nownovels Book 2: Chapter 244: Lunacy, Worship. And the Way (6)
Book 2: Chapter 244: Lunacy, Worship. And the Way (6)
Boom, boom!
Endless sounds of strong impact filled this snowy plain that would usually only have the vicious sound of the wind.
Boom!
Boom!
‘Aigoo.’
Cale was invisible but he subconsciously flinched his shoulders whenever he heard that noise.
There was another person whose shoulders were flinching like Cale's.
It was Archie.
He was waiting in a tent in the rear but his pupils shook relentlessly whenever he heard those explosions that shook the ground.
“What is it?”
Sword master Hannah. Archie's pupils were shaking so much that Hannah, who found it difficult to be around Archie because of her past attacks on the Whale tribe and had not been able to say anything to him until now, had asked with concern.
Boom!
Archie subconsciously answered Hannah's question after hearing one more rumbling in the distance.
“She's fucking pissed.”
“What?”
“...When I was young...”
Archie’s forehead was full of cold sweat.
“Uhh, you know that our village is on top of an iceberg, right? There-”
Archie would usually not say anything to Hannah, but he subconsciously spoke informally.
“Anyway, even that Whale tribe had a trashy bastard. When Witira-nim was young, that bastard caused a ruckus toward the Penguin tribe.”
The Penguins lived with the Whales and helped them with many tasks.
“When Witira-nim saw that-”
Boom!
The ground shook again, and...
“Haaaaaaaa.”
Archie subconsciously sighed before wiping the cold sweat off his forehead.
He then continued to speak.
“Anyway, Witira-nim went to capture that trashy bastard.”
"And?”
“While that trashy bastard ran away, he decided to turn into his Whale form and jump into the ocean.”
“And?”
“Witira-nim captured that Whale bastard. And then-”
Seeing that made Archie make up his mind to never try to provoke Witira.
“And then, Witira-nim held up that whole whale and slammed it to the ground...”
Boom!
“That, that sound just now! When she slammed him! When she grabbed him by the tail and swung him left and right before slamming him into the ground! This is the same sound as that time!”
Boom, boom!
"She’s fucking pissed right now. Witira-nim is so angry her eyes have rolled over! The only reason she stopped was because Paseton-nim, who was very young at the time, cried saying, noona, let’s stop. Unless something like that happens again, she will not stop! Paseton-nim is older now, no, Witira-nim will probably still stop if Paseton-nim came crying and dangled on her arms! Aw shit, Paseton-nim is in Roan! How can we get him here? How?”
“...Why are you asking me?”
“No, this is really bad!”
Archie jumped up and shouted toward Hannah.
“This is just the beginning, the beginning!”
Flap.
Archie picked up the door flap.
“Fuck!”
He then swore.
Hannah was looking at Archie in disbelief. Archie didn’t care and continued to talk with a crazed look on his face.
“The snow keeps coming down! The snow is actually getting stronger! ‘Fuck! There is going to be no worries about the water running out here!”
“Ho.”
Hannah gasped and then asked in a tone of disbelief.
“Isn’t that good for the Whales?”
Wasn’t it good for there to be a lot of snow?
Archie answered with a frustrated look on his face.
“Exactly! The problem is that it is too good! If there is this much snow piled up?!”
He clenched his hair as he shouted.
“It’s enough for her to go berserk!”
He ran out the door.
“Damn it! Everything is going to get destroyed! I need to stop her!”
Hannah watched Archie’s back as if he was a crazy bastard.
However, Archie was completely serious.
There was a thought that went through his mind on a normal basis.
‘In the ocean, the Whales are the Dragons.’
He always thought that the reason Dragons were said to be the strongest race was based on their prowess on land.
Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Dragons all lived on land. He believed it was a hierarchy determined based on their own standards.
However, there lived just as many different species and just as numerous the creatures in the ocean.
The ones to protect the ocean that they all lived in were the Whales.
That was why although Dragons ruled the sky and the land, the Whales ruled the ocean.
This thought did not change despite Archie meeting numerous Dragons and strong individuals.
The Whales did not have magic or aura, but...
He believed they just did not have the chance to show Cale and the others the true greatness of the Whales. There had never been a proper battlefield for them to do that.
Archie fully believed that.
That was why he quickly ran toward the direction of the loud explosions.
‘She’s using her body to fight?!’
Why had Witira gotten so angry?
Archie’s face looked extremely urgent, incomparable to the look on his face when he was watching Rasheel and Kendall fight.
“Human, Archie is heading toward the battlefield! What is going on?”
“...I think I know.”
Cale could not answer Raon’s bright question and simply looked toward a spot.
At that spot...
Boom!
“Grrr, grrrrr-”
There was a large worm getting slammed left and right.
The worm couldn't even groan properly anymore. The dirt that made up its body, the dirt that had looked as strong as boulders, was cracking like a land in famine. There were even areas that had large divots as if a large storm had passed through.
“Oh no!”
Yanni charged toward Witira with the sword in order to rescue the worm, but...
Swiiiing-!
The worm's large body brushed past right in front of her.
Witira swung the worm to block Yanni whenever she tried to get close.
She then destroyed the rest of the worm with a nonchalant look on her face.
Her face and her actions both felt completely stoic without any emotions.
“Will you continue to do that, ma’am?”
She heard Yanni’s calm voice at that moment.
Witira didn't even glance at her.
She simply continued what she was doing.
“You leave me no choice.”
As soon as Yanni said that...
Crack.
An odd noise came out of the worm’s body.
Witira’s eyes clouded over for a moment before quickly returning to normal.
It was at that moment.
“You will regret your actions, ma’am.”
Anger could be subtly felt in Yanni’s voice.
“Yes, whether it is the Dark Elves or Elves... We all live within the laws of nature. You guys among the living and me, within the dead. We gather our powers that way and exist together within nature.”
More than the humans, Dwarves, and Beast people... The Elves and Dark Elves earned more things from nature.
That was why they had to be thankful to nature as they lived.
At least that was how Tasha lived her life. Although Dark Elves were treated badly compared to Elves and had to live close to death...
She was certain because she had an Elemental by her side.
We are a part of this world, we are a part of nature.
Tasha picked up the spear in her hand.
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
The long spear pierced through the wind.
The tip of her spear pointed right at Person.
“You’ve crossed the line.”
“Ha!”
Peterson sneered.
“Is this the time to be educating me? I think you should be more worried about you or your friends?”
“Pfft.”
Tasha sneered right back.
Peterson scowled and his mouth opened.
However, another voice could be heard before he could say anything.
“How-?!”
It was Yanni.
Peterson turned his head.
He looked toward the area where the worm had exploded.
Chhhhhhh-
They could hear water.
Snow melted to create drops of water and those drops of water gathered together to form a half circle.
There were numerous dirt needles stabbed into that half circle.
Chh chh.
Those dirt needles mixed with the water to turn into mud and plummeted to the ground.
Chhhhhhh-
The water that created the half circle pulled back its beautiful flowing water as it fell to the ground as well.
It then created a small puddle.
Witira was standing on top of the puddle.
Drip.
Her bleeding cheek had a dirt needle stabbed in it.
She pulled it out with a casual movement.
Blood dripped out but Witira nonchalantly lowered her head.
“No!”
They heard Yanni shouting.
“How did you-?!”
Chhhhhhhhh-
The sound of water vaporizing could be heard.
Witira moved her other hand.
Chhhh—-
Her hand was burning.
It seemed quite painful but Witira didn't even twitch an eyebrow as she held the large aura in her hand.
Squeeze.
Witira tightened her grip, and...
Chhhhhhhhh-
The aura flailed and made a dreadful noise.
Smile.
A smile appeared on Witira's face.
She looked at Yanni as she spoke.
“This is your Elemental, right?”
Her voice was jovial yet calm.
“This was so annoying.”
She wanted to take Yanni down but the large worm was annoying.
As well as the large aura hiding within the worm.
Witira had made up her mind as soon as she heard the cracking sound and felt the aura and the Elemental.
“So I decided to capture this first and then take you down.”
Chhhhh.
The puddle underneath Witira’s feet started to move.
The snow around her started moving as well.
The snow melted.
Chhhhhhh–!
It created a small path.
It was a path made of water.
Witira started walking at the beginning of the path.
The path was headed toward Yanni.
“I guess it's time to take you down now.”
Yanni’s face filled with astonishment while Witira smiled.
Shaaaaaaaaaaa-
The wind was blowing.
Witira nonchalantly commented.
She felt the existence that anybody living in the ocean had to know better than anything else.
"The wind.”
Yes, the wind.
Not just one but-
“The winds are gathering.”
Tasha was at the center of where the winds were gathering.
Tasha thought about what Peterson had said.
‘Is this the time to be educating me? I think you should be more worried about you or your friends?’
Tasha saw that Peterson had a stiff look on his face for the first time and opened her mouth.
“I don't think I need to worry about me or my friends.”
Tasha heard the voice of her Wind Elemental by her ear.
– I brought my friends!
– The guys that came to watch Cale-nim said they will fight with us!
– They said they can’t forgive her!
Shaaaaaaaaaaa-
The desolate Erghe Mountain Range...
There were no beautiful flowers or luscious forests here, but...
This was still a part of nature and, in some aspects, a purely natural environment.
That was why, alongside the snow...
Shaaaaaaaaaaa-
The wind existed.
Basically, there were more Wind Elementals existing in the Erghe Mountain Range than anywhere else.
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
A large gust of wind gathered by Tasha’s side.
No, although they were not contracted to her, her friends, the Wind Elementals, were with her.
Tasha was not fighting by herself.
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Translator's Comments
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