‘It’s worth trying?’

Cale had a firm decision after seeing the cheapskate make such a reaction.

‘I don’t plan on fighting.

Why would I fight against that wanderer?

Why would I have to suffer like that?

I’m doing all of this to make that wanderer fight against the Church of the God of Chaos. Why would I fight against her?’

“Pfft.”

Cale chuckled.

‘Don’t have such useless thoughts.’

He shared his thoughts to the cheapskate.

And-

– Don’t laugh.

He heard Eruhaben’s message in his mind.

‘Mm.’

Cale currently had his limbs bound as Eruhaben carried him over his shoulder.

They were moving toward Sir Hin Pao’s pavilion.

They were heading toward the small island at the center of the Silent Lake.

– Hoo hoo.

The cheapskate suddenly laughed.

– Cale.

He then continued in a low voice.

– Things usually go the opposite of what you say in these situations.

‘What?’

The bandage covered Cale scowled, but…

– Kahahahaha!

The cheapskate suddenly started laughing crazily.

‘What is going on?’

It was similar to when Cale poured the bag of gold coins to strengthen the Fire of Destruction.

– Cale. Hand over some money.

It had been a while since the cheapskate asked to be strengthened.

– You are now going past an angel to almost a god. So you should hand over money like a god too. So hand over some money. I want to use my powers like a god too. My foundation is money.

As for Cale…

‘What nonsense.’

He just ignored the cheapskate.

– …….

He could feel the cheapskate sulk but Cale did not care.

He peeked forward.

‘The Queen is doing a good job leading the wanderer.’

Despite being tense, Queen Tamahi was in the front of the group leading the wanderer to the island.

Cale was peeking at them from the back of the group.

Splash.

The wanderer made a comment as soon as she passed the lake and reached the island.

“It is a mess.”

The pavilion that Sir Hin Pao used to reside in had disappeared without a trace and the surrounding area was a mess as well.

Even the garden, which wasn’t magnificent but had at least been pretty, was completely flipped over as if a storm had swept through.

“…They’re all destroyed.”

Most of the nearby pavilions were destroyed as well with a few still standing, albeit tilting over.

The marvelous island for the Lan Royal family no longer existed.

“Yes, ma’am. It is quite the headache thinking about how to restore it.”

Queen Tamahi continued to only speak the truth.

The wanderer headed not toward Sir Hin Pao’s pavilion but the closest pavilion to her.

An odd coldness could be felt in her voice.

“It disappeared.”

Her eyes clouded over.

“It is not that they were destroyed, they disappeared.”

The pavilion was destroyed.

Half of the building was missing.

However, there were no traces of the missing half anywhere.

There should have at least been small pieces of wood or the foundation stone for the pillars.

“…….”

The wanderer lowered her body.

She extended her hand.

“…Powder.”

All that was left was powder that did not allow her to see the original shape of the item.

These particles were so small that they were even finer than sand.

This was no mere explosion.”

An explosion wouldn’t turn things into dust like this.

The things around this island that had lost its original shape had all turned to powder.

“Authority.”

Some ability should have done this.

Cale, who was watching from a distance, slowly looked up at the ancient Dragon.

Twitch.

Eruhaben quickly smirked before his face returned to normal. Eruhaben felt something odd and turned his head, only to make eye contact with Cale.

“…….”

“…….”

The human and the ancient Dragon pretended not to know each other.

“!”

Eruhaben turned toward the wanderer at that moment.

Oooooo-

The wanderer took a small orb out of her pocket.

“Should be here soon.”

Cale’s eyes clouded over as she calmly said that.

Queen Tamahi had told them something about the wanderers.

‘I’ve met two wanderers until now.’

Two wanderers other than So Hee.

‘I could not fathom their strength.’

The other one was showing up.

Cale would have now met a total of three wanderers in this world.

Ooooo—

The air rumbled.

There was a bright light and a magic circle appeared next to the wanderer.

It was a teleportation magic circle.

Paaaat-!

A man was standing there once the bright light disappeared.

‘Hmm?’

Cale slightly scowled.

The Super Rock made a comment.

– They look similar.

The newly appeared man…

He looked oddly similar to this wanderer woman.

It looked as if they might be related.

“You’re here?”

The woman spoke in a friendly tone.

As for the man, he looked around.

“…….”

His gaze stopped on Queen Tamahi.

“Oh no.”

As the woman gasped.

“Mm.”

As Eruhaben groaned and flinched…

Baaaaang!

There was an explosion.

“Ugh!”

Queen Tamahi groaned and rolled on the ground.

“Your Majesty!”

“Are you okay, your Majesty?”

Cha Run and the Chief of Staff quickly ran over and helped her up.

“I, I’m okay.”

Queen Tamahi said that she was okay and stood up on her own.

She did not have any injuries.

Gulp.

However, her pupils were shaking as she gulped.

She suddenly got the chills.

– Cale, did you see it?

The Super Rock asked.

‘Yeah. I saw it.’

Cale had seen it.

– It was fire.

The Super Rock was right.

The man who just appeared…

A flame appeared in front of Queen Tamahi as soon as the man pointed at her.

– There was also ice.

The woman had blocked the fire.

The clash led to an explosion in front of the Queen and the aftershock sent Tamahi down to the ground, but the ice prevented her from getting swept up in flames.

“Cho! I told you not to do this.”

The woman called out to the man.

The new wanderer… His name was Cho.

Cho ignored her and looked at the Queen. He then opened his mouth.

“Where is So Hee?”

“Haaaa.”

The woman let out a sigh.

“Cho. Calm down.”

“What do you mean, calm down?”

The woman sighed again at the annoyed Cho’s reaction. Cho scowled.

“Ryun. Aren’t you the weird one being so calm right now?”

The woman’s name was Ryun.

She scowled as if she expected this.

Cho became even more annoyed and raised his voice.

“Hey. You know what So Hee meant to me!”

The calm Ryun.

Cho, who could not hide his emotions.

The two of them looked so similar.

‘They look like siblings.’

Cale’s eyes recorded them.

‘One side is ice while the other is fire.’

Something was very exquisite.

It felt like the two of them worked together.

“Of course I know. To you, So Hee was-”

Ryun stopped mid-sentence. She then peeked around, but Cho didn’t care about things like that. He seemed more annoyed that Ryun stopped talking.

“So Hee was what? Why did you stop?”

“No, it’s just… Haaaa. There are a lot of listening ears.”

Cho reacted to her.

“Ears? Where are there any ears?

Ha.”

Ryun let out an even deeper sigh at that response.

On the other hand, the corners of Cale’s lips slowly went up before coming back down.

‘Look at this punk.’

Cale, Eruhaben, and the Lan Kingdom’s people were all here.

The wanderer Cho was saying that there were no ears despite five people being here.

The way he attacked Queen Tamahi as soon as he saw her…

– He’s a lost cause.

Cale responded with silence to show his agreement to the Sky Eating Water.

“So Hee was basically my disciple! She was the first one I found!”

“Of course I know. That is why So Hee listened to you quite well too.”

“I know very well how strong she is. But she suddenly disappears? Because of these shitty humans? Do you think this makes any sense?”

‘Hooo.’

The riled up Cho and Ryun trying to calm him…

The two of their conversation made it clear that So Hee meant a lot to Cho.

‘ So that’s how it is.’

Cale understood the situation a bit better now.

Why So Hee stayed in the Lan Kingdom all this time.

Furthermore, this female wanderer who was strong enough that even Choi Han and the Heavenly Demon working together could not defeat her… Why there were two wanderers at that level dealing with this issue.

“You dare-”

Cho looked back toward Queen Tamahi.

“Ugh.”

Tamahi groaned.

Crackle-

Flames crackled around Cho.

It was like an aura domain.

– Hoo.

Cale ignored the cheapskate’s response and fathomed Cho’s aura.

‘It’s similar.’

This woman… Cho was similar in strength to Ryun.

“Cho.”

Ryun looked at the scared Tamahi and the others before opening her mouth.

“It was the God of Chaos.”

“…What?”

Cho, who had been glaring at the Queen as if he would kill her, slowly looked back at Ryun.

“Sir Hin Pao, no, I think the God of Chaos betrayed us.”

“Them?”

“Yeah. It looks like a subordinate of the God of Chaos killed Sir Hin Pao and took So Hee.”

Cho did not ask anything else.

He had always followed his older twin sister, Ryun’s opinion.

Compared to his rushed and fire-like personality, the rational Ryun was always right.

It should be the same this time as well.

The cautious Ryun saying it was the God of Chaos meant that she was at least 90 percent certain about it.

“I think they went to the Holy Land.”

Cho closed his eyes when Ryun said that.

The Holy Land of the God of Chaos.

“The Night of the Beginning.”

“Yes.”

Ryun calmly nodded her head.

Cho opened his eyes back.

Crackle-

The aura domain surrounding him crackled even more.

It resembled a volcano right before it erupted.

It looked like red magma was flowing around him.

“He dares-”

Red aura swirled around his eyes.

“The God of Chaos dares to smack us in the back?”

Crack. Crack.

The ground started to turn black from under his feet.

Flames looked like lava underneath his feet in the cracks.

“Gasp.”

The Chief of Staff was unable to breathe properly.

It was the same for Cha Run and the Queen.

They stepped back.

The formidable aura was only roaming around Cho, but it still suffocated them.

This suffocation should feel like a person wandering through the desert without being able to find any water.

The pressure that feels like everything is drying up and burning.

“Mm.”

Eruhaben groaned and took a step back.

Of course, Cale was still over his shoulder.

‘He really is good at acting.’

The ancient Dragon was great at acting, having lived for so long.

If Choi Han’s acting skill was the lowest floor, no, the basement level, the ancient Dragon’s was at the sky.

‘…He really is strong.’

Cale quietly observed Cho.

He also paid attention to Ryun, who stood next to Cho as if there were no issues.

The two who seemed to be siblings…

Ice and fire…

For some reason, Cale started to imagine the two of them fighting together as a team.

If two people with opposite attributes fought together-

‘It’ll be hard to deal with them.’

He truly thought it would be difficult.

One of them was someone Choi Han and the Heavenly Demon could not handle even while fighting together.

But to fight against two people like that?

Furthermore, if they really were siblings, they would probably work very well together.

“No matter what-’

Cale firmed his resolve.

‘I need to make them fight against the Church of the God of Chaos no matter what!

Make both sides lose their strength that way!

Then find an opportunity to smack them in the back!’

Cale knew what he wanted to do.

– Cale.

The ancient Dragon cautiously shared his thoughts.

– Let’s just sit back and gain all the benefits.

‘As expected of someone with years of experience.’

The ancient Dragon had come to the same conclusion as Cale.

Cale always thought that among the Dragons, working with Eruhaben felt the most stable.

After sharing that thought to Cale, Eruhaben looked at the two wanderers and continued to think.

‘I need to get stronger.’

Even as a Dragon, if he remained complacent, he wouldn’t be able to fight against even a single wanderer.

‘I may show some embarrassing sides in front of that little kid if I don’t.’

The little kid. He could not show a not so great and mighty side in front of Raon.

‘Get stronger-’

Dragons were strong from the moment they were born.

That was why Eruhaben wondered what methods there may be for him to get stronger, but… He did not forget about his past.

Powder or dust.

He had overcome the opinion that his attribute was weak and pummeled all those fools into dust or powder.

Back then and now were a bit different, but…

‘Either way, I feel like I would lose to these guys.’

To these wanderer bastards.

It might fall on the Heavenly Demon or Choi Han to handle these guys.

Because they also had aura domains.

‘Is an aura domain the answer?’

That seemed to be the method to take on the wanderers.

He thought about his disciple.

Rosalyn.

He also thought about another human, Alberu Crossman.

Clopeh Sekka and Mary popped into his mind as well.

‘Mm.’

He felt like those four would soon awaken their aura domains.

He was basically certain Rosalyn would do it.

In that case-

‘I can’t be left behind.’

Eruhaben’s gaze sank low.

His body that was much healthier now as if he had been rejuvenated, and the experiences he had gathered until now…

Aura domain, something that Dragons could not have.

Eruhaben attentively observed this power that was different from Dragon Fear.

‘Unique power and aura domain.’

Those things were similar to a Dragon’s attribute and Dragon Fear.

The people with the qualification to become gods were called single-lifers.

If unique powers were things that they could have…

‘They said Dragons cannot become gods.’

That was what everybody said.

‘It does not matter. Wanderers are not gods either.’

And was being a Dragon a big deal?

A rejuvenated Dragon.

There have been no Dragons in the past like this either.

Eruhaben was certain that he could create new history and achieve something.

That was why he started to think hard about how he could get stronger.

‘Hmm?’

After falling into thought for a moment, he flinched.

“Ryun. Let’s head to the Night of the Beginning right away!”

“Calm down. We need some more clues.”

“We don’t need clues. We just need to take the head of that motherfucking Saint!”

“Haaaaaaaaa. Fine. But give me some time first. It’s not like we know the exact location of the Night of the Beginning-”

“We have some ideas!”

“But we still need to find the entrance.”

“We should find the entrance if we look through the whole thing!”

As Cho continued to be riled up and Ryun tried to calm him down…

Eruhaben, who heard some important information, looked at Cale with an odd gaze.

– Cale, what is it?

Cale shook his head at Eruhaben’s question.

But Eruhaben did not miss the leery look in Cale’s eyes.

– Is something making you feel leery?

Cale shook his head.

Eruhaben did not get an answer to his question but looked away after seeing this response.

“No. Look around? Cho, we need to save So Hee if she is still alive. That becomes easier if we stealthily infiltrate the Holy Land. We also need to deliver this information to the family before we go. We cannot move on our own without it.”

“Ha. We just need to destroy everything!”

“Cho!”

“Ah, fine!”

Cale could not hide the leeriness in his eyes as he continued to record their conversation.

– Ah. Two would be hard.

As the Fire of Destruction reacted like that about Cho and Ryun…

– Why?

The Sky Eating Water suddenly interjected.

Cale slowly started to get anxious.

– That fire. I could take it on in a fight.

The Sky Eating Water ended up saying that Cho and his fire was defeatable.

– Well, yeah, we could fight it.

The Cheapskate agreed.

But he continued to say something else as well.

– But Cale would probably cough up a ton of blood. It’s been a while since he’s coughed a ton of blood like that. It wouldn’t be from the side effects of using his skills, he’d probably be dripping blood as he fought.

Cale sternly shared his thoughts.

‘I have no plans on fighting those two!’

Especially-

‘Especially not at the same time!’

He fiercely shared his feelings.

Both the Fire of Destruction and the Sky Eating Water responded to Cale.

– Yeah. Okay.

– Yeah. Okay.

They sounded extremely indifferent.

– Cale. Don’t worry.

The Scary Giant Cobblestone consoled Cale.

But Cale still oddly felt leery.

The back of his neck felt cold.

It felt as if someone had smacked him in the back.

It was at that moment.

“We are going to go look for So Hee.”

Ryun told the Queen.

“However, we do not know the face of the helper.”

She looked toward Cale, who was slumped over Eruhaben’s shoulder.

“We will need to take him with us.”

Cale thought in his mind as soon as he heard that.

‘Alright!’

Eruhaben spoke into Cale’s mind as well.

– Just as planned. I should be able to say I’ll go with them to deal with you.

And…

– I’ll need to tell Rosalyn to start moving as well.

Cale had already drawn a map for the others to get to the Night of the Beginning.

The Devil’s Boundary.

The Night of the Beginning was located there.

Since Alberu and Rosalyn had already been to the Devil’s Boundary, Cale agreed to meet with the others there.

‘Heh.’

Cale held back a laughter while still slumped over.

He was already getting excited, thinking about the Church of the God of Chaos and the wanderers fighting against each other.

Very excited.

– It’s worth trying. Let’s get stronger.

‘Hmm?’

– Won’t you try it?

Of course, he ignored the Fire of Destruction and the Sky Eating Water’s voices.

He planned on not listening to what the two of them had to say from here on.

—

Translator’s Comments

Cale, honey, whenever you say you’re not going to listen to somebody…you end up listening to them…

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