Arena Chapter 115:
Chapter 115 – Chase (Part 2)
While we moved together, Odin and I were a great help to each other .
Odin’s current mission was to investigate the dark magicians that attacked the Brown Mountain elves .
The main culprit who facilitated that attack was the middle aged dark magician John Omento .
Then that means that capturing John Omento would be enough to satisfy the requirements of Odin’s mission .
I have met John Omento .
But was that all?
I didn’t just meet him . I fought for my life against him . He put me in danger by using his weird fog changing technique .
We may not know where John Omento was but what was known was what direction he was in .
The guider skill!
If I have seen the person or object once, this skill would allow me to know which direction it was in .
It’s just entry level 1 so I can only tell the general direction but that was enough to track it .
Eventually, thanks to this, Odin would be able to clear his mission .
But what good was that to me?
That I don’t need to explain .
What was there to fear when someone as strong as Odin was with me?
When fighting a corrupt examinee, Odin would be a big help .
We were moving together but we didn’t rush it .
“For the moment let’s rest here . I have to meet the members of the Nordic exam group . ”
“Sure, there’s no need to rush . ”
Both Odin and I have an unlimited exam time, so there was no need to rush .
After that, guests began to come visit the Count of Wolfenbrooke . They were examinees from the Nordic exam group .
They picked up the comm device and synthetic muscle suits and left to commence their exams .
While these many examinees came and left, a month passed .
“My lord, Baroness Johanna has arrived . ”
During our meal a maid came and told us quietly . Odin said,
“Let her in and prepare another serving . ”
“Yes, my lord . ”
Baroness Johanna?
‘No way……’
Exactly .
The beautiful blonde that appeared in the dining hall, saw me and twinkled her blue eyes and raced towards me .
“Hyun-ho!”
It was Marie Johanna .
Pat!
‘Huk!’
In a split second she closed the gap and hugged me .
Reactively, I felt as I’ve been ambushed . It must be true that she mastered a skill related to assassination .
“Have you been well?”
“Yeah . ”
“And you haven’t been hurt?”
“Once . But I’m okay now that I’ve seen you . ”
With her twinkling giant eyes, she’s so cute .
The way I treat my spirits, I pet her and gave her a flame of life .
As the flame seeped into her head and Marie became like a cat taking a nap .
“Marie, what is your mission this time?”
Asked Odin .
Marie replied .
“Kill a necromancer at the 5th circle superior rank or higher . ”
“Again?”
Odin frowned .
She had the mission to kill a dark magician last time which was how she got cursed .
“That’s good!”
I said and the two turned to look at me .
“There’s John Omento . ”
“Right!”
Odin turned his mood around .
“John Omento? Who is that?”
Marie tilted her head .
Odin took out the copied picture of the wanted poster of John Omento from his coat .
“It’s this **** . He attacked the Brown Mountain with an army of undead so he should be at least a 5th circle . ”
Marie stared at the wanted poster sketch and placed it into her coat .
“I think it’ll be good for you to move with us . Odin has to find a dark magician anyway . ”
“Yes . Marie, come with us for our missions . ”
“Hyun-ho too?”
“Yes . ”
“Hehe, I like Hyun-ho . ”
Marie looked at me and giggled like an idiot .
…… well, no matter her mental state, she would, no doubt, make a strong ally
Even after Marie joined the group . Every now and then members of the Nordic exam group continued to visit, taking comm devices and synthetic muscle suits .
Every day, I made a flame of life and gave one to Marie and gave the other one to the spirits .
Nearly another month passed by .
“My lord!”
Raced in a soldier . A familiar soldier, one that guarded the front gate .
‘So who came this time?’
I didn’t give it much thought .
“What is it?”
“A strange woman is looking for you my lord . ”
“A strange woman?”
“Yes, she appears to be a ragged commoner but she insists on meeting you my lord . We tried to chase her away but she is standing her ground……”
Odin nodded his head .
“Well bring her in . ”
“Sir? But she is a suspicious woman, even carrying weapons… . . ”
“Are those weapons happen to be two curved swords?”
I asked .
The soldier’s eyes went round .
“Oh, how did you know, Baron Kim…”
“It is someone I know so bring her in immediately . ”
The soldier looked to Odin . Odin nodded his head .
“Be courteous to her while you bring her in . ”
“Yes, sir!”
The soldier raced back out .
Odin laughed as he said,
“Thank goodness that Cha Ji-hye has come as well . It was worth waiting . ”
“I agree . ”
A bit later, Cha Ji-hye came in, escorted by the soldier .
It’s no wonder the soldiers found her suspicious .
Cha Ji-hye was quite the site .
She must have spent quite a lot of time camping outdoors, her clothes were worn out and the two curved swords at her hilt were very noticeable .
“Nice to see you . ”
Cha Ji-hye greeted us with an absent expression .
With a surprised face, Odin asked,
“I heard you were in the south of the continent in the tropical swamps, you got here faster than expected . ”
“In the middle, I stole a horse and rode here . On account of being chased, it was a rigorous voyage . ”
At Cha Ji-hye’s bold journey, I felt a sense of preposterousness .
Was she some sort of outlaw?
Cha Ji-hye continued to say to Odin,
“More importantly, I am in need of clothes and knights armor . ”
“……”
The great Odin was taken aback .
The clothes sure, but requesting it like it was a given, to get a set of knights armor . Just how brazen was she?
Thankfully Cha Ji-hye offered a detailed explanation .
“My mission this exam is to become a renowned knight in the area . ”
“Oh, that’s why?”
“I thought of you and immediately came here . ”
“That is good . If I give you knight’s armor, you will clear your mission right away . ”
“What kind of missions did the rest of you receive?”
I told her about our missions and that we decided to all move together .
Cha Ji-hye pondered this for a moment, then nodded her head .
“I will join as well . ”
“You too, miss Cha Ji-hye? Is there such a need? If I give you the armor, you will clear it right away . ”
“If I clear it that easily, I’ll probably get a tiny amount of karma . ”
Cha Ji-hye continued to say,
“The mission told me to become acknowledge as a great knight . If I move with you all and provide aid, it is possible to clear the exam with a good score . Also……”
Cha Ji-hye looked at me .
“I wanted to join with you in the Arena as fast as I could . ”
At that, Marie suddenly stuck herself next to me and with a contesting gaze, stared at Cha Ji-hye .
“If you would help us, that is all the better . ”
I replied .
Marie didn’t seem to like that response of me because she stabbed me in the side with her elbow . What is with this woman?
Odin nodded his head .
“Good . Then we shall journey together . First I’ll give you the synthetic muscle suit and comm device . We will rest for a few days and then depart . ”
Like that, the four of us became a team .
***
We raced on horses and arrived at the Brown Mountain .
When we reached the Zelkova village, the elves welcomed us warmly .
“Kim is back already!”
“Didn’t he say he was going to go find a wife?”
“Huh? Look that that, there are two women . ”
“He has already got two women?”
“Kim is talented . ”
“Then again, Kim is amazing . ”
The elves theorized amongst themselves in a chatter . Suddenly the rumor spread that I’m a **** that managed to find two wives in less than two months .
Marie was stuck to me like glue and seemed like she didn’t know how to be apart from me and this ended up making the misunderstanding even worse .
Eventually when I met the mothers……
“Congratulations on your wedding, Kim . ”
“Huh? Oh, no, I’m still a ……”
There wasn’t even a chance for me to explain .
The eldest mother looked pleased and placed a wooden ring on my finger .
“When I heard you had returned with wives I hastily prepared this . It is a wood ring made from the Tree of Life so regard it preciously . ”
“Uh, but……”
“Ho ho, here, one for each of the wives too . ”
Upon hearing the word “wives” Marie quickly received the ring and placed it on her finger and smiled giddily . Okay well this girl is an idiot so whatever .
But Cha Ji-hye also took the wood ring and innocently placed it on her finger as well .
“And just why are YOU taking the ring?”
What’s wrong with this one!
“It is difficult to refuse their sincerity . Let’s just be married . ”
“Since when did you care about this?”
“Mr . Hyun-ho, you are the elves’ savior . Being your wife is favorable to me . ”
“But then, that makes me a man that married two women in two months!”
“It makes you look capable . ”
“Stop saying stuff that doesn’t make sense and……”
“It would be bothersome to explain . ”
Cha Ji-hye brazenly turned her head away and ignored me .
“Kuuk!”
In the midst of all this, Marie was showering me with affection, stuck to my side .
“Hehe, I’m Hyun-ho’s wife . ”
“……”
I just ended up giving up and accepted it . Whatever happens will happen .
After this fuss ended, I explained to the eldest mother why I returned here .
“You want to inspect the zombies?”
“Yes, we are planning on tracking down that dark magician . ”
“Shall I call my husband?”
“No, we are just looking is all, so . ”
“Well, be careful . ”
We left right away .
We headed for the cliff on the southwest side that the zombies climbed up on before .
Due to the zombies being gone now, there were no veteran warriors guarding this place .
“Shall we?”
I jumped down the cliff first .
“Go together!”
Marie chased after me and jumped down .
Odin and Cha Ji-hye followed and started their descent .
“Sylph!”
-Meow .
“Can you catch us before we hit the ground?”
-Meow .
Sylph nodded her head .
“Kyaah!”
Marie looked as if she’s enjoy a bungee jump and was giggling .
The gorge at the bottom looked as it did before, blazed .
The fire scorched earth .
It’s from when Derrick combined with his Kasa and turned it into a sea of flames .
“It’ll be difficult to find a whole zombie . ”
Said Odin as he looked around the surroundings .
“Yes but if we search carefully, there should be a trace somewhere . Sylph?”
-Meow?
“Bring zombie corpses to where we are . ”
Then Sylph nodded her head and flew off somewhere .
Sylph wandered the gorge speedily and gathered zombie corpses .
There wasn’t a single zombie left with arms or legs but there were plenty of small pieces of clothing left even after the fire and some heads .
Marie frowned at the bad smell .
“Let’s look . ”
We inspected the zombies .
Marie looked at the zombie wreckage and said,
“The Aman Empire . ”
“Aman Empire?”
I asked quizzically .
Odin nodded his head .
“It is a country in the western of the continent . It is a powerful nation that long ago ruled over the entire continent . Are you sure they are people from Aman empire?”
Marie nodded her head .
Odin said,
“Marie has been to many countries . She would not be wrong . ”
“Then we have to go to the Aman Empire . ”
A country in the west of the continent……
It’s going to be a long trip .