Chapter 117: Great and Mighty (5)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
It was rare for an Elf to approach a human first. They didn’t really have any reason to do so.
However, the Elves of the Ten Finger Mountain Village had found a reason to do so, and were very persistent as they approached the human in front of them.
That human, as expected, was Cale.
“Is it difficult to answer?”
Cale avoided eye contact with the Elf in front of the group. Why did the two Elves in the front have to be a grandma and a child? Cale looked toward Chief Canaria.
‘I thought I made it clear that I wanted to leave quietly.’
Canaria gently smiled toward Cale. Cale found that smile to be annoying, however, this was not her fault.
“I’m sorry young master-nim. I only told my family.”
Cale turned his gaze toward the source of the apology. Pendrick looked very apologetic. He was the reason that their departure time and location was revealed. However, you could not blame him for telling his family about his departure.
‘Well, in that case.’
Cale thought that he had at least avoided the worst possible situation with Raon showing up and being revered. That was why he decided to use this to his advantage. Wouldn’t it be easier to get the Elves to do his bidding if he left with a good impression?
“No, that is not something to be sorry about.”
A benevolent smile was on Cale’s face. That smile allowed Pendrick to let out a sigh of relief. However, Cale’s group slowly started to avoid looking at Cale.
Cale made eye contact with the young Elf who was holding his grandma’s hand.
“No, it is not difficult to answer.”
He seemed very gentle toward the child. Cale thought about the child’s question from before.
‘D, do you really have a Dragon-nim’s protection?’
He could see that the Elves and Elementals all wanted an answer. Some of the Elves were looking right at him, while others were off in the distance secretly peeping. Of course, the Elementals were glowing and mumbling something, but Cale could not hear them.
However, their voices were heard by the Elves.
‘This human is protected by a strong aura!’
‘It must be a Dragon-nim’s aura. I’ve never felt a Dragon-nim’s aura before! I will remember this forever!’
‘My goodness! A human that has so many natural auras on him! Fire, water, wind, and wood, all four of these are in different shapes on him!’
‘He also has an extra natural power that does not have an affinity!’
The Elementals were currently shouting chaotically.
‘I’ve never seen such a human before. He’s not an Elementalist or an Elf.’
‘I can see why Dragon-nim would like him! He must be a human that is loved by ancient powers, no, by nature!’
‘What an interesting human.’
The Elves turned even more pensive after hearing the Elementals’ words. This was the same for Chief Canaria and the Guardian Knight as well. Only Pendrick did not know about it, as he could not hear the Elementals.
Cale, who was in the same boat as Pendrick, did not know about the Elementals going crazy as he started to speak.
“The Dragon protects the weak me.”
“Ah.”
Gasps could be heard throughout the crowd.
At that moment, Raon, who was invisible and stuck on Cale’s back, as usual, started to speak into Cale’s mind.
- I’m glad you know, weak human.
Cale just ignored Raon’s comment and started to smile while looking at the Elf child. However, that smile soon started to flinch at the child’s response.
“Wow! I’m so jealous! You’re the best! You’re so cool!”
The child’s triple combo of praise landed on Cale before the child continued to speak.
“I wanted to go meet you when you were in the World Tree’s Garden, that flower garden! However, your subordinates were so strict and so I could not go. I’ve never met such sca, I mean, mm, strong people before! They seem to be stronger than even the human Royal Knights!”
The child peeked toward the rest of the group as he said that. He then hid behind his grandma, like he was scared. An Elf was scared of a human.
‘Just what the hell did they do to protect me for those three days?’
Cale had a feeling that it wasn’t him that avoided the Elves, but the Elves that avoided him because of what Choi Han and crew did during the three days that he was unconscious.
They just gathered here today to say goodbye to Pendrick.
Cale received a few more questions after answering the child’s question. The majority of them came from other children.
“What is Dragon-nim like?”
Raon’s front paw continued to tap on Cale’s back.
Cale answered with a gentle smile.
- I am great and mighty.
“He is great and mighty.”
Cale answered as Raon instructed him to do. Since things ended up like this, wouldn’t it be great to be known as the lucky human who received the protection of a great and mighty Dragon?
He felt like he could see the Elves’ interest level going up, like he was playing a game.
“Wow! Is he handsome?”
Raon naturally gave him the answer again.
- Handsome and beautiful.
“He is handsome and beautiful.”
“Wow!”
The children’s admiration, as well as the adults’ nods of approval, continued. Cale wanted to shake his head. They would all fall back and cheer endlessly if a real Dragon appeared in front of them.
“Dragon-nim must be very strong!”
Canaria looked toward Cale, who seemed to have a lot on his mind. Cale slowly reached his hand out and Canaria put the book in his hand.
“To be honest with you, I do not think you will find the ancient power described in this book. However, since we do not need this book, I thought it would be great if it could even help you a little bit, since you helped save our village.”
“It is not a precious book?”
“To be honest with you, no.”
Canaria thought it might make Cale feel bad, but decided to tell the truth.
“We have a warehouse where the Elves gather things they don’t need. I remembered that this book was in that warehouse and brought it over.”
However, she still thought that this book would not be of much help to Cale. That was because she had gone to the location described in the book, but did not find anything.
‘But since he is lucky.’
You needed a lot of luck to find ancient powers, to the point that it was said that the heavens determined the owner of each ancient power. However, this human in front of her had enough luck to gather five ancient powers. That was why she brought this book over.
Cale had an awkward expression on his face as he took the book.
“Mm, I will take it for now, since you say that the Elf village does not need it. It is difficult to say no to such generosity. However, ancient powers are not something you can just gain because you want to.”
“Of course. You need the mandate of heaven to get it. But it is still an unbelievable and funny legend, so at least give it a read.”
“Thank you. I will.”
Cale slowly put the book away and shook hands with Canaria.
“Let us meet again if it is the will of the heavens, Chief-nim.”
“I hope we can meet together with Dragon-nim next time.”
- Chief! I am right here!
Cale ignored Raon’s shout and said goodbye to Canaria. He touched the book in his pocket and started to think.
‘There is a reason the Fire of Destruction appeared near this Elf Village.’
He thought that the Fire of Destruction appeared nearby because this book was in the village. Although it might have been a coincidence, he thought that there might be something there.
He recalled what the Chief had said.
‘Would a hero be greedy for money? Especially a hero who supposedly saved the world from freezing and did not seek any power, influence, nor fame? How could someone like that be greedy for money? Isn’t it unbelievable?’
Of course, it made sense. Why would it not make sense?
Cale had made it rain money for that hero not too long ago.
Cale was almost certain that the greedy hero in this book was the owner of the, ‘Fire of Destruction.’ He also had a feeling that the hero’s frenemy was the, ‘Super Rock.’
Although boulders were just a sub-property of earth, it was still a part of the earth.
‘So, the owner of the Super Rock took the Fire of Destruction’s owner’s money?’
Cale’s heart was beating, not because of the ancient power, but because of the money.
It didn’t matter whether he earned the ancient power or not, but couldn’t he just take the money?
Cale held back a smirk and said his final goodbye.
“Goodbye now.”
“Have a safe trip.”
Cale walked into the half-transparent hut that was the entrance to the illusion magic hiding the Elf village. The rest of the group followed behind him.
Cale had finally left the Elf village for the first time in a few days. He then stopped walking right outside of the boundary.
“Haaaa.”
He let out a sigh. The group slowly turned their gazes away and into the distance at his sigh. Choi Han and Lock let out some fake coughs and lowered their heads, while Ron and Beacrox still remained calm.
On and Hong meowed while in Choi Han’s arms before looking away toward a mountain in the distance.
- Human! Can you see the glorious evidence of our battle? We destroyed it all!
Raon proudly shouted in Cale’s mind.
Yes, they really did destroy everything. Cale had wondered why the Elf Chief had to personally help out with the restoration. But after looking at the sight in front of him, it all made sense.
There were a lot of trees that were destroyed, and the ground was turned over in many spots. Some boulders also looked like they were cut in half by swords or auras.
However, Cale could not say anything.
- Human, your thunderbolt left the biggest mark! Can you see it? It is a pretty useful power, but do not use it ever again!
He could not say anything because he had done the most damage to the land. There was a giant crater on the ground that looked like a meteor had landed. Everything in that crater was completely charred black.
Cale looked away toward a distant mountain peak as he started to speak.
“Let’s go.”
He then asked Beacrox before using the Sound of the Wind to move away from the valley.
“He’s not too heavy, right?”
“Yes sir.”
Beacrox, who had Balbud on his shoulder, made it look like Balbud did not weigh a pound. Balbud, whose eyes, mouth, and ears were all covered, was still unconscious.
Cale verified that everyone was ready before heading out of the valley and toward Bloke Village. Although they arrived at the village quickly, he stopped at the foot of the mountain because of Balbud.
“Young master-nim!”
Deputy butler Hans bowed and greeted Cale. The kittens, On and Hong, jumped out of Choi Han’s arms and into Hans’s arms. Cale walked past Hans and reached his hand out to someone else.
“Has it been about three months?”
“Yes, young master Cale.”
Rosalyn, who had returned from the Breck Kingdom, smiled back at Cale. She took a piece of paper out of her pocket in order to respond to Cale’s gaze that seemed to be asking how it went.
It indicated that Rosalyn would be the Captain of the Roan Kingdom and Breck Kingdom’s Mage Alliance at the beginning of a war.
Cale started to laugh as he greeted Rosalyn.
“Welcome back, Miss Rosalyn.”
“That’s what I wanted to hear.”
Cale let go of Rosalyn’s hand before giving an order to Hans. He needed to meet with the Dark Elf, Tasha, once again.
“Hans, we are first heading to the capital.”