EPISODE 64
EPISODE.32
Jerking Jerking-.
Some time to walk along the long hallway.
Blaine’s steps stopped in front of a large door at the end of the hallway.
It is a door made using expensive ebony.
Blaine turned his head as he faced a door that, at first glance, seemed quite worthwhile.
He checked his attire through the glass window hanging on the wall in the hallway.
“Hmm.”
Blaine stretched out her hand for a while while she was adjusting her clothes.
Knock knock knock -.
As if to send a signal, he knocked and opened the door.
Kki-Ik-.
The darkwood door opened, revealing a view beyond.
An interior in deep darkness.
Placed in the center was a long table that could seat twenty or more people.
A black skull lay on the table.
“Tsk.”
Blaine, who found the skull, clicked his tongue in displeasure.
The skeleton opened its mouth at Blaine, who was frowning as if he had seen something he couldn’t see.
Red light scattered from his empty pupils and his jaw joints crackled.
“I heard that you were embarrassed a while ago, but you have a pretty good-looking face.”
It’s amazing that skeletons can talk.
But Blaine didn’t care.
“Don’t talk without knowing the subject.”
Instead, he spoke in a cold, subdued voice.
“A lowly cultist or something.”
said, burying himself deep into one of the chairs along the table.
“In hindsight, isn’t all of this the result of your failures?”
“It’s our failure…”
“If you guys had handled things properly when we first leaked his location, things like today wouldn’t have happened.”
Blaine’s voice, cold as frost, made the skeleton snap at its jaw joint.
“Ah, you mean the attack on the wagon and the end of it.”
Immediately after, he took a step back and spoke.
“Certainly we admit that part was our mistake.”
“mistake?”
Blaine added, muttering that to be stupid.
“If even a single thorn in the sole of a foot could kill you, let alone a child.”
At Blaine’s words, the skeleton’s red eyes trembled.
I muttered a little surprised.
“…Is that enough to rate it that much?”
When we had a conversation in the desert through remote magic not too long ago, it was only about 4 circles, which was pretty good.
“A guy who reached the 4th circle at the age of only 19. Plus, they say it’s only been about a year since that kid started to stand out.”
“That means…”
“The time it took to climb up from an academy dropout in the 1st circle to a 4th circle master is only about a year.”
After catching his breath, he continued.
“No matter what the number is hidden, the growth rate of the youngster is not normal.”
Of course, I’m faster than Hemingway or Daria in 3 years.
“Ten years like this. Ten years from now, another master might become a superhuman and stand in our way.”
“That much?”
Ten years from now, I would be only twenty-nine.
No matter how much I thought about being a master at that age, it didn’t make sense.
It’s a realm of possibility, but I wonder if it’s a bit exaggerated.
That’s why the skeleton asked in a suspicious voice.
However, Blaine kept his mouth shut as if he had no intention of withdrawing his evaluation.
If you say it with such certainty, you have no choice but to believe the skeleton too.
Because Blaine’s eyes that he saw in person would be more accurate than his own that he watched from a distance through magic.
“I guess I’ll have to raise the risk level.”
While revising my evaluation of Russell, he added it as if he had suddenly remembered it.
“Come to think of it, wasn’t it you who drove that father into a trap?”
“If it’s father…”
“You can’t forget Alex Raymond?”
He frowned for a moment at the skeleton’s question.
said in a low voice.
“Can you forget?”
He clearly remembers why he was told to kill him.
“It was a waste of talent, but I couldn’t help it. He’s at least partly aware of our plans.”
Unlike words, it’s a voice that doesn’t even feel the slightest emotion.
His face, which even looked dry at first glance, crackled his chin.
“No matter how you look at it, we suit you better.”
Blaine’s eyes sank deeply when he said that we were on our side.
At that moment, the temperature around it rose by several degrees.
Then Blaine, whose lips were twitching, was about to say something.
“Everyone was there first.”
A voice was heard.
The door opened and it was an old nobleman with a robust build who entered the hall.
About 70 years old.
He is a man with long gray hair and a body that is not short of being called tall.
The feeling itself wasn’t that strong.
Even if you hit it well, it’s about the best Aura user of the exped.
It wasn’t weak, but it wasn’t comparable to Blaine or Skeleton.
However, the man’s eyes and voice contained a different kind of power than aura or magical power.
majesty.
The skeleton’s crackling stopped at the appearance of the man.
Blaine stood up and bowed her head.
“Meet Your Highness the Grand Duke.”
Bismarck Ratmos.
Uncle of the current King, also known as Archduke Bismarck.
That was the identity of the nobility.
“There is no need to be formal at a place like this. Blaine.”
The Archduke waved and sat down, and Blaine followed.
“I know the construction is busy, but I summoned the two to this place today…”
The Archduke, who sat down, opened his mouth as he turned to Blaine and the two skeletons.
“It’s to check the progress of the work once again.”
The Archduke’s gaze first turned to Blaine.
He gave a light chin. A signal to report.
At the signal, Blaine slightly lowered her head.
“The red wolf’s capture ended a while ago.”
His red mane-like hair fluttering long, stirring the battlefield, was like a beast itself.
Red Wolf Augusta Wolf.
At the mention of one of the sword masters belonging to the Kingdom of Endymion, the Archduke smiled slightly.
“Auguster Wolf.”
“yes. He may be a nobleman now, but wasn’t he originally a mercenary? It wasn’t that hard to get involved.”
Since he was a mercenary, it meant that he only had to pay a reasonable price.
“Be careful not to leak information in the middle, and keep an eye on him so he doesn’t change his mind.”
Blaine nodded at the words that followed.
Right after that, the Grand Duke’s eyes turned to the black skull.
A red glow slowly bloomed along the skeleton’s eyes.
“Did you find the thing you promised?”
The skeleton moved its jaw joint at the Grand Duke’s question.
“As the Grand Duke knows, it’s not that easy to find something with a few pieces of information. It’s not even a normal thing, it’s something like that…” As
the skeleton dangled its horse’s tail, the Grand Duke tilted his head crookedly.
As if contemplating something, he tapped the table several times with his fingertips.
Tuk tok tok tok-.
A regular rumble spreads through the table.
After a while the Grand Duke made his decision.
“Hey, it’s something that can cut off the limbs of the 8th circle archmage. It can’t be that easy to find.”
The Grand Duke replied as if he had understood, and the skeleton snapped its chin.
“I would do anything for financial support. So be sure to find that item.”
However-.
“It is practically impossible for me to ascend the throne without tying up Daria Snowwhite and Hemingway Melville…” -The
Archduke’s words were not over yet.
The Archduke coldly spat out, as if to remind him not to forget the original plan.
“Wasn’t that the content of the deal between you and me in the first place?”
A transaction involving Blaine, the Archduke, and even the cultists.
It was a conversation that took place somewhere in the kingdom the day before Russell left for the ruins.
* * *
A few days after that.
“This is Mount Calvein.”
Looking around, Russell looked around.
Behind him, a wagon he had been riding in just before had stopped.
It was a carriage with the seal of the Tower of Flames on it.
All kinds of tents were seen along the middle of the mountain along a clearing of some size.
This was the base camp that served as the base for excavation.
Around such a base camp, the flags of the Mage Towers participating in the excavation were lined up.
‘Royal Tower Yellow Tower Aberral Yellow Tower Akeos Yellow Tower…’
Excluding the flags of the Salt Tower and the Spear Tower, all of them were yellow tower type magic towers.
If it were a different situation, it wouldn’t be strange if other towers complained.
However, this time was an exception, so Russell nodded his head calmly.
‘Well, there’s no one better suited to excavating ruins than the Hwangtap.’
After inheriting the lineage of the Yellow Tower, they were literally experts in earth magic.
It was a ruin that had not yet been fully excavated.
There were no fitters like them.
However, the addition of the salt pagoda of the four magic towers of the royal capital was also related to the age of the ruins to be excavated this time.
either at the age of god or immediately after the age of god.
The remains of that period were important historical materials not only for the Yellow Tower, but also for the entire magic world.
‘The representative of the window tower is Sir Alan, but I’m not sure if he will participate?’
Russell took a step forward, recalling the CEO of the window tower, whose participation was uncertain due to his current job.
entered the base camp.
The eyes of the wizards inside turned to Russell.
“Who is it?”
“Was there a wizard who said he was coming today?”
Leaving their gaze behind, Russell headed towards the largest tent located within the base camp.
In general, not only the head of the organization is staying in the largest tent, but also -.
‘Because I feel the greatest magic there.’
As Russell approached, the guard guarding the front stretched out his palm.
“Where are you from?”
I asked with a wary look, and instead of answering, Russell put his hand in his chest.
He immediately took out his ID card and threw it at him.
A plaque proving the title of Viscount and War Mage of the Tower of Flames.
The guard’s eyes widened like a lantern as he checked his hand. “Hehehe!”
Afterwards, he breathed in vain and saluted late to the refutator.
“Meet Viscount Russell Raymond.”
The name Russell Raymond spread widely around the area.
A commotion broke out among the mages.
“Is it Russell Raymond?”
“The rumored man had a face like that.”
“I’ve heard that he’s young, but I can’t believe he hasn’t even gotten off his youth.”
“I heard you won a match against Jeron not too long ago.”
“It is a skill that surpasses the years accumulated through meritorious deeds to the extent of defeating spandom.”
“You’re a girl.”
This is because the topicality of the name Russell Raymond was so great.
The guards’ cries were heard not only outside the barracks, but also inside.
After a while, the barracks fluttered and a person walked out from inside.
“Sir Russell has arrived?”
Robes darker in color than those of other pagodas, and a pentagon engraved on the lower hem.
It was not difficult to see through his identity.
‘Elder Spiegelman.’
This was the appearance of the general manager of the investigation team.
dragon-swallowed wizard
