Offer a Tribute and Become an Archmage - Chapter 176



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Offering Tribute to the Archmage Chapter 176

Kael Djerba [2]

Episode 176.

“Master Yonterion.”

Ronobe returned to his formal state after a long time. He knelt on one knee and bowed his head. This was a sign of respect and trust toward the gods.

-Tell me.

Even the mouth of Yonterion, who had been talking nonsense since the beginning, wanted to get to the point after seeing Ronobe’s actions.

Let me explain the whole story.

-You idiot.

Jonterion invariably rebuked him.

“Oh, why…”

-There were plenty of reasons not to accompany that guy named Kael.

The steps of a hero who responds to the king’s call must be pious and like a trial that must be overcome alone. By saying this, he could have praised Kael, raised his own steps, and finally, raised his own value by fulfilling the courtesy of a king and a subject, and refused.

Even if that weren’t the case, there were plenty of ways to refuse Kael’s company, and since the place where he met him was in front of the gates of the county, there was also a way to bring in Count Frank, so he blamed Ronobe’s shortcomings.

“No, well… that could be possible.”

-Don’t make excuses. If you think about it a little, there are plenty of reasons to refuse. Even if you had mentioned the Lord of Gradas, it would have been possible.

“Kael was stubborn. He would come up with all sorts of excuses to follow me. That was annoying.”

-That’s an excuse. In the end, didn’t you call me because the current situation became more annoying because of your annoyance? You are greatly to blame for infecting me with your annoyance.

“No, what’s the crime…”

Yonterion clicked his tongue as always.

-So, what do you want to do?

“You’ve said all the swearing, so why are you asking? Please solve it somehow.”

-… Kael must have asked you to accompany him for two reasons.

One was as Benald had expected.

-Rumors can’t be ignored. It’s a way to raise my reputation, so there’s no reason for him not to do it.

And the second is the family.

– It will be a situation where the family is threatened.

“Family?”

– Didn’t your subordinates say that? The level of the guards is low and they are nothing special. It seems that their position within the family is precarious. The longer the family’s history, the more intense the conflict between the direct and collateral lines.

“Then are those chasing the carriage also people from the Kael family?”

Yonterion shook his head.

– I don’t know. It could be so, it could be not. It could be another noble who holds a grudge at the auction house as you think, or it could be Kael. The group chasing you could also be Kael’s trick. Maybe he’s trying to make his enemy a common enemy. Anyway, I don’t have enough information for now. Why are you asking in the first place? You could find out right away.

“yes?”

-Yes? No, you idiot. Why don’t you turn into a sparrow or a crow and spy on them to see if they’re chasing you or a guy named Kael? From what I’m saying, the situation isn’t urgent, so why are you delaying?

“ah…”

If you were curious, you could just find out.

If you could turn into a sparrow or a crow, it wouldn’t be that difficult.

I forgot this simple thing.

Were humans really animals of oblivion?

Humans are truly sad animals because they often forget what they have.

-Why on earth are you… No, no.

“Why? Were you trying to say something harsh?”

-You’re good at this sort of thing.

“Wow…”

Ronobe’s mouth opened wide after hearing the rapid-fire nagging and scolding.

“That’s it, and I had more things to tell you and ask you…”

-Why is your mouth like that? Tell me clearly. You already have a big head, so if your mouth is crooked, you’ll be called an idiot.

“I think that the person who expects too much from a fool is actually a fool. Meh… It’s only for a day or two.”

Judging by the way he was muttering, he seemed to be quite upset. Yonterion was worried about when this little punk would come to his senses.

When I looked closely, I realized that maybe he was only acting childish in front of me. No matter how old a person gets, he becomes infinitely younger in front of his parents or teachers.

‘But this guy is still naive and cute.’

Sometimes it’s frustrating, but what can you do? Yonterion has seen many people over the years.

If you are pure, you will easily become corrupted by evil. This fool is stubborn and does not easily become corrupted by evil. He may be better off because he is moderately turbid. The cleaner and more innocent you are, the easier it is to become corrupted.

‘If you look at the civilization in the nightmare…’

He was far from pure and innocent.

-So what is it again?

“Do you know about Lorraine’s herbs?”

-Lorraine’s Herb? I don’t know about herbs named after people. What kind of herb is it?

“An herb that helps wizards.”

Only then did Yonterion seem to understand and answer.

-Prumero.

“Frumeyo?”

– It refers to entities that sprouted from miracles in the ground, such as flowers or grass. It is a different form from Tula. Such Prume absorbs the miracle power that has seeped into the ground as nutrients and grows on its own. Taking this is like taking a miracle.

Frume.

It was a word that integrated the miraculously grown plants that took root in the land.

“Can I raise it as a totem too?”

– If it is a place where miracles are present, then it is possible. If it is your totem, then it is possible. However, Prume attracts Tula. Monsters as humans call them. So if you want to raise it, you will have to put in effort. Otherwise, the monsters will come and eat Prume.

“There was a reason it was expensive.”

That was also the reason why Prume was not visible.

‘I guess I can’t just leave it in the hopper and raise it.’

It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing we can do about it. We’ll be able to raise it once we finish up our work in the North and return to Hopper.

-What’s next? I think there are still more questions.

“Next is the golem.”

-Golem?

“Yes. I want to make a golem.”

-Why are you making that? Is it because of the puppet show you saw back then?

“Yes? No. I’m preparing that separately. I don’t want to do a puppet show with a golem.”

-Then why do you want a golem? With your level of magic, you don’t need one. In fact, it would be more troublesome to use a golem.

Breathing commands into a magical doll to make it seem alive.

That’s the definition of a golem.

However, giving that command itself was quite a difficult and complicated task.

Jonterion said that there was no reason to create a golem unless it was absolutely necessary.

-A doll is just a doll. Rather than wasting time on such things, it would be better to go in another direction.

“Which way?”

-… If you really want to become a great wizard, shouldn’t you create an Akan? What you’re doing is no different from following the path that others have taken.

“…if it were easy, I would have done it.”

The mouth opened again.

Yonterion shook his head.

-So what? Why are you trying to learn Golem?

“Because of you, Master.”

-What are you talking about?

After hearing the explanation, Yonterion felt complicated.

-Do you not want to think?

“Oh!! That’s not it. Please don’t misunderstand my kind heart.”

I understand that there is a meaning behind wanting to be with the gods. However, I could not hide from Yonterion my desire to live a comfortable life.

– If that’s the case… it won’t be that difficult. However, it won’t be easy to make a vessel to hold a god. If you can’t endure it easily, how can a doll endure it? It will break as soon as it is put in.

“Is it possible?”

-It is possible if your blood is infused into the golem. After all, we are connected to you.

It is possible.

But even though Yonterion said it would be extremely difficult, Ronobe was not disappointed for once. Nothing in his life had ever been easy.

None of it was simple.

So it was okay.

Ronobe originally found everything difficult.

No matter what I learned, it was difficult, so it was the same anyway.

Besides, this time it seemed like it would be fun.

If only I could travel with God, seeing and enjoying the same things.

It was worth enduring that much hardship.

To Ronobe, God was a teacher, a family member, a friend, and a companion.

-hmm…

It was such a special thought that even Yonterion couldn’t help but be moved.

I’m going to go so far as to say something I won’t do.

-Make a frame out of her ice. That’ll make things a little easier.

“A skeleton?”

-Make a skeleton with ice, muscles with thread, and blood with oil. Along with the rock dust you feed to your subordinates. There is no need to add miscellaneous things like that Benald. Make it like this and when the shape is set, call it. Of course, it is not me.

“Why? I wanted to call the teacher first…”

-There’s no way the golem you made could withstand me. This is also related to the characteristics of a god.

“Then who would be good?”

– Summon that snake. It’s a snake and it can manipulate space, so it should be able to control itself even when it’s inhabiting a crude golem.

Ronobe nodded.

I don’t know what that has to do with anything, but that’s what happened with Yonterion.

‘Ageidon isn’t bad either.’

He had also developed a close relationship with Ronobe and had shown him some favor.

-Do you have any more questions?

“Oh, right. Liam. Oh, there’s a knight I’m raising named Liam… I heard that his heartbeat slowed down after feeding him the rock dust. I heard that the knight’s heartbeat actually got faster, so is that okay?”

After hearing the story, Yonterion nodded.

– If it’s about life, it’s okay. He’ll live longer than other people. That’s what a slow heartbeat means.

“Is that so?”

-Even the hybrids of giants like trolls and ogres have slow heartbeats. Even the larger beasts have the same. It’s not a big change to worry about. It’s just that the creature’s stomach has gotten a little bigger. It’s just a little bit.

It also meant that we had to continue to feed the rock powder.

‘Come to think of it, I heard people recently asking if it would be okay to increase the amount of powder.’

I can’t tell if I’m raising a knight or a pet. I’m already afraid that I’ll end up like a hippopotamus eating rocks. It seems like I’m offering tribute, not food.

-Do you have any further questions?

“Yes. This is enough.”

As if he understood, Yonterion pulled out the soul that Ronobe had. He swallowed a hundred souls in one gulp and disappeared. Ronobe, who would have been furious, was not particularly moved. This was because he had collected a lot of tribute from the last war.

Ronobe, who opened his eyes as if waking up from a dream, was wondering what to do with the grimoire left behind by the Imperial Wizard, Nightmare Light.

It would have been possible to summon a new god, but I didn’t really want to do that. I didn’t have the magic I needed.

Rather, I decided that it would be better to learn more of the gods’ magic now.

‘Caterpillar and Vivian are also good.’

Urdisana Ageidon. Or it would be good to learn more about Bonka’s magic, since I haven’t heard of Bonka’s Archon yet.

‘Urdisa said he would let me know once he had completely dealt with the grizzly bear.’

Since I couldn’t say I had fully mastered the grizzly bear yet, I thought of Bonca, Ageidon, Caterpillar, and Vivienne.

‘Because Bonka wants iron.’

Excluding. Then Ageidon or Caterpillar. Vivian is left.

Is there anything to worry about?

Ronobe called the three.

“Ageidon! Caterpillar! Vivian!”

It’s a thing of the past that singing together was taboo.

Since the Ronobe gods liked to be isolated from each other, they thought it would be better to let them show their faces to each other.

‘Now we are a family child!’

You have to see a face often to become attached to it.

That was the logic.

[…]

[It’s been a while, Ronobe.]

[You only show me the first time.]

Caterpillar kept his mouth shut, and Ageidon greeted the other gods as if he was used to it now, without paying any attention to them. Vivian was rather surprised, but did not express any displeasure.

“Something good came to me.”

Ronobe took the worn-out doll out of his arms.

Nightmare Light.

It was his grimoire.

The appearance of an unremarkable stuffed doll.

But what it holds inside is a nightmare.

It was a miracle that contained that kind of power.

“This precious item has come into my possession… but I can’t give it to everyone, right? I can’t give this good thing to just anyone. I’m thinking of giving this ‘opportunity’ to three people I especially cherish…”

[…?]

[Looks good…]

[Not bad.]

Unlike Caterpillar and Ageidon, who were used to this kind of thing, Vivian was a little confused by the current situation.

“Then, would you like to brief me on what you can give me? Let’s start with Agadon, our most senior.”

Even though I was a senior and a junior among the gods, I still didn’t dislike it because they treated me with favor. Ageidon straightened his neck and spoke with a sense of pride.

[It’s been quite some time since I’ve been with you. I think it’s about time.]

“no way…”

[This is Akan of Ageidon. When learning ‘Tail Eater’.]

“!!”

I don’t know what it is, but the name is cool.

Compared to the sound-eating feet, fangs, molting, snakeskin, and snake smoke, it loses its coolness.

Ageidon swallowed his own tail in one bite as if to show it to me.

But nothing happened.

As Ronobe raised a question mark, Ageidon spoke with an embarrassed look on his face.

[Come to think of it, you can’t do it because you don’t have a tail.]

“…”

[Would you like to learn how to be a python? Then you will be able to transform into a snake.]

“hmm…”

A spell that transforms you into a snake.

It didn’t seem to be of much use.

“What kind of person is the tail-eater?”

[You can do anything. Don’t you have a snake too?]

“Yes.”

[If your body were to enter that snake cage, what do you think you would be able to do?]

The snake is another storage space inside the body. A space made of magic. But Ronobe’s body is put in there? It was hard to understand what was going on.

[It’s like your body is flipped over. You can hide your body in an invisible space.]

“…? What are you talking about?”

[You yourself become a space of miracles. He who rules over space, rules over space. Ronobe, don’t take it too seriously. If you hold the wind in, that too is space. No, you could say it’s your world. My Akan forms the world. It creates the world. And it connects the world.]

“hmm…?”

[It may be too early. If you understand what I am saying later, then that will be the time.]

Ageidon turned into smoke and disappeared.

Scratch scratch.

Ronobé, who was scratching the back of his neck, smacked his lips when he saw Caterpillar and Vivian.

“What will you give me…?”

Caterpillar and Vivian glanced at each other, and Caterpillar spoke first.

[Me! I’ll give you the ‘Dreaming Gochi’!]

[…]

Dreaming of Kochi?

Ronobé recalled the Caterpillar’s past that he had seen in his nightmare.

The caterpillar fable repeated over and over again.

To achieve this, what Caterpillar has always done is to create different types of gear.