The Strongest Knight's
Ch. 94 - Eternal Fire
"No.. I'm not interested."
After at length Ifrit explained about his nation experiencing extinction and intended to grant strength to Richard, the answer received by Ifrit even more make Ifrit convinced if Richard is the right person.
Richard, who showed no interest in power, convinced Ifrit that Richard was not greedy.
"Whaha.. It's interesting." Ifrit laughed as Richard refused Ifrit's offer to him.
Richard glanced at the laughing Ifrit, then restarted his reading. The two of them were still in the library room with many books. As it is known if Richard is a person who likes to read, what else since he was confined in the labyrinth he has never read or held a book.
He read while listening to what Ifrit said about the Jin people and the war that occurred between the Jin people against the Devil's army.
There were only 4 jinns who had survived the war and the four Jinns had been hiding for a very long time from the demon army inside the labyrinth they had created.
The four labyrinths were spread across 4 continents that were on the land of Neverland. The labyrinth where Ifrit is located today is the western Neverland land area, then the other three labyrinths are in the north, south and east respectively.
In addition to hiding, the four genies are also looking for candidates to become successors to the great powers that reside within them. The genies are looking for a strong, wise and most important figure who does not thirst for power. For if they give strength to a man who thirsts for strength and power, he will be greedy.
Tamak is a trait that can make humans fall into a dark heart and will make humans and creatures that fall into it turn into demons.
Therefore, very long ifrit waiting for someone worthy even though hundreds to thousands of years have passed. In fact, he did not make his choice to the former holy knights because he considered that no one deserved the gift of strength from him.
Ifrit did not care, whether it was an ordinary person, or a great knight, noble or commoner, holy knight or not.. Ifrit doesn't care at all, he chooses the person he deserves by looking at the person's heart and Ifrit feels that Richard has the wisdom he's been looking for all along.
Richard was still sitting and opening the sheets of paper from the book he was reading, and something sounded...
"whahahwahaha. You seem hungry!?"
"Yes.. Are there no monsters in this place that I can kill?" Richard got up from his seat after his stomach rang from hunger.
"Sit down.. You'll give you food."
"Oh.. Alright. Thank you." Thank you." Richard sat back, and he sat down. The food Ifrit meant was on the table right in front of Richard.
"Please eat!" Ifrit.
Richard blinked his eyes, he was astonished to see a lot of food appearing suddenly in front of him.
"How did you do it?" Richard was curious because Ifrit just snapped a finger and immediately appeared so many foods in the form of fruit, vegetable meat and bread.
Richard who was still curious about the way Ifrit came up with food grabbed a piece of meat that tempted his kiss. The fragrant smell was appetizing, making Richard swallow until Richard bit the meat and slowly chew and swallow it.
His eyes widened in disbelief, he turned to look towards Ifrit. Not without reason he was surprised like that because for the first time since Richard was trapped in the labyrinth, he could again feel good food and non-toxic into his throat.
"Damn. It's delicious!" He muttered, without thinking anymore he continued eating by trying all the menus in front of him.
"Eat a lot.. I know very well how you managed to get to this place." Ifrit.
Richard looked at Ifrit as he chewed the food and swallowed the food. "So, why should you let go of the great power that is within you and give that power to the person you choose?" Asked Richard, he was still curious about Ifrit's reasoning.
"The war that happened against the demon army has left our bodies severely injured, what you see right now is not the real me.. All you see is my clone. My real body has died and is buried in this labyrinth but my power is still stored in this place."
"Then why don't you use that body to come out and defeat the monster that's chasing you?" Richard stopped chewing and downed the water.
"can't.. Can't do this body.. I can't leave the Labyrinth." Affirming Ifrit who sat in front of Richard.
"alright.. Then why did you choose me?" Richard leaned closer to Ifrit, staring intently.
"I've been watching you since you first entered this labyrinth. You have something no one else has."
"What do you mean?"
"Ignian.. You have a leadership spirit, you have a strong determination and the most important thing is.. You have wisdom that won't make you wrong in making choices." Firmly Ifrit with beaming eyes.
"Thank you but.. You're too complimentary. I'm nothing more than a loser who just happens to survive." Richard retreated and resuscitated himself on the chair he was sitting in.
"No.. I can't be wrong. In my people.. I am famous as a knowledgeable Jin and all the books that are in this place are books that I wrote because of my knowledge.. I can't be wrong in judging people." Ifrit was very confident in his abilities.
"alright.. What's in it for me if I get strength from you?"
"You'll gain great power, then you can get out of this place and re-join the holy knights to defeat the demon army."
"No.." Richard shook his head, he looked annoyed as soon as he heard about the holy knight.
"I won't join them.. It never will.. They must have assumed that I was dead, otherwise they'd all definitely COME BACK AND SAVE ME.." Richard raised his voice.
"I know how you feel.. But I'm sure the holy knights need you. For you will lead them in battle against the demon lord!"
"Omong empty.. The current leader of the holy knights was Arthur.. Not me and.. One thing, I don't care anymore about the demon lord. The only thing I care about is the way I can get back to my world."
Ifrit grumbled.. He understood how Richard felt but he also believed that Richard was the right person.
"Alright, it doesn't matter if you don't care anymore about the demon lord or don't want to see any more holy knights. But you must inherit my power.. Because with that power you can get out of this place?"
"What about going back to the world I came from? Do you know??" Richard stood up from his seat.
"I'm not sure but the magic used to call you to this world is sky magic. So you have to meet the people of the sky and ask them directly."
"How about, how do I go ask them?"
"I don't know.. For sure you have to get out of this place first and to get out of this place you have to inherit my power." Ifrit insisted, he was very confident and had to give Richard the power of his own to Richard.
"Huh.." Richard sighed, he was still thinking about it.
Ifrit saw a gap to persuade Richard. "I see you're having a little trouble with just one hand." Her speech.
Richard looked at his stumped left arm.
"With the power I have, I can grow your left hand back to how it was." Ifrit smiles.
Richard was not sure, he looked at Ifrit while thinking. And then shortly thereafter.. "alright.. I'll take it." Rigorously.
"Good!!" Ifrit smiled as he snapped a finger and instantly the two of them immediately moved to another place around the castle.
"Well! Where'sisthis? What are you doing?" Richard was surprised that they had suddenly moved to a different place with just a flick of a finger from Ifrit.
"We're outside the castle.. In the back yard." Her speech.
They were both in a garden full of shady trees and flowers. In front of them was involved an ancient grave.
"It was my real body, buried and rotting underground.
A torch was burning over the grave.
"What was that, I just saw a fire like that?" Richard saw the fire that burned the torch.
"It is eternal fire.. That is my source of power. It's still burning even though my real body has rotted away." Ifrit.
"No, that's not what I'm asking you. I meani.. I just saw a black flame like that?" Richard slowly approached the fire.
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