* * *

To put the conclusion first, Philip somehow succeeded in convincing the Wolang couple. It was because the Wolrang people also knew that magic or aura could not be used here.

“I will withhold judgment for now. I’m telling you, if you really lied, I’d bite and kill you and all the humans who came with you. If you didn’t feel any trace of him… .”

When the male wolf growled and showed his teeth, Felicia was startled and grabbed Philip’s arm.

“Did you just buy tricks? I’ve really mastered the moonlight sword, so that won’t happen.”

When Philip said that, the male Wolang smiled and opened his mouth.

“A thousand years ago, there was only one madman who dared to fool the Wolang people. Thanks to that bastard, our clan is now scattered and sealed. Originally, human beings would have torn and killed every foot they saw.”

After saying that, he glared at Philip with bloody eyes and asked.

“So how are you, human, going to prove that you are His successor? If you cannot prove it, you are a liar.”

“… Is it that important? That I learned Master Otem’s skills?”

“Very important. A thousand years ago, our people, generation after generation, decided to serve him. The Moonlight Sword, his unique skill, is the very hope of the ‘Children of the Moon’. If you really are the heir to the Moonlight Sword, then you should be able to become the king of the ‘children of the moon’ scattered all over the world.”

‘huh?’

Philip tilted his head at the words of the Wolang tribe. The children of the moon he mentioned was a word not used in continents of this time period.

In the distant past, when humans did not know mana. The owners of the continent were non-human races.

A race called ‘children of the sun’ who are active during the bright day. And the race called ‘Children of the Moon’ who are active in the dark night.

They defended the continent together with the powerful dragon, and the demons did not dare to cross the continent.

However, since Master Solvein ushered in the human era a thousand years ago, they have completely disappeared from the continent.

Of course, there were exceptions such as the Black Myo, but the case was a little different because the Black Myo were people who were hiding in those days in the first place.

‘… There seems to be a hidden story I don’t know about.’

Philip had a hunch that there was hidden information about Sword Master Solvein and Master Otem. And those Wolang tribes probably remembered the past a thousand years ago.

‘this… this. Hopefully?’

If the Wolang people’s words were true, Philip would gain a very powerful ally.

“… Wait, if you can handle mana for just a moment, you can prove it. If you leave this place, or if you find a way to deal with mana.”

At Philip’s words, the male Wolang showed his teeth and smirked.

“Had I known that way, me and my wife would have been out of this damned space by now and having fun destroying a human city.”

The female wolf, who had been listening quietly, growled and bit her husband’s neck lightly.

“… Stop talking wildly. honey. I really wouldn’t. And it’s not like there’s no way at all, is it? He’ll be out soon.”

At his wife’s words, the male wolf gnashed his teeth and nodded.

“Oh yeah. It did. Here’s a guy we’ve tried hundreds of times in the past thousand years and never caught. The guy who can withstand lava for seconds and has burned my fur several times. So now you’re going to take those weak humans and hunt that goddamn fire bird?”

This time the female didn’t even put up with it.

“now… are you mad at me? I’m your partner… ?”

It seemed like a couple fight was about to begin, so Philip hurriedly stepped forward.

“Would you please tell me what happened first? Maybe we can help. I don’t know what the problem is, but who knows if you can know how you don’t?”

“… hmm. I don’t think so, but just in case. Get on my back.”

When the wife seemed angry, the male wolf, who seemed a little frightened, suggested cautiously.

* * *

The Wolang couple went somewhere with Philip and Felicia on their backs. They are so agile that they can climb trees in one run and get out of the forest in a flash.

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Felicia was literally to die for. The existence of the Wolrang itself was scary, but now riding on their backs was even more terrifying.

It was enough to close the eyes tightly when climbing through the wind, but there was no way to do anything about the cold feeling in the lower part of the body when falling again.

The destination was a mountain rising right in the center of the island. It wasn’t a very high mountain, so it didn’t take long to get there.

“ruler. Arrived.”

Philip seemed unconcerned, but Felicia barely got off the female wolf’s back, her thighs trembling.

“You must have been very scared. be pitiful.”

The female of the Wollang tribe stuck out her tongue and licked her cheek, as if she felt maternal love for Felicia. Felicia almost screamed as the act felt like she was tasting her before he ate her in one bite.

“Leave the cowardly girl alone, look over there. See that burning egg?”

Looking in the direction the male’s muzzle was pointing, Philip saw something brightly shining on the highest peak of the mountain. The moment he saw the object, Philip breathed a sigh of relief.

‘The boss was a phoenix. Thank you very much.’

Phoenix was the easiest of the bosses that appeared in these random fields. It was because it was a type that could be neutralized in an instant if you knew the relative law properly.

“yes. It looks like a phoenix egg, but judging from its condition, it will hatch in about four days.”

Phoenix was a phantom beast that was reborn every hundreds or thousands of years. Because it was a being that appeared quite often in the original work, Philip knew more than six ways to deal with that phantom beast.

‘Excluding all methods requiring force… Is it all?’

“In the thousand years my wife and I have been imprisoned here, we have thought countless ways of getting out of here. And I tried every method except killing him.”

“This is the right decision. Perhaps there is something in the body of the phoenix that will awaken there that freezes the mana here. And that can never be done with normal means. No matter how much you kill them, they will return to their eggs, and when they become eggs, it is not easy to approach them because of the heat.”

Philip said in a confident voice. Felicia’s expression suddenly brightened.

“… So you mean you know how to do that?”

“of course. If it’s just hatched, it’s simpler. I’ll explain the method from now on, just do as I say and you’ll easily succeed. It can be even harder to fail.”

It was a confidence that could not be found. However, the Wolang couple were waiting for Philip to open his mouth again with an increasingly hopeful expression.

“In order for a phoenix to hatch, it basically requires a huge amount of the natural force of fire. So, if the phoenix chooses a mountain as its hatching site, the mountain must be a volcano dormant in lava. This is why Phoenix is famous as a phantom beast. Because it absorbs the natural forces from active volcanoes, so long as the phoenix exists, the volcano will never explode.”

The only one who fully understood his words was himself, including wolves and people, but Philip continued his explanation casually.

“But what if the volcano explodes while you’re stuck in an egg waiting to hatch? Then the phoenix must give up full hatching and break out of the egg. If it is swallowed by lava while in an egg state, it becomes part of the volcano as it is. What do you mean? We have to create an environment where that phoenix in its egg state can mistake it for a volcanic eruption.”

“… easily… Please explain in an easy way. Can’t you just tell us what we should do?”

The male wolf groaned as if his head was pounding. The female wolf had been filtering Philip’s words from the middle.

Phillip let out a small sigh.

“brimstone. lots of sulfur. It needs more sulfur. As a precursor to a volcano erupting is a leak of sulfur gas, if we gather some sulfur ore and throw it near that egg, the phoenix will break out of its shell on its own. And the phoenix that came out like that… … .”

“You mean it’s a weakened individual that can’t even be compared to the original one? Philip?”

At Felicia’s words, Philip nodded.

“By the way, where should I get sulfur?”

Philip shrugged and looked straight at the male Wolang.

“You have to dig the ground. very hard.”

* * *

While the male Wolang digs the ground with her forepaws in search of the smell of sulfur, the female Wolang hunts several large roe deer for Philip, Felicia, and the remaining students and professor in the cave.

Besides, he guided me to a stream with clean water, so Philip was just grateful.

Contrary to the violent male, the female was quite docile and seemed to even like people to some extent. Philip tilted his head as he looked at her stomach on the floor.

Something unnaturally convex.

‘… … I think you’re pregnant?’

It didn’t look like a pear from overeating.

Noticing his gaze, the female Wolang tribe affirmed in a lonely voice.

“It’s true that you have children, so you don’t have to worry about it that much. I don’t know if this child is alive or dead. I’ve been holding on for a thousand years… .”

“Are you unable to give birth?”

Phillip asked, and the female Yulang nodded.

“Maybe I can’t have children here. When my husband and I were sealed here, I was already pregnant, and there was no sign of coming out even after years and hundreds of years. Maybe, I just thought that if I leave this place, I will be able to give birth.”

Tears welled up in the wolf’s big eyes.

“If you ever get out of here, I’ll find out for myself.”

“Can I see this child alive and running in the fields? If I can do that, I think I can do anything.”

“Don’t help digging for sulfur, just in case. Sulfur gas increases the risk of birth defects.”

“… Then he has to dig more than 100 pounds of sulfur by himself?”

“So what are you going to do?”

At this point, the female Wolang were convinced that Phillip was indeed Otem’s successor. Otherwise, I couldn’t act like that.

He seemed to think that if he could handle mana, he would be able to prove his identity.

She couldn’t read Philip’s thoughts, but it was clear that he was thinking about how to annoy her husband.

‘… You are very narrow-minded. The country also needs to do well.’

Thinking so, she moved to catch a few more rabbits.

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