Chapter 126
44 The Return of a 8thClass Mage (1)
Princess Hiley had received orders from the emperor to protect Ian’s family, and that’s exactly what she was doing . Even the vice-captain Paul was accompanying them, leading the people . Their destination was the shelter not far from the palace that was only meant for the use of the royal family and the high officials .
“Ice wall!” Princess Hiley chanted and at her order, an ice wall shot up from the ground all around them . Princess Hiley didn’t hesitate to demonstrate her abilities as a 4 Class Mage and pushed back the progressing dragon soldiers . Thanks to her, it became easier leading the people .
“This way! We’re almost there!”
Paul, the Vice-Captain of the 2nd unit of the palace guards, his men and even the people couldn’t help being surprised .
Who could blame them? No one had expected Princess Hiley to turn out to be a mage . Who would have guessed? Also, judging from her powers, she seemed to be quite accomplished .
“Her… Her majesty was a mage?”
“I had no idea…”
“Then why would she… someone like us…”
The people continued to whisper among themselves .
This was new to them .
The skeleton monster’s attack .
The fact that the princess was a mage .
Even the way the emperor was putting his life on the line by intervening in the fight .
Could this be what is called a noble sacrifice of the noble class? Such noble deeds were only sung of by troubadours at a stand-up bar, or only appeared as stories in books
‘Amazing,’ Vice-captain Paul thought . Paul, the knights and the soldiers thought this whole situation was bizarre in many ways . His men were thinking the same thing as the people .
Vice-Captain Paul, however, was seeing the whole situation and thought of it differently .
‘It seems like something happened to her and Sir Ian . ’ .
There had been a rumor in the palace recently that Ian Paige, the master of the Ivory Tower and Princess Hiley Greenriver were in a romantic relationship .
That was because Ian had been entering palace more often, and most of his visits were for the princess only . Paul thought the wrong information was being spread, though .
‘Could it be because of magic?’
The meeting of the two people . Once he thought of the word ‘magic’, it all became clear to him . Their meetings would have been nothing more than private lessons . The truth of the rumor now became clear to him .
‘I’m sure he’s at least over a 3 Class . ’
Vice – Captain Paul was a bright scholar that had studied the ‘Great Battle of the Mages’ with his direct supervisor Oliver . He had special knowledge of mages and could somewhat identify the level of the princess’s class .
‘Had she been hiding this . ’ Vice-captain Paul was deep in thought, then shook his head .
This was not the time to let his mind wander .
‘Now’s not the time . Let’s focus . ’
There was one job for him to do, and that was to escort the people to safety .
He looked at the sword strapped to his waist .
The weight of his sword felt different .
“Stop!”
Princess Hiley led everyone to a stop . All this time, she had been using the Detection Spell to make note of any monsters that might be approaching, but there seemed to be a problem .
“What’s wrong?”
“Over there . There’s one coming . ”
The princess pointed to an empty neighborhood alley .
At that moment, a skeleton monster appeared into sight with the sound of thudded footsteps .
Its golden eyes and terrible-looking spearhead shone brightly . The monster looked bigger than others . There was only one though, so it wasn’t a problem .
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“Is it just one?”
“With my magic, it looks like it . ”
“IF that’s the case…”
Paul took out his blade . After all, wasn’t he the vice-captain of Unit 2 of the royal knights? He had enough skill and he could even use the Mana Blade of Blood he had inherited from Oliver . One monster wasn’t a problem .
‘I’ll take care of it . ” Paul said as he approached the monster .
As he got closer, he could see its size more clearly .
It was clearly bigger than the others .
Paul called a “leader of action” for a reason
“Hyaa!”
Red blood dropped on Paul’s blade – the blade he had been inherited from Oliver .
He then started to display his excellent skills as a knight .
CLANG –!
This was strange . Although it was weaker than Oliver’s blade, Paul blade also vibrated with a blue light . It was enough to break the skeleton monster’s bones, but he couldn’t . This monster’s bones were different
Not even a crack was left, let alone a cut .
“Wha . . what the . . ”
Paul was in shock . He quickly changed his posture to get ready to defend himself from the next attack .
“Huh…?”
The Skeleton monster didn’t attack him though . Instead, it simply flailed one of its arms around . Paul could tell the monster simply thought of him as an annoying fly .
“Ugh!” Vice-Captain Paul struggled to regain his balance .
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This monster was different from the ones he had fought so far – the size, strength, and sturdiness of its bones .
It surpassed all other monsters in every way .
(My goal… my duty…) The Skeleton monster murmured slowly in a small voice .
Paul and Hiley were up close, trying to deal with the monster .
The voice was only loud enough for them to hear .
(About… Page . . )
Page?
Why was ‘Page’ being mentioned out of nowhere?
Could it refer to the surname of Ian Page?
(The end . . of everything…)The monster continued .
Page had something to do with the end of all living beings .
The monster said that was their goal .
Then…
(The goal… )
The monster pointed the huge spearhead in front of them and pointed to a woman .
It was Vanessa Page, the mother of Ian Page .
(Get rid . . of her . . ) The monster muttered as if it were an order .
Translations by AsianHobbyist Website .
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The princess quickly set up a Detection Spell to check whether the monsters were approaching .
“Oh…?” Her face fell .
She hadn’t been able to detect the monsters a few moments ago, and now the monsters were surrounding them from all directions .
“Sir Paul! They’re coming!”
“Huh? Where are they coming from?”
“We’ll be surrounded soon! We have to escape . . !”
However, the princess was wrong .
They weren’t getting surrounded ‘soon’
They were ‘already’ surrounded
(Our goal…)
(Get rid of them…)
(Our… duty…)
(About… Page . . )
(Destroy…)
(Everything…)
The voices were coming from all directions .
The monsters were in hiding .
They had hidden their presence and their mana .