Chapter 39: 39. Apologize

Chapter 39: 39. Apologize

'Why are they coming here?'

Orion frowned, looking at them coming towards him.

'Can't one get a moment of peace alone here?'

He let out a sigh, his eyes narrowing as he focused on them.

"What do you guys want?"

Hearing his words, Liira glared at him.

"What's with that look and that irritated voice? It's as if you don't even want to see us."

Orion nodded hurriedly at her as he chuckled.

"Indeed, I don't want to see you guys. Just go away."

He dismissively waved his hand at them.

Seeing this, Liira stomped her foot and was about to yell at him when she recalled what they came here for.

'Calm down.'

Taking deep breaths, she forced herself to calm down because of that.

Observing the tension between them, Rina stepped forward, facing Orion directly.

"Hey, we didn't come here for a fight."

Orion turned toward her upon hearing her voice.

"Then what are you here for?"

At that moment, unexpectedly, Rina bowed down to him.

"I am sorry for what Runo did to you."

Orion was taken aback by her action. Most importantly, he felt embarrassed that he had made a girl bow down to him.

"It's not your fault, so you don't have to do this."

He hurriedly shook both of his hands at her. Meanwhile, he wondered why that self-proclaimed bastard of a guy had such good teammates.

Orion and the others turned to see that it was Feran who came to the middle of the rectangular hall and just clapped.

"Now, those who want to learn the Three Divine Ways come here."

Orion stood up and approached him, noticing as he did so that not everyone from Runo's team had come.

'The big guy can't fight, or is he only a meat shield?'

He wondered. A moment later, he arrived in front of Feran.

Seeing everyone had arrived, Feran nodded in satisfaction.

"Before I tell you about the Three Divine Ways, let me tell you about us old people in the temple."

He appeared to be lost in thought as he continued.

"The truth is, we were like you kids when we came here, but unfortunately, we have been trapped here for about fifty years now. During this time, many people came to this temple, but none succeeded in defeating the third guardian, ultimately becoming like us."

He sighed, thinking about it.

"But we didn't lose hope and thought about how we could help those who came later in the future. That's when we thought about the Three Divine Ways. Although it's difficult to learn the Three Divine Ways in bronze rank because of the low amount of mana we have, it's not impossible either."

As he finished those words, a gust of wind released from his position in all directions, blowing away the dust around his feet.

Not long after, everyone in the hall felt a heavy pressure descending upon them; even Runo, who was at the peak of bronze rank, felt that pressure.

"This...this..."

Witnessing this, Runo couldn't believe his eyes.

However, this was far from over.

A moment later, Feran's form began to release hues of green glow all around him as he bathed himself in the gentle green light, illuminating the whole hall inside the temple.

Before long, all these hues of green glow around his body flowed towards his back and started to gather together at a point to form a glowing green ball that hovered quietly behind his back.

As this transformation was completed, the pressure everyone felt doubled.

Runo, who witnessed the whole thing with his own eyes, felt his worldview shaken. He knew how difficult it was to learn the Three Divine Ways in bronze rank, but seeing someone do it in front of him left him speechless.

Not just Runo, but everyone on his team felt the same shock as him. Even Orion felt surprised by this amazing display of power.

Earlier, he had thought that the Three Divine Ways would let one use the power of mana, so he wasn't interested since he didn't possess mana, but seeing this transformation and the power behind it made him think otherwise.