At the last moment when the winner was decided, Bardray put his sword by Kolderim’s neck and showed one last mercy.
“Join Haven Kingdom. If you swear your allegiance to me, I will let you live.”
Bardray wanted subordinates like Kolderim. But Kolderim rejected the offer.
“Do not insult a knight before you kill him. I came back from death so I do not fear it. I only regret my lacking ability to protect Kallamore Kingdom.”
Such was the end of Kolderim. Even the tv hosts felt remorse at his passing.
“Such a regrettable death. There were many fans who liked Kolderim.”
“Yes. But then, the damage done to Haven Kingdom by Kolderim isn’t so insignificant. If you take that into account, it would have been difficult to let him live.”
“Whenever Kolderim participated in battle, the soldiers and knights morale increased to maximum. Drawing out their best potential and allowing them to fight like the devil.”
“It’s now impossible to see Kolderim once more on the battlefield. I predict that the Haven Kingdom will occupy more regions with greater ease.”
*****
The event of Spring in Korean University that would leave you disappointed if you missed it. The MT! Last Spring, Lee Hyun became quite famous and everyone, regardless of year, wanted to go with him. The place that was booked this year was said to surpass last years popularity.
“Sunbae, please take me along, please?”
“There are lot’s of ladies in my group, the Unnis said that they will not manage without Sunbae.”
There was a scramble in the various groups to make Lee Hyun join them. If one of the groups managed to land him, they would have no problem with meals, with sleeping arrangements and would have an advantage during sporting activities.
To Lee Hyun this was troublesome.
Though the place for MT was a secret, it would be an island or a mountainous location. He would need to take enough building material and just make a roof and lay down some blankets. The end. No matter the place, humans were more frightening than any animals.
“If they really wanted to make MT hard, they should just make them carry bricks on a multistory building or sew eyes on dolls for 4 days.”
Lee Hyun would have to sweat a bit in MT, but ultimately it was more of a holiday. In the end, he thought it was a waste to go to MT yearly and decided not to go. Of course, he was also absent for the new student introduction ceremony!
“It’s not like they won in lotto and they have to pay expensive registration fee every year to attend. Why do they even hold these ceremonies?”
He also decided not to attend sports day.
“These days my heart isn’t so good, so running above my limit leaves me dizzy and faint.”
Even saying that, when he practised his sword, he put in all his effort that his whole body was covered in sweat.
Lee Hyun was a person that no one knew existed in lecture hall if they did not deliberately search for him. The only reason people found him easily was that Seo Yoon was always with him. This was a great speculation among the juniors.
“What’s so appealing about him? I just don’t know.”
“Maybe we don’t have eyes to see men properly.”
The female students were despondent about this issue.
This year, Lee Hyun applied for many liberal art classes on top of his major. Just because it was a university, there was no need to focus only on the major. Coffee making, politics, film studies, the age of the world. These were all subjects that did not link well, but after learning about them, it gave a strange, swelling feeling.
“This subject doesn’t check attendance regularly. I can skip this lecture later on and they did say it gives a lot of credit.”
Lee Hyun researched the various courses. It felt like the university did not offer subjects that were too difficult to learn.
“I shouldn’t attend university with no reason. Completing a teaching degree later on feels like a good plan.”
If Lee Hyun taught students in the future, the parents would bring in bribes naturally.
“Presents are devotion. Complete devotion.”
Lee Hyun had a small desire to become a teacher that would tell unabridged stories on life lesson.
*****
The place Weed connected to was Highland Fort. It was a safe haven he reached with the refugees and players that had escaped Serabourg Citadel.
“Welcome.”
“Weed-nim is here!”
The players that survived thanks to Weed, greeted him warmly. There were also many players that stayed in Highland Fort as they wanted to tour the fortress.
Weed was the most sought after person in Rosenheim Kingdom. An ordinary person would find it bothersome or awkward when a crowd surrounded him. But Weed acted naturally as he even shook some of their hands.
“I have arrived. Did everyone have a good rest?”
“Yeah!”
Some time in the future, he might have to ask for their participation in a large scale quest, sell sculptures expensively or scam them so Weed had to maintain his popularity. This was his outstanding talent as the high priest of hypocrisy! If Weed ever entered politics, he would completely abuse his position. And with Morata and Vargo Fortress growing daily, it was almost ripe for harvest.
Weed hurried to the flower shop owner Selina to report his quest.
“I tried my best but I could not save everyone.”
The casualties were great for the villagers of Serabourg Citadel and not all villagers followed Weed. Some villagers chose to stay behind,