Secondary Characters Need More Love! O(>< )o (Part 2: Hans)

“I am stupid. I do not know any fancy words and my head doesn’t work very well. However, I do know one thing… Why did you all choose to follow me? Why did you hold up your farming equipment, clench onto rocks, and follow behind me? Why did we fight?! I will only charge forward this time as well! Your opinions are not important. Follow behind me. Chase after me. Do not worry about your back." Toonka (Chapter 280)

❤ (ɔˆз(ˆ⌣ˆc) <- Cale

The first battle of Maple Castle

The animation of the battle of Maple Castle encouraged me to re-read it and I really enjoyed it (⌒▽⌒)☆

Spoilers for chapters 280 to 288

The Whipper king is a fucking cowardly bastard who deserved to die during the civil war and it is certain that unless he acts as an enemy or obstacle he will die in every fic I am ever going to write 凸(`△´＃)

The way Toonka encouraged his soldiers made me enjoy his unique style of charisma and the strategy meeting was simply amazing.

The beginning of the battle was fabulous, in fact the references to KRS's life and the cataclysm were fabulous and now I understand everything correctly (*¯︶¯*)

Toonka ignoring all formalities and attacking instantly was simply art.

The way the soldiers (from both sides) reacted once the barbarians and the third brigade clashed was incredible, I like the way it is indicated that even those who are not warriors as long as they are from the Whipper kingdom are crazy (at least from the eyes of the empire) (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)

I really liked the clash between Toonka and Huten since it shows the character of both parties and that same meeting is what motivates Kanelle to go ahead with the plan (*≧ω≦*)

I liked the bone birds, they show the progress of the Whipper kingdom in accepting magic again, from nothing to just magical tools to magic being allowed but only as long as no one in the town gets hurt. Huten being tricked, the native wizards acting freely and unleashing their full power, the dwarves gaining determination to defeat the lions, and Cale discovering his new power; All of this happened in a single chapter (385) and it was so fast that I felt like I was really there, sheltered in the castle and seeing the war in front of me. That Huten thought Cale would never rise up against the empire was funny paraphrasing Raon "Human! Are we scamming the Duke?!" Hay and Raon! It's super cute! The way he said that all of Cale's powers had to be fortified and then got sad because he didn't have enough in his piggy bank touched my heart! (っ˘ω˘ς )

The wizards creating a bottleneck for the warriors to fight with Toonka and his people excited was great! I felt my adrenaline rising! ٩(◕‿◕)۶

The political plots in the background were just the icing on the cake and Choi Han pledging to stay hidden and being a tsundere with Toonka I loved it! Huten wanting to kill Toonka and automatically forgetting about him as soon as Choi Han arrived was very "I don't care about you anymore, I have a new rival" style, but it happens that that rival is just as (more) stronger than me and seems to have come out of hell ↑_(ΦwΦ)Ψ

Meanwhile Choi Han used it as a springboard to improve his sword art. Huten thinking that Choi Han is a noble for his "refined sword art" was funny and in the background the soldiers going crazy and shouting instructions like they should tie the enemies' feet improved the situation a lot (ᵔ◡ᵔ)b

Choi Han understanding that he didn't fall into darkness thanks to his family was very cute to me and his joint battle with Toonka was great. I like the way they treat the "grand Duke of the empire" like a rag doll <(￣ω￣)>

And the first time I saw the Whipper kingdom strategy I didn't understand it but now I was excited to reach the climax of it, the chaos caused was glorious with all the rubble falling and every armor destroyed \(✯◡✯)/

This is how the first battle of Maple Castle ends.

Cale is ultimately the unluckiest person in every world he visits, isn't he? (ᓀ ᓀ)

Eruhaben's ways of calling Cale :

Unlucky Bastard - 39

Unlucky Human - 5

Unlucky Punk - 2

Unlucky - 3

GRAND TOTAL - 49

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Eruhaben calling Cale "unlucky"

163 - “Tsk, tsk, what an unlucky human.”

167 - “The unlucky punk is quite ballsy.”

199 - "Well, you have the unlucky punk by your side, so you’ll probably be fine growing up slowly."

224 - ‘You unlucky human, tsk tsk.’

226 - “You really are extremely unlucky. You always bring back such useless things.”

230 - “…Why is the unlucky human laughing like that?”

230 - “…Now I know how you end up being so unlucky.”

257 - “Fine, you unlucky bastard."

267 - “…This unlucky bastard, huuuu.”

274 - “You unlucky bastard.”

276 - “You unlucky bastard!”

315 - “Get some rest. You unlucky bastard.”

319 - “Sigh, you unlucky bastard.”

340 - “Tsk tsk. You unlucky bastard.”

356 - ‘Shut up, you unlucky bastard.’

357 - “You’re saying something I agree with for the first time in a long while, you unlucky bastard."

372 - ‘T, this unlucky bastard!’

372 - “Aigoo, little kid. You should have done as that unlucky bastard told you to do.”

373 - “You unlucky bastard.”

450 - – You unlucky bastard.

479 - 'Well, you have the unlucky bastard by your side, so you’ll probably be fine growing up slowly.’ (it's the same as the one from chap 199, except 'bastard' is replaced by 'punk')

541 - – Tsk. You unlucky bastard.

546 - – You unlucky bastard, it must be hard acting like a little kid.

623 - “You unlucky bastard."

623 - The unlucky bastard must have received nutrients inside the black orb somehow since he is still alive after a few months but he doesn’t look good at all.

632 - – You unlucky bastard.

633 - “Then let me start with how I first met this unlucky bastard and the little kid.”

633 - – You unlucky bastard.

687 - "I’m not used to you saying that you are going to sit out, you unlucky bastard.”

696 - “You unlucky bastard."

697 - “Are you trying to be like this unlucky bastard?!”

755 - Eruhaben said that this was an opportunity that the unlucky bastard made.

757 - “Aigoo. T-that unlucky bastard!”

758 - “That unlucky bastard again…!”

Eruhaben calling Cale "unlucky" (in his mind)

154 - He could then see Eruhaben giving him a, ‘what is this unlucky human saying now?’ type of gaze.

231 - The unlucky human was screwing up his life again.

249 - ‘This unlucky bastard shouldn’t know about that.’

250 - ‘This unlucky bastard truly is different.’

252 - Eruhaben looked toward the unlucky bastard.

254 - However, some of the ancient powers that this unlucky Cale Henituse had in his possession were as strong as, if not stronger, than most strong individuals’ strengths.

256 - ‘Both the little kid and this unlucky bastard.’

267 - This unlucky and sly bastard was also a genuinely good person.

274 - It was hard to figure out what this unlucky bastard was thinking.

472 - That unlucky bastard is always wearing himself out.

473 - ‘The Caro Kingdom should give that unlucky bastard at least something now.’

604 - 'That unlucky bastard has no problem saying such disrespectful things to a Dragon.’

684 - ‘Can Cale, can that unlucky bastard control such a power?’

723 - ‘Did something happen to that unlucky bastard to the point that he needed to use so much of his powers that Raon could feel it from outside the orb?’

756 - He wondered what in the world was the unlucky bastard doing inside, and if he was destroying everything because it was a test about anger.

Raon calling Cale "unlucky"

150 - “Yes, I can understand how unlucky you are. So just trust me, the great and mighty Raon.”

Eruhaben calling himself "unlucky"

318 - He then mumbled, ‘what an unlucky final year for me,’ before channeling his white gold aura.

Cale calling Choi Han "unlucky"

347 - “…Cale-nim?” “Unlucky bastard.”

Super Rock calling Cale "unlucky"

347 – You unlucky bastard.

Alberu calling Cale "unlucky"

611 - 'That unlucky bastard. I can at least do that much for him.’

Painter!Cale AU

Ok, we all know this panel where Violan's story is explained, right? (・・ ) ?

Well, this gave me an idea. ☆ ～('▽^人)

If Cale is the one who imagines this, it doesn't mean that he has a lot of imagination and that he should be able to paint at least with spots, right? ヽ(*⌒▽⌒*)ﾉ

That idea made me think about watercolors, and later about alcohol inks, which work in a similar way, look like this:

These are generated images of paintings created with alcohol ink and you can't tell me this isn't something you imagine Cale doing right? (⌒ω⌒)

Well these are my headcanon (＠＾－＾):

Cale started painting because Record would record the landscapes he liked in his head and play them like a catchy song until he found a way to get them out.

This was the painting, it started when he accidentally spilled some wine on a piece of parchment creating a stain that reminded him of a landscape he saw, Record wasn't going to leave him alone anytime soon so he started stretching the stain forming the image and then he realized realized that Record was no longer playing that recording. That's how it all started.

Cale mixed the lower quality alcohol with different inks and began painting to get rid of the "catchy landscapes" and over time he began to enjoy the process of creating the ink and painting.

Violan discovered his hobby by accident after finding him painting at Henituse Castle.

She was amazed by his paintings and insisted on having an exhibition for them. Cale, unable to deny anything to his family, accepts, thinking that they were no big deal and planning to ignore it.

Unknowingly, he ended up becoming an art genius because alcohol ink had not been invented in Nameless 1.

Secondary characters need more love! o(>< )o (Part 1: Sully)

Ok, well I'm going to be honest, I love the secondary characters in this novel and I want more to appear (o^▽^o)

It's as simple as that and I'm going to rant about how they deserved to appear more or have greater importance and participation (；⌣̀_⌣́)

Let's start with Sully, you remember him? I highly doubt it Σ(▼□▼メ) He is one of the characters who most deserved greater importance (」゜ロ゜)」

He and his grandmother are the only human elementalists in the entire novel (￣□￣」) ! Why in the name of all the gods is it not of greater importance (╬ Ò﹏Ó) !?

Not only that, it only appeared twice! TWICE! ヽ( `д´*)ノ

Heck, his elemental can literally purify dead mana after it started imitating the fire of destruction ヾ( ￣O￣)ツ

What's more, his elemental is a baby! And he's already powerful enough for the world tree to throw him out for fear of being incinerated! Why don't they respect his canonical power and make him participate more (＞ｍ＜) ?!

I really like the responsible older brother-annoying younger brother dynamic that the two of them have ( ◡‿◡ ♡)

Why couldn't they in canon, don't I know? Give him a good character arc (＃＞＜) ?!

His character is so underrated that after he leaves with the elves he is never mentioned, what the hell happened to him?! Disappeared out of nowhere or what ヽ(　￣д￣)ノ?!

I feel like he could have been given more involvement for example in the Molden Kingdom (←_←)

He could have helped purify the dead mana in the labyrinth and probably helped create more chaos, we must not forget that no matter how innocent Sully is, his elemental was raised by our favorite wind elemental (Chaos! Destruction! Love! Thanks! ＼(≧▽≦))

I also feel like he might have become good friends with Toonka and Harold for some reason and I think the interactions between the three of them would be really fun ヽ(o^―^o)ﾉ

Edit: I just realized the implications of Sully's elemental (who I will now call Spark) accompanying Cale to Sha-Orlen (*^ω^)

The idea that they turn Sully and Spark into the Saint of the God of Purification (Cale does not count for them, he is the incarnation of their god) by thinking that the flame of purification is alive and it is Sully who takes care of it and thus misinterpreting everything the situation believing that her god had left her in her care (￣ω￣)

I think that at some point GoP would offer him the position of real Saint so that his followers won't be praising the wrong person and Sully (due to lack of sleep caused by escaping from the most fanatical) accepts ¯＼_(ツ)_/¯

I bet you all you want that he's going to complain about "his god" to Cage for months after that ┐(︶▽︶)┌

The Kingdom of Life

This is an idea that has been brewing in my mind for a while and was confirmed in my head when I looked at the map of the western continent (o_ _)ﾉ彡

You see this, the desert of death and the Kingdom of Askosan are the same size, that means that there is nothing stopping the City of Life from becoming the Kingdom of Life ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ

It has already been confirmed to us in history that attempts have been made to create new cities in the Desert of Death, so it is not crazy to think that if more had been created, it would end up becoming a Kingdom with its own culture.

What's more, in chapter 316 we are told that only a necromancer will be the new king/queen of death because they are the ones who know the most about the pain that darkness can cause and still handle it ╰(▔∀▔)╯

Not only that, the Night's Exultation is a gem that belonged to the Queen of Death and gives us a great clue about what could be the main jewel of a crown or jewel that marks royalty ヽ(；▽；)ノ

Now that I've explained the reason why I came up with this AU, here are my ideas for it:

The divergence began when the Queen of Death founded the City of Life and appointed a family of dark elves to run it when she I couldn't do it anymore.

She designated this family with a magical huadian that would mark who is worthy to rule, so if one day the family were corrupted their right to rule would be eliminated and assigned to some other family that was worthy.

After the final battle againts the Queen of Death and the Church of the God of Sun it became common knowledge that the next King/Queen of Death would only be a necromancer and the most loyal dark elves built a palace in the capital which was sealed only to be opened when their next King arrived.

The ruling family began to rule and was recognized as an archduchy (The highest rank of nobility below royalty) and a branch of the royal family.

With the construction of more underground cities and towns, an aristocracy began to be created that will govern their respective territories, making sure to remain firm in the principles of always being faithful to their people and helping them in every way possible.

When humans began to escape from Dubori territory to the Desert of Death they were welcomed as citizens of the Kingdom of Life.

With each generation the population continued to increase in both humans, half-breeds and dark elves which caused the kingdom to grow and prosper while the culture developed obtaining things such as harem pants, the wearing of veils on the face and hair and hena tattoos

The archducal family remained faithful to the first queen and for generations humans and dark elves mixed, causing that although the most recent generation (Obante and his offspring) were mostly dark elves the percentage will vary.

At some point, Alberu's mother decided to travel the Continent and ended up as King Zed Crossman's concubine, but since they both fell in love, she did not care much about her new position.

Tasha didn't like this very much but accepted it until she found out that her sister was pregnant and immediately went to help her by disguising herself as a maid.

From here everything goes as canon until during a return visit to her native home Tasha ends up rescuing Mary who became a necromancer, the first in centuries.

During Mary's recovery in the capital's hospital someone leaked the information that the future Queen of Death had been born, and the entire Kingdom began to celebrate the arrival of the future Queen.

Due to the social pressure of taking the throne in the future when she is only 10 years old Mary felt overwhelmed and asked Tasha to stay with her.

Tasha accepted and during the time she took a break she and Mary formed a mother-daughter bond which was solidified when Tasha asked Mary if she could adopt her by blood.

Mary accepted and once the ritual was completed she became a dark elf half-blood, maintaining her status as a necromancer.

His web scars turned white due to the concentration of dead mana and he obtained the huadian of the archducal family in the same color.

I imagine that from here things would go as in canon with the exception that Mary would get lessons in etiquette and politics while she travels throughout the Kingdom of Life to meet her future subjects.

UFHUERHHFFNESNNJNFFNSEAIJJJMZOKAKFEMAGNNESGNV!

¡I LOVE IT! (*♡∀♡)

I've never seen many Dark Tiger!Alberu fanarts, but this is definitely one of the most beautiful ones out there! (❤ω❤)

The Majestic Dark Tiger Alberu Crossman 😌

In the translation I read the joke was explained, but I didn't understand it well.

I do it now (─‿‿─)

Warning: Laws of Hunting spoilers

Okay so I know Cale's name got mistranslated to "Gae-il Henidukes" in Central Plains, which later on became "Kim Gae-il" before becoming "Kim Hae-il".

What you don't understand is why "Gae-il" is so funny.

Raon said he dislikes "Gae-il" with a burning passion for a reason he doesn't know; Choi Han nearly bursts out laughing right then and there; Sui Khan was holding on for dear life.

Here's why.

I read the Chinese translation of this chapter (chapter 85) first, and in Chinese, "Gae-il" is "狗日", which can colloquially be translated to "Dog Fuck."

Literally.

The Emperor is literally calling this audacious tiny ass man "Dog Fuck" to his face, and Cale couldn't do anything about it because he literally brought this upon himself.

Yes people, we were robbed of "Kim Dog Fuck", and damn do I wonder what other jokes might have been lost in translation.

I don't understand how no one noticed it before! ヽ(°〇°)ﾉ

You have all my respects, you must be very observant to notice this! (⌒▽⌒)☆

woah pause ✋

‘I am very old now too.’ The old man accepted that he was getting older. Just like how tree rings don’t grow all at once, the effects of time did not avoid him as well. He then started to speak.

- Ron Molan

Chapter 34: Being Still

THE TREE RINGS?

I know it's just a metaphor but WHAT?!

I was just reading his conversation with Cale and was surprised by the sudden jumpscare those words gave me. The sentence doesn't help either. 😭

The author is so good at hiding things so early in the story. I didn't even notice it before when I was rereading this novel several times. Either that or I'm just so dumb.