Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert Chapter 156

Episode 156

Xiao Lun’s eyebrows were deeply frowned.

Even if it wasn’t, more wrinkles appeared on his dull face.

“So you’re saying he rejected my offer?”

“sorry. “I don’t have enough skills…”

Fan Qingchen, who was in a wheelchair, trailed off.

Because his limbs were broken and he could not walk on his own, he was confined to a wheelchair.

Xiao Lun looked at Fan Qingtian with a pitiful expression.

Although he was a little arrogant, he was capable, so I kept him as a close associate, but he came back after being ruined.

Since his limbs were not cut off, he will be able to regain his former abilities after treatment.

The problem is that Xiao Lun’s heart has left Fan Qingtian.

“Did he really throw sand at me?”

“yes! “I saw sand being used liberally.”

“If you do that, you really are a sand wizard. “What should I do with this?”

Knock knock!

Xiaorun tapped his fingers on the table.

“If this happens, is there no room to restore the relationship?”

The crocodiles that supplied him with drugs were killed by him, and even Tajik lost his life.

Now even Pan Cheong-cheon has returned as an asshole.

Since I installed the first button incorrectly, the buttons are all misaligned.

To resolve a broken relationship, you would have to go back to the beginning and start again, but there was no way that was possible.

“I guess I’ll have no choice but to become enemies with him in the end.”

“You should not underestimate Xeon. “He threatened to join hands with other districts if we become hostile.”

“so?”

“yes?”

“Did you just listen to his threats?”

“I had no choice. “If he joins hands with another district, it will be dangerous for us.”

“To my ears, it sounds like you begged because you valued your life.”

“Absolutely not. With all my heart for Xiaorun…”

“I’m disappointed. Clear sky! If he threatened me, I should have fought him even if it meant death. He just came back like 10,000 tails. “If that’s not begging for your life, what is?”

Xiao Lun’s voice was eerily cold.

At that moment, Pan Qingtian quickly got down from the wheelchair and knelt down.

The pain was enormous because the bones had not yet fused together, but I did not care.

“Please forgive me. “Miss Xiaorun!”

“Clear sky! Clear sky! You poor thing. If it was a fighting dog, it should have died fighting like a fighting dog, but it came back with its tail curled and ruined its owner’s face?”

“Please…”

At that moment, an intense light burst from Xiao Lun’s eyes.

A look of fear appeared on Fan Qingtian’s face.

“Oh, no!”

He instinctively tried to avoid Xiao Lun’s eyes. But it was already after our eyes met.

Damn it!

His body began to turn to stone.

It started to turn into stone starting from the tip of my toe furthest from my heart and moving up to my calf and thigh.

Pan Qingtian, who saw his body turning to stone, pleaded.

“no! Forgive me… Xiaorun!”

“I can forgive you for losing, but I can never tolerate you losing face.”

“You were loyal like a dog.”

“okay! “I will remember your loyalty for a long time.”

“Ugh!”

At the end, Pan Qingtian turned into stone, just as he had with his screaming expression.

A normally living and moving human turned into a stone statue.

This was Xiao Lun’s awakening ability, Lime Eye.

It was a deceptive ability that could turn any being that made eye contact into stone.

So those who knew him from long ago called him Basilisk.

Not all limestone solutions worked.

It did not work on those who had a higher awakening level than Xiaorun or had skills that allowed them to defend themselves. But there weren’t that many of them.

Of course, once I opened it, I couldn’t use it often because the aftereffects were serious.

Xiao Lun looked at Fan Qingtian, who had become a stone statue, with a cold gaze.

Once it is turned into a stone, it can never be revived.

Xiao Lun waved his hand lightly.

bang!

The statue shattered with an explosion.

“Clean it up.”

“yes!”

As soon as Xiao Lun finished speaking, the people who had been waiting appeared and cleared away the remains of Pan Qing Tian.

Xiaorun, who was left alone, looked out the window.

The towering city hall building in the distance came into his sight.

“Surely he won’t join hands with Jin Geum-ho?”

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A few days have passed since the clash with Pan Qingtian.

Meanwhile, Xiao Lun and the South District showed no movement.

Thanks to this, Zeon was able to rest comfortably.

Brielle asked after seeing Zeon take out a robe early in the morning and put it on.

“Where?”

“huh!”

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to go to Neo Seoul for a while and then come back.”

“Neo Seoul?”

“Do you want to go too?”

“No, that’s enough! “It’s just too complicated and not my taste.”

Brielle shook her head.

Neo Seoul was a city where everything was controlled.

From the moment you enter Neo Seoul, everything is monitored and recorded.

Brielle didn’t like that atmosphere.

To the freedom-loving elves, Neo Seoul’s cold and rigid atmosphere gave them great fear.

Zeon smiled as if he understood.

“Then I’ll go alone.”

“When will you be back?”

“Now that I’m in, I’m planning to come back in a few days. But it won’t be too late.”

“okay! Bye.”

“okay!”

Zeon waved his hand and came out.

Zeon came out and headed straight to the entrance of Neo Seoul.

At the gate leading to Neo Seoul, awakened people stood guard.

As Zeon approached, they became alert.

“Stop and identify yourself.”

If their identity was not clear, they were ready to attack at any moment.

Jeon gave them the pass he had received from Seo Tae-ran.

“I was invited by City Hall.”

“City Hall?”

The awakened person received the pass and examined it.

The pass had the mayor’s seal on it.

“Are you Zeon by any chance?”

“you’re right.”

“Excuse me. Please pass.”

The awakened people guarding the gate had already been instructed to pass through Zeon.

Zeon received a pass and entered Neo Seoul.

The awakened people guarding the main gate looked at Zeon’s back and whispered.

“You mean he’s a sand wizard?”

“Fuck! “A beggar from the slums got a good awakening ability and made a fortune.”

“Shh! Be quiet. “I will listen.”

“Why did I say something wrong?”

“That’s not true…”

“Ha! i envy you. I wish I could have that kind of ability too. “I’m sure the women followed suit.”

“Fuck! On that face? “You can’t do that.”

“what? It’s a dog! ”

The awakened people suddenly started fighting among themselves. But Zeon walked silently without even looking at them.

It was when he walked for about ten minutes.

Squeak!

A car stopped in front of him.

It was a vehicle powered by magic stones.

The person who got out of the car was a woman wearing a red jacket and skirt.

Zeon recognized her at a glance.

‘Seo Tae-ran!’

It was Seo Tae-ran, Mayor Jin Geum-ho’s secretary.

Zeon looked slightly surprised at her appearance.

It had only been ten minutes since I passed through the main gate. However, it is surprising that Seo Tae-ran already knew about this and came to meet him.

“nice to meet you.”

“How did you come to meet me already?”

“As soon as the pass passes through the main gate, a signal is sent to city hall.”

Seo Tae-ran responded with an expression that said it was no big deal.

I didn’t know how the signal was transmitted, but it was clear that at least the movements of those with passes were monitored by City Hall.

‘Is this what Big Brother is?’

It’s not that City Hall and Jin Geum-ho are neglecting each district or awakened people because they don’t know.

It was clear that I could understand their movements like reading the palm of my hand.

Zeon thought it was scary.

No one objects to this or thinks it’s strange.

Since it was a system established from the beginning of Neo Seoul, everyone takes it for granted.

No colony except Neo Seoul has this system. At least among the colonies that Zeon had been to, Neo Seoul was the only one.

It occurred to me that this system might be Jin Geum-ho’s greatest weapon.

When I put the Xeon on, the car started smoothly.

Cars driving in the desert were very noisy. Because it had to go through rough roads, it was made without worrying about comfort or convenience.

On the other hand, the cars operated by Neo Seoul focused on quietness.

“The car is nice.”

“Zeon, you too will be able to ride in a car like this when you come to Neo Seoul.”

“I’m not that interested in cars…”

“Well, I guess you don’t need a car, Jeon. “As long as we have sand, we can move freely anywhere.”

“On the other hand, if there is no sand, you have to walk hard. “Like Neo Seoul.”

The streets of Neo Seoul were clean.

There wasn’t a single stone in sight, let alone sand.

It was thanks to the magic circle and barrier that protected Neo Seoul.

The sand from outside could never pass through the magic circle. Thanks to this, the air here has always been kept clean.

The biggest benefit to the people of Neo Seoul was clean air. People in the slums always had to breathe stale air.

Although it was in the same space, it was a completely different world.

This high-tech city, where you couldn’t even see sand even if you looked for it, was the complete opposite of Zeon.

“Is there any reason to use sand in Neo Seoul? “There are many convenient means like this.”

“But without it, I feel empty.”

“Once you get used to it, you’ll be fine.”

Jeon no longer responded to Seo Tae-ran’s words.

Because it wasn’t worth answering.

Telling a sand wizard to live in an environment where he couldn’t use sand was like taking the teeth and claws away from a demon beast.

Seo Tae-ran didn’t force it anymore.

If he was someone who could be drawn in with just a few words, he would have already belonged to another faction.

‘He’s a wolf-like man. ‘I would rather be the leader of the group, but I will never be a person who falls under others.’

Seo Tae-ran has already completed all of his research on Zeon.

We didn’t know how Zeon lived during the eight years he was out in the desert, but we thoroughly dug into his activities from his childhood until he returned to Neo Seoul.

As a result, I learned more about Zeon’s temperament and personality than anyone else.

The approach had to be different depending on the person.

Coercive force like Dongdaemun or Namgu District does not work on this man.

‘You have to approach a man like this rationally.’

Any other awakened person wouldn’t even care this much.

There were so many martial arts, magic, curses, and mechanized awakeners that they were overwhelmed. However, Zeon was the only sand wizard.

Not only was it rare, but its capabilities were also unparalleled.

City Hall had to be included.

While Seo Tae-ran was lost in thought for a moment, the car arrived in front of City Hall.

Zeon got out of the car and looked up at the huge city hall.

There was a big difference between looking at the city hall from far away and looking up at the city hall from directly below.

It felt like a huge giant was standing there.