chapter 12
Episode 12 A 13-year-old erodes the world?
An incident that happened in the Holy Land of the Stars.
Unlike Velokin, who didn’t go to the Star Shrine because he didn’t think it was necessary to go to the children’s party, Krashu participated in the Star Shrine this time.
I wondered if the half-penny guy did such a thing to be ashamed of.
The return story was completely unexpected.
Krasu drew against Anix.
Although Krashu was heard by Darling Danpelion and escaped the venue.
Except for Charlotte, she had a record of a draw against Anix, who is said to be the most difficult in Staron.
Belokin heard the news, of course, but couldn’t believe it.
She was a half-penny with no talent whatsoever.
Even she herself realized that fact, and she wasted her time at Cheongsong Hall every day.
But to draw with that Anix?
That’s ridiculous.
So Velokin came to check with his own two eyes.
I want to find out if the ridiculous rumors about the half-penny are true or false.
There was an uneasiness somewhere in his heart, but he tried hard to ignore it.
“You have been looking for me, brother, you must be busy. Is it okay?”
At that moment, upon hearing Krashu’s voice, Belokin raised his head.
You’re busy, what do you mean?
As if answering Velokin’s question, Krache smiled kindly.
“With the opening of Rachellen Academy this time, everyone is in a frenzy. They say you pass the entrance exam regardless of your status. You should prepare, too.”
That statement was a complete provocation.
Balheim is on a different level from other families.
Everyone from Valheim is a born genius, to the extent that it is said that even the strongest empire in the world cannot touch Staron Kingdom for fear of Valheim’s anger.
Although Belokin was put on the back burner due to the birth of the monster named Charlotte.
He is also a direct descendant of Balheim.
Even if Anyx shouted that he was a genius next to Charlotte, he was still just a child in front of Velokin in terms of age and skill.
He’s so busy that he has to prepare for the academy’s entrance exam at best?
I’m afraid I can’t bow down and take Rachel to the academy?
“You say all the funny things.”
Belokin’s thick eyebrows began to wriggle wildly.
At the same time, a slightly softened smile appeared in his eyes.
“Well, with your own eyes, anything can look that way. Oops, brother got it wrong. In the eyes of the culprit, things like Rachellen Academy might look high.”
Belokin did not rate Racheln Academy very highly.
He thought that no matter how much Rachelleen Academy flew and crawled, he could not reach Valheim.
So, at most, he thought of broadening his eyes to see the world.
Actually, the reason he really wanted to go to Rachelleen Academy was partly because Charlotte was not very interested in her academy.
If you go to her academy, you can avoid being compared to her even a little, she said.
But Velokin never said that out of his mouth.
“Yes.”
And Krashu readily agreed with Belokin’s words.
It was dissatisfying that he agreed so meekly, but said Velokin.
“The reason I came to find you today is because one member of my family has fallen away.”
“My name?”
The words that followed were quite surprising even to Krashu.
I thought you came here to vent your anger with the Anix case.
There was a surprisingly good reason.
“Yes, world erosion occurred on Mount Guerillak, a property of Valheim. It is an order to stop it.”
However, the words that followed made Krashu feel absurd.
“The family name will be applied from the age of 15, right?”
As with other noble families, when world erosion occurs in Staron, Valheim sends family members to purify the world erosion.
It is a duty for the immediate family members, but the standard of duty was from the age of 15.
Krasu will turn 14 next year.
As such, it was still an age that had nothing to do with the name of the family.
“Don’t worry. Because I decided to take you as a guardian.”
Seeing Belokin talking as if he were patronizing, Krashu clicked his tongue.
Anyway, it was clear that he had come to pick him up to check Krashu’s skills and press the flag.
“I bet my younger brother, who said he also had a draw with Anix, wouldn’t be this scared, right?”
Krashu blinked as he saw Belokin grinning.
‘Am I trying to hurt my pride right now?’
Krache barely held back the moment when he almost burst into laughter.
How self-centered thinking is to start a fight with half-punny’s ego.
This is why Krache didn’t rate Velokin highly.
Because he always had a short insight into the world and was self-centered.
‘That personality that doesn’t admit anything.’
Also the fact that they’re going to strangle him in the end.
“Well, that’s good.”
For Krache, world erosion was more familiar than this peaceful world.
A mission that would fall to Velokin at most would not be too dangerous.
Even if Velokin dug a trap, Krache had an idea.
“Mr Krashu.”
At that moment, Krashu followed the voice and turned his head.
Then Bianca, who had run away earlier, was standing there, expressionless.
“Where are you going?”
Bianca asked if I had heard the story earlier.
She couldn’t help but tell Bianca that she was going anyway.
“I’ll be back for a while because of world erosion.”
“Is Krashu world erosion? Why?”
Bianca did not understand.
Although Krashu is only 13 years old, he has a mature side, but he was 13 after all.
Common sense makes no sense for a 13-year-old to go to stop the erosion of the world.
“I wonder if they are following me or something like that… ….”
“I won’t follow you.”
“Is that so?”
She was Bianca who usually followed her everywhere, but this time she answered with a single word.
Then Bianca turned to Velokin.
“Common sense makes no sense for a child under the age of 15 to go to world erosion.”
Bianca swears at Velokin with facts.
He flinched as if Belokhin had also been stabbed, and immediately frowned.
“Krashu, that kid.”
“This is my fiancé.”
Then Velokin let out a sneering breath.
“I see. The cursed snow maiden of the north…….”
“As Bianca said, it was said by a child who is only 12 years old, so my big brother will not find fault with it.”
Krache cut off Belokin’s words and glared at him.
It meant that I wouldn’t tolerate any more talking.
Seeing Krache like that, Belokin felt embarrassed but turned around without saying anything.
It was because the intended purpose was achieved anyway.
As Belokin walked away, Krache turned to Bianca.
“Good job.”
Then he put his hand on Bianca’s head and praised her.
“I don’t think I did anything well.”
“That must be different from you and me.”
Krache said that and removed his hand from Bianca’s head.
“I’ll be back.”
“Don’t fall down again.”
Krashu replied that he would remember it and moved on.
Looking at Krache’s back, Bianca silently touched her hair that Krache had touched.
* * *
World erosion.
Each world erosion, literally erosion into another world, has different characteristics.
Sometimes erosive species appear.
Sometimes the surrounding environment changes.
Sometimes, it is eaten by world erosion and the place becomes another world.
And the Guerillac Mountain, where Krashu, Belokin, and several mid-level knights from the Balheim family came, was a place where such world erosion was underway.
‘The mountain turned into a swamp.’
Originally, where green meadows, trees, and mountains should have been, thick swamps were spread.
The plants that sprouted here and there were growing in various shapes reminiscent of the Paleozoic Era.
In particular, the acrid smell that flowed from the swamp stung my nose, and I couldn’t enter unless I defended it with an aura.
But there was something else that was dangerous.
For some reason, headless bugs were flying all over the swamp.
They didn’t care at all about Krashu outside of World Erosion, but it was clear that the moment they took one more step here, they would run right into it.
Because world erosion is relentless to intruders.
“A septic tank?”
In the meantime, Belokin, who had already been to World Erosion a few times, asked the knights.
“I have contacted you. As soon as the owner is taken care of, he says he will start cleaning up right away.”
Unlike world erosion, where only erosive species appear, this time, it is a yard where even the erosive worlds change the surrounding environment.
So it seemed that a septic tank was also called to restore the changed environment.
“So, Brother Velokin, how many castles is this erosion?”
“Three stars.”
If it is 3 stars, it is a level that an expert intermediate knight can solve without difficulty.
Belokin is still an advanced expert.
He wanted to be able to defeat the master safely.
‘I can see why you brought me.’
Krashu is a low-class expert.
It is an intention to press once by showing the gap with yourself as a senior.
Belokin must be afraid.
Krache, who may have been on the rise following Charlotte, might surpass him.
“Krashu, what I brought you here today is to experience it no matter what. Watch and learn.”
As if he were a senior, Belokin said with a sense of pride and began to move his steps.
Seeing such Belokin, Krashu lightly shrugged his shoulders.
I don’t know who is discussing the experience with whom.
Of course, since he had no experience at this point, the Knights of Valheim looked at Krashu with concern.
In fact, Krashu himself was trying hard to hide his bleak smile.
There is only one reason why Krashu followed Velokin to World Erosion.
‘Extreme blood poisoning.’
Although the madness hasn’t been solved yet, it’s time to try some random solutions.
* * *
A half-penny from Valheim.
Krasche Valheim.
He was definitely called that.
The reason Velokin brought Krashu to the world erosion today was to suppress him as Krashu thought.
Belokin was 15 years old.
He remembers well the pain he suffered in the first world erosion.
Because the world erosion was the place where his once lofty nose first broke.
However, Krashu is 13 years old.
At that time, he was younger than himself and his level was lower.
It looks like he just became a low-class expert and the world looks like his own.
I was thinking of breaking that reality.
Besides, Krashu has already been broken once before.
The moment you realize the reality, you will immediately fall down.
Belokin was elated at the thought of making sure that the difference would be engraved so that he could never look up again.
A moment later, embarrassment crossed his face.
Due to the nature of the swamp, the swamp that makes the body heavy and the damp surroundings constantly create stress and wear down both the mind and body.
Monsters called erosion species keep appearing in such a yard, so there is no time to catch your breath.
Such an environment naturally tires people, but Krashu walked around leisurely as if he had a drink.
“These erosive species don’t have heads, but they do have teeth. If you get bitten, the area swells up greatly, and it seems to be accompanied by ooze and itchiness, so wrap the aura tightly all over your body.”
Krashu looked at the erosion species flying towards him and warned the intermediate knights.
He seemed very familiar with world erosion, and his advice was very useful in the middle.
“Krashu, have you ever experienced world erosion?”
Then one of the knights who had been told how to deal with the swamps to Krashu asked a question.
Hearing that question, Krashu put on a puzzled expression.
“I am 13 years old this year. Does it make sense to enter world erosion?”