Yorn knows from past experience that Assis is no ordinary wizard.

    Although he is not a magician, he is the chieftain of a tribe and is a skilled warrior who has overcome countless life and deaths. His instinctive sense of battle is more keenly developed than others.

    Even such a person would have been helpless if Assis’ magic had been directed at him. It was the same even after he saw the magic.

    Will you be able to react to Assis’ magic?

    Avoid magical activation without any warning signs…?

    Even if I run a simulation in my brain, I can’t draw a picture of winning.

    Even with Jorn’s sharp senses, he could not sense a hint of life from Assis, who he could not even tell had emotions.

    Even now, while slaughtering wyverns.

    Asias with a thumb on the stop nail.

    Snap your fingers.

    An ice eagle soars into the sky.

    The wyvern tries to keep its distance from the magically imbued ice eagle, but the eagle follows closely behind.

    As if it were alive, the eagle fiercely pursues the wyvern that flies through the sky as if it were its home. Then, the eagle finally catches up with the wyvern.

    Phew!

    An ice eagle that bursts upon contact with a wyvern.

    A pure white cold air bursts out and covers the wyvern.

    The wyvern covered in cold air is frozen solid.

    The frozen wyvern falls.

    When it hits the ground, it scatters ice crystals and shatters into pieces without leaving a trace.

    If the magicians of prestigious families saw it, they would be shocked by its magical skills. There were several reasons why Asis possessed such skills.

    First of all, Assis was the best wizard in the kingdom even before he was sealed in the ice crystal.

    There is no need to gather magic power, create a magic circle, or memorize a spell. You can activate magic simply by having the will.

    She first cast her spell when she was only two years old, so no further explanation is needed. Ice is another limb of Assis.

    Ironically, it was after he was sealed by Skadia that Assis’ magical abilities were maximized.

    Ice Dragon Skadia.

    A dragon born from ice, and made of ice itself.

    Although the confinement was a lowly form, Assis was clearly a mortal chosen by Skadia. Being chosen by a dragon meant being under the protection of a dragon.

    What Assis received was the protection of the Ice Dragon.

    The blessing of the ice element was bestowed upon her.

    You can build bridges and castles with a single wave of your hand.

    Asies, who was already highly skilled at ice magic, received the protection of the Ice Dragon, so no one could match him when it came to ice magic.

    Assis is under the protection of the Ice Dragon, but his opponent is a wyvern, a subspecies of dragon?

    There’s no way there’s going to be a fight.

    With each snap of Assisi’s fingers, the wyvern is crushed into a shard of ice.

    Kieeeek!

    The wyvern, known as the tyrant of the sky, cries pitifully to warn of danger.

    The target was nothing more than a delicate woman.

    As the saying goes in the world of martial arts, beware of women and the elderly, and this is also the case in the world of magic. A woman with no powers would not come to such a remote place, right?

    The center of the wyvern herd.

    The leader wyvern, larger than the others, takes a deep breath, his chest puffing out.

    He opens his mouth wide as if he is letting out the breath he had been holding back. A huge breath of flame is released as if it were going to engulf the village.

    AS with arms stretched forward.

    Blocks breath with a curtain of ice.

    Saaaa… .

    The defense mechanism of the curse placed on the soul is activated. A large amount of cold air flows out from Asis, blocking the heat.

    Although he has no complaints about melting ice, he is useless against larger ice. Assis slightly extends his arm.

    Bam!

    A breath that freezes you in an instant.

    The ice reverses and climbs up to the wyvern, freezing it completely as it breathes its breath.

    Kyaaah!

    The strongest leader was defeated. Any group that loses its leader will fall apart, so the surviving wyverns turned around and fled without looking back.

    Assis, who was staring blankly at it, clenched his fist.

    Plop!

    The leader was turned into ice powder.

    Ice crystals pour down from the sky.

    To a northerner, snow is a familiar yet tiresome presence, but the ice crystals falling now were beautiful enough to be gazed upon.

    Assis, who defeated the Tyrant of Heaven with a single gesture, had a blank expression. It was a blank expression that had a languid glow, one that did not convey the urgency of battle.

    The sight of soft ice crystals falling around reminded me of a scene where a mother reads a storybook on a winter night.

    “Hey~ Suddenly a wyvern. If it weren’t for my slave, I would’ve been in big trouble.”

    Karami stepped forward as if he was asking where he could enjoy it for free. Since the battle with the wyvern was in full swing, no one was able to stop him.

    Karami wandered around the village, carrying a backpack on his back.

    “Oh my, the village is in complete chaos. A group of wyverns came out of nowhere. How can I be this unlucky? This is a natural disaster.”

    “… … .”

    “Well, even so, if we had been there from the beginning, there wouldn’t have been even the slightest damage. It’s just a shame.”

    Jorn was silent.

    It was an undeniable fact that we had received help from Karami and his party. If it weren’t for them, the village would have already been destroyed.

    “What do you want?”

    “I’ve already told you our purpose. We came to get the Lazrite.”

    Yorn doubted, and doubted again.

    Jorn, who has escaped the secular world, does not know much about merchants, but he knows their ugliness, especially when it comes to slave traders.

    They are a group that also engages in human trafficking for their own purposes. Even if they use Asis to steal Lazrite, Yorn cannot stop them.

    But why don’t they rob it?

    I can’t read his mind.

    Of course, whatever it was, there was only one thing Yorn had to do.

    “As I said before, it is a symbol of our tribe. Even if we save the village, we cannot hand it over to outsiders. If you want something else, let’s consider it.”

    “Hmm, well, I wonder if there’s anything in this small town that I like.”

    I have no idea what attitude to take.

    The sinking atmosphere of Jordan.

    match!

    Karami laughs brightly and claps his hands.

    “I will never take it by force, so let your guard down. I will stake my honor as a merchant.”

    The honor of a merchant. It’s almost like the confidence of an elementary school daughter saying, “When I grow up, I’ll marry you, dad!”

    “Then?”

    “If the chief himself gives the jewel, wouldn’t it be okay?”

    “He is the one who won’t let you touch his things. Do you think he would hand over the jewels to an outsider?”

    “You’ll know if you try it.”

    Karami made a proposal.

    “Here is my request. Let me stay in the village. The period is one month. I will try to move the chieftain’s heart and receive the jewel. Of course, I will not use force. I will leave cleanly after the agreed period.”

    “… … .”

    “This is the last peaceful method I propose, so please think carefully and choose without regret.”

    A pensive Jordan.

    I can’t predict what Karami will do if he refuses even this.

    ‘also….’

    Here, there was no choice but to accept it. As the chief, I could not weigh the lives of my tribe members, and furthermore, I was certain that if it was Darka that Najorn knew, he would never hand over the jewel.

    “I accept. But I don’t trust you. I will watch your every move.”

    “It’s hard to plot in this small town. I accept that.”

    Karami looked around the village with a satisfied smile. Thanks to Assis’s efforts, there were no casualties, but the situation was so dire that the village was in chaos.

    Tents collapsed and things were strewn about. Many people were still reeling from the terror of the attack.

    “I would like to join right away, but if an outsider interferes now, it will only cause more confusion. I will leave for tonight and come back tomorrow when the situation is sorted out. Miss Assis? Let’s go back now.”

    Assis nods.

    After taking a quick look around the village, I followed Karami out of the village.

    Yorn doesn’t take his eyes off them until they disappear from sight. Once they are out of sight, he lets out a shallow sigh.

    It’s a bit of an unpleasant feeling, but right now, cleaning up the messy town is the priority.

    “What are you doing? Check if there are any casualties and raise the fallen tent.”

    “Understood, Captain!”

    Jorn glanced in the direction of the smoke rising from afar and began to skillfully give instructions again.

    ***

    Don’t you get tired of gambling all the time?

    No, it’s fun every moment.

    It feels new every time I do it.

    Of course, I can say that because the results were good.

    But gambling is always done with the expectation of a good result, without even considering a bad result. If someone is smart enough to do that, isn’t he a genius?

    At least not me.

    ‘The Lin who left is saving me.’

    I wonder what you are doing now.

    I don’t care what you do, just hope it doesn’t affect me.

    ***

    Bestia Celestial Tower.

    A place where a dream garden has taken the place of the sky.

    A little fox with nine tails rolled around on the floor.

    “Rin misses Jjuin sooo much!”

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