Chapter 940
A staff shelter built in the center of the Balkar King’s capital.
The old-fashioned teahouse, which had been open for more than a hundred years, was crowded with wizards wearing various robes and robes.
The magicians, who should normally be enjoying the scent of tea in an elegant manner, were celebrating their victory in the war by raising their voices as if they were in a back street bar.
“I really thought the Black Tower would collapse.”
A middle-aged wizard wearing a red robe let out a laugh.
“I don’t believe it either. Those leech-like guys disappeared all at once… .”
The blond knight sitting across from him nodded.
“If I had known this would happen, I should have gone with you no matter what.”
He licked his lips as if he regretted not being able to participate in the war.
“Actually, I thought this expedition would fail… .”
The middle-aged wizard stroked his teacup with his fingers and shook his chin.
“You thought you would fail?”
The blond knight blinked as if to ask if it was true.
“okay. Because I actually saw the Black Tower Lord.”
The middle-aged wizard’s fingers trembled and the tea in his teacup spilled out.
“The danger of the Black Tower Lord is not only because of its strength. He never reveals his true identity. “He always hides his power and creates a way for him to retreat.”
He continued speaking with a frown.
“Chamber said he was confident of winning, but I thought this expedition would be successful if we could just drive out the Black Tower.”
The middle-aged wizard lowered his eyebrows deeply, saying that not only he but other wizards were thinking the same thing.
“There were many times when the Black Tower lord only caused damage to us and retreated without suffering any damage.”
The blonde knight also nodded as if he understood what I meant.
“A Black Tower lord like that would have created a way to escape from the Black Tower. “There must have been more ways out than the rabbit hole.”
The middle-aged wizard chewed his lips as he recalled the sinister nature of the Black Tower.
“So, although I believe that the Black Tower collapsed, I still cannot believe that the Black Tower owner is dead.”
“Hmm, then is it a lie?”
The blonde knight patted the table and narrowed his eyes.
“It could be a white lie made up to turn the tide of the battle….”
“That’s absolutely not true.”
The middle-aged wizard shook his head resolutely.
“If it is discovered that Black Tower Lord is alive, the neutral forces will lose their trust. Besides, Chamberlain is a man who would never lie about Black Tower Lord’s death.”
He said he couldn’t believe it and was certain that the owner of the Black Tower was dead, and took a sip of the tea.
“Then is it really because of Raon Sieghardt?”
The blond knight leaned forward and lowered his voice.
“Chamber himself admitted it. The person who cut off the head of the Black Tower was Raon Sieghart. “We thought we just finished, but didn’t we actually do a great job?”
He licked his lips, saying that seemed closer to the truth.
“Well, I think…” .”
“That’s not true!”
Before the middle-aged wizard could answer, young wizards stood up from the table behind him violently, as if they were destroying the chairs.
“It was just Chamberlain’s consideration!”
“There is a great difference in rank even between the Transcendent Ones, so how could Raon Sieghart interfere in the fight between the two Absolute Ones!”
“We need a hero of war, so let’s give Raon Sieghart a try.”
“Chamber is the one who killed Black Tower Lord!”
The young wizards seemed to trust the Chamber and spoke their beliefs without any hesitation.
“Hmm… .”
“It’s certainly logical.”
“No matter how strong Laon Sieghart’s power becomes, it is not enough to reach the Black Tower Lord.”
The blond knight and the other people in the tavern nodded, seeming to have similar thoughts.
“Well, everyone has different thoughts.”
The middle-aged wizard looked at the young wizards and smiled slightly.
‘You’re young.’
No, should I say young?
They couldn’t believe that Chamber, whom they respected more than anyone else, had collapsed and left his last moments to Raon.
No, it was clear that I didn’t want to believe it.
Those young wizards don’t know Chamber as much as she does. She’s dead, she’s not the type of person to lie like that. That’s why I had to tell her.
“Chamber is the greatest wizard on the continent, and his pride is sky-high. He often tells playful lies, but in important matters like this, he will not back down even if it means dying.”
The middle-aged wizard looked around with unwavering eyes.
“The person who cut off the head of the Black Tower was clearly Raon Sieghardt. “If Chamber said, I wouldn’t have been able to defeat the Black Tower lord alone.”
He calmly lowered his chin as if he could tell just from the rumors he heard.
“How do you know that, senior?”
“I didn’t even see it myself.”
“You must have been interfering with Chamberlain and Black Tower’s fight until the very end!”
“If Chamber wasn’t here, Raon Sieghart would have lost his head at the touch of the Black Tower Lord!”
The young wizards shook their heads vigorously, as if wondering how they knew, without even looking.
“I don’t understand what you’re saying… .”
“Let’s do that.”
When the middle-aged wizard gave up and sighed, a woman wearing purple robes stood up from the table inside.
“Who are you again…” uh?”
The young wizards, who thought that their words had been accepted, glared at the woman in purple robes.
“Wow, Princess?”
“Princess Jaina… .”
The teahouse, which had been noisy with Jaina’s appearance, became quiet as if it had become a library.
“If you’re so curious, let me tell you.”
The red-robed man sitting across from Jaina snapped his fingers.
“Because I am someone who has been there.”
When he took off the hood that covered his face, the face of Morel Kazan, a middle-aged man with a sharp look, was revealed.
“S-No way… .”
“Morel Kazan?”
The wizards inside the teahouse took turns looking at Jaina and Morel Kazan and took a deep breath.
“Uh, um… .”
“Why are Mistress Morel and Jaina here…? .”
The wizards were unable to speak properly and their shoulders were shaking.
“I came back first to report in Chamber’s stead. I’m just going to drink tea and enter the palace, but it’s really unbearable.”
The young wizards swallowed dryly and stepped back at Morel Kazan’s cold gaze.
“You asked if I saw it with my own eyes? Yes. I saw Raon Sieghart cut off the Black Tower Lord’s head with my own eyes. If Chamber hadn’t been there, I wouldn’t have been able to catch Black Tower Lord? That’s true. But if Raon hadn’t been there, Chamber wouldn’t have been able to kill Black Tower Lord either.”
He frowned, saying that Raon was one of the main players in this war.
“I climbed the Black Tower with him. “I clearly saw with my own eyes the scene where he killed countless demons and demons, including the Black King and Demon Seongroe, and finally cut off the head of the Black Tower Master.”
Jaina nodded, recalling the memory of climbing the black tower after Raon.
“I know you want to think highly of Chamber. You might feel like you’ve been robbed of your fame and reputation by Raon. But you don’t have to think that way. He’s different from us.”
She felt strangely refreshed as she defended Raon, whom she hated so much. Now, it seemed like gratitude and affection had accumulated rather than hatred.
“That’s right. Raon Sieghardt’s bowl is different. The head of Ohuangoma, which currently rules the continent. No, because he is a warrior who is sure to rise to a higher place than them.”
Morel Kazan waved his hand, saying that Raon was someone who deserved to be sent up.
“The dishes are different… .”
“A place higher than the head of Ohuang Oma… .”
The young wizards swallowed dryly, shocked by Morel and Jaina’s words.
“The proof of that is the new nickname that Raon Sieghart has acquired. A nickname that only one person can obtain without any other modifiers.”
Morel Kazan looked at everyone in the teahouse and curled his lips.
“Geomje.”
He shook his shoulders as if he had goosebumps just talking about it.
“Sword Emperor Raon Sieghart. “It is a very fitting name for a swordsman who brought down the king and became king himself.”
* * *
“Sword Emperor Raon Sieghart.”
Chambers smiled and added the nickname “Geomje” to his name.
“Inspection…?”
Raon’s eyes widened as he listened to Chamber’s words.
“I, I’m a swordsman?”
I didn’t even think that my name had changed because I just woke up, but I never imagined that the name would be Geomje.
“Originally, I was going to call you the Sword King because of your age, but your previous nickname was Usurper. “It’s a bit unfair to call the person who brought down the king the Sword King. I heard he changed it to Geomje?”
Chambers smiled, saying that it didn’t seem too bad.
“If you think about it, the level is not right. How many kings have you defeated? There was a father king who you defeated with a life-or-death decision, and in Super, you killed the Holy King who was eaten by the Demon Tribe, and here, you even killed the Black King.”
“hmm… .”
“Even the Emperor Black Tower, who controls the Black King, has fallen into your hands, so it is right to go straight to the Sword Emperor.”
She nodded, saying that she didn’t know who it was, but that she had named it correctly.
“Well, it’s a bit burdensome… .”
Raon lowered his eyes. I don’t know about anything else, but the fact that the Emperor’s title was attached to the name of the sword was too burdensome.
“There are some strange people who sometimes make up their own nicknames, but most nicknames are given by the public. It depends on the person’s performance.”
Chambers clicked his tongue and put the lollipop between his lips.
“Among them, there are the highest rank nicknames. Like Sword Emperor, King of the Front, and Overlord, Sword Emperor is a title that only the warriors who stand at the highest level can receive.”
She raised her finger in the air, saying that she was recognized by everyone.
“In your grandfather’s case, he was called the King of the North and the King of the North because of his achievements in the North, but in the end, he only has one name now.”
Chambers looked at Raon intently and pursed his lips.
“The Sword God. The being that stands at the highest point of this continent. No one but the Heavenly Horse can reach it.”
She laughed, saying that it was a name that gave her goosebumps just to say it.
“Then I also owe it to my grandfather’s name…”
“No, it has nothing to do with that old man. You were given that name because of your accomplishments and future.”
Chamber lifted his small hand and placed it on his left chest.
“You earned this name by cutting off the head of the Black Tower Master, so keep it safe so you don’t lose it.”
She nodded, asking him to continue to live up to the name of Inspector General.
“hmm… .”
Raon turned his gaze while touching the back of his head.
“Sword Emperor Raon Sieghart? Does it suit you well?”
Burren nodded, saying that if he was the master of the Tempest War, he should be able to do that much.
“And by the way, my nickname has also changed. Maybe it’s because I became a Grand Master, but they call me Cheonbi Seong.”
He nodded, saying he liked his new nickname.
“The handsome and handsome Raon.”
Runan also raised his thumb as if he liked it.
“Runan’s new nickname is Full Moon Fairy. “They say she is a moon fairy who saves people.”
Burren grinned as he explained Runaan’s new nickname. It seemed like a nickname he had always earned by moving in the direction of saving others.
“Then you?”
Raon looked at Martha. Now that she had become a Grand Master, it seemed like her nickname had changed.
“Ugh… .”
Martha didn’t answer right away, but just straightened her shoulders and ground her teeth.
“hmm?”
“Nunchane… .”
“uh? Swamp girl? What kind of nickname… .”
“I’m still a Nak-cha-nyeo! Oh, you piece of shit! Why am I the only one who keeps being a Nak-cha-nyeo! If I’ve made it to Grand Master, please change it!”
She said she didn’t understand and chewed the iron plate where the bandage was placed with her teeth.
“Well, the most special nickname that can describe that guy’s fight is Nachalnyeo… .”
Buren lowered his eyes, saying that his tinnitus was still the same.
“Nachalnyeo is fixed for life.”
Runan smiled thinly, as if she was glad that Marta’s nickname remained the same.
“shut up! You bitch! Because of you, I stopped being a Nachal sword and became a Nachal woman!”
Martha ran at him, screaming, and Runaan ran away with his tongue sticking out.
“ha… .”
Raon shook his head as he watched Runaan and Martha rush out of the hospital room.
“sorry. I’m still young… .”
“No, you’re too old for that.”
Chambers smiled faintly, as if he had done the same.
“Oh, and… .”
She reached down and grabbed Rencia’s shoulder.
“This guy you saved. Can I take him with me?”
Chamber nodded cautiously as if to ask if it was okay.
“What do you mean, take me with you?”
“Lencia has a lot of talent for magic. “I think it’s because she became the core of the barrier I created, <The Light that Awakens the Darkness>, but I think she had considerable talent even before that.”
She was impressed, saying she felt like he had similar talent to her.
“Really?”
“Yes. It’s a little late, but unlike humans, magicians don’t have to start from childhood.”
Chamber nodded, saying that Lencia would make an excellent wizard.
“But why are you telling me that?”
Raon tilted his head as he looked at Chamber and Lencia.
“This is the child you saved, and he needs your permission first.”
Chamber patted Lencia’s head, saying that unlike anyone else, she had a good personality.
Since they were similar in height, it felt like I was touching a friend.
“Um, I see.”
Raon smiled slightly as he looked at the chamber.
‘As expected, it’s different.’
If it’s a position like Chambers, I can’t refuse even if they just take me.
But she put her own interests and Lencia’s interests first. I always felt that she was the type of person who didn’t think about things like status.
“Lensia. How about you?”
Raon nodded slightly while locking eyes with Lencia.
“Well, I… .”
Lencia lowered her eyes slightly and licked her lips.
“I hope my younger siblings are happy.”
Even in situations where her own choices were at stake, she put her siblings first.
“Don’t worry about that. Since you played a big role this time, I plan to reward you more than that. In terms of money, it’s enough to feed you and your siblings for the rest of your lives.”
“ah… ”
“So now choose what you want to choose.”
Raon told me for the first time to think only of myself and make choices.
“I am….”
Lencia slowly turned her eyes and looked at the chamber.
“I want to learn magic!”
She bit her lip, saying that she wanted to follow her, but she also wanted to learn magic and become stronger.
“Then it’s decided.”
Raon took his hand off Lencia’s shoulder.
“Please take good care of me.”
“okay. “Take care of your wounds better than my own.”
Chamber smiled brightly as if to tell him not to worry.
“You don’t have to go that far.”
Raon shook his head, laughing in vain.
“Thank you. I really appreciate it. Raon.”
Lencia laughed and shed tears. It was not the fake smile she showed while working as an usher, but tears and laughter flowing from her heart.
He probably smiled that way after he found out about that child’s situation. Maybe I fought until the end because I wanted to see that smile.
“Because you know pain, you will be able to become a better wizard than anyone else.”
Raon smiled and stroked Lencia’s head.
Even after seeing the Black Tower collapse and the Black Tower Lord die, I still didn’t feel like I had won, but it was only after seeing the child’s smile that I realized the war was over. All the strength left my body.
-It’s not over yet!
Lars stood up, gritting his teeth.
-The king is not eating!
‘It’s all over. Let’s sleep a little more…’
-No!
* * *
Three days later.
A small festival was held in Montiro to celebrate the victory in the war against the Black Tower.
Thanks to the materials gathered from all over the continent, the festival was much larger and more spectacular than the one originally held in Montiro.
“This is okay.”
Raon nodded with satisfaction as he took a bite of the chicken skewers with fresh green onions and chicken.
-Hmm, it’s not bad, but I like soy sauce better than salt.
Lass waved his round hand, saying he liked the sauce thick.
‘Then shall we eat more salt chicken skewers?’
-No, this time something different appeals to me. first… .
It was when the guy was trying to choose what he wanted to eat next.
Phew!
When something whitish passed by the street vendor, all the food there disappeared, leaving behind only one gold coin.
-No, that guy!
Lars’ chin trembled.
-That insectivorous bastard is eating everything!
The guy yelled at them to hurry up and get the food.
‘Okay, okay. Okay.’
Raon smiled and got up.
‘Then what do you want to eat?’
-The beef intestines are deliciously cooking on the brazier over there… .
When Lars was talking about beef tripe, there was a whooshing sound and all the roasted tripe disappeared.
‘It looks like you took it?’
-Then, the pizza oven over there… .
As soon as the name of wood-fired pizza was mentioned, two well-baked pizzas were instantly erased. As expected, all that was left on the sales counter was one gold coin.
“Oh oh! “Geumsin has come!”
“This way too! Please come here too!”
“Our meat is the best!”
Even though the prices were high during the festival, paying even one gold coin was a great luxury, so the merchants were happy even if all the food disappeared at once.
‘haha….’
Raon smiled awkwardly and waved his hand.
‘I guess Gluttony was very hungry.’
-Ugh, then let’s go straight to dessert before it’s all taken away! With beaded ice cream!
Lars gave up the food, perhaps to get revenge on Gluttony, and led her hand towards dessert.
‘That’s right. There will be ice cream.’
Raon nodded and headed to the Guseul ice cream store.
But it was already too late, and the store manager was left alone cleaning the floor.
“Are you closing already?”
I approached the store manager who was about to close the store and asked.
“Oh, before the festival started, a little girl came and said she would buy all the ice cream. “Of course she accepted it, thinking she would give up after eating it, but she actually ate it all and went back.”
The store manager wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, saying he couldn’t believe it even after seeing it with his own eyes.
-That guy… .
Lars shook his head, clutching his head.
-That insectivorous bastard! After eating the ice cream first, I came to another place!
The guy shook his head, saying it was clearly Gluttony’s doing.
-Yeah, I got it! It’s because I’m too used to the human world’s routine of eating a meal and then eating dessert!
Lars ground his teeth in anger.
-Right now! Bring down the King immediately! I don’t think I’ll feel better unless I kill that filthy bastard!
The guy shook his fist up and down, saying he couldn’t stand it anymore.
I was planning to buy you everything you wanted to eat today, but I didn’t know something like this would happen, so I was flustered.
“Just bear with it for now.”
Raon was about to move to buy him another food, but Karun came right in front of him.
“It seems like you’re feeling better.”
Karun seemed to have fully recovered as well, wearing his well-ironed uniform as usual and lowering his eyes.
“yes. Thanks to.”
Raon smiled slightly and nodded. In this war, Karun was in charge of the war below him, so he was able to focus on the fight against the Black Tower lord without worrying about it.
It was my first time fighting with him, but I felt at ease, as if we had been fighting together for a long time.
“This time I found out what kind of warrior you are.”
Karun nodded, looking at Raon’s eyes, which were the same color as hers.
“In the war against the Black Tower, the person who most worthy of Sieghart’s name was you. Good job.”
He said something that seemed to acknowledge him for the first time and turned around.
“then.”
Karun disappeared into the crowd of festivities without a second thought, as if he only wanted to say that.
“… … .”
Raon chuckled as he looked at Karun’s back, who felt relieved as if a burden had been lifted.
‘Some people change.’
Some people say that people never change, but in my opinion, there were people who changed and people who did not change.
‘I need to change more too.’
-What change! You’ve been a fucking idiot since the first time I saw you!
Lars shook his head, saying that nothing had changed.
‘Not that, but force. I have to become stronger in the future.’
Next time, I wanted to face the leader of the Five Emperors with my own strength.
It’s still a long way off, but it will definitely become possible someday.
-Huh. You’ve come a long way!
‘I know. However, if you look at this, you might get a little closer.’
-What are you looking at! Even if you look at it a thousand times… Huh?
Raon ignored Lars’ fumbling and brought up the message window.
-Now, wait… Hehe!
A large number of message windows appeared at the same time, and Ras in front of me was thrown away as if he had been hit by a carriage.
‘hmm?’
Raon’s eyes widened as he looked at the end of the message, not even paying attention to Ras who had flown away.
‘This comes out here too?’
