh, before that, there’s one thing I want to confirm with Oscar, Celes.”
“Please tell me.”
“You know what we did to Luden on the Blue Cat? We did it with a magical tool made by our family. Mana analysis.”
What Chloe was talking about was a magical tool that could detect the Mana Ring. Its shape was like an hourglass. Rubin had been detected once on the Blue Cat.
If the powder inside the hourglass is directed upward, it is Mohwi, if it is at the bottleneck, it is Wonhwi, and if it is directed downward, it is Samhwi.
In addition, this magic tool could not only determine the color of the powder, but also the amount of mana. The closer the color of the powder was to black, the less mana there was, and on the contrary, the closer it was to white, the more abundant it was. At that time, Rubin was black itself.
“You want to know if I’m better than you, young lady?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“I can assure you that there is no one like you among your peers, not even on the entire continent.”
“I don’t know.”
“Okay, I’ll check later when I have time. But, I can’t hear Master Oscar’s voice.”
“Oh, really. That’s right. What’s going on?”
Oscar stood still, leaning against the cave wall on one side. Dahlia approached first, followed by Chloe and Celesna.
“Oscar, what’s wrong with you?”
Oscar tilted his head. He had one hand on his chest. It was near his heart.
“I don’t know. My chest suddenly hurts.”
“Are you okay?”
But it doesn’t seem serious, because the jokes directed at Celesne followed immediately.
“Could it be… that there was poison in the food that Lady Witherspoon ate earlier?”
“It’s not poison, it’s probably overeating.”
“Is that so? Phew… Phew… Anyway, I need to get some rest.”
My guardian demon, Selok, was just now awakened, and it was Oscar who had no idea that he was coming this way with his roommate.
