Chapter 295 – Chapter 71. The Prelude to the Great War.
Without the world knowing, Jihyeok lightly kissed his son Siu’s forehead, who was sleeping soundly. The warrior, who had been staring at his son’s face for a long time, barely got up and left the room. At that time, he felt desperately that Gunda had to leave his daughter behind.
With her stomach slightly swollen to the point of being unrecognizable, Eisel and Jihyeok held her hand and walked slowly down the hallway. … She was overcome with strange anxiety. It feels like I shouldn’t let go of this hand.
However, it was not to be said that she had bad luck with her husband, who was running for her big business. She tried to force a smile.
After a while, the two arrived at the front door. There, the Lizardman kayak stood politely waiting for the hero to come.
“The departure preparations are complete.”
“I get it. Go soon.”
“Yes, please come slowly.”
Kayak bowed his head and exited the porch. He was considerate not to disturb the end of the couple from the side.
Easel, a fairy, went to her husband and touched his clothes here and there. She lifted the corners of her mouth to force a smile, but her eyes looked infinitely sad.
“Here, don’t worry. Siwoo and I will be fine. The first thing you need to take care of is your body. You just need to come back safely. I don’t want anything take care of your body only your body…”
Eisel finally couldn’t hold back and shed her tears again and again.
“You can’t get hurt. You have to be safe. You should come back safely. … I can’t lose you If something happens to you, I can’t live. Me, me, I can’t live without you know? Siwoo and I, you know we can’t do without you, right?”
“… Then. Know.”
Jihyeok wiped his teary cheeks with his thumb and palm.
“Thank you for raising me, I will never forget you. … You are my true love I love you, Azel. Forever. Forever…”
“Me too. I love you too I love you so much. More than my life. Honey, honey… !”
Azel burrowed into Jihyeok’s arms. The two hugged each other until they were crushed. The fairy kept crying.
I didn’t want to send The devil hated me so much. Why is the continent not peaceful? Why does the era make oneself so unhappy? Why do times separate her wife from her husband?
“Honey, honey…”
“I will go now. I’m waiting for you.”
“Huh. Don’t worry. Cheer up. Don’t worry here. Cheer up. Cheer up, win and come back.”
The fairy tried to laugh. The corners of her lips, barely lifted, trembled pitifully.
Jihyeok kissed Aizel one last time and left the front door. The fairy followed him like a child who had lost his parent’s hand.
The door of the waiting carriage opened and Jihyeok put his foot on the step. And finally, after looking back at his beloved wife, Eisel, he got on the carriage with a warm smile.
Ah, ah.
The carriage door closed, and the carriages began to leave the mansion one by one. The fairy began to run towards the wagon, which began to run more and more while saying, “Honey, honey.”
“Honey, honey, Jihyeok-ah, Ji-hyeok ah, Ji-hyeok ahhh… !”
Eisel ran while sobbing. She kept running As she ran out of the mansion she wept the carriage and she continued to follow. Durka, the caretaker, shouted, “I’m Mani,” And followed her.
Eventually, the fairy stopped midway and collapsed onto the floor. It was a heartbreaking farewell. She wept bitterly.
“Jihyuk ahh, Jihyuk ahhhhh–“
The old caretaker stood carefully beside the madam, waiting for her to soothe her tears.
From the dark sky, rain began to fall and pour.
The two men and women had been hit by a heavy rain for a long time.
The expedition procession, which started from dawn, continued through the heavy rain. Dozens of warrior teams, dozens of mercenaries, thousands of soldiers, hundreds of carts.
Most of those watching the procession were parents sending their young children. They waved their handkerchiefs as they were bathed in the pouring rain. Everyone wished blessings to those who left.
“It would have been nice if there were pretty girls.”
Bald Gide muttered in a pitiful tone as he watched the crowd sending off the expedition. I thought it would have been better if I had seen a beautiful woman before leaving.
“Still, if it rained on the day of departure, it was lucky. It feels so fucking good, doesn’t it?”
Gide smiled and glanced at the people around him. Everyone’s expression was grim. The bald man stopped joking around and watched the pouring rain. The expression of the soldiers moving in the rain was somehow gloomy.
Looking at them, Jihyeok let out a small sigh.
The sun rose and soon hid behind dark clouds. Everyone was silent in deep contemplation.
The direction of their thoughts was different, but in the end, they all imagined returning to the capital safely.
Everyone, come back safely.
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The large-scale expedition continued southward. The unripe blue grains danced swaying in the wind, making waves. The farmer who released the ducks to catch the vermin tut tut tut tut, looking at the large-scale moving expedition.
The South Continental people, who were born easy-going, were carefree even when they saw the fearsome soldiers. Gide whistled as he watched the woman and the girl working in the fields under the scorching sun. The women who had been working with his back bent enough to stick his nose to the top of his foot straightened their backs after a long time.
Peaceful days. The eyes of the soldiers looking at the scenery seemed complicated with various emotions.
The expedition soon arrives in the city, and Ji-hyeok goes in search of his commander, Princess Ganesha.
“Mama. I will leave now.”
“Already?”
“I think we might be late if we don’t hurry. It looks good to move quickly from now on.”
“… Okay. Go quickly You know what I can’t do without you?”
“Yes, don’t worry. I’ll be back soon.”
Jihyeok broke up with Princess Ganesha and immediately went back to the team’s quarters. The guild members who had already received the word gathered around Ji-hyeok, who was carrying his luggage.
“Don’t worry about us, and be careful.”
The lizardman kayak reassured the captain. The second and third wives were held tightly in the arms of her husband as she left alone, and she fell.
“Then don’t go.”
Jihyeok left the building wearing a mask that covered his nose and started walking down the street alone. The team members came to the main gate of the city to see off Ji-hyeok as he left in a carriage.
So the warrior separated from his teammates and moved towards the rocky mountain alone. The people riding with him seemed a little afraid of Jihyeok, who was wearing a sword. He lightly stroked the head of the little girl in the arms of the woman sitting next to him and took out a dried fruit from her arms and held it out. The child took it and chewed it well.
Jihyeok sighed as he stared endlessly at the walls of the city receding into the distance. It felt like my body was floating, as if I was wandering in a dream.
He wanted to see an easel on his wife. I missed you so much. So much that her heart ached.
Honey, honey…
A rocky mountain in the southwest of the continent, Eutra Pensia.
Jihyeok moved for over 15 days and arrived right there. He was to meet a Kurdish inspiration living here.
Right now, the continent was in a frenzy due to the devil’s depraved epilepsy, but this place, Eutrapensia, was still beautiful and mysterious, befitting its name as a fantastic paradise.
He looked at the sheer cliffs and the emerald-colored river with a vague gaze. … How happy it would be to live in a place like this with your loved ones.
But he soon shook his head to clear his thoughts and focused his attention again on the search for Kurdish inspiration.
The hero used the power of the dragon. He searched for living things by spreading powerful mana all over the place. Then I caught an aura wriggling very far away. … And obviously, the opponent must have felt the energy of the mana he spread.
Come.
The Kurdish old man started running toward Jihyeok at high speed. He, too, moved quickly towards the inspiration.
The two soon reunited after a long time across the river. The old Kurdish man, dressed almost in rags, stepped on the river and crossed to the other side with his white beard flying.
Jihyeok bowed deeply toward the Kurdish old man who appeared in front of him.
“It’s been a while, old man.”
“Long time no see. … Even if I cut ties with the world, I’m quite happy to see a face I know for the first time in a while.”
The old man laughed softly. At that time, Jihyeok knelt down on one knee and looked up at the Kurdish old man.
“Elders, please, lend your strength for the continent.”
“… What’s going on?”
Kurdish old man asked so. After catching his breath, Jihyeok appealed in a desperate tone.
“Right now, demonic groups have invaded the Western Continent and destroyed it all. And now they’re coming down here to the Southern Continent. Their forces are of unprecedented size. There, that strength has the power to destroy the continent.”
“… Huh…”
The inspiration raised his head and looked up at the sky and sighed. Jihyeok lowered his head.
“Just one last time, please help us. Please, old man.”
There was silence for a long time. Jihyeok waited for Kurdish old man’s words without a sound of breath.
“Stand up.”
Jihyeok lifted his head. Then he got up from his seat and looked straight at the old man who was waving his beard.
Kurdish, who was standing solemnly, slowly raised the corner of his mouth. He let out a long snort and looked up at the blue sky again.
“The time has come.”
“… Yes?”
“When I retire.”
The old man tapped Jihyeok’s broad shoulder with his hand.
“The time has come for me to lay down this loathsome championship. Thanks to you, we can have a splendid retirement ceremony.”
… Ah…
“Old man… !”
“If we can finally dedicate our lives to protecting the continent, what better retirement ceremony could there be? Isn’t it?”
The old man laughed heartily.
1st place in S class, Kurdish Ormus Gadnab,
The most splendid retirement ceremony was promised.
