chapter 8
8 – The Wizard Abandoned by the Hero
Anything is much easier to deal with together than it is to do it alone.
This is a law that usually works for anything, and the profession of a warrior was the same.
Forming a party to deal with those beings who could not be dealt with alone… This was a method that has been used well from the past to the present.
‘The first thing I went to was the owner of the Mage Tower…’
I know that too, so I tried to save the party members somehow.
I’ve always thought that it would be better to have a reliable party member who agrees with me than to solve it alone…
So I looked for party members, and the first one I went to was the Mage Tower Master, known as the most outstanding wizard.
‘Hmm… We used to hang out together for a while…’
I explained my situation to the tower lord and asked him to go with me, and the lord of the tower didn’t say anything in particular.
He didn’t mind joining the warrior’s party, but he was rather happy with my proposal.
He liked the fact that he could use his strength for the prosperity of the Mage Tower.
‘I was looking forward to it even then…’
And the first colleague that I saved like that, I was expecting quite good results until then.
But the result of going together… Contrary to my expectations, unfortunately, there were no good results.
No… I couldn’t help but make the trip even more tiring than before.
That’s because his magic didn’t help at all…
‘Well, it’s not that he’s lacking as a wizard, but…’
Of course, don’t get me wrong.
The mage tower where wizards gather, their leader, the mage tower master, of course, was never a position that could be obtained normally.
His magic skills were real, and I wasn’t insulting his magic skills.
There is no wizard better at magic than Drek.
‘As a combatant, I was so lacking…’
However, the problem was that they couldn’t fight.
Good at magic = good at fighting.
There is a correlation, but not an absolute relationship.
He may have been first-rate in magic, but third-rate in combat.
‘His magic doesn’t help at all with practicality.’
To be frank, his magic wasn’t for combat.
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Most of the magic that can be used has long chanting time and long preparation time.
And generally, it mainly uses magic that has a slow firing rate, and once used, there is no backlash.
Of course, it is true that such magic increases its power and produces destructive performance…
The important thing is if the opponent can withstand that magic…
I can’t tell you what will happen after that…
‘He didn’t even try to fix it…’
I pointed out the problem once, but he didn’t listen to me.
It doesn’t matter at all because there’s no one who can withstand his magic…
His argument was that he would usually die in one shot anyway, so why learn defense magic or movement magic?
In the end, no compromise was reached in the conversation.
That’s why I left him moderately.
‘In the first place, the position of the owner of the Mage Tower was not like that…’
It was quite disappointing, but looking at it now, I think it can’t be helped.
Because everyone has something that suits them.
In the first place, the essence of a mage was not to fight, but to study…
The position of Master of the Magic Tower means the one who excelled in research among magicians.
It must be that the Master of the Magic Tower is very faithful to his true nature…
There was no particular problem with his values as a Mage Tower lord.
‘Well, as a result, I didn’t take him.’
It was just that he was elusive to join the party, not that I personally disliked him.
In the end, I had no choice but to leave him alone.
‘If I meet the Demon King in that state…’
But no matter how much I think about it, I think it was really good to throw it away.
If you think about it now, if you imagined that you didn’t throw away and took the owner of the tower with you until the end, and faced the demon king as it was…
No matter how much I think about it, only bad results seem to come to mind.
‘Can I survive one second…?’
If you face the devil, wouldn’t you die first?
There’s no way I can kill that monstrous demon lord in one shot…
That demon lord would definitely aim for the wizard first…
if so…?
I have a little bad imagination.
“Rag. Have you ever met the Master of the Magic Tower?”
“Umm… Just a little bit, somehow. It’s not really related.”
However, that imagination was soon put to an end by Eline’s words.
But well, now that the demon lord is sealed, it probably doesn’t matter at all…
“hehehe… I see. Rather, would you like to eat together today?”
“Is that so?”
So I guess I’ll just have to be comfortable here.
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‘I must recruit the Master of the Magic Tower.’
To the hero, Bill, the Mage Tower was actually a very important being.
Silky, when I go to defeat the demon lord now, it’s not just the power I need.
Later, when he became emperor, as one of the forces that would protect him, he was full of thoughts of wanting to get close to him at this opportunity.
“My name is Bill, the hero. Master of the Magic Tower, I came because I wanted to recruit you into the warrior party.”
That’s why when looking for a party of warriors, the first thing they did was to find the owner of the mage tower.
A slender young man wearing glasses and a wizard’s hat.
The hero, Bill, shook hands with the owner of the tower, and wanted him to accept this handshake.
What if I don’t accept…? with such worries.
“Yes. I understand. I will gladly go with the warrior. I also wanted to be with you for the peace of the Empire… for the prosperity of the Mage Tower.”
However, to put those worries to shame, Derek, the owner of the mage tower, accepted Bill’s handshake so simply.
As if he thought he had to do it, he didn’t present any other conditions.
Bill was relieved by Derek’s attitude, and was able to greet the new wizard party member very satisfied.
But…
“Anyway, this is the second time.”
“The second one?”
“Yes. Originally, I’ve been with the Rag hero for a while. I still get a vase just thinking about him.”
Soon after, the story Drek told, that story was never a story that could easily be spilled.
The former hero, Rag, said that Drek had entered his party.
Rag, who had always thought he had traveled alone, had ever traveled with Drek. He was curious about the story behind this story, so Bill asked again.
“Can I hear more of that story…?”
“Hmm… 3 years ago, I remember following the hero of Rag, but he strangely abandoned me…? Seriously… I’m afraid to take him as a party member or something…”
Drek told me about the past.
It was about what happened between him and the former hero Rag.
“Hmm…”
Hearing that, Bill’s expression deteriorated seriously, and in fact, he had no choice but to do so.
The fact that Rag and Drek went together, but the fact that Rag abandoned Drek.
To put it all together, isn’t there something wrong with Dreg that’s why Rag abandoned him?
‘What… My magic skills are terrible…?’
To be honest, I couldn’t help but have doubts.
It is true that the position of Master of the Magic Tower is reserved for only those with the most excellent magic skills…
However, Bill had never seen Drek’s magical abilities.
What if… Actually, the owner of the mage tower has poor magic skills…?
Could it be something like that?
I couldn’t help but have such doubts, is it right to accept Drek as a party member…?
In the end, I had no choice but to think like this.
“I just want to see the Magic Tower Lord’s magic skills. Is that possible?”
So while I was rotting my head, I figured out a way.
It was just to see and evaluate for yourself.
Still, as a colleague who had to defeat the demon lord, that was so natural… I had no choice but to confirm.
“Hmm… Is Hero Bill doubting my skills?”
“… um…”
Of course, seeing Bill’s reaction, Drek, the owner of the mage tower, showed a rather displeased reaction…
“Well, it doesn’t matter.”
Fortunately, Drek simply agreed.
Drek led Bill to the magic training ground behind the mage tower.
“Let me show you.”
Bill and Drek arrived at the training ground.
Drek stood in front of the enchanted golem.
Then, he took up his staff and began to recite the incantation.
His magic chant… Every time he chanted, elements glowed around Drek as if they were about to explode…
After such a long chant, the elements all flew towards the magic golem.
Kwak Kwak Kwak…
A huge explosion occurred.
Shattered magic golem.
Although the aftermath of the explosion was considerably reduced due to the shield in the magic tower.
Even so, I could see how great its power was.
“Huh…”
Drek uses magic and sighs.
And it was Bill who admired it when he saw it.
“Hmm… let’s go together.
I’ve seen enough of this without seeing more…?
After all, I think that he is the leader of the wizards, the mage tower lord.
I’m sorry for doubting you… It was a feeling.
So, of course, I had to recruit him.
‘Why the hell did Rag leave such a wizard?’
But I have a question.
Why the hell did Rag abandon this wizard…? such a thought.
However, I didn’t think too deeply about anything.