The wise man returns

Balin pushes his heavy eyelid against the sound of the voice coming from his side.

To be honest, I wanted to sleep a little more. However, I couldn't ignore the shock of my voice in my childhood memory.

“Brother! Get up! I told you to wake me up! ”

“Hmmm… isn't that Milli? ”

“Then it must be Millia. Anyway, if you're sober, come on, sit down. The soup's getting cold. ”

When I opened my eyes, my only sister's face was right in front of me.

I didn't have much affection for my family, but after seventy years, I felt strangled for some reason.

You feel a sudden tingling sensation in Balin's eyes.

He straightens up and hugs her tightly. Wow! You hear the sound of the clothesline grabbing loudly.

“Oh, brother? ”

Millia, whose voice trembled with an unprecedented hug, it was surprising that this was the first time I had seen her together for thirteen years.

I thought it would be over soon, but the hug lasted longer than I thought. Eventually, Millia raised her voice, trying her best to hide her embarrassment.

“What's wrong with you? Get up and eat your breakfast! Even if I'm not hungry, I still have to eat. Otherwise, they'll come on their backs like last time. ”

“Yes, I'll eat. Ha.”

Balin lets go and accepts Millia's invitation.

A cautious gaze flew in behind him when he stood up.

“Oh, brother. Did something happen yesterday? ”

“Why is that? Nothing happened. ”

Grandpa smells like grass! After seeing her for the first time, Millia stepped back without even knowing it.

I was appalled at how different it was from yesterday.

But Valine was already sitting at the table.

The breakfast menu was okay for filling hard black bread, soup, and stomach.

Balin shifts his arms over the table. Let's shove the bread in your mouth and chew it easily.

I'd be happy to eat something soft if it was the old days.

However, Valine continued to move her chin without even realizing the slightest change.

While eating, Balin slowly cleared his mind. The end of a lifetime, and the law of the last moment.

‘So it's true what Representative Leven said. ’

From the feel of the chair and the table to the hardness of the bread chewed through my mouth, everything was clear.

I looked around with all my senses and knowledge of the Archmage. However, there were no signs of hallucinatory magic.

The artifact was not fake, after all.

"I really am back in the past. ’

Many memories of the past have passed before my eyes.

All kinds of betrayal and conspiracy.

The reality of doing 90 percent of the work alone has increased.

When I thought about it, my fist was empowered by itself.

Damn it!

The bread you hold in your hand breaks a brick, perhaps because you hold it too hard.

Millia is furious, having a quiet meal next door.

“Hiic!"

“Ah. ”

Balin, who heard her voice, slowly lowers the bread onto the table, as if she had just noticed Millia.

“I'm sorry for eating out loud. Oh, I'll be careful. ”

“Huh? Huh. No, it's okay. By the way, I'm feeling a little sick today, so why don't you just take a day off? I'll go to Rufus for you. ”

"You think you're sick? No, I don't think so. “

After answering, Balin continued to gaze at Millia.

Millia pretends to be overwhelmed by such behavior. But I couldn't hide my red face.

After finishing eating, Balin immediately got up.

“Then, I'll go dig up some herbs. ”

“Hah, okay. Safe travels, brother! ”

After crossing the gate, you tell Balin that Millia forgot to speak in a distraught tone.

“Oh, brother! Master Rufus asked me to meet you before lunch today! Don't forget how many times you said it was important! ”

“Rufus? Well... sure. ”

As soon as Balin stepped out of the door, she forgot what Millia said.

Right now, all he had in mind was a big plan to save the world.

So there was no way to remember who Rufus was, and what Millia told him to do.

‘Daejundong of the Red Orcs, the status of the Armed Forces Kratan, the Pyonian Empire battlefield, the Battle of Heroes, the Battle of Bertina... This time will be different. You bastards! ’

After leaving the house, Balin heads straight for the forest across the village.

A place called Wooded Forest is known for appearing not only beasts but also ferocious monsters from time to time.

It was a dangerous place for an adult to go alone, but Balin moved as if she were walking in the front yard of my house.

Even if I don't remember, my body was moving by itself.

As a herbalist, I moved the forest like a flood in my house.

After walking through the forest for about ten minutes, suddenly an open basin appeared.

Unlike the dark surroundings, it was filled with warm sunshine and soft grass.

I remember when I stumbled across this place while digging for herbs.

‘At that time, I didn't know this place was Mana Spot. I just laughed when I found out later. ’

Mana Spot, a land where the mana of the surrounding earth is naturally aggregated.

Of course, Mana has a higher density than elsewhere, so there's no better place to practice.

I knew nothing about it in my past life, but it was different now.

“At that time, I didn't expect to be hanging out here without thinking, and that would be the process of accepting Mana into my body. ”

In an old-fashioned thought, Valine smiled slightly.

It was a few happy memories for Balin at that time, wandering without any worries.

“Oops, this is not the time. ”

Balan stares straight at the lake in the middle of the basin.

The lake, which was clearly visible to the bottom under clear water, remained slightly blue.

No matter what he was thinking, after a long time, Balin began to take off his clothes after taking a deep breath.

Balin's face quickly became bare and stiff. I know it was the right thing to do, but I couldn't help but be scared.

After hesitating several times, Balin finally takes a breath and steps off the ground.

“Hehe!”

Boom!

Balline went underwater with a big rumble.

When I opened my eyes, I saw pebbles lying on the floor among the scattered fish.

Balin quickly shakes his hand and heads to the other side.

The depth of the lake is roughly five meters. It was quite different from what it looked like.

Balin's hand, which touches the floor at the end of several times, breaks the marble stones.

I used to take a nap here in my old life and drown.

No matter how hard you shake your hand, the surface of the lake just drifts further and further away.

At that time, I really thought I was going to die.

The hand that broke the pebble touches something.

Balin holds up his stuffiness and raises it. A sphere that glowed blue like lake water was caught in both hands.

‘Manna Spot's decision to become a wizard. ’

After being in the water for a long time, I felt suffocated.

Before it was too late, Valine swallowed a sphere of blue light with her mouth open.

“Hehe!”

Mana, who came in with cold water, was absorbed directly into the body.

After finishing her errands, Balin sets foot on the ground.

The lungs, which had just complained of pain, remained intact like a lie.

That's it, Manawa's arms and legs were more powerful than before she entered the lake.

I used to wiggle my hands and feet instinctively at the time, but this time it was different.

Balin bends his legs once, kicking himself up to the ground as hard as he can.

The body shot up like an arrow pierces the surface of the lake.

“Puha!! Kellock! Kellock! Hnng!!"

Valine continues to tremble, though her body is healthier than ever.

When I was a kid, I got Mana, but the opposite made me hate swimming.

I didn't want to swim even if I made it go away through regression.

“Ewing, I knew swimming couldn't be done by an old man. ”

It wasn't going to work for anyone, but it didn't seem to think so.

“I would never go to this trouble if it weren't for his mission. Ugh! Oh my...”

As soon as Balin picked up her clothes, she grumbled.

A simple but incredibly efficient Mana training method.

Following the vision developed by the Grand Wizard Balin, Mana sweeps through her entire body in an instant.

Upon completion of the examination, the deep wrinkles on Balin's brow closed her eyes.

"What, is that all you got? It's worse than I thought. ’

It wasn't enough to start at all, but it was much less than I expected.

You can barely make five Mana circles with this much power.

I couldn't even dream of high-end skills like interlocking circles.

Before regression, Balin has honed all five mana circles to nine classes of masters.

It is not enough to have five circles in your body, so you have to master all the magic that follows to perfection.

After much effort, he achieved it and exerted great power as a free material.

It was like a second coming of a dragon! Compared to then, there was nothing now.

Just a simple peasant, now, no matter how hard you try to stop the future Demon King and his empire.

‘I'm just getting started. I can't help it. I've been there once before, what else can I do? ’

The second one will be as easy as the one you've already stepped on.

If nothing else, I was able to quickly raise my strength to the old level.

Valine estimates approximately five years! That was enough.

I felt cold iron on Balin's neck, thinking about which magic to learn for five years.

Valine's hand flickers over her neck, stunned by the cold metal.

A necklace with a chain hanging from a finger. It was the one I hung at the end of my life.

“Why is this here? ”

This necklace had to disappear, as it had been returned to the past by the Bible of Leven.

It was an artifact for it in the beginning, and it was finished.

What the hell is going on? You crossed time zones with me because you're a mediator of the Bible? Or is this proof that the world is a fantasy? '

An artifact that follows over time, I've never heard of it.

Even the legendary S class artifacts were impossible.

Balin slowly placed his hand on the brooch part of the necklace.

Immediately, Mana's body flutters and begins to absorb into the necklace.

“What!”

Balin is surprised by the unexpected reaction and quickly takes off his hands.

However, the necklace that had already absorbed as much Mana as it wanted turned out to be ordinary as when.

"He sucked my Mana...!" ’

I thought it was just a vessel that goes back in time, but there was something else.

Balin opened the brooch of the necklace very slowly.

Cock.

Inside of the open brooch with short metallic.

A black jewel the size of an egg fits in the middle of the gold trim.

“... hmm. ”

Even with a touch of your hand, the jewelry didn't show any special changes.

Unlike any gem I've ever seen.

It resembles a diamond at first glance.

But Balin has never heard of black diamonds.

“It's ironic that the divine is black. ”

The smiling Balin concentrates Mana in her jewelled hands.

Since the necklace had just absorbed Mana, it was intuitive this time as well.

As expected, the brooch senses Mana and begins to glow and consume it.

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