Chapter 79: Overflow (3)

Ellaim returned to the resting place again after Biate died in Poskein lake .
It was because of Biate’s will .

<The one that enters my place and who fate has touched . Protect that person for me . >

Ellaim waited for 50 years to fulfill her will .
And if the one that entered the resting place was someone capable to follow Biate’s back, she was planning to make a contract and lead him to the lake .
Because the last piece Biate left was over there .
But maybe it was fate playing with her, or a **** teasing her, but the one that entered Biate’s place was learning Reid’s mana technique .
The mana technique of the enemy that killed Biate .
If that guy hadn’t absorbed her tear, and wasn’t for Biate’s last will, Ellaim would have returned to the elemental world .

‘Although it’s displeasing and uncomfortable, this may also be fate . ’

Ellaim fulfilled Biate’s will .
She watched the guy from a close place .
And on top of that, she had even wanted to help when his life was in danger .
But the guy overcame the difficulties by himself .

‘But of course, being able to overcome that danger was also because of my tear . ’

The overflowing of flamdor mana technique .
Every dangerous time, Ellaim’s tear calmed down the overflowing mana .

‘But this time it’s different . ’

Even before Ellaim’s tear could show it’s strength, the heat in his body and the surrounding heat got mixed and repeated exploding and overflowing .
A situation where you wouldn’t be able to endure it with the body of a human .
If this situation continued a little bit more, it was obvious that his entire body would explode or tear apart and die .

‘I also thought about letting him die like this…… . . ’

But she didn’t want the end Biate’s last wish like that .
On top of that .

‘Excluding that he’s learning on Flamdor mana technique, he’s quite a fine guy . ’

The results of having looked after him until now was that he was a human worth saving .
Ellaim showed her hidden body like that .
She poured the essence of water over Roan’s head .
But it wasn’t at the level of what humans absorbed and felt .
The best of the best .
It was the cleanest and most perfect essence of water .

Swuuuush .

The fire that was emanating from Roan’s body shook roughly .
It was resisting against Ellaim’s water .

‘Flamdor mana technique wasn’t made by a human . ’

Ellaim shook her head at the rough repulsive force she felt at the tip of her hands .
Even she couldn’t know the exact identity of Flamdor mana technique .
Only, she couldn’t think that a mana technique so strong it was able to oppose the strength of a spirit king was made by a human .

‘It’s a disgustingly rough and strong force . ’

Ellaim’s face stiffened .

‘Even Reid got eaten up by this strength . ’

The deeper the achievements in the mana technique became, his temperament became more explosive and urgent .
The reason he came to find Biate all the way to her cave, regardless of her denial, was also because of this .
Ellaim looked at Roan’s face .

‘My strength and the strength of my tear will calm down your flamdor mana technique . ’

Just looking at the growth speed of the technique, the speed could get a bit slower .
However, the heat inside his body wouldn’t overflow as it wished or made him lose his nature .

‘On top of that, if you discover the mystery Reid and Biate realized before they died, you would be able to attain an unimaginable strength . ’

Even Ellaim couldn’t imagine that strength .
Because she only controlled one force, that was the essence of water .

‘One more reason has been added to look after him . ’

Ellaim bent her fingers and brought up more of the essence of water .

Frrrr!

The fire that was emanating out of Roan’s body resisted roughly one more time .
However, as the understanding of the technique was still shallow, it was still too early to beat the strength of an elemental king .
The fire died off even more .

Swuuush .

The fire that was caught in the blue orb got absorbed inside of ROan’s body .
The flames that were moving his body roughly found stability and then returned to the mana hole .
Even the red features returned to the original looks .

‘Because an overwhelming amount of mana overflowed, the mana hole and the mana road became even bigger and solid . ’

From misfortune to a blessing .
Ellaim smiled bitterly and clenched her fists tightly .
As she had calmed down the fire, only her tear and the essence remained now .
After Ellaim awakened the strength of the tear, she mixed it up with the essence of water .

Paat!

Roan’s body was filled with the essence of water in an instant .
Ellaim gathered the essence roundly and covered Roan’s mana hole softly .
Just as if she covered it with a thin cloth .

‘If I do this, even if the fire essence explodes, it won’t come out of the mana hole . ’

Ellaim let out a long sigh and took off her hands slowly .
Roan’s face seemed much comfortable now .
Ellaim looked at that face for a moment and then pressed on Roan’s forehead with her index .
She planted what had just happened inside of Roan’s memories .
It still wasn’t time for them to meet and converse .

“I hope you don’t disappoint Biate…… . . ”

Ellaim’s voice softly flowed .

Swush .

The blue orb disappeared .
At the same time, Ellaim also disappeared .

Tuk .

Roan slowly fell .
Just as if he was asleep .

“Troop commander!”

The soldiers of the 2nd rose troop yelled in one voice .
Ellaim’s appearance and retreat happened in just an instant .
Because of that, in the eyes of the soldiers, it was seen as if a blue orb shone for an instant and then the fire disappeared .

“Troop commander Roan!”

The soldiers ran towards Roan with weird looks .

‘What was that just now?’
‘I feel like there was someone over there . ’

As it was a really short instant, they couldn’t even see Ellaim properly .
Austin and the soldiers kneeled down around Roan .
Roan, that was lying down as a dead rat .

Gulp .

Everyone looked at him with nervous looks .
Then .

Blink .

Roan opened his eyes abruptly and rose his upper body .

“Huhuk!”

The soldiers got surprised and gulped in air .
However, they got happy at the truth that Roan was alive and yelled .

“Troop commander! Are you okay?”
“You aren’t hurt?”

Expressions filled with worry .
Extravagant voices .
But even so, Roan still had an absent minded expression . His eyes had lost focus .
He was concentrating on the voice Ellaim had left in his head .

‘So that silver water drop was Ellaim’s tear . ’

The moment the identity of the coldness inside his body got revealed .

‘Although the growth speed of the mana technique slowed down, it rather became stable . ’

On top of all .

‘If I can awaken the mysteries…… . ’

He may be able to attain a strength he couldn’t even imagine .
Roan took in a deep breath .

“Troop commander!”
“Can you hear my voice?”

The soldiers yelled even stronger when they saw that Roan didn’t show any reactions .
ONly then did Roan smile brightly and look at everyone’s faces .

“I’m fine . ”

At that moment, a smile blossomed on the worried faces of the soldiers .

“Ah! How great! What a relief!”

They let out a long sigh .
Roan tried to stand up .
Then .

Boom .

The body rose as if it was flicking and then fell forward .

“Troop commander!”

The soldiers supported ROan with surprised looks .
Roan had a confused expression .

‘My body feels light . ’

It wasn’t that he was full of vitality .
A feeling that his muscles and strength got amazingly better .
Roan stood up with the help of the soldiers .

“Are you really okay?”

Austin asked carefully .
Roan nodded and moved his body everywhere .

‘This feels just like I got born again . ’

A feeling like he just took off a heavy armour .
Roan realized what kind of situation he was in .

‘As the mana overflowed, the wastes in my body got out, and the muscles and bones got stronger . ’

He had vaguely heard that there were cases like that when the understanding of the technique deepened .
But of course, in Roan’s case it wasn’t that his understanding deepened but it was because of the overflowing .

‘Is it a blessing from a misfortune . ’

Roan smiled bitterly and moved .
As he got a hold of himself, what he had to do now was taking care of Aaron .
And fortunately, as Aaron was lying flat on the ground, he didn’t receive any injuries at Roan’s explosion .

“Corps commander . ”

Roan carefully shook Aaron and woke him up .

“Mmm . ”

A shallow groan came out of his mouth .
Aaron’s eyes shook .
He frowned and then slowly opened his eyes .
Soon, the soldiers that survived gathered around him .

“Mmm . It’s Roan . ”

A weak voice .
Aaron flinched his shoulders as if he was trying to raise his upper body .
Roan extended his two hands and received him .

“Thank you . ”

Aaron smiled bitterly and raised his upper body .
Only then could he see the scenery .
The burnt plain and the black smoke .
The corpses that were scattered at the surroundings .

‘Right . We fell on the trap of the Istel **** . ’

Aaron frowned .
His head hurt as if it would split .
The chasing army composed by the 6th and 7th corps quickly chased down the main army of Istel .
Although Aaron actually didn’t like the idea of chasing, as it was an order of Benjamin he couldn’t do anything about it .
Only, as the war has ended in their victory, he would just pretend to chase them .
However .

‘The rearguard army we actually faced wasn’t really that much . ’

They suffered defeat and retreated consecutively .

‘I felt that something was fishy…… . . ’

Even before that, it was the rearguard that has given a big blow to the eastern army through perfect traps, surprise attacks and ambushes .
But for that kind of rearguard to suffer consecutive defeats without any reasons was quite a suspicious situation .
Aaron wanted to stop the chase by then .
However, the thought of the commander of the 6th corps was different .
He rather brought up the morale and went off to the chase to annihilate them perfectly .
In the end Aaron hid his fishy feeling and could only chase his back .

‘In that situation, the 6th corps that were in front fell in an ambush………’

Aaron and the 7th corps could only charge forward to rescue them .

‘And in the end, we fell in a trap . ’

Aaron clenched his fists .

‘The 6th corps commander died as soon as he fell on the trap . ’

He felt bitter .
Because of a useless commander, several soldiers lost their lives .
He took in a deep breath and looked at Roan .

“Roan . What happened with the other commanders that were with me?”

He had plentifully guessed what could have happened .
But he could only ask just in case .
Roan took in a breath and then replied in a calm voice .

“They have all died . ”
“Ah… . . ”

A low exclamation came out of Aaron’s mouth .
The moment they got trapped in the grand shield, Gale, Mendel, the troop commanders and the adjutants ran towards him .
They covered him without any empty spaces from the fire .
The last words Gale left him rang in his head .

<Corps commander . Be sure to stay alive and lead the other soldiers . >

Aaron shook his head .

“Right . So they have all died… . . ”

His voice was wet .
Something hot surged on his eyes .

“I’m the only one  alive . This useless piece of body got alive………”

Words as if he was rebuking himself .
Roan and the others couldn’t say anything while having their heads lowered .

“Whew . ”

Aaron let out a long sigh and started to shed hot tears .
But those weren’t tears shed by a corps commander .
They were tears shed by a fellow comrade .

“I lost good allies, excellent friends . ”

Aaron raised his head and looked at Roan and the soldiers .

“We are gathering the corpses of the fellow soldiers . We won’t live this place until it gets perfectly gathered . ”

The chase was meaningless now .

“Yes . Understood . ”

Roan and the others replied in a hot voice .
They slowly got up and moved .
It was to gather the corpses of their comrades prudently .
Roan first supported Aaron .
As his body still wasn’t normal, he needed some rest .
The sound of a horn trumpet was heard at the side of the gorge .

Puuuuuuu!

Roan stopped his feet and looked towards the gorge .
At that moment, a displeased look appeared in his face .

‘Benjamin . ’

The ones that appeared with the horn trumpet was the main army of the eastern territory .
They slowly crossed over the plains and then fell after they got on their formations .
After a while, they split to the sides and Benjamin appeared with several corps commanders .

“Commander Tate . ”

Benjamín rode his horse and slowly approached .
His expression was quite stifled .
Happiness, anger, and annoyance .
There were all of those emotions in his expression .

“Just what is this look?”

A reprimanding sound .

‘They fell in the trap just like I thought . ’

Benjamin yelled for delight .

‘I have to ask his responsibility . ’

He was planning to cut off the accumulated merits of the 7th corps .
Aaron fixed his posture and bowed deeply .

“While we were chasing the army of Istel, the 6th corps fell in the trap set up by the enem…… . . ”

When he talked up to there .

“Stop! Are you accusing the 6th corps right now! Who did I get the commanding right to?”

At the rebuking sound, Aaron hesitated and then replied .

“Me . ”
“Right . I gave the commanding rights to Aaron Tate of the 7th corps and not to the 6th corps . Then, whose fault is it that the 6th corps fell in a trap and your troop suffered a blow close to annihilation?”
“That… . . ”

Aaron couldn’t reply .
Looking at it this way, it was his fault as he was leading the chasing troop .
However .

‘The commander of the 6th corps didn’t listen to my order . ’

The one that didn’t obey the orders was the commander of the 6th corps .
Because of that, even the 7th corps suffered a blow close to annihilation .
As Aaron couldn’t reply, Benjamin asked in a voice that had mockery mixed in it .

“Why can’t you speak? WHose fault is it?”

In the end, Aaron replied in a suffering voice .

“It’s mine . ”

He couldn’t endure it and shook his head .
Roan, that was observing at the sides, clenched his fists tightly .

‘Benjamin!’

He knew that he was a selfish and powerless **** .
And even knew that he didn’t like the 7th corps .
But he didn’t know that he would step out this obstinately .
His entire body trembled .
Then, Aaron grabbed Roan’s hand .

‘It’s fine . ’

Eyes implying that .
Roan forcefully breathed in and calmed down his emotions .

“On top of that, what’s this situation?”

Benjamin pointed at the plains .
The soldiers gathering the corpses of the allies .
Aaron replied in a calm voice .

“We are gathering the corpses of the comrades that died in this battle . ”
“Corpse gathering? Tch!”

Benjamin frowned and clicked his tongue .
He was planning to keep pushing Aaron to a corner .

“I think I certainly laid the order to chase the enemy army and annihilate them?”
“However, our losses were quite severe, and I judged as keeping the chase was meaningle… . . ”
“Stop!”

Benjamin shouted .
A stiff expression .
His voice lowered down coldly .

“Judge? The judging is done by me and not you . You just have to follow my orders!”

Aaron clenched his fists .
He wanted to talk back immediately, but he couldn’t do so .
They were still at war, and the place they were standing at was a battlefield .
Not obeying to the orders meant that you were committing a sin that could lead to punishments according to the situation .

‘Come on . Come with all the excuses and bark at me . ’

Benjamin opened his eyes thinly and glared at Aaron .
He waited for Aaron to talk back .

‘I will confine you immediately . ’

It was a tactic to make him be able to set a certain punishment perfectly .
However, Aaron endured it better than he thought .
Benjamin smacked his lips and sent another order .

“Stop the gathering of the corpses immediately and chase the enemy army . ”
“Commander . ”

Aaron looked at Benjamin fixedly .
Eyes implying to change the order .
However there were no changes in Benjamin’s thoughts .

“Tch . We can’t waste time for the ones that died stupidly . ”

He looked at Aaron fixedly and continued saying .

“Are you maybe not able to follow my orders?”

A perfect threat .
But funnily, his expression and eyes was filled with a feeling for him not to follow his orders .

‘Benjamin……’

Aaron ground his teeth .
If he only wasn’t a corps commander, he would already have charged into Benjamin .
However .

‘If I do that here, I also put my underlings in a bad situation . ’

If it was Benjamin, he was someone that wouldn’t be enough with that .
In the end Aaron chose to bow .

“Yes . I will follow your…… . ”

When he talked up to there .
Roan, that was looking at the situation by the sides, took one step forward .

“Commander . ”

Fierce eyes and a cold voice .
Roan looked at Benjamin’s two eyes fixedly .

“We can’t follow that order . ”

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