I am the Monarch Chapter 51:

“The village is too empty . ”
“This is all because of Maiel’s mountain . Even so, aren’t we also supposed to be far from it?”
“Ey . Why take it to that? There’s nothing different aside from the beasts having hidden themselves . People will also return soon . ”
“Ahem . Well, that’s true . But even so I can’t do anything about feeling like this . ”

As two old men conversed, they sighed .
It has already been 15 days since strange things have happened in the mountain .
Meanwhile, most of the villagers momentarily escaped to other regions because of their uneasiness .
Because of that, the only restaurant and bar in the village, called Fran Restaurant, has been empty for a couple of days already .
Then, an unfamiliar stranger appeared from the open door .
It was a youth that emanated a wild aura and had a childish face .
It was Roan .

‘Whew . At least it doesn’t seem like i’m late . ’

He put down the bag he was carrying and let out a long sigh .
He would be able to reach his destination before that thing happened because of his constant walking .
He stood in front of the counter and looked for the owner .
One of the old men who was conversing approached .

“You lookin fo’ somethin?” (E/N: I’m pretty sure this is on purpose)
“Yes . Water, bread and dried meat . ”
“How much?”

Roan made some calculations and then said .

“Give me a small barrel of water, two days worth of bread, and ten for the dried meat . ”
“Wait a moment . ”

The old man folded his fingers and then went into the inner part of the kitchen .
After a while, the old man came out while holding some things .
Roan put the additional luggage in his big bag .

“You travellin?”

The man that was looking at the sides asked .
Roan smiled brightly and nodded .

“Yes . I’m checking what’s happening on the south . ”
“Working so hard when it’s this hot . But… . . ”

The old man said in a whispering voice .

“If you can, avoid going to Maiel mountain . Some strange things has been happening over there… . . Ahem . Anyways, take care . ”
“Thank you for worrying . ”

Roan bowed deeply and grabbed his bag again .
The heavy feeling was felt on all of his shoulders .

‘With this much the food will be enough……Now, should I go to the mountain?’

After he greeted the old men, he got out of the restaurant .
The sun shone down strongly, but because of Brent’s ring he didn’t feel the heat at all .

‘The place I remember needs to be exact . ’

Roan searched through his memories and continued walking .
The memory of a person was a really scary thing .
You wouldn’t know if you didn’t remember at all, but thinking that he remembered clearly could be gravely mistaken .

‘If my memories are wrong…… . . ’

Aside from not being able to get what he wanted, he may lose his life .
But this was one of the most important things that was in his plans .

‘The fire monarch Reid . I must obtain his impaired mana technique . ’

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Roan set up camp on the entrance of the mountain .
He had left some distance while not being too far either .
He had placed a piece of cloth as the roof and decided to lodge here .

‘Is it already the fourth day since I camped here? It should slowly start……’

Roan chewed on the dried meat and looked towards Maiel mountain .
A mountain where the sound of birds and insects couldn’t be heard .
Because of that, it emanated a gloomy feeling .

‘It should be time for Viscount Potter to send someone to report that Maiel mountain is strange . ’

He didn’t remember the exact date, but it was something that had clearly happened in his past life .

‘Now! Maiel mountain, wide grounds . Tremble quickly . Quickly’

He put strength in his eyes .
The speed of chewing the dried meat became faster .
But nothing happened in the mountain .

‘Will today also pass like this?’

Roan looked at the western sky where the sun was already setting, and let out a long sigh .
It was then .

Pruu .

The sunset slightly shook along the skyline .

‘Huh?’

Roan opened his two eyes widely .
The sunset had clearly shaken .

‘No, I’m the one shaking . ’

He got down on the floor after he grabbed the ground with his two arms .

Kugugugugugu .

The earth was crying .
And soon, the mountain and the plains trembled like they were dancing .

Kugung . Kugugugung . Kugung .

The rocks that were on the hillside crumbled down and the trees of the forests trembled to the sides and started to fall .

Kugung .

The cloth roof fell and the food rolled onto the ground .

‘It’s here! The earthquake is finally here!’

That thing he wanted to happen that much .
Roan was waiting just for this earthquake .
He looked at Maiel mountain while still lying on the ground .
He could see the landslide sweeping the mountain .

‘My memory isn’t that wrong . ’

Fortunately, the landslide fell down, avoiding the place where he was at .

Kugugugung .

The surface of the earth started to split with a weird sound .
Some places surged up, and some sunk down, and holes appeared .
What was fortunate was that the holes weren’t deep enough to put him in danger .
Roan still glared at Maiel mountain while on the ground .

‘One day for the earthquake to end and for the aftershock to come . Meanwhile, I have to locate the cave where the sleeping fire monarch is . ’

After the landslide happened because of the earthquake, the hidden caves will appear .
And in that place, there is the mana technique of the sleeping fire monarch, Reid .

‘After the aftershock happens, rocks will cover that place . Because of that, one of the two volumes for the mana technique ends up being destroyed . ’

Roan bit his lower lip tightly .

‘In my past life, Viscount Potter obtained quite a fine first volume………’

He suffered an attack from Duke Voiza, who got the news before he could learn it or he got taken by the kingdom, and lost his life .

‘And Duke Voiza gave that mana technique to his son . Although it had only half the volume, that guy…… . ’

He became one of the strongest guys in Rinse kingdom .

‘The problem was that he betrayed the kingdom and he escaped to Estia Kingdom . ’

Roan ground his teeth .
Because he remembered the fierce and cruel war that happened because of him .

‘Anyways, it’s a clear truth that he became incredibly strong just with half of the volume . ’

Flames appeared in his eyes .

‘But today, I’m not getting only half of it, but the complete technique . ’

His chest beat .
His eyes were fixed on a mountain hillside .

‘There, or there . Somewhere should be the fire monarch . ’

Kugugugung .

Maiel mountain trembled roughly just like it was making the last movements .
A weird sound was spread far away through the wind .
And that was just like the sound of announcing a historical fomentation .

As soon as the earthquake stopped, Roan started to climb the mountain .
His face was filled with confidence .

‘For now, everything I remembered is correct . ’

As a result, there was a high probability for the location of the cave to be the same as his memories .

‘Right . There’s no way it’s wrong . ’

The scandal that shook not only Rinse kingdom, but the entire continent .
The scandal that made Estia Kingdom, which was the homeland of the fire monarch, increases Rinse kingdom’s status as its first enemy country .
It was something impossible for Roan, who was a soldier of Rinse Kingdom .

‘It certainly was discovered at the southwestern part . ’

Roan searched through his memories and searched many hillsides .
His hands, clothes, face and hair became a mess with dirt .
Because of the shape of the ground, it wasn’t even easy to walk .

“Whew . ”

Even so, Roan didn’t rest .
No, he rather moved even quicker .
Those tenacious steps crossed the mountain .
And finally, it was when he reached a valley after he passed a big rock .

“Ah… . . ”

A low exclamation came out of Roan’s mouth .
There was a cave on a cliff in the valley .

‘It’s there . I’m certain it is . ’

Roan instinctively knew .
Although it was a scene that wasn’t in his memories, his entire body reacted strongly .

‘There’s the mana technique of the fire monarch Reid . ’

Roan started to climb the valley with a half absent minded face .

He jumped off and dirt and rocks fell over his head, but he never stopped .
And finally he arrived in front of the cave in the Potter region that he longed for so much .

“Whew . ”

Roan let out a long sigh and moved inside the cave .
His heart was beating fast and his ears went numb .
A mana technique he hadn’t even thought of learning in his past life .
But in this life he would be able to learn the mana technique of one of the strongest person in the world titledthe fire monarch Reid .
That chance was right in front of him .

Footsteps filled the entire cave .
How long had he walked?
Roan, who was walking with strength, abruptly stopped .
A skeleton was sitting at a side of the cave while leaning on it .

‘Fire monarch Reid . ’

It was certainly him .
Between the torn and disintegrated clothes, three books with a red cover were in it .
Everything had dust and dirt covering it, but only the three books maintained a perfect state .

‘Why is it three books?’

Reid mana technique was certainly a book divided in two volumes .
The truth of a third volume existing was something that wasn’t in his memories .
Roan slowly approached and carefully grabbed the books .
The big letters engraved in the red cover sharply pierced his eyes .

<Flamdor mana technique . >

This was the mana technique the fire monarch used .
And it was certainly composed of two volumes .

‘Then this…… . ’

Roan looked at the third and final book .

<Reid’s art of fighting . > (It says boxing, but a bit weird for the time)

“Ah… . . ”

A low exclamation came out .

‘There was also the art of fighting of the monarch in this place . ’

He had a thought .

‘Would the soldiers of Viscount Potter also have discovered this book in my past life? Or did it also get destroyed along the second volume?’

He couldn’t know the answer .
But even until the day Roan died, no one that mastered the monarch’s art of fighting appeared .

‘In the end, did this also get buried in the ground?’

Roan took in a deep breath .

‘Anyways, it will become of great help to me . ’

A harvest he hadn’t expected .
He calmed down his excited heart and stored away the three books in his bag .

‘Is this the real start?’

Roan tightly bit his lower lip .
From now on it was time to experience things he hadn’t in his past life .

‘Mana training . ’

He took in a deep breath .

‘But now I have to leave the mountain before the soldiers of the viscount come . ’

But he wasn’t planning to move far away .
He was planning to study the mana technique in a secluded place .
No, precisely speaking .

‘It would be feeling the mana . ’

Roan hit his chest .

‘If Reid was the fire monarch…… . ’

His mouth rose .

‘Am I the fire spear king?’

But then, he shook his head .
His eyes shone .

‘Fire monarch . ’

Roan clenched his teeth .

‘I will become the fire monarch . ’

Then, he saw the laid down skeleton of Reid .

‘Ah! When the aftershock ends tomorrow, the soldiers of Viscount Potter will come to investigate . ’

Then, a really bad thing happens to the skeleton .
The soldiers break it to pieces saying that they would take it away .

‘I can’ let that happen in this life . ’

Roan took out the cloth used to make a roof and carefully stored away the skeleton .
He concentrated to see if he had missed any small pieces .

“Huh?”

Then, something grabbed his attention .
A silver semicircle object the size of a nail .
That was below Reid’s right hand .
In the end of the pondering, Roan extended his fingers .

Tuk .

The thing he thought would be hard, was really squishy .

“Ah!”

Roan instinctively yelled with a surprised expression .

Because an incredible chill was felt from the tip of his fingers .
At the same time the semicircle object that was on the ground disappeared like something washed it away .

“Huh?”

Roan looked everywhere for it but he couldn’t find it .

‘It didn’t get absorbed by my finger, right?’

He looked at his finger and then frowned .
Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with his body .

‘I feel weird for nothing . ’

He smacked his lips and after searching the cave once more he shook his head .

‘Well, it won’t be anything . ’

He erased his uneasiness and then carefully raised the delicately packed skeleton .
Then .

Kurururu .

His feet trembled .

“Huh?”

Roan frowned and looked inside the cave .

‘Aftershock?!’

Something he hadn’t expected at all .

‘Shouldn’t the aftershock start tomorrow?’

The source of the calamity was that he had dropped his guard because everything happened just like memories .
He looked at the entrance of the cave .

Kugugugu .

The tremor and the sound worsened .

Tududuk . Tuduk . Tuk .

Rocks fell on the entrance of the cave .

“No!”

If the entrance got blocked it would be hard to leave .
Roan hurriedly charged forward and threw himself .
However .

Bang! Baaang!

An amazing sound exploded .
At the same time, the open entrance crumbled .

“Ah…… . ”

Roan stood at the tightly blocked entrance and let out a low exclamation .
His memories of his past life .
Everything was right until now except for one thing .
The time when the aftershock happened .
Because of that he ended up being trapped inside the cave .
Roan’s mouth twisted .

“Damn it!”

He cursed unconsciously .

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