Episode 986
‘This is….’
Raon chewed his lips as he thought of the owner of the short and clear letter.
‘This is a letter from Merlin.’
It wasn’t because of the fresh scent emanating from Merlin. Just seeing the words of gratitude written on the back of the letter made me think of her.
-Th-That’s the madwoman’s letter?
Las fluttered his eyelids slightly, as if he was scared just by the letter.
‘Yes. Merlin said he would go find Eden every time.’
Merlin was often absent after she left, saying he would search for the Eden’s main temple and the hidden Heavenly Horse.
After some time of no news, it seemed like they had finally found the location of Eden.
-The handwriting is dizzying, as if an earthworm is passing by, as expected from a madwoman.
Lass nodded, saying that she was a crazy woman.
-No, that’s not it… .
The boy looked over the letter closely and let out a low groan.
‘That’s right. It’s not that I can’t write, it’s that the situation was so dire that I had no choice but to write like this.’
Merlin had seen her writing when he stayed at Sieghart.
Although the handwriting looked like it was from a book from hundreds of years ago, the letters themselves were neat and clean, as if they had been typed.
Looking at Eden’s location and the crooked writing in the part where she said thank you, it meant that she was in a very dangerous situation.
-Then that means you’re being chased.
‘I think so too. He probably got caught after trying to find the main group and then getting caught.’
After Merlin figured out that Eden was beneath the crater at the top of Baeknyeongsan Mountain, he tried to gather more information, but he was caught by someone and seemed to be running away.
‘If not, you would have come to me in person, not sent me a letter.’
Given Merlin’s nature, if he wasn’t being chased, he would have surprised him by coming to him in the form of an animal.
Judging from the fact that only a letter was sent, and not a body or an animal, it was clear that the situation was extremely urgent.
‘It could be a trap, but….’
Still, I have no choice but to go.
Since Merlin was in danger, he had to go into it even if it was a trap.
Sigh.
Raon read Merlin’s letter again, applying strength to his fingertips. The yellow paper crumpled as if it would fall apart.
‘Thank you for treating me like a human being?’
I haven’t done anything for you yet.
From a long time ago, Merlin considered himself to be something other than human.
Rather than elevating himself like a dragon and viewing humans as insects, he considered himself to be a lower being and was friendly with animals.
Merlin, who was recorded in the history of the continent, was either a villainess who abandoned her position as the royal archmage and sided with the monsters, or was eaten by a demon from birth and killed her parents on the spot, so it seemed to be related to that.
‘How pathetic.’
If you touch the wound and it bursts, you should treat it together.
I regretted so much that I had never asked about her past for Merlin’s sake.
‘I’m such a f*cking bastard.’
I had received countless helpings from Merlin, but had never actually done anything for her. I laughed at myself for being such a coward.
-You idiot!
Lass furrowed his eyebrows as if asking what he was doing.
‘I know. Now is not the time to think about that.’
Raon nodded, chewing his molars.
‘I just don’t know what to do.’
I knew where the Eden headquarters was, but I had no idea what to do or how to do it.
Since there is no dimensional gate leading to Baeknyeongsan Mountain, everything will already be over by the time you get there.
No, even if I could go to Baeknyeongsan right now, there was no guarantee that Merlin would be there.
‘Ras.’
Raon looked at Las, exhaling heavily.
-hmm….
Lars frowned and shook his head.
-I don’t know about the demon world, but in the human world, there’s nothing even the king can do.
The guy lowered his gaze, saying that all he did was go nearby and spread his wings.
‘Then what should I do…?’
It was when Raon was chewing his molars so hard that they almost broke.
“Your Majesty?”
Mark Gotten came up next to him.
“Are you okay?”
His face was dark and hardened as if he was still looking at himself.
“Oh, no. I… .”
Raon was about to reply that he was okay, but he swallowed dryly as he looked at the entrance to the floating castle behind Mark Gotten.
‘Gajujeon… .’
Yeah, that’s the only way right now.
If you go through the dimensional gate to Baeknyeongsan and then run, you will definitely be late. Whether it works or not, you will have to borrow the power of Glenn and the other Four Emperors.
“Burren, Martha, Runaan. You guide them to the village of Mirtan.”
Raon said that he had something to do and asked the three of them to do it for him.
“What? What’s going on…?”
“All right.”
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Burren nodded, interrupting Martha. He seemed to realize immediately that this was serious.
“I’m sorry. I have to guide you.”
“Oh, no.”
Latiru also waved her hand, as if she had read his expression, saying it was okay. Honestly, I don’t know what my face looks like right now.
“then.”
After apologizing politely to everyone, Raon went back into the main room.
“I will go with you too.”
Mark Gotten bowed his head as he followed behind her.
“No. I’ll go alone.”
Raon waved his hand firmly. It may have been a family mission, but this was his personal matter, and the situation was urgent, so he wanted to act alone.
“I am the guardian of the Lord. Whether it is personal or family matters, it is my duty to follow along. If I fall behind, you may abandon me.”
Mark Gotten seemed to read her mind and bowed, saying she could leave at any time.
“…All right.”
Raon let out a short sigh. He couldn’t refuse since he had decided to be Mark Gotten’s guardian.
“Let’s go quickly.”
Raon erased the negative thoughts from his mind and ran to the audience room.
***
“… So you’ve already caught an Elder Dragon and returned. Isn’t it great that you keep your word?”
Glenn nodded toward the blue window floating in the audience room’s ceiling.
“Who would have thought that Raon would move faster than us! And he didn’t just reduce the number of enemies! He also brought us a solid clue!”
He spread his arms wide, saying that this achievement was not simply about catching a dragon. He seemed really happy with the corners of his mouth hanging down to his ears.
“ha….”
Chambers munched on candy in the blue window.
“I was wondering what it was like to run an emergency contact network, and it turns out you were bragging about your grandchildren? This is driving me crazy.”
She shrugged her shoulders, as if incredulous.
“… But our Raon wasn’t hurt, right?”
However, Chambers raised his eyebrows as if he was worried about Raon.
“I can brag about that all day long without any problem! Accept it!”
Ogram applauded Raon, saying that he was great.
“But where is the person who made that achievement? I want to see his face.”
He rolled his eyes around in the blue window as if he wanted to see Raon.
“You made the Gwangpungjeon Inspectors catch the Goryong. The Gwangpungjeon Master is not only a skilled warrior, but also a talented commander.”
King Recross laughed in vain, saying that he saw nothing lacking in Raon.
“It’s really amazing. I want to see the inside….”
Matapju Larian muttered in a whisper that she wanted to see inside Raon. Her eyes sparkled strangely inside the hood.
“You just think weird thoughts.”
Chambers bared his white teeth and told Raon not to touch him.
“That, that’s not what I meant.”
Larian lowered his head slightly, hiding his sparkling eyes.
“My lord, what does it mean that you discovered a clue to Sima?”
King Recross licked his lips, saying that was what he was most curious about.
“Okay. Go ahead. I have to get ready right away.”
Ogram also rubbed his hands, thinking that he should send a sorcerer who could move secretly.
“The clue about Sama that Raon brought is….”
It was when Glenn was about to speak with the corner of his mouth raised to his ear.
Kuuuuung!
The door to the audience room opened roughly, and Raon and Mark Gotten came in.
“Raon…?”
Glenn’s eyes widened at Raon’s unusual appearance.
“Raon is here?”
Chambers turned his head as if he was going to pop out of the blue window.
“suddenly?”
King Recross also lowered his eyebrows as if he was surprised.
“Laon!”
Ogram immediately waved his hand as if he was happy to see me.
“I’m sorry for coming in so suddenly.”
Raon bowed deeply to Glenn and the leaders of the Four Emperors.
“I found the location of the Eden headquarters.”
Raon raised his gaze as he walked towards the blue window.
“Where is the Eden headquarters?”
Glenn’s chin dropped blankly as if he had never imagined it.
“They say that the main temple of Eden is located beneath the crater at the peak of Baeknyeongsan Mountain. It will require investigation, but I think it is probably certain.”
Raon bowed his head, asking for someone who could move secretly.
“How did you know that?”
Chambers blinked in disbelief.
“Someone sent me the information, so I have a favor to ask of you now.”
Raon held out Merlin’s letter towards Chamber.
“Do you know where the person who sent me this letter is?”
I had neither heard nor seen any magic that could track down the sender of an item, but for now, I had no choice but to rely on Chamber.
“hmm….”
Glenn looked at Raon’s stern expression and then turned his gaze to Chamber.
“Is there such a magic?”
“I am an expert in spatial magic, but I don’t have such magic.”
Chambers shook his head, saying he had never even thought about that before.
“ah….”
Raon bit his lip until it bled as he watched Chamber’s wavering gaze.
‘shit….’
Was I just wasting my time?
I regretted that if it was going to be like this, I should have just run to the place with the dimensional gate from the beginning.
“Okay. I’ll take my leave now…”
“for a moment.”
As Raon turned around on trembling legs to leave, Chamber raised his hand.
“I can’t do it, but there are people who can do that kind of crazy magic.”
Chambers raised his finger and pointed at Larian on the right screen.
“Isn’t that so?”
“Hmm… .”
Larian slowly raised his gaze and examined the letter in Raon’s hand.
“Oh, you sent it with magic?”
She wiggled her fingers as if it were important.
“Yes. It fell on my head a little while ago.”
“Okay, I’ll take it for a bit.”
As Larian reached out, the letter in her hand appeared on her screen.
“Eden main temple. Beneath the crater at the top of Baeknyeongsan Mountain. And….”
Larian didn’t read the words written on the back of the letter, but just looked at it for a moment.
“Oh, it’s very small, but there’s still some mana left. I think I can do it.”
She nodded, saying that Merlin’s mana remained, not long after sending the letter.
“Really?”
My heart was beating so fast it felt like it was going to burst because I didn’t have high expectations.
“Ha, I can do it, but there’s a lot to prepare. It’ll take some time.”
Larian shook the hood covering his head slightly, saying that it would be difficult but possible.
“Please tell me where it is.”
“Look, I can send it to you.”
She raised her hand, saying that she could not only tell them the location, but also take them to where the letter was sent.
“Well, later on….”
Larian’s blank eyes flashed with a cold light.
“Can you do me one favor?”
She nodded, saying that she would send it somehow if that was possible.
“Okay, whatever.”
Raon nodded without the slightest hesitation.
“No! He’s the least normal one among us!”
Chambers shook his head, refusing immediately.
“I said I could dissect you!”
“it’s okay.”
Right now, I didn’t want to think about the aftermath. I had to go even if it meant selling my soul to the devil or an angel.
“… It looks like that kid is being chased.”
Glenn lowered his eyebrows slightly as he realized that it was Merlin who had sent the letter.
“I’d rather go. As long as I don’t overdo it, it’ll be fine.”
He rose from his throne as if he was going to come forward himself.
“Oh, no.”
Larian lowered his gaze and pursed his lips.
“This, this magic can only be sent to people I can control.”
She shook her head, saying she couldn’t send Glenn because he was stronger than her.
After hearing that, I could roughly guess what kind of magic Larian was trying to use.
“Don’t worry.”
Raon shook his head while looking at Glenn.
“I will never invade Eden directly. I will just rescue that guy and then come back.”
He placed his hand on the sword and asked the knight to believe him.
“hmm….”
Glenn continued to move his lips, seemingly worried, unable to give permission.
“No, you don’t have to worry about it.”
Larian shook his head.
“I don’t know the exact location, but the place where this letter was sent is not near Baekryeongsan Mountain.”
She waved her cane, saying that it was far from Baeknyeongsan Mountain.
“I’m more concerned that it could be a trap than anything else.”
King Recross narrowed his eyes, thinking that the letter itself could be a trap.
“That, that’ll be okay. I’ll be watching.”
Larian snapped his fingers, saying that he would observe and move immediately if there was any danger.
It seemed like he wanted to keep the favor he had received no matter what.
“Since you said that, please believe me just this once.”
Raon bowed his head to Glenn, saying, “Please.”
“Haa, I guess there’s nothing I can do.”
Glenn let out a long sigh, as if realizing that he couldn’t stop himself.
Cheeeeeeek.
After about 20 minutes, Larian sent Merlin a letter with a red magic circle drawn in blood on it.
“If you put your hand on the magic circle, you will be able to move to the place where the letter was sent.”
Larian was tempted to leave right now.
“Such a perverted magic….”
The chamber was great, but he shook his head in disbelief.
“Then let’s go.”
Raon bowed toward Glenn.
“If you’ve made a decision, bring him with you no matter what.”
Glenn lowered his heavy gaze toward Raon.
“Because I wanted to hear you call me grandfather after a long time.”
He nodded, telling me to definitely do it if I made up my mind.
“Yes. I will definitely bring it.”
Raon placed his hand on his heart as if making an oath.
“Let’s go.”
He placed a hand on Mark Gotten’s shoulder and unfolded the letter with the magic circle inscribed on it.
“If you have any problems, call my name.”
As Larian clasped his hands together, Merlin’s letter, torn into thousands of pieces, wrapped around himself and Mark Gotten.
Hwaaaaaaaah!
The moment the white pieces of letters began to burn black and die down, he and Mark Gotten found themselves in a blackened forest rather than the audience room.
‘You’ve already moved?’
I knew that the magic of the Matapju was mysterious, but I didn’t know it was this much. It was so absurd that I couldn’t help but laugh.
-It looks like it was sent properly.
Las frowned as he looked at the blackened ground.
-I can feel the madwoman’s mana around me.
The guy looked down at Merlin, who had been fighting here.
‘That’s right. Merlin’s mana.’
Raon nodded as he examined the trees that had turned to ash.
As soon as he sent the letter, Merlin’s mana flow was disrupted and melted away as if he had been attacked.
‘but….’
Merlin’s location is unknown.
It had been about thirty minutes since Merlin had sent the letter to himself. She and those pursuing her would have been quite far from this forest.
‘Ras.’
-There’s no sign of the king. It seems he’s moved to a completely different place.
Lass kept his eyes down as if he was still trying to spread his wings, even though he said it was hard to find.
‘shit….’
Raon used the Ring of Fire and the Sense of Snow to polarize and even brought out the emotions of the Demon Kings.
Paaaaaaa!
As I was endlessly stretching out my energy in the agony that felt like my body and soul were being twisted, a very small cracking sound was heard from the western end.
-Found it!
‘I heard that too!’
Laon and Las turned their gaze to the west without anyone having time to say anything.
“It’s the west!”
Raon told Mark Gotten to follow him and ran west, breaking the ground.
“yes!”
Mark Gotten gritted his teeth as he followed behind Raon, who was moving forward in a red ray.
‘I will follow you even if I die!’
