18 Episode 18 "Truth, Joker"

Alexander and Roger, who began to leave the scene immediately after Gerad's death, stopped at the branch of a tree near Alexander, not even ten minutes from leaving. His movements were delicate, reminiscent of a white pigeon. Not long before Alexander realized he was stopping, Roger stood a few trees away from him, on a branch he saw fit. And then he jumped next to Alexander. He glided through the air like a feather and landed delicately next to Alexadner. Even a fence and took off. Collapsing on a single array as soon as it lands;

"Are you all right, master Alexander?" he asked.

Alexander really didn't look good. His breathing accelerated. He sweated cold, his hands trembled, and his eyes closed as if he were asleep. At this time, he slipped and fell. It took Roger only a few seconds to react, but Alexander was already able to catch a branch before he fell. He was holding his head with his right hand. He opened his left hand towards him to calm Roger down;

-"I'm fine. Chill out." said.

"I can tell you're not well, Mr. Alexander. You must be experiencing a" lack of Mana". That's pretty normal, too. Shadow magic is a very mana-consuming spell."

He was out of breath, Alexander.

-"Huh... Huh... I said I don't have anything for you, it isn't! Huh... I can continue! Let's go."Alexander, who tried to jump out of the tree as soon as his words were finished, just used the air spell" Flying", which he could not use, and began to fall to the ground at the last speed. Roger was thrown at his falling master without losing a second, caught him, and then made a safe landing on the ground. He slowly dropped Alexander, who was standing on his lap, to the ground, then sprinkled pieces of leaves stuck on him.

"I'm afraid you can't even walk, master Alexander."Roger said as he continued to clean his top.

- "I suggest you come back, Master Gerar.-"

Before Roger had even completed his sentence, Alexander began to rumble, understanding what Roger was going to say.

-"No! No, never! I will never absorb the essence of a person, but a piece of garbage like him! I would never do that!"

Roger was still keeping his cool.

"Master Alexander, I don't think you understand how bad the situation here is."

-"No! Goal-"

He started screaming again, and Roger grabbed Alexander by the mouth with his right hand.

"No, master Alexander. You don't understand the situation. Now you are suffering from a" lack of Mana " and you do not even have the strength to take a step. And I only have enough to go to the academy, but if I carry you, we may not get to the academy, as I will consume more mana. After all, casting an "illusion" spell on all these high-level guards was quite exhausting, as you can see. And we just left Gerard Vale's body out in the open. If one of the guards who's under the illusion comes back and finds the body, we'll be in big trouble. So we have to go back while we're not far away yet. So you can renew your meaning by absorbing the essence of Mr. Gerard. Okay ?"

All the while he spoke, Roger had a calm smile on his face. But that's what made him so scary. He never got angry, he never showed his feelings to others.

Alexander did the only thing he could do quietly. He shook his head slowly up and down. Roger ,who began to clean his hand with a clean, stylish handkerchief as he pulled it out;

"I'm glad you understand, master Alexander. If so, let's go back as soon as possible. We don't have much time to lose."

As he walked back, Roger entered Alexander's shoulder, supporting him to walk. The road was safe. Although they were" in the forest of Eternity", the place was calm. He hadn't heard anything all day, Roger, except a conversation between Gerard's car and his guards. Today was one of your really lucky days. He's really lucky.

As he turned back, the rain increased in intensity, clearing the blood and traces of conflict around him. Even nature was on their side. Although this was the case, their return took twice as long as it had taken since they left.

The duo had finally reached Gerard's side. The body of the boy, whose head was separated from his body, who was alive for up to an hour, was just sitting on the floor. A blue sphere was shining on it. The rain wiped out the blood, and there was no trace of the body but the body. How worthless human life was on this earth.

Roger took Alexander to Gerard's. After releasing his arm, Alexander, who slowly fell to his knee, reached for the ball of blue light, which floated over Gerard's body with his right hand, and grabbed it. And when he pulled his hand back and opened it, the blue light filter was no longer there.

"Did you make it ?"Roger said in a curious tone.

Alexander with a deep sigh;

-"Yeah." said.

"We can get out of here now. My Manam has been completely renewed. I was wondering if my mana pool would break down because I absorbed the essence of such a disgusting person."

Roger, who lost his worries about relief, smiled.

"I'm sure it won't happen, master Alexander. Now that we're done here, we can go back to the Academy."

Alexander shook his head to confirm.

"Yes, bee -" but he had not yet completed his sentence, and he heard the sound of breaking branches from the bush next to a tree about a hundred meters away from them. Anyone from that position could clearly see what was going on. Alexander, who was thrown into the sound source as he heard it, had already arrived there a few days later. There was someone hiding in the bushes. After the effects of two" illusion " spells were over, they were the guards who returned to search for their master, Gerard. They thought they could get a good bonus when they saved Lord Gerard from the devil's attack. But that thought brought about the biggest mistake they had ever made in their lives.

Seeing that it was Alexander, not Roger, who came to them, the guards attacked Alexander without wasting any time. But before they even removed the swords from their handles, Alexander had already gotten behind the duo and knocked them out by hitting them on the neck. Alexander, who dragged the two guards out of the Forest, stopped when he reached Roger.

"What do you say we do with them? Two guards marked" 7". Poor guards who saw what they shouldn't have seen, in the wrong place at the wrong time."Alexander said. He had a pretty reckless attitude.

Roger looked at two young men lying on the ground with emotionless eyes.

"There's nothing to think about, master Alexander. What you need to do to do enough. I'm going on ahead. Please catch up with me when you're done."Roger said.

He stretched his legs, bent slightly and began to use his magic. He was about to take off, and he turned around and looked at Alexander. He had a smug smile on his face.

-"Of course if you could do that."

There was not a single sign of emotion on the face of Alexander, who looked behind Roger as he took off. He looked at the two men lying on the ground with pitiful, grieving eyes.

-"I'm sorry you have to die. Please forgive me. I hope you can find happiness in your next life."he said, joining hands.

And then he made two quick, small deep cuts to the men's carotid veins with his strong claw. It took only a few seconds for the men to die, who were awakened by the impact. Just like Gerard, a blue ball of light appeared on their bodies. Alexander's right, marked Hand, which assimilated them both, suddenly entered a terrible pain. He moaned in pain, Alexander.

"Agghh! After all this time, is it really now?"he shouted.

A big explosion took place around Alexander. Alexander was the source of the explosion, so he was unharmed. The light and sound generated by the explosion could be heard and seen from hundreds of meters away. Seeing this, Roger, who had to turn back once more, began to fly in full swing towards Alexander.

By the time he reached the scene, Alexander was lying on the ground gasping for breath. The bodies of Gerard and the guards were thrown around with the explosion. Roger, who gently straightened Alexander from where he lay;

"What happened, sir! It's Halloween night! What was that explosion? Are you under attack?" said. He sounded so worried. It was never something someone like him would do, but he was pretty panicked.

"Calm down, Roger."Alexander said. He coughed a few times.

"I finally did it."

Alexander slowly raised his right hand and showed it to Roger. From the sign in his hand, white lights came out and shone. The number" 9 "under the kingdom of "Diamonds" was replaced by" 10".

"I've finally reached the next stage."

And that was the real strength of the "Joker" that Alexander had, which he has been referred to as "trash"since his birth. He added The Meaning of the dead monster and people to himself. In this way, the user continued to grow stronger and stronger. There was no limit.