The wise man returns

Meanwhile, Andropos, who had retreated from Balin, wandered the streets without a word.

Speed up like a beast, crossing roofs and rooftops.

He became a humble beggar and even walked powerlessly among people.

After the end of summer, a cold night breeze struck me.

However, the colder the body, the hotter the memory in my head.

Balin's one-handed sword that used to drain its power as it climbed and descended on the blade.

The path, the trajectory. The mystery in it continues to whisper to himself.

Look at me. Repeat after me.

Andropos, walking down the street, leans against the wall helplessly.

It was already suddenly dark around here, and the smell of liquor and grilled meat was starting to spread in the streets.

Those who saw him stumble powerlessly quickly turn their heads.

He will, too. Andropos' mollusk now appears to be a drunken mercenary stumbling around.

As soon as I saw the sword of Balin, it was already shattered.

All that remains is his old body, but instead of that sword disappearing, he is expanding even more.

“Ugh, ugh...”

I was lying in the corner, vomiting my moaning, and people swiftly turned around.

Whether or not, Andropos crouches and trembles.

The sticky eyes were made in the dark, along the line of the sword, the path of light.

Andropos raises his head. The endless void, the place where he stood, was on a staircase alone within.

“Where am I? ”

As you look up, you see the ceiling above the void.

The ceiling at the end of the stairs. Andropos reaches out dumbfounded as he looks up at the edge of the sky.

The thick wall you touch was cold and sharp. This sensation. It was definitely felt when you touched your sword.

“Ah.”

Then I realized where I was.

This was a place to observe the depths of your inner blade, to be exact.

This staircase is the path of the sword that has been piled so far. And this ceiling...

- Crisp.

There's gold on the ceiling. The collapse that began with a little incontinence soon spread throughout the wall.

Quack, quack, quack! Woojik!

The whole void was shaking as the wall collapsed, but strangely I didn't like it.

It was because I realized what the light was starting to show on top of it.

The light reaches out. All I had to do was hold that hand, and I could climb to the top, to the higher ground.

Andropos raises his arm. But I couldn't reach out.

The hand that I saw for myself, it was so wrinkled and pathetic.

How do I hold that hand? ’

I'm already old and tired. ’

It is hidden with a full mana and a strong hardness, but the weight of time has slowly accumulated on its back.

When I realized that, my body suddenly shivered.

The hand that was thrown out of the stairwell is far away.

Andropos opens his eyes, feeling the tickle in his eyes.

As I got up, the dust on my clothes was white.

Andropos gets up and walks, not wanting to change his clothes.

Everywhere, wide open.

I needed a place wide enough to wield my sword.

Andropos' gaze stopped in one place as he walked for a long time.

The place where he arrived was a large square, and in the center was a round group of performances or concerts.

He slowly climbs up onto the ledge and draws his sword behind his back.

The eyes of those who were engaged in business gathered in one place.

In the crowd, a man who looks like a drunk starts swinging his sword.

But none of the people cared about Andropos.

They mistook it for the truth of common drunks.

In the meantime, Andropos continues to move his sword.

I can see people through the sword, dancing from the state of the Moors.

Thousands of old, young people, they were all trying to make a living.

regardless of old and young. Life itself is beautiful.

That reached the heart of the old sorcerer.

I raised my hand.

The sword is getting quicker, smoother. It's getting stronger. It's getting weaker.

Then all those paths merged into one.

Ah. As soon as the elasticity explodes, the combined swords crack indefinitely.

But Andropos was not frustrated.

Merging and spreading. They both realized they were meaningless.

In front of his eyes, the ceiling began to break. After that, I saw the hand of light toward this side.

Andropos, who saw the face on his hand, empowered him with his tear-watery eyes.

“... Balline... silver ball! ”

The two hands touched.

The swinging sword gives a glowing light. It was the sword of crystal that surpassed the error blade.

It wasn't just the sword that brought out the light. Aura erupts from Andropos' body, whirling.

“What, what! ”

“Whoa!! ”

Freaky merchants take a step back from Andropos' every side of the fence.

The commotion was not just here.

A giant maelstrom of mana built around Andropos.

It was so big that it could be seen anywhere in the capital.

The nobles of the castle, the emissaries of the North Tra Empire, the shadows in the darkness, and the wizards of the steeple were all in a vortex.

“Well, what's going on? ”

“Move!! Get over there!! ”

Several people who knew the meaning of the vortex watched it with a ridiculous gaze.

“... hyperarousal...”

A word came out of Balin's mouth that very few people knew.

That vortex has never seen Balin before in my life.

That's why Valine knew very well what it meant.

“I never thought the future would turn out like this. ”

Those who did not overcome the natural years were roused and gained a new life.

The Grand Master's Wall, which Palias must break for the first time.

It was broken by a completely different person.

Balin could not have anticipated how that would change.

However, Balin was not a particularly alarming figure.

“Hey, what's going on? ”

“Well... not a bad thing. That's for sure.”

In fact, for Elia, who is worried about her luck next to her, Valine laughs and argues instead of being nervous.

Although Andropos may be eccentric and stubborn, he is never one to question the darkness.

I could have coveted eternal life like Duke Abel of the East.

As soon as he handed over all his skills to his disciples, he was a legendary contributor who turned his back on the world without foolishness.

I knew enough about him in my previous life experience.

Balin was able to celebrate Andropos' presence in the Grand Master without hesitation.

* * *

Hours after Mana's whirlpool, Valine raises her torso by pushing away her heavy eyelids.

Elijah is in a state of sleepless drunkenness.

After glancing back, Balin rubs her eyes after covering the scattered blanket.

There was still time for morning training, so I didn't mind getting a little more sleep.

Balin yawns, turning her back on her shoulder. However, the drowsiness did not go away, but persevered.

I felt like I wanted to lie down like Elia and sleep for another night.

But if I lay here, I thought I would sleep until the sun came up.

I couldn't let that happen because I had too much work to do today.

“Aggggggggggghhh...”

As hard as you can, Valine opens a window and looks out.

The vortex that woke up last night disappeared like when.

However, even today, every time I look in that direction, there seems to be a spiral vision left.

The vortex of such a grand ambiguity made a strong impression on everyone.

“... Grand Master Androphora, this doesn't make any sense. ”

Balin shakes his head, smiling helplessly, contemplating the future.

If only he were alive, he would still be alive, living on the verge of the Grand Master.

Depending on how he felt and moved, the whole continent could shake.

“I mean, now that Andropos has taken his time to train his disciples, if word gets out that he's been compromised, the Demon Lord and the North Tra Empire...”

No matter how many times I think about it, this is it! No predictions were made.

After thinking about it for a long time, Balin finally shakes her head.

The more I think about it, the more my head got dizzy.

It took the fate of the world, but given that, it was too big a variable.

“Well, we've got one more sure ally, so at least we'll have a head start. ”

Eventually, Balin came to a compromise with reality and got up dressed in a quiet, comfortable outfit.

I was going to wake Elia, but this morning I wanted to do a workout alone.

The moment she opens the door thinking that way, Valine looks down at the person who is lying in front of her and screams.

“You coughed.”

“No, but why are you here...? ”

Balin's eyes, shaking their hands in surprise, rush across both sides.

Fortunately, I didn't feel the other person's spirit around me. Balin quickly drags him in and closes the door.

“What the hell is this? ”

“Greetings, Eun Gong. ”

At the razor vertebrae, the man, Andropos, bows his head and holds hands together to set an example.

Not as Balin, but in the middle of the night.

“A silver ball, what the hell... No way! ”

Balin, who shakes her head, suddenly thinks of last night's duel and whirlpool.

It is almost certain it was Andropos who breached the Grand Master's walls.

If that was a struggle with me, I understood what Andropos was doing.

“Are you doing this because of yesterday's battle? ”

“Yes, a silver ball. Thanks to you, I have seen the path of a new sword, and for the rest of my life, Orloth will pay back for it with a small gift. ”

As they raise their voices, Elijah, who is asleep, wakes up.

“Is it morning training time? It's still dark. ”

Elia relieves fatigue from her voice in real time.

Her eyes twitch and look at Andropos.

I heard about his identity yesterday.

Andropos, who does not follow the darkness, but does not act for justice.

It was no wonder I was surprised when I saw someone here who shouldn't have come to the end of yesterday.

Contrary to Elijah's speechlessness, Balin analyzes the situation calmly.

"A person the size of Andropos cannot be manipulated by others. You're doing this to yourself! ’

It was hard for the Demon King himself to control the Grand Master's spirit.

This attitude that Andropos is seeing right now is so obvious.

If he's not lying, Valine has accidentally won a huge Joker's Card.

Not enough to completely reverse the game, a complete joker card that you can place in your hands from start to finish!

‘Is this going to change our position completely? ’

The fact that no more being crushed by overwhelming force.

The more I thought about the benefits to Balin, the more vivid I felt.

“I've been looking into it since last night, but no one wanted to harm Silver Ball in particular. Eun-gyu, orders. ”

“Orders... ”

If I had to, I would have given a lot of orders.

Kill the Crown Prince crouching in the castle.

Like demolition of a Democratic Army Node underneath the capital.

But Balin came up with a different topic.

“Do you know a small town called Hansberg in the north of the Kingdom of Arden? ”

“No. That's the first name I've heard. Are you going there? ”

When he says he's ready to escort him, Balin's first order of business comes through.

“Go there and find a child named Palias. He would have been about 10 years old. ”

“Yes. And then...”

“She's the disciple you've been desperately looking for, so you can teach her well without any regrets. ”

It was originally six years from now that Palias received the teachings of Andropos.

It was during the chaos that started due to the infestation of the Red Orcs.

I don't really remember, but I thought there was a commotion over here sending reinforcements.

But now there are no Red Orcs, and there's nothing for an army to descend from the north.

Then Palias would be buried naturally, but that was unacceptable.

“Very well. Then...”

“Wait!”

Balin, who was about to summon Andropos, asked him to keep his face steady.

“And don't ever, ever, ever, ever try to kidnap and kill yourself. Teach slowly, slowly. ”

“... Yes. ”

It was Andropos who responded gently, but I could see a sad look on his face.

In order to teach without regret, it was best to do as you wanted after the kidnapping.

But this is how Valine wanted Palias to escape the trauma.

‘Do you think about that time when you were bewitched by a mental attack? ’

After several more checks, Andropos politely greeted and disappeared.

Behind Balin's back, sighing as if she had taken care of something big.

Elijah, who was preparing for work, asked.

“So now she's helping Master Valine? ”

“... so it would seem. ”

Balin grumbles with a bloody smile.

Then Elijah gives him a few pieces of paper.

“What is this? ”

“You'll see. ”

Like he said, there was something on the top of the paper.

Balin frowns and reads it aloud.

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