The Vastness of Magical Destiny-Chapter 119 - 10 Essence Spirit Ring
Chapter 119: Chapter 10: Essence Spirit Ring
Chapter 119 -10: Essence Spirit Ring
As everyone’s gaze turned in that direction, Komer inwardly groaned. He hadn’t expected a magician to attend such a banquet, and that Mr. Mundell was probably the most famous high-level mage in the Galle Region, a close friend of Duke Zellin. It was said that he was close to reaching the realm of the Archmage. With his discernment, if Komer’s enormous lie was exposed on the spot, he truly might have to face the edge of Knight Sate’s sword.
Two gray-clad men had been standing in a corner of the Grand Hall, conversing with each other and not wanting to be disturbed. Though the passing guests looked at them with a mixture of awe and envy, neither of the two men bothered to spare a glance for their surroundings as if the comings and goings of the hall held no allure for them. It wasn’t until Sate steered the attention of the crowd their way that the two middle-aged men in grey raised their gaze with furrowed brows.
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“Mr. Mundell, uh, and Mr. Rebry, everyone is very curious about the gift that Baron Komer has presented to Princess Vero, but we’re all unclear about the origin and effect of this magic ring. Baron Komer mentioned that it is an antique with a great history, could you two possibly discern the origin of the ring?”
When it came to Mr. Rebry, Sate’s voice hesitated slightly. He was not familiar with Mr. Mundell’s friend and thought of Mr. Rebry as nothing more than a con artist exploiting food and drink. Having been in Gutenberg for nearly half a year, he had not seen this man cast a single spell, yet he hid away in his room, fiddling about with who knows what. Nonetheless, Mr. Mundell treated him with exceptional respect, which puzzled the other mages in the service of Duke Zellin and the members of the Nirvana Knights regiment.
If not for Mr. Mundell’s high prestige, the brothers of the Knights regiment might have already tried to test this mage who hasn’t shown any remarkable talent in half a year.
The middle-aged man in a neat grey robe frowned, his square face bearing little semblance of a smile, though the gaze from beneath his thick brows commanded respect and pressure that everyone could feel. His hands were tucked into his sleeves as if he were a common monk devout in faith.
However, the other man in a grey robe beside him was entirely different. His gray robe was frayed at the cuffs, and his chest bore a large patch of grease stains, making him look like a tavern worker who had just run out of the kitchen. With a sharp mouth and sunken cheeks, his eyes were half open, and if he were seen outside, most would mistake him for a begging vagrant, not imagining him to be a mage at all.
The nobles naturally made way for them. Nearly everyone held an inexplicable sense of reverence and fear toward magicians, the ability to call forth storms, turn stone to gold, and traverse great distances effortlessly were considered unfathomable to the common person. A single individual capable of manipulating the elements and even communicating with different worlds was undoubtedly the stuff of legends for ordinary folk. Yet to these magicians, it was as commonplace as a meal, and that alone was enough to earn endless respect from everyone.
From this, Komer could tell of the grand ambition harbored by Duke Zellin. A magician was not something just anyone could afford; to satisfy a mage’s needs required not only providing them with ample wealth and status, but also accommodating their various other potential needs at any time.
Mages are people too, often quirky individuals at that – especially those with special abilities. For a lord, women, money, honor, position, and faith might be readily obtainable, but the magic materials, magic tools, magic laboratories, and all things related to magic essential for a mage’s cultivation were not things every lord could satisfy, and these precisely are the factors that mages value most.
Many things cannot simply be bought with money, though of course, having a strong financial foundation makes it easier to achieve. Therefore, at the end of the day, if you wish to enlist the services of a mage, you must first possess an exceedingly strong financial base.
Duke Zellin, in emulation of the Kingdom, had established a Mage Corps. According to Palermo, the mages in Duke Zellin’s service numbered as many as twelve and were actively recruiting mages from all over the Continent. He also had more than twenty magicians and a large number of magic apprentices.
Komer knew that Archduke Philip of the Homer Region, where he resided, had only half the number of mages and magicians Duke Zellin commanded. With such a sizable Mage Corps and accompanied by a high-level mage on the brink of becoming an Archmage, namely the present Mr. Mundell, it was no wonder the Central Kingdom harbored worries. If considering the number of mages alone, the two houses already equaled more than half of the Kingdom’s court-appointed Mage Corps. Perhaps this was the reason Duke Tez spoke with such undertones of significance before leaving.
Their arrival immediately caused Komer to tighten his heart. Not only was he worried about his lie being pierced through, but he also had to carefully conceal the demonic nature in him to prevent incidents like the one that happened last time in the Versailles Tavern. Mages from the Church of Light were particularly sensitive to dark attributes of magic power, and their detection abilities were far greater than other mages. Komer did not want to experience a similar event again.
