Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 380



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Episode 380

Josephine looked at Brielle as if she was about to cry.

“Do I have to go?”

“sorry!”

“Why would you leave such a beautiful forest? There’s a Brielle tree here too.”

“You will take good care of my tree, right?”

“Of course I will take care of it and take care of it, but it won’t be as good as having Brielle.”

“I’ll try to get back as soon as possible, so take good care of me until then. Can you do that?”

“huh!”

Josephine answered, wiping away tears.

Brielle carefully patted Josephine’s back.

Today was the day Brielle left the Forest of Beginning. Because of that, Josephine cried sadly from the morning.

Because I became very attached to it in a short period of time.

A week has passed since the grand showdown.

Meanwhile, Zeon and his party stayed here and checked to see if there were any problems in the Great War.

Fortunately, the countermeasures worked perfectly without any problems.

It was so thoroughly concealed that from the outside you would never notice that there was a huge forest here.

Thanks to this, the villagers were able to enjoy peace for the first time in a long time.

Brielle and Levin also enjoyed a peaceful time with the residents.

I would have liked to have stayed here forever, but I knew that they too would have to leave someday.

It was a nice place, but it wasn’t their home.

You might come here occasionally to rest, but you couldn’t stay forever.

Now it was time to leave.

Josephine handed Brielle a flower pot.

“Oh, take these. They’re the ones I found in the forest.”

A few unidentified plants were growing in the flower pot.

These were the children that Josephine had specially taken care of for Brielle as she was leaving.

“thank you!”

Brielle placed a pot of grass growing inside the subspace.

Since time does not flow within the subspace, the grass never withers no matter how much time passes.

Then Levin called Brielle.

“Let’s go, Brielle.”

“huh!”

Brielle smiled at Josephine and then went over to where Zeon and Levin were.

Zeon and Levin had already said goodbye to the residents.

-Beep!

Gaia, floating next to Zeon, welcomed Brielle.

“Sorry, I’m late?”

-beep!

“But are you okay?”

-Beep?

Gaia blinked her big eyes and looked at Brielle.

“Yuri is here. Is it okay if I leave her behind?”

-Beep! Beep!

“Okay! Can I see you whenever I want? How?”

-Beep! Beep!

Gaia explained earnestly, wagging her tail, and Brielle nodded repeatedly.

“I see! Unlike humans, spirits are connected to each other through the heart. That’s why there’s no need to see each other’s faces to talk. You can talk to each other through the heart at any time.”

Brielle nodded.

Then Lily appeared over her shoulder.

Lili sat on Gaia’s head and laughed heartily.

Brielle smiled at the innocent spirit’s appearance.

Then Zeon said.

“Let’s go now.”

“Yes, bro.”

“huh!”

There were four of us when we came here, and five when we left.

“bye!”

“Come anytime!”

Behind me, the dark elves were shouting loudly.

Brielle turned around and waved goodbye.

As we passed through the Great Battlefield, the scenery changed.

The recording disappeared, and a dry desert appeared.

As we came out into the desert, Lili stuck out her tongue and pretended to fan herself with her hand.

Brielle asked, holding Lily gently in her arms.

“Hot? Oh, it’s hard to stay out in the forest for so long? Then go inside and rest. I’ll call you if I miss you.”

At Brielle’s words, Lily smiled brightly, rubbed her cheek, and disappeared.

Levin asked Brielle.

“Where did Lily go when the summoning was lifted? Could it be that Lily also entered the subspace?”

“No, the spirit world.”

“The spirit world? So there’s a separate world where spirits live?”

“That’s what Lili said. But she’s bored right now because there are no other spirits around.”

“Wow! There’s a separate place called the Spirit World? I didn’t know that!”

“It’s even stranger to know. Even the elves born on Earth don’t know about the spirit world. I didn’t know either until I met Lily.”

“Then, is it still only Lili and Yuri in the spirit world?”

“That’s still the case. However, as more spirits are born, the spirit world will become crowded. Yuri opened the door, and Lili widened the path. With the elves’ wishes added to this, it’s only a matter of time before another spirit is born.”

“I see!”

Levin smiled at the news he had just learned.

Gaining knowledge has always been a pleasant experience.

His gaze turned to Zeon, who was walking ahead.

Gaia followed next to Zeon.

The sight of Gaia flying away with her tail wagging looked delightful.

Gaia tapping her arm with her nose like a puppy.

Zeon said, stroking Gaia’s head.

“Let me ask you one thing. Gaia!”

-beep?

“Why didn’t you give us the seeds of the World Tree? Isn’t this a place where the World Tree can grow?”

Gaia had the seeds of the World Tree stored in Zeon’s subspace.

The primordial forest had all the conditions for the World Tree to take root, but strangely, Gaia did not send out seeds.

-Beep! Beep! Beep!

“So when the World Tree takes root, it will suck up all the nutrients and all the young trees will die?”

-Beep! Beep!

“The World Tree only grows in special places, and it’s not the Primordial Forest, by any means.”

-Beep!

Gaia nodded as if to say that she was right.

Only then did Zeon understand why Gaia had not given him the seeds of the World Tree.

Zeon said, patting Gaia’s head again.

“Well done. You’re better than me. To think that far.”

-Beep!

Gaia flew high into the sky, feeling happy at Zeon’s praise.

Zeon also smiled at the sight of Gaia floating in the sky like an ocean.

Although she had grown several times in size, Gaia was still as innocent as a child.

Now, even the most powerful flying demons were no match for Gaia. They would run away at the mere sight of Gaia.

Thanks to this, Gaia was able to fly freely in the sky without worrying about anything like before.

Gaia followed Zeon and his party, freely floating across the sky.

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A group of people gathered in the desert outside the slums.

It was the inspiration of Clexi, Yoo Se-hee, and the elite of the Goblin Market she led.

A middle-aged man stood before them with a haggard look.

He was Bryce, the alchemist.

There was a large barrel in front of Bryce.

The barrel was filled with sand hardener made from the body fluid of ironclad ants.

After those who had gone into the desert to retrieve the corpses of the armored ants returned safely, Bryce stayed in his room and created a sand hardener.

Today was the day to test the performance of the sand hardener he created.

“Clexi’s inspiration,” he said, pushing up his glasses that had fallen down the tip of his nose with his finger.

“So you’re saying there’s sand hardener in it?”

“Yes, sir!”

“Then let’s test the performance of the hardener right away.”

“yes!”

Bryce answered politely and then called the workers who had been waiting in advance.

The workers moved in unison, having already been thoroughly trained by Bryce.

After leveling the ground, the sand was collected in one place.

After selecting only the fine sand, the hardener was mixed with water.

Clexi Inspiration looked closely at their work and said:

“So you’re saying that with the hardener in that barrel, we can build hundreds of houses?”

“that’s right.”

“If a really proper house were built, it would be a revolution.”

“That’s why expectations are high. At least tens of thousands of people will be able to live in these homes.”

The workers worked hard to break up the sand and shape it into bricks.

Hundreds of bricks were made in an instant.

Clexi Inspiration asked Bryce.

“How long does it take for bricks to dry?”

“It dries in about thirty minutes.”

“That quickly?”

“It’s because of the body fluid of the ironclad ant. It has the property of drying and hardening quickly. Once it dries, no matter how much rain pours down, it won’t seep inside.”

“I’m looking forward to that.”

A smile appeared on the wrinkled face of Clexi’s inspiration.

Yoo Se-hee’s expression also softened as she saw the smile of Klexi, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time.

The inspiration of Clexi was to create the Goblin Market and the Eye of Argos in order to protect the people of the slums. However, despite his efforts, the lives of the people of the slums did not improve at all.

The biggest reason was that there was no place to live.

The slums were already saturated.

The buildings were so close together that they resembled anthills, and there was no more space to build.

It was also impossible to obtain materials to build a house.

Because all the usable building materials were swept away in Neo Seoul.

That’s why people left the surface and went down to the smelly underground. Since there was no place to live above ground, they had no choice but to find a place to live in the underground sewers.

That’s why this was important.

If houses could really be built with just sand and sand hardener, people wouldn’t have to go down into the sewers.

If there is a problem, it is the attack of demons, but thanks to Neo Seoul’s anti-magic power, even the most powerful demons do not dare to approach.

Clexi Inspiration and Yoo Se-hee quietly watched the workers work.

After about thirty minutes, the bricks were finally complete.

Chubby!

A smile appeared on Bryce’s lips as he pounded a brick.

“It’s done right. Now let’s build the house. Just spray the hardener from the spray bottle onto the brick surface as I told you before and stack them.”

“yes!”

The workers who answered with all their might were holding spray bottles filled with diluted hardener.

Chik! Chik!

The workers stacked the bricks while spraying hardener onto the surface with a sprayer.

After about three hours, a decent shape quickly took shape.

All that remained was to raise the roof.

Similarly, roof tiles were made using sand and hardener.

The roof was finally completed by laying the tiles one by one.

The people gathered in front of the house burst into exclamations.

“Oh!”

“It really is amazing how a house can be completed in no time.”

Clexi Inspiration and Yoo Se-hee entered the house first.

The air inside the house was cool.

It was evidence that bricks made of sand could perfectly block the heat from the outside.

Clexi Inspiration and Yoo Se-hee had a conversation while caressing the wall.

“Is this really good?”

“That’s right. If we just bring furniture inside, people will be able to live there without any problems.”

“It was worth the effort. You said it wouldn’t budge even if it rained, right?”

“Yes! They say that even when there was a heavy rain in the desert, not a single drop of water was counted.”

“Good. Good!”

Clexi’s inspiration kept bursting out in exclamations.

It had been a long time since he had shown this much emotion.

Other people also couldn’t help but be amazed as they looked around the interior of the completed house.

“Isn’t this better than the house I live in now?”

“I can’t believe it. This house was built out of sand.”

“This is truly a revolution.”

It was amazing that a house could be built in such a short period of time, and with only sand, without any other materials.

Clexi Inspiration spoke to Yoo Se-hee.

“Let’s just build a thousand houses as a test.”

“That much? The city hall will be paying attention. If you move rashly, you might end up losing the hardener.”

“I’ll take care of that problem myself. There are many people who need housing urgently, so just do as I say.”

“all right.”

Yoo Se-hee nodded.

Even though he was already an inspiration to Clexi who had retired from the front lines, if he made up his mind to make a move, the city hall could not treat him lightly.

At that moment, one of the Awakened Ones from the Goblin Market came running in a hurry.

“Chairman, sir!”

“What’s going on?”

“Zeon and his party have returned.”

“Is that true?”

“People say they saw him enter the fortress.”

Yoo Se-hee’s eyes sparkled.

“I need to see him right now.”