Raon.
Raon had a chilling smile on his face when Runaan suddenly shot out like lightning and extended a square box. It was the box containing the bead ice cream that Raon had seen many times.
“Eat.”
She opened the lid of the box and tilted it forward. Two chunks of Kuan and Mint Chocolate ice cream appeared.
Bead ice cream. And she was offering Mint Chocolate. It seemed like she didn't want to do training at all. 'Where...'
Raon looked at Runaan's face hidden behind the box. Her eyes were innocent and her expression calm, so it didn't seem like she particularly didn't want to train. 'Really, she just gave it to me to eat.'
Everyone was making a face when they didn't want to train, and naturally offering ice cream. It was always strange, but this girl was peculiar.
'My skills have improved a lot.'
Runaan's martial prowess had risen even higher than when she was at Owen. If she could change like that from Expert Peak-Class where progress doesn't come easily, it meant she had been putting in blood and sweat every day.
-What are you doing!
Wrath stuck out his tongue looking at the ice cream.
-You can't even take what you're given! Eat it quickly!
He was slapping his back like the ice cream would melt. 'I need to train.' -Training can wait until tomorrow! Kill me tomorrow! 'I don't even have the thought of killing.' It was just training, but I don't understand why everyone is making such a fuss.
“Thanks.”
Raon smiled as he received the box from Runaan.
“Uh-huh.”
Runaan nodded as if to say eat quickly.
As the atmosphere softened, Burren and Marta cautiously approached.
“Ra, Raon. Long time no see. How was the trip?”
“Why are you so late! You said you'd come back right away!”
“It was a bit busy.”
Raon narrowed his eyes while looking at the two.
'They trained properly too.' Marta and Burren had also grown to the point where they were not inferior to Runaan. They must have put in all their effort into training. 'The others are the same.' Although not as much as Runaan, Marta, and Burren, the other squad members had also risen to unrecognizable levels of prowess.
Everyone seemed to have overcome the tedious and difficult training together as one mind. This was enough to be considered a significant achievement.
-Sigh! You've become much stronger. Today is sigh! Forgive me.
'Wipe your drool and speak.' Wrath was only focused on the ice cream, not looking at the squad members, and drooling.
“While you were gone, we trained really hard. It was just a slip of the tongue. Don't mind it. How about resting today?”
“Yeah. It's not like that bastard is talking nonsense for the first time.”
Burren and Marta glared at Crain with furrowed brows.
“Right! Vice Captain!”
“The handsome vice captain is right!”
“It hasn't even been long since training ended today!”
“Time is late, so let's do it tomorrow!”
Other Light Wind Squad members rushed over not to miss the opportunity and forced smiles.
“......”
Runaan didn't care and just stared at the ice cream box.
“Indeed, you've changed.”
Raon nodded while looking into the eyes of all the Light Wind Squad members.
“It's a worthy achievement as you said.”
-Ooh!
Wrath seemed to think of eating the ice cream now and licked his lips longingly.
“After all, our vice captain has a big heart!”
“We didn't miss a single day of training.”
Burren and Marta smiled brightly, thinking there would be no additional training.
“So, don't give opportunities.”
“Opportunities?”
“What opportunities?”
Raon pointed at Dorian chewing snacks from behind.
“If you really trained hard, you should be able to beat Dorian who lost time accompanying me?”
He turned his finger to point at the dazed Crain.
“If Crain beats Dorian, I'll send him off cleanly, and I'll give you free time tomorrow too.”
-Youuuuuu are really...
Wrath, knowing the full story, sighed. 'Why. Crain could win.' He smiled faintly while looking at Dorian. The guy had reached Expert Peak-Class through this journey and had firmly filled his confidence.
Even if the leaders were tough, Crain could definitely be broken.
“However, if I lose...”
Raon looked down at everyone with a cool gaze, cooler than when he first saw him.
“From now until sunrise tomorrow is training.”
“Got it!”
“I accept the bet!”
Burren and Marta smiled brightly, thinking Crain would win.
“Crain!”
“I believe in you!”
“Don't just talk, win for sure!”
“Crain! Show us your blood and sweat!”
Other Light Wind Squad members waved hands and cheered, betting on Crain's victory.
Crain was the vice-captain, and since the skill gap with Dorian was large originally, everyone thought they had already won.
“V, Vice Captain!”
Dorian came forward with a panicked expression.
“Will I be able to beat the vice-captain?”
“Win or lose. The other side is being careless too. If you can't finish in one hit, you'll have to climb the mountain all night alone.”
“Hik...”
Dorian closed his eyes for a moment and recalled the time in Lokan. 'It was hell.' When climbing the cliff, Raon would roll rocks and trees from the top to the ground.
Of course, he was saved before dying, but he felt what death really was, so he could never forget it. 'Only I did that in the Light Wind Squad!' Only those who experienced that hell are here, himself and Mark Goetten. He couldn't do that crazy thing alone.
“Kueu! I won't die alone.”
When Dorian opened his eyes, his pupils were filled with blue flames. He rushed towards Crain, grabbed the training sword, and waved his hand.
“Attack!”
“You cheeky bastard!”
Crain glared at Dorian and bit his lip.
Raon stood between the two and lowered his hand.
“Alright, let's settle the score with swords.”
With those words, he raised the hand he had lowered.
“Start!”
“Yaaaaaaa!”
As the duel began, Dorian moved first. He gritted his teeth and swung his sword as if in a life-or-death situation.
“Hmph.”
Crain snorted shortly and raised his sword to block the thrust.
“You're still in a hurry. If you do this, you won't be able to beat me for life... eh?”
He felt the aura from Dorian's sword and widened his eyes in surprise. 'What? Why is it so strong!' He tried to block Dorian's sword with full power belatedly, but it was already too late. His sword was approaching the front of Dorian's forehead.
“Wait!”
“Yayaaaaak!”
Dorian ignored Crain's words and swung his sword down.
Bwaaaak!
The training sword stuck into the center of Crain's forehead, causing him to roll his eyes and fall.
“Huuk!”
Dorian exhaled hot breath while gripping the sword tightly.
“I can't die. I absolutely can't die alone! Even if I die...”
He muttered as if possessed by something that he couldn't die.
“Ah...”
“What? What?”
“Cr, Crain lost? No matter how hard the training was today...”
“This can't be.”
The Light Wind Squad members opened their mouths wide, looking at the fallen Crain and the grumbling Dorian.
“What did I see?”
“I don't know. Damn...”
Burren and Marta shook their heads in disbelief.
Crack!
The sound of Raon's clapping broke their confusion.
“The match is over.”
Raon smiled while receiving the gazes of the dazed swordsmen.
“No complaints? Then let's go. Let's do the training I prepared.”
With those words, Raon picked up the fallen Crain. There was no reason to leave him unconscious since opportunities should be given equally.
-This...
Wrath trembled while looking at Raon's back heading to Bukmang Mountain.
-These days, even demons aren't doing this.
Deciding the result and making a bet is not something done even in the Demon Realm. I wonder how this demon's head was made.
-After all, that guy is from the Demon Realm...
No! First, eat the Mint Chocolate and go!
Glenn Zieghart was walking around the audience chamber with a furrowed brow. His eyes were shaking nervously. After spinning around on the stage for a while, Glenn sat on the throne and bowed his waist.
“Why.”
He looked down at Roen below the stage with lowered eyebrows.
“It's been a long time since you said you passed the seal. Why aren't you coming?”
“I was thinking of considering the Lord.”
Roen smiled faintly and lowered his head.
“Considering?”
“Yes. Because the time is late.”
He turned his gaze to the moon floating in the sky.
“I thought meeting now would be rude, so I'll come tomorrow.”
Sheryl smiled, saying Raon did it because he was thinking of Glenn.
“Hmph.”
Glenn cleared his throat and lowered his gaze.
“No such consideration is needed. As expected, you only do useless things.”
He clicked his tongue in disappointment.
Roen and Sheryl watched Glenn with soft smiles.
“Ah, then shall I bring him?”
Rimer, leaning against a round pillar, raised his hand.
“I want to see my disciples after a long time too. Let's bring him now. What.”
“Hey. You were resting, what for.”
“No. If it's that guy's personality, he would have gone to the training ground.”
Rimer clicked his tongue, saying you don't know Raon well.
“How should I do it? Bring him?”
He shook his fingers left and right while looking at Glenn.
“......”
Glenn stared at Rimer without answering.
“Ah, you don't want to, huh. Then I have to go see him alone. I need to have a drink with a disciple over 20 years old. Then I'll see you tomorrow...”
“Rimer!”
When Rimer was about to wave his hand and leave, Glenn slammed the handle of the throne.
“...”
“Bring him.”
“Eh? It's small, I can't hear it!”
“Br, bring him.”
“What? I don't know what an old man who doesn't even take care of his grandson is saying?”
“You bastard...”
Thunderclouds appeared in the air due to Glenn's anger.
“Eh! If this falls, I can't go! No, I won't go!”
“Kuek!”
At those words, the aura filling the audience chamber vanished in an instant.
“After all, Raon is straightforward!”
Rimer laughed and opened the door of the audience chamber.
“I'll bring him right away!”
He waved his hand slyly and left.
“When Raon comes back, keep this.”
“Understood.”
“Got it.”
Roen and Sheryl nodded simultaneously.
Sheryl stared at the door Rimer had left and let out a cold smile.
“Today, I'll deal with one elf corpse.”
“Hahaha.”
Burren chewed his lip while climbing the Bukmang Mountain cliff. 'How did Dorian become that strong?' He had only seen it once, but he could feel that the guy's martial prowess had changed to a different level from before.
Thinking it was hell here, it seemed the real hell was next to Raon. 'Still, it's fortunate he didn't do something too severe.' The training of climbing the cliff while blocking aura wasn't that difficult, to be honest. 'It's literally fundamental training.' Climbing the cliff bare-handed is one of the excellent body trainings passed down from ancient times. During the trainee days, Rimer had told him to climb a mountain or something because he was annoying.
“What did you prepare? This is easy.”
Marta smiled, saying climbing the cliff is like eating tteok while lying down.
“Huu...”
Runaan, seeming to have more leeway, was dozing off while climbing the cliff.
“Vice Captain is not a demon after all.”
“Exactly. I thought it was Focus Enhancement Training and almost had a heart attack.”
“If it was that, I would have dug a tunnel.”
“Vice Captain has a conscience too.”
Other squad members were chatting lightly while climbing the cliff, finding the training easy.
“It's not a human...”
Crain frowned with a big bump on his forehead.
“What?”
“The vice captain. I didn't think he would end this training so simply by beating us with his fists.”
“He's a person too, so he's giving you a break appropriately.”
Burren shook his head, saying Raon is originally a kind guy.
“No, he's kind, but he's a person who doesn't compromise in training.
When Crain clicked his tongue, a loud noise like something breaking came from the top of the cliff.
“What is this sound... kuek!”
Crain, mid-sentence, was hit by a falling rock from above and fell down.
“Aaaaaak!”
He fell without grabbing anything in the middle and disappeared.
“Cr, Crain!”
“What, what is this!”
“Why did a rock suddenly fly... ”
“What's going on!”
Burren, Marta, and the Light Wind Squad members looked up at the same time.
Kung! Kugugugu!
Along with the sound of the cliff collapsing, a log fell from above.
“Log?”
“Why is there a log here!”
“Insane!”
The Light Wind Squad members screamed and ran around the cliff to avoid the log.
“Safe place... kuek!”
“Yukan!”
But even in the hiding spot, rocks flew and one by one they fell to the ground.
“Dodge!”
“Stones are flying!”
“If you fall, you die!”
The Light Wind Squad members crawled quickly like insects on the cliff to escape, but the rocks flew as if waiting and hit vital points.
“Uek!”
“Kuhk!”
“Sa, save meeee!”
The swordsmen left only one scream and one by one they fell.
“Ugh!”
Marta barely dodged a rock flying towards her head and lifted her head close.
“You crazy bastard!”
She spat curses at Raon on the top and gnashed her teeth.
“Really went crazy and came back! I'll kill all the kids... kuek!”
Marta fell to the ground after being hit by a rock on her side before she could finish cursing.
“Ah...”
Burren opened his mouth wide. Now the only ones left were the still dozing Runaan and himself.
“R, Runaan! Wake up! If this continues, you'll really die... heuk!”
When trying to wake Runaan, a fist-sized rock came crashing down from the top.
“Huek!”
Burren pressed his body tightly against the cliff and dodged the rock flying towards his temple. But that wasn't the end. Rocks were pouring down from all over as if waiting.
“I absolutely can't die!”
He used all his strength to climb the cliff and dodged the rock avalanche that fell like a meteor shower.
Huuuung!
When he barely dodged a rock aiming for his shoulder, a fist-sized rock fell onto his forehead. 'This is about it.' He smiled faintly and threw the rock away, but right behind it, a second rock followed.
“You damn kid... kuek!”
When he got hit squarely on the forehead by the second rock, strength left his hands and legs. 'Psycho bastard. Even aura... ' Raon really went crazy and put aura in the rock to give mental shock. He couldn't hold on with the strength gone.
Burren fell from the cliff while half-conscious.
“Ah...”
He wanted to grab something in the middle, but he had no strength. 'Because of that crazy guy, I'm going like this.' He wanted to break his father, but...
When hiding in the villa, Raon helped him and promised to break his father someday, but he couldn't achieve it. No, because of the guy who helped him then, he was about to die. 'Everyone, goodbye... eh!' While thinking about death, something soft supported him from below.
“Ah...”
When he looked up, the clean-looking middle-aged man who had come with Raon earlier was there. He seemed to have caught his body without any shock.
“Are you okay?”
“Y, yes. Thank you.”
Burren nodded and stood on the ground.
“Vice Captain. Late.”
“Still, you held on the longest.”
“Wow, it was really scary...”
Other swordsmen were sitting on the ground without any injuries.
“Damn...”
Marta was grinding her teeth while hitting the cliff with her fist in frustration.
“Auung.”
When Burren was standing blankly, Runaan fell down with a soft groan.
The middle-aged man lightly moved and caught Runaan too, then placed her on the ground.
“Thank you.”
Runaan lowered her head as if she had experienced a lot.
“Now what to do...”
“Hey!”
While everyone was looking at each other in confusion, Raon's voice came from above the cliff.
“You didn't forget that it's training until sunrise! Come back up!”
The Light Wind Squad members' eyes under their eyes darkened from hearing Raon's cheerful and bright voice.
“Kueu! Where are the ghosts and demons doing! Don't take that away!”
Wrath, hearing Runaan's voice from above the cliff, shook his head left and right.
-Soju girl. Sorry.
This king can't handle it either...
Raon smiled while looking at the Light Wind Squad members starting to climb the cliff again. 'Indeed, they have talent.' The Light Wind Squad members had only been hit once, but they were moving while preparing for rocks flying from above. As expected, wise guys.
“Dorian. There are logs and rocks too, right?”
Raon extended his hand to Dorian, who was trembling beside him.
“Since they're essential items, there are some... ”
“I'll take care of resupply later. Take them out.”
“Ne...”
Dorian nodded and put his hand in his belly pouch to take out the logs and rocks.
“Perfect.”
Raon left the logs as is and broke the rocks into fist-sized pieces.
“Gazaaaa!”
“This time, I won't lose!”
“I have to throw a punch at that human on the top to feel better!”
“I won't fall!”
The scene of the Light Wind Squad members climbing up with cheers due to anger was visible. Their passion was overflowing unlike before because of the anger.
“Yeah. This is the taste.”
Raon smiled coolly and rolled the logs towards the place where the Light Wind Squad members were the most.
Kugugugugu!
Along with the loud noise like the cliff collapsing, the logs fell above the heads of the Light Wind Squad members.
“Aaaaaak!”
“Crain fell again!”
“Yukaaaaan!”
Two people fell at once with one log. Previously, more than five had fallen when thrown, so this was a great achievement.
Raon dropped the logs continuously, creating over 10 dropouts, then picked up the rocks.
“From now on, it's real.”
While planning to throw the rock with a wicked smile, a cool and soft wind blew from behind.
“Why are you bothering the kids right after coming?”
Hearing the teasing voice, he turned around. Rimer was waving his hand with a smile similar to when he was gambling.
“Master.”
Raon put down the rock and stood up to look at Rimer. 'What?' After obtaining the artificial dantian, he had become stronger every day, but now he felt like a different person. It was a feeling of sharp lightning rising in the cool wind.
“You don't seem to be playing around.”
“No, I was playing and eating?”
“Um...”
I gave some praise, but an unexpected rebuttal came back. As expected, Rimer. The feeling of returning to the Light Wind Squad was there.
“Let's stop playing and go.”
“Where?”
“If I came home, I have to greet the adults first. The Lord is looking for you.”
“At this time?”
Because the time was late, I was going to go to the Lord's palace tomorrow, but I didn't know he would come first.
“Yeah.”
Rimer nodded with a gentle smile.
“Perhaps to give a gift.”