Abe the Wizard

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Wizard Davy was back in the team, “Hal! Your mission is to stay with Master Bennett! You must ensure his safety at all times!”

A wizard named Noah called out, “So what is our objective then, Wizard Davy?”

Wizard Davy replied, “We have a very troublesome task we have on our hands. Our target is area 3!”

Wizard Harr couldn’t help but speak up, “What? So the point is to have us stall the enemies there, so the others get our rewards?”

Wizard Davy gave him a cold stare, “Shut your mouth, Hal! We follow the orders that come from the Wizard Union. Not question them.”

Despite saying that, Abel could still see the dismay on Wizard Davy’s face. It was quite rare for them to participate in a large-scale conflict like this. They would’ve wanted a major chance to loot some mines containing precious minerals since most of the time, the resourceful ones were already guarded by both the central continent and the nation of evil. With reinforcements at those sites, attacking them wasn’t worth it. This time was a unique case. The nation of evil’s backup forces was influenced by the Wizard Union’s deployment of their forces, and there was an opening spared for anyone interested to take advantage of.

Not the lightning clan, though, so it seemed. The lightning clan was forced on the sidelines.

Abel didn’t seem to understand what’s going on, “What’s so special about area 3?”

Wizard Harr sighed, “Well, there are three mines in area 3. There’s the one for magic stones. There’s another one for fine gold. There’s also the one for purple crystals. Two thousand evil knights, five Mad knights, and one battle fort are there so that it’s impossible to launch a direct assault there.”

There were crucial resources and enemy forces in one area. It’d be extraordinarily difficult to attack the place. The sacred knights had their battle formation. Here in the frontline, the geographical advantage would make it possible for them to neutralize any suppressive force from the law-defying wizards so that a clean fight was just not possible. It wasn’t just that. Their countless years of battle made it so that they could use even the spells they learned from the central continent, which would make a direct assault only be of detrimental loss to the Wizard Union’s side.

So, the lightning clan very unhappy about their role. They were assigned to hold off against an enemy that couldn’t be stopped. They were not given the same opportunity as the other teams to gain resources through combat. They weren’t allowed the same amount of opportunity to gain their points.

“We’ll follow the mission!”

While the teams were still debating whether the mission was good or not, a voice echoed through the hallroom and made everyone stand on their legs.

Everyone spoke, “Yes, Master!”

Following that, Wizard Davy brought the other law-defying wizards and left with Abel. Even Wizard Harr wasn’t going to complain anymore.

Wizard Davy spoke to Abel as they left, “Could you hide Wizard Frankenstein away, Master Bennett? It’d be very helpful if you can save it as a backup reserve. For now, let’s have Hal work with you.”

While Abel didn’t know what this was for, he complied and had Frankenstein inside his portal beast ring. After meeting up with the fifteen advanced wizards, Wizard Davy made sure of the direction they were going and started teleporting at the same time. After twenty minutes, Wizard Davy became the first one to stop. Following that, everyone stopped behind him. Abel could see the view that was in front of him. There was a mountain full of rocks and a castle on top of it. They were about five miles away from the castle.

Wizard Davy spoke, “That’s our target.”

The castle was at the very top, and those sacred knights were not out. It only served to further the lightning clan’s disappointment. They had the vantage point. They could scout inside their building. They would know what the lightning clan was capable of, so they wouldn’t disperse their forces.

Wizard Harr grunted quietly, “Sorry to disappoint you, Master Bennett. We expected to show off, but it looks like we aren’t getting any today.”

Abel was curious, “Why? We’re not doing a siege?”

Wizard Harr shook his head, “No, our objective is to just pressure area 3 so that they don’t send any reinforcements.”

Abel was feeling quite disappointed. He started to doubt that the Wizard Union. Were they trying to look after him by having them come over here? It’d be a reasonable guess. He still had no ideas of how the Mad knights fought, so perhaps they thought it was helpful to have him watch them over a distance first.

Abel tried to pick up a conversation, “Well, I’ve been meaning to ask, who was the master speaking inside the Howling Castle back then?”

Wizard Harr said humbly, “You must be talking about Master Hurst. He’s a rank 25 wizard that’s just one step away from becoming legendary.”

Abel hadn’t heard of this before, “Legendary? Wizard Harr, you mean there’s another rank beyond law-defying wizard?”

Wizard Harr explained, “Legendary is the term for all occupation holders beyond rank 25. Of course, only wizards have managed to reach that rank. We’ve never heard of any other class who’s reached that stage yet.”

This was probably hidden information. Since Wizard Harr was talking to him in his big druid, perhaps that’s why he got to hear about it for the first time.

Abel asked again, “So how strong are the legendary?”

Wizard Harr told everything he knew about, “The saying is that the legendary is of ten thousand years, which means that legendary occupation holders get to have an extended lifespan of ten thousand years. A spiritual sublimation is what we refer to advanced wizards being promoted to a law-defying wizard. The next stage is technically a sublimation that’s repeated. Basically, one has the opportunity to reshape his soul and flesh. It wouldn’t matter what kind of alterations they’ve made to themselves prior. Becoming a legendary figure means that their body would no longer be under the influence of mana erosion.”

Abel thought back to Wizard Malon. This was probably what he was trying to achieve. He turned himself into a humanoid in the hope of returning to his human form. That didn’t seem like a plausible plan at all, though. He could extend his lifespan like that, but the side effects would just make it impossible for him to make progress enough to become a legendary occupation holder.

Wizard Davy had this dead stare in his eyes, “Don’t lose focus, Hal! The evil knights could ambush us at any time!”

Wizard Davy turned and commanded, “Prepare your circle plate and circle board! We’ll surround the fort and try to force the evil knights out!”

Just like that, the 15 advanced wizards activated their “instantaneous movement.” Abel could see that they were all moving constantly with their “instantaneous movement.” He then took the time to observe his surroundings. He found it strange that they were trying to shut the valley down when it was so big.

Wizard Davy suddenly spoke to him, “What we’re trying to use is the special large-sized enclosing circle made from the elves. Since its effect is limited to just that of a teleportation circle, the range is much wider than most circles you must’ve seen.”

Abel nodded, but he didn’t respond. He was keeping his focus on the fort with his power of the Will.

Wizard Davy continued to speak, “If I gave the evil knights just a bit of time, they would’ve had the chance to call for reinforcements. Right now, as I’m using the spell circle to trap the teleportation circles. They have essentially lost their ways of connecting with the outside. Still, if their reinforcements did come, you would hide and win us an ideal chance to bring your two summon creatures out.”

Abel was finally starting to catch on. Wizard Davy wasn’t planning to wait at the start. He’s been thinking of all the ways he could to try to force an assault. So this was the lightning clan that he was so familiar with.

The fifteen lightning wizards acted fast. In not so long, a large-sized enclosing circle consisting of 180 plates was spread across the valley. Following that, a law-defying wizard took out a plate and placed five top-level stones inside. He then activated the circle with his power of Will. Abel could feel strange energy dispersing in all directions. It seemed to have some sort of effect on the dimension, but it’s not like it could stop them from casting their “instantaneous movement.” From what it looked like, the teleportation force had just started a shutdown effect.

Wizard Davy had kept himself busy the whole time. He took out more circle plates from his hands and laid them all out on his own. Abel could see that they were all made of precious ingredients. He wouldn’t expect to see them much on the central continent, but here he could see two portions right in front of them. When he looked at the circle that Wizard Davy was trying to make, he could see that he was trying to make a scanning circle that he remembered was there.

Wizard Davy spoke as he did his work, “This is a long-distance scanning circle I’ve borrowed from the WIzard Union. Impressive, isn’t it? Master Bennett, so long as our foes don’t have any divine items, I’ll get to know all there is inside that castle up there.”

Wizard Davy actually seemed more prepared than he thought. Actually, they could’ve probably taken down the whole place already if this wasn’t area 3. The timing was what these lightning clan wizards were thinking about. As it turned out, their whole plan was to bring him over here in the five-mile range, have the castle discover them, then wait so their enemies could try calling their comrades. That was when he would cut off the contacts. Once the reinforcements were also at their resource point , the siren would then trick them into thinking that another team was out there to get them, forcing them to suddenly change course without having the means to confirm the whereabouts of the wizards.