Book 2: Chapter 20: I am strong (6)

Book 2: Chapter 20: I am strong (6)

Dragons that went extinct about 300 years ago

Most people had only seen Dragons in pictures. They had heard the legend-like stories of the Dragons overbearing powers.

People had imagined They had imagined how a real Dragon would be like.

Ha!

Zero felt chills in his arms.

The power that had shot up around the entrance of the Imperial Palace a few days ago

The person responsible for it was said to have created a white-bone dragon.

Zero looked up at the sky.

Its amazing.

Although it was only bones, this almost ten meter long bone dragon gave off the feeling that it was a real dragon.

It was doing that despite not being real.

It is not hard to simply make a large skeleton monster.

But how similar it was to a living creature

The amount of control in it and the endless supply of power from the main body A necromancers power made the bones seem as if they were alive.

That was why the necromancers were called the Sovereigns of the Dead.

They were the only ones capable of making the remains of the dead move once again.

That glorious power

You-

Zero turned his gaze to look at the person who created this large Bone Dragon.

Heni Wishrop.

Zero recalled her name in his mind as he asked.

You- are strong?

Zero then saw Heni Wishrops purple eyes turn to look at him.

She calmly spoke as if she was saying something completely obvious.

I am strong.

Her tone didnt have any feeling of doubt or bluffing. Her tone was completely certain.

She was showing full belief in her own abilities.

Furthermore, her subordinates behind her were looking at her with indifferent gazes as if this was obvious.

Ha!

How entertaining.

Ha, hahaha-!

This test truly is entertaining. And it will probably continue to be entertaining.

Grrrrrrr-!

However, he could not remain in his thoughts.

The black mud monsters started roaring after seeing the white bone dragon. It sounded as if something annoying had appeared.

Lets quickly take care of them.

The Second Imperial Princess must have snapped back from being dazed by the bone dragon as she spoke for the first time in a long while and pulled up her sleeves.

Oh.

Cale could see a white whip that was wrapped around her arm. That whip was made of multiple equal-sized small bone pieces.

The whip was very thin. It meant that the bone pieces were very small. They were each only the size of a fingernail.

However, they were wrapped all over her arm. He could not see the end of it from just the part of her arm that was revealed.

The old priest had said the following.

Necromancers have many ways of fighting. Some use the orthodox methods but there are others who change it to meet their strengths.

The Second Imperial Princess swung her arm the moment the black threads that came out of her hand touched the whip.

Chhhhhhhhh-!

The endless thin whip gathered together with the black threads and floated up into the air.

The Second Imperial Princess looked toward Mary as she spoke.

I will capture them, so please grab them and move them!

She then addressed Zero.

You corral the other monsters to one location so that they don't scatter.

Hooooo. The Second Imperial Princess seems to know about my strength?

Hmph.

The Second Imperial Princess simply ignored Zero as if he was saying something obvious.

Pwahahahah-!

Zero laughed out loud as he moved forward.

I will do as the Imperial Princess asked. Only this time though, because I saw something precious as well.

Zero pulled something out of his pocket.

The handle of a sword?

Choi Han saw that the sword in Zero's hand did not have a blade. He was just holding the handle.

"Alright, monsters! Dont run around wildly and gather together!

Ooooooooong!

The black threads that came out of Zero's hand crawled up the handle and created a blade.

The blade made of black threads turned into a blade as large as the large handle.

He uses that kind of method.

Cale listened to Eruhaben's assessment as he looked at Mary.

Chhhhhhhhh!

Grrrrrr-!

As the black mud monsters hesitated because of Zero's blade that was filled with dead mana

Chhhhhhh!

Grrrrrrr-!

The Second Imperial Princess surrounded the mud monsters with her whip. The whip formed something resembling a fence.

Shes watching everything.

Mary was watching Zero and the Second Imperial Princess fight the monsters. She seemed to be learning.

Looks like Mary is learning something new again. This is what is so scary about that child. It is also the reason she is so strong.

As Eruhaben mentioned, Mary was getting stronger once again in this place. Cale could be completely certain while watching her.

Mary will grow even stronger during this test. I'm sure of it.

Ooooooong

The white bone dragon started to move.

The existence floating in the air leisurely descended and

Grrrrrr!

Snatched up some black mud monsters.

It had one monster in each claw.

It also had one between its sharp teeth.

What amazing strength.

For some reason, just using a small amount of power in this world releases a significant amount.

As the cheapskate mentioned, Cale had felt the same thing when he fixed the Wall of Purification.

If you do it properly and use only the Fire of Destruction without using any other ancient powers

The Super Rock, who had not said anything for a bit, finished the sentence.

It's worth trying.

Is that so?

Cale knew very well that this was not the full extent of the patriarch's power. However, he could at least fathom how strong this person was.

Lets learn some more first.

About this world, the Black Bloods household And the Imperial family.

Our esteemed candidates may return now. I will take responsibility and take care of things here.

The patriarch gently told them to leave and Cale's group returned to Palace Nineteen without saying anything else.

The celebration was unable to continue now.

* * *

Palace Nine.

Hyung-nim.

Heni Wishrop. Gather all the information you can about that person.

Zero's subordinate made sure that nobody was in the room and approached him to stealthily whisper.

Should I deliver the information outside as well?

Go ahead.

Zero nodded his head and looked at his subordinate with a cold gaze.

And watch your mouth.

Yes, hyung-nim.

Zero opened the window while watching his subordinate depart.

The celebration had fizzled out and the nineteen palaces all had their lights on.

Hmph. I guess everybody will be busy.

Zero smirked.

Tap.

He closed the open window.

He had no reason to show himself to his competitors.

A few moments later

Human! There were a total of Eleven people who stealthily went out of the palaces! Palace Nine, Palace One, Palace Two

Raon shared all of the information he gathered while flying up in the air to Cale.

As it got close to midnight

Chhh-

A hawk cut through the darkness and entered Cale's bedroom.

The black Hawk made eye contact with Cale and his red eyes squinted as he asked.

Cale, don't you want to hear about the Imperial Palace's wall incident?

Information from both outside and inside was being delivered to Cale's hands.

Naturally, he was sharing that information with his friends.

Cale-nim, what do you plan on doing?

Cale looked down at the luxurious parchment in his hand after hearing Choi Han's question.

Due to the unexpected incident, we must deliver the contents of the test this way.

Palace Nineteen's Chief of Staffs voice echoed in his ear.

< First test: harmony. >

Courage, harmony, and determination. The first of the three tests was harmony.

< The task given for the harmony test will require teams to solve a problem. >

Plop.

Mary handed a small note to Cale.

It was a note that was stealthily delivered to Palace Nineteen.

< Come under me. >

Cale looked at Mary as he asked.

You said that the Fourth Imperial Princes attendant sent it?

Yes, young master-nim.

What do you want to do?

"This person is funny.

Cale nodded his head while looking at Marys reaction.

The Fourth Imperial Prince is not even an opponent for Mary.

Cale asked.

Who else contacted you?

Multiple places had stealthily contacted Palace Nineteen since the content of the test was delivered.

They had no choice.

< Each team will consist of three candidates and their helpers and everybody will be going to the western edge village of the Empire. >

Edge village.

It was not a name for a specific place.

The Pope had told Cales group about edge villages.

All of the lands in this world are being eroded by dead mana.

The human territory that is the boundary is usually called an edge village.

It is quite dangerous because of mutant monsters, animals, and dead mana, but it is also somewhere that humanity must defend.

Eruhaben started to speak.

It looks like it will be quite dangerous from the start.

So the candidates probably want to make teams with strong people.

That's right. They need to survive through it after all.

The cheapskate kept talking to Cale ever since he confirmed the information about the test.

Lets burn up all of the dead mana, hmm? We will purify it! Purification!

Cale just ignored him and started to think about the eighteen people that the church sent information about through Sui Khan. It was the information about the rest of the candidates other than Mary.

Tomorrow morning, the candidates would all head to the edge village.

* * *

The sun was up in the sky.

In the center of the Garden of the Stars The Chief of Staff started to speak to the candidates in this beautiful garden.

In the next hour Please select your teams and submit your list.

Translator's Comments

I wonder who Mary will team with.

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