Chapter 300 – Victory Scar (4)
Grimoires—they appeared in the forms of books, with a call to power and disaster that mocked a mortal’s common sense.
None of the existing magicians could interpret them, and all remaining records in the world only explained the scars left behind by grimoires.
It meant that the owners of grimoires were the cause of worldwide massacres.
Just look at Giovanni to be convinced.
The magician, Giovanni, had been investigating the ruins discovered in the Miller Barony. Then he discovered the grimoire, Death’s Worship, and was turned into a warlock who commanded thousands of undead. If Theodore hadn’t contained the situation so quickly, a catastrophe would have occurred in Meltor a month later.
Theodore knew the risk of revealing this truth about himself better than anyone else, but he told Kurt the whole story anyway.
“…The owner of a grimoire.” Kurt touched his chin and nodded. “It is funny to say it now, but that was one of the possibilities we came up with.”
“What does that…”
“A person stuck at the 2nd circle for nearly 5 years suddenly jumped beyond the best genius in the kingdom in just a few months. It is natural to question that growth.”
It was as the king said.
After all, who could have imagined that Theodore Miller, the dunce of Bergen Academy, would manage to win against Blue Tower Master Blundell’s granddaughter?
His master, Vince, was quite talented, but he couldn’t compare to a great magician of the kingdom. A hidden talent might’ve woken up after years of insecurity, but that wasn’t enough for Theodore to have jumped over so many walls in a short period of time.
This hadn’t been the 3rd and 4th circles, but the 5th circle.
This was a ‘wall’ that magicians often called the gateway to senior magicians. It didn’t make sense for Theodore to have overcome that wall so quickly unless a shortcut to accelerate growth had been used.
Yes, it must be a grimoire or a national treasure.
“This fact isn’t well known, but it isn’t unprecedented. 200 years ago, the 7th Red Tower Master was the owner of a grimoire called ‘Evil Lamp.’ According to records, the grimoire looked like a giant flame and supplied the magic power to use 8th circle fire magic many times.”
“…I see.”
If there had already been a precedent, then Kurt’s reaction wasn’t strange. After all, if he knew that a grimoire didn’t only cause disasters, then it was the role of a ruler to find ways to take advantage of it.