Episode 36
EPISODE.18
For that reason, Russell moved into Hubert’s carriage and opened his mouth the moment he entered.
“and.”
A feeling of admiration that came out of me.
One color and large in size.
Unlike the outward appearance, which is nothing special and not very noticeable, the exposed interior was more luxurious than expected.
The seats located in the front and back are very soft, no matter what material they are made of.
unwavering comfort.
It’s almost like a bed made by a master craftsman.
‘No, it might be okay to call it actually a bed.’
Only the shape is doing that of the seat.
Its width was long enough for Russell, who was tall, to lie down and still have about a span of width left.
In fact, as if he had assumed such a situation, he could see that there was bedding on one side of the seat.
‘This must be the wealth of a mage belonging to the Flame Tower.’
Well, since he even owns a decent mansion in the capital, this level shouldn’t have been that great.
Once again admiring Hubert’s wealth, Russell took his seat.
The feeling of softly wrapping one’s body as if to soothe the fatigue of battle.
chuck-.
Opposite him, Hubert sat cross-legged, and Russell asked.
“By the way, what is the death penalty here who should be in the academy?”
Hopefully he wouldn’t have followed him.
If that was the case, it would have been enough even if I had accompanied them instead of chasing after them.
‘A situation where there was no room or reason to tell me. Besides, if you’re moving in a hurry in the middle of the night like this…’
It’s probably that there was an urgent call from someone and-.
‘There aren’t that many people who can call the death penalty so quickly.’
just as expected. Hubert’s answer was much the same as Russell’s guess.
“Suddenly, Master’s call went off.”
If you had contacted me a little earlier, I could have gone up with you.
No, it doesn’t matter since we went together like this?
After muttering that, Hubert continued.
“Since it was an urgent call, he assumed an unexpected situation and was on his way to the royal capital, hiding himself.”
“Then why did you use message magic and cover your face with a robe…”
Russell nodded his head after understanding the situation.
“That’s why.”
Answering indifferently, he tilted his upper body slightly toward Russell.
With a worried look on his face, he lightly examined his body and said.
“For now, I’m glad you weren’t hurt. The priest was just attacked by that cultist-”
“I know.”
“…?”
“Perhaps it was aimed at me. I’m not sure, but the odds do hit. No, arms a little higher than that…”
Why do you think that?
To Hubert, who stared at him with the gaze of ‘, Russell explained what he had guessed.
After all the short explanations.
“hmm.”
He drool for a while, then straightened his tilted body.
“A reasonable guess. Although the most important thing is missing.”
“The most important thing?”
“The motive behind why he attacked the priest.”
At Hubert’s added words, Russell flinched.
Because he spoke as if he knew his motives.
“Do you know why?”
“Nine out of ten it’s probably because of Master.”
“If it’s Master…”
Russell, who recalled the contents related to Daria Snowwhite, put on an expression of understanding before long.
“okay.”
It reminded me of a passage I had read in a book that recorded her biography before returning.
-Daria Snowwhite in her youth was like an active volcano.
She did not hesitate to confront the cultists rooted in the darkness, found a stronghold, and without a moment’s hesitation… ‘
destroyed them all.’
At that time, the cult was destroyed.
It was understandable enough if the grudge of the guys had reached her disciple herself.
“Sure, he’s a cultist, but he’s probably not that great.”
“…?”
“If he had been a real big-time cultist, he wouldn’t have acted rashly like this.”
It’s probably a small pup’s work to impress them.
As Hubert added, there were only a lot of undead.
It wasn’t that great.
‘Most of them were low-level undead, and the materials were the bones of ordinary people or the corpses of low-level monsters.’
If it weren’t for the situation where the passengers were being held hostage, they would have broken through and left their seats right away.
He also knew that fact, so he waged a volume war by holding passengers back.
“He’s not very talented, but he’s brutal with his hands and knows how to roll a few numbers.”
“Most of them are cultists. Mean, yet low.”
He snorted and sneered with contempt.
It’s like he’s been involved with the cultists a few times before.
“The problem is where the priest’s activities were leaked.”
He shook his head, shaking his head.
“Have you ever talked about your activities after graduation within the academy?”
At that question, Russell shook his head without even thinking about it.
“no. doesn’t exist. execution.”
There was no one in the academy that I could call a friend. However, there is no way he would have exposed his whereabouts.
If it was to inform the whereabouts-.
“Except for replying to the tower that I will go up after graduation…”
Russell kept his mouth shut.
Depending on the interpretation of the words he just uttered, there was room for it to appear as if he was saying that information was leaked within the Flame Tower.
Fortunately, however, Hubert did not take issue with the remark.
“Maybe.”
On the contrary, he added positively.
“Aside from that, if we talk about possibilities- is it a family that has been catching up since the graduation ceremony?”
Information leaker in the Salt Tower.
Depending on the situation, no matter how many times I consider it, the latter case will be much better.
In any case, it was clear that this was an issue that had to be taken seriously.
“Since they moved openly and tasted failure once, they won’t move recklessly for a while. But be careful.”
A warning that those cultists are tenacious and could come back again at any time.
“I will write it down.”
Russell stiffened his expression and replied, thinking to himself.
‘Of course, I won’t be able to move with caution forever.’
No matter how much you hide yourself, there will definitely be limits.
In that case, it would have been better to devise a sure way.
The sure way to say it here is -.
‘It’s about improving your skills. To be more specific, it would be to achieve the level of a 5th circle mage.’
If the 4th circle is a stage that can be reached by those who are quite talented.
‘5 6th circle. The level of a mage can only be attained with product talent, painstaking effort, and even a bit of luck.’
But that’s why it’s worth a walk.
Because he had a mission and a reward that could replace luck and talent.
‘All that remains is bone-crushing effort.’
I don’t know how long it will take.
But it’s much more worth walking than living a long time in fear of the cultists.
Such determination flickered along Russell’s eyes.
‘Did I choose to fight rather than avoid?’
It was a sign that I could read Russell’s tenacity and tenacity, which he continued to hold on to without despairing at his punishment, because he had seen it for years.
Reading the foreshadowing of that change, Hubert smiled eagerly.
‘But now it’s probably time to take a break.’
Then he told Russell.
“Then, let’s get some rest today. Priests. Since there are few experiences of using magic without a break for several hours, your mind must have accumulated fatigue.”
As soon as you leave the mountain road to the coachman. After giving the words to stop the carriage for a while and get some sleep.
He, too, began unfolding the bedding in one corner as if going to bed.
Following that, Russell also finished getting ready for bed and tucked himself under the covers.
A little time before going to sleep.
‘But what the hell was that?’
He recalled once again the strange phenomenon he experienced during the battle.
‘I was forced to use magic, but suddenly the amount of magic power…’
I thought about it, but I didn’t catch anything.
I wonder if the same phenomenon would happen if I reproduced the situation similar to that time.
Of course, that didn’t mean raids and hostages were the same.
What Russell wants to do is image training.
All it took was the concentration to take the imagining seriously.
And if you succeed in reproducing and understanding what happened through that process-.
‘That could also be used as a trump card.’
Blaze Lance and Cole Lightning.
In addition to the two magics that deviated from the circle’s standards, there was one more hand that could be placed on top of them.
Of course, I couldn’t try it right away.
Now, he is riding in the same carriage as Hubert.
If he succeeds at least once in a while, he has no excuse to make.
‘It’s only possible after I’m alone to try.’
Thinking so, Russell closed his eyes.
I’m sure there must have been mental fatigue, and I quickly fell asleep.
‘Prepare for a long battle… I need to keep practicing to increase my mental capacity.’
Russell’s eyes, which could not bear the rush of stress, flickered for several seconds and then slowly closed.
* * *
Dag dag dag dag-.
The carriage with the two people on board went over the castle wall and went inward, and the scenery of the royal capital was reflected out the window.
‘There’s not much difference between now and a few years later.’
Perhaps because he had only seen it once, he was less emotional than when he first came up to the capital.
Hubert asked as he straightened his clothes and put on his robe.
“What are you going to do now?”
The question asked whether to go directly to the salt tower or unpack first.
The answer to that question was already ready.
“First of all, I plan to go to the house given to me by the brother-in-law first.”
It was about two days later that he was supposed to arrive at the capital.
However, the period was pulled by about a day and a half, probably because they used a high-end wagon.
“Then, we’ll say goodbye here for now.”
Saying that, Hubert opened the carriage door.
He said as he mingled among the people passing by.
“I’ll go to the Salt Tower as it is, so you can take the wagon and go to the mansion.”
That’s how I parted with Hubert.
“Hey!”
Right after that, the sound of the coachman turning in the direction is heard.
As a coachman hired by Hubert, he did not even know that he already knew the location of the mansion.
If we sit still like this, we will arrive at Hubert’s mansion before long.
but.
‘I have a place to go before then.’
So Russell opened the window leading to the driver’s seat.
I asked the coachman who was driving the horse.
“Can I stop by one place before going to the mansion?”
“It’s not difficult to change direction, but where…”
Russell opened his mouth, staring in one direction with a meaningful gaze at the coachman’s question.
At the end of the line of sight is a building in the shape of a quadrangular pyramid.
“Please go to the Rubrium Museum first.”
The royal road was the Lubrium Museum.
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