Chapter 700 – 693 a Sage Who Claims to Be a Disciple of the Great Sage
There was no word to leave, but it seemed that there was still something to talk about, so Hwanin took a leisurely walk around the house, waiting for Chi-ryul to wake up.
The women split up and started doing their own thing.
Hwan-yeon said, “It’s not long.” He trains his body while being fed up. Yurpa, Anne, Baekryeogang, and Ayoung were attached to the unedited version of Pa-Resa’s journey to the temple, which must have been forgotten by Jiharyul.
To be honest, their heads were filled with questions about the conversation between Hwanin and the great sage, but…
‘I’ll explain later.’
Trusting him, I prioritized reading the journey to the temple, not knowing when I would retrieve the book.
Anne hated the Underground Yul for insulting her 5 major denominations, including the Cult of the Land Gods.
If it had been her before meeting her Hwanin, she would have taken out her hammer of punishment at her anger and insulted her church. However, as she spent a long time with her Hwanin, she also deepened her thoughts.
‘Couldn’t the great sage have had a harsh experience in a place I don’t know, like Doryeong?’
With this thought in mind, the remarks of the underground rate seemed to criticize the clergy who were stained with the world or corrupted according to their thoughts, so they could not move recklessly.
She seems to have a lot of scars, and even if you look at her, she seems to have feelings for her Meria Knowle, and there are not a few aspects of her that she keeps her mouth shut because she thinks that Hwanin will be in trouble.
Because of this, she also wanted to ask her Hwanin, but in her complicated state of mind, she was afraid that she would only complain to him.
Ah-yeong and Baek Ryeo-gang are just curious about the unedited version.
“…”
Hwanin looked around for a while in the garden in front of the hanok to see the thoughts of his girlfriends, then started walking again.
White smoke rises from the old-fashioned chimney, and a savory yet bittersweet smell spreads out.
It must be that Isilite’s cooking skills are being displayed in the kitchen to prepare for the cooking that will be taught when the underground rate occurs.
While walking around the house where the cherry blossom petals fluttered little by little in the spring breeze that was neither hot nor cold, Hwanin noticed Norn and Que gathered together.
Under a large cherry tree with pink cherry blossom petals in full bloom, Norn guides Silu and explains something dizzyingly.
“So, if you say dig it up and exert your strength, something itchy will come up from your stomach. If you wheeze it, ping it…」
Beep? Beep—
Kuek… ?
It’s a lot of onomatopoeia, but Silu is also eagerly flapping his small, yellow tail feathers with the sense that he can understand if it’s from the same family.
However, even though the gray Que Zelprey listens intently to what Norn is saying, he doesn’t seem to understand 20% of it.
Watching the peaceful scene, Hwanin went to sit under a nearby cherry tree, closed his eyes, and thought.
‘As expected, conciliation must be difficult.’
The total amount of her phase power as seen through her soul’s eyes was greater than that of Isilite, Anne, and Yurpa combined.
The power of her magic was that in the case of the ice spear shot, it felt like each shot could lightly pierce the iron plate, and her thunderbolts had the density of phase power, making it possible to rip even a lump of iron.
He uses such a technique as a spiritless spear, but since he was drunk and half-eaten, how much power can he exert if he is in good condition?
I wonder if Yul Jiji would have helped her plan a lot, but she hadn’t heard of a Meria play ever being attacked.
That means she never attacked Merianol.
Being hostile, but not attacking can be interpreted in many ways.
If you cannot attack Merianol due to some kind of contractual bond, if you do not dare to attack Merianol due to lack of ability, if you cannot attack due to emotional problems.
If you attack and it goes unnoticed, this becomes a bigger problem. It means that the defense power of the capital is excellent enough to make the great sage’s attack ‘something like that’.
‘I need more information to appease…’
I can’t even get help from the white wolves and the chiefs of Young Island.
I didn’t even know that the great sage was a woman until I arrived here, and it would have taken a very long time to find it if it hadn’t been for the search for Agamgan, the highest level spirit of the earth.
In this situation, it is impossible to collect more information about the great sage. It is impossible to appease her only with the given information of her present.
Even so, she…
Hwanin, who was sitting with his back leaning against a cherry tree, woke up at the sight of Baeknyeogang approaching.
“Aren’t you reading the temple lines?”
= Unnies read too fast… He said that Ayoung would watch and talk to her instead.=
“Right.”
Baek Ryeo-gang, who had been laughing briskly, hesitated when he saw Hwan-in closing his eyes again, then carefully sat down next to him and asked.
=Did I interfere with my brother’s contemplation… ?=
“No. I was just wondering if I could persuade the great sage and recruit him.”
In response to his answer, Baek Ryogang remembered the insolence the great sage had shown last night.
It was definitely great back then. The density of the attacks and the prediction of the battle were so good that I carefully predicted that the older sisters might be the only one, not a rare class.
Even though it had no wings and didn’t seem to use a separate flight magic tool, the appearance of flying freely was also very outstanding.
Shouldn’t he, her older sisters, and Ah-yeong all join forces to fight the great sage?
“I have to quit.”
=Yes?=
“Recruiting a great sage seems risky. It seems that the defense and combat power of Merianol will also need to be raised, so then we will have to establish new tactics.”
Following Hwanin looking at the chimney billowing long white smoke, Baekryeogang throws his eyes toward it.
She looked down at her own hands for a moment and then sulked a little.
= I’m sorry. If I draw all of my body’s strength, it will at least help my brother’s plan…=
After Adneville’s Yongin body restriction incident, Baek Ryogang received a gravity control wristband from Hwanin and was training his body by increasing the weight limit to the maximum.
Her oxygen is scarce and her gravity is several times stronger, so the harsh physical training she desired is proceeding smoothly. It didn’t cost much.
Hwanin said while gently rubbing her cheek with the back of his hand.
“The role I want from you is the escort ability to protect the moment when you are defenseless for a while to cool down after shelling the capital city. In that sense, you are doing well.”
There is no way to know what level the underground den labyrinth is, but as it is estimated to be at least level 5 or 6, the fact that she easily defeated her core without her help proves her skill surpassing that of knights in quite large cities.
Isilite and Anne had a track record of defeating the 2nd Sky Knights in Palatum’s Labyrinth even with their bare hands.
=Yes, is that so?=
“And your main weapon is a bow. The bow is a weapon that makes it difficult to feel the rapid increase in skill. So don’t be impatient and train steadily, and you’ll feel that you’ve become stronger at some point.”
=… Yes, brother.=
In her figure of the White Ryeo River, who honestly accepted her own encouragement and regained her strength, there was a pure cuteness that was hard to believe in her body as an arrogant and sassy Adne Villa girl.
Hwanin, while fiddling with her white, soft, chewy cheeks, found the basement floor coming down from the second floor through the wide open veranda, and got up from his seat.
After sleeping for about an hour, Ji-yul, with a clear mind, began to make kimchi as Isilite told her to do.
The ingredients for the kimchi were all prepared by Isilite.
Taking this opportunity, she prepares her ingredients with the intention of making a large amount of kimchi, and Isilite calls the other women and starts chopping cabbage extensively. It took only an hour to clear 200 heads.
While the girls were making kimchi, Hwanin, who boiled the pork himself, prepared ssam cabbage, lettuce, red pepper, garlic, and ssamjang, drawing the women’s admiration.
=You could cook too?!=
“If it’s a simple dish, I can do it too. And this is just boiled meat. Ha Yul, come and eat.”
“…”
Green lettuce, thumb-thick red pepper with vivid green, and pungent raw garlic in sweet and salty ssamjang. In addition, freshly made kimchi and steaming hot pork meat.
Ji Ji-yul, who unknowingly drools profusely and hurriedly wipes it with his sleeve, mingled with the women and ate bossam to the point that his cheeks puffed up like a squirrel.
=Daehyunja is not crying today.=
“Oh, I was just agitated yesterday!”
= Yes. Since Ayeong and I can’t eat beef, the great sage ate our share.”
=Anne unnie, it’s delicious with kimchi, red pepper, and garlic on lettuce, right? The yellow ssam cabbage is also crunchy and delicious.=
=Eat the owner too.=
“Okay.”
While eating the ssam wrapped by Isilite, Hwanin started making soup with the water from her boiled meat.
Since the first time I made the pork, I boiled it with green onions, whole garlic, whole pepper, and even seasoned onions, so I just use the soup right away.
After making the marinade with minced garlic, salt, red pepper powder, soy sauce, and alcohol, cut the chives into large pieces and serve them with boiled pork soup.
=…=
=…=
Doryeong’s brother’s first homemade dish…
The meat was okay because it didn’t feel like cooking, but the eyes of Anne and Ayeong were dangerously shiny when they saw the full-fledged dish, soup.
= Because this has meat in it? =
=…=
=…=
Seeing her eyes that did not change even after warning, Isilite sent her eyes to Hwanin asking for help, but Hwanin only chuckled.
Isilite, Yurupa, Baekryeogang, Norn, and Jihyul who quickly get rid of the pork soup and bossam.
And Anne and Ayoung just stare blankly at the five with a lost expression.
Anne let out a deep sigh and looked at Yul Chi, who was eating her third bowl of soup with a really happy face.
She has one thing she wants to ask her, is it okay if I ask.
Since it is a subject that is cautious to bring up her words, she first looked back at Hwanin and then nodded her head after a while.
= You know, great sage. Can I ask you something? This may be a sensitive question, but if you don’t like it, please decline.=
“What.”
= Daehyeon-nim is also… Do you hate marianol?=
In response to her question, Jiha Yul frowned slightly, took a bowl with about 1/3 of the soup left over, drank it, and ate Bossam with his mouth.
“Marianol itself doesn’t have much emotion. What I hate is the council bastards, the Turcyon bastards who control the council from behind, and the delinquent dog bastards in the Tower of Green Leaves.”
After spatting out her swear words thickly, her underground Yul put down her chopsticks and asked Anne with her face that said she was good at talking and her eyes with her demons blooming.
“You, with that hair color, with your face, you’re a pure-blood Flöge? Which royal family do you belong to?”
“… I belonged to the royal family of Myriastum.”
Jiha Yul, who had been raising her demons at her sullen answer, twitched her eyebrows and lowered her demons and asked the question again.
“Do you know Mr. Grappaden?”
= Yes. He’s my father… Why?=
“… It’s okay.”
Jiha Yul, who had completely lost her demonic spirit, held out her chopsticks again and reached for Bossam. And only her eyes turn to Hwanin.
“Mister. Are you thinking of going to Merianol?”
“Yes.”
“I don’t know why you’re going, but you’d better be prepared. It’s a place where a lot of shit happens more than you think.”
“Hayul, does it have anything to do with why you don’t go over to Earth?”
“… There are connections across three or four bridges. And it’s not that I won’t, it’s that I can’t go.”
= Huh? Why can’t you go You are Daehyeonja. Didn’t you find a way with that battery’s eyes?=
Anne, who reflexively asked, saw her frowning Jiha Yul and shut her mouth.
“Aye. Leave it in front of delicious rice and lose your appetite.”
In response to Anne’s question, Yul Jiji frowns her brow as if in a good mood, puts Bossam in her mouth and chews it well.
“I chose revenge over going home. But things got so fucked up that I couldn’t get revenge and couldn’t go back home. Do you feel refreshed after hearing the reason?”
“Sorry…”
“Mister. I think it’s a relief that she’s not the Turcyon side. If she had been a Turcion woman, she wouldn’t have left that woman alone, even if she had to fight with the men.”
“I am half of Turcyon. Her mother is Xuanade, and she is from the Turcion family.”
Tall.
Ji-yul, who stopped her movements suddenly, 5 seconds later, put the pork belly on the ssam cabbage, three whole garlic cloves, and a lot of kimchi, then put it in her mouth and chew on it.
In the middle, cut a whole red pepper and even bite it.
It’s not quite as spicy as Cheongyang pepper, but it looks like it’s trying to manage stress with spiciness.
Hwanin’s eyes shone meaningfully, but she didn’t notice her underground yul, and she replied.
“It doesn’t matter. When a Fleur woman leaves home, she becomes a member of that family. Well, the Turcion woman married the Miriastum man.”
= Uh… Her mother gave up all her family rights and property and came over her body, ah ㅃ… I know you married her father. =
“I guess so. If it wasn’t for that, Shuanade, that woman would have become Turcyon’s matriarch. Somehow, that bastard became the head of the household…”
It’s not such a trivial anger that it reveals the murderous life that shimmers in the unconscious.
Wouldn’t that be enough to be Cheolcheon Support?
‘Is that why Ji Ji-yul reacted like that when the name Shuanade came out?’
The image of Yul Ji-ha eating the wagu and guppler while accepting the soup with beef soup brought by Isilite and blowing out her snort was the stressful binge itself.
It seems that the mind and planting are also disturbed.
Hwanin’s eyes light up quietly, and he moves to the seat in front of her. Then, Hwanin took out the tribal union coin from her arms and put it down on the table with a click.
What is the underground rate that ate hot peppers one bite at a time? Then, with the pepper in his mouth, he narrows his eyes and stares at the coin.
“… These puppies. Yeo-hwi is silently doing crazy things. Are you uncle?”
“Yes.”
“Where were you tripped?”
“It was inside the 6th grade labyrinth near the lake, approximately 2,000 km northwest of Aleughel Lake.”
“Omg. He didn’t die No, did he build up that much strength because he wouldn’t die? The reason I went to Meriano was to kill the people I summoned.”
When Hwanin nodded slightly, Ji Ha-yul turned his face to the foot of the mountain on the other side and let out a long, long sigh while keeping his face wrinkled.
“… I was summoned to the hunting grounds of the Miriastum family. I was on my way home from academy, but my eyes suddenly turned white, and when I came to my senses, I found myself in the middle of a very beautiful forest. It’s a story I heard after entering the Planeswalker Companion in Passage that I was unluckily caught up in the metastasis. By the way, the person who helped me at that time was Mr. Grappaden.”
“Actually, it must have been because of the experiments conducted in the Tower of Blue Leaves, not because I was accidentally caught up in the metastasis.”
“It’s amazing… That’s right. Back then, I was literally Jamsoon, so I was a high school girl obsessed with conspiracy theories. Somehow I found out about it, and then I did something stupid. What do you think?”
“Did you go and ask?”
At Hwanin’s plain reply, Ji Ha Yul giggled fiercely, giggling until his gums were exposed.
“That’s right. She was so fucking stupid. And do you know what the bastard of Turcion, who was in charge at the time, said? I meant to know that you are lucky that you did not die and came over alive. I found out later, and it seems like he killed hundreds of people.”
“…”
“The reason he said that was that he was going to die anyway, so he intended to die after quenching his curiosity. Tied up by magic, I was dragged out of the city like a burden by the asshole’s subordinates… Something happened, and that’s why I’m here now.”
Hwanin closes his eyes and his women look blank.
“The way they summoned me was just to pull in any part of the wavelength that coincided with it. I did, but now I changed it to summon a specially marked coin by flying it to the earth and then picking it up… How many more did he kill and how many more did he summon…”
“As I entered, I saw the bust of a giant golem. Did you make that too?”
“Huh.”
“So you were trying to use it as a weapon.”
“At that time, the master died and I was really crazy, so I tried to make a giant golem and use it as the main axis of the raid. I calmed down and looked at it, but it was too unrealistic, so I discarded it and now I use it as a surveillance camera. Poison Fog, Phantasmal Circle, Ghosts and Spirit Areas are all the results of our research to destroy Merianol.”
“… It seems that the defense power of the main passage is beyond imagination.”
Hwanin raised his elbows on the table and touched his fists. It is a habit of his that sometimes comes out when he thinks too much.
Ji Ha-ryul answered by reaching out his hand to the remaining flesh.
“It’s because of Yeo-hwi. Unlike the apostles in other capital cities, their abilities are focused on defense and foresight, but the Yeohui race is so good with those abilities that they are literally scamming them.”
As his gaze turned to Anne, Anne shook her head.
= I have never met Yeo Hwi in person either. He is at the top of the tower at the royal palace, and only children of the royal family who have been designated as the official successor can have an audience. Other than that, nothing is known. Gender, race, appearance.=
“Yeohui is a woman. Even if you look at the entire Nionebreth, it is an extremely rare race that is close to five, but I call it Gemkind.”
A compound word of gemstone, gemstone and mankind.
“That woman said 30 years ago she went into a time of silence and maximized her defenses, and that’s what she nullifies her attacks before. Her crazy ability covers the whole of the main passage.”
= Yes, is that possible… ?=
When Baek Ryogang made a face of disbelief, Ji Ji-yul slurped, drank the soup of the suyuk gukbap and nodded his head.
“Instead, all activities are forcibly stopped. I can’t move, I can’t eat, I can’t sleep. It’s crazy because it’s a being that transcends humans, so even if you don’t eat anything, you can absorb the phase power around you and maintain your body. Before that, the attack nullification is divided into three parts: the inner wall of the palace, the central wall of the main passage, and the outer wall.”
“…”
“The worst thing is that even the silent Yeo-hwi can’t do anything about it. The bed on which Gemkind and Yeohui lie, which is close to being immune to poison, curses, and diseases, is connected to the phase power pipe of the entire main passage, reducing most of physical and magical attacks. In addition, Gemkind’s innate ability also passively activates physical damage reduction. And if you use that great magic, the caster’s protection system is activated. Do you know what I mean?”
“To strike Turcion, you have to break through the three barriers to nullify all attacks, break through Passage’s troops trying to defend the capital, and defeat Yeo-Hwi. But there are issues that make even that trivial.”
“Because if Yeohui is defeated, it will be like attacking the land god. Beyond Merianol, all four countries will turn into enemies. If you think about what will happen next, it’s trivial to turn Yeo-hwi’s defense ability or the entire Nionebreath into an enemy, as you said.”
“Sacred Punishment. A punishment from the god of the earth.”
“Huh.”
The women couldn’t even participate in the conversation of the two-dimensional wanderer, and they were afraid.
A plan to kill an apostle, an apostle who protects the nation’s leadership, is a divine punishment… !
In particular, Anne’s face and even her lips had lost their color, making her look like a wax figure.
“By the way, Ha Yul. For what reason do you burn that much anger at Turcion? To be honest, you…”
“Doesn’t it look so fair? It was half my fault that I was almost killed.”
As she put three or four pieces of her meat into her mouth and chewed it, Yul Jihyo laughed.
“It’s a common story everywhere. A knight on a white horse sacrifices his life to help a foolish Jinryun in crisis. It’s insane to gradually fall in love with such a knight. The person I love is killed, and the people who were my colleagues die one by one. It means that the cause of this is Turcion and those who are determined to die.”
“The distinction between rare and common in important matters is meaningless. It is the only thing for you.”
“…”
Ji Ha-yul, who had been looking at the empty meat dish without a word, stood up and said,
“If you intend to seek cooperation from me, quit. I have no intention of helping you, and I intend to take my revenge.”
And Ji Ha-yul, who took some of the 200 well-packaged heads of kimchi and put them in the sub-space, looked back at Hwan-in and said something patronizing.
“I’m telling you this because you made delicious bossam and soup. You must have heard the secret of the core power, but you can only have a wish of the core power once in a lifetime. Including everyone who was there.”
“…”
“Is this enough food? I will not see you off.”
With the face of a teenage girl and the smile of a middle-aged man in his 50s who had fallen into decay, Yul Ji Ha went into the house with his long black hair flowing.
Tada Tada Tada-
Hwanin and his party’s luggage floated and landed on the lawn in the yard. Soon, all the doors of the house were closed and a wall was erected up to the veranda, blocking all access to the house.
With that clear meaning, Hwanin stopped thinking about getting complicated and looked around the messy place from the kimchi and meat party and said to the women.
“Don’t tidy up.”
