The Undying Magician - Book 5 - Chapter 54
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Nathan
Year 2851 | Month 8 | Day 23
After some grandstanding, Crimson hands me a special medallion made from his blood metal. One that marks me as a Tower Master, with the number of my tower, thirty-six, engraved on it. And after having me put it on in front of the crowd, he brings us both out of the arena before taking me to his throne room without a word.
It isn’t until we enter his throne room that he finally begins speaking again.
“When I designed this trial with allowing you to become a Tower Master in mind, I wasn’t entirely certain if you would be the victor in the end,” Crimson says with his back to me as he walks in the direction of the balcony he’s always standing on. “There were just too many Class S magicians. So I wasn’t even confident you would make it to the final trial.”
He stops speaking while walking over to the balcony, only to continue again when he reaches the balcony, finally turning around in the process, “But you did it. You cleared my trials, defeated and outsmarted the Class S magicians, and here we are. Which means I can finally explain to you the real reason I wished for you to compete to become a Tower Master.”
My eyes widen a little when he snaps his fingers, making a hologram appear above him showing a large island with what looks like something massive underneath the water around it. But it’s too deep to tell what it is. Especially with the fog around the island.
What is most distressing about the island itself though is that it’s frozen in time.
And yet, despite everything being frozen, two things are moving.
A man I recognize as the Chrono is just meditating on top of a hill on the island. And the reason I know he isn’t frozen in time is because he opens his eyes to stare straight into the hologram when it locks onto him. Only to close his eyes again as if he doesn’t care.
The other thing that isn’t frozen in time is whatever that massive thing is underwater.
I feel Incendia landing on my shoulder, and she, too, is staring at the hologram.
“That’s an ouroboros,” Incendia declares, surprising me. “Another mythical creature, and perhaps one of the most powerful.”
As if responding to her words, I see two glowing slit eyes open from within the water.
Eyes with the same color as time mana.
“Once you reach Class S, you will have cleared all of the requirements set forth for you by the Chrono, and you will have permission from him to search for his island,” Crimson declares, confirming he does know who the Chrono is. “He will be waiting for you. For the new Chrono.”
My eyes narrow at that, but he doesn’t explain any further. Instead he asks, “Do you know where you wish to establish your Magic Tower?”
I nod my head and quickly answer, “Right above the Undying Caverns.”
Crimson nods his own head in return and says, “Very well. We will need to magically solidify the ground around it, and these Undying Caverns of yours, to make sure the Magic Tower will not ever collapse. Then we will get to work on its construction.”
“That’s appreciated,” I tell him with a faint smile forming on my face.
“We will set off in three days to return to the abandoned continent,” Crimson declares while turning around and looking outside of the tower again. “Spend these days however you wish. And be prepared for any… emergencies… that may come about over the next few weeks.”
His last words give me pause, but I nod my head again and turn around to head back to my room.
Something tells me that his last words were a warning about the future. And there’s only one potential problem I know of right now.
According to the intel I got from the abandoned continents, the war is ending right now. Since they’ve captured the Collective Kingdom’s leaders after their Class S magicians abandoned them. And they’re currently in talks discussing the Collective Kingdom’s surrender.
So his warning wasn’t something related to the war.
Not unless the Class S magicians from the Collective Kingdoms are plotting against me or something. But I don’t even know them, so I highly doubt that.
No. The warning must be about him.
The doctor will likely resurface soon.
I glance at the device on my wrist as if the thing was about to activate or something. No matter how long I stare though, even when I arrive back at my room again, nothing changes.
It doesn’t detect anything.
Which makes sense. He said it would be in the coming weeks.
Not now or even in the next few days.
Still. Just the thought about finally being able to get my revenge on him makes me both anxious and excited.
I feel anticipation flooding me from it.
Finally being able to wrap up the last loose end of my problems.
Once the doctor is dealt with, I won’t have anyone else breathing down my throat anymore.
The people from the other continents are content to leave me be, and I’m practically royalty now partially ruling the abandoned continents thanks to the skeleton. Without any real enemies there.
All I have left is the doctor.
Until then, though, I can’t help but wonder how my new tower is going to look. Even as I walk into my lab to run experiments on that feather.
Oh, right. Speaking of the feather.
“Where were you?” I ask Incendia with a slight tilt of my head.
I noticed that she went off in the direction of the Toxic Frosts while I was in the trial.
Incendia looks at me while hopping off of my shoulder onto her little nest in a corner of my lab, where she answers, “I was making contact with the Frost Bird. And I have managed to learn a few things about its situation if you’re interested.”
I stop what I was about to do before focusing fully on her and stating, “Go ahead.”
