It was a really hellish week.
I couldn’t sleep well, and I was focused on my studies by skipping meals.
I don’t think I’ve ever studied like this before.
I did my best on Robert’s advice.
a week like that.
I succeeded in using space magic.
No, to be precise, space magic became available on the 6th day.
In the first week, I was able to use the technique I had described with Ian.
The technique Ian taught me is coordinate analysis.
It was a technique to find out where Perian went when he used space magic.
Spatial movement and coordinate analysis I struggled to vomit blood to use these two.
It was a week I never wanted to experience again.
However, the rewards for this came quickly.
The wizards who were tied down next to each other and the wizards who were kneeling and staring at me.
And magic research materials scattered around.
I asked as I read the messed up study material.
“So, what were you guys doing here?”
“Are you going to tell me that?”
taken from noblemtl.com
Most of the wizards were defeated in the first attack, but this wizard resisted until the end.
Of course, this wizard could easily be defeated.
I don’t know why, but I couldn’t even use magic properly and collapsed.
Obviously, the magic he used was quite high-ranking magic.
However, the application of mana was also messed up, and before he could use magic a few times, he collapsed on the grass.
It felt like I had lost all my energy before I even met him.
“Hmm… … .”
I read the papers that fell on the floor one by one.
Although I can’t draw magic circles, I have been with Luna for a long time, who has a knack for magic circles.
In three years of Seodang dog, it is said to be a bountiful month.
Although I’ve only been with Luna for two years, I’m better than a dog, so two years was enough.
I read the paperwork to some extent and looked at the wizard in front of me.
“You don’t know anything?”
“What?”
I smiled softly.
“I was just doing what I was told. I don’t know what will happen to this magic tool.”
It was the conclusion I reached after reading the documents.
“Do you know where that magic tool is used?”
I pointed to the magic tool in front of me.
A magical tool the size of a human.
However, that magic tool was really useless.
Not a metaphor, really, that tool really didn’t really matter.
The wizard didn’t answer, so I spoke instead.
“That’s an amplifier.”
taken from noblemtl.com
Magical Amplifier.
The main magic circle hasn’t entered it yet.
It’s just that the tool needs a certain central magic circle to be activated.
Until then, it was just a large piece of scrap metal.
“So, you probably didn’t connect the middle circuit properly.”
I showed the wizard the papers in hand.
The document was part of the blueprint for the central part.
Except for the central part, the circuits in the side parts were absolutely perfect.
The efficiency part of the mana stone was well composed, and the circuit of the part that amplified it was perfect.
However, there was no circuit toward the center.
There must be a main magic circle in the middle, but even the circuit connecting that part was empty. That means you don’t know what’s going to fit in the middle.
Of course, I may have misunderstood just looking at this document.
Still, the reason I asked this was to make him float.
“Ugh… … .”
The wizard in front frowned.
Like a research wizard, he looked like he couldn’t lie.
“Looks right.”
I grabbed some materials and got up.
They don’t know what Perian is trying to do.
Then there was nothing more to see.
“Well then, shall we all go together?”
“… … What?”
“Go to jail.”
I smiled softly.
***
“… … How did this happen?”
Perian arrived at the Astrian estate and had a bewildered expression on his face.
The whole place where the spirit wizards had gathered was a mess.
The number of wizards had decreased considerably, and all data about him disappeared.
There were necromancers left there, but these were not guys who sat in the middle ranks.
There were only the little ones left.
“sorry… … .”
“I asked what happened.”
“… … Professor Robert was here.”
“Robert? Is he suddenly?”
Of course, Perian thought they were imperial sects or rebels.
It was only natural that the emperor had to interfere with what he was doing, and the rebels would have a huge advantage if they stole the necromancer.
However, I was puzzled by the sudden appearance of Robert’s name.
“I thought I had investigated the necromancers before.”
“Why is he?”
“Isn’t there an incident that happened before with spirit magic? Epomos collapsed… … .”
“Oh, is that the case?”
An incident in which Robert’s son was killed by a necromancer.
From Perian’s point of view, it wasn’t a big event, so he was erasing it from his mind.
“Did you come here to get revenge?”
“It seems so.”
“Did you lose to a guy like that?”
“… … .”
“It’s pathetic.”
Perian clicked his tongue and patted his chin.
If it was the Academy guys, they were close to the imperial faction now.
In the case of McDowell and Cromwell, they were friendly with Prime Minister Ophilus, and the Academy was a group that followed the emperor’s will no matter how neutral it was.
“I didn’t come here just for revenge.”
Perian looked around.
If you really came only for revenge, there was no reason to leave here.
To say that he left even a little bit was to deceive himself.
“Then it must be you who sent the letter.”
“Yes… … . Otherwise I’ll kill you… … .”
Perian stared at the wizard in front of him and stretched out his hand.
“Cutting space.”
“… … ah?”
A gap in space appears on the wizard’s neck.
The necromancer, who was reporting to Perian, had its neck and body separated as it was.
“Huh… … .”
“her… … .”
Blood pours from his throat like a fountain.
The spirit wizards around them opened their eyes wide and looked at it.
“Make mana stones again.”
When Perian said so, the wizards were muttering at each other.
Then he quietly opened his mouth.
“Now there is no one to catch people… … All data is gone… … .”
“Do you want to die too?”
“… … inhale.”
“Ts. Pathetic things.”
Ferian said so and turned his head.
It was the side with the safe.
Originally a place where mana stones containing large amounts of mana were stored.
The safe had already been robbed.
‘It must have been a big deal.’
However, there were no important items in it.
Ferian did not believe in necromancers from the beginning.
The mana stones with the most mana were taken with him when he went to the capital.
‘There is not much left until it is completed.’
It wasn’t a big problem for the necromancers to die, but the biggest problem was the discovery of this place itself.
There has been no reaction from the people around, but it will probably happen soon.
‘It was said that Robert came here about two weeks ago.’
Then there was still time.
Perian was not caught at the scene.
The only evidence was that there were necromancers in the Astria estate and the testimonies of necromancers.
Then you have to go through a long process.
It was not so easy to catch the duke of a country.
‘Ian is also in politics, so the time will be good.’
Ian already knows about this.
So, I thought I would handle it well without panicking.
If the necromancers move there again, people’s eyes will be on the necromancers.
It will take some time to stop them.
Anyway, in a situation where the capable spirit wizards died, there was no use value for them.
So, I was thinking of using them as bait and throwing them away.
‘For now, there is no time to be like this.’
It would take a week to perfectly complete the magic tool, but I was planning to finish it in four days.
Even if time was dragged by various things, the fact that it was tight did not change.
“Then I will go back.”
Having said that, Perian returned to the capital.
The necromancers looked at each other looking at the place where Perian had disappeared.
“What would you do?”
“… … There is no longer any way for us to live.”
You cannot survive by following Perian’s will.
It was obvious that Robert would kill them all anyway.
But if you don’t do anything, Perian won’t sit still.
“Now it is our turn to be paid for what we have done.”
They nodded with the same thought.
***
Ian stood still, waiting for someone, and frowned when he saw a woman approaching him.
“… … Why are you here?”
“Are you dissatisfied?”
Rie smiled softly as she brushed her golden wavy hair.
“Wasn’t there anyone else?”
“There are people left, but no one to trust. At least one out of two must be trusted, right?”
“It’s ridiculous.”
Ian turned his head away from Lee and walked forward.
Lee followed such an idea.
The same armband was worn on the arms of the two as they were walking.
The armband was engraved with a golden dragon, a symbol of the imperial family, and a sword with a splendid pattern.
That meant he was a special investigator appointed by the imperial family.
“I was hoping for someone to do the right thing.”
“I’ll take care of myself, so do it right.”
The two stopped walking, annoyed with each other.
In front of it was the mansion of the Astrian family.