Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 366



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Episode 366

Chuangka’s head exploded

Chuangka’s headless body flailed around helplessly before collapsing.

It was a very sad end for an old orc who had taken over a dark elf village.

Zeon approached Chuanka’s body.

Even while fighting Chuanka, there was something that particularly caught my eye.

It was the necklace that was hanging around Chuanka’s neck.

The necklace, made from a mixture of human and demon bones, had been emitting an ominous black energy since a while ago.

Even though Chuanka’s breath had stopped, the black energy flowing from the necklace did not disappear.

“Ahh!”

“Save me!”

The branded dark elves screamed in agony as if their entire bodies were being torn apart.

Zeon picked up the necklace.

For a moment, I felt a pain as if I was being burned by a hot iron.

The black energy of the bone necklace tried to dig into Zeon’s hand.

From the moment I was exposed to the black aura, my senses became disturbed.

I felt nauseous as if I was motion sick, and there was a ringing in my ears. My vision suddenly went black and I couldn’t see anything.

‘Is it a curse?’

It was Zeon who had already experienced the curse of the Grim Reaper.

It wasn’t difficult for him to figure out that this black aura was some kind of curse.

Zeon concentrated his mind to learn more about the bone necklace.

Because in addition to the curse, I felt a strange energy.

It was the moment when Zeon injected mana into the bone necklace.

“… … .”

For a moment, an illusion appeared in Zeon’s vision, which had been completely dark.

An old orc wandering the desert.

The old orc was dying.

His body had already reached the end of its lifespan.

His own people no longer cared for him, and he was left alone in the desert.

The old orc walked in search of a shady place, but nowhere in the desert could he find rest.

A feeling of despair took hold in the old orc’s heart.

The old orc, who had lived as a warrior for many years, did not want to die in vain. That was why he gritted his teeth and moved.

One step, another step.

The old orc walked and walked until his breath allowed him to. And then, when all his strength was gone, he collapsed.

I didn’t even have the strength to move a finger.

The scorching heat drained all the moisture from my body, my eyes lost focus, and everything in the world seemed blurry.

Then ‘he’ appeared.

I couldn’t tell if they were male, female, orc, human, or elf.

Because the old orc’s unfocused eyes could not see any distinct shape, the old orc didn’t care.

The orc, who was on the verge of losing his breath, had no interest in ‘his’ identity.

‘He’ put a bone necklace around the old orc’s neck.

The moment he put on the bone necklace, the old orc felt an incredible surge of energy throughout his body.

A large lake appeared as if a heavy rain had fallen on the body that had been drained of its vitality like a dried up spring.

The lake gave the old orc some vitality, and he was able to dramatically escape death.

The old orc, who had regained his strength, searched for ‘him’. However, ‘him’ suddenly disappeared and could not be found.

It could have been a mirage or a hallucination before death, but the bone necklace around his neck proved it.

‘He’ was not welcome.

It was clearly a real entity.

‘He’ wanted nothing from the old orc.

I didn’t even expect anything in return for saving his life.

I just saved the life of an old orc.

From that moment on, the old orc’s life’s direction was set.

The goal was to somehow survive and welcome ‘him’ again.

I couldn’t meet ‘him’ again in such a shabby state.

I wanted to meet ‘him’ again, with a more splendid and powerful force than any orc. That’s why I wanted to show you that your child has become so successful.

From then on, the old orc began to grow stronger.

The old orc, who had lived longer than other orcs, was very experienced and knew a lot.

The bone necklace’s effectiveness was not limited to boosting vitality.

The brain cells of the old orc were stimulated and activated. Thanks to this, the old orc became incomparably smarter than before.

With his intelligence increased by leaps and bounds, the old orc grew in power.

It was thanks to the increased intelligence of the old orcs that they were able to dominate the dark elves.

Zeon muttered.

‘This is Chuangka’s memory.’

The bone necklace in his hand was showing Chuanka’s memories. He was whispering as he did so.

You too can become as smart as an old orc.

You can do what Chuangka did.

Just put the bone necklace around your neck.

The bone necklace was tempting Zeon. However, Zeon’s mental power was not weak enough to fall for the temptation of the item.

Zeon refused the temptation of the bone necklace.

Rather, I tried to explore the existence of ‘him’ who gave me the bone necklace.

Kwajik!

At that moment, the bone necklace cracked and black light burst out.

In the ominous atmosphere, Zeon threw the bone necklace far away and shouted.

“Everyone get down.”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone fell to the floor.

Kwaaang!

The bone necklace exploded in the air.

Immediately afterwards, a massive fire and shockwave struck the village.

Houses made of horse hide were burned and torn apart.

The Dark Elf village was completely devastated, even though the bone necklace exploded from afar.

If Zeon’s reaction had been even a little bit later, most of the elves in the village would have died or suffered serious injuries.

“Ouch! Shit. I almost died.”

Levin grumbled and sat up.

Contrary to his harsh words, his body was intact without a single wound.

It was the same with Brielle.

However, not all problems were solved.

Most of the elves still suffered from the brand.

Flora spoke urgently to Brielle.

“Come and erase their marks.”

“Everyone, lie down in front of me.”

Brielle took out some elixirs from inside her cone-shaped hat along with her answer.

If up until now it had been Zeon and Levin’s business, from now on it was her domain.

The longer it takes, the harder it becomes to erase the stigma.

I had to concentrate.

Brielle cleared her mind and focused on healing the dark elves.

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It was no easy task to erase the marks of over a hundred dark elves.

The leap in the middle of the snowball fight was so bad that it had to be rebuilt.

As time passed, the dark elves also had to endure hellish pain.

It would have been much easier to erase the mark if Gaia had helped, but Gaia was unable to help Brielle because she had to digest the Scythe of the Reaper.

Because of that, Brielle had to erase the mark with her own strength alone, so she had no choice but to expend several times more mental strength.

The only good thing is that, although it will take time, the dark elf stigma is being steadily erased.

Meanwhile, Zeon and Levin cleaned up the corpses of orcs strewn across the village.

Zeon dug a huge sand pit and threw all the orcs’ corpses into it. He then moved the sand again to completely cover it up.

Even though all the orc corpses were removed, Zeon and Levin’s expressions were not very bright.

It was because the village was completely destroyed.

The houses made of the devil’s hide were torn and burned and seemed beyond recycling.

The dark elves’ homeland was completely destroyed.

“ha!”

“Hoo!”

The dark elves sighed at the sight of the completely destroyed village.

It was painful for them to see the land they had protected for over a hundred years being destroyed.

It was to the point where I couldn’t even imagine how to rebuild it.

The dark elves lost their motivation and fell to the ground.

Although Flora and the warriors were busy trying to encourage the dark elves, it was no use.

The dark elves, having lost everything, even lost the will to live.

The dark elf elders who had led the village for decades just looked at the ruined village with their aged faces for decades.

Flora and the warriors’ hearts ached as they looked at those elves.

Even at that moment, Brielle’s treatment was continuing.

A look of exhaustion was evident on Brielle’s face.

There were still many dark elves waiting for her treatment, so she couldn’t rest even for a moment.

More than twenty people remained who had fainted from the pain they could not bear. The marks on the remaining dark elves were even more severe.

I couldn’t even rest until I cured them all.

Because of that, Brielle couldn’t even get a proper rest and was obsessed with erasing the stigma.

It must have been so bad that Levin tried to dissuade her.

“If you keep doing this, you’ll collapse first. You haven’t eaten anything. Please rest for a bit.”

“That can’t be.”

Brielle flatly refused.

“Ugh!”

“You might as well kill me.”

Dark elves who had not yet been cured were complaining of pain.

Brielle could not turn away from their suffering.

Even though she had lost her qualifications, Brielle still had pride in being a high elf.

A high elf must never refuse the hand of a fellow kin who asks for help.

I had a duty to help my fellow countrymen in any way I could.

Suddenly, Brielle’s thoughts wandered to the items within the subspace.

“Yes! If we use Siella’s furnace, we can further strengthen their leaps.”

I had forgotten for a moment, but within her subspace was the Siella Brazier, a high elf treasure.

You can amplify the effects of the potion by strengthening it using Siella’s Brazier.

Brielle quickly took out Siella’s brazier.

Phew!

As her will was activated, pure white flames rose from Siela’s brazier.

Brielle placed the elixir on Siella’s brazier.

As the potion bubbled, a fragrant smell spread everywhere.

The eyes of the dark elves opened wide as they smelled the elixir.

Because simply smelling it relieved the pain considerably.

Brielle concentrated and controlled the flames of Siella’s brazier.

No sound was heard.

Nothing was visible except the elixir placed on the brazier.

All of Brielle’s nerves, all of her thoughts, were directed towards Siella’s brazier and leap.

I forgot everything else.

Strangely, time seemed to pass slowly.

The moment Brielle saw the bubbling potion change color, she instinctively realized.

This means that the efficacy of the elixir has been upgraded.

She quickly took the elixir and ran to the dark elves who were still groaning in pain.

It was sprinkled on the stigma and taken by mouth.

The effects were immediate.

Push!

The stigma that had been unwavering in the past began to disappear as if it were a lie.

“Okay.”

A look of joy came over Brielle’s face.

Everyone’s stigma was being erased.

The source of the suffering that had been tormenting them is being uprooted.

As evidence, the faces of the dark elves, who had been struggling to breathe until just a moment ago, began to brighten.

Flora’s eyes welled up with tears as she watched the dark elves improve.

Flora said, hugging Brielle tightly without realizing it.

“Thank you! I really appreciate it! I will definitely repay this favor.”

“Well, it’s not even a favor… … .”

Brielle blushed in embarrassment for no reason.

Zeon and Levin looked at Brielle with smiles.

“You finally did it.”

“I told you, it’s really amazing. Small things are usually poisonous and tenacious.”

A young elf who once lost his way in the human world has now grown into a being who saves other elves.

The saved dark elves were gathering around Brielle.

Among the numerous dark elves, Brielle stood out. However, the expression on Zeon’s face as he looked at her was not very bright.

It was because of ‘that’ I saw through the bone necklace.

‘What is that guy’s identity? What on earth does he want that he gave that item to the orc?’

He also suspected that perhaps ‘that’ person was the half-demon dragon Nigel. However, the feeling of Nigel that Zeon remembered was clearly different.

‘Following Nigel, there’s even someone like him… … People I never expected to see appear.’

Something unusual was happening outside of Zeon’s sight.