Chapter 690 - v4c69p2 The Mage Tower (1/2)

Medissa’s eyes lit up slightly, looking very strange, “I feel faint magic, like a magical mark. How did you know there was something here, Lord?”

But apparently, Brendel was not going to answer her question for the time being, so he took the torch from the side of Scarlet and shone it at Medissa. The fire immediately imprinted the Silver Elf Princess’ shadow to the ground, and the others were stunned as they followed Brendel’s gaze.

Because they saw that the shadow behind Medissa had distinctly extra pairs of what seemed like translucent wings.

“Is this ……?” Filas could not help but gape a little.

I knew it. Brendel thought to himself. Out of all of them, only Laurenna was keenly aware of the change in his expression, and she immediately asked, “Mister, did you realize something?”

Brendel let out a sigh of relief before nodding and answering, “Demonic spirits don’t gather somewhere for no reason, and the origin of this place actually has a bit of a connection to the Black Tower Mage of Karsuk.”

“The Black Tower Mage?” Now even Ciel was slightly stunned, knowing that, by the way, he was once considered a member of the Black Tower Mage.

Brendel smiled slightly, this time he was not lying, this could only be a coincidence. The background of this place within the game did come from the Black Tower Mages, “The Black Tower Mages are the most powerful mage organization within Aouine, and just like many other places, their curiosity for secrets and knowledge is unparalleled. Like the Buga Mages, the Black Tower Mages have traveled to every ruin in the kingdom in search of those lost secrets. This mysterious forest is naturally no exception.”

“My lord, you’re saying that the Black Tower Mages once sent an investigation team into this forest, and here ……” Laurenna reacted.

“It’s pretty much as you guessed, but slightly different.” Brendel replied as he recalled what the Raiders had written about this area, “The Black Tower Mages have entered this forest more than once in their centuries of history, and with the exception of the dangerous area in the center, they can be said to have known this area for a long time.”

He looked at Laurenna and added, “You don’t think that guy Arreck would simply rush into this forest, he must be surrounded by people who know this forest as well as I do, maybe that guy is also a Black Tower Mage.”

“But aren’t the Black Tower Mages and the Highland Knight allies, Brendel you ……” asked Freya with some confusion.

“There are all kinds of birds in the woods, and not all Black Tower Mages abide by the Tower agreement.” Ciel explained immediately.

“Exactly,” continued Brendel, “but that’s not what we’re discussing here. Back then, the Black Tower Mages were supposed to have come here in order to destroy a certain very powerful demonic item, and they hoped to use one of the formations here to completely destroy that demonic item from Jorgendy Ridge-”

He paused, “But there were traitors in the team at the time, and some mages were tempted by the demonic power, and the entire operation was ultimately a failure. It is said that the demonic item exploded violently on the phalanx, blasting the nearly one hundred Black Tower mages and apprentices accompanying them into flying ash, and the souls of these people were eroded by the dark magic, gradually forming the demonic spirits wandering the place.”

“Nearly a hundred mages?” Laurenna sucked in a breath of cold air somewhat incredulously, she could well imagine how tragic the scene was.

The others each had a somewhat serious look on their faces as well.

But Brendel just laughed, the whole incident was actually not as terrifying as they imagined, if the Black Tower Wizard hung nearly a hundred official mages at once, the organization would have been close to falling apart. There was actually only twelve official mages including the traitor, and most of the others were apprentices.

But what the demonic spirit left behind was indeed the truth, he continued, “Of course the demonic item was said to have gone up in smoke in the explosion as well, but the Black Tower Wizard still set up an observation post in the area for insurance purposes. This outpost was said to have been in use for nearly a hundred years, and was abandoned only in the last century.”

“Observation post?” Filas froze and couldn’t help but look around, “How come I didn’t see it, has it been removed?”

“Of course not, the mages’ observation posts will not be the common fortress outposts you’d normally see” At this time Maynild, who had not spoken up, suddenly said, “Brendel, you were looking for the location of that outpost earlier, weren’t you?”

Brendel nodded.

“That magical bit-marker is a guide point, and the Mages’ literature says the outpost should be next to that cedar, in the direction the shadow of the wings behind Medissa is pointing.”