I’m Here to End This Fight - Chapter 438



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Episode 438. Baekcheol (2)
“bracelet?”

Yuri only became aware of the bracelet after hearing Do-cheol’s question.

He blinked.

The bracelet was taken from Blair Iscario’s secret vault after killing him.

It was an item that I kept on my body because it gave off a faint floral scent when I wore it, so I even forgot about it for a while.

“Oh, this?”

Yuri was about to answer that she stole it without thinking for a moment.

He changed his words, flinching inwardly.

“…I picked it up.”

What would happen if he said that he had killed a person and stolen the item, when his reputation was already at an all-time low?

And Do-cheol’s eyes turned pale at Yu-ri’s lie.

“You picked it up? This?”

“huh.”

“Do you think that makes sense?”

“Really? I picked it up because Wolu told me about it?”

“Wolu told you?”

“Oh, just like last time, it suddenly popped out and guided me to where it fell. No, actually, that was the first time Wolu popped out.”

“hmm…….”

Lies are supposed to be hidden within the truth.

Do-cheol’s suspicious eyes slowly began to melt away as Yuri’s story was filled with a proper mix of truth and lies.

He thought it was entirely possible since he had seen the moon pop out from close range last time.

And without missing a beat, Yuri quickly changed the subject.

“So what is this? Is that a bracelet you know?”

“Take that bracelet off and put it back on.”

Yuri took off the bracelet and put it back on as Do-cheol told her.

Do-cheol’s eyes were filled with surprise as he saw the bracelet, which had stretched when he took it off, shrink back to fit Yu-ri’s arm.

“also…….”

Yuri’s eyes slightly opened as she heard Do-cheol’s soft muttering.

That was clearly a sign of surprise.

If the Walker School’s Master is this amazing, then it must be worth the price.

And Yuri’s expectations were not misplaced.

“What is this?”

“If I’m not mistaken, that bracelet belongs to an ancient elf.”

“… … ?!”

Yuri’s eyes widened.

‘An elf bracelet?’

This bracelet looks like it was made by children from a rural farm twisting tree trunks together for fun.

I figured there must be something behind it since Wolu kept whining about getting it somehow, but I never thought it would be an elf bracelet.

Yuri fiddled with the bracelet as if it was a new experience.

Meanwhile, Do-cheol’s voice continued.

“Bracelets made by twisting tree trunks and hair in this way are a traditional method of ancient elves.”

Yuri asked back.

“Then it’s possible that someone just copied it?”

“You can imitate the form, but you can’t imitate the material.”

“Material? Isn’t it just a tree trunk?”

“Tsk, how can such an ignorant person deserve such a treasure?”

“Please explain instead of swearing.”

“Oh my god, do you think it makes sense for an ordinary tree trunk to grow and shrink so freely?”

“In a place where there is magic, there might be an enchanted tree trunk.”

“How can you call a tree trunk that has been enchanted in the first place ordinary?”

“Oh, I see.”

Yuri nodded and asked back.

“So what are these ingredients?”

“I don’t know.”

Yuri’s expression immediately distorted.

Do-cheol shrugged his shoulders at his gaze, which seemed to say, “Are you kidding me?”

“Elf jewelry is made from trees that they have personally tended, so the materials are also of various kinds. So how would I know what kind of tree it is made from?”

“What, you’re swearing at me without even knowing it?”

“However, if it is indeed an elf bracelet as I expected, it is at least a thousand years old. If it has survived that long, it must have been made of extraordinary materials.”

“Tsk, I guess I can explain that much.”

Yuri grumbled and stroked the bracelet again.

‘Is this really an elf bracelet?’

I can’t be sure, but it seems likely.

From automatically resizing to flower-scented performance.

The circumstances surrounding Blair Iscario hiding it in a secret safe along with other valuables.

All of these conditions pointed to the bracelet being something out of the ordinary, but the most convincing evidence was Wolru’s reaction.

‘Everything that happened with Blair was because of this.’

The meeting with Blair happened when Walu guided himself to this bracelet.

A case where the usually quiet Wolru suddenly becomes violent.

It is clear that this incident involving the remains of the King of Yue has something to do with some important secret.

So, Do-cheol’s words that this bracelet belonged to an elf were quite likely, and Yu-ri added one more possibility to it.

‘Perhaps this bracelet… could be the bracelet of an elf with a connection to Wolu.’

At that moment, an image of an elven woman flashed through Yuri’s mind.

At the same time, when I first put the bracelet on my arm, the various emotions I had felt from Wolu came back to me.

Relief.

joy.

Sadness.

I definitely felt that way about him at the time.

‘If those feelings are directed towards the owner of this bracelet… … .’

There must be a connection between the elf woman and the bracelet that sadly caressed the Moon King in the welcome.

Yuri was convinced.

‘Then why was this bracelet on Blair?’

Did you just happen to get your hands on it?

Or is there some other reason?

Several cases came to mind, but Yuri finally gathered her thoughts.

‘stop.’

Any imagination not supported by solid evidence is just a delusion.

And this will obviously act as poison.

‘Later… Let’s put it off until something more definite emerges.’

I’m not saying we should forget.

It’s just a matter of putting off thinking for a moment until the exact link appears.

Even as she made that pledge, Yuri continued to caress her bracelet.

***

Three days ago.

[This guy was made by someone with some skill. Hmm, it would be better to use this guy, as it suits your spirit better. You don’t even need to train it separately.]

With those words, Do-cheol took the broken Baekgangcheol sword from Yu-ri, and for three days already, he had been repeating only training.

Land-! Land-! Land-!

Every time the red-hot lump of iron was struck, waves of hot heat spread out in all directions.

A look of shock appeared on Yuri’s face as she stood far away and completely absorbed the waves.

‘This is crazy.’

To others, it may seem like you are just pounding a hot iron bar.

But Yuri, who learned metallurgy from Se-gyeong, recognized it.

‘Photopolarization.’

The third task from a bet made by Se-gyeong and Yu-ri during their childhood.

It was also a secret technique of the Walker School that maximized the inherent potential of metal.

Do-cheol had been using that secret weapon for three whole days.

Yuri couldn’t help but be amazed at this.

‘Is the Meister… a Meister?’

Even for a Goljok, Do-cheol was not that young.

The fact that he could use the photodynamic technique for three days at that age meant that his skills were making up for his lack of physical strength.

Also, this was a part where you could see why Do-cheol was considered the best craftsman in the Walker School.

Land- land- land-!

Every time the hammer, which had become one with the iron, struck the red-hot white steel, Yuri felt a pleasant vibration from her mana core.

Thump- thump-.

‘different.’

He saw Se-gyeong use photodynamic therapy and he knows how to use it too.

However, Do-cheol’s photo-polarization technique was on a different level from his and Se-gyeong’s.

If the sound of his and Se-gyeong’s hammering is the painful scream of metal undergoing forced awakening.

The sound of Do-cheol’s hammer striking the iron was filled with joy and comfort.

Maybe that’s why.

Thump thump-.

Yuri, whose mind was so at ease, sat down in a corner of the blacksmith shop and closed her eyes.

He began to replay the argument he had with May over the past three days.

The debate with May had been quite helpful to Yuri.

The speed at which you can think of numbers.

Additionally, the speed of connecting numbers has also increased.

However, May still had no idea what enlightenment she had gained from this debate, and what she was supposed to gain from it.

‘Is this method not for me?’

There are certainly people like May who gain enlightenment through debate.

But on the other hand, no matter how much you argue, you may not be able to achieve enlightenment.

Yuri thought that perhaps she belonged to the latter group.

‘The other guys were excited… except me.’

The ones who gained the most from the debate between Mei and Yuri that had been going on for the past three days were not Yuri, who was involved in the debate, but the other friends who overheard it.

Thanks to hearing May’s one-on-one training and high-level arguments every day, their skills were growing at a really rapid pace.

In Yuri’s view, Teresia, Gunther, Arin, and Poppy seemed like they would soon surpass the official 5th Dan barrier.

‘I feel like something’s wrong with me?’

Is this a debate for one’s own enlightenment?

Or is it just a debate to enlighten other guys? It’s confusing.

That’s why Yuri always went to Docheol’s blacksmith shop after the argument.

It was to find a way of enlightenment that suited me.

At first, Do-cheol tried to keep chasing Yuri away, but he eventually gave up when Yuri kept crawling back no matter how hard he tried to stop her.

After that, Do-cheol started working while treating Yu-ri as if she didn’t exist.

Thanks to this, Yuri, who was treated as an invisible human, was able to use Docheol’s blacksmith shop with great ease.

Ssuk-.

Yuri, who had finished reviewing the argument without any results today, quietly got up and headed to one side.

He stopped in front of a wooden box.

Suddenly-.

Yuri, who opened the box familiarly, squatted down in front of it and looked at Baekcheol.

“hmm…….”

In fact, the reason Yuri often visited the blacksmith shop was because she felt at ease with the sound of Docheol’s hammer, but another reason was precisely this Baekcheol.

‘The heart… … .’

Do-cheol clearly said so.

Of course, the ordinary iron turned white because the dwarf king put his heart into it.

It is said that his heart remained in this white iron for over a thousand years.

Yuri stroked her chin as she recalled those words.

‘I have no idea.’

How on earth can I feel that feeling?

Yuri wanted to feel that feeling once.

I have been visiting Do-cheol’s blacksmith shop for several days, hoping that if I could just feel that heart, it would help me achieve enlightenment.

“Hmm.”

Yuri lifted the white iron to face level, sighing softly.

Look at it from different angles.

I smelled it and knocked on it.

Try adding mana too.

I also looked at the wavelength using a magic wand.

But I couldn’t figure out what the difference was.

“Hmm… … .”

This time, Yuri, who had been silent for a little while, turned her head slightly and looked at Do-cheol.

Yuri glanced at him, who was busy hammering away, and began to worry.

‘A thousand-year-old iron pot… Is it okay?’

After drinking the Harmony God’s Water, Yuri became immune to most poisons, but he still had no idea whether the Harmony God’s Water would be able to block a thousand-year-old iron poison.

After much hesitation, Yuri finally made a decision.

‘Hey, you don’t think I’m going to die?’

Ssuk-.

He stuck his tongue out slightly and slowly began to bring the tip of his tongue to Baekcheol.

Lick-.

* * *

Land- land-!

The hammer blows of the iron that had been striking hard began to slowly slow down.

After a while, Do-cheol stopped completely and patted his waist.

“Oh my. I guess you can’t lie about your age.”

My body, which had been fine even after swinging a hammer for seven days and seven nights, screamed.

It was a time when the transience of time was felt naturally.

Knock knock-.

Do-cheol’s gaze, which had been rubbing her waist like that, turned to one side.

There was a glass there that was looking into the white iron right in front of my nose.

Do-cheol shook his head at the sight of Baek-cheol looking dazed as if he had lost his mind.

“That poor bastard.”

The reason Do-cheol left Yu-ri, who had been coming and going from his blacksmith shop like it was his living room, alone.

That was partly because Yuri kept crawling back in no matter how much she tried to kick him out, but also because he wasn’t really a bother.

For the past three days, all Yuri has done is sit quietly with her eyes closed as if she doesn’t exist, or stare intently at Baekcheol like she does now.

He said he wanted to feel the ‘heart of Baekcheol’ that he spoke of or something like that.

Do-cheol laughed as he recalled Yuri’s story.

“Tsk tsk, do you think just anyone can do that?”

It was when Do-cheol was laughing like that.

Lick-.

Do-cheol’s eyebrows furrowed strangely as he watched Yu-ri lick Baek-cheol.

Then a small look of admiration appeared on his face.

“Huh… that crazy guy.”

No matter how much you suck, bite, and spend your whole life with a lump of iron, you can finally put a piece of your heart into it.

Even he, who had reached that level, had never thought of licking a thousand-year-old lump of iron.

Do-cheol did not hesitate to give Yu-ri a thumbs up for not only coming up with such a crazy idea but also putting it into practice.

Ugh, ugh.

Do-cheol chuckled as he looked at the side of Yu-ri’s head, who was lost in thought after tilting her head as if she didn’t know what to say.

“No way, you punk.”

Do you think that a bastard can taste the fruit of what you have devoted your whole life to?

“If it were that easy, I would have given you the position of Meister right away.”

Do-cheol looked at Yu-ri and giggled.

But at that moment.

Woof-.

“…ok?”

Suddenly, a pure white light emanated from the glass and brightly illuminated Do-cheol’s dazed face.