Overpowered Sword Chapter 204

Level up with swords (204)

“You’re an old bastard who made a fuss about retiring more than a dozen years ago and made it more like a voyeur!”

This time, Grania wiggled her eyebrows loudly.

“under! Speaking of voyeurism, since when did you become so interested in my s*x walls? If you have feelings for me, please let them go. “It’s absolutely impossible to be a little boy who doesn’t know how to mature even after hundreds of years.”

“you… “Did you just call me a little bastard?”

“Isn’t that correct? “It was said that gnomes do not go beyond 1 meter until they die. That seems to have been a fairly accurate thesis.”

Some of the strongest men on the entire continent were engaged in an argument that could only be seen between third-rate mercenaries.

Cardinal Adela and former Mage Tower lord Grania.

Some people would tremble just hearing that name, but the skit taking place in front of their eyes was nothing more than an emotional battle between a brazen kid and an old man worth his age.

The argument between the two became more and more ugly.

“The bastard who attacked the elf and got scolded for smelling! “You idiot got your arm cut off because you chewed your tongue while chanting!”

“W-what!? When did you come with a story?! And it wasn’t the smell, it was the spices of the empire at the time-”

“Yes? Can’t you hear it? They criticized me for smelling, right? “I told you not to come within a 10-meter radius, right?”

“Oops!”

Grania, who was exposed to the dark history of decades ago, held the back of her neck and staggered for a moment, but managed to overcome the pain with the mental strength of an archmage. He felt like his left arm, which had been cut off and reattached as Adela had said, was throbbing for no reason.

Before he knew it, he was getting closer to becoming the oldest person in the empire.

Because he was so old, he lived quietly like a plant from day to day without anyone he interacted with closely.

“… joy.”

Putting aside the discomfort of having his dark history revealed, it was as if he was denying himself that he somehow found this argument enjoyable.

Grania erased the expression from her face and opened her mouth.

“I guess the past is good. “Boar bitch, why did you sneak into Port Roy?”

“I sneaked in. Are you going to teach me that, you idiot?”

“This rotten bitch… !”

While Grania was trembling, Adela suddenly spoke.

“I didn’t even use a disguise artifact to avoid getting caught by you, but I didn’t expect you to scan this entire territory with detection magic. “Aren’t you really a voyeur or something?”

“no! “What on earth are you looking at me for?”

“A virgin old man who was rejected by the elf who was his first love and couldn’t get married because he was locked in a magic tower?”

“… “Please stop doing that.”

When Grania, who was dead, begged, Adela didn’t want to touch that part again, so she changed her stance.

“Well, that’s okay. I don’t think he came here to fight, but why is this guy who said he’s retired in the gateway city? “He’s not so loyal that he comes back because the emperor called him.”

Grania’s face hardened at those words, and then she glanced at Leon and the others standing behind Adela.

Then he let out a long sigh and stretched out his staff.

“I have no reason to answer either. If you are planning to go to the ecliptic, get out of there quickly. “I’m getting old and I don’t want to fight to my bones.”

“The Archmage wants to step out of my territory?”

“Stop making trivial provocations. “They brought three people who were like the church’s secret weapons.”

Even if Leon and the others try to suppress their presence, if they meet at close range, their disguise will quickly be revealed. This was because the Archmage’s insight functioned in a different area than that of the Aura Master.

There was nothing to say if even Karen, hiding in the shadows, could not avoid those eyes.

Adela noticed that his attitude was firm and spoke.

“You’re not staying here of your own will, are you? “Have you been taken hostage like Dayton?”

“what?!”

Grania’s expression, which had always been somber, turned into one of astonishment.

“Dayton, that friend was taken hostage?”

“Yes, maybe he was a late-born son?”

When Adela, who didn’t know the details of the situation, turned around, Leon took a step forward and said.

“Yes, he said he would cure his son’s death sentence. “It was an external method that transformed us into a non-human race.”

“You’re speaking in the past tense. “What happened to that friend?”

“I was eaten by a monster summoned by a foreign wizard. The monster was defeated, but Lord Dayton and his son… .”

“is it.”

Grania closed her eyes once, as if mourning the death of a close friend, then opened them and bowed once to Leon.

“Thank you for protecting my friend’s honor. Even if that attempt was successful, I wouldn’t have been able to live proudly. “He has been a stubborn bastard since he was young, so he might have hung himself to save his son.”

Next, he looked back at the watchtower standing in the distance and took out a small pocket watch from inside his robe.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t say more here. “I only left a hallucination of myself in the watchtower, so let’s meet again somewhere they can’t see.”

“This pocket watch… ?”

“After the sun goes down, the hour hand on your pocket watch will move like a compass. “When the hour and minute hands point in exactly the same direction, come find me there.”

Before Leon could respond, Grania’s body dissolved into thin air.

It is not transparency. The magic of space movement. It is the flower of spatial magic that requires at least 6th rank to begin with, 7th rank to be able to use it properly, and 8th rank to fully master it.

Adela looked at the place where he had disappeared for a moment, then opened her mouth with a sneer.

“Hmph, I heard wizards always like to explain things in vague terms. “Just tell me where and by what time.”

Leon’s eyes naturally turned to his pocket watch.

* * *

It was a few hours later.

Leon and the others walked around the alleys, following the lead of the pocket watch that Grania gave them.

Gateway city, Marquis of Portroy.

In terms of area, it is a large territory that can be counted among the top three within the empire. Of course, the alley was long and complicated, so the four of them could only reach their destination after wandering here and there.

Adela stopped in front of the door and gritted her teeth.

“They must have guided you this way on purpose to get you into trouble. As soon as I return to the church headquarters, I will immediately print out the ‘Dark History Journal of Imperial Magic Tower Lord Grania’ and distribute it all over the continent… .”

It was truly a cruel promise.

Anyway, when Leon reached out and grabbed the doorknob, the pocket watch in his other hand began to glow.

Faaah!

As the light emitted from the pocket watch drew a magic circle on the shabby door, the ‘original shape’ was revealed to the four people.

“… This!”

The air was distorted like a summer haze.

No, it is completely different from haze.

The haze that was just the air being distorted by the heat and the space itself being distorted were dozens of levels removed from the level of the phenomenon. A distortion of the laws of physics that cannot occur naturally.

It was a phenomenon within the realm of ‘Great Magic’.

“I guess the pocket watch was the key to this door.”

As Leon muttered that, Adela put her foot in the space door with a dissatisfied expression.

I didn’t feel any discomfort or pain at all.

“I don’t think it’s a trap. Shall we go in like this?”

“Yes, let’s go.”

With his decision, four people entered the space door.

‘What!?’

It was a strange feeling. As if falling from a high place, as if rising from a low place. I felt an inertia that cannot be described with human senses. Even though I opened my eyes, I couldn’t see anything, and all I could hear was complete silence.

When I regained my five senses in just a few seconds,

“Welcome. “It was faster than I thought.”

Grania, sitting in an armchair and sipping coffee, was facing them.

Leon looked around without realizing it.

It was a room with an old-fashioned feel.

From furniture including bookcases and chairs to books with antique covers. It was a space that looked closer to a famous scholar’s study than a wizard’s workshop.

“It’s too shabby for a workshop, isn’t it? “What would you do if we tried to kill you?”

“Even with my best effort, I can’t handle four masters at the same time. “I don’t want to spend too much time just struggling.”

Grania elegantly took a sip of coffee, then put down her teacup and lifted her index finger twice.

Then the four teacups on the tray flew out and were placed in front of the group. Four cups of coffee with a hint of hazy steam rising. Instead of being cold, it’s as warm as if it had just been burned.

“It would have been nice to have some scones or cookies to snack on, but they were all gone. “I’m sorry for not treating you well as a guest.”

“it’s okay. “I didn’t come here for tea time.”

Grania smiled at his blatant attitude of politely but quickly getting to the point.

The young man’s energetic appearance made the old man reminisce about the old days. He reminds me of himself in his prime, when he was full of ambition and seemed like he could do anything.

Grania nodded once and opened her mouth.

“I guess I guess what you’re going to say. “I guess they want to ask why I decided to retire and stay in this territory, and if it was by someone else’s will, who is behind it?”

“Yes, can you answer me?”

“It’s nothing difficult.”

Grania opened her mouth and confessed her situation, saying that she was not silenced in any way.

It wasn’t that long of a story.

As soon as his disciple ascended to the 7th rank, Grania, the previous magic tower lord, passed on the title of tower lord and went to a distant place. Not only was she tired of politics and power struggles that had nothing to do with magic, but she also felt an inexplicable sense of anxiety even before the usurpation of Emperor Guang.

Even after Emperor Guang ascended the throne, he lived peacefully.

On the contrary, as the spirit of the nobles was greatly weakened by the great purge, the number of people who bothered Grania decreased.

however.

“… “The evil cult played a trick on my disciple.”

“If it’s a masterpiece, how?”

“My student, Edgar, is a young man with great talent, but he is a bit weak-hearted. “I feel burdened by my position as the lord of the magic tower, and the responsibility of following in my footsteps hurts me.”

The evil cult dug into exactly that gap.

While Magic Tower lord Edgar was away, the evil church forged Grania’s handwriting and placed a book in the Magic Tower’s study. If you look at the beginning, it was a well-decorated book, as if it described the 〈Great Magic〉 of the 7th level or higher.

When Edgar, who lived under pressure every day, came across the book by chance, an incident occurred.

“What was described in the book was not magic, but foreign magic.”

Edgar, who thought it was a trace of his respected teacher, activated the external method and fell into a coma as he was contaminated by the power of the external dimension.

The evil church made an offer to Grania on the condition that he be recruited.

Take on the role of gatekeeper in this gateway city. When the period has elapsed, the disciple will be returned in full, something that I think I have heard many times somewhere.

“That sounds unbelievable.”

Grania declared.

“I made a pact, but the evil church may have a way to break the restraints, and if possible, I want to save my disciple before their goal is achieved… .”

This has probably been tried several times already.

Grania spoke in a voice filled with deep helplessness.

“Even with my magic, there was no way to lift the foreign spell that had captured that child. Since it is a method of capturing the target at the soul level, there is absolutely no way to do anything with the magic of the spatial world.”

“Isn’t it something that can be solved with sacred law?”

“It’s impossible.”

At Adela’s point, Grania immediately shook her head.

“According to my calculations, you need more than five cardinal sacred powers to unlock this secret spell. The Holy Church cannot move for Edgar, and even if they did, they would not be able to hide the movement. In the end, maintaining the status quo is the best.”

It was absurd.

Each cardinal is like a strategic weapon, and they are capable of turning the tide of the battlefield with just one holy method.

The same goes for Adela here. He was a superman who, if he pushed himself just a little, could break through a fortress like Alger Castle on his own.

But five cardinals are dispatched to treat one person, that is, the lord of the Imperial Magic Tower? It was an assumption that could never be established politically or strategically.

“… … uh?”

Adela, who was about to dismiss this as nonsense, suddenly stopped.

It wasn’t just her.

Leon and Karen.

The eyes of the three people naturally turned to one person.

Grania, who had expected their strong reaction, was also drawn in that direction as the three people all looked in the same direction.

Soon, four pairs of eyes looked at her.

“ah!”

As if she realized it only then, Ellahan opened her eyes wide and clasped her hands together.

The strongest saint of all time.

A being born with greater and pure divine power than the ten cardinals combined. If it were her, she could have appropriated the divine power of more than five cardinals, which Grania said.

[Disciple, am I there too?]

‘Oh, come to think of it.’

The sword of the goddess that nullifies low-level foreign magic and even reduces high-level foreign magic by just touching it.

The holy sword El Cid clucked from Leon’s waist.

So Leon spoke without hesitation.

“Grania.”

“hmm?”

The wizard, resigned to the wall of reality, looked back at him.

Resignation is familiar to the elderly.

So Grania did not expect that backstory.

“If you can meet those conditions, could you fully cooperate with us?”

The archmage’s eyes widened.