The Hero Disciple Is Back

EP.4 – 3. 3 months have passed since the disciple left

Even today, 3 months after Sera left, he is earning money by hunting.

“Did you come today?”

“Yes, it is superlative.”

“The old man is great.”

I’m not an old man… .

Is it the aftereffects of losing an aura heart?

The ash-gray hair had gone somewhere, and it had become gray, pitiful and powerless, like an old man’s. In such a state, he covered his body with a cloak and covered his larynx and face with a cloth, so it was not strange even if he was mistaken for an old man. The reason why he hides his identity like this is no different.

This is because being a mercenary is a job with a lot of sinful karma. I didn’t do anything wrong or abuse it because I was drunk and proud of my own power. However, as a mercenary, he had to carry out the commission he was given, and there were many times when he had to get blood on his hands in quarrels or fights to achieve that purpose. How to call blood to blood. Even if I had no such intention, I never knew when the blood I had buried would try to take my blood.

Above all, the biggest problem for me now is that I don’t have the strength of the A-class mercenary ‘Steel Jade’. Because of the value of the name, even those who didn’t think to touch it can jump on it.

‘I got better thanks to the elf’s breathing method, but it’s only improved.’

Three months have passed since the disciple left.

In the meantime, what I learned is that the elf’s breathing method makes the body condition optimal. I was fully aware that it was the limit. With an Aura Heart, the Elf’s breathing method is the greatest treasure for a warrior who might be able to grow his abilities to several levels, but now, without an Aura Heart, I have no choice but to have a limit.

“Cool! Cool! Sigh. I’m still coughing badly, but I’m glad I didn’t vomit blood anymore.”

In a situation where you need to save even a little money, there is no expense more wasteful than throwing away clothes. Aren’t you glad it’s not like that anymore? It must also mean that you are healthy. So, until the disciple returns, I will do well enough.

“So come back safely.”

Even today, the poor master had nothing to do but pray for the well-being of his pupil.

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Archmage William Laswell

“Damn it!!!”

It wouldn’t be strange if he died right away.

It was also because he was enduring so much energy with his body that it would not be strange even if it blew away the system, the center of the empire.

“You must persevere! I can’t die in a place like this!”

The emperor was not easily relieved. He was a person who did not cover the means and methods to be relieved because he could not be relieved. As a result, it was not enough to recruit all kinds of warrior candidates as disciples of supermen and masters, so he wanted to get his hands on the weapon for the Great Demon King. However, even in the empire, there was a limit to gathering information about the demon king that had appeared in the distant past. Therefore, as a result, the weapon for the Great Demon King simply meant making an unprecedented and ruthless weapon.

But isn’t it possible to make something like that overnight? Isn’t there a reason why it hasn’t been made in the first place? In the end, unreasonable greed and runaway anger came to the fore.

The enormous energy accumulated to create the ignorant weapon eventually ran out of control, to the point of blowing up the system.

The emperor had the elixir that could cure his only daughter’s incurable disease, and Archmage William, who was involved in this project as soon as he belatedly joined the project in order to obtain it, was just regretful. But can’t we just watch the system fly away? Above all, the system also had a daughter of its own.

I had to stop this somehow, even for my daughter’s sake.

even risking one’s own life

The problem here is that even if the emperor gave the elixir to his daughter when he died, it was unreasonable to make a cure. Because the cure was something only William could make. There was also a possibility that the emperor would not give the elixir if he died before that, saying that there was no one to keep the promise.

don’t die

I shouldn’t die

cooo!!!!

“It’s the limit!!!!!!”

In the end, except for using the explosive mana created in an instant by releasing one’s limiter to direct this immense energy toward the sky… . Sacrificing this life… . There is nothing else.

“I’m sorry. Ellie.”

I bought something delicious and promised to return… .

I can’t keep my promise

“If it’s an apology, I think it would be better to go to the person himself.”

“who. Who are you?”

“Is it time to ask about that?”

I don’t know since when, but a silver-haired girl wearing a white cloak was right behind me.

“tail. kid! In such a dangerous place… !”

“Sera”

“what?”

“Because there is only one person in the world who can call me a kid. I hope you don’t call me that.”

With an expressionless face, the little boy was leisurely saying such a thing. At that moment, William remembered the absurdity of the situation. Right now, a tremendous amount of energy was running rampant in front of William. William had to suppress it somehow, but even so, the influence was so great that it wouldn’t be strange if he fainted or died because he couldn’t stand it if he got close to a normal person. However, this girl naturally kept her seat as if nothing had happened.

it’s coming soon… .

‘This girl is that strong?!’

I’ve seen all kinds of superhumans, but no superhuman has ever reached that level at such a young age. So, at this moment, William couldn’t properly accept the existence of a girl named Sarah.

However, whether he could accept it or not, the reality that Sera was here now did not change at all, and the way she leisurely drew her sword did not change at all.

“Archmage William, I will save you and consequently your daughter will not die ‘this time’ either. So, in return, I ask for the ‘Oath of Mana’.”

“… … .”

Mana’s Oath

It is literally an oath of mana. It was done when a wizard made a promise that he would surely keep, and with the meaning that he would risk his all and be loyal to his chosen lord.

It is said to have been created by an emperor who feared the ignorant power of the great wizards in ancient civilizations. Everyone knows it as one of the ancient forgotten skills, but there was only one person who knew about it, and that was Archmage William. And William never told anyone about it. He has never told his best friend or even his daughter, who is confident that he will tell you everything if he wants to know. However, that girl had information that no one else knew.

“Whoa. There is nothing more foolish than to think that strange things are strange.”

It was strange that a girl like this was already in this place, calm and unconcerned. Even if something weirder than that happens, there’s nothing strange about it. That’s why this strange girl has the potential to do things that are too strange by his standards. That fact was the most important premise for William at this moment. Therefore, let’s place our conclusion on this girl. William judged so.

“If only I could get out of this crisis.”

“In my heart, I want to accept the oath right now. That seems unreasonable.”

William couldn’t help but think that this girl must have been terminally ill to the extent that it was impossible to think of her as a child.

Such carefree thoughts ended there.

William couldn’t help but doubt his own eyes at the phenomenon that happened the next moment.

‘A huge amount of energy avoids the girl by itself? not. Is the energy coming from the girl blocking the access of enormous energy?’

At that moment, an aura formed on the girl’s sword. It’s not just dealing with aurors. The Aura Blade, the state of mastering the aura and completely putting it into the sword. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the girl had already reached the level of transcendence that could never be reached at such a young age. That fact was shocking, of course, but the most shocking thing was… .

‘that… . What do you mean?’

What I felt from that Aura Blade was the very unknown. Even though the Archmage is on the level of a transcendental being, he did not understand at all, at all, the phenomenon that the Aura Blade was causing.

But whatever he thought, the fact that her aura blade was ‘dissipating’ a huge amount of energy didn’t change.

It was literally annihilating it.

It’s not like the obvious concept of putting out a fire with water. Literally, the water was extinguishing itself. It is literally getting rid of the water itself. It is an accident that is absolutely impossible, neither by the laws of nature nor by the laws of magic. If you believe in faith, it was a sight that could not be compared to calling it a miracle.

At that moment, William was able to arrive at some reasoning.

“Warrior… .”

“I have no desire to become a hero, but I have an overflowing heart to destroy the demon lord.”

The light of the Aura Blade grew bigger and bigger, and the immense energy began to dissipate as if it had become darkness.

“If the one who defeats the demon king is a hero, I will gladly become a hero.”

At the end of those words, her aura blade started dancing.

Originally, there was obviously a major event that should have been recorded as a tragedy of the empire, but it became non-existent.