Episode 1385. Is the magic engineer who developed it still alive?
When Elio said that the magic engineer would have died of old age Fabian said with an ambiguous expression.
“Because Archduke Kaiser Knauf’s presence is so strong I keep thinking of him as a standard. The magic engineer who developed Exitium. “If he had been young fifty years ago wouldn’t he still be alive?”
“Is that so?”
“Even if that weren’t the case my lifespan may have increased by changing my body. Doesn’t Count Lagoa live much longer than the average person? If you think about it that way Archduke Kaiser Knauf may have died young.”
Only then did Elio realize that he had been foolish.
Even if it is not a body change if the magic engineer is an incarnation of Ushas Undra he is still alive.
As Fabian said it was a mistake made by using Archduke Kaiser Knauf as the standard.
“That could be possible. “It was developed by the Tabula Magic Tower so I’ll look into it when I find Marquis Leola.”
Fabian who was nodding his head suddenly asked.
“By the way Count.”
“huh?”
“Once we take care of the vanguard of chaos. Are you going back to your hometown right away?”
“Why is that?”
“No I was wondering if you could help the Northern Kingdom before you go.”
“Well that’s fine. I understand how you feel… but that’s not a war I want to be involved in. “It is also something that goes far beyond the authority given to me.”
Elio looked at Fabian with her complicated eyes.
To be honest he felt burdened by killing other people besides Geumsa and Cheonjama.
This is because he became that way by himself and not by the causality of this world.
Even if they were evil people war is different.
From his perspective it is no different from killing innocent people.
That was what Buddhism calls accumulating karma.
“All right.”
Fabian didn’t ask any more questions.
Elio is a transparent person whose appearance is everything.
Besides he also vaguely felt it.
When I look at Count Lagoa I don’t think he is from this world.
Count Lagoa killed the gods in human form and even made love to the incarnated goddess.
However if you say that he is an incarnated god that is not the case.
The Count overcame serious crises several times due to Exitium.
If you listen to the story about his hometown and family you will see that he is a pathetic wife and a foolish daughter.
She can only be thought of as a being who possesses the characteristics of both gods and humans.
To him war is nothing more than an act of massacre so he is unwilling to do so.
‘But wouldn’t it be possible to stop the Grand Master?’
The Grand Master was also treated as a demigod so there wouldn’t be much of a burden.
‘Besides it wasn’t a one-sided massacre.’
Fabian vowed that when the time came he would do at least that much for the Northern Kingdom.
***
Noon the next day.
A carriage came and stopped at the beginning of Mount Appendel.
Eventually the two young men got off the carriage and the driver drove the carriage to a nearby vacant lot.
Fabian grumbled as he watched the carriage moving away.
“Why do you get paid 3 silver to use a carriage for a day? “The accommodation fee at Fermosa Estella is 1 silver per day.”
“How much is it in the North?”
“It’s a little over 1 silver. The system receives almost double. They say people who don’t have money can’t live in the system…”
“I am still the Count of the Empire. “How much does it cost to rent a carriage for a day?”
In fact Elio had no sense of money.
Needless to say her life in the mountains was all about plunder and after she stopped being a bandit – whenever she needed money – she earned thousands of nyang just by sharpening a sword so she never felt inadequate.
When I came to this world I lived in the barracks from the beginning and had no need to spend money.
Since leaving Hirhera Count Larva Omar has been in charge of finances.
So even if the carriage rental was 3 silver a day I didn’t feel indignant like Fabian.
“Count have you ever borrowed money using your estate as collateral without my knowledge?”
“I live without borrowing money. “Why borrow money that you won’t use if you don’t have it?”
“You have the right mindset. Please don’t change until you return to your hometown.”
“Are you afraid I’ll leave you with some debt?”
“Oh no way. I am not such a heartless person. I said this all with the Count in mind. “It should remain as a good memory.”
“If I use my land as collateral for money will it become a dirty memory?”
“It won’t sound good because I have to pay it back.”
“I think you will live very well.”
“thank you.”
Elio who had been exchanging a non-poetry story with Fabian stopped.
“for a moment. “I need to do some research to find out where Marquis Leola is.”
After finishing speaking Elio radiated spiritual energy to Mount Appendel.
Unlike the Abyss the world of Manaptras was not rough.
Elio who was standing with one of her hands raised to the sky muttered.
“Is it the eastern ridge?”
Fabian who knew Elio as a magic swordsman was not surprised.
“The mountain is quite high but it’s probably not near the top right?”
“You’re a little short of the top but don’t worry. “We have tornubis (the art of driving).”
Soon Elio unfolded the cloud bell and the clouds gathered at her feet.
Elio and Fabian climbed onto the cloud without hesitation.
The cloud carrying the two people slowly rose and soon flew over the mountain.
Did it fly by about 10 minutes?
Fabian who was constantly looking under the clouds shouted briefly.
“There’s a castle over there!”
After a while clouds gently settled in the courtyard of the huge old castle.
Elio entered the castle without hesitation.
Fabian hurriedly followed next to him and whispered.
“Is it okay for you to just leave without taking any action? Still Marquis Leola is a 6th circle wizard.”
“Wouldn’t it be great if he had become a Magus (7th Circle Archmage) in the meantime? Otherwise you don’t have to worry about the Marquis’ magic.”
Elio was calm because she had fought against Marquis Leola at the Tabula Tower in the past.
However she looked around the inside of the castle and saw no people.
“No one is there? “Did you find the old castle using search magic?”
“No I felt a fairly large wave of mana here. “I still feel it.”
“But why is there no one? Could it be that he escaped by teleportation?”
“I heard there are still some left. But I don’t know why I can’t see it.”
“I guess they hid the lab using magic. “I heard that wizards are good at hiding their personal labs that way.”
“okay?”
“Yes where do you feel it?”
“here.”
Elio pointed to the stone wall with his index finger.
Fabian who was pounding on the stone wall like an expert shook his head.
“I can’t find where the entrance is?”
“Oh! That one. I thought I knew something else. “I’m a fool for expecting anything even for a moment.”
“I’ve never learned magic so how should I know? “I only saw it just in case.”
“Hey get out of the way.”
At Elio’s words Fabian took a long step back.
Elio put the sword paper to his temple and recited the spell to see through heaven.
She noticed a red glow in his eyes.
“It was there.”
With those words Elio took out the ‘Sword of the Void’ and swung it like a thunderbolt.
Ga-ga-ga-gag-!
The stone wall cracked diagonally along the sword.
Then the moment I passed a certain point a sudden flash of light exploded.
It wasn’t an explosion.
With a flash of light the stone wall shook and was eventually sucked into the black crystal ball.
However the black crystal ball cut in half could not absorb all the illusion of the stone wall and soon fell to the floor and shattered.
Clink!
The remaining illusion of a stone wall stopped and slowly disappeared.
Marquis Juliana Leola slowly walked out from behind the illusion.
She spoke with a natural look on her face as if she knew nothing.
“Count Lagoa? Cloud Baron? “What’s going on in my personal lab?”
Fabian just looked at the Marquis with complicated eyes and he said nothing.
The reason the Marquis had Sophia die was for Miss Ariette’s happiness.
As someone who loved Ariette he could not pour out any resentment or anger.
But Elio is different.
He was angry at the Marquis for driving Baron Sophia to death.
“I heard the whole story from the Prime Minister of the Adriatic Kingdom so don’t be nervous about meeting me.”
The Marquis of Leola trembled at the words of the vulgar Count Lagoa.
Wizards have reigned as noble beings for thousands of years and magic tower owners in particular were treated like kings wherever they went.
She was shocked that she treated herself like a petty criminal.
Strictly speaking he did not commit a mortal sin.
It was a long-standing practice for great nobles to assassinate political opponents.
Even the killing of a baron from the Southern Kingdom by the Tabula Magic Tower’s lord cannot be brought to the imperial court.
Even according to the law he was innocent.
“I don’t know what I heard from the Prime Minister of the Adriatic Kingdom but I have no legal problems. “I will be acquitted not only in the Empire but also in the courts of the Adriatic Kingdom.”
Elio was unable to refute the shameless words of the Marquis Leola.
Even if he thought about it he thought the judges would really say he was not guilty.
“okay. As you said judges are on the side of the rich and powerful so they will say you are not guilty. By the way. What should I do with this? “I have no intention of putting you on trial?”
“Personal revenge is a great sin in a civilized society.”
“You know what? With great power comes great responsibility. As a Grand Master I have great power. And the responsibility that comes with it….”
“If that’s the case you will even more follow the laws and norms.”
Marquis Leola looked at Count Lagoa with an effortlessly calm expression.
To her her Count Lagoa was a ferocious beast that could run amok at any time.
“My idea of responsibility is a little different from yours. I am an eye for an eye. “I believe that is the original law of heaven.”
“That’s a rule that only applies in barbaric times. “Humans are much more civilized than that.”
“Don’t pass off money and power as civilization. Do you think you would be acquitted even if you were not the owner of the Tabula Magic Tower?”
“By the universal values of this era I am innocent.”
“doesn’t care. “I said I had no intention of taking you to court.”
“Are you going to kill me?”
“I will decide based on your attitude so answer well from now on.”
“ha! great. “Ask.”
The Marquis of Leola let out a sigh as her bottom sank.
I have no idea who this person is Count Lagoa.
Baron Sophia is not even a blood relative so why is she so angry about it as if it were her own?
She said “I heard that Exitium was developed in Tabula Maptop. “Is the magic engineer who developed it still alive?”
The Marquis of Leola was taken aback when her question went off the rails and he blinked at her.
“You have a bad attitude.”
Only then did the Marquis of Leola come to her senses and hastily reply.
“I’m alive.”
“What’s your name?”
“Megistus.”
“Tell me about him.”
“I am the first Arch Mage produced from the Tabula Magic Tower. “Currently I am conducting research in a private laboratory rather than a horse engineering research institute.”
“You mean in a place called an ancient magic laboratory?”
“How…did Ariette Albano say that?”
“She was a fun girl. Where is the ancient magic laboratory?”
“…I don’t know the location. “Maggie Stuth is a very suspicious magician so he didn’t tell anyone because he was afraid it would be taken away.”
“Then how can I meet him?”
“At the end of every month I come to the Magic Engineering Research Institute with the Soul Stone the material for Goliath. The Soul Stone is a key material for the 3rd generation Goliath and only he can make it. “It is produced in an ancient magic laboratory and provided to the Magic Engineering Research Institute.”
“Is the piece of iron being used by the imperial army in the Southern Kingdom a third-generation Goliath?”
“that’s right. “There is no magic engineer who can follow Megistus in the field of magic engineering.”
“That’s fun.”
Elio’s eyes lit up.
The things that are driving this world into catastrophe came from the hands of one person!
Maybe he is Ushas Undra the ‘spearhead of chaos’.