I Became a Munchkin Spirit Sorcerer at the Academy

48 – Guardian of Flame Canyon (1)

The night of the Three-Legged Crow is quite deep.

He was a divine beast of the sun, but was abandoned by the sun, lost his power, and lived a life avoiding the sun using the veil of night as a curtain.

A being that was revered by humans, but was corrupted into a monster and persecuted by humans.

Although he possesses divinity, he is revered as a monster and his nature as a demonic beast becomes more intense.

They hate the sun, are jealous of the sun, and cannot live under the sun.

A youkai who betrayed the sun.

It was known that way.

“My dear.”

Harvey enters the three-legged crow’s room.

The three-legged crow’s room was surprisingly neatly organized.

There was no mess, and everything was in its proper place.

“Why are you looking so surprised?”

“Because the organization is perfect.”

“It was the original woman who was the goddess of the sun. The face of Shinsoo is the face of the sun. “The sun always had to be neat, so everything had to be done neatly.”

Spreading my wings under the brilliant sun that has now become a memory.

As if recalling memories of that time, the three-legged crow had a somewhat bitter look on his face.

“I guess I brought up some unnecessary memories.”

“No, although abandoned by the sun. Because what happened in the past is true. “When I think about the warmth of the sun every now and then, I don’t feel that bad.”

A sunstone, a sparkling necklace that has now been slightly processed by Harvey and worn around the three-legged crow’s neck.

The three-legged crow continued talking while holding the sunstone necklace in one hand.

“We have discovered the location of the second sunstone.”

“It’s fast.”

“I can’t help it. Sunstones have the property of being attracted to each other. If you find one sunstone, you will naturally be able to find sunstones hidden elsewhere. the problem is.”

“The question is what is hidden in that place.”

“That’s it.”

The three-legged crow nods his head in the affirmative to Harvey’s words.

“Like you said, I can know the location of the sunstone. However, only the location can be roughly inferred. It is not clear exactly what kind of place it is or what kind of environment it is. It could be in a deep jungle or under a huge ocean.”

“It’s a bit of a pain.”

“I can’t help it. The sunstone, which originally possesses the power of the sun, has been revered as a godstone since ancient times. “The kings of the ancient kingdoms had many of them.”

If the sunstone is sleeping deep in the ruins, the problem becomes a little bigger.

Ancient ruins have been filled with mysterious powers since ancient times, and even skilled wizards cannot easily approach them.

In particular, there is a strange rumor going around that the place called the Demon World distorts the magician’s mana circuit and renders him crippled.

No one tried to approach the Demon Lord.

“So where is the second sunstone?”

“…It’s a canyon.”

“gorge?”

“The humans say it is a canyon of flames.”

“…It’s really troublesome.”

After all, there is a sunstone in the Valley of Flame.

Looking at the name of Flame Canyon, it is easy to think of it as a place filled with blazing flames.

In fact, it is not a place filled with flames, but a so-called ruin where the king of a small country who prevented the invasion of a great empire a long time ago and the hundreds of warriors who followed him are buried.

The king of a small country was revered as a great god by the people of the area because of his achievement in stopping the emperor of a large empire.

The Flame Canyon, where the king of a small country who was revered as a god died, has become a ruin and is said to be imbued with an unknown power.

And Harvey knew what was there in the first place.

“It’s a bit difficult in a place with a lot of guardians.”

Guardians, so-called guardian-like beings who protect the ruins.

The Guardians are hundreds of warriors who stood by the king of a small country and fought until the end.

The tradition they blocked for a week made them heroes, and the sleeping heroic spirits soon began to gather.

A ruin that turned into dozens of guardians.

As a guardian who, according to tradition, specializes in blocking rather than attacking.

He is the remaining guardian who faithfully carries out his mission to protect the ruins.

Harvey continued speaking while scratching the back of his head.

“He was revered as a hero in the first place, but he has some divinity. “There is a reason why he was revered as a god by the local residents in the first place.”

Yokai are weak to divinity.

No matter how divine the beast may have been, the possibility that the three-legged crow, who has been corrupted into a monster, can fight against the guardian and win is close to zero.

Guardian of Flame Canyon, also known as Guardian of Flame.

Because they were beings that exhaled flames full of divinity and defeated the approaching devil.

“My dear.”

The three-legged boy spoke with a slight frown, as if his pride had been hurt by Harvey’s words.

“Do you really think the main maiden will not be able to defeat something like a guardian?”

“Can you win?”

“Of course not. Even though the original girl was corrupted and transformed into a monster. How can something like a guardian defeat a divine beast? “The difference in rank is already significant.”

“Then there is a possibility.”

If the three-legged crow was unable to use its strength, if the worst situation came, I tried to bring out the Unggeomgwi.

There was no way the Unggeomgwi could withstand the divinity that even the three-legged crow could not withstand.

It was literally a solution when the worst case scenario was assumed.

However, seeing how the three-legged crow asserts himself so confidently, there is clearly a way to win against the Guardian.

“But the problem is clear.”

“…Isn’t the Guardian the problem?”

“There is no particular problem with the Guardian. Even if he was praised as a hero, in the end he was just a soldier. “The problem is the owner of the ruins.”

“Master…are you talking about the king of a small country?”

“Yes.”

The three-legged crow made a somewhat bitter expression as if he remembered something and continued talking.

“He was someone who received God’s love early on. A person who was qualified to rule a great country, but could not leave because he loved his land. “When the beloved land was threatened, he led hundreds of troops and blocked hundreds of thousands of armies, truly worthy of the status of a guardian.”

The main story of Flame Canyon’s lore.

The king of a small country, delayed a large army of millions and helped his people flee.

A benevolent king and a brave king.

“He will be in command of the Guardians.”

“Isn’t the king of a small country already dead?”

“Dead but alive. The legacy he left on the earth became a kind of record and was resurrected as a thought-like being. However, because the original source was kind, he did not set foot outside the ruins.”

“Is this an order to acknowledge and observe future generations?”

“That’s it.”

The three-legged crow raised his finger at Harvey’s words and said that was the correct answer.

The three-legged crow then said as if he was very troubled, fiddling with his necklace.

“The king is a spirit with a strong defense that could fend off millions of armies. So, no matter how many times we enter the ruins, as long as the tradition remains on the earth, the king is invincible in protecting it.”

“then?”

“We have to bring it outside. And it is best to reverse the position.”

“It means changing defense into offense.”

If you are strong in defense, you can force them to attack.

If there are any loopholes in the attack, you can play defense.

Since this is a tradition that focuses on defense, the attack will most likely be weak.

Since this is a tradition that focuses on defense, the attack will most likely be weak.

The three-legged crow proposed to bring out the king through a change in thinking.

“But by what means? “The idea is to bring out the king who is locked in the ruins.”

“I have to think about that from now on.”

“…”

Harvey looks at the three-legged crow in a daze, as if he is at a loss for words due to the three-legged crow’s confident words.

Isn’t it the same as a professor who had an elephant but told him to put it in the refrigerator?

“I’m really embarrassed.”

Harvey’s sigh spread across the room and filled the space.

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“Why are you so sore, kid?”

“…I could tell you were worried.”

“Even though you always have a bad look on your face, I can tell that your mood is different. “Now tell me, what’s troubling you?”

Rasputin wiped his sweaty face, exposed his white gums, and said:

Even though he was a drunkard, he must have managed this well, and it sparkled as it reflected the sunlight.

“Inspiration.”

“?”

“Do you want to go to Flame Canyon?”

“Go away! Satan the devil!”

As soon as he heard the word Flame Canyon, Rasputin got scared and took a step back.

“Have you forgotten that I live in a cold place now? Kid! Flame Canyon! “Little boy, are you planning to kill me?”

Rasputin hides in a corner and screams.

For Rasputin, who always lived in a cold place, Flame Canyon was like a cauldron of hell.

“…5 barrels of the highest quality imperial beer.”

Startle.

At that moment, Rasputin’s body shook slightly.

And Harvey didn’t miss that moment and continued speaking right away.

“10 copies.”

“Hmph… this body is nothing more than imperial beer.”

“Take it and double it.”

“Don’t let this body take the lead.”

Rasputin was the type of person who was very susceptible to the devil’s temptation.