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nChapter 25: The Magi Crystals 3

nLuke went into his room and threw himself onto his bed and went to sleep right away.

nHe was very tired since he had been traveling in a state where he couldn’t say that his body was good, yet he wasn’t able to sleep.

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nIt was because he had to decide what to do in the future.

nFirst, he succeeded in paying off the debt and defending the Gigant. However, two of the biggest things remained.

nOverthrowing the Baroque Imperial and the Veritas Magic Tower.

n‘Of all, I’ll never forgive the Veritas Magic Tower.’

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nIt was what ruined the life that he and Katarina were supposed to have, and stole his work which pushed Saymon into studying dark magic for expanding his authority and power.

n‘Even if the wizards of the Veritas Magic Tower aren’t relevant to the past, they are the ones who always commit huge sins by depriving people of basic necessities.’

nThe same was the case for the Baroque Imperial family.

nThey were enjoying building the empire with the help of the Veritas magic tower.

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nShouldn’t that unjust power and actions be cleared?

n‘To do that, I would need to have a stronger force.’

nIn order to have strong power, he would have to increase his power and his forces as well.

nThe estates had forces, and they could somehow be developed, but the problem was the body he was in possession of.

nIt was hard to grow properly in a normal manner because of a misleading dark magic curse that got placed without his knowledge.

n‘I need something specific.’

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nLuke cleaned up his clothes and went out. He moved to the stable and brought out his horse.

n“Young Lord, where are you going?”

nThe gatekeeper, who was guarding the main gate of the permanent mansion, moved to the front of Luke who was riding on the horse.

nIt wasn’t much since he had returned and he was off to somewhere, that too without his guardian. It would turn troublesome if he met people he wasn’t supposed to meet.

n“Don’t worry, I’ll be back in a jiffy. If the retainers ask, tell them I went to the castle that is in front.”

n“You can go, but your guardian…!”

nBefore the gatekeeper could complete, Luke ran out with the horse.

n“Young Lord! Please wait, young Lord!”

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nThe gatekeeper screamed and chased, but Luke just went ahead in the direction of the huge castle that was straight to him.

nHundreds of years had passed to form a dense forest of old trees, and an old giant structure made of black stone appeared.

nThe castle, with the steep tower in the middle, was the former home of Luke in the past, a place that people called ‘Devil King’s castle’.

nLegend has it that the Devil King’s Castle was built by the Devil Saymon with the stones that he acquired from the devils. He was described to have caught and sacrificed thousands of human as dark sacrifices and ate them like beasts.

n“Hng, if I wanted to make it look much more sophisticated, it would have been very costly for me, idiots!”

nLuke scoffed at the sign that said the origin and the name of the castle.

nEven if Saymon wanted, there was no devil for him to pamper.

nAll the summoned ones were beaten by Saymon and later used for absorbing their powers and abilities, and a few of them were used for experiments.

nAt the time of the reconstruction, a dwarf tribe had helped, and the black stone was the basalt rock obtained nearby.

nNot thousands, and definitely not a dark sacrifice, but there were indeed a few humans.

nBut they were the hunters who sold off the poor tribes, they just paid for their sins.

nAnd history was left to the point of view of the winner. And Warlock Saymon was remembered as a Devil King for future generations.

n“Today’s business is done… ah, young Lord, what are you doing here?”

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n“Just felt like seeing.”

nLuke passed the horse over to the janitor standing at the gate.

nAs the closing hour was nearing, there didn’t seem to be any visitors left. It was a good thing for Luke as he won’t have to face any hindrance.

nHe walked along the long corridor to see it all.

n‘I was with Katarina at that time.’

nLuke went along with the memory.

nAt that time, while traveling with Katarina, he sought a place to escape from the rain and found a ruined castle.

nAt first, they only went in to avoid getting wet in the rain, but the two adventurous humans wandered around the castle and ended up finding a book that was left behind by a warlock.

n‘I tried to get rid of it, but the book had some kind of protection magic around it, and hence it failed.’

nIn the end, the two decided to hide the dark magic book in a place that only they knew.

nLuke, who later lost Katarina felt completely shut down, he returned there for revenge and unlocked the Dark Magic Book.

nThe Dark Magic Book, contained the essence of darkness and chaos, was always carried by Saymon.

n9 circle of the dark magic could surely destroy the book, but he wasn’t able to get rid of it because it was one of the few things that he shared with her.

n‘What happened to that book after my death? Would Rakan have gotten rid of it? Yeah, that stupid one was a fool with no consideration, he would have done that.’

nLuke entered the main hall as he saw another ridiculous sign.

n‘A brave man battled with the Devil King Saymon? To write down such red lies!’

nIn fact, the fight with Rakan happened in front of the giant structure, where the permanent mansion was located.

n“How far did these people distort the truth? Huh! what is this now? I sat on such a childish throne?”

nA majestic golden throne.

nLuke, no Saymon, there was no way his throne couldn’t have been so incredible.

nJust in case, he wanted to see if it was real gold, however, it was just a painted seat, and jewelry on display was just glass imitation.

n‘If it was real, I would have sold it on sale.’

nTilting his head back, Luke approached the wall that was behind him.

n“Let’s see, this is the brick to push, and that…”

nLuke, decided seven of the bricks in the wall and pressed them in turns.

nAs they weren’t used for a long time, the bricks didn’t move well.

nBut later, as he pushed them, one after the other, they started to go in.

nDrrrk!

nKukuku!

nThe wall split from side to side, revealing a hidden passage.

nAs Luke began to enter, he took the help of the wall.

n“Surely, the building skills of the dwarves are the best. It works perfectly even after 500 years.”

nThere were no traces of people moving in or out of the passage as the dust had settled down.

nExcept for the spiders, dust, and the webs, the place was exactly the way Saymon had left it.

nBecause it was made with the help of the dwarves’ knowledge of institutions, the passage wasn’t captured even with the detection magic of the wizards or the hunters.

nLuke, who was descending along the secret passage, reached a large bronze gate a while later.

n“In the darkness I speak to the shining spirit, open the way for the truth.”

nAs Luke opened the door, the magic on the bronze door reacted causing it to open.

nAnd finally, with a damp smell of the old air, the underground laboratory revealed it’s appearance.

nWizards normally set up secret spaces in their homes, and Luke too built a laboratory in the basement.

n“500 years ago.”

nLuke looked at the underground laboratory with his eyes.

nCobwebs, dust, and mold were in every corner of the room, except for them all the other things were right there.

nA spellbook, a flask containing a magic solution, or the experiments that he stopped doing.

nReading his experimental journal, he could almost feel disappointed.

n“It’s been an experiment with almost 90% done… it isn’t time to hang out here.”

nLuke opened a book which kept a record of all the lab supplies that were present.

nTo find what he needed.

n‘Third right cabinet safe!’

nLuke opened the safe which was inside the cabinet.

nWhat he took out of the safe was a sealed vial.

nA translucent black liquid in the glass moved as if it was alive.

n“I found you, Magi Crystals!”

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