Chapter 245 – Inotia, the City of Magic 2 (1/2)

The first person to greet Woohyuk at the docking station was a high school-aged Lia.

He gently patted her head, as he didn’t know what to do with a young lady. It didn’t seem that long ago that he used to carry her around on his shoulders.

“Was everything alright?” Woohyuk asked.

“Yeah! It was a little harder than I thought, but I wasn’t hurt. Canelion also played with me whenever we got bored,” Lia answered.

He saw that Canelion had grown to about the same height as Lia.

Woohyuk asked her how she was,

“What happened to the trauma that tormented you?”

“It’s gotten more manageable after Alphone treated me. I don’t have as many nightmares when I go to sleep,” she answered.

Alphone, who was currently working under Aris at her laboratory, had the ability to look into one’s soul.

Thus, he had ordered Alphone to look into Canelion’s soul in the past.

It seemed that Alphone was able to discover and remedy something within Canelion.

As he was conversing with the two children, Leifina walked to his side,

“Lord…!”

“It’s been a while, Fina,” Woohyuk greeted, using a more endearing term.

Though only a month had passed in the world they were in, 25 years had passed within Arcane Tower.

In other words, Leifina hadn’t seen Woohyuk for 25 years.

As she was about to let loose a monsoon of tears from her happiness, swordmaster Granver called out from behind her,

“As promised, I helped develop this female knight. I have the utmost confidence that she’ll be able to assist you from here on out.”

“Based on her sword-wielding ability, how would you rank her?” Woohyuk asked.

“Swordmaster. She was quite capable and had a deep propensity. She also didn’t lack motivation,” Granver answered.

Leifina was now able to control her aura ability at will.

Woohyuk took out Grandia to test out Leifina’s upgraded ability.

“Show me your developed skills and abilities, Leifina,” he said.

“…”

Leifina didn’t know if she was supposed to raise her sword against her lord. She was at a total loss.

However, that only lasted for a moment…

Hwi-Eek!

Argent, the treasured sword of the Ecclet Family, glowed with a pink aura as it flew towards Woohyuk’s chest.

‘… Pretty fast.’

In terms of speed, Woohyuk was able to give her attack a passing score.

He leaned back and avoided Leifina’s sword attack and immediately changed his stance to counterattack.

Ka-Rang!

Leifina moved to block Grandia from striking her head as if she expected his attack beforehand.

Afterward this brief interaction, the two faced each other with their respective swords in hand.

“You’ve developed well. You’ll become quite usable,” Woohyuk said.

When he praised her, Leifina slightly blushed.

Subsequently, after exchanging a few more moves, Woohyuk stepped back and put Grandia away.

“You’ve definitely reached a Swordmaster level. Good job, Leifina.”

“… T-Thank you!”

Leifina’s expression brightened, as she anticipated that she could continue to be by Woohyuk’s side.

While Leifina was enjoying his praise, Tinia approached the two with a disgruntled expression and said, “My Lord, I also want my developed abilities and skills to be verified.”

“Yes, very good. Let’s take a look at how much you’ve grown,” Woohyuk replied.

“Then, without delay…”

Tinia slightly smiled as she pulled out Stormblade Cardion.

At the same time, a turquoise vortex rushed out.

Living up to her name as Tempest Wind Tinia, she freely handled wind power.

Ka-Rang! Ka-Rang! Ka-Rang!

Tinia opened her battle with Woohyuk with a serious expression.

She also trained under Swordmaster Granver, so she had also reached a considerable sword-wielding level.

However, Woohyuk felt that she was not as developed as Leifina.

‘Tinia’s aura control is still slightly unstable.’

However, she definitely deserved praise for her to grow to this level in just 25 years.

Woohyuk deflected her aura with Grandia and then praised her, “Excellent, Tinia. That’s enough, I’m sure you’ll be able to catch a small dragon by yourself now.”

“Ho! It’s an honor for me to be evaluated so highly by your Majesty,” Tinia said as she laughed loudly, covering her mouth to control her overflowing good feeling.

Sieg and Brynhildr, who were watching this scene from behind, smiled in satisfaction and pride.

“The Lord seems to be pleased with Tinia,” Sieg said with a proud voice.

“Now that she’s grown older, I think it’s time for her to get married,” Brynhildr added on.

… It seemed that they were in their own little world, making strange plans that no one else seemed to think or logically follow.

Woohyuk turned his head toward the others as if he didn’t hear the two’s comments. He glanced at his other talented followers while sweating profusely.

Silvia, Choi Kayoon, Song Anna, Yoo Kayoung, Allen, and Reina.

Everyone seemed to be present except one.

“Where did Hong Yuri go?” he asked.

“Huh? I’m here!” she replied, seemingly from mid-air.

She had been away for a while, so she was receiving her report from her vampire organization.

She held the position of Queen, so she was bound to be busy.

“… Ah, so you’re well,” Woohyuk commented.

“Sure. Am I not the Blood Queen?” Hong Yuri said as she materialized and showed off her fangs proudly.

She was wearing a fairly erotic outfit.

However, Woohyuk turned his head toward Allen, as if he wasn’t interested in seeing her alluring body.

“Have you become the successor to Arcane, the High Sage?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. Thanks to the medicine you gave me, the Spirit of Immortality, it was much easier to pass Arcane’s test.”

On the top floor of Arcane’s Tower, he had met Arcane’s spirit.

Once Allen passed Arcane’s test, he received a Great Mage Class title and Arcane’s Crystal Staff.

When Allen pulled the staff out, Woohyuk nodded.

“Good work. You’ll be able to accompany me now.”

“How come you’re not asking about me? I also came back after suffering quite a bit from that stupid tower!” Reina protested while standing next to Allen.

Woohyuk made an annoyed expression, but nodded his head and asked, “Yes, what goals did you achieve through your struggles?”

“Elves are masters of archery. Hence, I worked hard on developing archery skills.”

Reina pulled her bow and aimed into the air in a natural position.