Regressor of the Fallen Family - Chapter 228
Episode 228: The Five Great Magic Towers of Capital Grand.
Its origin was a tower built by five great mages, among those who had contributed to the founding of Grandia, on behalf of their respective territories.
The magic towers erected in the center of the capital and in the north, south, east, west, and west by the great wizards, each symbolizing the schools of Wizardry, Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth, praying for the prosperity of Grand, belonged to the royalist faction even at the beginning of its founding.
However, as time passed, the magic tower repeatedly joined the aristocratic faction when the royal authority was weakened, and then joined the royalist faction again when the royal authority became stronger.
At some point, it turned into an independent interest group that did not follow any control, unless there was a national crisis such as an invasion by an external force.
Even if a situation like now occurs where the royal family is overturned, the other four major magic towers, excluding the royal magic tower, just watch indifferently.
However, the reason they were able to take such an independent path was because they could always afford to choose a different faction when pressure came from those in power.
However, in the current situation where everything in the kingdom was being integrated under the name of McLane, they could not help but feel anxious.
That was why the owners of the four great magic towers gathered in one place.
“Did Lord Chasen Riverfield give in right away as expected?”
“It is said that more than a thousand knights entered the palace. How could the royal magic tower resist?”
In response to the words of Framer Carlson, the owner of the Magic Tower of Fire, Gilbert Limore, the owner of the Magic Tower of Wind, sighed and responded.
The other two magic tower owners who were listening did not even react at all because they were just confirming what everyone knew.
No, more accurately, he was probably busy thinking about the current situation.
The atmosphere at the place where the magic tower owners of the four major magic towers gathered was just as heavy.
Among them, the Earth Magic Tower lord, Ledios Krate, was constantly sighing because his inner thoughts were a little more complicated than the others.
Because of regrets about the past rather than worries about the future.
‘Should I have been nicer to McLane at that time and definitely established a relationship? No no. You’ve done so much, so what can you do better? The problem is Clayton….’
The Earth Magic Tower has a good relationship with McLane.
But now, the conflict he had with Clayton, who was famous as the only mage in the kingdom, made him worry.
‘I was so harsh in trying to get out of Everton’s shadow.’
Redios’ expression became uncharacteristically sad as he remembered his former rival and teacher of Clayton.
Was he so deeply immersed in his own thoughts?
He recognized the voice calling him a beat late.
“…Ledios Mage Tower!”
“Hmm? Ah… Framer. What did you say?”
“What are you concentrating your mind on right now? In this situation!”
Redios’ face hardened slightly at the shouts of Framer, who had a fiery personality as the lord of the Fire Tower.
Even though they are all the same magic tower, it feels as if they are treating themselves as subordinates.
In fact, Framer, who was now in his nineties, was the oldest among the magic tower lords and was in fact a magician like his teacher.
Ledios immediately slightly lowered his head.
“I’m sorry, Framer. I have a lot of concerns…”
“Yes. I guess we gathered here to open up our concerns and find a way out! So, let’s talk about our thoughts first with the Ledios Mage Tower.”
Underneath the white eyebrows, bright orange eyes looked directly at me.
A face full of wrinkles and nervous eyes.
As Framer, whose face resembled that of a high-ranking mage with a foul personality, glared at him, Ledios swallowed dry saliva without realizing it.
“Hmm… There’s a custom, but would McLane go out of his way to attack our magic towers? We’ll unite…”
Boom!
“Are you thinking or not? Are you kidding me? Would a person who respected customs cut down his teacher and killed the king!”
“No, I mean…”
“Don’t just blurt it out without thinking, but give a clear alternative!”
A loud voice that was hard to believe came from an old man in his 90s filled the conference room.
Redios’ face turned red after being suddenly accused, but there was nothing wrong with Framer’s words.
He bit his lip to collect his confused mind.
Now was not the time to reminisce about old bad relationships.
“I’m sorry. I guess I haven’t finished organizing my thoughts. I’ll say it again.”
Ledios wet his dry lips with saliva and made eye contact with the magic tower lords who were looking at him.
“If we are to maintain our power, we will have to come together and express our opinions clearly. If you touch us, we will let you know that we will not remain silent. McRain also hopes for trouble to break out within the capital at a time when the kingdom is still unstable. Because it won’t happen.”
“Okay. I think I’ve finally come to my senses.”
After hearing those words, Framer’s face straightened slightly, but the water magic tower lord Regen Pieta next to him seemed to think a little differently.
“Then what do you plan to do if McLane attacks us first? The power gathered in the capital right now is too much for our magic towers to handle.”
“Do we really have to resort to such extreme measures? Our magic towers are also important forces for the kingdom in a way…”
Ledios tried to disagree with that extreme idea, but Regen’s disapproving gaze was already pouring down on me.
Like the framer, he doesn’t say anything out loud, but his eyes look pitifully.
The handsome face that looked 10 years younger even though it was similar to his age touched Ledios’s heart even more.
However, upon seeing his angry expression, Gilbert Limore, the Magic Tower Lord of the Wind, hit the desk and attracted attention.
“There is no need to be too extreme, but too optimistic expectations will ultimately hinder us. It is not good to rush too much, but it will be too late to decide on measures based on McLane’s reaction.”
So what should we do?
The fierce gaze of the remaining three magic tower lords.
However, Gilmore, a gentle-looking old man, expressed his opinion without wavering.
“As the situation is different, McLane may not be interested in our magic towers. Rather than provoking them for no reason, I would like to read the internal reaction and take one step first.”
“How?”
“We need to plant a reliable source of information internally.”
“Apart from how to plant an informant, what if you suddenly get stabbed in the back?”
Ledios thought it was a fairly reasonable opinion, but it didn’t seem to appeal to the impatient fire mage.
Despite that nervous expression, Gilmore smiled back.
“Let’s be cautious and move carefully. Moreover, as far as I know, that wizard golem master is from the Earth Magic Tower…”
Everyone’s eyes followed Gilmore’s gaze and focused on Redios.
It’s coming.
As the topic he most hated to bring up surfaced, a heavy burden was placed on Redios’ heart.
As the stories he had put aside in his heart tormented his mind again, he had no choice but to receive those words with a bitter smile.
“Ah… yes, that’s true.”
“You say you are independent, but you were once an alumnus, so even if you don’t know about cooperation, you can get at least some information in advance, right?”
Let’s use the mage as a source of information.
If possible, there was no surer way.
“Ah… that’s definitely enough.”
“good idea.”
The light of hope in the eyes of others.
But those eyes only gave Ledios frustration.
Because he knew very well that it couldn’t happen.
“Oh, that’s…”
In this situation, I couldn’t confess that even if I saw a shadow from afar, I should turn around and avoid them.
However, Redios, who knew that making vain promises was ultimately a self-inflicted crime, could not easily open his mouth and was only chewing his lips.
– His Excellency Rogan McLane and Mage Clayton are here!
The voice from outside made the magic tower owners’ impressions harden.
* * * Kiyi.
The door opened and only two people came in.
In these times, they confidently came to the Magic Tower of Fire at the northern end of the capital without any guards.
But no one saw those two as reckless.
Auror user and mage.
Even if it wasn’t a sudden visit like now and the magic tower had planned and dug a trap, they were superhumans who would inevitably suffer enormous damage.
Knowing this, the magic tower owners couldn’t help but feel nervous and break into a cold sweat even though the two people didn’t show any energy.
Logan walked in, looking at them with an indifferent expression, and flopped down in the magic tower’s seat across from the table where they were meeting.
“I’m glad everyone gathered together. It saved me the trouble of going to each one individually.”
Meaningful words and the natural creation of Clayton after them.
The magic tower owners’ reaction was a little late as they naturally overwhelmed the crowd.
“…What do you mean?”
“As you all know, the country is currently in an unstable state. So I have come to seek the cooperation of the magic towers in order to stabilize the kingdom as soon as possible.”
At Clayton’s words, the magic tower owners look at each other with puzzled expressions.
“We will unify the command authority of the five major magic towers in the kingdom centered on Clayton. We hope for smooth cooperation from the tower owners.”
Logan spoke as if making a declaration without taking a moment to spare.
“yes?!”
“No, not like that!”
“The magic towers have always maintained neutrality, Lord Logan!”
“This ignores convention…”
Boom.
The voices of the magic tower owners disappeared as if they were washed away by a single noise echoing from the desk.
A strange force that started from Logan’s hand on the desk was pressing on the entire body of the magic tower owners.
“This is a national emergency, so I will not accept any disagreement. You can either follow me or become a traitor and be subjugated. Right here and now.”
The cold, continuous voice woke them up.
Their facial expressions are distorted, unable to hide their embarrassment.
The magic tower owners looked at each other with faces full of anger and confusion.
But no one came forward and expressed their opinion.
The force emitted by the bare-handed Logan clearly showed that the moment he objected, his head could fall off.
Moreover, a strange spirit was rising from Clayton, the city council behind it.
Ugh.
An ocher-colored, heterogeneous energy flowed from Clayton’s whole body, with a soft smile on his face, and filled the room.
Mana Force can be felt more clearly because they are magic tower owners who control Mana.
Soon the faces of the magic tower owners turned white.
‘This is a real mage…’
‘Hmm. Anyway, this already reminds me of Juan Douglas.’
‘That’s amazing.’
When the three magic tower owners were thinking of various thoughts based on their own experiences.
Ledios felt a distant sense of frustration as he looked at Clayton like that.
‘I’ve lived my whole life under the shadow of that Everton guy, but now that student is a mage…’
Redios bit his lip until it bled, but his miserable gaze was directed at Clayton.
Eat.
When our eyes met, only a light mockery appeared on Clayton’s face.
At that, Ledios’ face became even more viciously distorted.
Burrr.
‘Are you saying it’s not worth dealing with?’
Before I knew it, the only thing caught in my tightly clenched fist was a feeling of despair.
That’s why he was the first to break through the suffocating atmosphere and speak out.
“Are you just the two of us threatening the four great magic tower lords?! Moreover, this is the fire magic tower! Isn’t that right, Framer!”
“Well said, Ledios! Lord Logan McLane. No matter how much of a superhuman you are, this is my domain.”
Wow.
Framer also blushed at Redios’ words and stepped forward.
Wow.
At the same time, the strong power of mana spreading around him pushed away the momentum of Logan and Clayton little by little.
The power of the magic tower became more concentrated around where they were standing, and soon it began to press down on Logan and Clayton.
Kwakwakwakwa.
‘They made a mistake by coming here!’
The Framer saw this as an opportunity.
Although the fire mana pouring down on them was not magical power, it was the power of the long-standing magic tower. As such, the 5th circle fire mage was able to temporarily overwhelm the two superhumans. It was a gigantic scale.
“Pay the price for looking down on the lord of the magic tower, Logan McLane!”
The framer shouted, and Mana began to move following his hand gestures.
However,
“You can’t look down on me.”
A golden light flashed along with a cold voice. Idento.
The
necklace hanging on the neck of Framer’s neck was cut off with a weak noise.Wo
Woo
-woong . “This ca
n’t be happening
. No matter how broken the artifact is, temporary control is…” As the
pale-faced framer muttered as if in a daze, Logan smiled coldly as he looked at the faces of the magic tower owners.
“Now then, it’s time to listen to the magic tower owners’ will again.”
The soft words contrast with the bloody momentum.
Clayton’s yellow magic disturbs the magic tower owners’ mana.
The golden auror aimed at the framer’s neck kills the old wizard. Color was added to the pale face.