Hermit Wizard

While the sun was not floating in the sky, the plain was brightly lit.

The atmosphere was stable and there was no similar cloud. Nevertheless, it was full of thunder and wind screams, as if a terrible storm were coming.

Khh! Khh!

Hehehehehehe!

The wind carves scars on the ground and the grass burns black. A black mist swept through the air, then lightning flashed, followed by a series of tremendous waves of dark mucus.

And every time the spell unfolded, the intangible force swirled and stopped it. Pure magical power gathers together in a whirlpool. Then, according to the spells poured out, I changed shape with free materials and stopped the magic.

Without the power to cast spells like an obstacle, toxic gases and acidic solutions would have flooded this vast plain, leaving all the surrounding land unused. The invisible agglomerated magical power stops it before it reaches its farthest point.

The landscape, where the forces intersect, resembles a sparring with fists sprinkled in the air.

“Let's do this today. ”

It was a coarse, calm, but powerful voice.

“Huff! Huff! ”

When the words fell, the young man sat down on the plain like a buttocks shot. My whole body was sweaty.

“Isn't it too much these days? It's not a good way for us to use magic tricks that don't leave any magic in our bodies. ”

The black bear looked at Kim Kyung-hwan, the young man in front of his eyes, with a frowning gaze. Talk calmly.

“The depleted senses are not easy to endure. ”

Kim Kyung-hwan was well aware of what the bear named Seol () said.

The feeling of reverberation after gripping the magical power to the end is more of a pain. The horsepower circuit in your body resonates with planetary energy and prepares to replenish the horsepower. This reaction was quite intense when the horsepower was completely depleted.

Kim Kyung-hwan's feeling of consumption, dizziness, and muscle pain were slightly different aftermath. So far, he has cast a known spell into the air, and Snow has been training to receive it with intangible magic.

“This is how the maximum capacity to store horsepower increases at a fast pace. ”

Snow nodded with an unworthy glance.

“It's true, but · ·. ”

Kim Kyung-hwan gasped.

“I'm not a body that can live for thousands of years, just like everyone else in the backlog. If you train so slowly, you'll stay as insignificant as you are until the day you die. ”

Then he adds the words with a dark complexion.

“A talentless seed like me, you have to try this way. ”

I could never put it in my mouth during the training camp of Hun Leung.

Kim Kyung-hwan's words filled his tongue.

“No talent? You?”

He shakes his head and says,

“I knew a few human magicians before the Great Convention. But it was rare for anyone as young as you to achieve that. Don't take out any talent and leave it in the field. ”

Kim Kyung-hwan listened to it and did not listen. I meant what he said out of his mouth.

I, myself, have no talent. It was quite painful to confront this fact. Until then, he was building a well of false and controversial illusions on his own.

“· · · I don't have a long time. ”

He was the owner of a talent that was incomparable to his own. Even though they are similar in age, comparisons between magical and magical levels, comprehension and application make a difference.

How much, Yoon Min Joon? Kim Kyung-hwan didn't even think about comparing. It was a pointless emotional exhaustion.

“One blossom. ”

Seol gave human cigarettes airborne by residents to Kim Kyung-hwan. It was originally planted and flowered by the residents of the White Rock, but most of the residents used human products, including snow, after moving to the Han River.

The location of Han River Park was much more convenient for human contact than it was during Hanlasan, and although it was a human-bought blunt armor, it was much less burdensome than it was before the dragon died.

“Thank you.”

Kim Kyung-hwan put a cigarette in his mouth and the bear put out his foot. A small flame rises like a lighter in the sphere. The young man bowed at the same time as he lit the fire and greeted him once more.

The bear sits with his butt on the plain, facing the young man. Slowly savor the cigarette smoke and ask.

“Why are you so impatient?

Kim Kyung-hwan met Seol, a few days after he began to stay in the backlog. After coming to the backlog, he stayed in the house for a few days and didn't take a step, but one day he walked quite a long way after hearing the noise outside.

And there, I met a young man in training.

“I don't think I'm going to live here my whole life. ”

Snow nods.

In fact, what the Great Society consulted with Yoon Do-san in the first place was to allow him to stay in the backlog only until the situation was cleared to some extent.

“I'll be out again someday. “

Kim Kyung-hwan recalled the horrible day. Chinese special forces and xenophobic groups in the army of Gyeonggi-do. And, you know, he was powerless.

And the day he first found out who Yoon Min-jun was, he recalled his thoughts with Choi Seo. When Yoon Min-jun didn't know he was the same age, he even heard the shock.

But from now on, I didn't even think it was a subject I didn't know to be self-conscious of.

I didn't tell anyone, but Kim Kyung-hwan had a vivid dream from time to time. I was so vivid that I couldn't tell if it was a dream or a living time.

The landscape in the dream was always the same. Agents of the Agency who have escorted themselves for a long time. They all collapsed on the floor of the living room, bubbling through their mouths. Above them who are shaking, the invisible mace descends.

Puck, puck. Magical Ironclad. Intangible hammers fall over their heads.

Puck, puck, puck. The head is broken and blood and cerebral fluid flow to the cement floor.

They were people who worked long hours to defend themselves. They all lost their lives that day. The troops that were guarding the base were also destroyed.

Death, countless deaths.

Kim Kyung-hwan himself was almost abducted by a foreigner from China. Just before he was abducted, it was Yoon Min-jun who saved him. I don't know what would have happened without him.

It was a Chinese offense for alleged involvement with him, but if he hadn't met Yoon Min Joon in the first place, he would have been crippled at Hung Myung or abducted by the organization that raided the training center.

Kim Kyung-hwan no longer felt self-distressed. I thought self-esteem was a luxury.

Instead, he thought about many of those people who died to protect themselves that day.

At the end of the day, I thought of the guards who were smoking in the safe house. I don't remember all the faces, but I thought I wouldn't even know why they were mobilized for this operation. Until the last moment, I thought of the military officers who were rushing to evacuate themselves in accordance with the mission.

And I thought about how to live in the future.

“Can we completely break up with Yoon Min Joon? ”

And instead of waiting for the answer to that question, he answered himself.

“Probably not. Even if you let me go, I need you. It's dangerous to keep weaving, but it's dangerous not to weave anymore. ”

China will probably continue to pursue itself. I saw with my eyes what day they could do it.

“If that happens again one day · · ·. ”

Kim Kyung-hwan's concern was the possibility of repeating what China did this time. There was no assurance that non-Chinese countries would not do the same.

“We need to be prepared in advance. We need to be stronger. ”

Even to protect yourself. To save one more of the people who are going to get caught up in it.

“I can't just wait for Yoon Min Joon to save me. ”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

Then he bowed his head to Snow and greeted her.

“Thank you for helping me with my training. I'm learning a lot. ”

Bears stir their feet forward.

“No, I learned something. It's not something I teach you, it's just something you hang out with. ”

Seol did not teach Kim Gyeong-hwan new magic. The magic of metaphor used by transforming intangible power into free material is based on the unique abilities acquired as a transcendent. When I taught human Kim Kyung-hwan, it was a waste of time.

There was a unique case called Yoon Min-jun who acquired the magic of Mac, but Yoon Min-jun was Yoon Min-jun.

Seol was immersed in the few hobbies enjoyed by the residents of Baek Rok on the day he first met Kim Kyung-hwan. It means I was in training.

Then, Kim Kyung-hwan was so sleepy that she saw him using magic in the atmosphere. The spell itself was surprisingly well completed and there was no room for improvement. All he could do was advise on how to harness magical power, or fit into a mock battle using magic.

“By the way, the speed of completing the drink is really fast. It's rewarding. ”

Kim Kyung-hwan smiled awkwardly.

“No, it's not. ”

He recalls the conjunction of spells handed down by the Emperor Forest during the Hauntung crisis. Instead of bursting the distribution by comparison with himself, Kim Kyung-hwan thought purely. First of all, the goal is to get to the level of the Huangxi Forest.

It will take a long time, but I have to try harder than that.

“I don't have to care about other people's eyes while I'm here, so I'm trying to save as much time as I can. I'm sure it's bothering you, but thank you for your help. ”

“Huh, what are you talking about? It's annoying. It's fun to hang out and hold on to that weird spell. And it's fun to see how fast you're good. I'm not lying to you. A magician about your age was really hard to find back then. ”

Kim Kyung-hwan shakes his head with a firm face.

“No, I was so far away. ”

“Haha. It's hard to be modest. ”

At that time, a roaring voice rang from the sky.

“Oh, it's hard today! ”

It was a thunderous sound. Seol and Kim Kyung-hwan looked up.

The sun didn't rise, but the surroundings were bright. The sky without clouds is bitten in a clear colour like that on the outside. A black body that approaches rapidly in the air.

The metaphor that identified him muttered.

“A gatekeeper.”

Kung!

The doorman descends to the ground with a heavy vibration. As if he had a black dog's head on the body of a man in armor, a few metres tall, he greets them with his eyes.

“Stand! Long time no see. I flew in and I saw him downstairs, so I heard him say hello. Long time no see, little human preacher! ”

The gatekeeper, Kite ().

Snow asks him.

“Why are you all flying around with your big brother-in-law? ”

His gaze was on the girl in the kite's armpit.

Unlike the joking words of Snow, a girl who is only fourteen now hums and farts. The creatures, like the red butterflies, clinging to her body, spread their wings and began to fly around again as the girl's movements stopped.

Kite replied.

“I was on my way to the elderly man, and this brother-in-law was out of the designated area again, walking around here and there, and I caught him. ”

After hearing that, Kim Kyung-hwan noticed the girl's identity. I heard the story through the snow, but it was the first time I actually saw it. People are free to go anywhere, but humans who live temporarily have different boundaries that allow them to move around in the white rock.

Kim Kyung-hwan did not know, but it was one of the things Yoon Min-jun directly asked for in the backlog.

The girl was slightly reminded that she had been captured, but soon she looked at Kim Kyung-hwan and Seol below with curious eyes.

“Oh, that'll do! ”

Kite spits out his elasticity endlessly.

“Could you take her home for me? It's a little out of the way where the elders are. ”

Snow nods.

“I don't think so. ”

The kite puts the girl on the floor. The girl quickly trimmed her cloak and looked around with an unmistakable look.

“By the way, why are you going to the elders? Is this your regular day? ”

Kite shakes her head. Then he said in a discreet voice, unlike until now.

“It's a little unusual. ”

“Hmm? What? ”

The gatekeeper said.

“The corridor that connects this place to the nearest human land is a park near that bridge called the Marpo Bridge, right? ”

“Yes.”

Kite said in a serious tone.

“It may be my misconception and that of my colleague, but I keep feeling a strange energy nearby today. It's so hard to find a trace by hiding, and once you see a leak, it disappears again, so it's not easy to track. But both of them felt it was not just an illusion, so I was going to give you a report. ”

I wondered.

“Strange energy? ”

“Yes.”

The gatekeeper nods.

“· · · I can't be sure I felt it for a short while. ”

He hesitates for a moment and adds:

“It seemed to be the energy of those who crossed the wall like us. ”

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