However Aphnaidel could not finish his words. Cause I've already cut off that rope by my 'Unaware Slash'.
Hanster fell, I quickly went to check his breath. Fortunately, he is still wheezing. I put my sword down, and then said:
"Hey, what the hell did you do?"
Silikian surprisedly looked at Aphnaidel. Aphnaidel's face burst red and green. Suddenly he shouted:
"Bastard! How dare you destroy Aphnaidel the Archmage's stuff, absolutely unforgivable!"
His face suddenly turned angry and he began to search in his pocket again. Really, what is he doing?
Tyburn doesn't even need any tools or powder, why is this guy so troublesome? Is it because he is an Archmage?
I didn't have time to sort out these ideas, Aphnaidel had already taken something out. It's a small, white, strange looking .... bone? He threw the bone towards me. Hum! Want to mess with me? By that? What can that do to me? Aphnaidel quickly shouted:
"Scare!"
Sounds like something scary will happen...... But nothing really happened. I nervously looked at Aphnaidel , and then looked at that bone on the ground. Am I hit? How come I don't feel anything? But Hanster lying on the ground suddenly screamed wildly :
"Uh ah! Uh ah! Go, go away! Uh ah ah!"
Hanster began to run, and then rolled over, and fell to the ground again. He then started crying. His face is covered by tears, saliva and sweat, everything that can come out from his face came out, completely messed up. The soldiers standing there tried to catch Hanster, but Hanster crazily pushed them away.
Aphnaidel's eyes are widen, and stammered:
"Lad, you, can't you feel anything?"
"Well, I can feel that my mood is not good. I was hit by a piece of bone, how could I feel good? What kind of bone is this? Chicken bones from your breakfast?"
Aphnaidel looked at me, then at Iruril, his face looks like he saw something unbelievable.
"Why, although elves can't feel the terror of dead, you, you are a human!"
At this time Karl and Sanson came forward. Karl calmly explained it, I finally got to know what was going on.
"You actually use that evil magic. Casting with dead man's bones. Such evil magic will bring people a terrible fear, and even to a level that drives man crazy. But this boy in front of you, he has no fear to dead. Because he has seen a lot of dead, and so has most of people from our village. "
Aphnaidel startled eyes and said weakly:
"You, are you a wizard?"
"No, I'm just a scholar."
This is a dead man's bone? Huh? Really strange. I kicked the bone away, Aphnaidel was amazed and looking at me. However, if you want to find these bones, you got to dig a grave, right? I glared at Aphnaidel and said:
"Ha, you ghoul. Did you dig your own grave to get this stuff?"
Karl corrected me. He said:
"No, it should not be, Nedval. It should be obtained from the undead."
"Really? Ah, anyway, still something terrible. But is he really an Archmage? I thought wizard can reverse gravity to invert heaven and earth, and summon Balrog by teleportation. But why is this Archmage playing rope tricks, sprinkling powder and bones?"
Aphnaidel immediately said:
"You, you bastard! Are you trying to insult me!"
"I'm sorry, but the wizard I know is really like that. You seem to suck a little bit?"
Aphnaidel looks pissed off, and he quickly put his hand into his pocket again. Another rope! Aphnaidel threw that over to us immediately, and shouted:
"Succinct!"
"Ah, watch out!"
I quickly pushed Iruril and Karl away. As a result the rope is only tied on me. Aphnaidel frowned. He wanted to catch all four of us together. Now he glared at Sanson and Karl.
"I decided to take my time to deal with this dirty-mouthed kid. Now it's your turn, what should I do?"
Sanson's face looked at Aphnaidel kindly, and then said to me:
"How long do you want to be tied?"
"Not long."
I pushed with my arms, the rope immediately got broken into many parts, falling to the ground. Both citizens and soldiers watching are amazed, while Aphnaidel is shocked. This time he finally carefully looked around me, and then he noticed my gloves.
"That's OPG (Ogre Gauntlets)! Who the hell are you, how come you would have such a treasure?"
"This is my gift for behaving good."
Baron Silikan began to roar:
"Aphnaidel! What is happening? Aren't you very proficient in magic?"
"These are not normal persons! Hey, soldiers! Arrest them right now! No! Kill them all!"
Aphnaidel stepped back, Baron Silikan also stood up from his chair and fell back hurriedly. Then more than thirty soldiers started moving towards us, their halberds looks terrible. Seems more terrible than the Orcs' machetes! Karl shouted:
"This is how you treat your guests? Baron! Did we do something wrong? We just tried to stop those trolls from making trouble, so we helped to kill them, is there anything wrong?"
Baron also shouted:
"Shut up! How dare you kill my trolls and being so shameless!"
Karl is very angry and speechless. And then Aphnaidel shouted at me:
"That naive kid actually has such a rare treasure. That thing should belong to me, used in my research. Soldiers! Kill them all, now!"
What? Are those words from a human's mouth? I stood out and was going to yell. But Iruril stood in front of me first.
"Iruril? Please stay away!"
Iruril turned and looked at me.
"Huchi, we're friends, right?"
"The answer is the same! No matter how many times you ask."
"Then I should help to stop them, but not letting you to face 32 soldiers!"
Oh, are there 32? Well, that is not very important.
"That's true, but for me too!... If you are in danger."
"I'm not in danger."
Iruril turned back again, then put her hands together. With such a beautiful elf standing in front, the soldiers looked around each other nervously. Iruril began to murmur some strange words. Huh? Is that a spell?
"Grease!"
"Uh ah!"
All the soldiers are slipping and falling down suddenly. At that moment, Iruril casted another spell quickly.
"Feather Fall!"
Then, the soldiers became very strange. They are now all floating in the air. Although they should have fallen after losing their balance, they are falling down slowly, just like in the water. The soldiers are cursing, trying to move their body straight and stand, but they seem to not able to control their own bodies. The so-called 'Feather Fall' magic, shouldn't be a magic that makes body light like a feather? So is Iruril a wizard? But thinking of the look she fights with her daggers, she doesn't look like a wizard at all. Also, if she knows magic, why didn't she use that when she was fighting the Urcs? Ah! 'Memorization'.
Certainly. That day Iruril was night-guarding for us, so she couldn't perform 'Memorization'. I recalled Karl's words:
"When wizards are using magic, they don't do the same like works of carpenters or lumberjack. Those use their own strength, but wizards use the power of the nature. However, we should be clear where the difference is. Truly skilled carpenter utilizes gravity to nail, and he can handle the bounce force naturally. Most people get tired after a few nails, but carpenter can do hundreds. This is because they use the forces of nature. Eventually, people who use their own strength, when they master their skills, they involve the forces of nature. So it's even more true for wizards who are already relying on the power of natures, they combine themselves with nature every single day, and they even practice for that. That is the purpose of Memorization. Nedval. Of course, in a short sentence, it is just to memorize the magic you have to use on that day, but there is a complex meaning in it. "
When I was thinking of these words, Iruril continued to cast her magics. But the strange thing is, I can now understand what she is saying.
"In the Atmosphere, Carrying the Lives, Monitoring the Things, Who Do Not Belong to Anything. Dance, Right Here, Right Now. I Pray!"
Shoop -! Shua -!
Wind and laughter started coming from the sky. I'm amazed by what I am seeing.
There is something in the sky moving forward, I can't see it clearly. It's just like a flickering figure. Seems to be a very small man, but I really can't see clearly. Except those soldiers who lost their balance, everyone is looking at the sky. Karl with a remarkable voice said:
"Never thought that I'd have the chance to see it! Sylph!"
