Vol 2 Chapter 2 (2/2)
“So, how close was this relationshi+p?”
Majic said, but Orphen didn’t speak for a moment
“Well, if you must know there were half-breeds”
“Oh……”
“In fact, us huic are a result of that Which on hybrids Though that’s not to say there aren’t soenetic problems……”
“I see”
Orphen’s face looked troubled
“Even though we are related by blood, there is a fundamental difference”
” What is the difference?”
“For example, whether you are a white sorcerer or a black sorcerer you use your voice —— saying a certain ic, and it’s effect’s are only temporary But ——”
Orphen put both hands on his hips
“The celestial being’s used writing as their ical medium —— because they didn’t use their voices, this is called silence , you could even engrave it on h when coic, it’s more powerful and complex”
“Hoerful?”
It was a natural question, but Orphen looked very embarrassed
“Well, I haven’t personally seen any silence h I have seen the legacy they have left Fros, swords and the like Just like that one that bastard stole fro the ordinary person can handle There have beentheood use”
“”
Majic then spoke with honest eyes
“Even so, that hasn’t stopped people fro their power”
“Well ——”
Orphen noore a self-deprecating smile
“I didn’t say soh couldn’t do it, even if itto do”
“”
Orphen was full of confidence when he said those words, Majic just couldn’t understand hied
“So, why can’t the Alliance of Sorcerers gain a stable foothold in this city again?”
“Whoops, guess I forgot about that part To put it bluntly, the Dragon Faith is strong in this city The Dragon Faith generally only exists around the border regions, but Alenhatan is an exception”
“How come?”
Majic asked, and the ansas simple Now there was less people on the streets, and they took a side street, leaving the tourist trail
“Because people are afraid of the unknown That’s why 100 years ago they hunted down sorcerers in this city ”
”How many people died?”
“Who knows”
Orphen then lead the way to Alliance of Sorcerers Alenhatan branch The street was full of tall buildings, since s
“It doesn't look well maintained”
Majic said, but Orphen just sighed
“It’s used to be an abandoned eleh the place has seen better days……”
He then turned around and saw Cleo about tenthem
Orphen then spoke impatiently
“Hey you back there, why don’t you say hello!”
Cleo ignored hiolden hair
“Just ized already?”
Cleo didn’t look happy, she then storound with her feet
“You call tossing flowers at y?!”
“Co?”
She didn’t bother responding, she just stared at and started gnashi+ng her teeth Orphen let out a triumphant smile
“Master, cut it out”
“Anyway you’re acting like a total child, you are an adult so act like one”
After listening to Majic, Orphen replied without even looking at her Cleo’s face only becoed and punched hiut
“It seems it had the opposite effect”
Orphen murmured
“As if that will solve the problem……”
Majic calmly said, then Orphen had no choice but to face the Alliance of Sorcerers building
“We’ll sort our problems out later”
Orphen said as the approached the building, he saw a playground built beside the building but oddly there was no movement, not even a stray cat Orphen couldn’t help but feel strange——as there were no guards in sight
“Isn’t there anyone in there?”
Majic said as he was staggered beside Orphen, still carrying the large bags
“This place has some unfortunate memories for me……perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned that”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s an old friend, but I’m not sure if she’s here The last time I saw her was in a hospital”
“What makes you think she’s here?”
“She’s a sorcerer If you want to survive in this city as a sorcerer, you’ve got to stick with family——and that means the Alliance of Sorcerers”
He stepped back a bit and looked at the playground once round’s entrance
Orphen though about half-jokingly waving at her She would probably throw rocks in anger, but luckily he was too far away
He raised his right hand but——
Suddenly he sensed a strange entity behind hi
“Woah!”
Orphen could feel the hairs on the back of his neck stand up, as a foreboding feeling went over him
Noticing this, Majic shouted
“Master! What’s wrong!?”
He shot a glare back at hie ind consu that it even started pulling parts of the playground up into the air,the could find The playground was being destroyed and the Alliance of Sorcerers Alenhatan branch was cru to save theh as the asn’t y!
(This is bad, I never expected this)
Orphen quickly covered his hand so he could save his breath for a ical incantation Now——the ind started to expand and gain power as it threatened to engulf the to i the incantation
“I spin thee——”
——Suddenly s slass hit him——
“——Arht!”
Like oil being poured onto red-hot iron, a shi+ning ring of light appeared around Orphen——the shards of glass were destroyed by the barrier At the sa torn off Even if it hit him, he would be protected
With a hoarse voice Majic shouted towards Orphen
“What now?”
“Let me think”
Orphen said as he looked towards the playground, a once peaceful scene Parts of the playground were being destroyed by the ind, but luckily it had not reach Cleo yet The girl just stood there stunned, with a pale face
“Whoever’s doing this can’t keep it up for long, though I’m not sure if my shi+eld will hold out”
“And what if it fails, then what?”
Majic said with a tre voice
“I’ll think of so”
But just as Orphen spoke,into the air
”damn it!”
Orphen’s barrier had begun to fail, gaps were starting to appear in the barrier He was helpless against the ical energy being sucked fro made his shudder
Then he noticed so——he couldn’tat aon the third floor
It was a wondrous sight Orphen was surrounded by clouds of dust, obscuring his vision But he could make out that it was a man——no, what seemed like a man
(“What the……?”)
Orphen could see parts of it now, he couldn’t believe his eyes It had pale bluish skin, with no visible hair on its face It’s eyes looked like they were carved by a professional sculptor, but it oddly didn’t have a nose Then he caught a glimpse of it’sOrphen wasn’t very good at lip reading so he couldn’t tell what it was saying, all he kneas that it wasn’t good
Then he saw the silhouette lift it’s unusually thin are sword——Orphen had a feeling of deja vu
(It’s the Sword of Baltanders! Then——does that mean Vulcan is in there?)
Suddenly his barrier was broken Majic gave out acry of despair as wood chips flew at both of the Orphen in the forehead
“————!”
Orphen felt like he was going to pass out, but he just pressed down on the wound and soldiered on
“daot himself into this time!”
Suddenly, the ferocity of the winds brought down a part of a wall Then Orphen stuck out his right hand and shouted intensely, as part of the wall made it’s way toward him
“Sword of Light, whom I do release!”
A bright flash of light destroyed the piece of the wall, as it exploded in the air He chanted the saain as he turned around the face iron bars which were torn froht shoulder was impacted with a round He felt a tingling sensation co from his shoulder, he couldn’t move it, it seemed to be broken
Orphen pressed down on his shoulder and groaned aloud
“Oh shi+t…I think it’s broken”
He usually says things like this without thinking
“Master!”
Majic said, as he looked down at Orphen on the ground
“Time is short, so listen up——”
“I can’t take this! I don’t want to die here!”
Orphen thought about grabbing his apprentice anda run for it——but as he looked around in despair, he knew they’d only be flung up into the sky
“Orphen!”
At the playground nearby, he could hear Cleo shouting so tornado, nor could he see her clearly The only thing he could , the suddenly——
A bright white light spread around the area, but it made no sound Then followedwas hit hat could only be described as an internal tsuna to burst Meanwhile it see down froave way and exploded…
Orphen just lay there, until he had enough strength to stand up Then he saw frantic housewives scuttling about trying find their laundry, most of which was blown about due to the wind Meanwhile Orphen struggled to make sense of what just happened
“Ouch, the pain!”
Orphen said, as he could feel his body ache all over
“Orphen!”
“My goodness!”
Orphen ignored their screaed him
“Are you alright? I hope nothing’s broken!”
“You’re hurting me!”
Orphen tried to shake Cleo off, knowing that she was oblivious to his pain
“What’s wrong with you, can’t you hear me?!”
“Of course I can hear you, I’m not deaf!”
“Well, I will be if you don’t stop shouting in my ears”
“Oh yeah, the explosion”
Cleo said as she let go Orphen then looked at the Alliance of Sorcerers building, which was utterly beyond recognition The Cleo spoke, obviously puzzled by so
“I wonder why the explosion didn’t reach beyond the playground?”
“ What did you say?”
He looked towards what reround, and then it dawned on him——the explosion only occurred within the i Buildings were turned into rubble, the playground was turned into scorched earth, but the devastation didn’t go beyond the playground’s fence He was e of their attack?
“”
Open mouthed, Orphen’s eyes looked at the mountain of rubble Astood there, now gone, completely destroyed Sand and dust was sent everywhere, slowly being scattered by the wind Then he realized that only him and Cleo were there, Majic was nowhere to be seen
“Majic, where are you?”
Frantically Orphen ran to the devastated playground Then he stood still, realizing that ans Nevertheless he looked around the playground, but he couldn’t find any trace of his blond friend
“Majic……”
Cleohis left wrist
“I think I’ve found him……”
“Well, where is he?”
Orphen asked But she didn’t speak, she only pointed her index finger into the air
He hesitantly looked upwards——
“Ahhhhhhhh!”
He cried, as he saw Majic floating two or three round, noticing this, Orphen hurriedly chanted an incantation
“I summon thee——damn it!”
He panicked, as didn’t shouted the rest of the incantation Actually, the second part of the mantra was irrelevant——all he had to do was pick an object or a location So Orphen shouted with all his ht, as he spoke the rest of the incantation
“Help! Ma——jic!”
…Orphen succeed in reducing the speed at which Majic was falling Orphen could feel theused to control his apprentice’s descent, meanwhile he breathed in and out as he wiped his forehead
After a few round Cleo poked Majic in the cheek to see if he was still alive, meanwhile Orphen looked back at the mountain of rubble
“That man…”
He rattled a couple of thoughts about his brain, as he wondered if that figure he saas caught up in the blast Orphen sighed, wondering if that guy was the mastermind behind the explosion If he was, he wouldn't have died when the building exploded So that means heto do with it…
Aware of what just ensued, sohbourhood came out to see what happened Their faces showed little sympathy
An oldthat he was injured He was a bald man, and his words were not those of compassion
“Are you a sorcerer?”
“Ah I’m not what you think”
Orphen replied with a dispassionate voice, though he clearly didn’t sway the man
“I have a feeling that we’ll find out sooner or later”
“Huh? What do you mean by that?”
Orphen asked But the man simply closed his eyes and shook his head
“Soot to pay”
“”
nobody spoke after that Everybody was silent, and the atot more tense
Orphen was going to punch the ——it was the rubble, he could hear groaning The he turned his attention to the onco them
Then at the pile of rubble, soht that it was the silhouette he saw Orphen gulped, for her re else
“”
Co year old wo sorcerer robes, and had dark hair that went down to her waist She stuck out her bruised arm, as she continued to climb out of the rubble She was now in full view, everybody could see that she earing a pair of dalasses and was in pain Then she made her way towards Orphen, obviously to the crowd
Orphen stared at her as she approached, he estruck——it was like he was looking at a ghost
“O-Orphen?”
“Steph——”
It was obvious he knew her name, but she was too exhausted to continue She fell down——but luckily Orphen caught her
“Steph, you’re still here!”
He then heard a loud thud behind him, it was obvious that Cleo wasn’t happy
“That’s called sexual harassment buddy, the least you could do is buy me a room if with you want to sleep with me”
It was night time——
It just passed twelve, and there were no shadows on the sidewalk It was beautiful at this tiht lit up the roads There were several s, this was a civilian residential district Those who aren’t used to this area generally find it strange, as the road here was several meters wide Several men and women who looked like students walked down this road
“Are you into that sort of thing?”
The ed
But before they could continue their conversation, a silhouette suddenly appeared in front of them
“Oh my, what have we here?”
“Who are you?”
The tall figure looked about three metres, as it stood there motionless
“What an idiot”
“You think you can take us on?”
A couple of the other ure
“Was that a challenge?”
The ure said, as his cloak fluttered in the wind revealing a scabbard
“He’s got a weapon, maybe we should call the police!”
One of the women said
“What’s wrong, are you afraid of a knife?”
“That goes without saying!”
“Don’t you remember, I said I’ll always protect you”
“Guys, look out——”
The figure pulled out his sword, and the all stopped talking as the figure waved his sword in front of them
“I won’t allow this idle talk to go on any longer! Behold, my name is——”
“What’s all the commutation out here?!”
Shouting cas, but then——whack!
“”
A potted tulip plant was thrown at the shadowed figure’s head, and he silently sturound
The man who threw it shook his head in aures feet, it wasn’t even daed
Then suddenly——the silhouette sprung into the air as if he was spring loaded toy
“damn! Who the hell threw that!?”
“I-It’s a monster!”
The men shrieked and ran away, then the wo
“These darn hu their toilets with toilet paper!”
“Are you okay? Brother……”
Froed with a fur cloak, his glasses reflecting the iant eyes
“It’s nothing”
“But the pot plant……”
“Ah”
He wondered what he ht it didn’t hurt him because his skill was so thick
“What’s with the ah?”
“You wouldn't understand, to rule the world you've got become famous first!”
“How exactly will harassing couples in the night accomplish this?”
“We wereour skills”
“It didn’t look like it”
“Shut up! One day when I get stronger I’ll finally rule the world and then I’ll make that damn sorcerer pay!”
He then sto
“Once I master the control method, then I’ll be able to rule the world!”
“I’ve told you before! Shut up!!”
A new figure had appeared in the street, sending Vulcan reeling to the ground NowAlenhatan’s ancient beauty