Gilbert was a 6th-class black mage and the tower master of the Grenok School.
Rank 6 is the top rank among the tower owners of the Black Tower.
That’s why he usually likes to talk loudly and is authoritative, so he’s been arguing a lot with other black towers around him.
But that was the story of a year ago.
Roughly a year ago, he was seriously injured while walking into a fairy forest he had accidentally discovered.
In addition, leaving the land of demons open in the forest, I spent too much effort.
From then on, I went into confinement and recovered my body, but it was not easy.
Although he was able to recover from his injuries, it was because his level of magic had declined at the cost of opening the land of demons.
Space-manipulating magic is too much for humans to use, so they make a contract with the devil.
The price of opening the demonic land is the degeneration of the 1st class.
It was a ridiculous deal, but there was no other way to escape alive.
After that, Gilbert returned to the tower and created a strong barrier in his room on the 10th floor.
If he knew he was weak, many of his subordinates and the black magicians of the nearby Black Tower would come to him holding grudges.
So, I was confined to my room and only practiced… .
Because of the intruders who suddenly broke into the tower, his subordinates were annihilated.
* * *
“Damn it… .”
Gilbert frowned as he looked at the spear of ice that pierced him.
“… Aren’t you dying?”
Leo put on a puzzled expression.
hit the heart area.
Even though blood was pouring out of his mouth, Gilbert looked pretty well.
At that moment, a large monster’s hand protruded from Gilbert’s shoulder and pulled out the spear stuck in his body.
After that, he stepped back.
“Hey… mandible… .”
Gilbert gasping for breath in pain.
He then looked at the intruders.
One young male mage and one knight. And… .
‘Yo, Fairy Queen? How are you here??’
Gilbert was so startled that his eyeballs popped out.
Wasn’t the reason he became like this because of that fairy queen!
After going into the forest to kidnap a few fairies, he sacrificed a lot to survive at the hands of her terrifyingly strong woman.
At that time, Leo spoke.
“I know roughly. Are you the type to use magic by making a contract with a devil in the underworld?”
“… … !”
Hearing Leo’s words, Gilbert was taken aback.
“… Do you know the devil contract magic? Almost no one in the world knows this anymore… .”
“That’s the big secret.”
Leo shrugged.
Of course, this is a big secret.
It is a magic that borrows power by making a contract with demons of the underworld. It was also a magic that only a very small part of the black magicians learned.
Rather, it was more minor magic than blood magic, and few people learned it and it was unknown.
‘I saw it a few times while playing the game.’
But Leo only knew because he had experience playing other characters.
“The fact that you survived my attack a little while ago seems to have transformed the inside of your body into a contract with the devil. Do you think you have a heart or two?”
“… … .”
Gilbert was taken aback.
it fits exactly
he gulped.
We stood for a while and tried to figure out the situation.
‘It’s a big deal. It’s too disadvantageous.’
Aside from the fairy queen, it was not easy to deal with the young mage in front of her right now.
If I was myself a year ago, I could have won enough, but now it’s impossible.
In the end, there was only one choice left.
“Whoa. yes. I knew that a day like this would come someday. Actually, I thought they were going to stage a coup under me… .”
“?”
Gilbert let out a big sigh, then smiled slightly.
“Today I have no choice but to run away, but next time I see it, I will regret it.”
Right after he said that, a fish-like creature from earlier appeared from under him and swallowed it in one gulp.
And then the fish just disappeared.
* * *
Gilbert ran away.
Leo muttered.
“To abandon his tower and run away. I don’t know if your eyes are cold looking at reality or if you are cowardly.”
At first, he thought he was attacking himself with the monster he summoned.
But when I thought about it, it wasn’t.
The fish-shaped demon took Gilbert and moved to another place.
“What do you think of what he said to see and do?”
“Um… . I do not know. I think he just got scared and ran away? Even when they came to our forest, they ran away without regret because they were at a disadvantage.”
Vivian shrugged at Leo’s question.
“And that guy. I only had a chance to stick with him, but he was weaker than I thought. I thought he was a 6th class.”
“I definitely did when I fought before. by the way… , I also agree with you, Leo.”
Vivian nodded.
The opponent was obviously a 6th-class warlock, but it was strangely weak.
Even though they didn’t even exchange hands a few times, Leo figured out his opponent in that short amount of time.
“It wasn’t because it was 6th class, it was at the level of 5th class.”
Even if he didn’t bring Vivian to that level, he thought that Leo alone would be able to win in a one-on-one match.
“But he ran away, what are you going to do now?”
“I have to go after him.”
It was embarrassing to leave such a black magician alone, so I had to deal with it when the opportunity arose.
Not only that, but you will have to catch him to hear the location where the legacy of King Karst is located.
[Frost Tracing]
– Damn it
A huge tree made of ice grew on the 10th floor of the Black Tower.
Unlike the fairy forest, Gilbert’s traces were very vivid here.
A much more detailed location of the creature was displayed on the tree of ice.
Even the coordinates were changed to see if they were moving in real time.
“Vivian. Can you move through space now?”
“no. It’s too much right now We’ve traveled so far when we get here, so we’ll have to wait a few hours. Recovery would have been much quicker if it had been in the fairy forest.”
“Then take a break. In the meantime, I’ll have to see if there’s anything good in the Black Tower.”
Even if he escaped, it would be within the Buddha’s palm.
Leo leisurely started looking at the Black Tower.
* * *
“Huh… Heo-eok… .”
Gilbert ran hard through the deserted lands of the West.
I managed to get out of there, but unfortunately I didn’t get very far.
The previous magic was an emergency escape magic, so from now on, I had to run myself.
“Let’s see… . These children… .”
Of course, Gilbert had no intention of just running away.
How could he leave behind the rogues who dared to attack his territory?
It’s a problem with the pride of a 6th-class black mage (now a 5th-class due to a decline in status).
“I don’t really like them, but… , I have no choice but to ask them.”
Gilbert tutted and clicked his tongue.
Not too far from here, there is a black tower that is so powerful that it is almost indistinguishable from them.
The tower was also a 6th rank black mage.
However, they had the exact opposite inclinations to Gilbert, so they did not exert influence on those around them, and they pretended to be clean for a black magician.
I didn’t like it that much because I thought it was hypocritical.
But now I couldn’t.
I had to get help from the top lord there.
‘If the tower lord and the black tower help me, I’ll be able to deal with about 3 people.’
The silver-haired young wizard is in charge, and the other Black Tower owners and the entire Black Tower have to deal with the Fairy Queen.
No matter how powerful the Fairy Queen is, this is their land.
It was worth trying.
Suddenly, an idea popped into Gilbert’s head.
‘But wait a minute. That silver-haired kid… . Aren’t their eyes silver?’
These are the representative people who come to mind when it comes to silver hair and silver eyes.
Isn’t that the king of rom?
I wondered if he was royalty, but… .
‘It can’t be.’
Why would the royal family suddenly attack the Black Tower?
Even with the Fairy Queen.
Gilbert thought he was mistaken because of the urgency of the battle.
He ran for a long time, burning with vengeance, and arrived at the place he wanted.
A black tower towering over the desolate land.
Gilbert banged on the entrance.
“Open the door! Gilbert Tower Master of the Grenoch School. I have a request for you!”
– Bang bang!
After knocking on the door for a while, the door opened and a young warlock peeked out.
“… Are you the Lord of the Gilbert Tower of the Grenoch School?”
“yes. Who are you?”
“I am a warlock who trains here… .”
“Ah, it’s a common name. I came to see your tower lord. Guide me right now.”
The warlock flinched at Gilbert’s overbearing voice.
Since it was usually the youngest to take on such a guide, it was only a first-class level.
In such a situation, it was difficult to hold on to Gilbert’s intimidation.
“That… , Our tower lord is not here right now.”
“what? No Top Owners? Where did you go?”
“He is in the capital of the Kingdom of Rome.”
Gilbert made an impression.
“You’ve gone too far. Why did you go there? Are you trying to do something behind the scenes in the kingdom?”
“… I’m not sure about that.”
“Tsk. That doesn’t help anyway.”
Gilbert was troubled.
I couldn’t give up like this.
“you.”
“Yes?”
“Is there a crystal ball that connects to your pagoda?”
“uh… .”
“Don’t pretend it doesn’t exist. There’s no way the top owner would leave without leaving something like that.”
“I have it, but I can’t use it my way.”
“Then go in and call the manager. I’m going to use that crystal ball and have a conversation with the owner of the tower.”
* * *
Gilbert argued for a while.
I was annoyed at the urgent situation, but I couldn’t be rude to the Black Tower, who could soon become an ally.
Because the Black Tower also respected Gilbert, the owner of the other tower, he was able to receive the crystal ball soon.
After a while.
– An emergency call is coming. What’s going on.
“Long time no see. I am Gilbert Top of the Grenoch School.”
-… What were you looking for me for?
Gilbert was able to successfully contact the tower owner.
“I don’t have much time, so I’ll be brief. i need help My black tower was attacked by unknown mages, and all but me were annihilated. As a fellow warlock, please help me.”
– Huh… , annihilation. Did an army come in?
“That’s not the case, a few powerful wizards ambush you. But if you and I join forces, we can fight.”
-But I’m in the Kingdom of Rome right now. It will take at least a few weeks to get there.
“Among the demonic magics I have learned, there is also summoning magic. I will call you that, so come.”
– You called me by summoning? What nonsense is that… . Ah, you are mastering the magic of demon contracts. what… , I see. It’s a request for help from the same black magician, so I’m going to try it once.
The opposing top lord accepted it quite coolly.
Gilbert seemed to be cheering.
“Then prepare immediately.”
After ending the communication with those words, Gilbert took a deep breath.
The demonic contract magic he learned could produce much more powerful and diverse powers than ordinary magic, but the penalty was just as great.
Summons a person from a distance.
To do this, one had to sacrifice an arm to the demon.
‘But now there is no other way than this.’
Gilbert clenched his teeth and performed the spell.
At the same time, his left arm puck! and burst out
It was eaten by the contracted devil.
After waiting for a while, a wizard appeared with dark energy from the ground.
“It’s been a while, Gilbert Top Lord.”
Gilbert nodded with a tired look on his face.
“Cool. Cool. Long time no see me too Thank you for responding to my request for help, Chief Logan.”
“I haven’t said anything about helping yet. I meant to see you.”
“That is it. They’re the kind of people who attack warlocks whenever they see them, so you’ll have no choice but to help.”
Gilbert grinned.
Logan, the owner of the 6th rank tower like himself.
And with the help of his school of Medith, he will be able to take revenge on those who made him escape.
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Gilbert is such a swell guy! Called reinforcements for Leo.