Talent-Swallowing Magician Chapter 98

Episode 98

King Yulho

Kwaaaaang!

Quarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Rumble!

“Catch that crazy guy!”

“What did you catch? Just fry him alive!”

“You bastard! Don’t you stand there? “It’s like standing!”

An untimely game of tag was taking place in the middle of the black snow field in broad daylight.

Even the West Tribe and the Wild Dog Tribe, which are known to have the quickest feet among the various beast people, were unable to catch a single human!

Because of this, they were going crazy and delirious.

The fact that I was worried because I couldn’t catch a single human being was nothing short of humiliating.

It wasn’t enough that such a person came into the middle of the tribe and devastated it, but the fact that it was torn apart one after another when they hit it head-on was beyond humiliating and was nothing short of shameful.

Especially when the best fighters in the tribe fell, my mind turned completely white.

The bigger problem is.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!

“How on earth… !”

“Why are humans using strong body techniques?!”

The sight of Gangseojutsu, which was said to be mastered only by a very rare bloodline within the beastman tribe, being performed in the hands of humans, was so bizarre to the beastmen’s eyes.

Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop-

Kurrrrr-

“Kueek!”

“Keeek!”

The prisoners swinging their fists were like baseballs hit by a bat and had to bounce off one after another.

The shock wave that spread from there completely destroyed all the shoddy huts that had already been made with piles of rice straw.

In the end, it was almost meaningless to say that the place Elric passed by was five minutes before the disaster.

Some older elders had to endure extreme stress, holding the back of their necks and collapsing.

If it’s magic, it’s magic. If it’s a rigid body technique, it’s a rigid body technique.

That blond-haired person was truly something they couldn’t understand with their common sense.

The main humans the Beastmen have encountered so far are mostly slave hunters who move in groups.

“I will kill you… !”

“Trying to run away! “Block that road!”

Around the time when several prisoners were burning with anger.

Elric, the blonde man who could be said to be the culprit of the whole situation, narrowed his brows slightly.

‘Even after doing this, it still hasn’t shown up?’

There are a total of 6 villages that Elric has trampled on so far.

These were places whose locations had been identified in advance based on information obtained through resets over 30 times.

And they were all places that were ‘closely’ related to King Yulho.

Since humans have been going through each and every one of those places and have shown off their body techniques several times, it is time to show a response… .

Elric was just about to decide whether to move to the next village, wondering if the rumor had spread yet.

Creepy!

“… !”

Suddenly, something eerie went up my spine.

It was something that was difficult to express in words.

Ever since I learned it, the anglerfish was screaming the loudest!

Instead of instinctively running forward, Elric turned to the side and rolled his body on the ground.

Kwaaaaang!

And something crashed hard into the spot where he was.

‘Lee, I almost got reset… !’

Elric looked at him in a cold sweat, realizing that if he had been even a little late, he would have been in big trouble.

“… bell?”

What will happen if King Velence grows up like this?

It’s over 2 meters tall. Exciting impression from someone in their early 30s. However, the face somehow had the facial features of King Velence intact.

so that.

Elric could tell that the other person was the person he had been looking for.

-My name is taken from the great King Yulho. It was the name given by his father to revive the collapsing royal family, just as King Yulho did.

King Velence had said something like that to Elric on his way to the Temple of Flowers.

Now that he has met Elric, he has wiped out Fury’s spies and regained absolute kingship.

It was a statement made with the ambition to build a new royal family against Fury’s ambition.

But it seems that the name wasn’t the only thing that was the same.

How can the faces be so similar even though it was 400 years ago?

‘Was blood this scary?’

King Yulho (律虎王).

The great progenitor of the contemporary Tiger family and the first leader of the Beast-Man Union.

400 years ago, he rose from the black snowfields, united the cities of the beast race, wielded monsters at will, emerged as the overlord of the North, and became the fear of the empire… It was right in front of him!

“Hoo? Are your senses more sensitive than you think? What is it, you? “Are they really human?”

Sniff!

King Yulho twitched his nose, smelled Elric for a moment, and then tilted his head.

“Obviously, the smell is human. I don’t know what happened. It is said that the magic that humans learn has many branches, just like our magic, and pursues various mysteries. “Human, is that the magic you learned?”

Even though he only uttered a few words, King Yulho showed considerable knowledge about humans.

‘Looking at the current situation, it is still before King Yulho forms the Beast-Man Union… However, should we view the fact that he holds this much of an opinion as having been on guard under the wall for a long time?’

Elric didn’t know how King Yulho would react right away, so he deployed his magic weapons and prepared.

At that moment, he smelled a strong scent of magical power following Elric, and King Yulho’s eyes widened.

“Yu, King Yulho!”

“Why are you here… !”

Before we knew it, the beastmen surrounding Elric and King Yulho burst into flames.

Even though they were obviously far superior in numbers, the beasts’ faces were very tense.

No, there were emotions that went far beyond that.

fear.

“why? “Have I come to a place I shouldn’t have come to?”

King Yulho narrowed his eyes and glanced around.

Then, each of the prisoners whose eyes met had to flinch and take a step back.

The corner of King Yulho’s lip curled up.

As if he knew it would happen.

A smile bordering on ridicule.

For a moment, the faces of the prisoners turned red, but no one could protest.

‘also. The spirit… ‘It’s not that easy.’

Although Elric was under pressure from King Yulho, he was able to slightly deflect it to the side instead of straight ahead, so he was able to examine him with his mind’s eye with relative ease.

King Yulho, reflected in his mind, was a tiger.

A tiger the size of a house.

It was wagging its tail as if it had found a fun place to play, but there was something about that leisure that made the viewer’s heart tighten even more.

‘Fortunately, my strength doesn’t seem to be at its peak… . Well, this was before Antromorph was built. ‘It’s not yet before I’ve really made a name for myself.’

I heard that King Yulho in his prime was even at the level of the current 5-Chain (Penta-Chain) or ‘Superior’.

But now, it seemed to be at the level of what is commonly called Quadra-Chain or ‘Master’.

No, more precisely, the middle ground between master and superior?

Moreover, in reality, I’m still in my late 20s right now, right? Or early 30s? That was all I could see.

‘But if I hit it from the front, it would turn into a blood clot right away. As expected, the correct answer was to go around attacking hostile tribes, not tribes related to King Yulho.’

Elric never touched the tribes under King Yulho. His purpose was to gain King Yulho’s favor in the short term, not to incur his hostility.

Of course, if I just wandered around, people might not think it was a big deal and think, ‘Some slave hunter must have come again,’ so I deliberately showed off my strong body techniques.

If King Yulho’s actions, which had been reported only through records, were true, it was a plan based on the judgment that he would have a curious and adventurous personality.

And fortunately, the goal seemed to have been completely hit.

Before he knew it, King Yulho had turned his back and was facing the beastmen who were chasing Elric head on.

It looks like he is protecting Elric.

‘no. Does this feel more like a local brother taking a bribe rather than protecting you?’

While Elric was thinking that, King Yulho growled.

“If you’re not going to attack me, get out of here.”

All the prisoners were shaking in a cold sweat, but some had courage and shouted. Of course, my voice was shaking slightly.

“Beh, Velence! Are you trying to protect humans now?”

“Do you think you’ll be safe after doing this?”

“Humans are a tribute to us beastmen! If you support him, you too will be lumped into the same category! And yet you will turn all the beastmen into enemies!”

The booing was almost like a scolding.

but.

“huh.”

King Yulho was very proud.

“I think you’ll be okay?”

“W-what… ?”

“I think I’ll be safe. Otherwise, what are you guys going to do?”

“… .”

“… .”

Even though he turned all the beastmen into enemies, he calmly responded that nothing would happen, leaving the beastmen with their mouths wide open and unable to say anything.

“So, come at me. huh?”

King Velence waved his hand and said that any time was fine.

at last.

“… “I’m going back.”

“B-but!”

“I’m going back! “This matter will be reported to superiors and you will be placed on probation until further orders are given!”

The beastmen had to curl their tails and slowly retreat.

The warrior-level figures were indignant at the fact that they had lost sight of the man who had disturbed the tribe, but as King Yulho was watching them quietly, they could not react and turned away.

Elric must have been quite surprised inside.

‘Even though we are in the middle of enemy territory, no one can think of attacking us. What on earth did this guy do? .’

At that time, King Yulho turned his gaze towards Elric again.

“Thank you… !”

“I said hello. But you.”

Elric straightened his posture and tried to be polite, but at that moment, King Yulho grabbed Elric by the collar and brought his face close to him, grinning with his fangs clearly exposed.

A laugh that is somehow ferocious.

“Do you know me? How do you know my name? And how do you know about Gangseojutsu?”

That smile was like seeing a tiger known as the King of the Mountains.

“Why aren’t you answering? Or is it that I can’t?”

“This… You have to let go… !”

“hmm!”

Only after Elric pounded King Yulho’s fist and made a hand signal that he was choking, did King Yulho loosen his collar.

But his fierce tiger eyes were still fixed firmly on Elric.

If you try to run away or do anything useless, it seems like they want to smash your head to pieces.

“Kekkek! “Wow, I really came back to life after dying.”

“I could really die right here. “Why don’t you speak quickly?”

Elric nodded quickly, thinking that if he was really upset, he might have to start the arrangement again.

“I’m from Goa.”

“What kind of bullshit is that… !”

“My parents were slash-and-burn farmers who had to flee to the black snowfields due to heavy taxes from the imperial government. Then, after giving birth to me with great difficulty, she died from a monster, and a prisoner saved me as a child when I was on the verge of death.”

Maybe it was because I had thought out in advance what I would say when I met him, even if by chance, that a series of plausible stories came out.

It’s a lie that Mephisto and Sean would have clearly been sick of if they had seen it.

“He said that in order for my young self to survive in this harsh place, I should have at least one or two means of protecting myself.”

“So what you learned was the martial arts technique you just showed?”

“yes. That’s right.”

“What is the prisoner’s name?”

“Master didn’t tell you until the end, saying he forgot your name a long time ago. In fact, he did not acknowledge me as a disciple until the very end, so all I can do is call him Master in my heart.”

King Yulho stared at Elric’s pupils for a long time, as if trying to find out whether he was lying or not.

* * *

In the “Monster Encyclopedia,” like the Death Worm, there was some mention of the beastmen.

Although it was not a monster, it was because it was a race that was judged to be ‘harmful’ to humans.

This was the part of the explanation that Elric remembered most.

[Beast Race: A sub-race that normally looks the same as a human, but is essentially closer to a wild animal.]

[As such, they have much stronger muscles and keener senses than ordinary humans. When you become called a ‘fighter’, you can not only hear the other person’s heart rate directly, but also detect muscle tension with your keen eyes.]

[It has the habit of combining various pieces of information to understand the opponent’s condition and devise a strategy.]

It means detecting the other person’s level of tension with a keen sense.

This meant that artificial lies could be recognized to some extent.

‘Even at the Academy, magic tools like lie detectors are quite difficult to make, but they have been making a living from it for 400 years already… .’

Therefore, King Yulho, who has much more sensitive senses than ordinary beasts, will be able to discern in more detail.

However, Elric was confident that he would not be found out.

‘All you have to do is artificially control the blood flow.’

Sean, Carol, etc. said they couldn’t act.

Still, there was a part that even they acknowledged as the best.

Shameless face!

“… “I guess it’s true that they are ‘brothers.’”

sibling.

It was a word used by practitioners of Gangchejutsu to refer to each other.

Even though they didn’t share blood, they shared the same vein, meaning they were brothers emotionally.

In other words, it meant that he would acknowledge Elric.

Because I can’t find anything wrong right now.

However, his eyes were still fierce.

It seems like if he shows any suspicious behavior, he will immediately slit his head.

“Thank you for your trust.”

“I didn’t trust you, a human being. “He believes in the heavenly bond created by strong alcohol.”

sky.

The concept god known as ‘Tengri’ in their language was the highest god commonly believed in by the beast people.

and.

Soon, as expected, the expected words came out of his mouth.

“okay. “Brother, is there a place to lie down on this barren land?”

Wizard who swallowed talent