Chapter 155: The Man Who Directs the Wave, Korin Lork (2)
2XgDagda, the King of Gods, had a lot of treasures but three of them were considered the most powerful out of the bunch.MjBil
XIz5The first of these items was the Magic Cauldron, Undry. It was the great treasure proving his status as the King of Gods and proof of his divinity of the earth.WVQVZea
0EdmUNfSecond was the Magic Club that crushed the skull of the great giant warrior, Cirb. It was the weapon that had the highest attack power out of all the equipable weapons of ❰Heroic Legends of Arhan❱.LReXax
jXHhmXLastly, the third one was the Magic Harp, Uaithne, made with an oak tree and the liver of the King of Cats.1RM
xMg6qAs one would probably tell from the fact that it was a harp, the power of Uaithne only shined when performing the harp, and the result depended on the genre of the music.3zif1D
GJT7Of course, there was the condition that the quality of the performance had to be above a certain threshold, but after borrowing the harp from Estelle-Noona in the previous iteration, I was able to perfect two types of performances.6vtKelh
QolbXeMetal and rock.PlJ6i8
eWehZ1That was the residue of the sweaty youth I spent performing in a band during university.hH2JCM
1RJDy“AYYYEEEEEE…!”QsqfQIt
DOcSI2JI changed the song. This time, to a more exciting one! Let’s go London Calling!ZUJor
YxDtm“London calling~! To the faraway towns—”wYH
KllQSKKWar has been declared, and the fight has begun!ynNa
eUvZAThe sky, the ocean, and the River Thames are all with me!lBiya3c
bBdxCUaithne.ERxsD
e3PGenre – Rock Music.CJmf
dd3It brought about a natural disaster. The exhilarating repetition of powerful chords made the entire world dance to my music!wRCjtcX
SgmF3AThunderstorms fell from the sky, while the oceans let out a sonorous chant with their storms and waves!ChhaLE
eqlX“Uaaahk! T, that was a shark! I saw a shark inside the tornado just then!”qZZ
sg9ol“Shark-nadooooo!! Fucking asylumm!”zIkh
UOF“What is that fucker saying!?”RWuln
g6WJJ“I don’t care if the river floods! And I live by the river!”317Yc
uTK5Hd“Uaahkkk! Stop! Please stoppp!”si9D5Zb
fpHu“This inhumane music is killing me!!”yFHWU
axlMy“Shuddap! Cherry boy! The engine has stopped already! But we will live without fear!”HaoPs
if4Do you see this? The cheers and chants of the audience?B7dshf
9dNx3tDo you see the crowd cheering and screaming to my music?N7RmPSa
rQWAdD“…Noisy.”AAQMss
N8vnTch.hPXC5
El5Why does no one appreciate the greatness of this genre? And London Calling isn’t even that noisy of a song, alright?YktpB5F
43cTo be fair, this world was a little bit behind in terms of dance culture so that was understandable. I remember how people at the royal banquet didn’t understand the beauty of my breakdance. But they did cheer at the moonwalk.sN2KZ2
0ZTkAhh, I miss you, the one who treads the moon. The one who urged his conviction to the heavens.hOMDQ5r
2JsWdWait a second?fN4
FblUxoQHeavenly Mic Hael Jackson.gYlBbkV
p9SoWuI was his only successor in this world. The only one that could inherit his will and re-enact the Heavenly Sovereign Strides that could allow you to do reverse steps on the Moon.YtP9svC
UMZIn other words,qkNH
DSZwgI.TCuhudu
q4MV4YfI am the Heavenly Mic.vvMjAA
962Even if metal, rock n roll, and breakdancing were not accepted in this world, my music still has the power to force the heavens and tremble the oceans.DMxv
2PF3usSo how could this me not be the Heavenly King himself?as5
3YLzkHeavenly—6uLF
lkPycP“I am the Heavenly Mic Kim Korin!”Q6arPK6
oWujhk5— Sovereign Strides.MkfJf
KzmQPO『One who treads the Moon, MOONWALK』Gh4p
Knnlom“H, huh?”ghy07aX
ev2“L, look!”A75cf3
NkC“He’s walking backwards?”tHPp
uieOCn“Korin is playing his harp and walking backwardssss?!”IhK
hvw5A-Kwaaaaa!px7yxzG
fS3f-Kwarurung! Kwaruru!5y6Q6
mCFThe skies were turning while the earth beneath trembled in shock. The oceans were in fear while the wind stayed turbulent.B3P0BE
nsf-H, help meeee!!gIniE
UkkfrP-O, our ship!! Nooo!B2g1XQ
q9t3Fufu, fear not, mercenaries.yDT
UaZJaMy heavenly moonwalk isn’t here to harm the humans.PJxKXA0
9vWSrThose who hear the sound of the Heavenly Uaithne; none of them shall be hurt.Jvw
gUTZoG5***MDrSj7W
79cyb“Damn those bastards from the Tower! They were hiding such a card up their sleeve!”zy1R1t
JGXIAt the command center of the military, Command Bernette slammed down on the map upon hearing about the failed attempt of the vanguards.eBuGgI
as1KZFifty ships had been used for the plan. Although they weren’t going all out for their first attack, they still weren’t expecting to be forced back powerlessly without even being able to approach the shores.emEEeOs
H7v0C3z“…”SguN
Ej5hV“…”P9f
AAaKJSimilarly, the guardians, mercenaries, and captains who were all summoned to the command center were looking distressed.uhQtez
bY738Most of the people here were masters of Guardians Guilds and mercenary leaders, and I was also a part of the group as the master of Korin Guardians.TvBN
7bH“What are the casualties looking like?!”7GzG
Prr0EM“Yes sir. 13 fleets have been capsized, and 21 have been heavily damaged. Their main bodies have been damaged to the point that we cannot repair them anytime soon.”T9Pg
dPv“Damn it… There must have been a lot of casualties from the mercenaries.”koS7V
OTNgX“Actually…”ndUmc
qQyAbQ“What is it?”xhQ5q
m9QioW“There are a few that caught a cold or those with small wounds due to being scraped by the broken shards of the boats but… none of them died.”xqo8sC
GHa“What kind of bullshit is that?!”j6Udad
tCajHalf of the ships were gone and yet none of them were dead. But that was natural.AmpCCr
1PhXdu2Music and art did not exist to kill people and were instead there to save them. Killing people with music? This Heavenly Mic Kim Korin would not allow such a thing to happen.ZGy
uYz“Apparently, shocking music, the likes of which they had never heard of before, surrounded them and saved their lives…”iXH
dKc3hD“???”7uI21dX
InFXUtThe frown on the face of Commander Bernette deepened as he heard more about what happened. He was about to say something in response but was interfered by the beautiful and charming voice of a lady.oy86HL
L4mex4w“Well~. That’s not the important part here, is it?”7MM
nK1HfdI“…Chairman Danua.”WCx6
d4WgwEveryone gathered their eyes on Master Erin, who was invited to the subjugation army thanks to the strong recommendations of every branch of the Guardian Alliance.DqLeQAX
iz9TlWm“There is no way that such waves were made naturally. It is safe to say that the Tower has means of controlling the skies and the oceans.”wXhb
Kjh0“But we can’t give up just because of that.”HuYPTkR
g5X“Of course, I’m not saying we should. There is a better plan.”Q86m
tz1j“A better plan?”Wwcv
sIpL“A grand spell that allows them to control waves and thunderstorms means there must be an appropriate magic circle hidden in their base. All we need to do is destroy that. Right, Clara?”BqtuSM
WjGxyMaster Erin said naturally while turning around to Lady Josephine standing behind her. With an uncomfortable look on her face, Lady Josephine replied after a nod.jNw5I
dCgiVp8“R, right. I remember, seeing something similar, in the past… during the Witch Revolution.”29ulYn
raawoG“Mhmm… If you say so, Dimensional Witch.”cQyPAO
l3dnoU“So that was why.”jiGIZ
uD10pAOn the outside, Master was just a new chairman and her words did not hold as much power as Lady Josephine, who was a legendary historical figure who led the Revolution of Witches alongside Valtazar, assisted with the foundation of the New Faith, and crushed the Tower of Mages’ monopoly over magic.NfFKUdX
ZeiEvAOf course… Everything was a lie.t3Yne5
MTVThere was a reason why I had to interfere with the advancement of the vanguards by doing something like this.j0wilO
sS4lIIt was to reduce the casualties that would have been made by the retaliation of the Tower of Mages.gYGR
TIO3J5Both in the original storyline of the game and in the last iteration, this landing operation resulted in massive casualties before coming to an eventual success.7UM
ZB9H07zConquering the small islands of the archipelago and landing on the main island was already difficult but that wasn’t the end.yuh
OKJ5cDue to their previous experience of being half-annihilated by Lady Josephine and Tates Valtazar 80 years ago, the Tower of Mages spent the last 80 years doing everything they could to fortify the Steel Archipelago.gfsY1
58o0Casting chimera monsters and evil spirits everywhere, they made it into an impregnable fortress of hell.ZJVzT
udrBesides, the kidnap of Estelle meant it was time for the giants to show up. There would be way too many casualties and I knew that based on my experience from the last iteration.YpYyrs
XsALNscThere was probably no risk to Estelle’s life for the time being so my priority was to save those that didn’t have to be killed.KZB0
4ril“I have an idea.”ch7S
gd8“Hmm… What is it, Chairman Danua?”7HDRg
S0M“The destruction of the magic circle by a small group of elites.”qIC
r6Lh7VH“Would that… be possible?”eeM7j
xa4“Definitely. As long as we get the help of the talents that Clara and I are going to recommend.”qQt3dr
QdSAfter saying that, Master Erin started mentioning names.XrBsF4
OU2GD6“Marie Dunareff, Hua Ran, Korin Lork, Josephine Clara and me, Erin Danua. The five of us will be enough.”VDQ
yI1NtBut the looks on the faces of the ones listening turned worse as she pronounced more and more names.AZoasYm
1Nq“Only… five? And three of them are just students!”3TQ
tvWA“It’s not ‘only five’.”n46ch
YXEaNr“We have Sword Captain Lunia Arden from the Arden family as well as several other powerful experts. How could you possibly recommend students whose experience and skills are both yet to be proven?”2QvtiB2
0zNxp“I agree with Chairman Danua’s opinion.”ILnaSUg
2V9goc“Captain Lunia?”LAzv6
lPUSWithin the crowd was also Lunia, who had come here not as a member of Korin Guardians, but as a Sword Captain officially dispatched by the household with 50 knights and 300 disciples.kYnytG
IBLDXtNShe showed her whole-hearted agreement to Erin’s idea.EIMei9a
9QJvIA0“I can guarantee the capabilities of the students mentioned. And most importantly, I can assure you that anyone better suited for the task than them will be a hard find.”oc2Z
Th2“What do you mean by that?”tNbTK7
HQXp“Student Marie is undoubtedly at the level of a Unique-Grade vampire, although still unofficial and the same goes for Student Hua Ran. Do you know of the special characteristics of Unique-Grade demons and demi-humans?”k7A1
MHiCWiHearing that, Commander Bernette groaned in understanding. Though there were few in number, every Unique-Grade demi-human and demon had the same passive ability.HkK
QSZ“Demonic Aura. Simply put, it has the same power as Dragon Fear. Both demonic beasts and spirits will run away in fright when they come across a Unique-Grade demon.’4ap64F
OTyThis meant that they could bypass most of the evil spirits and chimera monsters that the Tower had in store.eavJZ2j
b5O“Being strong and whatnot has nothing to do with this. Chairman Danua’s opinion is very much valid.”mpZ2Uww
JHjomNWe couldn’t do this in the game or the last iteration. Although the player did become a hero of the nation after the ‘Annihilation of Demi-human villages’, they could never reach the level of being influential enough to meddle with large-scale military strategies.1Q0
LYYpulBut now, it was different. The chairman of the Guardian Academy, Master Erin, and a sword captain and successor candidate of the Arden family, Lunia, represented my thoughts for me.Sdt6V
Yn7ym1The two of them had more than enough fame and influence, which would therefore allow this iteration to flow as I wanted it to unlike before.KoCxJB
J2Y15o“In that case… Let’s give it a shot following Chairman Danua’s proposal.”pRP52I
sUc1UOn the way back after the strategy meeting, my eyes met with Master Erin, who was still discussing details next to Chairman Bernette.KOUsHeb
fsQ‘Korin! Korin! My dearest disciple! Look here! Here!’dQX
4Q7b5The solemn dignity she showed during the conference was long gone and she quietly whispered with her lips while looking at me with a wide smile.bX96
PCVByJ‘That was okay, right?’LJUV
az2bWas it… always this easy to see through her expression?YEpW
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aLG1c34“Student Korin.”zKjZ
DHjEWMWe were preparing for the operation when the most important figure of this operation, Lady Josephine, spoke to me.LJv
WDW“Yes? What is it?”DukW
NmJa“I am preparing for the dimensional jump as you said but… You are aware of the biggest drawback of this plan, yes?”oqoEnx
kc4yQ“Of course.”e69
vLMdSenior professor of Merkarva Academy. Hidden behind that title was her identity as a war veteran who had been in the lead during the war and revolution 80 years ago. Even for this current strategy, I throw out ideas but it was mainly Master Erin and Lady Josephine that added in the details.hXbWYgc
2G4“We will be moving straight to the Steel Archipelago with teleportation. There is a big hole in the plan already. Because over the past 80 years, the Tower has been setting up all sorts of barriers that interfere with dimensional spells to prepare themselves against me.”wjb
FQnRight, that was already a problem. Lady Josephine’s teleportation spell was most likely going to fail.Afzdz
meh80 years ago, because she had relied on her infinite teleportation to drop off Valtazar and Master Erin wherever they pleased to bring the Steel Archipelago to ruins, there was no way that the Tower hadn’t created counter-measures for her.dy3
SiYThe existence of one superhuman mage made the war unwinnable for them, and that was why the Tower of Mages was horrified by her teleportations.2uS
1jUH“The interference to the teleportation will surely drop people to random places throughout the archipelago, and waiting in those places would be…”vCid3L
FXkSy“The evil spirits and chimeras.”Z4N2qhS
lAE8“I’m not particularly concerned about everyone else, but I am worried about you.”PvpWy
8ACADgI was probably the weakest out of all the participants in this strategy. In fact, the strategy plan written by Josephine had a question mark written next to the name, Korin Lork.K24X
WzDGhI, without the support of my 3rd Precept, was remarkably weaker than the others in terms of physical stats so that was no surprise.aeYyr
Evp“It’s alright. It will work out one way or another.”JfCbh
ABrj“You say that but…”VHVt2
ySKI continued while drawing squiggles on top of the question mark that Josephine wrote on the paper.X3IvVl
occKd“We will be all dropped onto different parts of the archipelago, but that would lead to a detrimental result for them because we have with us the ‘cursed potatoes’ that Senior Marie made.JGkUB
mmOwLE“Mhmm… The curse of Macha was given by the Danann Oengus. As you said, it will have astonishing results if it works but…”4lD
0kBB‘Curse of Macha’.ouiAo
LSySdhmIt was a frightening curse that made the men of the land invaded by the curse feel the pain of childbirth for 9 days. For this to work, we had to plant crops on the land and wait for them to bud.YZO6
Het0y7For a potato seed to bud, it would take around 15 to 20 days.Hu2BfZ
zfuQt“We will plant the seeds across the archipelago, go through the secret passageways of the Tower of Mages by ourselves, save the Saintess, and teleport back with your teleportation marker.”Z0K
rfdAH“It’s not impossible considering our abilities and skills but…”zEV5wbZ
i9HwLady Josephine’s teleportation could only be interfered with when teleporting to the Archipelago. Her teleporting out of the islands through a ‘marker’ couldn’t be interrupted due to her having clear coordinates.hhWmn7
ovrLE4n“Haah~. But do you understand? If someone can’t come back properly in this final moment of escape, then…”Ust
T2mYG“The leftover ones need to do their very best to survive by themselves. I know, but it’s a plan worth taking the risk.”jixMK
29XGiX0The biggest question of this plan was this. When teleporting out using Josephine’s markers after saving Estelle, would everyone be able to gather there in time?npchvU
9ok“I don’t think there will be particularly any problems with Hua Ran and Student Marie. And of course, the same goes for Erin. Do you understand what I’m saying?”yy6Go3
LgKdJWThe biggest drawback and questionable member of this plan was certainly me and only me. However, there was only one thing I could tell her in response.PsA
eG3“I have no plans of sitting back and doing nothing after pushing my colleagues into the pit of hell.”c31OhX
a0Ha“Haa… I knew it. That’s just the type of person you are.”rebKfIF
9rdFVvWe finished the preparation shortly after that and the next day, we gathered together for the teleportation.my1
40i6F………WjV
GCnvTzf……TDZM
MKVhq3…piSdu2
Z8uR7ZMarie Dunareff.LYn71yY
otNf4Hua Ran.Uck
oAzeErin Danua.OCSR
6iqGx9wJosephine Clara.y4Uhs
slzRWPKorin Lork.yINjAG
IUaJTFive people.QbD
4Bga3Destroying the magic circle was our goal on the outside, but our real goal was to save the Saintess and spread the cursed seeds.EaHp
4qkLyo“Are you ready?”MtOFAgE
Scm“Yes, Korin.”vDVcIeR
ykdZm“Are you… really bringing that?”nX5eKq
5HDuShe said while looking at the luggage behind my back. Right now, I was wearing not only the supplies and munitions but also the Silver Spear of Shadow Paradise and the Red Spear, Gae Derg, as well as the enormous harp, Uaithne.rwTgtV
5RP9“It’s a bit heavy but don’t worry. This thing will come to me no matter where I call it from, so I will just toss it somewhere nearby.”LIrxkW
Ghg“…”UmSrs
qr3PThere was a strange look on her face, as if that was beside the point but…Q0V96
2rOC8“Wait, did you want to listen to my music or something? The music of I, the Heavenly Mic Korin Kim?”M1Uz
Zu4qhn“I would never want to listen to that noise.”tJQ
hlK1“So mean.”EUDHIy1
KVANsKv“…”5Fk1of
NExEJosephine started engraving a magic circle on the ground for the teleportation. In a bit, we would be sent off to different parts of the Steel Archipelago.KwbYxR
Ld9sDF“30 seconds left.”cXUTwD
leXISGWith less than 30 seconds left of the teleportation, Hua Ran said after holding onto my sleeves.czd
Eru1bU“Don’t get hurt.”kc5I2wN
m9pP“Huh?”MZSWJ
lXY“If you’re hurt… my, my…”EWh7
dcmK2“My?”0EmcPLe
VnyjJv“10 seconds left to the teleportation! Everyone, get ready!”rHA
AUsrA crack started to appear all around us starting from the ground. That was proof that we were about to leap through an enormous distance.2U9Zh
IcxPG“M, my…”wMLwm
SM1CVBut still, Hua Ran showed no signs of opening her mouth.jTFV
u7d“Korin! I will see you at the Tower!”Da1XdA
lnzJ7Vc“Sure, Senior Marie. You and Doggo be careful as well.”Es2kQZ3
ipDlz“Okay!”RsUQJ
ATow8, 7…ayx
oiWh“Korin.”LvzuS8G
Mco“Hnn?”OENSBQT
WUYRKlBAfter seemingly making up her mind, Hua Ran opened her mouth.3Tx93E
UUQ2T0k“If you’re hurt—”k7YiH
aZnOdE3, 2…VFN
W2Kvtsn“I think I’ll be sad. So please—”mbEo
FIDg“We will see each other again in one piece so don’t worry! Thanks for worrying about me!”ex6dwAk
9to31“…!”HRD9Fm
inYHer face started to turn red. She was about to say something, but before she could, the dimension around us cracked its mouth wide open as we fell into the deep dimension of nothingness.Nj0b
IvJ……….VgGr
XiKxL……zcdU9W
zBW…IkA
qJVA forest.I0DF
OvXThe trees were thick, and a whole ecosystem was breathing together. Like a large greenhouse, there was still warmth in this land.5iC
Wrz4VQsBeing next to the Northern Kingdom, the land cursed to be cold and snowy for an eternity, the Steel Archipelago was similarly a land of extreme chilliness that did not allow normal crops to grow.ndxzuL
RPsRlXWThe fact that there was such a thick forest near me despite that…gP7igUl
lM5LO“Bingo.”v5d
GuWI was anticipating that things would somehow work out wherever I ended up, but I really wasn’t expecting to be sent here out of all the places.znHC
Ig0h62❰Prohibited Forest❱tSk
2a3yAn artificially created enormous ‘greenhouse’ where the mages of the Tower grew magic organisms and crops for experimental purposes. This was the Prohibited Forest that was being maintained by the Green Cult.Epr1
GLJAlthough there were all sorts of hidden pieces and magical crops of incredible effects hidden in this place, this was one of the places that required the most time for players to clear.JDZdx7N
aQpsJbGIt was because there were thousands if not tens of thousands, of evil spirits and artificially engineered spirits created from the experiments of the Green Cult.GkBQO
ak0WBecause of the hideous difficulty of this region, it was considered one of the most difficult side quests of ❰Heroic Legends of Arhan❱, on par with the end-game main quest line.DhTmM
MtEA horrible part of the map that even maxed-out player parties could not conquer with ease.5RcN
H7DFc7But that did not matter to me in the slightest.Su7a
ttZU2nd Precept: Restriction
〚I do not perceive spirits.〛bjY
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