Chapter 135: 135
Chapter 135: Together (3)
Cale immediately brought Tasha and Mary into the cave . It had been a while since he had seen Mary .
“Oh, mm, you haven’t changed . ”
Mary was still covered from head to toe by her black robe . However, maybe it was because he had seen her for a while before she left, but he felt like he could feel that the person inside of the black robe was happy .
“Hello young master Cale . I’m very happy to see you again . ”
Her voice was still the stiff and emotionless voice that reminded Cale of a navigation system . There was a black blob on top of the black robe’s head .
“I’m happy as well! Good girl Mary, I looked after your bones every so often!”
Raon was the one who was the happiest to see Mary again .
“Thank you very much . ”
“This is your first time going to the Jungle, right? I will tell you about everything . I have been there . ”
“You are amazing, Raon-nim . Is the Jungle’s sky beautiful as well?”
“Of course! We will also cross the ocean to get the Jungle . Although it will be difficult this time, let’s go sightseeing on the Killer Whale Archie’s back!”
“I look forward to it . ”
Cale was watching Raon and Mary chat when someone poked him on his side .
It was a pretty strong poke that caused Cale to start to frown as he turned around . However, he understood the reason for the strong poke after seeing what was going on .
“This, just what . ”
It was the Dark Elf Tasha .
She was completely shocked and looked to be at a loss for words . Her gaze was naturally focused on Eruhaben, who was standing next to Raon .
Eruhaben was speaking with Mary .
“I haven’t seen a necromancer in a while . ”
“Goldie, have you met another necromancer before?”
“You think I’m a little kid like you?”
“Mary, you don’t need to listen to Goldie saying, ‘little kid . ’”
It was a childish conversation not fitting Dragons, but that was not important to this Dark Elf .
Cale gently patted Tasha’s shoulder .
“Miss Tasha . ”
“Young master Cale- this, I, just what . ”
Cale whispered in Tasha’s ear .
“Please remember your vow of Elementals . This is a secret from his highness . ”
Cale’s tone was half respectful and half casual .
Tasha’s shoulders slightly flinched . She calmed herself down and looked toward Cale .
Cale was smiling as he continued to speak .
“The vow last time was about Raon, so it will be more reliable if you make a new vow with Eruhaben-nim in it as well . Please do it now . ”
Tasha started to smile .
“You haven’t changed, young master Cale . ”
“Will you make the vow?”
“Of course . ”
Tasha could not say no . The Dragon named Eruhaben had glared at her while she was chatting with Cale .
She also felt relieved at what Cale said next .
“Good . I will eventually tell his highness, so don’t worry about it . ”
“I trust you, young master Cale . ”
Tasha looked toward Cale with thanks . Mary, who was robotic and did not seem like a human being, had changed in the short time she had been away from Tasha .
‘Young master Cale-nim, Raon-nim, I like them all . I want to go back . It was fun . ’
It was fun .
Tasha had never expected such words to come out of Mary’s mouth . That was why Tasha was thankful to Cale . Mary was pretty much on the same level as her nephew, Alberu, in Tasha’s eyes .
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
Tasha chuckled at Cale’s question . Cale looked at Tasha, whose emotions were changing a lot with concern, before walking over to Eruhaben’s side .
“Eruhaben-nim, what are your thoughts after seeing Mary?”
“You want Pendrick to heal this child?”
“Yes sir . ”
“Hmm . ”
Cale slowly started to speak to Eruhaben, who seemed to be deep in thought . He had heard that Eruhaben was the one who had healed the weak Pendrick .
“Eruhaben-nim . ”
“Yeah?”
“Is it too much for Pendrick’s skill level?”
“Yes . ”
“What about you Eruhaben-nim? Wouldn’t you know a lot about necromancers since you have seen them before?”
Eruhaben’s gaze, which had been on Mary, turned toward Cale . Cale was pretty much bluntly trying to pass Mary’s recovery over to him .
‘The problem is that I don’t hate his way of doing things . ’
Eruhaben did not find Cale’s actions to be bad .
There was a simple reason for it .
‘He never asks for anything for himself . ’
Nothing Cale asked for had to do with himself . Although he came to help him find the power of earth, that was at Raon’s request . The other requests Cale had were to help make his people stronger and to investigate the stone pillar that might bring danger to the whole region .
‘What a funny punk . ’
Although Cale frequently complained about his life, he always moved to help others .
That was why Eruhaben could not hate him .
Although Eruhaben was a self-centered Dragon, his overwhelming knowledge and strength made him altruistic toward the weak . Eruhaben looked toward Cale and bluntly started to speak .
“I don’t care what you want, but I will take a look at this child in order to satisfy my own curiosity . ”
“Thank you very much . ”
Ahem . Eruhaben let out a fake cough and looked away .
However, Cale felt like he could relax about healing Mary now that Eruhaben was involved, so he turned his head away from Eruhaben .
“…Young master Cale . ”
He could see that Tasha was looking at him with warm eyes and that the black robe was coming toward him . [1]
“What?”
Cale responded back to the two of them in a cold tone, however, Tasha could not hide her look of admiration as she started to walk toward Cale as well .
“Young master Cale, you are really a warm person . ”
“Thank you very much . Young master Cale, you are a good and righteous person . ”
Mary’s emotionless voice spoke right after Tasha .
Cale just nodded his head at them . He was only doing it so that Mary could get stronger .
‘I need her to be healthy so that she can work properly when we are fighting against the Northern Alliance . ’
The Wyvern Knights Brigade will fly over the Forest of Darkness . Mary will be one of the core components in the fight against those Wyverns .
Winning the first battle was very important in a war .
The moment that the Northern Alliance left their territories and headed down to the Roan Kingdom and Breck Kingdom, Cale was planning on destroying them in the Henituse territory .
‘I will obliterate them . ’
Just destroying them was not enough . He needed to obliterate them to make, not just the Northern Alliance, but for the Empire and Arm to hesitate as well . He had already discussed a plan with Alberu about the actions that they would take depending on the enemy’s actions .
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That was why Cale needed Mary to get better .
“Hurry up and get better and make yourself stronger if you are thankful . ”
“Yes sir . I will definitely do that . ”
Mary’s voice was robotic, but Cale felt like he could sense some passion in it .
Cale smiled with satisfaction and turned his head before flinching . Someone had quietly approached him while he was chatting .
“Young master-nim, I just have to do it like last time, right?”
It was Ron .
Cale suddenly felt like he could relax . Ron was the most reliable of the group going with him . Cale looked toward Ron and gently started to speak .
“Exactly like last time . ”
“Yes sir . ”
The group going this time were the two Dragons, Ron, the necromancer Mary, and the Dark Elf Tasha .
Cale headed toward the Jungle with yet another new combination of people .
“This land belongs to you, young master Cale?”
“Well, yes . ”
Tasha, who had transformed to look like a normal human, was shocked . Cale casually answered her question and entered the Section 1 shoreline . Tasha blankly stared for a moment before alighting from the ship .
They had traveled to the Jungle via ship .
Although they had two Dragons with them, they chose not to fly as the two Dragons had to hide their identities .
Cale had to hide Tasha and Mary’s identities as well . Of course, Tasha would reveal herself based on the situation .
“Young master Cale-nim . ”
Cale looked toward the person who came to greet him and put on an awkward smile .
Queen Litana had sent her personal beast and her right-hand man in order to show them respect . Bin, Litana’s most trusted subordinate, respectfully bowed his head toward Cale .
“Long time no see . ”
Cale received Bin’s greeting and peeked toward the side .
“Grrr . ”
The Black Panther revealed his fangs and seemed to be smiling .
‘Damn it . ’
Litana had sent her most trusted beast, the Black Panther Ten, along with Bin to greet Cale . Although this showed how important Cale was to her, Cale did not want to ride the Black Panther again .
Human, I want to try riding him as well . But I still have to stay hidden, right?
Cale ignored Raon’s question and instead asked Bin a question .
“…Looks like you brought horses . Do we all need to ride?”
“We also have a carriage . ”
“I see . Then I will- . ”
“Grrr . ”
Ten came over and rubbed his face on Cale’s leg . Bin started to smile as he spoke .
“It looks like Ten missed you, young master-nim . Her majesty said that, if it was young master Cale-nim, Ten would let you get on . ”
“… I see . ”
In the end, Cale’s group was divided into the carriage and horses while Cale himself got on top of Ten .
“Grrr . ”
Ten seemed to be happy as he continued to growl while Cale clenched onto Ten’s fur . He then asked Bin another question .
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“Where do I need to go to meet them?”
Bin didn’t need to ask who Cale wanted to see . He knew that Cale was going to meet with the Saint and the Holy Maiden .
“The two of them are in Section 7 of the Jungle . ”
The Jungle was divided into a total of 15 sections . Section 7 was at the center of the Jungle with a large lake cutting through the region .
Furthermore, the Palace of the King of the Jungle has been in Section 7 for generations .
Cale looked toward Bin and jokingly asked .
“It is darkest underneath the lamp?”
“Something like that . ”
Queen Litana was taking good care of the twins . Cale urged Bin to move .
“Let’s hurry . ”
“Yes sir . ”
Bin’s horse moved to the front with Ten behind him . Cale flinched at their speed and held on tightly .
Even with them traveling as quickly as possible, it took them a couple of days to arrive in Section 7 . However, Cale could not help but let out a gasp of surprise once they arrived .
‘I didn’t think the word city would make sense for something in the Jungle, but this is definitely enough to be called a Jungle City . Amazing . ’
It looked like the buildings and trees were intertwined with each other . However, it also did not look to be lacking in technique compared to the buildings of other kingdoms .
“What do you think?”
Bin walked through one of the paths as he asked for Cale’s opinion . Cale looked at the animals and people climbing through the trees and then looked at the buildings around them and shared his honest observation .
“It looks very cool . ”
“You are right . It is cool . ”
Bin seemed to be proud of this Jungle City . He then pointed to the center of Section 7, which was surrounded by trees .
“You can’t see it right now because the trees are covering it, but that is the palace . ”
“I’ll meet with her majesty at dinner?”
“Yes sir . And before then, mm . ”
Cale understood what Bin was trying to say .
“I’ll meet with them as soon as we arrive . ”
“Yes sir . ”
Bin led Cale and the rest to the center of Section 7 . They could soon see the palace .
“Mm, young master-nim, it is magnificent . ”
Ron, who was on a horse and not in the carriage, moved up next to Cale and shared his sentiments . Cale agreed with Ron’s choice of words .
‘The nature is part of the palace and the palace is part of nature . Is it something like that?’
The palace was built on trees that seemed to be hundreds of years old . The palace looked like a giant mountain in the middle of those trees .
Human, a house like this is nice too! Should we try to get one like this as well?
Cale ignored Raon’s nonsense and turned his gaze over to Bin .
“Please follow me . ”
Bin approached the palace . The warriors standing guard moved to the side after seeing Bin, and so Cale’s group was able to enter the palace without any issues .
“It took two hundred years to construct this palace without damaging the nature around it . That is why it is built in such a unique fashion . ”
Cale listened to Bin’s explanation as he headed to the back of the palace . He could see two large trees in front of him . These two trees seemed to be hundreds of years old and grew up until they intertwined into one . A small palace was built underneath the middle of those intertwined trees .
Cale understood that they had arrived once Bin stopped walking .
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“It is underneath this palace . ”
“Let’s go . ”
Bin approached the small palace after hearing Cale’s comment . The warriors in front of this palace seemed to be stronger than the ones guarding other areas .
They opened the door at Bin’s command .
“Will everyone be going with you?”
“Yes . ”
Cale entered the palace after seeing everybody get off of the carriage and stand behind him .
The small palace only had one hall which was guarded by multiple warriors . Litana definitely seemed to be paying attention to the safety of the twins .
There was a door leading underground at the center of the hall .
Screeeeech .
Bin opened the door .
The path down was clean and bright .
“It is here . ”
Cale nodded his head and followed Bin inside .
Tap . Tap .
Cale could hear their steps as they walked down the stone staircase and thought to himself that this was quite a long way down .
“Is the underground area the center of this palace?”
“It is . We dug a large area underground in order to not harm the two trees . There are only one servant, one highest-grade warrior, and the two guests in this area . I was stationed here before I left to escort you over . ”
It definitely seemed to be safe .
“I feel like we’ve been going down for a while . Is it much farther down?”
“We are almost the-”
Something happened before Bin could finish speaking .
They heard something from the bottom of the staircase .
“Ugh, aaaahhh!”
It was the sound of someone screaming . The screaming woman sounded like she was about to die .
All of them stopped walking .
Tap .
Something tapped Cale on the shoulder . Cale flinched after turning his head . He could see that a black sleeve was on his shoulder .
The black sleeve was naturally a part of Mary’s black robe .
Mary started to speak .
“She is seizing . ”
“What?”
“It is dangerous . It is a sign that the dead mana is starting to reach the intermediate stages . It is very painful . ”
“Aaaaaah! Ugh, aaaaaah!”
The screaming continued .
Mary quickly added on .
“She seems to have reached her limit . ”
The swordmaster Hannah was at her limit .
Cale did not respond to Mary and instead turned to give Bin an order .
“Hurry . ”
1 . Author references Mary as black robe frequently because that’s all you can see . (PR: And I hate it . )