242 Rank-10?! (1/2)

He had been able to get his leg back previously from the monster who had gotten even stronger than the old man, but it was just a mindless monster.

The person in front of him though was the ancestor of the Silverbird family that ruled the Silverbird Kingdom for decades!

Unlike the unintelligent monster, this ancestor of the Silverbird family was very much able to think for himself and didn't attack whatever was in his sight.

Even when he was able to outsmart the half-step Rank-10 ancestor, it wasn't enough to completely overwhelm him.

'Ha...' he sighed inside his mind, 'Who would have thought that their ancestor lived as well...'

Although the old man hadn't told him that he was the Silverbird family's ancestor, Ozul didn't need a confirmation to conclude such to be the case.

He merely found it surprising that even the Ashin family wasn't aware of this. Because if they were, Alver and Raymond would have undoubtedly warned him before he had set off towards the Silverbird Kingdom.

However, thinking about all of this was useless. He was down on the ground without the strength to even stand up. Maybe he could have tried to use the Ball of Purity to again sneak attack the crazy ancestor of the Silverbird family, but he doubted it would work again on him.

But just when he had thought the crazy ancestor was about to cast his Spell, a familiar voice rang out near them,

”Hoho~ a senior bullying a junior? Can't say it's the first time I see this.”

Following the voice, a barefoot old man, wearing loosely hanging grey robes approached the two.

Although the ancestor of the Silverbird family was confused, Ozul instantly recognized this old man. He was the same person who he had encountered in that town where he stopped to take a nap.

He found the old man pretty unusual because of the fact that he couldn't even make a guess of his cultivation level.

'What is he doing here?' Ozul asked inside his mind. He didn't know anything about this strange old man.

However, Ozul could make a guess from his earlier words that the old man wasn't together with the old ancestor who was about to cast his spell.

”Get out of the way, you bag of bones!” the ancestor was about to throw his Spell towards the old man instead.

Even in the face of a spell aimed at him by a half-step Rank-10 Mage, the old man didn't show a change in his facial expressions.

Quite the opposite, he completely ignored the enraged ancestor's existence and squinted his eyes at Ozul instead.

”Hoho~ What a coincidence, young man. Where is that little kitty? Oh there she is!” the old man said like he had just recognized Ozul.

But one thing was confirmed now, the old man wasn't an ordinary person. Even a crazy old drunkard would sober up when someone so strong pointed their Spell at them.

”Oh? You see, I don't like bullying juniors unlike you. It would be pleasant for both of us that you drop the idea of attacking-” the old man had just turned towards the ancestor and talked in a totally different way, but his words were interrupted when the latter casted his spell at him.

Two giant mud walls rose around the old man and rapidly closed in, threatening to crush the old man in the middle.

”Hais... Don't complain that this old man didn't warn you earlier,” the old man muttered with an exaggerated sigh and before the suspicious gaze of Ozul, the giant walls instantly stopped at their place!

Unlike the Mages, the old man didn't chant or circulated the Mana inside his body at all! There was not a speck of Mana used in the process either!

Instead, it was just as if the old man had willed it, and the walls simply obeyed his wishes to stop at their place.

Not to mention the ancestor who had his eyes bulging out, even Ozul was surprised. However, his reason for astonishment was different from the ancestor's.

'He didn't use Mana either!' Only this thought remained in his mind as he began to wonder if the old man was someone like him!

And if he really was someone like him, he might be able to get his answers without searching all over the world!

Immediately, a new hope lit up inside his mind.

The curiosity to find out about his own existence had become a force that drove Ozul to change his mind.

Regardless of his previous sentiments of just accepting his death, he wanted to live now! The old man might have his answers. This single thought reverberated inside him.

He didn't even try before because he had run out of tricks and there was nothing he could do to take that furious ancestor by surprise.

However, the appearance of the old man changed everything.