C432
“Human, are you going to follow that hawk?”
“It’s not a normal hawk!”
At Raon and Hong’s words, Cale, his gaze fixed on the sky, opened his mouth.
“Yes. I must follow that hawk first.”
That way, he’ll be able to know where Sui Khan left the blood letter and the marks he left.
“I can’t calculate how many days it will take to reach Lord Sui Khan.”
It was as Clopeh had said. The hawk flew to him when Cale showed the blood letter. Just in case, Cale unfolded the map and showed it to the hawk, but the hawk didn’t understand.
‘That is to say, we have no choice but to follow the hawk.’
Movement using teleportation seems difficult.
“Tsk.”
Cale unconsciously clicked his tongue.
‘I must hurry.’
A day was spent with Choi Jung Gun’s purification ritual and their conversation. He must hurry to find Lee Soo Hyuk.
‘Does that guy think he’s still in his prime?’
Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk. He really was a man of steel in his prime. Until his death, there was no one who could surpass him in physical strength. Not even Choi Jung Soo. But what good is that?
‘He’s a child now, isn’t he?’
Although he’s closer to adolescence. Also, even though he’s a Beast People. Anyway, his body hasn’t fully grown yet.
‘What is that guy doing planning alone?!’
Irritation began to take over Cale’s face.
“…No… I won’t let that slide, really…”
Clopeh Sekka stopped at his severe tone. But it didn’t work on the children averaging 10 years old.
“Human, let’s go!”
“We must depart!”
Raon and Hong urged Cale. And On-
“I’m worried if he’ll be able to do it.”
He looked at Cale with pity.
“Eh?”
When Cale looked confused at what those words meant, Raon immediately responded.
“Don’t worry! I’ll use flight magic so you can move comfortably!”
Eh? An expression of disbelief appeared on Cale’s face. Right now, he was worried about my physical stamina because he was afraid I couldn’t follow that hawk?
“Don’t worry, On. I can carry him.”
Clopeh Sekka gently responded to On.
“Ha!”
Cale was surprised and incredulous, but his group was serious. And his group was having a smooth conversation with the other group.
“Choi Han, you must return without injury!”
“Don’t worry.”
“Of course I’m not worried about Choi Han! But, Heavenly Demon, Choi Han is so bad at acting that it seems exaggerated, so you, Heavenly Demon, take care of the people.”
“…….”
Choi Han was speechless.
“Don’t worry.”
The Heavenly Demon couldn’t hold back his laughter. But he immediately stopped smiling upon seeing the video communication device that Aurora, the leader of the Mediators’ Alliance, handed him.
“This is the video communication device we received from Lord Choi Jung Soo for the last time. I’ve put a tracking spell on it, so this video communication device will guide us to the place where Lord Choi Jung Soo sent the message.”
The Heavenly Demon handed the video communication device he had received from Aurora to Choi Han.
“…North.”
The video communication device pointed north. The gaze of Choi Han, who was calmly looking at this, sank deeply.
‘My power and Choi Jung Soo’s power have been combined.’
Choi Jung Gun. He remembered his encounter with him. Their encounter was blander than he expected.
Choi Jung Gun. The first Dragon Hunter, Nelan Barrow.
Choi Han inherited the power of the first Dragon Hunter and, at the same time, inherited Choi Jung Soo’s white dragon and turned it into his own power.
‘Choi Han.’
The words Choi Jung Gun said smilingly echoed in his ears.
‘I am your ancestor and Choi Jung Soo is your descendant.’
Although their apparent ages were similar, there was a long period of time between them. And the words Choi Jung Gun said next:
‘Among all, you are the only living human.’
The moment he heard those words, Choi Han gasped. Choi Jung Gun and Choi Jung Soo had seen that he was alive.
‘We have already died and become Wanderers.’
Choi Jung Gun told Choi Han in a monotonous tone. That neither he nor Choi Jung Soo were human.
‘You are a living human and a Loner.’
And a Loner. Upon death, they are given the right to become a Wanderer or a god. The Hunters tried to kill the Loners to steal their power.
‘Probably, you are the only living Loner from our Choi family.’
Choi Jung Gun, Choi Jung Soo, Choi Han. These three are all from the same planet, Korea, and from the Choi Family. The Choi Family from that planet where Kim Rok Soo lived was almost annihilated by the monsters that appeared during the great cataclysm, except for Choi Jung Soo.
‘Our Loners live a long time. Unless they are killed.’
Unless they are killed like Choi Jung Gun, they live a long time. A very, very long time. To the point of being boring. To the point of being monotonous.
‘Choi Han, as your ancestor, I will give you some advice.’
Choi Jung Gun didn’t tell Choi Han about the Divine World, the Hunters, or the Absolute God. He simply said this in a cold tone:
‘Live as a human.’
Choi Jung Gun was more like Choi Jung Soo than Choi Han. The person with deep eyes under his light brown hair told Choi Han:
‘Live as you want. Definitely-’
Choi Han didn’t feel any warmth in Choi Jung Gun’s eyes directed towards him.
‘Definitely, I would like you, at least, to live as you wish.’
Still, he felt some warmth. Was that why? Choi Han, without realizing it, said what he was thinking:
‘I’m already living like that.’
Choi Han is living as he wants right now. Choi Han, looking away from the video communication device, looked to his side. He saw Cale, who was shaking his head while looking into the void with an unbelievable expression.
‘Yes.’
Choi Han felt something in Choi Jung Gun’s words. He didn’t know why, but Choi Jung Gun seemed to want Choi Han to live as a ‘human’ or as if he ‘wasn’t a Loner.’ He seemed to want him not to become a ‘Wanderer.’ He seemed to want him to live as humanly as possible. He didn’t say it, but that’s how he felt.
‘Let’s ignore it.’
But Choi Han didn’t even want to worry about that. Human, Loner, Wanderer. Whatever. Anything.
‘I just have to live as I want.’
Within the limits of not harming others, I can live doing what I want. He learned that from Cale.
‘Of course, Cale-nim’s actions are always to save others.’
He became something that saves the world and the dimensions, beyond others. Still, Cale has a side that does what he wants.
‘Even after transcending humanity.’
In fact, Cale has power that surpasses the limits of a normal person. Still, anyone can see that he is a ‘human.’ Of course, those who don’t know him, or only know him partially, call him a legend, a god, etc.
‘It’s different.’
If you observe his life, he is, more than anyone, simply a human, or rather, Cale. Choi Han learned from Cale how to live with that balance. Therefore, he also plans to live like that.
‘Hmm.’
But Choi Han couldn’t hide his displeasure at seeing Clopeh Sekka next to Cale.
‘That guy only sees his own belief.’
To Clopeh Sekka, Cale is above a god. Choi Han could assure that. Because he has put his life into him.
‘…He won’t do anything unnecessary.’
If Clopeh Sekka causes Cale to lose his life, Choi Han won’t let it slide.
“Your gaze is sharp.”
At that moment, he heard the Heavenly Demon’s voice.
“What?”
“Your gaze is very sharp.”
The Heavenly Demon looked at Choi Han with an ironic smile. Choi Han’s expression wasn’t good, and the Heavenly Demon told him:
“In my eyes, you and that guy are the same.”
“…What?”
What kind of nonsense are you saying?
“Don’t you follow that guy too?”
“…”
Choi Han couldn’t say anything the moment the Heavenly Demon’s hand pointed at Cale.
“As long as Clopeh Sekka and those children are with him, Cale Henituse won’t lose his self.”
Toc. The Heavenly Demon patted Choi Han on the shoulder.
“So you shouldn’t lose your self either.”
Fuu. Choi Han sighed and nodded.
“Yes. You’re right.”
Choi Han looked away from Cale’s group and began to observe the direction indicated by the map and the video communication device.
“…….”
The Heavenly Demon calmly watched this and then looked away.
‘Hmm.’
He made eye contact with Cale.
‘His gaze is also sharp.’
When the Heavenly Demon smiled slightly, Cale nodded and looked away. The previous night, while Choi Han and Choi Jung Gun were in the middle of a conversation, the Heavenly Demon had to briefly talk to Cale.
‘Hey. Watch Choi Han.’
‘Why? Because of Choi Jung Soo?’
With Choi Jung Soo’s whereabouts unknown, the Heavenly Demon wondered if Cale was worried about how Choi Han would react.
‘Yes. He’s a kind guy, but he can be reckless when he’s angry, so take care of him.’
A kind guy. Remembering that phrase, the Heavenly Demon felt like he was going to laugh again, but he restrained himself.
‘They are really interesting guys.’
The Heavenly Demon, a god from an evil sect. Asking this body to take care of another guy not getting angry, that’s not just anything. No one in the evil faction or the Central Plains could do that.
‘That’s why it’s interesting.’
The Heavenly Demon was truly enjoying this journey with them.
‘At some point, this will also end.’
The Heavenly Demon won’t be able to move with them forever. Because he has the Demon Cult. But since the Central Plains have decided to help Cale’s group, the Heavenly Demon will be able to travel with them a little more freely for now.
Paf. Cale lightly clapped his hands and said:
“Let’s depart!”
In the early morning. Before the sun fully rose. Cale’s group split into two teams and moved north and west. Choi Han’s team headed north, and Cale headed west following the hawk.
“…”
Aurora remained in the village watching those who were leaving. She remembered the task Cale had left her.
‘Gray disease. This seems to be Chaos contamination, please gather information.’
The gray disease that was secretly spreading throughout the Demon World.
‘If the Chaos God sect is spreading this disease in the Demon World, we must stop it immediately.’
Aurora fully agreed with Cale’s words.
“Although I-”
Although she’s in a hostile relationship with the current Demon King. Her affection for this Demon World was sincere. The Chaos contamination spreading to the common demons in the Demon World is something that must never happen.
“…….”
Aurora’s expression hardened.
‘Ah, and one more thing.’
Cale made another request.
‘Can’t I contact my maternal uncle?’
He said smiling:
‘Please tell my maternal uncle to return my money.’
Cale vividly and accurately remembered that his maternal uncle from the Temps family, his mother’s family, had stolen his money and had run away. He even recorded it so he wouldn’t forget.
“Hmm.”
Aurora had tried to contact Cale after meeting him.
‘I can’t contact him.’
She can’t contact him for some reason. She had definitely told him that she had contacted Cale. But after that, contact was completely cut off.
“I should investigate further-”
The moment Aurora murmured softly. She turned around.
“What is it?”
“Village Chief.”
She felt the approaching presence and looked at the person. An elder was approaching. It was the former village chief, Tedric.
“Has he left?”
“Are you referring to Lord Cale?”
“Yes.”
She stared at him and spoke:
“Yes. He has left.”
“Can’t I ask questions about him?”
The elder’s question contained a lot. Aurora answered him:
“As you’re a wise person, I think you won’t ask any more questions.”
“Hmm. I understand.”
The elder stopped talking to Aurora and left. While heading to the village, to his house, he looked at the sky. The darkness recedes and dawn arrives.
‘Who will he be-’
The red-haired man who created an amazing scene, who created a miracle. He was an elder who wanted to see him again.
“Father, he-”
“Has left.”
No, it was the villagers.
The warm gray energy. The miracle created by that energy. All of that stirred the hearts of the demons who had left the village to survive.
“Hmm. Gray disease-”
And Aurora didn’t notice that. Satisfied with having made the former village chief keep quiet, she continued to think:
“If the gray disease is really Chaos contamination, I think young master Cale will be able to purify it.”
The gray disease was spreading more and more. If, like an epidemic, a whole village or city is covered by that Chaos contamination-
“Will we be able to save so many people?”
Aurora sighed and set off. First, she had to complete the task she had been assigned.
* * *
“Human, the hawk has stopped!”
Raon pointed to the tree where the hawk had folded its wings and landed.
“Hmm.”
Cale murmured with a listless expression.
“Put me down.”
“Yes. Cale-nim.”
Clopeh, with a sacred smile, gently put Cale down from his back. Cale had come riding on Clopeh’s back.
Tac!
Tac tac!
On and Hong, who had quickly run among the trees, descended at the same time under the tree. On tilted his head.
“I don’t see any marks.”
If On said that, it meant that Hong and Raon hadn’t found anything either. Clopeh hadn’t found it either.
“Human, can you see it?”
But Cale, who had calmly traveled on Clopeh’s back for a long time, examined the tree where the hawk had landed. When he worked under team leader Lee Soo Hyuk, Korea wasn’t intact.
The trees and buildings were destroyed and collapsed. Leaving marks and finding them among them? There’s always a way.
“Here it is.”
Cale found a small crack at the base of the tree. There was a crack in a square stone. Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk, who could cut anything, always left his marks on pieces of cement or stones.
“North.”
The direction the mark points to is north. They came from the west, and now it’s north.
‘Choi Han went north.’
Cale had a hunch for some reason.
‘We’ll meet.’
I think we’ll meet after going around a lot.
“Map.”
Shhh. Clopeh unfolded the map.
“Let’s increase the speed.”
This time, Cale took the lead.
Whiiiii-
Cale shot off with the sound of the wind. The west was a plain with a forest. Cale, moving quickly along the flat path, stopped at regular intervals. Each time he did, he found a tree with a slanted bar mark, and found a square stone in one of the trees within a 2-meter radius. The slanted bar mark looked like a mark, but the stone was the real mark.
“North-west.”
Whiiiii--
“11 o’clock.”
Whiiiii-
Cale stopped his pace. He pointed to a place on the map.
“It’s probably here.”
Cale’s gaze stopped at a point on the map.
“Dioruel.”
Clopeh Sekka calmly said.
“Count Lupeh’s estate.”
Although it was said to have disappeared, Count Lupeh’s estate, who lives as the Seventh Evil, Lupeh, in the New World game. It’s now a commercial city and an estate that’s stagnant without an owner. Cale looked towards it. Then, his gaze moved to his hand holding the stone.
“The blood has clotted.”
This stone has blood. It’s not like a blood letter.
“He’s injured.”
Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk is injured.
“Cale-nim, it seems to be Dioruel.”
The last time Cale held a mark was on top of a hill overlooking Dioruel, the central city of Count Lupeh’s estate.
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