Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Han Jin slowly opened his eyes. A red light the size of a group of fireflies flew out of his mouth, rapidly hovering all over his body. The red lights gradually expanded and revealed traces of a half a foot long sword.
Han Jin let out a bitter smile. If flying swords were also given a grade, this sword would undoubtedly be one of the lower products. As he attached himself to the god of the flying sword, he was shaken by his own Three True Fire. This meant that whenever he wanted to use this flying sword for battle, it would need to be driven manually, just like before.
Although Taoism and magic had different ways of operating energy, both were also similar in many aspects.
Han Jin was disappointed. However, this was his first successful attempt in refining a flying sword, and he was somewhat reluctant to destroy and re-refine it again. Plus, there wasn’t enough time. He had already used a few days just to refine the sword, and he didn’t know how Chipango’s progress was either.
Han Jin was deep in thought while he turned to get out of bed, walk to the door, and slowly open it. The courtyard was entirely showered by the moonlight, but there was a table and a few chairs. Sunier and Yalina were sitting on the chairs and quietly talking about something.
After hearing the movements behind them, Sunier turned her head and revealed a look of surprise when she saw Han Jin. ” You …” But she eventually swallowed the remaining words.
“I’ll help you!” Yalina laughed. “You still know that you have to come outside ?! ”
” What are you talking about ! ” Sunnier’s face turned red and gently pushed Yalina.
Han Jin looked up to the sky and asked, ” How many days has it been ? ” Ever since he had started meditating, he had not paid any attention to any outside matters, only fully concentrating on refining the flying sword. This was also because he wasn’t in a familiar place ; otherwise, he would have taken a longer time.
After breaking through the vestibule, he needed time to adjust himself, but it was dangerous in the Tarasha Mountains; they had even gotten ambushed by mercenaries in the end. He didn’t have the time, and was therefore eager.
” It’s been three days! ” Yalina looked up and down at Han Jin curiously and asked, ” You’re not hungry?”
“Not hungry. ”
” That’s weird …” Yalina mumbled. Han Jin’s appetite has always been terrifying, but compared to now, there was a huge contrast. He hasn’t eaten for days and yet, there was nothing wrong?
” Are you okay? ” Sunier asked as she remembered the anomaly that happened the other day.
“Nothing, I’m fine.”
” Hand it over! ” Yalina suddenly reached out.
” What? ” Han Jin stunned.
“The magic props you created – the magic sword! Take it out and let me see! ” Other than Han Jin’s influence , the only reason why Yalina was willing to stay next to Sunier was because of her peculiar attraction to magic. Yalina always had an inborn enthusiasm for magic. Sometimes, she would even stay in the magic lab for months. For her, magic was everything. This was also one of the important reasons why she became a magus at such a young age. Ever since the day she had seen Han Jin refining the flying sword, she had been waiting for this moment.
Han Jin paused, reached out his hand, and as he spread his hand open, a small, faint red light appeared in the middle of his palm.
Yalina widened her eyes to take a better look at it. It was as if the small sword was alive. It slowly grew, and in the end, it became a sword that was at least half a foot long. The shape of the sword was still the same as compared to when Sunier had just bought it back. There weren’t any major changes other than the sword being slightly smaller. However, the sword had a lot of strange patterns on it, just like an oval vortex, giving it a sense of mystery.
Yalina reached out her arms and softly touched the short sword. A small flare emerged from the sword and wrapped around Yalina’s finger. Yalina was shocked and quickly retracted her fingers, brought it to her lips, and blew. She even flipped and turned her fingers over to see if her hands were burnt.
Han Jin didn’t know if he was to cry or to laugh. ” This magic sword won’t actively attack; you can rest assured. ”
“Really? ” Sunier was also curious. Han Jin had said that the magic sword would not actively attack anyone, and this piqued her curiosity even more. Following the sway of Sunier’s fingers, flares flew above the sword and chased one another while lingering around her fingertips.
“It’s so beautiful…” Sunier’s eyes lit up.
“Let me have a look! ” Yalina then leaned closer. Two small white hands were rushing to stroke the flying sword. Along with their movements, clusters of sparks splashed all over; even the two of them were wrapped inside. In the beginning, Yalina was a little worried, but then she slowly let go of herself. She even let out laughter from time to time while playing around with the sparks. At this moment, she showed no signs of the chilly iceberg magus that she used to be.
Han Jin was speechless for a while. The flying sword would not attack them because he was controlling it. Or else, the Three True Fire would have burned these two fair hands into crisps by now.
“Are you guys done?” Han Jin asked. His weapon was being played by the two of them like a toy, and this made him somewhat uncomfortable.
Suddenly, Yalina’s grabbed flying sword, hid it behind her, and fixedly looked at Han Jin. ” Give me the flying sword …please? ”
“Hey…” Han Jin was stunned. What is this daylight robbery?!
“Give it to me, please?! ” Yalina switched over to a tone of pleading. It was obvious that she liked the magic sword to an extreme. In fact, the thing she was actually interested in was the magic. So, if Han Jin were to really gift her the flying sword, she would immediately rush into the magic lab and start studying the secrets of the magic sword.
“No? ” Han Jin let out a bitter smile.
“I’m begging you… Please?! ” This time, there was a tone of pleading, along with a little coquetry. Yalina resolutely kept her hand behind her back, letting her chest stand tall and firm. Under normal circumstances, whenever a woman used this posture, it was obvious that she would never return the item, no matter if she were to sacrifice something or pay a price for it. Of course, Yalina wasn’t aware of how ambiguous her posture was; she only remembered that it had always worked on her father and her second brother.
“You wouldn’t know how to…” Han Jin was just about to say that she wouldn’t know how to operate it when suddenly, he saw a hint of cunningness flash across Yalina’s eyes. Han Jin suddenly realised that if he used this as an excuse, what would the next step be? Yalina would definitely take the opportunity to ask him how the flying sword is used; it was an interlocked stratagem!
“Actually …. This is a failed magical props.” Han Jin lightly flicked his fingers and Yalina screamed in shock. The flying sword had already broken away from Yalina’s palm and had obediently returned to Han Jin’s side. “How about, after two days, I’ll customize a magic sword for you. I promise that it will be a successful one. How about that? ”
“You… cheapskate! ” Yalina angrily stomped her foot, turned around, and ran out of the courtyard.
Cheapskate? Han Jin felt helpless. You’re using the flying sword as a toy while I need it to stay alive!
“Yalina got angry! ” Sunier said in a low voice, ” You’re not going after her?”
“What for?”
“To explain yourself!”
“Forget it. She’ll be fine tomorrow.” Han Jin understands that one can never read a woman’s words by just the literal meaning. She may have asked you to go after her, but the actual meaning was: don’t you dare to go after her!
“Is it difficult… to successfully make magic swords like this one?”
“It’s not too difficult; the key is the lack of experience.” Han Jin paused for a while and changed the topic, “So, what happened in the past few days? How’s Chipango?”
Upon speaking of business, Sunier corrected her expression. In the past few days, she had accumulated a lot of topics. From the evaluations the Head Butler Gail had given about Chipango’s friend, all the way to when Eva had showed up at the auction, and even about the hardships that she had when bargaining with the elves. Lastly, she also mentioned about the abnormalities of acquiring the magic crystals. According to regulations, when the value of the magic crystals start getting closer to the deposit, the ones who signed the task has to add on to the balance, or else the mission will be temporarily suspended. However, the acquired magic crystals had already exceeded the deposit of twenty thousand gold coins, but the mercenaries still had not urged them to pay, and the mission still wasn’t suspended. So, Sunier concluded that maybe this was a way for the Mercenary Association to show kindness.
Maybe it was because of the baptism of the war, because now when Sunier talked, it was clear and in order; there weren’t any ‘maybe,”almost,’ and so on. She just told the course of the story accordingly, and let Han Jin have his own judgements.
Han Jin listened for a long time and realized that everything had been done by Sunier. He couldn’t help but frown and ask, “What about Reg and the others? They didn’t help you?”
Sunier was stunned and immediately said something that seemed irrelevant, “Cessacioun has advanced. ”
“Cessacioun?”
“Yes, from now onwards, we’ll have to address him as a Sage.” Sunier smiled. ” I remember that, with your help, Moxinke was the first one to advance. It was only after a long period of time that Cessacioun managed to become a high-grade warlock. However, Cessacioun is now the first one to breakthrough the vestibule. Hehe… It left a huge impact on Moxinke and the others. They have not gone out, and have been constantly practicing for the past few days, just like you.”
“Oh.” Han Jin nodded his head. Although individual strength was important, the team’s strength was just as important. Han Jin was a little unhappy with the fact that all the burden had been placed on Sunier, but he was in no place to comment as he himself had also been doing the same.
“It’s all thanks to Yalina.” Sunier lightly sighed. “Ever since they got together, Cessacioun would always ask Yalina for advice whenever there were things that he couldn’t understand. These kinds of opportunities are too rare! Hehe… I think that Yalina has played a decisive role in why Cessacioun could breakthrough so quickly.
“What about Cessacioun? How come he didn’t help you?”
“Yalina rented a magic lab and is trying to make the dragon scale armor, so Cessacioun has to help her.” Sunier smiled sweetly as she could feel the changes in Han Jin’s emotions, and knew that it was because he was feeling distressed for her. “Don’t assume that Yalina is relaxed just because you saw her chatting with me; she’s actually one of the busiest one around. She goes to the lab even before sunrise, and only returns after late at night.”
Han Jin sighed and patted Sunier on her shoulders. “You should go rest. These past few days must have been tiring for you. Don’t think about anything else and get some sleep. Don’t worry, I’m here.”
