Chapter 419: Save Me! (4)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
However, he wondered if there was a need to smack him in the back.
“Cough, cough! Ek, ugh!”
The Bear King had stopped walking before curling forward and coughing up blood. His handkerchief was covered in blood to the point that people who didn’t know what happened might think that it was dunked in red paint.
- ...Human. Is the Bear King about to die?
‘...Right? Is he going to just die like that?’
Cale couldn’t help but question whether they needed to fight this enemy who suddenly showed up but started coughing up blood while turning pale and having his limbs shaking in pain.
“H, how could such power of light......!”
Someone shouted out loud. Cale turned his head toward the voice that came from a distance away.
Boom!
Someone soon landed on the ground with a thud.
“H, Hannah, let me down.”
The person who landed was sword master Hannah. Saint Jack then got off Hannah’s back.
“How, something like that!”
His hands were shaking.
“Oppa...”
Hannah reached her hand out toward Jack’s shoulder as if telling him to calm down, but Jack had already walked past her.
He was observing the Bear King with shaking pupils.
“You.”
The Bear King raised his head. Jack made eye contact with him. He then took another step forward.
“What kind of power is the light that you are using?”
Smirk.
Jack took another step as the Bear King started to smile.
“What kind of power is it that it can let out such pure light......!”
However, Jack had to stop walking. Cale had grabbed his shoulder and Jack finally came back to his senses after looking at Cale's gaze.
- Innocent Saint! What do you mean by pure light?
Raon's voice echoed in Saint Jack’s mind. Saint Jack opened his mouth to respond. However, the Bear King started to speak first.
“Saint, as you mentioned, this power is pure light itself.”
“...How-”
Saint Jack could not finish his sentence.
The light he had just seen... That was just light. It was a pure light without any traces of mana nor the powers of a light-affinity god. That was why Saint Jack who was a follower of the Sun God, which was one of those light-affinity gods, could realize the pure nature of it. He looked toward the Bear King as if he was looking for an answer. He was the enemy. However, that pure light made the hearts of the followers of light run wild.
“How, you ask?”
The Bear King smirked again before looking at someone.
“Hey, old man.”
Cale flinched.
“...Are you talking about me?”
Eruhaben looked toward the Bear King who had an odd smile on his face.
“Yes. You're the oldest person here.”
The old man the Bear King was talking about was Eruhaben.
- ...Human, the way the Bear King talks is similar to you.
‘What?’
Cale was honestly shocked. He wouldn’t speak so disrespectfully to the elderly even if he was trash. Of course, the enemy was an exception.
Cale heard Eruhaben’s voice at that moment.
“It is an ancient power.”
‘As expected.’
Cale nodded his head at the fact that his hypothesis was correct.
“...... An ancient power is that pure?”
He could hear Jack’s mumblings, but that was soon drowned out by the Bear King's voice. The Bear King wiped the blood off his mouth with his sleeve as he looked toward Eruhaben.
“Yes, it is an ancient power. I knew you would understand, old man.”
“Pfft.”
Eruhaben started to laugh.
“You sure know how to talk, you disrespectful child.”
“I am indeed good with my words.”
Cale slowly took a step back as Eruhaben and the Bear King chatted. He then made his shield even sturdier.
It felt as if the battle would start soon.
- Human! Should I capture the Bear King?
Cale slowly nodded his head at Raon’s timely comment.
- Then, I am going to approach him!
The moment Raon shouted that...
Baaaaang! Bang! Bang!
Explosions could be heard from multiple locations. Cale let out a groan at the same time.
“Ugh!”
Cale looked to the sky.
Oo. Oo. Oo.
The black wall started to let out that eerie noise again.
“Rooooooooooar!”
“Roooooar!”
Furthermore, the golems were destroying the tree trunks while looking more berserk. The tree trunks tried to regrow to grab the golems again, however...
- Something changed.
Cale felt that something was odd as he heard the glutton priestess.
‘What could it be?’
Cale was getting the chills for some reason.
- Do you remember what I told you at the Wind Island temple?
He heard the Scary Giant Cobblestone's voice at that moment.
- I told you that the ancient White Star believed himself to be a god, someone who would become a god.
‘We're trapped!’
They were trapped. Rosalyn realized that this place was a trap.
- We are going to attack right away.
She heard Eruhaben’s voice. The Dragon also realized the situation and was about to attack. Rosalyn immediately started to prepare her spell stealthily without making it visible.
“Rosalyn-nim.”
“...I am fine.”
She nodded her head at Sir Rex who was standing next to her while telling him that she was okay. Sir Rex lifted his shield and sword as he started to look around.
The battle looked as if it would start again soon. Nervousness filled the air. This nervousness would soon explode and another battle would start.
Rosalyn could hear someone's voice at that moment.
“The capital.”
“Young master Cale?”
Rosalyn looked toward Cale.
“Airships.”
Cale started to frown as he said that. He then made a comment.
“...The capital is empty.”
“Ah.”
Rosalyn heard Sir Rex’s gasp. The Bear King gently continued to speak.
“That's right, the capital is empty. Do you think these are all the airships we have? Do we look that stupid to you?”
Beeeep Beeeeep.
An emergency call from a video communication device could be heard.
It was not just one.
Rosalyn, Sir Rex, Saint Jack, all of the important figures’ video communication devices were going off at once. Rosalyn could see the Bear King smiling. He then started to speak.
“While we gathered all of you here, we did something to match the new situation.”
Cale heard Raon's voice at that moment.
- Human, we got a call from Bud!
Cale started to frown. Mercenary King Bud, the person who was left in the capital to handle communication, was sending a signal to everyone. He was contacting everyone knowing that some people might not be able to answer as they were in the middle of a battle.
This could mean only one thing.
‘I don't care who it is, please, please, someone, anyone, pick up the call!’
Cale looked toward the Bear King. He was smiling as he started to speak to Cale and the others again.
“I will tell you one misunderstanding you have.”
He threw the handkerchief in his hand to the ground. He continued to speak as the bloodied handkerchief fell to the ground.
“We don’t give a damn what happens to the Mogoru Empire.”
Sir Rex and Saint Jack responded to that comment.
“Then why did you gather the power players here to try and take back the capital?”
“Then why did you send airships to the capital? Why are you attacking it?”
Sir Rex and Saint Jack shared their anger one at a time.
If they didn’t care about what happened to the capital, why can’t they stop causing them issues?
Why waste their resources for no reason? It didn’t make sense.
“Who knows? Someone who knows about the forgotten story may have realized our plans.”
“What do you mean?!”
Saint Jack subconsciously stepped forward and started to shout after seeing the Bear King's relaxed attitude.
“... Young master-nim?”
However, he stopped walking and looked to the side.
Jack could feel Cale tightening his hand that was on his shoulder.
He could also see the giant frown on Cale's face. He could also see Cale's angry gaze. Those angry eyes were glaring at the Bear King.
Cale recalled the art on the temple's ceiling as he started to speak.
“The lands that are not chosen will become desolate.”
The Bear King smiled brightly.
“Correct answer.”
He opened his arms.
“We will recreate the forgotten ancient times.”
The lands chosen by the White Star and the Forest of Darkness that were plentiful. The other areas that did not receive their blessing. Cale could tell why the White Star's subordinates were trying to fight to the end and attack the capital even as the power players and royal family members in the other three Alchemists’ Towers were all captured.
The answer came out of the Bear King's mouth.
“Mogoru had been chosen but tried to get out of our grasp. So, shouldn't we teach them a lesson? A chosen land that rejected its blessing and became one of the not chosen lands. That land must become desolate. That is the will of the White Star who wishes to become nature.”
“Just what are-”
Saint Jack flinched as he was about to speak.
“F*ck!”
It was because he heard Cale cuss before giving an order.
“Please prepare to teleport right away! We are all going to the capital!”
Saint Jack could see Eruhaben and Rosalyn’s hands being covered in white gold light and red light. It was at that moment.
Boom!
Someone dropped from the sky and stood next to the Bear King.
“Who said you could go?”
That person was Lion King Dorph.
Oooooo-
The wailings of the black wall became even louder. They could hear the roars of the golems as well. Dorph pointed to Cale's group as he continued to speak.
“You guys are the ones who are trapped.”
Tap.
Saint Jack was pushed back by someone pulling at his shoulder. Jack looked at Cale who pushed him back.
“...... Young master-nim!”
Jack then saw a rising fire. Wind and fire were surrounding Cale. Cale felt the ancient powers surrounding him as he stared at the two kings.
“You crazy bastards.”
These guys really were crazy bastards.
There was no need to try to understand them.
‘Recreate the ancient times? That is why they are attacking the capital and the people living there?’
The wind surrounded the fire and started to create a large whirlwind.
‘Fine, you crazy bastards.’
“Let’s take it to the end.”
Cale pushed the Sound of the Wind and the Fire of Destruction to their limits.