YM778.TV Chapter 164: Call the Magic Tower Head (2)
Chapter 164: Call the Magic Tower Head (2)
The captain of the guards, who had been looking back and forth between McClaine and Vaph, frowned and approached me.
"Surrender peacefully and be interrogated at the Alliance."
"That conversation is over."
"It would be better for you."
"It\'s fine."
"You\'re not understanding."
McClaine said in a firm tone,
"Captain Powell, please do not interfere any further. This is a Blue Magic Tower matter."
Vaph, touching his healing waist wound, supported McClaine.
"As you\'ve heard, the Inspectorate has already concluded this matter. We will resolve this amongst ourselves. We apologize for causing unnecessary disruption to the Alliance."
"Hmm."
Powell let out a low sigh and shook his head at me. He couldn\'t understand my actions.
However, there was no longer any justification for him to intervene.
"I\'ll go prepare for our departure, so wait here. Keep a close eye on him and make sure he doesn\'t escape. How dare he..."
McClaine, spitting out her words as if chewing me up, disappeared upstairs, and the Blue Magic Tower\'s dispatched mages surrounded me.
Vaph whispered to me in a low voice,
"...You crazy bastard. I admire your courage. Let\'s go and settle this."
"Alright. Is your neck okay? You were screaming pretty loudly."
"...Insolent."
Meanwhile, the crowd\'s interest quickly waned. They all disappeared to attend to their duties, and the guards reluctantly began to return to their posts.
A short while later, McClaine, now changed into luxurious clothes with a blue hue, came down from the upper floor with an adjutant.
"Let\'s go to the main tower."
Swoosh—
The Alliance\'s main gate opened wide.
At the adjutant\'s command, some of the Blue Magic Tower\'s dispatched mages returned to their duties, while others lined up in front of the main gate.
McClaine brushed past me, emanating an icy aura.
"Follow me."
At that moment, Haengsu hurriedly grabbed me and said,
"You\'ll die if you follow them."
"You go back to the hideout and wait. I\'ll see you when I get back."
"Until the end..."
McClaine looked back at me from the front of the gate.
"What are you dawdling for? Bring him along."
"Don\'t worry, I\'ll go on my own two feet. Here I come."
I purposely hopped towards McClaine like a rabbit.
As soon as we stepped out of the main gate, three magic carriages enveloped in blue light were lined up in the air.
McClaine, Vaph, the adjutant, and I boarded the most luxuriously decorated magic carriage.
McClaine and Vaph sat side by side, and the adjutant and I sat together.
The carriage took off, soaring through the air.
"...How dare you."
McClaine continued to glare at me in the carriage.
She kept clenching and unclenching her hands as if about to strike me.
"Why? Are you going to hit me?"
"Do you know whose body you dared to touch?"
"I touched the body of a good-for-nothing bastard. Did you hear the whole story?"
"You bastard!"
As McClaine\'s eyes widened in fury, the adjutant next to her immediately looked out the window and said,
"Madam McClaine, let\'s go to the main tower and decide what to do there. There might be eyes watching, just in case."
Vaph looked at me.
"That\'s right. Just leave him alone. It\'ll all be over once we get him there anyway."
Vaph\'s eyes were filled with murderous intent.
A cruel smile lingered on his lips, hinting at his thoughts.
McClaine looked at the adjutant.
"As soon as we arrive, summon the Blue Magic Squad Commander immediately."
I also looked at the three of them in turn.
At first glance, the adjutant\'s skills seemed decent.
The strange one was McClaine.
No matter how I looked at her, this woman wasn\'t a mage. Nor did she seem like a scholar. It felt like she was a typical woman with nothing but shit in her head.
However, judging from the way those around her treated her, she seemed to hold a considerable position in the Magic Tower.
I could roughly guess what kind of person she was.
Whoosh—
At some point, a chill swept in through the carriage window.
"We have arrived."
The carriage immediately landed on the ground.
The Blue Magic Tower, located at the southern end of Keplan, was quite far from the city, but the travel time was very short, thanks to the excellent performance of the magic carriage.
As soon as I stepped out of the carriage, I was greeted by a vast empty lot, completely different from the scenery of Keplan I had seen before.
Whoosh—
It even felt desolate.
Only an incredibly tall blue Magic Tower stood majestically in place.
McClaine walked ahead, and the adjutant and Vaph kept pace with me, keeping watch.
Fifteen Blue Magic Tower mages who had gotten off the other carriages surrounded us and walked alongside.
Although the weather was still warm, a sharp chill gradually intensified as we approached the Magic Tower.
Whiiiiing—
As we got closer, I could see the pure white ice fragments swirling around the exterior of the Magic Tower.
The Ice Magic Tower, the Blue Magic Tower.
\'So this is what it looks like.\'
I had originally planned to visit the Blue Magic Tower earlier, but I didn\'t expect to come here like this.
Anyway, it was a success since I arrived earlier than planned.
As we entered the Magic Tower, I asked, trying to lighten the tense atmosphere,
"Are you really Vaph\'s mother?"
McClaine stopped in her tracks, her shoulders trembling.
"Come on. Answer me. Who am I talking to?"
Vaph said with a smile,
"Mother, please bear with it. I\'ll take care of him inside."
Why did these guys keep telling each other to bear with it?
What difference did it make whether they took action now or inside?
Creak—
When we reached the entrance, the Blue Magic Tower mages, who had been notified in advance, opened the main gate wide.
***
The first thing I felt upon entering the Blue Magic Tower was, surprisingly, tranquility.
Mages were moving freely about, but there was an air of orderliness to the place.
After seeing Parin and Vaph, I had thought that the Blue Magic Tower was full of incompetent fools, but it seemed that the proportion of normal mages was much higher.
However, most of the mages who spotted McClaine and Vaph seemed uncomfortable and often slipped out of sight.
"Open the 3rd Magic Ward. And tell the Blue Magic Squad Commander to come there."
At McClaine\'s command, the adjutant replied,
"Understood."
"Inform him quickly."
As the adjutant disappeared, Vaph pointed at me.
"Follow me. You and I will go in together."
I shook my head.
"Go where?"
"To settle this."
I looked at Vaph with a dumbfounded expression.
"Settle this with who?"
Vaph smirked.
"You crazy bastard. You were acting all high and mighty at the Alliance. Are you scared now?"
I looked at McClaine.
"Answer me. Who\'s going to settle this?"
McClaine replied,
"We will clearly determine your wrongdoing here in the main tower."
"This is ridiculous. Hey, Vaph\'s mother. Are you an idiot? Your son tried to kill me, so why are you the ones determining wrongdoing? I won\'t move an inch from here."
McClaine\'s eyes suddenly changed completely, and she raised her hand. At the same time, the Blue Magic Tower mages following her surrounded me.
Vaph smirked again and approached me.
"It\'s too late now."
I looked at Vaph as he came closer and said,
"Why are you coming so close?"
"You\'d better not think about running away. You should have done that earlier... Keuk!"
As expected, this guy was third-rate.
The moment Vaph finished his grandstanding...
...I noticed he had let his guard down, and I immediately took out the Red Dagger and stabbed his waist.
With a fwooosh—, Vaph, caught off guard, screamed and collapsed to the floor.
"Aaaargh!"
It happened so suddenly.
No one watching could react in time. They hadn\'t expected me to do something so crazy even within the Blue Magic Tower.
Tsk.
This was why these guys couldn\'t break free from being third-rate.
First-rate people prepare for the worst even in advantageous situations, while third-rate people let their guard down in advantageous situations.
"Youuuuu bastard!"
As soon as McClaine shrieked, I thrust the Red Dagger deeper into Vaph\'s writhing waist.
"Aaaargh!"
I turned my head and looked at McClaine.
"If you shriek one more time, I\'ll pierce right through his waist. If his organs are damaged, he won\'t be able to be healed."
As murmurs rippled through the surroundings, mages on the first floor, drawn by Vaph\'s screams, began to gather.
I spoke to McClaine, whose eyes were bulging and her body trembling,
"Who\'s this guy\'s father?"
"..."
Thud—
"Aaaargh!"
McClaine hurriedly replied,
"The Blue Magic Tower Head. Take your hands off Vaph this instant. Did you really think you could get away with this?"
I didn\'t miss the flicker of unease that crossed McClaine\'s eyes.
"Don\'t tell me you\'re his concubine? That\'s strange. It wasn\'t like this in my time. Is it common these days for Magic Tower Heads to keep concubines?"
"You bastard!"
"Go get your husband."
"What?"
"Call the Magic Tower Head. I want to see his face."
I started dragging Vaph towards the center of the first floor. More and more mages gathered. That\'s when a strong energy flowed from the left, catching my attention.
McClaine shouted towards the left,
"Blue Magic Tower Head!"
"Madam McClaine."
The man at the head of the group, all wearing matching uniforms, stopped abruptly and assessed the situation. He looked directly at me and asked,
"Who are you?"
"Wow, finally someone asks. I\'m the Crazy Mage Commander of Samael."
"Sama... what?"
"What, you punk."
McClaine shouted at the Blue Magic Squad Commander,
"Help me, Blue Magic Squad Commander! This guy dared to..."
Huh?
I just witnessed a bizarre situation.
McClaine\'s eyes as she looked at the Blue Magic Squad Commander were strange.
As I looked back and forth between the two, I suddenly felt an ominous feeling.
Don\'t tell me it wasn\'t the Magic Tower Head who kept a concubine...
"Whoa, this is crazy. Don\'t tell me it\'s an affair? Who\'s Vaph\'s real father?"
At that moment, the Blue Magic Squad Commander hurriedly raised his hand and pointed at Vaph.
"Take your hands off Senior Vaph this instant!"
"Just go get the Tower Head. I want to see his face."
"This is your last chance."
Suddenly enraged, I stabbed Vaph deeply in the waist.
At the same time, I placed my hand on his lower abdomen and unleashed a shockwave.
Fwhoosh—
Vaph\'s insides were shaken, and his mana core took a hit. He let out a deflated sound and started coughing violently.
Simultaneously, McClaine\'s ear-splitting scream echoed through the hall.
"Noooooooo!"
For a moment, I looked at McClaine...
...and as if waiting for that exact moment, the Blue Magic Squad Commander leaped towards me.
A 5-star wave of energy erupted, and a blue chill enveloped the Blue Magic Squad Commander\'s left hand.
I immediately chanted a short incantation.
\'Pure White, Chilling Hand.\'
A pure white chill enveloped my right hand.
I thrust my fist forward, clashing with the Blue Magic Squad Commander\'s right hand.
Fwhoooosh—!
The chill in the Blue Magic Squad Commander\'s hand shattered, and he was flung backward.
Some of the mages watching shouted in unison,
"White chill? Specialized magic!"
The Blue Magic Squad Commander, getting up and dusting himself off, looked at me in disbelief.
"You... Who are you? How can you use specialized magic?"
Instead of answering, I tightened my grip on Vaph\'s neck again, and the Blue Magic Squad Commander\'s eyes changed.
"All Blue Magic Squad members, prepare yourselves."
I suddenly turned my head and looked straight ahead.
An energy signature was approaching from afar.
Someone was rapidly approaching from the upper floors.
"What\'s all this commotion?!"
A familiar, sturdy, middle-aged man.
The 2nd Elder of the Blue Magic Tower, whom I had met at the Alliance headquarters before.
The stern man who had severely reprimanded Vaph.
The 2nd Elder approached with an indifferent gait, his eyes widening as he looked back and forth between Vaph and me.
"What is the meaning of this?!"
It was clear that the 2nd Elder and McClaine weren\'t on good terms. McClaine bit her lip and shouted at the 2nd Elder,
"Help me, 2nd Elder! Can\'t you see what\'s happening?"
The 2nd Elder finally looked at me directly.
"That guy from back then... Tsk."
At the same time, an intense energy emanated from the 2nd Elder.
"I don\'t know the circumstances, but you\'ve underestimated the Blue Magic Tower. If you\'re thinking of taking him hostage, give it up."
"Alright."
At that moment, I stabbed Vaph directly in the lower abdomen with the Red Dagger.
"Aaaargh!"
Vaph screamed as he felt the agonizing pain of his mana core being completely destroyed. At the same time, McClaine, her eyes rolling back, pointed at me.
"Kill him now! Vaaaaaaaaaph!"
Led by the Blue Magic Squad Commander, the Blue Magic Squad members charged towards me simultaneously.
Wiiiiing—
I immediately opened all the circles of my heart.
For the first time, the 2nd Elder\'s eyes twitched.
Just before I could chant a spell towards the Blue Magic Squad members...
...the 2nd Elder\'s hand sign magic struck between them and me.
"Stop!"
A look of bewilderment crossed his stern face.
"Where are you from?"
The Blue Magic Squad Commander, lined up behind him, answered on my behalf,
"He\'s the Crazy Mage Commander of Samael, but he can also use specialized magic. We need to confine him to the 3rd Magic Ward and investigate, Elder. 5-star, highest-grade specialized magic..."
"Enough."
"Pardon?"
At a moment no one expected, the 2nd Elder approached me.
"...Crazy Mage Commander of the Samael family. I see."
The 2nd Elder bowed his head.
"Please forgive the Blue Magic Tower\'s discourtesy."