chapter 146
Chapter 147 The Seventh Element
Nightmare disappeared and people came to where Lily and I were.
“Are you two okay? What happened to the Nightmare?”
The man who asked us questions was a middle-aged man full of wild beauty.
“Chief Bear, the dream horse has been eliminated.”
Lily’s answer revealed the identity of the person asking the question.
So, is Lee the chief of Ajin’s tribe?
Ajin said that he was from the bear tribe.
“Are you the chieftain of Ajin?”
“exactly. Can you stand up?”
He held out his hand to me, who was sitting down exhausted.
Standing up holding his hand, I saw the people who came with him.
All of them felt strong energy.
“You brought an elite soldier. Then, is Capitel all right?”
When I asked, the chief of the bear tribe was surprised.
“exactly. How did you know that?”
“If the elite troops who should be around the Capitel were sent here, I thought it would be a safe situation for them.”
“Heh heh, that’s amazing. Did you think that far beyond knowing that we are an elite force?”
The bear chief looked at me admiringly and shook his head.
“No, it’s not like this right now, I’ll explain the rest as we go.”
“Yes, you are.”
We started moving to the Capitel again.
And I could hear what was going on in the settlements while on the move.
“Then, Capitel is safe. Is Ajin’s condition very bad?”
“The flower chief is trying to save everyone somehow, but it doesn’t seem easy.”
“I need to speed up more.”
Rainforests were structures that made it easy to get lost.
It was the way I came by relying on Lily, but the way back was different.
I looked at Lily.
“Can I ask you a favor again?”
“Sure.”
Lily readily accepted and transformed into a reindeer.
“Get on. and… … Can you cast that wind spell one more time?”
Lily spoke shyly, wondering if she liked the magic that increased her speed.
“sure. That way we can go and help people.”
The Pope and Onin’s skill link had not yet been released.
And coincidentally, what was linked to Onin’s skill was related to recovery magic.
“Let’s go. We will go first.”
While casting a secondary magic on Lily, she spoke to the bear chief.
“No, you guys… … .”
“Hold tight.”
The bear chief tried to say something, but Lily leaped forward in an instant.
“her! Let us go too!”
“yes!”
I looked back and saw the startled bear chief hurriedly chasing after me.
*
Arriving at the settlement, poisoned people lay in front of Capitel’s house.
“You-all! Didn’t you meet the elite troops?”
As we approached, Capitel stepped forward and asked.
“I met you. I listened to them, but is Capitel all right?”
When I asked, she nodded.
“They are more of a problem than me. Those who fell asleep have all awakened, but those who have been poisoned have not yet been cured.”
Looking where she pointed, a middle-aged woman with a purple flower on her forehead was taking care of patients.
It seemed that she was the flower chieftain the bear chief was talking about.
“I’ll take a look.”
“How are you?”
As I spoke to them, Capitel asked curiously.
Lily, who was next to Capitel, explained.
“He can use the divine power of the solar.”
“what?!”
I left the surprised Captel behind and went to the people lying down first.
A total of five people were poisoned.
Among them, I saw the figure of Ajin.
Mold spread over Ah Jin’s frowning face.
“Measures have been taken to ensure that the poison does not spread further. In particular, the curse placed on Ahjin is a highly contagious disease, so preventing it from spreading was the limit.”
When I came to the side, the flower chief kindly explained the condition.
There were dark circles under her eyes.
It seemed like he used up a lot of energy.
“I will do it from now on.”
Among the linked skills, I started using Onin’s skill.
As I strengthened my skills by mixing the elements of light, golden waves began to sway in my hands.
“Solar, the god of life and the god of the sun, here are those who are cursed. I beg you to heal them and lift their curse. Show me a miracle.”
Miracle prayer skill.
In the skill description, it was said to pray for a miracle and use divine power.
After I finished praying according to the explanation, the golden light that escaped from my hands soon began to surround the five patients.
“Ugh.”
Everyone looked at the condition of the patients nervously.
Soon after, the golden light that surrounded the patients changed to a muddy color and floated up in the air.
And the patient’s expression soon became a calm expression.
The skin was also returning to normal.
Ah Jin also took a steady breath and became a calm expression.
However, the curse that escaped from them was not thinking of dispersing as they gathered together.
“I will let you finish.”
I was looking through the skill descriptions on how to deal with that, but Capitel stepped forward.
She raised her wand to the bundle of curses and began chanting unknown spells.
Then the curses began seeping into one of the animal bones at the end of her wand.
As soon as all the curses permeated, the bones turned to dust and flew into the air.
“Ha, now it’s a bit too much.”
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Capitel smiled brightly.
“Ajin!”
Just then, the bear chief arrived at the settlement and ran to Ajin and held him in his arms.
He was a true leader who genuinely cared for his tribe members.
Capitel, who was happy to see that, looked at me and said.
“I don’t know how to express this grace. Count Yoo Seo-Jun. On behalf of the tribes of the East, thank you.”
Then she suddenly began to fall down.
Surprised by her sudden behavior, I couldn’t help it, but other people around me also did the same.
“Thank you for saving the east!”
Embarrassed, I also knelt down on Capitel and said,
“I didn’t help you with this. wake up.”
“no. lord of the elements You are our eastern hero.”
Capitel said that, and then went on to say.
“I have something to show you.”
Capitel got up and led me into the woods behind the village.
The tribal chiefs who had gathered behind him followed.
“Capitel, where is this?!”
When a tribal chief exclaimed in surprise, Capitel nodded and said,
“Lord of the elements. This is an ancient holy place of our eastern tribes. Even the demons couldn’t have done this. I believe that you can solve your unsolved homework here. So I wanted to show you this place.”
The place she guided was a clearing in the woods.
Like a sacred place for the deer tribe, a large tombstone was placed in the center.
With Capitel’s help, I was able to open the barrier and go to the tombstone, so I examined the tombstone.
“Is this about the elements?”
The tombstone was written in an unknown ancient language, but pictures were drawn along with it.
The paintings were paintings that symbolized fire, wind, water, and earth, respectively.
And there were seven pictures in total.
“It is about nature.”
Capitel spoke while stroking the tombstone.
“We eastern tribes are half-fairy-half-humans with ancient elven blood. In ancient history, nature began to be destroyed due to human arrogance, and we made a promise. Let’s preserve the nature of this land so that it will not be destroyed any more.”
As she spoke, she put on a bitter expression.
I didn’t want to cut off the conversation, but I had to ask because I had a question.
“I heard that if you have elven blood, you will be born with pointy ears. But Easterners… … .”
Capitel kindly answered my question with a bitter smile.
“In order to blend in with humans, our ancestors made the decision to forego the lifespan and appearance of elves, with only the ability to communicate with nature. So we became like humans.”
Then she continued to explain.
“However, as time passed, such a noble spirit did not remain in people’s memories. Greed raised its head again, civilizations were born, countries were born, and wars broke out. And as we drove to the east, we tried to establish holy places in various places and unite with the tribes to protect them. However, desertification is still ongoing. In a way, this is a punishment from heaven.”
Capitel wasn’t the only one whose expression became sadder as he spoke.
As if all the other tribal chiefs knew about this story, some turned their heads or lowered their heads.
Lily was in tears at the end.
“Yes, it is sad. One day we won’t be able to keep our promises and prevent desertification. But, as it is written on this tombstone, nature is still willing to give us a chance.”
Listening to the story, I was able to guess the contents of the tombstone a little.
“It means that my power can stop desertification.”
I looked at the pictures engraved on the tombstone.
There were a total of seven paintings that were presumed to be elements.
Fire, water, wind, earth, light, and darkness were immediately distinguishable by their colors and drawings.
And the one drawn at the bottom of the last one.
It wasn’t a picture, it was a rune word.
And I was familiar with that rune language.
Even if he hadn’t learned any other rune language, he had learned this rune language from Penzaric and knew it.
‘You bastard, but you’re also a famous wizard, so shouldn’t you know the basics like this! write it down carefully This is the rune word for mana.’
A rune word meaning mana.
It felt like getting hit in the head.
With the help of Gilliant, he once again recalled what he realized when he entered Circle 1.
‘After all, mana is the smallest element of all components. It is fundamental.’
I already knew about the seventh element.
Mana, the root of everything, was also an element.
I focused on the eight rings around my heart.
He could feel the heavy flow of mana.
I sent them all out of the body.
The mana escaped my body and started seeping into the floor through the tombstone.
The speed gradually increased, and the mana inside me was empty before I knew it.
And then, the light began to flash from the tombstone.
The energy I felt from that light was a huge power that surpassed the mana I had sent.
The light rose high into the sky and exploded, spreading out in all directions.
It was spectacular to see the seven-colored mana spreading out in all directions.
[You, master of the elements.]
At that time, I heard a heavy echo in my heart.
[In the end, we’ve come this far.]
‘The element of mana?’
[Yes, I am the element of the most basic material mana, the source of all matter that makes up this world.]
‘Then why hasn’t it appeared before?’
[You must have experienced the elements, right?]
‘Should I find it myself?’
[Yes, you know it well.]
now i get it
This was also a kind of test.
When I realize the elements and at the same time recognize their existence, they reveal themselves before me.
Recognizing the existence of elements.
That was the first condition.
‘So, what about helping them? What should I do?’
[You have already done that.]
‘how?’
[While draining mana.]
It was something I did instinctively.
At the same time as realization, he focused on finding the element of mana and sent it to the tombstone.
‘Then what spread that earlier?’
[Yes, you did the last thing their ancestors did.]
Was that why you felt such a huge energy?
The ancestors of the East probably did not know that they were saving the power of nature in this monument.
It seems that it was a plan to restore the damaged world with the power of nature that had been saved for such a long time.
[you’re right.]
After hearing what I guessed, the element of mana nodded and said.
[What you did was something someone had to step up and do.]
‘Then, what will happen now?’
[Nature will slowly begin to regain its lost power. The central continent will return to its original form.]
‘Central Continent?’
[This is the central continent. You didn’t think there was only one continent, right?]
Well, isn’t our world made up of five oceans and six continents?
There’s no law telling you not to do it here.
‘How many continents are there here?’
[There are three continents in total.]
‘Then what about the demons?’
[Their purpose has been here first in the central continent since ancient times. This is the most fertile of the three continents and the highest concentration of mana.]
‘That’s why he’s so hot.’
[Yes, because their ultimate goal is to occupy all twelve worlds connected to Yggdrasil.]
The element of mana gave me a vision with those words.
A huge, majestic white tree appeared in front of me.
The tree soon began to turn black from the roots, and the twelve worlds hanging from its branches were dyed black.
And then the withered tree quickly withered and died.
As I watched the process, I was out of breath.
“Whoops, whoops, whoops.”
After the illusion, I took out Yggdrasilian and looked at it.
A tree that connects the world.
Yggdrasil.
It is said that each Yggdrasil tree bears the fruits of twelve worlds.
If the goal of the demons is to reach all those worlds, in the end.
“Ragnarok.”
“Lord of the Elements, what did you just say?”
The words that came out of my mouth unconsciously made Capitel next to me jump up and ask.
“I know the true purpose of the demons. They are planning Ragnarok.”
destruction of the world.
No, maybe the demons didn’t know that their plan would make the World Tree sick and soon take away their place.
That is what the Elemental Mana showed me.