The Chronicles of Darkness Episode 2
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Crumbling.
The sharp blade of the Little Cloud Dragon cut the deliciously cooked meat into large pieces.
Squishy squishy.
Jeonggwang’s neat teeth chewed it eagerly.
Ugh. Tsk!
It was useless.
Jeong Gwang forcefully spit out the meat he had been chewing, looked around with empty eyes at the black corpses of monsters scattered around him, and sighed.
I never thought there would be nothing worth eating among so many of them.
What’s the point of peeling off the skin and removing all the blood?
I tried boiling it and baking it, but there was no answer.
Are monsters monsters for nothing?
Since you can’t eat it, you’re a monster!
“Damn it. I was just wasting my time. “Not only is bad taste a problem, but there are some people who are extremely poisonous.”
As Zheng Guang grumbled and blew away the poison with a drink, Zhao, who had already given up on eating, smiled.
“After all, a monster is just a monster. “I don’t think I was prejudiced.”
“Iknow, right. Zhao is right.”
Jeong Gwang gave up his stubbornness and took out the buffalo jerky from his pocket, chewed it a few times, and admired it.
“Was it this delicious? “There are times when even buffalo jerky is worth eating.”
“haha. Is that so? Then I also… … hmm. indeed! It’s especially soft and sweet today. “There is no separate delicacy.”
“This time, the prejudice has been broken.”
“That’s right.”
The two people looked at each other, smiled and chewed buffalo jerky.
How long has it been since then?
After completing its purpose of eating food, Zhao’s mouth began its original task.
“Why did so many and various monsters flock here?”
“ah. I ate well. well.”
“There were some who caused self-inflicted chaos, but most of them seemed to be busy running away from something. “Given the fact that some people were armed with kitchen knives and pitchforks, I think they must have swept into another village, and I am worried about the safety of the people there.”
Jeong-Gwang, who had been forcefully feeding the monsters’ blood while holding Yeok Cheong-Gyeong, who was fiercely resisting, shrugged, saying, “I will have filled my stomach.”
“What can you do? “I think about it in a positive way.”
“It seems like the people here knew about it in advance and fled, so we can believe that people in other villages did the same.”
“yes. If there were people nearby, they would at least try to find out why, but for now, there is no way… … .”
Jeong Gwang trailed off, turned his head, and stared at the low mountain he had climbed earlier.
“There is a way.”
“yes?”
“I had someone to ask.”
“You mean you were on the mountain? “You said you couldn’t feel people’s energy until you climbed the mountain, right?”
“It appeared suddenly, as if it fell from the sky. uh? “It disappeared again.”
“omg! “There is an absolute expert who can hide from Danju in a place like this!”
Unlike Zhao, who was shocked, Zheng Guang had an interesting expression.
“Let’s go first.”
“Yes, sobriety.”
They spread their magic towards the mountain and soon came down to a place.
‘It definitely appeared and disappeared around here.’
Jeong Gwang was looking around in a dark place on the mountainside, and his eyes lit up when he saw an area covered with thorn bushes.
‘Look at this?’
Considering that the flow of energy floating around is not unnatural, it is clearly not a true method.
It was strange.
There has to be a degree of what is natural, but when I concentrated on it, I realized it was too much to the point of being suspicious!
‘Did they make it look natural by walking from station to station? ‘It’s an interesting witchcraft.’
As Zheng Guang raised the corners of his mouth, Zhao glared at the thorn bush with a nervous face.
“I don’t think it’s true, but is there something over there?”
“yes.”
“Which one is it?”
“Rather than causing confusion by arranging objects in a specific direction, we force the natural keeper itself to naturally distort the space.”
Zhao’s face hardened.
“It’s an amazing technique that will make your head tingle even if you just listen to it briefly. “What are you going to do?”
“I have to go in.”
“You mean breaking it?”
Jeong Gwang grinned.
“no. It’s been a while since I met something interesting. Is that possible? “Let’s solve it the way it should.”
* * *
A peaceful forest with all kinds of birds chirping and cute rabbits hopping under the warm sunlight.
There was a woman standing in front of a small hut in the center.
She was tall, with long blonde hair and wearing a black robe. She stared straight ahead with emerald eyes and bit her beautiful lip.
‘Could it be that I found this place?’
The two men were visible through the transparent curtain that concealed the path leading to the nest.
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‘I think that’s right. No, that’s right.’
Let’s leave aside the very ordinary-looking middle-aged man for now. A handsome young man whose eyes naturally widened was scanning the transparent membrane and pointing his fingers as if he was calculating something.
‘He only went out for a moment, but he turned his head in my direction. Even though I came back right away out of fear, he followed me exactly and even detected the magic. ‘There’s no other way to explain it.’
How long has it been since the screams of countless monsters shook the heavens and earth before disappearing? I wish I could endure it just a little longer, but I couldn’t suppress my curiosity and ended up like this.
‘Why did you come to this remote place? It can’t be because of me. Could it be that you are Master’s enemy?’
That probably isn’t it either.
Even if there were more than one person with a grudge against her teacher, the chances of them doing so were slim.
Even she, who has traveled to various places in the ‘land of the setting sun’, is a race from the East that she has only seen once in the easternmost part of the continent.
‘Master lived only in the Kingdom of Probunyu and passed away, so there is no way he had any contact with them.’
It’s a good thing, though.
It wasn’t much of a consolation.
‘Anyway, they are dangerous people.’
The sight of him sitting calmly in the middle of the corpses of so many monsters.
Since there were no other people, it would have been just the two of them slaughtering them all.
Is it possible that such vicious people came with good intentions?
It may not be able to break through the space distortion magic of Master’s work, but you never know when it will return.
I had to prepare just in case.
‘There is enough drinking water, but you need to pack food. I pick vegetables, pick fruits, dry them, and whenever I have time… … huh? Nonsense!’
She couldn’t help but widen her eyes.
Following the young man’s light gesture, the space distortion magic that was blocking the path was shaking.
‘Is it possible to move Mana, which makes up magic, in that way?’
It would be nice if that was the end of it.
The young American went one step further.
‘Well, what are you doing here?’
Magic is created by transforming mana. The higher the level of magic, the more mana of different properties can be created and combined.
Space distortion magic was one of those high-level magics, and the young man seemed to have found a gap in the numerous pieces of mana that he could touch, so he stuck his hands in and squeezed to look inside!
And when he made eye contact with her with her mouth wide open, he smiled and nodded.
‘Hello?’
Surprisingly, he had manners, but that wasn’t the important thing.
An urgent situation with no time to expand. He quickly memorized the spell, memorized the complex formula, and then processed, combined, and released the mana he had contained according to the formula.
‘Eat this!’
Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
A terrifying black flame seemed to gush out from both her palms, then flew out in an instant and struck the young man’s face.
Quaaaang!
There was a huge explosion and thick smoke engulfed the trail.
She sighed in relief and stumbled slightly.
It was a reward for recognizing that the opponent was a strong enemy and pouring all one’s magic into it.
‘I caused great damage to the young guy who pierced the teacher’s magic, so I’ll be okay for a while.’
After feeling relieved for a moment, she frowned.
‘You still haven’t come to your senses. You can’t let down your guard. ‘You don’t know how quickly he will recover.’
It really was.
No, it was more than that.
She blinked her eyes with a mesmerized look on her face.
The smoke cleared and a person was revealed inside the transparent membrane.
‘Oh, how!’
If you see the young man lightly opening his slightly red palm, it means that he blocked it with that. Does that make sense?
‘for a moment. What about middle-aged people? ‘There’s no place outside?’
I found out right away.
Sigh-
I felt a chill that was sharp enough to give me goosebumps on my neck.
Someone reached behind her and pointed a dagger at her neck.
‘Ju, are you a middle-aged man? ‘Have you come behind me before I know it?’
I tried to regain my composure and secretly recite a spell, but the dagger that was slightly away stuck close to my neck.
Not with a simple threat, but with a strong sense of survival.
‘crazy. ‘He’s unusually quick-witted.’
Not only did she stop the spell, she erased the formulas that had popped into her head and glared at the young man approaching from the front.
“What do you want from me?”
The young man smiled and answered, but it was in a language he did not know.
“You don’t know Provenure? “Then what is the continent’s official language?”
The same applies if you ask in common language.
The answer that came back was the same unintelligible language as before.
“driving me crazy. “Only through words can we find a way to survive.”
Fortunately, the other person opened the way.
Hand gestures and foot gestures are an excellent means of communication.
“Concentration.”
When the young man introduced himself by pointing his finger, she noticed and smiled.
“ah. Is that your name? “It’s hard to pronounce, but it’s a good name.”
The young man pointed at her and repeated what she said.
“ah. Is that your name? “It’s hard to pronounce.”
“No, that’s not it.”
“No, that’s not it.”
“If this continues, there will be no end.”
“If this continues, there will be no end.”
“… … .”
She remained silent for a moment and then spoke clearly.
“Estelle.”
“Estelle? Estelle, Estelle.”
“… … !”
Her eyes widened.
I never thought I could pronounce an unfamiliar language perfectly in just three times.
‘Come to think of it, it was like that before too.’
Didn’t he say almost the same thing as soon as he heard it?
When a handsome young man named Jeong Gwang gestured, the middle-aged man behind her withdrew his sword and opened his mouth.
“Asteel.”
“… … Estelle.”
“Westel.”
“… … Estelle.”
“Esutyu.”
“… … .”
Yes, this is normal.
The middle-aged man had to study hard.
‘Anyway, I don’t think there is any malicious intent.’
Still, you never know.
Shouldn’t we look into it in more detail?
‘Okay, let’s give it a try.’
Estelle tried to communicate by drawing pictures on the ground, but there were limits.
Still, it was a great gain to learn that they came here while traveling around the world without any particular purpose.
‘If that’s true.’
Besides, I want to stay here for a while and learn the language.
When I asked him what he would give me in return, he lifted one of his lips and twitched his finger.
‘Are you going to attack me at any time?’
I didn’t mean to press it with force.
It meant that it would help you build your skills.
‘I noticed that you have very little practical experience.’
No matter how golden the opportunity was, it may have been natural since I put all my effort into it all at once and did nothing.
‘Let’s do that. ‘Because there’s nothing to lose.’
Even if he was curious about magic and wanted to use her to learn, he couldn’t help it.
I don’t have the power to kick them out anyway, so what’s the big deal?
Estelle thought of the most precious person in the world and made a firm resolution.
‘Teacher, I will survive by cherishing myself as you taught me.’
* * *
Estelle, with the help of Jeong Gwang and Jao, dismantled the corpses of the monsters and took everything of value.
And when the log cabin for the two people was completed, time began to pass quickly.
Accompanied by tantrums.
“Concentration! “Catch and eat birds and rabbits in moderation!”
“I don’t know what that means.”
“You understand everything, but you turn it around!”
“ah. You mean you want to get practical experience, right? Please come.”
“profit!”
The other person also turned her stomach.
“Estelle, it seems like the time I spend teaching you languages decreases as the days go by.”
“Zhao, study hard!”
“I must learn quickly. Please help me.”
“What are you going to do after learning that? “Not today, do it tomorrow!”
“Then let’s start at dawn. “Focusing on common languages, which are greatly lacking.”
“Ahh!”
Of course, it wasn’t all bad things.
Estelle steadily gained practical experience and learned many things through Jeong Gwang and Zhao.
There were a lot of smiles that I had forgotten about.
Then one evening.
After finishing his meal, Jeong Gwang stretched out and gave notice.
“I’ll leave tomorrow.”
“and! It’s finally going. “I feel refreshed inside.”
Estelle was happy and even clapped her hands, but stiffened when she heard the words flowing from Jeonggwang’s mouth.
“You said Master passed away three years ago, right? “Wasn’t he bored alone?”
“Just a little bit.”
“Then go out into the world, why are you here?”
“Because there are times when you have no choice but to be in one place.”
“Please explain it easily.”
“Do you remember the first time we met here?”
“Sure.”
“When you were able to speak this language to some extent, I asked you about that time. “Why did monsters come like that?”
This was because the Continent’s strongest Empire, Whippel, pushed them out to the weak Probunyu Kingdom.
“I told them it was something that happened periodically. And as always, the soldiers guarding this border retreated and took the villagers with them.”
“Attract the monsters until they are hungry and weak and then attack them. “You said it was the best tactic for the Kingdom of Probunyu.”
“Yes, every time something like that happens, the villages swept by monsters are devastated. But why do people go back and fix broken houses and cultivate ruined rice fields?”
“It gets harder when you leave your hometown and go somewhere else.”
“I’m similar. It’s dangerous outside. “I only go to the nearest city when I really need to, but I’m afraid of even that.”
“Why?”
Estelle hesitated for a moment and ran a hand through her long blonde hair.
Then, slightly pointed ears appeared.
“It’s because of this. “I’m a half-elf.”
“It’s my first time hearing that word.” “Do you mean my ears are shaped like that?”
“Ugh. Even a genius like you still has a lot to learn.”
Estelle explained what a half-elf was and what she had experienced because of her bloodline, and added:
“I was sold from place to place since I was young, and when I turned 30, my teacher saved me and I came here. Now that I think about it, twenty years have already passed.”
“So you’re fifty years old now?”
“huh.”
“I thought you were in your twenties, but you look young.”
“If you already know, treat me with respect.”
“Why are you still a green sprout?”
“What’s wrong?”
Jeong Gwang chuckled and changed the topic.
“Why are wizards so scared? It must be an uncommon occupation. Be confident.”
“joy. “I’m not a wizard or anything.”
“Then what is it?”
Estelle answered proudly, puffing out her chest.
“witch. “He is a noble being who creates amazing miracles by efficiently combining mana and learning.”
“A noble being?”
“huh.”
Jeong Gwang’s eyes narrowed.
“I don’t think so.”
“… … I get a little misunderstood, but it’s just prejudice. “People are jealous and want to burn it.”
“Aren’t you stuck here not because you’re a half-elf, but because you’re a witch?”
Estelle jumped up.
“no it’s not! “This guy caught a live person!”
“Hmm.”
Jeong Gwang thought while stroking his chin, then nodded his head sharply.
“So, let me sum it up. A witch may look fine, but she is impatient and strong-willed, suffers from loneliness a lot but doesn’t show it, and is a noble profession whose specialty is putting miscellaneous things in a pot and boiling them all the time, making strange drugs, and throwing curses, rather than flashy magic, right? ”
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