Wizard Stone - Chapter 686



Only Krnovel

————– 686/690 ————–

While waiting for the expedition, Roy spent most of his time practicing blocking arrows.

There were many other practices I wanted to do and needed to do, but I held back. There is a time for every practice, and now was the time for this practice.

From the environment to motivation, there was nothing lacking. I didn’t want to miss this moment.

And the result.

pop!

“shield!”

The arrow struck the shield and fell to the floor along with the starter word.

Roy released the shield with a satisfied expression.

“how is it?”

“At this rate, I won’t go anywhere and die from a blind arrow.”

“okay?”

Roy did not hide his smile. This is a compliment not from anyone else but from the ward. There was no way I wasn’t happy.

Of course, this was not a ward that would just be left alone.

“Don’t like it too much. “It’s not perfect yet.”

“I know. Reaction speed must be increased, one must be able to use other magic skillfully while using shield magic, and the shield strength must be increased further…”

“Those are important, but there is something more important than that.”

“What?”

“This is what we do even in situations where we don’t know there is an enemy.”

“ah.”

I agreed as soon as I heard the story.

As Ward said, there was nothing more important than that. The archer announces that I’m shooting a bow, but I won’t shoot.

I was so drunk with the training that I forgot about it for a while.

“hmm. So let’s do this from now on. From now on, I’ll just attack without stopping. how is it?”

“It’s a good idea, but I don’t think it will work.”

“why?”

Instead of answering, the ward tilted his head as if to look behind him. Roy followed Ward’s gaze and turned his head toward the mine.

It’s an expedition team. A familiar face was coming with the expedition.

“Baron.”

“Morgan. “You had a hard time coming.”

“no. “He suffered more than me…”

The guide closed his mouth before speaking. No, she couldn’t close it.

The people who came with us were no exception.

“Is this an ogre?”

“oh my god.”

“It’s really scary.”

People approached the ogre first, not themselves. Some fearless people even approached and touched the ice.

Seeing that rude behavior was both absurd and pleasant. He worked hard to catch the ogre, but it was worth it.

Of course, the joy did not last long. This is because once the expedition team arrived, the training ended here.

It felt even more disappointing because things were going well.

“You should go back right away…”

“yes?”

“······Nothing.”

Roy shook his head. Before I knew it, the ward had disappeared.

It seems that people have already disappeared the moment they appear.

To be cruel.

“Are the rest in the mine?”

“yes. “Irina said the baronet was here, so we came alone.”

“Right. “Did you bring what I asked you to bring?”

“If you are talking about cloth…”

“That’s right. To be exact, it’s a large, strong piece of cloth. “With handles on both ends.”

“I brought it.”

“How many?”

“There are ten.”

“Good.”

Roy nodded with satisfaction. She would have had to make a new one because she couldn’t have worn several pieces like rags, but she managed to prepare ten.

In fact, that’s why I chose fabric rather than leather. There wouldn’t be enough leather to cover an ogre.

“So, where is it?”

“It’s in the mine.”

“Bring it.”

“yes?”

“I told you to bring it. We called in more people and made up to 20 people. I didn’t ask you to bring that cloth to rebuild the mine. I’m going to use it to carry this guy. “Did you really plan on lifting this with your bare hands or moving it on a cart?”

People listening to the story nodded in agreement. No matter how much I thought about it, it was impossible to move an ogre surrounded by ice using ordinary methods.

Immediately, the guide and the expedition team moved to the mine to retrieve the cloth.

Meanwhile, Roy used the fire sword to cut the ice. He needed to lose as much weight as possible.

When all the ice had been removed, the guide and the expedition team returned with cloth.

Roy laid the cloth on the floor and placed the ogre on top of it.

People hurriedly pushed the ogre. Fortunately, perhaps thanks to the ice, the ogre moved easier than expected.

Of course, it only ended there.

“Wow.”

“Is it very heavy?”

“yes.”

“This is not possible.”

“I guess I can lift it somehow, but carrying it back to the castle…”

“It won’t be easy.”

In the first place, I didn’t think it would be easy. That’s why he thought of cloth as a means rather than anything else.

Roy held the people back and cast light magic on each piece of cloth.

“Listen again.”

“yes.”

The people listened to the ogre again in silence.

Fortunately, this time neither the expression nor the results were bad. You might have to keep casting magic from time to time, but it was important to be able to hold it and move it anyway.

“egg plant.”

“yes.”

Upon arriving at the mine, Roy exchanged greetings with the expedition team and checked to see if Irina was well.

He even asked me if I felt any pain and even touched my body.

There was nothing particularly strange today either. Looking at the good things so far, I don’t think I need to worry about the aftereffects anymore.

Roy, relieved, said he was going somewhere for a while and then went out of the mine. This is because Rani had been circling around earlier as if telling me to follow her.

Looking at the direction, I felt like I knew roughly where I was going.

As I guessed, at the end of the small steps was a ward sitting on a rock and smoking a cigarette as usual.

“It’s embarrassing.”

“It’s annoying.”

“Are you going to go back first?”

“That’s right.”

“What are you going to do when you get back?”

“What are you doing? “It’s the same.”

Roy clicked his tongue lightly as if he knew that would happen.

“Aren’t you tired of being in the forest? “I think you can get along well with humans.”

“What if you wear earrings?”

Ward chuckled, took out a new cigarette, and asked. Roy lit the fire and asked one more question.

“Do you hate being arrested?”

“That’s a stupid question. “Who likes to be tied down?”

That is correct.

In general cases, that is.

“It could be. “I feel like you are like that.”

“I?”

“okay. “You want to go back to the village.”

A thought suddenly occurred to me.

I wonder if the reason he acts more like a human than anyone else is because he wants to hide or deny his desire to return to the elf village.

Often talking about memories from the elven village and running to catch the ogre all seemed like manifestations of a desire to return to the elven village.

“no?”

Ward neither confirmed nor denied. All I did was smoke. When I finished smoking, I took out a new cigarette and smoked it again.

Roy also expressed his dissatisfaction without saying a word.

How long has it been like that?

“A fish coming out of a pond. An ant that has lost its antennae. “Severed wrist.”

“······Suddenly, what kind of bullshit is that?”

“I’ve been thinking about this ever since I left the forest. “I was wondering what could best explain my situation.”

“Is that a fish, an ant, a wrist?”

“okay. To be exact, it is a fish leaving a pond, an ant that has lost its antennae, and a severed wrist.”

“That’s terrible.”

Roy unconsciously stroked his wrist. Since he is a beastman wizard, whenever he hears of someone hurting his hand, he unconsciously flinches.

Ward, who saw that, smiled and added something.

“My wrist wasn’t cut off, I am the wrist. “It’s a wrist that has been cut off and separated from the body.”

“That’s even more terrible. “Is my wrist just moving around on its own?”

“okay. “What do you think?”

“well.”

“Imagination is important for a wizard, isn’t it? “Just imagine.”

“hmm.”

Roy seriously imagined the ward’s small provocation. Of course, it was not an easy story to imagine.

“It’s difficult.”

“okay? So what about fish? “What do you think the fish that came out of the pond are like?”

“What are you doing? “I will struggle and die.”

“What if I don’t die?”

“How can you not die?”

“Like you said, most of them will probably die. But if you realize how to breathe outside the water, you can survive.”

“hmm.”

Dara realizes how to breathe.

Suddenly, the story of Elihal comes to mind. Although they are not the same, sprouting and breathing are somewhat similar.

Of course, it was a bit more difficult compared to Elihal’s parable. It was hard to imagine a fish breathing outside of the water.

“It’s difficult. “If it’s something like a frog, I don’t know.”

“frog?”

Ward seemed to think for a moment and then nodded.

“Frogs aren’t bad either. If fish doesn’t appeal to you, you can think of it as a frog. Of course, in my case, I didn’t grow up naturally and become a frog, but I was forced to become a frog in order to survive. “In order to survive, we learned how to breathe and walk outside the water.”

“I’m glad.”

“Relief?”

“I’m glad I survived and didn’t die. Plus, I can breathe and even walk. “Then it’s done, isn’t it?”

“You left out one thing. It is a frog that lives outside the pond its entire life. “A frog lives its entire life feeling the pain of its scales, or rather its skin, drying out because of its memories of living in a pond.”

Ward quickly added a few words. It seemed like everyone wanted to hear that you must be having a really hard time.

Of course, Roy wasn’t one to make it easy for him to say that.

“It looks like the pond is an elf village, so why do they live outside the pond? You can go back. Oh, maybe you wanted to go back but couldn’t?”

“Both.”

“both?”

“I can’t go back even if I want to, and I don’t want to go back.”

“Why don’t you want to go back?”

“That’s because I learned the fun of living and breathing outside the water.”

The ward exhaled the smoke from his cigarette as if sighing.

Breathing doesn’t necessarily mean smoking, but for some reason, it strangely suited what I was saying.

The fact that he couldn’t give up on breathing even though he knew he was going to dry out reminded me of someone who couldn’t let go of a cigarette even though they knew they would eventually vomit blood.

“Then why can’t I go back even if I want to?”

“As soon as there is a vacancy, a new elf is born. Even if I go back, there is no room. “Elf villages always have constant numbers.”

“why?”

Ward shrugged his shoulders as if wondering how I knew that. It wasn’t like she didn’t want to talk, it seemed like she really didn’t know.

Does this mean that the original fruit must fall in order for a new fruit to be born?

If someone who doesn’t know much about it hears it, they might think it’s nonsense.

Once again, they couldn’t believe that elves were beings with flesh and blood flowing just like them. I understood that wizards wanted to catch elves, dissect them, and study them.

It was that mysterious.

“Your eyes are a little strange right now.”

“······I don’t think this is something you should hear. Rather, talk about ants and wrists. “What is that about?”

“I’ll do that when I see you later.”

“why?”

“I’m out of cigarettes.”

“what?”

“There was some left, but you opened it all while waiting.”

Ward, who had been searching his pockets with resentment, quickly packed his things. Roy, who saw this, shook his head as if it was absurd.

I thought there was some other reason, but it turned out to be because of the cigarettes.

“Hang in there. “If I see you this time, I don’t know when I’ll be able to see you again.”

“I’ll see you again. I’m always nervous because I don’t know when I’ll go and take the test. I’m going.”

After saying those words, the ward disappeared in an instant.

It’s the fastest speed I’ve ever seen. It was so fast that what little remaining mystery of the elves was swept away and disappeared along with it.

Once again, everything I had been talking about in front of me felt like the nonsense of an insane person.

Ward was just an addict.

Even fire has eyes