“I was ordered to slay a dragon… … You know at least that this is a story that is hard to believe, right?”

I smiled and shrugged at her talking with a very serious expression.

“Considering the information Don gave me and my identity, shouldn’t I believe it after all? In the first place, there won’t be anyone else who knows about your promise with money.”

She shuts her mouth at my words.

The father in her head would never be the kind of person to talk about things like this to just anyone, so it was natural.

Not believing me now would be tantamount to making Vito Carlione, with whom he had made a promise, into a liar.

“yes… … I’ll assume you’re right. Then how the hell are you going to kill Fafnir? No matter how much you are Carlione’s hit man, you can’t kill him just with Ascal.”

Her words were natural.

If I could have killed him just because I had the sword, I wouldn’t have left it there.

but.

“Of course I know that. So I’m thinking of tinkering with Ascalon a bit.”

“… … Do you want to tinker with it a little?”

“Lava cave. I intend to get help from those who are there.”

“——Dismissed.”

The bishop speaks emphatically about this.

“Don’t talk nonsense. Are you going to convince them? Do you know what they are talking about?”

“I’m not an idiot, and I can’t even mention them when I don’t know. Isn’t it the place where the best blacksmiths in Korea have gathered?”

Blacksmiths who make materials and items from Jeju Island into equipment based on lava tubes where lava flows all the time.

The things they make are known to be sold at exorbitant prices on the black market, so there is no reason to doubt their skills.

But if it is also a problem.

“With that, the other guys would have gone to them to make weapons. But these guys are crazy. Those who don’t meet their standards will steal your opponent’s weapon and melt it down! There’s a reason why no raiders, no scavengers, no villains even come close to it!”

They were not ordinary blacksmiths. Even in Jeju Island, which is full of madmen, if there is a person to avoid, it means that he is more crazy.

A person with real madness, not fake madness.

All of them are skilled people who can use Aura freely, and use it to obtain materials, knock and melt hard castings.

People who are truly close to combat weapons.

They were the Lava Cave Clan.

“The reason they don’t touch us right now is because I don’t leave the territory of our parish. If I leave right now, they’re going to take away the bells of the church, so you’re asking for help from those guys?”

As she said that, her eyes turned cold.

“In the end, all of your plans are unprovable, and they are only plans made with your head. You might really be a skilled person who came to kill Fafnir… … The responsibilities and duties that rest on me can barely be put into words like that.”

“is it.”

I also thought it was difficult with words alone.

Because the oaths and oaths placed on her were more powerful than I could have imagined.

“That means you can prove it, right?”

“what?”

“Please come back by evening. If I can prove it, I want you to trust me and entrust Ascalon to me.”

“What is that… … .”

“Oh, let’s borrow a motorcycle. You know, someone completely destroyed the motorcycle I took.”

As if she couldn’t follow my words, I left her standing blankly behind and walked in the direction of the cathedral.

Then the door gently opened.

Sister Marie with a worried look poked her head out.

“Have you finished your conversation with the bishop? … ?”

“Ah, Sister Maria.”

Maybe it’s because she witnessed what happened just a moment ago, she’s wearing a worried expression.

“Fortunately, the limbs seem to be fine, so I’m relieved. Is that right or not?”

“Could it be possible?”

Although my body was almost squeezed… … .

“The bishop is a really nice person, but sometimes his eyes go round when he has something to do with us. Please don’t hate the bishop over this.”

“You don’t have to worry. Because the story is already over.”

Are you relieved by my answer? Sister Maria, smiling brightly, put her hands together and smiled.

“Oh, is that so? That’s fortunate! By the way, where are you going now? You seem to be going somewhere other than here.”

“Ah, yes. I have a place to stop for a while.”

“Where are you going? It must be dangerous outside the cathedral… … .”

I can worry because I am one of the people who knows the dangers of Jeju Island best.

But I’m the one she doesn’t have to worry about.

So he smiled and said.

“it’s okay. The people in the place I am going to now are kind people.”

Also very much.

* * *

──Kwareung!

──Kwakwang!

──Coo!

Arriving at one of the places called lava caves in Jeju Island, I got off my motorcycle and looked at the entrance.

A huge cave infested with lava that would be fatal just by touching it.

A thunderous sound continued to reverberate from within.

I wondered if the timing wasn’t right and I was going ‘touring’ to find the subject matter, so if there was no one there, I wondered if I should go somewhere else. That was fortunate.

“Then let’s go.”

As I slowly entered the cave, I felt the sound of thunder getting closer and closer.

It was a sign that the destination was getting closer and closer.

And where does that sound come from?

Warm–.

stop lying

A cave where no sound can be heard, as if all the sounds up until now were hallucinations.

The only thing that could be heard was the bubbling sound of lava flowing down the wall, spouting bubbles of gas.

Despite the rapidly changing atmosphere, we continued to walk forward, finally revealing a cavity with a wide space.

At that place.

“If you get lost, go away. Because you are busy.”

Dozens of strong men exuding hostility each glared at me with their fists clenched.

Unidentified men who take off their tops and show off their bulging muscles like bodybuilders.

Sweat dripping from their entire bodies, all of them had auras on their hands.

Confirming that I had come to the right place, I smiled.

“Is this the Blue Night Tea Workshop?”

The men become quiet once again. The first of them to speak was a man with a dark beard.

“Looking at the name, I don’t think you came here by mistake. What were you thinking about coming to us?”

… … Half a word from the beginning?

“If someone you don’t know comes to the studio, it must be a guest.”

I also respond with short words and stand in front of him.

The gaze of the guy who was staring at me like that is fixed on one place before I know it. A gaze directed slightly lower than my face.

“Now, wait. That buttonwork… … Is it the work of the maestro?”

“what? Maestro?”

“That guy came wearing the maestro’s work?”

As if the attention was properly attracted just by the ‘Disparter’ I’m wearing right now, one by one they flock to my surroundings.

That’s how my surroundings were filled with muscles before I knew it.

The numbers… … About 20 people? All but a few seemed to be there.

Even if the goal is different, the item of the one who saw the end as a production makes it eye-catching, so is it natural if it is natural?

Of course for them… … .

“If you make an item with that, what the hell will come out… … .”

“Leader. If we take it off and process it, won’t we be able to jump over the real wall?”

“Kuheuhe, it’s killing me, an item that looks like this.”

Although the direction was slightly different.

Even though they haven’t said a word yet, they’re already considering ‘Disparter’ as their material.

It was exactly the way I knew it.

Those who felt the wall of nothingness that they could not overcome with their own strength, and found the answer to it with items.

These are the ‘Green Yacha Workshop’. Contrary to what was born, it was a force that thoroughly pursued martial arts.

“hey. I won’t kill you if you take off all the clothes you’re wearing and put down the things you have. Wouldn’t this be a good idea for you too?”

The guy who makes a clattering sound with a grin, as if he’s already full of thoughts of stealing my things.

“I don’t know what you mean. I came to make an offer.”

“what?”

And another feature of the guys is… … .

“I came by order of Master Kwak Chun-shik.”

That these guys were the ones who learned the Aura ceremony.

I put my hand inside the cube and spread out Kwak Chun-shik’s letter of recommendation to them.

“I am Eugene Han Carlione, the orthodox successor of Oreo-shik and the direct disciple of Master Kwak Chun-shik. My proposal is very simple.”

──Kneel down, kids.

How dare you dare to compete with bastards far below the line?

to get behind

* * *

It is like an oath that is absolutely unchanging and must be kept.

This was a kind of unwritten rule that was applied even to students who were not currently attending a dojo.

And that’s why I was able to talk with them comfortably by revealing their faces and names.

If they betray me, other disciples will come to punish them. And I’ll turn it into powder until I can’t use it.

That’s why you can do something like this.

“The water is lukewarm.”

“Sin, sorry! Apparently the surrounding temperature is high, so the water quickly——”

“The water is lukewarm!”

“Sin, sorry! crazy kids! Bring the snowflakes you have as ingredients!”

“Ha, but the boss! That’s to make armor later—”

“’Dae’ Sasook says he wants to drink some cool water!!”

Yes, this is the society that has moved.

Maybe Kwak Chun-shik has become an old man because he has lived his life thinking that this kind of environment is natural? I thought I would like to.

Look, how comfortable is this?

“hey. The guy called the captain there. The name… … Yoon Kwang-soo?”

“Yes. Please feel free to call me Gwangsoo. Sasuk.”

“Yes, Gwangsoo. I’m asking just in case, but if I immerse myself here, no one will know? Don’t you think so?”

The guy who jumped up from his place at my question that I asked in a playful way.

“Oh no, what do you mean! How dare I tell Sasuk such a terrible thought!”

“no no. just worried I even told Master directly that I was going to meet you guys and even got his address, but I was worried that Master would be worried if I lost contact with me, so I asked.”

“… … Yes?”

“Why. difficult?”

Should I explain it more simply?

“twice a day. If you can’t get in touch with me, Master will come to pick you up. So, our Gwangsoo should take good care of me so that I don’t get hurt or anything?”

“Yeah, sure. Of course.”

The guy who manages to smile at my jokes mixed with threats.

What I asked Kwak Chun-shik for was nothing special.

He just asked me to write a letter of recommendation in ink containing his aura.

The moment they see the ink imbued with aura, they’ll realize that this isn’t something they can manipulate.

“Yeah, that’s why Sasook. He said there was something he wanted to ask us.”

“request? Oh, there was. I have one or two.”

“Two, two? Yes. Please tell me.”

Gwangsu, who is characterized by his dark beard, asks me, rubbing his palms.

There were only a few things I wanted from the guys.

at first.

“I want you to make something with me.”

“… … You mean stuff?”

“Yeah, stuff. There’s no one else around you who can do it. We need you and your apprentices.”

to provide them with manpower.

“If it’s making things, it’s what we usually do, so there’s no big problem… … What other requests do you have?”

“Ah, something else. It’s more like a request than a request… … yes. Rather, it will be easier.”

“Do you have a favor? Let me tell you. I will help with anything I can.”

“yes?”

If so, I won’t be taking any more.

“me. Give me your arcane skills.”

“Yes? What is that——“

“Give me.”

Oh, ask for a new technique.