The Illegitimate Who Devours Weapons

Weapon-Eating Illegitimate Son

Episode 56

The reward I wanted from the mountain keeper was a goblin club.

Of course, I didn’t want to hand over the bat itself.

It’s true that I was harmed, but it didn’t make sense to receive the bat, the symbol and sacred object of the goblin, for something like that.

So exactly one hour.

I asked the ranger to lend me his bat for just one hour.

“Why are you asking me to lend you something for an hour when you can’t handle it anyway? Don’t you even know what this is?”

“I know very well.”

The Goblin Bat was known to be a weapon exclusive to Goblins, made by mixing the souls of Goblins with star fragments.

Here, the soul does not refer to a real soul, but rather the time that the goblin had accumulated through the bat.

The time that a goblin has accumulated by using magic with a bat over the course of generations has itself endowed the weapon with spirituality.

That is why no spirit, no human of high rank, or no goblin could use a bat.

This was like an absolute and immutable law.

“Even if you touch it, the goblin bat is just a special-looking club, right? You know that, right? If you try to use it by force and do something strange, you’ll be the only one in trouble, Inma.”

The mountain man waved the goblin club he was holding in his hand and held it out forward.

The air was distorted in the air, as if holding nothing, but where the goblin’s club might be.

I politely extended my hand and took it.

thud-.

And then I missed it.

It felt heavy, like I was holding a stone the size of a house.

The ground where the bat landed was completely hollow.

The mountain man clicked his tongue as if he had known this would happen.

“I told you, you won’t be able to catch it.”

“Okay.”

Only after I raised my magic power could I lift it a little.

Did he swing that heavy thing around like that? I felt the goblin’s mysterious powers once again.

I summoned up my magical power and concentrated all my physical strength into both hands.

Kik!

Only after doing that could I lift the goblin bat.

“Then… I’ll see you in an hour. Please step aside for that amount of time.”

“Oh my, what a butt-pin. What are you going to do with that?”

The mountain man snorted.

I groaned and picked up the goblin bat and went into the hole where my training ground was.

Kuung!

As I put the bat down on the training ground, the ground shook heavily.

“Whew. It’s crazy heavy.”

He took a deep breath and his eyes sparkled.

There was no other reason for borrowing a goblin bat for an hour that I couldn’t use anyway.

‘I want to know how far the black flag can be eaten.’

It was necessary to find out the extent to which the power of the black flag affected the area.

The Goblin Bat is a heavenly weapon if you must, but it is also a weapon that is meaningless to classify by rank.

If the Black Flag falls under the category of a ‘weapon’, it was necessary to know whether it could absorb everything or whether it worked under certain conditions.

‘I’ve just been using this black flag recklessly until now. I need to be a little more careful.’

I sat in front of the bat and slowly raised the black flag.

Black particles like fog spread around me.

And the moment the black flag wrapped around the bat.

Dismissed!

A single voice was heard, accompanied by a sharp headache.

-Oh my, what a butt-pin. What are you going to do with that?

I could hear the mountain man’s voice speaking something to me, though very faintly.

‘I read it.’

Wow!

“Ugh!”

Even though I only heard a single sound, I felt an excruciating pain in my heart and head.

Black Qi returned to his body as if all his strength had been drained just by reading that voice once.

‘I knew this would happen.’

I felt my hands shaking.

It was only a single word, but the fact that he read that single word was significant.

A weapon that only goblins can use in this world.

Now, I was reading it through the black ink.

Reading a memory meant being able to absorb it, and absorbing it meant being able to handle it.

“Could it be…… that humans can read weapons that they cannot handle?”

I looked at the goblin bat with trembling eyes.

Something that could never happen was happening right before my eyes.

* * *

I spent the rest of my days resting and gathering my thoughts.

And on the exact first anniversary, I packed up all the gear and supplies I had brought and headed towards the cave where the mountain man’s quarters were.

“Oh, I said it was messy at the bottom of the mountain, is today the day you were going?”

A mountaineer who was drunk from the morning came walking in wearing baggy fluorescent colored hiking clothes.

I just thought it was an outfit that wasn’t befitting of a goblin, but after finding out that the shabby-looking hiking clothes were from an ultra-expensive luxury brand, I began to think that they were indeed goblin clothes.

“Yes, it’s exactly one year today.”

“Oh, really?”

The mountain man waved his hand.

At that moment, a large can filled with white powder fell from the air.

“What is that?”

Are you giving me a gift or something?

“Come on, kid. It’s salt. I’m going to sprinkle salt on you when you go.”

“…….”

“Ugh! You made me suffer so much because of you… Oh my, don’t come here again, really.”

Well then, that’s right.

I shook my head.

“Okay, I’ll go. Thank you for your time. I’ll come and greet you next time.”

I picked up the luggage I had left on the ground.

The mountain keeper chuckled.

“Oh, right. You know it’s going to be tough if you come empty-handed, right? If you’re going to come, bring a lot of alcohol. Then I’ll welcome you. Click click!”

When is the time to sprinkle salt and when is it time to come?

I chuckled and looked up at Cheonwisan Mountain for a moment.

Mount Cheonwi was majestic as always.

I could still feel many lives stirring, and I could smell the clear air and dense magic.

“Cheonwisan is a nice mountain.”

“Then it’s a carrot. Who is the mountain keeper?”

“Are you satisfied with your mountain life?”

“Huh? What, are you satisfied and upset? It’s my place, so I’ll just stay there?”

The mountain man frowned.

“And Inma, even though I feel like I’m locked up, I still go out and drink here and there. Where do you think the drinks and snacks I drink come from? Don’t bother me and go quickly. Hurry up and go!”

The mountain keeper waved his hand as if to shoo away something that was bothering him.

I said, staring at the mountain ridge.

“Not right now, but… someday I will give you back your name. When that time comes, you will have to help me.”

“……!”

The mountain man’s body stood still.

The once playful eyes were trembling violently.

“How did you do that…….”

“Then I’ll see you next time. Bye.”

I just went down the mountain.

At the entrance to the mountain, a group of warriors and a moving vehicle were waiting to escort me.

Finally, my year-long stay at Cheonwisan Mountain has come to an end.

* * *

The mountain ranger stood at the edge of the mountain and watched Lee Cheol leave.

“Heh heh.”

The mountain man, his eyes wide open, laughed in vain and grabbed the back of his neck.

“How on earth do you know that?”

The mountain man remembered a story about a stupid goblin.

Once upon a time. I’ve been alive for a very long time, but I’ve never seen a tiger smoke, so this is a story from a day that wasn’t that long ago.

There was a goblin who roamed all over the country, wandering around all over the place.

Even among the goblins that liked people, this goblin was particularly fond of people, and because he liked alcohol and human food, he went around causing all kinds of mischief.

Then, the goblin meets a famous warrior in the country.

The man subdued the goblin, admonished it, and then released it.

However, the goblin, unable to admit his defeat, challenged the man to a wrestling match.

For goblins, wrestling was not a competition where they held onto their loincloths and rolled around on the dirt floor.

It was more of a duel than a contest, and more of a ritual than a duel.

And in that important fight, the goblin was defeated.

The goblin had to grant the man’s wish, and the man asked the goblin for two things.

Manage the mountain and assist the trainers.

We will create a test and select trainers.

It is said that the goblin who enjoyed making people suffer became a mountain guardian and lived for a long time.

… … This is the known story.

Like all old tales, it was a distorted story.

As time goes by, there is now a backstory that only a few people know.

In fact, the man only asked one thing of the goblin.

The man asked for the goblin’s name.

Since the goblin’s name was its very essence, the goblin ended up pawning its soul to the man.

The stories about guarding the mountain or helping with training were just orders the man gave after that.

-It won’t be a bad story. It will be boring, but that’s what you brought upon yourself.

-When the child who inherited my blood returns my name to you, only then will our contract be over.

“…….”

Although freedom was taken away, it wasn’t all bad times.

This was because it was his own fault for running wild in the first place.

Besides, life on Cheonwisan Mountain was sometimes boring, but it had no shortcomings.

For a goblin living in harmony with nature, Cheonwi Mountain was the perfect place.

Although he lost his name and much of his power, he gained new strength by serving as a mountain man.

Even though he was deprived of his freedom, he traveled from place to place, climbing mountains and hills.

But in the end, he was tied up.

From countless times in the distant past, all the way up to now.

‘How did you find out… … Tsk, he’s a weird guy, so I’m sure he’d know somehow. But hehe, he’ll give me my name back.’

No one knew how to return the name.

Even the mountaineer himself doesn’t know, and perhaps the few people who know the secret of this story don’t know the method.

That guy Lee Hyul-Hyeon hid it on purpose.

But the kid mentioned the name.

Maybe, just as Lee Hyul-hyun had said, it was Lee Chul who could give his name back to him.

Then the mountain man suddenly frowned.

“Oh my, you cheeky brat! You just leave me wondering? You’re just blowing the whistle and leaving!”

The mountain keeper vented his anger and let out a roar.

The mountain birds that had briefly flown in and sat on the branches suddenly flew up.

“Hey! I should sprinkle some salt!”

The mountain man put his hand into the salt shaker and sprinkled it.

* * *

On the way back home after finishing one year of training.

I thought of the mountain keeper’s face, who was so flustered that he couldn’t even speak properly, and chuckled.

‘The mountain keeper’s name… … Honestly, I don’t know exactly.’

I remembered the hidden anecdote because I had heard it in my past life.

But in fact, I don’t know exactly how to get the name back.

If you know just one thing.

‘There was a mention of it when the documents about the Black Night were unearthed.’

In the end, the mountain keeper’s name was also related to the seal of the Black Night.

When that day comes, I intend to give back my name without hesitation.

Of course, I have no intention of giving it back for free.

“Your Majesty, I will return to my family.”

“No. Would you like to go to the cemetery first?”

“If you mean Seonsan… are you talking about Sungmusan?”

“Yes, please. I’ll just say hello and come back.”

“All right.”

Because the seal of the Dark Night had to be broken.

Leaving behind the guards who looked quite annoyed, I climbed Mt. Sungmusan again.

So, after releasing another seal, I headed home a little late.

The main house of the Sungmoo family.

The three gates, which resembled the entrance to a palace, stood tall.

And inside that door, an unexpected person was waiting for me.

“Butler Choi.”

“It’s been a long time, Your Majesty. How have you been?”

Butler Choi continued with a gentle smile.

“Thank you for coming out to greet me.”

My aunt didn’t expect it, but I thought that maybe a nanny would come out, but Butler Choi didn’t expect it.

‘No, I expected it.’

It wasn’t hard to guess why Butler Choi had come all the way here to greet us.

“Your father called you.”

“Yes, that’s right. The master is waiting. I’ll have someone move your luggage to your room, so please go straight to the main building.”

The first thing that happened after returning home.

It was my father’s call.