“Master!” Hyeonu called out. The man standing behind him was Lebron. Previously, Hyeonu’s teacher left to absorb the magic power from the magic power stones, but he was back now.
“How is it that you’ve already come back? What about the magic power?” Hyeonu asked. It was a speed that he could barely understand within the bounds of common sense.
One day in reality was a lot longer in Arena, but it wasn’t that much longer. It was far from enough time to find and absorb magic power from multiple cities. In fact, Lebron had only been to two cities—Quere and Blanc.
They were the cities Hyeonu had told him about. Lebron hadn’t even thought of looking for another city. He said, “I only went to two cities. I heard that the demon kings had appeared at Etono. I wasn’t comfortable wandering around to absorb magic power.”
This was why Lebron returned to Etono.
“Where did you go?”
“I went to Blanc. I am comfortable where there is someone I know.”
Out of Blanc and Quere, Lebron first visited Blanc where John Blake was living. There was only one reason for it. John Blake knew about Quere and Blanc, so asking him was naturally the most effective and quickest way for Lebron to find the magic power stones. Lebron explained, “The magic power stone in Blanc was in a state where magic power could be absorbed from it. I had good luck. The demon king used up the magic power previously, so the magic power stone was refilled recently.”
He was really lucky. The timing was just right. The magic power that Rubolle had used up to fight John Blake had been restored recently, and Lebron just so happened to visit Blanc then.
“The magic power in Quere wasn’t used up, so I absorbed it comfortably. After that, I heard that the demon kings appeared at Etono. Of course, His Majesty defeated them, but I almost brought trouble to the empire for my own benefits. So I decided to return immediately.”
If Lebron had asked John Blake to sacrifice a few magic power stones in the cities that were ruled by his nobles… John Blake wouldn’t have refused. Nevertheless, Lebron was a duke of the empire, so he returned to fulfill the duty of his position.
‘Hmm... This is good.’
In fact, Hyeonu wasn’t surprised when Lebron said he had only absorbed two magic power stones before returning as Hyeonu himself had only thought about these two places. Additionally, it was due to sheer luck that he had the opportunity to absorb from them.
‘I wonder why that area has changed so much...’
“Master,” Hyeonu called out to Lebron in a heavy, subdued voice.
“What is it?” Lebron responded.
“When did you come back? Tell me precisely.”
“It has been around three days.”
“So what happened over there?”
“It has been around three days.”
“Teacher, did you make that place like that?”
“I didn’t do that. His Majesty...” Lebron began to answer reluctantly.
“His Majesty the Emperor? Why? What happened?” Hyeonu asked with an expression of disbelief.
“I don’t know,” Lebron replied.
In fact, it wasn’t as he said. Both Lebron and the emperor had caused the scenery to change. After Lebron absorbed the magic power from the magic power stones, the emperor suddenly asked Lebron to fight. Lebron naturally refused. It was troublesome, so why should he fight against the emperor?
There were countless things he wanted to experiment with after rapidly increasing his magic power—things he couldn’t do before because he had little magic power. It wasn’t just that though. Lebron had to figure out his exact condition as soon as possible before the war truly broke out. This way, he could know himself thoroughly and fight.
“Master, would you say it if you did it? Please don’t lie to me. Just tell me the truth.” Hyeonu stared at Lebron with complete disbelief. It wasn’t because he didn’t believe that the emperor could cause something close to a natural disaster.
Hyeonu just didn’t think the emperor had done such a thing. The current emperor was a full lion. He had no intention of hunting. Moreover, he had already finished adjusting to his new home, so there was no reason for his stress to build up.
Unable to withstand Hyeonu’s continuous glare, Lebron burst out, “Is it that obvious? How did you know?”
“What happened? Really.”
“His Majesty really did it. His temper...” Lebron couldn’t speak properly. Thinking about it again, the emperor’s behavior was truly too outrageous. Lebron continued, “His Majesty asked for a spar when I returned to Etono. I naturally refused. Then he suddenly attacked me.”
Hyeonu decided to interrupt Lebron here. He only heard the beginning, but he felt there was something strange. So he said, “There are no signs of battle inside Etono... Did His Majesty know you were coming back and came out to meet you?”
Lebron’s expression became distorted upon hearing Hyeonu’s words. He couldn’t help finding it ridiculous. The emperor, who was lazier than anyone, came out to meet him? Moreover, this was Lebron they were talking about.
Lebron replied, “What do you mean by ‘meet me’? His attack blew me out of the city. Over there.”
Hyeonu looked at where Lebron was pointing. There was a mountain peak that was recessed like the crater of a volcano.
“The reason the peak was cut...”
“He blew me away so hard that it disappeared in one go. If it had happened in the city, a third of it would’ve been blown away.” Lebron’s words were true, and there was no exaggeration at all.
‘Yes, if he flew that far away, the mountain peak would be damaged...’ Hyeonu thought. It might be a good thing if only one-third of the city was destroyed.
“So how did you make that?” Hyeonu asked while pointing at the hot water still rising from the ground and the disappeared mountains.
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