Chapter 129: A Talking Bird? (1/2)
As soon as the Water Python escaped it tried to attack Kadyn.
”Truly a wild and stupid creature,” Kadyn sneered and waved his hand and a light flashed under his feet. ”Crushing Hand!” he shouted. A huge image of a hand descended over the beast and before it could even touch Kadyn, it was smitten into the ground, it twitched briefly and then became silent, turning into a drop of water again. Kadyn looked at the drop of water and put it inside another vial.
”Wow, what kind of spell was that, it was so powerful!” Kove, who was clinging to Khrom, said excitedly. ”I have never even seen that element before.”
”Oh, it is Space Element, one of the strongest elements in the world,” Khrom patted Kove and explained like a good father. He knew that Kove wanted to be a mage. However, fate didn't allow him to be one. He could never become a mage. He sighed inside his heart but didn't show it on his face.
Kove wanted to say something but then became crestfallen. Khrom saw his expression and tried to comfort him. He had already accepted him. No matter what his shortcomings were, he would accept them as well. Then the group went into the house.
Actually the spell Kadyn used wasn't very powerful. However, inside the shop he could enhance his spells, even Rank 3 mage won't be his match here. He was the king inside the shop, after all.
After eating his fill Kadyn didn't go to sleep but walked towards the main building of the shop. He wanted to meditate as he had already wasted a month. He would have become Spell Caster by now if not for the delay due to his injuries. So now he wanted to increase his strength as soon as possible.
After encountering a Rank 2 vampire in the Orddono castle, he realised how insignificant his strength was. He was just a clown in front of them, a weakling whom they could slaughter whenever they wanted. Every mage wasn't as stupid and arrogant as Jinn, after all, giving an opening for a weakling like him to attack. He won't get that kind of chance every time he encounters his enemies. The vampire in the castle was a good example.
As he was lost in his deep thinking he arrived in front of the shop. It was still in the same shape and condition as it was in the Orddono. He pushed open the door and directly went towards the Meditation Chamber.
However, when he entered the room, a light flashed in the room and someone — or something — attacked him from the right side. Kadyn was caught unprepared. He didn't even know what hit him before he was smashed into the chamber wall with a booming sound.
He groaned in pain and blood dripped out of the corner of his mouth. He never thought that something would attack him inside the shop. He looked at his chest and saw a burnt mark at the centre and the shirt at the front was completely charred as if someone had thrown a fireball at him. He lifted his dizzy gaze and looked at the attacker.
”A Bird?” his mouth hung open when he saw a bird flapping her wings in the air. It had white feathers that looked beautiful and were at least about four to five times larger than its entire body which it was swinging in the air continuously — the white flames burned over it. It had blue sapphire eyes by which it peered at him.
Kadyn saw the bird and hurriedly turned his gaze towards the corner of the room where he found the broken shell of the egg. Then he looked at the bird and didn't know what to do when the bird opened its mouth. ”You lowly human. How dare you establish a contract with me?!”
”Eh?” Kadyn glanced at the bird and his eyes almost bulged out of their sockets in shock. A… talking bird?
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Kadyn walked out of the house. His body still aches due to the beating last night. It took a huge effort to solve the misunderstanding. Furthermore if he didn't have the power of the shop he might have been bedridden for a period of time once again.