The number of Asura Cult members stationed at Wola Mountain was not small.
However, that didn’t mean I would just avoid them and go around. That’s not my style.
And if I just left, it would be hard on Sowol.
No matter how much I’ve taught her everything I can, the fact that she is my disciple doesn’t change.
As her master, how could I not make this kind of effort for my disciple?
“Die!!”
“I’ll pass.”
I sent the head of the charging Asura cultist flying and walked forward. The number of those who already had their heads cut off by my sword was countless, but the number of bastards on Wola Mountain far exceeded that.
“Jeez. There sure are a lot of you.”
I raised my sword.
At the same time, the moonlight seated in the sky began to sweep away the surrounding cult members.
I’ve already lost count of how many times I’ve used Moonlight Slash.
I’m starting to get tired too…
“Impressive skill.”
Are the small fries done?
The ones holding me in check stepped back, and a man in white robes began walking forward.
The bastard who stood on the hill looking down at me slowly raised a dagger.
That dagger.
I’ve seen it before.
“Asura Cult’s High Priest of Sloth. Rowin, I presume.”
“Oho. You know me?”
Of course I do.
He’s a character that appears in the religious war.
I flicked the blood clinging to my sword off the blade and aimed it at the guy.
“Since you’ll be a nuisance later anyway, it wouldn’t be bad to finish you off here, right?”
“Ha! You look exhausted. We still outnumber-”
I wondered why he stopped talking. I put the potion bottle I took out into my mouth.
And in one gulp, as I drank it down, my depleting mana began to recover.
“You… that’s?”
“An elixir.”
The ultimate recovery potion that instantly restores all mana and stamina. The kind you can’t even use in the game until the ending because it’s too precious.
Rather than saving it and letting it go to waste, it’s right to use it when needed.
“Kuk!!”
The sword energy created by moonlight swept away the Asura cultists surrounding Rowin.
I wanted to get Rowin in one go too if possible, but since he’s no ordinary guy, he managed to block the moonlight sword energy.
What a pity.
It would have been nice if it ended here.
“…troublesome to the end.”
“You’re the one to talk.”
Now, the only Asura Cult left is that bastard. Then I can take my time dealing with him.
“Run if you want to run away.”
I’ll chase you to the end.
As expected, when Rowin felt pressured, he immediately turned and started running away.
But I had anticipated this, so I didn’t let him escape.
Thus began a chase, a pursuit that ended at the peak of Wola Mountain.
“Damn you!!”
The bloodied Rowin was grinding his teeth in rage.
I don’t know what he’s so angry about.
After using heal to recover the wounds left on my body, I aimed my sword at the guy.
“Go ahead and try running some more, why don’t you?”
Behind Rowin was literally a dead end.
There was a fast-flowing river at the bottom, but even for him, surviving a fall from this height would be difficult.
Of course, I had no intention of letting him run away.
“Kuk!!”
“Spider Web.”
His dagger flashed, and an intense beam of light shot towards my head.
Dodging it, I swung my sword and bound him with strands of mana.
“This mere…!!”
The guy tied up by Spider Web released his magic and tried to use the light beam again.
But I anticipated that too.
I blocked the easier of the two beams with my blade and dodged the attack to the abdomen.
And with one strike,
-Slice!!
“Kueeek…!!”
A deep wound in his abdomen.
But this couldn’t be considered the end.
I swung my sword at the guy who was in agony and despair, and with that one blow, Rowin’s head was separated from his body.
“Phew…”
Even if he was the High Priest of the Asura Cult, he wouldn’t be able to survive with his head separated from his body.
I sighed as I watched his corpse fall off the cliff.
Is it over now?
Then there’s no need for me to stay here any longer.
After using Heal to treat the wound on my shoulder, I looked around.
Damn that Sikki. He ran so far away.
It’s a pain to go back down from the peak of Wola Mountain.
I looked down the cliff. If I fell from here, I would die too. Hmm…
“No choice.”
I have no choice but to use the ki energy I’ve steadily accumulated.
I used the only artifact in this game that can only be obtained through a bug.
“Luminous Wings!”
With my shout, faint wings of light unfolded behind my back.
This was the symbol of Ragnarok’s old-timers.
Glow-in-the-dark wings.
No matter what race, just equipping them allowed you to fly in the sky at the cost of mana. I spread my glow-in-the-dark wings and rose into the sky.
The moment I soared into the sky, the mana consumption was no joke, but I still had plenty of mana left, so it was fine.
“For now, head north.”
I’ll move based on the information provided by the church.
I spread my wings and flew into the night sky.
***
Lying on the bed, Sowol didn’t move a muscle.
It felt like if she stayed like this, Lee Hyun would come and comfort her.
– Knock knock.
That’s why Sowol didn’t get up even when she heard the knocking on the door, just trembling her shoulders.
Instead, the one who moved was Laila, who was looking at Sowol with pity.
“Yes.”
“Is Sowol asleep?”
The one who appeared when the door opened was not Lee Hyun, whom Sowol was waiting for, but So Jung-yang.
Glancing at the bed through the door, he made a bitter smile.
As if he had expected this.
“It seems Sowol is very heartbroken.”
“Yes. Well, it can’t be helped.”
Laila knew that no matter how much Sowol outwardly grumbled, she liked her master, Lee Hyun. So it was only natural for her to be sulky like this.
“Sowol. Your master has left.”
“…..”
“Staying like that is of no use.”
“……”
“If you keep being like that, I won’t give you the letter your master asked me to deliver.”
Flinch. Sowol, who had been motionless, lightly trembled.
But was it because of her strong pride?
She couldn’t bring herself to get up. In the end, Laila received the letter.
The moment the door closed, Sowol shot up from her spot.
But she couldn’t bring herself to ask for the letter.
Watching her hesitate, Laila smiled brightly and ripped open the envelope.
“What are you doing?!”
“No. It seemed like you wouldn’t read it, miss.”
“I will read it!”
Sowol hurriedly snatched the envelope and took out the letter inside, rubbing her swollen eyes as she read the letter.
[To my proud disciple Sowol,
I always meant to tell you in person, and writing a letter like this feels a bit awkward.
I know you must be very heartbroken to hear that I’m leaving.
I’m sorry.
But even so, I have a goal I must achieve.
I’m leaving like this to achieve that, so I hope you won’t be too heartbroken.
It’s not like we’ll never meet again.
You may not know, but when I first met you, I felt like I was saved.
Sowol. The world is in chaos, just as the Asura Cult has made its move.
That chaos will one day engulf the entire world.
To prepare for that, I have to do more.
I hope you of all people will understand why I made this choice.
Someday. If all of this ends, we can meet again.
I pray that you will grow even more without me, and look forward to the day we meet again.
Your ever-loving master, Lee Hyun.]
“… I’m going to follow him.”
“What?!”
Reading the letter made her want to hold onto him even more.
Goal?
Can’t she be with him to achieve that goal?
Sitting still and waiting until then was not her style. Sowol got up from her seat and quickly started packing her bag.
“But going like this is…”
“Laila. Tell my father. If I say I’m going with Master, he will understand too.”
“Sigh… But how can I let you go alone, miss? I have no choice.”
Laila smiled brightly and grabbed her sword.
“I’ll follow you too.”
“…Is it just because of me?”
“What other reason would there be?”
“…Say that while looking at me.”
Sowol stared intently at Laila, who kept avoiding her gaze until the end and shook her head.
Now was not the time to be doing this.
She had to chase after Lee Hyun as soon as possible.
“I’ve at least learned tracking skills.”
Sowol quickly packed her bag, and Laila followed the traces Lee Hyun left behind.
Finding his traces was not very difficult.
They just had to follow the upright footsteps characteristic of the strong.
Laila and Sowol ran after the footprints like that, and before long, they found it.
“…What is this.”
The corpses at the entrance of Wola Mountain.
“…These are. Asura cultists…?”
They wore the same clothes as the ones who had invaded last time.
Sowol bit her lip hard as she watched them lying there brutally killed.
“It’s Moonlight Sword. These are traces left by Moonlight Sword.”
“…What? Then this is…”
“Master…!!”
Lee Hyun.
Lee Hyun fought them. Lee Hyun fought all these people alone.
Sowol’s heart is pounding.
A feeling of unease begins to linger.
Sowol bit her lip hard and hurriedly began climbing the mountain.
The higher she climbed the mountain, the more blood flowed.
The traces of Lee Hyun among those corpses.
Traces that showed how hard he fought.
Following those traces and climbing the mountain, Sowol suddenly fell to her knees.
The trail was cut off.
The peak of Wola Mountain.
Right in front of an endlessly steep cliff.
“Ma… Master…”
It can’t be. It can’t be. It can’t be.
That’s impossible.
But she couldn’t find his traces anymore.
As if he had died here and fallen off the cliff.