Chapter 481: Follow Me (4)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
A spot near the Western continent's northern shores.
The Forbidden Region known as the Lake of Despair was located here.
“Human! It’s a bit cold!”
It definitely felt as if summer had ended and fall had arrived as Raon fluttered his wings and sniffled. Cale took a blanket out of his spatial pocket bag with a stoic expression and wrapped it around Raon’s neck like a scarf.New novel chapters are published on
Choi Han silently watched this and Cale flinched at his gaze before starting to speak.
“...Do you want one too?”
“No.”
Choi Han shook his head.
Raon quietly snickered while watching them. Raon could use temperature management magic, but he liked Cale wrapping him like this more.
“Weak human! I need to use temperature management magic on you!”
Of course, Raon had put temperature management magic on the weak Cale. Choi Han then nodded his head and looked around them.
‘What the...?’
This made Cale feel upset, but he let it go once the spell warmed him up.
He then looked toward the lake with a large whirlwind on it.
The snowstorm raging on top of the frozen lake seemed quite scary.
It was at that moment.
“Hmm?”
‘...It's hot?’
Cale’s back felt hot for some reason.
He had felt his back being cold, but never hot.
“Human!”
Cale saw Raon’s front paws push him to the side at that moment. He then felt his body almost flying sideways from the strength in those paws.
Plop.
He fell on the snow.
“...Son of a-”
The moment Cale was about to frown...
“Fire!”
Cale looked at where he had been standing after hearing Raon's shout.
There was a random fireball floating there. However, the faint fireball was burning wildly.
‘No wonder my back felt hot.’
Cale checked whether his back was burnt before putting his hands into his outfit’s inner pocket.
Choi Han who was watching started to frown and took out his sword.
This was a random fireball that suddenly appeared in this place that could be called the coldest place on the Western continent.
It was naturally suspicious, and he had to be even warier of it as that fireball had suddenly appeared behind Cale’s back.
That fireball continued to move toward Cale.
“Shit!”
Ooooooong-
Black aura started to rise up from Choi Han’s sword.
‘Choi Han! I'll tell you something! I’ll tell you since everybody eventually needs to know!’
Raon had approached Choi Han before they came here while saying he would tell him something first.
‘Mom and the human told me to do whatever I want! I'll tell you about it because I know a secret of yours too!’
He had then heard the story of the Dragon half-blood, Sheritt, and Raon.
It had made him full of anger toward the White Star. He had never hated anyone and wanted to destroy someone like this before.
Everything the White Star did, starting from Harris Village, filled Choi Han with anger.
‘Anyway, that’s how it is!’
Raon tried to speak as happily as possible before flying away while saying he needed to tell Beacrox, On, Hong, and Lock as well before they teleported.
Once Raon was done telling everyone, Choi Han, Raon, and Cale had come here.
Ooooooooong-
The sparkling black aura pointed toward the fireball.
Choi Han was extremely sensitive right now. He would not leave anything or anything who tried to harm his family alone.
The fireball shook as if it was shocked at the black aura, but it continued to move toward Cale.
Choi Han raised his sword and the sparkling aura looked ready to slash the fireball in half.
“Choi Han!”
However, he had to stop his movement.
The golden top’s whip. Cale had that in his hand as he started to speak.
“Choi Han, this is an Elemental, an Elemental!”
“...An Elemental?”
Cale nodded his head at Choi Han’s question as he heard the Wind Elemental’s urgent voice in his ear.
‘Chaos! Destruction! Peace!’
The Wind Elemental who always said weird things like that was shouting urgently.
‘This is him! The baby Fire Elemental! Stop Choi Han! He cannot destroy them! Chaos! Destruction! Absolutely not!’
Cale recalled the Fire Elemental he met a year ago but had forgotten about until the Wind Elemental mentioned it last time.
It was slightly over one year old.
“Ah.”
It was a deep gasp.
Adite looked back and forth between Cale and the fireball next to Cale before slowly putting her coins back into her sleeve.
“...How shocking. But it looks like I don't need to empty my emergency fund.”
The mumbling Adite looked toward the fireball.
She had rushed over here without thinking about anything after seeing fire next to Cale. Adite calmly observed the fireball now that she calmed down a bit after learning that it was an Elemental.
The fireball shook at that moment and Cale heard the Wind Elemental’s voice.
‘The baby Fire Elemental is saying, ‘The World Tree-nim told me not to come here, but I had to meet Cale Henituse-nim because of an issue with my contractor. Adite-nim, I ask for you to understand.’’
‘...What the...? It can speak regularly too?’
Cale’s level of trust in the Fire Elemental and the Wind Elemental fell drastically. However, Adite started to speak.
“The young master-nim needs to meet with the World Tree-nim. You can chat with him later.”
The floating fire slowly turned faint and disappeared. Cale’s warm side returned to normal as well.
‘The Fire Elemental told me to let you know that he would wait until you come out of the lake! Chaos! Despair! Destroy the White Star!’
Cale nodded his head at the Wind Elemental's comments and started to speak to Adite.
“May I meet with the World Tree-nim right away?”
“She has been waiting for a while.”
Adite smiled gently and guided them to the World Tree.
“It’s been so long!”
Cale reached his hand out toward the World Tree whom he had not seen in a while as Raon mentioned.
This tree that still looked like a normal tree at least seemed to have more vitality than before. The branches and leaves looked healthier than last time.
Shhhhh.
Cale closed his eyes and his palm touched the rough surface of the tree.
- It’s been a while.
Cale started to speak the moment he heard the World Tree’s voice.
“That does seem to be the case.”
The World Tree had sacrificed three of her branches to tell Cale three things last time.
Find Raon's parents.
Find the Water of Judgment.
There is someone else who has gathered multiple ancient powers.
The information she gave him last time had been quite helpful now that he thought about it.
"I have many questions to ask you.”
- It is I who has many questions to ask.
“It looks like we’ll need to chat for a long time.”
Shhhhhhh-
The leaves of the trees surrounding the World Tree started to shake. It looked as if the World Tree was laughing and nodding her head at Cale’s statement.
“Ah.”
Cale asked the question that popped into his mind before they started their serious conversation.
It was something he could not find out through Lord Sheritt or Choi Jung Gun's memoir.
“Is there an ancient power related to time?”
The White Star had managed to find out Cale and Choi Han’s identities, as well as the time the tree in the underground area had died.
He was asking about that power.
- I do not know about such an ancient power. But I do know of multiple powers related to time.
Cale’s eyebrow twitched.
There was a chance he could find out the identity of the White Star’s power.
It was at that moment.
- Don’t you have one as well?
“...Excuse me?”
Cale flinched.
He then grabbed the chest area of his shirt with his other hand.
- That clock in your inner pocket. I can hear the time moving in it right now.
The clock from the God of Death.
It was the letter telling Cale to decide whether to go back or stay here.
That clock was still quietly counting down.
Something nobody had found out about was now revealed.
“Human, what is going on? Does your heart hurt?”
He heard Raon's voice as the World Tree continued to speak.
- Death is a gift to the God of Death.
The World Tree had instantly figured out that this letter was from the God of Death.
- The God of Death is someone who is experienced in making deals. The Vow of Death is something that is only beneficial to the God of Death.
“...Only beneficial to the God of Death?”
Cale moved closer to the World Tree. He pushed his hand tighter against the tree as he placed his ear on the trunk.
He heard a voice in his mind.
- Isn’t it obvious? It is beneficial to the God of Death because anybody who goes against the vow will be in pain, be cursed, or die. Would a God let people borrow his powers for free?
The World Tree laughed as if she was asking why Cale was asking such an obvious question.
- The God of Death cherishes heroes, but is willing to sacrifice a few to save the masses.
Cale suddenly got the chills.
- It looks like it is you this time.
The World Tree was still laughing.