Chapter 52 - Chapter 8: Excavation (1/2)
Chapter 52 - Chapter 8: Excavation
In-gong opened his eyes slowly. His head was still blank as he woke up from his sleep.
“Prince, are you still asleep?”
A green sight entered his blurred vision but it wasn’t Green Wind’s hair. Green Wind’s voice wasn’t so crude.
“Umm... Carack?”
The first thing he saw when he woke up in the bed was Carack. It was the correct answer as Carack’s big and crude hands lifted In-gong up.
”Come, here is some cold water to wake you up.”
He always started his day with cold water. In-gong swallowed the cold water given by Carack and started waking up.
“It is almost lunchtime.”
The clock next to the mini-map showed that it was already 11:20 a.m. It was unusual since normally, he would never have overslept this long.
However, Carack’s gaze was quite strange.
“What? Is there something on my face?”
Carack scratched his chin at In-gong’s question and muttered,
”It is really amazing. How does a person know the time after just waking up?”
”I just know.”
There was no need to explain about the features of his mini-map. Just like a good subordinate, Carack just nodded and brought him a washbasin instead of asking more questions.
“The other people?”
In-gong asked as he wiped his hair with a dry towel. Carack removed the washbasin and replied,
”They are working outside. It is almost time for lunch, so shouldn’t Prince come out?”
”I will do that. I’ll take a look around.”
In-gong combed his hair, put on some outer garments and left the tent. There was a welcome face at the temple entrance.
”Your Highness.”
”Yes, Karma. Good afternoon.”
Once In-gong said good afternoon instead of good morning, Karma bit her lip like she was trying not to laugh. Somehow, her respect for In-gong had spread into a strange shape.
In-gong took a look around with Carack and Karma. Like Carack said, everyone was busy working.
The most important thing was to process the bodies.
Yesterday, this place was a battlefield. Their allies’ bodies were cleaned up last night, but there were still the bodies of the casios and drake ogres.
Usually they would be left for scavengers, but this case was different. Hundreds of bodies were next to the temple where a miracle had occurred, so they couldn’t be left alone.
The casios’ bodies were dismantled into leather, bones, teeth, etc. On the other hand, they didn’t know the identity of the drake ogres and how to dismantle them. Therefore, they were buried in the ground.
In-gong’s gaze turned to the other side. Behind the temple was a small forest of treants.
The treants were taking in the sun like yesterday’s movements were a lie. They seemed like ordinary trees.
'Still, it is noticeable.’
There was suddenly a forest in the grasslands.
After looking around properly, In-gong decided to visit Ferocious Eyes. It was to discuss various post-casios problems.
However, there was someone who was one step ahead of him. It was also in his head.
‘My master.’
“Green Wind! Is your body okay?”
In-gong looked up and asked. As expected, Green Wind’s shape didn’t appear but her voice was slightly clearer than before.
“It is okay. I’m sorry our conversation got cut short last night.’
Green Wind had lost consciousness last night and turned into wind instead of waking up again.
It didn’t matter since he could still feel Green Wind through Conquest, but it was comforting to hear her voice.
“It is fine. Do you remember what happened yesterday?”
‘I remember talking about Master’s power of Conquest. I don't know why, but... the remnants of Ainkel that remain inside me came to the forefront of my consciousness.’
”What about now?”
‘I can’t feel it now that it has subsided.’
There was regret in Green Wind’s voice. She seemed to miss Ainkel’s essence.
In-gong nodded thoughtfully.
‘It is pointless to ask any more about Conquest.’
It was clear that last night’s story about Conquest had evoked Ainkel’s voice, but it was unlikely that Ainkel would appear again from the same thing.
‘The king’s power... and the Conquest Knight.’
That, itself, was a harvest. Elder dragons were more likely to have special knowledge about Conquest and a Conquest Knight. If not, there would have been no reason for Ainkel to wake up.
‘I’ll have to really explore the library in the Demon King’s Palace.’
However, his merit level was still lacking to use the large library. He needed a little more time to investigate.
‘I shouldn’t be hasty.’
He needed to build up his merits and strength and he had to stop the Day of Massacre that Zephyr would cause.
The things he needed to do hadn’t changed.
In-gong settled his heart and looked at the air again. He heard Green Wind’s voice.
‘Master, I want to tell you a story. Can you come to the small temple?’
“I understand, I’ll do so.”
‘I’ll be waiting.’
Not only Green Wind’s voice but the wind circling In-gong disappeared. Feeling strange, In-gong looked back to see Karma’s eyes shining like lanterns.
”Your Highness, were you talking to Green Wind just now?”
She asked in an excited voice. In-gong responded with his hand slightly raised, as if he was calming her down.
”Uh, it happened so suddenly.”
“Oh, my god... Having a conversation so naturally at your age... It is great. Excuse me, but if Your Highness becomes a druid, you will surely be crowned with greatness.”
Respect was shining in her eyes. It was burdensome, so In-gong turned his gaze away, only to see Carack having a different type of look in his eyes.
”Thank goodness. I thought Prince had gone crazy all of a sudden.”
“I did.”
In-gong shrugged and Carack laughed. Karma’s eyes moved between them as she ate up their conversation.
“Anyway, I will be going back to the temple.”
Karma quickly raised her hand and asked In-gong,
”Can I go with Your Highness?”
She was excited because she wanted to meet Green Wind. In-gong shook his head with a sorry expression.
”I'm sorry, but Green Wind wants to discuss something with me.”
“I understand. Then I will protect the entrance of the temple.”
Karma was slightly disappointed, but she still gave a spirited answer. Carack, who was watching quietly, interrupted the conversation.
”Prince, then I will go to Ferocious Eyes to sort things out. This needs to be reported to the Demon King’s Palace.”