Chapter 361: No, Then Whatever (3)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
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None of them could easily start to speak.
One thousand years.
Just thinking about the flow of events for that long period of time was giving them headaches.
Bud and Cale were looking at each other.
“Heh.”
Bud let out a short laugh.
“I need some booze.”
He then plopped down on the ground.
He was feeling frustrated.
It was a hypothesis.
It was a hypothesis that the White Star might be the first Mercenary King.
He needed to verify if this hypothesis was true.
However, he had an odd feeling that this was indeed the case.
“...Damn it.”
Bud grabbed his hair with both hands. It was hard for him to suppress the anger and frustration building up inside him.
“Damn it!”
Nobody could say anything while watching him.
It was at that moment.
“...Haaaa.”
Someone was breathing heavily.
“Young master-nim.”
Ron, who was supporting Cale, looked at Cale's face.
Cale’s face was red from overheating, his body was covered in sweat, and his breathing was heavy.
Ron looked at how Cale's wet red hair was stuck on Cale’s face and handed him over to his son, Beacrox.
Beacrox helped Cale slowly sit down on the ground.
He then leaned his back toward a bookshelf.
“...Human.”
“No...”
Raon and Hong approached Cale. On was already near Cale’s leg and looking up at him.
Cale's eyes were half-closed as he breathed in and out. He looked extremely weak.
“...This is driving me nuts.”
Bud brushed his face with both hands after seeing Cale's condition.
He had not checked on Cale’s condition because he was so shocked by the hypothesis.
No, he could have just ignored Cale’s condition because the story he shared was so important.
Eruhaben wet a towel and handed it to Ron, who carefully wiped the sweat off of Cale's forehead.
“...Haaa, haaa.”
Cale continued to breathe while feeling the cool towel on his cheek.
It was hot.
‘Damn it.’
Kim Rok Soo, Grade 1 Ability User. ‘Record’ was the most well-known of his abilities.
His entire body, starting from his head, heated up every time he used this ability.
However, his mind was clear.
The side effects were mild compared to the other abilities that clouded a person's mind from overuse.
He closed his eyes.
He needed to organize the information gathered in his mind.
“...Cale-nim, I will take you outside.”
Choi Han approached Cale, who had his eyes closed.
“Yes, let’s finish the rest outside.”
Eruhaben agreed with Choi Han. Choi Han tried to carry Cale who was quietly sitting there. Beacrox grabbed Cale's shoulders to help Choi Han.
“...Shit.”
Bud who was watching this had a smile on his face as he cursed. He had no choice because these people who were most definitely more frustrated than he was were moving with the next steps in mind.
Bud stood back up as well.
He could not just sit here right now.
He approached Cale's group and started to speak.
“Let’s just use magic to leave since it is fine if we get caught.”
It was important to use this facility without being noticed, however, a person’s life was more important.
“Then I, the great and mighty Dragon, will use teleportation magic! I’ll help too!”
Raon seemed to agree with Bud as he moved his front paws forward as if he was getting ready to cast a spell.
Bud walked up next to him.
“Raon-nim, I will give you the coordinates.”
“Alright, go ahead! Tell me the coordinates, alcohol-loving Mercenary King!”
“Yes sir, the coordinates are-”
It was at that moment.
“There's no need.”
It was a low voice that came along with a quiet breathing sound.
It was Cale. Bud subconsciously started to raise his voice.
“Hey, look at your condition before-”
“It's hot.”
Cale ignored Bud and continued to speak.
Cale’s actions that followed made Bud anxious.
“...What are you doing?”
Bud asked but Cale ignored him. It was annoying to respond.
Cale’s shaking hands slowly started to move.
He then started to undo the buttons of his shirt one by one.
He needed to get rid of this heat in his body.
“It's hot.”
Cale was mumbling that it was hot as he continued to undo his buttons.
Beeeeep- Beeeeeep-
A sharp alarm rang inside the library at that moment. Bud turned away from Cale.
“Human!”
The black Dragon’s paws that looked ready to cast teleportation magic suddenly had a video communication device instead.
It was glowing red.
“Human! It's the crown prince!”
Cale's personal video communication device only glowed red when crown prince Alberu Crossman was calling.
Raon peeked at Cale's condition before continuing to speak.
“Human! The crown prince is calling! Should I tell him to call back later?”
Bud also peeked toward Cale before starting to speak.
“I’m fine even if you connect the call. We already decided to use magic anyway. But your condition is, mm.”
Cale did not seem to be in a condition to accept a call right now.
However, Cale petted Raon, On and Hong on the head before starting to speak.
The corners of Cale’s lips started to go up again.
The crown prince looked full of disbelief. However, he too had goosebumps all over his body like Bud.
‘He read 9,889 books and memorized all of the information?
Crazy bastard.’
A totally crazy bastard was in front of him.
That was why the crown prince bluntly added on.
- What’s so funny?
The crown prince also felt that it was easy to work with Cale.
- I need to gather information on ancient powers, but it looks like you guys need to do the opposite.
Bud's body flinched at that moment.
Cale looked toward Bud.
“Sigh.”
Bud let out a sigh before starting to speak.
“It looks like.”
If the White Star was the first Mercenary King, it was very likely that he had stealthily infiltrated this place many times.
That was why he needed to make up his mind.
“Damn it!”
Alberu flinched.
It was not because the Mercenary King suddenly shouted.
He understood why Bud would feel that frustrated. There was a different reason he flinched.
“Damn it! I can’t say it while I'm sober!”
Click!
He opened a bottle of alcohol. The Mercenary King then started to chug.
Cale understood the look Alberu was giving him.
‘Where did you find such a person......?’
That seemed to be what Alberu’s gaze was saying.
“Kaaaa!”
Bud one shotted a whole bottle before starting to speak.
“This place, this place! Yes, this place!”
He seemed to be shouting to himself.
"We will blow it up!”
Bud looked toward Cale and continued to shout.
“We’ll make it so the White Star can't come here! We will move the Directory and blow this place up! Kahahahahah! Then he won't be able to find the Directory in the future even if he wants to do so! Kahahahahah!”
He was laughing in a refreshing manner.
“Kahahahah! Blow it up! Destroy everything!”
Cale looked away from Bud with a stoic expression.
Bud was not wrong.
If the White Star really was the first Mercenary King, then it was a good direction to move the Directory and blow this place up.
“Soob, it doesn’t make sense that I, the Mercenary King, am going to destroy the first Mercenaries Guild building and this records storage place, sob, but I have to do it.”
Bud then looked toward Cale and continued to speak.
“Who will do it if I don't?”
The White Star knew about the powers of Cale's group.
He especially knew about Cale's ancient powers, as well as the strengths of the main strong individuals such as Choi Han and Eruhaben who showed themselves in the past war. He would quickly realize that Cale was in the Eastern continent if he saw the slightest traces of their group.
He needed to avoid that.
Bud had mixed feelings about destroying this Mercenaries Guild building with his own hands, but he had no choice.
It was at that moment.
“I will destroy it.”
Cale flinched.
There was a person putting a cold towel in Cale's hand and looking at him.
Cale wiped the sweat off of his arms with the towel before starting to speak.
“...Ron?”
Ron, his servant. Ron was the one who was stepping up to destroy the Mercenaries Guild building and this records storage place.
“Young master-nim.”
He smiled toward Cale.
“I’ve never been in the front lines. Would there be anybody who knows of me?”
Ron and Beacrox had never fought in the front lines during the Western continent's war.
“Plus, aren't all of the Arm members who realized I was a servant dead?”
The members of Arm who realized his identity and made him lose his arm had all died during the combined battle with the Whales.
He was only known as Cale’s servant to those who do not know Cale well.
“Young master-nim.”
Ron had not just been playing around in the Eastern continent during this time.
He trained himself over and over during this time. He didn’t just sharpen his sword, instead, he had sharpened and trained himself to strike his enemies’ hearts.
“I think this is a good time to do it.”
It was finally time.
It was time for him to step into the front lines and help Cale.
In addition.
“I think it is a good time to reveal the return of the Molan household.”
It was time to use the fire inside of him that Cale had helped reignite.
Most of the Eastern continent knew about Arm’s battle against the Mercenaries Guild.
But what if an unexpected variable appeared?
There didn’t need to be many variables.
All that was needed was a small but sharp dagger that nobody expected.
“Molan, Arm, and the Mercenaries Guild.”
The Molan household would be the dagger.
“Let’s make this a three-way battle.”
They would help shake up the balance of power in the Eastern continent.
Ron continued to look at Cale as he added on.
“Son, am I right?”
Beacrox responded back with a stoic expression.
“Yes you are, father.”
Cale could see that the benign smile had disappeared from the old man’s face to reveal a cold smile.
The eyes on the face that was full of wrinkles and the head full of white hair was burning passionately.
“He agrees with me, young master-nim.”
His voice was warm.
Cale smiled back.
‘This vicious but smart old man.’
He could clearly tell that one of the reasons that Ron had stepped up was for Cale and the others.
Ron was the one who Cale could trust more than anybody else right now.
“Ron, wasn’t your duty to remain next to me?”
“That is what I am doing.”
Cale started to laugh at Ron's response.
- Similar people have gathered together.
Alberu started to grumble.
“Crown prince, you’re smiling like that again! You have a wicked smile on your face! Let’s show it to the White Star!”
Alberu slowly stopped smiling after hearing Raon’s shout.