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As Mons gazed in the direction, he saw a figure quickly walking through the darkness.
"Let's follow."
The man who had left the trading company walked for a long time towards Elton City.
How long had they been following?
In a clearing in the forest, they saw two people waiting.
Judging by the silhouettes, one was a man and the other was a woman.
"Let's get a little closer."
"It's dangerous if we get any closer, young master."
"We need to hear what they're saying."
Despite Mons's dissuasion, Davian moved further towards the mysterious people.
Ting
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[Event 'Help Amandria Trading Company' Successful]
―Completed the detection of a spy hidden in the trading company
―Acquired 500 Mana Points
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Event success notification.
However, Davian's interest was already elsewhere.
'What's that?'
A wide clearing.
A large drawing was on the ground.
Numerous geometric shapes and ancient letters within a large circle.
'It's a summoning magic circle.'
The giant drawing in the clearing was a summoning magic circle to call forth beings from another dimension.
At that moment.
The man who had left the trading company rolled up his sleeve and showed a tattoo.
The woman, after confirming the tattoo on his forearm, rolled up her pants and showed a tattoo on her calf.
The last remaining man lifted his shirt to show his side.
"...You bastards."
Mons's curse came suddenly.
"What's wrong, Mons? Out of the blue."
"That tattoo. It's a symbol I know."
"Really?"
"Just before my family was destroyed. It was the symbol drawn in the letter I received from my father. He said that those with that symbol were eating away at the royal family, and my father was trying to drive them out."
"So, your family ended up like that perhaps because of those guys?"
"That's what was written at the end of the letter."
The contents of the letter, which Mons had read countless times, vividly resurfaced in his mind.
The letter he had looked at until the paper wore out and disappeared.
"...There's one problem.
The more I dig into the identities of those bastards, the more they are wary of me.
There's no way this father of yours would be defeated by such crooks, but as I've always told you, one must always prepare for the worst.
My son.
I'm drawing and sending you the symbol that represents those bastards.
I've hesitated a lot about whether to send this letter to you, who is still young.
Our Raon Dukedom has been a family that has volunteered to be the sword of the Alkancia Kingdom for the past thousand years.
And you are also a proud descendant of the Raon family.
If something happens to me, engrave this symbol deep in your mind.
Never forget it until you die.
Mondres Raon.
My son.
When you live and meet those with this symbol.
If you don't have the power, avoid them unconditionally.
Never get involved.
And if you have power that surpasses this father of yours, completely root out these dirty crooks from the Alkancia Kingdom.
Son. I love you."
It was the last letter from his father.
And two weeks after receiving this letter.
The Raon Dukedom, which had continued for a thousand years, was destroyed for treason.
'My father told me to run away when I didn't have the power. According to those words, now is the time to run without getting involved.'
He was still a long way from reaching his father's achievements.
He didn't have the same power as the former Raon family.
The only helper he had now was the young master of the Naone family.
'But.'
If he missed this opportunity, he might never meet those guys again.
He had to get even a small clue here.
His father told him to run, but he couldn't do anything if he kept running.
He had to find the culprits of the family's destruction.
Even if he couldn't revive the family, he had to stab those bastards in the heart with a sword.
He had to clear the family's disgrace by any means.
'So I can't miss this opportunity.'
While Mons was making up his mind.
Davian heard a simple notification sound.
Ting
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[Quest: Defeat the Summoning Mage]
―Defeat the mage who summoned the stone golem.
―Reward: 9,000 Mana Points
―Failure: Annihilation of the Amandria Trading Company
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The reward was a whopping 9,000 points.
Even the reward for defeating the Gray Witch, who had either killed or rendered half of the academy's freshmen unable to recover, was 6,500 points.
And that included the numerous monster waves that poured out of the cave.
'That summoning mage. He must be more formidable than I thought.'
But there was nothing he couldn't defeat with Mons.
In fact, Mons was currently the strongest among Davian's acquaintances.
Besides, there was no 'death' in the failure penalty.
It meant that he could run away if things didn't work out.
If he was determined to run away, that summoning mage wouldn't chase after Davian.
'It must be because he has to stay by that summoning magic circle to maintain the summoned stone golem.'
At that moment.
The two men and women, who had drawn the magic circle in advance and waited for the summoning mage, flew towards Elton City.
Davian turned his head towards Mons.
Mons was clenching his teeth and looking at the clearing.
The capillaries in both eyes had burst and turned red.
His right hand was gripping the sword hilt tightly.
As if he was about to draw his sword and rush at any moment.
But Mons was still calmly lowering his posture.
"Mons."
"Yes, young master."
"You've held back well."
"Because nothing will change even if I slaughter those bastards right now. Besides, those guys aren't ordinary. There was no guarantee that we could win by running out."
"We need to gather information. Either way, we're not at a level to stand against their organization right now. We need to gather information and build our strength."
"I know that."
"Those two guys will probably go back to Elton City. You chase them. Find clues somehow. There are definitely more members of the organization in Elton City."
"What about you, young master?"
"I have to take care of that mage."
"How do you know the mage's skills and go alone? It's dangerous. We have to face him together."
"What's wrong, Mons? I'm saying I can do it because I can handle it. I'm the strongest magic swordsman on the continent."
It wasn't wrong.
Because there were hardly any people who learned both magic and swordsmanship these days.
"Still, it's dangerous."
"I can just run away if things go wrong. An ordinary mage can't keep up with my speed."
"...I understand. I'll come back as soon as I find a clue."
"No need to come back. Investigate those guys as much as possible. Without getting caught. Let's meet at the accommodation tomorrow."
While talking to Mons, the men and women were already disappearing from sight.
"Hurry. Leave this to me."
"Yes, young master."
Mons flew north in the same crouching position.
Davian turned his head back towards the clearing.
'Is it my turn now?'
It certainly wouldn't be an easy opponent.
Suddenly facing a 9,000-point mage alone.
But he couldn't just let those two spies returning to Elton City go.
'If the opponent doesn't know my identity, I can try to fight, whether the opponent is a 7-star mage or an 8-star mage.'
Woong.
The summoning magic circle began to activate.
As the mage pushed magic power into the summoning magic circle, the magic circle glowed brightly.
The hidden quest name was to defeat the mage 'who summoned the stone golem.'
'First, let's watch how big a golem he summons.'
Tremendous magic power poured out from the summoning magic circle.
Drrrrrrr.
Subsequently, the ground began to shake as if there was an earthquake.
And a giant stone golem appeared.
The summoning magic circle was large, but the golem's height seemed to be at least 10 meters.
A stone golem that wouldn't budge even with mediocre magic and aura attacks.
Besides, even if the main body was damaged, the stone body would continue to regenerate as long as the summoner kept pouring magic power into the summoning magic circle.
'In the end, it's faster to defeat the mage who summoned it than to fight that stone golem. An efficient quest.'
Koong. Koong.
The stone golem began to walk towards the trading company in the south with a sound that resonated with the ground.
After confirming that the stone golem was moving away, Davian slowly walked into the clearing.
"Hey, spy."
"Wh, who are you!"
Davian slowly revealed himself, wearing one Ferarius gauntlet on each hand.
"Someone who came to catch you."
The summoning mage looked at Davian.
A slender body. A youthful face. And a school uniform.
The summoning mage smirked.
"What, are you an academy student?"
"As you can see."
"You still have a bright future. You saw something you shouldn't have. You shouldn't have stepped forward."
"I had no choice but to step forward in many ways."
"Are you alone?"
"As you can see, too."
"Foolish. What made you think you could do anything to me and come out? An academy student?"
"Don't you need to keep pouring magic power into the magic circle to maintain that stone lump?"
"There's no problem dealing with a brat like you."
The man cracked his fingers, making a sound.
He had eight magic amplification rings of different colors on both hands.
Davian was the first to use magic power.
Kwaaaaaa.
From Davian's outstretched hands, pillars of fiery red flames erupted.
The pillars of fire stretched towards the mage as if red snakes were dancing.
The red snake reflected in the summoning mage's pupils, which had shrunk in size, quickly closed the distance.
"Oh ho. You're quite something for a brat."
From the summoning mage's hand, a huge stream of water swirled and burst out.
Each element of the four elemental magics has its own compatibility.
The fire element magic has the most powerful destructive power.
But with the same level of magic power, it is easily offset by the water element magic.
Just like water puts out natural fire.
And the water element magic is easily scattered when it meets the wind element magic.
On the other hand, it is not easy to respond to fire element magic with wind element magic.
It can inadvertently increase the power of fire element magic.
【Fire < Water < Wind < Fire】
In this order, the three attributes give and take compatibility with each other.
Of course, this is the story when the magic power level is similar.
If there is a big difference in the caster's magic power level, these attributes are completely ignored.
And earth element magic, which can move the ground, does not have a separate compatibility due to its nature.
When the level of magic power is similar, you must use this compatibility well to win the battle.
Cheeeeee.
When Davian's pillar of fire and the summoning mage's stream of water collided, a tremendous amount of water vapor was generated.
The summoning mage's swirling stream of water instantly swallowed Davian's pillar of fire.
Even then, the power remained and covered Davian.
Davian hurriedly used wind element magic to offset the remaining stream of water.
'Strong!'
From the beginning, he knew the opponent was strong, so he launched an attack with all his 6-star magic power.
But the first attack was blocked too easily.
Even the summoning mage was still pouring magic power into the summoning magic circle.
Even though a lot of magic power is not needed since the summoning is over, he can't go all out anyway.
And yet, the summoning mage swallowed Davian's best attack so easily.
'What level is he at that he uses tremendous summoning magic and uses 4-element magic so well?'
At least 7-star.
Maybe close to an 8-star mage.
Of course, he thought he would be a higher level mage than himself.
But he expected that a summoning mage who could summon a stone golem would be relatively weak in combat magic.
Davian's thoughts were completely off.
"You're quite good for a student. No, are you almost at the highest level? This is good. I've met an opponent who could be a big obstacle in the future here like this."
"What's good about it."
"Because I can cut off the buds before they become a bigger threat to us."
"That's what I'm going to say."
"Hahahaha. Madman. You don't know how wide the world is or how high the sky is."
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