Wind Island 1

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Chapter 350: Severance 4

The Jungle, the North, the central region, and the desert.

All of those were places were on the ceiling art.

"Ceiling art?"

"Where the heck are you?"

tcf!Cale thought about it "I might have a leisure travel enjoying arts in my slacker life tour." He glows at that.

"Doubtful"

Which everyone rudely thought.

It was only the spot that the current Roan Kingdom was located. Only the continent's northeast region was not drawn out separately.

'Something is weird.'

Cale definitely correctly recalled what the glutton priestess of the Indestructible Shield had told him in the past. There was no way that his memory was wrong.

The Henituse territory that was famous for having a lot of rocks, specifically marbles.

The glutton priestess who had died there had said the following.

'I can't purify it.

'That was why I could only eat it and die after being dyed black. I couldn't just watch the ground turn black and do nothing about it.'

'I don't think I can give up on this taste even if I get fat. It's so unfair that I had to die while eating dirt!'

"Purify, black, and dirt"

They didn't like the sound of that.

Dead Mana. That's the only thing that the crown prince of the Roan Kingdom thinks of and he dreaded what it means.

The Henituse territory's slums. The glutton priestess had died there while eating the dirt that had turned black.

"According to the glutton, the Henituse territory area was dyed black as well."

The Henituse territory, and therefore the Roan Kingdom as well, was supposed to have turned black like the Jungle and the North.

But that area was not shown in the art at all.

'Why is that the case?'

He could not figure out the reason behind it.

He heard a different voice other than the thief at that moment.

The Scary Giant Cobblestone started to chime in. The current Roan was a land of boulders in the past.

"The Hero!"

tcf!Cale was sweating bullets as the scary dragon shouted that word and was looking at him with sparkling eyes.

"Is he crazy?!!" It's what he thought about the pink-haired dragon.

Meanwhile,

"Well look at that, he's catching em all again"

"As expected of the princess pokemon master"

Caledledee and Caledledum pretend whispered with each other.

Which tcf!Cale expertly ignores.

Cale's eyes clouded over for a moment.

The land of boulders.

He was familiar with this phrase.

He thought about someone.

'Taylor Stan!'

Hearing his name being called out, tcf!Taylor was curious as to why?

Crazy priestess Cage's close friend and the leader of the Marquis household that led the Roan Kingdom's Northwest region nobles.

The man who had once lost his position as heir.

Cale thought about the first time he had headed to the Roan Kingdom's capital with the crazy priestess Cage and Taylor Stan.

"Ah, the time we saw each other" tcf!Taylor said.

tcf!Cage nodded and after reading about the transmigrator she was also sure that it was him who put that letter for them "it was a great encounter-" "wait what happened if we hadn't met him?"

She finally truly looks at the other side.. the other side that her future self...

...was alone.. no

No

"NO!"

tcf!Cage stood up shaking her head, not accepting what she realized.

"Cage?" tcf! Taylor look at where she was looking and ah...

His eye shook as he finally understand when he saw the tboah side Cage who was alone shaking, griping her hands tight and not looking at them-at him- as if she was ashamed.

tboah!Cage has an inkling, she knew that with the transmigrator, there is a chance of Taylor being alive in their future.

The past that she failed.

"I'm sorry.."

That heartwrenching quiet voice of apology that came from tboah!Cage as tears pour out in her eyes was the last scene they saw when the light took them away to another room.

With them gone, silence filled the place as they once again realize the weight of what the transmigrator known now as Cale Henituse did for a hopefully better future.

Said transmigrator has other priorities.

He was focusing on what they'd just read. And was now questioning why did his supposedly slacker life vacation there turn out to be just him gathering information?

"Isn't this chapter supposedly about my slacker life tour?"

Taylor Stan had said the following as they chatted.

'The Roan Kingdom is the land of 'boulders.' '

That was related to an ancient myth.

It was something that Cale, who had only read until volume 5, had heard for the first time at that moment.

'If you look into ancient texts, there are a lot of stories about this land being connected to, 'boulders,' even before the Roan Kingdom came into existence. One of those stories is about how there is a boulder-like guardian over this land.'

A boulder-like guardian.

tcf!Mila is highly concerned.

She is currently looking at her child who was hyperventilating.

"Sometimes, I worried about you" and she said that in more ways than one as she sigh.

'They say that this guardian was able to protect everything no matter what attacked. He was said to be the person who defended against the darkness in the front when the continent descended into darkness.'

The myth Taylor described and the missing land in the ceiling art started to come together in Cale's mind.

"So what the young master Cale is looking at right now is information that was put in the art?" tcf!Litana asks not quite sure. But if it is information "then what we thought as a myth, might actually be true?"

They thought about it.

And it sounds so absurd but it isn't impossible.

'The guardian is said to have stood as firm as a boulder even when his entire body was breaking down. That is how he protected this northeast region's lands and its people.'

Cale started to speak.

"...Was it you?"

The Super Rock responded back.I died with my entire body breaking down.

Cale closed his eyes and then reopened them.

"... Fuck."

Most also can't help but curse.

They could not believe that such an absurd story could actually be true.

"There really are real heroes out there."

"I think that all of Cale's ancient power are real-life heroes."

- Don't be like us, Cale.

The glutton gave her wish that Cale would not sacrifice himself and live a long healthy life.

tcf!Cale frown. He thought that why are there so many unlucky people around him?

The man who always told him not to sacrifice himself had sacrificed himself and died.

Cale's insides were starting to boil.

'Why are there so many unlucky people like them?'

He called out the name of the person in his memories.

"...Taylor Stan."

"You make it sounds like you love him" tboah!Cale nonchalantly commented.

"What? Why?!" Which tcf!Cale was questioning his sanity.

"Just coz" tboah!Cale shurgged.

Taylor Stan had said something about the boulder guardian.

'He is probably not well-known. I only found out while investigating ancient texts for information on ancient powers.'

Cale subconsciously started to frown.

"Why didn't I think about him?"

He had forgotten about Taylor

"Ouch"

"So much for love then"

"Poor guy"

tcf!Cale ignores those comments.

even though he remembered the things Taylor had told him.

Taylor Stan was probably the person around Cale with the most information about ancient powers and ancient myths.

He had gained this information while desperately searching for a power that would heal his legs.

'I need to meet with Taylor.'

"And that's how he realizes a love has formed"

"And now he's going to confess his undying love"

Smack!

"Ack!"

Two people that share the same brain cells rub their head that was smacked by a tsundere.

The things he needed to do were starting to get organized in his mind.

However, Cale still had a question he needed to ask.

It was related to the results of the past.

"How did you defeat the person with the sky attribute if he was so strong?"

"Sky attribute?" The Whipper Kingdom's strongest warrior asks in a complaint "What the heck is a sky attribute!?"

"Apparently it's powerful" tcf!Tasha doesn't like where this was going because it most certainly that the enemy have it. And if it is powerful, it would be a very hard battle indeed.

Oooooong- oooooong-

Cale could feel the gold top's whip vibrating at that moment.

"A whip, sounds kin-" the Mercenary King stop at that.

He was having flashbacks of deadly gazes.

Nope.

He ain't going through that again.

Meanwhile, tcf!Cale feels like the thief is being restless, but he chooses to shrug it off as his imagination.

Swoooooooooooosh- Swoooooooosh-

Neither the people outside the island nor Cale inside the temple could tell what was going on. However, the wind inside Wind Island was starting to roar even wilder than normal.

Cale did not know about this as he heard the Super Rock's voice. A large number of people with ancient powers gathered together to fight against that man. Of course, there were some people with ancient powers who chose to be on his side.

Power versus power. A large-scale battle had occurred. The majority of the people with the powers now called ancient powers were a part of that battle. A large number of people fought against him.

"The ancient war" tboah!Witira said "and young master Cale's ancient powers are some of the heroes that fought in that war."

tcf!Paseton nodded "And now the previous heroes and the current hero are working side by side to once again save everyone"

tcf!Cale gaped at the nonsense the whale was saying. The only hero here is the original owner of his ancient power and not him!

We fought and fought again. That battle took over twenty years. We died as a result of that battle while barely managing to kill him as well. My body was destroyed as well.

The Super Rock calmly continued. You could say that it was a draw because we defeated him in the end, however, the sacrifices were too large.

The tboah side remembers the devastating future that they were told of.

From everything they've read, they would've certainly had a devastating number of sacrifices.

And the most horrible thing is that it was supposed to be their future.

They don't have a hero that's a transmigrator but it does not mean they should just accept defeat.

They will still fight toward victory. Hopefully with less to no sacrifices this time.

Everybody had died in that battle. The ancient times ended after that.

Cale could not imagine this ancient battle that would have continued for tens of years.

Would their battle against the White Star be similar?

"Oh heck no!" tcf!Cale has a resolution and absolute firmness that he won't let the war continue for 10 years!

After all, his slacker life is on the line.

Cale started to think about the Western continent.

The citizens of the Western continent were already suffering from many wars, starting with the War against the North that had happened at the beginning of the year.

But they needed to fight for tens of years more?

"Haa, that crazy bastard."

"It really is crazy being in a war for many years" og!Cale said remembering those long years of suffering and living as an empty shell.

Just fighting to end everything.

Just wanting for everything to be over.

And now, reading everything that will happen. He really is thankful towards the current Cale because he believes that he will truly protect his family.

In all of his teasing, he truly hope that Cale would achieve his long dream slacker life.

He could not help but curse at the White Star as he sighed.

However, Cale quickly clenched his fists. The past is different than right now.

He could hear the Super Rock's voice. That person had gathered the sky attribute, as well as all five natural attributes as well.

'What?'

Cale could not believe that the ancient villain did not only have the sky attribute.

"Wait, wait, wait" tcf!Rasheel needs to clear this up because his freaking confused. "Are you telling me the ancient villain is also the white star?"

tcf!Mary wonders too as she asks "Is it the same person? Did he reincarnate?"

"That isn't possible" tcf!Sheritt disagreed "the vow was made and broken after the war of the ancient times"

"Then the current white star is a copycat!?" og!Cale cannot believe that people specially his family suffered because of a wannabe!

tboah!Cale shares his sentiments "I can't believe we're suffering because of a Chūnibyō!" He really really wants to smack him hard preferably with a sword.

Wind, water, fire, earth, wood, and sky. He really would have been no different than nature if he controlled all six of those.

og!Cale sighed "Yeah being an avatar the master of the elements is really OP," he said in all seriousness.

"He should've just copied Aang because he's a good person, not the ancient villain"

Hearing what og!Cale grumbled, tcf!Cale doesn't know what to say to that and thus chooses to ignore it.

'That's probably why he was able to fight against so many people.'

However, an odd expression soon appeared on Cale's face.

The White Star currently did not have an earth attribute power.

He could hear some laughter in the Super Rock's voice. He and I were the only ones with earth attribute powers during ancient times.

Cale realized what the White Star was looking for.

He opened his mouth to speak.

"Guess I need to find that person's earth power?"

"Ah" tboah!Cale commented "another one for his collection"

"It's like that one princess who is gathering the four dragons to have them join her journey" og!Cale said remembering that story of a sweet but naive princess to a fearless and toughened warrior. Though tcf!Cale is anything but naïve.

The Super Rock chuckled as he responded back. You really are smart.

He then sternly added on. And then you need to destroy it.

The difficult path.

That path came with two things. You also need to find that bastard White Star who has the sky attribute and defeat him.

Cale needed to find and destroy the earth ancient power that belonged to the person who wanted to become nature and defeat the White Star.

The Super Rock continued on about the White Star. It is possible because his plate is incomplete.

The White Star had multiple ancient powers, but his plate was incomplete because he did not have all five natural attributes.

"That's good news"

"So we need to get the earth ancient power before the white thing"

And so everyone agreed on the one thing they will need to do.

That was how he was different from Cale. Cale, 'we,' can capture him. Of course, it may be difficult and painful.

They didn't like that.

That it's painful.

The corners of Cale's lips curled up as he asked.

And wow, the idiot just smile in response!

This self-sacrificing good-hearted idiot!

Everyone wants to lovingly smack his head.

tcf!Cale sneeze.

"Will my body be destroyed?"

The Super Rock laughed loudly as he responded back.

But his voice was serious. I will not sacrifice anyone this time.

Everyone at least somehow relaxed at that sure and firm tone of the previous hero promising to not let the loving idiot be sacrificed.

Cale started to laugh at that response as well. However, he quickly stopped laughing. The person with the sky attribute's body was destroyed the day I died.

The day that the Super Rock's body broke down.

The same day that many of his friends had left this world as well. There was just one child who survived that final battle. He was the only person I was able to save.

The boy was able to live because he was standing behind the Super Rock. Cale, you have a power that is similar to the power that that child had.

'There was someone who survived?

A power similar to mine?'

A piece of information quickly flashed in Cale's mind.

"...Dragon Slayer?"

The Dominating Aura. That was the only thing that came to mind.

The Super Rock continued in a sad voice. Now that I think about it, it looks like that child went on to become the first-ever Dragon Slayer.

tcf!Sherrit remembers the companion he made a vow with.

The vow that was broken because of a person's greed.

She sometimes laments at what happened to them.

The very place that they created for the people that would protect the land had become the place where it created the very thing that they want to prevent.

The child that the Super Rock had protected became the Dragon Slayer. I had asked that child to do something. I told him to protect this land if someone else with the sky attribute appeared in the future. I told him to train new strong individuals.

Cale's arm became covered in goosebumps.

The first Dragon Slayer. The village that he created. The strong individuals of the continent were said to gather at that village in order to make themselves stronger.

He also could not believe what was going on.

"...Can you believe it? The White Star is the final Dragon Slayer."

It is ironic indeed.

"It really is and it's not even funny" tboah!Rosalyn sigh "The Dragon Slayer that was supposed to protect turned into the most horrible villain."

'Ho.'

Cale could not say what he wanted to say.

The ancient times. A long time had passed since then.

Many fates had changed during that time. That child.

The first Dragon Slayer. I'm certain that he built his home in the Castle of Light, one of the Three Restricted Areas.

'The Dragon Slayer village is on the Eastern continent and not the Western continent?

I guess there's no reason it had to be on the Western continent.'

Cale let out a chuckle.

"I guess I'll be off to the Castle of Light after Wind Island."

The Castle of Light.

"It's where m-mom is"

tcf!Sheritt smile at her child. They were both still shy with each other but they were also moving forward and getting closer little by little.

Meanwhile,

"It's a good thing there weren't any zombies"

tboah!Cale nodded at what og!Cale just said in all seriousness.

Which tcf!Cale just sigh.

Cale did not know anything about that place, however, that place might have information about the White Star or the Dragon Slayers and their village.

Cale made sure to remember this new information as he turned his head toward what he needed to do.

Oooooong- oooooong-

The top's whip was starting to vibrate stronger and stronger.

The Mercenary King really really wants to comment a very not-so-innocent thing but again he doesn't want to be killed by some overprotective vicious hen.

Cale looked down at his hand that was not holding the jar.

Swoooooosh- Swooooooosh-

A small whirlwind appeared on his palm.

It was the Sound of the Wind.

"Will I hear the voices of the wind Elementals if I grab this top's whip?"

- Oh o.

'What do you mean by 'oh o'?" tcf!Cale asks the thief suspiciously.

- Um.. well.. you'll find out soon?

He doesn't like where this was going.

He heard the thief's response. You are right. However, you won't hear it right away. It will be a bit difficult.

"...A bit difficult?"

'It doesn't come to me right away?'

Cale started to frown.

'She talked as if I just needed to go find it, but that's not the case!'

The corners of Cale's lips slowly curled down.

However, the thief did not say anything else. He could hear the cheapskate chime in. The thief seems to be scared to say it! Let's just turn everything into a sea of fire! Kahahahahah!

'...Isn't he slowly turning crazy?'

"It's a good thing he's a powerful ancient power, or else I wouldn't want to be with a crazy" tcf!Cale thought as he remember how he use that power in what they'd read previously.

He still hasn't realized that it comes with a backlash.

Cale ignored the cheapskate. The thief started to speak again at that moment. I never imagined you would come in possession of this.

The thief was talking as if she was making excuses for herself. Mm, at that time. I had a need to test the person who would come in possession of this item because that person would end up gaining some strong allies.

Cale agreed with that.

"And...?"

But his voice sounded annoyed as he asked. And... Ahem, mm. I thought that the most important test would be about a person's character. But I was kind of desperate, angry at the world, and slightly crazy at the time...

"...And?"A, and...

Cale slowly started to get a bad feeling.

Everyone is also getting a bad feeling.

- I'm sorry Cale

With that apology, tcf!Cale now can't help but worry.

A test of a person's character.

That itself gave himself a bad feeling, however... The fact that she was saying that she created this test while she was crazy gave him the chills.

"That does not sound good" tcf!Basen is now worried about the test that his hyung-nim will take.

tcf!Violan frown "It really isn't reassuring"

"It's like making bad decisions when drunk" tboah!Bud adds.

"Yeah, like waking up in an unknown inn" tboah!Cale suddenly said some ominous sentence as he continues "worst is you don't remember anything"

og!Cale nodded nonchalantly agreeing with his parallel self "and convincing yourself that since there was no one beside you in bed so nothing happened"

And the parental figure plan to be on the hunt for every inn where Cale was seen.

But not before they have a very pleasing talk with them.

Both Cales sneeze and shudder.

Mm, I was thinking that someone who had similar experiences that I did would live a similar life to me and use this power for good.

"Enough with the useless explanations."

Cale wanted the thief to get to the point.

"The contents of the test?"...I'm sorry. I can't tell you that. That is the rules.

He opened his mouth to speak.

"Damn it."

tcf!Cale curses too.

He hope that whatever the test is, the system won't cut out that information so that he would know what the contents of the test and be prepared for it.

But if the system did cut it off he'll just have to torment the slime.

Said slime slowly backing away.

The thief could not say anything.

However, Cale thought about the things that the thief had just told him, thought about her character, as well as the situation that forced her to go crazy.

That was probably the contents of the test.

Cale put the jar down to one side.

He then brushed his face with both hands. He could anticipate the contents of the test. We will be with you. Just remember that.

"At least that's reassuring" og!Cale is glad that at least Cale wouldn't have to go through with this test alone.

Because being alone all while going through trials is just painful.

Cale reached his hand toward the top's whip as he heard the Super Rock's voice. The thief started to speak again. The test will start as soon as you grab the top's whip.

Cale hand touched the top's whip.

Paaaat!

A gold light covered Cale's view. He still clenched onto the top's whip as that happened.

His world soon became dark.

He could hear the thief's emotionless voice at that moment. It was not the voice of the thief in his mind.

"The test will now begin."

The test had started.

"The moment you fear the most will greet you."

What tcf!Cale fear the most?

"Lost of money?"

"Lost of slacker life?"

"Being famous?"

"Marriage?"

"..."

Everyone looks at tboah!Cale.

"And why would marriage be his most feared nya?"

"Yeah, why?" Everyone else asks.

"First of all that topic is too young for you" he replied to the cute kitten "Secondly, you can't tell me commitment isn't scary" was his response to the second question.

"We're getting derailed" tboah!Beacrox said "anyway well see it when we read it"

"... isn't this an invasion of privacy?" tcf!Jack reluctantly said.

"Well," tcf!Hannah replies "that's what we've been doing for the last hours so..."

Cale Henituse.

The moment he feared the most.

Cale couldn't help but scowl.

The Sound of the Wind. The owner of that voice had lost her family, friends, and neighbors before becoming a thief.

She had then left the ancient artifact made from their lives at this dead mana storage facility where they died.

"That's... Sad"

"Why is it that all of Cale's ancient power lived and died horribly?"

"And that's why heroes need saving too"

- Cale... I'm really sorry

tcf!Cale sighed hearing the thief apologize once more. He isn't mad and reading some glimpses of what happened to her made it understandable but he isn't really happy about what might entail the test. He also isn't happy about how they suffered throughout their lives.

It was a test created by that person when she was in a crazed state.

It was understandable.

However, Cale could not help but shout.

"Damn it, how is this a test of a person's character?!"

Cale flinched as he shouted out.

'Hmm?'

The warmth shining down on Cale's face tickled his eyes. It felt like the morning sun.

'Sunlight?'

It was at that moment.

He heard someone's voice.

"My lord, it is morning."

"Oh mah gosh! You are married!"

Hearing that, everyone burst out into a frenzy.

"To wake up with someone beside you!"

"Who is it!?"

"Let me murder him."

"But wait the voice is still young!"

"And it's not the crown prince or Choi Han!?"

Wait why are the crown prince and Choi Han suddenly being mentioned? tcf!Cale thought. No more importantly-

"It's obviously a servant waking the territory lord!"

Wait.

That also doesn't sound good.

'Lord? Who? Me?'

Cale opened his eyes.

"But really? Your greatest fear is being a territory lord?"

"Should've known that this will happen". Sigh

"I'm not even surprised anymore"

Meanwhile,

tcf!Cale pales so hard. "What is this?" He was having a difficult time to breath "I feel like I'm fainting" he was deadly pale at the prospect of being a territory lo- No! It will never happen!

My Slacker life!

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