Chapter 108: 108

“What a bastard…”

“Sir! Do we still have to put up with him?”

When Su-hyeun began to release his magic upon them, the dark magicians started to get up from their seats . However, the old dark magician remained sitting down with his eyes closed . He appeared to be undecided and worried . The other magicians were preparing to attack Su-hyeun . They stared at him with a feeling of agitation .

“Okay . ” The old magician opened his eyes and said, “I will help you . ”

“Sir!”

“Shut up!”

The old man shouted back at the magician that raised his voice at him . In response, the magician turned pale and sat back down on his chair again . When it became quiet once more, the old magician nodded .

He said, “So, you say that you want to catch Ouroboros . Okay, I will help you . However, I only can bring the beast to you . It is up to you to catch it . ”

“That’ll be enough help . ”

“I will give you a room on the second floor of this tower . Just wait one day . We will leave tomorrow . ”

The old magician looked at the magician that was sitting next to Su-hyeun .

“Hey, Syujeu,” he called .

“Yes, sir . ”

“Can you guide him to his room? My back hurts these days, so it is hard to move around . ”

“Y-yes, sir!”

At the request of the old magician, the man named Syujeu rose from his seat . Su-hyeun followed him and left the room through the large door .

Creak—

Thump—

The heavy door closed after the two men left the room . As soon as they were gone, the other magicians in the room vented their grievances to the old magician .

“Sir!”

“Why did you just watch him leave?”

“Yes, it is not like you . ”

At the complaints of the dark magicians, the old one rested his chin and sat silently . Their resentments continued, and he continued to listen . Then suddenly, the dark magicians felt strange . This was usually the time when the old magician would scold them .

However, he remained silent .

Their complaints naturally died away without the old magician having to say anything to them . Their fear of the old magician was rooted deeply within them, so they didn’t want to get on his bad side . Therefore, their complaints of disappointment gradually ended . The dark magicians realized that they had dared to talk back to him and fell silent .

“Are you all done chattering?”

When the old magician opened his mouth to speak, the other dark magicians lowered their heads . The old magician’s gaze turned cold as if he had never smiled kindly before in his life .

“After hearing you all lose your temper just now, I would love to feed some of you to the dogs . However, because I understand how you all feel, I will let it go today . ”

“I am sorry, sir!”

“Forgive us!”

Thump—

The dark magicians slammed their heads to the table in shame . The old magician looked at them and clicked his tongue . He found them pathetic .

“Why did I put up with him?” he asked . “Did it look like I was putting up with him?”

“Yes?”

The old magician shook his head and looked at the others who did not understand him .

‘How pathetic . ’

“I did not put up with him . He put up with me,” he said .

“What do you mean?”

“Only a strong person puts up with a weak person . It is a form of generosity . ”

The dark magicians were surprised by his response . The old magician seemed to have just called himself the weak one . That couldn’t be possible . The old magician looked at the door where Su-hyeun had exited through .

“He gave us two options to pick between . ”

Su-hyeun’s proposal gave the old magician two choices to think about .

“Either all the dark magicians risk their lives and join forces to fight him, or we can hope he dies in his fight against Ouroboros . ”

This was the reason why he told Su-hyeun that he would take him to Ouroboros . They had no choice but to wait for the mighty beast to swallow Su-hyeun just as it had done to thousands of other sacrificed dark magicians .

***

“This is it . ”

The dark magician named Syujeu led Su-hyeun to a room on the second floor . It was quite a spacious room for one person . There was a restroom and shower inside as well . Syujeu seemed displeased with Su-hyeun, who was looking around the room .

Syujeu said, “I brought you here because the boss told me to, but watch out . This room—”

“Hey . ” Su-hyeun waved off Syujeu without looking at him . “Leave, little cheese . ”

“You f*cking bastard . ”

Slam—!

Syujeu went out, slamming the door .

“Look who’s talking,” Su-hyeun mumbled while looking at the books in the room .

He picked up one of the books off the bookshelf . On the cover, there was a picture of a dissected human body . It was a book about human sacrifices that were later reanimated into undead people .

“Wankers . ”

He closed the book . It was not worth reading .

Bam—!

Su-hyeun threw the book on the ground and trampled on it angrily . He conjured up a flame with his powers and directed it towards the book until it turned to ashes . He considering reading the other books, but they appeared to be disgusting based on the titles . Su-hyeun instead walked to the sofa and laid down .

Grr—

Miru, who had been reading Su-hyeun’s face this whole time, moved towards him and laid down on his tummy . Su-hyeun habitually stroked Miru’s back . When he closed his eyes, he could feel gazes around him .

‘They are keeping an eye on me . ’

Since he had caused so much chaos, they could not help but be interested in what he was doing . Like them, Su-hyeun was nervous . He did not care about other dark magicians, but the old one was not an easy opponent .

‘His power level appears to be similar to Hwang Jun-peong . ’

He had been wondering why the dark magicians’ power levels were so low . However, there was a powerful one amongst them . Even after combining all the other magicians’ power in that room, they could not compare in strength to the old magician .

“The level of difficulty for this trial is insane,” Su-hyeun muttered out loud .

This entire situation was ridiculous . This was only the 30th floor of the trials . Chloe, an Awakener of the Dump Guild, said the 30th floor was a lower level of difficulty . However, this floor contained a powerful magician and Ouroboros as enemies .

‘Well, catching Ouroboros is not actually part of the trial . ’

The gatekeeper had given Su-hyeun advice after he had paid him 100,000 achievement points . Su-hyeun didn’t know why the gatekeeper gave him any advice . After all, the risk of helping him was quite high . However, it was information that was hard to ignore .

‘It is very risky, but it is worth a try . ’ Su-hyeun opened his hand and lifted it .

Su-hyeun wanted advice on how to pass the trial successfully, and the gatekeeper offered two ways . The first one was for just passing the trial as it was . The second one was for how to receive better rewards after completing the trial . Su-hyeun chose the way that would grant him better rewards . The Tower of Trials always gave bigger rewards to a greater challenger .

‘I can do it . ’

Su-hyeun clenched his fist .

‘I can do it . ’

Act 10

It was the next day . Su-hyeun left the city with some of the dark magicians . When they arrived at the city wall, some people blocked them from leaving . However, when the old magician showed his face, they were granted access to leave . Su-hyeun recognized the position of power that the dark magicians had in Moros, and the old magician held even more power than them .

Stomp, stomp—

Ten of the dark magicians and Su-hyeun walked without talking . They headed to the seafront that was quite a distance from Moros .

“We will reach the sea soon,” the old magician said as he clasped his hands together behind his back .

The other dark magicians held their breath as if they were nervous . Even though they had control over Ouroboros, they were still nervous every time they came near the beast .

“Are you sure about this?” the old magician asked Su-hyeun for the last time .

Su-hyeun looked at him for a while and then turned away . “You are loud . ”

“Hahaha . You are very confident . ”

Grr—

At the old magician’s words, Miru roared, showing his teeth . It appeared that Miru didn’t like the old magician’s unpleasant laugh . The old man looked away from Miru and saw that they had finally arrived at the shore .

“Well, we arrived . ”

Roar—

The sky was clear, and the sea was blue . There was a reflection of the sunlight on the sea . It was an incredible landscape . Somebody who did not know what this place was would think this was a vacation spot . It was the place where Su-hyeun had first started his trial .

“How are you going to call Ouroboros?” Su-hyeun asked the old magician .

The old magician replied with a smile, “The beast is already coming . ”

Ten dark magicians had been muttering something since earlier . It seemed to be a spell to call Ouroboros . Su-hyeun turned his gaze toward the sea again, and at that moment, he could feel a vibration through the sand .

Grr—

Miru started to cry angrily . No, more accurately, it seemed like Miru was frightened . The divine beast, Miru, and demonic beast, Ouroboros, were naturally hostile to each other since birth .

Rumble—

After a while, a huge shadow appeared in front of the shore . The shadow gradually grew and then lifted its head over the surface .

Roar—

A huge black snake appeared over the sea . The giant snake covered the sun and shook its long body . Its red eyes looked down upon Su-hyeun and the other dark magicians . Ouroboros had arrived .

Ouroboros’s body covered the sky . Its body frame was very thick and several kilometers long . This was the great demonic beast that could destroy the whole country .

‘It is massive . ’

Su-hyeun had never seen any monsters this size . Ouroboros had a presence far greater than other high-level divine beasts . It was closer in appearance to a massive dragon rather than a snake .

Gulp—

It had been a while since he felt this nervous . As soon as Ouroboros appeared, Miru hid behind Su-hyeun . To young Miru, Ouroboros was too big of an enemy .

“Hahaha . So, what do you think after seeing Ouroboros this close?”

The old magician passed Su-hyeun and glanced at his face . He had expected Su-hyeun would be scared by now, but his expectation was wrong .

“Well, let’s leave,” the old man said to the other dark magicians .

They would be caught up in the fight if they stayed here . They called on Ouroboros to appear here, but they didn’t want to be involved in this battle . The old magician quickly walked away . He planned to release his control over Ouroboros after he left from this place .

“I am anxious,” the old magician muttered as he walked away from the shore and toward the city .

“What do you mean, sir?”

“The look on that man’s face . ”

The old magician looked back at Su-hyeun, who was quite a distance behind them now . He could not see Su-hyeun’s face anymore, but the look he had made before bothered the old magician .

“What about his face? How was it?”

“I thought he would be scared, of course, but it looked like he was expecting something . ” The old magician shook his head and still could not believe what he saw .

“What? Expecting something?”

The other dark magicians looked puzzled and did not understand .

‘He should be scared by Ouroboros and run away, but he was expecting something? What could he possibly be expecting?’

“I’m anxious . I’m anxious . ”

The old magician murmured over and over . He was unable to relieve his anxiety .

‘What would be the consequences of my choice? It is all up to Ouroboros now . ’

The old magician opened his mouth to speak when they moved far enough away from the battle . “Ouroboros, eat him up . ”

Rumble—

The words he muttered traveled toward the shore with the power of dark magic . At that moment, he heard a loud noise .

Kiyaa—!

The howl of Ouroboros roared over the sky .