Chapter 30. Hunting a cornered rat. (2)
“Midnell!”
“Midnelnyim!”
Other wizards swarmed after Ekarot.
“What’s going on, everyone?”
Midnell, who had been sitting still like a wooden doll, slowly opened his mouth following Sienna’s guidance.
“If this continues, Toby will die!”
Starting with Erica’s tearful cries,
“I want to stop! “I wasn’t very keen from the beginning!”
“It’s so hard. “I can’t do this anymore.”
The wizards’ cries began to pour in like a torrent.
“Up until now, all I’ve done is dance with plants… … “It’s too harsh to ask those kids to stab people!”
“Once you’ve made ice, you have to put it in your drink… … . Or make a pretty statue… … .”
“Isn’t it okay to burn dead meat or firewood? “How do you burn a living creature?”
When the majority of wizards shouted that,
“uh… … .”
“hmm… … .”
Some wizards who had handled Midnell’s mission well had no choice but to remain silent.
I was afraid that if I said anything here and now, I would be attacked by all of them.
That’s how many wizards had strong doubts and skepticism about Midnell’s orders.
“Midnell, please withdraw the order.”
“The emperor who orders this can’t be a proper person!”
“The empire now views wizards as bitter enemies.”
The wizards all looked at Midnell with pleading and earnest faces.
“Midnell.”
Finally, Ekarot came out.
“The Wizard’s Tower is a place of wizards, by wizards, and for wizards.”
The boy’s voice was very well-defined for his age. As if he were reciting lines that someone had told him in advance.
“But now that meaning is fading. “For everyone’s sake, I ask you to change your mind.”
The wizards’ eyes sparkled as if they were deeply impressed by Ekarot’s words.
“… … .”
Sienna took a moment to catch her breath.
This atmosphere, where everyone was looking at Ekarot as if he had become the representative of everyone, was very unpleasant.
But I couldn’t show those feelings. Because what had to move now was Midnell’s, not my tongue.
“… … “Did everyone hear what I said?”
Midnell began speaking in a stern voice.
“Surrendering to the current emperor is the only way for the Wizard’s Tower to fall.”
A look of suspicion appeared on the wizards’ faces. Sienna did not notice the slight change and continued her impassioned speech.
“The new Emperor, Khaine, has promised much to the Wizard’s Tower. “Don’t you crave that sweet, sweet fruit?”
The wizards looked at each other. With a face mixed with confusion and disbelief.
The magic tower owner they knew was not the person to say things like this.
Not only did he break his promise not to interfere in politics, but he also seemed to be greedy for power.
Above all, the passionate support for the new emperor that can be felt from him.
Even with his eyes closed, he could feel the longing on his dry cheeks, and there was even greed beneath his passionate voice.
“… … .”
At that time when everyone was silent, not knowing what to say,
“no.”
A voice as clear as a flash of light cut through the quiet air.
“That’s not what we want.”
It was Ekarot with an unwavering, calm expression.
“A wizard is a being who bears fruit for himself rather than taking the fruit handed to him by others.”
Each time Ekarot pronounced one word, the wizards’ heads slowly moved up and down.
“Besides, the fruit that the new emperor will give us is not what we want.”
Ekarot’s tone became much darker.
“Because it is the fruit of someone else’s blood and flesh.”
Sienna felt embarrassed for a moment.
“Don’t do anything you’ll regret.”
Ekarot was slowly shaking his head towards Sienna.
‘Why me?’
Sienna’s navy blue eyes rippled.
Ekarot’s expression seemed to know everything she had done to Midnell. A call to quit before it becomes irreversible.
‘No way, that can’t be!’
At that time when Sienna tried to deny it,
“… … .”
Midnell’s room fell into complete silence.
Midnell and Ekarot face off tightly.
The expressions on the wizards’ faces slowly changed as they looked at the two people alternately. What remains at the end is,
“I agree with what Ekarot said.”
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“Midnell, why have you changed like this?”
“I think the same thing. “You weren’t this kind of person to begin with.”
In the end, it was strong support for Ekarot.
“-!”
Sienna’s face became stiff.
A situation where all wizards come together and express strong antipathy towards Midnell. It was the most unwanted development.
‘Ekarot… … !’
He made the situation this much worse.
‘As expected, you are blocking my path.’
Sienna didn’t like him from the beginning.
It’s the same life that started from the mud, but I’m the only one who pretends to be different and puts on a sad face.
He shows off magic that is better than anyone else’s, with a bored expression that seems to say, “This is it.”
‘If this happens… … .’
I had no choice but to set an example.
“Siena.”
Midnell’s lips moved.
“Show me what happens if I disobey the Magic Tower Lord’s orders.”
The wizards’ eyes widened as if they were about to explode.
Telling a wizard to attack another wizard? Also, Midnell, the spiritual leader of wizards.
“Oh my god, this is crazy!”
“Midnell, are you out of your mind?”
“This isn’t it!”
Everyone jumped up from their seats,
“Yes, Master.”
Sienna’s simple words made me stop in my tracks.
“Ekarot.”
Sienna took a step forward and smiled coldly.
“You end up incurring Master’s wrath.”
“… … .”
“I told you before. “Don’t argue.”
While everyone was looking at Sienna with shocked faces,
“Foot.”
Ekarot laughed out loud. A clear sneer suddenly appeared on the boy’s face.
“Siena. “I gave myself enough chances.”
It was a feeling he had never shown before, a sense of superiority.
“-!”
The moment Sienna stopped,
bang!
Suddenly, the mana in front of Sienna exploded.
“Ugh!”
Sienna formed a mana shield with a narrow gap. And he quickly left the scene using acceleration magic.
Wedge! Ssak!
An arrow of light struck the floor where Sienna was. If she had been a little late she would have been seriously injured.
“Cowardly!”
Sienna gritted her teeth and prepared a magic chant. Ekarot responded with a sneer still on his face.
“That’s your opinion.”
Right now, I felt like he had solid confidence and the composure to overwhelm everyone in the room.
‘That bastard!’
Sienna gritted her teeth as she aimed her magic.
Everything Ekarot had shown so far was a pretense. It was clear that in his mind he looked down on him because he was no better than him.
‘Unlucky bastard!’
Sienna spread her arms wide. Her aquamarine mana condensed and formed a sphere,
Bababababaak!
It was fired towards Ekarot. It was a magic missile, the basis of magic warfare.
“hmm.”
Ekarot rotated both hands in a circular motion.
Fasth!
A faint curtain of light formed in front of him.
Ride it!
The magic missiles that were blocked there bounced off.
“Hmph, that kind of shield!”
Sienna paid no heed and tried to fire more missiles. However, the condition of the missiles that bounced off was strange.
Faaah!
The missiles gradually lost their blue color and eventually turned golden. And then it circled around Ekarot.
“You’re crazy! “Has that all turned into Ekarot’s mana now?”
“Reverse calculation shield! “It’s possible to mix the two!”
“It’s too busy to even open just one shield! “It’s amazing!”
The wizards standing behind Ekarot were amazed. They were momentarily nervous about this urgent situation and began their quest by looking at Ekarot’s magic.
“Maybe it would be possible to spread the shield and mix the inverse calculation technique into the gap?”
“But if you do that, there will be gaps between the shields.”
“Then, when first forming the shield, I think we will have to mix the magic with the composition itself.”
That sight lit a fire inside Sienna even more. Sienna bit her lip and spread her hands wide.
Whiiing-
The air around him stirred and followed her touch. The previously transparent particles suddenly turned a gloomy purple color.
“Is that really possible?”
“Oh, no, right? “Isn’t that it?”
The wizards who saw Sienna’s magic made angry expressions. But their predictions were not wrong.
Passasasat!
The purple fog scratched the ground and began to spread towards Ekarot. Melting everything in its path.
“Siena, are you crazy?! What a poisonous fog! “It’s too much to do!”
“No matter how much Master Midnell ordered it, this isn’t it!”
The wizards criticized Sienna and tried to prepare magic.
Because that fog not only targets the target, but also overturns everything around it at once.
Right then.
“Everyone be quiet.”
Ekarot’s grave voice is heard,
“Ugh?”
“It’s mom!”
The wizards’ bodies suddenly rose into the air. Following the direction of Ekarot’s hand.
“Everyone stay back.”
When he brought his hands together for the last time,
Yep!
A huge sphere-shaped mana shield surrounded the wizards. Clear golden mana rippled around the surface.
The purple poisonous fog only encroached heavily on the floor and prevented him from standing up.
“Ekarot!”
“be careful!”
The wizards shouted as they saw him alone on the floor. But it soon turned out that their worries were unnecessary.
The moment the purple mist touches Ekarot’s feet,
Sarrr-
Because it turned into golden sand and crumbled. Ekarot had already cast a protective spell around himself.
“omg… … . “You prepared that while protecting us?”
“How do you do those two things at the same time?”
The wizards were busy admiring Ekarot’s appearance.
His accomplishments, which had been quietly crouching for so long, were so surprising. He was one step, or even several steps, ahead of the other wizards who were whining about all kinds of elemental magic.
“under!”
Sienna also noticed this, but snorted loudly on purpose. It was because she didn’t want to be intimidated by him.
“You’re very relaxed, aren’t you? “You better take care of yourself!”
“You’re already doing well.”
“Is that really true? Can you fight me while still caring about that side? “If you lose concentration even just a little bit, the protection spell will be broken, right?”
Sienna pretended to aim at the wizards floating in the air.
“What if they get hurt like that?”
Because I wanted to see Ekarot’s unusually calm face distort for his age. I also didn’t like those wizards.
“Siena.”
Ekarot was still calm. Very obnoxious.
“You also care about the other side.”
Sienna’s mouth stiffened. The suspicion she felt from earlier was reinforced and hit her head.
“Ekarot, you.”
“If you lose concentration, you’ll be the one in trouble.”
Ekarot smiled faintly. Next moment,
Pabababak!
The golden magic missiles circling around him began to fly.
In a direction that no one expected at all. It was aimed directly at Midnell, who was standing far away.
“Ekarot!?”
“Has he gone crazy too?”
The wizards floating in the air had to watch quietly as the magic missiles bombarded Midnell.
What was even more shocking was the next moment. Midnell, who was supposed to respond, just stood there silently.
“Midnell! “What are you doing!”
“Why are you staying still!”
It was Sienna who moved at that moment, not Midnell.
“Ekaroteuu!”
Moving mana while letting out a tearing scream.
Tadang! earth!
The mana shield created by Siena protected Midnell. However, her shield was not perfect as it was rushed.
pop!
One magic missile she missed ended up hitting Midnell.
“omg!”
“Um, is that?!”
At that moment, all the wizards were shocked.
Saaaaat-
Because azure-blue mana rose above Midnell’s body. Midnell’s entire body is entangled, intricately entangled like a spider’s web.
“ah!”
A look of frustration appeared on Sienna’s face. The traces of her puppet magic that she had cast were revealed to everyone.
“Did I tell you?”
Ekarot looked at Sienna and raised the corners of his mouth.
“Don’t do anything you’ll regret.”
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