On the way to a vacant space deep in the lord’s castle, Hyeonu asked Suped, “Is there any magic that has the effect of tricking or covering people’s eyes?”
While wondering why this question was being asked, Suped replied, “Of course. I’m not using it now, but it was one of the essential magic circles before the continent was unified under the imperial flag.”
Of course. It was impossible that it didn’t exist. Important buildings such as the mansions and towers of nobles were often hidden in magic circles.
“Is that so?” Hyeonu nodded. He was glad. This meant it wouldn’t be impossible to hide Fuca’s head.
“Suped, how large can you make the magic circle?”Hyeonu asked this time.
“I can hide this entire castle. Why? Do you want me to hide it?”
"No, it isn’t the castle...”
“That means you need it… but it seems you don’t want to tell me. Tsk...” Suped expressed his frustration. He asked Edchan and Hyeonu again and again, but they never answered. They just repeated like an echo that he would know once they arrived. Soon, they all stopped walking as they had arrived at their destination.
“I will take it out here,” Hyeonu notified Edchan and Suped.
“Yes, that is good enough.” Edchan looked around at the surroundings and nodded. The vacant lot was quite spacious. It was perfect as Edchan’s workplace, even if it were a situation where he didn’t know what he would be working on.
Meanwhile, Suped simply stood still and glared at Hyeonu. He was waiting to find out what Hyeonu and Edchan had dragged him here to see. Then in an instant, the expression in Suped’s gaze changed as his eyes filled with shock. “What is this...?”
Suped was unable to speak at the breathtaking sight of the head of a purple dragon.
“This is what I wanted to show you, Suped,” Hyeonu said to Suped, who couldn’t shut his mouth. “Using the dragon’s head as the center, hide an area with a radius of around 10 meters. Distortion is also good. You just have to keep it from the eyes of others.”
Suped had no response. He just stood blankly as he stared at the dragon’s head in front of him.
“Hah... How can there be such a thing?” Suped murmured. Greed appeared in Suped’s eyes. It wasn’t greed for the dragon’s head but for what Edchan would ask from him. Suped would definitely have the chance to touch the dragon’s head.
“Keok... Look at how surprised you get when you're old.” Edchan laughed at Suped, forgetting that he had been like that just a few dozen minutes earlier.
“I will hide it right now.” Suped waved his hand. Colorful patterns emerged out of thin air and covered Fuca’s head in an instant.
That was it.
“It’s done?” Hyeonu was dumbfounded because the situation ended so quickly. Suped had just waved his hand once and said it was over.
‘Is this really the end?’ Hyeonu wondered inwardly.
Suped once again frowned at Hyeonu. “Are you doubting me? If you’re really curious, go out and see for yourself. Just take 10 steps back.”
Hyeonu went with what Suped said and took exactly 10 steps back. “Eh?”
Surprisingly, he didn’t see anything in front of him except the original scenery of the lord’s castle. Hyeonu rubbed his eyes several times, but Fuca’s head still wasn’t visible. ‘It is a bit vague, but...’
He focused his senses on magic power and managed to sense a vague existence. However, this was only when he was extremely focused. None of the NPCs in the castle would go around in that condition.
“Then I’ll be on my way,” Hyeonu said. He didn’t go inside the magic circle again. There was no reason for him to be here now that he had confirmed the magic circle was perfect.
Hyeonu disappeared and left Edchan and Suped inside the magic circle.
***
The third day of Arena Week attracted more attention than before. The cause was the issue that was updating throughout the night and the early morning, and it was still updating even now. More things popped out endlessly like the layers of an onion being peeled.
The Arena Week committee, including the staff dispatched from Quency, discussed the incident that occurred overnight.
“What are we going to do?”
“Shouldn’t we confirm the facts with the players first?”
“What if it is true? Will you stop him from competing?”
They were very flustered. An unexpected incident had broken out. They never dreamed there would be such a topic among the players.
“Let’s leave it to the Korean side to deal with this matter. I don’t think we have to make a fuss.”
“Contact the two teams first, briefly ask the players for the facts and keep quiet to people on the outside.”
“I think that’s a good plan. In any case, shouldn’t we finish Arena Week first?”
After putting forward various opinions for a long time, they eventually ended the meeting with a stopgap measure. They could’ve come up with a clearer solution as they had the power for that. However, they had no reason to do so. So what if the information in the community was true? The fact that Jung Hanbaek had been a bit rude in his school days and that his father had deliberately ruined a company wasn’t a reason to prevent Jung Hanbaek from participating in Arena Week. Rather than making unnecessary noise, they decided it was better to avoid responsibility and hand the baggage over to the South Korean side.
In a way, the choice they made was best for them.
“Then let’s call the parties in question, JT Telecom’s Jung Hanbaek and Crescent Moon’s Gang Hyeonu, to see what is going on. In addition, write a press release for the reporters and audience,” an employee from Quency said, quickly sorting out the situation.
“Please do so. I will conduct an interview with the players here.”
“Then we’ll write an announcement.”
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