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Return of The 8th Class Mage (Web Novel) - Chapter 141. Calm Before the Storm (2)
Chapter 141. Calm Before the Storm (2)
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There was a need to put things around him in order. So, he needed about a day’s worth of time. This was the request that Ian had made to Fran.
And he has received Fran’s consent without much difficulty.
However, Ian had a different idea.
‘Every move will be made, according to my decision.’
Paying visits to his acquaintances? Organize some things? They weren’t needed. In fact, Ian has never considered about the possibility of the ‘30% failure’. The anxiety that it might be the last time has also been shaken off.
It was the result of having made the decision that he will be the main person with respect to completely resolving all the issues.
‘I should first pay the dragons a visit.’
In this current situation, he would just be accompanying Fran at Fran’s will. That meant he would just be a puppet in Fran’s play. A method to actively move out of that situation was needed. As one of those methods, he had chosen to ‘meet the dragons’.
‘It’s difficult to draw a conclusion by hearing only from one side.’
Ian wanted to control this situation with his own hands.
Without being pushed around by anyone, he wanted to be the main person making the decisions. In order to do that, he first needed the objective information and the ability to see the situation. Hence, he, purposefully, did not further ask questions with respect to the issues concerning his mother, the first sorcerer, and the last name of Page.
‘Since everything could be the bastard’s plan.’
He wasn’t going to be bothered by who the first sorcerer was, who the last name of Page first belonged to, and what his mother’s identity was.
The first sorcerer was only in the past, the last name Page was just simply a name, and mother was mother. Even if everything was true and that awesome secrets were hidden, these were problems that Ian could address only if the recent issues were under Ian’s control.
“Before then.”
Ian murmured all of a sudden. And he stretched his arm to one side. What was he up to suddenly?
“Come out.”
At the same time, he gripped the hand that he has stretched out.
With that, a dark shadow jumped out quickly.
Certainly, it did not appear on its own volition.
That was because it was being forced out.
“Well, I thought he somehow knew my every move.”
The shadow soon took on a human form. A man with the same hair as Ian, it was none other than ‘Fran Page’ who had just disappeared a few minutes ago. It could be described as a hidden ‘surveillance spirit’ of Fran Page.
“You must have had some fun all this time?”
The surveillance has been done in this fashion up until now.
As he was not strong enough, it was just that he could not recognize it before.
However, that was a different situation from now.
“Ah, it’s a misunderstanding. I was just testing you to see how well your training went……”
“Enough.”
As Ian pulled in his stretched arm, Fran’s spirit was dragged toward Ian. It was as if he was being held by his collar.
“Get lost.”
“Come on, telling me to get lost is too extreme…”
“If you do something like this again.”
Ian’s sharp warning followed.
“Let’s just ignore what I said before.”
“Whoa! Relax. I got it.”
Fran Page disappeared once again.
It seemed like he was gone for sure this time. It might have been a different story before, but now, it was hard to deceive Ian. Furthermore, it would be even more difficult with just mere spirits.
“……”
Quite a bit of time has passed after that. Ian was deep in his thoughts. He recited a spell.
“Puppet Play.”
Puppet play.
Puppet play.
Ian made two exact copies of himself. Simultaneously, the original body fell into a temporary sleep state. It was the same spell that he had recited in the past, in Phieric Territory, but with an incredible amount of difference in quality terms.
‘One will protect me.’
There were two total people in the puppet play. One of them would protect the original self. And be prepared for unexpected events, on top of that.
‘And the other one would be on the move.’
The remaining one would be moving along according to the plan. It was a slight visual trick and a safety net.
‘Let’s go.’
The task had to be completed in exactly one day. Ian initiated a teleportation spell. The destination was the place that he had just visited not too long ago. It was the place where he had encountered restraint and death. The place was none other than the home of the gargoyles.
It was the ‘Soffits Mountain Range’.
(You……?)
On top of that, he headed directly towards the face of the king of the gargoyles who was inside the cave. However, a lot seemed to have changed. Now, it was possible to communicate freely, and its size was bigger than before. The purple eye, which had been torn in half, appeared to have been healed somewhat.
“We meet again.”
(Krr…! Krrrrh!)
In response to Ian’s initial pleasantry.
The bastard burst into a mad laughter.
(Okay. I’ve been waiting! Waiting for you to come back! If it wasn’t for that sealed zone, I would have found you already, and tore up your arms and legs off by now! I didn’t expect you to walk in here voluntarily!)
The king of the gargoyles spoke without even flaring his nostrils. It looked like he had been given back some of the powers from the dragon. That was apparent just by observing several changes and from his confidence?
(I’m not sure what made you dare crawl back in here, ah! You didn’t come back just thinking about what happened back then? Kraaahh! You bastard, I think you are at the end of your life line.)
The gargoyle king enlarged his body in a threatening manner. He spoke showing his heinous teeth.
(I will strike you to death right now! I’ll chew up every part of your body and bones…!)
“You talk too much.”
Ian, murmured as if listening to the gargoyle king was bothersome, lightly raised and moved his thumb and the index finger. The motion was like as if he was grabbing the gargoyle’s mouth and twisting it. Of course, it didn’t end with just the motions of the fingers.
Kwadddddk!
The mouth of the huge monster, the king of the gargoyles, truly became twisted. Rather than just getting twisted, it actually tore apart.
Was that all? Even every tooth that the gargoyle showed threateningly got pulled out. Green blood spewed out of it as if the flood gates were opened.
(Krrrrrhuh…?)
The sound of the bastard’s groaning carried more than just the pain. The aura of not being able to understand what was happening, and the instinct of fear also wriggled.
“It was better when you just simply cried like a beast.”
Ian’s hand motions did not end there. Raising his other arm, he moved to make a gesture of tearing up something. It was the wings. The hand motions were to tear apart the pair of wings which the gargoyle king had.
(Krrrraaak! What, this can’t be happening……!)
“Shut your mouth for second. Before I twist up even your throat.”
Ian picked up and threw the gargoyle. That huge body has flown to the other side of the cave and hit the wall hard. It was the difference in the power from when they first encountered each other.
At this rate, even if the gargoyle king were to recover his powers completely, he would still not dare to fight.
(Krrrr…!)
Yet, the gargoyle king did not cringe. No matter how strong Ian was, he had something that he could rely on. That was, were there not his tribe members that surrounded the entire mountain range?
(You impudent bastard! Run now if you want to run!)
It was felt. It rang very loudly. The sound of the gargoyles rushing. The vibration even felt as if there was a ‘small earthquake’. That small quake was eventually getting closer to the cave.
“I’ve been waiting for a while now.”
(What……?)
“For everyone of your kind were to get here.”
Ian did not even blink an eye.
Instead, his facial expression was filled with confidence.
He has been waiting for a while, and that expression was truly fitting.
(Diamond.)
On top of that, he even began to recite a new spell. The magic, which superbly combined the base ‘technique’ and ‘the power of the language’, the new spell created secretly in the past world by Ian, the magic that could be called the ‘9th class sorcery’ by Ian himself, was about to be introduced for the first time to the world.
(Dust.)
Diamond dust. The ‘9th level class’ that Ian had founded. That fine dust of chilliness was spreading all around. At a glance, it didn’t appear to be anything special. As if a bag of flour has exploded, only the countless number of cold crystals was fluttering in the air.
(Kr, Krrraah! What can you do with such a silly trick…!)
The king of the gargoyles… It was when that monster was laughing sarcastically.
Pluck.
A single piece of the cold crystals blew up with a pluck sound.
It certainly was a very small explosion. At least that was how it was at the beginning.
(Blossom.)
A command given with the power of the language. And with the simple command given by Ian.
Zzzzzznnnnng-!
The fluttering crystals made thundering noise. This wasn’t a simple explosion. It was the simultaneous ‘discharging’ of concentrated chilliness. ‘Blossom’ indicated the great discharging of that chill.
Paddeuk, Paddeuk, Paddddeuk…!
The coldness of a crystal, a size of of a grain of flour. The coldness contained in that single crystal was equivalent to the spell of frost nova which Ian and recited in his past life.
What did this comparison indicate?
(……)
The king of the gargoyles closed shut his mouth. It was because what has just transpired was too unrealistic. It was shocking and awesome at the same time.
“Phoow…!”
Ian put the finishing touches to his spell with a slight sound of his breath, yet the aftermath of Ian’s 9th level class spell, the ‘diamond dust’, was truly amazing. How could it be described?
“Do you think you can shut up now?”
The way to express it varied. It was because any metaphor could be applied to it, if one wanted to do so.
However, one of the many ways to describe what has transpired was none other than the ‘snow mountain’. The walls of the cave were frozen solid, forming a ‘freezer’, and the beast of the cold air spread out to the outside of the cave and covered up the entire mountain range.
(Ah, Aak……!)
Hence, it was called the ‘snow mountain’. That was, the ‘mountain range of a spring day’ that was full of warm earth, green grass and trees, has been unexpectedly presented with ‘untimely winter’. Of course, the countless number of the gargoyles, which the gargoyle king was counting on, could not escape from that coldness, either.
“If you want to live.”
Ian walked towards the gargoyle king. He did not use any magic, or the power of the language. Yet, the gargoyle king could not move at all. It was more due to being shocked than being overpowered.
“What you did last time, do it again.”
(What, what……?)
The dimensionless space where the dragon was in. Ian Page and the king of the gargoyles. The eyes of the two beings met. It was about the same distance as when the petrification spell was invoked before.
“Send me back there.”
(……!)
The gargoyle king quickly spun his head. But his thinking did not last long. No matter what, he was given an opportunity to live. Furthermore, it didn’t look like he was the target of the bastard. It seemed that he had something to do with the dragons……
“No? Then……”
(No, no! Stop! Stop it!)
The gargoyle king shouted in horror. There was no reason for him to decline such an opportunity. It was because the dragon did not even have his loyalty in the slightest.
“Start.”
(You are not going to kill me suddenly……?)
“Depending on your performance.”
(Then, then eyes… Look into my eyes.)
As soon as Ian’s eyes met the purple colored eyes of the gargoyle king, the ‘petrification’ process commenced.
Certainly, the gargoyle king, but Ian’s body has also changed in to stones. Of course, only the body has been turned in to a stone, his spirit has entered the purple dimensionless space, the territory of the dragon race.
“……”
The purple space into which Ian has returned to. Ian looked around. There wasn’t any change from the last time. Everything was the same from the big purple sphere, to the lightning which sprang from it, and the purple dirt and sand that made up the ground.
(What is this?)
The only thing that was different from the last time, if one existed, was the ‘dragon’. Unlike the last time when he came with the gargoyle king, the dragon revealed himself as soon as he came in. It was the red dragon ‘Herpi Dotos’, the gatekeeper of the purple space, who had dissipated mana from Ian.
(You are… the forbidden power……)
When that red dragon’s voice, which was filled with questions, was about to continue.
“Baby lizard, be silent.”
Ian cut the lizard off immediately.
