The Lazy Swordmaster Chapter 169:

Riley realized that had he just woken up outside when he went to sleep inside the cave . As if he was struck by lightning, Riley started to look around .

 

“Nainiae? Nainiae!”

 

Riley promptly looked for his maid and he found Nainiae who had her head lowered on her back . Riley got up from the ground where he was lying down .

 

“What happened?”

“Young Master, the thing is…”

 

Nainiae was having a hard time lifting her face . Instead of her, Andal walked and came next to Riley . Andal snorted loudly and explained the situation instead .

 

“What do you mean what happened? Isn’t it obvious? We dragged you here while you were sleeping . ”

“What?”

 

Riley looked like he was not quite awake yet . He stared at Andal, and Andal added,

 

“We are near the border . ”

“What?”

 

Riley asked again .

 

“Are you deaf? Are you not quite awake yet? I said we are at the border . Don’t make me repeat myself . ”

 

Riley remembered that Andal’s cave and the Solia’s border were quite far apart . Still unable to believe it, he shook his head and denied the reality .

 

“Ah, I see . Am I still inside a dream?”

“Tsk…”

 

Andal clicked his tongue and shook his head as if he pitied the fool .

 

“Well, I closed my eyes in the cave . There is no way I would be opening my eyes at the Solia’s border . It is impossible unless I’m dreaming . ”

 

Afterwards, Riley closed his eyes again . Watching this, Nainiae looked anxious . It seemed she was not sure what to do . She carefully corrected what had Riley said earlier .

 

“Young Master, this is not the Solia’s border . ”

“Um?”

“This is Ansyrium’s border . ”

 

Nainiae was saying that this was not Solia’s border but instead the Ansyrium’s border, which was located even further away from the cave than the Solia’s border . Riley had a dumbfounded look on his face for a moment . He then smiled slowly and said,

 

“Ansyrium?”

“… Yes . ”

 

Nainiae responded in rat’s tail size voice . Riley looked around the forest and found fruit that were known to be found only at the Ansyrium’s region . Riley muttered,

 

“I see . This place really is Ansyrium . ”

 

Looking at the fruits, Riley appeared to be amused . He scratched the back of his head and said,

 

“For a dream, it is constructed pretty well in detail?”

 

Nainiae watched Riley still insisting on the belief that this must be a dream . She looked even more ashamed than earlier . Nainiae lowered her head and apologized .

 

“I’m sorry, Young Master . I tried hard to recommend that it would be better for us to resolve this without you, but… My teacher is stubborn and I couldn’t change his mind by myself . ”

 

Listening to her tearful voice, Riley forced himself to acknowledge that this situation was in fact not a dream . He couldn’t look more annoyed when he raised his upper body .

 

“Ugh…”

 

With a frustrated look on his face, Riley looked at the backs of Andal and Priesia who were having a conversation . He buried his face in his palms and mumbled,

 

“That son of a **** . I should have just left him to die . ”

 

Riley poured out curses at Andal and got up . Watching him, Nainiae tumbled and quickly came next to Riley to dust off the dirt on his back .

 

“So? Did you find that bastard?”

 

It seemed resenting Andal was not enough for Riley . He decided to add one more individual to the list . He asked Nainiae with a cold gaze and she shook her head with the look of a sinner on her face .

 

“No, not yet . ”

 

Riley crumpled his face further and glared at the back of Andal who was walking in the front .

 

“Someone like him is a majestic existence? Majestic my **** . He is more like a foolish existence . ”

 

At this point, Riley had three choices .

First, he could leave Andal and Priesia be and escape this place with Nainiae back to the mansion . Second, he could help Andal and Priesia and assist in hunting down the purple human named Epidemic . Third, …

 

“Nainiae, you have blanket in the dimensional space, right?”

“A blanket? I’m not sure?”

 

It was such a strange question to ask at the moment . Nainiae checked what she had in the dimensional space and carefully nodded .

 

“I think there is one, but… Why would you want a blanket all of a sudden?”

“Just bring it out . ”

 

Having heard Riley’s order, Nainiae opened the dimensional space and brought out a blanket . She held it in her two arms and waited for the next order .

 

“Lay it . ”

“Lay it? On the ground?”

“Wide . Lay it down wide . ”

 

Having heard Riley’s order about making the blanket as wide as possible on the ground, Nainiae wondered if it would be all right to do this . As ordered, she waved the blanket in the air to have it spread wide . She then had the blanket lay on the ground .

 

“Is this good?”

 

Riley nodded to say that it was enough . He haphazardly dusted off his lower body and bent down .

 

“Young Master?”

 

The option that Riley chose was the third option . The third option was, ‘Let’s sleep first . ’

 

* * *

 

There was a man who had his skin saturated in pitch black color . He was screaming in pain as he dug the tunnel .

 

“Ugh . Ugh…”

 

He was screaming in pain because of the fire .

 

“… Uuuk!”

 

Wharurururu, wharururururu…

 

Red flame grabbed onto his black body and it was eating away his body .

 

“No . Not here . It must not happen here . ”

 

The man with pitch black skin mumbled .

If anyone saw the man, some might have asked if his skin turned dark because it was burned by the flame . However, that was not how it happened .

It was the poison .

Because of the special characteristic of his body, his skin was saturated to pitch black color . Even from a distance, he was exuding a horrendous stench that made one’s face crumple on its own .

 

“Kuk . ”

 

Bubble bubble…

 

It seemed the poison in his body and the flame on his arm collided . Black colored smoke started to come off from him .

 

“Fuck… I thought he could . I thought that dragon could definitely finish me off . ”

 

He mumbled as he dug into the ground with bare hands .

 

“Why? Why?”

 

He must have dug very deep . It was a dark underground place, but the fire on his arm was taking on the role of a torch . It was clearly revealing his anxious face .

 

“I cannot let this be . I cannot lose consciousness here…”

 

It appeared that there was poison in even his sweat . When his sweat dropped to the ground, the sweat made bubbling up sound and caused black smoke .

 

“… Uuuuk . Uuuuk . ”

 

The man looked at the ground which had turned black . He ground his teeth and shook his head .

He thought he might faint if he didn’t .

 

“Just a little deeper . I need to go down further . ”

 

The man mumbled .

 

“Until that dragon returns, I need to hold out as long as I can . Before the bastards… Before they find me…”

 

The man was currently exhausted from having gone through two different battles .

First one was against a man named Kabal with ridiculous strength .

The second battle was against a dragon named Andal, one of the beings who were known as gods of magic .

His body was drenched in pitch black color . His getup was in shambles, and his frame was… It looked extremely weak . It looked like he would fall over if someone blew a breath toward him .

 

“Just a little further…”

 

He looked desperate . As if he was running from something, he was digging . He was moving further down, deep below .

 

“Please . I don’t want to kill . ”

 

Could it be that his voice was heard? Like the saving grace of a god… Someone’s voice could be heard from his back .

 

“… Epidemic . ”

“…?!”

 

Having heard the voice calling his name, the man flinched his shoulders and turned around to look .

There was not supposed to be anything there . However, for some reason, there was a horizontal tear in the space . It was exuding a shady purple aura .

 

“You bastard…”

 

Epidemic had deadly intent showing on his face .

 

“You **** . Why are you here?”

“Um, what an excessive greeting . ”

 

Someone suddenly peeked out their face through the purple space . The face twisted up the tip of the mouth and acted as if he was being welcomed very generously . The face said,

 

“You even have a candle light for me . ”

 

This someone looked at the fire that was still stuck on the man’s arm and called it a candle light .

Afterwards, he pulled out the shoulders, upper body and lower body from the purple space .

 

“Can I blow this candle light?”

 

Glaring at the man, Epidemic called him by his name .

 

“… Rebethra . ”

 

Although he was called by his name, Rebethra merely shrugged his shoulders . He didn’t say anything in response .

 

“I think I expressed my intention clearly ten years ago? I don’t want to talk to you guys . I don’t want to join you guys either . Have I not made it clear?”

 

Despite the deadly intent directed at him, Rebethra laughed it off . He shrugged again and said,

 

“The position, the power… You are the best match . What can I do? The Great One said you are a talent that may or may not come in thousand, no, ten thousand years . ”

“Match or whatever . An ability like this… I never wanted an epidemic . Tell this to that one you worship . This crap… Take it back immediately . ”

 

Epidemic grabbed on to his arm as if he was about to tear it off . He was glaring at Rebethra with eyes full of resentment .

 

“Hm?”

 

Thinking it could not be helped; Rebethra put on a bitter look on his face and shook his head .

 

“It’s is unfortunate . It is so regrettable . ”

“Ugh . Ugh…”

 

It seemed Epidemic was at his limit . He was looking at Rebethra, but now, Epidemic lowered his head and started to breath with difficulty .

 

‘Fuck . Here… Here is…’

 

Rebethra looked at Epidemic with pity . Rebethra extended his right hand toward Epidemic and said,

 

“I see . Our life long wish is a heavy burden . If you hate it that much… I do not intend to force it on you . However…”

 

Epidemic felt power coming from the front . He strained his eyes wide open and glared at Rebethra .

 

“We are in a bit of a hurry, so…”

“Kuk . You bastard… Bastard!”

“As the Left Leg who is in charge of the stench, I’ll need you to do your part that’s befitting of the title . ”

“Uu… . Uuu! Why… Why!!”

 

Epidemic raised his arm forward to stop Rebethra . He walked a few steps toward Rebethra, but he was suddenly on his knees .

 

“Stop . Stop…”

 

His mind was fading slowly . Epidemic desperately extended his arm out and said stop . However, Rebethra’s hand continued to glow with purple light .

 

“It would be a waste if you didn’t obliterate a city at least . ”

“… Stop this . ”

“I’ll leave the rest to you . If you lose your mind and run amok, even the Great One won’t be able to handle it . You had been holding it in well so far . It probably will be all right to run around all excited once . ”

“Don’t…”

“While at it, I hope you take around three dragons with you . ”

 

Rebethra was trying to disappear in the space that was open behind him . Epidemic shouted at him . His voice was loud enough to make one wonder if he had torn his neck in the process .

 

“… Stoooopppp!!”

 

Epidemic lost consciousness after that .

 

* * *

 

“… It’s here . ”

 

Lying on top of the blanket that was held by Nainiae, Riley was being dragged like a fish inside a net . Andal looked at this and clicked his tongue . Andal continued,

 

“Last time, I lost him in this spot . ”

 

Andal was leading the way and he stopped here . It was entrance of an underground tunnel at a nameless forest .

 

“Here?”

 

The tunnel was big enough for just one person to barely pass through . It seemed the epidemic man went through here . The corners of the entrance were rotten black .

 

“It seems to be the right place . ”

 

Priesia carefully looked at the rotten parts of the tunnel . She used her holy power to cleanse the parts and looked at Andal .

 

“Will you be going in right away?”

“I should . ”

 

Having heard her question, Andal swung his arm and started to expand the tunnel’s size .

 

“While I was fighting him, I placed a flame on him . It probably didn’t get extinguished yet, but… it is probably better to not give him much time to recover . ”

 

Nainiae dragged Riley all the way here on the blanket and stood behind Andal . With look of disbelief, Nainiae asked,

 

“You had your flame attached on him?”

“Yes . ”

“He is that powerful? You had your flame attached to him, yet we need to be in such a hurry?”

 

Andal nodded and said,

 

“Also…”

 

Andal was remembering what the pitch black skinned human said in desperate voice .

 

‘Please, kill me . ’

 

Andal remembered that the man was begging Andal to kill him .