Greer, the three princes of the Kingdom of Raon and Owen, entered a teahouse in a secluded alley outside the black market.
“Well, did I come at a bad time?”
Greer de Owen frowned as he touched his teacup.
“No, welcome back.”
Raon shook his head and smiled.
‘It came just right.’
Although I couldn’t reveal my name due to an exam, I was able to escape the crisis thanks to Greer’s presence.
Since I was told not to reveal my identity and there was no need for anyone else to reveal my identity, there was no problem with the test evaluation.
‘I was fooled.’
It seemed like Jaina thought she was a direct descendant because Greer didn’t mention that she was collateral, but only said that she was a swordsman genius. When she took off her hood, she looked positively over the moon.
‘Well, there was a way even if he didn’t come.’
Even if Greer hadn’t come, there were many ways to get out of the situation. Of course, it goes without saying that this is a neat method.
-I guess the king didn’t see it wrong. You are truly an evil person. He looks more like a demon than a human.
‘Maybe so.’
Leon chuckled. He himself is not a good person. For the sake of his goal, he was prepared to become a devil even greater than Lass.
“So what happened to this far away place?”
Greer took a sip of tea and opened his mouth.
“I stopped by to buy some equipment before taking the exam.”
“test?”
“This is a test to become a prosecutor.”
“Ah, it’s the graduation exam. “Then am I a step faster?”
“yes?”
“Hehe.”
Greer grinned, lifted the sword on his waist and placed it on the table. The slightly drawn sword had a lion symbol engraved on it.
“oh! A knight’s mark!”
Dorian, who was half out of his mind, jumped up.
“Well, since he’s a prince, it’s hard to call him a knight, but his skills have been recognized.”
“Congratulations.”
“Haha, thank you.”
Greer carefully stroked the lion symbol and then put the sword back.
“But you’re going through all sorts of things. “Sieghart’s genius swordsman is suspected of being a thief.”
He muttered that it was nonsense.
-That stupid guy! That’s true. This crazy guy really stole it!
“Ugh!”
Lars radiated cold air as if he was angry at not being able to speak, and Dorian groaned.
“You don’t have to worry too much about Jaina. She grew up so precious that she has no manners. “I will advise you well.”
“Thank you for caring me.”
“But what kind of equipment are you trying to get?”
“I’m going to take a look at the sword first. “We cannot have our own swords unless we are official prosecutors.”
Raon tapped the sword he was holding. It’s not a bad sword, but it’s not a good sword either, so I wanted to get a new one before the battle.
“Hmm, then let me introduce you to a good place. There is a workshop street at the west end, and in that corner… .”
Greer made several hand gestures to indicate a workshop.
“It’s small and messy, but its skills are certain. I’d like to introduce it to you in person, but I haven’t finished my work yet… .”
“no. An introduction is enough.”
Raon shook his head. He was grateful not only for the introduction but also for coming today.
“I wanted to join you again, but it’s such a shame.”
“Me too.”
Greer’s prayer, which earned him the title of knight, was of a different order from before. He seemed to have overcome a wall by repeating his mission and training just like himself.
“Be sure to come visit Owen later. “I want to put everything aside and have a good fight.”
He disappeared with a smile on his face, just like the last time he saw him in Sieghardt. He looked in the direction and it seemed like he was heading back down to the black market.
“Wow, I really barely survived.”
Dorian let out a long, thread-like sigh.
“I didn’t know you would leave like this. Wow… .”
“It was all planned.”
Raon grinned. Dorian may have been anxious, but he himself was not the least bit embarrassed. The whole situation was in the palm of your hand.
“I don’t believe it, but if that’s the case, Master, it must be like that. “Then shall we go to the workshop first?”
“no.”
I shook my head, feeling the small wriggling butterfly in my inner pocket.
“I have work to do first.”
* * *
After finding a place to stay, Raon took out the black butterfly he had kept in his inner pocket.
A butterfly wrapped in a soft black light fluttered and landed on my finger.
It was a beautiful light that made me want to keep looking at it, but this was not the true appearance of this butterfly.
-What on earth did you do to steal such a useless butterfly?
“There is nothing useless in the world. “There is a place for everyone.”
-gibberish! There is a lot of unnecessary waste in the world.
“You wouldn’t think that when you see this.”
Raon took out a flower bud that was half red and half blue from his backpack. This is a two-tone flower that I got from Seolho Chaeju a while ago.
“I’ll give you a gift.”
When I took out the two-tone flower and shook it, the black butterfly sitting in my left hand landed on the petals that had not yet bloomed.
Kuuung.
A black butterfly pokes its head into a two-tone flower. The color of the petals becomes darker, as if they were painted with paint. Conversely, the black butterfly’s black wings turned white, as if their color had been taken away.
Hwaaaah!
The black light of the black butterfly fades, and the petals of the two-tone flower emit a brilliant light.
The light that bloomed between the two spirits spread throughout the room.
When the flickering blue light slowly subsided, the black wings of the black butterfly turned into a snowy field, and the budded petals of the two-tone flower bloomed and gave off a pure fragrance.
-What is this? A butterfly like an anglerfish that only sucks mana makes flowers bloom!
‘I told you. ‘There is nothing useless.’
At the same time as Raon laughed, a black butterfly with two-tone flowers in full bloom flew up. Unlike when I first saw it, it flaps its wings vigorously.
“You’ve become prettier.”
When I raised my hand, a black butterfly circled in the air and landed on the back of my hand.
“Congratulations on the curse being lifted.”
Black butterflies and two-tone flowers each have different curses.
Black Butterfly is a curse that only eats mana but cannot digest it, and Two-Tone Flower is a curse that cannot collect mana.
Because of the two curses, the level of the two spirits was low to rare.
but.
‘When those two come together, things change.’
When Black Butterfly, who is full of mana, hands over the mana to Two-Tone Flower, who cannot condense mana, the curse on both of them is lifted.
The black butterfly, which gave up its mana and left freely, and the two-tone flower, which bloomed brilliantly, had a symbiotic relationship that could only be completed together.
‘No one knows this.’
Raon would never have known this if it weren’t for the knowledge written in the comic book.
Ugh.
As Raon was looking at the vivid light of the two-tone flower, a black butterfly tickled the back of his hand.
“okay. i get it. okay.”
I smiled and opened the window. She held out her hand to the open window, allowing Black Butterfly to get out.
Ugh.
A black butterfly slowly rose, flapping its wings cheerfully. The guy who was wandering around the building came back down and slowly looked at himself.
It folded its wings once as if to say hello and departed into the wide sky.
“live well.”
Raon waved his hand and closed the window. He sat on the floor and saw a two-tone flower in full bloom.
Of the four petals, two are red and the remaining two are blue. It was so beautiful and fragrant that it could be decorated like this.
‘This is real.’
The two-tone flower, which contained a small amount of fire-type mana and water-type mana, bloomed by the black butterfly and attracted a lot of mana, and this was the true form of the two-tone flower.
‘I can eat now.’
Now that I had confirmed that the flower had bloomed, it was time to make the energy contained in those petals my own.
An elixir is a collection of natural energy, but when it is condensed, impurities accumulate and its purity is bound to be lower than that of natural mana.
But two-tone flowers are different.
It did not bloom alone, but was refined once by borrowing the power of other spiritual creatures, and because it was divided into two attributes, it had a purity that could not be exaggerated to say that the two mana were raw.
‘It’s the perfect elixir for me.’
Raon is learning the ring of fire, and has the aura of manga ball and bitter cold. It was better suited than anyone else to absorb the energy of the two-tone flower.
‘then.’
I popped the two-tone flower into my mouth like taking a pill. There was no need to chew. The two-tone flower melted like sugar and went down my throat before I could even spread the sweet floral scent in my mouth.
‘Keu… .’
My stomach felt hot and then cold again and again. A feeling of alternating between fire and ice. The energy of the two-tone flower was real as I saw it making a fuss as if it would tear the stomach apart.
Raon sat down on the floor with a thin smile and used the cartoon ball by spinning a ring of fire. As the sincere energy rising from the Danjeon swirled throughout my body, the energy of the two-tone flower that had been hitting my stomach began to calm down.
Wooooow!
The manga ball’s hot aura went up the mana circuit and began to guide the energy of the two-tone flower. Her shoulders were hot, her heart was cold, her forearms were cool, and her thighs were heavy.
The energy of the two-tone flower, following the flow of the cartoon ball, began to spread throughout the body.
‘It’s so pure.’
The energy of the two attributes contained in the two-tone flower was as clean as freshly fallen snow. Just by swinging the cartoon ball around, it stuck to itself like a magnet.
Gooooooo!
Raon’s whole body shook. It’s not because of the pain.
It was because of the joy that the energy of the two-tone flower spread throughout my body gradually accumulating in my Danjeon. As proof of that, there was an excited smile on his face.
Tooung!
Each time the manga ball was used repeatedly, the dantian and the body vibrated, and waste products that had been stuck in the mana circuit like rust began to be discharged.
Whoa!
Raon fell into a trance as he felt the texture of his body and aura evolving.
* * *
Raon opened his eyes. Black-grey lightning flashed from the red eyes.
[A strand of the curse of bitter cold disappears.]
[The durability of Danjeon and Mana Circuit increases.]
[Your energy increases significantly.]
[Mental strength increases significantly.]
[All abilities increase.]
There was no need to see the message. He was able to know what state he was in just by looking at the high-purity energy in his Danjeon, the wider mana circuit, and his light body condition.
‘It’s more than I thought.’
I thought that no matter how two-toned the flower was, it would not be able to absorb all of it, but it was a big misunderstanding.
The purity of the two-tone flowers was higher than that of 100% purity. I was able to absorb most of the energy without wasting it.
Name: Raon Sieghardt.
Title: .
Status: Curse of the Cold (4 strands).
Characteristics: Rage, Ring of Fire (5 stars), Water resistance (4 stars), Sense of Tales (3 stars), Manga Ball (3 stars), Extreme Cold (3 stars), Fire resistance (3 stars), Bleeding Curse (1 star), sneak attack (1 star), indomitable will (1 star).
Strength: 72.
Agility: 73.
Stamina: 66.
Stamina: 70.
Sensation: 79.
Anger: 10.
All abilities have increased, but the biggest increase is energy. The energy level rose by over 10 and reached 70.
‘At this rate, I might be able to fight for half a day.’
The size of Mangagong’s aura and bitter cold that filled his Danjeon also increased as did his energy level. Rather than a short-term decisive battle, I felt like I could quite endure a long-term fight.
‘If I’m in my current state, I should be able to win the Sword Expert level without difficulty.’
It’s not just that the number of Aurors has increased and they have become stronger.
Since Mangagong’s other sword techniques, which he could not use due to lack of aurors, can be used additionally, it is no exaggeration to say that he has become more than twice as strong as before. Of course, there were more sword techniques that I couldn’t use yet.
‘That can’t be helped.’
Manhwagong’s swordsmanship requires a huge amount of aura. No matter how much the auror was purified with the ring of fire, it was inevitable that the amount was insufficient.
‘So you have to grow faster.’
Because there is a lot to do.
You must raise Sylvia to the top, save Judiel’s younger brother, and cut off Derus Robert’s head.
To do that, you need to get stronger as quickly as possible. Not just Aurors, but both body and mind.
“after.”
Raon stood up and looked at the window. I had been practicing all night from the afternoon, so it seemed like the sun was going to rise soon.
‘Let’s take a test.’
Although I spent the night practicing, I wasn’t tired at all.
In order to test my changed body and internal strength, I went to an empty lot where there was no one around.
I lightly relaxed my body and stepped on the steps.
Coo!
Footprints are engraved on the floor, and sand scatters. The advance angle was the same as before, but the quality of the force was different, and the sound echoed throughout the vacant lot.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
He used the force of his foot to connect to his waist and lowered his sword. The cold early morning air cracked like sheets of paper.
Wooooow!
Raon’s outstretched blade began to glow a deep red color. Manhwagong’s sword skills, which had been dormant, were released freely.
pop! Fuuuuuuu!
Every time the sword was swung, a lightning-like sword strike erupted. It was a dizzying combination of swordsmanship that even a qualified swordsman could not stop.
Coo coo coo coo!
The area around Raon was devastated as if a cannonball had fallen due to the explosive heat emanating from the blade of flame.
“Whoa… .”
Raon, who performed Yeonseong Swordsmanship, Gwanga Sword, and Manhwagong Swordsmanship one after another, exhaled excitedly and straightened his posture.
‘Good.’
Raon smiled with satisfaction. As waste products were released, the body and blood flow improved further. Responsiveness to both internal strength and movement has become faster.
After all, you have to move your body.
There is a world of difference between seeing a message and actually moving your body. Only by using your body like this can you see how much you have changed.
“Okay then.”
Raon looked at the rising sun and struck his sword.
“Let’s go get a sword.”
