Black Badger - Chapter 381



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381. Wings (3)

“It’s coming out.”

Kairos, whose expression had been strangely bright for the past ten hours, smiled.

His orange eyes curved into claws.

“Both.”

The sharp ones immediately understood Kairos’ words.

Even though you can’t hear Hildebert’s footsteps at all, you can tell he’s coming.

It was said that Hildebert’s sixth sense had returned to its former state.

It is hard to tell whether it is because he is tired or because his energy has returned, but in any case, the Sword Master, who has finished his treatment, is intentionally keeping his presence quiet.

A hallway where only the sound of small footsteps can be heard.

The sound of footsteps approaching.

The restaurant door opened.

“Hilde!”

Amy jumped up and down.

“Hilde! Are you okay? How are you?”

“I’m soaked in sweat and I smell terrible.”

As soon as he saw Ami, who seemed ready to jump in at any moment, Hildebert panicked and held out his palm.

“I’ll go change my clothes first.”

“Stop talking nonsense and start reporting.”

Yoon immediately refuted that.

“Don’t come near me. Just report there and change your clothes.”

The golden eye is bent.

Hildebert stood with his hands on the doorframe and smiled, showing his neat teeth. It was the brightest smile they had seen in quite some time.

A smile without even a shred of sadness.

The white-haired man smiled silently and took his hand off the door frame.

“I feel better now.”

He held his white hair in his hand and showed it behind his ear.

“Intuition and physical strength.”

There were scale-like things protruding from the mastoid process.

Parts of the body where discoloration from burns has disappeared.

Amy jumped up and down in her seat.

“That went well!”

She cried out clearly.

“I’m so happy! Congratulations, Hilde!”

Ami seemed to be holding back the urge to run over and hug Hildebert right away, because she knew Hildebert would be embarrassed.

A faint smile appeared on Ricardo, Sophia, and Karl’s lips.

Yoon Man’s expression didn’t change.

“Are all the functions working properly?”

“It’s noisy again now.”

Hildebert smiled and answered Yoon’s question.

“I’ve missed even this.”

“What do you mean it’s noisy? The presence of a monster wouldn’t be noisy.”

“Well, there is something like that.”

Hildebert gave an ambiguous answer with a smile.

The only one who furrowed his eyebrows in disapproval after hearing that cool answer was the missionary.

The team members don’t know what he’s talking about, but since it’s a sensitive topic, they don’t bother asking. Yoon looks at Hildebert with an expression that asks why he’s giving such an unclear answer.

Hildebert, standing in the middle of their gaze, smiled faintly instead of answering.

“I won’t tell you the details.”

“It seems like the liver isn’t getting better.”

Yoon said calmly.

“I took such great care of you while you were sick, and now you’re repaying me with insubordination. You don’t know gratitude even more than I, a sociopath.”

“Yoon, you didn’t come here to nurse me, you came here to observe me.”

Hildebert accepted it confidently.

“And unfortunately, the scales on the mastoid process grow back and heal when you are not looking. It’s a shame. You wish it had lasted just a little longer.”

“No. Good. Now I can try out things.”

Yoon said without hesitation.

In fact, it seemed like he was speaking his mind rather than accepting it.

A man who actually squints his eyes and looks at the mastoid process, lost in thought.

Hildebert looked at Choi Yoon with a look that said, “What kind of being is that?”

“It’s good to see you again.”

When the white-haired man was at a loss for words, Kairos opened his mouth.

Hildebert takes his gaze away from the shooter.

The gazes of his fellow tribesmen met in the air. The Sword Master smiled as he saw the figure with the same mastoid process.

“Thank you. There’s no need to tell your subordinates. They already know.”

“I see, Kyle.”

“I see. There was no way to hide it anyway. You must have realized it the moment the leaf veins recovered. It’s impossible to cast a spell to hide your presence before recovery.”

After saying that, Hildebert lowered his eyes for a moment and closed his mouth.

He lowered his head and said nothing, then opened his eyes and smiled.

“It’s good. It’s good to hear his voice again.”

Kairos gave a small snort.

“It seems that the ability to receive emotional transference has also been fully restored. That’s too bad. I wanted to check the ability to receive emotions.”

“Stop talking nonsense.”

“Where can I see Hildebert’s swordsmanship?”

It was Sophia who lightened the mood.

Kairos and Hildebert stopped talking and looked back at their senior. The dragon who was standing at the entrance of the restaurant smiling also turned his head.

Sophia accepted the cold gaze indifferently.

“It’s dark outside so I can’t see anything.”

“I can see well enough.”

Bingryong’s kind smile grew longer.

“I think it would be good for you guys to see this, so I’m going to take these people to the North Pole for a bit.”

“omg.”

Ami let out a noise.

“North Pole…?”

“If I use my magic to move, it’ll be quick. I’ll go and see this man’s sword skills and then send him back right away. I can just relax there for a bit and then go.”

Ami shut her mouth tightly.

And then he looked at Bingryong with a face that seemed to be pondering something.

While several people were puzzled by Ami’s reaction, Sophia looked down at her senior and patted his back.

Ami with her lips curled.

Bingryong smiled faintly at the human who looked like he needed to go to the bathroom.

“Do you have something to say to me?”

“yes.”

Ami wrapped her fist around her left hand with her right.

“Tell me.”

“By any chance… would you like to go see the penguins with me?”

Yoon turned his head.

The man looked at his sister as if to ask what the hell he was talking about. Hildebert and Ricardo let out a strange laugh.

But Ami was serious the whole time. She pursed her lips and waited eagerly for Yong’s answer.

The dragon burst into a soft laugh.

“Cocoa was a bribe.”

“I hope you like it.”

“You drank well. You even floated the marshmallows.”

Ami’s face brightened at the cheerful voice.

She leaned forward.

“Can I go?”

“I’ll go to the North Pole and bring you back.”

“thank you!”

Ami jumped up and down in delight.

“Thank you so much! I will watch YouTube diligently! I will watch the videos on DK’s account 10 times until the end!”

***

North Pole.

The region that was once most affected by global warming.

But as the population decreased significantly due to the First War and the area where humans lived became limited, the progress of global warming gradually slowed down like a train that had its brakes applied. The Earth began to recover. It gradually returned to its former state. Slowly enough to burst. But it did not stop.

The wounds suffered by the North Pole did not heal immediately.

Yet this was a land that demonstrated the power of nature’s midnight purification.

Now the Black Badgers stand upon that white ground, aided by the dragon’s magic.

Hildebert changed out of his clothes, which were soaked in cold sweat, and walked across the snow.

White hair fluttering in the blade-like wind.

The sword hanging from his waist glows golden.

The Sword Master of the Empire walked across the snow-covered continent without looking back.

“I’m trying to spread my wings too.”

The dragon looked back at those who were watching Hildebert’s back as he walked away, having stopped to keep a sufficient distance.

“Don’t be so surprised.”

The dragon didn’t wait for an answer.

The moment the words were spoken, it simply disappeared from sight. A wide, white plain. Only white spread out, and wherever the gaze fell, a heavy creature suddenly appeared in the place where there was glacier.

A huge shadow fell upon the white ground. The sky-blue scales, almost transparent, sparkled as they reflected the sunlight.

Ancient dragon.

A monster that lives forever.

A blue creature that gives a cool feeling just by looking at it. When it spread its wings, the snowfield was covered. It was far away, but it was so huge that it left me speechless.

It’s breathtakingly beautiful.

It looks like a gracefully carved ice sculpture.

As it flapped its wings slightly, the badgers had to brace their legs to keep from falling over.

Even though I’ve faced the Brain Dragon before, the level of pressure is different.

The sword let out a hollow laugh.

“If I spread my wings, the sky will be covered.”

“Isn’t it beautiful?”

Kairos muttered in a possessed voice.

The orange eyes were fixed on Bingryong and he didn’t know how to leave.

“Bingryong is also considered to be the most beautiful dragon….”

Now, in the distance, stand Hildebert and the dragon.

In the meantime, the inspector had walked a long way and was now only the size of a pencil. The shrunken knight raised his head and looked up at Bingryong. His golden eyes were hidden by his white hair. However, the line drawn around his mouth was clear.

An ancient dragon looking down at the Sword Master.

Hildebert said something to the old being.

The dragon’s eyes narrowed when he heard Hildebert’s voice.

As if approving of something… .

“Wow.”

Ami suddenly grabbed Yoon’s chin in the surging air.

“The dragon didn’t flap its wings?”

The wind blew.

Hildebert was caught up in the whirlpool.

To be exact, it was the opposite: Hildebert created the vortex.

The Badgers saw the Swordmaster standing on the snowfield with his legs braced.

A man suddenly holding a sword in his right hand.

The black, downward-facing blades appeared to be flying playfully and lightly.

The tip of the sword pierced the snow. The wind blew where the sword passed. Snow flurries mixed with the spiral wind. White hair swayed here and there in the midst of the small snow storm.

Not a single strand of flying hair was cut off by the sword.

The wind that Sword Master created danced. It was a wind that ran down the ground, then rose up as if it was threatening my neck, then fell back down on the ground as if it was showing mercy. The sword led the flow, and white snowflakes covered the sword. In the white wind, the sword seemed to not exist.

The wind that had been blowing so gently gradually gained strength.

The sword strikes spread out in all directions.

Kwaaaaang!

A sword strike that exposes the ground like flesh.

The sword strike that cut through the eyes like a cut through skin climbed up the ice wall.

Jejejeok

Oh my god

Oh my god

Kwaaaaang!

“Eww!”

“That crazy guy….”

Yoon frowned as he grabbed Ami’s chin as she tried to fall over, unable to control her momentum.

A staggering Sophia was caught by Karl and Ricardo.

A wind that hits the body hard.

Yoon squinted and looked at Hildebert, holding his younger brother with the minister.

“I’m so excited that I’ve recovered, I’m even controlling my strength….”

And they see wings.

Pure white wings.

A set of giant, overlapping wings.

It was the result of Hildebert’s sword strike. The sword strike that tore through the snow left behind streamlined marks. They remained on the ground and on the ice wall. The streamlined path of the wind overlapped into the shape of wings.

Dozens of wings sprouted from where the white-haired knight stood.

If the dragon hadn’t told me, I would have been overwhelmed by the power of the sword and wouldn’t have been able to gauge its shape.

Beautifully curved and overlapping. Wings stretched out in all directions, wrapping Hilde in a circle. They spread out as large as dragon wings, then slowly contracted, then completely folded, forming a circle, then spread out in all directions like a dragon with both wings spread.

It would be even more beautiful if seen from the sky.

Kairos thought.

Then you will understand more clearly why he was called the Sacred Wing of the Empire.

When will we see such refreshing swordplay again?

If it weren’t for this place, I wouldn’t have seen white wings without a hint of red.

Kwaaaaang!

Snow swept in and glaciers cracked apart.

The sword advanced through the snow, spreading its huge wings to both sides.

In the middle of it all, Hildebert laughed.

“ha ha ha!”

It was a laughter that cut through the sound of the strong wind.

A feeling of satisfaction bursting from the danjeon.

“haha!”

A mighty presence standing on the ice.

A weighty presence that only those who have reached the realm of Sword Master possess.

Hildebert, who had retrieved it, raised his sword with a transparent sword strike for a long time.

Until Bingryong, satisfied with the experience, returned to human form.

Only after drawing dozens of wings on the wide snowy field.

The Sword Master is back.

It was the return of a knight who had never failed in his quest for revenge.