549 Absolutely Baffled (1/2)
Of course, that was only a joke. After all, Dimensional Anchor was itself a spatial spell.
Normally speaking, the person who could swiftly deal with a spatial Mage could only be another spatial Mage who knew Dimensional Anchor.
In the circle of Mages, all the Mages above the level of Master would try to learn this spell.
However, it remained unknown whether or not they could get the spell model, and if they could really learn it after they did.
Dimensional Anchor was rather difficult to learn even for a level-three spell.
It was similar to Language Proficiency among the level-two spells.
If one did not have any talent in space, it would be challenging for them to learn it even if they were Legends in other magic schools.
Therefore, this vulpera didn't predict at all that this young human Mage would be able to instantly cast Dimensional Anchor.
”Who are you?”
The person in gray sounded furious.
The door had been blocked, and the space was fixed by the Dimensional Anchors. It was impossible for him to flee with teleportation.
Besides, even without the Dimensional Anchors, it would've taken him five seconds to chant teleportation, or half a second to chant for a flash. He could instantly cast some low-level spells, but not those above level two.
In a face-to-face battle, a delay of five seconds could be critical, and even a delay of merely half a second could give the hostile Mage a chance to predict the distance and direction of his movement.
He would still be in a disadvantageous position.
Looking down at the person from the stairs, Roland smiled. ”My friend, I'm on a quest to catch a vulpera Mage who escaped from the Monochrome Magic Tower, dead or alive. But I prefer to catch him alive, because it pays better and I'm not a fan of killing.”
The person in gray was silent for a long time.
Roland waited patiently without being hasty at all.
The catgirl had already run to the back of the hotel and hidden herself. She then climbed the wall soundlessly, using obstacles and dead angles, until she reached the wall right behind the person in gray.
Catgirls were truly gifted to be Rogues and Assassins.
The catgirl didn't have any systematic training yet, but he already knew what he was doing.
The person in gray was still silent. Roland was done waiting and was about to attack, but then the person raised his head and lifted his hood.
A pair of pointy fox ears emerged from his black hair.
Then, there were long and sharp cheekbones below it. He was indeed a vulpera.
”I'm your target.” The vulpera looked at Roland regretfully. ”Who are you? Why are you here to catch me?”
The vulpera in gray sneered coldly. ”You mean that you've been doing evil things together, right?”
”What do you mean?” Roland was rather curious.
”In every Magic Tower, the leadership consists almost exclusively of human beings. Even though the Great Elder of the Illusion Magic Tower is a Lalafell, she doesn't treat the hybrids as her own kind but sides with human beings. I'm not content with that. Why do the hybrid Mages have to listen to human beings?”
Roland was briefly stunned. ”As far as I know, the few Magic Towers were all founded by human beings, weren't they? Aren't human beings already generous enough to let the hybrids study magic there?”
The vulpera in gray roared, ”Have the hybrid Mages worked in the Magic Towers for thousands of years just for your magic research, as your experiment subjects? That's unfair! The hybrids are just as honorable as human beings. Why do we have to be your slaves?”
Roland rubbed his eyebrows and found it hard to believe. ”You care so much about the dignity and future of the hybrids? Do you have a high social status?”
”I'm a prince of the vulpera.”
Hearing that, Roland realized why this person would pass through this city.
It was because this city was on the way to the vulpera's settlement.
Roland estimated that people from other Magic Towers had been sent to other places on the way to the vulpera's settlement to catch this vulpera prince too.
”Let me go.” Seeing that Roland was deep in thought, the vulpera thought that he was shocked by his identity. ”I'll repay you. If you're willing to escort me back to the vulpera's settlement, I'll pay you even more. If you're even willing to submit to the vulpera, you will gain more wealth and power than you can possibly imagine.”
Roland was quite amused as he listened.
He had to admit that this vulpera prince was really trying his best to survive.
Another Mage might have considered the offer for a few seconds, but Roland had already struck a secret deal of strategic cooperation with the future queen of the world's most powerful human country.
Would he abandon such a bright future and collude with a vulpera prince?
Did he look that stupid?
Besides, even without Stephanie, Roland would've been listed as a must-kill target by the Red Magic Tower if he were to go with the vulpera prince.
Only a fool would want such an ending.
At this moment, Roland was suddenly stunned. He opened the quest menu with his mind.
Special quest detected: ”Against the Light.” Leave with the vulpera prince and betray humanity. (Nightmarish)
Do you want to pick it?
The description of the quest was so deeply purple that it was almost black.
Of course, Roland chose ”No.”
If it were a regular single-player game, Roland would've saved the game and tried the nightmarish quest.
But this was a real world with NPCs who had feelings. If he were to go, how was he going to face Andonara, Vivian, and his friends in the Magic Tower?
How was he going to face his friends in F6?
Would he really fight them in the future?
Taking a snapshot of the quest with the system's camera function, Roland chose ”No” without hesitation.
Only someone who was mentally deranged would pick up such a quest.
But Roland was indeed slightly surprised. He had thought that epic quests were quests of the highest level; he didn't know that there were nightmarish ones.
Staring at the vulpera in gray, he shook his head and said, ”That's not going to happen. The vulpera only have a population of thirty million. That's not even close to human beings' numbers. Why would I leave my friends, my people, and go with you?”
”But the total population of the hybrids is the same as that of the humans.”