Chapter 179
Chapter 179: I Did Pick It Up . . . But (1)
However, the voice of the Super Rock disappeared as soon as he landed on the field .
“Isn’t this a field?”
"This is the right place . ”
Cale responded to the invisible Hong’s question as he approached the quietest spot in the Estate .
There are no magic devices!
It was possible because Raon had already informed him in advance .
The Guardian Knight household of Sekka .
Cale naturally had gathered all of the information he could gather about the household . That was why he knew about this spot .
He could immediately tell that this was the, ‘field,’ that he had learned about .
The person who was the first Duke of the Sekka household as well as the first Guardian Knight . That person had created a front garden, a rear garden, and a small field in the corner .
He personally maintained the field once he became old . He grew all sorts of vegetables, fertilizing them, watering them, and repelling insects in order to keep them healthy .
The way he looked after the small field looked so simple and modest that it became another way to describe the man's demeanor .
That was why the family used this field even after the man's death .
However, the number of people personally using this field went down as the years passed by, and, in the end, it now remained just a part of history, being maintained to look neat but not used for anything else .
But the fact that they would keep this useless field around for the sake of history and maintain it for so long was still a praiseworthy action .
“This is nice . ”
That was why Cale just walked through the field and commented on its decent condition .
Human, are we digging?
He ignored Raon's question .
Swooooooosh-
Instead, he focused on the Sound of the Wind .
Cale looked around . He could see the rear garden, as well as the buildings of the estate that were brightly lit but calm, unlike the chaotic plaza . Of course, the people inside probably could not sleep .
He could also see the field .
Finally, he could see a small shed next to the field .
It was a small and old shed .
“…This must be it . ”
Cale started to smile .
He quickly headed toward the shed . The shed was so small that Cale needed to crouch to enter .
Choi Han watched Cale look at the shed before standing in the field to stand guard .
Tap . Tap .
Choi Han looked down after feeling something tap his shoe . There was nothing there .
“Meeeeeow . ”
He then heard On's meow . Fog started to slowly appear to cover the area around the field .
Choi Han reached his hand out toward this invisible and reliable ally and On climbed up his arm to sit down on his shoulder .
Cale did not pay any attention to the dark and foggy surroundings as he stood in front of the shed and crouched down . He saw a rusty door .
He tried to pull on the door with all of his strength .
Screech, screech!
“Mm . ”
It did not move at all .
It seemed to be too rusted to move .
“Ay . ”
“Meeeeeow . ”
He heard Raon's sigh and Hong’s meow of disbelief . Cale ignored it and let go of the door .
“Raon . ”
I got it, our weak human . I don't even need to use magic on this . My front paw is enough .
Cale couldn’t help but think about Raon's comment .
‘You can open doors with those short paws of yours?’
Apparently, he could .
Crack!
The door had two imprints in the shape of Raon’s paws as it easily opened . No, it broke . Cale looked at the barely hanging door and started to speak .
“Let’s erase those imprints . ”
Alright .
Crack, crack, bang!
Raon grabbed the door and kicked at it a few more times . In the end, the imprints were gone and a large hole replaced it . People would never expect it was a Dragon's paw now . It looked more like a mana orb was used to break open the door .
“I could have melted it with poison . ”
Cale ignored Hong’s sad voice .
He then left the two children behind as he entered the shed . He could not even stand up straight in here .
“Raon, light . ”
A small light orb appeared in order to light up the shed . Cale’s expression turned odd .
“…Farming tools?”
He could only see farming tools .
There was a shovel that seemed pretty new, a hoe that seemed to be a few years old, and an old pickaxe . There were many other miscellaneous tools as well .
Cale picked up the hoe . There was a hoe in his magic bag as well .
Although he wished that this old hoe was the divine item, unfortunately, the wind pointed to the corner .
Cale looked toward the corner that was filled with miscellaneous items .
“Haaaa . ”
He sighed before crouching down to clear the items . Although he looked tacky moving the items aside, Cale was focused on the work .
However, he frowned and started to speak .
“Time to pay up . ”
“Meeeeow . “
Hong came over to help .
“Human, let’s just blow it away with the wind! Uhh, will the shed fly away too if we do that?”
Raon was speaking out loud as they were currently inside the shed .
“Yes, it will . ”
“I see! But something is weird here!”
‘Weird?’
Cale threw a copper plate to the side as he looked toward Raon .
Raon had noticed the divine items last time based on the feelings he got .
“What is weird?”
Raon happily answered Cale’s question .
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“Anger! Destruction!”
‘…What?’
“A grudge!”
‘…A grudge?’
“Those are the things I can feel!”
Clang .
A small tong in Cale’s hand fell to the floor . He had found the item that the Sound of the Wind was touching at that moment . Raon’s voice continued on as well .
“Yes! That is the item! I feel a grudge as cold as winter coming from it! It feels like the revenge of the snow! Oh, that is a good name! The Snow’s Revenge!”
‘This is driving me nuts . ’
Cale looked toward the item that Raon was calling the, ‘Snow’s Revenge . ’
It was a watering can .
It looked like a common blue watering can .
It just had an outdated design due to its age .
Cale covered his face with both hands .
This did not seem to be the, ‘God’s Tears . ’ [1]
‘Anger and grudge? Sounds more like, ‘God’s Rage’ than God’s Tears . ’
“…Huh?”
Cale lowered his hands from his face .
There was no reason for the entire legend to be true .
“Perhaps?”
Cale looked toward Raon, who blinked his round eyes a few times before going, ‘ah!’ as if he realized what Cale was thinking .
“Human, I do not think it is dangerous to us! It is not getting angry at us!”
Cale immediately picked the watering can up after hearing Raon’s comment .
He then inspected it thoroughly . There was nothing on the outside, the bottom, nor the top . Nothing at all . He did not see any writing .
“…Was I wrong?”
Cale recalled the God of Death’s book . He had expected something to be written on this watering can as well . Of course, there were divine items like the Sun God’s divine item that Cale could not see anything .
Click .
Cale opened the lid of the watering can with disappointment . There was nothing inside of it as well .
‘Is there nothing here?’
He sighed before closing the lid .
“Ah . ”
He then opened it back and flipped the lid around .
“Ha, hah”
Cale started to laugh .
There was a very faint line of text underneath the lid . It almost looked to be a lace patterned decoration .
Cale pointed to the words and asked Raon a question .
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“Can you enlarge it with magic?”
“Of course I can do it! I am great and mighty!”
Raon looked at the words on the lid and started to speak .
“They are words!”
“Read it . ”
Cale immediately ordered Raon, who slowly started to read .
“The same thing repeats over and over! It seems to be here at least a hundred times!”
Cale was curious about the contents of the tiny text that was hidden in the shape of a pattern .
Raon’s voice echoed inside the small shed .
“Life ends with nothing . The water will eventually overflow, even if you build a dam . I had created a river for the frozen land, but all of you blocked it from flowing . ”
Cale had realized that he had something wrong from the beginning .
The lake from the legend of the, ‘God’s Tears,’ was not actually a lake .
It was a river .
Raon continued to read .
“There is only one conclusion for all of you who chased away my precious child in order to fill your greed . ”
‘Precious child? The legend said that the god left behind a Guardian Knight?’
The final statement came out of Raon’s mouth .
“Everything will return to normal just as the river eventually flows . ”
Raon finished reading and looking up at Cale .
“Raon, what kind of letters do you see?”
“It is a runic language!”
“Really?”
Raon had read the runic language similar to what they saw in the God of Death’s book . The fact that it was not a magic item even though the runic language was written on it made it likely that the truth was written on this watering can .
Of course, this was the truth from the perspective of the god .
Cale thought through the information one at a time .
The god originally created a river for the frozen north . However, the people who used to live in this land in the past turned the river into a lake in order to horde the water for themselves .
That made the god rage and leave behind this divine item .
Furthermore, the people chased away the god’s precious child before they made the lake .
If these statements were true, that meant that the current legend had changed a lot of the information .
‘The Guardian Knight is not someone the god selected . ’
The Guardian Knight that the citizens of the Paerun Kingdom and even Clopeh himself believed to be chosen by the god held a completely different history .
‘Is that precious child the Fire of Destruction’s rival?’
He recalled what the Super Rock had said .
‘Are you trying to destroy the traces of fire’s eternal rival?’
He was feeling as if a lot of complicated things had gathered together .
But Cale soon stopped thinking about it .
There was no reason to figure everything out right now . This was neither the time nor the place to do that .
Cale looked down at the watering can .
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“Raon, let’s pack this away for now . ”
“Alright! This will not bring us any harm!”
Raon immediately put the watering can in his spatial dimension . Cale then crawled back out of the shed only to see that a thick fog was surrounding the area .
Cale raised his head and saw that Choi Han had walked over to him . He asked a question .
“Is it almost time?”
“Yes, Cale-nim . I think they will be here soon . ”
Cale gave an order to On and Hong .
“Let’s get started . ”
Meeeeeow .
The fog around the field started to spread out . The fog was completely white . It was full of poison that would make people lose their sense of direction . This poisonous fog surrounded Cale and the field that they were in . However, the fog did not touch Cale at all . It just surrounded him in order to protect him .
Human, are we going to Arm now? Are we taking their stuff?
“Not yet . ”
Cale shook his head at Raon’s question . He then fixed his answer after hearing Choi Han’s voice .
“They seem to have arrived . ”
Choi Han looked toward the main gate . He felt a strong presence that was making itself known as it approached the door .
They’re here! Is it time now?
“Yes . Let’s go say hello to Arm . ”
Choi Han flinched at Cale’s phrasing .
However, Cale asked Raon to use flight magic in a relaxed demeanor .
His body that was surrounded by the poisonous fog slowly started to float up .
It was at that moment .
Baaaaaang!
Baaaang!
Loud banging noises echoed throughout the Sekka Estate, making the entire area become rowdy . Cale could see what was going on once he landed on the roof .
“Hahahaha! How weak!”
A man who was wearing a black mask and the shabby secret organization outfit was laughing while stepping on the remains of the wyvern sculpture that he had just destroyed .
The Killer Whale Archie had destroyed those ugly sculptures with his bare hands . Archie had been given this order by Cale earlier in the day .
‘Do it however you want . ’
Archie swung his fists toward the knights that were running toward him .
Baaaang!
The last wyvern, the symbol of the Guardian Knight, was destroyed . Archie was able to do as he pleased for the first time in a long time .
“Wow, is this a wyvern or a fly? How cute! They break so easily if you just tap on them! Ahahaha!”
Cale smiled with satisfaction while watching Archie acting like a lunatic . Rosalyn and Paseton, who were both wearing the same shabby outfit, were standing behind Archie .
“Wonderful . ”
Cale looked toward the knights and the male Lion heading toward them as he enjoyed the cold breeze .
The male Lion was wearing leather armor instead of Arm’s uniform . He started to shout with a frown on his face .
“H, how dare they wear such terrible fake outfits! They must be those bastards!”
Cale felt even better .
“The night air is so refreshing . ”
It was still the middle of the night .
1 . God’s Tears seems to be the divine item, so it will be capitalized from here onward . I think I got most of them already though .