Chapter 56
The White Magic Tower was located in the middle of Seia, and many wizards headed toward there. The wizards from the Green, Red, and Black Magic Towers had formed an alliance, and these people were now moving to the White Magic Tower. Baron was leading this alliance and was planning his next moves.
No matter how strong the White Magic Tower was, the alliance was superior in combat power. If things went smoothly, they would knock down the White Magic Tower together and the Green Magic Tower, the strongest tower after the White Magic Tower, would become the Deleaguer.
The only regret of the alliance was the absence of other Magic Towers. The Yellow Magic Tower had said in the past they would expose the culprit who killed the master of their Magic Tower, but there was still no news about that.
The Blue Magic Tower was not in any condition to help and the Gold Magic Tower still had the same indifferent attitude. Only the Black and Red Magic Towers were actively trying to defeat the White Magic Tower.
‘We would definitely be able to win this, right?’
The White Magic Tower had won the Deleague the last time. Right after the Deleague was over, they continued to be active in matters outside their tower. However, as days passed, they had not revealed any of their internal affairs. The other wizards had thought that it would not be surprising if that insidious Abel had been hiding a secret weapon.
The master of the Yellow Magic Tower, Gordon from the Gold Magic Tower, Hemingway from the Blue Magic Tower and Shun Grammys from the Blue Magic Tower had died. The other wizards thought that if the wizard who had finished off these strong men was indeed inside the White Magic Tower, it would not be an easy fight.
"You seem to have a lot of worries," Lakia said, looking at Baron, who did not look well.
"I’m okay, but anyways, I heard you've achieved a lot in the meantime... I look forward to seeing what you’ve got now,” said Baron.
"I thought so... but the world is big and there are many outstanding people out there," Lakia muttered.
"Stop trying to look humble,” Baron muttered.
The masters of the Green and Black Magic Towers and the deputy master of the Red Magic Tower led the alliance, and they arrived in front of the White Magic Tower. Numerous wizards dressed in uniforms of one of the three colors of the alliance were lined up at the back, and Lee Shin and Cigarate were there as well.
"Remember, we are allies today,” Cigarate said anxiously.
"Okay, I got it," Lee Shin replied.
Lee Shin gave a quick answer to Cigarate, who seemed anxious and wanted confirmation from Lee Shin. Lee Shin then looked at the wizards who were coming out of the White Magic Tower. Among them, the master of the White Magic Tower stepped forward.
"Well, well, everyone still gathered here. As I said earlier, I’m not the culprit of the previous cases," Abel said.
"Abel, there's no point in denying it like that. If you want to prove your point, bring us the proof that you’re not," said Baron.
"Where would the proof be! I've been in the Magic Tower this whole time.” Abel expressed his anger as if he found this whole situation unfair.
"Abel, given the circumstances, you have to be the culprit,” Lakia said.
When Abel heard Lakia who suddenly interjected, his expression stiffened.
"Shut up! I'm not the culprit. Besides, I think the culprit is from your Black Magic Tower!” Abel shouted.
"Mr. Abel, how would that even be possible for the Black Magic Tower to be the culprit? They are struggling to even achieve anything,” said the deputy master of the Red Magic Tower quietly.
"Ahem! Ahem!” Lakia cleared his throat to let them know that he was uncomfortable to hear those direct words of the deputy master of the Red Magic Tower.
The deputy master of the Red Magic Tower noticed and shut his mouth.
“...Ugh, you guys just don’t understand. Do you really have to do this?” Abel seemed frustrated.
"Yeah, so you better show us the wizard you've been hiding. If you don't, you'll be in big trouble,” Baron said.
As soon as Baron finished saying that, he began to activate his mana power. As they saw Baron get ready, Lakia and the deputy master, who were standing next to Baron, also started to activate their mana power. If one did not have a good sense of mana, they were likely to be subjected to Baron’s wind spell, because that magic was invisible.
Whoosh!
Even though they were staying alert and paying attention to their enemies, the robe of a Clarte was suddenly sliced off with the sound of the wind.
"Oh my!"
A Clarte gasped, thinking what might have happened if the blade of the wind had passed through his neck instead. However, the blade of the wind, which had been flying secretly, could not hit its next target because it was blocked by Abel's shield.
"After all, you’re still a coward to make that kind of a move,” Abel muttered.
"I call this my strategy,” Baron replied.
While trash-talking, Abel activated his mana and cast a spell that could reverse the situation.
[Flash Grenade]
The sphere of light that extended from Abel’s wand shone more and more strongly above the alliance of the Green, Red and Black Magic Towers.
A moment later, it exploded, emitting a dazzling light. The intensity of the light was strong enough to blind everyone. Lee Shin immediately used his mana to set up a membrane to reflect the light, but it was only a temporary measure and could not completely block the light.
"Keugh!"
"Everyone close your eyes and spread your mana wave!"
The deputy masters and Head Clartes shouted hastily, but most of the wizards could not properly deal with the sudden attack. Besides the wizards below the first class, the Clartes also suffered damage. At least, they had avoided being blinded with Lee Shin’s help.
"Attack!" Abel shouted.
At the same time, the attack from the White Magic Tower began. The Arrows of Light and the Point Lasers started to attack the wizards in the alliance and caused damage. Numerous people were hit in a short period of time, as the Flash Grenade blocked their vision. Then suddenly, a bottle flew from within the alliance camp and exploded on the camp of the White Magic Tower.
"What? What’s going on?"
Black liquid spread like fog and mixed with the air. Small particles floating in the air entered the respiratory systems of the wizards of the White Magic Tower. Since it came out of nowhere, Abel had no time to judge the impact that this liquid powder would cause. Therefore, Abel, who somehow became impatient and anxious, started casting a large-scale spell.
[Wave of Light]
"Try blocking this as well if you can… Keugh!” As soon as Abel cast a spell, Abel gasped.
As the Wave of Light spread and fanned outwards to sweep away the wizards of the Green, Red and Black Magic Towers alliance, a sudden mana reflux occurred in Abel's body.
‘What’s going on?’
The moment Abel saw his magic, his mana power went out of control. It felt like his mana power was struggling with unbearable pain, and shouting at Abel to stop. Therefore, Abel, who could not make this obvious to other wizards, clenched his teeth and canceled the magic that he had cast.
"Everyone, stop casting any more spells!" At the cry of the Head Clarte, the wizards of the White Magic Tower hurriedly stopped using their magic.
‘Damn it, is it because of that black liquid that I saw a moment ago?’
Abel knew for sure that the liquid powder was sprayed by the Black Magic Tower. He was surprised to see such a powerful curse with such a wide attack range. The moment he saw the powerful light, the aggression of the mana power intensified and it became extremely difficult for him to control the mana.
‘Since when did the Black Magic Tower make these things?’
Since it was the first time that Abel had encountered this kind of a curse, he could not cope with it very well. However, it was not too difficult to find a solution, because it only took Abel about 10 seconds to undo the spell.
‘Shit…’
Abel clenched his teeth and burned all the remnants of the liquid powder that had entered his body. However, the wizards of the opposing side were already almost ready for a counterattack.
"You look terrible, Abel!"
"You cowards!" Abel shouted.
[Imprint of Darkness]
Lakia cast the unique magic that he had developed while neglecting all the wizards of his tower. The mana that formed at the tip of his wand turned into deep darkness and attached to Abel's heart. It then started creating a mana circle.
"Keugh!" Abel gasped.
The mana that extended from the Imprint of Darkness began to wrap around Abel’s mana blood as if it was sealing the blood.
"What the hell...!" Abel shouted.
The mana that entered his mana blood was sealed in, agglomerated, and was caught in the darkness.
"It's going to be hard for you to activate your mana for a while,” said Baron.
"Ugh! Baron!" Abel shouted.
"This is becoming easier than I thought,” Baron muttered.
When Baron was just about to cast his spell to kill Abel, who had become helpless, there was a strong thunderbolt.
Rumble— Crack!
From the dark sky, a strong bolt of lightning struck Baron. It was the Thunderbolt, the kind of magic that was familiar to Baron. The power contained in the sudden Thunderbolt was not something one could easily see. The lightning that pushed through the barrier of wind struck Baron's shoulder.
"Keugh..." Baron gasped.
Due to the barrier of wind, and the wind armor that protected Baron at all times, the power of the Thunderbolt was reduced drastically. However, it was impossible to block the attack completely.
Baron touched his numb shoulder, clenched his teeth and turned to see the wizard who had cast the Thunderbolt spell on him. When he turned around, there was a group of wizards of the Gold Magic Tower. The master of the Gold Magic Tower, Astor, took the lead.
"Astor! What the hell do you think you are doing!" Baron shouted.
"Baron, stop that right now. You're headed in the wrong direction,” Astor explained.
"What are you talking about?" Baron shouted at Astor with a frown.
To Baron, now was the best time to get rid of Abel, who was considered the most dangerous enemy here. However, things could get very difficult if Astor intervened. Moreover, if the Gold Magic Tower were to join the White Magic Tower, the chance of winning would drop to less than fifty percent.
‘Damn it! Nothing's going the way I wanted.’
"Baron, and you too Abel, look closely and see who is the real enemy we have to fight," said Astor.
Astor took out a white bead and added mana into it. Light came out of the bead and a short video appeared in the air.
"What's that?"
"Huh? Wait, that person is..."
"Is that Gordon? And that's Clarte Lee Shin, isn’t it?”
Confusion arose among the wizards as they saw Gordon, Verren and Lee Shin appearing on the projection together.
"Look carefully," said Astor.
The video started playing, and it was a scene where Lee Shin’s Thunderbolt had struck. When Gordon blocked Lee Shin’s attack with the membrane made up of lightning aura, the Chain of Death appeared and bound Gordon.
Unable to resist, Gordon was shot through the heart and collapsed. After that, all three of the wizards of the Gold Magic Tower were killed by Lee Shin and disappeared into the darkness as an undead.
All the wizards who were watching the video were confused, including the wizards of the Black Magic Tower. By watching this video, it was obvious that Lee Shin was the real culprit behind this incident.
"This is an emergency video memory that Gordon had hidden in his training ground, and I found it yesterday," Astor explained.
When Lee Shin heard the story, he recalled the moment when Gordon’s thunderbolts were scattered all over the place.
‘Was that the trigger?’
Gordon had already suspected Lee Shin to be the real culprit of the series of incidents. That was why he suddenly asked Lee Shin and Verren to have a fight at his training ground. However, Gordon probably did not expect himself to be defeated so easily.
‘You made a point there.’
"Now do you understand, you idiots?" Astor shouted.
Astor's mana shot up and moved the thunderbolt up in the sky. A thunderbolt more powerful than the one that had fallen on Baron fell on Lee Shin.
‘Ugh… is there no other way?’
As soon as the video played, Lee Shin activated his mana in preparation for anything that would happen.
[Lightning Rod]
The thunderbolt struck and Lee Shin's Lightning Rod drew the blitz in. At the same time, the blitz that gathered in the Lightning Rod of Lee Shin ricocheted toward Abel, who was cursed and unable to move.
Thud— Crash—
A wall of earth which rose from the ground, broke and scattered the blitz.
"So the culprit was you, Lee Shin,” said the deputy master of the Yellow Magic Tower.
The wizard who made Astor’s blitz ineffective stepped out among the wizards of the Gold Magic Tower. It was the deputy master of the Yellow Magic Tower who had come to avenge his master after watching Astor’s video memory.
‘Everything keeps going wrong.’
At that time, a streak of mana power was detected near Lakia by Lee Shin’s mana.
Wooong— Bang—
Baron's air gun, which was shot as a surprise attack, exploded in the air when it hit Lakia mana. The waves of flames that hit Lakia one after another were also blocked by Ethan's [Deep Wall] and disappeared without achieving its purpose.
"Come over here!” Ethan shouted.
At Ethan's urgent call, Lakia moved to the camp of the Black Magic Tower. The wizards of the Black Magic Tower united behind Lee Shin and Ethan.
The Red and Green Magic Towers were on the left side of the Black Magic Tower, and the wizards of the White Magic Tower were in the front. Also, the wizards from the Gold Magic Tower were on the right and they all surrounded the wizards of the Black Magic Tower.
‘It became more annoying.’
Although the combat power of the wizards of the Green and Red Magic Towers had decreased to some extent in the earlier fight against the White Magic Tower, most of the wizards were still ready to fight on. Besides, the wizards of the White Magic Tower were still in a good condition.
The addition of the Gold Magic Tower and the deputy master of the Yellow Magic Tower made the upcoming fight much less favorable for the Black Magic Tower.
‘And…’
Even the surrounding wizards of the Black Magic Tower could possibly become enemies against Lee Shin, since he was the culprit behind all these incidents.
"Why did you do that?" Ethan asked.
When Ethan approached Lee Shin with this question, Lee Shin’s eyes sank coldly. However, at the moment when Lee Shin was wondering whether to attack Ethan or not, Lakia corrected Ethan’s question.
"No, it’s not the time to ask that question. Is there a way to overcome this situation, Lee Shin?"
Lee Shin had thought that the Black Magic Tower might hand Lee Shin in as a sacrifice to save the Black Magic Tower from this situation. However, Lakia and Ethan’s expressions showed that they were not considering that at all. They were just thinking about how to resolve this dire situation. When Lee Shin noticed that, he smirked and looked around.
The wizards of the Black Magic Tower were looking at Lee Shin with a nervous look on their faces. However, most of them did not resent Lee Shin nor have an expression of discontentment, especially those who had some kind of personal interaction with Lee Shin.
"I believe in you, Lee Shin. You must have a plan, as always, right?” Raymond stepped forward and asked.
"I'm not a shameless person who forgets a favor. I will do my best to help." The Clarte, who competed against Lee Shin in the first-class test, stepped forward with a determined expression.
"I guess it’s time for me to use the summoning technique that I’ve learned from you.”
"You said that in your lecture last time, that the only wizard who can beat many opponents is the Dark Wizard.”
"That's the summon field! We'll show it to them this time!"
The three Clartes who were in the summon field were fired up with enthusiasm and summoned the undead.
"Remember that you’re He Who Knows Death. Show it to them! Show them you’re that Lee Shin!” Reina touched Lee Shin’s wand with her wand with a big smile.
Others around them seemed to dismiss her words as just a joke to raise their morale, but there was a kind of sincerity in her eyes this time.
"It seems like the wizards of our tower are relying on you more than they rely on me. Haha…”?Lakia laughed and muttered beside Lee Shin.
"Did you expect this to happen? I almost made it more difficult for the wizards of our Magic Tower by fighting against the master,” said Ethan.
Ethan clutched his wand tightly and activated his mana. He seemed like he was ready to sacrifice himself if it was necessary. When Ethan looked at the wizards of the Black Magic Tower who were around him, he could totally understand their reactions.
The wizards of the Black Magic Tower had been treated with disdain and contempt by wizards of other Magic Towers. Finally, the Black Magic Tower was seeing growth, and with the return of the master of the Magic Tower, they were starting to unite as one again.
Besides, with the help of Lee Shin, they seemed to see a new beginning for their black magic. To them, even if Lee Shin had done something wrong, Lee Shin was more important than the wizards of other Magic Towers.
"I don’t think there’s any good way out." At that time, Lee Shin opened his mouth.
What Lee Shin just said were words that failed other wizards' expectations, but their faces did not show any signs of disappointment. Rather, they seemed eager to fight until the end. Seeing their determination, Lee Shin smiled happily. Then, looking to the front, Lee Shin asked Lakia and Ethan who were standing next to him.
"Don't you blame me?" Lee Shin asked.
"Why would I blame you? We’re a family now that you have entered the Black Magic Tower. But you know, your earlier actions, don’t you think that’s too much for the master of the Magic Tower? That was definitely a little too much." Lakia joked, trying to make Lee Shin less nervous.
"I blame you," Ethan interrupted.
"Why didn't you come earlier? Then we could have seen the wizards of our Magic Tower grow even a little bit more," Ethan continued.
As Ethan spoke, Lee Shin’s black magic had created several black portals all over the place.
"Well, then I guess there will be no need to blame me,” said Lee Shin.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Ethan asked.
Lee Shin’s Skeletons started to walk out of the black portals.
"When this is over, you’ll be able to see that the wizards of our Magic Tower have grown tremendously," Lee Shin explained.
Swoosh— Crack—!
At that moment, Lee Shin's Skeleton burst into flames, burning its joints and scattering the body into pieces.
A familiar silhouette could be seen through the burning flames, and Cigarate who seemed angry, walked out among the wizards of the Red Magic Tower.
"Have you finished giving your last story, traitor?”
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