Chapter 76.2 – Settlement (2) (1/2)

The next morning.

Jude and Cordelia left the basin after being sent off by Gentle Snow Breeze, and the two headed towards Raptor Canyon.

However, the facial expressions of the two were different.

Jude’s face was glowing with a smile, and Cordelia kept looking at him with an awkward face.

“Hmm-hmm~huhu-hmm~”

Cordelia flinched when Jude began to unusually hum.

And she studied Jude’s face again.

Why is he so excited?

Why is he broadly smiling?

Um…anyway, shouldn’t I behave like nothing happened at that time?

‘That’s right! Let’s pretend that I don’t remember!’

Having made up her mind, Cordelia cleared her throat and made a cool and dignified expression as if she had not done something shameful, and Jude had a wicked smile and said in a low voice.

“Lick, lick.”

Cordelia’s face turned red.

But Cordelia didn’t give up yet.

“What nonsense are you suddenly saying?”

“Lick, lick.”

“You b*stard! You wretched b*stard!”

Cordelia eventually gave up and began slapping Jude on the back, and Jude just smiled in satisfaction.

“Ugh! Hey! It no longer hurts when I hit you? Have you been lying so far that it doesn’t hurt?”

“No, it hurts a lot. Ouch, it hurts. Ouch, it hurts.”

“I hate you so much!”

Cordelia, whose neck had turned red too, began to increase the strength in her hands.

“Ack! Hey! Hey! It hurts! It really hurts!”

“It doesn’t hurt!”

“No, you’re wrong. It really hurts, okay? Your level is high too, right?”

Though it may be less than the martial artist Jude, the wizard Cordelia also had her physical abilities increased every time she leveled up.

As Jude frantically cried, Cordelia asked after reflexively stopping her hand.

“Does it really hurt?”

“It really hurts.”

“That’s great!”

“Ah! Ah! Hey! Hey!”

“More! Be more hurt!”

“Lick, lick.”

“Hey! It doesn’t hurt? You’re not actually hurt, huh?”

“It hurts, but still, lick, lick.”

“Die!”

A few minutes passed since the violence and relentless teasing between the two began.

Cordelia panted after getting tired, and Jude said.

“It’s all right, because it was very cute.”

“F*cking b*stard. I’ll reconsider using Beast Mode again.”

Cordelia glared at Jude and decided to change the topic instead of hitting Jude more.

“Anyway!”

“Anyway.”

“Are we going to Raptor Canyon now?”

“Yes, because it seems that there’s a relation between Lena and the elves’ magic kingdom, which is said to be in Raptor Canyon.”

“The ruins of the magic kingdom…there must be a lot of rare items, right?”

“Tsk, tsk…you’re greedy for everything.”

“Die.”

As Cordelia glared at Jude again, Jude cheerfully smiled and said.

“Well, I’m looking forward to it too. It’s a magic kingdom, so there’ll be a lot of stuff that you can use.”

“Moonlight is still worth using, so I hope that there would be a lot of other things. Like armor or accessories.”

“Since you’re using the witch’s magic, wouldn’t it be nice to have items that speed up your mana recovery?”

“Yes, yes, I must completely raise my mana itself. It’s good that the witch’s magic is strong, but it consumes a lot of mana.”

After she said that, Cordelia suddenly stopped and looked back at Jude.

“Come to think of it, did you absorb the Essence of the Blue Moon well?”

“I absorbed it well.”

“For real? Then did you open the third door? Are you stronger now?”

Cordelia asked as she walked up to Jude with her eyes shining.

Jude replied as he impulsively pinched Cordelia’s cheeks.

“I opened it.”

Cordelia would have usually called him crazy and asked why he was pinching, but this time, her eyes got bigger and she widely smiled.

“Wow! Third door! The third door! How did it go? Has something changed? Did you learn some new skills or something?”

“Should I show it?”

“Yes, show it to me. I want to see it. I want to experience it.”

As she jumped in place with the rabbit ears headband on her head, Jude smiled again at the sight of such Cordelia, before he suddenly hugged Cordelia on her waist with just one arm.

“I’ll show it to you.”

It was not only the Black Dragon’s Ascent that he learned.

Twenty-Four Gale Steps also received a new change.

‘Ninth Heaven’s Nine Doors.’

Nine worlds and nine doors.

It was the special martial arts of the transcendent being who defeated the overlords of hell when they came down to this world in the past.

“Twenty-Four Gale Steps – Black Wind’s Advent.”

Jude said in a low voice before he carried Cordelia with both hands. Cordelia clung to him as he stirred up the wind.

Dozens of golden-colored whirlwinds rose.

And in between that, a jet-black wind soared up too.

“Kya?”

Jude laughed at Cordelia’s scream that was a beat late.