Golden Mage Chapter 47

Volume 2, Chapter 17

Kakang!

Firstly, the sword broke. The blade that was holding the Aura Blade broke easily, as if it were made of nothing.

The Golden Sword pierced through the broken sword.

And with a sharp stroke, it swiftly cut down the Black Knight.

Swish!

“…!”

In an instant, the Black Knight’s body collapsed. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but his life had already left his physical form.

Pabababak!

El’s Magic Arrow pulverized the body of the fallen Black Knight.

The body of the Black Knight, barely recognizable as human or just a pile of meat, lay still on the ground.

El, who had been watching the scene unfold, relaxed his cold expression and returned to his usual demeanor.

Then, he turned to King Redoff, who was standing beside him, looking dumbfounded.

“Would you need prisoners?”

“Y-Yes.”

Overwhelmed completely by El and the Golden Knight, King Redoff nodded his head.

“Understood.”

After receiving King Redoff’s response, El cast healing magic on some of the surviving Black Knights from the Fury of the Heaven. Although they were seriously injured, with this healing magic, they would survive even if they became disabled.

…

Meanwhile, the people of the Tolian Kingdom who were watching El and the Golden Knight couldn’t utter a word.

Naturally so. El had effortlessly wiped out the most elite knights of the kingdom, including Duke Lias, the kingdom’s greatest knight, and twenty guards, as if it were a light exercise.

El’s power, which annihilated thirty Sword Experts in an instant! And effortlessly overwhelmed three Sword Masters with the Golden Golem!

Especially when Duke Lias looked at the Golden Knight, his emotions were complex.

He couldn’t gauge the Golden Knight’s strength with his own power.

That could only mean one thing.

“At least one level stronger than me!”

Duke Lias, who had become the top knight of the Tolian Kingdom and a first-class Sword Master, realized that this was the case.

Indeed, that Golden Knight possessed power that Duke Lias dared not face, power that rivaled that of a Grand Master.

He was astonished! A mere Golem possessing the power of a Grand Master!

Duke Lias, who was close to the King of Tolia, also knew well about what happened in the Bliaud Empire with Earl Ainhart.

A twenty-year-old 7th Class Magician battling on par with a Grand Master? Unbelievable!

He, too, had to pretend that it was a lie, even with the king of Tolia. But today, he confirmed that the rumors were true. No, he had a hunch that the Golden Knight possessed power beyond the rumors.

“I can’t miss this opportunity! If I can bring this magician to our side, the dispute over the throne will be resolved in an instant!”

As the king of Tolia, who understood the king’s feelings better than anyone, Duke Lias felt that El’s presence could be the biggest variable in the upcoming struggle for the throne.

The same was true for King Redoff. In his mind, the opportunity to have a 7th Class Magician, a wish of the kingdom for centuries, was more important than the current struggle for the throne. With the help of a 7th Class Magician, the kingdom could finally eliminate the monsters from the Monster Land that had been harassing them.

Various thoughts crossed King Redoff’s mind. And the one constant in those thoughts was the need to seize this opportunity.

“We must capture him at all costs!”

Taking a moment to consider the consequences, King Redoff knew that if he hesitated for even a moment, he might miss the greatest opportunity of his life.

Quickly, he opened his mouth.

“Thank you for your help today.”

El was still just a teenager. Although he looked young, King Redoff wondered if it was magic that made him look that way, but he could not feel any special mana reaction, and there was no sense of discomfort that an old man was having a young appearance.

Nonetheless, King Redoff showed respect to El. It was not an intentional, calculated gesture; it came from the heart.

It was only natural. A 7th Class Magician in the continent was known and admired as a sage. Even the Emperor of the Empire could not be disrespectful to a 7th Class Magician.

Of course, the meaning of the term “sage” had been distorted for a long time. However, 7th Class Magicians indeed possessed a different mental structure from ordinary people, regardless of the form it took. They undoubtedly had such extraordinary minds.

Even for a fellow 7th Class Magician, their thoughts were unpredictable. Now, they helped, but one never knew when they might turn hostile and attack. 7th Class Magicians were beings with such enigmatic minds. That was the story applicable to most 7th Class Magicians. Most 7th Class Magicians were over sixty years old, and their daily intake of mana affected their bone marrow, causing such changes in character. Although normal people would go crazy if they went through the same thing, the magicians had much higher mental endurance than ordinary people, which limited the changes in their characters.

However, El was different. Due to his unique style of breathing and Earth’s formula, such changes did not apply to him.

El, who had normal (?) thinking, politely replied to the king’s greeting.

“No, I just helped against those with bad intentions. My name is Elimis, but you can call me El.”

From now on, he would be the King of the kingdom, and that was why El politely introduced himself, using his full name, something he hadn’t done to others.

Seeing El’s respectful introduction, King Redoff secretly heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that El was a magician with normal (?) thinking. Then he smiled and spoke to El.

“Even if you think so, the fact that you saved my life remains unchanged. Therefore, I would like to treat you to a meal. If I send you away like this, it will look very ungrateful. Please give me the opportunity to entertain you.”

It was a very polite and courteous message. However, the hidden message in King Redoff’s words was clear. He was trying to invite El into the kingdom.

Over the past hundreds of years, the kingdom had suffered from monsters pouring in from the Monster Land. They couldn’t bring out most of the 7th Class Magicians gathered in the Empire, so they were desperate to figure out how to obtain the power of 7th Class Magic.

El’s appearance was like a drought-relieving rain to them.

“Hmm… What should I do…?”

El pretended to ponder seriously over the king’s request.

It was well known that accepting with difficulty was more appreciated by the other party than easily accepting.

El knew this very well, as a master of psychological warfare.

Of course, King Redoff, who was also an astute politician, was not inferior to El in terms of his mind. The side that was in a hurry was the king, and the side holding the sword was El.

He could capture 30 knights without a single scratch. El had the upper hand.

Wherever he went, a 7th Class Magician was welcomed, and those who wanted to desperately recruit them were the kings of the nations.

Because the 7th Class Magician’s mind was something that no one could easily figure out.

He had to be polite and polite, even to the 7th Class Magician he served as a king, knowing that the 7th Class Magician might change his mind at any time. A 7th Class Magician had such an enigmatic mind. It was something that even other 7th Class Magicians could not predict. At present, it only affected a person’s character, but in the future, they might ascend to the 8th Class. By creating a bond with such a magician, Duke Lias felt delighted.

The two men, who were smiling, suddenly turned serious when they looked at the living Black Knight.