Chapter 1615 – 1615. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into The Baek Family
Priscilla woke up in the garden the next day. She couldn’t be moved inside the mansion because she was in her dragon form. As soon as she opened her eyes, she returned to her human form. Her body was still covered in wounds.
“Lady Priscilla. Let’s go inside and rest for now.”
I said to Priscilla with a hint of pity. I hadn’t noticed when she was in her dragon form, but seeing her in human form, her body was a mess. The minor wounds had healed with potions, but the deep wounds had reached the limit of what potions could do. Especially the wound on the outside of her right thigh and the one on her left side were large. Her shoulder also looked unnatural.
“There’s no time to relax like that. I need your and Yuria’s help. The fate of this world is at stake. I know your personality well. If you need a price… I’ll give you everything. Please help for the sake of this world.”
Priscilla said, staring straight at me. I felt like I was being sucked into her blue hair, reminiscent of the sea, and her even deeper and clearer blue eyes. It wasn’t easy to refuse when a beautiful woman asked like this.
“Lady Priscilla. Let’s go inside and talk. I’ve prepared a quiet room for you.”
“…Alright.”
Priscilla entered the room and tried to sit on a chair, but I forced her to lie down on the bed.
“Are your wounds not painful? I poured the highest-grade potions on them, but the recovery is slow. Would you like some painkillers?”
“It’s fine. It’s not as painful as it looks. The slow recovery is because of a curse. Leosio. That bastard used an artifact to cast a curse. I managed to smash the artifact… but it will take months for the curse to disappear and my body to fully recover.”
“He’s using artifacts too?”
Dragons have a strong pride in magic. In Leosio’s case, it wouldn’t be strange to say that his pride is sky-high. That’s why dragons don’t use human-made magical tools. The same goes for ancient artifacts. Artifacts are like the legacy of a brilliant human civilization.
“Leosio is in no position to be picky. He’s using whatever he can, whether it’s an artifact or anything else. That also means he’s desperate.”
“He’s joined hands with the Demon King, so it’s not surprising that he’s going to extremes. What are Leosio and the Demon King trying to do in the Sea of Evil?”
The Sea of Evil wasn’t covered in detail in the original story, so I don’t know much about it. According to the original story, Leosio should already be dead at Kyle’s hands.
“Do you know how monsters are created?”
“Don’t they reproduce like beasts or wild animals?”
“Of course, they reproduce. What I’m asking is about the starting point of monsters.”
“I don’t know.”
I answered honestly. I wasn’t particularly interested in the monsters of this world. In this world, I’m not a hunter or an adventurer. There’s no need for me to fight monsters.
“It’s mana. When old mana and pure mana meet, and if there happens to be material to become a body, a monster is created.”
“What is that material?”
“It can be a living thing or an inanimate object. From another perspective, you could call it evolution. The reason why there are so many monsters in the Sea of Evil is that it’s the center of this world, the place where the flow of mana begins.”
“Is it possible for humans to become monsters?”
“It’s possible if the conditions are met.”
“Is Leosio trying to evolve into a monster?”
“Similar. He’s trying to absorb the mana of the Sea of Evil with the Demon King’s power and reconstruct his body. To transcend his predetermined lifespan.”
Yuria, who had been listening quietly beside me, opened her mouth.
“The magic weapons we saw in the labyrinth and the magic weapons of the Magic Federation can be considered prototypes.”
“Magic weapons? What are those?”
I explained to Priscilla, who was curious, about what had happened so far. The stories of fighting the Demon King in the labyrinth and dealing with the Magic Federation after returning to the territory.
“Magic weapons are prototypes. And they’re completed prototypes. …It seems we have less time than I thought. We need to go to the Sea of Evil right now and stop Leosio and the Demon King. If we don’t, they will become a great disaster and engulf this world.”
“Right now? Shouldn’t we prepare thoroughly? So moving right now is a bit…”
“Don’t you understand the importance of this?”
“I do. But rushing into enemy territory is crazy. Besides, Lady Priscilla, you’re coming too, right? Lady Priscilla, you can’t exert your full power right now. We need a week.”
“Think about why Leosio used the Magic Federation to attack you. Giving them time is the same as giving them a chance.”
“…Three days. Please give us three days. The aftermath of the battlefield is not completely cleaned up yet. Especially the Golden Rose Knights, who suffered in this battle, need rest.”
“Two days. Please. I’ll give you everything, so please help me.”
I stared intently at Priscilla. I could feel the impatience and desperation in her expression.
“Haa. Alright. Don’t forget that you said you’d do anything.”
“Master! No! That guy is going to make you do weird things!”
Sharnel shouted. She pointed to her very large chest.
“Master might end up like me! This big chest is so uncomfortable…!”
“Hmm…. I’ll be able to handle it. Maybe….”
Sharnel shouts.
Before things got more troublesome, I left the room with Yuria.
“Yuria. What do you think?”
“Lady Priscilla’s opinion is correct. It’s right to deal with Leosio and the Demon King as quickly as possible.”
“Yeah. The problem is our forces. Should we take the Golden Rose Knights and the AM unit with us?”
“In my opinion, it’s right to select and take only those who have the power to protect themselves.”
“A small elite force, huh? Well, taking a bunch of weaklings won’t be much help. The ones to take to this decisive battle are…”
Melissa, the leader of the AM unit, Floy, the leader of the Golden Rose Knights, Yuria, of course, and me. And Sharnel and Priscilla. Even if Priscilla is injured and can’t exert her full power, she’s still a dragon. She will be a great help in some way. For example, the knowledge she has accumulated.
‘Is six people enough?’
The opponents are Leosio, an ancient dragon, and the final boss of the original story, the Demon King.
‘Yuria will deal with the Demon King, and the other five will deal with Leosio. Stormbreaker is under repair, so I can’t use it… Hmm.’
I focus on thinking.
There’s no guarantee that we can win.
But it doesn’t seem like we’ll be easily defeated either.
‘It’s doable?’
I recall the power I possess.
I am an aura master. Among the humans in this world, the only one who can fight and win against me head-on is Yuria. Objectively speaking, I am very strong.
‘No. I was forgetting for a moment. My real power isn’t aura or swordsmanship. It’s the Play Life app.’
I fiddle with my smartphone.
I have the Play Life app.
‘It’s not just doable, it’s impossible to lose.’
Confidence surged within me.
• • •
Two days passed.
There was the problem of how to get to the Sea of Evil. We couldn’t use a space-time travel scroll because we didn’t have one that had the coordinates of the Sea of Evil region saved.
We couldn’t ask Yuria to use a warp gate or teleport either. The flow of mana near the Sea of Evil was unstable and constantly fluctuating.
It would take days to get there by carriage. A carriage was too slow when every minute and second was precious.
What I thought of was a helicopter. If we operated two helicopters, we could go to the Sea of Evil quickly and comfortably.
But Priscilla didn’t seem to like the speed of the helicopter either.
“It would be much faster if I flew. Get on my back.”
“I’m worried that Lady Priscilla’s wounds will open.”
“I know my condition well. I’m not so weak that my wounds will open with just this.”
Priscilla was firm. We couldn’t stop Priscilla and climbed onto the back of the blue dragon. The blue dragon moved its large wings and flew into the sky. It was indeed a fast flight speed that couldn’t be compared to a helicopter.
‘It hasn’t even been 5 minutes, and we’ve already passed three mountains.’
Even if they were small mountains, they were still mountains. It would have taken hours by carriage.
I spoke to the women nearby.
“It’s important, so I’ll say it again. Yuria will deal with the Demon King, and the rest of us, including me, will deal with Leosio. Got it? Don’t interfere by trying to help Yuria.”
“I know that well. You should be careful, Master. Isn’t it you who is most likely to act rashly here?”
Melissa retorted as if she was annoyed. It was a bone-chilling remark, so it was hard to argue.
“Ahem.”
I cleared my throat and looked down. I saw a merchant passing by with a horse-drawn cart. The mercenaries escorting him were shocked and fell over when they saw the dragon. I chuckled at them.
-We’ve arrived.
Priscilla’s voice echoed. Because she was in her dragon form, she created her voice with magic instead of speaking. We had arrived in less than an hour.
Priscilla stopped in the air and slowly flapped her wings. I looked down at the ground. I could see the Sea of Evil. It was different from the scenery of the Sea of Evil in my memory.
It should have been dense with trees with dark green leaves, but it was full of withered trees. The ground was black. I could feel an ominous energy from the ground. It was an energy that I felt like I had felt somewhere before.
‘Impure mana. The mana that demons like. Did they artificially contaminate it? On such a large scale?’
The Sea of Evil, famous for its monsters, had become a dead land. There were no living creatures, let alone monsters.
“Lady Priscilla. Where are Leosio and the Demon King? Did they run away because they knew we were coming?”
-Can’t you feel it?
“Huh?”
-You should be able to feel it now.
“Just tell me.”
I grumbled slightly and focused my mind. I could almost feel something. I was making a puzzled expression when Yuria gave me advice.
“Master. Try using the Heavenly Eye.”
“Ah, right. I had the Heavenly Eye.”
[The Heavenly Eye is opened.]
