Episode 964
“Ugh!”
Burren exhaled thick breath as he climbed the sand dune flowing down from the foot of Bukmangsan Mountain.
“What, what did you do to make the sand this hot?”
Raon instructed us to climb this sand dune as our first training. It was so simple that I thought it was just a warm-up, but the sand was so hot that it felt like hell.
“Hot, it’s not all that hot!”
Martha ground her teeth, jumping from foot to foot like a desert lizard.
“The bigger problem is that that damn guy is suppressing my muscles and blocking my auras, so I can’t even run properly!”
Raon learned from somewhere that he could control their muscles and aura to make them into the same state as ordinary people.
Because of this, I had no choice but to walk up the hot sand that my feet sank into.
“I, I can’t go anymore… .”
Runaan panted, his tongue sticking out like a dog exhausted from the heat.
“I’ll just cut it… .”
She knelt down and bowed her head, asking to be buried here.
“If you sleep here, you’ll die!”
Martha grabbed Runaan by the collar and lifted him up, shouting at him to come to his senses.
“Wow, I didn’t know there was a place this hot in Sieghard.”
Trevin shook his head, saying there was no place like this even in the South.
“It feels like I’ve climbed onto a volcanic terrain. No, it’s even worse… .”
He chewed his lip, saying that it was hotter and more difficult now than the volcanic terrain he had passed through on his mission.
“Come to think of it, there were sand dunes like this in Bukmangsan? It looks like the sand you find at the beach.”
Burren frowned as he looked at the golden sand with white mist rising up.
“This sand… .”
Mark Gotten pointed at Dorian, his legs shivering from the sand.
“It came out of our supply officer’s pocket.”
He swallowed hard as he said that Dorian had installed this sand with Raon.
“Ugh… .”
Dorian quickly shrugged his shoulders as soon as his name was mentioned.
“Dorian… .”
“You again?”
“This is not helpful….”
“The reason you prepared your supplies so thoroughly was because you wanted to harass us!”
“The Lord’s masterpiece!”
The inspectors of the Gwangpungjeon looked back at Dorian and ground their teeth.
“I just gave it to you because you asked for sand! I didn’t know it would get this hot!”
Dorian shook his head furiously, saying he had never imagined something like this would happen.
“And I’m a victim too! We’re all going up together like this!”
He let out a hot breath, saying that all he had done was lend me the sand. He looked more aggrieved than anyone else.
“shit….”
Martha frowned as she looked at Laon standing on top of the hill.
“Where did that crazy guy come up with these training methods!”
She rolled her feet, unable to understand. Of course, the floor was sandy, so her legs sank deeper.
“It must be my room.”
Burren bit his lip as he grabbed his reddened arm because of the heat.
“It’s exactly the same test he took in his ego room… .”
Raon brought the sand dune climbing he had experienced in his room of self to life. I was impressed by the execution power that created this huge sand dune and the force that heated up the sand.
“Ehehe… .”
Runaan’s eyes were spinning around as if he had lost the sanity he had been holding onto.
“Mom, how about we all just stop and say we can’t do it?”
Crane whispered in a small voice that the training was on strike.
“Training strike?”
“Yes! To be honest, it’s not something you can do while both your aura and physical abilities are under control. Let’s do it again tomorrow…”
“Shut up and get up.”
As he said that it was time to stop, a creepy, scraping sound like iron was heard behind him.
“Do you think it would work if we did it again tomorrow?”
The owner of the sharp voice was Dokai. He furrowed his brows and said, “Absolutely not.”
“Oh, my lord… .”
Burren gulped as he watched the ogre pushing the crane with his rough hands.
“Are you okay?”
The goblin was sweating more than the others, perhaps because he was soaked in alcohol. The sweat made his black robe stick to him, making him look even more tired.
“But why is the general here?”
Martha opened her eyes wide, unable to understand.
“Why? That damn guy wants me to participate in the training from now on. He says I’m weak…”
Dokai looked at Raon on top of the sand dune with his pride hurt and clenched his fist until it bled.
“Did you accept that?”
Mark Gotten let out a breath of surprise. It was surprising that he accepted it right away, when he could have just rejected it if it was Dokai.
“One sword.”
The monster let out a heavy breath and shook his head.
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“I made a bet, and you couldn’t stop a single sword strike without using an aura. You’ve become quite the monster.”
He bit his lip, saying that he couldn’t even stop Raon’s sword that didn’t use Aura.
“Since you made the bet as an unmanned unit, I had no choice but to accept it. Of course, I didn’t know it would be such a damn training exercise… .”
The goblin took heavy steps, saying he would rather be struck by a sword and die.
“You can’t even kill a demon with a single sword?”
“The crazy one is back and even crazier.”
“Joe, you look so handsome….”
Burren, Martha, and Runaan gulped as they watched the monster climb up the sand dune, not even realizing that his long coat was sticking to his back because of the sweat.
“He even uses the Demon Lord to his advantage, so there’s no way he’d look after us.”
“Let’s go. We have no choice but to go.”
“Yeah. If you stop, I’ll make you do more f*cking training… .”
The inspectors climbed the sand dunes with their eyes tightly shut and red mist rising up.
At the same time, the same thought occurred to everyone.
‘Why did you come out of your room so quickly!’
There’s one more month!
* * *
Swish.
Raon took his hand out of the sand and smiled excitedly.
‘It’s going better than I thought.’
In order to recreate the sand mountain I experienced in my room, I used a cartoonist to heat the sand. Thanks to reaching level 10, I was able to control the heat without much difficulty.
‘The expressions are nice.’
Raon chuckled as he looked at the inspectors who had wrinkled expressions that made them look as if they had aged by several years.
‘It’s only through pain that you can become a trainer.’
In fact, the inspectors of the Gwangpungjeon have the ability to avoid the sand no matter how hot it gets or to withstand it with their aura.
However, since avoiding or blocking them like that would not be training, he personally controlled the inspectors’ auras and even suppressed their physical abilities.
The inspectors were climbing the sand dune with their faces grimacing as if they wanted to die, having created the same situation they had experienced in the room of the ego.
-Are you really an angel?
Lars let out a gasp of disbelief.
-You are using what happened to you on your subordinates! I can’t help but say you are crazy!
The guy lowered his eyebrows, wondering how it got so twisted.
‘This isn’t training for my own good.’
Raon shook his head with a calm expression.
‘I’m doing it because I want those guys to grow up like me.’
-Oh my god! Lower the corners of your lips and lie!
Lars wrinkled his nose, wanting to show her a mirror.
‘Oh yeah?’
Raon lowered his chin and lifted the corners of his lips with his fingers.
‘To be honest, I wanted to see them struggling like that. These guys seem to take most training lightly these days.’
Since all of the members of Gwangpungdae became masters, they have passed most of the training without much difficulty and have shown an easygoing attitude.
I was wondering what to do with them since I can’t have them spar or do concentration training every day because they’re too cocky, but thanks to the Ego Room, I was able to find just the right method.
‘I just didn’t know it would be this hard to open it up like this.’
Sieghardt’s inspectors seemed more vulnerable to heat, having been born and raised in cold regions. Everyone, from Dokai to Sia, had faces that looked like they were dying from exhaustion.
‘Once you get used to the heat, how about dropping you into the sea cooled by Glacia?’
When the inspectors got used to the heat, it didn’t seem like a bad idea to throw them into the sea, sending a bone-chilling chill.
‘Will I be able to have both water and fire resistance at the same time like me?’
-No matter how much I think about it, you chose the wrong place to be born… .
Las frowned, saying that if he had been born in the underworld or heaven, he would have definitely become an evil god.
‘Thanks for the compliment.’
When Raon was smiling and waving his hand, he felt someone coming down from the top of Bukmangsan Mountain.
When I turned my head, I saw Alice running down the rocky hill, sweating profusely.
“I was wondering why it was so noisy, and it was you guys.”
Alice snickered, saying that she could hear the screams even from the top of Bukmangsan Mountain.
“Is this normal? Did you get all the way up there?”
Raon opened his eyes wide. He knew that Aris had been working out these days, but he didn’t know that she would climb all the way to the top of the mountain.
“It might be dangerous.”
The summit of Bukmangsan is a land of extreme cold where you cannot go with just two legs because of the snow that covers it all year round. It was surprising that Aris, who had no aura and was in a bad shape, was able to climb to the summit.
“You are ignoring your aunt too much. If you are the aunt of the sword master, you should do this much!”
Alice shook her head, saying that she became healthy by climbing the mountain every day.
“surely….”
Raon nodded while examining Alice’s body.
“You’ve changed so much. Amazingly.”
It’s different from when I brought her to Sieghart while she was injured.
Although it was lacking in many ways, it was clear that he had trained his body as much as possible through systematic and nutritious training.
“It’s the dragon heart you gave me.”
Alice lifted her right hand and placed it in front of her left chest.
“I didn’t want to miss a single drop of mana.”
She gave a cool smile, saying she didn’t want to show herself ashamed.
“And I think you’re even more amazing?”
Alice curled her lips as she met his eyes.
“Everyone said you wouldn’t achieve much growth in the room of the ego, but now that I look back, it seems like you’ve gained a lot.”
She was confident that she had made great progress, even though she had not heard the news.
“Have you recovered your aura?”
“No, I feel it.”
Alice shook her head, saying it was just a feeling.
“I’m not as good as you, but I definitely have to do it.”
She was licking her lips, saying she would devour all the mana in the Dragon Heart.
“Your physical condition has improved considerably, so you will be practicing soon.”
Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Aris’ muscular arms.
“Yeah. I’m thinking of starting my training this weekend.”
Alice nodded, saying that she had already made a plan.
“Who will stand as the guardian of the law?”
“Mister Saint. I didn’t ask though.”
It seemed as if she had already decided on the law without even hearing Federick’s opinion.
“That Dharma… .”
Raon lowered his chin slightly as he looked at Alice.
“I will do it.”
“you?”
Alice opened her eyes wide as if she had never thought about it.
“Yes. Right now, Auntie doesn’t have even a single bit of aura, so if you practice the skill, the Dragon Heart’s mana may flow backwards or go out of control. I think it would be better for me to help you.”
Alice was showing impatience to recover all her powers at once. It seemed like it would be better for her to personally stand guard in case of an emergency.
“No, I’m sorry. I received help from you, and now you’re asking me to protect the law… .”
Alice shook her head, saying that she couldn’t receive that much help.
“I should have finished ‘that job’, not you, but I ended up passing it on to you. I’m really sorry.”
She bit her lip deeply, thinking that she should have killed Sif with her own hands.
“aunt….”
I couldn’t imagine what it would feel like to have a mother say that she should have killed her son.
“Don’t say that. My aunt has done much for me.”
Raon smiled and shook his head. He was serious. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that he was alive now thanks to Alice.
“No, I….”
“I will visit you on the weekend.”
Raon bowed his head and said he would see her later.
“Ha, I see.”
Alice nodded heavily as if she had no choice.
“Ugh.”
“Ugh, it’s over… .”
“Oh, I really thought I was going to die.”
“I did it! I made it through hell!”
While Alice was talking, the Gwangpungjeon Inspectors fought through the intense heat and eventually reached the top of the sand dune.
“How about it! We even overcame the hell you created!”
Martha laughed, showing her teeth, saying that controlling her muscles and aura was useless.
“Yes. This is no different from the training we do every day.”
Burren nodded, lightly brushing the sand off his clothes as if he wanted to show off.
“It’s light!”
“This kind of heat is nothing more than a sauna!”
“Isn’t there anything more difficult?”
“Did you come back from playing in your room?”
The other inspectors also looked up at the sky and cheered with a sense of accomplishment.
However, not everyone was brimming with energy.
“Boo….”
“S, alcohol. Please alcohol….”
Runaan lay on the floor, swaying as if he had turned into slime, and Dokkaebi began digging the ground with both hands, looking for alcohol.
“You arrived 30 minutes earlier than I expected.”
Raon looked up at the sky and took a quick bite.
“Everyone worked hard.”
Honestly, I thought it would take 30 minutes more, but the inspectors of the Gwangpungjeon, who seemed to have filled up with poison, broke through the sand dunes faster than expected.
“Huh!”
“You made fun of us!”
“Yeah. To this extent, it’s no different from eating cold porridge.”
“The Gwangpungjeon also won the war against the Black Tower.”
The inspectors began to show off, as if their sense of accomplishment had reached the tip of their heads.
“Really? Then you can do more?”
Raon twisted his lips and gestured down the hill.
“yes?”
“Uh uh… .”
“no way….”
“What are you doing? If you go up, you have to come down.”
He smiled and told the bewildered inspectors to go back down the hill they came from.
“Right, right now?”
“Here again?”
“You want me to go down now? This steep road?”
The inspectors shook their chins and asked back as if their ears were deaf.
“If you’re not going to come down, should I roll you over?”
Raon licked his lips, letting out a faint sigh.
“Ugh!”
“I’m going crazy… .”
“I want to die… .”
“The kid who said it was easy before, and the kid who said he could do more. You two are defeated when you go down!”
The inspectors, unable to control their momentum, slowly turned around and looked at the hot sand.
“Jenaaaaaaang!”
“Damn Laon Sieghart!”
“Mom, I think I chose the wrong job!”
The inspectors threw themselves into the hot sand, screaming.
“Can I do it too?”
Unlike the other inspectors, Aris looked at Raon and said that she wanted to do it first.
“Sure.”
Raon smiled and nodded.
“thank you.”
She nodded and followed the stormtroopers down the sand dune. She had no aura and lacked physical abilities, but she was able to move faster than the others with her mental power alone.
“I guess it’s time.”
Raon smiled brightly as he looked at Alice’s straight back.
“It is time to release Sieghard’s red shark back into the sea.”
* * *
On the morning of the day he promised with Alice, Raon left the annex and headed to the Gaju training ground.
“You came.”
Frederick patted me on the shoulder, saying it was nice to meet you.
“I was worried whether I could do well, but I feel relieved when you come.”
He nodded, thanking me for my valuable time.
“I should be the one thanking you.”
Raon bowed and said thank you for always taking care of his aunt.
“Okay. Go in and take a look.”
Federick patted her head as if he was proud of her and then showed her the inner training room where Alice was.
“Yes. Okay.”
Raon greeted Federick again and went into the waiting room where Alice was waiting.
Perhaps because it was the home of Gaju, the practice room was more than twice as large. It seemed like it would be possible for several people to practice at the same time.
“I’m here?”
Alice, who had been leaning against the wall, raised her hand. Judging from her pale expression, she seemed nervous.
“How are you feeling?”
“It’s the best. I’ve adjusted my condition to suit today.”
She nodded, saying that her body was ready.
“Then what about your feelings?”
“That’s a little… .”
Alice bit her lips thinly.
“I’m worried.”
She let out a heavy sigh, saying she wasn’t sure if she could do it.
“Because if you fail, it’s all over.”
“You don’t have to worry about failing, but if you do, it’s okay. You can always get another Dragon Heart.”
“That’s a joke.”
“I’m not joking. It’s okay to fail as many times as you want.”
Seriously. Considering that not a single dragon appeared during the war with the Black Tower, we’ve crossed a river that we can’t cross with them now.
I don’t care if Alice fails because I plan to kill and exterminate dragons as soon as I see them. I’ll just give them what I have and get a new dragon heart.
-You’re going to exterminate the dragons?
Lars let out a blank laugh, as if he couldn’t believe it.
-He is truly crazy… .
The guy shook his head, saying that even the demon lords have no intention of exterminating dragons.
“Ahahahaha!”
Aristo also burst out laughing as if he found it ridiculous.
“Hearing you say that, I feel that I can’t fail any more. I will definitely succeed.”
She smiled as if a little bit of a burden had been lifted from her mind and sat down in the center of the training room.
“Phew.”
Alice exhaled slowly and took out the rainbow-colored dragon heart from her subspace pocket, placing it on her lap. It was the object he had given her earlier.
“Then let’s begin.”
Alice looked at herself for a moment and nodded her chin thinly.
“Yes. Of course.”
“I didn’t know you could be this trustworthy.”
She said that her nephew was the best, closed her eyes, and began to practice the Auror training method.
Woof woof woof!
The light of the Dragon Heart began to swirl and slowly be sucked into Alice’s fingertips.
As much as Alice showed strong determination, it seemed like she wouldn’t open her eyes until she had received all the mana contained in the Dragon Heart.
‘This is going to be a long war.’
Raon nodded calmly, feeling the conviction blossoming from Alice.
‘There won’t be any problems for a while, so should I check something I forgot?’
-You idiot! What have you forgotten again!
Lars shook his head, muttering that he was stupid.
‘Um, I wasn’t watching because of you?’
-Because of the king? The king doesn’t fear anything… .
‘Then I guess I can look at it.’
Raon smiled and brought up a reward message that he had not checked before.
[I achieved deep growth in the room of the ego.]
[I have experienced 101 deaths.]
[All abilities…]
[New feature…]
-Huh? Was this it?
Lass glared, as if the thought of compensation had not even crossed his mind.
-What the heck! For bringing that up!
The guy hit his mouth with his chubby hand as if he regretted his words.
‘I didn’t see you last time.’
Raon smiled and narrowed his eyes as he checked the message.
‘Um, that’s….’
I could see the Dragon Heart’s mana draining from Alice’s shoulder behind the message.
‘I guess I can’t accept everything.’
With her body not being perfect, the mental shock being great, and having lost all of her aura, it seemed that Alice was unable to fully accept the mana of Dragon Heart.
‘It can’t be helped… No, wait.’
Raon narrowed his eyes as he sent the compensation message again.
‘What if I help you with that part instead of just protecting you?’
It is certainly not an easy task. Helping someone else’s seniority. Especially someone who has no aura is a dangerous act that can cause great harm to oneself.
However, since he had grown up in the room of the ego, it seemed that he could also pass the mana flowing from the Dragon Heart back to Alice.
‘aunt….’
When I see Alice working hard, I remember the time I spent with her.
The first time they met after waking up on a pirate ship, the time they caught a light dragon together, the time they flew in during a mission and saved his life, and even the time he cried when he was betrayed by his son, Sif.
When I recalled the time I spent with her, filled with joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure, my heart began to heat up.
‘I hope this will help my aunt who is having a hard time.’
Laon placed his hand on Aris’ back and operated the ring of fire to give her a gift after suffering.
The mana scattered from Dragon Heart was purified by a ring of fire and then reconnected to her mana circuit.
Hwaaaaah!
A warmer light than the sun that gave him great strength bloomed around Raon, who was holding onto Aris’ back.
