Chapter 195

Chapter 195: Magician of the Moon (3)

Maxium recovered his senses two days later .

In the meantime, I watched the surroundings from deep in the mountains . It was because there were demons in the surroundings .

They weren’t chasing after me . . . they were certainly looking for Maxium .

“What happened?”

Shortly after Maxium woke up .

I asked him bluntly .

His body was already dead so there was no need to restore his physical strength .

Maxium quickly kneeled down .

“ . . . I was taken by surprise . ”

"I know . But I don’t understand . A quick raid shouldn’t have done this . Did I overestimate you?”

All the soldiers were wiped out . Maxium alone survived .

No matter how high level the demons, there were few who surpassed Maxium . The one who did this . . . I couldn’t imagine .

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty . My abilities were lacking . . . I couldn’t do anything against the demon Arend . ”

“Earl Arend led the raid . ”

I was familiar with him . In the past, he was an earl who was fairly strong . He was one of the earls in Upa’s faction .

Maxium slightly raised his head . His eyes flashed as he said .

“That’s right . But there was a nondescript person next to Arend . A mighty magician with the power of the moon! An unusual magician who turned the surroundings into night in an instant . ”

Maxium had said that moments before he collapsed . I had been curious about this part .

Furthermore, it seemed like the magician had hurt Maxium .

“Give me the details . ”

"He can turn an area into ‘night . ’ The space is isolated so I didn’t notice until I entered it . And he had an invincible power inside it the area . Of course . . . Your Majesty is stronger . . . ”

In short, his abilities were to blame for Maxium not noticing the raid . This was a part that I had been dubious about .

'It means the magician is strong . ’

My eyes narrowed . A magician that used the majestic power of the moon .

It was a bit surprising . If Upa has such a person under him then they would have been advantageous in the fight against Ariel .

No, if there was such a magician then I would have heard about it . Chrisley had visited many enemy territories around the world .

‘Is there a reason why they can’t be used?’

He was called the ‘magician of the moon . ’ Anyone would have used him against Ariel . There was no reason to hide it .

Maybe . . . the magician was testing his strength against Maxium .

‘Upa . What did you do?’

I pressed a hand against my forehead . The magician of the moon was likely to be within the area of transcendence . Or maybe he could exert his strength under special conditions .

He was obtained from either a summoning or special accomplishment .

Anyway, he was certainly an unexpected variable .

"Is that all you’ve found out?”

"Arend is controlling the magician . He is always located next to Arend . ”

If I monitored Arend then I would be able to know where the magician of the moon was . However, it meant entering the ‘domain of night . ’

Maxium hadn’t noticed until he entered it .

Would it escape my detection?

‘There is nothing as difficult as the unknown . ’

I stood at the crossroads of choice . It wouldn’t matter if I ignored it . I could gain something by default . The aim was to kill the winner of the fight between Ariel and Upa . However, if Upa had a subordinate that was as powerful as a transcendent person then the game was already over .

If he sent out the magician then it would lead to overwhelming victory . Then Upa would become an even bigger opponent . It was tricky .

Cutting off the bud . . .

This was one of the options but it had to be handled quietly .

“Maxium . We need a plan to quietly bring out the magician of the moon . At the very least, a one on one fight with me needs to be created . ”

I was inferior when it came to tactics . I didn’t know much . This was a problem in the past but now I had subordinates who could do it for me . And Maxium was quite reliable in that area .

Maxium thought for awhile before opening his mouth .

"There is . . . but I require quite a few soldiers . ”

Maxium was very careful when he started to speak again .

I briefly answered .

"I can’t give you a lot . ”

Giving him additional troops was a stumbling block . Currently Upa’s demons were surrounding this area and watching .

It was fortunate that I came here with two bone dragons and two chaos soldiers . If there were more creatures then it would have been difficult to stay undetected .

“A lot of soldiers aren’t required . Quality is more important . ”

"That is a simple matter . Follow me . "

This place was inside a cave .

I led Maxium outside and slowly released a little of my magic power .

Eventually, I led him through a dense forest .

“This . . . ”

"Bone dragons and chaos soldiers . Is that enough?”

There were four high class creatures . It was enough power to capture one dungeon .

Maxium’s body trembled .

“Ahh, it has been a long time since I’ve seen them . They were there when the Emperor first created the Underground World . ”

He also knew the chaos soldiers . Maxium was the Hell Monarch’s oldest knight . It wasn’t strange .

Maxium then continued .

“That is enough . No, it is more than enough . Tying up Arend’s feet and separating the magician of the moon . . . ”

“I will leave it to you . ”

"M-me? These creatures can only be moved by Your Majesty . ”

“I will leave them to you . I will take care of the rest . ”

Maxium stared at me blankly before forming a fist .

His eyes also changed . He was full of desire to do so .

After a moment, Maxium bowed even deeper .

"New Maxium, I will follow Your Majesty’s order . ”

Arend was frantic to catch Maxium . Arend had persistently followed and harassed Maxium . Maxium was aiming for this .

"Your Majesty, please be patient . I will settle this in a week . ”

"Are you that confident?”

"It would be hard with me alone, but the bone dragons and chaos soldiers are the same as having half a million allies . How can I fail?”

It was natural that the operation would be a success .

“Then be careful . Your Majesty . The magician of the moon has strange magic . I couldn’t understand everything . ”

I wasn’t offended by his remark .

A mysterious magician who even fooled Maxium . It was enough to be tense .

“There is nobody in this world who can beat me . ”

I said confidently . In fact, those words weren’t wrong . Even if the magician of the moon showed up, I was still the strongest in this area .

“I believe you . Then . . . I will move right away . ”

I nodded . Maxium climbed on the back of a bone dragon .

The creature wouldn’t move unless I was the one controlling them . That might have been the case with the Hell Monarch but I also had the authority of the Dungeon Master .

'I can practice while waiting . ’

I had entrusted it to him . I decided to act separately while listening to periodic reports .

But I wasn’t playing around .

These mountains were remote with no humans . I would use this opportunity to review my fights with myself . I couldn’t pass up this chance .

As soon as the creatures left, I found a place where I could concentrate . There was no need to train by moving my body and wielding my sword . I only needed a quiet place to meditate .

Maxium separated the two bone dragons and used one to raid Arend’s troops . He skillfully attracted the enemies and destroyed them .

Only a few creatures could be handled at a time . However, the story was different if he repeated this dozens of times a day . Arend immediately convened all his troops and chased after Maxium .

"You are good at running away!”

The red-faced Arend shouted at Maxium who was running away . Maxium didn’t stop and quickly disappeared on the bone dragon’s back .

The speed of the bone dragon exceeded imagination . Once it started flying away, there was no way to catch it .

Nevertheless, Maxium didn’t allow himself to completely escape . He was luring them somewhere on purpose . In the meantime, the other bone dragon didn’t appear .

"If you are a knight then face me!”

“You!”

Arend was frustrated every time he nearly caught Maxium . He felt queasy every time he saw Maxium’s face .

A week passed and Arend felt desperate . He chased Maxium with his fastest creatures .

Naturally that included the magician of the moon . He was confident that he had enough troops .

Maxium deliberately allowed Arend to catch up with him .

"Your running ends here . ”

“ . . . . . . ”

“Surrender . Then I will neatly kill you . ”

"I will never surrender to you in a million years . ”

“Ha! Even in a situation like this . You keep mouthing off!”

It was clear there would be a battle .

Thousands of creatures started to attack Maxium and the bone dragon .

Arend pursued Maxium with the magician of the moon while the rest of the creatures took on the bone dragon and chaos soldier .

Just before they clashed . Maxium raised his sword and golden light shot into the sky .

“Sword!”

Kuaaaang!

The sky turned gold and at the same time, a roar was heard from far away .

Immediately . . . a dragon and chaos soldier that hadn’t been seen before appeared .

Two of each for a total of four creatures!

It was a small number but their power had doubled .

Arend only chose the quick creatures so the quality wasn’t good . Except for the magician of the moon, the strength advantage had been reversed .

“Eek . . . !”

In contrast, Arend gritted his teeth .

“You deal with that dragon . I will take care of him . ”

He wanted to handle Maxium quickly but the situation had changed . It was dangerous for the creatures to deal with the bone dragon and chaos soldiers .

Maxium smiled as he saw the magician of the moon leaving .

‘It is going as planned . ’

It was halfway there .

The bent over magician of the moon straightened . The person with tangled black hair sprang up towards the sky and revealed two completely black eyes . It was like the night had been transferred into his eyes . The face and body were so dried out that it was difficult to tell if the magician was a man or woman .

The magician of the moon started to rise into the air . Darkness rushed to him and the surrounding area became as clear night . The moon rose in the space and both black eyes began to shine yellow .

The bone dragon instantly turned around . It noticed that the strongest creature was here .

The magician of the moon stretched out his hands and the moon shone brighter .

Wiaaaang!

Light particles gathered at his fingertips . After a moment, the light split into thousands of rays . They were like shooting stars as the rays headed towards the bone dragon .

Huuuuong!

Kwarururung!

The bone dragon breathed out . It was a default skill for a dragon . The dragon’s breath was one of the top ranked skills . It was common for everything in front of the breath to disappear .

However, the starlight touched the breath and started to absorb its power . Something unimaginable was happening in front of its eyes .

The bone dragon noticed the danger, stopped the breath and descended . Creatures ran up to it but the bone dragon quickly flapped its wings and left the area of night .

The magician followed with an expressionless face . His speed wasn’t slower than the bone dragon’s .

A cat and mouse chase . The area of night also moved with him, leaving only slight starlight in his path .

The magician of the moon didn’t care as Arend got further away .

He received only one command . Deal with this bone dragon .