Chapter 677: The Falling Sun 5
“Haaaa.”
Cale subconsciously let out a laugh-like sigh.
‘If Choi Jung Gun is a single-lifer, he wouldn’t have reincarnated after he died.’
He would have become one of the other existences, like turning into a member of the Divine race.
His hand automatically reached into his shirt. He wanted to take the diary out of there right now. But he turned his head after hearing Raon’s voice.
“Hey, crown prince! I am asking because I got curious while listening to you!”
Raon’s round eyes were blinking multiple times as he tilted his head to the side.
“Why are you so sure that the person who stole the spear claiming to be Choi Jung Gun is not the Sun God? Is there any proof?”
Cale knew the answer to this.
‘That story the World Tree told about the ‘tribulator.’ I’m sure that was about the Sun God.’
It was the response to how the Sun God came to hate Dark Elves and Necromancers in the past and the reason the Sun God considered Alberu Crossman’s existence was meant to be and handed this weapon to him.
Choi Jung Gun had fought alongside the Super Rock and had been by a Dragon’s side after that. He would have had no reason to have been threatened by Dark Elves or Necromancers to the point he would loathe them.
“Crown prince, the Sun God was the one who gave you the weapon! Something is off!”
“Raon-nim.”
Alberu had a gentle and beautiful smile on his face. Raon slowly moved away from Alberu and hid behind Cale’s back while poking his head out.
Alberu didn’t care, and looked at the white spear with a satisfied gaze.
“I asked Taerang, the ‘Unbreakable Spear.’ I asked if I could see the record of people who had owned this weapon.”
“Ah!”
Choi Han gasped and asked.
“Your highness, Taerang informed you of the names of the past owners?”
“Just their names.”
Taerang had said that it could not tell Alberu all of the information about its past owners for privacy reasons.
However, it said that it was able to inform him of the names that were registered to the weapon.
“There are a total of four people registered as owners for Taerang; the expert who created the weapon did not register himself as an owner.”
Alberu said the names of the owners in order.
“It started with Ahn Roh Man, the first owner, followed by Choi Jung Gun, Angelina, and finally Alberu Crossman.”
Cale’s eyes clouded over.
“...Angelina?”
“It’s your first time hearing that name, right?”
Alberu was right; they had never heard this name before. But all of them could guess as to who it was.
“The Sun God?”
Alberu nodded his head after Choi Han mumbled.
“I also believe that Angelina is the Sun God.”
“Then Choi Jung Gun must be someone else.”
“Probably. There is one other piece of information.”
“What is it?”
Alberu recalled Ahn Roh Man’s shocked voice.
“Ahn Roh Man did not know that the world he lived in was Earth 3. He just called it Earth.”
But Taerang had said that it had been on Earth 3.
‘This product is an attack-type weapon created by Earth 3’s greatest expert and has a special ability.’
Alberu had asked Taerang about that and received a response.
“Taerang said that it should have never received any upgrade nor had external data inserted since it was created. It just gathers information on its own to decipher things. However, it did receive external data for a new update just one time.”
“...It wasn’t Ahn Roh Man?”
“Yes. Ahn Roh Man said he never input any new data into Taerang.”
Then the answer was simple.
“Either Choi Jung Gun or Angelina was the one to input the data.”
“Yes. I believe that is how Taerang was able to tell that the Earth it was from was Earth 3.”
It was the most plausible explanation.
Each of their minds started moving quickly.
However, just one person...
“...Choi Jung Gun.”
Choi Han was different. He was quietly mumbling that name. He looked toward Cale with an extremely iffy gaze.
Cale felt as if he understood the reason behind it. He slowly organized his thoughts as he looked around.
There was soundproof barrier magic surrounding the inside of the stable. The four people in here were trustworthy comrades.
That was why Cale started to speak.
“I ended up transmigrating into Cale Henituse’s body while I was reading ‘The Birth of a Hero,’ which was written by someone named Nelan Barrow.”
He slowly recalled the flow of things.
“Nelan Barrow was the other name of Choi Jung Gun, a person who traveled through dimensions from Korea to end up in this world.”
Alberu’s gaze turned toward Cale.
“Choi Jung Gun completed his dimension travel to end up during the era of the ancient White Star, and he was the first Dragon Slayer. He is also an ancestor of Choi Han’s family. But you see...”
Cale looked at the others as he continued.
“I believe he is a single-lifer.”
“A single lifer?”
Alberu looked confused. Cale informed the confused Alberu and Choi Han, who were looking at him while remaining silent.
“There are four concepts known as single-lifers, immortals, reincarnators, and transmigrators. They......”
Starting with the information he gathered in Cale’s birth mother, Drew Thames’ grave to the part about tribulators and single-lifers being the same that he learned from the World Tree...
‘...I’ll tell them about the root dagger but not about my heart.’
He left the part about having to stab his heart because he didn’t want the focal point of this story to be missed as he told them everything else.
“Ho. There was something like that?”
Alberu could not hide his shock at the different concepts such as single-lifers. Choi Han had his head down and his eyes were closed as if he was thinking about something.
“...I am a single-lifer......?”
“I guess I should slowly head out as well.”
Alberu observed each person visible on the screen with a sharp gaze before getting up.
“I will have to postpone telling you about the temple and some other things.”
“I will support you, your highness.”
Choi Han took out a set of armor and helmet from his spatial pocket bag that looked the same as the one Dragon Rasheel had been wearing, and put it on before walking over to Alberu’s side.
The plan to capture the White Star...
Alberu Crossman pretending to be in critical condition was important for this plan.
All preparations had been completed.
Alberu took out a necklace from his pocket and put it on. He turned back to his blonde hair, blue eyes appearance after putting on the necklace that was his mother’s keepsake.
“Ah. But you see...”
His gaze turned toward Cale.
“According to what you said earlier, Cale Henituse, you can stop the White Star’s endless reincarnation with the dagger from the World Tree?”
Cale, who was looking at the video communication devices, flinched. Alberu and Choi Han’s eyes clouded over after seeing his reaction, but Cale pretended not to notice it as he was feeling guilty, before nodding his head and responding.
“Yes, sir. This is the only way to completely get rid of the White Star.”
‘Yeah. I only told the truth. There are just some parts I didn’t say. The part about having to stab my heart... that... I should be able to push that back and tell them about it later.’
Cale made a compromise with himself internally, while Alberu was looking at him as if something seemed even fishier now. Even Choi Han and Raon were looking at him as if he was odd, but Cale had no idea.
“Hmm?”
‘What is that?’
He then jumped up from his seat.
“Ahh!”
Raon clapped his paws after looking at what Cale was looking at.
“This is weird! Human, this is weird!”
The shocked Raon’s wings were fluttering.
“Raon-nim, what is weird?”
“Cale-nim, did something happen?”
Alberu and Choi Han both walked up to Cale and Raon’s sides.
The two of them looked where Cale was looking as well.
It was the location where the leaders of the allied troops and the northeast coalition were gathered.
Duke Deruth, the Knight Captain... The leaders who had been at Puzzle City were all there as well. All of them had grim expressions on their faces, as it was an urgent situation.
‘What could be weird in this scene?’
Raon shouted just as Alberu had that question.
“Why does the Saint have his hand on Hannah’s shoulder?”
“Raon-nim, that is because they have a good relat-”
“That makes no sense!”
Raon vigorously shook his head.
“The Saint is using his bare hand!”
“Ah!”
Choi Han gasped in shock as well.
“What is it?”
Choi Han gulped after hearing Alberu’s question and looked toward Saint Jack and Hannah.
“...Saint Jack-nim is someone who serves the Sun God. As a result, he has this power, almost an instinct, to purify anybody that is related to dead mana.”
“That’s right! Saint Jack cannot touch his younger sister with his bare hands!”
Sword master Hannah had been poisoned by dead mana.
Necromancer Mary had stepped in to save her life, but as a result, Hannah had to accept dead mana in her body in return for staying alive.
Saint Jack had to now constantly suppress his purification ability that kept shooting up almost as an instinct, in order to be around his sister.
He could not touch his sister with his bare hand.
He could only hold his sister’s hand by having bandages wrapped all over his hand.
Alberu quietly mumbled.
“But the Saint is currently touching his sister’s shoulder with his bare hand?”
The Saint looked as if he was leaning on his sister with his hand on her shoulder because he was tired.
“This-”
Alberu’s eyes clouded over.
“Why is that sword master looking around so much?”
Hannah’s eyes looked as if she was warily looking around to protect her older brother, the Saint, from any harm.
However, looking at it from a different perspective, it seemed like a completely different situation.
“It looks as if she is looking for something.”
Her rebellious and sharp gaze... Her extremely stiff lips... Hannah looked like a warrior that was hard to approach.
However, Choi Han realized it after looking into her eyes.
He was the one who had fought against Hannah the most. He, who knew this gaze best, opened his mouth to speak.
“...It looks like she is looking for someone who can help her.”
Alberu sighed.
“That bastard must not be the Saint.”
The moment his gaze headed toward Cale...
“I found you.”
Cale said that in a low voice before he smiled brightly.
Alberu subconsciously touched his neck, as he felt a chill as if there was a knife pointed at his neck.
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Translator’s Comments
Stupid Cale lying by omission. and the Sun God is actually the Sun Goddess?!
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