Chapter 472 – Assassination Family Raven 5 (3)
I, wearing a military uniform, was completely out of sight of people in a place where there were few people walking around compared to the size of the street.
【2】
【Cyan Raven-(100%)+(EX 35%)】
【Level: 4】
【Combat power: 1359+(606)】
【Skills: Shadow Mastery (A+), Dark Spiritual Killing (B)】
【Awaiting Quest (9/9)】
When I checked the status window, Cian Raven was the weaker of the two possessed bodies.
Since the Yeonyeong Shinkuk (連影神功) can only be used when I am possessed, when I found freedom through class liberation, I really only did things related to the Raven family.
I occasionally improved my combat power by possessing myself and absorbing mana from the shadows, but it was still very insufficient.
The number of quests cleared was small, and combat power was measured arbitrarily depending on the level.
The first possessed body, Lee Sian’s combat power of 1000, can be easily defeated with Cian Raven’s combat power of 500, but there was still something to show in the numbers.
However, by correcting the ability through the EX assimilation rate, it is possible to use a power similar to the main body, but the difference is the black and white twin wheels.
As the power of heat cannot be brought out as much as Yu Xian or Han Xian, it will be difficult to use the Afterflame Breakthrough, which gives a little more weight to heat.
‘I might have to come up with a new combination.’
Or, I arrived at the Magic Tower when I was thinking that even if I did the same combination, the ratio would be different, so I might get different results.
A huge ivory tower. I don’t know where they used these materials to build a tower so high it reaches the clouds, but the magic tower has existed for a long time.
There is a story that wizards cooperated with the Yurisian family to create an empire for comfortable research, and there is also a story that the Yurisian family found the magic tower and obtained cooperation.
In any case, the imperial family of the empire and the Magic Tower are related, and that may be the reason why Princess Rosette is a wizard who can use the magic of light.
The first floor was in the form of a wide lobby, and a large staircase to go up the tower wound around the inside of the tower at the edge.
‘Isn’t there an elevator?’
I thought it would be on the first floor, but all I could see was the stairs.
The person sitting in the lobby who appeared to be a guide who connected you with the wizards of the Magic Tower was reading a magic book. Since you are here to assassinate me, I think it is useless to ask where and how to get there.
Then you have to look for it yourself.
Presence detection – zero.
The inside of the tower was full of glowing stones, but it was a pretty good environment for shadows to be active.
As the shadows spread from the body swept across the magic tower, I began to feel the mana of countless wizards.
As you go from the first floor to the upper floor, the amount of mana the wizards have increases.
I couldn’t say that my mana was completely clean, perhaps due to dealing with changes in the attributes I was with, but I thought that the more mutations occurred, the stronger the wizard was.
‘I don’t have Yin attribute mana?’
This is what I thought after retrieving the shadow that had stretched to its limit.
The Magic Tower was mostly researching attribute magic, perhaps specializing in magic that deals with the natural world.
I don’t know what kind of natural phenomenon they were put in the tower to use magic to do, but I hope they do their best in their research.
‘I can’t even feel the yin mana that Wolyeongcho possesses.’
I heard that even though the amount purchased has decreased, they are still selling it to Magic Tower.
However, the reason why even the moonlight candle disappeared completely could be because the assassination target and Terrance Raven were on a higher floor or not in the magic tower.
‘If not, there is one more thing.’
It seemed like I would have to spend some time at the Magic Tower to prove that hypothesis.
*
People from Tear Dust came and started delivering goods to the Magic Tower.
When the people in the store put down their luggage, mostly young wizards checked the items and began climbing the tower with their own items.
I followed the male wizard who had a moon candle that had a faint yin-attribute mana feel to it.
“Are you making any progress?”
“Nothing. I don’t know how many years it’s been like this.”
“Even if it succeeds, it’s not yet at a level of satisfaction.”
“We have now started verification.”
“Verification now? Hasn’t it been a while since it was developed?”
“Because once I use it, Master gets sick.”
“Ah, that’s what magic is like.”
As each person took the necessary materials and asked about the status of magic development, it seemed like they were living in isolation, perhaps because it was the same even if they were researching different things.
Since we are suffering in the same place for several years, it is inevitable that something similar to camaraderie will develop.
However, the wizard I was chasing did not join in on the conversation and was just smiling awkwardly.
On the third floor that we ascended to, there was a warp gate.
‘I found it the day I entered the Magic Tower.’
No elevator in a huge tower? Then there was only a warp gate.
The Empire’s warp gate is only open once a day.
Although the absolute number of times is small, it can jump over space and save time by opening once, which became the driving force behind the rapid development of the empire.
I also heard that it is fortunate that there is a one-time limit because it is nothing short of a revolution in the movement of goods.
‘The problem is that wizards are dying.’
It seems that a lot of mana is consumed to open the warp gate, so the wizards in charge used mana potions.
The wizard in charge of the warp gate was a job that was avoided by magic tower wizards.
The wizards here were using it to insert pieces placed next to the warp gate and operate the warp gate to move directly to the destination.
When you open a door with a key, does it feel like the door connects to different rooms? In a way, it was natural since I couldn’t do everything in this magic tower during the magic test.
When the wizards with their luggage disappeared and the warp gate was closed and opened repeatedly, the wizard I had to follow opened the door last.
And as if I didn’t want to be seen by anyone, I entered the warp gate at the fastest speed among the wizards. Fortunately, I was able to enter together because I was concentrating.
As soon as I entered the changed space, I couldn’t help but frown.
‘You shouldn’t think of him as an ordinary magic tower wizard.’
Instead of moving into the clean gray magic tower, we moved into a damp and gloomy cave.
Nearby, there were magic tools that looked like strange symbols, presumed to have been made by carving out human bones, clumsily attached to the wall, and I thought that someone with a weak stomach might have been disgusted.
As I was looking around for a moment, a man’s voice rang low from inside the cave.
“You came with a tail. Well, since so much time has passed, I thought it was time to come.”
“Escrow, what do you mean?”
Unlike ordinary wizards who say “Master,” They say “Escrow.”
He was quite surprised when the wizard with the Wolryeong candle appeared, taking off his robe as he looked around.
“Aaaaah?! You’re here again?!”
The wizard next to me tried to manipulate the warp gate again, so I used a sleep magic circle to put him to sleep.
And judging from the question ‘Are you here again?’ That popped out as soon as he saw me, it seems like Terrance Raven got here the same way I did.
Because this is the only way to get here in the first place.
“Assassin of the Raven family. I want to check whether he is the same type as the previous guy or not?”
“Escrow. I check on you first.”
Presence detection – zero.
As the shadow spread, the cave I could see was quite wide.
Negative mana was weakly flowing through the body of the wizard next to him, and inside that cave was a being who was completely polluted but full of mana and demonic energy.
‘That’s not a wizard. It’s the devil.’
『Quest』
〈Kill the demon Escrow.〉
-Upon completion: ?
As if to let me know that my presence detection was correct, the quest gave me a quest to kill the devil.
(Shahemoth, do you know the devil called Escrow?)
(Escrow? Why is escrow on earth?!)
(Is the devil so strong that it shouldn’t be on earth right now?)
(It is a demon so strong that it needs dozens of times more demon energy than I have collected using people to descend. It is more specialized in combat than me.)
To be honest, catching Shahemoth was easier than I thought because he was so good at communicating with the shadow energy. Without it, I would have probably withered to death.
Will I be able to deal with the demons that Shahemoth says are incomparably stronger than him?
‘Quests don’t give you anything you can’t clear. It may be so hard that you die.’
I recently received a quest to destroy a portal that I received as a Hansian, and I thought I could clear it because I was destroying the door, not killing the three kings.
“Hmm? What is it? Have you already made a contract with the devil?”
As I was talking to Shahemoth, having roughly read the power of Escrow, Escrow spoke to me.
“Do high-ranking demons even know something like that? Yes, I have one.”
“It was difficult to read because their power was so weak. So can we consider them as allies?”
Speaking in a slightly softened voice, I decided to take advantage of the situation.
“An alliance cannot be formed based on one side’s thoughts. Show yourself.”
As I said that and walked towards the direction of the escrow, a man appeared from a room dug next to the cave.
His graying hair and wrinkled face gave him the impression of being old, but when I looked at his well-trained body underneath, I thought it was unbalanced.
(Escrow doesn’t look like that?)
“Ho… This body is like I said, a body prepared for the devil.”
“What does that mean?”
It became clear that we had to fight escrow.
