Chapter 49
Chapter 49: Somehow (7)
Originally, Cale did not plan to destroy the whirlpool . He was planning on taking care of it using the Indestructible Shield and the Vitality of the Heart .
‘But that was when I didn’t have the Black Dragon . ’
There was no reason for him to work hard when he had the Black Dragon .
Cale stuffed the Black Dragon, On, and Hong with a ton of food before sending out these Beasts that averaged 7 years of age and greeting his first guest .
“I do not know what you stole, but you did something big . ”
It was Billos .
“I guess I am a bit famous these days . ”
Billos shook his head at Cale, who did not seem to be injured at all . He could see Cale starting to drink while claiming to still be injured .
“You indeed are famous, young master Cale . But is it okay for you to drink?”
“There’s no reason for me to lie in front of you . ”
Billos smiled as he filled Cale’s empty cup . He then handed a magic box over to Cale .
“Here are your requested items . Thank you for returning the items from last time . ”
Cale had returned the other items to Billos through Choi Han . Cale caressed this new box of items as he looked toward Billos .
Cale had already decided how to use the first of the two opportunities to use the golden plaque .
He decided to buy some time .
Cale decided to buy some time for the moment when the Northern Knights, a dangerous existence for not just Roan Kingdom but also the Breck Kingdom and the other mid-northern kingdoms, started to head south .
To be more specific, other than the Northern Knights, there were also the Empire at the center of the Western Continent, the mage slayer, and the Queen of the Southern Jungle . Cale decided to buy some time to get away from all of them . It would be one thing if he was on his own, but now there were others he needed to care for .
“Billos . ”
“Do you deal properties too?”
“I don’t, but I do know about what is going on lately . ”
Billos really was a merchant . He received information very quickly .
“The Western continent is on the verge of blowing up, and that is a great time for merchants like myself to make money . ”
“Merchants will run toward anything that will give them a profit . ”
Billos liked Cale, who understood merchants a lot . He also liked that Cale didn't beat around the bush and got right to the point .
“The Whipper Kingdom will become a mess soon . I’m sure you are already expecting it?”
Billos nodded his head . The non-mages and mages could no longer coexist in the Whipper Kingdom .
“That is why I am trying to figure out what I can use to make money in that chaos . Young master Cale, what do you think will be the most profitable investment there?”
Cale easily answered Billos’s question .
“People . ”
The mages will lose the civil war and the Magic Tower will be destroyed . Then what would happen to the remaining mages? All of the mages were not going to die at the end of the civil war .
The Whipper Kingdom was the Western continent’s greatest supply of magic devices . There were many mages who stayed far away from power and politics, but there will be nowhere for those types of mages in the Whipper Kingdom after the civil war .
In the novel, Crown prince Alberu Crossman was going to target this issue . As for the destroyed Magic Tower, Rosalyn was the highest-tier mage who decides to create a new Magic Tower in a different location .
Billos was a very sharp person .
“You’re thinking that the mages will look for a new home . ”
Cale did not give Billos a direct answer .
The mages needed to lose in the Whipper Kingdom . That was the only way for the Whipper Kingdom to move to a better future .
However, Cale did not put muchweight onto those things .
What he wanted was something else .
The Western Continent’s greatest supplier of the highest-grade magic devices . Cale needed the things that will remain after the civil war .
“Immediately let me know once the Magic Tower is destroyed . ”
“ . . . May I ask why?”
Cale shrugged his shoulders and lightly responded .
“You’ll find out when it happens . ”
The Magic Tower .
Cale was planning on purchasing it .
The Magic Tower will be filled with irreparable broken magic devices after the civil war . Cale also knew the method to purchase this Magic Tower . Alberu also will not be able to do anything about Cale’s actions .
“I’m looking forward to it . ”
Clae nodded his head in agreement . He was looking forward to it as well .
Buying the Magic Tower will buy him some time . It will give him time to protect himself from danger . It will be very expensive, but …
‘Not like it is my money . ’
Billos saw the evil smirk on Cale’s face and his expectations went up .
“Then I will contact you when it happens . ”
“Okay . I look forward to it . ”
Cale said goodbye to Billos, his first guest . He then greeted his second and last guest . Well, the second guest more so rushed into the room .
Cale looked toward the terrace window that was open, before flinching at the existence that rushed in through the window .
“What is this?”
A clay doll the size of his palm climbed in through the window . On and Hong jumped into Cale’s arms in fear .
It was because the expression on the clay doll was terrifying . It looked more like a zombie than a doll . The Black Dragon spoke into Cale’s head with magic as usual at that time .
- I feel the power of a God .
“Ah . ”
Cale blurted out someone’s name .
The crazy priestess .
“Cage . ”
Once he did that, the clay doll that did not have any eyes or ears but only a mouth started to speak .
“I knew you would recognize me, young master Cale . This doll is connected to me . It is a single-use item that can only listen and talk . ”
She really was skilled enough to be called a necromancer .
Cale looked toward the Black Dragon . The Black Dragon was talking into Cale’s mind, but did not turn invisible . It seemed to have figured out right away that it could listen and speak, but could not see .
‘Just how strong is this dragon?’
Cale suddenly questioned the Black Dragon’s strength .
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However, the clay doll started to speak and prevented him from thinking about it for a long time .
“We are leaving the capital today . I’m sure Young master Cale does not like us contacting you like this . ”
‘Correct . Absolutely correct . ’
“However, Taylor said he had something he wanted to tell you . ”
“‘Young master Cale when I go take back my position, no, when I am one level higher than my original position, I will return to pay you back for your help . ’ is what he wanted me to tell you . ”
“There was no need to tell me . ”
“I know . ”
Cale looked into the empty eye sockets of the ugly clay doll .
“Even still, Taylor and I both need somewhere to share the news when we get what we desire . ”
“Do whatever you want . ”
The clay doll started to smile at Cale’s words before it started to melt . On and Hong dug even further into Cale’s clothes in order to hide after seeing the doll melt away .
“Then please be healthy, young master Cale . ”
The clay doll disappeared without leaving any traces behind . The Black Dragon stared at the empty spot where the clay doll stood for a bit before looking toward Cale .
“Then is that when I can get my revenge?” [1]
Once Taylor Stan returned to power and became the master of Marquis Stan’s estate, the current Marquis and Venion will both need to face the wrath of this Black Dragon .
“Yes . You can do as you want at that time . ”
“Great . ”
The Black Dragon made up his mind about when to get his revenge after hearing about Marquis Stan’s estate’s current situation from Cale .
The Black Dragon was going to strike Venion and the Marquis when they were at their lowest point . He was going to show them despair and make them suffer .
The Black Dragon flapped its wings happily . It really was a vicious creature .
Cale heard the Black Dragon mutter its revenge plan in his head and treated it as a creepy lullaby as he went to bed . Naturally, those vicious comments did not make it easy to sleep . The next morning, Cale was standing in front of the carriage early in the morning .
Rosalyn, Choi Han, and Lock saw them off . Cale looked at the three of them with a stoic expression .
“Cale-nim, if you think you see that mage bastard, please tell the dragon to kill him right away . All you have to tell him is to blow his head up so that he is not useless like me, who was only able to cut off an arm . ”
Choi Han was spewing vicious things from early in the morning .
“I will definitely get stronger and come back! So make sure you listen to the young master while I am gone . Think seriously about the thing I told all of you last time . It is for your future . We all need to get stronger now . ”
Lock was surrounded by his 10 younger siblings and telling them what was on his mind . Rosalyn was whispering with the Black Dragon inside of the carriage, and it was so quiet that even Cale could not hear .
“Dragon-nim, this is the textbook on Roan Kingdom’s alphabet, and this is the one for the continent’s common language . ”
“Thank you, human . I am great and mighty, so I will learn it quickly . ”
“Absolutely . Dragon-nim is great and mighty . I pray that you come up with a cool name for yourself . ”
“I will ask for him to come up with a name for me . ”
“ . . . I’m sure Cale-nim will know what you mean by asking him . ”
“Hmph . ”
Cale didn’t know what they were talking about, but he stared at Rosalyn, who was watching the Black Dragon with a satisfied smile on her face, and started to frown . He then turned toward Choi Han and started to speak . Choi Han was still going on about what Cale should do in order to stay alive without him .
“Cale-nim, your rate of survival goes up if you blast anything away in one hit and then run away . Also- . ”
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“Enough with the nonsense . ”
Cale stoically continued speaking to Choi Han, who immediately shut up .
“Just make sure you don’t get hurt . ”
“ . . . Yes . I will make sure to do that . ”
Cale didn’t want to see Choi Han’s innocent smile anymore, so he got onto the carriage . Rosalyn got off as soon as Cale got on .
Cale felt the weight of the invisible Black Dragon, as well as On and Hong, on his lap as he looked out the window toward Hans .
“Let’s go . ”
The staff, who were all outside the residence to see them off, bade Cale goodbye . Cale did not understand why these staff members would delay their work and come out to see him off . He told them it was fine, but they all still wanted to come and see him off .
“Young master-nim, please return home safely!”
“It was our joy to serve you, young master-nim!”
“We look forward to seeing you again in the future!”
‘What terrible nonsense . ’
Cale had no plans to ever come back to the capital . He just casually waved at them and then closed the carriage curtains .
That action was the signal to go . Cale’s group had two more carriages than when they arrived, as they left the capital and headed to the Northeast .
Ubarr . Cale was headed to the sea that was filled with whirlpools for hundreds of years .
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“Sniff! It smells salty! Is this the sea?”
The red kitten Hong looked out the open carriage window and sniffed the air . Cale nodded his head as he received a small round item that the Black Dragon handed to him .
“This is the condensed mana from the bomb?”
The Black Dragon nodded his head at Cale’s question and responded .
“Yes . We can make a new magic bomb now . ”
Cale became jovial at this confirmation and opened the carriage window wide . The cool sea breeze entered the carriage as he looked out toward the Northeastern sea . There were many islands visible in the ocean . The Northeastern sea had quite a number of these small islands .
The silver kitten On was also quite excited .
“Oh! Look at that sharp cliff!”
The sharp cliff brought forth both awe and fear as they were riding across a path created on top of that cliff .
Cale looked toward the, ‘Cliff of Winds,’ the most beautiful sight in the Ubarr territory . There were many small islands next to that cliff .
Between the cliff and the islands were multiple raging whirlpools . Those whirlpools were the culprit behind why the seas of the Ubarr territory were so dangerous .
‘The mage slayer ends up landing on one of those islands after being shipwrecked by the whirlpools, and ends up finding the, ‘Sound of the Wind . ’
The mage slayer was known for being an intelligent barbarian . He was even stronger than Lock, the Blue Wolf Tribe member and the future Wolf King, and held the title of the strongest individual in the Western Continent . The mage slayer’s name was Toonka, known as Toonka the Tyrant .
‘I just need to get it before he does . ’
If things went as it did in the novel, it was still too early for Toonka to come here . Cale was thinking that there was no chance he would run into Toonka as he looked out to the sea with satisfaction . This journey would be smooth, as long as he avoided Toonka .
Cale, who had been looking out the window with satisfaction, could see something far in the horizon .
“Hmm?”
Cale rubbed his eyes a bit, but it was still the same .
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“ . . . Isn’t that a whale?”
A pod of large whales were shooting water into the air as they crossed through the Northeastern Sea to head north . Cale suddenly had an ominous feeling, and clenched the magic bomb ingredients in his hand .
The whales tended to live in the Northern sea . This was true for the Whale Tribe as well . It was only during the war with the mermaids that the Whale Tribe came down south .
‘I’m sure that’s just a group of whales passing by . Tons of whales head north . Absolutely no way, right?’
The Black Dragon’s voice echoed inside Cale’s ear .
“I feel a strong presence . ”
That echo stabbed right into Cale’s brain .
That was why Cale was frowning when they arrived at a small village just outside the Cliff of Winds .
“Young master, did you get sick on the way?”
Cale shook his head at Hans’s question .
“No, I just have a bad feeling . ”
“Ah, it is scary because of the cliffs . However, our driver is a veteran, so you have nothing to worry about . ”
Cale ignored the useless comments from Hans and reached his hand out to the person approaching him .
“Long time no see, young lady Amiru . ”
“Hello, young master Cale . ”
Amiru had her uniquely calm smile on her face as she welcomed Cale and crew .
This was a small seaside village in the Ubarr territory . This small village, that had nothing special and allowed the residents to live in peace and quiet until now, was suddenly busy with visitors .
The village was quickly changing every day . However, they would soon face an opportunity that will allow their village to change incomparably in the near future . Tomorrow night would be that moment . Tomorrow night, Cale was planning on blowing up a magic bomb deep inside the ocean .
However, something that, in Cale’s point of view, should have never happened had happened . This terrible situation began when one of Amiru’s knights came to report to Amiru . The knight urgently approached Amiru and quietly reported .
“My lady, the person we rescued has regained consciousness . ”
“Oh, is that so?”
‘Rescue?’
That word made Cale think of a single person .
As Cale started to frown with doubt on his mind, Amiru noticed Cale’s expression and started to explain .
“We were inspecting the shoreline and nearby islands for the new naval base when we rescued a shipwrecked person . It seems that he has regained consciousness . ”
‘I have a bad feeling about this . ’
“We were debating what to do when we saw him unconscious and being dragged into the whirlpool, but I remembered what you did at the plaza and decided we needed to save him . ”
Amiru continued to speak to Cale .
“Because a person’s life is precious, right, young master Cale?”
Cale answered that question after a long moment of silence .
“ . . . Of course . ”
“I knew young master Cale would answer like that . ”
Cale could not even think about Amiru’s smiling face right now . All that was on his mind right now were the details regarding how the novel described Toonka’s situation .
1 . Quotation for the Black Dragon when he is talking out loud, bullet/hyphen for when he is talking into Cale’s mind . Maso wanted me to clarify so you don’t grill him about it ;)