Chapter 196: 196
Chapter 196: There’s a Dragon? (1)
The clouds of war covered the Henituse territory .
The Western continent was quiet on the outside ever since the Roan Kingdom’s proclamation . However, that was just the calm before the storm .
Rain City, the location of the Henituse Castle .
The shoulders of all of the citizens inside the city were curled up in fear .
The citizens who were walking alone or in groups of three or four all had odd expressions on their faces . Fear, worry, and even some other emotion were all visible on their faces .
One of the citizens who had been walking with a friend pulled his jacket tighter because of the cold weather as he slowly looked around .
He could see the newly fortified castle wall . It was a tall and thick wall .
He could also see soldiers and knights walking around on top of the wall .
The citizen’s gaze then headed up to the sky .
“…Someone with such a weak body is doing so much . ”
His friend stopped walking and looked up at the sky as well after hearing him speak .
The tall castle wall surrounded the entire Rain City . However, even that wall could not reach the sky .
The citizens could see the cloudy gray winter sky .
‘Wyverns are going to invade through the sky?’
They couldn’t help but feel fear .
However, there was a silver light that caught their attention even more than the cloudy sky .
Rain City . This city could be considered to be small in size . A faint silver shield was currently surrounding the city . The other emotion that was visible on the faces of the citizens along with the fear and worry was relief .
“…Didn’t they say that he coughs up blood whenever he uses the shield?”
“That is the case . ”
His friend answered back with a calm expression . The citizen fixed his gaze up at the sky and started to speak .
“It's already been three days . ”
The Roan Kingdom’s northern territories became the most dangerous locations after crown prince Alberu showed the video of the wyverns and claimed that the Roan Kingdom would not lose .
The northeast region was the region with the highest risk of attack .
The enemy kingdom of Norland . The Henituse territory in the northeast region was the closest territory to Norland that was across the Forest of Darkness .
That was why the citizens could not help but be in a state of chaos .
However, Rain City had been covered by a silver light starting from the night of the proclamation .
They had no idea when the war would begin .
The silver shield had not lost its light for even a moment during these past three days .
“Won't he faint if he uses such a large shield? Why doesn't he just activate it when those northern bastards come?”
His friend shook his head and responded back .
“Can't you tell? He doesn't want to see us or the territory getting hurt at all . ”
He could not say anything to his friend's response .
Looking up at the sky told him that this was true . Even the tall castle walls could not stop the wyverns . There were also only a few mages in the Roan Kingdom who could attack something in the sky .
That was why the weak young master Cale was overusing his ancient power .
The citizen's heart was running wild . At that moment, one of his other friends casually added on .
“I thought he was trash . ”
The citizen could not help but shout toward his friend .
“Bad! How could you!”
A third friend added on .
“I looked into it, and they said that he was someone who threw bottles at gangsters! How is that being trash?”
“Didn’t he also break stuff? I heard he even broke down some store doors . ”
“Ahem, well . ”
He could not retort his friend's statement .
To be honest, young master Cale really was trash . You could not erase or change your past . However, it was not enough to look down on his current sacrifice .
“He must have come to his senses . He is our young master-nim now . ”
“You are right . Our Lord-nim is a good person, so his son the young master-nim must have learned something from him as well . ”
The citizen nodded to agree with his friend as he looked at the notices placed around Rain City . He was one of the few people who knew how to read .
This was the message on the notices .
< The Henituse Castle will be providing the citizens with food until the territory returns to peace . >
The Henituse Estate had opened its warehouse doors .
The amount of food they had stored was plentiful enough to give such a proclamation without having a certain end date .
The citizen looked toward the castle gate .
There were crowds of citizens who had come after hearing about the silver shield . This was the case even though the Wyvern Knights Brigade would definitely focus their attacks on Rain City and not the rural villages .
They still chose to gather together underneath the lord of the territory .
Furthermore, there were many wheelbarrows filled with food from the Henituse warehouse heading toward different spots in the territory . There were also farming tools in some of the wheelbarrows .
‘We need to start farming in the spring . ’
The words Count Deruth had said while handing some farming tools to the citizens were spreading like wildfire .
Those words symbolized a message in the minds of the citizens .
After the war .
During the springtime that would come after this late winter .
They would be able to return to their lives at that moment .
The citizen looked back up at the sky .
“I heard that he was working hard even though he is in pain . ”
‘I pray that he is doing well . ’
Cale Henituse .
The man who was currently the Military Commander of the northeast region was said to be struggling but continuing to keep up the shield .
And this rumor had spread past the Henituse territory and the northeast region to the rest of the Roan Kingdom .
Of course .
“So annoying . ”
Cale Henituse had spread this rumor himself .
Cale was currently using his bedroom in the castle as his office .
He leaned back on a comfortable couch and started to speak .
“Young master Eric Wheelsman should be doing well, right?”
“I'm sure he is . ”
Cale looked toward the smiling Ron and couldn't help but think that he was a scary old man . As for himself, he was a bad person .
He had the military command and yet he only gave orders .
Once he did so, young master Eric and the Ubarr liege followed his orders to create detailed guidelines to send to the territories .
Furthermore, Ron was the first check for those guidelines, while crown prince Alberu was the second .
Ron had once been the head of one of the top five assassin households in the Eastern continent . He was more experienced in military knowledge than Cale . Furthermore, crown prince Alberu was focusing everything on the northeast region, which had the highest chances of being invaded first .
‘It really is nice when other people do things for you . ’
Cale was currently relaxed .
Ron's smile became cold as soon as Cale's gaze moved away from him . His gaze was focused on Cale, who seemed to be drowning in documents as he thoroughly read through the guidelines and properly gave orders that matched the big picture .
He could see Cale's pale expression .
Tap . Tap . Tap .
It had been three days . Raon was hitting the floor with his tail from the corner of the room . On and Hong were doing the same thing . The Black Dragon was currently full of complaints .
“…You stupidly good human!”
“He's right . You're stupid . ”
“…It's frustrating . ”
On and Hong chimed in as well while Raon continued to stare at Cale's back .
Raon had said that he would step up to destroy the enemies .
However, this was Cale's response .
‘No . You could be in danger if you show yourself . ’
Cale had sounded very stern .
Raon had responded back to that .
‘Who and what would put a great and mighty Dragon in danger?’
However, Cale had no plans on revealing Raon when he still did not know much about the crown that drank Dragon blood . He had not had any time to meet the ancient Dragon Eruhaben .
Furthermore, he needed to create heroes this time .
That would give those people a way to live a peaceful life .
That would also help the Roan Kingdom become stronger .
Dark Elf .
Necromancer .
The Tiger tribe .
And the Henituse territory .
Those were the names of the heroes Cale was planning on creating .
He wanted to shake the hearts of the kingdom and the continent . An emotional story was necessary in order to do such a thing .
Cale quickly looked through the final document before leaning back on the couch .
The Indestructible Shield had definitely gotten stronger than before .
Maybe it was because it did not need to block anything right now, but just keeping it up like this was not that hard .
Of course, this was all thanks to the Vitality of the Heart . He was fine even without getting much sleep these days . Just one or two hours was enough to feel refreshed .
Cale looked out the window with a satisfied expression . He could see the cloudy sky and the faint shield .
It was at that moment .
“Cale-nim, isn’t it tiring?”
It was Choi Han .
Cale turned his gaze to the side .
‘Why doesn’t this punk ever age?’
He questioned how Choi Han still looked like a high school student, but decided that it was annoying to think about and brushed it aside as he answered Choi Han's question .
“It is not that hard . I am currently writing a new history of the kingdom . ”
‘Yes, yes indeed . ’
The original novel had been completely changed . That was why it was a new history .
Usually, doing such a thing would be cumbersome .
Although it was cumbersome, it wasn’t that hard on his body .
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Cale looked back out the window .
Choi Han started to frown while looking at Cale, who was leaning on the couch with a pale expression and looking out the window .
‘How could a person be like this?’
Choi Han could not understand . He touched his scabbard as he started to think . A new history . Choi Han focused on those words .
Cale did not care as he casually lifted up the warm cup of tea that Ron brought over for him .
‘Hmm?’
It was a sweet tea that he actually liked . Cale peeked toward Ron, who had his usually benign smile . Cale started to think .
‘I guess the old man is tired as well . He forgot to bring me bitter tea . ’
Cale looked toward Ron with concern before turning his gaze away and drinking the tea . He took a large gulp since it was sweet .
“Pffff-!”
He then spat it all out .
The Black Dragon stomped one of his short paws and flew up into the air .
A black spot could be seen in the distance .
And soon enough .
Baaaaang!
The sky roared .
Cale stood up while wiping away the tea from his face .
The black dot almost instantaneously flew over and crashed into the sky .
It was the wyverns .
One, two . More black dots started to fly over to them .
Boom, boom!
The sky was becoming filled with these noises .
Wiiiiiiiiing- Wiiiiiiing-
An emergency alarm went out throughout Rain City .
The enemy was here .
This casual afternoon would be the start of the war .
"Everybody, calm down! Move according to the guide knight's instructions!”
The knight shouted out loud as he directed the scared citizens to safety . The soldiers helped the citizens move to safety, just as they had practiced in advance .
Tap . Tap . Tap .
All of the houses throughout the city closed their doors . They were expecting to hear the citizens locking their doors . However, no sound of doors being locked could be heard .
Tap . Tap . Tap .
The armored knights and equipped soldiers moved from the castle walls and throughout the city .
However, none of this could be heard as well .
Boom- boom!
The noise of the wyverns ramming into the shield was too loud to hear anything else .
Rooooooooooar!
The roars of the wyverns were the only other thing that could be heard in Rain City . The citizens of the city all had pale expressions .
This was the first time they had personally seen a wyvern .
Even the smallest one was at least 5 meters long . The knight on top who was controlling the large monster looked like a small dot .
However, the knights who were wearing armor as white as snow seemed experienced in controlling these violent wyverns, making the soldiers and knights all gulp .
Click . Click .
The citizens started to peek out their windows .
Will the shield break?
Does that mean we will all die?
They were looking toward the castle walls with fear .
It was at that moment .
“…It is the young master-nim!”
One of the citizens who was looking out the window subconsciously shouted .
Cale had appeared on the castle wall .
A bright silver light was coming out of both of his hands . Cale walked over to the center of the castle wall and reached his hands up to the sky .
The knights and soldiers were watching him from the closest distance .
This was their first ever war .
A loud and firm voice soon reached their ears .
“The shield will not break!”
It was an armored Count Deruth .
The usually mellow and average looking Count's face was scary looking today .
“Everybody focus!”
The pounding on the shield and the wyverns’ roars were not as loud as the Count’s voice .
Cale listened to Count Deruth’s voice and started to smile .
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‘He is surprisingly talented . ’
It was the moment that he was evaluating his father’s abilities .
Baaaaang-!
A noise that was louder than before echoed inside the shield .
Cale started to frown .
15 meters .
An extremely large wyvern looked down at Cale who was inside the shield and opened its mouth .
It was impossible for normal wyverns to be 15 meters long .
This white wyvern seemed to be a mutant .
Cale started to speak .
“You're here . ”
He knew this person would come .
He was waiting for this person on top of the white wyvern . The Paerun Kingdom’s Guardian Knight .
The white-haired Clopeh Sekka .
He pulled the wyvern back and looked down toward Cale .
The two of them made eye contact .
Clopeh Sekka looked down at Cale and started to speak .
“Everything will crumble once we destroy the shield . ”
He too had seen the Roan Kingdom’s video .
Clopeh had decided to destroy this longest surviving kingdom without any power first after watching the video . His pride would take a hit if he started anywhere else .
It would seem as if he had been scared by the Roan Kingdom's proclamation if started anywhere else .
That was why the Indomitable Alliance had selected the Roan Kingdom as their target .
Furthermore, he had known about the slightly famous person in the Roan Kingdom .
It was the son of a noble who used a silver shield .
“How interesting . ”
Clopeh Sekka looked at the shield that was giving off a faint silver light .
Getting rid of this shield and that red-haired punk would start them off on a good note . That was why Clopeh had personally come .
He was the one who would use his overwhelming strength in order to write a new legend .
He blew into a flute .
Beeeeeeep-
Tens of wyverns quickly flew toward him from a distance .
The Henituse soldiers all clenched onto their spears in fear .
There were more wyverns than they had seen in the video, and they were all covering the sky above the Henituse territory right now . The Guardian Knight looked down at the red-haired man .
‘Did they say his name was Cale Henituse?’
He would soon die .
There was a limit to ancient powers .
The Guardian Knight raised his hand .
“Descend . ”
It was at that moment .
Large-bodied individuals jumped off the wyverns behind him . They soon opened up parachutes that had never been seen before and safely landed on the ground .
Boom! Boom! Boom!
These large-bodied individuals started to line up outside of Rain City's castle walls .
Their numbers were easily over 100 .
One of the soldiers let out a gasp .
“…The Bear tribe . ”
The Bear Tribe was one of the strongest Beast people tribes and had the largest numbers .
These large Bears entered their berserk transformation and started to surround the castle walls . They were able to arrive here using the parachutes that the Dwarves had made for them .
Clopeh watched them land before lowering his hand and giving an order .
“Attack . ”
The wyverns immediately headed toward the silver shield .
The white wyvern headed down as well .
Guardian Knight Clopeh could see the expressions on the faces of the people standing on the castle wall .
The soldiers had pale expressions . He knew that the citizens must have the same expressions on their faces as well .
He was certain that this would be an easy victory .
This attack was stronger than any magic bomb or crumbling palace .
Even this weak attack should be enough to destroy a small territory .
He then made eye contact with Cale again .
This was the end .
Baaaaang! Baaaaang!
The banging noises were so loud it felt as if it could shatter their eardrums .
“…How could we…”
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One of the more cowardly soldiers plopped to the ground .
‘The shield will break . ’
That was what he was thinking .
The soldier’s gaze headed toward Cale . He could see the young master who was completely pale and looked as if he could fall at any moment .
In fact, many of the gazes were focused on Cale right now .
Cale started to think at that moment .
‘The North really is a munchkin too . ’
They were very strong .
However .
Human, the wyverns are large, but they are weak . These puny things are kind of cute .
‘There's a Dragon here?’
The shield would not break .
This was because it was covered by a Dragon’s shield .
Something like a wyvern would not be able to break a Dragon's shield .
‘I can’t reveal Raon, but I can still put him to use . ’
Cale continued to keep his shield up through the noise .
Boom, boom!
The wyverns rammed into the shield tens of times . It almost sounded as if they were beating on it like a drum .
“…Ah . ”
The fallen soldier let out a gasp .
One time, ten times, almost a hundred times . The shield did not break no matter how many times they rammed into it .
In fact, it only started to shine even brighter .
The soldier repeated what the Count had said earlier .
“…The shield will not break . ”
The young master who looked as if he could fall over at any moment did not fall .
“Ha!”
Guardian Knight Clopeh let out a shocked laugh . It was stronger than he had expected . Contrary to his feeble-looking appearance, that young master’s ancient power was stronger than he had expected .
However, nothing had changed in his mind .
A shield would eventually break . Furthermore, there were other places that they could hit other than the shield .
Clopeh Sekka . The Guardian Knight maintained his calm as he looked down at Cale .
It was at that moment .
Cale Henituse .
He was smiling .
Clopeh felt chills on the back of his neck at that moment .
‘Behind me . ’
The white wyvern urgently turned around .
He had thought it was a white cloud at first .
He thought a white cloud was descending from the sky .
However, he was wrong .
“…Bones?”
They were skeletons .
Hundreds of skeletons .
The skeletons of monsters were descending from the sky . These corpses were starting to fill the air .
Cale started to smile .
“Too bad, this is just the beginning . ”
He looked up at the sky and could not hide his smile .
The Forest of Darkness .
An existence started to rise up from the Black Swamp .
It was the only skeleton with black bones .
The bones without any hide started to flap its wings .
Hundreds of skeletons were in the air .
A large existence revealed itself through the skeletons in the air .
“…That!”
The Guardian Knight’s eyes opened wide .
It was a Dragon .
Although it was just a collection of black bones, it was close to 20 meters in length .
Just looking at it made it hard to breathe . The black wings that were multiple meters in length opened up in the sky .
It was an overlord, even after death .
Cale watched the dragon skeleton open up its wings .
A battle with an overwhelming advantage was bound to be entertaining .